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VOLUME LXXIV - NO. 14
WATAUGA DEMOC
Art Independent Weekly Nett>$paper . . . Seventy-Fourth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOKTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1M1
NEW SCIENCE BUILDING at Appalachian State Teachers College
become? a reality as President W. H. Plemmons skillfully spades into
the long-time football field to break ground for the construction of a
new science building and general classroom building to be located on
the site of put Mountaineer pigskin daisies. Observing are, left to
right, Dr. Woodford G. Sink, chemistry department head; Dr. D. J.
Whitener, dean; (Dr. Plemmons); Dr. F. Ray Derrick, biology de
partment head; and David Barnard Dougherty, vice president.
ROBERT S. ORR
Orr Will Judge
Hereford Show
Hon. Robert S. Orr of Dryden,
Va., will be the judge of the nine
teenth annual Watauga Hereford
Association show and sale which
will be held Saturday. October 7th.
Mr. Orr, a member of the Vir
ginia House of Delegates, is also
a leading Virginia cattleman. He
is former president of the Vir
ginia Hereford Association and is
now President of the Tri-State
Hereford Association. His services
have been in demand at many ma
jor cattle shows held over the
country.
A. S. Bingham
Rites Friday
Albert Sherman Binghuai 56 |
years old, died suddenly last Wed
nesday evening from a heart at
tack.
Funeral services were held Fri
day at 2:30 at the Brushy Fork |
Baptist Church by Rev. Ed Crump,
and burial was in the Adams ceme- 1
tery.
Born in Watauga county, Mr. I
{Bingham was a son of the late Tho- 1
Edgar Bingham and Mrs.
ura Combs Bingham. He had
en a barber in Boone for thirty
ars. He was a member of the
rushy Fork Baptist Church.
Surviving are the widow, the
ormer Miss Gladys Mast; one bro
er and three sisters: Elliott
ingham, Vilas; Mrs. Verta Hayes,
ontezuma; Mrs. Myrta Hayes,
inston-Salem; Mrs. Mary McNeil,
ilas.
) ii tent Offers
run, Profit
Sports-minded readers of the
lemocrat may find pleasure and
fit In participating in the "Pick
Winner" Football Contest ap
earing in it* pages each week.
I The contest offers C29 in cash
ards to forecasters who make
?c best prediction on the outcome
? carefully selected football games
proughout the countiT each week
I As an aid to the amateur fore
later, sponsors of the contest in
t in their advertisements score
dictions as formulated by the
i Joe Harris Forecast.
Fire Prevention Week To Be
Oct. 8-14; Proclamation Issued
Miss Hager To Speak
At School On Monday
Uiu Gmcc, Hagcr, State Presi
dent of the Classroom Teachers'
Association will speak on "The
Classroom Teachers' Association,
and What It Means to You," Mon.,
October 9 at 7:30 in the Appala
chian Elementary School.
Miss Hager, a native of Char
lotte, has taught there many
years. She received her A.B. de
gree from Queens College, where
she received the Algernon Sydney
Award. Later she received her
M.A. degre from Appalachian
State Teachers College and did post
graduate work at the University
of North Carolina and the Univer
sity of Hawaii.
There are many civic and social
activities in which Miss Hager en
gages. She is an active member of
Alpha Delta Kappa Teachers Sor
ority and has worked with the re
creational centers in Charlotte in
arts and crafts.
She has given generously of her
time and efforts to her profession
al organizations. Prior to her elec
tion as state president, she served
as president of the Mecklenburg
C.T.A., as secretary and aa presi
dent of the South Piedmont Dis
trict C.T.A., and as vice-president
of the N.C. C.T.A. Sfie was a reg
ional chairman of the local pro
ject* for DCT for two yean and
has worked on various committees
in local, state and national pro
I fessional organizations. In 1900
another opportunity to serve her
profession came when she went as
a delegate (NEA-DCT) to the
White House Conference on Chil
dren and Youth.
"Miss Hager, a life member of
the NCEA and the NEA, has prov
ed her loyalty to her profession
over and over, expressing her de
votion by serving graciously in
any capacity," a spokesman for
j the NCEA said.
