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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOBTH CAROLINA, THUKSPAY, SEPTEMBER If, 1W7 j|
Teachers
Are Added
In County
Authorization ha* been received
by the Watauga County Board of
Education to increaae the allot
ment of teachers from 140 to 142
due to the increase in enrollment
at the close of the fir*t two weelu
of school, it was announced by
W. Guy Angell, school superin
tendent.
Appalachian High School and
Green Valley Elementary School
have each qualified for one addi
tional teacher which will greatly
reduce the teacher load in these
schools.
The enrollment at Appalachian
High School increased from 423
to 473, an increase of SO students.
The Green Valley Elemental^
School enrollment has increased
from 304 to 346, a gain of 42
students. Enrolment increases at
Appalachian are due to increase
in local population and the in
creased number of eighth grade
graduates entering high school
from Green Valley and Parkway
schools as well as the elementary
school at Appalachian.
The increase at Green Valley
is almost entirely due to the large
number of people moving into that
community.
Blowing Rock School enrollment
has increased 24 over the enroll
ment this time last year.
The largest decrease in enroll
ment is reflected at Bethel in
which a total of 34 pupils are re
ported short as compared to en
rollment this time last year. Moat
of the other schools in the county
have reported a slight decrease
as compared to last year.
Listed below is a comparative
summary of school enrollments at
the close of the first two weeks of
school in 1096 and 1097 ('96 en
rollment first, '97 second, and the
plus or minus last):
Appalachian Elementary — 983,
363, same for both years.
Appalachian High—423, 473, plus
90.
Green Valley Elementary—304,
346. plus 42.
Parkway Elementary—916, 906,
minus 10.
Blowing Rock Elementary—342,
346, plus 4.
Blowing Rock Rlgh—112, 133,
plus 21.
Valle Crucis Elementary — 307,
310, plus 8.
Cove Creek Elementary — 380,
366, minus 14.
Cove Creek High — 343, 338,
minus 9.
Bethel Elementary — 276, 249,
minus 31.
Bethel High—87, 84, minus 3.
Mabel Elementary — 301, 289,
minus 16.
Watauga Consolidated Elemen
tary—43, 93, plus 10.
Watauga Consolidated High —
0, 12, plus 3.
Totals—1006: 4026; 1B97: 4060,
plus 94.
Local Gtizens
To Attend Meet
In Asheville
A number of local citizen* are
expected to be in Asheville Thurs
day, September 36 for the Western
North Carolina Fir* Prevention
Conference.
County Forest Warden Crayte
Teague who will go to the meet
ing, states that the members of
the Board of Commissioners—1
Bynum Greene,/ Graver Lewis,
Fred Hatley; R. G. Shipley, How
ard Williams, Jennings Robinson,
L. E. Tuckwiller, Sheriff Hodges,
aod perhaps others from Watauga
county are expected to attend.
The conference will last from
10 a. m. to 3:90 p. m. and there
will be a number of speaftrs on
subjects related to the forest fire
problem, from the standpoint of
lumbermen, the pulpwood Indus
try, farmer, businessman, banker,
schools, wildlife, etc. It Is design
ed to create broadened interest In
the protection of the forests of
Western North Carolina
Counties included In the meet
ing are: Avery, Buncombe, Burke,
Caldwell. Cherokee, Clay, Gra
ham. Haywood, Henderson, Jack
son. Macon, Madison, McDowell.
Mitchell. Polk, Rutherford. Swain,
Transylvania, Yancey and Wat*
uga
The purpose of the foundation
planting around the house is to
blend the house into the lot
BURLEY SEASON NEAR—Stieki of burley tobacco itand like
ghpsts, getting their initial open air cure, before being placed
in the barm. Grandfather Mountain is shown in the distance. The
crop this year is said to be very good Hugh Morton photo.
