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WATAUGA DEMOCRA
An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Third JW of Continuous Publication
VOLUME LXXIII.? NO. 39
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH 3fl, 1961,
PAGES? TWO SECTIONS
STADIUM SITE. ? Workmen have been busy for leveral weeks cut
ting, clearing, and burning brush at site of Appalachian State
Teachers College's new football stadium and athletic field. The
stadium it not expected to be finished in time for use this year, and
the Mountaineers will play all their "home" games in other stadiums
with North State Conference foes.
2,000 Grade School Children
Guests At Symphony Matinee
Two thousand elementary school
children in Watauga county were
treated to a matinee performance
of "Symphony Stories," by the
North Carolina Symphony Mon
day. The musicians also played at
a Public Programs event at the
college that night.
The students, in grades 3 through
eight, were transported from their
schools in 34 school buses, in
what may have been the largest as
semblage of elementary school stu
dents in the county. W. Guy An
gell, superintendent of Watauga
county schools, said the group was
"the most attentive and best be
haved" group he had witnessed in
a long time.
The children came from their
various schools and assembled in
the New Physical Education Build
ing at the college at one o'clock.
Several of the students were in
vited to the stage to help in the
percussion section of the orches
tra, and all the students joined in
singing several of the numbers, ar
ranged especially for elementary
age children.
The Symphony, on its annual
tour, is directed by Benjamin Swa
lin. The group is* supported by
the State of North Carolina. The
matinee for the children was spon
sored by the Watauga County Unit
ed Fund.
The program had been coordi
nated by Mrs. Dessa Mae Edmisten,
county supervisor. She and several
teachers in the school system had
attended a workshop with other
teachers over the State in prepa
ration for the visit. The students
had been briefed on what to ex
pect at the performance, and sev
eral had written verses to a
folk song, "Old Joe Clark," which
were read by Mrs. Swalin.
Teachers helping Mrs. Edmisten
were Mrs. Reba Moretz, Mrs. Jim
mie Mast, Mrs. Agnes Shipley, Mrs.
Susie Buchanan, Mrs. Gaynelle Wil
son and Mrs. Hazel Mast.
Numbers on the program in
cluded:
Excerpts of Mozart's Symphony
in E Flat, No. 3?.
The studenta joined in tinging,
"All Night, All Day."
The orchestra played the "Dance
of the Princesses" and excerpts
from "The Firebird," Victor Her
bert's "March of the Toyi."
Everybody Joined in singing "Old
Joe Clark" after Mrs. Swalin had
called attention to one of the
verses written by Richard Mast of
Valle Crucis School, and one of
the grades at Valle Cruris.
In a percussion surpriaa, "Let's
Play with the Orchestra," Pat
Shull and Terry Combs of Cove
Oreelc school played the drums;
Lois Anne Greene and Johnny
Hodges of Valle Cruris played the
(ticks; Lee Howscr and Mike Ham
ilton of Eppalachian Elementary
played the taraborines; and Donna
(continued on page six)
L. M. VENABLE
Venable Gets
UNC Fellowship
Word has just been received by
Mr. L. H. Venable, assistant prin
cipal of Appalachian High School,
that he is the recipient of an all
expense fellowship to the Univer
sity of North Carolina ? R. J. Rey
nolds Tobacco Company Summer
Program in Economic Education.
Mr. Venable is one of sixty can
didates chosen from a large group
of applicants to receive this fel
lowship. The following excerpt is
taken from th? letter received by
him from Roy W. Hols ten. Assist
ant to the Dean and Program Co
ordinator of the University of
North Carolina School of Business
Administration: "The Admissions
Committee was very much im
pressed with the large number of
highly qualified applicants who
were nominated by their schools
and feels that the sixty candi
dates who were finally choscn re
present an outstanding array of
teaching experience and potential
in the Southeast We congratulate
you on your fine application."
Mr. Venable received the A. B.
degree from High Point College
and the M. Ed. degree from the
University of North Carolina. He
has had nine yean of teaching
and coaching experience.
Chamber Board ,
Meets Tuesday
A important meeting of the
Board of Director* of the Chamber
of Commerce will be held at the
Daniel Boone Hotel Tueaday April
4th at noon.
