Facts About Our School
tWHorN Note: TV following r<
City School to acquaint citiscns wl
| American Education Week, a
time when the values of public ed
ucation are being stressed through
out the length and breadth of the
land, is a good time for us to look
at ewiditions right here at home in
our own schools.
F>or sometime now the need for a
separate high school in Morehead
City has become increasingly ap
parent. The enrollment in our ele
mentary schools has now reached
a proximately 1.400 students. The
high school enrollment has reach
ed almost 400, making a total of
nearly 1.800 for both schools. This
is a large number of children.
Our high school can accommo
date adequately" ? from the stand
point of classroom space ? about
300 students. We are already bad
ly overcrowded r.ow, lad what
about just a few years ahead?
Take a look at our high school en
rollment possibilities:
1957 58 380-400 Now
1958-59 425 450 Next year
1959 60 475 500 Year after next
1960-61 525-550 3 years hence
1961-62 575 625 4 years hence
1962 63 625-650 5 years hence
1963-64 675-700 6 years whence
1964-65 700-750 7 years hence
These figures are based on pres
ent enrollment. Certainly the drop
out toll could take its effect and
the possibility of continued growth
?lumn Is supplied by the More he ad
ith school practices and operation).
I alter the picture. But what about
and expansion? Surely we don't
[expect this community to stagnate
' or go backwards in the next 10
i years, when a major railroad now
connects our port with the entire
! nation.
The point is that we cannot come
done to taking care of what we
already have with present facili
I ties. This fact is pretty obvious.
This year's fifth grade has over
! 200 students. The year they hit high
| school a very conservative esti
mate of enrollment would be 500
' and a possibility of one in excess
j of 643. That time is but three
j school years away. Schools are
' not erected overnight. When does
; our new high school get started?
The need is apparent!
I The time for action is now!
Prisoners Still Have
Fertile Imaginations
I T'orchman, Miss. (API?Confine
ment doesn't always dampen the
i imagination. Prisoners at state
penitentiary have stuck these la
I bels on the camps at the penal
I farm:
White women's camp: "Forbid
den City."
Negro women's camp: "Garden
of Eve."
Dairy: "Land of the Pull."
Basic Cookie Recipe
Offers Four Variations
By MARY RITII WILSON
Carolina Power & Light Co.
How would you like to have a
basic cookie recipe ? one that is
easy to make, looks different, but
can be used in a variety of ways?
This is one that I believe you will
enjoy using to serve at parties, to
make for the family, or to send
boxes to friends.
Bon Bon Cookies
Vi cup soft butter
% cup sifted sugar
1 teasp. vanilla
lMt cups sifted flour
ft teasp. salt
Mix together butter, sugar, and
vanilla. Blend in flour and salt and
mix thoroughly by hand. This is
the basic recipe. Now for the vari
ations:
1. Add % cup chopped nuts to
dough. Roll in small balls. Bake
at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes
until set but not brown. Roll
cookies while warm in sugar.
2. Wrap a level teaspoon of basic
dough around a cherry, nut or
date. Place on baking sheet and
bake as above. Dust with sugar.
3. To basic dough, add V&.cup
crushed peppermint cantly Roll in
1-inch balls. Dip these balls in
slightly beaten egg white and then
in granulated sugar. Press a choc
olate bit in the center of each.
Bake as above.
4. Add cup chopped nuts to
basic dough. Roll in balls. Flat
ten balls out with thumb and place
in center of each cookie 1 teaspoon
tart apple jelly. Bake as above.
Aged Receive Help Through
Two Government Programs
By E. S. PRESTON
State Board. Public Welfare
Two plans for protection against
dependency are provided for per
sons (i5 years of age and older un
der the Federal Social Security
Act of 1935 and its amendments.
One is Old Age and Survivors
Insurance (OASI) administered by
the federal government and the
other is Old Age Assistance (OAA),
administered in this state by the
State Board of Public Welfare.
The insurance program (OASI)
enables people to build up credits
through contributions based on
their earnings during their work
ing years. Then, upon retirement,
they and/or their dependents re
ceive regular benefits based upon
the amount of their earnings prior
to retirement. The purpose of the
OASI insurance program is to keep
people from becoming needy when
they can no longer earn.
The initial act. however, did not
extend these benefits of OASI to
ail employed persons. Also when
the law was enacted it was recog
nized that some persons were al
ready dependent and too old to
work. Some plan was needed for
these persons.
OM Ago Assistance (OAA) was
provided in the law for those in
eeoenmic Med who became <5 and
met the eligibility requirements.
It was anticipated that, as the
number of persons covered by the
OASI inearanee program in
created, the proportion in need of
old age assistance (OAA) would
decrease.
Until ltM, however, a large seg
ment of the population ? the farm
era aad farm workers ? were ex
cluded from the OASI insurance
coverage. This waa particularly
significant la a rural state like
North Carolina Low per capita In
coma also kept many of the state's
citiaeos from being able to aave for
the !
The OASI insurance program is
keeping down the number apply
ing for OAA assistance despite the
fact that 8.000 more persons are
being added to the segment of the
population fiS and over each year
in the state. However, the OASI
program is not cutting dawn on the
total number of OAA recipients.
The gradual rise in the percent
age of older people receiving some
benefit from the OASI insurance
program while still needing help
from the OAA assistance program
may be seen in the facts for the
past three years.
In February 1955 there were 51.
