^o-Ag Program, Other
Activities At A. H. S.
•'Learning to do by doing" is the
BWtto for eighty-fhrv' boys enroll
e4 la vocational agriculture to
Appalachian High Sehool during
tfc» current year A program of ac
tion is set up tor the year.
Several repair Jot* h*M («•«
n»de oo the but which the F- t.
A chapter own*. These job* have
been the putting of grease seals
in the wheeU, packing the wbe«l»
with grease, having the battery
charged, and installing a new part
far the distrubutor.
All these jabs are performed to
preparation to harvest two acres
of potatoes that the boys haDe
grown this year. The bus is used
to transport the boy* and equip
ment. A tentative date has been
set for digging potatoes. With the
approval of the faculty, about
forty boys will spend the day
soon digging and grading potatoes
for **le Any profit from this pro
ject wiH go into the treasury for
financing other activities. A trip
to the state fair and another to
Caw Caw Plantation, Orangeburg,
South Carolina, are being discus;
cd at thft early date.
Many shop jobs, both repair
and construction jobs, will bo
done during the yaar. The most
outstanding job done last year
was the building of a boat for Dr.
A. B. Crew's summer camp. Re
ports indicate that the job was
well done.
The agricultural boys will take
part in several contests with boya
from other schools during the
year. Tto Mar'* calendar (or
theia contests U listed below: Nov.
ember, shop contest; December,
seed judging; February, public
speaking and Parliamentary pro
ceedure; March, land judging;
April, livestock and dairy judging.
This pi of nun will give the pu»Us
plenty of action during the year.
Activities Program
An activities program which
provides extra-curricular activities
for all members of the student
body will begin this year's opera
tions on Friday. Students will
have an opportunity to visit two
clubs with a view toward selec
tion of one club for membership
during the school year.
In addition to athletics, cheer
leading, band, majorettes, aohool
plays, and other activities iq
which a small number of students
participate, the school offers clubs
which-help to develop hobbies or
major interests of high school
boys and girl*. This year approxi
mately sixteen clubs will be meet*
Ing during this activity period,
which is held twice a month on
Fridays from 8:49 to 9:2S.
Every student is encouraged to
join one club; activity points for
club membership and participation
count toward graduation require
ments. Study halls are org allied
for students who do not desire to
join clubs.
Clubs available to students this
year are Girls' «nd Men's "A"
Club, Boys and Girls 4-H Clubs,
Audio-Visual Club, Bible Club,
Debate Club, Fishing and Flyty
ing Club, Future Farmers of
America, the school paper staff,
the annual staff, Home Economies
Club, Model Plane Bullderi Club,
Photography Club, Radio Club,
and the Stodent Store Club.
Other organizations such as the
Student C«uncll, the Beta Club,
the National Honor Society, and
athletic teams will have regular
meetings not to conflict with the
club program.
This year, for the first time in
several years, students will be
limited in the amount of activities
in which they can participate. A
program of limitations was set up
by the faculty last spring in order
to provide equal participation for
a majority of students and to
maintain a proper balance be
tween the curriculum and extra
curricular activities. A student,
for example, who plays football
or any other sport wiH be limited
to a number of minor activities so
that he will have time for sports,
study, and school dubs.
The entire activities program is
maintained in an effort to pro
vide the best possible training and
experiences for high school youth.
Forestry Crop !Kj
Considered
HAs tall ap Quash is a Ml the hsr
vol hum to rammer crops
come# to a Hom many Tar Heel
farawrs are I urn fog their thoughts
to the fttm woodland* < '
John Glllism. forestry specialist
for the N. C Agricultural Exten
sion Service at State College, lays
those who Msjjpllt
their trees aa a cash crop will net
have I* wait another year for a
paying crop hut will start selec
tively cutting their woodland acres
and thinning where needed. Some
are also selling their timber to a
demanding market whether saw
timber, fence posts, poles or pulp
wood.
These wise fanners, according
to Gilliam, have a crop of trees to
market each year. This practice is
not only furnishing an additional
Kouroe of income for these farm
families but i« also furnishing a
much needed raw material to the
evar-expanding wood using indus
tries.