More information on the recrea
tion project alone with several
other Important matters will come
up for diecuaaion. Programs for
future membership meetings will
also come up for discussion
Most Stores
Close Monday
Most store* and other buiiness
institution* in the town will be
doted for Easter Monday, accord
ing to word from the Chamber of
Commerce.
City and county offices will be
closed, as will the Bank, and Sav
ing It Loan Association, it has
been learned.
The postoffice will remain open.
Horn Try outs
Next Friday
Tryouts for prospective singers
and actors for this year's produc
tion of Horn in the West will be
held in the Fine Arts building at
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege March 31, at 3:30.
The director, Mr. David French,
in making the announcement, ask
ed that all those who wish to take
part in the production of the dra
ma, be present, since only a few
places in the cait are unfilled.
Geo. Thomas
YDC Prexy
Mr. George C. Thomas wis
named the new President of the
Watauga Young Democratic Club
at a well-attended meeting held at
the courthouse last Friday even
ing.
Other officers named are:
Ivan Dish man, first Vice-Presi
dent.
Charlie Mitchel, second Vice
President.
James Dugger, Treasurer.
Eddie P. Norris, Secretary.
At the organization meeting it
was decided that the club would
meet the last Friday evening in
each month.
Mr. Thomas, in assuming the
presidency of the club, expressed
his desire to cooperate fully with
the regular Democratic organiza
tion through the Executive Com
mittee, to the end that a unified
party may result in the county.
Speaking to the Democrat he ex
pressed approval of Governor San
ford's tax proposal, and his inten
tion of backing the Governor's
educational program in every way
possible.
Mr. Thomas is a son of Clint
Thomas of Trade and Mrs. W. P.
Smith of Chelan, Wash. He is a
retired rural mail carrier and has
a disability retirement from the
Navy. He has long been active in
Democratic party affairs.
Candidates Slated
At Blowing Rock
Mayor R. B. Hardin waa nomi
nated to auccecd himaeif, without
opposition, when Blowing Rock
citizens turned out in record num
ber* Monday evening to slate a
ticket for the municipal election
which will be held May 2.
Nominated for city councilmen
were the following:
J. D. Jones, John Gaumcr, John
Goodwin, Hiyden Pitts, Allen
Craig and Cecil Rhode*.
From thi* group the voter* will
chooae three for the town board.
The nominating convention at
Blowing Rock takes the form of a
mass meeting of all citizen*. Can
didate* are nominated without re
gard to politics.
A TIME OF BETRAYAL AND SUFFERING
Story Of Easter's Beginnings Is Retold
The last week in the life of Jet ui
Christ li remembered by Christians
with special services and great
solemnity, for it was ? time of
betrayal and suffering that led up
to the resurrection of the Son of
God.
Jesus arrived in Jerusalem on
Sunday, cheered by hopeful
throngs who showered Hia path
with branches of palm trees. It
was dangerous for Him to enter
the city because of the high priests
who feared and resented Him; but
He believled it was Hia duty to
preach there.
According to the Bible, reports
Mrs. Francine Klagshrun, religion
editor of World Book Encyclo
pedia, Jesus spent the first few
days teaching and visiting the
Temple. Once again He threw out
the moneychanger! and those who
?old dovea for aacrifice. Some of
the time He prayed and meditated
in Bethany, Just outside the city.
On Thursday night H? joined
the 12 dlaciples for what was prob
ably the first meal of the Jewish
1'aisovet. During the Last Supper,
He told His disciples that one of
them would betray Him. Then He
gave them bread and wine, saying,
"This Is My Body" and "This is
My Blood." From this meal origi
nated the sacrament of Commun
ion, or Lord's 8upp?r.
Jesus knew that Hia hour of suf
fering was near. He led the dis
ciples to the Garden of Gefhse
mane, on the slope of the Mount
of Olive*. Late that night a band
of armed men, with Judas Iacariot
among them tame to the garden.
Judaa kissed Jeaua, identifying Him
to the armed men, who took Him
away to the high priest.
Charged with blasphemy for call
ing Himaelf the Son of God and
King of the Jews, Jeaua was taken
early Friday to Pontius Pilate, the
Roman governor, and then to Her
od Antipas, ruler of Galilee. Her
od mocked Jeaua, dressed Him In
a kingly robe, and sent Him back
to Pilate.
Without the approval of Pilate,
Jeaua could not be executed. But
Pilate heaitated to condemn Him.
