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t - - ?" THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER St John's Modern School Will Be Dedicated fiiesdav Afternoon At 5 ?m.* * r I ? - ? ? ? '? iNumoer ui Area Leaders Are Coming The modern St. John's school is already attracting much attention? and no little interest from school officials and architects ? who are looking over the plant which will be dedicated Tuesday afternoon. The fireproof building, costing about $145,000, was built to take care of an enrollment of 300 stu dents. The first floor, or the floor which is entered from the Church Street level is devoted to the grammar grades, and kindergarten. The l^er floor, which has two cntri^^k off Meadow Street is the higl^^Klol section. UKV entering from the Church Street level, the principal's office is on the left of the long tiled hall. Sister Mary Laurentine is principal. The walls are of glazed tile, which lends itself to easier cleaning, and permanent bright ness of rich cream. Down the corridor is the kinder-1 garten, with all the special tables, chairs and rest room facilities built especially for the students of that ! group. They have a separate en trance from the side, which is reached by a sidewalk from the street. Mrs. Marie Harron is in charge. The next room on the left is the first and second grades, with Sister Mary Ann Raphael in charge. The door at the end of the cor ridor opens onto a walk that en ables students to go to the paved playground adjoining the school, or the grassy site for recreation. Starting across the corridor from the first and second grades is a general purpose room, equipped with desks and blackboards. All the blackboards in the building are of slate. The next room is for grades, 3, 4 and 5, which are taught by Sister Mary Ernesta. Adjoining is the 6th, 7th and 8th grades, which is taught by Sister Mary Michael Joseph. The last room is the music department, where piano lessons are taught by | Sister Mary Agnese. and the gleei club holds classes. The stairs from the first floor to A GENERAL VIEW of St. John's School, taken from the corner of Church and Meadow streets. The lower lloor Is devoted to hish school class rooms, and the upper iloor to the grammar school classes. The formal dedication of the building is set for 5 p.m. Tuesday. (Mountaineer Photo). the second merge into the entrance from Meadow Street. The first classroom is tlie well equipped science department, where chemistry, biology and phy- j sics are taught. A modern dark i room is part of the equipment. Sis ter Mary Alfred is teacher of sci ence and math in the high school. The next room is the business education classroom. Here short-; hand, typing and general bookkeep ing are taught. The adjoining room is a general classroom. The boiler room, and storage Yooms are across the corridor, which features built-in lockers for the high school students. The library and an adjoining room constitute the entire end of the building. The library will have about 2.000 books, and the study hall will accommodate 60 students. Just off the library is the library workshop, where courses are taught in book repair, and general library work. Sister Mary Rosalie is librarian, and also teaches English and civics in the high school. In addition to her duties as prin cipal, Sister Lauren'tine teaches French, social studies, and reli gion in high school. The school cafeteria is just across the street in the Sisters' home, the Convent. The cafeteria has a seat ing capacity for 90, and the en trance is right on Meadow street, just opposite the school entrance. Sister Mary Francine is in charge. Prior to the construction of the modern building, the school was across the street in a two-story wooden structure. Since the com pletion of the new building, the former school plant has.been leased to the Elks. The school staged open house several weeks ago, and a large number of people visited the | Howard Hicks Takes Part In Army Program AUGSBURG. Germany ? Spec ialist Third Class Howard K. Hicks, 21, Route 1, Waynesville. recently participated in a field j training exercise with the 11th I Airborne Division's 188th Regi ment in Germany. Specialist Hicks, an operations specialist in the regiment's Com pany K, entered the Army in Jan uary 1955 and arrived in Germany last March. He attended Berea (Ky.? Col lege. