I proposed Youth Center Is Seen
through Eyes of School Children
r i.i i.
. rest Ot local snumi nm
^!U regard to ‘'Operation
I„r„posed permanent youth
’ Hlack Mountain is vividly
’ ,‘i in the following cornpo
' and excerpts written by
‘re Some others have been
" earlier in the season, a
.l0Peared in these columns
| ' j, mIk1 it is hoped that ad
' "7 compositions of their au
’' 7 n,av be published by the
from‘time to time as the
NV:V„ .Jans are carried forward.
' .'(ippration Youth’s” proposed
Llei * "Finer Carolina” pro
i ct‘
„v jrniTH ANNE BORING
T,' project known as Operation
. h js a very important one in
' .ninion because the young peo
■ ;■ uiack Mountain have little
l’1, 7 recreation and they should
no
j iUTi- 7 'people of this town have
I I.) $3 300.00, but $7,500.00 is
!7!7c.i to get started.
11 Ti,is youth center of Black
,r ..,.<ain' is to be located on High
way 79 going toward Asheville,
rj,', exact location is to be on
fragment road, just outside Black
Voting1' people from 13 to 19
h()UM he able to come and enjoy
activities! taking place at this
voiith center. •
i ■ ]n nly opinion this youth center
[ 3 be run by a group of young
people- and some older, more ex
,-r.ced persons. I think there
1 77.il he two young people of 13,
7. , pf 14. two of 15, two of 16,
I ,7„ ,,f 17, two of 18, and two of 19
i should be selected by the
. .. voting people going and tak
I , par* in the activities at the
j : , center. I think there should
• free older and more experienced
j elected by the young people.
| T , would make 14 young people
and three older persons to help
I "hem, making 17 in all. There
... | never be indecision on some
[ or some matter which came
j no because 17 is an uneven num
.■ :1nd things could also be decid
: upon in this way.
The chairman of this operation is
MY. R. C. Bowness. He has many
ioi/thosc-’ men Srve^nuTh credit
be VreVlt t?d 1 *n°w that 1 would
r »bByt CRYSTAL RIDGE
vi, nUfmk the ^Uth center can pro
f )l me: Enjoyment, exercise
xpenence, both mental and physi
SVt,rZp“1’ *“•
For enjoyment, exercise, experi
f" ,e\and,for bot>i mental and phys
ical developments. T think the fol
!.ndmothaCtlVit!eS • would help me
cln. * others: skating, tenni< bad
•''mton, basketball, ’a horse So
und some cames.
A youth center could help keep
children out of trouble. A work
shop would be helpful to drop-outs
n iXhr ■afm °th?r children who
thinV interested in shop work. I
'lLrt lirat 3 youth center will help
Rlack Mountain’s children a frreat
By JACK BRADLEY
think that the town is very
nice to .build us a clubhouse. It
will be just dandy for Hoy and Girl
,°uts and a good place to form
clubs and have parties. It will
mean a lot to young people in Black
Alountain anfi keep them out of
trouble.
By RONNIE SMITH
I think it would be a good place
lor young people to go and stay
while their parents go to town or
to visit people and I think it would
be a good place for people to have
parties and square dances and oth
er games to play. It would be a
good place for clubs and for peo
ple to study or for a quiet place
-or people to read books.
By DAVII) SOLOMON
I think that it is a very good
idea. It will be good for clubs to
meet. Mothers can take their chil
dren to the clubhouse. Some peo
ple have given a lot of money for
the project. Some have given a
few dollars. But a little is as good
as a lot.
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By BARBARA TALTON
I think the clubhouse is a pood
Hlea. It would be a good place for
(iirl and Boy Scouts to meet. It
would be a pood place for other
clubs to meet, also.
The clubhouse would be a nice
place for parties, because there are
a of houses without enough
room for them to give parties. It
would be a pood place for children
to po while their parents work,
shop or po to their clubs.
fhe parents make nice pifts of
money for the clubhouse. It is a
very nice thinp to do.
By BRI CE DAVIS
I think that a youth center is a
pood idea. It would be a pood
meeting place for Boy and Girl
Scouts and meeting place for clubs
and meeting places for parties. I
think parents should help, too.
