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PRESENTATION OF SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS THE WHITE HOUSE THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN. MONDAY, MAY 19, 1969 THE PRESIDENT: At 10:00 p.m. you will be escorted from your office to the steps of the Rose Garden where you will be met by Mr. Allen H. Merrill, Chairman of Recording for the Blind, Inc. You will then descend into the Rose Garden and proceed to the single stand-up microphone which will be positioned on the lawn at the mid-point of the colonnade. Mr. Merrill will then introduce you to two winners of the 1969 Scholastic Achievement Awards: David Steven Mischel, 21 James Winford Selby, 21 NOTE: The third winner, Judith Ann Dent, 22, is unable to attend, but you are sending her a wire of congratulations today. All of the students are blind. Mr. Merrill will, also, present you to the parents and supporting personnel: John W. Castles, Chief Executive Officer Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, Vice President Mrs. Arch Patton, Member of the Board Mr. Patton Mrs. Stanley Smoyer, Member of the Board Mrs. K. Grosvenor Bailey, Chairman, Los Angeles Mr. Bailey Donald Staley, Executive Director Mrs. Alexander Davidson, Jr., Recording Studio, Dir. Gilbert Field, Dir. of Public Relations