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NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL
FOR THE DEAF
MORGANTON
Thirty-Third Biennial Report
1954-56
Printing Department
North Carolina School joi the Deaf
Morganton, North Carolina
1957
Letter of Transmittal
His Excellency, Luther H. Hodges
Governor of North Carolina
Executive Chamber
Raleigh, North Carolina
Dear Sir:
The Board of Directors of the North Carolina School for
the Deaf have the honor to transmit to your Excellency their
thirty-third biennial report, and respectfully ask your careful
examination of the condition, progress and needs of the
School.
The members of the Board wish to express their ap-preciation
for your active interest in, and your courteous con-sideration
of, the needs of the School.
Respectfully submitted,
Wm. S. McCord
Secretary
July 1, 1956
Board of Directors
The Rt. Rev. Howard E. Rondthaler, L.L.D., Winston-Salem
The Rev. J. R. Fortune, Durham H. L. Wilson, Morganton
W. S. McCord, Charlotte Howard Moose, Newton
O. H. Pons, Valdese R. J. Morris, Marion
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
Howard E. Rondthaler .. President
James R. Fortune Vice-President
Wm. S. McCord Secretary
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
O. H. Pons, Chairman
H. L. Wilson R. J. Morris
Ben E. Hoffmeyer, Secretary
Letter of Transmittal
Members of the Board:
It is my duty and privilege to submit to you a report on
the operation of the School for the years 1954-56. There are
two significant features of this report:
First, one report states conditions and needs as clearly
as possible.
Second, we have again included pictures of School Life.
We feel these will give everybody a better understanding
of the work of the School.
Respectfully submitted,
Ben E. Hoffmeyer, Superintendent
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General Information
The North Carolina School for the Deaf is a free public
school operated for the benefit of those children who are
handicapped by loss of hearing. The children are admitted
to the school under the provisions of State Law.
It is the aim of the School to attain the following ob-jectives:
1. To reek in every way to help each deaf child become a well-rounded
individual who fits into American community life;
a person alert to life about him, informed about local, na-tional
and world affairs, capable of independent thinking
and action with regard to these, socially adjusted in home
and community, reverent toward those things held sacred
by us as a people, and loyal to State and Nation.
2. To so equip each child vocationally that he or she may be
economically a self-sustaining person; to develop as far
as possible those skills which will enable the individual to
secure and hold the best possible job commensurate with his
abilities.
3. To develop in each child, as far as possible, a strong healthy
body, intelligent attitudes toward health an:l wholesome
health habits.
4. To secure for each child, as far as possible, a formal educa-tion
through twelve grades.
5. To develop in each child full capacity in rpeech-reading.
6. To develop in each child, as far as possible, capacity to use
normal speech.
If children are physically strong and well developed, they
should enter school as early as possible; that is, as soon as
they appear to be sufficiently matured to live under the
conditions of dormitory life at the School. Beginning in the
fall of 1954 children may be entered at the age of five years.
We have a compulsory attendance law in North Carolina.
General Statutes, 115-130, which requires that the parents of
every "deaf child" of school age place it in school. The inter-pretation
put upon the term "deaf child" for purpose of
determining whether a child shall be admitted to this School
or shall remain in attendance at a hearing school is whether,
in the opinion of his teachers in the hearing school, he can do
satisfactory work there; if his work is unsatisfactory, and the
cause appears to be loss of hearing, the principal of the hear-ing
school may dismiss him from that school; the parents of
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such a child must then, under Law, enter him in the School
immediately.
The only charge is a school fee of $20.00 for books, cloth-ing
repair and other incidental expenses. It is, of course,
necessary for parents to pay bus or railroad fare to and from
the School and to clothe children properly. It is of greatest
importance that children have warm clothing. Experience
with the problem of clothing has led us to prepare a sug-gested
list which may be had upon request.
If parents of deaf children are in indigent circumstances
and not able to pay travel expenses to and from the School,
or to clothe their children properly, they may apply for aid
by so stating on oath before a Magistrate; the Court may then
order the County Department of Public Welfare to assume the
expenses. Parents should in all cases notify the Superin-tendent
when unable to undertake the expense of sending
their children to this School.
Staff and Faculty - - Biennium 1954-56
ADMINISTRATIVE
Ben E. Hoffmeyer, M. A. .. Superintendent
Mrs. Margaret C. Simmons ._ Executive Assistant to Superintendent
W. K. Keeter Business Manager
Miss Sarah Alice Watkins ... Secretary to Business Manager
EDUCATIONAL
R. M. McAdams, B. S. Principal
Mrs. Mary Carter Patton Secretary to Principal
Mrs. Frances E. Davis _ Assistant Principal, Upper School
Mrs. Katherine W. Thomason, Assistant Principal Intermediate School
Miss Arnetta Orders . Secretary to Mrs. Thomason
Miss Nan F. Jeter, B. A. .. Assistant Principal, Primary School
Teachers—Upper School
Mrs. Betty W. Barnes Mrs. Jane C. Williams, B. S.
Mrs. Charlotte E. Billings Albert Mehl
Mrs. Meta Bigham, B. S. Mrs. Marguerite C. Plaster
Geo. K. Brown, B. A. Miss Helen Stinson
Mrs. Marie B. Davis William M. Simpson. B. A.
Mrs. Kate B. Fowler, A. B. Mrs. Joy Lynne Bell Thomas
Mrs. Cordelia H. Giles, B. A. William Grady Thomas
Mrs. Mozelle K. Horton Mrs. Elizabeth Walker
W. A. Hord, Jr., A. B. Mrs. Tucker J. Walker
John Kubis, B. A. Mrs. Jessie E. Warber
Mrs. Julia H. Wayt, M. A.
Teachers—Intermediate School
Mrs. Beatrice Chapman, B. A. Mrs. Anna L. S. Melton, A. B.
Mrs. Bashie C. Crutchfield Mrs. Betty S. Mitchell, B. A.
Mrs. Annie C. Causby, A. B. Mrs. Dorothy B. Mitchell, B. A.
Mrs. Mary H. Kirksey, B. A. Miss Marie Pearson
Mrs. Jennie T. Law, M. A. Mrs. Annie L. Phillips
Miss Betty Ledford, B. S. Mrs. Irene B. Ross
Mrs. Annabelle McCreight Mr:. Helen W. Watkins
Mrs. Carease Walker, B. A.
