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VOLUME LXXIV? NO. ?
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST It, 1M1
EIGHTEEN PAGES? THREE SECTIONS
CALVIN MARSH
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JOAN WALL
ROBERT NAGY
BEVERLEY BOWER
Opera Stars
To Appear
?l Concert
Banner Elk ? Stars fnom the
Metropolitan Opera Company will
sing again at Banner Elk and
Blowing Rock this summer for the
benefit of two of the mountain
area's most interesting institutions.
The artists include Miss Bever
ly Brower, soprano; Miss Joan
Wall, mezzo soprana; Calvin
Marsh, baritone, and Robert Nagy,
tenor, with Stuart Ross as their
accompanist.
They will sing at the Anne Bry
an Recreation Center in Banner
Elk at 8:13 p. m. Friday for the
benefit of the endowment fund of
the new Charles A. Cannon Jr.
Memorial Hospital at Banner Elk.
Their second appearance will be
at 11 a. m. Aug. 13 at Rumple
Memorial Presbyterian Church in
Blowing Rock for the benefit of
the Grandfather Home for Chil
dren at Banner Elk.
Accmiated for Gifts
The benefit performances, spon
sored by Mr. and Mrs. Robert G.
Hayes of Concord accounted for
gifts to the institutions last year
totaling $20,000.
This will be the 43rd annual con
cert by opera stars at Blowing
Rock, continuing a series started
in 1018 by the late David Ovens
of Charlotte and carried on after
his death by the Hayeses.
(Continued on page three, >?c C)
Free X-Ray
Units wai
Arrive Sat.
The mobile unit for free chest
X-rays will begin its annual visit
to Watauga county on Saturday of
this week.
Once again thousands of Watau
ga county people will have the
chance to take advantage of the
free X-ray program as a protective
measure to uncover any active
tuberculosis, lung tumor, some
abnormal heart conditions, and
many other chest conditions.
As usual the mobile unit will be
stationed in various parts of the
county and will, by previous ar
rangemtnts, go to some industrial
plants so the employees can easily
take advantage of the aervice
which is provided free to everyone.
Boone residents and those of the
general public will be served first,
as the mobile X-ray unit begins the
free service on King street in
Boone, Saturday, August 12 and
will continue in that location
through Thursday, August 24.
Special attention is called to the
"on the street" daily achedule,
Tuesdays through Saturdays, from
10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m.
A special unit will serve Blow
ing Rock and that area August 23,
24, and 29, during the same daily
hours.
"TB and other abnormal chest
conditions are no respectors of
persons or ages. It is important
that young people (age IS and
up) and all adults plan for their
free cheat X-ray, unless they have
Kkd an X-ray within the last year,"
Hubert Thomas
Is City Clerk
Mr. Hubert Thomaa, former Wa
tauga county tax collector, haa
been appointed Clerk (or the town
of Boone and assumed his new
dutiea Monday.
Mr. Thomas succeeds Mr. J. E.
Joines, who resigned the position
last week.
I The new city Administration
hasn't announced any other changes
in the city hall setup.
Trucking Executive Talks Of
Value Of Motor Transportation
"The trucking industry does not
receive or expect a free ride ? we
pay our share. We pay huge high
way user taxes, plus the usual
business taxes," an industry spokes
man said here Tuesday.
Jeff B. Wilson, director of In
formation and Safety of the North
Carolina Motor Carriers Associa
tion, was guest speaker to the
Chamber of Commerce at a noon
luncheon.
Miss Watauga County, Jane
Hodges of Boone, was a special
guest and was presented by Mr.
Joe Nicholson, local radio an
nouncer, who was Miss Hodge*'
manager at the State Beauty
Contest at Greensboro.
Mr. M. E. Thalheimer of the
Blowing Rock Ski Lodge, Inc.,
outlined the new development
and said the grading was well
under way, with the prospect
that the faciUty will be open to
the public early la the fall. He
was introduced by Mr. L. H.
Smith.
Chamber of Commerce President
Manager Herman W. Wilcox intro
duced Wllaoh, who is also editor of
tin monthly magazine ."Tarheel
Wheels," Immediate past President
and Board member of the Southern
Safety Conference and Interna
tional Counselor of Lions Interna
tional.
In a recent survey between
Greensboro and Lexington, Wilson
pointed out, "trucks are paying
55.4% of the State's entire bill for
construction, maintenance, and ad
ministration of this new super
highway? U. S. 29-70."
"And these new super-highways
are good business,' 'he added, "for
this stretch of 33.3 highway miles
is returning an annual profit of
9803,096 to the State of North Caro
lina. So good super-highways mean
more commerce, increased com
merce means profit to the State
for other less used roads."
