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By Meredith Green:
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February the ninth, the 4-H Club was
organized in Henderson Instiuute, Crop
production and Home taking Club v.ork
make a particular phase of education
possible to all. it takes facts from
school class room and laboratory,
^is club IS sponsored by }fr, Uo^d L.
^ace, Negro County Agent. The officers
of wit selected from the
-igh^h grade students are:
.Anna Hinton.
Knae Bullock.
Assis rano Secretary...... Catherine Lewis
SoSTT- ■’“’hn Allen
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i Victory Gard^
_ With America at war with the axis
IS aopolvtely necessary that an ^
enc^MUs supply of food be produced
auring the year- I94?. Since the armed
fovoOoS get first choice at America's
ood^supply, it was necessary that cur
-ivi_i.:,a.u population be placed under a
nation wide ration. Now that :ui> food
suppo.y has been rationed, it is necessary
that we produce a victory garden to main!
f^iy amount of food for our
of 'nember of the Henderson Chapter
of-New Farmers of America has pledged
family with a portion of the
^oa consumed by producing an N.F.A.
victo.ry Garden. Each me.mber carries a
supervised N.F.A, project each year he
Thivocational agriculture,
meet the challenging
J*" "'^-'■-'rtage facing us, each member
gara^nt"''^'^'" his. project a victory
a-sump each indivlcual will
in of assisting
garden. This wi’’’ h ' victory
of fo-iri +0 K y 'decrease-the ainount
iL o- Led informati-;n
^ontuH your^ouPty,-”
'/oc...^onal Agricult-ure teacher
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^ ^ £• A, Ejr-, Melvin Balthrone
dPh ^’fhruary the fifth the N.F.A
WiUiamsboro for
Traininp r Rural War Production
graining Course. All of the members were
Pngo' a
Ircal.speakers of the affirmative
side were* Clarence Jones and ^
Melvin Balthrope. Speakers of the
nBf^flOLYB sidft t Ij3.WP6nC6
McDougle and Thurston Sneed. The
cj’.'sticn for debate was, ''Hesolve
■ That^aFlock of 100 Hens is '
Profitable to a FarmerThe
uffii'm.ative side won. The decision
was made by the audience. This was
our lirst debate, but we are hcping
that in the near future to have
other Agricultural debates.
P- A;^ Drop CJ.ose Game
T^Jccuts
Tne ILF -A. lasketball team,
though r3r-r:t,...y fermed, challenged
..he vetercn scouts team to a close
and tir-illing game on January the
twent3A-.fiiih, The newly formed N. F.
A. teaj'i gave the scouts all they
could take. In the first half, the
N. F. A. team began their well-planned
attack and led the scouts ten points.
In the second half, the scouts
staggering blow
that the scrappy N.F.A. team had
elivered to them. The scouts, being
veterans, began their offensive by
suddenly making a basket before the
N. F. A. team could realize what had
happened, but the N.F.A. team put an
end to this by holding the scouts to
a tie,
Knight, of the scout team, sank
two points and an extra, that defeated
the new and sensational N.F.A. team
just before the final whistl^-’’. The
score was 39-36 in the scout's favor.
J- 16 high sci^rers for the scouts were;
Knight, Greene, and Davis. High Scorers
lor the N.F.A, were* Brown, Scott, and
Floyd, ^
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jjP^GRO HISTOig; PHIZ
James Greene
On behalf of the Henderson Chapter
of the NEW FARMERS OF AIvffiRICA, I wish
to express mj^ sincere appreciation for
the hearty supprrt given the 1-cal
chapter by the entire student body
and faculty in conducting the Negro
History Quiz in this school.
I assure you Henderson Institute
was well represented in the Nerr- History
Quiz given at Hawkins High School of
harrenton. North Carolina, February 25,
Ik4^. u.n the final analysis of the
contest Henderson Instii'utes' contestant
Melvyn Balthrope, was holding second
place. He missed only two out of swenty
questions asked.Miss Charlie Dav-s ''■c
J^iry Potter School, Oxford, North Carolina
won first place in the quiz. She will
represent this section in the Negro
History Quiz given at the Annual District
w. 1. A. Meeting, held at the Zebulon*
High School, March I5, I943. 'Those
making the highest scores in the contest
conducted here were* 2«felvin Balthrope,
Thurston Sneed and Charlie Jiggetts'.