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Teachers—Primary School
Miss Joy C. Bowers Miss Louise Harris, B. A.
Mrs. Josephine M. Brendle Mrs. Bleecker M. Harbison
Mrs. Evelyn Copenhaver Mrs. Vera B. Hoffmeyer
Miss Mary Giles Davis Mrs. Nelda Maxwell, A. B.
Mrs. Hattie M. Dickens Mrs. Alice W. Smith, B. S.
Miss Marjorie Gordon Mrs. Mary B. Tuttle
Mrs. Martha C. Hord Mrs. Mary Gordon Patton, A. B.
Miss Elizabeth J. Watrous
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Teachers—Vocational
Paul B. Crutchfield Printing
Miss Lucy Goins, M. A. Home Economics
John E. McCreight __. General Shop
Arthur Merilla Dry Cleaning and Tailoring
R. E. Mayfield Shoe Shop and Leather Work
John T. Oxford Metals Work
Miss Charline T. Rotha, M. A. Driver Training
Mrs. Anne Starrett Art
Wilson W. Sherrill Cabinet Making
Mrs. Kathleen P. Underhill Crafts
Mrs. DeLaney Winchester. B. S Sewing
CUSTODIAL — MAINTENANCE
Mrs. Nell B. Mundy ._ House Director, Main Building
D. Bruce Jack Boys' Head Supervisor, Main Building
Miss Kathleen MacClellan Girls' Head Supervisor. Main Building
Miss Julia M. Rust House Director, Goodwin Hall
Miss Mary Kirksey . Girls' Head Supervisor, Goodwin Hall
Mrs. Nisha R. Stephens Boys' Head Supervisor. Goodwin Hall
Mrs. Elizabeth Sloan .. Assistant House Director, Rankin Hall
Mrs. Ruth Y. Silver ... Girls' Head Supervisor, Rankin Hall
Mrs. Clafton H. Leonard Boys' Head Supervisor, Rankin Hall
Dr. James F. McGimsey, Jr. School Physician
Dr. Ralph Coffey School Dentist
Miss Gladys Quinn, R. N. School Nurse
Miss Hazel Glenn Assistant Nurse
Mrs. Iola C. Gaylord, B. S. Head Dietitian
Miss Elaine Medlin, B. S. Assistant Dietitian
Mrs. Elizabeth Rusmisell Assistant Dietitian
Fred Rusmisell Plant Engineer
Dan F. Cameron . Farm Manager
C. L. Street Head Laundry Department
Superintendent's Report
It is with humble pride that I make my first Biennial
Report as Superintendent of the North Carolina School for
the Deaf. Dr. Carl E. Rankin resigned as of October 1, 1955
to accept a professorship at Gallaudet College in Washington,
D. C. Gallaudet is the only college for the deaf in the world,
and Dr. Rankin was honored by being appointed as the head
of the Psychology Department. Dr. Rankin ably served as
Superintendent from 1937 to 1955.
The education of the deaf requires more professional
skills than any other type of teaching, except that of teach-ing
the child who is both blind and deaf. The development
of speech and language in a child who is deaf is unbelievably
difficult. Loss of hearing deprives a child of innumerable con-tact
with words that are required before they become a part
of his vocabulary.
We are making every effort to have a strong speech and
language program. The academic achievement has been
raised two full years in the last eight years. This has been
possible by better teaching methods and probably more audi-tory
training equipment.
The Vocational Department is doing exceptionally fine
work in preparing the students to earn a living. Vocational
training requires skilled teachers and adequate equipment.
We are reaching a point where we feel we are giving the
deaf student a well-rounded vocational education.
The new primary unit completed for use in the first year
of the biennium has brought the State School national recog-nition.
We are rated very highly because of this pure oral unit.
The greatest and most urgent need is more dormitory
space. Children are sleeping in double-deck beds which is not
satisfactory. We are at capacity now, and it will be necessary
to have a waiting list, if more space is not provided.
The state employees who are in charge of children after
school hours now work over 60 hours a week and have one
Sunday off each month. It is desirable to reduce their time
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on duty to a 48-hour week, so that a more desirable type of
person can be obtained for this important work.
Special education for the deaf is so necessary in order to
make them self-supporting citizens. In a recent survey, it
was learned that 93 percent of all the deaf of North Carolina
are gainfully employed. This is only two percent less than
normal employment percentages. The average wage is $52
a week. There are 103 linotype operators who average $95
a week. Education for the deaf, although expensive is a good
investment for the State.
The enrollment shows a steady yearly increase of ten
pupils per year over the last ten years. This has called for
a steady increase of the current expense budget and has made
the available dormitory space inadequate.
The teacher shortage is even more acute in the field of
the education of the deaf. The North Carolina School for
the Deaf must compete nationally for teachers of the deaf.
It requires two years to adequately train a teacher of the
deaf. Frequently teachers leave the School in North Carolina
to teach in states where the salary is much higher. It has
been necessary to train teachers at the North Carolina School
for the Deaf for many years. During the school year 1955-56,
the Training Course was nationally recognized and accre-dited.
This is an honor of which the administration and the
staff are very proud. Two colleges, Lenoir-Rhyne and Ap-palachian
State Teachers Colleges, recognizes 32 semester
hours credit given at the North Carolina School for the Deaf.
This program is self-supporting, and is conducted at no cost
to the state. Each trainee pays tuition which fully covers the
expense of the course.
I personally feel it is an honor to serve the state and the
deaf of North Carolina. It is my sincere hope that I will be
able to lead this institution to new heights of achievement
and service.
Respectfully submitted,
Ben E. Hoffmeyer, Superintendent
July 1, 1956
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DR. RANKIN RESIGNS AS SUPERINTENDENT
Dr. Carl E. Rankin, for the past 18 years superintendent
of the North Carolina School for the Deaf, resigned so he
could accept a faculty position at Gallaudet College in Wash-ington,
D. C. Gallaudet College is the only college for the
deaf in the world. He accepted the position of teacher of
psychology.
Dr. Rankin had been connected with the school since 1935,
serving as assistant superintendent for two years before he
became the institution's second superintendent in 1937 when
he succeeded his father-in-law, the late Dr. E. McK. Goodwin.
