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Clampitt Retires
“WE LOVE YOU, MR.
Cl .AM PITT”
The last day of school was a
happy day for most Gastonia
children.
But it was a somewhat less
joyous event for one fourth
grade class at Myrtle School
because their teacher, Lee O.
Clampitt, is retiring.
To his class, Gampitt is
more than just a teacher, he is a
father and a friend. Each
afternoon when the bf 11 clanged
at the end of the school day,
students would file _ past
his desk giving him a little
kiss or hug.
The kids love Lee Clampitt.
Ten-year-old Manda
Hoffman came to school on the
last day of classes with the
words, “Mr. Gampitt we love
you”, written on the back of her
baggy white T-shirt. Her
mother had written it at
Manda’s request.
“I think Mr. Gampitt is too
good a teacher to retire, ” said
Manda. “We like him better
than any of the other teachers,”
she continued.
Nine-year-old Anita
Thompson went one better,
“Mr. Clampitt is the best
teacher in the whole world,” she
said.
Gampitt, 66, has been
teaching for 46 years. He
retired last year from his
position at Catawba High
School. However, one week
after the 1970-71 school year
began, Robert P. Caldwell,
principal of Myrtle School,
asked Clampitt to come out of
retirement to fill a faculty
vacancy.
“The most important thing
about teaching is to motivate
the students,” Gampitt said.
He explained the way to do this
is is to get their confidence, to
keep them busy, and to let them
know you trust them.
“In order to get their
confidence,” he said, “you have
to be frank and honest. I would
rather do anything than be
unfair with a child.”
Gampitt said the
average 11th grader of 1926, the
year he began teaching, would
be scholastically comparable to
a fourth grader today. He
attributes this advance to
greater movility, mass
communications, and improved
teaching methods.
He remarked that he would
like to continue teaching “but
you have to quit sometime.” He
said he would continue only if
there was a teacher shortage,
and at the present time, there is
an abundance of teachers.
“It doesn’t seem fair to take
the place of the new fellows,”
he concluded.
But if the fourth graders
had anything to say about it,
Mr. Clampitt would be back
next year, teaching fifth grade.
Mr. Gampitt is the father of
Gwen Owle, Managing Editor of
the Gierokee One Feather.
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Walker-DeHart
Pledge Vows
Central Baptist church of
Hampton, Virginia will be the
setting on June 26, for the
marriage of Ramona Jean
DeHart to Robert M. Walker.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald A.
Stafford of Hampton and a
granddaughter of Mrs. Ellis
Kirkland of Bryson City. The
bridegroom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert L. Walker of
Hampton.
After a wedding trip, the
couple will reside in Newport
News, Virginia.
Registration Set
For Summer At STI
SYLVA — Registration for
summer school at Southwestern
Technical Institute began on
Monday, June 14, and will
remain open through Friday,
June 25. Don Irwin,
Occupational Education
Director, said there are still a
few vacancies in most classes,
and those who wish to enroU
should do so as soon as possible.
All evening classes meet
from 6:30 to 9:30 on the days
indicated. In the technical
areas, they are: Monday
Wednesday, Beginning
Shorthand and Office
Machines: Tuesday-Thursday,
Beginning Typing, Accounting I
and Data Processing.
Vocational courses offered
at night are: Advance Hair
Styling, Monday; Automotive
(chassis and suspension),
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday; Automotive
(Servicing), Wednesday; Small
Engine Repair, Tuesday;
Motorcycle tune-up, Thursday;
Welding, Monday; Surveying
(boundary control), Thursday;
Surveying (field work),
Saturday, 8:30 to 11:30 ajn.
Regular daytime programs
meet variously from 8 a.m. to 3
p.rn. Those open to new
students through June 25 are:
Cosmetology, Masonry, and
Automotive Mechanics.
Around
Swain County
GRASSY BRANCH
Mrs. Louise Stephenson and
children spent the weekend in
Charlotte with her sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Gillett.
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Ashe and
son, Clint, Jr. are spending their
vacation in Wyandotte,
Michigan. They expect to visit
relatives and do some traveling
and sight seeing, while away.
Alan Nash from Fort
Lauderdale, Florida is spending
a few days with his parent, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Nash at their
summer home, here.
Mr. and Mrs. George Plant,
who have a summer home here,
have returned to their home in
Forth Lauderdale, Florida for a
few days.
A picnic dinner was given at
the Brendle picnic grounds and
a large crowd attended.
Extension News
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Cantaloupe - rich in
vitamin A and a good source of
vitam C rates high for summer
breakfasts and fruit deserts.
The cantaloupe or muskmelon
to some, is the most popular of
six small melon varieties all of
which claim Asian ancestry.
Cantaloupes are in the market
from now until mid-fall. Enjoy
them. North Carolina
blueberries, first on the U.S.
market, are top quality while
supplies are down somewhat
this year. Mel Kolbe,
Horticulturist, reports - the first
North Carolina peaches are
ripening fast and are in some
markets. These are the early
cling varieties. Look for
increased supplies and more
varieties in the next two weeks.
Bananas are bargain values
now due to the competition of
many other fresh fruits.
One National Snack Food
Sales official said, “We aren’t
giving up on snack foods - our
market research forecasts
tendancy away from three
formal meals a day. People will
go more to five meals with a lot
of snacking going on.”
Swain County farmers who
have lambs for this year’s
market should take note.
The lamb pool for this year
will be held in Canton, North
Carolina, July 13, at the
Cattleman’s Livestock Market.
The best market weight
for lambs is from 90 to 110
pounds.
Lambs should arrive at the
market between 7 and 10 a.m.
All farmers planning to sell at
this market should notify his
CountyAgent’s office of the
number of lambs he plans to sell
at least 10 days before the date
of the sale.
