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NEWS OF GRAHAM COUNTY JOVZ?r
PAG*
TliUKSDAY, MAT ?, 1M4
THE TOWN PATHEB8 that erected the afreet fountain In front
, at the Bobblnarille Poet Office somehow forgot the UtUe folka trho
would let thirsty. Bat Bad Garland ha* licked the problem of the
high fcontain and gets up in there with the water when he want# a
drink. Bud is the sea of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Garland of Robbtns
rille and the grandson of T. M. Jenkins. (SeeutPhoto)
TEEN TOPICS]
By jo Deane Phillips
MAT DAT |
The May Day Program with the
theme "May Day Aroa^ ***
Workl". was held on the Football
Field Tuesday at 1 p. m.
Nellie Mae Stewart reigned as
May Queen and she was attend
by Shirley Stewart as maid of hon
or with Laura Alice Adams, Dor
othy Jean Burrell, Iva Le? G**?*
Frances Hooper, Devoime Mcin
tosh and June Hyde as other at
tendinis.
. The first grades led with an
American thexne hivinj a
for boys and girls In a children's
polka.
The second grade traveled to
Holland foe springtime festivals
and had a flower drill and cobbler
singing game.
The third grade carried "s
Norway where they showed a Nor
wegian mountain march which re
presented a guide leading climbers
up and down a mountain. Later In
sb0 program they demonrtrated a
French minuet.
Th? fourth grade gave a Switzer
land skit including a ScotUsche,
wearing colorful native costumes.
They also presented a
dance. Their costumes were winim
dreaaes and varicolored aprons..
The boys dressed In white.
The fifth grades entertained
with May Day for the A?erk*"
Pioneer, which was usually a log
roll tag or a quilting party. It seem
ed ***** everyone dropped In. evesi
the blacksmith with his flddla.
Th* sixth grades returned us to j
Nationalist China for the festival j
of spring or the Feast *?theFore,
fathers. This was done in panto-)
mina. The procession entered, go
ing to the family graves. Hearty
one-fifth of the fertile land of
China U given over to W"?
Thls was followed by the aeventh
grade In the gay eortuma of 1*?
trti people in a game called the
Greeted Hen. This popular Danish
dance derives its name ???",
the fact that the men wore a rec
atocking cap, and in the ?*??d
?r the women tried to steal It. H
aucte.^*.P*"om tend
ing the dence Its name of Crerted,
Hen' ' It ii liw to be *,
courting dance.
k The eighth grade cltoaxed ttc
May Day with the traditional May)
Pole of the tog"*. .
The entire program wan ? out
growth of classroom study ?f*J\
tenent P~P*?
and traditions.
?UXBIIXT SHOW
The Robblnsvflle Senior CVW?
^onaored a hillbilly show Friday,
?sn presented. The proceeo
** '^entirely for U
Tour.
WASHINGTON ThIP
?ayAfhel
i left fore four day
Lillie Mm Blrchfield, Ruth Blroh-j
field, Joan Crisp, Anna Sue Deyton
Emogene (Jordan) Perkins, Patsy
McChmg. Jo Nell Orr, Maudle'
Sue Orr, Eloiae Phillips, Jo Deane
Phillips, Avij Ann (Shuler) Phillips
iBonnell Stewart, June Turpin, Art-.
ie Waldroup, Mrs. John Colvard,
senior class advisor and K. S. j
dem, superintendent
GRAHAM
PERSONALS
-Sgt. Earl Max Crisp of the U S.
Air Force, who has been serving in
Korea, is now home on leave. He
will return to Oklahoma City. Sgt.
Crisp ig the son of Mr. end Mrs.
Mack Crisp of Robbinsville. <
j K. S. Clem, Hanry Owens, J. D.
StraUon and Tony Ayers last week
attended a panel meeting of the
state planning committee of the
State Board of Education. They
drove down Thursday and returned
Saturday.
Mrs. John McKeldry has return
ed home after being a patient at
the Rodda Van Gorder Hospital.
