STUDENTS GATHER IN FRONT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
School ... Is A Crowd
By LAURA F. CHURCH
School is a crowded hallway
y . . just try to go the other
way againat the horde of mill
ing students and you'll be stop
ped cold, nipped in the bud . . .
population and old buildings
and eager boys and girls and
teachers with rooms bursting at
the seams ... no room for
them in the school . . . quality
education and not room to house
it in . . . school is Appalachian
High . . . school is a crowd. . . .
School is a report card . . .
Hal is an outstanding pupil."
. . . (means that he's standing
out to the hall and -wont come
to).
"It's a pleasure to work 'with'
Hal." . .. (just try working
against him!)
"A very resourceful pupil at
all times." . . . (brings his own
mop, can use his own hanky,
and can find his pencil if it's
right where he knows he left
it) . . . school is a report
card .
School is an anxious Mama
. . . "Junior is a timid child
... if you ever need to cor
rect him for anything, just scold
the one next to him, and that
will bring Junior around . . .
make sure that the other kids
don't run over him . . , and
see that he has on his hatan
coatangjoves when he's out
doors. . . . n> come over at
recess and see that he's treated
right by the others" . . . school
U a Mama. . . .
School is Prof. Greene and his
diary . . , 1920: "I have had a
fine time during this session of
summer school. I have woited,
and that Is good for a man. At
die chapel hour a movement is
started to have the portraits of
A. B. Dougherty and D. D.
Dougherty painted for the
school. Small amounts from
students and friends go into this
fond." . . . school is Prof.
Greene.
1933: "Today on class I con
tinue my work on oral compo
sition, and I mean to make a
success of it. Of course, some
of my students are timid, and
others are indifferent, but in
time I shall have them talking.
A fellow cannot play with me
all the time." . . . Prof. Greene.
School is a slate . . . when
teacher sees your sums, you spit
on it and there's a clean slate
for more sums if you wipe it
good . . . the little boy in the
next scat wants to steal your
slate aind put a secret message
for you . . . carry your books
home for you, he asks? . . .
school is romance . . . you are
a princess ... he carries your
books home ... he gives you
his knife to cany and treasure
because it's his . . . school is a
slate and lave and romance. . . .
School la a letter . . . "dear
teacher i am glad, you wuz my
teacher last, year you lernt me.
n hole lot and i preshate all.
you done for me", you treasure
the letter and spend some time
in wondering what the real va
lues are . . . you decide they
are love and compassion and
tenderness and a little book
learning interspersed here and
them , , . yes, a letter is
school. ...
School Is eollge . . . and
college students ... Mr.
Greene's Diary: "The impres
sive thing is that these stu
dent do not work much. They
do not follow instructions. When
a thing is explained, they do not
try to grasp the meaning. I
am a little resentful. How can
they take go much drill and
comprehend so little! They do
not know the meaning of the
simplest words!" . . . 1933 . . .
college Is school . . .
Report card?? "We feel that
Hall is improving in his atti
tude toward other boys and
girts." ... (we haven't seen
any kicking lately, Just some
pretty punchy fisticuffs) , . .
a slate? "You were my queen
CAM) OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sin
cere thanks and appreciation
to our friends for their many
expressions of sympathy at the
death of our husband and fath
er.? The Dock S. Bagan Fam
ily,
Good Ole Country Music
Is On Its Way Back to The
PERKINSVILLE GO CART TRACK
Saturday Nite
JULY 27 - 8:00 P.M.
Featartag Wayne Johnsaa tad The Bnuhy Mt.
Boys ? Lost Mm aad Hoat Of Others la A
in calico, I was your bashful
barefoot beau, you wrote on my
slate ? " A Mama? "Thank you,
Miss Jones, for all you did for
my little boy." , , . and mamas
are wonderful! .... a crowd?
Help! Help! . , . school is all
this and more. . . .
Weed Penalty
44c Per Pound
The rate of penalty on ex
cess burley tobacco for the
1063-64 marketing year has
been anounced by the United
States Department. Of Agrlcuk.
ture.
