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*+++++-S-++++++++++*+++* ANNUAL SCHOOL EDITION -*{• * * ***** * ■:* <•+* :•**** Kings Mountain Herald *+•:•+*** * -t- * a: t > UAL SCHOOL EDITION VOL. 34 NO. 22. KiNiS MOUNTAIN. N. C. THURSDAY. MAY 23, 1936. FIVE CENTS PER COPY1 Miss Grace Neisler In National Skeet Shoot Mr. (’. E. Noisier, Jr., and Miss Grace Noisier b pen t. Iasi week end in Washington, 1>. ('. Miss Noisier li ttered the North-South shoot of the National Capital Sheet Shooting -Club near Bethesda, Md. Miss Winifred Hanley of Stamford Conn., retained her Women's North South Skee Cl.ampioiishbi by break ing 92 clay pigeons out of a possible 100. Miss Grace Noisier, with clever shooting garnered an early lead and finished with second high score, 87 out of a possible 100. Mrs. ft. G. Vance, of Bostor, won third high with a score of 86. Mrs. Robert Patterson, Dayton, Ohio, was next with 85. There were eight entrants in the Women’s Cham p ion ship shoot. ACTIVITIES OF KINGS MOUNTAIN SCHOOLS (Mable Putnam) WEST SCHOOL Another school year has come to si close and vacation time is here. As we enter in the fall, springtime and promotion seem a long way off, but once we get into the work, time passes almost too quickly to do well all the thing's we plan to do. Enrollment reach^l the 80U mark with attendance good considering un ■usual weather and mumps through out the entire year. DO children made the yearly honor roll. The different grades provided pro grams for all P. T. A. meetings and put on interesting chapel exercises which were well attended by par ents. Our teachers were entertained by the Adult Education class at the Mauney Mill at which time the pres ident of P. T. A. gave a most inter esting talk on “What the P. T. A. Means in the Life of a Community.' We are indebted to the Men's Club for a liberal contribution for relief whereby several needy children were provide with nice, new clothing Besides the regular program of work and play, we try each year 4o have some definite objective. This time we worked of Supplemen tary Heading material, and as a re sult have added ten new sets of Headers about 275 volues—to our shelves. Next year we hope to re place worn out books in the grade libraries. Under the leadership of Mrs. P. G. Hatterree, the P. T. A. has been quite active and rendered a most helpful service. The grade mothers have shown untiring interest iu school activities. The nice, large stage and new curtains test the soundness of the old adage, "Where there's a wili there is a way ’ anu the P. T. A. found that way. We are glad to report tuai quite a few children continue interest in the reading and declamation con tests. We also appreciate the work done iu our scuooi by tue special teachers. EAST SCHOOL East school has just completed the most satistactorj year iu her history. Though weather conditions during the winter were highly un favorable. the attendance at Hast School was at ail times excellent and the result is a high percentage of promotions from ail grades. A higher standard of work lias been re tiuired of all children for promotion this year and it is felt that each ris- j ing grade will be well prepared to carry ou their work next term. In addition to regular class work the children ot East School have par ticipated in a number of extra curri cular activities open to elementary grades. The Declamation and Reading con tests for grammar grades proved a stimulus to a large number of bo> s and girls to take the training offer ed in these fields. About fifty enter ed this contests. Special attention has been given to training for Good Citizenship Clubs. Better Citizenship Clubs have been organized through the grades and have functioned remarkably well. The Glee Club has done good work and has added much to the pleasure of all b;, their participation iu varl our programs. By the use of the small library fees collected trom each child and funds raised in other ways, many valuable books have been added to the library. An active and interested P. T. A. has contributed materially to the success of the school. There loyal parents have at all times shown themselves interested to promote any enterprise tor the good of the school. East School has outgrown the ca pacity of its building. The seventth grade Is now being cared for in Con tr&l building as are a numbiof children In some of the lower grad des. Two more rooms are an h me diate aad urgent need. VAN OUTSTANDING FACULTY (Eva Mae Suber) Have yon heard about the impor tant oliices our teacher- hold in the many different associations Here are u t>• w I've been able to "pick" from tliosj modest teachers: Mrs. Weir, our senior class spon sor, is a member of the State Advis ory Board on text book revision. She helps decide when and wli\ t.n, text books are to be revised or chan ged completely. Miss Virginia Parsons, our public school music director, is vice-presi dent of Hie District Music Teachers Association. Vice president, mind \ou! Nice going. Miss Virginia! Miss Adair, one of our grammar grade teachers, is secretary and treasurer of local N. C. E. A. That's not all; she is also chairman of ti»e local Public Relations committee. Our bandmaster, Mr. Hendricks, is a very important member of the State Band Association. We're very proud of the band ,lie lias produced with t.lie aid of the boys and giiljs who have cooperated with him. Ol' course, we know that it has been difficult at times to get them to prae tice but Mr. Hendrick's magnetic personality has made band practice more interesting. We are very proud of Mr. Barnes. Lei me tell you ol his many oliices. First, he is chairman of the JJoty Scouts of Kings Mountain. He is pro gram chairman for Boy Scouts of Piedmont district (covers eleven counties.) Mr. Barnes is a member of the Executive Board for Western North Carolina activity association. (The Western North Carolina Ath letic Association being a part of this work.) He is chairman of the board on tite Improvement of Instruction for the teaching forces of Cleveland county. Those are the ones I could persuade him to tell me. He was very busy the morning that l visited him and he couldn't think of all the offices that he holds. Yes, be was busy and do you know what he was doing? Some of you will be surprised. I was surpris ed and hurt to a certain extent. Mr. Barnes was delivering reports to those students who are failing. There was a large number of them and they came into the office in groups. A few of the boys came into the otiiee with the air of aloofness but before they left you could see an aching look in tear-l'illed eyes. Mr. Barnes was so kind, so understand ing that before I left that office 1 had shed a few tears with the more un fortunates. ,Mr. Barnes believes whole-heartedly that the students are doing their best but do you re alize that the students of schools where they have always had nine months all during a present gradu ate's school career have had exacth eleven months more training than we, the graduates of '36, have had. In answer to an article in The Ilu aid last week in which some un knowing person said that the stud ents didn't need nine months ol school. He says that "we get through the books in eight months." Yes, we get through the book.: in eight mun tiis but are we learning the ~ "51*1 tents? No. atul why? I'll tell vpu why The books we use are written fot ■ nine months but it is necessary that »e cover that material in eight! months. This year, it is true, wM had three extra weeks but it's too late for most of its. However, we appreciate the three weeks we have been given and may I take this op portunitv to say that as long as the schools are not enabled to run nine mouths in the coming years, the children and future citizens of our town and state are being put to an awful disadvantage by having to compete in life with those people who have had nearly a year more of training than the students of our eight months school. May 1 ask that you thik'the situation over very carefully and if you are given the opportunity to vote for a nine mon ills school system, please use you* influence and power to give your children the opportunity that their life competitirs have had. 1 rest my case. MISS VIRGINIA DARE DREVER PASSES Miss Virginia Dare Dreyer, age 20, only daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Drayer, of Whiteside' "street, Gas tonia, died Saturday May 23rd, at 9:05 o'clock after a critical illness of ten days. She had been in ill health for several years. Hev. J. H. Hender lite, pastor * of First Presbyterian church, Gastonia, officiated. Deceased was the only daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Dreyer, and a niece of Mrs. Huth Tompkins, two cousins. George C. Cooke and Hugh Tomp kins, and grandmother, Mrs. P. E. McTheny, all of East Kings Moun tain. MEMBERS OF KINGS MOUNTAIN SCHOOL BOARD DR. L. P. Baker, Chairman JOHN. B. MAUNEY PAUL M. NEISLER A. H. PATTERSON CHAS. F. THOMASSON ! 1HE COMMERCIAL | JEEAKTMENT (Margaret Phifr,t) j The Commercial De;. ;m at of tile Kings .Mountain ii. . o, .ool I.