Appalachian Hi
School News
On Thursday morning Novem
ber 21, 1946, Mr. Wilson repre
sentative of Curtis Publishing
Company, outlined a plan for
magazine sales contest. This is
the fourth year that this project'
hag been undertaken at Appala
chian high school.
There is a three-fold purpose in
this contest. First is the commis
sion that the sch<x>l gets from the
subscriptions. In the past this
has been a considerable amount.
One year it was used by the
speech departmtnt to purchase a
record player for the department.
Other school .nprovements have
been provided from this maga
zine fund. A second goal to be
? gained from this is to increase the
reading matter in the homes.
"A magazine in every home" is
the slogan of the contest. Train
ing in salesmanship and contact
ing the public will be worthwhile
? xperience for high school stud
ents.
The contest will last until Dec
ember 10, 1946, and valuable
prizes are offered both to the
student who leads and also to the
hQme-room sells the most sub
scriptions.
Last Friday students from the
music department presented a
program of selections which were
used in the recent music festival
held at Appalachian College. Par
ticipants included piano pupils of
Mrs. R. L. Tait and Mrs. Esther
Boone and piano and voice pupils
of Mr. O. M. Hartsell. The Boy's
dec Club comprised of forty
voices and the Girl's Glee Club
of thirty-eight voices were under
the direction of Mr. Hartsell.
Soloists were: Billy Crawford,
Mary Joe Gross, Erma Norris,
Mary Lee Stout, Sonny Williams,
Reymond Connor, David Edmis
ten, Arlis Hodge, Pete Story,
Reba Smith, Martha Quails, Jo
Ann Hardin, Gene Craven, -and
Lawrence Barden.
On Wednesday, November 20.
1946, Miss Williams eighth grade
girls entertained Mrs. Graggs
eighth grade boys at a party in
the Recreation room where games
were played and refreshments
were served.
During National Education
Week the chemistry classes made
a study of atomic structure. Re
search was done in the library
on this project. They selected and
ordered film on this subject which
will be shown on a later date.
This subject was in keeping the
National theme "Education for|
The Atomic Age."
Mr. Thompson's seventh grade
organiztd a 4-H club on Novem
ber 8, 1946. The following of-i
firers were elected: President, j
Martha Councill: vice-president,
Orlando Brown; secretary, Joan
Aldridge; treasurer, Coker Trip
lett; reporter, Henry Gaither;
pogram leader, Harry Farthing;
song leader, Jerry Troutman.
Mrs. Gomedela's tenth grade
girls have made for th? ir Red
Cross project twenty children's
dresses which is the county's
quota.
Almost one hundred per cent
of the students of Appalachian
high school were enrolled in the
Junior Red Cross during the en
rollment campaign held Novem
ber 115.
The homerooms which paid an|
enrollment fee of t went -five cents i
per student and had one hundred'
per cent of the student paying ;
that fee received 10 activity l
points. The homerooms which re
ceived the maximum number ofj
points were Mrs. Winkler's 12thi
grade girls, Mr. Tait's 11th grade
boys and Mr. Simpson's 11th
grade boys.
Each homeroom received points |
for enrollment in proportion to,
the amount paid and the percent- 1
age of students paying.
Junior Red Cross members of
Appalachian high school have!
packed 43 gift boxes for shipment1
to children overseas.
Homerooms which packed box
es and the number packed were:
Mr. Simpson's 11th grade boys,
18; Mrs. Gragg's 8th grade boys,
11; Mrs. Nash's 9th grade girls, 8;
Mrs. Winkler's 12th grade girls,
3; and Miss Stogner's 10th grade
girls, 3.
Seven boxes which were pack
ed last year too late for shipment
were included in this year's ship
ment, making a total of 50 boxes
from our high school.
Junior Red Cross members
from other schools in the county
packed 52 boxes, making a total
of 102 boxes from the Watauga
county chapter this year.