United Fund Maps Drive
Community Committeemen
Slate Chosen For ASC Vote
The ASC community election
boards from the ten ASC com
munities in the county met Sept
ember 10 with the County ASC
Election Board and named nomi
nees for community committee
men in their respective communi
ties. In this meeting the chair
man, L. t. Tucfcwiller, stressed
the importance of naming the men
for nominees best qualified to ad
minister the various county . ASC
programs. Instructions were then
given these boards as polling place
boards for holding the ASC com
munity committee elections Octo
ber 8, at the designated polling
places in the communities. In
each community three community
committeemen and two alternates
will be elected. The person elect
ed as chairman of the community
committee will be delegate to the
county convention October 8, for
the purpose of electing a county
ASC committee. The vice-chair
man will be the alternate dele
gate to this convention.
Polling places, polling place
boards and community committee
nominees for each community are
as follows:
BEAVER DAM: Polling place,
Donly Hagaman's store Polling
place board: Cecil Swift, chair
man; G. D. Matheson, vice-chair
man; Baker Edmisten. Community
committee nominees: Howard
Cable, Clyde Comett, Loyd Dish
man, Carl Johnson, C. C. Johnson,
Linville Norris, Lynn B. Norris,
Asa Reese, Sr., Paul Tester, Joe
Wilson.
BRUSHY FORK: Polling place,
Vilas Service Station. Polling
board: D. M. Glenn, chairman;
Sherman Hollar, vice-chairman;
Jack Hicks. Community commit
tee nominee*: S. E. Anderson, C.
I. Billings, Hiriam Brooks, C. A.
Clay, Willie Cole, Don Elliott,
Harvey Gilliam, B. F. Hodges,
Bynum Hodges, Joe McNeil.
COVE CREEK: Polling place,
James B. Mast'* store. Polling
place board: Owen Wittle, chair
man; Tom Lawrence, vice-chair
man; D_ E. Church. Community
committee nominees: Jack Hen
son, Burl Lawrence, Clay Perry,
John K. Perry, Audie Pnmtur
June Proffitt, Ed Reese, Lee Tho
mas, Howard Vannoy, M. L. War
ren.
LAUREL CREEK: Polling place,
V. D. Ward's store. Polling place
board: Olus Mast, chairman;
Henry Hagaman, vice-chairman;
R. V. Presnel). Community com
mittee nominees: Ned Glenn, Ray
Harmon, Gradon Hagaman. Clyde
Love, Clay Presnell, Gold Presnell,
Ira Presnell, Gene Smith, Leonard
(Continued on page aeven.)
Open House At
Shadowline Is
Set For Friday
The management and personnel
of Shadowline, Inc., extend to the
people of Watauga county an in
vitation to visit their new plant
on Blowing Rock Road Friday,
September 27, between the hours
of 1 and 4:49.
Mr. Hal Johnson, manager, is
sued the following statement, in
connection with the open house an
nouncement:
"Shadowline is happy to be a
part of this community and to
have a part in the development of
a well rounded economy for all
its people. Our relationship has
been wonderful since we moved
to Boone. In order to show you
what we make and our products
we want you to come to our plant
and see first hand the Boone plant
of Shadowline, Inc."
Farm Owners
May Borrow
Now From FHA
HlflMe- form owner* in Wata
uga county may borrow from the
Farmeri Home Administration to
repair or remodel farm dwellings
or other essential farm buildings,
Jennings B. Robinson, the agency's
County Supervisor serving local
farm families said today. Loans
are also made to construct new
dwellings or other farm buildings. :
Interest on the loans will be 4 I
percent per year on the unpaid
principal. Repayments will be
scheduled over periods up to 33
years.
The agency expects applicants
to obtain the building plans and
specifications for the improve
ments to be financed with the
loans. To help the borrower obtain
construction that meets generally
accepted standards of soundness,
the Farmers Home Administration
will review the plans and inspect
the construction a* it progresses.
The local Farmers Home Ad
ministration county committee will
determine whether or not an ap
plicant is eligible for a housing
loan. To be eligible, an applicant
must be the owner of a farm, be
unable to obtain suitable credit
for dwellings and other buildings
from other lenders, and have
enough income from the farm or
from the farm and other sources,
to meet family living and farm
operating expenaes and repay his
debts.
