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?FROM 'KNOWLEDGE HILL' News At Franklin High School By Nornuui B. Smith ? Contributions for this year's United Fund Drive total better than *275 at present and may top $300 by tomorrow afternoon. The elementary school accounts for better than half of the con tributions again this year. The proposed goal of 25c per student for the 1.000 students at Frank lin High and elementary has been reached. Six charitable organizations will share in the proceeds. The March of Dimes will receive 37 '2% and the American Heart Fund, Junior Red Cross. Easter Seals. American Cancer Society, and Christmas Seals will each receive 12 '/*%? The drive is sponsored by the F. H. S. Student Council. Mem bers of the committee in charge are Jean McCollum, chairman. Shirley Henson. Robert Alexander, Neal Long, and Betty Jean Allen. H. C Corbin. principal, says he expects the proceeds to fall a little short of last year's total. $400.84. The drive started Feb ruary 6 and will end tomorrow. A special United Funds edition of the Mountain Echo, the high Father of a Free Country * First In war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen, George Wash ington held first in his own heart the ideal of a free nation. Let u., today dedi cate ourselves to our priceless heritage of liberty, which we owe In such large meas ure to the courage of his convictions and the wisdom of his leadership. THE BANK OF FRANKLIN Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation fashion-bright frocks for the new season! 3 to 6x 1.98 - 5.98 7 to 14 2.98 - 8.98 Lovely-as-Springtime dresses ... all the new style trends! Oriental touches. . .latest waistlines . . . flirty petticoats! . . . finer cottons and nylons... all beautifully tailored and absolutely washablel The Children's Shop Franklin, N. C. whool p.T>er, rnme cut on the 5th. Student council home room representatives are " responsible for the collections In the high school and class presidents and council officers have been collect ing in the grammar grades. * ? * Three speakers will compete in ,he annual High School Oratori ;al Contest, sponsored by the \merican Legion this afternoon, rhe students are Gary McKelvey. Margaret Jones, and Norman Smith. The first part of the contest requires an original memorized 5peech between 10 and 12 min utes long on some phase of the Constitution which will give em phasis to the duties and obliga tions of a citizen to our govern ment. The second feature, an extem poraneous discussion between four ind six minutes long, will be se lected on the spot by the judges from several topics about parts Df the Constitution itself. Winner of the local contest is iligible to go on to district, region il, state, and national elimina tions. * * * Results in the semi-final elimi nations of several scholarships nave reached two seniors here. Norman Smith and Tommy jnuse. semi-finalists in the An ;ier B. Duke award at Duke Uni versity have both been eliminated. Gorman, a county nominee for the John Motley Morehead Scholar ship to the University of North Carolina failed to quality as a finalist in this award, also. The senior class play, "If Mother Only Knew," was given it Cullasaja School last Thurs day night The three-act^ comedy, being given for the fourth time, was sponsored by the Higdonville Home Demonstration Club. fun audience estimated between 106 and 150 saw the play. Of the gate receipts Franklin High re vived $36.25. All but $12.50. which was taken out for expenses, went into the senior class trea sury. Dean Henson. faculty director pf the play, said that no more performances are scheduled. He said that the Dramatics Club would have another full length play sometime soon. Twelve seniors were cast in the play. ? ? ? Sophomore, junior, and senior vocational agriculture students neard two speakers from North Carolina State College at the bounty agricultural building Tues day morning. M. V. Allen and Paul Christian, aeef cattle and meat specialists, | respectively, pave some hints on I proper cattle breeding to produce ' Rood beef, and on judging the ! quality of meat you see on sale. ! ? * * Venetian blinds for three class rooms and the school library have | seen purchased. The cost of the four sets of blinds came to $480. | Blinds were installed in the nomeiooms of Mrs. Frank Martin. Mr. B. B. Littleton, and Mrs. J. Flannagan. It is understood that more plinds will be purchased as money j pecomes available. Nineteen class rooms are still without shades or olinds. * * * Girls in the Future Home makers of America chapter here had a Valentine party Monday j night in one of the home econom- j Lcs classrooms. Attendance, including the girls I and the boys they invited, totaled j about 30. Les Waldroop and his string j band provided music for square I dancing. Several games were play-1 ed and refreshments were ser ved. Mrs. T. J. O'Neil is the faculty advisor to the Future Home makers. * ? ? The sociology class at Finkl'" j High has recently had several projects pertaining to the school segregation question. A class debate, recordings oi several Franklin citizen's opinion* on racial segregation, book re ports. and reports from periodi cals were included in the projects. Miss Frances Winstead teaches the class in sociology here North Carolina ranked srcond among lespedeza producing states for 1955. Dr. Kahn Holds First Class Here In Mental Hygiene Dr. Amelia Bauer Kahn held her first class in mental hygiene at the Macon County Health Center yesterday I Wednesday > for gradu ate and registered nurses of Dis trict 23 and social case worker* and special education teachers. The classes are scheduled lor each third Wednesday at the cen ter from 2 to 4 p. m. Mental health films are to be shown at each session. Dr. Kahn Is a former director of the mental hygiene clinic in Asheville. t Mr. 4% is a "Service Mark" for the Jefferson Standard Agent, and is registered in the US. Patent Office. 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