Vocational Education
Taking New Directions
The past decade has meant
changes and new directions in
many of the occupational
education program areas.
Business and industrial
leaders have become involved
in advising on just what should
be taught in occupational
education programs.
Businesses and industries
have opened their doors to let
schools use their facilities for
laboratory experiences for
high school students.
Vocational agriculture has
been shifting its emphasis
from all on-farm production
courses to programs related to
the agribusiness and the
natural resource phase of
agriculture.
Courses such as outdoor
recreation and applied
ecology, ornamental hor
ticulture, forestry and
agricultural business
operation and management
have increased, such courses
appeal to both boys and girls
because of the number of job
opportunities in these
agriculture related jobs.
» Health occupations
education emerged in the
secondary schools in 1964-65.
The programs have grown
from 3 programs and 3
teachers to 117 programs and
121 teachers during the 1974-75
school year.
Home economics education
has increased its enrollment
in consumer and homemaking
courses while moving into
occupational home economics
which trains young men and
women for jobs in commercial
baking, clothing, home fur
nishings, and health and
management services.
State advisory committees
on which business and in
dustrial leaders serve have
become an integral part of the
seven occupational education
program areas. Members of
these committees are involved
in curriculum development,
conducting surveys to
determine employment op
portunities, and making
recommendations on new
programs or re-directions of
existing ones.
Local school personnel and
lay citizens are having more
say in what will be offered in
occupational education in
their schools through the use
of the Local Plan for Oc
cupational Education.
The plan, completed every 5
years and up-dated biennially
and annually, answers such
questions about occupational
education as: (1) where are
we now? (2) where do we need
to go? (3) how are we going to
get there? (4) how will we
know when we get there?; and
(5) how much will it cost?
More students are learning
skills on-the-job.
Traditionally, only students
enrolled in distributive
education or vocational in
dustrial education had the
chance of going to school in
the morning and then work in
the afternoon in a supervised
on-the-job training program
for which they received
wages.
Today, high school boys and
girls in business and office
education, agricultural
education, health occupations,
and occupational home
economics are now enrolled in
the cooperative arrangement
between the schools and the
businesses in the community.
Stronger emphasis has been
given to the occupational
education youth
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organizations. Recently the
North Carolina Occupational
Education Youth Council was
organized. The membership of
the Council consists of the
state advisor and one state
officer of each of the 7 oc
cupational education youth
organizations now operating
within the State.
In 1973, a new method of
instruction was implemented
in the secondary schools—
individualized instruction In
this method of instruction,
students can help plan what
they learn and learn at their
own pace, and they can see
exactly what they are learning ^
and why.
Teachers say that in
dividualized instruction helps
students to assume the
responsibility for their
learning, cuts down on
classroom discipline
problems, and frees the
teacher to spend more time
with individual students.
Public forums on oc
cupational education are held
annually. The next one is
scheduled for February 13,
1975, and will be conducted in
communities throughout the
State via television and small
group discussions. All citizens
are urged to participate in
these forums.
Did Santa Bring
White Elephants?
Your Christmas list
probably didn’t include purple
satin pillowcases, a leopard
print table cloth, a fuzzy
angora sweater (that you’re
allergic to), yellow slippers
that you can’t quite squeeze
into or a cigarette lighter you
don’t want because you quit
smoking last New Year’s Day.
But now that you have them,
what can you do with them?
Other than stuffing the gifts
in a closet and writing gallant
thank-you notes, you can try to
return them, says the Better
Business Bureau. That is, if
you know where the gifts were
bought. But even then, don’t
assume a store has to accept
returned items; it doesn’t.
Except in cases of
misrepresentation or
defective products, a store
doesn’t have to accept any of
your returned white
elephants. But most stores
want your business, so there’s
a good chance you can get an
exchange, credit or refund.
If a store’s policy allows
returns, usually it will require
proof of purchase. If the item
was a gift, you won’t have a
sales slip. So take it back in
the original box or wrapper
when you return it. And try to
take it back as soon as
possible after the holidays.
If the store’s policy is to
credit the price of the return to
your account, be sure that this
credit appears on your next
statement and that it stays
there until you decide to use it.
