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Mr Julian Stanford. General Weld Director of the National fVt > Club, prvMnUd the chirtcf of the newly organized Beta Club of Appalachian High School to Dr. Crew durtag an Monthly program M Wednesday November SO. Thlrty-aeven memberi from the aophomore and junior da Me* took tbt pledge, and the following of fice™ were inatallcd Mary White, peuident; Keith Wyke, vice-pre» Went; Betay Nifrholi. aecretary; and Robert Cragg, treaaurer lira Lara Randall la aposaor of (ha club The National Beta Club i» a nonsecret, leadership-service or ganization. Ita purpose* are to pro mote the ideal* of boneaty, aer vlce. and leadership among high aehool students. to reward meri torious achievement, and to en courage and aaaist students to con tinue their education after high school The qualifications for member ahip are: good mentality and character, creditable achievement, and commendable attitude. Members of the Appalachian High School Beta Club are: Juniors: Robert Brittain, Vir glnia Bryan. Tad Buckland. Tred Cook, Landrlae Eutn. Jo* El rod. Richard Gretr, Jim Hay**, Date MoreU, Jerry KcCnckca, Eliiabcth PhUlipa, Peggy PWllipa. Mary Whit*. K*lth Wyk*. Wy S*ph*mons: Patricia Aahtey, Grant Robert Aran, Jr., Paul Barttett. Margaret Row Brown, John Ralph Boehanan, Harold Bryan, Janice Cook, J lid* Creed Donna Glltey, Jimmy Goodnight. Robert Gragg, At in* Oronr, Mar garet Hagaman. Gloria Hampton, Violet Moretx, Betsy Nichols, Judy Snyder, Raymond Smith. Bobby Jo* Winkler. Cody Yasinae, Robert Yoder. Distinction List The following names were omit ted from the distinction list pub lished In last wwqk's paper: Seniors: Clara Beach, Pat Dow ling, Judy Gragg, and Wtlma Mor etz. Beta Club Reception The National Honor 8oclety en tertained the new Beta Club mem bers snd their parents at a recep tion in the library after the as sembly program Wednesdsy morn ing, November 20. Hot Russisn tea and donuts were served to ap Is tbt United onr acci dental death occurs every six mill utet and a eartow «r permanent injury u tnflicted every three ««od<1» Hm |Ml majority of thoec death* and injuria* are the result* of highway traffic acci dent*. Theaa accidenta are eauaed by carcleasneae og the part of the driver, breaking the rule* and re gulation, and ignorance of driv ing (acta and haaarda. The tragedy of all thia ia that moat al the aoci denti are foraaaeabie and prevan Ubie! Drivers education in the school. U our greatest hope for success fully dealing with thia problem of destruction. Appalachian High School ha. driver education aa a required subject to be taken during the junior year. The course is com bined with the student's regular physical education class. Since the boys classes and girls cUsees in physical education are separate, so arc the daises in drivers training. Meeting the driver Mining claaa every other day, the girls' classes have been studying the laws and regulations, highway signs and signals, the pedestrian, problems of the road and reaction time. The material to be covered for the re maining of the achool year Is baa ed on the actual mechanics of driving, the function and parta of the car and what to-do in caae of a mechanical failure while driving. Through driver education in the claaaroom and behind the wheel, boys and (iris leam to do better some of the things which they eventually do anyway. Even as a pedestrians and passengers, they will benefit from the instruction. It helps them to understand that being a good driver or pedes train requires the same good judgment and cooperative attitude needed to be a good citixen. Citizenship is one of the main objectives of Ap palachian High and the drivers training claaaes provide tn excel lent place to help them grow in good cltlxenshlp. Melody Masters Swing Appalachian High School's own dance band, known as the Melody Masters had the school jumping in sssembly Friday, November S. From a modern arrangement of "Danny Boy'" to a tango rhythm of "La Cumparslte" the boys and girls in the band made a hit With the high school crowd. Made up of members of Appala chian High School concert and marching bands, the group of Community Club Progress Listed 'The Ore Crack Cwmilljf Club m visited Tueaday, Novem ber If, by judges (ran the North nK N. C. Developaaent AaeocU tion. They Wirt: Dr. Seb Mayo, Sural Sociology Department, N. C. State College, Raleigh; Mm Fran cca Alexander, asaiatant editor, "The Progressive raraser,* Ral eigh; and Jake Hoary, assistant superintendent industrial relation! activitiea. Western Electric Co., Wlnatoa lalem. ' The judges listened to m hour aad one-half report of the progress made In the community last year. Jerry Adams gara a report on ctub projects; John H. Bingham and Carl Fidler gave a report of school improvements; Robert Shipley gave the farm