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May Queen
ANDRE POLK
Andre Polk, in eighth (rule
student at Wntauga Consolidated
School, was choaen May Quean
May 20, at' exercises held at the
school A daughter of Mr and
Mrs Jamea Folk of Philadelphia,
Andre had thla to aay in connec
tion with the honor ahe received:
"I wish to express my thanks to
the community, students, and
Uachera 1 aha 11 always remem
ber this day for being crowned
May Queen of Watauga Conaolldat
ed School, year of 10M."
First Lamb
Pool Slated
The Tri-County Lamb Show la
scheduled June 16 at Sparta. The
show la open to all 4-H and PPA
members in Ashe, Alleghany and
Watauga counties.
All 4-H Club members who want
to show lambe should contact W.
C. Richardson, Assistant County
Agent, immediately. All PPA
members who want to show lambs
should contact their adviaors im
mediately.
SPOTS A GRUESOME REALITY
Nitro, W. Va.? Those spots be
fore her eyes were the real Mc
Coy, Mrs. Thomas Shrewsbury
discovered.
The spots were dn her children,
and she learned that all seven of
them had measles.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed pi oposals will be receiv
ed by the President and Board of
tile Holiton Presbytery Camp,
liic., in Uie Lounge Room of the
First Presbyterian Church in
Johnson City. Tennessee, until
2:30 p. m. on June 9th. 1998, for
furnishing materials, machinery,
equipment and labor and doing all
work required for the construc
tion of a Reinforced Concrete
WaUr Tank, small Water Distri
bution System and 440 feet of fl
inch Vitrified Clay Sewers located
on the Presbytery property near
Banner Elk, Noith Carolina, at
which time they will be publicly
opened and read.
Plana, specifications, and pro
posals may be obtained from
Fred Dickerson, at Lees-McRae
College in Banner Elk, North
Carolina or from D. M. Sholes.
Engineer in Burnsville, North
Carolina upon a deposit of $16.00.
The full amount of the deposit
for one set of documents will be
returned to each actual bidder
submitting a bona fide bid upon
? eturn ot all documents in good
condition within 3 days after date
of opening of bids.
. Each pi oposai must be accom
panied by cash, certified check,
or bid bond, made payable to T.
A. Freeman, Piesident Holston
Presbytery Camp, Inc. in the
amount of not less than S percent
of the bid submitted. Said cash,
check or bid bonds will be prompt
ly returned >o the unsuccessful
bidders, and to the successful
bidder upon execution of tne con
tract and performance bond.
Should the successful bidder fail
to execute the contract within 10
days after notice of acceptance of
his proposal the caah, check or
bid bond will be forfeited to the
Board of Holston Presbytery
A performance bond, to be paid
ior by the conti actor will be re
quired in an amount equal to 100
percent of the contract price con
ditioned upon the faitnful per
and awarding the contiaci.
Payment will be made on the
basis of 90 per cent of monthly
estimates and final payment with
la' 80 days after completion and
D acceptance of the work.
y'S Contractors are notified that
"An Act to Regulate the Practice
of General Contracting," passed
*-? the General Assembly of North
olina and subsequently amend
will be obaerved in receiving
J awarding the contract.
Award will be made to the low
eat responsible bidder, provided
is to the Board's Btercst to ac
Alternates contain
will be used
I'a interest and at its
Board reserves the
or all bids, and
President.
I, At 'Appalachian High I
The Baccalaureate Scrvice of
Appalachian High School wm held
oa May 25 at 8:00 p. m. at lfc?
Boom Beptiat Church
"If Thou But Buffer -Cod to
3uida Them" by Bach opened the
orogram. and the graduating claaa
of '86 marched la to "Triumphal
March" bjr Orieg. Rev. J. K. Park
tr offered the Invocation followed
the hymn "Lead On O King
Exernal " The High School Chorm
rang "With a Voice of Singing."
lira. Oraydon P. Eggera was at
the organ.
Key. George Arthur choae for
hla aubject "Living With
Hia three auggeationa for filling
the blank were: 1. The Book. X
The Croaa I. The Divine Compan
ion. Rev Mr. Parker then gave the
* benediction followed by Lutkln
reaponae by tip Cborua. The
graduate! then receded to the
muaic of *A Mighty Fortreaa la
Our God," b> Luther.
