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News & Announcements
Posted July 2, 2010
PFC Mercer Awarded Purple Heart
This event happened in Afghanistan this spring...
Here is the account from former Cadet Harrison Mercer, now PFC Mercer of the 173rd Airborne:
“We were on patrol and an RPG gunner was sitting behind a rock 75 meters in front of us to our 10 o’clock.
I was in the turret of my armored vehicle when an RPG hit the ammo can on the gun. This disabled the gun
and the concussion almost knocked me out. I was completely out of it for a good 10 minutes.
Some shrapnel
from the blast came into the turret and hit my arm. When I was able to get out of the vehicle,
I returned fire with my M14 after SSG Seifert bandaged my arm.”
Harrison was awarded a Purple Heart. He deeply appreciates all of the people who are praying for him and t
he entire 173rd Airborne. A documentary film about Harrison’s unit was recently released. It is titled Restrepo. Look for it.
Posted June 18, 2010
As most of you have probably already heard, Bob Wade lost his battle with cancer yesterday.
A memorial service for Bob Wade, CHA class of '78 alum, will be held Saturday, June 19, at 11am at Pinelake Baptist Church on Hwy 25 in Brandon,
which is located at 6071 Highway 25, Brandon, MS 39047.
For those of you unfamiliar with this location, take the Lakeland Drive exit off I-55 and continue east for 11.5 miles. Pinelake Baptist Church
will be on your right.
There will be no visitation as this is a memorial service, only.
Anyone wishing to send cards, I have his sister Diane Provance's address below:
434 Ridgewood St.
Vicksburg, MS 39180
Rest in peace, Bob.
Posted April 29, 2010
Schedule for last two days of school 2009/2010
Friday, 21 May 2010
1000 Baccalaureate at First Presbyterian Church
1200 Non-Sports Cadets & Parents lunch in Pavilion
1230 Sports Banquet in DFAC/Reservations required
1600 Awards at First Presbyterian Church
1700 Dinner at DFAC for all Cadets (Seniors are required to eat with Battalion.)
1830 Senior Speeches at First Presbyterian Church
Saturday, 22 May 2010:
1000 Final Pass in Review
Local eating establishments available for parents:
Bernheimer House 601-437-2843 (Minimum of 6 to a party, reservations required)
Best Wok 601-437-0079
Old Country Store 601-437-3661
Restoration Café 601-437-3186 (Reservations are recommended)
Sonic Drive-in 601-437-5611
Subway 601-437-8120
Local Lodging:
Holiday Inn Express hotel & Suites, Vicksburg – www.hiexpress.com – (877) 863-4780
Fairfield Inn Vicksburg – Marriott.com - (601) 636-1811
Rainbow hotel Casino-An AmeriHost Inn – www.rainbowhotelcasino.com – (601-638-7111
Ameristar Casino Hotel Vicksburg – www.ameristar.com – (601) 638-1000
Cedar Grove Inn – www.cedargroveinn.com – (601)- 636-1000
Hampton Inn – www.hilton.com – (601) 638-5811
Battlefield inn – www.battlefieldinn.org – (601) 638-5811
Grand Gulf Inn, Port Gibson, MS – (601) 437-8811
Tuscan Columns, Port Gibson, MS – (601) 214-0215
Bernheimer House, Port Gibson, MS – (601) 437-2843
Collina B & B, Port Gibson, MS – (601)-437-5434
Rosswood Plantation, Port Gibson, MS (601) 437-4215
Posted February 16, 2010
ALUMNI DAY 2010 is Saturday, 24 April !
10:00 - Registration at the White House
11:00 - Presentation in McComb Auditorium
12:00 - Dorm Inspection
12:30 - Fried Chicken picnic lunch on the Pavilion
1:30 - Cadet demonstrations and campus tours
3:00 - Farewell at the White House & door prizes
Please let us know you are coming so Gregory can fry plenty of chicken!
The complimentary lunch will be served buffet-style in the Pavilion. You won’t go away hungry! Please let us know you will be joining us for lunch by calling 601.437.8855
or by emailing alumni@chamberlain-hunt.com
We’d like to give our food preparers a head count by Friday, April 16, 2010.
November 04, 2009 - VETERAN'S DAY ANNOUNCEMENT: November 11, 2009!!
Chamberlain-Hunt is observing Veterans Day with a Flag Parade and a program at the First Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, 11 November 2009.
The parade will march up Church Street from the campus and terminate at the Church about 10:40, and a Veterans Day program will commence at 11:00.
The program will include an introduction of veterans, patriotic music and an address by Mr. Bob Bailey from the Sonny Montgomery Foundation.
He will speak on why we observe Veterans Day and share reflections on the life of Sonny Montgomery, who was a champion of veterans.