Wilson also outlined safety ac
tivities conducted by the Motor
Carrier* Association, including the
annual State Truck Roadeo, the
"Driver of the Year" program,
"Share' the Hoad" campaign, and
the N. C. Driver Training School
founded by the Association at N. C.
State College lome 12 years ago.
WKh reference to the need and
use of trucks, WDson observed
that, "serving the public better,
quicker and more economically, the
trucking industry has advanced to
the forefront of American life. This
is especially true here in Watauga
County where you depend on truck
transportation for most everything
you cat, wear, use and sell. "In
fact," Wilson continued, "the 17
counties of Western North Caro
lina are truly on the mainline of
commerce by truck transportation."
He proved his point by compari
son, when he said, "this beautiful
17 county area of yours, which em
braces a half million people with
income of more than S61 million, is
(Continued on page three, sec. C)
JEFF B. WILSON
Representing the cooperative effort of Civitan Club and Appalachian
Band in promoting a Pancake Jamboree to raise funds for new band
uniforms are, front row (1 to r) Edgar Greene and Roy Isley of the
Boone Civitan Club, sponsors of the event. Back row (1 tor) Elaine
Wagner, Jimmy Agle and Ala Sue McGuire, members of the band.
Civitan members display a handful of tickets, as band members appeal,
with outstretched hands, to all prospective pancake eaters.
Two-Day Pancake Jamboree
To Fatten Local Band Fund
The Appalachian High School
marching band, beneficiaries of a
huge two-day Pancake Jamboree
sponsored by the Boone Civitan
Club to provide a Band Uniform
Fund, will launch the event with
a pre-feast parade, that will em
brace a two-town area.
The band will inarch in parade
in Boone, Friday at 9:00 a.m., ap
pearing in parade along Blowing
Rock's main street an hour later,
at 10:00 a.m. The Pancake Jambo
ree itself will begin with a Friday
Lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.,
followed by Supper from 5:00 until
8:00, and will climax with a four
hour breakfast Saturday morning
from 6:00 until 10:00.
All three meals will be served
in the Appalachian Elementary
School cafeteria, and will be served
by the joint efforts of the Civitan
Club members and band students.
The menu will feature pancakes,
sausage, red-eye gravy, syrup, but
ter and coffee.
Tickets may be purchased from
members of the Civitan Club, band
students, band parents, or may be
bought at the door. Adult tickets
will sell for one dollar, student
tickets selling for 50c.
An added attraction for the Sat'
urday Breakfast will be an appear
ance of TV Cowboy personality
Fred Kirby, to partake of a pan
cake breakfast along with towns
people.
RE A Cooperative Will
Observe Anniversary
Blue Ridge Electric Membership
Corporation is planning to cele
brate its twenty-fifth anniversary
of service and progress in North
west North Carolina. The celebra
tion will be climaxed by the An
nual Meeting of its membership to
be held at Hudaon High School,
Hudson, September 0, 1961.
The guest speaker for this year's
Annual Meeting will be The Honor
able L. V. "Stag" Ballentlne, North
Carolina Commissioner of Agricul i
ture. Other activities include the
nomination and election of a IS
man Board of Director* to govern
the Cooperative- for the coming
year. There are four directors from
Caldwell, Watauga, and Ashe Dis
tricts and three from Alleghany
District. Every member has ? vote
In the election of the Board of
Directors and in this way exerciaes
hia rights in the democratic opera
tion of the cooperative enterprise.
The main Wvent of thla meeting
will be the unveiling of a portrait
of Mr. George F. Mesaick, first
manager of Blue Ridge Electric
Membership Corporation known in
the beginning as Caldwell Mutual.
The Annual Operating Report for
the past year will be given by A. B.
Hurt, President of the Board of
Directors. There will be entertain
ment, door prizes, and Silver An
niversary souvenirs for everyone
present. A special children's pro
gram ia planned with games, re
freshments, prizes, aad fun. Plan
now to attend the Silver Anniver
sary meeting of your Blue Ridge
Electric Membership Corporation
at Hudson High School, September
9, 1961.
Jaycees Plan
Kleenex Sale
The Boone Jaycees will begin a
door-to-door Kleenex Sale Thurs
day and Friday nights at 6:30.
Price of the Kleenex will be 91.00
for three large boxes.
A total of 9250 00 of the proceeds
of the sale will go toward the
purchase of a Resuscitator for Um
TEACHERS TO BE ORIENTATED W
School Bells To Ring For
4,000 Local Youngsters
Pupils Must
Report For
Work Aug. 24
Teachers In the Watauga Coun
ty Unit will start their 1961-1962
school year on Tuesday, August
22, Superintendent Angell an
nounced today.
