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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1968
SCHOOL NEWS
FFA News
The Chapter has begun the
1968-69 school year with 150
members, Joe Whatley, Chap~
ter President, is a senior this
year. Other senior officers are
Steve Singletary, Vice President;
Daniel Wilkerson, Secretary.
Under the leadership of these
and the other Chapter Officers,
plans are to carry out an out
standing Program of Work_this
year which is already in pro
gresse.
The first meeting of the Chap-~
ter was held Tuesday, Septs 17,
with Dr. C, D, Horton as guest
'Speaker. Many of the main acti="
vities of the Chapter Program of
Work for the year we discussed
and approved. Members voted on
Boy and Girl of the Month for
September. This is an FHA
project which the FFA mems=-
bers carry out jointly with the
FHA to recognize the outstand
ing Boy and Girl in Early County
High each month of the school
year.
At this meeting it was an
nounced that Miss Sue Johnston
‘would represent the FFA at the
Beauty Pageant which will be
held at the Early County Fair
on Septe 24,
Joe Whatley and Daniel Wil
kerson will receive the two lo
cal awards for an expense paid
trip to the National FFA Con
ventions The Convention will be
held in Kansas City the week of
Octs 14, ;
TRI- HI-Y NEWS
The Tri-Hi-Y of the Early
County High School met Tues
day, September 17. President
Ginnie Manry called the meet
ing to order. Adrian Goocher,
Chaplain, gave a very interest
ing devotion entitled ‘‘Choose
Your Way,”’ The meeting was
then turned over to the vice
president, Carol McNeal, who
had charge of the program,
“Decisions a Christian Must
Make.’’ Three club members
participated in the program.
Officers of the Tri-Hi-Y Club
of the 68-69 school year are:
President, Ginnie Manry;
Vice President, Carol McNeal;
Secretary, Diane Jarrett; Trea
surer; School Projects Chairman
Janice Kidd; Community Projects
Chairman, Babs Newberry;
World Service Chairman, Janie
Bryan; Publicity Chairman,
Brenda Lanier,
The Club sponsors are Mrs.
Paschal Brooks and Mrs. Je« O
Brown.
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SCIENCE CLUB
The Science Club of Early
County High School held its first
meeting Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1968,
The meeting was called to order
by President Rita Spruiell, who
welcomed the new members and
introduced the officers. They are
as follows: President, Rita
Spuriell; Girl's Vice President,
Joanna Dean; Boy’'s Vice Presi
dent, Doug Thompson; Secretary,
Bill Warrick; Reporter, Tommy
Harvey; Treasurer, David Mose
ley; Parliamentarian, Danny
Brewer.
Preceding this, David Moseley
and Barry Clower gave two very
interesting talks on the summer
Science camps they attended. The
club sponsored the trips and are
planning to send two more young
people next summer.
The Science Club sponsors are:
Mrs. Charles Shierling and Mrs.
Steve Slappye
FBLA NEWS
The September meeting of the
Future Business Leaders of
America was called to order on
September 17 by the president,
Jeannie Temples.
The president extended a
hearty welcome to the new and
old members. She gave a brief
resume of honors won by the
club last year and challenged
the group to win even more
trophies during the 1968-69
school year. She emphasized the
necessity for an early begin
ning to bring this to pass. She
led the members in repeating
the FBLA pledge.
Ann Foster, second vice~
president, gave a very challeng
ing devotional using as her topic,
““What Are You Worth?’ She
brought out the fact that chemi
cally speaking, the human body
is worth $1.75, but in reality,
people- are worth much more
than that to their friends, their
family, to their church, and to
their community. She said that
we could be worth whatever we
wanted to be.
Martha McKeller, Ilst Vice-
President, told of the many school
and community projects in which
the club would participate in this
year,
At the close of school last
year, only three officers were
elected; therefore, most of the
time was spent in filling the
remaining five offices. The com=
plete slate of officers for the
1968-69 school year is as fol=
Beta Club Officers
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right) Louie Ann Harris, vice president; Donna McArthur,
president; Patricia Bridges, Secretary and Rebecca Knighton,
reporter; on the second row, center, Bill Warrick, treasurer.
Other members, chairmen and co-chairmen are seen in the
background.
The Early County High Senior
Beta Club held its first monthly
meeting Tuesday, Septe 10, Don=
na McArthur, club president,
presided. .
The program was presented
by Louie Ann Harris, lst. vice
president; she gave a discussion
on Beta and its worke. This was
followed by the reading of a story
by Rebecca Knighton. Patricia
Bridges gave the devotionale
During the business session,
the Program of Work was dis~-
cussed. It was decided that
Beta members would continue
the tutoring project to studentse
The fee will be SI.OO an hour
and anyone interested may get
in touch with Mrs. Wilbur Evans
or any Beta member. Another
continued project will be the
weekly cake sale during recess
at schools Several committees
were nained, they are: Program =
Louie Ann Harris, chrm., Carole
King and Annette Davis; Pro
jects - Jane Collier; Initiation -
Joanna Dean, chrm., Bill War
rick, Rita Spruell.