Mrs. Jack Groce
Receives Honor
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 24 ?
1 Mrs. Virginia A. Groce, Admin
istrator of the Watauga Hospital,
waa admitted to the statu* of No
mineeship in the American Col
lege of Hospital Administrators, a
professional society, at its 27th an
nual Convocation Ceremony held
on Sunday afternoon, September
24th, in the Ballroom of Conven
tion Hall in Atlantic City.
The College, now in its 28th
year, was founded for the purpose
of providing recognition to men
and women who are doing out
standing work in their profession
al careers as hospital administra
tors.
Melvin L. Sutley of Philadelphia,
president of the College, presided
at the Convocation.
The Boone Fire Department is
joining in the observance of Fire
Prevention week, October #-14, in
accordance with proclamations
issued by the Governor of the
State and the Mayor of this city, in
an effort to halt the mounting toll
of lift property by fir*.
Local firemen took time out
Monday evening to place the post
ers which have been provided for
the purpose, and will "take the op
portunity given us during fire pre
vention week to inform our people
of the basic facts of fire preven
tion each wek of the year."
Boone Fire Chief R. D. Hodges,
Jr. says: "One of the measures of
our efficiency as a fire department
is the amount of effort we put in
to such a program as this."
Proclamation By Goveraar .
Fire, one of man's greatest allies
when properly controlled and pro
perly utilized, is at the same time
one of the great dangers to man
when uncontrolled. Each year in
our State and Nation men, women
and children lo?e their lives be
cause of carelessness in handling
of matches and inflammable mater
ials. Each year millions upon mil
lions of dollars worth of damage |
is done to homes, to businesses
and to forests due to poor fire
prevention practices.
In a program to curtail fire loss
es, the President of the United
States has asked state and local
governments, and civic, business
and labor organizations to join in
observing Fire Prevention Week.
The object of this week is to teach
lessons on fire prevention that
will be practiced the year around.
Therefore, I am happy to deaig
( Continued on page three)
Thirty Buses Will Carry 1,000
Collegians To Charlotte Game
Thirty busei carrying 1,000 Ap
palachian State Teachers College
students will invade Charlotte Sat
urday, Oct. 7, when the Appa take
on the powerful Lenoir Rhyne
Bears in a major pigskin encoun
ter.
Since the Mountaineers will be
playing their home gomes away
because construction ol the new
football .tadium will not bs com
pleted until next year, arrange
ments have been made to stage
"regional Homecomings" in Char
lotte. Hickory, and Lenotr.
The Mecklenburg Alumni Chap
ter win be host to the alumni. The
plush Park Center facilities ad
jacent to Memorial Stadium, has
been rented is headquarters for
App alumni, their friends, ?te
denta, and Boone and Watauja
folks.
Miles Annas, Charlotte business
executive, will be coordinator for
the day-long activities In the
Queen City. Other Charlotte alu
mni who will mist Annas include
I Rev. Edwin Carter, Mrs. Nancy
I Benson, and Dr. Roy Wilson.
Annas said that the day's activi
ties will include registration at 10
a. m., social hour at 4 p. m., barbe
cue supper from 6:30-7:30 p. m..
football game at 8 p. m., and danc
ing from 10:19 until midnight.
The popular dance band, "The
Catalinas," will provide music.
Admission for Appalachian stu
dents will be 90c and their ID
card. Free parking will be avail
able at Park Center for alumni
and guests.
Final arrangements have been
made by the Mecklenburg Chap
ter to make the visitor's (lay as
pleasant aa possible.
The football ?gar** between
ASTC vs. Lenoir Rhyne is at 8 p.
[i*. The backdoor of Park Center
< opens into the stadium.
Staff members from Appalach
ian who will be on hand to greet
alumni Include Dr. W. H. Plam
mons, president of Appalachian;
Professor John Corey, alumni di
rector; Bob Allen, public relation*
director and former Charlotte
businessman and coach; and Lar
ry Penley, formerly of Wingate
College and new staff member at
Appalachian.
