ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROUND-UP
By Carolyn Stroud, Dian Miller,
Shirley Pressley, and Kay
Hammond
(Thursday, April 7)
Nearly 2,000 years ago Christ
died on the cross. This event is
commemorated in many ways In
the United States sunrise services
are held in even- state. Every
Easter a great sunrise service is
held in Winston-Salem People
from hundreds of miles around
come to these sendees. In foreign
countries Easter serv ices are held
in different ways Some of these
ways are old and cruel. Others
are very modern. These reporters
hope vou have a happy Easter.
By Jack Leatherwood and
Jimmy Page
First Grade—
The children in Mrs. Whitaker's
room went to town on Tuesday,
where they visited some of the
stores. They went to a department
store, feed'store, and drug store.
Next they visited the post office
where Mr. Nanney and Mr. Hud
son showed them just what hap
pens to letters, papers and pack
ages when they are mailed Mr.
Morris, the policeman, helped
them cross at the street light.
They thanked him for being so
kind. Mr. Jasper Wright gave all
the children tiny onions to plant
in their little box gardens at
school. They will take them home
when they grow large enough. He
also gave every child a big
cooky. Mrs. William Humtne • has
been observing in their room. Dean
McElrath brought all the children
large Easter eggs on his 7th
birthday. They made birthday
cards for him.
Second Grade—
Mrs. Alene White’s meond grade
has been reading stories about the
sea and the little ereatures that
live in and around the sea. I hey
became so interested in those
things that they started a collec
tion of sea shells and sea pictures.
Vow thev are making a museum.
Douglas Beilis entertained their
room last Friday with a birthday
party. He had cakes with candles
and' ice cream. They have made
many Easter pictures and decora
tions. They are ready for the visit
of the Easter Bunny.
Third Grade—
Mrs. Bennett's third grade had
an Easter party Tuesday after
noon. Some girls in their room
gave a play. The girls in the play
were Glenda Lakeh \ clma Gad
dv. Edtha Preil. Sandra Wright.
Peggv Holmes. Kay Kayburn, Mar
ie McMahan, Patsy Pressley. Lu
cille Harwood, and Carolyn Mc
Donald. —Reports: Joanna
Ricker. Glenda Lakely
Mrs. Della White's third grade
has some new black-out curtains.
Miss Edward’s third grade has
been busy watching for signs of
spring. Thev are reading stories
of birds and collecting bird nests.
They have been drawing spring
pictures for their room. Karen
Torrence brought us a terrarium.
Ann Crisp brought her painted
turtle “Butch". The\ are working
on a shell collection and are try
ing to find the names of all of
them.
Two pupils in Mrs. Hickey's
room have written reports about
box turtles. Thev are the following.
The Box Turtle
We had a science lesson about
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its eggs in a mound of sand. The
sun and warm earth hatch the
eggs in three months. It takes
four years for the turtle to be full
grown. The box turtle lives to be
60 years old. They live on fish,
raw cabbage and insects.
—Cheryl Burgess
The Box Turtle
A box turtle was in our science
lesson today. A mother turtle lays
her eggs in the sand. They keep
warm in the heat and the eggs
hatch in three months. It has four
years to become a grown turtle.
Sometimes they live to be sixty
years old. There are fifty differ
ent kinds of turtles in the United
States. A turtle eats fish, raw
meat, and other things. A turtle
is a friend of the farmer.
—William Pollard
Fourth Grade—
Miss Jumper's fourth grade stu
dents have been enjoying paint
ing from scenery. They had four
pupils who have had perfect attend
ance. They are Joan Mundy. Bruce
Parton. Jo Ann Bartlett and Shar
on Davis.
Reporter Marsha Glenn
The children of Mrs. Briggs'
room have been bringing vegct
ables. potatoes, flower seeds, and
other things to plant. Woody Sobol
brought a large flower pot to
plant them in. They will soon have
a small garden. Their tadpoles
are beginning to grow their hind
legs. Red and Ted Smith and Bill
Raines found a big sea turtle that
weighs about 10 pounds and is
about one foot and three-fourths
long and about 10 inches wide.
