Dec. 15? Ocricokc School PTA
will enjoy its annUal Christmas
party meeting tomorrow, Tuesday
night. President, Mrs. Selma Spen
cer, has prepared a program and
some Christmas fun for the group.
Principal Rondthaler will demon
strate the use the school makes
of colored slides and film strips
on a new movie screen recently
purchased by the PTA.
School closes Dec. 19 and re
opens on Jan. 5. Several Christ
mas programs will be enjoyed this
week in the classrooms, and the
high school students will present
a program Thursday afternoon.
On Sunday night, Dec. 21, the
choir of the Methodist Church will
present a Christmas Cantata at the
evening service. The annual chil
dren's Christmas program will be
on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. On
Dec. 23 the Assembly of God
Church will have its Christmas
program.
Ocracokers have been having
considerable trouble getting on
and off the Island during the past
week because of bad weather con
ditions and particularly because
of the salt-water flooding of the
Hatteras Island highway and the
irregularities of the Oregon Inlet
ferry due to shoaling in the inlet.
Several who planned to leave
yesterday, Sunday, postponed their
trips until better travelling condi
tions prevail. Charlie Ahman, who
has been away for about a month
visiting in Charlottesville, Va., bad
a precarious drive home in the
snow and sleet and flooded high
ways, but got here safely on the
Saturday afternoon ferry.
On Thursday of last week bad
weather prevented the big ferry
from going, but a trip was made
across the Inlet at low tide by the
little ferry. Mr. and Mrs. Neafic
Scarborough were among those
who went over on the little ferry.
They were going to Washington,
N. C., and New Bern to do some
Christmas shopping.
Messiah to be Sung Tonight
Mrs. Josiah Bailey, left, soprano, and Mr*. Austin WUIlams, con
tralto, both of Morehead City, will sins solos In The Messiah tonight
at Beaufort School.
Members of church choirs
throughout the county have joined
to present the Christmas portion
of George Frederick Handel's Mes
siah at 8:15 tonight in the Beaufort
School auditorium. The chorus is
under the direction of Mrs. Charles
llassell, Beaufort.
Although Handel, the composer,
was born in Germany, he studied
in (taly. When hp style of Italian
opera waned in popularity in Eng
land, he became an "outcast". His
health failed and his fortune melt
ed away.
In desperation, he turned to the
oratorio, a musical composition
with religious text for voice. For
23 days he shut himself off from
the world and wrote the musical
setting with Biblical text of the
life of Christ.
lie hardly ate or slept. When he
had written the last note of the
great Hallelujah Chorus, he was
found with tears streaming from
his eyes. "1 thought I saw all hea
ven before me and the great God
himself," he exclaimed. It was
obvious that he was divinely in
spired.
The first performance of the
Messiah in Dublin, Ireland, April
13, 1742 was an immediate success.
Soloists, in addition to Mrs.
Jutf Thinking
Fourth Graders Study
Explorers' Trips, Maps
By TUCKER H. LITTLETON
Beaufort Faculty Member
Earlier we gave as one purpose
of this column the establishment
of better public relations between
the school and the public. In order
that the average reader and par
ent might have some insight into
the work and effectiveness of our
school, we have from time to time
given biographical sketches of
some of the new teachers, present
ed some of the poetry of our stu
dents, and are now giving you a
report on some of the activities
going on within the school.
The following account is of a
learning activity which took place
earlier in the year. The write-up
is by one of our fourth grade teach
ers, Mrs. Isabella Morris.
"Fourtli graders John Chadwick,
Beth Humphrey, Karen Mitchell,
and Linda Springle have written
short plays about Christopher Co
lumbus, Vasco da Gaitia, and Fer
dinand Magellan to supplement a
unit of study. How Men Know
What the Earth Is Like.
"Costume jewelry, a jewel box,
silk scarves, and spices, were fur
nished by Lester Beacham, John
Duncan, Thomas Herring, Judy
Jones, Arthur McFayden, Cath
erine Simpson, Nancy Newman,
and Wilma Tosto. These things
represented valuable goods from
far away places.
"Routes were located on world
maps and reports from encyclo
pedias were given. Students wrote
paragraphs telling why they would
like to be explorers. They have
also drawn maps and pictures of
explorations.
"Library books, newspaper clip
pings, and world new* reports are
giving us a better understanding
of our earth."
The following poem was written
by Billy Simpson, one of our sen
iors.
Revelations
Revelations? a disclosure in the
cold stone heart
Of my greatest triumph . . .
Revelations ? speaking inwardly
with a violent breathlcssness
About emerging groups . . .indivi
duals . . .
Raised against that something
Immense into
Mortal reactions . . ,
A depth of extreme polish reflect
ing thought . . .
Revelations? hiding from a firm,
longed-for grasp . . .
Great mementoes of a long-gone
wistful wandering
Receptive of a thousand new
ones . . .