Dr. Rankin, a native North Carolinian, has been an educa-tor
in the United States and in the Orient. Born in Guilford
County September 14, 1892, he attended Elon College, received
his A.B. degree from Davidson in 1917; his M.A. degree from
Columbia in 1920 and a Ph.D. degree in 1936. He did graduate
work at Teachers College at Columbia 1920-26 and 1931-32,
and at the University of North Carolina 1932-33.
He began his teaching career in Marquand high school in
Brooklyn, New York as a teacher of English in 1920 and went
the next year to the Horace Mann School for Boys. From
1922 to 1926 he was head of the department of English at Mc-
Burney School in New York City. Going to Canton, China,
he served as associate professor of education and psychology
at Teachers College and occupied the chair of education at
Lingnan University from 1926 to 1930, when he was made
dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Lingnan.
Returning to the United States he held a Naomi Nors-worthy
graduate fellowship at Teachers College in 1932-33.
He served as dean at Westminister College at New Wilming-ton,
Pennsylvania for the year 1933-34. Dr. Rankin is a mem-ber
of many educational societies.
He has been active in Boy Scout work, serving as com-missioner
for the Piedmont Council and member of the Na-tional
Council. He received an Eagle award in 1944 and was
awarded the Silver Beaver award for outstanding service to
Scouting in 1945.
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He is past president, secretary and director of the N. C.
Holstein-Friesian Association.
Dr. Rankin, who has served as an elder of the First Pres-byterian
church, was a first lieutenant in the Army during
World War I. He was machine gun instructor with the 11th
U. S. Cavalry and judge advocate of the general courts martial
at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia from 1917 to 1919.
Major changes in the education of the deaf in North
Carolina during Dr. Rankin's superintendency have been the
lowering of the entrance age and expansion of vocational
training.
BEN HOFFMEYER ELECTED SUPERINTENDENT
Ben E. Hoffmeyer was elected the third superintendent
of the North Carolina School for the Deaf. The Institution
was founded in 1894. Mr. Hoffmeyer has been connected with
the school for nine years as principal.
The new superintendent, a 40-year-old Missourian re-solved
at the age of 12 to become an educator for the deaf.
Having two deaf brothers his interest in the education of the
deaf started very early. His home was in the same town
as the Missouri School for the Deaf and his brothers at-tended
school there. He came here in the fall of 1947 as
principal to head both the academic and vocational depart-ments
in the school's educational program. He was given the
added duties of assistant superintendent in April 1954.
The new superintendent is one of the few educators of
the deaf in the United States who has what is known as "dual
training" for that profession.
Mr. Hoffmeyer received two years training at Washington
University in St. Louis in the pure oral method of teaching
the deaf, in which the manual alphabet and sign language
are not used.
Later he took a year's work at Gallaudet College in the
combined method which utilized both the oral and the manual
means of instruction.
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Mr. Hoffmeyer was graduated from Washington Univer-sity
at St. Louis, Missouri in 1941, with a major in special
education. He was a teacher in the South Carolina School for
the Deaf at Spartanburg for two years before entering the
Navy during World War II. He attended the Midshipman's
school at Columbia University to receive his commission as
an ensign in 1943. Most of his service in the Navy for a
period of three years was spent aboard a destroyer in the
Pacific, and he held the rank of full lieutenant when he was
discharged.
Returning to teaching after the war, he taught for one
year at the Missouri school at Fulton and then received a
fellowship at Gallaudet College for graduate work, receiving
a degree of master of arts in the spring of 1947.
Mr. Hoffmeyer married the former Miss Vera Beamer of
Fulton, and they have three children—Denny, age 12; Gay
seven; and Sherry, six.
Mr. Hoffmeyer is past president of the Morganton Ki-wanis
Club and he is a member of the board of deacons of
the First Baptist church.
R. M. McADAMS ELECTED PRINCIPAL
Mr. R. M. McAdams who has been the vocational prin-cipal
was elected principal to succeed Mr. Ben E. Hoffmeyer.
Mr. McAdams is one of the best qualified men in the
profession for this important position. Mr. McAdams is al-ready
known to many of the staff. He was general shop
instructor at the School in 1937-38 and 1938-39, and in addition
acted as a supervisor of boys. At that time, Mr. McAdams
also took his training to teach the Deaf at the School under
Miss Enfield Joiner. This valuable classroom training will be
of great value to his work in his new position.
In the fall of 1939 Mr. McAdams went to the South Caro-lina
School for the Deaf as vocational principal, remaining
for about three years. He also taught mathematics in the
rotating department so he was connected with the Academic
as well as the Vocational department.
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Mr. McAdams entered the army in 1942 and remained
until 1946. He saw considerable foreign service in the army,
and attained the rank of Captain.
His first work upon return to the States was that of
Training Specialist for the Veterans Administration for Dis-abled
Veterans. This work involved counseling and guidance
which will be very valuable in his work with the deaf. This
is a phase of education which the school hopes to enrich
and Mr. McAdams is fully qualified to set up a guidance and
counseling program. He is a graduate of Clemson College.
He married Miss Jean Cecil, whose father was founder
and owner of Cecil's Business College, and she, herself, was
an instructor in that college prior to her marriage. The Mc-
Adams are Presbyterians. They have three children; Robert,
age 7; John, age 4; and baby Margaret Helen, 2. In addition
to their value at the School, this family will contribute much
to the community of Morganton and to the deaf of North
Carolina.
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HOUSEHOLD LIFE
Household life for the deaf child is extremely important
since, since ten months of each year is spent here for at least
12 years of a child's life. Social adjustment and social graces
are learned in the dormitory. Personal health habits are also
established in the dormitory.
The dormitory facilities for cur primary and intermediate
children are acceptable. The dormitory for our older chil-dren
is both crowded, and in a poor state of repair. Funds
are urgently needed for a boys' dormitory for older students
to relieve the crowded conditions. The children are under
the constant care of house parents. The right type of per-sonnel
to fill positions as house parents is very difficult to
obtain. Long hours make this work unattractive to most
qualified persons. A higher type person is required, since
his or her influence on the deaf child is very great.
FARM
The Farm is under the management of Mr. Dan F. Cam-eron.
The main goals of the farm are to provide milk and
pork for the institution. An adequate supply of each has been
available, and the farm has also furnished a good portion
of the beef consumed at the School.
