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At Cove Creek Elementary School
By EDWAfU) L. BLACK,
Prindpal
the school year got off to a
smooth start with an enroU
roent of t78 tad has now risan
torn
| We were fotunate in that we
hsv? only there combinations
this year. The combination
grades were carefully screen
ed so that aU children would
be at about the same level of
learning.
{ AM of the children were
grouped homogeneously as
nearly Us possible In feafllhg
ability as well as the other in
structional subjects. ,
this year I have attempted
to build up two areas which
were greatly lacking ? the
teaching of reading and our li
brary program.
Our reading program is mak
ing progress in grades one
through eight. Teachers are us
ing a combination of methods,
phonics If well as the sight
say method.
At a recent reading clinle,
held by Mr. Uberto Price, read
i n g instructor, Appalachian
Stpte Teachers College, eight of
?our twelve teachers participat
ed. This program arranged by
'Mrs. Dessie Mae Edmiaten,
Supervisor, has been one of
[the highlights of this school
year.
Many new readlag books 1
have 'been ordered to help our
teachers with the fundamentals
of reading and phonics. They
hate followed along with the
program and have shown a
groat deal of. interest.
Reading and phonies are
taught every day to our seven
th and eighth grade students.
Mrs. Jamie Henson has done a
wonderful job with the funda
?mentals, of reading while I
have tried to teach phonics.
Correlating these two, we hope
to better prepare our studeala
for high school.
Our library has been one of
my chief concerns this year. So
far we have purchased over 300
new books for our library and
have placed a set of new en
cyclopedias in every classroom
from grades four through
sev?n. There are only two
gradqflybtofe not have a set
?of reference books in the OjA-j
room, but th* encyclopedias
have been placed en four
wheeled carts so that they can
easily be pushed into these two
rooms.
Our librarian, Mrs. Lucille
Wallace, has worked hard cata
loging our books and establish
ing a card file.
We have concentrated our
purchases to high level of in
terest, but easy u> read mater
ial* for those v<bo Are having
difficulty with their reading
since this seens to be the
greatest need at present.
Nest year our budget will be
spent on the above average
children.
-Our (election of magazines
has beea increased this year to
help our children with their
| reading, current events and
item* of world importance.
I do believe that our library
i would favorably compare with i
most of the libraries in the
county, but there is still a
great deal of progress to be
made. I
The cafeteria has functioned <
Smoothly this year under the i
capable - leadership of Mrs. !
Grady Johnson. Our school em
ploys three cooks besides l(rs.
Johnson, and feeds on an aver
age of over 329 students each
day, an increase Of more than
50 daily oyer last year.
There has been severhl pur
chases for our cafeteria this
year: new plates* silverware,
soup bowls, pans and knives.
At the beginning of the year,
ire owed $820.00 on a new re
frigerator, which has now beea
paid down to $360.00. This ob
ligation will be paid eff by the
end of March and we will be
debt fr?e.
Mr, Angell bought four new
tables and 24 additional chairs
for ouf cafeteria, which were
greatly appreciated. This has
enabled ui to feed more in less
time, thereby cutting down on
out cost and increasing the in
struction tine for the "students.
This year I h*ve established
a -card file system on all child
ren 'til our school, to be used
primarily in case of emergency.
This will enable us to contact
-the parents and obtain the par
ents permission to take their
child to the family doctor,
should it be necessary.
Also, I have established a
handbook for teachers, stating
school policy and procedure
covering various Items of school
interest. This handbook has cut
dd?? on the number Of routine
questions and hap helped the
jflM^|eft~to operate more effici
The Cova Creek tTK graci
ously donated $80.00 for aci-.
ence equipment which has been
spent through the N.D.E.A. An
additional $100,000 of school
funds were Used in making a
total purchasing power of
$300.00 worth of equipment
We would like to acknowledge
our thanks to the PTO for the
donation.
6ur boy* and girls gave a de
lightful Christina* program un
der the direction of Mrs. Jim
mie Mast, Mrs. Vara Church,
and our two first grade teach
en, Mrs. Haiel Mast and Mrs.
