1962 Miracle Yearbook

Dean McIntosh assists President Jeremiah in ceremonies honoring George Milner. The sixty-fifth annual commencement of Cedarville College was the occasion of the granting of degrees to twenty-six candidates and the award- ing of honors to three outstanding graduates. Twenty-two Seniors were granted the Bachelor of Arts Degree and four Seniors were granted the Bachelor of Science Degree. Receiving special recognition were Patsy Petty, The Presi- dent's Trophy; James Entner, The Scholarship Award; and Carol Zoeliner, The Music Award. Graduating Seniors, left to right are John G. Butler, Neva V. Claypool, Donis E. Collier, J. Richard Cook, Marcia G. Crothers, Marlene Davis, Phyllis E. Dobbs, James L. Entner, F. Terry Goodrich, Shirley A. Harrington, Frank A. Howard, William B. Jennings, Ernajean Lockerbie, Karl W. Luyben, Nancy McDivitt, James R. Neely, Delores Osborn, Pat W. Petty, Lon Reising, Leon C. Rowland, Louis Schramm, Marvin B. Troyer, Horace Ward, Jr., Esther R. Weiss, Dean A. Zerby, Carol Zoeliner. The following citation was read by President Jeremiah: "Mr. George Sherwin Milner received Christ as His Saviour May 1, 1891. Seventy years ago he became a member of what is now Cedar Hill Baptist Church in Cleve- land, Ohio. From that time until the present he has been a faithful member of the same church. His church relationship has, as it should, first place in his many interests. He now serves his church as elder emeritus. "Mr. Milner served on the Village Council of Moreland Hills and the School Board of Orange School for a number of years. He became a member of the Rotary Club, Feb. 9, 1914 and still serves on the Senior Active List. He has been and still is the President of Milner Electric Company in Cleve- land, Ohio. "In 1940, he with others organized Building Expositions, Inc., a non- profit corporation, which conducted the Greater Cleveland Home and Flower Show. Mr. Milner has been the president of this organization from its beginning. "For a number of years he was the president of the Cleveland Baptist Association. When this association drifted into the central of modernism he found it necessary to sever his relationship with it and took an active part in the formation of the Baptist Bible Union. When the Ohio Associ- of '61 ation of Regular Baptist Churches was formed and the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches became a reality he gave his support to the various interests approved by them. "Mr. Milner has had a keen interest in helping young people. He has had a leading part in building Stoney Glen Camp for Boys Brigade and Pioneer Girls. He has also given much to the establishment of Camp Patmos, our Ohio Regular Baptist camp on Kelley Island. "In 1937 Mr. Milner was elected to the General Council of Baptist Mid-Missions. He presently serves as chairman of the council. "When the Baptist Bible Institute was founded in Cleveland, Mr. Milner was elected to the board of trustees. He continued to serve as chairman of the board when the Institute moved to Cedarville and took over the operation of the college. He has given thousands of dollars to the support of Cedar- ville and has also appealed to many of his relatives and friends to join him in the support of this Christian College. "The Word of God says "a faithful man shall abound with blessings." (Prov. 28:20) Many of us have heard Mr. Milner give praise to his God for the blessings which he has received from His good hand. Mr. Milner has accepted at face value the challenge of Scripture which says, "It is re- quired in stewards, that a man be found faithful." (I Cot. 6:2). "Surely there are eternal rewards for faithfulness to Christ for a crown of life is promised to those who are faithful to the Lord unto death, (Rev. 2:10)but it is the opinion of many of us that faithfulness should be re- cognized on earth as well as heaven. We deem it fitting and proper to "render therefore to all them dues ... honour to whom honour." (Rom. 13:7) "Therefore by unanimous recommendation of the Cedarville College faculty and the unanimous approval of the Board of Trustees, in recognition of George Sherwin Milner's faithful service to the Cedar Hill Baptist Church of Cleveland, the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches, B aptist Mid-Missions, the civic organizations of which he is a member, as we ll as outstanding service to Cedarville College, we do now by the authority of the State of Ohio confer upon him the degre of Doctor of Humanities with all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto." 159