Lessons Learned Bibliography Chapter 1 Burke County Historical Society. The Heritage of Burke County. Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter Publishing, 1981. DePriest, Joe. "A Special Place." The Shelby Star 22 August 1987: 1, 8. ---. "Fate Lane." The Shelby Star. 18 Aug. 1987: 9. ---. South Mountains: Legacy and Legend. Shelby: The Shelby Star, 1991. "Finds Nugget in Chicken Gizzard." The News-Herald 22 May 1940: 3. "Four Members of Burke Family Get Prison Terms in US Court." The News-Herald 22 March 1937: 1. Gurley, Steve, Carl Merschat and Mark Carter. South Mountains State Park North Carolina State Parks. Undated. Haney, James Lawton, and Anne Landis Swann. Gold: "Shining Dust" in the Cultural History of McDowell County, North Carolina. Marion: Carson House Publications, 2004. "A Money Economy vs an Agrarian Economy." The News-Herald 26 June, 1936: 3. Powell, William S. and Michael Hill. The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and their History. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. Phifer, Edward W. Jr. Burke: The History of a North Carolina County 1777-1920, Morganton: Privately Published, 1977. ---. Burke County: A Brief History. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1979. Poovey, Ruth Royal. The Burke County Gold Rush. Morganton: Burke County Schools, Burke County Cultural Heritage Project, 1967. "Tramp Found Gold in Early Burke Strike." The News-Herald 21 Nov. 1955: 7. Walton, Col. Thomas George. Sketches of the Pioneers in Burke County History. 1894. Easley: Southern Historical Press, 1984. Washburn, Benjamin Earle. A Country Doctor in the South Mountains. Spindale, NC: The Spindale Press. 1975. Chapter 2 Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 1. 1 June 1891: 83 ---. Minutes vol. 1. 2 Sept. 1912: 352. ---. Minutes vol. 1. 3 June 1912: 349. ---. Minutes vol. 1. 6 May 1912: 348. ---. Minutes vol. 1. 7 June 1915: 394. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 2 Apr. 1928:224. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 2 May 1932: 285. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 6 Jan. 1936: 350. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 7 Nov. 1932: 287. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 11 June, 1931: 275. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 25 Jan. 1935: 340. Ervin, Catherine. Letter to Nan. 6 Nov. 1920. North Carolina Historical Collection. Morganton: Burke County Public Library. "Fire Destroys Dilapidated Glen Alpine Springs Hotel, Famous in Past Generation." The News-Herald 20 Nov. 1936: 1, 3. Harris, Geoffrey Shields. "Toward a New Whig Interpretation of History: Common Schools in Burke County, North Carolina, from 1853 to 1861." Thesis. NC State University, 2008. Knight, Edgar W. Public School Education in North Carolina. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. "The Little One Room Schoolhouse Must Go." Editorial. The News-Herald 5 August 1920: 3. "Missionary is Taken by Death: Miss Phlora A. Nowling Dies Near Pilot Mountain School." The News-Herald 25 Jan. 1944: 1, 8. Newsome, A.R, ed. North Carolina Manual. Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission, 1929. Phifer, Edward W. Jr. Burke County: A Brief History. Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1979. ---. Burke: The History of a North Carolina County 1777-1920. Morganton: Privately published, 1977. Patton, Robert Logan, Jr. A Brief History of Burke County Schools: Notes on the Growth of Burke County Schools. Morganton: Privately published, 1971. Patton, Robert Logan, Sr. "Statistical Report, County Superintendent of Burke County." Morganton, NC: Burke County Schools, 1905-1906. Smith, J Henry. "Education History of State Revealed." The News-Herald 21 April 1936, 3. "School Consolidation." The News-Herald 4 March 1920: 4. "Teachers Get First Checks: Faculty Members Participate in Retirement Plan." The News-Herald 30 Sept. 1941: 1. "Will Apply for Grant from PWA." The News-Herald 5 July 1938: 1. Chapter 3 "Authority is Given To Proceed At Once with R.E.A. Survey." The News-Herald 25 June 1940: 1. "Blackout Effective Here in OPM's Move to Conserve Power." The News-Herald 7 Nov. 1941: 1. Burke County Commissioners. Minutes vol. 4. 2 Jan. 1940: 421. ---. Minutes vol. 4. 3 Sept. 1940: 480. ---. Minutes vol. 4. 7 Mar. 1940: 429. ---. Minutes vol. 4. 7 May 1940: 443. ---. Minutes vol. 4. 9 June 1941: 516. Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 2. 4 Dec. 1939: 403. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 4 Mar. 1940: 406. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 5 Jan. 1942: 419. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 16 Dec. 1940: 412. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 17 Feb. 1941: 413. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 20 July 1942: 424. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 21 Aug. 1940: 409. "Burke-McDowell REA Begins Membership Canvass This Week." The News-Herald 23 July 1940: 1. "Commissioners Act to Relieve Crowding in Morganton, Salem." The News-Herald 8 Mar. 1940: 1, 6. "Commissioners Oppose Lawsuit Appeal; Pay School Board $15,000." The News Herald. 17 June 1941: 1. Cotton, J. Randall. Historic Burke: An Architectural Sites Inventory of Burke County. Asheville, NC: Biltmore Press, 1987. "County Board Distributes School Fund." The News-Herald 20 Sept. 1940: 1. "County Boards Seeking to Settle Differences on Salem School Issue." TheNews Herald. 10 May 1940: 1. "County Roads in Bad Shape." Editorial. The News-Herald 29 Jan. 1937: 4. "Education Board Asks Court to Force Commissioners to Turn Over $15,000 Fund: Mandamus Writ is Requested." The News-Herald 4 Mar.1941: 1, 8. "Education Board Wins Lawsuit." The News-Herald 13 June 1941: 1, 8. "Engineer Stakes 50 Miles for Rural Electric Lines." The News-Herald 7 Mar. 1941:1. "Highway 181S Approved for Federal Aid," 15 Mar. 1938. 1. "Highway 181 South Opened." The News-Herald 2 Aug. 1940: 1, 4. "Members Rush to Wire Houses as Burke REA Lines Near Completion." The News Herald. 26 Sept. 1941: 1, 8. "NYA Allots $21,000 for School Building Plan Now Deadlocked." The News-Herald 17 Dec. 1940: 1. "NYA Plans Training Center for Boys at Enola CCC Camp Site." The News-Herald 23 Jan. 1940: 1. "NYA Youths Get Private Work." The News-Herald 10 Dec. 1940: 1. "Progress Seen in NYA Program." The News-Herald 7 Nov. 1939: 5. "Pilot Mountain School Rising." The News-Herald 12 Sept. 1941: 1. "Salem is Seeking Another Teacher: Initial Enrollment Mounts to 420." The News Herald. 9 Sept. 1938: 1. Sink, Hoyle. Judgment. North Carolina Superior Court Records. Burke County. June Term, 1941. Superior Court Judgment. Board of Education of Burke County vs. Board of County Commissioners of Burke County. June Term. 1941. "WPA Approves Road Work as Flood Relief." The News-Herald 13 Sept. 1940: 1. "Work Continues on New School While Suit is Pending in Court." The News-Herald 1 Apr. 1941: 1. "Work Started on New Link 181 Highway South." The News-Herald 11 Nov. 1938: 1. "Work Started on New School Building in Pilot Mountain Area." The News-Herald 17 Jan.1941: 1. Chapter 4 "9,000 Students to Resume Studies." The News-Herald 28 Aug. 1942: 1, 3. "Another Still Bites the Dust." The News-Herald 29 July 1964: A1, 2. "Award $7,000 Contracts for School Rooms." The News-Herald 9 July 1943: 1. Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 2. 