Gilliam declares that every
farmer in North Carolina should
turn to his woodland acres and
ask this question: "Is my wood
land doing its share in furnishing
additional income to the /arm?"
If the answer is "no" It's time to
stop and Safe • took at the land
and decide what can be dose to
improve the situation.
The forestry specislist says
there are trainod foresters in
every area of the stata ready to
help the farmer make his wood
lands profitable and put it on a
paying basis every year.
Farmers should - contact their
loiil county farm agent or nearest
forester for expert sdtttce with his
forestry problems. "Let's put our
woodland on ,» paying basis,"
urges Gilliam.
LIfE INSURANCE COMPANIES
Assets of life insurance com
panies -in the "United States in
creased by $2,309,000,000 in the
first six months of this yea*, to
*06.239,000,000. m the same pe
riod insurance companies invest
ed or reinvested 17,416,000,000, ac
cording fa the Institute of Life
Insurance.
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NEWS ABOUT OUR
Servicemen
I.'.,:'. ' - '>-■
SERVING IN KORBA
1 C<wpe. Korea—Array Sgt Jack
a Hollers, am of Eiiard Hollar Ja.
Valla Qruota, N. C., reeaatljr «u
graduated from the I Corp* Non
Cawliai—tid Officer Aeadamjr la
Korea. - 11
Sergeant Holarx completed the
WdWf 'i lour-week roilrae which
trsaaed his> ia iaadtniuy, map
I wdten aad other military aut>
jecta. Ho aatared the Amy la
1951 aad was I ait stationed at
Fort loaning, Ga. 1®^^
COMPLETES COMMU NIC ATIONS
CENTER OPERATION COURSE
, Fort Goidon, Ca.—Pyt Bonnie
I,. Robinson, son of Mr*. Paulina
J. Robinson, Route 1. Blowing
Rock. N. Cm is scheduled to com
plete the communications canter
operation course Sept. |3 at the
Army's Southeastern Signal
School. Fort Gordon, Ga.
The eight-week course trained
Robinson to receive, process and
relay measages by various means
of communications.
Robinson entered the Army last
Aprs and received basic training
at Fort Jackaon, S. C.
. He was graduated frpm Blowing
Rock High School in 1934 aad was
employed by H and L Tobacco
Company, Gaatonia.
Bankers ire warned net to ease
car financing terms.
Beech Creek News
visitors af Mrs. Vacate
Trivatt trara kor atatav, Mr*
tteaai CwMi and children. Jim,
whI fjiifr. Hen nil Kller and vile
of Elk Park. Mrs Lola Jones ami
children, Tan. Paul and Paulette,
Mrs Ivan Trtwtt Mil giste. Ira
Kay and Karen. ail at Baach
Craak-S-.'-: wi
Mr and Mrs Fred Palmer of
Merganton fistted relative* here
last Sandajr. g«
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stanaberry
and children of Kentucky vlsitid
last week eid with Mrs Suns
berry's parents, Mr,, and Mrs
Lewis Harmon.
FLU VACCINE
The Public Health Service an
nounced recently the release ot
10,028,295 additional doses of
Asian Flue vaccine—bringing to
3, 709,770 the total dosage made
available so far. The vaeelne first
became available on August It.
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PmwmI Income In the United
States last year reached a record
$324.noo.MQ,000—aa average of
»1>*0 for every man, woman and
child in the country before taxea.
according to the Census Bureau.
Delaware led the list With the
highest per capita Income of *2.
B58, 38 per cent above the nation
al average Mississippi was lowest
with *8M. less than half the aver
age. Indiana hit the avarage al
most on thf nose with a per capi
ta income average of »l,Md
kj$ "■■■' 1
ru warning IM
The Federal Bureau «f Investi
gation chief. J. Bdgar Hoover, baa
called on all eitfceaa to help pro
tect children from soft criminals.
"A constance vigilante by every
dtiaen and every parent is the
price of protection against this
aadlatic menace."
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