He brought Jeaua and a condemned
murderer named Barabbaa before
tfce people and told them to cbooae
one to go free, as it waa the custom
to pardon one prisoner during
Passover. The mob screamed lor
the release of Barabbas. Jesus was
sentenced to death by crucifixion,
a common Roman form of execu
tion.
The crucifixion took place on ?
hill outside the city called Golgo
tha, or Calvary. After several
hours Jesus died and His body
was taken to a new tomb.
On Sunday morning Mary Mag
dalene went to the tomb. The
stone had bean rolled away and
the tomb was empty. But an angel
told her that Jesus had risen.
Later Jesus appeared to Mary
Magdalene and to Simon Peter. For
the next 40 days He taught His
U faithful disciples. Then He rota
to heaven.
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PROJECTS IN WIDE VARIETY 'ffrel||
One Hundred Prospective
Scientists Gather Here
District Fair
DrawsStudents
Of 17 Schools
.
The Northwest District Science
Fair was held at Apaplachian State
Teachers College Friday, with more
than a hundred young scientists
from 17 schools of the area dis
playing exhibits. Ten of the top
senior high students earned the
opportunity to participate in the
State Science Fair at Duke Uni
versity April 7-8.
Exhibits covered subjects from
the atomic age, back as far as
Creation itself. Jet engines and
what makes them work were
among the displays, as were rocks
and minerals that were identified
with the places they may be found.
For the junior high student win
ners, the district fair was the
height of their achievement. They
are not eligible to enter the State
event, but this fact did not keep
them from displaying excellent
projects.
The junior and senior projects
were in both the biological and
physical sciences. The divisions
were in separate rooms and the
many visitors to the fair could
study the science projects of inter
est to them easily.
Some of the exhibits were elab
orate, with working parti, while
others told their story simply with
nothing more than just the sub
ject and charts and containers to
show how the study had been con
ducted.
Schools participating were: Spar
ta High, Croxnore High, Wilkes
Central, Rutherford-Spindale, Cool
Spring! of Forest City, West
Wilkes, West High of Purlear,
North Wilkes, Glen Alpine. Ap
palachian High of Boone, Spindale
Elementary, Ruth School of Ruth
erfordton, Blowing Rock Elemen
tary, Wilkesboro Elementary, C. C.
Wright Elementary of Union
Grove, Deyton Elementary of
Spruce Pine, and Rutherfordton
Elementary.
Kent Robinson, faculty member
of the Science department at Ap
palachian and director of the fair,
said he was "pleased with the ex
hibits." He indicated the displays
in the physical area particularly,
were of high quality, in both the
senior and junior division, and
that the biological exibits would
measure up to the quality of prev
ious fairs.
Winners, their school and pro
jects were:
In the senior physical sciences:
Steve Holloway, Central High,
linear traveling-wave accelerator.
Elmer Clyde Hollifield, Glen Al
pine High, experiments with high
frequency electricity.
Roddy Morrow, Wilkes Central
High, the atomic jet engine.
Patricia Mcintosh, Rutherford
ton-Spindalc, soil and minerals
from each of the 90 States.
Robert Thomas Gibba, Ruther
fordton-Spindale, a study ot the
moon.
Honorable mention, Gary Se
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1 ?
LLOYD E. SLATER
Slater To Speak
At Appalachian
As future teachers, the students
of Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege need to be informed of the
numerous occupational opportuni
ties for school youngsters in order
to give them proper guidance, says
Dr. W. G. Sink, ASTC chemistry
dpeartment head.
To give them the word in the
science field, Lloyd E. Slater, an
engineer who is executive director
of the Foundation for Instrumenta
tion Education and Research, has
been invited t6 the ASTC campus
by Dr. Sink.
Slater will appear at the college
Thursday, April 8, at 7 p. m.
Slater has been active as an en
gineer, reporter and consultant in
the field of instrumentation and
automatic control during its spec
tacular emergence in the past ten
years. He tr a member of the
Instrument Society of America,
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science and the
American Society for Engineering
Education, has authored over 90
articles on various aspects of in
strumentation, and is a contribut
ing author on automation to the
"Encyclopedia Americana."
Soviet scientists disgree on lat
est satellite.