Farm policy is determined through Mr. O. B. Brown,
Farm Management Specialist, of the Budget Bureau. Through
Mr. Brown's and Mr. Cameron's management, the institution
has an outstanding dairy herd which has provided it with a
plentiful supply of milk.
LAUNDRY
The laundry serves all students and a part of the staff.
It is managed by Mr. C. L. Street. Some student labor is
u ed, and this is considered important, not only in reducing
the cost of operation, but as a training feature.
Some up-to-date equipment is needed so that a larger
volume of work can be handled with the same number of
personnel.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PLANT
Our Engineer, Mr. Fred Rusmisell, is directly responsible
for this phase of the institution. Renovation of the Power
Lystem which is being completed will add greatly to the
efficiency of the plant.
Water shortage faces the institution, because the dam
at the reservoir needs replacing. A condition existing in
which many people have tapped the institution's water line
is being worked out, and should help the water situation.
The steam plant has been surveyed by an engineering
firm, and a new plant has been recommended, and it is being
requested of the 1957 General Assembly.
DIETARY
An important part of life is the dietary department. It is
the aim of this department ''to serve both students and staff
a well-balanced diet that will come within the budget, and
to serve it in an appetizing manner and in a pleasant atmos-phere."
Because of the substantial increases granted for food
in recent years by the Legislature it has been possible to serve
a wider variety of wholesome food. These children, it should
be noted, have nothing wrong with them whatever except a
loss of hearing; they possess the ordinary child's capacity to
play hard and eat prodigiously. Our head dietitian and her
assistants are trained for their jobs. One of the finest things
they have done is to gradually build a fine program to help
boys and girls overcome food prejudices and to learn to eat
a greater variety of good foods, and to maintain a pleasant
atmosphere in our dining room.
HEALTH
Our School Infimary is under the general supervision of
Dr. James F. McGimsey, Jr., and in addition to Dr. McGimsey,
Dr. Ralph Coffey is employed on a part-time basis as School
Dentist. The School is also fortunate in having Dr. B. W.
Armstrong of the Charlotte Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital
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as consulting Otologist. Dr. Armstrong examines the children
early each school year, and follows through with treatments
for certain individual cases. The School maintains an infir-mary
staff of one Registered Nurse and one Practical Nurse.
All cases of sickness are sent to the infirmary where they
are cared for under the direction of the School Physician.
All parents receive the following notice regarding medical
care in a general letter sent to all parents each school year:
We have a school infirmary and care for minor sicknes:; there
is no extra charge to parents for this service. Prescriptions, or
specially prescrbied drugs for any child must be paid for by par-ents.
If it is necessary to send a child to the town hospital, parents
must take care of his bills while there. In the future bills incurred
because of injuries sustained while playing football or other games
which necessitate special hospital, doctor's care or special drugs,
etc. must be paid by parents. If you do not wish your child to
play certain games, please advise the Superintendent in writing,
otherwise he will not be barred from any school play or games.
If parents are financially unable to have all necessary dental
work done for the child, or to have eyes examined and glasses
fitted, they should contact the County Health Department and ask
for aid. Keep in mind we have neither funds nor facilities to have
dental work done here nor glasses fitted. Teeth must be in good
condition and a certificate so stating sent to us before children
come to school. Glasses must be fitted if needed and a certificate
from examiner sent to us before children come to school.
Report of the Business Manager
Summary Statement of State Appropriated Fund
Biennium 1954-56
1954-55 1955-56
Maintenance:
Appropriation
Maintenance and Operation $619,858.00 $639,601.00
Additions and Betterments 45,361.00 37,561.00
Institutional Receipts 10,006.44 22,777.51
Total Availability $675,22~jT44 $699,939.51
Expenditures:
Maintenance and Operation $631,963.86 $657,263.04
Additions and Betterments 34,108.40 22,990.74
Total Expenditures $666,072.26 $680,253.78
Unexpended Balance 9,153.18 19,685.73
Transferred to 1956-57 for Uncom-pleted
Projects 14,402.24
Net Unexpended 9,153.18 5,283.49
Permanent Improvement:
Unexpended Balance
Appropriation, Code 1432, Renovation
of Goodwin Hall $ 94,500.00 $ 6,254.79
Unexpended Balance, Various _ __ 71,026.49 34,952.48
$165,526.49 $ 41,207.27
Receipt NCSD Alumni Association _ 1,000.00
Total Available ._ $165,526.49 $ 42,207.27
Expenditures:
Code 1432, Goodwin Hall . . $ 88,245.21 $ 6.008.35
Various 36,074.01 22,275.2 1
$124,319.22 $ 28,283.56
Unexpended Balance, June 30th ..... $ 41,207.27 $ 13,923.71
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FIVE-YEAR OLDS GETTING THEIR FIRST FORMAL LESSON IN LIPREADING.
Language development begins the very first day. The child's daily experiences
are put into language as soon as possible. Voice building exercises
are utilized to get speech started early.
BEGINNING SPEECH EXERCISES. The deaf child has to feel speech and
try to imitate sounds made by the teacher.
ACTIVITY PERIOD—A teacher in training supervising the activity period.
Sense training is emphasized which leads to reading readiness.
PLAY TIME IS ENJOYED FOR A VARIED PROGRAM is carried
out to keep the children happy and contented.
A DEAF CHILD PUTTING LEARNED LANGUAGE INTO SPEECH. Language is the
most important subject in the education of the deaf. Speech and Lipreading are tools to
transmit and receive language. The action in the picture shows use of auditory
training (use of hearing aids), lipreading, speech and language development.
AFTER FOUR YEARS IN SCHOOL the deaf generally has enough speech
and lipreading to communicate orally with those around him.
DORMITORY LIFE HAS MANY HAPPY MOMENTS. Close friendships are built up
among the students. Parties, movies, athletic contests, all help make school life wholesome.
This is their home ten months each year. They have two months summer vacation.
Children also may go home on scheduled going home weekends, Christmas and Easter.
TEACHING SELF RELIANCE BEGINS EARLY. These five-year olds
are making their beds and hanging up their clothes.
A SIXTH GRADE HAVING A LESSON IN CIVICS AND CURRENT EVENTS. Rem-nants
of hearing are put to use by having powerful group hearing aids.
Hearing aids are invaluable assistance in speech and lipreading.