It would help kids to know oth
ers. Maybe we would have a small
library and a study room and may
be have a gym and a ball diamond,
maybe a small wading pool for
small kids and a place for swings
and sliding boards.
By JIMMY NANNEY
I thank you for the clubhouse.
I thank you for the pood idea.
It would give us a place to do home
work. It would be a pood place
for the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
It would give a place to play.
I hey will have a gymnasium. It
would keep boys and girls out oir
trouble. Boys and girls could keep
the games and the grounds clean.
By PEGGY STEVENS
A clubhouse could be used in
many ways. It could be a meeting
place for the Boy and Girl Scouts.
It could be a place for other chil
dren to meet, too. The girls could
be the cleaner-uppers for the inside
i ^1(1 clubhouse. The boys could
*o the cleaner-uppers for the out
side.
The parents have donated from
r t')JflbO We are very thankful
ini this. We still could get some
new things after the clubhouse is
built by the children donating.
By DEDE STYLES
I think the clubhouse would be
a good place for Boy and Girl
Scouts to meet. It would he a good
place for any other youth club. If
anyone wanted to have a big party
and did not have room enough for
it. in their house they could use
the clubhouse. It would be a good
place for people to leave their chil
dreti if they had to go somewhere.
The high school students could
get a summer job working at the
clubhouse. The mother of a few
children might work at the club
house.
By BARBARA MILLER
This Operation Youth Center, I
am sure, would mean a lot to me
and other children of Black Moun
tain.
I see lots of children playing on
the streets and I actually saw a
little girl hit by a car.
This youth center would mean
more. I believe, to the children
who do not go to school or can’t.
Tn this youth center one can have
more experience with different
things that they have never done
before. I know lots of boys like
to play football, baseball, sofeball,
and basketball. I think it would
be nice to have a Little League
baseball team.
I like to skate, play different
games, crafts and ride horses. I
think it would be nice to have a
horse ring and in it the boys and
girls could have track meets.
In this building you can have
different rooms for the Boy and
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Readers may visit the Black
Mountain library on the second
floor of City hall to borrow
books on the following days of
the week:
Mondays: 6 to 8 p.m.
Wednesdays: 3 to 6 p.m.
Fridays: 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
Saturdays: 3 to 6 p.m.
Books may be returned at
any time by placing them in the
return book-box installed this
season on the first floor at City
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The Hymns
We Love
By Vernon Johnson
"THE OLD RUGGED CROSS”
Many congregations in the
United States love the old gospel
hymns, and “The Old Rugged
Cross”, hy George Bennard, is their
favorite by far.
Just consider the euphony of the
words themselves:
“On a hill far away stood an old
rugged cross
The emblem of suffering and
shame,
And I love that old cross where the
dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was
slain.”
The words almost sing them
selves.
And think, too, of the hope-filled
chorus:
“So I’ll cherish the old rugged
cross
Till my trophies at last I lay
down;
1 will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a
crown.”
No wonder it has universal ap
peal and hence is universally loved.
The composer, Bennard, a Meth
odist minister—formerly of the
Salvation Army—was conducting
a revival in the small town of Al
bion, Mich. He felt the need for a
hymn with a swinging melody,
words that were easily sung, and a
good chorus. Thus he wrote this
hymn. Its theology is simple and
evangelical, and has all the quali
ties of what John Wesley would
call “Believers believing”.
Certainly, George Bennard was
close to the heart of good sound,
emotional religion in the “Old Rug
ged Cross”.
Girl Scouts. This youth center
could have a library or a quiet
place for doing homework. The
youth center could have a gym
nasium so we can play basketball
and games in the winter months.
You could have a tennis court
where you play tennis and games
in the summer months. You can
have a room to play ping-pong and
also a skating rink and horseshoes.
This youth center would develop
good health, habits, respect for
others, and co-operation of lead
ership. It would teach children
responsibilities and care for other
children's things. I think this
youth center is a very good idea
and I think would train children
into being good, well-behaved citi
zens.
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SCHOOL AND...
... YOUR CHILD
By John Corey
Of the average 16 subjects a
student takes during his four years
of high school only seven are spec
ifically named for him.
The N. C. Department of Public
Instruction requires U. S. history,
biology, physical education and
English T, II, III and IV.
