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Thursday, September 29, 1966
: NEWTON HIGH NEWS
Newton Student Council
President’s Message
This year we, the students
of Newton County High School,
are confronted with many prob
lems as well as many new chal
lenges. In my new role as
president of the student body,
it is my duty to help in trying
to find a solution to our per
plexing problems.
One of the main problems fac
ing Mr. Sharp and the Student
Council at this time is our lunch
room program. It would seem
that with the increase in enroll
ment, there would also be an in
crease in lunchroom participat
ion; but, to our amazement there
is not.
Last year our lunchroom lost
over SIOOO. For this reason
and because food prices are ris
ing, we are having to pay $1.75
a week for our lunches. Mrs.
Tom Wiley, our dietician, and
her staff work hard to give us
more nutritious and delicious
lunches than can be bought any
where else for the same amount
of money. Yet, out of 950 stu
dents only about 400 are eating
in the cafeteria. Student Council
is now trying to discover why
students prefer to bring some
thing in a paper sack or go with
out food rather than have a good
hot lunch. This week has been
declared Lunchroom Participat
ion Week. We hope that this
will be the first step toward a
self-supporting lunchroom and a
happier and better fed student
body.
The best way, and the only way,
to meet this and our other prob
lems is to make you, the citizens
aware of them. On behalf of
Newton County High School, let
me urge you to support our school
in any way you can. whenever
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INFORMA TION ABOUT
Student tywefttunevit
Clubs, Teams, Band, And Social Activities
you can. If a bond issue comes
up, go out and vote for it. In
this way you will be giving money
that your own children and the
other youth of this community
might have a better education.
Let me cordially Invite every
one to visit our school and to be
come informed as to its needs.
In this way the adults and the
youth of our community can work
together for a common purpose.
Through your cooperation, we
can maintain a high school that
does justice to a growing and
progressive Newton County.
Doug Jolley
4-H Club Week
Salutes Nation’s
Youth Leaders
The fourth generation of 4-H
boys and girls and some 24 mil
lion adults who once were 4-H
Club members celebrate National
4-H Club Week, Sept. 24 through
Oct. 1.
The main objectives of Nation
al 4-H Club Week, say 4-H lead
ers, is to acquaint more parents
and youngsters with 4-H so that
they will join the program.
Total enrollment in 4-H this
year exceeds 2 1/4 million. The
youngsters -- from 9 to 19
years of age -- reside in every
county in every state. They are
about equally divided between
farm and non-farm residents, re
ports the Cooperative Extension
Service which supervises and
conducts all 4-H work, including
training of 525,000 adult and ju
nior volunteer leaders.
Rissa Spears
‘School Citizen
Os The Week’
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Rissa Spears
The Student Council chose
Rissa Spears as Good School
Citizen for the week of Septem
ber 19. Working hard for NCHS
End In Sight?
Measles Vaccines In Fourth Year;
12 Million Youngsters Get Shots
In the fight against measles,
it’s 12 million down and 12 mil
lion to go.
The Health Insurance Insti
tute, reporting on United States
Public Health Service data, said
today that measles may be near
the end of its long reign as the
most contagious of the infectious
diseases of childhood.
This is all thanks to vaccines
—both “live” and “inactivated”
—licensed three years ago. Ac
cording to officials at the Com
municable Disease Center in
Atlanta, Georgia, 12 million
youngsters so far have been
inoculated leaving another 12
million children still susceptible
to the disease
Success
So successful have inocula
tions programs been, CDC doc
tors predict a drastic cut in
measles incidence in the next
12 months, possibly near eradi
cation of the disease.
The first six months of this
year, 178,559 cases of measles
have been reported to the CDC
center, some 48,928 fewer than
were reported over the same
period the year before. (These
figures serve more as a gauge
than actual incidence. Reported
cases represent only about 10
per cent of the actual measles
incidence.)
CDC doctors say that if from
two to four million more young
people can be vaccinated this
year, it would mean that mea
sles epidemics would be pre
vented and the disease would
be generally under control. Inoc
ulations in low income areas
and in some rural regions are
prime target sectors for these
immunization programs.
Serious Conditions
According to the CDC, chil
dren who contract measles have
a 4- H leader is
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WE SALUTE THE NEWTON
COUNTY 4-H CLUBS DURING
NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK
SEPT. 24 - OCT. 1
"Keep Up Your Good Work"
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Covington FHA Club Elects
Linda Standard, President
The first meeting of the Cov
ington F.H.A. was called to or
der September 21 by President
Linda Standard. The members
stood and repeated the creed.
The devotional was then given
by Vice President Susan Stubbs.
The officers for the year were
introduced by the President.
They are as follows:
since her freshman year, Rissa
is known for her dependability
and helpfulness in everything she
undertakes.
For the past two years, Rissa
has been a varsity cheerleader,
and this year she is serving as
captain. Program Chairman of
the Beta Club, Community Pro
jects Chairman of the Senior
Tri-Hl-Y, and membership in
the Pep Club round out Rlssa’s
list of activities. The students
and faculty at NCHS congratulate
Rissa for her outstanding work.
a 10 per cent chance of develop
ing more serious conditions
such as pneumonia, bronchitis,
middle-ear infection, or enceph
alitis, sometimes termed “brain
fever” which can result in per
manent brain damage and cause
vision problems.
