ALL IN FUN- Hoke high student Joanna Best was nut really shedding a tear
here, although her outlandish costume might have caused a sob if it wasn't all
in fun and part of the new member initiation for National Honor Society
members.
oke
ig Mights
by B?tty Ellis
In their fifth game of the season,
the Varsity Bucks lost their third
game in a very disappointing loss to
the Rockingham Raiders of
Richmond County. Every one of the
approximately two hundred and fifty
people who went to Rockingham last
Friday, again saw some fine playing
from the Varsity Bucks.
Both teams were able to hold each
other scoreless for three quarters.
But. in the fourth quarter with about
eight minutes left in the ballgamc.
the Rockingham Raiders broke
through the Bucks' hold and what
looked like was to be a scoreless
ballgame. and made the first
touchdown of the game. In less than
four minutes, the Raiders had made
another touchdown and taken the
gaine.widi a score of 14-0.
The Hoke High Band represented
Hoke High very well at their first
away performance this year. Besides
showing great musical talent and
ability, the band, along with the pep
club, and cheerleaders, also showed
how well they could yell and cheer
by leading in die cheering for the
Bucks.
The Junior Varsity Bucks gave the
JV Raiders a hard fought game
before conceding to them widi a
score of 54-34. last Thursday.
The Varsity Bucks are 2-3 so far
this 9eason. They will be playing
Lumberton in an away game litis
Friday. October 10. while die Junior
Varsitv Bucks will be at home on
Thrusday, October 17 also playing
agaginst Lumberton.
The FCA (Fellowship of Christian
Athletes) held a meeting in the
adivsor, Mr. Billy Colston's
classroom, on Monday night. Henry
Hosteller, captain, for the 1975-1976
school year, was in charge of the
meeting, at which time dub plans,
electing officers, and future meetings
were discussed. The next FCA
meeting will be on Friday during
lunch for members and prospective
new members. Each present member
is asked to bring at least two new
students who wish to join. The
purpose of the FCA is to promote
Christian fellowship at scnool. ana in
all school activities, athletic and
academic.
The National Honor Society had
the annual initiations of new
members last Thursday, October 2.
All the new members, from the Pink
Panther to Cher, were a little anxious
and nervous while the old members
seemed to have a sinister look all day
long for what they knew would
happen during the lunch period.
The senior members did a very
thorough job, ( they must have
wanted to make sure of the
"dedication" of the new members.)
They provided all kinds of fun things
to do. From an egg-rolling race (with
your nose), to getting clobbered with
the save raw eggs, along with grits
and shaving cream, there was never a
single dull moment.
A candlelight service will be held
for parents and faculty, within the
next few weeks for the official
induction of the new National Honor
Society members.
Be a Buck Booster . . .SUPPORT
THK BUCKS!
INITIATION RITES- Hoke high student Wally'Jordan was the larget of
laughter along with other newly tapped members of the National Honor
Society last week when initiation rites were gleefully held at the school
campus
F ocus On
Schools
EDITOR'S NOTE - This article was
submitted by Superintendent of
Schools G. Raz Autry and details the
opportunities in the education for
exceptional children in local
dassrooms.
By Raz Autry
There are many different programs
in our schools but I doubt if there is
any one program that is mote
emotion ? filled or perhaps more
controversial than our Exceptional
Children Programs. These programs
were labeled for years as classes for
the mentally retarded until someone
became smart enough to get the
public to look at these programs as
special learning opportunities for
children that range in ability from
trainable mentally retarded to the
gifted.
In Hoke County we have two (2)
TMR teachers, one (1) Gifted
teacher, one (1) Hearing, two (2)
Speech, ten (10) EMR, and a
coordinator.
At present time we have 450
children in our Exceptional Children
Program. This represents
approximately 10% of the school
population. To place these children
in the various programs is not a
matter of someone's opinion. The
law is very thorough and explicit,
and we follow it down to the last
detail.
If there is a shortage of teachers in
any area, it is in the Exceptional
Children's area. In Hoke County 12
out of 16 are fully certified and the
other 4 will complete the
certification in a year or less. This is
in keeping with state policy.
As I move from school to school, I
am grateful for the knowledge,
understanding, and tremendous
interest that the teachers of
exceptional children have in their
children.
It is hard for regular classroom
teachers to fully understand
exceptional children because the
demand on their time in teaching the
majority of the students is great. I
fully appreciate their devotion to the
majority of their students, but 1 must
be equally concerned about the few
who need special attention. That is
the purpose of teachers of
Exceptional Children.