Refreshments were served by
Donna McArthur and Bill War
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lows: President, Jeannie
Temples; Ist Vice-President,
Martha McKeller; 2nd Vice-
President, Ann Foster; Secre
tary, Regina Granger; Treasur
er, Nan Johnson; Chaplain,
Teresa Eldridge; Parliamen~
tarian, Eddie Reese; Reporter,
Patsy Craft: Faculty Advisors,
Mrs. Mary King and Mrs. Faye
Lewis.
It was announced that Jeannie
Temples, president, would
represent the club in the beauty
contest at the Early County Pea
nut Festival on September 24.
After the president adjourned
the meeting, delicious refresh
ments were served by the exe
cutive board.
The Beta Club Executive Board
held its meeting Monday prior
to the club meeting Tuesdaye
Plans for meetings and projects
for the coming year were dis
cussede Members of the board
are; Donna McArthur, Presi=-
dent; Louie Ann Harris, Vice
President; Patricia Bridges,
Secretary; Bill Warrick, Trea
surer; Tim Everson, Parliamen=~
tarian; Jane Collier, Chairman
of Projects; Rebecca Knighton,
Reporter; Mrs., Wilbur Evans,
Sponsors
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FHA NEWS
The Early County High Future
Homemakers held their first
monthly meeting on Tuesday,
September 17. President Jackie
Colson opened the meeting with
a hearty welcome to all girls
including fifty-two new members.
The girls enthusiastically ap=~
proved the year's Program of
Work, which includes such pro
jects as Chickenques, a Home
coming float, Thanksgiving Bas=-
kets, and PTA Nursery.
Rebecca Knighton, assisted by
Jane Knighton, cleverly intro
duced and presented each officer
and her assistant with a “‘Star"’
in F, He A, Dyanne Lewis
presented an inspiring devotional
entitled ‘‘Success’’s Several
committee reports were given.
Parliamentarian, Mary Ann
Jester, informed the girls of
the plans for Initiation of the new
members on Friday and Hobo
Day on Saturday, September 21,
“Fairy Land Characters’' was
selected as the theme for this
year's initiation.
The Chapter Beaus for the
1968-69 school year who attend
ed were: Sonny James, Danny
Phillips, and Clink Alexander.
Chapter Mothers attending Were:
Mrs. E. J. Collier, Mrs. Wal
ton Knighton, and Mrs. G, C,
Davise
Refreshing lemonade and de
licious sandwiches were served
in the Home Ec. Department by
Candie Clifton and the refresh
ment committee.
3rd Year Home Economics Class
Offi
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period are (L-R) Jackie Colson, Treasurer; Sue
Johnston, Secretary; Donna Fetner,
Junior Class
Elects Officers
The 1968-69 Junior Class Of
ficers of Early County High
School are: Terry Davis, presi
dent; Williamr Ricketson, vice
president; Cliff Starr, treasurer;
Candie Clifton, secretary; Jackie
Gentry, reporter; ' Warren
McClendon, Parliamentarian.
Favorites: Terry Davis and
Nancy Jamese.
Beauty: Jeanie Clinkscales
DIAL-A=-PRAYER 723-3434
CARD OF THANKS
To the Voters of Early County:
Although it was not necessary
that you check my name on the
ballot in the primary of Sep
tember 11th, 3746 friends took
the trouble to do so. For this
I am grateful and humble. I
am also a very proud mane
Thank you very, very much.
Phillip Sheffield
Voters years ago were satis
fied to be promised a chicken in
every pots Now they want instant
foods in every refrigerator.
E. C. Waller
In Operation
Deep Freeze
Chief Hospital Corpsman Er
nest C, Waller, Jr., USN, 32,
son of Mrs. Joe Bridges of Route
2, Blakely, Ga., and husband of
the former Miss Joan M, Young
of 31 Spring St,, Brunswick,
Maine, is preparing to spend
four months in Antarctica as a
member of the Antarctic Sup
port Activities.
He will fly to Christchurch,
New Zealand in early October
and then on to Antarctica in sup=
port of Operation Deep Freeze
1969. He will spend the austral
summer from October to March
“on the ice’’ and then return
to Davisville, R, E., for pre
paration and training of new per=
sonnel.
In addition to its primary task
of operating, supplying, mann
ing and maintaining all U, S
bases in Antarctica, the support
activities also provide weather
forecasting and aircraft flight
service on the continent.
Operation Deep Freeze sup
ports scientists conducting year
round scientific investigationand
except for radio communication,
they remain isolated from the
rest of the world until the Octo
ber after their deployment,
The battleship USS New Jer=-
sey has been reactivated and
sent to Vietnam tobombard shore
batteries.