Up until the use of the vac
cines, 400 to 500 children a year
died from measles-connected
complications. In 1965, there
were 240 “measles deaths.”
One method of attack against
measles will be the identifica
tion of potential epidemic areas,
usually where even a handful
of cases may be reported, and
commencing immediately with
mass inoculation programs.
Thus far, such “crash” pro
grams in Isabella County, Mich.,
Chicago, Rhode Island, and Dov
er, N. J., have been highly suc
cessful in arresting potential
epidemics.
'Mesel'—A Definition
Regular measles (Rubeola)
was known centuries before
Christ, but it was first clearly
described by an Arabian doc
tor in 610 A.D.
The English word “mea
sles” (from the Sanskrit)
originally meant leprous. It
appears in Chaucer’s “par
son’s Tale” as “mesel” and
“meselrie.”
In the 18th and 19th Cen
turies, treatment of measles
included bloodletting, flower
of sulphur, antimonial wine,
belladonna, fumigations with
chlorine, and inoculations
with a drop of blood or a
tear from a measles patient.
German measles (Rubella)
is an entirely different dis
ease, but causes a rash which
resembles regular measles.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
President, Linda Standard;
Vice President, Susan Stubbs;
Secretary, Sheila Bates, Treas
urer, Carolyn Head; Parliamen
tarian, Sherry Hopkins; Public
Relations Chairman, Cathy Ed
wards; Projects Chairman, Clau
dia Edwards and Donna Moore;
Music and Recreation, Cathy
Patterson and Brenda Smith; De
gree Chairman, Rita Dimsdale;
Honor Roll Chairman, Elaine En
trlken; Historian, Faye Carter;
Chapter Mothers, Mrs. Standard,
Mrs. Edwards, and Mrs. Dims
dale.
The members of the club chose
Linda Standard and Jerry Fisher
as their nominees for the Ram
beauties.
It was announced that mem
bers choosing to attend the South
eastern Fair on F.H.A.-F.F.A.
Day Saturday, October 1, should
turn their names in to Miss Dan
iel. Part of the program on that
day will be the presentation of the
State F.H.A. President.
Linda Standard gave a program
explaining the F.H.A. organ
ization and the member’s duties
and their responsibilities.
Gary Wilkerson
Named School
Citizen of Week
JU
Gary Wilkerson
“Athletic” is the word to des
cribe Gary (Yogi) Wilkerson,
Good School Citizen of the week
of September 12. Yogi plays both
varsity football and basketball
and is on the golf team.
His other activities Include
membership in the Future Teach
ers of America Club. The stu
dents and faculty at NCHS con
gratulate Yogi for the hard work
he has done in the past years at
NCHS.
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4-H Council Booth At Newton County Fair
4-H COUNCIL BOOTH at the Newton County Fair is pictured above. The emblem is shown at the
garden gate and the theme of the booth is at left: “4-H: A Garden For Living and Learning.” This
booth is a cooperative effort and is not listed in the booth judging.
Newton Art Club
Has First Meeting
The first meeting of the New
ton County Art Club was held
September 21, 1966.
W. C. Moore, president, call
ed the meeting to order. Judy
Peterson, secretary of the club,
gave an Inspiring devotional.
With no old business, new bus
iness was in order. A motion
was made and carried to raise
dues to SI.OO. Ram beauties
nominated and elected were
Emily Morgan and W. C. Moore
representing the club.
President w. c. Moore gave an
Newton FHA
Names Its
Ram Beauties
The first meeting of the New
ton F.H.A. was called to order
on September 21 by its new
president, Brenda Armstrong.
Devotional was given by Bon
nie Johnson and followed by a
program presented by the exec
utive officers.
The members elected Susan
Kirkland and Jody Webb as their
Ram beauties.
The meeting was brought to a
close by Brenda Armstrong.
Junior Class
Elects Officers
Last Thursday, the Junior
Class of Newton County Highsch
ool met to elect this year’s of
ficers. After much deliberation
and many very good nominees,
the following were elected:
President - David Henderson.
Vice-President-Jud Callaway.
Secretary - William (Jabo) Co
wan.
Treasurer - Becky Strawn.
Reporter - Carol McKenzie.
With her good class leader
ship, the Junior class looks for
ward to a successful year.
inspiring program concerning the
activities accomplished as a club
and as individuals. The pur
pose of the club and the planned
activities were also included.
He explained that the Art Club
is not just for those who can
draw and paint, but for anyone
interested in any type of art.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Why join the Art Club? Ibe
Art Club is just for thgse who
can draw and paint. Similar
questions and remarks are freq
uently heard throughout our sch
ool. But these people are wrong.
The Art Club is for anyone
who is interested in any forms
of art. Art is not just drawing
and painting, but any artistic
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forms such as ceramics, wood
carving, sculpture, and even flo
wer arranging.
So all you people Interested
In any form of art, join the New
ton County High School Art Club.
Teresa Ison,
Reporter
School lunch and otherpubllc
ly supported special milk pro
grams encourage improved diet
ary habits among young people
and help to Increase the market
for all milk and milk products.
Continuing nutrition education
and research programs, support
ed by all segments of the dairy
and food industries, have further
strengthened the market for milk
and other healthful foods.
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