Howell Goes To
Washington Meet
John T. Howell, Principal of the
Appalachian Elementary School
spent last week in Washington, D.
C, where ha attended the Nation
al Education Association's fourth
annual salary school. There were
hundred forty representatives
in attendance Iron every state te
the union. '
Mr. Howell represented North
Carolina and tfcr board of directors
of the North Carolina Education
Association.
OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED
Northwestern District
'* A. J . L ?? i'H . tlfi fc . ? ;yw; I. JjKjB
NCEA To Meet In Boone
2200 Teachers
Are Expected
To Gather Here
The Northwestern District of
the North Carolina Education As
sociation will meet at Appalachian
State Teachers College on Tues
day, October 10, in an all day ses
sion. Some 2200 teachers are ex
pected to attend the professional
meeting, and Earl Petrey, who will
preside over the meeting, states
the teachers will not receive pay
for that day.
There will be a general session
at 0:45 a. m., in the New Health
and Physical Education Building.
The speaker for this session will
be Joseph W. Hobbs, superintend
ent of Mason County Schools, Il
linois. His topic, "And Gladly
Teach." will be in keeping with
the theme of the NCEA, which is
"A Profession Dedicated to the
Science and Art of Teaching."
The Rev. Preston Hughes, pas
tor of the Boone Methodist Church,
will give the invocation.
There are to be three luncheon
meetings at 12 o'clock noon. The
classroom teachers will meet at
the Appalachian Elementary Cafe
teria.
The Higher Education and direc
tors of Instruction will meet at
the Daniel Boone Inn, and the
principals and superintendents will
meet at Daniel Boone Hotel.
The departmental meetings will
be held at 2:30 in the afternoon.
The Northwestern District in
cludes the following counties: Al
exander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery,
Burke, Caldwell, Surry, Watauga,
Wilkes and Yadkin.
In addition to the main speaker
EARL L. PETREY
. . to preside over meet
there will be representative! of the
NCEA to bring greetings to the
teachers.
These representatives include
Dr. A. C. Dawson, Jr., executive
secretary; Dr. Lloyd Thayer, presi
dent; Miss Grace Hager, state pres
ident classroom teachers; James
A. Frazier, state president princi
pals division.
John T. Howell, district director
and principal of Appalachian Ele
mentary School, will report on
the National Education Associa
tion's convention at Atlantic City.
Dr. Williim H. Plemmons, presi
dent of Appalachian State Teach
ers College, will welcome the group
and will speak In behalf of the
State bond issue to be voted on
soon.
The departmental meetings |yd
subjects to be discussed are:
Agriculture ? "In Service Train
ing," Dr. E. M. Glazener, North
Carolina State College, Raleigh.
Art ? Art lecture and workshop,
led by Arthur "Bud" Smith, in
structor in Art Education at Sa
lem College, Winston-Salem.
Audio- Visual ? Program to be an
nounced.
Buaineas Education ? "Recent
Trends in Teaching the Basic Bus
iness Subjects," Dr. James W.
IJoyd, Kaat Tenoessec State Col
Elementary Education ? "The
Statu* of Reading In the Element
ary Schools Today," Uberto Price,
(Continued on page three)
Color Parade Starts Down Ridge
FALL BEAUTY.? The mountains are expected to reach their color peak about October 18, and should
remain beautiful for several days. This fall picture la typical of what one may see as he travels through
the mountains at this time of the year.
Grid Tickets
Are Available
Three hundred tickets are
available at the College Athle
tic Association office for Boone
people who would Uke to buy
them for the Appalachian- Le
noir Rhyne football game la
Charlotte Saturday night at I
o'clock.
Through the courtesy of the
Charlotte Park Commission,
free parking has been provided
in the area behind Charlotte
College, at old Central High
School, for all Boone people
and college students who will
go. This apace which Is suppli
ed without charge la across the
street from Park Center and the
Stadium. The parking area may
be used all day Saturday for
those who go to Charlotte early.
Historical Assn.
Meets Monday
The annual fall meeting of the
Southern Appalachian Historical
Association will meet at the Dan
iel Boone Inn, Monday evening
October 9th at 7 o'clock.
