THE COUGAR CRY, OCTOBER 1. 1970, PAGE 3
EDITOR’S NOTE:
Wilkes Community College
Open House On October 4
Wilkes Community College will
hold “OPEN HOUSE” on Sunday
afternoon, October 4 from 2; 00
to 6:00 p.m. This “Open House"
is being held so the public may
take a close look at their COM
MUNITY COLLEGE.
Wilkes Community College op
erates under the “open door”
policy for high school graduates
or high school equivalency certi
ficate holders and others who
are 18 years of age or older.
Therefore, the major purposes
are;
1. To provide two years of
academic college credit cour
ses for those students who de
sire to transfer to four-year or
senior colleges or universities,
and for those students for whom
two years of general college stu
dies will satisfy their educational
needs,
2. To provide a variety of two-
year programs in technical stu
dies the successful completion
of which will afford the student
the greatest opportunity to enter
an occupation.
3. To provide a variety of one-
year vocational trade programs,
these could be three or four
quarters in length, for those who
desire to prepare themselves
for entrance into new trades,
4. To provide a variety of
programs and courses for those
who desire to improve their com
petencies in their present oc
cupations,
5. To provide a variety of
programs and courses for those
adults who desire personal ful
fillment through continuing edu
cation.
6. To provide opportunities
for those who desire to earn a
high school diploma or equivalen
cy certificate.
7. To meet for industry pre
service and in-service manpower
training needs, more than the
public schools are providing.
Dr. Howard E. Thompson, Pre
sident, cordially invites you, your
friends and neighbors to visit
Wilkes Community College on
Sunday afternoon, October 4, be
tween 2:00 and 6:00 p.m.
Students Receive Awards
By SANDRA RUSSELL
Mrs. Jean Tugman and Mr.
Ira Gambill have been notified
by the Victor Educational Ser
vices Institute of Chicago of aw
ards received by their students
who took certificate tests in the
Spring Quarter of 1970. Recogni
tion was given to students who
demonstrated ability exceeding
a national average in use of of
fice machines.
Some of the students received
as many as three Certificate of
Proficiency. These students
were: Linda Colvard, Tony Ray
Fox, Gay Huffman, Barbara Bled
soe, Nancy Jane Elledge, and
Anna Lee Harris.
Awarded two certificates were:
Rick Atwood, Dennis Anderson,
Eyda Bennett, Wanda Barlow, Bill
Childress, Kathy Key, George
Latham, Jackie Riley, David Sh
ore, Judy Welborn, Don Brown,
Shirley Ann Clore, Maurice Cra
ven, Billy Ray Faw, and Sandra
Russell.
Certificates were also earned
by the following: Joyce Elizabeth
Thomas, Vicki Lynn Kanupp, Ju
lia Hayes, Jackie Johnson, Shir
ley Ann Wyrick, Marcella Tri-
vette, Roger Dale Pilkenton, Jer
ry Garris, Wanda McGlamery,
Rosann Prevette, Jerry Sloan,
David Johnston, Barbara Lewis,
Karen McClure, Jayne Prevette,
Deanie Riddle, Lanny Reavis,
Margaret Sheets, Dona Triplett,
Ronald Calloway, and Sherry Ro
berts,
For their outstanding skill in
the use of the Printing Calcula
tor, Eyda Bennett, Don Brown,
and Barbara Bledsoe earned
portfolios. In addition, Barbara
was given a gold pen for unusual
competency with the Ten Key
Adding Machine,
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THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE LOCAL N.C.E.A.
ARE: (L to R) Mrs. Faye Byrd, vice-president; Mrs. Jo Hen
drix, president; and Mr. Jack Hadley, secretary-treasurer.
Participants Enthusiastic
Over Operation Main Stream
Because of a program called
Operation Mainstream, adults
are learning the thrill of being
able, for the first time, to en
dorse their own checks, to han
dle their money intelligently in
the grocery store, and to read
their Bibles,
Under the direction of Mrs.
Catherine Larson, WCC Coor
dinator of Community Services,
down-to-earth assistance is pro
vided for adults who have found
it difficult, because of serious
lack of education, to hold steady
jobs.
Six hours of classroom inst
ruction each week is provided
by Mrs. Elizabeth Kelso, with
funds made available by the De
partment of Labor.
The American Bible Society
has given Wilkes Community Co
llege 50 copies of the New Test
ament, Psalms, and Proverbs,
in large print, for the students
in the Mainstream Program.
Reporter Arlene Edwards, de
scribing the unique studies in a
recent WINSTON-SALEM JOUR-
NEL article stated: “The reading
books have stories about buying
cars and going to the hospital
instead of the juvenile escap
ades of Dick and Jane, The ar
ithmetic books have pictures of
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Cheerleader tryouts September 22, ended in triumph for these
nine misses: Front-Linda Colvard, captain; Second Row, L to R,
Wanda Miller, Vivian Adams, Barbara Lankford-co-captain; Third
Row, L to R, Mary Andrews, Patti Wagoner, Cheryle Gorcian-
Alternate, and Peggy Lambert - Alternate,