Mrs. W. B. Wiggins and Mrs. C.
A. Bales attended the N. C. Feder
ation of Women's Clubs convention
Friday in Asheville.
Mrs. Charles Campbell and Mrs.
Robert L. Holland attended the
convention on Junior Day, Thurs
day. - - |
Folks are still remarking how
good the School Band Conceit was
( (Mrs. Christine Corpenlng has
been attending WMU associations!
meetings.
I
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bale* at
tended a meeting of the 40 end
Eight at Nantabala Inn.
Nancy Slaughter U now working
In the office of Jack Morpbew and
Leonard Lloyd. j
Graham HD Clubs
Get Gavel
Graham County Home Demon
stration Club members attending
the district federation meeting in
Hayesvilie last week received the '1
gavel for having the most persons
traveling ,tiie, longest number of
miles to attend the meeting.
Pertona attending,from Graham
County were Mrs. John Childers, fl
Miss Nellie Jo Carter, Mrs. Davidj
Riddle, Mis. Bessie Worley, Mrs.,
John McRae, Mrs. Roy Kirk la ad,
Mrs. Mamie Carpenter, Mm Rob-;
ert Hyde and Unite Hyde, Mrs..
Cecil Hyde, Mrs. Frank Edwards,1
Mrs. Helen Holloway, Mis. Gwynn i
Denton, Mis. C. C. Cody. Mrs. Julie t
Carver, Mr. and Mrs. Jut Colvard,
Mrs. Gertrude Barahoekle. Mrs.
sun esrduns end W H. FUke.'
US
Stanley Heads New
Historical Society
i A group of citizens interested in<
the North Carolina Historical So
ciety met Friday evening in the
RobbinsvUle Library to hear a
talk by Dr. David Leroy Corbitt
who is head of the publications de
partment of the Department of
Archives and History, Raleigh, N.
C.| who came here on invitation of
T. M. Jenknis.
Dr. Corbitt talked on the impor
tance and possible results His
toric Clubs. After the discussion
the group voted to organize and the
following temporary officers were
elected.
Chairman, James Stanley; Sec
retary Jdrs. Wayne McCiung.
Committees: 1. Bylaws and Con
stitution, Leonard Lloyd, , T. M.
Jenkins. R. B. Morphew, and Mrs.
Clarence Bales.
2. Permanent Officers: T. M.
Jenkins, R. B. Morphew, W. B.
Wiggins and Miss Belle Slaughter.
3. Membership: W. H. McCiung
Clarence Bales and Mrs. Effie
Humes
4. Program, John Veach Miss
Anne Massey, Rev. John FrzalerJ
and J. B. Cory.
S. Refreshments: Mrs. John
Frazler, Mrs. R. B. Morphew, Mrs.
Rose Slier, and Miss Anne Massey.
It was voted to hold the next
meeting in the Library on May 4.
A social hour was provided for
by T. M. Jenkins end James A.
Stanley at the Phillips Cafe im
mediately following tiie business
session, where refreshments were
enjoyed by the group.
Mrs. Bales Is On
State Committee
Mrs. C- A. Bales, head of the
Graham County Welfare Dept. is
one of six North Carolina superin
tendnts of welfare to be chosen to
serve on the state membership com
?mtttee. This is the first year coun
ty^ superintendents faave been in
cluded on the committee.
Conservation Is
Expensive
According to Ronald R. Orr, Chair
man of the Graham County ASC
Committee .the basic theory of our
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram is that the responsibility for
the conservation of our soils, of our
woodlands, and of our rainfall does
not rest with the farmer alone, but
that this is just as much the re
sponsibility of all people who ex
pect to be clothed, fed, and housed
from the production of this same
soil and woodland.
All forms of conservation are ex
pensive. Just about every form of
conservation is ? long-term pro
ject Farmers today represent less
than 15 per cent of our total popu
lation. Should this 15 per cent of
our population be compelled to
bear alone all the cost of the bur
den of assuring future generations
that they will have fertile fields to
till?
