Students Return After Exams as Holidays End
On January 5 Christmas vacation ends and students return to school. Seniors with A averages and juniors with A average are exempt from exams unless in a mini course. Exams run January 15 to 19 with Friday a student holiday. junior and senior committees select attendants and East Davidson names Hill team captains along with alternates and sponsors.
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Wes
Kim Mindhester
Angie Freeman
Lisa O'dear
Canty Overcash
Stew Bell
Elliot Branson
Kimmy Catrick
Brad Livengood
East Davidson
Collier Hall
Lee Kirkman
Myre Mortis
Susan Parrish
Mark Whitley
Butch Case
Beta Club To Meet For Talent Show
Randolph County Beta Club meets at Randleman High School on Monday to discuss business and present a talent show. The newspaper staff will sponsor a bake sale January 31 at Foodline in Randleman to fund the senior edition.
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Randolph County Beta Club
Randleman High School
Foodline
Randleman
Bingham
Senior class selects mascots and orders graduation items
Mrs. Carol Long notes the senior class has elected mascots for the graduation exercises Dawn Yerly and Brian Nicholson. Seniors have ordered graduation invitations, a senior key, and other keepsakes to remember their high school years.
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Carol Long
Dawn Yerly
Brian Nicholson
Attitudes Seen as Main Hurdle in NC Schools
In Raleigh the NC Department of Public Instruction reports student attitudes and interest as the primary hindrances to learning, especially in basics like reading, language arts, social studies, and math, with shortages of supplies and trained specialists cited as other major barriers across disciplines. The 1974-75 survey of 10,500 educators notes teachers fund many materials locally, textbooks often misaligned to student levels, and a need for more counselors and support staff alongside improvements in salaries and planning time.
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Raleigh
Alotmin
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Taka Teery
Division of Research
N.C. Department of Public Instruction
PTA
Course Offered In Construction Estimating
A special course in construction estimating begins February 2 under the Greensboro Chapter of the Professional Construction Estimators Assn and Guilford Technical Institute. Classes meet Mondays 7 to 10 p.m. at GTI Greensboro Division 501 West Washington Street. Instructor is Charles Bowen Barker Cochran Construction Co. pre register by telephoning 299-0925 or GTI officials in Greensboro or High Point.
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Jamestown
Greensboro
Professional Construction Estimators Assn
Guilford Technical Institute
GTI
West Washington Street
Charles Bowen
Barker-Cochran Construction Co
Clas
High Point
Why Do Camels Wander Across Continents
Andy sends a 20 volume Merit Students Encyclopedia to Wendy Wik age 13 of Coventry Rhode Island for her question Why Do Camels Have Hampe s The animals have family trees dating back millions of years Their fossil remains trace history through ages Early camels were small with no humps Modern North American camels only in zoos Camel ancestors fossilized in North America over 50 million years ago Some camels went to South America becoming llamas and kinfolk Others crossed the Bering Strait to Asia and wandered into Africa Deser t wanderers settled in arid regions
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Andy
Wendy Wik
Coventry
R.I
Nort
America
South America
Bering Strait
Asia
Africa
Desert
Camel Adaptations And Other Nature Notes
A readers’ page blends camel biology with a kid friendly science snippet. It explains how camels store water and fat in humps, how Bactrian and African camels differ, and notes their desert endurance. Also included are trivia lines about stars and meteors, plus a short prize offer for a 2 volume Chronicles of Narnia set to Denise Bower.
Sophomores Collect Metal For Project
Sophomore class held an aluminum collection day collecting cans pie tins and dinner trays to raise funds for class debts. FBLA notes progress for spring state contest with a project tracing Trinity area schools since the 1830s and asks for old clips or annuals. National FBLA week set for Feb 8 14. Trinity honors Jan 17 include softball most improved Elaine Croker Annette Passmore and MVP Cindy Roberts. football awards go to Lindsay Welch MVP and other best players.
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FBLA
Trinity Area
Trinity
Elaine Croker
Annette
When to bid seven in Blackwood battles
In a high level interference during a Blackwood sequence, double shows no aces pass shows one ace and bid shows more. If you believe seven is possible you bid it. South ultimately plays a grand slam after careful hand analysis, facing North’s overbid. The article discusses handling seven level bids and dramatic slam decisions in bridge.
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Oswald
James Jacoby
West
North
Blackwood
East
South
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