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r*t f ntsy Rictrd l*taklisfc*4 J«ly, 1136 * TIBIA V. FOX, Uttar * PvbttriNt *" • MISS ZOE Associate Editor THURMAN L. BROWN, Shop Msnsfer ARCHIE BALLEW, Photographer A Prcasmsa PUBLISHED » EVERY IMWinil BY VANCIY rUIUtWNS C*M*M Second Class ?■»!>■ MS a* BarnsriUe, N. C. ♦ 1 THURSDAY, MARCH 16, ISM TWENTY-EIGHT SUBSCRIPTION RATES HR PER YEAR - ••• • - •• Retain The School % Lunch Program WCYB-TV Editorial Febru ary 23, 1966 One of the most worthy and • appreciated programs of the Federal Government la the school lunch program. It should be retained, and riot reduced or eliminated, as the Johnson Administra tion’s Lutiget makers pro pose The current school lunch program was inaugurated In 1954. Under It, the Federal Government supplies to the schools free cf charge certain types of surplus commodities purchased under its farm price supports. It also pro vides a cash supplement av eraging about five cents a plate on all lunches, and .0375 cents on each half-pint of “Extra” milk a child buys. The administration now. is asking Congress to cut the school-lunch milk fund from SIOO million dollars that is currently appropriated—back to 21 million dollars. This Is not realistic in a country which is so prosper ous that It Is helping feed a good part of the world. We hope Congress rejects the curtailment. We hope It strengthens the school lunch program. Already, many school lun chrooms have been advised that they will not receive surplus meat for the remain der of this school year. But ter supplies have been cut. The supply of cheese and drieg eggs will be curtailed. Tlie cost of these items must be added to the local school lunchroom budget. If the special milk supple ment is drastically reduced, and the Federal reimburse ment per plnte Is eliminated, then the school lunchroom programs will be In trouble. The cost of lunches will advance at least five cents to 10 cents or more per p’ate. Fewer children will be able to eat when the lunch, which now costs 25 cents, advances to 35 or 40 cents. A very large proportion of the school poou'atlon In Tennessee, Kentucky, Vir ginia and North Carolina— c~mes f’-om families whose Income Is less than $3,000 per year. The concept of Federal school lunch aid was to give children a balanced and nu tritious noon meal at a mini mum charge. Most of the school lunchroom supervis ors have managed to feed \ every child who needs to eat —regardless of ability to pay. They have been feeding children in marginal fami lies who can pay something; they have boen feeding youngsters whose - parents can’t begin to furnish the asking price. Call it what you will—and some do-it-yourself people classify the program as soc ialistic. But the school lunch program Is humanitarian. . . It is working—lt is good for children—it is helping keep many families off welfare rolls. . . Americans are; kindly dis posed toward sending a great amount of our surplus commodities to hungry na tions. They accept the tax load of three billion dollars a year In foreign aid. But we feel the average citizen also wants good deeds to begin at home, and he will resent wrecking of the school lunch program. Hie sum presently Involved—7o million dollars—ls a mere drip In the buoket compared to what we are sending abroad. POEM WRITTEN TO JULIETTE LOW To Juliette Low, Founder ' of Girl Scouting on March 12, 1912. Written In 193$ for the Twenty-first birthday of Girl Scouts of America. More than a score of years ago a torch was lit; a beacon whose glow shone for the Joy of youth: and you, sen sing ita brilliancy, beneath your roof, kindled a kindred flame, that girlhood In your land should live within its light. And with your hand you tended It and kept Its whiteness pure; prayed that its bright promise might en dure: and walked yourself uprightly in Its gleam. And we, who have had faith In this your dream, are come to give account of our big stewardship. Thousands of girls share your ideals today; Thousands of women walk with them your lighted way, with Uvea enriched and broadened from Its treasury and hearts consecrated to your memory. By Blrdsall Otis Edey. *— ■ « 5 - M ~ f ■ ©miL scour week! flf M HBIHHHHHHHHHHHHRHRRHIhnhmmb Girl Scouting In Yancey County The following is a list of the six organized Girl Scout and Brownie Troops, and their leaders, who are active at present in Yancey County: 1. Burnsville Erownle Troop 86 Leaders, Mrs. Jack Edge and Mrs. Nadine Cooper 2. Burnsville Junior Troop 88 Leaders, Mrs. Ben Banks and Mrs. H. Carmi chael. 3. Burnsville Cadette Troop 65 Leaders, Mrs. Btaunton Norris and Miss Rebecca Riddle. 