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Mrs. Pritchett Promoted To New
Job Of Administrative Assistant
According to the office of vice
president and comptroller, D. B.
Dougherty, Mr*. E?rleen Pritehett,
secretary to President W. H. Plem
moni of ASTC and director of the
college new* bureau, ha* been pro
moted to the executive position of
administrative assistant
Commenting on Mrs. Pritehett'*
promotion. President Plemmons
stated that he was delighted with
thi* promotion, which is indicative
MRS. EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT
of Mn. Pritchett's capacity and bei
thorough acquaintance with the
work at the administrative level
This will provide an opportunity
for Mrs. Pritchett to assume more
responsibilities of an administra
tive nature, which will mean thai
less of her time will be devoted tc
purely secretarial work.
The Watauga County native be
gan her professional career at Lees
McRae College where she served
as secretary to the president, taught
medical shorthand, and directed
publicity for 19 years.
Mrs. Pritchett and her husband
have lived in Boone since 1M7
From that time until September,
1959, she served as secretary tc
the dean, directed college publicity
and was assistant director of place
ment.
A popular, active woman, Mrs
Pritchett has participated in num
erous civic, professional and politi
cal activities.
She is a charter member of the
Boone Business and Professional
Women's Club. She served twc
consecutive terms as its president
has been its corresponding secre
tary, chairman of the news service
committee, and is presently chair
man of its legislative committee
for the second term. She is alsc
serving her fifth term as the club'i
parliamentarian.
She served one term as chair
man of the education and vocationi
committee for District II of the
North Carolina Federation ol
Business and Professional Women'!
Clubs. She served as assistant re
cording secretary of the State
Federation ? 1952-54. She has con
ducted a number of workshops or
the local, district and state level
on parliamentary procedures.
Mrs. Pritchett was one of the
organizing group of the Southern
Historical Association (producers
of "Horn in the Wect") and served
as recording secretary and a mem
ber of its board of directors for
several years.
She is immediate past president
of the Laurel Book Club. She is
also a member of the Boone Pres
byterian Church and of Circle
Number Two of its Women of the
Church.
She is a long-time member of the
North Carolina State Employees'
Association, having served as a
delegate to the State Convention
from Area I (Western North Caro
lina). <
In 1958 she was the Asheville
Citizen's "Woman of the Week."
Mrs. Pritchett has participated in
activities of the Democratic party
since her college days.
She organized and was the first
president of the Avery County
Young Democratic Club. She served
three terms as vice-president of
the Democratic party in Avery
County, and was i member of the
State Democratic Executive Com
mittee for that length of time.
She ha* served aa a member of
the Boone Precinct Committee of
the Watauga County Democratic
party, and aa the county'* vice
chairman. She bat alio been cam
pus sponsor of the Young Demo
cratic Club of Appalachian State
Teachers College.
Mrs. Pritchett served as presi
dent of the Young Democratic Club
of Watauga County. She helped
organise the Watauga County and
the Wilkes County Young Demo
cratic Clubs. She served as vice
president of the Young Democratic
Club of North Carolina under the
presidency of Terry Sanford.
She is presently coordinator of
women's activities for the Demo
cratic party in five northwestern
counties.
Mrs. Pritchett is the wife of Leo
K. Pritchett, professor of social
studies at ASTC.
Plans Are Completed
For Annual FarmWeek
Raleigh ? Plans have been com
pleted for the 93rd annual Farm
Home Week which will be held at
State College, July 11-14.
Miss Ruth Current, assistant di
rector for the N. C. Agricultural
Extension Service, says the meet
ing will convene on Tuesday after
noon when the state council of
Home Demonstration Clubs meet.
There will be planned tours to
"Interiors by Van," "National Art
Interiors," and "Wayside Furniture
House," during the afternoon for
the early arrivers.
Mrs. David Williams, president,
reports there will be a reception
following the program on Tuesday
night in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
David S. Weaver and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert W. Shoffner.
On Wednesday afternoon there
will be a tea honoring the dele
gates at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
H. Brooks iumit, dean t?f the
School of Agriculture. The honors,
tributes, and awards program will
follow during the evening assembly
in the coliseum. Following the
presentation of the AJiP leader
ship awards to 12 Home Demon
stration Club women, there will be
a special musical program pre
sented by the Greensboro Chapter
of the Society for the Preservation
and Encouragement of Barber Shop
Quartet Singing in America.
