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An Independent Weekly Neva pa per . . . Sixty-Ninth Year of Continuous Publication
VOLUME LXIX — Nd. 32.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1W7.
NOJITH CAROUNA LITTLE SYMPHONY ,
Little Symphony To Appear Here
The North Carolina Little Syn
phony, under the direction of Ben
jamin Swalin, will be presented at
the College Auditorium on Mon
day evening, February 11, at 8
o'clock.
The Little Symphony, North
Carolina's own state symphony,
has distinguished itself in the
South Atlantic States as well as
in Tarheelia. Last year it toured
South Carolina and Georgia.
Everywhere programs are giveh,
people of varying levels of music
preparation flock to hear the Little
Symphony.
Mr. Benjamin Swalin, outstand
ing veteran directior, has been
with the organization since North
Carolina subsidised it as the first
state-supported ftmphony in the
nation.
Admission to the performance
will be on the basis of ID Cards
for college students and season
tickets for faculty members and
townspeople. No tickets for the
Savings & Loan Stockholders
Gather; Hear Progress Report
Dr. Plemmons To Take
Part In Chicago Meet
W. H. Plemmom, president,
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege, will take part in the ninth
convention of the American Asso
ciation of Colleges for Teacher Ed
ucation (AACTE) which will be
held in Chicago, 111., February 14
16.
Dr. Plemmons will serve as a
recorder of a group discussion
minting at the Morrison Hotel on
the opening day of the convention.
The convention, which has at
its theme "An Educated People
Moves Freedom. Forward," is ex
pected to attract approximately
1200 presidents, deans and faculty
members of teachers colleges and
university schools of education
from all parts of the nation.
The AACTE, a department of
the National Education Associa
tion, Is the national voluntary or
ganization of 319 colleges and uni
versities which annually prepare
approximately half the young peo
ple entering the teaching profes
sion.
At this year's convention, par
ticipants will take a starp look, at
the progress that has been made
by member institutions in recruit
ing and preparing teachers for the
nation's schools. They will also
study problems which lie ahead
as these institutions seek to
strengthen the mission for col
leges for teacher education in
maintaining academic standards,
providing a balanced curriculum,
and in insuring the quality of
classroom instruction.
These problems, along with
other current developments in the
field of teacher education, will
serve as the basis for addresses by
some of the nation's leading edu
cators yid wilt be discussed in
many group meetings during the
three-day convention.
March Of Dimes Fund
Passes $2,000 Mark
Mrs W. W. Littleton and Mrs
Hadley Wilson, co-chairmen of the
1B57 March of Dimes campaign,
report that $273.30 was collected
Thursday night by mothers of
Boone. Mrs. Littleton expressed
thanks to the mothers, who ware
headed up by Mrs. Palmer Blair,
and to the eititena of Boone for
tlW cooperation in this evept.
Lollipop sales on the streets of
Boone Saturday -amounted to •
little over 132.00, and • ball game
last week between the Cove Creek
and Boone- schools faculty brought
in *120 04.
The total already accounted for
In the drive is $3,100 00. according
to Mrs. Littleton. She asked that
thoae who have not made their con
tribution to pleane do so now.
Money ia (till needed to care (or
those for whom the Salk vaccine
came too late. Kunda are needeJ
to care for thoae who have polio,
and the only way of getting theae
funds ia by contributions from
those who are in sympathy witn
the afflicted.
The N- A. A. C. P. says
000,000 income set a record is
iM6. ;•' •' J
The stockholders of the Watauga
Savings and Loan Aaaociation, at
their annual meeting last week,
heard glowing reports of the
growth of the Association for the
past year from the officials.
W. H. Gragg, Secretary, report
ed a growth of about $400,000 in
the assets of the Association, bring
ing the total to $3,905,318. He
said that thei*e are now three
thousand shareholders, that there
arc loans totaling $3,906,483.96, and
Ourt there has been a~ Burked
growth in every category of Sav
ings and Loan activity. He report
ed a cash balance as of the first
of the year of $186,796.01, said
the Association owned $229,000
worth of State and U. S. Govern
ment bonds; and expressed the be
lief that the current year will see
a continued growth in the organ
ization.
Mr. Grigs *1*0 pointed out that
the Association hat a contingency
reserve fund of about $290,000 ai
a safeguard agaimt possible loss
es, thus vastly increasing the safe
ty and strength of the Association.
He took occasion to thank the
stockholders for their, fine cooper
ation in the past.
Directors were reelected as fol
lows: C. M. Critcher, H. G. Farth
ing. W. H. Gragg. Walter H.
Greene, H. P. Holshouser, Guy W.
Hunt, Howard Mast, Dr. W. M.
Matheson, Rob Rivers.
The directors met last Wednes
day evening and elected the in
cumbent officers: H. G. Farthing,
president; C. M. Critcher, vice
president, and W. H. Gragg, secre
tary-treasurer.