Don’t expect a refund on
anything you’ve soiled or
used. The store may not be
able to resell it, and this just
increases the cost of all items
in the store for all customers.
It also might prompt the store
to adopt a stricter return
policy.
MORE ELEPHANTS
While you’re returning
unwanted gifts, you’ll
probably notice that
everything seems to be on
sale. This is a good time to
pick up some real bargains.
But it’s also a good time to
pick up more white elephants.
How many times have you
bought something because it
was on sale and then never
really used it, or never really
liked it? Buying sale items on
impulse when you really don’t
need or want them doesn’t
save you any money.
Many items may be ad
vertised as special values.
You might see mittens and
hats on a table with a sign
saying, “Special Purchase:
$1.99 to $2.99 — $5 to $7 value.”
But if you stop to examine
what’s being sold, you may
discover that none of the items
could really be expected to sell
at $7 or $6 or even $5.
SHORTSHEETS
This is the time of year when
you can get some good
bargains in sheets,
pillowcases and towels. But if
you buy linens in a while sale
this year, you could get short
sheeted. Many manufac
turers, caught in the squeeze
of inflation, have simply
shortened the width or length
of their sheets. Some com
panies are doing this to avoid
raising prices, and some are
doing it and still raising
prices.
You might not find the
smaller sizes objectionable at
all, but you better check the
label to know what you’re
getting. The accepted stan
dard sizes of flat sheets in the
past have been: king, 103”
byll5”; queen, 90” by 115”;
full, 81” by 104”; and single,
72” by 104”.
If you search carefully at
this year’s white sales you
might be able to discover a
real bargain — yesterday’s
bigger sheets at today’s
special sale prices. Some of
the sheets on sale probably
were manufactured before the
dimensions were reduced, and
the prices may be less than
those for newer, but smaller,
sheets.
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF
TRANSYLVANIA
NOTICE
All members of Brevard
Federal Savings and Loan
Association will hereby take
notice that the annual meeting
of the membership of Brevard
Federal Savings and Loan
Association will be held at
the offices of Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan Association
on South Caldwell Street in
Brevard, North Carolina at
2:00 o’clock P.M. on Wed
nesday, January 15, 1975.
All members of the
Association are requested to
attend this meeting. The
members will further take
notice that at the annual
meeting all matters and
things will be taken up which
might be discussed and passed
upon at an annual meeting of
members of the Association in
accordance with the By-Laws.
This 19th day of December,
1974.
E. Gene Ramsey,
Attorney for
Brevard Federal Savings
and Loan Association.
M12-23-3tc
NEW SUBSCRIPTION RATES FOR TWICE
WEEKLY DELIVERY
Rates in county: 912 Year; |8 Six Months
Outside county: $15 a year; $9 Six Months
These Rates Are Effective Today
AU New Subscriptions and Renewals
Received Through Wednesday* Nov. 13, will
Be honored for the complete term.
Street Sale Price Will Remain
at 15 cents a copy.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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SALE
IS NOW IN
PROGRESS..
OFFERING
FURTHER REDUCTIONS
On Shoes Already Reduced Drastically!
3,000
Pairs Of SHOES Must Go!
Our Inventory Of
LADIES' FALL and WINTER SHOES
Must Be Cleared Out At Reductions Of
33 W - 5tt%
THESE ARE THE BIGGEST REDUCTIONS THAT WE’VE EVER OFFERED
ON TOP QUALITY BRANDS, AND THE SALE STARTS
Tuesday Morning, December 31st
SUCH FAMOUS BRAND* Alt
California Cobbler
Jolene
Giavoni
Mandarins
CASUAL SHOES
Values From^ QQ 1
8.98 to 19.95 JL
Divina Mandarins , Pierrettes
/ Citations
DRESS SHOES
vsKssr 4.98tol 3.95
SELECTED GROUP OF
WOMEN’S
HANDBAGS
Vs Off
300 PAIR OF
ODDS ’N ENDS
IN
WOMEN’S SHOES
Vai‘S° 498 598 698 798
__ ON TABLES ONLY
California Cobblers
VALUES TO $18.95
995 to 1295
100 PAIR
GOLD or SILVER
PARTY SHOES
Values To C98 11 95
$20.95 U ■ 11
Sizes 5 to 10
N&M Width
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