School Music In
Kings Mountain
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{By Carolyn Carlisle)
CfCldren in our schools today are
surrounded (by mu?6c to an extent
never before equalled.' The aim of
such a muglc program being to
place each child In a musical environment
and to bning him musical
'' experiences out of which may grow |
a iuii unuersianaing or trie art of
music.
The State cft North Carolina, having
ndapte>1' The Music Hour Series'
as a course cf study, has placed in I
the hands of each child from the
seccrnl through the seventh grade a
b ok which ho may use as his own.
? ?. In the Primary grades emphasis
is placed upon the proper use of
the singing voice and participation'
in a sieging group. Coincident with j
th'd program of alnglng, the child'*,
musical experience Is enriched also
by rhythm plays, rhythm band' and
by listening lesson through the med
ium of the phonograph.
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bands in the system?and a third
in the making.
Objetlvea in the intermediate
crades have been to convert the
child's earlier experiences Into conscious
power through procedures
wmch make him Increasingly aware
of music aa something Inherent ?
ty Interesting and beautiful, to ae.
rare proper Interpretation of the
one* and lovely tcee quality*, to
develop in each the power of attentive,
discriminating listening, a pre
tentqee Cor the bdtter typo j of
muwfc ? anrt meet important ? the
aMUty to eight read. Otie need and
Importance of this last objective has
become more evident in the last few
yearn ,
Elementary school glee clubs
have bedn formed' at each school
with 75 participating at Central,
forty at East< and thirty five al
Weet, 6nly those students ,ln the
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School System. This build i
mary. Grammar and High
hlghrr grades are eligible. This ex- /
pcrlence will prepare the child for.
high school glee club work.
As lias been customary for many. <
years each school presents an oper-1 ?
"tta sometime (during the school r
year ? the proceeds of which are i t
used for ibuying new school music I 1
material. Three phonographs and a
over r??e hundred music appreciation j t
reco/da have recently been purchas:-d
for use In the claae rooms. g
At .present, in the high school j
there are two glee clubs. The girts <
having an enrollment of sixty eight
members, and the boys' thirty six. ,
No program of Music Education c
would be complete without a band 1
The value of the one here In Kings
Mountain speaks for Itself and has '
done more to create a worthwhile 1
musical environment and. a love for *
good music than any other single *
organization. c
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Organization And . '
Expenditures Of Kings
Mountain School j
Fcr the education, of the 1483
white children now enrolled in the '
K'ngs Mountain Schools there are
three standard elementary and one
accredited hCgh school. "There are j '
43 white teachers, exclusive of the j 1
cuperinlendent, 40 State allotted. 1 1
paid by the County, State and Fed- i 1
real fundo for Vocational Home E- 1
ccncmles, ?rd two paid frcm 'local)'
funds.
There ore 3o0 colored pupAls now
enrolled in the Davidson colored
school. There are 10 colored teach- j
y. a ? 7 elementary and 3 high
school ? all allotted by the State. !
In the white school there is one
full time teacher cf Vocational Home j
Economics, one fcr Commerce, one !
for Fhyrfcnl Education, one for pi- j
ano. one for Bible, and a special su- I
pervisor of Vubllc School Music in ]
addition to the allotted teachers for
the von'ens other srchoot subjects. |
Including school custodians, cafe- i
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terla and oitlce help, the total em
ployed by the school at the present i
lime Is 62 plus a large number of
students working on NYA.
,The total , expenditures for last
school year <were as follows:
For Current Expense:
Stato Funds $13,913.00
County a/rd jDistrlot .. 13,953.00
For Capital Outlay .... 5,504.63
For Debt Service ...... 4,590.94 |
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Total .. # $75,962.27
$3.500;00 of .the above amount was
realized through a special building
fund and $2,122.55 from fire insurance.
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la addition to the above expenditures.
the Olty of Kings Mountain
retired school bonds in.the amount
of $5,000.00 and- paid $5,490.00 interest,
and the school district rellfred
additional bonds in the amount of
$1,000.00 and paid $450. Interest.
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ng is modern in every
School Departments.
