The Walker-Gamble High School Alumni Association 2025 Scholarship and Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at the Walker-Gamble Elementary School Gymnasium, New Zion, South Carolina. According to the Walker-Gamble High School Alumni Association, the program will “honor and commemorate Mr. and Mrs. Silas Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gamble for their sacrifice and determination to invest not only in their children’s education, but in the education of all children in the surrounding communities…”. Dr. Diane M. Burnette, author of Bright Gold and Blue. An Intimate History of Walker-Gamble School, 1953-1970, will serve as the keynote speaker for the event. Dr. Burnette is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Walker, one of the school’s co-benefactor’s and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Montgomery. The Montgomery’s were members of the founding faculty at Walker-Gamble School.