THE HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS HAVE A HEAVY SCHEDULE which includes
five hours of academic work and two hours of vocational training daily. They
have proms, classbooks, a Senior trip, a Junior-Senior banquet, and all
the activities enjoyed by the normal high school students.
HANDICRAFTS FOR GIRLS. This develops finger dexterity and develop creative abilities.
THE DEAF MAKE GOOD DRIVERS for they use their eyes and stay alert.
CHILD CARE: Since about 85% of the students marry and rear families this
instruction is very helpful. Deafness prevents them from getting much of this
information through the ear so that formal specific instruction is necessary.
COOKERY: All girls have cooking. Food budgeting and home management are
taught in this department. Table manners and social graces are also developed.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING BEGINS EARLY. These 12-year-old boys are
getting their first experience in woodwork.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCHOOL PROGRAM.
The adult deaf are, with few exceptions, economically independent, because they receive
vocational training, and academic training at a special school equipped to educate the deaf.
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: This includes the fundamentals of
filing, bookkeeping, typing, duplicating and key punch machine
operation. The deaf can fill satisfactorily many positions in offices.
MACHINE SHOP: The students receive fundamentals in
machine work, wrought iron and welding. Several of our
graduates have good jobs in the auto and aircraft industry.
PRINTING: Printing is the most popular of all trades taught
at the School. Job openings are numerous and the pay is
good. Printing requires good language and an alert mind.
WOODWORKING: Due to the large furniture industry in
North Carolina many deaf persons are employed in the
woodworking industry. A very complete course is offered.
CAMPUS LIFE: Through the Student Organizations, students are given an
opportunity to participate in democratic living. At times this
democratic living takes the form of "shouting for our side."
BOY SCOUTS: The N. C. School for the Deaf Troop, Number 3, has always been a large
and outstanding troop in the Piedmont Boy Scout Council; the fact that its members
and Scoutmaster are deaf has not lessened in any way their achievement. It has always
been one of the most active organizations on the campus. Manv deaf boys
achieve the coveted Eagle Rank. Through this organization boys learn continuously
to take care of themselves and be of assistance to others. The whole aim of
this organization is the building of strong character which is almost
daily reflected in its wholesome influence while boys are in school.
Sterling Honor Society
Fehha Honor Society
HONOR SOCIETIES: Boys and girls have their separate Honor Societies. These Societies
are under a Faculty Committee. The standards are so high that it is difficult for a
student to become a member, and after becoming a member, he or she,
must live up to the highest possible standard in achievement
and personality to retain membership.
Basketball Teams
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION: The boys and girls in the North
Carolina School for the Deaf are given both classroom instruction in Health
and Physical Education and actual participation in a wide variety of sports.
Football Team
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Wrestling Team
Roll of Graduating Students—1954-56
The following children either graduated, or withdrew from school:
Vocational Diplomas—June 11, 1955
Osa Lee Brooks William Carrol Justus
James Elmore Swann, Jr.
Certificates of Attendance—June 11, 1955
William Richard Duggins
Peggy Ruth Pruitt
James Dean Rock
William Ray Wilkens
(There were no Academic Graduates for the school year 1954-55.)
The following students dropped out of school to go to work or for other
reasons during the school year 1954-55:
Austin, Ulysses
Baker, Dorothy Jean
Blackwood, Howard
Brinegar, Chelsea
Caudill. Jeanetta Jo
Conrad. Richard Lee
Downes, Clara Agnes
Dye, Jean
English, Marie V.
Fowler, Roy
Graham, LeRoy
Greene, Jean
Ivey, Henry Kelly
Leonard, David
Marshall, Nancy Lee
McKenzie, Tony
Millsaps, Ruby Jean
Nickulus, Rose
Nickulus, Nicky
Powers, Larry
Richardson, Edna
Riddle, Nancy
Sexton, Norman
Stone, Raymond
Thacker, Dennis
West Pat
West, Linda
Teacher Training Graduates—June 11, 1955
Donald Franklin Bynum Mrs. Elizabeth C. Ervin, A.B.
Mrs. Iola C. Gaylord, B.S. Miss Mildred Elizabeth Laney
Mrs. Carrie Susan Walker Patton
Gradual -s—June 14, 1956
Bass, Owen Jr.
Beamon, Janice Annette
Beamon. Shirley Ann
Brinkley. Edna Maxine
Brower, Willie Ralph
Brown, Sally
Bulla, Nancy Carolyn
Carpenter, Howard Ray
Chambers, Clyde Haywood
DeVenny, Robert Towler
Hensley, Eugene
Hill, Donald Lee
Hines, Nora Virginia
Roy Curtis
James, Johnny Milton
Johnson, Faye Marie
Mann, Benny Suttle, Jr.
McBride, Ted Leo
Patterson, Glenn Hartwell
Reaves, Grady
Robinson, John Lewis
Smith, Gene Harold
Spencer, Herman Lee
Stephens, Billie Carter
Taylor, Bobby Dean
Weaver, Peggy Ann
West, Morris Trenton
Yokeley, Jr.
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The following Students dropped out of school to go to work or for other
reasons during the school year 1955-56:
Adkins, Brenda K. Farmer, Raymond D.
Archie, Carolyn Ledford, Polly
Archie, Jerry Lane, Louie
Anderson, Betty Sue Miller, Brenda Hope
Andrews, Barbara Privett, Barbara Ann
Bennett, Gail Roberts, Ervin
Bryant, Harvey Rose, Gene
Carelock, Joan Rose, Dene
Clark, Patricia Rochster, Joe
Crowder, Brenda Stones, Donald S.
Taylor, Bobby Leon
Teacher Training Graduates—June 14, 1956
Mrs. Anne C. Causby Mrs. Nelda E. Maxwell
Mrs. Evelyn H. Copenhaver Mrs. Anna L. S. Melton
Mrs. Hattie M. Dickens Mrs. Mary Gordon Patton
Mrs. Martha C. Hord Miss Helen M. Stinson
Miss Betty F. Ledford Mrs. Joy Lynne Bell Thomas
William Grady Thomas
Student Enrollment — Biennium 1954-56
ALAMANCE
Handy, Franklin D.
Burlington
Handy, Garland
Burlington
Leonard, Peggy
Glen Raven
Miller, Sandra L.
