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V alle Crucis School News We are »lwuy» happy when we can go to the auditorium and hear a special Mate program. Such an opportunity wan our* oa Friday when the Blowing Rock dee Clab and Band came over and enterLauMd us. Why. they even brought Elvis Presley and his troupe of singers and roek-o-roilers! Complete with hi# guitar, too. The Glee dub was under the direction of Mrs. Martin, and the band was under tiic direction of Bill Greene, science teacher. Mr. Graeae's comments between the numbers ware humorous, as well a* acquainting us with the various instruments In the band. We hope these musicians will pay us. another visit soon. On Thursday, Mr. James Greene, principal, showed some films an basketball to the boys. He is teaching the larger boys to play the game, as well as the seventh and eighth grade girts. They are enjoying their physical education periods in'the gym. Besides basketball, they engage in dodge ball, chin ball, squirrel-in-the-tree, crows and cranes, and other games. "If wmter comes, can spring be far behind?" someone asked a while ago. It is evident in our school that we think spring is just around the well-known corner. In each of our rooms there is plenty to make one think of spring. For instance, in Mrs. Ruby Michael's seventh grade room, the students have a superior display entitled "Companion Seasons." Each student chose a picture topic, then drew three scenes of the same basic picture. The first scene shows fall with the leaves in brilliant reds, yellows and browns; the second shows the leaves all gone, the bare branches, the snow on fences and on houses snd barns; then comes the lovely awakening scenes of spring. The new leaves are out, the lawns are pretty and green, and the little farm animals are grazing in the pastures. These pupils have demonstrated a delightful lesson in nature. Mrs. Church's Fifth Grade ( We are (till traveling ud exploring this wonderful country of ours. The last you heard at us we ware to Florida. laatng St Augusllne and all ita aid landmarks While we were there, our wagon loat om of Ua wheels and we had to abandon it. ilace we weren't able to find a blacksmith, or wfcoever it ia that (Uw wheels. We chartered a plane, and have been looking down on checkerboard fields and long winding ribbons of roe<ls and rivers. We are seeing so many, many factories all over Ue South. This Is amazing to us, since we have just been reading about how everybody used to have to get their shoes from Boston, overalls from New York, and their paper materials from New Jersey. Now those people from up there get their overalls from us down South. We can see from our plane windows that the South is up-andcoming, and no longer feels inferior to its northern neighbors. Mrs. MeheaTs Seventh Grade We have completed our study of Central America and the West Indies. Our library had several books which gsve us additional information. Host of the students in the room enjoy doing research work and making extra reports to the class. All the reports during February have been well prepared and well presented. With the coming of spring we wanted to rearrange our room. We have changed everything around «o that we feel that, we have finished our spring cleaning. For the past six weeks the seventh grade had seventeen students with perfect attendance. Twelve others have missed only one or two days during the same period. Part of our absences have been due to high waters. Mr. TripleU's Eighth Grade . Our practice teacher, Mr. Thomas Green from Blowing Rock, has completed bis work with us. We have enjoyed his time with us, and we appreciate all of his help in our classes. We know that he wilt be a successful teacher, indeed, we feel that he already is one. H. & W. Business Service AUDITING — BOOKKEEPING Over Watauga Saving* & Loan Association Phone AMherat 4-3595 BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA TAX RETURNS FILED l i • Come in and discuss your problems with us. We Specialize In Taxes A BUSY SESSION IN THE READING CENTER AT ASTC Left to right, the adults in the picture are Mrs. Cleda Boliek Graham, Mrs. Bessie Hollingaworth, Hiaa Joyce Off, Bill Rhinehart, graduate students; and Uberto. Price, director of the center. The children, left to right, are BUI Norris, Mabel Townaend, Larry Kecze, J. E. Jolnes, Jr., Johnny Payne, Jimmy Cottrell, and Bartlett Dougherty. All these enthusiastic readers are from the Appalachian Elementary School. Boone Observes Birthday Of Rotary With Dinner Boone vu linked with more than 9,200 cities and towns on the lix continents u the Rotary Club commemorated the 92nd anniversary of the founding of Rotary. The birthday of this world-wide fellowship of business and professional men was celebrated by the local Rotary Club oa Thursday, February 28 at Kirk's Restaurant. Program chairman Bill Blagham said that "Rotary activities throughout the whole world are baaed on the same general objectives as thoec of the local club— the development of fellowship among business and professional men, the betterment of communities, leading boys and girls into good citizenship, the promotion of high standards in business and professions, and the advancement ot international understanding, good will and peace. The one basic objective of Rotary is its Ideal of 'Service' which is to be thoughtful of and helpful to others. To attain this objective, Rotary seeks all that which brings people together and avoids all which separates thim. This la the reason why Rotary has become a worldwide institution, whose ideals have been accepted by ntfn differing