Further information on the
loans may be obtained at the eoun
ty office of the Farmers Home
Administration located in the
County Courthouse in Boone.
Claire Booth Luce Will Appear
On First Public Program Series
The Public Programs Series for
1B67-M will open October 10 with
a presentation of Claire Booth
Luce as a dramatic monotogist in
"Fashions in Lova."
Miss Luce, currently visiting
Rome, will return to this country
soon to begin an Itinerary of pub
Ik appearance*. Among her firat
will be the program in the Physi
cal Education Building here on
the evening of October 10.
The following aerie* Ml bwen
arranged for the current year:
The Don Cossack Chorus and
Dances will appear here Novem
ber 21 The program will be held
in the Men's Old Gymnasium. The
(roup, which uaea music from
Russia and the Ukraine, waa on
they preseoted • program of maf
ic and dancing
On January 30, the Grata Root*
Opera Company will bring to the
campu* the opera "Don Giovanni."
The opera will be in Engliah. aa
those presented by the company
have previously been.
Donald Grant, a world traveler,
will five a lecture oa world af
fairs February *• Mr. Grant, who
ia a former superintendent of the
Scotland schools, will fpend two
days on the col lege campus, at
tending classes and speaking ia
assembly. He will give bif final
program February 4 at • o'clock
in the auditorium of the Admini
stration Building
KdWia Gercheuki. composer
pianiat, will prcaant a piano torn
cert March 31 in the Fine Art»
Auditorium Gereheaakl, who i*
chairman of the department of
mualc at Convene College, will al
ao upend two daya on the campoa
giving concert* in aaaembly.
On March 11 the Dublin Play
era from Dublin, Ireland, will fea
ture George Bernard Shaw'i
comedy, "Arm* and the Man." A
matinee of the program will be
given to high achool Junlora and
aeniort from achool* In the an*
rounding area
An added feature to thK ycar'a
aertea la a public program for the
opening of tlie aprlng featlval on
Mar 1- Thia program will feature
Dyer-Bennett, the great Engluh
ballad atnger
(Continued on pas* men.)
A campaign committee meeting
of the United Fund for Watauga
County waa heid at Appalachian
Elementary School Thursday even
ing, at which the pre-plans were
made for the forthcoming United
appeal drive, to be carried out In
the county October 21 to November
2.
Division chairmen (elected for
the campaign are:
Grady Moretz, Jr., and Mrs. How
ard Carlson, co-chairmen of the
drive, in charge of Boone and New
River township*.
Conrad Yates, chairman of the
commercial division.
Cecil. Miller, industrial-division.
Earl Petrey, educational divi
sion.
Mrs. David Reich, residential.
Carl B. Greene, coordinator ior
solicitor training.
Mrs. Carlson appointed Miss
Jean Childers, home demonstration
agent, as chairman of the Home
Demonstration club*. Working
with her will be Mrs. Asa Reece
in the Beaver Dam, Timbered
Ridge and Bethel communities,
Mrs. Howard Murray of Valle
Crucis, working in the Valley
Mountain, Brushy Fork and Hod
ges Gap areas; Mrs. Harold Tick
nor working in the Laxon, Sands,
and Green Valley communities;
Mrs. Hattie Lewis, working in the
Willow Valley, Silverstone, Mabel
and Cove Creek communities.
Mrs. Carlson has appointed W.
Harold Anderson, assistant county
agent in charge of the Rural Farm
Betterment Program, and R. G.
Shipley, vocational agriculture
teacher at Cove Creek High School,
to assist in the work by having
charge of the five community de
velopments that are operating in
the county. Working with them
will be Lewis Norris, of the Bethel
community; Jerry Adams, Cove
Creek; Frank Taylor, Valle Crucis;
Truman Critcher, Bamboo; and
Stewart Simmons, Triplett. Joe
Welbora will assist in the campaign
at Deep Gap and Stony Fork.
M. C. Rominger
Taken By Death
Manuel C. Rominger, 72. resi
dent of Banner Elk, Route 1, died
Sunday la Grace Hospital, Banner
Elk.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Liberty Methodist Church In
the Matney neighborhood. Rev.