The first and second day of
work for teachers have been de
signated as "Teacher Orientation"
days. On these days teachers will
be orientated on school philo
sophy, policies, procedures, and
requirements; organizational pat
terns, including schedules; grad
ing systems; distribution to teach
ers of supplies, equipment, class
rolls, textbooks; and issuance of
state and local curriculum guides
and record books.
The school term opens for chil
dren on Thursday, August 24 and
has been designated as Teacher
Pupil Orientation Day. On this day
all pupils will report to the school
for assignment to rooms and class
es; for the issuance and procure
ment of textbooks and supplies;
for a review of the daily schedule,
and for the assignment of lessons.
School buses will begin operation
on this date; however, cafeterias
will not be open since children
will be expected to complete the
orientation program by 11:00 a.
m. and return home by noon.
Friday, August 29, will be the
first full instructional day of the
regular 180-day school term.
Principals officially begin duties
on Friday, August 11. Principals
unofficially must work virtually
twelve months in planning, hand
ling transcripts, and interviewing
prospective teachers.
"The teachers," states Superin
tendent Angell, "will work a total
of five non-teaching days, three be
fore the term and two next spring,
in planning, evaluating and gear
ing the schools for teaching."
He pointed out that two addi
tional days of extended term were
provided by the 1961 General As
sembly as part of the improved
educational program.
"These non-teaching days will
insure 180 days of teaching and
will make for an orderly opening
and closing of school," Superin
tendent Angell stated.
The extended term was first
granted by the 1999 General As
sembly, which provided three
days. The marked improvement in
education as a result of the ac
tion led the State Board of Educa
tion to request the two additional
days aa a part of its program for
1961. O
This fall, children will receive
books, begin to study, and be as
signed homework on the first day
of school. No longer is it necessary
to spend precious time in getting
organized as was the case before
1999.
The following teachers and prin
cipal! have been employed to staff
the Watauga County Schools dur
ing the 1061-62 school term:
Appalachian High School
Dr. Hoy R. Blanton, principal;
Lera B. Randall. Margaret Gragg,
Elizabeth Elliott, Katie Jane Pet
erson, William C. Roes, Verlin 0.
Coffey, Betty Jean Hughes, J. Eu
gene Wilson, Jr., Steve Gabriel,
Walter Broyhill, Robert E. Snead,
George Klrsten, Mary L. Schell,
Jack W. Groce, Harlan Ledford,
Verna Louise Hurd, Kathleen
Dougherty, R L. Tait, Doris Jones.
Appalachian Elementary School
John T. Howell, principal; Gay
nelle Wilson, Jessie Pease. Ed
ward Black, Velma Cottrell, Eliza
beth Putnam, Mary High, Ennis
Davis, Ella Beshears, Jane Robin
son, Leafybelle Broome, Bess
Crawford, Ruby Lanier, Clyde
Goodman, Grace Buckland, John
Foster, Elizabeth Randall, Louise
Horton, Robert Blazier, Earl P e
trey, Carl Day, Mary Hamby, Ro
bert W. Ramsey, Ruth Laxton.
Green Valley Elementary School
John D. Marsh, principal; Eliza
( Continued on page two, see. C)
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TRAVELERS VIEW SCENES LIKE THESE FROM MOUNTAIN HIGHWAYS
ASC Elections
Set For Sept. 11
The Watauga ASC County Com
mittee hat anounced that the 1961
ASC Community Committee elec
tions will be held in the variou*
communities on September 11,
1961. These elections will be held
by the present community com
mittemen for each community.
The ten designated community
boundaries are the same as they
have been (or the past several
years. Any farmer who is not cer
tain in which community he re
sides should contact the local
ASCS office for this information.
Each farmer will be notified later
of his community and the list of
nominees for whom he may vote.
The Community Committee for
each community will be in charge
of nominations. However, upon a
petition of ten eligible voters, in
any one community, one or more
persons who ire eligible and wil
ling to serve may be named as
nominees. These petitions must be
filed at the ASCS office which will
forward them to the community
committee chairman of the com
munity for which they are to be
considered. The closing date for
filing these petitions is August jll.
Masons Plan
Annual Picnic
The Masonic and Eastern Star
Picnic will be held Sunday, August
13, at 3 p.m., at the Horn in the
West .picnic area.
The picnic, long a tradition in
local Masonic circles, will be a
covered (lish affair, but beverages
will be supplied by Snow Lodge.
Masons and their entire families
are -invited to take part in the pic
nic.
Miss Watauga Is
Loons Club Guest
The Lloni had u their guest the
beautiful and charming Mis* Wa
tauga County, Mias Jane Hodges,
and her mother. Miss Hodges told
the Lions of her many activities
during the week of the beauty
pageant.