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hawley Hieks. live on Route 1. Marion. school. J. Bertram King of Asheville was the architect. Nothing Sells Like Newspapers BISHOP VINCENT S. WATERS. Raleigh. will preside at the Ponti fical low Mass at St. John's Tuesdav, 5 p.m. when the modern $145,000 school is formally dedicated. :?????s.1 Haynes Back In U. S. v After Pacific Cruise , Horace K- Haynes, electrician's r I mate first class, DSN. son of Mrs. v Flora J. Haynes of Route 1. Clyde. 1 returned to San Diego, Calif . Oct, 15 aboard the attack aircraft car rier USS Wasp from a six-month cruise in the Western Pacific. During the tour of duty the car rier visited Hawaii. Guam, Hong Kong and the Japanese ports of 'okosuka Iwakuni and Sasebo. , The Wasp will transfer to the j itlantie early in 1957 sailing a-5 bund South America to Boston.1 ,'hich is scheduled to he her new tome base. Public Sentiment Plays Major Role Determining Action Of Public Officials Bookmobile Schedule Tuesday, Oct. 30 JONATHAN CK. - L. Jl'NALUSK A Hock Hill School 9 00 Mrs. Ethel Boyd 10:00 Willis Smith 10:45 Francis Wyatt 11:13 Dllie Mack 11.45 lark & Jill Kindergarten 12:45 Friday, Nov. 2 K1VERVIEW - WHITE OAK Dewey Davis 8:50 lohn Fincher 9:15 Floyd Green 9:35 Mrs. Kuhy Arrington 9:55 Robert Fisher 10:15 sain Ledford 10:40 Mrs Edna Baker 11:00 Henry Teague 11:45 Joe Davis 12:30 S'orman Duckelt 1:00 Stretching A Point NEW HAVEN, Conn. (API?Miss Marjorie Smith, retiring after 4(5 .ears of teaching kindergarten, had his to say in a departing note: "If parents wanted to do just >ne thing to make kindergarten eaehers happy, they'd buy galoshes jig enough for their children to out on and take off by themselves. sentiment have been developed to a legree approaching scientific cal culations. but there still is some room for error. This is so becau*? of last-minute decisions of the voters These decisions can make a big lifference. By SENATOR SAM ERVIN ' WASHINGTON ? Polling public opinion lias become * big thing in^ our civilization. - PUBLIC SENTIMENT ' What are people thinking? This |s not exactly a new ques- ? tion Attempting to find out is not a modern technique in its origin. Testing public sentiment for political candidates began a long 1 time ago in the United States. Old 1 new spa pels 111 the Library of Con- < gress contain frequent reports of "straw v otes ' being taken at pub lie gatherings during presidential campaigns The public auction was . a favorite s|?>* 'or folks to cast their preferential straw ballots Tills practice was vry popular in . North Carolina in the Jackson era. In his campaign with John Quin- , rv Adams for the presidency there ' were numerous- newspaper reports of straw polls to test the public pulse as to their favorites and the ' popularity of candidates. CURIOSITY | , Why? '/ . ? I ' Perhaps it i- the curiosity of wantingln know in advance what . is likely to happen We have seen I he present interest the people j have in political polls It is noth ing short of amazing PEOPI.E INTERESTED , This continuing interest in polit-h ieal trends shows that the people h are interested in government.) Sometimes our faith in that ob servation is shaken a trifle when so . many eligible voters do not take time to vote. Oyer the long pull, howeser. there has been an abid- ' ing faith in free government, in 1 public debate, and in campaigning < by the citizens of pur country. SCIENTIFIC SAMPLES Ue vices for sampling the public i I It was our pleasure to furnish the structural steel for St. John's School in Waynesville J. Bertram King, Architect and the Z. B. Robinson Construction Engineering Corporation, both of Asheville. jm jf\ We will also fabricate the structural steel for the addition to St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville, for Walter Hook & Associates, Architects, of Charlotte and Barger Construction Company of Charlotte, Contractors. / . A For All Your Drug Needs V m DAN'S } I VASELINE 39 I A Regular $1.50 Halo A SHAMPOO $119 MHHHHBHHBBRSRQBSra?BPrr i GERITOL ?g Liquid and Tablets ^?gS A SJ.19 and $2*98 l|>> ? ANACIN 1 A 100 OQc A Tablets 7 O B I T weed I HAIR SPRAY ? I *150 1 A (iet Kccular $1.00 PPPPI Purse Size X IIXjIj. DAN'S DRUG STORE S. A. Dantzler R. L. McKittrick CONGRATULATIONS ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL ETOWAH BRICK WAS USED FOR THIS MODERN SCHOOL BUILDING .Manufactured By MOLAND - DRYSDALE CORP. Hendersonville. N. C. i
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