2 Feb. 1942: 421. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 17 May 1943: 430. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 20 July 1942: 424. "Burke Schools Fast Becoming Standardized." The News-Herald 28 Sept. 1943: 1, 6. "Gas Promised School Buses." The News-Herald 13 Apr. 1943: 1. "Explain Victory Tax on Teachers." The News-Herald 30 March, 1943: 4. "Germany's Surrender Paves Way for Edict Ending European War." The News-Herald 8 May 1945: 1. "Go to Raleigh to Appeal for More Teachers." The News-Herald 14 July 1942: 1. "Health Board Sets Middle of September for Lifting Polio Ban, Opening Schoools." The News-Herald. 15 August 1944: 1, 5. "Moonshine Gets Worse in State." The News-Herald 17 July, 1942: 5. "Moonshiners Resourceful in Face of War Problems." The News-Herald 5 Feb. 1943: 4. "N.C. Schools to Run 180 Days Next Year." The News-Herald 7 May 1942. 3. "News Happenings of Brindletown."The News-Herald 22 Dec. 1944: 5. "Plan Canning for Lunchroom." The News-Herald 25 June 1943: 1. "Polio Hits Morganton; County Total 15." The News-Herald 30 June 1944: 1,8. "Salvage Newspapers to Use to Wrap Bombs." The News-Herald 23 Feb. 1944: 1. "School Bus Routes Can't be Changed." The News-Herald 20 Aug. 1943: 5. "School Buses Need Drivers - Wartime Shortage Brings Plea for Volunteers to Operate Vehicles." The News-Herald 12 Jan. 1943: 1. "School Committees Appointed by Burke Board of Education." The News-Herald 20 April 1943: 3. "School Lunch Aid Available." The News-Herald 15 Oct. 1943: 1, 8. "Schools to Close at Noon at V-E News." The News-Herald 6 May 1945: 1. "Schools Will Begin Registration Feb. 22 For Ration Book Two." The News-Herald 12 Feb. 1943: 1. "Schools Will Open Later on Daylight Time." The News-Herald 3 Feb. 1942: 1. "Second Mad Dog is Killed." The News-Herald 29 Dec. 1944: 1. "Study School Role in War." The News-Herald 14 April 1942: 1. "Supplies for War Rationing Received Here." The News-Herald 13 March 1932: 1. "Survey School Bus Routes to Curb Mileage." The News-Herald 26 January 1943:1. "Tin Can Collected by Students from all Schools." The News-Herald 6 April 1943: 1. "Teacher Salary Schedule Listed." The News-Herald 23 Aug. 1940: 1. "Teachers Get $9,700 War Bonus Today." The News-Herald 26 March 1943: 1. "Teachers Registering from 2 to 7 P.M. to Begin Food Rationing." The News-Herald 23 Feb. 1943: 1, 4. "Thousands Return to Studies as Schools Begin 1943-44 School Term." The News-Herald 27 Aug. 1943: 1. Chapter 5 "Bookmobile Is County Addition.." The News-Herald 22 July 1947: 1. Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 2. 3 Dec. 1945: 456. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 5 Aug. 1946: 470. ---. Minutes vol. 2. 7 Oct. 1946: 471. "Burke Schools Invited to Take Part in Farm Federation Music Appreciation." The News- Herald. 17 Sept. 1946: 5. "Burke Teachers Get Pay Raise This Weekend." The News-Herald 7 April 1949: 3. Cat's Tale. Morganton High School. Lassiter Press Inc. Charlotte, NC. Vol IV. 1947: 27-28. "County School Lunchrooms Serve Over 522,000 Meals." The News-Herald 19 June 1945: 1, 6. "Ervin Will Assist Teacher Pay Drive." The News-Herald 10 Jan. 1947: 1. "Go to Raleigh to Appeal for More Teachers." The News-Herald 14 July 1942: 1. "Increase in Polio is Reported." The News-Herald 10 June 1945: A1,4. "Mrs. Seals Named on Staff of WPA." The News-Herald 28 Aug. 1936: 3. "Named School Attendance Officer as Full-Time Job." The News-Herald 26 July 1938: 1. "New Discharge System of Army is Announced." The News-Herald 26 Aug. 1945: 3. "New School Contracts Let." The News-Herald 6 Aug. 1948: 1. "Pilot Mountain School has Interesting Events Planned." The News-Herald 26 April 1946: 