<79 persons 65 years of age or over
who were receiving OAA assistance
in North Carolina. Of this number
it was estimated that 3.896, or 7 6
per cent, were also receiving OASI
benefits. In the same month in
1956 a total of 51.489 persons were
receiving OAA. Of this number
4,151 or 8 1 per cent were estimated
to be receiving OASI benefits also.
In that same month this year
51,606 persons were receiving OAA.
Of this number 4,567 (8.8 per cent)
were estimated to be receiving
OASI also. In each instance the
check from the OASI insurance
program is one of the items of in
come taken into account when the
budget for the person applying for
OAA assistance is made out.
From these figures it can be seen
that the number receiving OAA as
sistance is increasing very slight
ly in spite of the sharp increase in
numbers in the segment of the pop
ulation 85 and over. The percent
age of people receiving OASI in
surance benefits who must have
supplementary OAA payments is
showing a very gradual rise.
It is estimated that the number
of OAA recipients will remain ap
proximately the same for the next
few years but that the grants
neceaaary for minimum needs will
slowly increase because of the ris
ing cost of living.
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Antiques Still in Use in Morehead City
This old dog is out or date
So is this w (the Harry North Wh?)
? . . And this one, the "Coliseum"
Shower room in gym
Fun at the County Fair
Ginny Lewis, right, Beaufort, examines one of the
teddy bears offered as prizes at the cat rack. Mrs.
Betty Monroe, Miami, Fla., says that some of the
county marksmen are about to clean her out of
prizes.
Polks Found it hard to keep their feet on the
ground when rides like the Ferris wheel and octopus
were so handy. In the seat on the right, John Den
nis, Beaufort, is having trouble with Iva Faye Hill
of Core Creek. She doubled up in the seat and closed
her eyes until she was safe on the ground.
Typical scene on a cold day in the Harry North
building. This old "pot belly" supplies heat for
a 33 by 43-foot room.
Dressing room ? no locker space.
The little dipper, a pint-sited roller coaster, was
one of the most popular rides at the fair. George
Robertson, Bettlr Bcdsworth, Guion Dudley, Marion
Thasteen, Mary Ellen Chasteen, Allen Autrcy, Jean
nette Whltehurst, Alice Chadwick, Sandra Thomp
son and Robert Lee Barbour were the passengers on
this trip.
Photo* toy Bob Seymour
Randy Taylor and Donna Willi of Beaufort were
having quite a time on the merry-go-round during
children's day. Randy is the ton of Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Taylor. Donna is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Willis.
Bind instrument "storage space" hi Harry
North building.
Football players use bleachers in gym as dress
ing area and equipment storage. (Photos taken
by James Morton, 8th grade pupil, Morehead CUy
School).
Nutritionists Warn Against
New Day Without Breakfast
(Editor's Note: This column is
sponsored in the interest of bet
ter health by the Carteret County
Tuberculosis Association).
"But I just don't feel hungry in
the morning." It isn't just women
fighting the battle of the bulge who
try to get by with a cup of black
coffee and a piece of toast. Many
of us just don't feel like eating
breakfast.
We know better. We know that
uur bodies need food after the 12
bour stretch since dinner. Studies
among teen-agers have shown that
they suffer an 11 o'clock slump in
their school work if they haven't
mi ten breakfast. Factories and of
fices have recognized this slump
among their workers by instituting
mid-morning coffee breaks.
There's a good reason why many
3f us can't face a plate of scram
bled eggs at 7 a.m. When the
alarm clock goes off, our body
emperature is at its lowest. Stir
ring about with the business of
Setting dressed for the day starts
the temperature up towards nor
mal.
But the hypothalamus, the part
of the brain that controls appetite,
gets the wrong message. It inter
prets the rising temperature to
mean that food has already been
consumed, so it shuts off appetite.
The farmer who gets up and goes
right out to the barn to do his
early chores isn't troubled this
way.
By the time he comes in for
breakfast, his temperature has
stabilized itself and the hypothal
amus has created an appetite that
can tear into a double helping of
pancakes with sausage.
What's the answer, it you haven't
cows to feed? You can try to get
up earlier and do a few household
tasks. If that's too difficult, make
your mid-morning break a meal?
not Just another cup of coffee and
a doughnut.
There are ton times as many
miles of surfaced highways in the
United States as there are miles
of railroad tracks.
i Will you pay?
It's The Law!
Effective January 1st, no motor ve- [
hiele licensed by N. C. can be <
prated without Liability Insurance I
coverage. AVOID THE RUSH, gee [
us now.
HTV Huntley ft Adams
Insurance Agency, Inc.
Locates at G. W. Huntley Co.
BEAUFORT, N. C.
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surprise! surprise! it's
MOMMA'S BIRTHDAY. AND.
WHAT'S IN THAT PRETTY PACKAGE ?
OOOH- ? A POCTABLE TV.'
MOMMA'S PHASED AND SO IS MOGsC
(NOW HE CAN SEE THE FIGHTS) '
BIBTWDAY OR NOT, ITS NEAR
SUPPERTIME . BUT NOW MOMMA
CAN WATCH TV WHILE SHE COOW'
MEAN WHILE GEORGE KILLS SOME
TIME MAKING MOUNTAINS OUT OF
MOLEHILLS IN HIS WORKSHOP
UPSTAIRS MOMMA PLUGS IN THE
COFFEEMAKER AND WHAM; BLACK
OUT. MAMMAS SAD-eCDRGE IS MAD
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