Daily devotions will be held
each morning by Rev. Thomas M.
Johnston in the Danforth Chapel
of the E. S. King Religious Center.
The annual meeting of Home
Demonstration Clubs will take
place this year on the last day
of Farm Home Week, and as usual
will be another history-making
chapter in the Home Demonstra
tion book. Mrs. Doris Betts, Tar
' Heel author and short story writer
of Sanford, will be guest speaker.
The following classes will be
held for the delegates during the
week. "Tensions in the Home," Dr.
Irene MacFarland, president-elect,
N. C. Association for Mental
Health, Wilaon; "Good Frozen Food
Practices," Miss Nita Orr, frozen
food specialist; "Planting and Care
of Your Plants," John H. Harris,
extension horticultrust; "Sew Your
Way to Fashion," Miss Doris John
son, education bureau, Coats and
Clark, New York; "Farm, Home,
and Community Safety," H. M.
Ellis, extension agricultural engi
neering; "Accessaries ? Their Role
in a Beautiful Home," Miss Pauline
Gordon and Mrs. Edith McGlamery,
house furnishings specialists;
"Creative Jewelry," Charles Hop
kins, jeweler craftsman, Chapel
Hill;
Tour of N. C. Museum of Art,
In charge, Miss Charlotte Womble
and Mrs. Edith McGlamery, house
furnishings specialists; "Traffic
Safety, Major Charles A. Speed,
director of the safety division,
State Highway Patrol, Raleigh;
"Tricks to Mix for Magic Meals,"
Mrs. Gladys Spencer, John Oster
Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
"Decision Making For Families,"
Dr. W. L. Turner, extension farm
management section; "Choosing
Carpet with Confidence," Miss
Carole Winslow, Gulistan Carpet
Home Decorator, A*M Karagheu
sian, Inc., New York; "Tips on
Party Favors and Party Decora
tions," Misses Huldah Lineberry
and Virginia Gregory, amistant
directors, N. C. Recreation Com
mission, Raleigh; and "Mealtime
with the Family," Dr. Albert G.
Edwards, minister. First Presby
terian Church, Raleigh.
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JOHNNY STACY
Sixty Students
Attend Summer
Science Class
Sixty outstanding Southeastern
high school students are attending
a summer science training program
on the campus of Appalachian
State Teachers College. The pro
grams runs through August 18.
The program, sponsored by the
National Science Foundation, is
directed by Dr. F. Ray Derrick,
head of the ASTC biology depart
ment It carries a one-unit credit
toward high school graduation.
Dr. Derrick said the participants
were selected on the basis of char
acter,' personality, class rank, rec
ommendations, a p t it u d e and
achievement tests and interviews.
In stressing the above qualifica
tions participants had to meet, Dr.
Derrick said competion was quite
keen this year among students
seeking admission to the program.
He said science teachers were ask
ed to recommend only the top one
or two in her class for the train
ing. From these teacher recom
mendations only one out of five
were selected.
The National Science Foundation
pays $70 of the 9140 cost to each
participant. This covers room,
board, travel and insurance. Other
expenses such as instruction and
supplies is paid for entirely by the
foundation.
The summer institute features
1 course in Problems In Physical
Science_for 30 tenth graders and
and Ecological Investigation for
thirty eleventh and twelfth grad
ers. Ecology is the study of rela
tions between organisms and their
environment.
Dr. Derrick and Dr. I. W. Carp
enter are teaching the ecology
study and Dr. W. G. Sink and Joe
Edmisten are directing the Prob
lems in Physical Science.
Dr. Derrick reports those attend
ing come from nearly 90 schools
in North Carolina, Georgia, South
Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and
Florida.
Johnny Stacy, son of Starr Stacy
was the only Watauga pupil select
ed this year.
French peasants restless, especi
ally in Brittany.
THE END OF AN ERA ? On early Sunday morning, June 23, this manually operated awitchboard cloaed
and local calls for Hamlei were handled by modern electronic ? witching equipment. When Hamlet
cut over to dial service Southern Bell waa 100 per cent dial in the exchanges it operates in North Carolina.
