Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-09-21
State Official
Guest Speaker
AT County Meet

al IUuMX "eel
Raymond (Ray) Rhodes, for
mer coach and athletic director
at Tri-City High School, Leaks
willie, told the Columbus County
Coaches Association steps in
building better health and ply
steal education programs at the
meeting of the group in White
vile Monday night.
Rhodes was the principal
speaker at the Fall meet of the
columbus coaches and health
and phys ed teachers of the
area, held at the Friendly Drive
In Restaurant.
Wcll-knoWn for the sports
teams he tutorcd at Tri-City,
particularly his State champion
ship basketball clubs of 1928
and l953-54, Rhodes is now
working with the State Depart
ment of Education. The local
appearance was the first one he
has made, politically, since 60
ing with the Departments
Health and Physical Education
sometime ago.
i The me- ting was under the
direction OF Dick McCleney
! Chadbourn coach and president
OF the Coaches Association, who
turned the carly portion over TO
IB. ID. Bum, Columbus County
high school supervisor. Bum
introduced John SaSscr, White
willie High School principal and
once affiliated with Rhodes al
ITri-City, who in turn introduce
led the ex-Wcstcrn Carolina ath-
lctc TO the audience.
81 feel that we, as physical
education directors, should pool
our ideas in order TO improve
Pc and health classes" Rhodes
told the Columbus group. He
then listed several rules to fol-
low in order for improvement
in health instruction, such rs
the giving of aptitude tests and
medical exams TO students. Wis
iting homes of students, giving
daily inspections. knowledge
tests. illness report checks. per-
sonal interviews of pupils and
keeping good public relations
with all press sources.
He also told of the advantages
iof sports and physical education
Generally. saying. Physical cdu-
iCation is umc-ConSuming and
Isclf-consuming. But. child
finds out its abilities and en-
tables him, or her, to take adj
vantaGcs Of opportunities much
better by participating in such
u program
Rhodes emphasized the fac
-at schools intramural pro
ram needed a wide range o,
| loiCC among its students, not
ISt the major sports programs
y order for all to have a chance
. show their hidden talents. He
$50 gave pointers on how &c
AIRY out a successful PIE pro-
am and passed out a quantit,
international literature Of
nysical-cd and health pro-
ans.
The mai. business portion 0
| ne Columbus Coaches ASsocia
| IN Fall meeting was taken u
Tn adopting a master schedul.
D be played by the basketball
cams of the county during tn,
Winter of 1886. Such a cli
ndar was presented at the con-
b but numerous changes al;
, be made before il is Officially
1optod at a later time.
Among those present wcr'
lCick McClcncy and Hcrshe,
ripps, Chadbourn: Dave Dia.
mont. Randall Burlcson aut
Keith Lay, Tabor City: Davi,
johnson and Billy Joe Price
Williams; Paul Weatherly, Ma.
lkina: J. T. Forrest and Odol
!, Councilman, Hallsboro. Primer,
pal John T. Sasser represented
IWhiteville High School.
The driving rain that came IL
the aftermath of Hurrican,
lone probably kept Evergreen
Fair Bluff, Acme-Delco ant
: Cerro Gordo from being repre-
= sented.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Schil,