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Feldspar Planting Helps Reclaim Land
A new tree, that is new to Western North Carolina, will add
a , g T i n l ‘ e " t ° ‘ he mountalns due to a planting program of
die Feldspar Corporation on Chalk Mountain near Spruce Pine.
The new tree -European Alder, sometimes called Black
Alder-has been the subject of test plantings for five years. It
now has been determined the tree will thrive in the mountains
and achieve a height of up to 30 feet in five years. The Feldspar
planting is a part of a continuing program of the company to
reclaim mined out areas. Two years ago, a program of massive
tree plaming of Virginia Pine was started by the company.
Thousands of trees have been planted. The company has been
watching the progress of the European Alder and now has
Special
Childrens
Olympics
Physically and/or mental
ly handicapped children from
the seven-county area of
Region D (which includes
Yancey) will compete in
Special Olympics April 30 in
ASU’s Conrad Stadium.
Some 200 children from
the seven-county area are
expected to compete in the
Olympics with four events
modeled after Olympic com
petition. Events include 50-
yard dash, 300-yard dash,
softball throw and standing
broad jump. Approximately
Local businesses have
donated money toward the
organization of the event.
“Right now our main concern
is getting people to come out
to watch the kids. We really
need people in the stands to
support them,” said Regina
Owens, vice president of the
Watauga County Association
for Retarded Citizens. The
Olympics will begin at 12
noon with “an Olympic style
parade march” for the child
ren, after which the four
events will begin. The com
petition should end at 3 p.m.
Children competing in the
events will also be trying to
qualify for the N.C. Special
Olympics to be held later this
spring. Rain date for the
event is May 7.
Beeler
Appointed
Chairman
At UNC
The appointment of Dr.
James Rush Beeler as chair
man of. the department of
modern languages at the
University of North Carolina
at Wilmington was announced
Friday by Dr. Charles Cahill,
vice chancellor for academic
affairs.
Beeler replaces Dr.
Jackson G. Sparks who
relinquished the post because
of ill health.
,Dr. Beeler is a native of ‘
Burnsville, N.C. After earn
ing his A.B. and M.A.
degrees in romance lan- ~
guages at UNC-Chapel Hill,
he?> served as an associate in
Freach at the University of
Cajiferaia at Los Angeles for
fiv|' jrears.
In 1961 he returned to
Uffc-Chapel Hill as an
instructor in French and
w caked toward his PhD
decree which was awarded in
19f[4- From 1964 until his
appointment to the UNC-W
faculty, Dr. Beeler served
fuSt as assistant professor
and then assoc, professor of
French at William and Marry
College fri Virginia.
Lyfclwor And About Homemaker s
maCms\
|*llA Yancey Extension Service
BY JOYCE WATTS
Ass’t. Home Ec. Ext. Agent
Todays teens attitudes are
changing toward clothing. A
resurgence of clothing inter
est from the 16 to 20 year age
group becomes evident from a
recent survey of female
students. The data, compiled
from 3,400 high school seniors
and 600 college freshmen
representing the fifty states
reflects some attitude chan
ges. Thus, the survey’s
implications are thought
provoking for both retailer as
well as educator.
The most telling gauge for
measuring the students’ atti
tudes toward clothing was
their priority assignment for
spending their own money.
The women students were
asked in what order their
preference lay in eight cate
gories. The eight categories
were: clothes, car expenses,
cosmetics, travel for pleasure,
records, hobbies-crafts, en
tertainment and liquor/drugs.
Clothes, taking the largest
percentage 23.1% outranked
the number two priority,
entertainment, by 45%. En
tertainment-including mov
ies, concerts and eating
out--comered 15.9% of\the
youths’ expenditures.
The third largest outlay of
spending money-13.3% went
for car expenses. Os those
surveyed 3.3% stated that
auto expenses consumed all of
their spending money. (The
effect of women’s lib may be
manifested here: auto expen
ses, entertainment as well as
liquor or drug costs had been
the suitor’s domain).
Cosmetics rated a priority
below cars and nearly half
that of clothes-12.9%. This
points up the facts that the
use of cosmetics as well as the
accumulation of a wardrobe
are considered “necessities”.
Auto expenses together with
clothes and cosmetics account
for half of student spending.
The next two categories,
trayel for pleasure and handi
crafts, tend to show students
seek experiences that enrich
their personal lives, it has
been claimed that interest in
handicraft has become the
medium of self-expression for
youth. At least 10.3% of
student spending is funneled
UEMOMPERS
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determined the tree will supplant some of the pine tree
plantings due to its rapid growth. Eventually it Is hoped a
green curtain will rise to blot out the scars of exposed walls,
thus bringing new beauty to the mountains. Pictured above Is a
grove of European .Alder which was planted six years ago.
This was a test planting on the property of Grove Stone and
Sand Company. William Brown, Gen. Superintendent of the
company, is showing Charles 0. Puffer, Environmental
Consultant of The Feldspar Corp., the results of this planting.
The Feldspar Corporation Is planting 1,000 of these trees on
Chalk Mountain, which will eventually form a green screen for
mined oat wails. »
into hobby and craft pursuits.
In perspective, these activi
ties attract nearly as much as
cosmetics, almost that of
travel 11.6% and more than
twice the allocation for liquor
and drugs 4.1 %. In the survey
it is presumed that hbme
sewing expenses are included
in the “clothes” category.
This was, however, not
specified. Home-sewing ex
penditures could be included
in the hobby and craft
category-particularly for the
infrequent sewers for whom
sewing is really a hobby.
Another trend emerging
from the survey is that the
percentage of clothes bought
or given by parents grew
significantly-from 17% to
28% during the past year.
This participation by parents
in clothes selection is a
recurring finding by the
survey. With spending money
tight, many parents exercise
authority by purchasing
needed clothing for their
daughter themselves. More
over prior to January 1974,
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many students had their own
charge cards on their parents’
accounts; “Junior charge
card” no longer exist in most
stores.
Another telling question
concerns the company stu
dents keep while shopping.
The role of parents in
selection has again increased
since 1974. At least 33% of
clothes shopping is done with
parents.
Shopping alone diminish
ed from 49% to 31%. (These
trends may suggest a growing
lack of self-assurance in
apparel selection or an in
creasing lack of financial
freedom). In addition, female
students shop with boyfriends
nearly twice as much as they
did a year and a half
ago-reflecting that leisure
time is consumed by shop
ping.
With all the emphasis on
consumer education for this
age group, 27.4% still re
sponded that they do not read
label instructions before pur
chasing a garment.
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