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FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably um the column* of the Democrat. With it* full paid circulation, intensely covering the local shopping area, U is the heat advertising medium available. VOLUME LXXH1? NO. 38 . WATAUGA DEM An Independent Weekly Ne** paper . . . Seventy-Third Year of Continuous PRICK: im CENTS BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH PAGES? TWO SECTIONS . THE MUSIC COMES OUT HERE. ? The contrabassonist with the North Carolina Little Symphony just descended from the bu? in which the musician! travel from the Blue Ridge to the Atlantic, demon strates his instrument for school children before a special matinee. Watauga School Children Look Forward To Visit Of Symphony A year of preparation and anti cipation will come to a climax for children in the lower grades of Watauga county'! schools at one o'clock Monday, when the North Carolina Little Symphony will pre sent a special children's matinee at the new gymnasium auditorium at Appalachian State Teachea* College. Children's matinees by the little symphony have been a highlight of the school year in many North Carolina towns, but this will be the first performance of one in Wa tauga county. The children of the county have prepared for the matinee since last fall by studying recordings of the music to be played and getting ready for special numbers. They have made up their own verses to folk songs to sing with the orches tra and have made home-made per cussion instruments to accompany the orchestra in other numbers. About 2600 children will attend the matinee from all the schools in the county. The preparations have been under the general di rection of the county supervisor, Mrs. Mae Edmisten. All the teach i ers in the lower grades have con tributed, the work being directed in the various schools by thefol lowing teachers. Parkway, Mrs. Ruby Moretz. Green Valley, Mn. Susie Bn chanan. Appalachian, Mrs. Gaynelle Wil son. Valle Crucis, Mrs. Mary Mast. Cove Creek, Mrs. Jimmy Mast, Mrs. Agnes Shipley. Bethel, George Harmon, Mrs. Maxine Trivette. Mabel, Mrs. Paul Hutchinson. For the children the symphony (Continued on page eight) Panel Discustion On AHS School Policy To 1 Feature PTA Gathering The Appalachian High School diviiion of the Boone Parent Teachen Association will meet in the high school auditorium on Monday, March 27, at 7:30 p. m. The program (or the meeting, planned by the National Honor Sociuty and their sponsor, Robert Snead, will be a panel discussion on policies and activities of the high school. Appearing on the panel will be two student members of the Hon or Society; two parenU of high school students; and the members of the high school administration, Principal Roy Blanton, Assistant Principal L. M. Venable, and Mri. Margaret E. Gragg, Guidance Di rector. After the program, teachers will be available to answer questions of parents concerning registration of high school students for cours es to be elected for next year. Re gistration will be held during the week fo March 27 30. Vilas Man, Stabbed B^Youth, Is Better A Vilas man was hospitalized with stab wounds allegedly inflict ed by a 15-year-old lad in the heart of Boone's King Street shopping district Saturday afternoon. Chief of Police Glenn R. Rich ardson said he took Charlie Wat son, 33, of Vilas, to Watauga Hos pital, when he found him lying on the sidewalk at the Depot and and King Street intersection, where surgery was performed for three stab wounds ? two in the region of the heart and one in the abdomen. While Watson's condition had been termed critical, he is said to be improved. Ivy Isenhour, 19, of Meat Camp, Registration Starts At AHS Spring registration for courses to be studied next year will begin on March 27 for Appalachian High School students. Monday morning students will meet by classes in three group* for a brief discussion of registra tion procedures and courses to be selected. At the PTA meeting on Monday evening, teachers will be prepared to answer questions of parents about courses and plans of the stu dents. During the week of March 27-30, students and teachers will discuss elective courses, study the stu dents' records, and select courses for next year. Registration of incoming fresh men will be conducted during the last week of April. The PTA meeting in April will be devoted entirely to the registra tion of present eighth-grade stu dents for high school work. Holshouser To Speak To Voters Ojames Holshouser, Jr., will ad dress the monthly meeting of the League of Women Voters on the subject "Court Reform in North Carolina." The meeting will be held Thurs day evening. March 23, at 8:00, in the Adult Assembly Room of the Boone Methodist Church. The public is Invited to attend the discussion of this timely topic. Mr. Holshouser, a Boone native, Is a graduate of DavidVon College and the University ot North Caro lina Law School. He has recently entered law practice in Boone. told Chief Richardson he stabbed Watson in sell-defense with a poc ket knife after Watson grabbed his throat. The Chief says that isenhour told him Watson had been "picking on him" and push ing him around previously. Watson, says the police officer, told him that he had never known Isenhour until a short while before the alternation. Chief Richardson quotes Watson as saying he was accosted by Isenhour, who claimed Watson "had called the law on him," as the result of Isenhour having been asked to leave the Appalachian Theatre by the man agement a while earlier. Watson is quoted by the Chief as saying Isenhour struck him twice before stabbing him. After the affray. Chief Richard son says, Isenhour engaged a cab and went with a friend to the home of the friend's brother near Boone, where the blood was