May 10, 2024
Submitted photo The Pilgrim Commandery No. 21 Knights Templar recently awarded scholarships to four high school seniors in Randolph County. Those attending the award ceremony were, from left, Abigail Arbogast (Tygart Valley High School), Lydia Wamsley (TVHS), Justin Thompson (Head of Education Committee), Amanda Cutlip (TVHS) and Lindsey Thompson (Harman School).
ELKINS — The Pilgrim Commandery No. 21 Knights Templar recently awarded scholarships to four high school seniors in Randolph County.
Each scholarship was worth $1,000 and can be used at public or private institutions, either in or out of the state of West Virginia. Three of this year’s recipients, Abigail Arbogast, Lydia Wamsley, and Amanda Cutlip, were from Tygarts Valley High School. The other recipient was Lindsey Thompson from Harman School.
“We’ve been handing out this scholarship since 1989,” Justin Thompson, Chairman of No. 21 Knights Templar Scholarship Committee, told The Inter-Mountain. “So this will be the 35th consecutive year that we have done it.”
The information for applying for the scholarships was sent to all four Randolph County high schools’ guidance officers earlier this year.
Wamsley plans to attend Davis & Elkins College and will major in education. She hopes to become a special education teacher and has aspirations to work in Randolph County schools.
Cutlip plans on majoring in Pre-Veterinary Medicine at Potomac State of WVU, and wants to someday become a veterinary surgical technician.
Arbogast, meanwhile, is heading to West Virginia University, where she will major in biology and pre-med. Her future plan is to become an OB/GYN surgeon.
Thompson plans on attending Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College. She will pursue a degree in business managemen,t and wants to become a financial analyst after graduating from college.
“We typically hand out four scholarships a year, but there have been times in the past when we have given out up to eight,” Thompson said. “The scholarships are available because a doctor passed away back in 1989 and left us part of his estate. Each year with the interest that is drawn off that account, we are able to give the scholarships to students.”
Thompson said giving out the annual scholarships is just one of the many things the Pilgrim Commandery No. 21 Knights Templar does throughout the year. The local organization currently has 138 members.
“We donate to many organizations, including the Knights Templar Eye Foundation for research,” said Thompson. “We also raise money to send a local pastor to the Holy Land so they can walk in the same footsteps that Jesus did…
“We’ve made several donations to Warriors in the Field here in Elkins, as well as to the Little League ball teams in Elkins and Tygarts Valley. Two more of the many organizations we donate to are the American Red Cross and Salvation Army. We try to help as much as we can.”
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