In aooition, the Lions were en
tertained and informed by Lion
A. R. Smith of the activities of the
Lions International Convention.
This event at Atlantic City was
quite a spectacle with parades,
singers, and dancers. The high
light of the meeting, said Lion
Smith, was the speech by Pearl
Buck.
Regional Workshop To Be
Hekl By Teachers Of Singing
The National Association of
[ Teachers of Singing will hold its
annual Regional Workshop on the
campus of ASTC, August 13 thru
1?.
Registration will be from 4:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, August
13 in the lobby of the Fine Arts
Building.
Attendance at the meetings is
open to all who are interested in
the Art of Singing. Classes and
concerts are scheduled throughout
the day and evenings.
Those wishing to attend may
register for the entire week, by
the day, or for Individual classes
that hold special appeal.
The opening event will be an in
formal reception in the Choral
room of the Fine Arts Building at
eight o'clock Sunday evening.
The workshop faculty includes
many names of teachers and artists
who are recognized nationally and
internationally among whom are:
Harvey Ringel, Chicago Musica)
College and Roosevelt University,
Chicago; John Toms, Northwestern
University, Evanston, 111.; Walter
Golde, Chapel Hill, N. C.; Radiana
Pazmor, Florence, S. C.; De Koster,
Holland, authority on German,
French, and Dutch music; Frede
rick Schauwecker, Concert accom
panist and authority on the art of
accompanying.
Other outstanding faculty of this
region are Joel Carter, Richard
Cox, Geraldine Cate, Betty Jane
Grimm, Donald McCorkle, Paul
Peterson, Walter Jamei, James
Blanchard, Elwood Keister, Arnold
Putman, and Virginia Linney, S. S.
Regional Governor.
Special emphasis of the Work
shop will be placed on Pedagogy
and Performance, under which
heading will be the teen-age and
high school voice student, lecture
and demonstration; the college
voice stuctent, lecture and demon
stration; the professional singer,
lecture and demonstration; langu
age classes including common er
ror* in German, French and Italian
diction; and the art of accompany
ing.
Special features of the week will
be a concert on Monday night at
?:30 o'clock in the Auditorium of
the Fine Arts Building by Miss Kay
Griffel, national winner of the
NATs Singer of the Year Awnrd.
Tuesday night will be highlighted
with a concert at the Country Club
in Blowing Rock at 8:30, featuring
NATS Singare who have establish
ed reputations in the concert and
operatic fields.
Performer* in this concert will
be John Toms, tenor; Joel CarWr,
baritone; Betty Jane Grimm, mezzo
soprano; Walter James, tenor; and
a duet by Kay Griffel and her
teacher, John Toms.
This concert it being sponsored
by Mayor R. B. Hardin and the
Blowing Rock Rotary Club, and is
a benefit performance for the
Children's Recreation Center of
Blowing Rock. Tickets are on sale
now at the Music Office of Fine
Arts Building, the Carolina Phar
macy and Boone Drug Company in
Boone; Walker Pharmacy, Blowing
Rock Art Gallery, F^pcke ? Sobel
Art Gallery, Village Shop, and
Blowing Rock Sundries in Blowing
Rock. The price of tickets is <2.00.
Director of the NATS Workshop
is Paul Peterson, Salem College,
Winston-Salem, with /Joel Carter,
University of North Carolina, Cha
pel Hill, and Virginia Wary Lin
ney, ASTC, Boone, assisting com
mittee.
Investigate
Strange Death
Brenda Perry
The State Bureau of Investigation
is assisting local Sheriffs officers
In an investigation into the death
of Brenda Sue Perry, IS years old,
of Sugar Grove, N. C., which oc
curred early Sunday morning fol
lowing a sudden illness.
Richard E. Kelley, County Cor
oner, said that the Perry girl had
returned to the home Sunday even
ing after a short absence, and noon
thereafter complained of severe
abdominal pains. Her parenta, Mr.
and Mrs. Woodrow Perry, started
to the hospital with her at about
1 a.m. but she died before her
arrival in Boone.
Coroner Kelley. who stated the
girl died of abdominal hemorrhag
ing, sent the body to Lenoir (or an
autopsy, and a report oil the ex
amination is expected by bin on
Wednesday or Thuraday.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at Plcaaant Grove
Baptist Church by Rev. James Kia
selburg and Rev. R. C. Eggers,
and burial waa in the church ceme
tery.
Surviving are the parents, one
brother and four aiaten: James
Perry, Salt Lake City; Mn. Lor
aine Huffman, Winston - Salem;
Mrs. Lois Aldridge, Hickory; Miates
Shirley and Joan Perry a t the