Gets Record
Cheese Price
An all-time record price for
Ohio Swiss cheese was set when
the prize-winning block of Forest
Hicks of Sugar Creek auctioned
for $1.73 per pound. Hicks, who
if with the Rogersville Dairy is
the only American Swiss cheese
maker in the state of Ohio. He is
the son of J. E. Hicks, formerly
of Boone.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Carlton
Mrs. Sarah Emmaline Carlton,
| 73, died Friday. February 1, at her
i home at Triplett.
Funeral services were conducted
at 11 a. m Sunday, February 1, at
the Mount Ephriam Baptist Church
by the Rev. Ben Triplett, and bur
ial was in the Simmons cemetery.
She la survived by her two sons,
Guy Carlton of Deep Gap and Lon
nle Carlton of Triplett; two daugh
ters. Mr*. Nora Broyhill of Blow
ing Rock and Mrs. Doyce Triplett
of Triplett; three brothers. John
and Galther Carlton, both of Deep
Gap, and Tom Carlton of Triplett;
and a sister, Mrs Albert Greer of
Triplett.
The U S. economy is called •
weapon la world leadership
individual program will be avail
able.
New Face* Seen
North Carolinian* who will be
new to the violin lection thi* *ea
son are Laura Sturdevant and
Wolfgang Siebel, of Winiton
Salem, and Suzanne Parker, of
(Cont'd on page 3, 2nd Section)
Will Not Allot
County Funds .
For Promotion
The board of county commiss
ioners decided Monday that they
will not allocate county fund* to
help finance a new development
and promotional organisation for
Watauga County.
The commsisioners had been
asked by a committee now in the
process of organizing the Watauga
County Development Association to
allot $9,004 to help pay the coat
of the operation, which has been
estimated at about $15,000 an
nually.
■ The new organization would com
bine tbf development and promo
tional efforts of Horn in the West,
the Boone and Blowing Rock
Chambers of Commerce and the
towns of Boone and Blowing Rock
into one central office to be head
ed by a public relations man, yet
to be secured, jvho would act as
executive secretary.
•Funds totalling $7,800 have been
allocated so far by the various par
ticipating organizations for the as
sociation's first year of operation,
and a steering committee has been
named with Alfred T. Adams as
chairman.
Chairman Bynum Greene of the
board of county commissioners did
not amplify his statement to the
Democrat that, "We decided we
couldn't go along with it at this
time."
T
Hutchins Gets.
New Farm Agent
Position Here
Marvin Hutching, resident of
Forest City, hu assumed his du
ties as assistant county agent here,
it ts announced by L. E. Tuck
wilier, farm agent.
Mr. Hutchina' work wUl be large
ly In the field of poultry activi
ties and dairying, in line with the
aim* of the new development pro
gram in the county
Mr. Hutchins was educated at
Berea College and at the Univer
sity of Kentucky, where he re
ceived hia Master's degree in poul
try nutritiM.
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins have es
tablished residence at Beuna Vista
Apartments, j "
$300,000 School Building
Project Near Completion
Three Schools
Occupy Brand
New Structures
Watauga County is nearinf the
end of a school building program
which will amount to more than
three hundred thousand dollars.
Construction of additions at
Bethel, Cove Creek and Blowing
Rock have accounted for $282,
710.62, while bids are currently
being asked for the construction
of a county school bus garage
which will cost about $20,000.
At Bethel School, it is expected
that the addition costing $64,522.
86 will be ready for occupancy
this month. The structure has two
primary classrooms, a combina
tion library - cafeteria, a heating
plant for the new addition and old
structure. A new water pump and
plumbing adequate for the two
buildings have been privided.
New Gym At Cove Creek
A combination gymnasium and
auditorium at the Cove Creek
School is being constructed. A
standard gym will be complete
with shower rooms for boys and
girls, equipment storage rooms,
locker rooms, lobby etc. A stand
ard size stage has been provided
and bleachers are to be built
to seat about 800. The eotal cost
of the project is given as $105,
063.30.
The Blowing Rock Project
At Blowing Rock the new ad
dition contains eight elementary
classrooms, a combination library
cafeteria, teacher's lounge, storage
room, boiler room, etc. The cost
of the project is $113,133.40, not
including $2,000 worth of equip
ment for the new cafeteria, pur
chased by the community and the
school.
Bui Garage Planned
Bidi have been asked (or the
construction of a school bus garage
on part of the county home prop
erty near the new health center.
The building, which should cost
about $20,000 will provide storage
and repair facilities for the coun
ty's fleet of school buses. About
70 buses can be parked on the
two-acre plot on which the build
ing will stand.
Two acres of land have been
purchased from John H. Council!
for the construction of a new
school plant for the Watauga con
solidated School, when funds can
be secured for the purpose.
Most of the money for the pro
gram nearing completion comes
from Watauga's share of State
money voted in 1#53. The county
spent about $40,000, in addition to
about 110,000 far furniture for the
new plant, it is said.