-) one of t..e strongest t. . ,.i. tile s< liooi. in tact, o... u- j.arinieiu is rated Olle oi tne . iu .Nona Carolina. At Un |<n ... •..,.. , ».... .lntve twenty scnool ownt-.i Under wood typewriters . i tp .1 1 in quired ij ging laid s. V. <- Have a splenaid typing i j hi with clouk , rooms aim two large sitnage rooms. As for otiler equipment, w . ,.d\e a... board charts, manuals, objective tests, etc. Mbs Helen crosjand, tne teacher of fifty two commercial pu pils, is a graduate m tile Depart ment of Commerce of Winthrop Col lege, and holds a North Carolina A. certificate in Commercial Science. The Kings Mountain Commercial Department was started iu this school iu 1926. Since that tint", the department has seen a stead.' grow th. The school had a collection of some eight or ten typewriter of at least three different makes, almost all of them having seen their best days. There were two long tables, but they looked like counters in a grocery store. As time went on, under the direction of the commer cial teacher, Mrs. Lila Head, andl he school officials the old typewriters were replaced by new ones of astan durd make. By 1932 ten good Under wood typewriters and other required equipment had been installed. Dur ing the year of 1932, the school build ittg was burned, and all the equip ment was lost. In the spring of 1933 our school board was able to pur chase ten new 1 nderwood typewri ters and tables. This was a good tart, with modern equipment. We litre really been progressive, for at he present time, the department iwus 20 good Underwood typewid ■rs and special tables. The typing department has not nl> been of great value to the >-honl, but it lias been of iuestima de value to the city of Kings Mouu 1 ain. A large per cent of tbe office vork of Kings Mountain has been tone by persons who have finished he Commercial Course at our high ichool. The girls and boys who fin ish the Commercial Course usual.y have little difficulty in securing steady jobs. High School Closes A Successful Year OCR SCHOOL HOARD (George Plonk) Wo. tile mourners of Kings Mc'fliir .:.n ,iooi, fool honored that we nave such a di.stiiiguis.iied group oi ii ‘ii o i the school boaul. Wo deep ly appreciate their cooper.t:hm wiui the s.uool. 1 hoy are present at a 1 most ail of tao various school activ ities. We especially appreciate ute backing the members of this board gave us when we were working so hard for the three extra weeks of school. Wt feel that if we had not had the board on our side, we would not have been able to acquire the extra term. Following is a list of the members of our school board with thtir terms oi oflice: J)r. L. p. 1 taker. Chairman I (1!I31-1!I57); Mr. J. I,. Muuney (1953 il»39); Mr. P. M. Noisier (19:53-1909) Mr. A. H. Patterson (1935-1941); Mr. C. F. Tboinasson (1930-1941). WELL KNOWN CITIZEN DIES IN GACTONIA Mr. Boyce Wilson, age 54, who lived in Kings Mountain for some time during his early manhood, pass- j ed away at his home in Gastonia ear 1 ly Wednesday morning. Death came suddenly but Mr. Wil- 1 1 son had been confined to his home for the past eight, months and for sometime his condition has been con sidered critical. He is survived by his wife and several children. Funeral services were h Id this morning at the First Associate Re formed Presbyterian church and in terment made in Hollywood ceme tery. ICE CREAM SUPPER There will be an ice cream supper at. Oak Grove school house, May 130t.b, sponsored by the 11. V. P. U. String music will be furnished by Oak Grove Acorns. Everyone has a cordia. invitation. Commencement Exercises Sunday And Monday MEI » CLUB MEETS TONIGHT _ Tli<- regular second monthly meet ing of the Men's Club will be held ibis evening at 7 o'clock at the Wo man's club building. Rev. AY. M. Boyce and Mr. Oeorge Latthnoro will have charge of the program. F. M. BIGGERSTAFF Principal Central School B. N. BARNES Supt. Kings Mountain City Schoola The commencement program for he High School will begin Sunday ivtning, Maj 31. Mr. lloit Black .veil, director of the enlargement i mil endowment program ot Mars fill College will preach the baecal iireate sermon on that evening. ; The girl's glee club under the direc- | tion of Miss Emma Rice will turn- j ish the music for the program. On Monday night, .hint 1, the grad uating exercises will be given in the ! high school auditorium. Mr. Frank Orr of Charlotte, who was a former superintendent of the Kings Moun tain public schools, will make the literary address. Mr. Orr left Kings' Mountain to enter the war. Instead of resuming his previous position in the schools, he went to Charlotte where he is now an attorney-at-lnw. The glee club will again furnish the music. There are thirty nine candi dates for graduation, and we hope none will be disappointed. Minor parts of the program for the two evenings have not been defi nitely arranged, but we arc looking forward to a very interesting and inspirational program for each night. THE GLEE CLUB (Dorothy Plonk; An organization of our school vliicli deserves a great (leal of ered t for its persistant practice and it“ amiable accomplishments is our llee Club. On April 3rd in the District Music contest at Lineoluton, it was adjudg ed the best in the district. Later, in he State contest tireenshoro. ii was rated as one of the best. The Glee Club has made, and is preparing to make in the ntar fu ture. several local appearances. Miss Emma Rice is to tie congrat ulated for her capable management , and direction of this group of twen ty two girls. Tice Glee Club and oth - ers of her music pupils have been a great help in our school programs this year. NO EVENING SERVICE AT METHODIST There will not be any evening ser-. vices at the Central Methodist. Church. Sunday ou account of tlia graduating exercises at the High | School. Rating. The hiyii school this year, in spite of limited 1 Itn . . has ii.