First Trainees Enter WA/HY
On-The-Job Training
Several trainees have entered
W.A.M.Y. On-The-Job Training
Program in a variety of jobs,
skills in which employees are
being trained include electri
cians, plumbing, practical nur
sing and sa.espersou.
The Training Coordinator,
Clauae Williams, feels the pro
gram 'is progressing satisfactor
ily under present conditions, and
especially so in view of certain
restrict.ons placed on minimum
wage requirements by the North
Carolina State Supervisor o 2
On-The-Job Irainmg. The re
sponse by emp.oyers has gener
ally been good. Several employ
ers are presently working with
Mr. Williams for filling existing
job vacancies and many others
have expressed their desires to
use the program to train new
employees as soon as more
work opens up and they begin
to hire new people. Mr. Williams
feels that one of his most diffi
cult problems will be getting in
contact with employees before
they place new employees who
would be eligible for training in
their payroll. It is very import
ant, according to Williams that
employers contact hm before
they hire a new employee in
order that certain preliminary
arrangements may be worked
out. He explains that because
the program is designed to pro
mote the hiring of employees
who are not normally in the
labor market this training is
primarily for employees who are
not presently on an empolyer’s
payroll. With a few exemtpions
persons already employed are
not eligible and this is why he
would like to meet with the em
ployer to work out arrangements
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date the employee starts to work
In order to meet as many em
ployers as soon as possible, Mr.
Williams has set up a schedule
for visiting all counties in the
W.A.M.Y. area. He will be at the
W.A.M.Y. County Coordinator’s
office from 8:00 a. m. to 10:00
a. m. as follows:
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Telephone
Mondays, Spruce Pine 785-4240
Tuesdays, Newland 732-4171
Wednesdays, Boone 284-3718
Thursdays, Burnsville 682-2610.
Employers may call the near
est W.A.M.Y. office anytime
and leave their name and tele
phone number for Mr. Williams
to contact them. Althogu it is
important that employers who
have immediate requirements
for new people to get in touch
with Mr. Williams at the ear
liest date possible, he will be
glad to meet all other employ
ers to explain the program and
answer any questions they may
have.
Hospital Savings
To Conduct
Campaign
During April, Hospital Savings
Assoc'ation of Chapel H : ll will
conduct a special campaign
making famous Blue Cross and
Blue Shield protection available
to anyone under age 65, regard
less of present health. Eligib’e
persons age 65 (or who soon will
be 65) may also apply for cover
age to supp’ement Medicare.
The program being offered
carry the endorsement of the:;
N. C. Hosp tal Association and
the State Medical Society.
Anyone who des : res add’tional.
information about the programs
avadable durng April may con
tact the home office in Chaoel
Hill, or any one of Hospital
Saving’s other 14 offices.
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Plans Underway To Construct
Chapel At Deaf School
A campaign is being launched
to raise $200,000 to construct a
chapel on the campus of the
North Carolina School for the
Deaf at Morganton where one
student from Yancey County is
enrolled.
The Chapel for the Deaf, In
corporated has been chartered as
part of a movement sponsored
by the Parents’ Association of
the school, which will cany its
appeal to the people of North
Carolina.
Fred W. Drum, Jr., of Newton,
president of the association, said,
“Thik’ is an ambitious project
wh;ch will need broader support
than we can expect from the
more than $4,000 deaf people in
the state.” The project has the
support of the administration,
staff, and students.
The proposed chapel would be
non-denominational and attend
ance at all services would be
purely voluntary, it was pointed
out. It would serve as a place
where all types of religious ser
vices could be held not only for
the over 500 students at the
school but for all the deaf people
in the state.
There have always been Sun
day school classes at the school
and non-dencminational church
- services, but none of the school
facilities now be'ng used for that
purpose were designed for aa
atmosphere that instills rever
ence.
Presently Sunday school clas
ses are taught by members of
the teaching staff and church
services are held by various
THURSDDAY, MARCH 30, 1967
missionaries to the deaf who
have had special training in
commiurcating with the deaf.
Now all types of religious ser
vices are be ! ng held in the school
buildings for the youneer child
ren and in the auditorium at
Main Building for older students
The is also used for
u visual aid room, movies, par
ties, and other forms of enter
tainment.
brum said the Parents Asso
ciation, feeing keenly the need
tor a chanel, decided to initiate
the appeal for public support be
cause the school, as an educa
tional iacility, is regarded as
ineligible for a State appropria
tion for religious purposes as
might be received by a custod
ial care institution. *
Ben E. Hoffmeyer, superin
tendent of me School for the
Deaf, »»id
“The concept that church and
state should ue seoarate makes
it desirable that funds'from pri
vate sources be raised to build
a chapel. The North Carouna
School for the Deaf is a purely
educational, state-supported in
stitution which makes it ques
tionable that the State could
legally appropriate tax money
for a religious facility. The
Parents’ efforts, therefore, in
raising this money are an ap
propriate way to provide a re
ligious facility for the School
for the Deaf and for the deaf of
North Carolina.”
Drum pointed out that the
School for the Deaf is a ten-
month residential school and the
teaching staff must, therefore,
be responsible for the major
part of the moral counseling and
roigious education of the stud
ents. The teachers are especially
trained to provide instruction of
this kind to students of all ages.
“It is often quite difficult,”
Drum said, “for the parents of
these young people to communi
cate abstract information to
their deaf children.”
The board of directors 1 named
for the Chapel for the Deaf, Inc.
includes Mrs. W. C. Smith, pre
sident; Morris J. Barnwell, vice
president; Mrs. Bill L. Sech
rest, secretary; Mrs. Russell H.
Watson, tresaurer; James M.
Dixon,, Jr., Robert P. Wilson,
Fred W. Drum, Jr., Arnold L.
McGee, John A. Seats, Ben I.
Greene, Leonard A. Parsons.
Betty Crocker
Homemaker
Named
M’ss Catherine Lynn Mavberry
of Harry F. Harding H ! eh School
Charlotte; has been chosen 1967
State Betty Cr-'cker Homemaker
of Tomorrow for North Carolina.
She will receive a $1,500 scholar
sh:p from General Mills. Win
ner over 15,281 senior girls In
422 of the state’s high schools
enrol’ed for this year’s program.
Miss Jennifer Jane Warren,
Lenoir high school, Lenoir, was
awarded second honors in the
state and will receive a SSOO
scholarshin.