They named him “Butch".
Fifth Grade—
Thursday. March 24. the “Class
Room Club" of Mrs. Rice's fifth
grade met. The topic for the pro
gram was "The Civil War". The
participants of the discussion were
Robert Byrd. Judy McAfee and
Pallie Tatham.
Kay Green had a birthday last
week.
me mumps epidemic sun con
tinues in the fifth grade. There
have been five students absent
with mumps during the past week.
Reporter Margaret Mundy
Sixth Grade—
For their English class last
week. Mrs. Beddingfield's sixth
grade had a panel discussion. The
topic was "Citizenship". They
talked on what makes a good cit
izen Those who served on the
panel were Nana Beka. “Honesty":
Frances Stamey. "Truthfulness":
Johnny McCurry. “Working To
gether": Barbara Hollifield. "Ac
cepting Responsibility”, and Bren
da Garlan d. "Understanding
Others." Nellie Nelon acted as
chairman. Reporters: Nana
Beka, Elizabeth Clark
Mrs. Stubbs' sixth grade has
been having debates which have
turned out very successfully. Those
taking part in the debates were
Dorothy Davis, Mary Ham. Charles
Aiken. Betty Jo Pressley. Carolyn
Dotson. Brenda Macon. Alan Tor
rence. Avery Allen. David Whit
aker. Judy Grant and Walter Har
ris.
Easter is almost here and the
class is already preparing for it.
They are drawing pictures to de
corate the border of their room.
They have been decorating eggs
for Faster in the forms of rabbits,
chicks, frogs, elephants and mice.
Reporter Carolyn Dotson
awav He lias moved to Thomas
ville Orphanage. They are very
"lad Randv Kelly has moved back
from California. Their art teacher.
Miss Sally Kitchen, is going to
Washington for two weeks. They
•ill miss her very much and hope
she has a wonderful time. The
class has been busy making Safe
ty Patrol posters for the contest,
fhev hope one of the pupils in
their room wins. Kenneth Snetling
went to New York with his fam
ily. Reporter Judy Raines
Seventh Grade—
Mrs Burgess' pupils have been
working on an interesting art pro
ject It involves painting with
enamel paint on glass. The results
are verv effective. For a frame
thcv use drinking straws. Besides
having the fun of painting the
pitcures they have learned what
colors look pretty together, ho\i
to miter a corner, and how to find
ihe perimeter of a rectangle. They
plan to use the pictures for
Mother’s Day. They miss Robert
Wooten who has been absent from
school with mumps.
Reporters: Betty Pollard.
Judy Byrd
Mrs Sorrell’s seventh grade ha
been exercising their artistic abil
it\ in decorating eggs. These in
expensive party favors or table
decorations can be used for any
occasion Some were doll carica
tures as well as story characters
Eigth Grade—
Mr. Gouges room mci aiarcn
18 for their Wildlife club. Reports
were given and assigned to the
following: Amelia Stafford, cot
tonmouth snake: John Woodcock
wild turkey; Edna Davis, fox;
Dolores Melton, ruffed grouse: Lin
da Honeycutt, scorpion; Jimm>
Morrow, bear, and Dianne Nesbitt,
swallowtail butterfly. They and the
other eighth grades played the
ninth grades in basketball Marcli
28. The ones that are on the
safety patrol in their room arc
Peggy Jo Harris. Mary Surrett.
Margaret Parton and Doris Owen
by. They are enjoying their work
and look forward to the free
movie. They will have their pic
tures made Tuesday and will be
given their patrol certificates.