Graham
Shepherd, Wayne
Burlington
Schiretz, Frank
Burlington
Wyatt, Kirby
Burlington
ALEXANDER
Bebber, Phil
Taylorsville
May, Thomas
Taylorsville
ANSON
Ballard, Richard S.
Wadesboro
Caligan, Ellamary
Wadesboro
ASHE
Bledsoe, Billy R.
Fleetwood
Bledsoe, Martha J.
Fleetwood
Darnell, Jaunita
Glendale Springs
Eldridge, Shelby Jean
Grayson
Farmer, Raymond
Sturgills
AVERY
Arnett, Clayton
Banner Elk
Biddix, Allena Gail
Crossnore
BEAUFORT
Cooper, Cecil
Pike Road
Dunbar, Helen
Washington
Perry, Margaret T.
Williamston
BERTIE
Jernigan, Billy
Aulander
Pierce, Bertha
Merry Hill
BLADEN
Duncan, Gary Leroy
Bladenboro
Elkins, Peggy Lou
Bladenboro
Hines, Virginia
Bladenboro
Honeycutt, Sherry
Bladenboro
BUNCOMBE
Black, Bertha
Azalea
Biddix, Virginia Mae
Asheville
Bailey, Marie
Asheville
Fox, Wayne C.
Leicester
Lawrence, Glenda
Weaverville
Leonard, John Thomas
Weaverville
Lyda, Edith
Asheville
Moody, Carol
Candler
McAbee, Sandra
Asheville
Marlowe, Sue
Asheville
Phillips, Patsy
Asheville
Phillips, Nell
Asheville
Rice, Bobby Sue
West Asheville
Roberts, Erwin
Candler
Stamey, Brownie
Candler
Shepherd, Josephine
Swannanoa
Waldrup, Lucile
Weaverville
Williams, Sandra
Asheville
BRUNSWICK
Hickman, Tim
Winnabow
Hickman, Lana
Winnabow
BURKE
Adkins, Sylvia
Morganton
Ballew, Fred
Morganton
Brown, Georganne
Morganton
Clanton, Dee
Morganton
Cooper, Mary
Morganton
Crowder, Brenda
Morganton
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Carpenter, Johnny Lee
Morganton
Gibbs, Betty
Morganton
Gibbs, Lucile
Morganton
Helms, Linda E.
Morganton
Helms, Martha Ann
Morganton
Hensley, Eugene
Morganton
Joyce, Patricia
Morganton
Johnston, Faye
Morganton
Johnson, Joan C.
Morganton
Leonard, Janice
Morganton
Leonard, Patsy
Morganton
Meek, James
Morganton
Mercer, Wayne
Morganton
Mills, David
Morganton
Midgette, Howard B.
Morganton
Nance, Tommy Allen
Morganton
Setzer, Nancy Jane
Morganton
Smith, Anita
Morganton
Stewart, Jerry
Morganton
Tessneer, Betty J.
Morganton
CABARRUS
Brown, Sally
Kannapolis
Clark, Dianne
Concord
Carelock, Joan
Kannapolis
Duffell, Martha Jean
Kannapolis
Furr. Peggy Jean
Concord
Gordon, Jewell
Kannapolis
Hegler, Larry
Davidson
Lisenby, Ann
Concord
Mullis. Barbara Lee
Concord
Moss, Shelba Blondell
Kannapolis
Moss, Roger Dale
Kannapolis
Snipes, Larry
Concord
Scercy, Barbara
Kannapolis
CATAWBA
Greenwood, James
Newton
Harvell, Alfred
Newton
Hill, Louis Lynn
Hudson
Pitts, Patricia
Hickory
Sigmon, Joyce
Hickory
Spencer, Herman
Conover
Settlemyre, Dorothy
Hickory
Setzer, Ruby Gail
Hickory
Snow, Melba Ann
Hickory
Snow, Melvin Wayne
Hickory
CALDWELL
Goble, R. J.
Hudson
Long, Carrie Lee
Lenoir
Moore, Claude
Lenoir
Pennell, John D.
Lenoir
Phillips, Peggy
Lenoir
Triplett, Larry
Lenoir
CHATHAM
Neal, Ronald
Pittsboro
Roberts, Mike
Bonlee
CHOWAN
Keeter, Lewis
Edenton
CLAY
Reece, Mary
Warne
Reece, Sue
Warne
CLEVELAND
Barrett, Wm. L.
Shelby
Dunn, Richard
Kings Mt.
Hamrick, John Berry
Shelby
Hicks, Boyd
Shelby
Page, Roy
Shelby
North Carolina School for the Deaf 43
Sisk, Gerald
Shelby
Sisk, Paul A.
Shelby
Wilkie, Marie Elaine
Lawndale
COLUMBUS
Cook, Bobby Joe
Evergreen
Reaves, Barbara
Nakina
Stephens, Elizabeth
Hallsboro
Ward, Edmund
Clarendon
Williamson. Carol
Nakina
CRAVEN
Andrews, Barbara
New Bern
Clark, Una
New Bern
CASWELL
Yarborough, Marvin
Danville, Va.
CUMBERLAND
Bain, Christine
Wade
Barnick, Joseph S.
Fort Bragg
Brantley, Nancy
Fayetteville
Bunnell, Sylvia
Fayetteville
Canady, Grace
Hope Mills
Chapman, Edgar
Wade
Faircloth, Douglas
Siedman
Faircloth, Pheobe
Stedman
Hill Chas. Vernon
Fort Bragg
Home, Virginia
Stedman
Hufham, Annie
Fayetteville
Hufham Dalton H.
Fayetteville
Jackson, James Jerry
Fayetteville
McQueen, Doris Faye
Fayetteville
Sullivan, Judy
Fayetteville
DARE
Austin, Glendia
Hatteras
DAVIDSON
Allen, Jo Ann
Thomasville
Bennett, Gail
Lexington
Brinkley, Edna
Lexington
Caudle, Fred M.
Welcome
Caudle, Ned S.
Welcome
Caudle, Ruth
Welcome
Foust, Judy Carolyn
Lexington
Koontz, Larry T.
Lexington
Leonard, Janice M.