washed from his hands. Then he engaged an other cab and returned to Boone, where Chief Richardson arrested him about an hour after the stab bing. The accused was placed in jail and was later released under a <1,000 bond. He will have a hear ing before Austin E. South, Judge of the Juvenile Court, April 10. Chief Richardson says Watson is S feet, 8 inches tall, weighs about 160, and is lame from injuries he had suffered in a traffic accident. He said the boy is about five feet tall and weighs about 110 pounds. The knife used in the fracas was never found by officers. The Chief says Iaenhour denied knowledge of its whereabouts. STADIUM ONE OF FIRST PROJECTS fjf||j| $2V2 Million Building Program Is Now Under Way At College Work Begins On 3 Buildings, 2 More In June The ending of winter marks the beginning of construction of sev eral new facilities at Appalachian State Teachers College. Work has been started on clearing the sites for an industrial arts building, home economics building, and new football and athletic field. Work 1s also being done on an addition to the College Book Store. Dr. W. H. Plemmons, college president, said that within a few weekf construction of a new dorm itory for women will be started. It is hoped building of a new science building will be underway in June. These projects represent an ex penditure of nearly two and a half million dollars. The industrial arts building will be on Faculty Street, behind the laundry and power plant. Trees have been cut and dirt is being moved to get ready for building. Industrial arts courses presently are taught In the Fine Arts build ing The new home economics build ing will be on Locust Street, di rectly behind LoviU Hall. A sec tion of the street has been torn ?Viur< *nd traffic can ao longer travel through the campus on Lo cust Street. Blocks and bricks are already being laid at the Book Store. The building is being expanded to the back and east side. Due to in creased enrollment at Appalachian, the store, which sells books and school supplies and acts as a social center for the students also, has been crowded for some time. The industrial arts and home economics buildings are scheduled for completion during the summer, and should be ready for use at the opening of the fall quarter this year. The book Store addition should also be completed this sum mer. The lake at the site of the new athletic field has been dranied, trees are being cleared and brush was being burned last week in preparation for building the sta dium, field house, and access roads and walks. The lake covered much of the site where the football field and stadium will stand. The State Advisory Budget Com mission, which met here last fall to study the needs of the college, in preparation to advising the cur rent Legislature, has recommend ed that fund* be provided for a new cafeteria and student center, a dormitory to replace White Hall, a dormitory to replace Lovlll Hall, and a new classroom building. Dr. Plemmons said these facilities would cost approximately three and a half million dollars. He aaid it is proposed that most of these items, recommended for 1901-63, be financed out of a bond Issue to be submitted to a vote of the peo ple. (continued on page eight) SITE OF HOME ECONOMICS BUILDING 'Oklahoma' To Feature May Day Try outs began thi? week for the most ambitious undertaking in Ap palachian May Day hiitory ? pres entation of Rodgcri and Hammer stein's eminently successful musi cal, "Oklahoma." Hopeful Curlys, Judds, Aldo An nies and other would-be Oklaho mans strutted their vocal wares in the Fine Arts auditorium last night, and others were scheduled to be heard tonight. Cast members are expected to be announced next week, with re hearsals to begin April 4. ' Overall musical director for "Ok lahoma" will be Nicholas Erneston. Mrs. Virginia Wary Linney will train the chorus, and David French will provide scenery and stage the production. Student designers of scenery and costumes, respectively, are Larry Clark, a junior from Gastonia, and James Lay ton, a senior from Boone. Bill Ford, also of Boone, will choreograph the production. In addition to the various solo roles, the musical will feature an 18-voice chorus and a 12 member dance group. Accompaniment will b? by the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra. "Oklahoma" will pUy for two nights, May M, in the college aud itorium. Tickets for the May 6 performance will be placed on sale to the general public. College stu dents are expected to attend the May S performance Good Friday, Easter Services Being Plan nedlivMin isteria I Assoc ia tion Plant have been completed for the annual Community Good Fri day and Easter Sunrise services. These services of worship have been worked out by committees of the Watauga Ministerial Alto ctation. The Good Friday service will be held at the Advent Christian Church on East King Street at 1:00 o'clock Friday afternoon, March 31. Thia will be a one-hour serv ice and the Rev. Floyd Boston, pastor Of the host church, will be la charge of the service. "The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Croat" will b? the theme of the program. Seven of Um ministers will discuss the last words of Christ. Special music will be provided by the Advent Chris tian Church. The Easter Sunrise Service will be at 0:00 o'clock on Sunday morn ing, April 2, at the Horn in the West theatre parking lot. The speaker (or this occasion is the Rev. Todd Ferneyhough, priest- in charge of St. Luke's Epiacopal Church. The Appalachian High School Band will provide music for the service, aed the Rev. Res West, pastor of Perklnsville Baptist Church, will lead the congrega tional singing. Howard Cottnril, Mayor of Boone, will serve as head usher for this arnica. The congregation U asked to come up