October 28, 2009
Chamberlain-Hunt regrets to announce the death of Mr. Charles Taylor. Mr. Taylor served the Academy in various capacities for over thirty years: he was coach,
teacher, principal, commandant and president. Mr. Taylor passed away after a brief illness on Monday, 26 October 2009. Visitation with the Taylor
family will be held at Glenwood Funeral Home in Port Gibson at 9 AM on Saturday, 31 October; a brief memorial service will follow in the chapel of the funeral home at 11 AM.
September 15, 2009 - FOUNDERS DAY ANNOUNCEMENT: OCTOBER 2, 2009!!
The annual Founders Day Convocation will be held in Oakland Chapel on the campus of Alcorn State University in Lorman, MS at 10 AM on Friday, 02 October 2009.
Marty Fields, minister at Westminster Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Laurel, MS and chaplain in the Mississippi Air National Guard, will give the address.
A native of Atlanta, GA, MAJ Fields is a graduate of Georgia Southern University and Reformed Theological Seminary; he is also a graduate of the US Army's
Chaplain School, the US Air Force Chaplain's School and Squadron Officer College.
He is currently enrolled in the US Air Command and Staff College.
The Alcorn State Men's Chorus will perform.
Following the Convocation at Oakland Chapel,
the Academy will host a fish-fry under the Pavilion on the Chamberlain-Hunt campus.
Please contact Nancy Hynum (601.437.4291) for reservations. Cadets will be dismissed at 1 PM for the Autumn Break.
May 21, 2009
To graduate from Chamberlain-Hunt, seniors must not only pass their regular academic work. They must also complete a research paper, orally defend their paper
in the face of questions from a panel made up of the president, the principal and a teacher of the Cadet’s choosing, and turn the paper into a speech, which they
must deliver to the Cadet Corps, cadre, parents and friends. The speeches are judged on content and delivery, and the winner is awarded the prestigious Gage Award
at the final Pass in Review. This year’s competition was close, and Cadet Koers (CA) clinched a win by his smooth delivery. You can listen to a sampling of the
speeches by clicking on these links:
Cadet Koers’s “God...Where is He?”
,
Cadet Schaffner’s (AR) “Daddy Wasn’t There”
and Cadet Hahn’s (TX) “Jog a Marathon or Run a Sprint.”
March 30, 2009
Dr. David Gruchy, president of Chamberlain-Hunt from 1955-1966, passed away February 25th 2009 at age 93. He is survived by his wife, Florence,
and by their daughters Carolyn and Fran.
February 11, 2009 - Cadet makes the Sports Page!
JACKSON, MS - Cadet Hahn, of the Chamberlain-Hunt Varsity Basketball team made the Clarion-Ledger Newspaper Sports page in an article regarding his basketball
skills and his unique height.
The caption beside a picture of Cadet Hahn and another very tall Port Gibson native reads: "The golden hand with the finger pointing to heaven atop the
First Presbyterian Church is Port Gibson's most famous and tallest landmark. But the southwest Mississippi town is gaining notoriety for two other towers,
7-foot-2 Jamarious Sykes (left) and 7-foot David Hahn."
(Brian Albert Broom/The Clarion-Ledger)
To link to the actual on-line article, either click on the photograph above, or
Here..
February 03, 2009
The e-mail address for the Cadet Life news subscription has been changed due to technical difficulties. If you wold like to subscribe, or
have questions or comments, please call (601)437-8855
December 12, 2008
At its December meeting, the Chamberlain-Hunt Academy board of trustees authorized the expenditure of funds for
the exterior renovation of McComb Hall.
The work, which is to be supervised by Paul Jackson and Son, Inc. of
Brookhaven, MS, will include cleaning and re-pointing all brick, installing French drains and re-roofing the building.
Creating a watertight envelope will stabilize this historic structure and pave the way for future restoration and renovation.
June 10, 2008
PRESS RELEASE
The Board of Trustees of French Camp Academy and Chamberlain-Hunt Academy is pleased to announce its appointment of John Gardner "Jack" West
to the presidency of the 128 year old Chamberlain-Hunt Academy. He follows A. Shane Blanton, the Academy's president for the past nine years,
who resigned at the end of the 2008 school year to pursue doctoral studies at the University of Southern Mississippi.
West has been employed at Chamberlain-Hunt for five years as the director of advancement, overseeing the Academy's admissions, alumni, development
and public relations efforts. Prior to his being at Chamberlain-Hunt, he served as vice president for development at Reformed Theological Seminary and
other positions that make him the ideal person to assume this new responsibility.
West, who grew up in Jackson and graduated from Jackson Preparatory School, earned his BA in history at the University of Mississippi, an MEd in school
administration from Reformed Theological Seminary, an MDiv at Covenant Theological Seminary and a JD at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently
enrolled the Master of Fine Arts program at Mississippi College, where he is studying sculpture. A life-long Presbyterian, West serves as a deacon in a
congregation of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
John Blossman, chairman of the board of trustees, said that the education, work experience and testimony that West brings to the presidency will further
benefit Chamberlain-Hunt's Christian mission to young men from across the US.
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