Showing posts with label People Eaton Mike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label People Eaton Mike. Show all posts

Sunday, May 3, 2020

The Community Foundation of Carroll County is seeking applicants for the Mike Eaton scholarship fund.


The Community Foundation of Carroll County is seeking applicants for the Mike Eaton scholarship fund.

By Kevin Dayhoff May 3, 2020

Since 2011 a Mike Eaton Scholarship has been awarded annually to recognize inspirational teachers, like Eaton, in the lives of the current graduating class of Westminster High School.

The purpose of the fund is to honor the life of WILLIAM GRANVILLE ”MIKE” EATON by providing a scholarship(s) for a Westminster High School graduating senior(s) and an annual award for an outstanding teacher at that same school both based on the criteria established for this fund in the application

One of the requirements of the scholarship is that the student write an essay about their most inspirational teacher.

More information about the scholarship may be found on the Community Foundation of Carroll County website. Find it at http://tinyurl.com/Mike-Eaton-CFCC.

For a copy of the scholarship application click here.

More information about the life and times of William Granville "Mike" Eaton may be found in article that appeared in the Carroll County Times on March 1, 2019, by Kevin Dayhoff.

An article titled, “Dayhoff: 'Indubitably,' remembering Mike Eaton, who taught so many in our community’ reports, Many folks in Carroll County have heard of William Granville “Mike” Eaton at some point in their life. Eaton taught English and drama in Carroll County Public Schools for 41 years before he retired in 1971 — 36 at Westminster High School.

He was one of the many friendly and kind patriarchs in Carroll County for over a half-century. He passed away from cancer on April 24, 1995; however he maintains to this day, a profound influence over who we are as a community.

Eaton was born in Centerville on the Eastern Shore of Maryland on June 22, 1908. He came to Westminster in 1926 to attend Western Maryland College, where he graduated in 1930. It was in that year that he began his teaching career at Elmer A. Wolfe High School in Union Bridge.

In the early 1930s, he concurrently earned his master’s degree, in 1935, from Columbia University in New York.

After a year at Elmer Wolfe, he taught for three years at Charles Carroll High School in Silver Run before coming to Westminster to teach at the original 1898 Westminster High School on Center Street.

He was there for only one year before the “new” Westminster High School opened on Longwell Avenue, where he taught for the entire life of the building as a high school, in Room 106.

Eaton nurtured future leaders through the Kiwanis Key Club and inspired many students, friends, and colleagues to great success. Among his students was writer, director, and actor Ernest Thompson whose work includes “On Golden Pond.” Thomas has subsequently, over the years, won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and Writer’s Guild of America awards.






Wednesday, June 13, 2018

2018 winners of the annual Mike Eaton scholarship announced

2018 winners of the annual Mike Eaton scholarship announced

The Historical Society of Carroll County announces the 2018 winners of the annual Mike Eaton scholarship.


Since 2011 The Historical Society of Carroll County has been awarding the Mike Eaton Scholarship. The purpose of this scholarship is to honor the memory of William Granville “Mike” Eaton, an English teacher at Westminster High School from 1935 to 1971. He also directed plays and advised the Key Club. He inspired his students to challenge and improve themselves in many ways. He always believed in the great potential of his students to excel, and they have proven him correct.

Mr. Eaton brought panache to his classroom with his deck of index cards from which he pulled the targets of his well-placed questions. The cards brought their share of insecurity to the ill prepared, but Westminster High School seniors began to discover something, Shakespeare wasn't so bad after all. Mr. Eaton commanded the classroom. Heading the Drama Club at Westminster High School, he also commanded excellence in theatrical offerings.

Mr. Eaton was born in Centerville, Maryland and passed away from cancer in 1995. He graduated from Western Maryland College in 1930 and subsequently went on to earn his Master’s degree at Columbia University in New York.

For over three decades, Mike Eaton was Thelma Hoffman’s star boarder at Hoffman’s Inn, now owned by the Historical Society of Carroll County and known as Cockey’s Tavern, its name from when it was built in 1820.

The Mike Eaton Scholarship has been established through the Historical Society of Carroll County to recognize inspirational teachers, like Mr. Eaton, in the lives of the current graduating class of Westminster High School. The winning students wrote an essay about their most inspirational teacher.

Two Mike Eaton scholarships were awarded this spring to graduating seniors from Westminster High School. The teachers in the winning essays were also recognized at the Westminster High School awards ceremonies on June 4, 2018.

The two winning students were Margie Spann and Richard Folderauer. They each received a $500.00 scholarship and their most influential teacher received an engraved school bell.

Mr. Folderauer named Mrs. Melissa Purdy as his most influential teacher. Ms. Spann named Mrs. Kim Saltsburg as her most influential teacher.

