Hoke Chorus , Chorale In 'Night On Broadway'
The Hoke County High School
Chorus and Chorale will present
their annual spring concert on
Thursday night. May 20. at 7:30.
' It will.be held in the MacDonald
Gymnatorium.
The theme of the program is "A
Night on Broadway," and it con
sists of a wide variety of exciting
Broadway hits. The performers will
keep the audience on the edge of
their seats with the sensational
music of "That's Entertainment"
and "Cabaret." Then, they will
move to the more relaxing tone of
"People" and "The Sound of
Music". They will travel to the
South Pacific with the mysterious
"Bali Hai." In all, over 20 selec
tions will be presented from a wide
range of Broadway musicals.
But that's not all. There will be a
dazzling array of dances to add to
the breathtaking program. Mid
west square-dancers will "ya-hoo!"
in "Oklahoma," while others will
"jazz it up" in "The Wiz." There
will be glitter and sparkle as the
dancers dance "On Broadway,"
not to mention the spicy dancers of
"In America."
The dancing is choreographed by
Stacey Miller and Rowenia Leggett.
The flashv cane dance of
"They're Playing Our Song" adds a
touch of class, while the children in
"The Sound of Music" steal the
hearts of everyone.
There will be several solos in the
performance. Donna Spangler, as
Annie, will sing "Tomorrow." June
McAllister will sing "Home" from
"The Wiz." "Prepare Ye the Way
of the Lord" from "Godspell" will
be sung by Frances Leggett.
Melody Williamson will perform a
song and dance routine to
"Cabaret." Bernard Bridges will
perform "What I Did for Love,"
from "A Chorus Line." There will
be a duet, John Wright and
Michelle Crotty, in "The Sound of
Music." Also in "The Sound of
Music," there will be five solos and
one duet: Mavis Lide, Teresa
Kemp. Arnold Miller, Mark Ivey.
Mark Black. Kim Huffman and
Holly Schuchard. The entire pro
gram will be accompanied by
Venus McLaurin, Lisa Upchurch
and Amy Schuchard. There will
also be a small band ensemble.
They are Bernard Bridges, Francis
Leggett and Paul Bissett.
Some of the dancers who will perform in the Hoke High Chorus and
Chorale spring concert Thursday: L-R. Lynn Branch. Rowenia Leggett.
Valerie Cromartie. Linda Glisson and Kevin Locklear. Rear, standing.
Robert Capps [left] and Ronnie Haynes.
This will definitely be a night to Night on Broadway." Admission is
remember, so come and share "A SI. 00.
Hoke Students Win Scholar/ Athlete Awards
The U.S. Army Reserve has
honored Alesia Adams and Earl
H. Oxendine, both in the class of
1982, as Hoke County High
School's U.S. Army Reserve
"Spirit of Victory" National
Scholar/Athlete Award winners.
The Army Reserve, for the se
cond year in a row, is presenting
these awards to top
scholar/athletes in schools across
the country this spring. Both com
bined outstanding scholastic per
formance with outstanding athletic
ability to win the local honors.
Adams is in the top ten per cent
of her class and participated in
basketball and volleyball. Oxen
dine's academic record placed him
17th in the class of 298. He played
on the football, wrestling and
baseball teams.
At the spring athletic awards
ceremony on May 27, Adams and
O.xendine will be presented with
medallions featuring the American
eagle in flight. Their names, the
name of the school and the year
will be engraved on the back of the
medallion.
The Army Reserve established
the National Scholar/Athlete
Awards as part of its commitment
to the academic and physical well
being of the nation's youth.
Toward this goal the reserve offers
education assistance, and many
units offer cash bonuses, to eligible
enlistees. In addition, many
Reserve units across the country
play a role in assisting with local
youth sports activities as part of
the Army's widespread Communi
ty Service Program.
Scholastic Coach magazine, the
national publication for coaches
and athletic directors, assisted in
the administration of the overall
program.
At Hoke County High School
this year's Scholar Athlete Awards
program was coordinated by Billy
Colston, athletic director.
Weary Diggers In Desert Find Fossil
by Boris Weintraub
National Geographic News Service
It was not a classic moment of
scientific discover}'. There were no
shouts of "Eureka!"
Instead. Dr. Kathleen Smith, an
assistant professor of anatomy at
Duke University, turned to the
leader of the scientific expedition.
