The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-10-30
CONTINUED REPORT ON
MANTEO SCHOOL NEWS

Continuing from last weeks Man.
teo School news, the following is
added, beginning with Grade 6-B
Mrs. Mary Meekins,- teacher. In
September Bette Hoffler was
elected president; Karen Love, vice
president; Thos. Bennett, secre
tary; Margaret Joy Walker, Treas
urer; Elizabeth Greet, program
chairman. When the president al
the meetings has taken care Of
business old and new, and after the
program has been given, she closes
the meeting.
On Oct. 16, Grade IA. Mrs
Hooper, teacher the seventh ano
9th grades went to the high schoo
to hear a lecture by Mr.. Smith, 9
geologist from the University OF
Louisiana, who is doing research
work in Dare County. We are look
ing forward to more activities OF
this kind. The following pupils OF
Mrs. Hooper attended the State
Fair: Gale Brown, Charles Fearing,
Billy Wilson, Dallas Gray, Steve
Midget who gave the class an en-
joyable account of their trip on
Monday following. They reported
seeing a jet engine, satellite, a hen
weighing 35 lbs, hog weighing
1,4OO pounds and various animal
freaks.
Reporters of these items were
Ralph Davis, Jr., Kathy Barring
ton, and Gale Brown.
Grade 7B, Mr.. Butler. We have
had very little absentees and few
tardies the first six weeks. We have
had some pupils from other schools
and states enrolled in our class.
Roscoe Beavers is leaving us next
month to live in Boston, Mass. We
shall miss him. We have made a
little progress at our monthly All
Mr.. Rea, our All Leader,
sponsored trip to the State Fair
last week end. We have a All meet
ing the first Thursday of each
In our Health, under Mr..
Butler, we have been studying
about the problems that child has
while at our age. We have had some
in health to show how
the body reacts under certain stu
ations, such as timing the heart
beat while at rest, and then we
had Roscoe Beavers to run in place
for one minute, then check to see
the difference. We hit Floyd Tay-
lor's knee to see the reflex action
that he has.
Grade ga, Mr.. Britt.-Soon after
school opened in September of this
year, class ga of the Manteo Ele-
mentary began conducting certain
experiments in science.
Under the supervision of Science
teacher, Mr.. Britt, the class of
thirty-eight students initiated the
series of scientific tests in chemis-
try, physics and biology by chang
ing liquid into a gas and then re-
versing the process to change a gas
into a liquid. In non-scientific terms
this simply means boiling water to
form steam condensation and cool
ing the steam to form water again.
Demonstrations involving the forms
of energy were held to illustrate
some of the basic scientific facts
of physics while the preservation OF
dead insect bodies initiated their
performances in biology. The first
four weeks of practical science has
proved very interesting to the class
because of these demonstrations
and future assignments include the
of insects and animals
A S tronom my, meteorology and
physics are included in the forth
coming assignments.-F ra nc e
Sikora, Reporter.
Grade SB, Mrs Louise H. Tillett
The 8B class of Manteo Elemen-
tary School is joining The Tarheel
Junior Historian Association. The
following are the aims and the
purpose of the association. It's ain
is to supplement and in every way
possible aid and support the move
ment in the school to utilize more
fully the richer of local materials
in the elementary grade curricula
1t provides opportunities for stu
dents to engage in appealing activi'
ties which will stimulate their in