Junior- Senior Held
At Blowing Rock
Queen's Contest is Held;
Winners in Blowing Rock
Talent Show Given.
By MRS. LUCIM! LE?T
The Junior-Senior banquet of
Blowing Hock high school was
held in the school gym on Satur
day evening, March 22, at 7:00
o'clock with some 80 persons at
tending.
The affair was formal, the set
ting the scene of a night club,
"The Top-Hat Club."
The gym was decorated in
green and white, the school and
senior class colors. Tables, each
seating four persons, were cover
ed with white linen dtoths cen
tered with a green ctndle. Place
cards, as well as the invitations,
in the shape of a hat, were of
green edged in white, with white
ribbon at the top, and gloves and
cane outlined in white. Mints
were served in individual cups.
The dinner was served by can
dle light with a spot turned on
the entertainers.
A floor show was held during
the evening consisting of several
vocal numbers, piano solos, guitar
numbers, and a dance act. Girls
serving as waitressea made up
the chorus line. They wore green
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Also on the program were several
impersonations of movie stars.
During the course of the even
ing four toast* were given: to the
ben tort by Theda Holder with
response by Billy White; to the
facility by Kathleen Triplett
with response by Mrs. Glenn
Winkler; to the fchool board by
Martha Gragg with response by
Mr. Shuford Edmisten; and to
the ministers by Martha Penley
with response by Rev. J. L.
Thomas, Jr.
Master at Ceremonies was Mr.
James Storie, school principal,
and the invocation was asked by
Rev. Thomas C. Seiti.
Mrs. Kathleen Hodges, junior
sponsor, directed arrangements
for the banquet, assisted by Mrs.
Belle Greene, co-sponsor.
Students taking part on the
special program were Ted Dot
son, James Coffey, Nola Gragg*
Mary Tolbert, WiUia Belle Col
fey, Kathleen Coffey, Lucy Brad
shaw, Edith Storie, Theda Hol
der, Audrey Hollars, Evelyn
Craig, Barbara Coffey, Marie
Hodges, Ellen Hamlett, Martha
Penley, and Christine Greene.
Queen's Contest And Talent
Show Is Held
A queen's contest and talent
show were held on Friday morn
ing in the school auditorium.
Names of the contestants for the
queen of the Elementary school
were previously a n n o u n*c e d.
Those vieing for the honor in the
high school were Anne Lett and
Caroline Greene of the freshman
class; Peggy White of the sopho
more class; Theda Holder of the
Junior class; and Ruby Moody
of the Senior class.
Winners in this contest were
Theda Holder in the high school
and Sylvia Patrick of the Ele
mentary school.
There were 21 numbers in the
talent show consisting of solos,
duets, group singing, also guitar,
harmonica, and xylophone num
bers all emanating from the Ele
mentary grades.
Winners in the talent show
were Jane Brown of the fourth
grade who sang "Give Me A Kiss
To Build A Dream On;" Donna
jSflMijnci F"iank Tcague of the
?Hpttftl who sang % Want A
4MMF>Just Like The Girl That
Married Dear Old Dad"; and
Dianne Hodges and Ruth Luttrell
of the first grade who sang "Oh
Suzanna."
The winners will compete with
other winners in Watauga county
schools in an elimination con
test to be held in Boone, the date
to be anounced.
Directors for the entire pro
gram were Mrs. J. D. Whitener
and Mrs. Jay Beach of the Ele
mentary faculty.
Judges were Mr*. Herman Ij
gen, Mrs. A. E. South, and Mr.
Jack Mock of Boone.
P. T. A. To Mm!
The Blowing Rock Parent
Teachers Association will# meet
on Tuesday, April 1, at 7:30
o'cloA in the school auditorium
with Mrs. Charles Davant, presi
dent, presiding.
A musical program will be
given under the direction of Mrs.
Margaret Reineking.
Following the business meet
ing a social hour will follow with
refreshments being served in the
school cafeteria.
Music Appreciation Club Moots
The March meeting of the
Blowing Rock School Apprecia
tion Club was held in the school
library, with SO' students pre
sent. All students had parts on
the program.
The next meeting will be held
on Tuesday, April 1 in the teach
ers' library and the program will
feature studies in coral music
and the lives of the masters.