Mr. Surrat and Rev. Mr. Wood
conducted the rites and burial was
in the church cemetery.
Surviving are seven sons and
i two daughters; Dexter, Boone;
Charles. Atlanta; Fred, Matney;
Ctyde, Orlando, Fla.; Grady. Ban
ner Elk; Ernest, Rominger; How
ard, Banner Elk; Richard, Balti
more, Md.: Mrs. Mae Wren. Bur
lington; Mrs. Edith Olenn, Vilas.
There are three sisters: Mrs. J. Y.
Walker, lugar Grove; Mrs Minnie
McNeil, Zionville; Mrs. Bessie
Harmon, Beech Creek. There are
i fifteen grandchildren.
Leading Federal economists
| have predicted that the nest surgs
' in the national economy would
| caiue from • Ux cut
Craftsmen
From Wide Area
Are Expected
Craftsmen from all over the
southeastern mountain area will
arrive In Boone Thursday, October
3, as the fall meeting of the South
ern Highland Handicraft Guild gets
underway. The meeting will last
through Saturday and a majority
of the more than 200 members la
expected to attepd.
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege has opened its campus to the
guild, and through the courtesy of
Misa Catherine Smith and Gordon
A. Nash of the Fine Arts Depart
Ctnt most of the meetings will be
Id in the Fine Arts Building.
Mits Elizabeth Lord of Watauga
Handcrafts is chairman of the re
ception committee which includes
Mrs. Howard Carlson, Mrs. D. W.
Cook, lira. Wayne Richardson, Mrs.
A. R. Smith, Mrs. Ruth South, Mrs.
C. G. Hodges, Mrs. Bill Jackson,
Mrs. Joseph NorrU and Clingman
Miller, all of the Boone area.
Among their other duties they will
be manning the information table
in the lobby of the Fine Arts
Building, registering guesta and
helping with program arrange
ment*.
Main busineaa of the Thursday
evening meeting will be planning
for the 11th annual Craftaman's
Fair next July in Asheville's City
Auditorium. The fair la • major
even for the guild members, who
set aside their finest work for ex
hibit there and look forward all
year to demonstrating their skill*
to thouaands of fair viaitora from
all over the country.
Friday morning there will b« •
guided tour of the college campus
and a visit to Watauga Handcrafts,
one of the guild'* craft center*.
The public I* invited to the ipec
ial Friday afternoon program at
2:19 o'clock In the Fine Art*
Building. The education commit
tee of the guild ia presenting a*
speaker David R. Campbell, direc
tor of the League of New Harap
ahire Arts Jc Crafts and executive
vice-preaident of the American
Craftamen's Educational Council.
Friday evening member* will
gather at nearby Parkway Craft
Center to hear Sam P. Wee ma. sup
erintendent of the Blue Ridge
Parkway, speak on the interest
of the National Park Service in
craft* *nd pioneer culture. Park
naturaliat Don Robinaon will ac
company Mr. Wee ma.
Also open to the public in the
Fine Art* Building Saturday at •
a. m. is the general guild meeting
when Mr. Campbell will be present
to diacuas craft problems with
members.
The purposes of the Southern
Highland Handicraft Guild, a non
profit member corporation, are to
encourage the creative uae of ma
terial*, build a cooperative apirit
among craftsmen, improve the
quality of the craft* taught, pro
duced and told in the area and pro
vide opportunities for their exhi
bition and sale. Member* mu*t be
reiident* of the Southren High
lands.
DOUBLE CHECK.—Pat (left) and Nancy HolUngsworth of Boone
check to see if they (till look very much alike after arriving on the
Wake Forest College campus in Winston-Salem. Daughters of the
Rev. and Mrs. L. H. Hollingsworth of Boone; they're freshmen.—
(Photo by Irvin Grigg.)
Area Mail Service
Improvement Slated
In an effort to improve mail
service in Watauga county, a num
ber of change* have been made In
rural route and city delivery ser
vice, effective October 5, 10B7,
states Lyle B. Cook, acting poat
maater.