Jentral P. T. Association '
K.M"?n?aln. Pwrent-Tearh
T Asroclatkn was organised 'n the
arly twenties. Mrs. E. ,W. Neal was
he first president. There was an
nrollmcnt of between forty and
'ICty people. The Association was
[(filiated with the national organlzaion.
flip years 1930-31 marked the bftlining
of separate organizations at
Cast ar.1 West schools. In 1936 the
'entral Parent - Teacher Assocla
'en voted to bold Its meetings at
Ight so that the membership
:cutd melude fathers as well aa mohers.
One of the most outstanding activ
ties of the P. T. A. was .the furnsbingef
milk to underprivileged
:hlldreh. The preset lunch rooms
u* ported by the. P. T. A. grew oul
>f this'. The Association alsi suppll d
clcthes to needy children. For
he last tfwo years the Central P. T.
t has sponsored a pre-school clinic,
vaerihatlcfj dlrtlc jfofeity programs,
>r/l has l>cu?ht first aid equipment,
or the school.
At the first meeting this year Mr.
F. Thomaseon and Mr. C. G.
White were ofheted president and
flee President of the Association.
Dvov,2U0 people attended the Octoher
meetl".*?. this year, which broke
all attendance records for a P. T. A,
meeting in Kings Mountain. Undei
the leadership of President Charles
Thoinosscn the Atocclat'.on h expec
led to rccoutplish many things foi
the betterment of the teachers. pni
ints. children and sebrc'l. for tht
years.
THIS 'K THAT
By Alice Burton
Patterson Grove Section1
Rev. "Will Elam cf Dover church
lireached at Pattergon Grove Sunday
tfteifnoon. a? the paster Rev. J. W.
Suttle was ill.
Sunday School will be next Sunday
morning.
Among those who visited Mr. and
Mrs. Chaa. P. Ware Sunday wer*
Mr. and Mrs, James Ware of Kings
Mountain: Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Ware and Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Ware
a jr _ _ i ? m * r? nt i ? J
air, una mrs. j u i^uampvcn am
children of Oak Grove were guesl
of the M L. Thorriburgs Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D, Goforth recen
ly visted the Grady Goforth3 o
near Lenoir.
Mr. and Mrs. Bonnie Burton o
Charlotte were visitors of relative:
in this section Sunday. Miss -Paulint
Carroll also of Charlltte accompan
ed them.
Mtss Mildred Ledfcrd of Phenrt'
Mill spcl't Sruday afternoon wltl
Miss Kathleen Goforth. ,
Mr. and1 Mrs. Ralph Edwards am
family are now making their homi
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. /
Edwards.
Miss Ruby Chapman was the dtn.
tier guest of Miss Jenny Lee Bell
Friday.
Miss Eloise. Watteraon, student al
Patterson Grove and Elsie Ford at.
tor-tied the singing convention al
Rev. Earl Armstrong's Tabernach
In Gastonia last Sunday afternoon
They sang a duet amd Mrs. Wright
accompanied them at the piano. The
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THURSDAY. NOV. #. 1939
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up the Kings Mountain
respect and houses Priprogrum
was broaden"t.
The teachers of Patterson Grcve j
prescind their pupils with candy I
1'tlttim-BPh MV.' l'Uey (IIKT ' IVUfVU'ttT"
also had a grand time bobbing for
apples, and playing other games.
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Mention
tats Beattle
Mr. and Mr?. L. W. Wcedon amd
children aoent Sunday afternoon In
the country.
Mr. and Mrs. Holland Horn and
Misses Irene Gladden and Faye Huff
stetler spent Sunday afternoon vtaking
friends in Gastonia. ' <
Miss The!me Mesemear spent the
week end with Mise Luc lie Gtaddett.
Mrs. L. \\J. Wecdon and son, BUI
afcd Miss Ida Huffstetler spent Mon
day afternoon In Gaatonfa.
M|r. .James I>a\f.st Mi sited )?rilend?
here the first part of the week before
returning to Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. Holland Hord Bpent
Saturday might with, the latter's par
ents. Mr, and. Mrs. A. R. Huffstetler.
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