Dairymen To
Start Testing
Five dairy farmers of Watauga
county made application to start
WeiglvA-Day-A-Month testing at
the meeting on January 29. The
farmers were Cloyd Bolick, I. B.
Wilson, Jamea D. Phillips, W. S.
Moretz, and R. D. Moretz. Mr.
Odes Wilson had indicated a d«s
sire to start this testing before, so
this makes aix planning to start
this testing soon.
Health Council Names Officers;
Development Aims Outlined
Mrs. Dean Reese was elected
president of the Watauga County
Health Council at the meeting held
last Monday, succeeding Mr. W. R.
Vines.
Robert Shipley was elected vice
president, and the following were
named to the executive committee:
Milton Moretz, Stewart Simmons,
W. R. Vines, Robert Shipley, Fred
die Michal, Don Klutz, Leonard
Wilson, I. B. Wilson. '
The following communities were
represented at the meeting: Sil
verstone, Cove Creek, Perkinsville,
Boone. Beaver Dam, Hodges Gap
and Meat Camp.
L. E. Tuckwiller, county farm
agent, spoke of the purposes of
the Rural Development Program
and how it came about. He said
there had been grave concern for
many years about the low Income
of many families in the county,
some having even aa little as seven
hundred dollars a year. He point
ed out that low income has a ma
jor influence on health and edu
cation as well as an the general
standard of living. "Human ero
sion" was described aa the drain
ing off of young Watauga people
to sources of higher income.
In the schools, it was pointed
out, the children of the lower in
come families are placed in an em
barrassing position and are acutely
conacioui of the difference be
tween their own standard of liv
ing and that of higher income
famiiiei. This i» cited ai an im
portant factor in the number of
dropouti. Failure to do }he scho
lastic work pinpoints the need for
vocational training, it was said,
while bad health due to faulty
diet, bad teeth were cited. It was
said that there are live hundred
people in Watauga county who can
not live without financial aid.
Some of these, it is believed,
would have been self-supporting
If they had received proper diag
nosis and more health education.
Health Center Discussed
Dr. Mary Michal discussed the
(Continued on page two)
Advertising, Parkway
Plans C Of C Topics
The regular monthly meeting
of the Boone Chamber of Com
merce will be held next Tuesday,
February 12, at the Boone Trail
Restaurant, with Mr. Robbin« of
Blowing Rock being the principal
•peaker.
Discussion will center about the
statu* of the plans of the Govern
ment to develop tourist facilities
on the Blue Ridge Parkway, which
is be'ing vigorously opposed by
various communities along the
route, including Blowing Rock and
Appalachian College Band*
To Parade At Inaguration
The Appalachian State Teach
er* College band, under the'direc
tion of Mr. William Spencer, haa
been invited to participate in the
Inaugural parade for Coventor
Luther Hodgea which will be held
In Haleith on Thuraday, February
f. The band will take part in the
inaugural eacort and the parade
Itaelf. For the inaugural eacort,
the fend muat be in tine by in .to
g. m. and wUI proceed from the
governor'! manaion to the audi
torium. n
The governor will then give hi*
addreu. Following Ike addreaa the
governor will come to the atepa
of the auditorium. Their he will
be given a nineteen gun italute.
The governor and hit' inaugural
party with special escorts will
proceed to the reviewing atand.
The line up (or the parade will be
12:00. The parade will begin when
the governor reach* the stand.
The parade will proceed from the
auditorium to the Capitol.
After the parade, the hind
member* will be guest* at a
luncheon after which they will re
turn to Boone
There ara to be fifty-one units
in the parade which will largely
be military marching units and
| bands.
According to Mr. Spencer, the
band will leave here around one,
Wednesday, the Btlv Arrangements
are being made for their overnight
stay In RahtlgA. The next morn
ing. Thursday, they will partici
pate in the inaugural activities
followed by the luncheon. The
band will return to Boone on
Thursday night.
Mr. Spencer is quite honored
with the Invitation and stated that
this was the first time the band
has been asked He also stressed
the fact that the band will be re
presenting the what* college.
Boone.
Alto to be considered Is the ex
tensive advertising program being
promoted by the Boone and Blow
ing Rock Chambers of Commerce
and other similar organizations in
Western North Carolina.
The opportunity will be given
to join the Western North Carolina
Highlanders Association, and hear
of its program. A report is ex
pected on the progress of the Sky
line Telephone project in the coun
ty.
Members and other interested
persons are Invited. The meeting
will be held from \2 to 1:18 p. m.
Lunch is ,1 per plate.
Wrong Name In
Homicide Story
In a news story last week, the
name f of Ernest Triplett was er
roneously given in describing the
altercation last July 8 which re
sulted in tke death of Clemon
Triplett by a pistol bullet fired
by William Oacar Wyatt
Elmer Triplett baa informed the
Democrat that Ernest Triplett was
not Involved In the affair In any
way, and that the name 9t Elmer
Triplett should have bem given in
the instance where the name of
Ernest Triplett was wad. The
Democrat regrets the error and i»
to jaake the correction.