I marvel, and I am thankful, when
I see a child's eyes light up because
he has learned a simple thing like
tying his shoes or washing a tray that
has been handed to him in a lunch
line. I am forever thankful when,
through the efforts of our
coordinator, school nurse and
attendance counselor, that a parent
can be convinced to send a blind
child to a school for the blind so that
he can become a useful citizen. It is
our job, also to find and locate
children that we cannot serve and see
if we can get them to areas where
they can be served. Our speech
clinician works with youngsters on
improving their speech. Our hearing
teacher works with students who
have difficulty in hearing clearly the
sounds that make life more
meaningful. Our LD (Learning
Disabilities) teachers work with
youngsters who do not learn in a
conventional manner. Yet these
young people are sharp and eager.
Our gifted teachers give youngsters a
variety of enrichment programs they
cannot get in a regular classroom
because time will not permit. The
rest of our teachers of exceptional
children work with the children at
the level they find them and try to
move them to their greatest
intellectual capacity.
1 guess the one thing that disturbs
me the most with the public is not
only the pre-judging they do on their
children, but the lack of knowledge
they display in what we can do for
their children. 1 must admit we have
some teachers who say "I can't stand
those dumb kids". So you see from
our own ranks, at times we display
the greatest ignorance and at the
other end of the scale we have some
who say "I don't believe in gifted
classes because it makes them feel
superior". It is our job, those ot us in
the teaching profession, not only to
teach academics, but humility, and
an appreciation for all people
regardless of their ability.
I invite our citizens to not only
look at our Exceptional Children
Program, but all programs in our
schools. It is essential for all of us to
work together if our schools are to
improve, because an enlightened
citizen will demand good schools
from those with whom he entrusts
his children.
Church
Homecoming
Homecoming will be October 12
at The Evangelical Methodist Church,
Corner of Green and Sixth Avenue,
Rev. W. H. Ginn announced.
Speaker for the Homecoming
serivce will be Rev. Alton Lancaster
of Goldsboro, formerly of Raeford.
He is a retired pastor with the United
Methodist Churches.
Everyone is invited to come and
bring a lunch.
TEEN CENTER- A group of Raeford area teenagers has fixed up this building behind Oumpler's Handy Marl on Main
Si. for use as a Christian teen center.
Memorial Fund Given
Hoke county citizens contributed S834.75 to the Melton-Edens
Memorial Fund established after a July 25 plane crash which took the
lives of two Raeford families.
The fund, begun in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Melton and Mr. and
Mrs. HiUman P. Edens and their daughter Cynthia Kay. was turned over
to the Mcintosh County (Ga.) Rescue Squad last weekend.
The families of the victims expressed their appreciation for the
donations. Over 100 contributors and business firms helped out.
Mrs. J. K. (Mabel) Riley, a sister of Odell Melton, presented the chcck
to rescue squad commander Tom Poppell, Mcintosh county sheriff.
Rescue squad members were credited for donating their spare time and
their own money to continue the search in coastal waters for the plane
wreckage.
The bodies of the Melton couple and HiUman Edens and the child have
never been found.
Group Needs Scrap Items
Salvage materials are needed for
senior citizens' workshops. Miss
Josephine Hall, senior citizens
coordinator announced.
Pieces of material, scraps left from
dressmaking, feed sacks, oilcloth,
plastic scrap, ribbon, fringe, bias,
tape, elastic, wool ends from knitting
and crocheting, cigar boxes, gallon
ice cream containers, scrap lumber in
all szes and shapes, and cotton are
some of the items that can be used.
Donations from mills and
commercial plants would be
gratefully accepted, and pick-up will
be arranged. Miss Hall said.
Two can ride cheaper
than one.
Retirees Set
Oct. 15 Talk
On Insurance
Alvin J. Stevenson, vice-president
for Area III and IV of American
Association of Retired Persons and
National Retired Teachers
Association insurance programs, will
be the guest speaker for the Oct. 15
meeting of Hoke county retired
school personnel.
The meeting begins at 10 A.M. in
the Pig 'N Chicken restaurant.
Stevenson has been with the
AARP and NRTA insurance program
since 1964, working out of the
Washington office for the first three
and one half years. Prior to joining
the Association, he worked with an
insurance firm in New York and
Chicago.
He will explain the various
insurance programs.
Local AARP members and anyone
interested in insurance programs for
retired persons are invited to attend.
Further information may be
obtained by calling Mrs. Glen Wood,
875-2026.
SENIOR CITIZENS
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