Photo Flower?' Photo Shop
FAIR EXHIBITS.? Picture on left ihowi a sawmill, built by Alton Shore, Jerry Adams and Norwood
Ford of Blowing Rock for display In Northweatera Diitrict Science Fair. At right, Preston Sommers, of
North Wilkesboro stands with his experimental study of 3 chemical effects on green algae.
Good F riday, Sunrise
Services Slated Here
The community Good Friday
Service, ? one-hour program from
1:00-2:00 p. m., on March 31, will
be held at the Advent Christian
Church. The pastor of the host
church, the Rev. Floyd Boston, will
be In charge of the service. Spec
ial music will also feature the
service.
The following pastors of the as
sociation will participate in the
presentation of the Seven Last
Words of Christ: "Father forgive
them," by the Rev. Tod Ferney
hough; "Today thou shalt be with
me in paradise," by the Rev. Hom
er Greene; "Woman, behold thy
son," the Rev. Rock Hatton; "My
God, My God, why hast thou for
saken me?" by the Rev. E. F.
Troutman; "I thirst," by the Rev.
Ernest Blankeship; "It is finished,"
by the Rev. Blrte Brinkerhoff;
and "Father, into thy hands I
commend my spirit," by the Rev.
Would Favor
Representative Murray Coffey
has introduced a bill in the House
which would amend Chapter 113
of the General Statutes to the end
that person* sixty-five years of age
or over shall not be required to
purchase a hunting or fishing
license in Watauga county*
The bill was referred to the
committee on Wildlife Resources.
Representative Coffey's measure
which would provided for the elec
tion of tax officials in Watauga
County was reported unfavorably
in the House.
Surplus Food
To Be Given
Arrangement! have been made
for the distribution of Federal
surplus food commodities In Wa
tauga county, it U announced by
Dave P. Mast, Superintendent of
Public Welfare.
These food items will be issued
to assistance recipients and other
needy persons in Watauga county,
and it is hoped that the distribu
tion will commence during the
month 6f April.
Meal, flour, lard, canned foods,
canned gravy, and many other
staple items of food will be made
available.
Those wishing to apply for this
aurplus food will need to eome to
the Welfare Department and make
application for themselves and
their families. This will have to
be done before the necessary
amounts of food can be ordered,
Mr. Mast said. The quicker ap
plications are filed the quicker
the food distribution can be ar
ranged for.
Cancer Society report indicates
rise In cures.
Alvin Wilton.
The Easter Sunrise Service on
Sunday morning will be at 6:00
o'clock at the Daniel Boone The
ater parking lot on the Horn in
the West road. The Rev. Mr. Fer
neyhgugh priest - in ? charge, SL
Luke's Episcopal Church, will
I bring the message. Special music
will be furnished by the high
school band.
Those in charge of the service
have urged that the congregation
at the Sunrise Service move in
close to the microphone in order
that they might hear better and
also contribute to the congrega
tional singing.
Ushering for the service will be
in charge of Howard Cottrell. An
offering will be taken to defray
cost of the services.
Both these programs will be
broadcast over radio station
WATA.
Parkway Leads
In 1960 Visits
Washington.? The Blue Ridge
Parkway in North Carolina and
Virginia continued to lead all other
unita in 1960 in the national park
system in the number of visits.
Recorded 1960 visits to units in
the park system were reported by
the National Park system. Visits
to all parks in the system reached
a new high of 72,288,000.
The total number of visits on
the Blue Ridge Parkway was 9,
503,200, slightly down from 1959's
9,980,400.
The total was based on a new
counting system inaugurated dur
ing the year which materially af
fected the results In some units
and was regarded as making no
difference in others.
However, the service said, had
there been no change in counting
procedure the 1960 visit total
would have been 69,987,000, or an
increase of 4,8 per cent over the
previous high of 62,812,000 record
ed in 1990.
Director Conrad L. Wirth ex
plained that in previous yeara
some areas were not counting per
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Miss Watauga
Entries Sought
Entile* are now being accepted
by the Boone Jaycee* for the Mis*
Watauga County Beauty Conteet
which will be held May 13th in the
Appalachian Elementary School
auditorium at 6:00 p. m.
Contestants must be 18 year*
old by August 1961; a I
graduate, single and a :
Watauga County. ASTC i
considered aa county i
formation and
may be ropived hy
"Beauty Pageant", T