Citiien Of The Week
| Patricia Cook Norria waa hoo
ored by the student council in u
icmbly May J3. u citizen of the
?Wk. . !^pf -?*; v-fetf!
Pat I* a senior in Mb* Hicks'
.lumeroom Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. I>e?n Cook, Pat recently mar
led Earl Norria of Boone.
Office AmMmIi Selected
Five ruing loniort were recent
ly selected by teacher* in the bust
neH education department and by
Dr. Crew to serve as of/ice assist
anta for the 1M6-M school year.
These fir la are: Virginia Bryan,
Nancy Critcher, Martha Elrod,
Madeline Jackson, and Georgia
Gail Norrts.
To be considered for this honor,
a student must be following the
commercial curriculum, and mak
ing a B average or better in typ
ing and shorthand.
The girls will serve as office as
sistants during their entire senior
year and will gain experience in
taking and tranacribing dictation,
using the adding machine, tele
phone, mimeograph, dictaphone,
and duplicator.
Rev. Paul Town send
Cove Creek Speaker
"It la better to light one small
candle than to curie the darkneaa."
i The Rev. Paul Townee nd, ?up
crtntendent of the Salisbury Dis
trict of the Method lat Church, uaed
thla Idea In preaching the bacca
laureate aermon to 73 sen
lora of Cove Creek High achool
Sunday night. The aervlee waa
attended by aeveral hundred par
ent! and frienda of the graduatea.
Mr. Townaend waa aaalated in
the aervlee by Miaa Geraldine Sur
ratt, paator of the Henaon'a Chapel
Methodiat Church, and the Rev
erend Walter Jones, paator of Oak
Grove Baptist Church.
The high school chorus, under
the direction of Mlsa Cynthia
Stiles, aang two anthems, "The
Heavens Resound," and "Baautiful
Saviour."
The floral arrangements were
by Mrs. Nora Wilson.
Graduation exerclaea at Cove
Creek will be bald Friday at t:00
p. nil, with five student speakers
in charge of the program which haa
as It* theme, "The International
Geophysical Year."
Jim Heaaoa will serve aa nar
rator. After the invocation by
Eddie Greene, Elizabeth Thomas,
Phyllis Greene, Kathryn Henaon,
and An lee Wilson will discuss
varioua phases of the scientific
studies being made on the world
during IGY. "
The chorus will sing "One
World," by O'Hara - Bratton;
"Around the World." by Adamaon;
and "Onward, Ye Peoples," by Si
belius. John H. Bingham, princi
pal, will spesent special awards and
diplomas.
Chief marshals David Combs and
Nancy Henaon, and Jim Greene,
Mary Lou Greene, Ruth Ann Ban
ner, Helen Recce, Wanda Harmon,
Janice Hags man, Belinda Shook,
and Linda Saunders are in charge
of programs and seating arrange
ments.
An interesting feature of the
stage decoration will be a minia
ture reproduction of the solar
system, made by Jim Phillips.
Blowing Rock Class
Enjoys Spring Trip
Mr?. R. C. Greene and Mr. Dean
Williams. sponsors of this annual
event left Blowing Rock on the
morning of May 30 with the fol
lowing students:
Margaret Hollars, Richard Cof
fey, Rhea Holder, Martha Shore,
Johnny Harman, Carl Underwood,
Diana Hodge, Colburn Trtvette,
James Klutx, Ronny Burns, David
Cannon, Ben Greene, Sandra
Castle, Steve Ashley, Robert Har
man, Sonny Young, Judy Coffey,
Danny Baird, Linda Dula, Linda
LuttreU, Bill Lentx, Pat Fortune,
Barbara Jo Parker, and Phyllis
Goulds.
The group visited Wake Forest
College, Winston-Salem Airport,
Duke University, Botanical Card
ena, Chapel Hill, Planetarium,
Medical Center, Woolen's Gymas
ium. State Fair Arena, State Col
lege, Reynolda Coliseum. Alao in
Raleigh we viaited the State Capi
tol, Governor') Maniion, North
Carolina Muaeum of Arta, Hall of
Hlatory, North Carolina Muieum
of Natural Hlatory, birth place of
Preaident Andrew Johnson, State
Prison, Pullen Park, and the
Treasurer.
Out of all the places, the moat
popular was the Morehead Plane
tarium, where they saw -the show,
'The End of the World." The Hall
of Hlatory, North Carolina Mus
eum of Natural History, Duke
University, and the Governor's
Mansion were very popular too.
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