The changes were made aa the
result of a survey made last May,
looking to the improvement of
■Mil service in the county. To that
end the following changes were
proposed and approved by the
Department:
City Delivery
1. Extension of service to pa
trons on Hill Street and Highland
Circle.
2. The establishment of City
Mounted Delivery to curb boxes
in the Perkinsville area. (This in
cludes service in the Hardin de
velopment, Perkinsville, and to
Watauga Produce on U. S. 421.)
8. The establishment of a sub
stitute auxiliary route for city de
livery service.
Rural Delivery
1. Transfer of patrons from Rt.
3, Boone to Rt. 1, Blowing Rock
in the area between Jarvis E.
Greene corner and the Parkway
Overpass, and between the Park
way Overpass and Clyde Downs
Comer. (This eliminates bad road
on Rt. 3.)
2. Transfer of rural service from
Deep Cap to Rt. 1, Boone consist
ing of the territory West of Lax
on.
3. Transfer of rural service from
Zionville to Rt. I, Boone, consist
ing of the Meat Camp territory.
In addition to the changes as
listed above, some rearrangements
In rural service have been made
between the three rural routes of
this office.
All patrons involved in these
changes will be notified by letter
this week of their correct street
or rural address.
New Publicity
Head Named
Mr. James F. Jones has been
appointed to handle the new posi
tion of Publicity Director for
Athletics at Appalachian.
Mr. Jones will be in charge of
releasing information about Moun
taineers' teams to other sehooJs
and persons and serving as sta
tistician for Appalachian teams.
An old hand in the North State
Conference, he earned his Bache
lor of Arts degree at Elon Col
lege and his master's degree at
JAMES F. JONES
East Carolina. He teaches social
studies and business education
and also coaches tennis here.
Assisting him is Sonny Fields,
a freshman student from Arling
ton, Virginia. Sonny graduated
from Washington-Lee High School,
Arlington, where he was a column
ist for his school paper. He also
wrote for an Arlington daily. The
Northern Virginia Sun.
College Improvements During
'
Current Year Cited By Dougherty
Mr. Barnard Dougherty, comp
troller of the college, baa releaaed
a Mat of improvement* made on
the rampu* during the apring and
lumraer of thia year.
Among the ronovationa made
thia mimmer ii the converting of
the Watauga Hotel Into the "Col
lege Hall for Hen." College Hall
la located oa King Street is Boone.
Mr. Dougherty cited numeroua
improvement*1 made Hi regard to
the walki and atreeta on the cam
pu» Tkoae walks removed and re
placed or wtdeae) include: the
walk from the Book Store to Lo
vill Hall. Locuat Street la frost of
the Book Store, and the atreet
leading to the preatdeat a home
waa hard-aurfaced.
The president'* home waa com
pleted during the aummer and Dr.
and Mr*. Fl—m—a now occupy
W
the home which overlooks the col
lege campui. Landacaping around
the preiident'a realdence waa
partially completed.
Mr. L. B. Tyaon, Mr. Dougherty
announced, haa been engaged to
make a complete aurvejr of the
campui and other college proper
ty. Mr. Tyaon ia preparing a "topo
map," • map of the topography,
for the college.
Furniture for the Student.1! I
Lounge, which ia located on the
fbit floor of the new addition to
the cafeteria, waa purchased. Hat
and coat rack* were initialled in
the cafeteria. Eaat Hall waa equip
ped with double-decker bed. in
order to make room for the large
number of e»«de attending Ap
palachian.
Other project* were noted by
Mr. Dougherty, larluded are; •
new chlorlnator (or the water
•yatem, a new lake constructed
between Juitice and Newland
Hall*, the soundproofing of the
practice rooms in the Fine Art*
Building, the addition of many
walla for decorative and retain
ing pur pones, and the purchasing
of instructional aida for teachers.
Mabel Grange J|H
Meets Monday
The MaMe Grange will meet
Monday night, September 23 at
7:30 in the Mebel School
At the last meeting officers
were elected and in
charter will be clotted at thto i
ing and those who have i
the Orange must do so 1* i