The burley penalty rate
cents per pound. The penalty
rate Is based on the average
marketing price for 1962-63 and
other factors. The average price
per pound was 58.3 cents for
196263 season.
There' have been no farms
remaining hi excess and there
fore no farmers paying penalty
on excess tobacco in the past
few years in Watauga County.
This is the time of year when
it's nice to watch the sun come
up in the morning ? after a
night's sleep, that is.
Picnic, Tour Of Camp Add
To Senior Gtizen Meet
It would have taken more \
than inclemeat weather to '
dampen the spirits of the Sen
ior Citizens who met at the
Kephart home at Camp Yonah
loaaee on Friday.
An outside picnic had been
planned but the rain poured
down so as the guests kept com
ing Mrs. Kephart kept putting
np card tables .all over the
house until everyone was com
fortably seated (or lunch.
At the last meeting Dr. Kep
hart had shown colored slides
of Camp Yonahlosaee which
made everyone anxious to see
the camp activities with his own
eyes. So as soon is lunch was
over and the rain had ceased,
everyone went down to the
camp where they were given
a conducted tour by U13 coun
cilors and some of the specially
selected campers. Everyone
was mnch impressed with the
wonderful opportunity Camp
Yonahlossee gives young girls
from 7 to 17 of learning self
reliance in the many and var
ied activities of camp life.
There is horseback riding on
40 horses in three separate rid
ing rings; crafts of many kinds,
particularly hand weaving; wat
er sports, first swimming in a
lovely heated pool, then boat
ing and finally water skiing on
Watauga Lake. For the older
girls, when they are properly
qualified, there are over-night
camping trips. A well equipped
infirmary takes care of any ill
ness that may occur and a cha
pel on the hilltop proves that
the spiritual side of life is not
neglected.
Goodbyes were said to Miss
Jeter and Mrs. McCord, the
present owners of the camp,
who served light refreshments
to the departing guests.
Announcement was made of
the appointment of a committee
consisting of Mrs. Homer Brown
and Mrs. Pearl Bingham to work
in cooperation with the county
chairman, Dr. Kephart, to plan
programs for the monthly meet
ings and decide on places of
meeting. The August meeting
will be held at tile home of Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Goodman on
Snowbird Cliffs and the pro
gram chairman is Mrs. Pearl
Bingham. Mrs. Bingham an
nounced that everyone will be
expected to come dreesed as
they flight have dressed to go
to school half a century ago and
OIL INCREASE
World production of crude
petroleum rose from 8,188,000,
000 barrels (42 gallons each) in
1061 to 8,708,000,000 in 1002,
with gains in all the principal
producing areas, according to
the Bureau , of Mines.
A memorandum prepared an
nually for Congress estimated
also that the proved reserves
of crude petroleum in the world
now amount to 294,400,000,000
barrels.
Don't tolerate a winter-wearing gas-and-oQ hag that**
robbing performance and driving pleasure. Oar expert
rebuilding puts your engine In the pink . .
performance? saves gas and oil.
Valve & Head Grinding
Pin & Sleeve Fitting
Brake Drum Turning
relive a day in the schools
of that time. Old text books,
slates aad tin dinner pails will
ba the order of the day. A
stern school master will be se
lected to teach readin', 'ritin'
and 'rithmetic, to be taught to
the tune of a hickory stick.
The guests who enjoyed the
hoapitality of the Kephart home
and of Camp Yonahloasee were:
Ifrs. Blanche Payne, Ed Far
thing, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Farth
ing, Mrs. Walter Johnson, Mrs.
W. D. Farthing. Mrs. L. L.
Bingham, Mrs Carter Farthing,
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cook. Mrs.
J. C. Farthing, Miss Cora Pearl
Jeffcoat, Mrs. Pearl Bingham,
Mrs. B. J. Councill, Mr. and Mrs.
C. Q Drummond, Mrs. Mabel
Brown, Mrs. J. L. Goodnight,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Ray.
Mrs. Maude Estes, Mr. and
Mri. Guy Goodman, Mrs. Eva
Cox, Eugene N. Apel, Sr., Louis
E. Finlin, Mrs. Linda Hines,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Burlingame,
Mrs. Maud Sears, Dr. and Mrs.