8. "Pilot Mountain to Have Parties." The News-Herald 30 Sept. 1947: 1. "Pilot Mountain School Schedule Events for Dec." The News-Herald 3 Dec. 1946: 1. "Polio Hits organton as Epidemic Continues Claim of Victims over County." The News-Herald 13 July 1948: A1, 4. "Polio Restrictions are Lifted." The News-Herald 7 Sept. 1948: A1. "Polio Restrictions in Effect." The News-Herald 20 Aug. 1948: A1,4. "Burke to get 27.3 Miles Paved Roads." The News-Herald 13 Oct. 1949: 1, 5. "School Bond Issue." The News-Herald 31 Jan. 1947:1. "Schools Plan to Make Up Time." The News-Herald 20 Feb. 1948: 1. "Schools Praised for Seal Work." The News-Herald 20 Feb. 1948: 1. "Still Out For Christmas, School Teachers Get No Pay." The News-Herald 11 Jan. 1946: 1. "Teachers Salute Veteran Burke Instructor Who Retires Again." The News-Herald 16 Feb. 1955: 6. Washburn, Benjamin Earle. A Country Doctor in the South Mountains. Spindale, NC: The Spindale Press. 1975. Chapter 6 Bumgarner, Chas. Foreman Report of Grand Jury in the Superior Court, Sixteenth Judicial District. 15 Dec. 1954. "Burke Approves School Improvement Bonds By Margin of Over 4-To-1." The News-Herald 27 Sept. 1954: 1, 2. Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 3. 15 Dec. 1952: 61. "Burke Schools Accredited." The News-Herald 8 Sept. 1952: 1. "Burke Schools Get $268,841 As Bond Share." The News-Herald 8 March 1954: 1. "Bus Awards for 1952-53." The News-Herald 16 July 1953: B1. Drennan, James C. Handbook for Grand Jurors. NC Administrative Office of the Courts. Raleigh, 2005. "Grand Jury's Criticism of School Brings Speedy Answer From Officials." The News-Herald 16 Dec. 1954: 1, 5. "Local School Principal's Rites Held." The News-Herald 16 Aug. 1951: 4. "Phone Lines Work Slated." The News-Herald 15 Jan. 1953: A1. Waters, Roy. "The Best Man I Ever Knew." The News-Herald 16 May 2004: A16. Chapter 7 "4-H Club News, Pilot Mountain." The News-Herald 4 Nov. 1954: B1. "4-H Club News, Pilot Mountain." The News-Herald 23 Dec. 1954: B1. "Ask Additions for 2 Schools." The News-Herald 15 Dec. 1952: 1. "Baby Boom Means Classrooms To Be Needed." Editorial. The News-Herald 21 June 1957: B4. Bumgarner, Chas. Foreman Report of Grand Jury in the Superior Court, Sixteenth Judicial District. 15 Dec. 1954. "Burke Approves School Improvement Bonds By Margin of Over 4-To-1." The News-Herald 27 Sept. 1954: 1, 2. Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 3. 6 Feb. 1956: 129. ---. Minutes vol. 3. 9 Apr. 1956: 131. ---. Minutes vol. 3. 25 Sept. 1954: 86, 87. "Burke Schools Get $268,841 As Bond Share." The News-Herald 8 March 1954: A1,2. Drennan, James C. Handbook for Grand Jurors. NC Administrative Office of the Courts. Raleigh, 2005. "Grand Jury's Criticism of School Brings Speedy Answer From Officials." The News-Herald 16 Dec. 1954: A1, 5. Hefner, W. R. "12 Boys Get Pine Tree Seedlings." The News-Herald 7 Dec. 1953: B1. "Pilot Mountain Community Must Decide." Editorial. The News-Herald 24 May 1956: B2. "Pilot Mountain Will Graduate 16 Tuesday." The News-Herald 27 May 1954: 5. "Polio Vaccine Clinics Again Are Suspended." The News-Herald 5 May 1955: A1, 7. "Pupils Must Be 6." The News-Herald 24 Aug. 1943. 1. Rousseau, Judge J.A. 16th Judicial District of the Superiour Court report of the Grand Jury. 15 Dec. 1954. "Salk Polio Vaccine to Be Given At Clinics Set To Begin April 25." The News-Herald 14 April 1955: 1, 8. "School Desegregation Cases." The News-Herald 21 Dec. 1953: B2. "School Entry Age Lowered." The News-Herald 9 July 1953: 1. "Schools Make No Change For Year." The News-Herald 18 Aug. 1955:1, 8. Chapter 8 "$53 Taken As Thieves Ransack Two Schools." The News-Herald 13 March 1958: A1. "Bids Taken on School Projects." The News-Herald 1 May 1957: A 1, 2. Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 3. 5 Aug. 1956: 134. ---. Minutes vol. 3. 7 Sept. 1959:138. ---. Minutes vol. 3. 20 May 1957: 148. "Burke Schools Raise $3,237 in Polio Fund." The News-Herald 17 Feb. 1955: B1. "Pilot Mountain Supper Planned." The News-Herald 29 Oct. 1959: A3. "County Schools Show Gain over Last Year." The News-Herald 13 Sept. 1956: A1. "Controversy Rages on Children Saying Grace." The News-Herald 1 August 1957: B1. "Earthquake Rocks Western NC Areas." The News-Herald 13 May 1957:1. "Fight on Teacher Raise is Shaping." The News-Herald 13 Feb. 1957:1. "Hamletts are on the Way Home." The News-Herald 3 July 1942: 1. "Ike Seeks $1,300,000,000 For Schools, Seeks to Avoid Integration Fight." The News-Herald 28 Jan. 1957: 1. "Committees Named for County Schools." The News-Herald 26 Apr. 1957: A1. "Murder-Suicide: Letter Left by Wife, 22." The News-Herald 24 March1959: A1, 2. "NC Schools Integrated for First Time." The News-Herald 3 Sept. 1957: 1. "No Changes Made in Schools Here." The News-Herald 25 July 1957: 1. "Passage Predicted for Rights." The News-Herald 10 Jan. 1957: A2. "Phone Conversion Set For August 18." The News-Herald 22 May 1957: A 1, 2. "Schools Close Tomorrow for WNC Teachers Meeting." The News-Herald 3 Oct. 1957: 1. "Schools Raise Over $4,000 for Polio." The News-Herald 18 Feb. 1957: 10. "State Near Limit on Teacher Salaries." The News-Herald 20 Feb. 1957: 7. "Teacher Pay Toboggan." Editorial. The News-Herald 20 Feb. 1957: 2 "Teacher Shortage and Teachers' Salaries." Editorial. The News-Herald 15 Feb. 1957: A4. "Teachers to Get 1.09 Pay Raise." The News-Herald 3 July 1959: 1 "Teachers Get $76,000 as Contingency Pay." The News-Herald 22 Aug. 1960: 1. "The Tragedy of Frankie and J." The News-Herald 25 March 1959: A1, 2. "Two Missionaries, Consular Clerk, Visitors Here on Return From Jap Domain." The News-Herald 11 Sept. 1942:1 "What Supreme Court Does Will Affect Whole South." The News-Herald 26 Aug. 1958: 1. Chapter 9 "Bill to Elect School Board is Approved." The News-Herald 24 June 1963: A1, 3. "Blow Against Moonshining." Editorial. The News-Herald 20 March 1963: 2. "Board's Tribute to Patton." Editorial. The News-Herald 27 May 1963: 2. Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 4. 9 April 1965: 310. ---. Minutes vol 4. 10 Aug. 1966: 380. "City Council Requests ABC Election." The News-Herald 23 April 1963: 1. "City School Board Assigns Negroes." The News-Herald 11 June 1963: A1, 3. "Court Says Prayer Unconstitutional." The News-Herald 17 June 1963: A1, 3. Dale, Ralph. "Supports Salem School Tax." Letter to Editor. The News-Herald 28 March 1963: A2. "Drys Stage Big Rally Against ABC Election." The News-Herald 12 July 1963: A1, 2. "Here is Positive Proof There is No Such Thing As A Dry Town." Advertisement, Morganton Jaycees. The News-Herald 11 July 1963: A4, 5. "In ABC Allocation: County Says Its Share Should Go to Schools." The News-Herald 23 Apr. 1963: 1. "Informal Discussion of Schools is Held." The News-Herald 15 March 1963: A1, 3. "JFK Cuts His Aid Request." The News-Herald 2 April 1963: A1, 3. "Johnson Named New County School Head." The News-Herald 2 April 1963: A1, 3. "Man, Still, Whiskey Captured." The News-Herald 3 July 1963: A1. McIntosh, W. Flemon Jr. "Ebony News Cast." The News-Herald 19 Nov. 1959: A8. "Morganton ABC Bill Introduced." The News-Herald 25 April 1963: A1, 3. "Morganton Drys Form Organization." The News-Herald 27 May 1963: 1. Nisbet, Lynn. "Local Support for Schools." The News-Herald 17 July 1961: A 4. "Non-Partisan School Board." Editorial. The News-Herald 19 June 1963: 2. "President Proposes Education Package." The News-Herald 29 