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f ! shop training of the
. teachers. She also developed a
| semester compensatory education
' curriculum for the reading and
© writing disciplines. As a result of
# this organized teaching format, the
i Holbrook 9th grade demonstrated
I © gains in reading and writing.
. Presently, the materials are being
- compiled into a booklet to be used
as a guide for other teachers in
Gaston County and North Carolina.
One student whose assessment
of Davis was read during a banquet
called Davis "the Mother Theresa
of Holbrook Junior High." Her
"ready smile and warm" heart in
the classroom have been winning
over her English students 18 years.
One of her problem-solving tech-
| niques in her classroom has been to
. develop individual newspapers and
1 the class is turned into a real live
| newsroom. Peer tutoring has also
been popular with her AG students
who prepare lesson plans, practice,
and then teach the lesson. Davis
has presented the peer teaching
program to 15 Gaston County
~ schools.
First Union National Bank's
Spurgeon Mackie said of Davis,"
In her classroom she tries to pro-
i. vide students with the opportunity
. to learn." Holbrook principal Anna
Cooke also praised the teacher for
her leadership skills and said that
¢ the award could not come to a
| more deserving person.
© The bank presents the
| Outstanding Educator award each
| year to honor former bank presi-
. dent Ben E. Craig. Davis also re-
sw. ceived a $1,000 professional devel-
“opment grant she plans to use for
I doctoral studies and a crystal ap-
+ ple. Each of the 55 nominees re-
i ceived bronze bells. Davis was
* among 10 finalists for the top
award.
Gaston County Schools gave
5 Davis a special award last year for
+ her reading and writing programs.
: She was named Gaston County
Academically Gifted Teacher of
{u+ the Year in 1986 and 1987. She is
\ also sponsor of the school's Junior
! Optimist Club and Odyssey of the
| Mind, second place state team.
& Davis inherited her love of
1 teaching from_her parents, Mr. and
PY Mrs. 0. W. Smith of Saluda, SC,
i: both retired teachers, and her aunt
4 Fannie Edwards. Living across the
.{ street from the front entrance of the
I'4 school, Davis could hardly wait to
{1 enroll. She liked to play school for
* hours on end and often as a young-
© ster helped her aunt in the class-
room, washing the blackboard,
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‘guidance will go in the existing
building, newly named the Activity
Building.
| "It has a lot of appeal,” said
+ Toney. "The folks have said . . . the
jcommunity has been interested in
\that building. That's good.
"It looks good from the outside
and is functional from the inside,"
Toney said.
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| “Walker, Niles Ferguson, Nichole
Baisden, Wendy Limbaugh,
i Kristan Tallent, Jessica Hall,
| ' Kenny Houston, Jennifer Patterson,
| {Drew Thomas, Heather Tate, Chad
McSwain, Phillip Bolen, Alan
| | Wray, Matthew Patterson, Kristy
[1 McSwain.
| 0 Matthew Ferguson, Amanda
I" Maples, Elise Mayse, Alison
| Smith, Dee Chapman, Shawn
Vi Ezzell, April Glover, Marty
Goforth, Ben Howell, Toni Loftin,
| Steven Tesenair.
Pizza Inn Contest Winners - Lisa
Bishop, first place; Niles Ferguson,
second place; Kristen Tallent, third
| place; Charlotte Fulton, fourth
| place.
|i. First Place Poster Contest
Winner - Ben Sabetti.
|# ‘Bus Citizenship, #328 -
| Courtney Sopkowiak, Jolvonna
| ‘Holman. :
| = Bus Citizenship, #356 - Chatney
| Jeffries, Kenya Sloan.
| Perfect Attendance - Daviena
| Baisden, William L. Barron,
| Steven Baxter, Carrie Brinkley,
Kristie Brinkley, Ben Bumgardner,
{ Tyler Chapman, Tyler Deaton,
| Cimena Elliott, Toshia Floyd,
| Nicole Hagner, Alice Ann Howard,
Michael Hunt, Chanita Jackson,
Dustin James, Duane Lawson,
Travis Loftin, holly Oliver, Liana
Owens, Robin Perkins, Brandon
Pressley, Trent Redmond, Darren
Surratt, Steven Tesenair, Sadie
Wilson, April Wright. ¥
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recently at Gaston Country Club
bringing in water, scrubbing the
desk, passing out books, and
sweeping the floor. It was toward
the end of the Great Depression
that she began her life-long adven-
ture with education. Teachers also
influenced her to teach. They
taught her facts and figures. They
taught that it is what a person has
on the inside that counts. They
would say, "Harriet, you can be
different and still be happy and
- successful."
Davis found learning fun and ex-
citing. "All it takes to make a per-
son special is a special view," she
said.
In 1960 she married Baptist min-
ister Robert G. Davis who was as-
sociated with Kings Mountain
Baptist Association for a number
of years and was also pastor of
Lowell First Baptist Church. They
moved to Kings Mountain five
years ago from Shelby. Harriet
said the three boys graduated from
three different schools in the coun-
ty. Gray Davis, now of Winston-
Salem and married with one
daughter, finished at Crest High;
Ashley graduated from Shelby
High and in 1992 from UNC at
Charlotte and is an editor for
Channel 36 News; and Benji, a
1992 graduate of Kings Mountain
High, plans to attend Gaston
College this fall.
Harriet taught eight years of out-
of-state before moving to North
Carolina. The family lived in
Kentucky, Indiana, and West
Virginia. She and her husband, a
native of Mississippi, met at
Southern Seminary in Louisville,
KY, where he was.a ministerial stu-
dent.
"I really see teaching as my mis-
sion in life and I feel I can do more
good in the public schools, truly a
place to help humanity is to help
kids," says Harriet.
Now that school is out, Harriet
plans to do some traveling with her
husband to Mississippi and Saluda
to visit their parents and other rela-
tives. Along the way they plan to
visit antique shops to add stock to
Harriet's new shop, Victorian Lace,
which opened last spring at
Rutherfordton Mall.
Browsing at flea markets and an-
tique stores is a hobby the Davises
started during the early years of
their marriage. "It helps you un-
wind from the classroom or even
from the pulpit,” says Mrs. Davis.
If they make purchases, the
Davises use them or give them
away as gifts to friends at First
Baptist Church. A recent "find"
was a novelty item made with cot-
ton from the ficlds in Saluda.
Northern visitors to the mountains
of Western North Carolina who
had never scen cotton were quick
to carry the $2 memento home
with them for a souvenir.
Bl The USDA Soil Conservation
Service reminds farmers facing
conservation compliance deadlines
that the Conservation Reserve
Program could be their ticket to
Staying in compliance, saving soil,
and making a profit.
The 12th CRP sign-up continues
until June 26 at local ASCS of-
fices.
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