Murriel Glenn. There was a
large turnout and many favor
able comments made bjr the
parents.
Cave Creek Elementary
School is fortunate to have an
excellent custodian this year,
Mr. Clifford Norrts. Mr. Norris
has to keep two buildings clean,
besides hand firing two boilers;
he has a great deal of responsi
bility and does an excellent job.
Our health inspection ratings
have been very high this year.
Mr. Angell has said that the
basement of the newer build
ing will be painted so that the
wasted space can be turned in
to a play area for our smaller
(Children. Mr. Hiram Brooks has
donated three chinning bars for
our new play area. We certain
ly do apperaiate this donation.
.This, will be an excellent place
for the children during incle
Later on this spring, we hope
to have a chicken supper for
the community in order to raise
money for our library. We be
lieve that the supper would
bring in at least *500.00. This
would certainly *go a long way
toward the need of building up
our supply of books and equip
ment.
'Our clinic has been repaired.
New sheets, blankets, and
spreads have beeh bought, and
an ample supply of first aid
equipment has been purchased
to take cart of emergencies. We
are going to ask If it can be
painted to make it more attrac
tive, cheerful, and sanitary.
We have purchased new phy
sical education equipment for
the children, among which are
basketballs, softballs, bats, and
kick balls. This area will be
given more concentration next
year to bring it up to par.
I sincerely feel that these
four months have been good
months and that progress has
shown up in many areas. I feel
that progress has beerr -made
.in the areas of instruction, ad
ministration, morale, and atti
tude. Our teachers seem to be
enthusiastic about their work
knd have cooperated very nicely
with the policies that I have
established this year. I believe
that this trend will continue
throughout the remainder of
the year.
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Special Occasion
Dental Health
Week Announced
(This is published In coopera
tion with the local dental aoci
< ety which ii this week observ
ing Children's Dental Health
Week.)
What is the relationship be
tween nutrition and dental
health?
In general, if you eat tha
{ kind of diet recommended for
I general health, you'll be get
ting the essentials for dental
health.
During the years the teeth
are being formed (from about
: five months before birth to the
age of eight years), an adequate
, supply of calcium and phospho
| rus is needed for hardening of
the tooth ^tincture. Once the
teeth are fully formed and cal
cified, the enamel docs not need
any irtdre calcium and cannot
ahsoib any. The gums and the
bones of the jaws must have
the same nourishment through
out life as the other tiaaues of
the body.
While a good diet does play
a part in the development of
sound, healthy teeth, only fluo
rides have been proved to help
develop decay-resistant teeth.
As far as preventing tooth de
cay is concerned, what you do
eat is perhaps less important
in preventing tooth decay than
what you don't eat, provided
what yoti dtih't eat Is sweets.
What causes tooth decay? t
Various studies that Jiave
been 'made indicate that bac
teria always present in the
mouth act on fermentable car
bohydrates, especially sugar, to
| form acids. The acids attack the
enamel of the teeth. 'Eventu
ally these acid attacks result in
decay.
No way has yet been found
of removing bacteria perman
ently from the mouth, although
brushing temporarily decreas
es the number of bacteria. But
sugar can be eliminated ? or at
least the amount that is eaten
can be reduced. The teeth of
those who eat sweet snacks fre
quently during the day are sub
jected to almost continuous at
tacks.
Brushing immediately after
eating does help to remove
some of the sugar before it is
converted to acid. When finish
ing is not possible, the mouth
should at least be rinsed With
clear water.
Only Two Librarians Have Served
ASTC; Rapid Progress Is Noted
By LARRY PENLEY
Only two librarians hfve
served Appalachian State Teach
ers College during the SO year*
of It* existence as a State In
stitution.
The library has grown from
3,000 books housed in two
rooms in the administration
buildinc to a modern library
>ith 109,000 books since WU
I liana L. Eury became associated
I with the college as assistant li
brarian in 1029.