In order that the people ofj
North Carolina may become ac
quainted with the desperate need
for more hospitals, more doctors
and nurses, and more medical
care facilities in general, the Good
Health Association is sponsoring|
a state-wide oratorical contest.!
Each high school in the state,
may have one boy and one girl'
representing it in this contest.]
These participing must work up]
a 10-minute (or less) talk on the'
subject of "North Carolina's!
Number One Need For Good1
Health."
The preliminary contest for the;
school was held Friday. Novem-{
ber 22 with Raymond Connor the,
winning boy and Betty Lou!
IClawson the winning girl.
NAVY WEAPONS OF THE FUTURE
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The first peacetime Nary Day In Ave years emphasises the Navy'i
preoccupation with scientific advancement as a means of preserving
the security of the nation H fought to Insure between Pearl Barber and
V-J Day. Highlighting Ike development of offensive and defensive
weapons and devices accelerated by World War II are robot aircraft
sack as the "Gtemb," "Gordon," and "Gargoyle," heralds of a super
sonic age In wklch only the mind of man can match the speed of the
deadly creatures his genius has .conceived. Largest member of this
trio Is the "Glomb." or gllder-bom her (above). The LBB-1 Is a tele
vision-controlled aircraft which wlB stand 3M miles aa hour la a four-G
dive. (Official Navy Photograph)
Kepharts On Brief
Trip to Yonahlossee
Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Kephart ofj
Camp Yonahlossee have been!
spending a few days at camp
checking on winter work. They
are accompained by Mrs. Jean
Hetzel of Connellsville, Pa., a col
lege friend of Mrs. Kephart at
lood College. She will accompany
them back to Sarasota, Fla. for
a visit. Mr. A. C. Williams, camp
caretaker, having returned to
camp from Sarastoa because of
the illness of his wife, will also
accompany the party back to
Sarasota where he will be em
ployed by the Out of Door School
until Christmas holidays.
Dr. and Mrs. Kephart have been
attending the Uniting Conference
of the United Breathren Church
and the Evangelical Church at]
Johnstown, Pa., Dr. Kephart's
sister being delegates. They also
spent several days in Washington,
D. C. where their daughter Mar-I
garet Kephart is employed by
the Washington Loan and Trust!
Company. In the absence of the'
Kepharts the school headmaster,
Mr Leslie L. Carter, who also*
worked with the Kepharts during!
the past season at Camp Yonah
lossee, was in charge of the school
The winning boy and girl in
the state will receive a $500
I scholarship to any college in
North Carolina.
in Sarasota.
Enrollment for the season of
1947 is well on its way to com
pletion. A few improvements are
planned, a new stone bridge aiid
a shower-house being emong the
more extensive ones. Work on
these will be begun when Mr.
Williams returns after the holi
days.
PRICE RISES
In the first two days of trading
after the Government's sweeping
jdecontrol action, the Office of
Price Administration economists
[estimated that the prices of 28
[major commodities jumped an
average of 7.4 per cent. Sharpest
increase were reported in 16 in
dustrial war materials, which
rose 12.4 per cent. The remain
ing 12 items included in the OP A
survey were foodstuffs, which ad
vanced about 1 per cent.
?DIPLOMATIC PAY
Under the terms of the new
Foreign Service Act, passed unan
imously this year by Congress,
Ambassadores and Ministers of
the United States will receive
$25,000 and $15,000 a year as
^gainst the old scale of $17,500
Smd $10,000. The Act also provides
for increases to other members
of the Diplomatic Corps. It also
provides for a Reserve Corps
from which temporary officials
;can be drawn. The Act provides
jthe first pay raise for diplomatic
[since 1855.
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The Tobaeco Market
opens next week, and we cordially invite all the farmers
of the area to visit us when they sell their weed.
We have a comprehensive stock of hardware, including
many of the items which are indispensable around the
farm, and we want you to feel at home at our store.
We are here to serve you, and shall look forward to your
visits.
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