-en able to maintaiu iis ;»■. red i ted ra ting with t • state dep 1 ' tne tit. and i.- still a ns ..lit.a of th * Southern Association ut Colleges and Second ary S.-bools. Kac-jity. s-.ipt. it. X. Barnes and Principe I !•'. M. liir’atf in coop eration 11ti the school hoard, were able to secure for out' high school a most efficient group of teachers for ;he year, Several of these teachers have done outstanding work in their respt ctipe fields. Enrollment. The high school de partment enrolled hlh students tins year, easily making the aferage of attendance required for the teaching force they have. The percent of at tendance for the year was y5.4, a most commendable figure consider ing the unusually severe winter, ac companied by considerable sickness. Scholarship. An unusually largo number of high school pupils have made the honor roll each month, the senior class taking the lead in this respect. Competition was keen throu ghout the year in the contest over the William Plonk scholarship medal given annually, and the history medal given by the local chapter of L). A. K. Citizen.hip. .Many opportunities were afforded the high school pu pils for training in character and citizenship through the program of classroom assignments, athletics, and numerous extra school activi ties. A system of monitorial super vision was inaugurated and well car ried out. Library. Mrs. \V. T. Weir Librar ian, reports that 57 new books were added to the high school library, in cluding a set of the Aerieana ency clopedia. The total circulation of books durisg the year was 3,101. Band. A remarkable record for first year band was set up by Mr. Paul E. Hendricks, director. Some 35 pupils are now playing in the band, and many more have enrolled for summer instruction. The band furnished music for many gathering!* gave a splendid concert, and has made sevPVal trips away from home during the year. Orchestra. Miss Virginia Parsons, public school music teacher, has been an able assistant to Mr. Hen drix in training the school Orchestra Muss Parsons has also led the as sembly singing and helped in many school programs. Glee Club. Under the direction of Miss Enuna nice, assisted by Miss Maty Mitchell, the girls' glee club lias had a splendid year. The girts won out in the district music con gest, and later re presented our School in the slate contest at Greens boro. Debating. Kings Mountain again entered tbe annual contest icnduc led by the N. f. High School Debut ing Union. Much interest was shown in these events. The local partici pants both won and lost in their tri angle. Dramatics. The pupils of Miss Sarah ilambrigiit, expression teach er. have done excellent work this year, participating In many interest iug contests and entertainments lo cally. in addition, her pupils wont out in the county reading and decla mation contests (all county honors given in her department), and two of them won first places in the dis trict forensic contests of the West ern N. C. Activity Association (half of all tije honors given in the entire group of schools). Essays. Tile high School pupils have had many opportunities to dis play their abilities in composition and journalism. The local chapter of 1). A. It. helped to stimulate inter est in essay writing by offering a medal for best essay on a formal subject. Many students submitted es says. A senior girl won the modal for best informal essay in the coun ty contest. Athletics. Though losing slightly more games than winning during the season in the three major sports tiie trams made a good showing, rind will be in fine shape lor another year. Mr. Paul E. Moss, athletic di rector. and Miss Bertie Pa sour, girls' hasK, shall coach deserve much commendation for the excellent wav in which they have handled these sports, interest is now rapidly grow ing in tennis. Home Economics. A total of 111 (Coat'd on back page.) LEGION BASEBALL STARTED Legion Baseball got underway here last week with Rev. W. M. Boyce taking cnarge of the boys un til the first of next week when P, E. Moss, High School coach takes con trol. About 2b boys have reported and have been working out daily.
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