Eury became a Ubnrian
( somewhat by accident. His un
dergraduate work was in the
! f i e 1 d of mathematics and
, French. During the summer of
1928. he took over for Librar
ian Mrs. Emma H. Moore while
she was recuperating from an
accident. Eury liked the work
and was Invited by the college
administration to come to Ap
palachian as a full-time assist
ant in the library. He earned
his degrees in library science
later at Peabody College.
Mrs. Moore, who became li
brarian in 1913, fondly referred
to her 23-year-old assistant as
the "boy helper." She served
as librarian for about 20 years.
Miss Louise Eury of Besse
mer City, sister of the librarian,
recently wrote a letter in praise
of Mrs. Moore of Roanoke, Va.,
who died on Oct. 13, 1962, and
was buried in Boone. Miss
Eury said, "Many students re
call Mrs. Moore, who was quite
a fixture at Appalachian for
many years. She wanted, above
all, to have quiet in a perfectly
ordered library. There was no
shilly- shallying. lally - gaggin
around the sacred portals and
environs of her domain. I re
member well being expelled be
cause of a lapse of decorum.
Later I came to know "Miss
Emma" as a very dear friend."
Eury said, "During that first
year I rolled up my sleeves and
started from scratch to catalo
gue the books and make the li
brary as modern as possible."
Since that small beginning
the library has grown until a
building was erected in 1935
to house It. This building was
remodeled in 1955 and again in
1959. Due to the growth of the
APPALACHIAN LIBRARIAN William L. Eury shows Mary
Alice Hulf, cataloguer for the library, the first book that
was entered in the acceasion book , in 1929. ? Larry Penley
photo.
student body and the lack of
space in the twice remodeled
library, Eury lays that addition
al library facilttiei or an ade
quate new building is needed
now.
During the early 1930's the
Appalachian library remained
open 30 hours a week and clos
ed at 9 p. m. each day. Now the
library is open for 80 hours a
>*eek and closes at 10 p. m.
From a staff of two In 1929,
the library now employs eight
full-time librarians and 75 stu
dent assistants.
Appalachian uses the "open
stack" to enable students to
select their own books. Eury
said that the "open stack"
speeds up the operation of the
library and doesn't keep stu
dents waiting for 30 minutes as
is sometimes the case in the
"close stack" libraries.
"Most people do not realize
the work that is involved by
the library staff to get one new
book on the shelf and ready for
circulation. From start to finish
about 10 people will handle the
new book in getting it ready
for use. For each book a Li
brary of Congress card is order
ed and it takes from a week to
a month to get these cards. The
libiary can make temporary
cards for a book to get it in cir
culation but this invilves dupli
cate work. It costs the library
about $4.50 in labor and mater
ials to gett a new book on the
shelf.
Now in his 34th year at Ap
palachian, Eury paid tribute to
the late Dalphin Disco Dough
erty's work in making the pre
sent library possible. In 1059
the library was named the
Dauphin Disco Dougherty Mem
orial Library.
Report Farm
Land Sales
Any Watauga County farmer
who has bought or sold land
chould report it to the Agricul
tural Stabilisation and Conser
vation Service office immedi
ately so that the records can
be brought up to date for all
farms in the county.
Farms which have allotments
and feed grain bases establish
ed may be affected by sale or
purchase of any land and these
changes should be made before
planting time. All interested
parties who are involved in a
land sale should bring their re
corded deeds for the property
to the ASCS office according
to Soy W. Isley, office mana
ger. We have now way in the
County ASCS office of know
ing about changes in land own
erships unless the interested
producers advise us.
When producers buy or sell
land having an allotment, they
should check with the county
office prior to the sale if there
is any question about the divi
sion of the allotment crops.
Agreements made by produc
ers on dividing allotments can
not be accepted by the County
ASC Committee under present
regulations.
The allotment notices for
1963 will not be mailed to farm
operators on farms involved in
divisions or combinations until
such farms are properly con
stituted.
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