Dr. Farish A. Jenkins Jr.. handed
him a piece of rock, and said:
"Here. Jenkins, here's your lousy
jaw."
And at that moment, mankind's
understanding of the earliest stages
of mammalian evolution increased
by a third, says Jenkins, a professor
of biology at Harvard and curator
of vertebrate paleontology at the
university's Museum of Compara
tive Zoology.
For what Dr. Smith had found in
the Arizona desert, it became clear
almost immediately, was the tiny
fossilized jaw of a new form of
mammal, some 180 million years
old. "Give or take 5 million years."
as Jenkins is fond of putting it.
Two Varieties Known
Previously, scientists had known
of only two varieties, or taxa, of the
earliest mammals. One taxon.
called Morganucodontids. even
tually led to the platypus and the
other egg-laying mammals most
commonly found in Australia and
New Zealand.
The other, called Kuehnco
theriids, developed into the marsu
pials and placentals. which, as
Jenkins explains, means everything
else: "bats, whales, man. rodents,
primates, horses, dogs -- every
thing."
Now. with i he new find, there
was a third group.
Jenkins had been searching for
the earliest mammals for four
years, examining the Kayenta
Formation on a Navajo Indian
reservation about 75 miles north
east of Flagstaff. But. until this
summer, he had had no luck,
though he hod found the remains of
dinosaurs, turtles, reptiles, and
other indications that mammals
were around somewhere.
"We expected to find mammals
there." he says. "They ought to
have been there. That's why we
were looking for them. We'd all but
given up. though, alter four years
ol this kind of nonsense."
His luck began to change last fall
when one of his associates. William
R. Downs, a preparator at the
Museum of Northern Arizona,
trekked <\ut to the area once more
and hauled out some 300 pounds ot
rocks.
"Last November, he hiked into
this area, which is inaccessible by
vehicle, and simply took out, at
random, 300 pounds." Jenkins
says. "It took htm a colleague
several trips over some steep cliffs,
but they carried it back to the lab."
Panning for Fossils
Downs examined the haul, first
by screening the rocks in wash
boxes much as prospectors do w hen
panning for gold, then using a
more sophisticated technique of
heavy liquid separation. He made a
discovery that Jenkins later called
"of singular importance."
Among other things. Downs
found four Morganucodoniid
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By A. H Coieman
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard Untvervty
Only a centimeter long, about the size of a fingernail, this seen before, and is about 180 million years old, among the
jaw found in the Arizona desert holds great importance for oldest ever found in the New World. The expedition that
scientists. The jaw comes from a form of mammal never found it was financed by the National Geographic Society.
teeth, indicating for the first time
that mammals of that vintage had
existed in the new world. The few
previous mammal remains that old
had come front England. Wales.
China, and southern Africa.
Downs turned the teeth over to
Jenkins for study, and Jenkins
prepared to return this summer for
a six-week expedition.
The expedition included tour
other scientists, as well as Jenkins'
15-year-old son. It was funded by
the National Geographic Society.
"People always ask me if they
can come along on my digs." says
Jenkins. "Well, it's not exciting.
"Quarrying js an immensely
boring operation. Halt the time,
you are bored stiff out there. The
actual work is just the end of the
world. It's 1 10 degrees, and you sit
there day by day in a hole in the
rock, chipping it away with small
awls and hand tools and paint
brushes.
"Each little rock is taken out and
broken and examined for bone
content, and then it's dumped in a
bag and taken to the Museum of
Northern Arizona, where it is
processed."
Dr. Smith was just as bored and
wearv as everyone else by the time
the six-week expedition was draw
ing to a close. Jenkins says.
A Casual Discovery
"She had broken a piece of rock
on the second-to-the-last day and
saw that, like little pieces of rock
she had seen before, it contained
ieces of bone and shiny things."
e recalls. "She didn't bother to
pick up and use her hand lens. She
simply passed the rock over to me."
In the rock was the jaw. with two
teeth. The jaw was only about a
centimeter long, about the size of a
fingernail.
"I looked at it. rolled out into the
sunlight, and put it under my hand
tens," Jenkins says. "What I saw
immediately set me going. I saw
molars that were double-rooted;
mammals have double-rooted
molars, reptiles don't. I saw the
teeth had multiple cusps; very
rarely do reptiles have more than
one cusp. I knew it w as a
mammal."
