Textbooks Are
Selected With
Extreme (are
parents of North Caro
public school children
' 4ate isn't using any anti
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' communist textbooks tc
r^,ite your children.
*' |;,.lrardless of what possible
.'-. you may have or rumors
b-ou may hear, they are un
founded
\i„l the main reason why is
.reanization which the av
citizen probably knows
eery little about—the State
Textbook Commission.
This 12-man body erf pro
. ..sional educators is headec
i.. Alton Brooks Gibson o‘
laurinburg, a veteran schoo
-■iMcrintendent and prominen'
figure in the state’s education
a! circles.
When he and his associates
put the fmal stamp of approv
al on a book for use in North
Carolina's public schools, it
has been through a screening
process akin to an FBI inves
tigation.
from now until sometime in
February of 1961, the commis
sion members will spend a lot
of their time deciding what
books will go into the public
school system for the 1961-62
year.
Seven members of the com
mission are specifically desig
nated to study the texts for
the elementary grades, and the
other five work on the high
school books.
Appointed by the governor
as is the State Board of Edu
cation, the commission works
directly with the latter organ
ization.
Included on the list of adopt
ed hooks that, are expiring this
fully Artowati'c,
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,11 W01'k than these brisk ear
ly morning hours! There is
just a hint of what is around
the corner. We begin the fall
cleaning. Closets must be
cleaned out to be sure there is
nothing left there that may
start a fire. Many of us are
too careless about accumulated
newspapers and magazines. I
try to discard all newspapers
except a few on my back porch
that I use for starting fires
m the fireplace. There are so
many people, who could use
good magazines. I hate to
throw away anything that
might be useful to anybody
else. This is also a good time
to clip off the seed pods of
troublesome weeds like Span
ish needles, beggar louse, and
another kind that has two
spurs to hold by. T do not
know the name of that one.
I have rid my place of cockle
burrs by pulling them up be
year are algebra, Latin, his
■°ry, geography, and several
)thers.
Although there are also a
•ouple of elementary volumes
nvolved in this year's selec
ions, the heavy work will be
n the high school department.
R. C. BOWNESS,
BUILDER
P.O. Box 106B—Black Mtn
fore they had time to mature.
Soon all dead canes of raspber
ries and black berries must be
taken out. That is the mean
est job I have; and I usually
put it off as long as I can.
Away down home in Warren
county I am sure the cotton
fields are beginning to turn
white. On some of the larger
farms the big cotton picking
machines will be at work; but
there will still be places where
the “hands” go out in the ear
ly morning as soon as the
dew is off, with their tow
sacks on their backs. Up and
down the long rows they go
all day long, stopping only
long enough for dinner. Some
of the best pickers will have
between two and three hun
dred pounds by sundown. I
was never able to get more
than sixty-five pounds — but
then I was only nine years old.
It was a great sight to see
l'apa coming with the two
horse wagon to the field to
weigh each person’s picking
before putting it all in the big
wagon. What fun it was to
sit on the soft cotton and ride
with him back to the house.
We hardly ever had supper be
fore dark. It took all the time
between sundown and dark to
get the farm chores done. The
cow had to be milked. My task
was to “keep the calf off” and
what a task it was for he was
hungry, too. The horses had
: ) be fed, the slops carried to
the pigs. The chickens were
fed and the eggs gathered.
Once Mama started to put her
hand in a nest and there curled
up was a black snake. He had
beat her to the nest and had
swallowed all the eggs in that
nest. At the end of the day
what a wonderful supper
awaited us: country ham from
our smoke house, vegetables
at that season they would be
corn pudding, tomatoes, corn
field. peas, always homemade
molasses, hot biscuits and but
termilk. Nobody ever thought
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of not liking this or that. I
never remember hearing Ma
ma begging any one of the ten
children to eat. What a won
derful life it was. I just wish
all children today could have
a life like this for a little
while. My heart goes back
there; and how I would love to
walk again along the lovely
country lanes.
Our church officers for the
new year have been elected and
'are ready to take over their
responsibilities the first Sun
day in October. They are:
treasurer, Mrs. Leonard Bid
dix, church clerk, Mrs. E. E.
Brown, auditors, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Biddix, Paul Turner,
John May, trustees, C. S. Gill,
A. L. Biddix, C. V. Gray, E. E.
Brown; house and grounds,
W. L. Snypes, Paul Turner, E.
E. Brown, Herman Saunders;
deacons, Paul Turner, W. L.
Snypes, James Peek; organ
ists, Mrs. E. F. Hardin, Mrs.
Oswell Smith; pianists, Mrs.
Charles Jollay, Mrs. Oswell
Smith; chorister, Mrs. Wayne
Chastain; librarians, Mrs. B.
S. Meeks, Miss Grace Meeks;
communion, Mrs. R. W. Tur
ner, Mrs. Herman Saunders,
Miss Alice Turner; baptism,
E. E. Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
John May; flower committee,
Mrs. E. Y. Moore, Mrs. Fred
Burnett, Miss Sandra Wright;
Fellowship, Mrs. Tom E. Wal
ters, pastor, chairman of dea
cons, S. S. Superintendent,
T. U. director; ushers, S. C.
Gill, Earl Gray, E. E. Brown,
Wilford Johnson.
