FAITH & EDUCATION ARE CELEBRATED AT NEW MOUNT PILGRIM CHURCH

Kassie Vivetter, 18, graduating from Uplift Community High School, plans to attend Syracuse Univ., Bates College, or Florida A&M Univ.; Jemia Simpson, 17, a senior at Al Raby High School, plans to attend the Univ. of Illinois; Christopher Swansey, 17, is a senior at Crane High School and is deciding between Alcorn State, Jackson State & Florida A&M; and Kelley Brown, graduating senior at Providence-St. Mel High School, is planning to attend Butler, Miami of Ohio, or Bradley in the fall. (Photo by Stephen Dunn)

Four outstanding West Side scholars are completing their senior years at four area high schools and preparing to attend college in the fall. All are members of New Mount Pilgrim M.B. Church, 4301 West Washington Boulevard. The congregation, headed by Pastor Marshall Hatch, recently saluted them for their accomplishments and future promise.