At this meeting the new board
of directors will be announced
and new officers elected. Reports
on this year's operstion of Horn
in the West, will be submitted.
Other accomplishments of the As
sociation will be noted.
At the same time a report of
next year's plans for the outdoor
drama will be made.
Those wishing to attend should
call Horn in the West office,
phone AM 4-2120 or Mrs. R. H.
Harmon, chairman ol arrange
ments, so thst plates may be re
served.
Service Awards To Be
Given At Grange Meet
Greensboro. ? Community service -
awards will be given in eight
broad categories when North Caro
lina National Bank honors 96
Grange* at the farm organization's
convention in Boone, October 22
25, according to a joint announce
ment by Harry B. Caldwell, master
of the North Carolina State Grange
and C. M. Vanstory, Jr., chairman
of the board of the bank.
The categories include agricul
tural stabilisation, community pro
jects, industrial development,
health, community beautificatlon,
citizenship, ywth work, and cheer
to the needy, Caldwell and Van
story said.
The bank began offering $23
awards to each Grange that quali
fied in community service accomp
lishments four years ago. The first
year the bank gave ? total of
$1,073 to 71 Granges, and each
succeeding year has seen the num
ber of winners go higher than the
last.
"Grange community service con
tinues to be one of our most valu
able activities," said Caldwell,
"valuable because it Is good for the
community and perhaps of equal
importance because it is good for
the state and nation
"We are delighted that we have
reached an all-time high in com
munity service peraticipation this
year. The scope and variety of
projects have been amazing. All
of the projects developed because
of particular needs in the com
munities.
"We wish to express apprecia
tion to North Carolina National
(Continued on page three)
REA Officials
At Va. Meeting
Ten members o (the board of
directors and six members of the
management staff of Blue Ridge
Electric Membership Corporation
attended the regional meeting of
the National Rural Electric Memb
ership Corporation which was held
in Richmond, Va., September 28
and 29.
More than BOO representative*
from the electric membership co
operatives located in the eastern
states from North Carolina to and
including the State of Main at
tended the meeting for the pur
pose of taking care of the region's
normal business activities.
Making major addresses were
the general manager of the Na
tional Rural Electric Cooperative
Association, Clyde T. Ellis, and
the administrator of the Rural
Electrification Administration, Nor
man Calpp.
Workshops and technical ses
sions were held.
Herman Anderson, director of
member relations, represented the
Blue Ridge group on a panel dis
cussion on area development. C.
E. Viverette, general manager of
the local group, served as regional
representative on the power and
generation committee of the na
tional association.
Management staff members who
attended from Blue Ridge Elec
( continued on page thrae)
Annual Excursion Train To Run
From West Jefferson October 15
Sunday, October 19, the annual
excursion train from Weit Jeffer- I
?on to Abingdon and return la ]
scheduled 'and ia expected to at- i
tract hundreds of viaitora as well 1
aa local persona.
In addition to acenic beauty i
through tbe mountains and across
White Top, where the autumn <
colors are expected to be at their
beat, there will be other apecial
entertainment, Including
music
The excursion train will
Wast Jefferson at 9:30 a.m. and
return In the afternoon ? round
4:10. A brief, early worship ser
, vice la planned enrouto ait White
Top with hymn singing.
Lunch will be icrvMl on the
train and will be included in the
price of the tickets. The tentative
ichedule include* a brief visit to
the Barter Ttieatre In Abingdon,
where Robert Porterfield will ex
tend greetings, and stops enroute
at WarrensviUa, Lansing, Green
Zort aad White Top.
The West Jefferson Woman's
Club will sponsor the excursion in
cooperation with Lansing school.
Mrs. Ed M. Anderson is the general
chairman. Tickets must be said la
advance, aad some special plans lor
housing will be made for ootaf
towa visitors.
is planned for Saturday night, and
all visitor* who have purchased
train tickets will be admitted tree.
There will alto be a Craft Fair
Saturday afternoon and night for
the vtaiton. ,
The price of the round trip for
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