H. R Reed. Dr. and Mrs. A. P.
Kephart, Miss Bertha Beyer,
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Price,
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Milne.
Low-Cost Power Committee To
Have Two Watauga Co. Members
The North Carolina Conium
ers Committee for Low-Cost
Power will remain on an active
baaia, according to a statement
today by the committee chair
man, Robert W. Scott of Haw
River.
The state-wide (roup was
established during the early
days of the General Assembly
to generate public support for
legislation designed to insure
lowcost power to the electric
consumer and to keep the pub
lic informed of utility proposals
in the General Assembly.
'There are a number of mat
ters of public interest and con
cern that need looking into,"
Scott said. "The best method for
determining utility rates is (till
unresolved. Whether the utility
companies use the fair Value,
end result or prudent invest
ment method is something that
affects every consumer when
he pays his utility bill.
"The consuming public needs
to have the real facts concern
ing the continued overcharges
by the private power companies
and the tax subsidies they re
ceive from the federal govern
ment," Scott stated "Our com
mittee will saek to present
these facts to the public in a
clear and understandable way."
Referring to the recent ses
sion of the General Assembly,
Scott aaid, "The legislature
failed to reaolve the issues of
the costly duplication of power
facilities between electric co
operatives and private compan
ies, the municipal annexation
of electric cooperative systems
anil the taxation of cooperatives.
"These are pressing prob
lems" he continued, "and it is
quite likely the 1969 Legisla
ture will again be confronted
with them. These issues would
have been solved this year ex
cept for the efforts of the
powerful private power lobby
to distort and confuse the pub
lic. They do not want these is
sues settled.
"An example of this is shown
by the fact that the private
power companies vigorously op
posed a bill to tax the electric
trie cooperatives, even though
they repeatedly charge that the
co-ops pay no taxes. They know
that if the plan is put into
effect, they will have lost their
biggest propaganda weapon
against Hie co-ops. Apparently
they don't want the co-ops taxed
in spite of their loud cries to
the contrary."
Serving on the state commit
tee, in addition to Scott, are
Glen Palmer, Sr. of Clyde, D.
W. "Dick" Welsh of Clinton and
Eric W. Rodgers of Scotland
Neck.
Serving on the local Watauga
County Committee are Clyde R.
Greene, Boone, and Clyde Perry
of Sugar Grove.
Annual X-Ray Unit Visit To
Start Local Checking Today
The annual visit of the X-ray
Mobile Unit will begin at 11
a . m. Thursday, July 25th, on
King Street in Boone to pro
vide free chest X-rays for the
people of Watauga.
Free chest X-rays are provid
ed with the cooperation of the
local and sate health depart
ments and Watauga Tubercul
osis Assn. The free service will
be provided only on King
Street for people 15 years and
older, beginning July 25th and
continuing to August 3rd. The
mobile will be open daily from
11 a. m. to 5 p. m. However,
the X-ray unit will not be open
on Sunday or Monday.
An annual chest X-ray is im
portant to insure good health.
Any hacking cough or short
ness of breath could be an
early danger signal. The free
ehest X-ray is a "checking pro
cedure" and every person is ad
vised of the results with prompt
referrals to his family physici
an, should it be warranted.
"You can't live if you can't
breathe," points out Mrs. Her
man Wilcox, vice president of
the Watauga Tuberculosis Assn.
Any breathing difficulty and
especially shortness of Dreath,
are definite danger signals to
be watched by everyone. Time
is short, Mrs. Wilcox said, and
a free chest X-ray is yours for
? few moments of your time;
no one over IS years old should
fall to get a free chest X-ray.
FEDERAL AID
Twenty-six universities and
colleges, a national cross-sect
ion, have unanimously conclud
ed that Federal aid has been
"highly beneficial" to them,
despite some problems.
In a recently released study
they suggested that the Gov
ernment expand the scope of
its support beyond limited, sci
ence-based programs.
The study was financed by
the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching.
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