Lexington
Tussey, Robert
Lexington
DAVIE
Miller, Edward Eugene
Advance
Miller, Gay Frances
Advance
Smoot, Gilbert
Mocksville
Wood, Charles
Advance
DUPLIN
Maready, Linwood
Chinquapin
Miller, Jimmy
Beaulaville
Powell, Lois Ann
Wallace
Sanderson, Don
Wallace
DURHAM
Bryant, Harvey
Durham
Holbrook, Jesse Clyde
Durham
Lindsey, Tommy
Durham
Reeder, Patricia
Durham
FORSYTH
Brawley, Peter
Winston-Salem
Cornett, Patricia
Winston-Salem
Hill, Donald
Winston-Salem
Mabe. Caroline
Walnut Cove
Mclnnis, Susan
Winston-Salem
Sloan, Mary
Winston-Salem
Stones, Donald
Winston-Salem
Vickers, Yvette
Winston-Salem
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Woodle, Albert
Winston-Salem
GASTON
Adair, Sandra
Gastonia
Branch, Mike
Gaston
Cline, Dot
Dallas
Hope, Jack
Gaston
Helms, Jerry
Cherryville
London, Floyd
Belmont
McGee, Judith
Gastonia
Nixon, Nicky
Stanley
Owens, Pat
Gastonia
Stalcup, Elaine
Bessemer City
Weaver, Peggy Ann
Bessemer City
Wilson, Sherry Dawn
Belmont
GRAHAM
Patterson, Lana
Robbinsville
GRANVILLE
Chuites, Nancy E.
Butner
Daniel, Carolyn
Oxford
Ellis, Clement
Oxford
Jones, Robert
Oxford
Rogers, Doreen
Creedmoor
GREENE
Carraway, Mildred
Walstonburg
GUILFORD
Clewis, Barbara A.
Greensboro
Cole, Barbara
High Point
Clark, Mildred T.
High Point
Haithcock, Edgar L.
Brown Summit
Johnson, Judy Ann
Greensboro
Johnson, Tommy
Greensboro
Mendenhall, Lelia
High Point
Nurnberger, Vincent
Greensboro
Richard, Sharon
High Point
Small, Micky
High Point
Smith, Richard
Greensboro
Suggs, Mike
High Point
Stone, Rachel
Greensboro
Smith, Joyce
High Point
Vosloh, Mike
Greensboro
Wood, Judy
Jamestown
Winslow, Winford
Greensboro
HALIFAX
Harper, Hervy Jr.
Littleton
HARNETT
Autry, Robert
Dunn
Coker, Latricia Dale
Erwin
Core, Donald
Dunn
Dixon, Linda
Dunn
Hawley, Ralph
Dunn
Jackson, Tommy
Erwin
HAYWOOD
Arrington, Boyd
Clyde
Arrington, Shirley
Clyde
Pless, Chas. Ray
Waynesville
Webb, Mary Alice
Canton
HENDERSON
Bradley, J. W.
Hendersonville
Stepp, Betty Lou
Hendersonville
HERTFORD
Outlaw, Carolyn
Ahoskie
HOKE
Chambers, Clyde
Raeford
English, Ellen Gray
Raeford
English, Neill
Raeford
Pierce, Geo. F.
Raeford
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HYDE
Harris, Judy
Belhaven
IREDELL
Brooks, Carlos
Statesville
Mann, Benny
Mooresville
Moose, Dessie
Statesville
Moose, James
Statesville
Pergram, Mary
Union Grove
Stewart, Donnie
Statesville
JOHNSTON
Ballance, Ann G.
Four Oaks
Langdon, Kay
Smithfield
Parrish, Catherine L.
Slema
Phillips, Barbara Ann
Kenly
Rose, Dene
Smithfield
Rose, Gene
Smithfield
young, Ann
Benson
Benson
Young, Ellen
Young, J. D.
Benson
JACKSON
Smith, Gene
East LaPorte
LEE
Page, Robert
Sanford
Poole, Bobbie
Sanford
Spivey, Ronnie
Sanford
LENOIR
Davis, Edna
Kinston
Davis, Betty Inez
Kinston
Gardner, Gerry
Kinston
Gardner, Carolyn
Kinston
Hardison, Vernon
Kinston
Howard, Dorothy
Kinston
Murphv, William Ray
Pink Hill
Parris, Marion L.
Kinston
LINCOLIN
Grigg, Dianne
Lincolnton
Hull, Gene
Lincolnton
Leatherman, Elwyn
Vale
Lutz, Margaret
Vale
Sain, Larry R.
Lincolnton
Whitesides, Martha
Lincolnton
Whitesides, Emily
Lincolnton
MADISON
Shook, Frederick Lee
Mars Hill
Woody, Margaret
Paint Rock
MARTIN
Crisp, Barbara
Robersonville
MECKLENBURG
Allen, Elizabeth
Charlotte
Brown, Franklin
Charlotte
Carpenter, Howard
Charlotte
Childers, Johnny
Charlotte
Childers, Russell R.
Charlotte
DeVenny, Robert
Charlotte
Deaves, Trudy
Charlotte
Freeman, Lorene
Matthews
Helms, Larry
Matthews
Houlbrook, Charles
Charlotte
Martin. Geraldine
Mt. Holly
McGee. Paulette
Huntersville
McCord, Sam
Charlotte
Medlin. Linda
Charlotte
Melton, Larry Parks
Charlotte
McGuirt, Ellen Kay
Charlotte
McDaniel, Judy Ann
Charlotte
Privette, Barbara Ann
Charlotte
Phillips, Jerry
Charlotte
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Robinson, John
Charlotte
Spivey, Frances
Charlotte
Simmons, Faye
Charlotte
Shelton, Robert
Charlotte
Wright, Hal
Cornelius
Wright, Haywood
Cornelius
Wright, Terry
Cornelius
MCDOWELL
Cable, Glenda
Marion
MITCHELL
Autry, Peggy
Spruce Pine
Clark, Patricia Ann
Spruce Pine
Street, Wade
Bakersville
Smith, Rebecca
Rocky Mount
NEW HANOVER
Brower, Wille
Wilmington
Fowler, Roy
Leland
ONSLOW
Batchelor, Geraldine
Richlands
Dillon, Terrance
Jacksonville
Kellum, Johnny
Jacksonville
ORANGE
Cooke, Mike
Chapel Hill
PAMLICO
Ensley, Craig
Arapahpe
Lewis, Mildred
Lowland
James, Johnny
Grifton
Jones, Jimmy
Greenville
Jones, Marjorie Ruth
Greenville
Lockamy, Richard
Greenville
Lockamy, Ray G.