Revelations? bursting into curdling
crescendoes of joy . . .
Of thanksgiving ... for the fu
ture . . .
Revelations? beckoning my goal.
Whiskey Raid Yields
Still, Two Hula Hoops
Pinevillc, Ky. (AP)? Officers de
cided most everyone was going for
the hula hoop fad when they raid
ed i moonshine whiskey still near
here.
Beside the still they found two
hula hoops. Neither operators of
the still or hoops were around.
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Bailey and Mrs. Williams, will be
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Potter Jr.,
Beaufort, and Mrs. J. H. Waldrop,
Clinton.
The presentation of the Messiah
is being sponsored by Ann Street
Methodist Church.
Good News
About r
By Hairy Vratan, 4-H 1Mh> 1?N
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No* that 4-H'en are beginning
a long vacation, I'm expecting
them to begin work on some of
their project!. This ia a wonder
ful opportunity to begin tome of
them.
Wildlife conservation ia one of
the popular 4-H projects. 4-H'ers
have done a womrerful service for
their state in helping to preserve
our wildlife resources, in order to
complete his wildlife project, every
4-H'er must complete one of the
three parts of Unit I or one of the
four parts of Unit II, as outlined
in the 4-H Wildlife Conservation
Manual. Then he must complete
one of the other nine units.
Unit I is habitat improvement.
It has three parts. Part A is plant
ing field borders. This border,
planted next to a good woodlot with
suitable wildlife foods or cover,
will in turn check or reduce erosion
of field edges as well as the in
vasion of trees into fields.
The most beneficial plants and
the easiest to handle are bicolor
and sericea lespedeza. It is ad
v is able to use these plants together
to produce a strip around 30 feet
wide along the woodland These
plants and seed are furnished by
the NC Wildlife Resources Commis
sion.
If you are interested in obtain
ing these plants, contact me at the
county agent's office. I will help
you fill out your application and
help determine how many plants
or seeds you will need.
Part B of Unit I is work on fence
rows. 4-H'ers may choose this as
a part of their project. Multiflora
rose plants are set out along an
old fence or a site for new fencing.
This "living fence" requires little
or no care, no replacement, and
enhances the beau*y of the farm.
It provides a home and protec
tion for weed seed an<l insect-eat
ing birds. Spreading by this plant
is no problem. A multiflora rose
hedge will not sap surrounding
fields like ordinary brush, and
crops can be planted to the edge
without loet of production. These
planti are alio obtained free and
I will be glad to help you obtain
them.
Part C of Unit I pertains to ditch
banlu. On most of our farms drain
age is necessary for good farming.
When the banks of these ditches
are shrubbed off each spring it re
duces the potential wildlife value
of the entire field.
So the field may be of greatest
value, both to agriculture and wild
life, 4-H'eri are encouraged to start
a system of alternate cutting of
ditch banks. Cut the left bank one
year and allow the right bank to
grow up in natural growth. Re
verse this the next year.
In this way the drainage ways
will reach only a limited state of
development. In many areas this
one way of restoring small game
populations to large cleared areas
that today, at best, support only
limited numbers around the area.
Unit II is planting wildlife food
patches. Four ways suggested are
(1) utilizing tobacco plant beds,
(2) leaving unharvested strips of
grain next to thickets, hedgerows
and borders, (3) disking for natural
foods and (4) planting gullies and
eroded areas. Any of these prac
tices are very beneficial to wild
Beaufort Rota riant
Sing Yule Carols
At Tuesday Meeting
Beaufort Rotarians had a pro
gram o f Christmas music at their
meeting at the Scout building Tues
day night. Program chairman
James Davis introduced A1 Dewey,
who played Christmas songs on his
accordion.
A quartet composed of Rotarians
Halsey Paul, James Davis, the
Rev. Edward Sharp and Glenn
Adair sang.
Visiting Rotarians from More
life and can be carried out at very
little expense.
Other wildlife units include trap
ping, erecting nesting boxes and
feeders, animal and bird census,
wildlife food survey and others.
Anyone, 4-H'ers or others, can
obtain help in carrying out wild
life practices by contacting the
county agent's office located in the
Beaufort postoffice.
I intended to discuss several pro
jects that may be started now, but
since space has run out, let me
stop by wishing all of you a Very
Merry Christmas.
bead City were Dr. John MorrU,
Truman Kemp and David Murray.
The dub will not mart next
week. The next meeting will be
Dec. 30.
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the friendly folks like you who have helped make this
year a happy and sucecssful one for us.
To us, this thing we call "our business is founded to a
great extent on friendship and an "old-fashioned" desire
to be of service to our customers.
Our aim has always been to deserve your friendship, and
if we have succeeded then Chirstmas will indeed be a
pleasant one for us.
Once again a great big "Thank You" to good friends like
yon who have made our growth possible. May this Christ
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for good measure, may happiness and prosperity be yours
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