S. S. superintendent, John
B. May. Adult dept., Mrs.
Neils Larsen; Young Peoples’
dept., Miss Alice Turner; in
termediate dept., Mrs. John
May; Junior dept., Mrs. E. H.
Snypes; primary dept., Mrs.
Della Hurst; beginner dept.,
Mrs. Leonard Biddix; nursery,
Mrs. Alma Allison; cradle roll
supt., Mrs. E. E. Brown; Vaca
tion Bible school principal,
Mrs. Neils Larsen; training
union director, Paul Turner.
The intermediate G. A. met
with their leader, Mrs. Hardin
on Monday after school. The
topic for this meeting was
“Good Will Centers.” Ann
Moore had charge of the
meeting. It was in the form
of a panel discussion. Miss E.
B. Blount their adviser met
with them. After the meeting
the group celebrated the birth
days of two of the members—
Carolyn Franklin, and Marie
MacMahan. In the decorations,
the colors green and white,
the colors of Girls Auxiliary
were used. The lovely birth
day cake was decorated with
dolls in green and white.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Fish.
er and daughter Suzanne, from
Orange, N. J., spent Tuesday
night at the Hardin home.
Mrs. Fisher is a niece of Mr.
Hardin. The Fishers are mis
sionaries under the American
Baptist Board and are on
their way to San Salvador
where Mr. Fisher will be man
ager of one of the Mission
schools. Mrs. Fisher is a
daughter of Rev. Shields Har
din, brother of our E. F. Har
din. For 17 years he has been
pastor of the First Baptist
church of Orange, and has re
cently gone to the First Bap
tist church of Toledo, O. The
Fishers were accompanied as
far as Greenville by David
Hardin, who will be a fresr
man at Furman University
this year.
Miss Mada McCutchan and
her brother the Rev. Mr. Mc
Gutchan, one time Presbyter
ian missionaries to China now
living in Kentucky, and Miss
Helen Bailey on furlough from
the Philippines were visitors
in Mrs. Ralph Truesdell’s
home Wednesday. Miss Bail
ey’s American home is Wood
lief, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E.
Truesdell, Jr., from Hyatts
ville, Md., were visitors with
Mrs. Truesdell on Monday and
Tuesday.
Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Hughes
from Greer, S. C., spent some
time with the Brockmans last
week. Over last week-end
Mrs. Brockman’s two sisters
and their husbands, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert White, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Thurston and Libba
were with her. They are from
Greenville, S. C.
Over the long week-end the
Hatchers went to visit in
Charlotte. Friends came for
them and brought them back.
On Sunday they were in Allen
Street church where they were
members in 1934-35. Monday
evening Mrs. Hatcher met
with the circle that is named
for her and told them about
■her South American trip and
the Baptist World Congress at
Rio.
Not long ago Miss L. C.
Wells from Morristown, Tenn.,
was Mrs. Hatcher’s guest for
two days. Miss Wells was a
missionary in China and Tai
wan for 46 years. She and
Mrs. Hatcher were students at
the Biblical Seminary in New
York City in 1909-1911 and
had not seen each other since
those days.
The Ridgecrest W.C.T.U.
will meet at the Hatcher
home at 10 a.m. on Thursday
of this week. We will all
bring a covered dish. Rev. A.
T. Usher from Black Moun
tain will have charge of the
devotional and Rep. Gordon
Greenwood will be the speaker
for the occasion. We hope to
have a good representation as
this is the last meeting for
the year.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Morris
came home last Friday after
a long hospital stay in Ra
leigh. Mr. Morris is much im
proved after an operation.
Their son-in-law, Dr. John
Lewis, pastor of the First Bap
tist church in Raleigh, brought
them home and returned that
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Crow
der from I.attimore returned
to their home after a week in
their cottage here.
The Snypes families had
their yearly reunion at Mor
ganton on Sunday. They had
a good crowd in spite of the
rains and tables were groaning
with their burden of good food
of all kinds.
Doris Snypes, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Snypes,
has just returned home from
Torrance, Penn., where she
has been taking a special
course in Psychiatry in the
Torrance State hospital. After
a week’s rest she will return
to Memorial Mission hospital
in Asheville where she com
plete her training.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilford John
son are the proud parents of
another little daughter, born"
at Memorial Mission Hospital
on Friday, Sept. 9. She weigh
ed 6 lbs. 12 ozs. As yet they
have not not decided on a
name.
Last week I helped in the
group conference in the W.M.
U. of the association. On
Tuesday night we were at the
Weaverville church, on Thurs
day night at Swannanoa
church; and on Friday night
we were at the Oakley church
in Asheville. These confer
ences were to help the com
mittee chairmen and leaders
to give special attention to bet
ter ways of doing the work.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Thorn
burg and Mrs. Yates Smith of
Gastonia are spending a week
in the Thornburg cottage.
Mr. Wayne Chastain brought
a very fine message on Sun
day evening at our church.
On account of hurricane
Donna our church-community
picnic has been postponed un
til Oct. 1.
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