, • January we went down in
Cove, UP in Yancey
. and wrote a column about
related folks up there —
' ‘a in as they are by the
f tL to the south, east ami
)U.r,t ,‘nd the Nolichucky river
the north. Wednesday,
?Vdted Lost Cove, this time
'/V-e-try Aide John Stanley
• Will Murphy of Huntdale. We
told that several b'K cit>’
iT-miners picked up our story on
‘,?‘ve and expanded it. A few
became interested in the
‘ and one large North Carolina
v'oaner sent a reporter and
'.Lrapher into the Cove and
tocrapnei . , .
a full page spread in their
— am ■ rivo W7 n
i a tun “r "
n(jav edition on Lost Cove. We
« triad to learn that Lost Cove
•eived ?uch wide recognition, for
^ a most unusual place.
Once aga'n' we met our old
pnd Sinclair Conley, ex-pro
,sor 0f psychology at the Uni
;;.,v ,f Florida, about whom we
,‘te' in our original article. He
still teaching all eight grades
•he -ingle room school house,
ke Lost: Cove itself, Mr. Conley
a most unusual man. He is
mOSl UHU3UO,
wiry, very alert, inspiring
teaches his classes in a boom
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voice. He is sixty-nine years
the father of six children,
voungest of whom is three
rs' old. and the operator of a
v successful farm on Jacks
ek. This is his last year of
:hing at Lost Cove, since he
be TO next year, which is the
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!e> teaches is a combination school
riveef When we lr
dent, thhp-had JUS.1 lssued the stu
tell t^ ne"' books- Y«u could
t-le upper grade from the
lowir grade pupils by the height
of the stacks of books that were
piled on their desks.
Mr. Conley firmly believes in
applied education. When a small
sawmill recently moved into Lost
Love’ he taught his pupils to
measure lumber in board feet. He
believes that education is a pro
cess of preparing children for
life. On Mr. Conley's desk was
a large stack of the latest cur
rent events magaines. When we
asked him what he did with these
he said that he allowed the pu
pils to look through them, studv
them and then the entire class
discussed articles which they
found of particular interest to
them The pupils knew the names
of ail their public officials—the
governor of North Carolina, their
congressman, U. S. senators, i
sheriff, school superintendent, etc.
We found, much to our sur- 1
prise, that the pupils were not
shy, even though they rarely see
visitors. We soon learned the rea
son for this. Mr. Conley believes
in instilling confidence in his
pupils. As he sad, “when they are
away from home in school, I try
to be both father and mother to
them.” He treats them with un
derstanding and kindness; and be
ing a father himself, he under
stands them, loves them, and they
love him.
We were very much impressed
with the informality and effect
iveness of the educational system
used by Mr. Conley. He proudly
stated that he would scholastic
ally pit any of his pupils against
pupils of comparable grades in
other North Carolina schools. He
was very much concerned over the
fact that two of his students,
Eugene Bailey and Junior Miller,
were now in the eighth grade,
and upon graduation in June,
would have no place to go, since
there is no high school in Lost i
Cove and no road by which a
school bus could take the boys
to a high school. Mr. Conley’s
greatest desire before retirement,
is to see Lost Cove linked by a
road to the rest of the state of
North Carolina. He has not given
up hope, for as he said, “Cut
off from the rest of the state,
it is true, we live in a lost
country; but the people are not
lost — not while we keep on
learning.”
MONTREAT
Sunday, the Montreat Presbyter
ian church began a thirteen-weeks
“Tithing Adventure.” The Rev.
John R. Williams preached on the
subject “Prove Me — Saith the
Lord.”
The Women of the Church met
i uesaay, oept. in m
chapel for the first meeting of
the season. Mrs. W. J. Gammon,
president, presided at the bus
iness session. Mrs. Samuel, pro
gram chairman, prepared the pro
gram.
Mrs. Keith Townsend has been
appointed chairman of Circle 1,
in place of Mrs. Richard Mooney,
who has moved to Aiken, S. C.
District 2, Women of the
Church, Asheville Presbytery, Mrs.
Mellinger E. Henry, chairman, will
hold its fall meeting in Friend
ship Presbyterian church on Oct.
1. Morning session begins at
10:00 a. m. with registration at
9:30.
The Women of the Church are
planning an “Intensive Bible
Study” the last week in Septem
ber.
A group of young people from
the Gastonia Presbyterian church
held a retreat in Montreat over
the past week end.
Friends of the Rev. and Mrs.
Harry Punt and family gathered
at the Black Mountain depot last
Sundav afternoon to bid them
"Godspeed” as they left to take
up their work as missionaries
under the Southern Presbyterian
Church to the Belgian Congo,
Africa. The Punts have won for
themselves a very warm place in
the affections of the Montreat
people who will miss them very
much. It is hoped that their next
furlough will find them again in
Montreat. „
Among those saying goodbye
to the Rev. and Mrs. Punt, Eliza
beth, Leo and Marina, were the
Rev. and Mrs. John R. Williams,
Dr. and Mrs. L. Nelson Bell with
JiJi Anne and Ruth (jraham,
Misses Irene and Edith Tait, the
Rev. O. F. Yates, Mrs. S. H. Mc
Bride. Miss Nettie I.und, Dr. ami
Mrs. Turner of the Assembly Inn,
.Miss Ann Vanderventer, Dr. Net
tie Grier, Miss Lucy Grier, Mrs.
Samuel Woods, Mrs. Mellinger E.
Henry, Miss Julia Stokes -Miss
Carrie Newell, Mrs. Thomas
Spence, the Rev. and Mrs W J
Gammon, Mrs. W. R. Potter Mrs
Robert Coit, Miss Josephine Woods'
Miss Lucy Senn, Mrs. Blackwell
Miss Corson, Miss Iona Smith and
Larry, Mrs. Lansing, and others
Don Moods has returned to his
studies at Erskine college after
spending a short vacation at the
Grier cottage on Virginia road.
Clayton Bell has returned to
M heaton college after spending
the summer with his parents Dr
and Mrs. L. Nelson Bell.
The Rev. and Mrs. William G.
Neville of the North Brazil miss
ion, under the Southern Presbyter
ian church, left Montreat ‘this
week for Decatur, Ga. Miss Vir
ginia Neville has gone to Decatur,
after spending the summer in
Montreat doing work with the
young people.
Dr. J. Rupert McGregor and
the Rev. John R. Williams attend
ed the meeting of Synod last
week.
Plans for the erection of the
new McGregor home are under
way, and building will begin at
an early date.
The Montreat church manse is
undergoing considerable repairs.
It is expected soon that the house
will be in good order.
The Montreat people are await
ing with considerable interest the
news of who is to be the new
postmaster. In the meantime C.
H. Rice and Mrs. Griffin are stili
on the job to the satisfaction of
everyone.
The Montreat year-around res
idents are settling down to quiet
er living and shaking hands with
friends and neighbors whom they
have not seen for some time.
RESUMES STUDIES
Jody Atkins left Thursday, Sept.
13, to resume her studies'at Ap
palachian State Teachers college,
Boone.
ENDS SUMMER STAY
Mrs. G. F. Bell has returned
to Miami, Fla., after spending
the summer at her home on Pine
street.
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