This leaves nine courses, or more
in some schools depending on their
schedules, which must he selected.
High schools today offer wide
varieties of subjects, ranging from
basic mathematics to trigonometry
and ancient history to world geo
graphy.
Intelligent selections tremendous
ly affect the shaping of a high
schooler’s future. They can mean
a head start in a vocation, less
difficulty in college or a generally
happier life.
Poor choosing can mean extrava
gant time waiting. Just one sub
ject requires 180 hours each year.
If far too hard or easy or chosen
prematurely, it not only causes the
student’s time going down the
drain but even creates within him
negative behavior habits.
In a few months, thousands of
boys and girls about to enter high
school or those already in it, face
the question: “What to take next
year ?”
Who should make the important
decision ?
The student himself, inexper
ienced, often without specific
aims ?
The parents, who want the best
for their Junior but not sure what
it is ?
The school official, who often
knows more about a youngster’s
I
abilities? than the parents but less
about home and personal factors,
strong motivaters behind youth’s
desires and ambitions.
A logical answer comes from Dr.
R°y R- Rlanton, Jr., principal of
the laboratory Appalachian High
school on the campus of Appal
achian State. Teachers college at
Boone.
He recommends all three — the
parents, principal and Junior —
making the decision together in
conference.
“Each possesses special inform
ation the other doesn’t have,” says
Dr. Blanton. '‘Pooling it together
as a team enables the construction
of a realistic course of study which
is best for Junior.”
The parent neglecting to come
together with the principal and his
child does the youngster an injus
tice, the 18-year veteran educator
warns.
Just what subjects Junior selects
should be determined largely by
the vocation he wishes to enter,
Dr. Blanton advises. Careful an
alysis by the team is especially
necessary to estimate Junior's ab
ility to succeed in his chosen pur
suit.
If the vocation calls for college
education, .Junior must take certain
course's to meet college entrance
requirements such as a language,
which many students prefer de
touring. Schoolmen acquaint them
selves with college and university
requirements.
If the team decides it’s best for
Junior to end his formal education
at high school graduation, a var
iety of courses should be selected
to familiarize him wilh the world
in which he lives and prepare him
for responsibilities of a democracy. I
The average high school offers
several vocational courses. In these
Junior may learn a worthwhile oc- j
eupation. Most school curricula
carry business subjects such as typ- i
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And for the high schooler unde
cided about his future, a general
course of study is a good bet,
states Dr. Blanton. It exposes him
to many fields, one of which could
key him to a calling of his liking.
(Editors note: Because of the
tremendous public demand for au
thoritative information in the field
of education, “School and Your
Child,” will be a regular weekly
column in this newspaper. Those
having questions concerning any
aspect of education are invited to
send inquiries to “School and Your
Child,” Appalachian State Teach
ers college, Boone, N. C.)
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North Carolina Families?
. . . Here Are Some Surprising Facts About The
Trading Stamp Industry
So far, whenever our na
tion’s economy has needed
expansion, a new industry
has sprung up to help the
country go ahead.
The automobile industry,
employing millions, was fol
lowed closely by the develop
ment of radio and radio
broadcasting to make more
millions of jobs. Then came
the airplane industry, air
conditioning, plastics, tele
vision, frozen foods, to
change our lives some more.
The trading stamp industry,
while not new, belongs to
this expansion group and has
been one of the fastest grow
ing of all. Today it directly
benefits the living of the more
than 2 out of 3 North Caro
lina families who save trad
ing stamps.
Obviously, an industry af
fecting such a large propor
tion of North Carolina’s pop
ulation must bring far
reaching benefits for North
Carolina’s economy. And it
does. In 1957 the trading
stamp industry bought $20,«
731,000 worth of products
from North Carolina’s manu
facturers. In one way or
another, it provided employ
ment for 1,985 North Caro
lina people in many different
industries.
The people in the trading1
stamp industry, its merchan-,
dise and redemption stores,’
its warehouses and transpor
tation and all the activity that
goes on within it are helping
to develop North Carolina.
Thus it seems plain that
the trading stamp industry
along with the 730,800 North
Carolina women it serves has
become, like other expansion
industries, a living, vital part
of our State’s economy.
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