Howell, Petrey Attend j Principal»' Meeting Mr. John Howell and Mr. Eari Petrey. principal and aaaistant principal oí the Appalachian Ele mentary Scbool. attended the Nortk Carolina Principal*' Cooler ence in Aaherllle on November A ■nd 8. Mra. Burklaad'i Fiftk Grade Officen have baaa elected for Mrs. Burkland'i fiftfa grade. Thay are: Preaident, Sylvia Crew; vice preaidett. Janea Bingham; secre tary, Patty Spencer; treasurer, Barry Faries. The claac recently visited the Northweatern Bank whare iroport ant functions of a bank were ex plalned by Mr. James Marsh The clan fund wfaich has been made from the sale oí Chriitmat candi was depoaited in the bank. Mr. Mprah presented a penell to each child. The foUowing people reeeiv ed prizes on the Chlistmas card sale: Patty Spencer, Larry Trip lett, Sylvla Crew, Carolyn Greene, Edwin Wlse, Lenore Nash. Judy STATED COMMUÑÍCATION OF SNOW LODOK NO. J6J, AF * AM « wtll be beld X FrL, Ñor. 15, at T:M p. m. m There wlll be work la the ® third degree by a viaiting «GY» team from Spntce Mae. Floyd M. Brewer, W. M. ^ J. B. Rablnaon, Sec. Payne, Baasetl Roai*. ifacki* Util, Lesl.e Hardin, and Bren! DmtU. Librar? News Ule firat eaaentiala oí an active ac-huol library a» the childrea and youag people wfco use aad en )óy tht material» the library irakés araiiable to them. The schooi library ia a rebdinf canter, a material* Laboratory, and a work center for tho entire schooi. It's functioa ia te fbrther the ebjee tlves ot the particular schooi which it serves. The , Appalaehian Elementar? Schooi has about toar thousand books ia the library. These books are claasified according ta the Dewey Decimal System of Clasti fication. Approximately 800 books are cirtulated each week. This does not lnclude book jackets, fiUnstrips, picttircs, pamphleta, magazlnes and other material» that are circula ted by the library. The audio-visual machines are housed in and distributed from the li brary. This equipmant indudes three ÍUmstrtp projectors, one movic projector, opaque pro jector, a tape recorder, a dry mount presa, and two portable screena. Each claas in school has one Teacher» Al Hickory Meet riv* members of Alpha Gamma Chapter of MU Kappa Gamma at tended the twenty-third Regional Birthday Celebration which waa obaerved on Saturday, November t. at the Firat Methodiit Church in lliekory. Attending the meeting (rom Wa fatiga county were Mr*. Sarah Horton Mr» Enni* Davla. Un. Grace CouncUl, lira. Anule Laurle WHiteoer. preaident of the local chapter, and Mra AUte Hodgin scheduled librar}' period a week. During thii period booka are checked out and other acttvitie* are carried on. Each child ia given an opportnnity to help in aome way with, routine library dutics. Instruction ln the care and use of library material» ia given at all grade level». During the month of Octobtr library leaaona have been conctfrned with the ar rangement of booka on the ahelvea. Inatructional and recreatioiul fiknatrips are used with all gradea. The firat gradea do not check out booka untll after the Chriat mu holidaya, but the ehildren have atory houra and are given offeortunitiea to examine booka. Storiea are uaéd with the other grades alao Uae of reference booka usually begins id the fourth grade and ia earried on extenaive ly in the upper gradea. Free perioda are acheduled daily, during whlch time any pupil may uae the library for recreation al reading, committee planning, reference work or other achool activitiea. The library club ia composed of students from the two eighth grades. The main purposea of the club are to encourage reading of worthwbile materia la and to help membera gain akill in uaing the library. Along with the Appalachian High School Library and ten oth er llbrariea in the atate, the Ap palachian Elementary School Li brary ia participating in the itudy conducted by the Southern States Work Conference. The general purpoae of the atudy ia to deter mine "What Is A Good School Li brary Program And What Doea It Do For Boya And Girla?" lira. Jessie D. Peaae ia the li brarían at the Appalachian Ele mentary School. PEANUT ACREAGE A national allotment of 1,610,000 aerea for the 1908 crop of peanuta haa been announced by the Agri cultura Department. Thia ia the «ame acreage allotted for thia year'a crop. Gradúate Club A.S.T.C. Lauds Chappel Wilson Id behalf of all the gradúate | •tudents who have attended Ap palachian State Teachers College, we. the preaent membera oí the Gradúate Club, wíah to expresa out sincere thanks te the friend *» recently lost. Mr. Chappei Wilson was bom on a farm in Robetón Counly alxty ata year» ago. He fought for hia country in World War I and waa sertoualy wounded Mr. Wilson graduated from Wake Foreat Col lege with an A. B. degree in 1020, and after teaching ln public achoola of North Carolina, carne to Boonc to work with Dr. Dough erty in 1982. He received his Master of Arta degree from Pea body College in 1830. Mr. Wilaon aerved Appalachian in muy waya. He waa a teacher, principal of the laboratory school, director of the laboratory schools. director of tummer school, and Dean of Gradúate Studies. He was Vnown throughout the country as the "good will ambasiador" of Boone and Appalachian State Teachers College. Any time Mr. Wilson was in a group the topic of diacusalon changed to the out standing characteristics of Boone and Appalachian State Teachers College. People liitened to him because he believed what he said. We knew Mr. Wilson best as the Dean of Gradúate Studies. Thrpugh hi* own perserverance he founded the Gradúate School at Appalach ian State Teachers College, and saw to lt that the gradúate pro gram became fully accredited. It is due to hia counseling and en couragement that many students now hold maater's degrees. We, the preient members of the grad úate claaa can count many among us who would not be here if it had not been for Mr. Wllson't «o couragement. Me llked to mc pee- < pie «d4> >¿K¡ •; , , .y ¡Étil.ju* • 1 ••; •>$*•.«p ¿í) , #■? '. We have opened a uew store in tlie buildin» at the córner of King and Water Streets, formerly occdpied by Greene Buick, Inc., where we have a good line of NEW FURNITURE and ADMIRAL APPLIANCES Watch for Grand Opening Announcen^ent We will also continué to operate our store across from "Smithey's for the sale of Used Fumiture and Antiques VISIT US FOR BEST BARGAINS BURGESS ANTIQUE SHOP VAUGHN ROTEN, Manager West King Street Boone, North Carolina