February 1941 WENDELL BAND RADIO QUIZ EXCITES INTEREST CONDUCTS GOOD WILL TaJl^ On a good will tour in behalf of the Gold Leaf Tournament the Wen- edll High School Band gave a thirty minute program in the Bailey audi torium February 6 at 11:30 A,, M, The band under the direction of Mrc I^ott, band leader, played princi pally famous band numberfs „Mr ^ Itoatt in inviting all to tho tournfment, February 12--15, praised the Bailay teams for their piayinn in past tau:’-' naments , saying he boiievod that Bailey had won more trophies than any other team pr,rticipating. He further added that Wendell always looked forward to seeing Bailey en ter the tournament- bo cause tho crowd was assured of a good sportsmanlike^ hard fought game. MEETING HELD IN INTEREST OF LIBRARY BILL Miss Marjorie Beal, Secretary of the State Library Commission, in vited by tho Bailey community to ex plain the work of tho Library Com mission and tho stato library ap - propriation's bill now boforo tho State Legislature, spoke boforo a group of fifty-threo intorostod cLti- zens at tho Bailoy library on the evening of February 3. Aftor dis cussing the bill Miss Beal cited ji)- stancos of real benefits tho library sorvice is performing; namely, dis tribution of books to rural comTnuni- ties, prison camps, and small toNxio, and tho creation of a dosiro f or better reading. At tho close of Iviiss Boalt s talk, Mrs. T. C, May, chairuan of tho moot ing, recognized a number of men pr3- snot and asked them t-o oxprons thoir viows in regards to stato aid. Spook ing in behalf of tho sorvico poj? - formed by tho Bailey library and.urg. ihg that all prosont write or con tact personally thoir ropreaontatlvus in support of tho stato bill w e re CONTEST BASED ON CURRENT TOPICS Each Friday morning at the third period finds a student broadcasting the nows of the week to the hlg h school student body over the school radio system. On February 14 Nor man Patterson announced at the opet>— ing of tho program that the broad - cast was to be a quiz concerning im portant .people nnd places that had been in the spotlight--over the ra dio and in tlie nev/spaper--in t ■ w l.ast two weeks. Tho students v/ore told that fifty c6nts for first placo and twenty- five conts for socond placo would be Given to tho persons v/ith the mo 8 t correct ansv/ers, Poi* a correct answer each place and parson had to be identified by a clear and cciicise statement.. The persons wero as follows: Van Vatson, Bob Reynolds, Mitaxas, Odus I.lull, Lily pons. Dr. Coppedge, Marshal Petain, Colonel Charles A. Linborgh, Tom Pearsall, Alice Marble, IVavoll,' Charles Parker, Senator Wheeler, Antonosquo, Grazi- ani, Harry Hopkins, Wendell WilkLe, Katherino Hepburn, and tho Boy Scoiis. Places mentioned wore Nashville, N, C,, Raleigh, Genoa, ^'Ofia, Ice - land, Bangaai, Tripoli, Vichy,Chapel Hill, Holly Hidgo, and Wasl:;ington , D. C. Aftor papers were exchanged '.and corrected it was revealed that Le— ron Ray of the senior class waifirst prize, while Sidney Jonos and Jose phine Lamm, also of tho senior class, tiod'for socond placo« Tho quiz proved so sue co s sful that the students enthusiastically aaked for another one tho next wodkl Continued from first column Mossrs. M.F. Morgan, A,B. Farmer, R'. M; Moacomes, W.L. Loy, W.R.Par sons, G. R. Strickland, C. H. Walker, R, L, Jonos, and R. A, Finch,

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