Reporter Dolores Melton
Mrs. Kelly—
David Grumpier is back after
being absent nine weeks. They are
sorry Jean Phillips is sick. They
made North Carolina scrapbooks
and had them judged. The judges
were Miss Tipton. Mrs. McDougle
and Mrs. Carson. They chose Ann
Soloman's. first; Nancy and David
DuPuy’s. second; Susanne Wilson's,
third: and Barbara Gregory’s, hon
orable mention. Some pupils in
the class are making Easter favors
for the hospital.
Reporter Tommy Wagner
Mrs. Cunningham's eighth grade
is making history scrapbooks
Everyone is working very hard
They have gotten several ad
dresses and are writing to these
business firms for information and
material for their books. They are
glad to have two new pupils in
their room They are Gail and Al
vin Clark from Shields Junior
High school, Seymour. Ind. Their
room made 50 Easter favors for
the Jr Red Cross to take to Moore
General hospital. Those who par
ticipated in the making were War
ren Thompson, Stanley Moore.
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April 7. 14. 21. 28; May 5. 12
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NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COLNTV OF BUNCOMBE
IN THE
GENERAL COUNTY COUR1
MARY FRANCES CAMPBELL
Plaintiff
JOHN LEWIS CAMPBELL
Defendant
TO: JOHN LEWIS CAMPBELL.
Defendant:
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that
an action entitled as above has
been instituted against you in the
General Countv Court of Bun
combe County: that the purpose
of said action is the obtaining of
an absolute divorce by the plaintiff
from the defendant: that you are
required to appear and answer
or demur to the Complaint on or
before the 11th day of June. 1955.
before the undersigned at his of;
fice in the County Court House of
Buncombe County. Asheville. North
Carolina: and if you do not so
answer or demur within the time
required by law. the plaintiff will
apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the Complaint
This the 11th day of April. A.D..
1955.
Edna C. Turnbull,
Assistant Clerk Superior Court
Buncombe County. Ex-Officio
Clerk General Countv Court.
April 14. 21, 28; May 5
NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE
IN THE
GENERAL COUNTY COURT
JOSEPH L. MARTIN
Plaintiff
MARGARET BRADLEY MARTIN
Defendant
TO:
MARGARET BRADLEY MARTIN.
Defendant:
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that
an action entitled as above has
been instituted against you in the
General Count} Court of Bun
combe County; that the purpose
of said action is the obtaining of
an absolute divorce by the plaintiff
from the defendant; that you are
required to appear and answer or
demur to the Complaint on or be
fore the 11th day of June, 1955.
before the undersigned at his of
fice in the County Court House
of Buncombe County. Asheville.
North Caro' na; and if you do not
■ o an: \v • or demur within the
Cm' : e ed bv law. the plaintiff
vP! a -’v to 'he Court for the
relief d 'inanded in the Complaint.
This the 11th dav of April. A.D..
1955
Edna C. Turnbull.
Assistant Clerk Superior Court
Buncombe County. Ex-Officio
Clerk General Countv Court
April 14. 21, 28: May 5
Frank Justice. Ilian Miller. Caro
lyn Stroud. Pat Travis, Dean Led
letter and Jack Leatherwood.
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ed requests for appraisal for more
than 104.000 proposed and exiting
homes for veterans during hehru
ary, the highest monthly total since
October, 1950, VA announced.
The February total was .'IS per
cent above the 75,493 units for
which VA received appraisal to
quests in January and SO percent
more than the 55,954 rvce.ved :n
February, 1954. the month the cur
rent surge in home-building activ
ity got underway.
VA said the October, total
of 119,734 units was artificially
induced in that many builders put
in appraisal requests prior to the
imposition of credit controls short
ly after the start of the Korean
conflict.
Of the 104.188 units for which
appraisal requests were received
last month, 04,192 were from build
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17,988 above January and 87 per
cent above the 34,4<>7 received in
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The remaining 39,99). appraisal
requests received last month were
for existing homes, lit,.07 above
January and 86 percent above the
21,547 received in February. 1964.
Home loan applications received
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3,704 over that for January and
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