Though some aspects of the find
make it similar to both Morganu
codontids and Kuehneotheriids.
other aspects are definitely differ
ent. Jenkins says, making it a taxon
never seen before.
Mammals began to appear on
earth about 180 million years ago.
but very little is known about those
that lived before 65 million years
ago. At that time, dinosaurs began
to become extinct, leaving the
mammals as the dominant pre
sence on earth.
The basic significance of the new
find. Jenkins says, is that "the very
simple story" that scientists had
constructed about mammalian evo
lution turns out to be too simple.
"We thought it was a very neat
story." he says. "At the dawn of the
age of mammals, you had the two
ancestors of the two major groups
of mammals living today.
"But our new discovery shows
this is not true. The picture turns
out to be much more complex, and
will bear a detailed study before we
can come up with a new scenario of
what took place at the very start of
mammalian evolution."
Important, But Anonymous
So far. the new mammal, which
was probably about the size of a
mouse, has no name. Jenkins says
that will await a closer study, and
the processing of the rest of the
two tons of rock taken out this
summer. He is confident that those
rocks will yield further teeth and
perhaps even some bones of the
mysterious newcomer.
Jenkins also is preparing to
return to Arizona to seek further
clues, a task he approaches with
resignation.
"1 hate to dig." he says. "1 will
avoid it at all costs if 1 can."
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Junior Missionaries Meet
The Nazareth Junior Missionary
meeting was hosted by Mrs. Ernes
tine Campbell. May 11 at 7 p.m.
Mrs. Evelyn Quick, third vice
president called the meeting to
order. Devotion of scripture and
prayer was by Carolyn McQueen
and Mrs. Evelyn Quick while Mrs.
Doris Littlejohn played soft music.
Lessons for the evening were
discussed by Linda Blackmon,
Jackie Lide. Mrs. Doris Littlejohn.
Delores McPhattcr and Mrs.
Bonnie Rogers.
Plans were finalized for a pro
gram in June and a fund raising <
activity in September.
Mrs. Ruth McEachin, James
Quick and Mrs. Bonnie Rogers
received birthday gifts from each
member for the month of May.
Reading Association To Meet
An International Reading
Association meeting will be held
May 25 at 3 p.m. in the Upchurch
Junior High School library.
Mrs. Helen Wrenn, state presi
dent, will install the 1982-83 of
ficers: president - Jessie McNeill;
vice president - Linda Steed; vice
president-elect - Janice Worthy;
secretary - Pamela Hudson; and *
treasurer - Sandra Home.
A panel presentation, "Timely
Teaching Tips," will be given by
Mrs. Joyce Dial, Mrs. Darlene
Clark, Mrs. Connie Davis, and
Mrs. Linda Steed.
CARPENTRY WINNER -- Pete Sawyer's Hoke High carpentry students
made this furniture, and their work won first place in the carpentry division
of the District 4. VICA. Vocational Trade Fair at Cross Creek Mall.
Fayetteville.
Janice Lovvery right after she won her wheelchair race. She's an Unchurch
Junior High School student.
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Heart Healthy Recipe
ALMOND CHICKEN
A quick and satisfying oriental dish Cook vegetables only until crisp
1 cup celery, thinly sliced
1 cup sliced water chestnuts
1 5-ounce can bamboo shoots
Preheat oil in heavy frying pan. and saute chicken for 2-3 minutes
Add onion and celery. Cook 5 minutes Then add water chestnuts,
bamboo shoots, chicken broth and soy sauce Cover and cook 5 min
utes more
Blend sugar, cornstarch and cold water Pour over chicken and cook
until thick stirring constantly Garnish with toasted almonds Serve over
rice
Yield 4 servings Approx cal serv 340 (or 440 with V? cup rice)
Variation
WITH SNOW PEAS Omit almonds and add 1 10-ounce package of
frozen snow pea pods with the water chestnuts and bamboo shoots
Approx cal serv 290 (or 390 with Vi cup rice)
Heart Healthy Recipes are from the Third Edition of the American Heart
Association Cookbook Copyright c 1973. 1975. 1979 by the American Heart
Association. Inc
2 whole raw chicken breasts,
skinned and thinly sliced (semi
thawed chicken is better for
slicing here )
2 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
v* cup cold water
v* cup toasted almond slivers
2 tablespoons oil
1 small onion, thinly sliced
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