Jan. 1963: A1, 3. "R. L. Patton Paid Surprise Honor at Teachers' Dinner." The News-Herald 27 May 1963:1. "Salem District Asks Vote on School Tax." The News-Herald 8 Jan. 1963: 1. "Salem Tax Should Be Passed." Editorial. The News-Herald 5 April 1963: 2. "Salem Defeats School Levy." The News-Herald 8 April 1963: 1. Saunders, Patsy and Guylene Wehunt. "Pilot Mtn School News." The News-Herald 7 May 1962: A5. "Supreme Court Is On Spot." Editorial. The News-Herald 7 March 1963: 2 "Teachers Get 22.4 Per Cent Pay Increase." The News-Herald 7 July 1961: B7. "City Approves ABC By 2-1 Vote." The News-Herald 15 July 1963: A1, 3. Chapter 10 "Asks $1.5 Billion in School Aid." The News-Herald 12 Jan. 1965: A1, 3. "Attendance Zones." The News-Herald 10 May 1966: A3. "All Schools Would Share in Bond Funds." The News-Herald 17 Feb. 1966: A1. "Three School Boards Agree to Merge." The News-Herald 18 March 1969: 1, 2. "Burke Cafeterias to Be Centralized." The News-Herald 4 Aug. 1967: A1, 8. "Burke, Caldwell Attack Poverty Through Blue Ridge Community." The News-Herald 4 July 1967: A2. "Burke Compliance Plan Wins Approval." The News-Herald 19 July 1965: A1. Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 3. 3 June 1968: 456. ---. Minutes vol. 3. 3 Oct. 1966: 385-389. ---. Minutes vol. 3. 9 Apr. 1965: 301-309. ---. Minutes vol. 3. 9 June 1965: 318. ---. Minutes vol. 3. 10 Aug. 1966: 380-381. "Burke Klavern One of 112 Listed in State." The News-Herald 20 Oct. 1965: B1. "Burke Discontinues Stores in Schools." The News-Herald 8 Aug. 1967: A1, 4. "Burke School Board Holds Last Meeting before Consolidation." The News-Herald 3 June 1969: 1, 2. "Burke School Board Okays Resolution for County Vote." The News-Herald 22 Aug. 1967: A1, 4. "Burke School Project Gets Federal Okay." The News-Herald 16 Feb. 1966: A1. "Burke Schools Adopt Compliance Pattern." The News-Herald 26 Apr. 1965: B1. "Burke Schools Given $109,000 U.S. Grant." The News-Herald 15 July 1966: 1. "Burke Turns Down Better Schools Plan." The News-Herald 21 Nov. 1967: A1, 6. Cable, Dorothy. "Advisors Hear School Plans." The News-Herald 25 Jan. 1970: A1, 8. ---. "Board Discontinues Stores in School." The News-Herald 8 Aug. 1967: A1, 4. ---. "Burke School Board Caught in Squeeze." The News-Herald 2 Aug. 1966: A1, 3. ---. "Burke School Board Okays Resolution for County Vote." The News-Herald 22 Aug. 1967: A1, 4. ---. "Burke Schools Ponder Choice Within Zones." The News-Herald 10 March 1965: B1, 5. ---. "Burke Schools to Seek US Funds." The News-Herald 2 Nov. 1965: A1, 3. ---. "Grant for Schools Approved: Cultural Heritage Program Brings U.S Funds to Burke." The News-Herald 25 Nov. 1966: A1, 6. ---. "On Bond Issue for Consolidation: Burke School Board Okays Resolution for County Vote." The News-Herald 22 Aug. 1967: A1, 4. ---. "School Board Welds Uniform Policies." The News-Herald 5 Aug. 1969: 1, 2. ---. "School Boards Approve Merger Plan." The News-Herald 26 Mar. 1969: A1, 6. ---. "Three School Boards Agree to Ask for Bond Election." The News Herald 9 Aug. 1967: A1, 8. Cloaninger, Bob. "County School Board Eying Consolidation." The News-Herald 12 May 1964: A1, 3. ---. "Group Asks Merger of Three School Boards." The News-Herald 3 Aug. 1964: A1, 3. "Commissioners Approve Plan for School Merger." The News-Herald 30 April 1969: A1, 2. "Court Finds Tax is Legal." Editorial. The News-Herald 27 Oct. 1969: 4. "First Grants for Head Start Announced." The News-Herald 8 May 1965: 1. "Four Unsafe Bridges Discussed by School Board." The News-Herald 4 June, 1968: A1, 7. "Grand Dragon Calls Preacher Hypocrite." The News-Herald 25 Aug. 1965: A1, 6. "Grand Jury Asks For Courthouse, 4 Schools." The News-Herald 6 March 1968: A1, 7. "Informal