widely in language, customs, and historical backgrounds." Hugh Hagaman in tracing the growth of Rotary said: "The'first Rotary Club waa organized in Chicago on February 23, 1006 by Paul t. Harris, a young lawyer, who suggested the idea to a group of his friends. The name 'Rotary' was selected because the first meeting of the Club were held in rotatioa in the offices of its members. The Rotary ideas of fellowship and service to others soon spread from city to city in the United States and Canada and then crossed the oceans to every continent. For more than half a century, Rotary has grown in numbers and strength. Today Rotary has a membership of more than 430,000 business and professional men who are members of 9,286 Rotary Clubs in M countries." Jack Lawrence outlined the history of the Boone Club which waa organized on October 22, 1948. Of the eighteen charter members, four—Stanley Harris, Wayne Richardson, L. E. Tuckwiller, and Dempsey Wilcox—remain as active members. Present District Governor Stanley Harris was the first president of the Boom Club and he was followed by Watt Gragg, Ray Lawrence, L. E. Tuckwiller, Jim Thompson, Hugh Hags man, George Greene, Jr., Louis Smith, and Pete Everett. James Marsh emphasized the importance of community service and how Rotarians are most willing to help the community In any war that they can. Some of the projects that are being carried on or have been carried out in the community by the local club are: a calf program where crippled children receive f calf and in return contribute the first heifer which is then given to another crippled child; sending of two crippled children to Camp Sky Ranch in the summer; purchase of a croupette which is in JW at the Watauga Hoepital; (election of an outstanding boy each month from Cove Creek High School and Appalachian High School aa 'Rotary Boy of the Month'; taking of Christmas baskets to the needy crippled children and their families; and the purchasing of braces and x-rays for the crippled children of the county. Phil Vance discussed the concepts of Rotary a* they apply to the business world. One of the best ways to conduct • business is to apply the few-way test to everything that you do—1. Is it the truth? 3. Is is fair to all concerned T 3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships? 4. Will It be beneficial to all concerned? Bill Carpenter outlined the Chan Memorial Scholarship Fund which has brought eight students to this country from South AmeSca and Mexico and has sent two students from North Carolina to Europe to do advanced study. This fund is Apps Open Tourney ^fith Cage Victory f The Appalachian "Blue Devil*" opened the Trl-County tournament with a 54-44 victory over Haaiing Spring of A the county on March I. Although the final margin at victory was 10 polau. the outcome waa in doubt until the final three minute*. Healing Springs took a two-point land, 37-15 at halftime after playing nip and tuck for the tint It miniltM. Appalachian finally took owr the lead. 3B36, at the dbd of the third quarter. U the final stanta, the acore was 44-42 with Appalachian on top when Healing Spring! •witched defonaaa; from the tone defense they had used the whole game up to that point to a manto-man defense. Then things got hot Bob Wilcox hit a lay-up, and Bob Watkins, the other forward, hit a lay-up, and Bob Bob Watkins, the other forward, hit a Jump-shot from the side. Healing Springs hit for • field goal to decrease the margin to 48-44; but Watkins drove in for another lay-up and Wilcox, on the receiving end of a fast break, laid in two more points. That made it 52-44. Watkins sank two free-throws for the final two points. Wilcox with 21 and Watkins with 20. led the Blue Devils; and Harry Neaves with 16, 12 of which c«me from the foul line, led Healing Springs. Cove Creek Gam* Appalachian aaaed past Cove Creek 26-21 in an unusual contest in the quarter-finala. Both team* opened up the case cautiously taking few shots. Paul Yates of Cove Creek hit the first field goal three minute* after the. game opened and Jim Hayes of Appalachian countered with a jump shot from the circle a few seconds later. With about a minute left in the first quarter, Yates sank two foul shots to put Cove Creek ahead 4-2, but Jim Hayes tried another Jump ahot and missed, but Ed Taylor rebounded and laid it in Just before the biuxar sounded. Appalachian pulled away to a 14-7 half-time lead. In the third quarter Cove Creek ' designed to promote the fourth ■venue of Rotary. International S*(yic«. Rotary's first avenue, club service, is to be covered at another meeting. Louis Smith and Nick Erneston completed the program with a discussion of the main topics covered at the diatrict conference in Morganton the week befora. pulled up to within five points, £U7. and narrowed it to 28-21 in the early iU|» of the fourth quarter. Appalachian* then went into a ■emi-froeze and wasted tiane for a food (hot. which they got with about two minutca left. Jim Hayes then hit a two-pointer. Cove Creek tried a shot, but misted. Appalachian pulled down the rebound and Hayes was (puled. He sank two to put the game on ice. Bob Watklns pulled down 13 rebounds, and Ed Taylor 7, which was a deciding factor in the victory. Appalachian controlled the backboards with 31 rebounds to HIRING, QUITTING DOWN F«wtr factory workers „ult.nd fewer wore hired In January than In December, according to the Bureau of Ufbor Statiatica. Hiringt went down from SO to 22 per 1,000 and the quit rate Iran I* to 10. while layoff! remained (ubttaMially unchanged
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