GENERAL RAYMOND G. DAVIS - Korean War Veterans Association

KWVA RAFFLE WINNERS
REUNION 2003
First Place
Charles A. Giulini
544 Pelham Manor Rd.
Pelham Manor, NY 10803
$5,000.00 + $250.00 for selling his
own ticket
Second Place
Mathew Baranowick
407 North Home Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
$1,500.00 or M-1 Rifle
Third Place
Paul White
4657 South 49th St.
Greenfield, WI 53220
$1,500.00 or 45 Pistol
Fourth Place
Leon M. Gorczyca
1376 Electric Ave.
Lackawannan, NY 14218
$1,500.00 or 45 Pistol
The following each won $500.00:
Fifth Place
Mike Petrashevick
265 169th St.
Hammond, IN 46324
Sixth Place
Earl Gibson
Apt. 201 6205 Watch Creek Way
Milford, OH 45150
Seventh Place
Patsy Canton
623 South Diamond Ave.
Deming, NM 88030
(Patsy kindly donated $100 back to
KWVA National. Patsy you are a very
special person.)
Eighth Place
Richard Lees
12371 148th Terr.
Live Oak, FL 32060
Ninth Place
Betty F. Mooney
2107 North Ave.
Burlington, VT 05401
Thanks from KWVA National to everyone
who participated or donated.
Tom Gregory, Treasurer
Korean War Veterans Educational
Grant Corporation
1040 Woodman Drive, Worthington, Ohio 43085-2965
E-mail ccole2@columbus.rr.com Tel. (614) 846-0326
By Charles F. Cole
KWVA National Liaison
Ten of the 212 young people who applied
for college and university scholarships in the
Korean War Veterans Educational Grant
Corporation’s (KWVEGC) 2003 competition
were selected to receive $1000 awards
toward tuition and fee expenses during the
2003-2004 school year. The awardees are:
Robert Callan, Point Pleasant, NJ;
Lindsey Hanson, Crofton, MD; Benjamin
Jager, Edgewood, KY; Stephanie Johnson,
Elk Grove, CA; Sarah Mathis, Denton, TX;
Nichole Rigby, Woodstock, IL; Tess
Schrader, Colorado Springs, CO; Kallie
Stewart, Gwinn, MI; Alena Vanderwerf,
Overland Pk, KS; Kristen West, Bayton, TX.
Reviewers of the applications, all of
whom are retired university faculty members
who served in the U. S. Armed Forces during
the Korean War era, reported that they were
highly impressed by the strong academic and
personal qualities of not only the winners,
but most of the applicants. Successful applicants,
and many others for whom funds were
not available, provided compelling evidence
of the highest levels of academic and personal
achievement to date and great potential for
the future, as shown by transcripts, letters of
recommendation, and personal responses to
a series of detailed questions. Particularly
impressive were a number of the essays on
“how you would you tell America about the
Korean War veteran”, including many very
moving personal recollections of interactions
with their veteran grandfathers.
Eligibility for these scholarships is limited
to the lineal and adopted descendants of
individuals who served in the Armed Forces
of the United States during the Korean War
or who have subsequently served in our
Armed Forces in South Korea. For information
about next year’s competition for
KWVEGC scholarships, and also for information
about how individuals and groups
might help support the scholarship fund, contact:
Charles F. Cole, President, WWVEGC,
1040 Woodman Dr., Worthington, OH
43085. (email: ccole2@columbus.rr.com).
Northeast KWVA Chapter #59 of New York reports that a grandson
of a member got a scholarship
Tyler Travis to Study at Towson University
STILLWATER–Tyler Ian Travis, son of Jane and Gibby Travis of Railroad Avenue in
Stillwater, recently graduated from Stillwater Central School, a member of the Class of
2003. He is the grandson of Art and Betty Patterson, and Rose Travis and the late Gibby
Travis.
Tyler was very active in sports during school, a member of
the Basketball, Golf, and Baseball teams. He played Varsity
Baseball for four years and was named Most Valuable Player
twice. He was named to the Baseball Area Dream Team, and
was the 2003 Wasaren League Baseball MVP.
Tyler worked on the Yearbook, specifically on graphics, was
a Stillwater Community Center volunteer, and a T-Ball Field
Representative. He achieved the highest average in Studio Art.
Tyler will be attending Towson University where he will major
in Graphic Design, while playing Division I Baseball.
Tyler Travis and
Grandfather Art Patterson.
(Art, I live within blocks of Towson University. I would like very much to meet your grandson
and also watch him play baseball. Have him call me at 410-828-8978 (local call) Just
maybe we can spend a little time together and have lunch at a local restaurant.
Tell him he can bring one of his friends. (male or female). My wife and I would enjoy being
with him and his friend.. Maybe we can also give him 2 Oriole Baseball tickets if he is interested.
They are great seats.–Editor Krepps.)
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