Like Mr. Eaton, Mrs. Purdy is the Westminster High School drama teacher. According to Mr. Folderauer, every year Mrs. Purdy puts her heart, mind, and soul into three productions. She is a director, mentor, and friend to her students. She teaches kids from all walks of life the importance and the joy of performing. By doing that, she gives her students a love for performing and has inspired Richard Folderauer to inspire others with that love of performing.

Ms. Spann called Ms. Saltsburg an inspirational teacher whom she said was energetic, humorous, and beaming. She made interactive lessons that inspired Spann to anticipate going to class, look forward to studying for tests, and yearn to learn more. All of this happened in Mrs. Saltsburg’s Human Anatomy and Physiology class. While she introduced many to the pungent smell of formaldehyde; in the process she helped Margie Spann flourish in class and introduced her to the medical field, as she now plans to become a doctor.

Mr. Folderauer and Ms. Spann will both be attending the University of Maryland, College Park.

The Historical Society is pleased to be sponsoring this scholarship in memory of Mike Eaton who was an influential and memorable teacher at Westminster High School for over 35 years.

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Historical Society of Carroll County
210 East Main Street, Westminster MD 21157
(410) 848-6494

For more information, contact Caroline Babylon or the Historical Society of Carroll County at 410-848-6494



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Thursday, April 2, 2015

The Historical Society of Carroll County requests applications for scholarship honoring Mike Eaton

Historical Society of Carroll County
210 East Main Street, Westminster MD 21157

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information, contact the Historical Society of Carroll County at (410) 848-6494 or Caroline Babylon at 410-259-6749

The Historical Society of Carroll County requests applications for scholarship honoring Mike Eaton

April 1, 2015

The purpose of this scholarship is to honor the memory of William Granville “Mike” Eaton, English teacher at Westminster High School from 1935 to 1971.

The scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior from Westminster High School, based on an essay about that student’s most influential teacher.  That teacher will also be recognized through this scholarship.

The Historical Society of Carroll County has dedicated a room at Cockey’s Tavern to Mr. Eaton, the room in which he lived for over 25 years.  Funds and memories are being collected to continue to recognize Mr. Eaton at the Historical Society and through this scholarship. 

William Granville “Mike” Eaton is one of many revered teachers in Carroll County history. From 1935 to 1971, he taught; his students wrote, listened and learned. He brought panache to his classroom with his deck of index cards from which he pulled the targets of his well-placed questions.  The cards brought their share of insecurity to the ill-prepared, but Westminster High School seniors began to discover something. Shakespeare wasn’t so bad after all.  Mr. Eaton commanded the classroom. Heading the Drama Club at Westminster High School, he also commanded excellence in theatrical offerings.

Students influenced by him include doctors, teachers, lawyers, artists, business and political leaders and an Oscar-winning playwright.   Memories about Mr. Eaton have been sent to the Historical Society from all over the world including California, Broadway, Canada and Germany.

Many memories of Mr. Eaton include his insistence on weekly essays, vocabulary drills and memorization of classics including Hamlet and Chaucer.  He also directed plays of all sorts from the classics to the Key Club “Follies”.  His over-riding traits were his personal interest in his students and his expectation of excellence.

The Historical Society of Carroll County is pleased to honor Mr. Eaton through this scholarship.  Westminster High School students can pick up an application in the Guidance Office.  Applications 
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Monday, January 5, 2015

Recent articles in the Carroll County Times by Kevin E. Dayhoff


  • December 10, 2014 |column

    Winchester embraced opportunity

    ...recorded and preserved by generations of local residents and others who love history. The website, with a lot of input by Kevin Dayhoff, and other writings by Catherine Baty, Anne and George Horvath, Mary Ann Ashcroft and others give us a glimpse of how Westminster...




  • April 22, 2014 |Article

    Westminster celebrates 250 years and Arbor Day with tree planting

    ...One of those families is that of Kevin Dayhoff, mayor of Westminster from 2001 to 2005...Westminster for generations, according to Dayhoff, and as it happens, the Willis Street...were both part of the Longwell Farm," Dayhoff said. "It just all comes together and...
  • January 2, 2015 |Article

    A love story that began on New Year's Eve, 1945 [Eagle Archives]

    A love story that began on New Year's Eve, 1945 [Eagle Archives]
    Much of the time, history can be the dry stuff of names and facts or memorized dates found in textbooks. Nothing can bring history alive more than our own memories or growing up listening to the recollections of our parents or grandparents.

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  • December 30, 2014 |Article

    Carroll County's connection to Cuba began with sugar in 1800s

    Carroll County's connection to Cuba began with sugar in 1800s
    Powder, serving with the U.S. Army's 6th Cavalry, was waiting to be deployed to Cuba when he wrote to his sister, "Mrs. Wm. Stansbury," from Tampa, Florida: "Dear Sister. I and our troops are still here.