Vol. Ill
Hovember 27, 1963
Larry Wayne Saunders, 17-year-lad senior of West
will represent Montgomery County in the district conpe-
tition for one of the annual Morehead Awards at the
University of North Carolina.
Larry was selected Thursday night by the Mont gone ry
County Moirehead Awards Committee. The other five
applicants were: Johnny Conner and Nolan Saunders of
East Montgomery, Gene Pridgen, Charles Bruton, Jr., and
Edgar Haywood III,
Science is Larry’s ;:^ain interest, but there are
others. He is chief dr^jmmajor for the West Montgomery
High School Band, plays an instrument in the band Lsd
plays the piano for his church. He also has an inter
est for almost any sport.
Recently, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam P, Saunders of
Route 1, Troy was selected to present a pape* of his
science project at one of ten Science Youth Congresses
held in the United States, He entitled his paper ’’The
Separation of the Rar^
Earth Elements and a Com-
- - - - plete Study of Their
Nature,
Senior Class Choose (continued to p. 4)
Mascots - _ - _
COLLDJS £ AIKMAN
ESTABLISHES SCHOLARxIC
AWARD PROGRAM
Collins £ Aikman, a di
versified textile firm
which operates majoi manu
facturing plants through
out North Carolins, has
established a "scholastic •
award" program which will
provide .15 of the state’s
outstanding senior high
school students with fi-
naiicial awards on ■t'’eir
graduation mext year.
The program,established
through high schoo o in
areas in which C S A oper
ates its plants, was inau
gurated, the company said,
"as a means of focusing
attention on the n'ed to
futhe r en courage today’s
youth to capitalize on ed
ucational opportunities
that are available to
them, ”
C S A President,Donald
F. McCullough, said that
the ever-ir. "^reaiiing need
for good, scholastic back
ground, on the part of our
young people, in competing
in today’s world, calls
our lending any encourage
ment we can,however'we can,
"North Carolins’s schools
are among the finest in
the comtry," he said.
"It is merely our hope, as
a corporate citizen, that
the students in those
schools will get as much
out of thejn as they can."
The senior class has
finally come out of hiber
nation since term papers
have been completed. Mas
cots were choses on Nov. 7,
They are Betsy Jordan and
Mark Keams,
Senior Calling cards
have arrived along with
senior pictures. The class
anticipates the arrival of
rings in early December.
Work on the annual is go
ing well reports editor,
Patricia McLoud,
PARENTS ATTEND SCHOOL
The West Montgomery PTA
met Wednesday night, Nov
ember 21, at 7:i^S at the
school.
After a brief Business
iroeting in the cafeteris,
a mock school day was held
with ten m.inutes for each
period. The parents fol
lowed their qI Idron’s
regular school day sche-:
dule, visiting each class
and meeting the teachers.