Dr. Lama Plonk. Fonnei Citizen, jb Subject Of Newspaper Featnie xrr. uaura Plonk, well-known former citizen Of Kings Mountain and co-founder with her sister of the Plonk School of Creative Arts of Asheville, was recently the subject of a feature story in the West Ashe ville News under the title "The News Personality of the Week." The story, as written by Berths Haley, staff writer for the News, fol* -lows: Miss Laura Plonk is Director of the Plonk School of Creative Arts. She with hei* sister, Mias Lillian, founded, and organized this School in 1924, and Miss Laura has been Director since its opening. MLss Lil lian has been assistant D Lector of the School since 1925. Miss Plonk was born on a farm f near Kings Mountain, N. C., the dau. ghtfcr of William Lafayette Plonk and Martha Ware Plonk. Her fath er, to whom (he Plonk Scnool of Cre ative Arts is dedicated as a monu mental tribute, was for thirty years on the Board of Education of Cleve land County, North Carolina, and for twenty years during this time, he was its Chairman. He was also on the Board of Education at Kings fountain public schools for a num t>er of years. ? Miss. Plonk has always had a jgreat love for reading, and while at Plonk School House, she read all the books in the school library. -She had her preparatory education in connection with Lenoir- Rhyne, in Hickory, W.C. . She received her A. B. degree at tenolr-fthym? College, and she also received a diploma in the Speech Department. While at Lenoir-Rhyne, she was active in sports: tennis, horseback riding, and captain of the ?Hasket ball team. Sihe was also on the Staff of the Year Book, and she was valedictorian of her graduating ?class. From the above school, she at tended Boston School of Expression, *iow Curry College. She returned to Kings Mountain public school, at that tlme'Lynwood, and opened her studio. She started j with one student, and at the. end of j *he year had assembled forty en thusiastic pupils. She returned to Curry College, in .Boston. ? vShe was a student of Mrs. Flor-1 *ence Evans of the Boston School of j Public Speaking, and she has the' Physical Education, Teachers' and Philosophic Diplomas from Curry. College of Speech. - (Miss Plonk has taught in various : schools and colleges in. the South, j and at Wheaton College, Norton! Massachusetts. She was also in structor at Curry College of Speech ' Boston, Massachusetts for several years. While there, she directed 150 plays, several of which nave been j presented in Asheville. The student body at Curry Col-' ; lege was anxious to ? make Miss Plonk its Dean, but she refused this j and various other flattering teach ? Ing positions to open a School of ! Creative Arts in the South. Miss Laura Plonk and her sister, Miss Lillian, had planned and dreamed of such a school that wou)d be training in living as well as in theory. So, in 1924, with a sple fi nancial backing of $400.00, two scholarships from their 'brothers, they with Undaunted courage re-' turned to Asheville to open this School, which may be called a lab | oratory for research methods in be* t?r Education for children and grown-ups, where the mind, body,'. ' and spirit, must 'be developed for a complete and a full and happy life. In May, 1924, right after plans had 'been made and the 'first prospectus was printed, the Misses Plonk suf-j fered a serious loss by the death of j their father who was their guiding1 light in' this tremendous undertak-i ing of planning their pioneer ideas of education and living through the medium of the Speech Arts. For the first five years, the school functioned in the summer only, first at David Millard High School and later at Montford High School. In 1929 Miss Plonk realized the necessity of a winter school, and the immediate urgent step was find- { Ing a suitable place. After careful' consideration, Grove Park School ; was selected. And in 1929, the en- j tire property of this school became ' known as the Southern Workshop, j Southern Workshop was often misunderstood by the public, be cause it carried the designation us ed by handicraft and industrial or ganizations. So, graduates and stu dents asked that the name be chan- ; ged to one that would adequately! describe the true character of thej teachings of the School. Southern ' Workshop was discarded, and since] 1939, when the School was moved to j One Sunset Parkway, the School is. known as the Plonk School of Cre ative Arts. The Plonk School of Creative Arts is situated in the heart of nature's lovely garden, and is surrounded 'by warmth of these vari-colored, en chanted mountains. In this beauti ful setting of pines, hemlocks, and lovely shrubbery, the students can find peace and contentment. Each *C CHATHAM ? COLORS We have tbem all . . . those wonderful new Chatham blanket colore currently advertised in the fashion magazines. Com* in and Me the extra measure of beauty they add to a fino Chatham blanket. This is the country's best selling blanket. You'll know why when you touch the warm, fleecy hap of the 100% wool, and see the rich sheen of the rayon satin binding. Luxurious but long-wearing, Chatham's "Wools hire" comes packed in a white closet box With floral design and is guaranteed for Ave years against moth damage. student is given individual attent ion, and he is guided in the devel opment of mind, body, voice, charac ter, and spirit. This school is a 'Trail ing in LIV ING as well as in LEARNING." It is ! not a school of Drama, as is so oft en thought, but it is a School of-Cre atlon. It meets all the requirements of the State in the Pre-Schooi, Pri ' mary, Elementary, and High School i Departments. 