Hundreds of thousands of seres I
of valuable farm land were wash-l
ed away or worn out before feder-!
al assistance was made available
because *be individual farmer was
always in en emergency. The farm
er could never see where he could
afford to put large amounts of
money bade Into the soil where the
return for this investment might
not ever be realised by him but
would only be reallfed fully by fu
ture generations or future owners
of the land.
When the Soil Conservation and
imestic Allotment Act was first
ing considered, there were dust
irms in various sections of the
itntry?the great plains and the
w England stated. Opinions were
pressed that it was the concern
those who lived on the land and
t the concern of the government
the general population to stop
s land from blowing away. The
at Is that those who were sup
sed to take the responsibility of
qtrolling this condition had al
tdr given op and gone to jeha i
tad linn in the city, bat the soil I
is still Mowing.
AGP work, like
the taxpayer, with
to tt
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INS
SERVICE NEWS
DAVENPORT ON SHIP
While serving aboard the heavy
cruiser USS Rochester, William
L. Davenport, storekeeper first
class, USN, husband of Mrs. Fran
ces L. Davenport of Rt. 2, Rob
insville, participated in Operation
Flag Hot at, an amphibious training
exercise on the island of I wo Jima.
MAT AT INCHON
Marine Cpl. John C. May, son of
Mrs. Beulah May of Robbinsville,
recently arrived at Inchon Harbor
aboard the transport USS Sen. C.
C. Ballon to Join the first Marine
Division in Korea.
GEORGE GRADUATES
Pfc. Maurice D. George, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter N. George of
Robbinsville, recently graduated
from the Seventh Army Non-Com
missioned Officer Academy in
Munich, Germany.
MeCLEAN
M/Srt. Otis D. MoClean of Top
ton, was (radiated from the
non-commissioned officer* lead
ership school at the Marine
Corps Air Station in Santa Ana,
Calif., in early April. The eomse
Included Instructions in techni
que of leadership, infantry tac
tics, map readinp, small arms
and other subjects which help
derelope qualities of pood lead
ership.
Annual Is Dedicated
To Mrs. F. S. Hooper
GRAHAM BIRTHS
AT PAAKETTK CLINIC
Mr. and Mil A. V. HoUoway of
Robblnsville. a daughter, Rena
Earlene, Mar. 31. I
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hooper of
Robbinsvilk, a son, Richard Lee,'
Ap.18.
Rev. and Mrs. Joe L. Orr of Rob
blnsville; a daughter, Sharon Jua
ntta, Ap. 10. |
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stafford
of Robbinsville, a daughter, Teresa
Ann, Ap. 9 "
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burd of Rob
blnsville, a daughter, Valerie Doris
Mar. 31. I
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Jenkins of
Tapoco, a son, David Boaz, Ap. 5. I
North Carolina late spring com
mercial potato aoerage for harvest
this year is estimated at 15,000,
acres , some 23 percent below last
year's 19,500 acres.
The new Kobblnsvlile High
School Annuals, the Robtn, arrived
and were distributed last week.
The annual is dedicated to Mrs.
F. S. Hooper, English teacher and
sophomore ctess sponsor.
The annual staff was beaded by
Maurice Edwards as editor and
Nellie Mae Stewart, associate ed
itor. Others on the staff were Pqftsy
McClung. picture editor; Avis Ann
Phillips business manager; daud
| ene Jones, associate business man
ager; Mrs. John Oolvard, faculty
advisor; staff artists Huey Cardey
| and Edwin Taylor; circulation man
I ager Bmogene Perkins and assoc
\ late Circulation manager, Lincoln
, Long. ? t.
Decoration Day Be !T
May 23 At Old Mother
The annual decoration sendee at
the Old Mother Chgrch will be
J. P. Hyde is chairman of t^e
held Sunday, May 23.
program committee for the day.
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