___ Pirtle scholarship established. The family of Angielena Pirtle has funded a presidential endowed scholarship at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Pirtle's sister, Catherine Pirtle Howes and her husband, Knowlton Howes, of Dallas, established the scholarship. Pirtle was born in Temple in 1908. When she attended Baylor College for Women (now the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor), she had to walk from the farm each day to school. Even though her home study was from a kerosene lamp, she graduated in three years. During World War II, she joined the U.S. Navy Waves and later worked as a reservist and with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
___ Workers with deaf sought. Paramount Baptist Deaf Church in Amarillo has requested two student summer missionaries, and the Baptist General Convention of Texas Center for Community Ministries seeks help in identifying possible candidates for this specialized need. The church seeks two people proficient in American Sign Language to assist with the youth work of the church, help at a day camp and attend the state and national deaf conferences and the Texas Baptist Deaf Youth Camp. Contact Jim Young at (888) 311-3900 or young@bgct.org.
___ DBU hosts Blackaby. Henry Blackaby, noted speaker and author of the popular "Experiencing God" materials, will deliver the keynote address at Dallas Baptist University's Spring Convocation March 20 at 10 a.m. in the Burg Center on the Dallas campus. During the convocation, DBU will award Blackaby the honorary doctor of divinity degree for his dedication to "nurturing the body of Christ and developing spiritual servant-leaders."
___ HSU scholarship honors Torrance. The Evelyn Joyce Tubbs Torrance Endowed Memorial Scholarship has been established at Hardin-Simmons University. It honors the memory of the mother of Pam Williford, dean of HSU's Irvin School of Education. Williford and her husband, Don Williford, associate professor of New Testament and president of the HSU faculty, created the scholarship in honor of Torrance, who died in 1986. "She was, by choice, a marvelous homemaker, a devoted disciple of our Lord, a self-directed and lifelong learner and an avid reader," Pam Williford said.
___ UMHB students sing in honor choirs. Members of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor choirs have been chosen to sing in national honor choirs this spring. Laura Coats, Charles Covin, Ben Earnest, Chance Eakin, Melissa Garza, Jessica Hartsfield, Kaycee Isbell, Danielle King, Matt Klepac, A.R. Moreno, Kathy Munroe, Amy Newsom, Devon Owens, Rachel Peterson, Christopher Ray, Andrew Rey, Bonnie Russell, Jennifer Trotter, Spencer Wiley and Thomas Wright sang in choir conferences sponsored by the southwest division of the American Choral Directors Association last week in Houston. Coats, Chelsea Heitman, Anneke Johnson, Olivia Moreno, Peterson and Devin Wurster will perform in choirs for the Organization of American Kodaly Educators at its conference in San Antonio next month.
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