Ministers In
Publication
NASHVILLE- Dr. James
E. McReynolds, a Southern
Baptist minister serving this
summer as church relations
representative at Ridgecrest
Baptist Assembly, has written a
worship liturgy for a United
Methodist publication.
Dr. McReynolds’ work,
entitled "Love Is. . will
appear in the October issue of
Alive-Now, a modern magazine
devoted to creative expressions
of worship.
Produced by the Upper Room
Foundation of Nashville, the
format will be colorful, the
articles fresh and vital, and the
faith expressed in depth.
Mr. and Mrs. Bucky Harris
have returned to their home in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
WHITTIER
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Correa and three children of
Detroit, Michigan are spending
this week at the Renner home
on Tarhelia Heights.
Mr. and Mrs. Denver Sutton
and Mrs. Polvin Coward and
two grandchildren, Robin and
Rita Roberts, went to Etowah,
Tennessee, Saturday, where
they joined members of the
Sutton family and went
camping.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Parris
and two children of Pontiac,
Michigan have been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Clark. They returned to their
home in Michigan, Sunday.
ALARKA
Rev. and Mrs. Ernest
Lindsay were visitors, .at the
Alarka Baptist Church last
Sunday morning. Rev. Lindsay
spoke after Sunday School.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Dominques of Miami, Florida
and Mrs. Louise Howell and
children of Cherokee were
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John
Cochran last Sunday evening.
Hie Dominques have a summer
home in the Qua 11a section of
Jackson County.
Mrs. Addie L. Kuhne has
returned to her home at the
Riverside Motel after spending
the winter months and most of
spring visiting her children in
Akron, Ohio.
Mrs. Mike Sooter was
honored at a stork shower on
Friday evening, June 18 given
by ladies of the community at
the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Troy Barker. Mrs.
Sooter, who resides in the Ela
Community f received many
nice and useful gifts.
Warren, Jr. and Beverly
Cochran of South Carolina spent
last week here as guests of their
grandmother, Mrs. R. E.
Medford.
Miss Carolyn Cochran has
returned to her home after
spending last week with her
sister and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Hensley in Candler.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Shuler and daughter, Lisa, of
Brevard recently spent some
some time here with his family,
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Shuler and
other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
Cochran of Cherokee and Mrs.
Harley Cochran visited with
their grandparents, Mr. John
Cochran and Mrs. Cochran on
Saturday evenining.
Engagement
Announced
Mrs. Walter Henley Greene
of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
announced that her daughter,
Charlotte Marie Greene, will
become the bride of James
Larry Collins of Signal
Mountain, Tennessee.
James is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry S. Collins. His
grandparents of Bryson City
are Mr. and Mrs. Harry S.
Collins. His grandparents of
Bryson City are Mr. and Mrs. H.
P. Browning and Mrs. H. S.
Collins.
James and Charlotte attend
the University of Alabama.
John Wikle Plans
Summer With STI
John Wikle, guidance
counselor at Swain County High
School, is doing special work
with Southwestern Technical
Institute of Sylva this summer.
The Institute is a non-profit unit
of the North Carolina
Department of Community
Colleges.
Anyone interested in
offerings of the Institute such as
mechanics, cosmetology,
secretarial courses, practical
nursing, electronics, or others
may contact Mr. Wikle at 488
2668, his home, and he will see
you there or come to see you at
your home.
He will explain the courses,
help with registration, and
financial and other
arrangements.
Technical school education is
offering high wages and in some
cases has advantages
financially as good as some
college courses.
See Mr. Wikle if interested
in furthering your education. In
some cases a high school
equivalency certificate is
required. In others only an '
entrace test is required along
with a transcript of previous
work.
Drug-Alcohol
Study Set
A $136,200 Highway Safetj
Project grant has been awardee
the toxicology laboratory of tlx
State Medical Examiner'^
office for the purpose 01
studying the effect of alcohO
and drugs on drivers, it wa<
announced today by Dr. Arthtu
McBay, chief toxicologist foi
the department and project
director.
Provided on a matching
basis by the U. S. Department at
Transportation and thf(
Governor’s Highway Safety
Program, the funds will be used
specifically to determine the
presence of absence of alcohol,
carbon monoxide, medicinal!
and hallucinogenic drugs found
in victims of automobile
accidents.
In 1970 the toxicology
laboratory, located at the U. N.
C. Medical Center, analyzed the
blood of 468 drivers and
pedestrians killed on North
Carolina highways. The study
revealed that 254 were driving
under the influence of alcohol
(concentrations of at least .10
percent) and 44 had been
drinking.
Dr. Me McBay pointed
out that the relationship
between alcohol and reckless
operation of motor vehicles has
been firmly established. “The
grant will enable us to
determine if a similar
relationship exists between
drugs and erratic driving,” he
explained. “Data is scarce on
people who are fatally injured
while driving under the
influence of drugs. There is^
evidence, however, to support
the fact that drugs contribute to
automobile fatalities, ” he said.
In an effort to establish the
extent drugs play in traffic
accidents, the toxological
examination will include tests
for marijuana and LSD.
The initial part of the research
project will be conducted ir^
cooperation with the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Alcohol Safety
Action Program, a project
aimed at studying excessive,
drinking and driving which,;
hopefully, will eventually result
in establishing appropriate
counter measures.
Blood, urine, liver and bile
samples will be taken from
operators of vehicles, as well as
pedestrians killed in automobile
accidents in Mecklenburg;
County during a period of three
years and analyzed. Dr. McBay
said that a study of the victim’^
liver for evidence of chronic*
drinking will also be extremely -
valuable in assessing final data.
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