"Number Please" Now Half -Forgotten Phrase
"Number, please," once a fa
miliar phrase to every telephone
user, now belongs to history ? at
leapt as far as Southern Bell in
North Carolina is concerned.
When dial telephones came to
Hamlet, N. C., on June 25, all
Southern Bell customers in the
state will have dial telephones.
"Folks in Boone remember when
dial telephones first came to town
in March 1994, H. H. Inabinet,
Southern Bell's local manager, said,
"Some custome'rs seemed a little
reluctant to give up the person
alized service of the operator, but
this feeling soon disappeared when
they discovered how fast and easy
dialing your own calls can be."
"We at Southern Bell feel we
have reached a major milestone in
providing telephone service," the
manager said. "We've been con
verting from manual "Number,
please" telephones to dial tele
phones on ? gradual basis for over
40 years."
"As the telephone grew In ac
ceptance and usage in our social
and business life, the number of
calls began to mount. We knew
that We had to devise some me
chanical means of handling the
tremendous number of calls, be
cause it was becoming apparent
that we would soon be unable to
handle this efficiently and eco
nomically on a manual basis. In
fact, the telephone industry
couldn't hire enough operators to
handle today's calls without dial
telephones," Mr. Inabinet stated.
"Southern Bell customers in
North Carolina placed nearly four
million calls per day last year, an
increase of over 300 per cent since
1945," he explained.
"And the installation of dial
telephones hastens the day when
all users will be able to span the
nation with a spin of the dial . . .
placing their own long distance
calls without the assistance of an
operator."
"Even direct distance dialing Is
just a 'stepping off place,' how
ever," Mr. Inabinet continued. "We
are now offering a host of new
services including home and farm
interphone systems, mobile service
for trucks and automobiles, wide
area telephone service, which en
ables users to make unlimited long
distance calls at a flat monthly
rate, and many others."
"People naturally expect a lot
of flexibility in their telephone
service these days," the manager
said, "and we have to be ready.
We've conae a long way since the
first North Carolina telephone was
installed in Raleigh back In 1879.
"The Bell System engineers re
cently bounced a telephone call
off the 'Project Echo' satellite
which would orbit the earth provid
ing international telephone, radio
and TV circuits."
Mrs. Tugman,
Funeral Held '
Mrs. Emma Angeline Tugman,
87. died June 20 at her home,
Koute 2, Boone. f
Funeral services were held
June 21at at the Bethany Lutheran
Church by Rev. E. F. Troutman
and burial ?u In the Bethany
cemetery.
Surviving are the husband, C.
C. Tugman unci three daughter*:
Mrs Paniy Lookablll, Mrs. Min
nie Lookabill, Mrs. Lena Kicks,
Route 2. Boone. There are three
sisters and four brothers: Mrs.
Len Taylor. Lenoir, Mrs. Andrew
Woodring, Mrs. Glenn Woodring,
Boone; Frank Lewis, Clint Lewis,
Boone; James and Don Lewis of
Todd. There are eleven grand
children.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Teague
Mrs. Novella Martha Teague,
age 87, died Thursday at her
home In Blowing Rock.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at the Church of Cod, Blow
ing Rock by Rev. Alfred Pitta and
Rev. Lewis Loudermelt and burial
was in the city cemetery in Blow
ing Rock.
Surviving are the husband, Fred
A. Teague, six sons and one daugh
ter: Fred, Jr., Malcom, Charles,
Billy, Thomas, Jerry, of Lenoir;
Mrs. Mary Kathryn Pitts, Blowing
Rock; a sister and a brother, Mrs.
Alice Stewart, Oscar Auton,
Boone. There are 22 grandchild
ren.
KEEP CALM
Atlantic City ? Feari, threats and
tensions can lead to diaease of all
kinda, 10 atated the president of
the American Neurological Aaaocia
tion.
Dr. Harold G. Wolff, who is also
a professor of neurology at the
Cornell University Medical College,
said that overwhelming evidence
has been gathered during 30 years
of studies to show that nearly all
diseases involve the nervous sys
tem.
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