THMKFUL THANKSGIVING "I. v';''i^'5-'i^ ■ t v-f%4 i:“ • ^->ak i..l- ..:. -^•.'** ■••^B'lki- EXAMS DEC. 17-18 VOLUME Ih NUMBER 3 BAILEY, NORTH CAROLINA NOVEMBER, 1953 Bapel Progrums DgoI Com. Purchases teno From H. Funds With teus Themes If "variety is the spice of life," the student body agrees that the chapel programs to date have added spice weekly to the school activities. The seniors opened the year’s programs with a speaker, Frank Zedick, Baptist minister. STEPHEN FOSTER Stephen Foster was brought to life through his songs sung and panto- mined by the juniors. The sophomore A group had lii-year-old Jimmy Bras well, a ventriloquist from Wilson. The sophomore B group gave a scene enacted in a Paris Hat Shoppe when a woman goes to buy a hat. VARIETY PROGRAl^ The two freshmen, classes combined to present a variety program con sisting of’ the History of the Flay, National Anthem, Monologue, Vocal Solo, Negro Sermon, and Balloon Dance. Mrs. R. G. L. Edwards' eighth grade protrayed how safety at school, at home, and at play can be prac ticed, A District School came in review when Mrs. Evans' eighth grade gave their pi'ogi'am* CALMDAR OF EVENTS NOVEMBER 26-27 Thanksgiving holi. days DECEIVER 1 Elementary teachers meet with Mr.. Fries to select supplementary readers. 3 L, J, Herring Imple ment Co. program 7^30 5 SOCK-HOP 17 - 18 EXAMS 18 - 28 CHRISTINAS HOLI DAYS 29 Classwork begins Curtains Coming In The Near Future That curtains for the auditorium windows, guar anteed by the Continental School Equipment Company, will be put up in the near future is the report com ing Ifrom the principal. Advantages that will re sult from the addition of the curtains are already apparent. When necessary, all rooms will be able to see a film at one time. The appearance of the au ditorium will be improved. The heat and the glare of the sun pouring in through the bare windows will be in part eliminated. Parsons Motor Company, by giving a check for |18, made it possible for the finance committee of the PTA to purchase a new pi ano with the funds receiv ed from the Halloween Car nival. When the $56? net re ceipts of the carnival were turned in, the com mittee lacked $18 being able to pay cash for the piano. The deficit was met by Parsons Motor Com pany, PliESENTATION The piano was purchased in time to be presented at the November meeting of the PTA. Mrs. Helen Murray headed the committee appointed to purchase the piano. Company Donates Markers To School Three metal Policeman Safety Zone Markers have been donated to Bailey School by the Coco-Cola Company of Wilson through Mrs. R, G. L. Edwards. The markers will be placed on the highway in front of the school to slow down traffic and make it safer for the children. They were presented to the school from the stage at Mrs. Edwards' chapel program, November 11,