cloie to the speaker's stand in order to make It easier to conduct the service. An offer lag will be taken to help defray the cost of the special Easter serv ice. In case of rain the Sunriae serv ice will be held in the First Bap tist Church. Both of these services will be carried over radio station WATA. The residents of Boone and sur rounding areas are cordially in vited to attend these services of worship at the Easter season which commemorate the death and res urrection of the Lord City Recreation Proposals Take Attention Of Chamber Commerce Cattlemen To Vote Next Saturday On Assessment Saturday March 29 la a very im portant day for the cattle produc ers in Watauga County and North Carolina, in the opinion of Mr. B. W. Stalling!, owner of Diamond S Ranch. Mr. Stalling! lays that on thii date producers of ilaughter cattle will vote oa whether they wish to continue the ten cents assessment on all cattle sold for slaughter to help finance the progressive pro gram of the North Carolina Cattle man's Association in its efforts to 1 increase production, marketing and consumption of North Caro lina beef and beef products. Mr. S tailings, who is chairman of the referendum committee in Watauga county, point* out that in the 1998 voting the vote here was 4 to 1 in favor of initiating this self-help program, and adds: "Let's make the vote on March 29 equal ly as favorable. There will be a ballot box in every community, so vote yes in the cattle referendum Saturday March 29." Frank Critcher Dies Tuesday Lewis Franklin Critcher, 81, former resident of Boone, died un expectedly last Tuesday morning at his home, Route 5, Lenoir. The Rev. Archie McKee offici ated at the services at the Chapel of Rest in Happy Valley. A retired farmer and sawmiller, Mr. Critcher was born September 29, 1879, in Watauga county, and waa a son of the late CapL An drew Jackson Critcher and Mrs. Louise Hagaman Critcher. He was a brother to the late Hurray P. Critcher of Boone: He had resided in the Happy Valley section for a number of years. Surviving is the widow, Mrs. Harriet Greer Critcher. Mrs. Stanberry Dies Saturday Mrs. Mollie Edith Stanberry, 81, widow of Sylvanus Stanberry, died last Saturday at Ashe Memorial Hospital, West Jefferson. A native of Watauga county, Mrs. 3tanberry had lived most ot her life in Boole. She waa a daughter of the late William H. N orris and Mrs. N orris of Meat Camp township. She was a mem ber of the Baptist Church. Surviving are ? daughter. Miss Helm Stanberry of Charlotte and a brother, W. W. N orris of Aber deen, N. C. Funeral service* were conduct ( Continued oil page eight) ' Voters Write On Tax Plan Representative Murray Coffey and Senator Gordon H. Winkler, both of Watauga, are getting a good deal of mail relative to Gov ernor Sanford'a proposal to tax food under the (ale* tax law to provide more money for an ex panded educational program in the State. Mr. Coffey tella the Democrat that his mail is running heavy and about 90-90 for and against the proposal. He says that teachers and other school personnel are overwhelmingly for the Sanford plan, while reaction from other* la largely against 1L He finds strong sentiment for taxes on to bacco and other non-essential commodities. Senator Winkler says his mail is running almost 100 per cent for the Governor's plan. Both solons express their appreciation to the people for the fine response on this issue and ask for their furth er cooperation. TO TRY FOB TEST BAN Britain and the United States were reported fully agreed to make one more major effort to negotiate with Russia a treaty out lawing nuclear test explosions. President Kennedy has told of ficials, and reportedly assured the British, that he Is determined to get an agreement if the 8ovis*s wilt accept reasonable inspection safeguards cheating. The regular meeting of the Boone Chamber of Commerce was well attended laat Tuesday, aa the group met to air the questipn of recreational facilities for the com munity. A report was heard by the pre liminary stufy committee, headed by James Harsh, in which he de clared that community growth the past quarter century has been re markable in every facet except the provision of suitable recreation for the youth of the town and vicinity. Mr. Marsh cited the projected growth figures of the next twenty years, as compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, and de clared that Boone has a role in the future as the shopping center of a vast area of Northwest North Carolina. "Whether we actually enjoy the fulfillment of such a role is going to be determined in great measure by the degree in which we recog nize and meet the neds of a grow ing community," Mr. Marsh de clared. The community's failure to pro vide a suitable and appealing recre ation program is discouraging the growth of tourist interest, Mr. Marsh believes, and said a study by his committee revealed the question of community progrmma of this nature to be among the prime concerns of prospective industry seeking sites in our area. Mr. Marsh said the committee's brief study had turned up ample evidence of need, but declared that he would like an expression of community sentiment before further study was undertaken. He pointed out that earlier efforts to initiate a recreation program and the provision of suitable facilities had been defeated at the polls. Several private citizens and rep resentatives of local civic group* roae to speak in favor of continu ing the study and making of rec ommendations bty the committee. A motion was made and carried that the study be continued; that the committee make actual rec ommendations on how best to meet the needs it discovert; and that a questionnaire be presented to all taxpayers of the community to de termine their interest in j such facilities aa i desirable.