1 The College Department offers, ? courses credited toward College De gree in: Literature, Creative English, Speech, Public Speaking, Vocal Modulation, Voice and Diction, Eng I lish Grammar, College Spelling, Re medial Reading, Languages, Music, Dalcroze Eurthythnrtcs, Pantomine, Dramatic Interpretation, Acting, Ra dio Technique, ' Bible, Character Building, Spiritual Training. A Di ploma from this 9chool means that the student has the knowledge, training, and an understanding for teaching, acting, reading, directing and producing plays, and above. aLL, th? knowledge of living a full and creative lffe. The useful activities of Miss Plonk are non-ending. Her hobby is work, ?more work. Her real love is the class room where it is her intense desire ao teach students to become useful men and women. Miss Plonk is Chairman of the Speech Defects Committee of Bun combe County. Her aim is to prevent rather than cure defective speech. On October 6 and 7, 1930, under the personal direction of Miss Plonk, the Kings Mountain Historical Pa geant, commemorating the one hun dred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle Of 'Kings Mountain was pre- j sented at the Auditorium in Kings , Mountain, N. C. This tremendous undertaking is a procession or pa-| geant of scenes of the Revolutionary War leading up to the great victory j of the Mountain Men at Kings' Mountain. I Miss Plonk 15 a member of the Kappa Gamma, Quota Clirb in' Ashevllle. The Key Word of this remarka-i ble young lady is "Constant change, ( growth, and unfolding," on the >be ginning olf the twenty -sixth year of j the Plonk School of Creative Arts. ; "Any success which I have achlev ed or may achieve, I attribute tOj the ideals instilled in me at the Plqnk School of Creative Arts," is| in part one of many letters received , from students all over the United States praising the good works, of the Misses Plonk. Since 1924, the Plonk School of Creative Arts has directed more than Scout Leaden I To Meet 22nd | Boifing Springs, Nov. 10 ? The an-' ; nual Scouter-Cubber Round-Up of| , the Piedmopt Council, Boys Scouts j of America, will be held at Gardner- , Webb College here on Tuesday, No- j vember 22, at which time leaders and committeemen from the counti- j es of Alexander, . Burke, Caldwell,' Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, j Lincoln, M<?D?well, Polk and Ruth- j ; erford will gather for training, fel-i | lowship and inspiration. Sor?e three , hundred are expected to avond. The Round-Up will start with an i assembly in the auditorium of the 'college at 4:00 o'clock the afternoon of the 22nd. County District meet-j I ings will be held for Scoutmasters, 'Troop Committeemen, Leaders In , Cub Scouting, Commissioners, Ad vancement, Finance, Organization; and Extension, Leadership Training Camping and Activities and Public Relation^. At 6:30 a business meet ing of the Executive Board will be I | held and at 7:30 a banquet in the ' ! college dining room. The principal speaker of the occasion will be Dr. Roswell C. Long, pastor of the West - over Hills Presbyterian church of Charlotte, a former president of Lees-McRae College and an active memiber of the Regional Committee of the Boy Scouts of America. Off I- j cera for the coming year will be , elected. 1 Youth Day To Be | Observed Sunday I Sunday i9 Youth Day for the Sou ! thern Presbyterian church. In ob- ; serving this day the Young People of the First Presbyterian church un- ; der the direction of the Director of 'Religious Education, Miss Josephine! two hundred programs for civic, clubs, churches, and other organiza- j tions in Ashevllle and surrounding) towns. 'Among the many plays presented at the Plonk School, are "Sun-Up, " by Lulu Vollmer; "Lady Precious Stream," by S. I. Hsiung: and "En ter Madame," by Gilda and Dolly Byrne. On 'June 2, 1949, Miss Laura and her sister, Miss Lillian Plonk, were awarded the honorary degrees of Doctor of Art from the Stanley Col lege of the Spoken Word, Boston, Massachusetts. Culp, have prepared a program for the etevan o'clock Sunday morning ! servise. Thoise taking part on the program are: Mary McKelvie, Shirley Arthur, Pat Neisler, Donald Wilson, Buddy : Beatty, Carl Moss and James Moss, a candidate for the ministry and a sophomore at Presbyterian Junior College, Maxton, N. C. 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