Discussion of Schools is Held." The News-Herald 15 Mar. 1963: A1, 3. "Jet Age Education." The News-Herald 4 Sept 1969: A1. "Judge Upholds Burke Board on School Tax." The News-Herald 24 Oct. 1969: A1, 6. "Klan Isn't Welcome Here." Editorial. The News-Herald 1 April 1965: 2. "Long Hair Banned in Burke County." The News-Herald 4 Oct. 1966: A1. "Many Burke Schools Facing Integration." The News-Herald 22 Jan. 1965: 1. "Mergers for Burke Advised." The News-Herald 22 May 1963: A1, 2. "Modern Math is Discussed at Parent-Teacher Meeting." The News-Herald 22 Jan. 1964: 2. "Pilot Mountain 4-H Club Picks Name Lone Time." The News-Herald 10 March 1964: A3. "Polio Vaccine Feeding Set In Burke County on Sunday." The News-Herald 15 May 1964: A1, 2. "Salem School Choked By Lack of Space." The News-Herald 13 Nov. 1967: 1. "School Board is Freed to Approve Transfers." The News-Herald 11 Aug. 1966: A1, 6. "School Board Welds Uniform Policies." The News-Herald 5 Aug. 1969: 1, 2. "School Consolidation and Merger Approved." The News-Herald 29 April 1969: 1, 2. "School Tax Elections Eyed With Interest." The News-Herald 26 May 1965: A1, 2. "Schools to Open on Friday." The News-Herald 25 August 1966: A1, 3. "Soldier Killed in Crossfire." The News-Herald 15 Nov. 1965: 1 "Split-up Could Cripple School Growth." Editorial. The News-Herald 7 Aug. 1964: 2. "State Board Okays Burke School Merger." The News-Herald 1 May, 1969: 1. "Stop Polio Drive Slated For March 8 & 10." The News-Herald 28 Feb. 1964: 1. "Two Districts Consider Tax." The News-Herald 2 March 1965: A1, 3. "Two New High Schools, 4 Junior High Schools Are Proposed by Burke Board." The News-Herald 16 Sept. 1969: 1, 2. "Voters Defeat School Levy." The News-Herald 31 May 1965: 1. "Weaver Is Picked to Head Burke Schools." The News-Herald 9 June 1969: 1, 9. Chapter 11 Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 3. 3 June 1968: 456. Consolidation Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 4. 10 July 1972: 3. ---. Minutes vol. 1. 25 May 1970: 4, 5. ---. Minutes vol. 1. 13 July 1970: 1-7. "Filed for Tax Funds." The News-Herald 14 July, 1970: 1, 2. Warren, Harold. A Right Good People. Boone, NC. Appalachian Consortium Press. 1974. The Claws. Burke County Schools. Self Published. Vol 1. 1971. The Claws. Kansas City, Mo: Yearbook House. Vol. 2. 1972. The Claws. Kansas City, Mo: Yearbook House. Vol. 3. 1973. "Citizens Committee Schoolmen Meet." The News-Herald 25 March 1970: B 1. "Plans for High School Approved." The News-Herald 14 July 1970: A1, 2. "School Board Sees Changes at Icard." The News-Herald 15 Sept. 1970: 1, 6. Chapter 12 Burke County Board of Education Capital Outlay Fund. Minutes. 17 May 1943: vol. 2, 430. "Burke Schools Invited to Take Part in Farm Federation Music Appreciation." The News-Herald 17 Sept. 1946: 2. "Burke Speech Winner Selected for Finals." The News-Herald 27 March 1963: A 3. "Pilot Mountain School Has Interesting Event Planned." The News-Herald 26 Apr. 1946: A1. "Pilot Mountain Students Ride Bus, Train and See Four Bears." The News-Herald 28 May 1964: A 4. "Salem Champs." The News-Herald 21 Aug. 1958: B1. "Spring Concert is Presented by Piano Students." The News-Herald 20 May 1964: A4. Chapter 13 Blakeney, Apryl. "New Farmer's Market Offers More Than Veggies." The News-Herald 14 June, 2007: A10. "Brittain To Head Project in Caldwell." The News-Herald 7 April 1969: 1, 6. "Burke County Native Receives Award from Governor." The News-Herald 3 July 2009: A2. Cable, Dorothy. "What Do You Do With a School When You Turn it Out to Pasture?" The News-Herald 31 Aug. 1973: A2. Consolidation Burke County Board of Education. Minutes vol. 5. 5 Nov. 1973: 3. ---. Minutes vol. 5. 11 July 1973: 1-2.