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VOL. LXXIV? NO. It
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOKTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1M1
Section B
PRICE: SIX
MARCHING THROUGH BOONE ? This group of marching Shriners
from Charlotte presented a colorful scene as they paraded in their
Arabic dress Saturday afternoon. Following the parade the visitors
ate supper at the Horn in the West grounds.
Ben L. Smith, Noted Educator, Dies
Green^Jsoro. ? Benjamin Lee
Smith, Greensboro educator who
some school admiinstrators say
had a part in building more school
facilities than any other superin
tendent in North Carolina, died
September 11. He was a former
Appalachian college teacher.
Smith, 68, suffered a heart at
tack at his home, 2305 N. Elm
street, during the night and died
at 1 a. m. Monday.
He had been active since his re
tirement in 1058 as superintendent
of Greensboro schools, a post be
held for 22 years.
Funeral service* were conducted
Tuesday, September 12, at the
West Market Street Methodist
Church, where he was a member
of the board of stewards, by Dr.
Charles P. Bowles, pastor, and
Dr. J. Clay Madison of Grerns
boro, district Methodist superin
tendent.
Mr. Smith was born in Granite
Falls, and began school at the age
of five in a one-room log cabin.
He earned degrees at Trinity Col
lege and Duke University and be
gan his career as principal of the
old Catawba Farm Life School at
Newton.
He served in World War 1, one
of the few non-career military men
to be commissioned (second lieu
Watauga County
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Edward Black AM 4-9901
Ronny Brooks AM 4-8199
C. P. Calloway AM 4-9641
Jim Duncan - ? AM 4-9191
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Joe Hartley AM 4-9497
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Dick Seward AM 4-9991
Matt Smith AM 4-9999
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Oppoalte P- O. ? Boom, N. C.
tenant) In the U. S. Cavalry. He
was a captain when he was dis
charged.
Mr. Smith served as superintend
ent at Forest City, Rutherford,
Spindale and Shelby before coming
to Greensboro in 1936.
Here, 14 new schools (plus gym
nasiums (cafeterias and additions)
were built during his administra
tion that saw the minimum and
maximum teacher salaries rise
from $918 and $864 to $3,171 and
$6,081. The net worth of 39
school buildings and grounds is
well in excess of $19 million today.
The enrollment doubled ? to 19,
284 ? during his administration. It
is now 23,000.
One of his proudest moments
was bis appointment in 1937 as
chairman of the states' 100th an
niversary of public school educa
tion.
Mr. Smith held scouting's Silver
Beaver Award for distinguished
service to boyhood.
He was a former trustee of Palm
er Memorial Institute and had
served on the Guilford College ad
visory council. He was a Mason
and was active in the North Caro
lina Council of Christians and Jews
and the North Carolina and United
States Congresses of Parents and
Teachers.
Mr. Smith is survived by his wi
dow, th? former Pearl Abernathy,
of Rutherford county; one son, B:
L. Smith, Jr., of Greensboro; one
daughter, Miss Mary Blair Smith,
of the U. S. Embassy in Paris;
two brothers, Herbert G. and Lloyd
B. Smith of Lenoir; four half sis
ters, Miss Clyde Smith, Mrs. Fred
Melton and Mrs. Carl Greene of
Granite Falls and Mrs. Carlos Gil
liland of Lenoir; and four grand
children.
Ford King, V,
Out Of Hospital
Ford King, V, who has been in
Blowing Rock and Watauga Hospi
tals for six weeks as a result of
burns which occurred while he
was working at the Tweetsie Rail
road, has been released. Ford,
whose enrollment at King College,
Bristol, has been postponed due to
the injury, was burned accidental
ly from oil fires used while he
was taking part in an Indian scene
on the Tweetsie line.
' Some skin grafting was neces
sary as a result of the accident,
but it if expected that his recovery
will soon be accomplished.
Cuba'4 imports from Canada may
set a record.
CBS-TV may discontinue base
ball games.
Army eleven's outlook bright for
1981 season.
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BOONE. N. C.
Miss Gragg Is
Named Editor
Of High Life
MARGARET GRAGG
Margaret Gragg, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frde Gragg, and a senior
at Appalachian High School, has
been named editor of the "Appa
lachian High-Life," school news
paper.
Miss Gragg has been feature ed
itor and co-editor of the publica
tion, prior to being named editor.
Last year she served as president
of the Beta Club and secretary
treasurer of the Student Council.
She is a "straight A" student, but
finds time for playing the piano,
listening to Records, and going to
football games to cheer for the
Blue Devils.
After finishing high school, Miss
Gragg intends to attend college.
She hopes to direct her studies
toward the field of education
which will lead to a teaching pro
fession in English and foreign lan
guages.
Mrs. Betty Hughes, a co-sponsor
Morehead Committee Is Now
Seeking Scholarship Entries
The Watauga County Morehead
Scholarship Committee it now
waiting scnools qualified to nomi
nate atudenta (or competition in
the statewide selection for More
head Scholarships to the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
Commute Chairman J. H. Coun
cill of Uoone and members Guy W.
Angeli, John H. Councill and Dr.
Gene L. Reese, all of Boone; and
Mrs. Charles Davant of Blowing
Rock are scheduled to receive no
minations from school nominating
committees by October 15. The
committee will interview and
screen each applicant in their
selection process. They will make
their recommendations to the ex
ecutive secretary of the Morehead
Foundation by November 19.
County nominations will then be
processed and forwarded to the
seven district committees for fur
ther screening and selection.
Under the procedure establish
ed by the Morehead Foundation, a
nominating committe in each of
the schools qualified to participate
will recommend its outstanding
students to the County Committee.
The Watauga County committee
will select from the nominees one
student to compete in the district
competition. Watauga County ia
in Morehead Scholarship District
VII.
of the newspaper, said of the new
editor: "She has brightened the
pages of the 'High-Life' with her
delightful wit and humor and sob
ered it with her understanding,
ideas, and thoughts concerning
problems faced by the high school
students. Everyone on the 'High
Life' staff is backing Margaret all
the way, and we feel that this year
will be one of the best the school
paper has ever had."
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO
YOUftG DEMOCRATS
The meeting date hai been
changed to the last Monday night
of each month instead of the usu
al Friday date.
The YDC will meet next Monday
night September 29th at 7:30 at
the Boone Trail Restaurant. All
members are urged to attend and
to bring a prospective member.
GEORGE C. THOMAS, Pres.
ENVOY TO CHILE
President Kennedy has chosen
Charles W. Cole, vice president of
the Rockefeller Foundation, as
Ambassador to Chile.
Mr. Cole would succeed Robert
F. Woodward, who is now Assist
ant Secretary of State for Inter
American Affairs.
The Senate will have to confirm
this nomination by Mr. Kennedy.
Wm. Farthing
Rites Sunday
William Gordon Farthing; Jr.,
18, of Sugar Grove, Rt. 1, Bethel
Community, died Friday at hia
home after an extended illness.''*'
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday at 2:00 p. m. in Bethel
Baptist church by the Rev. J. H.
Crisp, the Rev. E. J. Farthing And
the Rev. Clyde Cornett. Burial
was in the Farthing cemetery.
Surviving are his parents, two
sisters, Linda and Madeline Farth
ing, one brother, Danny Farthing,
all of the home.
HIJACK BILL NOW LAW
President Kennedy has signed
into law a bill recently passed by
the House and Senate making air
craft hijacking an act of piracy
with penalties up to death.
There is also a provision for Jail
sentences and $1,000 fines for
illegally carrying concealed wea
pons aboard an aircraft.
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