and home report; and Mrs. Hattte Lewis gave the Home Demonstration Club and church reports. Cove Creek was county winner in the Rural 'Non-Farm division and is In competition with 10 other communities for the top prise money of 1290. Winners "will be announced December 8 at the au nual meeting of the association in Elkin. dance muiiclani meet ouUtd« the ■chool day and rehearse for their own enjoyment and for the poeei billty of obtaining dance Job*. Al though there la not an elected leader, Richard Greer lervea u leader and Frank Payne a* busi new manager. Mr. Perry Wataon direct! the band. The group played "Swing Lew", "Come Back to Sorrento", "Little Brown Jug", "Danny Boy", "Rhy thm in my Soul", "La Cumparrt ta", "Sleepy Town Train", "Jer ■ey Bounce", and "Dream a Little Dream of* lie". Member* of the Melody Maatert are: him, Tad Buckland, Land line Eggert, Jimmy Goodnight, Pat Maddux, and Arlene Greer; trombones, Richard Greer, Prank Hartley, and Jerry McCracken; trumpet*, Frank Payne, Raymond Smith, Eugene Greer, and Jack Thoma*; rhythm aection, Bobby Jo Winkler, drum*; Alice Cain, piano; Bob Agle, beta. CARD OF THANKS The family of Mr. C. D. McNeil expreaie* their sincere thank* to their friend* and neighbors for their comforting expression* of sympathy during the death of their brother. Washington News Washington, D. C—Secretary of Agriculture bra Tilt Benson to definitely at the end of his uae fill new to the Eisenhower Admini stration. He mtj he leaving the it—« at aagr time between now •k* tut year's coofrcwioinl A powerful group of Republi can* to now arrayed against the Mg-ffeiiner, low-support policies of Benson, and heartily disagree with him that things are satisfac tory in the field of farm policy and progress. This has happened before, but not on sueh a scale. Each time the crisis has occurred to the past President Elsenhower has stuck loyally by his agriculture chief. However, there are now other peo-, Pic to be considered, rather than Mr. Eisenhower's political neck and Mr. Be neon hiw»»il Some Republican Congressmen, up for reelection next year in the agricultural areas, know that car rying Benson around their necks to like carrying an albatross and that this might defeat them, if their Democratic opposition to formidable. In addition, the presidential candidate of the Republican Party in 1900 will not have Eisenhower'! great strength with the American people and will have jto fee to it that all handicap* which might prevent success at the poll* In a national election, are removed. By all odds, and admittedly on all iidea, Benson is a political lia bility to the Republicans. There are many Democrats who hope he will remain in office, because they know the value to their party if he is on the scene to be "used" in coming elections. But even the Republicans who support Benson, for the most part, know he is a liability. Even those who believe In his farm philoso phies, and bis theories, admit he Is a political liability. They, how ever, believe that he should be re tained in office, and a consider able group of supporters have again voiced a willingness to stick by him. ,, Nevertheless, the time seems to be inevitably nesting when Mr. Elsenhower will have to remove Benson for the good of the party, including the 1M0 presidential nominee and the large number of congressmen and senators facing election fights next year and in IMl These practice! politic is nj sew the handwriting on the wall In Wisconsin. AU the explanations, kll the excuses aad all the Uvei tis* at bUme on the Democrats cant hid* the farm reeeaaton and the sqaacae of the littie farmer Thai la real. i ' law much spending is going up in the coming fiscal year la a question of lively debate la Wash ington but it Is evident that spend ing will lacreaae. First estimates are that the military budget will be hiked by two billion dollars, to approximately $40 billions. There are those who say that thia la too much, that money will .be saved elsewhere ia the budget But old-hand politiciana argue that not much money will be saved in the non-military fields and that when the committees, expected to REDUCE YOUR INSURANCE COST! Buy.. Buy.. 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With the farm receisien having been in progreaa for aeme ydfcra, the weakening of activity in the industrial sphere become* keenly important (One of the reaaona for law demand for trac tor*, farm implements, new car* and appliance* ia, of courie, the mr at tha Higher (overnment gwdht may well be naeeaeary to apur the economy *o4 stimulate building, •ad kelp prevent a serious busi ■en let down. The lowering ol interest rates announced recently by the ^ministration is aa effort In this directMa. - —
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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