BAILEY BUGLE. BAILEY. NORTH CAROLINA. JANUAfil,...!?.^ _£AGELJLL LEARNING TO DO DOING TO LEARN Iffr nEujs EARi'IING TO LIVE LIVING TO SERVE V/ayne Lanim Tommy Glover fig. Boys Rote First In See4 Contest First honor came Bailey's way at Watson Brother's Seed Farm January lU as the chapter competed in Nash county’s annual seed identifying contest. Three senior boys-Gene Finch, C. D. liullens, and Tommy Glover-along -with their advisor, "Boss", rep resented Bailey. The team scored 2832 points out of a possible 3300. FINCH GETS 1030 POBITS Gene Finch lead the TArhole district 'vd.th 1030 points of 1100. He received one bushel of hybrid corn. For capturing first place, Bailey received two fed eration banners, one of which circulates to the winning team each year. IDENTIFIES So SEEDS The boys had to identify 50 different types of seeds. In addition there were four samples of four different seeds to be judg ed for purity and quality. The agricul.ture class had been studying about 1!?0 different kinds of seeds for one v.'eek before the contest. Some were actual plants and seeds preserved in celluloid cases and glass bottles while some were only pictures. Following the contest was the federation banquet at Overtons in near-by Rocky Mount. Veterans Continue Farn^ Work Unless changes are made, veterans in and around Bailey will continue their farm studies until July 27, 1955. According to the G. I. Bill of Rights, anyone completing three years of service is due four years of schooling. At present, under the leadership of Willard Mea- coraes and Y/illard Perry, the veterans are studying the new yearly farm plans and are completing records for last year's farm pro- g;rams. Freshmen Begin Shop Work As the new year opened, the freshmen boys began shop work. Until the Christmas holi days, they studied working lumber bills and the use and care of tools. Occasionally, during their spare time, freshmen boys have constructed shoe shine boxes or other easy articles, as bird houses and what-nots. For their first class pro ject, each boy is . con structing a nail box. "It will be interesting to see vjhich brat builds the best one" corjnents "Boss", their instructor. Let Bailey Dry Cleoners Erase Your Wife’s BLUE MONDAYS By Doing H ©r LAUNDRY CJ

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