4. Burnsville Senior Girl Scout Troop 66 Leader: Miss Annie Hassell. 6. South Toe Junior Troop 17 Leaders, Mrs. Kore McWhlrter and Mrs. George Hlx. 6. Micavllle Junior Troop 84 Leaders, Mrs. Betty Robinson and Mrs. Sarah Boone. Other Girl Scout officers for Yancey County are* Neighborhood Chairman, Mrs. Don Burhoe; Troop Organiser, Mra P. C. Col etta; Troop Consultant, Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent; Camping Consultant, Miss Annie Has sell; Public Relations Chair man, Mrs. Arney Fox. Brownie Troop 86 consist ing of 17 members have been busy little girls this year. In December they went carol ing to the Briflkley Rest Home. They are presently engaged In making dolls to be given their mothers. The Brownie Room, located In the Burnsville elementary school basement, has a com-' plete new lock. The walls have been painted white, floor bright green, tables and desk yellow. New curtains of white with a border of Brownie elves have been hung. The showers In the room have been covered with cardboard, and painted the same color as walls, and are tying used as bulletin boards. The decorating and fur nishing of the Brownie room was all done at a cost of $1 00 to the troop. Paint was donated by the Blue Ridge Hardware Company, Edge* Laundromat and City Mot ors. Mrs. Kenneth Laughrun donated curtain materla’s, and they were made by Mrs. Mary Hess. Work on the room was done by Mr. and Earl Young, Mrs, Mar thfc Westall, Mrs. Mary Hess, MTs Nadine Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edge, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Laughruii. The Troop enterttilned their mothers with a Valen tine party on Feb. 10. Dur ing the party ways and means for Improving the room were discussed. After it was decided to go ahead with the improvement the Troop prepared the room for the “face lifting”. 528 boxes of Girl Scout cpokles were sold by the Brownie Troop. Martha Ann Westall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Westall, led the Troop with the sale of 72 boxes Sherrie Laughrun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Laughrun, ran a close second with the sale of 71 boxes; while Ramona An gel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Joe Angel ran third with the sale of 66 boxes. On April 21 the Troon will do their version of “Hello Dolly”, • all dressed up In Mother’s clothes. This will be given -at the Fashion Show sponsored by the WPCS of Higgins Memorial Methodist Church. The Court of Awards will be held May 21st. •• • • Girl Scout Troop 88, with S 3 members, has been very active during the year. In November they gave a Par ents’ Nlghit Program at the Burnsville Elementary Scho ol. The . entertainment con sisted of an Indian skit and dance. Also in November they participated in the annual Christmas parade by mak ing and riding In a float, titled “It’s a Small World’’. During December they vis ited two needy families with gifts. * In February they donated a Saturday afternoon to the distribution of Heart Fund baloons, and collected a to tal of sllO for the fund Al so during February they were active In the sale of Olrl Scout Cookies. Pat Hol combe led the parade with Ihe sale of 103 boxes, with Alaoa Carmichael coming In second with 54 boxes and Sherri Lisa Panks third with 47 boxes. A total of 708 box es were sold. During Tro'VD meetings the girls have worked on Health Aid. Songster and Rambler badges. They are also work ing on their part in the pro gram for the Court o f Awards in May. They hope to end the year with an over-night camp-out. supervised by Scout Leaders, Mrs. Ben Barks and Mrs. Helton Car michael. •• • • Junior Girl Scout Troop 19 In Ce’o was organized In 1964, with Mrs. Kore Mc- Whlrter as leader and Mrs. George Hlx as assistant lea der Hie ten members In the Troop meet every Thursday afternoon at the South Toe Elementary School. This Troop sold a total of 289 boxes of cookies, with Sylvia Ballew, ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mra. Robert Ballew, leading the sale with 100 boxes. •• • • Cadette Scout Troop 65. made up of 7th and Bth graders, meet weekly. They are very active, working to ward Troop badge work, community participation and recreation. In order to be eligible for troop badge they must par ticipate in good grooming, clerk, child care, first aid to animals. Their community partici pation Include the following: Building a float for the 1965 Christmas parade; visiting in nursing home; study of the courthouse court pro cedure and government of < Continued on page //)
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