Greenville
Lockamy Russell
Greenville
Myers, Margaret Sue
Greenville
RANDOLPH
Bowman, Shirley Ann
Asheboro
Bulla, Nancy
Asheboro
Keeling, Mary Frances
Asheboro
Noah, Wayne
Cedar Falls
Wall. Harold C.
Trinity
MONTGOMERY
Green, Peggy
Troy
Bruce, Bob Roger
Robbins
Kennedy, Marion
Pinehurst
McKenzie, Irwin
West End
Sanders, Linda Kay
Robbins
NASH
Daughtridge, Sylvia
Rocky Mount
Matthews, Webb
Rocky Mount
PASQUOTANK
Umphlett, Dewey
Elizabeth City
White, Neia Carol
Elizabeth City
White, Herbert
Elizabeth City
PERSON
Briggs, Anna
Longhurst
PITT
Evans, Johnny Ray
Winterville
Harrell, Willie Jean
Fountain
RICHOMND
Gobble, Edward
Hamlet
ROBESON
Eritt, Tommie
Lumberton
Locklear, Deiton
Lumberton
Lowery, Valdine
Fairmont
Ludlum, Yvonne
Lumberton
Morgan, Barbara A.
Rowland
Morgan, Carolyn
Rowland
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Oxendine, Barbara
Pembroke
Phipps, Elbert
Lumberton
Pittman, Johnny Carl
East Lumberton
Riddle, Knox
St. Pauls
\rest, Morris Trenton
Lumberton
ROCKINGHAM
Burrton, Reginald
Reidsville
Hailey, Phillip
Draper
Hall, Jimmy
Mayodan
Hall, Joey
Mayodan
Johnson, Theresa
Mayodan
Jones, John Jr.
Reidsville
RUTHERFORD
Beaver, Paul R.
Union Mills
Byers, James Bruce
Forest City
Duncan, Aaron
Rutherfordton
Mitchell, Jack
Forest City
Ruppe, Donald
Rutherfordton
Stroud, Billy
Ellenboro
Wood, Joseph
Forest City
ROWAN
Archie, Carolyn
China Grove
Benfield, Gary Wayne
Kannapolis
Cooley, Dianne
Salisbury
Hager, Jerry Donald
China Grove
Isenhour, Betty Jean
China Grove
Isenhour, Linda
China Grove
Medinger, Sylvia
Spencer
Stephens, Ruby
China Grove
SAMPSON
Crumpler, William
Salemburg
Gurganious, Dalton
Harrell's Store
Hawley, Tony
Dunn
Hall, Mary E.
Autryville
Rich, Johnny Ray
Garland
Smith, Edom T.
.loseboro
Tart, Vicky
Newton Grove
Williams, William
Godwin
SCOTLAND
Bass, Owen
Laurel Hill
STANLEY
Burleson, Judy Ann
Albemarle
Burris, Elton
Albemarle
Furr, Wayne
New London
Kirk, Guy
Albemarle
Little, Dona
Albemarle
STOKES
Adkins, Brenda K.
Belews Creek
Lewis, Pamela
Walnut Cove
Wright, Vergie
Pinnacle
SURRY
Billings, Stoney
Elkin
Hayes, Johnny
Elkin
McBride, Ted L.
Mount Airy
McKnight, Fredna
Mount Airy
Wolfe, J. W.
Dobson
Wolfe, Louise
Dobson
SWAIN
Crowe, Charles
Cherokee
Ledford, Polly
Cherokee
TRANSYLVANIA
Buchanan, Gladys
Brevard
Miller, Brenda Hope
Brevard
Searcy, Lorena
Pisgah Forest
Searcy, Richard
Pisgah Forest
Searcy, Roy William
Pisgah Forest
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UNION
Price, Sam
Monroe
Stegall, Lanny
Marshville
Willimas, Sue
Monroe
VANCE
Patterson, Glenn
Henderson
WAKE
Duncan, Deanna
Raleigh
Duncan, Sandy C.
Raleigh
Duncan, William
Raleigh
Lewis, Robert
Raleigh
Morris, Joan A.
Raleigh
Nichols, W. H.
Raleigh
Pegram, Marie
Apex
Scarboro, Robert
Wendell
Scarboro, Mary E.
Wendell
Scarboro, Ann
Wendell
Seagroves, Margaret
Raleigh
Snakenburg, Kaye
Raleigh
Yokeley, Roy
Raleigh
WARREN
Mitchiner, Jack
Warrenton
WASHINTON
Williams, Katheryn
Roper
WATAUGA
Miller, Dennis O.
Triplett
Miller, Johnny H.
Triplett
Taylor, Bobby D.
Deep Gap
Thomas, Clint
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Thomas, Hazel Mae
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WAYNE
Herring, Emily Joyce
Mt. Olive
Lane, Louis
Mt. Olive
Power, Dianna
Goldsboro
Summerlin, Marie
Goldsboro
WILKES
Barnes, John T.
Boomer
Dancy, James Carl
Wilbar
Gray, Lee Ellen
Cycle
Johnson,, Archie
Wilkesboro
Johnson, Harold
Wilkesboro
Johnson, Rachel
Wilkesboro
Reeves, Grady
Wilkesboro
Triplett, Mike
Trap Hill
Yates, Darrell Thomas
North Wilkesboro
WILSON
Beamon, Janice
Elm City
Beamon, Shirley
Elm City
Dilda, Judy
Wilson
Rogers, Lois Yvonne
Saratoga
Williams, Charles Ray
Elm City
YADKIN
Blakley, Melvin
East Bend
YANCEY
Ballew, Louise
Burnsville
Boone, Douglas F.
Newdale
Fox, Homer
Burnsville
Ray, Barbara
Burnsville
Ray, Maurice
Burnsville
(Pupils whose parents
are members of armed
forces or who are tem-porarily
out of State.)
McDaniel, Lee
Fort Jackson, S. C.
Stucky, Pat
Portsmouth, Va.
Stucky, Ricky
Portsmouth, Va.
Stephens, Billy
South Norfolk, Va.
Williamson, Barney
Arlington, Va.
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