The Club's next study will be
by Bach led by Judy Burns.
Mrs. Charles Brown is director
and Mrs. Glenn Winkler is spon
sor.
Attending Pre-School Clinic
Mooting
Mrs. Yoder and Mrs. Whitener,
first grade teachers, and Mrs.
Charles Davant, president of the
school P. T. A. will meet with
Mrs. EdmistQn, county supervi
sor, and the personell of the
health department on Wednesday,
March 26, at 1:00 p. m. in the
courthouse assembly room.
Purpose of this meeting Is to
plan the schools pre-school clinic.
Bulletin Board
The bulletin board decoration
in the lower hall of the school
building for the month of March
is under the direction of Miss
Francis Snyder of the high
school faculty and her freshman
class.
The board depicts the inven
tion of' Benjamin Franklin and
is illustrated by a figure drawn
on the board representing Frank
lin holding the strings to five
kites on which are the words
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Attend TMchu'i Meeting
A large delegation from the
Blowing Hock school expects to
attend the teachers meeting in
Asheville on March 27, 18, and
29, including Principal James
Storie.
Mrs. Hollar's Second Grade
A surprise birthday party was
given to the second grade last
week by Mrs. Ed Coffey honor
ing her son Jimmie who was
eight years old. ,
Daniel Coffey had a birthday
March 20. ? ?
Our grade was invited to see
television last # Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Clyde
Clawson. Many of the class had
never seen television and we all
likedsit very much. We came
back to school wishing we could
all have television sets.
We like Conard Greene's house
on wheels.
We think Ann Moody looked so
pretty in her white evening dress
for the queen's contest and tal
ent show last Friday.
We are glad to have our sick
folks back in school.
Our room bought flowers for
the funeral of Steve Ashley's
four-months old baby sister who
died last week. We were so sorry
about little Amy Lynn. The par
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Neal Ash
ley of Middle Fork on the Boone
road.
Mrs. Brown's Fifth Grade
We enjoyed the nice cookies
and candy our grade mothers,
Mrs. Gene Lent?, and Mrs. Bun
Knight sent us last week. We
appreciate their thoughtfulness
toward us so much.
Kent Miller has been absent
from school two days this week
with flu. We are sorry because he
hadn't missed a day of school
this year.
Two of our class members
moved away last week. Rosa
Mae and Paul Ellis. They have
gone to West Virginia to live.
We were so sorry to lose them.
We are so proud that our
queen, Sylvia Patrick, won first
place in the queen's contest for
the Elementary grJfcles.
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Week's Happenings
Covfe Creek School
Mrs. Dave P. Mast 5 Jent last
week with her father, Mr. W. P.
Blalook. who is seriously ill in a
Richmond, Va., hoapital. Mrs.
Hattie S. Ix-wis substituted for
Mrs. Mast during her absence.
David Horton and friends. Bill
Brooks and Donald Redding of
Wake Forest College, spent last
week end with Mr. and Mrs. S.
F. Horton.
The r\ext meeting of the PTA
has been moved forward one
week on account of the Easter
holidays. The meeting will be
held in the high school auditor
ium on Monday night, April 7.
The Junior-Senior banquet will
be given on Saturday night, April
5. The juniors with their spon
sors, Mrs. Mast, Mrs. Fox and
Mrs. Davis, are making prepara
tions for this joyful event.
The senior play cast has been
selected by Mrs. Wilson and
practice has begun. The play will
be presented Friday evening, Ap
ril 11, in 'the high %chool audi
torium.
Reverend Harold Songer, pas
tor of Cove Creek Baptist Church,
will preach the baccalaureate ser
mon in the Henson's Chapel
Church, Sunday evening, May 11.
The senior class program will be
given and diplomas awarded to
the fifty-four graduates on Fri
day night, Maj? 16. This program
will also be held in the Henson's
Chapel Church.
Mr. Jay Fox and Miss Bagwell
of Appalachjan State Teachers'
College are doing their practice
teaching with Mrs. Horton and
Mrs. Davis this quarter.
Miss Cynthia Stiles and Mr.
Bingham are sponsoring intra
mural basketball game* at the
lunch hour this week and next.
Members uf the varsity squad are
serving a'officials.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Horton will
attend the state convention of
teachcrs in Asheville this week.
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