Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 16 August 2001 — Page 13

The Muncie Times, August 16, 2001, page 13

Bethel Church presents 2001 Marguerite Dixon Scholarship Recipients

For thirty-nine years, she led a women’s missionary organization. Mother Annie Porter recalled her dogged determination to make the organization succeed. Mother Portep recalled her efforts to collect and sell bottles, to conduct sales and to do all that was possible to make the Martha Adams Missionary Society achieve its religious and financial goals. She was known to take other ladies out for rides in her car and to keep people laughing. Always the down-to-earth person, she had one big goal. She wanted her missionary society to save enough money to offer a scholarship. When she retired to Marion, she still had not reached her goal. When she went on to her eternal reward, the goal had not been achieved. Although Sister Dixon, as she was called, never realized her dream, Mother Porter never forgot it. Along

with the pastor, and Dixon family members, Mother Porter

^ --dff Chay Borham inaugurated the Marguerite Dixon Scholarship, a scholarship designed to help students entering college or professional training and supported by members and friends of the Dixon family and Bethel A. M. E. Church. Five years ago the Bethel African American Methodist Church made Sister Dixon’s dream come true. In that year, the Marguerite Dixon Scholarship was born. The first award helped several students with book scholarships. During its first three years, the scholarship only help freshmen. Since that time, a few students whose

degree-completion was uncertain have called on this scholarship fund. Sister Dixon loved people, so her son, Harold Dixon, made sure that any student who qualified could compete for this scholarship. This year four young people will leave town with a few extra dollars. The initial plan was to provide $ 2 5 0 awards to several students. James Howard when the applications came in, the students’ records were so exemplary that the scholarship committee decided to offer each student $500.00. Three of this year’s winners are 2001 graduates from Muncie Central High School. They are Borham

James Howard and Lauren Jones. Gregory Payne, is a 2001 Lauren Jones graduate from the Indiana Academy. Each student has very firm plans for his or her future. Borham will attend the Manhattan School of Music this fall where she will perfect her violin playing skills to become a concert violinist. She is the daughter of Hyan Tahk and Jong Hoe Chay. James Howard was a Muncie Central basketball standout who plans to major in sports medicine while attending the University of Kansas. He is the son of Phil and Catherine Howard. Lauren Jones will attend

Wellesly College where she will major in Business Administration/Pre-Law. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Shearer. Gregory Payne, for years as an award winning pianist, will attend Yale University and major in Biology/Pre-Med. Gregory is the son of Drs. Charles and June Payne. The scholarships will be awarded during the morning service at Bethel A. M. E.

Church on Sunday, August 12 under the direction of Rev. Barbara Harris and Dr. Maria WilliamsHawkins.

Bethel is located at 1020 E. Jackson in Muncie.

Gregory Payne

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