*. In their CD.nl ptl Ices at
?o'r, and elected W. 9. Austin
president of the cm pii allow to suc
ceed the Ute A. Hurt They
also elected Bert Mast. of Ziaa
ville to fill the post of viee-proai
drat, jrhiefa became vacant when
Mr. Austin Ml elevsted to the
p ? ncy. 1 |
Mf. Austin, prominent attorney
la Ashe county, with offices la
Jefferson, has served as director
of the corporation since 1992 and
la the office of vice-president since
September 1MB. tad was current
ly serving as chairman ?f the pol
icy committee.
A veteran of World War I and
? graduate of the UnhewKy of
North Carolina, Mr. Austin is ac
tive in the affairs of state. He
has represented As be county in
the North Carolina Cetera) As
sembly, serving both In the House
and the Senate Later, he served
on the North Carolina Board of
Agriculture aad In 1890 was ap
pointed by Governor Scott to the
North Carolina Board of Conser
vation aad Development when he
served uadar the admiaiatratioaa
of Governors Scott, Umstood, a mi
Hodpos.
Mr. Austin is a director ef the
Northwestern Bank of North
Wilkesboro, and president of the
Ashe County Development Corpor
ation. Ho served for tea peers as
president of the Ashe County Me
morial Hospital and is an active
lay leader in the Methodist Church,
currently aorviac ae District Lay
Leader. He is a Mason, a Botar
ian, and a member of the Amer
ican Legion, having served as
heals of eech of thoee local org
anisations. In his rale as civic
leader, Mr. Austin has contribut
ed sweh to the development of
VAaaL r.rnlin. a 1- -
Jv O^vTl V/ni\JiiIiO( pBiHviii?ny liiv
northwest area.
rax. auhih ii iiiw i w i"
former Mm Eula Wenona Neal
and they have three daughter* and
one ion.
In accepting the office of presi
deat at the Blue iUdge Electric
Membership Corporation, Mr. Aus
tin expressed his appreciation to
the board for the confidence plac
ed in him aad stated that he i?
vary much aware of the aaapeaai
bilitiei of the office, having work
ed closely with Mr. Hurt during
his tenure of office, and would en
deavor to carry out those respon
BERT MAST
W. B. AUSTIN
ilbilltiei in a manner in keeping
with the office.
Mr. Matt, a well-known farmer,
has aerved aa director of the corp
oration since 1MB, being one of
the ftr?t director! elected from
Watauga county. He is currently
serving aa a member of the per
sonnel committee of the board of
directors.
Other officers of the corpora
tion are D. R. Moore, secretary
treasurer; Charles A. Suddreth, as
sistant secretary-treasurer; and C.
E. Vlverette, general manager.
Moat, treops going abroad will
be there aeon.
RockfeUer urges a Federal
transportation unit
New Granges
Are Organized
Two new Grunge* have beea or
ganised in Wstauxs county, or are
In the stages of completion, It i*
learned from Virgil Settle. Special
Deputy of the Narth Carelina
Grange i '? ? |
The lleat Camp Grange will
meet November 1 at the Green
Valley School At the last meet
ing the following Officer! were
elected:
M after, Sam Merste
Overseer, Burl Greene.
Secretary, Mn Naacy Winebar
ger.
Anyone In the Meat Camp area
! is urged to eee the Secretary or
, be at Ihe next meeting.
I A meeting waa aiao held at the
Parkway School lait week. It was
voted to name thia new Orange the
Pathway Grange. Seventeen metn
' ben have been enrolled.
Mr. Edgar Hardin wai elected
Secretary. The next meeting will
be held at Parkway October 31 at
7:3# p. m.
Weed Growers
Meet Friday
Tobacco growers in Avery, Ashe
and Watauga are to meet at the
Courthouse in Boone, Friday. Oct.
27 at 1:00 p. m. to dlacuas problems
relating to the growing and mar
keting of tobacco.
One of the main items will be
the diacussion of the proposed
leglalation to allow the transfer
of tobacco allotments. Other dis
cs salons will deal with marketing
problems.
The meetng is being sponsored
by the N. C. Farm Bureau in an
effort to find out the desire of the
tobacco growers in this area In
regard to legislation and other
problems confronting the growers.
B. C. Mangum, President of the
N. C. Farm Bureau and other
'state officials will be present for
the meeting.
All tobacco growers are urged
to be presnt and express their
views.
10,(00 MORE TROOPS
An additional 10,000 air and
ground troops have been ordered
to Europe to bolster the allied gar
rison manning the line between
Weat Germany and the Communist
East.
Both the ground and air units
In this new augmentation are
equipped and trained for conven
tional warfare.
Baby's first months called vital
to welfare.
Kieltsch Concert Will 1
Open College Series
Ml k .
A wnwit pun W AtmM '
Kieltach will open the 1061-02 Ap
palachian Artists and Lecture Ser
ial far concert lo*?r? on Monday
night. October M. at 8 o'clock. in
the Pine Art* BuiMun andiierinm
on the Appalachian State Teachers
OoUete campus.
Mr. Kieltsch, a veteran perform-'
er, has had a variety of concert
and teaching experience and is
mush In demand aa a concert art
iit in thia country and in Europe.
Born in Tranaylvania, Europe,
he atudied for three yeari in Ber
lin at the Sternschrs Conaerva
tory under Breithaupt, teacher of
the pianiet Arthur Rubinstein
Later he apent four yeart at the
Academy of Muaic, Berlin's equiv
alent to New Yoilc** Julliard.
In Europe, Mr. KieHsch hat giv
en concert! in Berlin, Breslau.
Hamburg, Bucharest, Vienna, Salz
burg. Heidi eberg, and Paris In
America, he has performed in
major cities such as New York,
Detroit, and Chicago, and has play
ed numerous radio programa.
Now an American eitizen and liv
ing in New York, Mr. Kieltsch
travels to Europe each summer for
concert and radio engagements. He
has recently completed such a trip
and will tour the United States
this seaaoa.
The Boone concert will include
selections from the works of
Brahms, Schubert. Beethoven, Cho
pin. Liazt, and Debussy.
Tickets to the concert may be
purchased at the door. Students
will be admitted upon showing
identification cards.
Ashe County Man
Held For Murder
Weet Jefferson ? A Wert Jeffer
son nun waited for his wife to
come home from her school teach
ing job Thursday and shot and
killed her in their garage, police
said.
Police Chief Estel Killer arrest
ed Leonard Baker on a charge of
first-degree murder in the slaying
of Mrs. Baker, about SO. Miller
said two shotgun blasts took her
life.
Baker is in Ashe county jail
awaiting trial in Superior Court
next week.
Sheriff Billy Brown said Baker
claimed he was jealous of his
wife. The couple had several chil
dren. The youngest son, 9, was at
home at the time of the shooting.
ARNOLD KIELTSCH
Funeral Held
For Mrs. Warren
Funeral service! tor Mrs. Emma
Greer Warren, of Zionville com
munity, were conducted October
24 at 2 p. m. In Pleaiant Grove
Baptist Church, by the Ber. R. C.
Eggers, the Rev. E. O. Gore and
the Rev. James Kisselbury. Burial
was in Union cemetery.
Mrs Warren died October 22.
She was 66 years old.
She is survived by her father,
Monroe Greer, Zionville; a son,
Joseph L. Warren; four brothers,
Herbert and Ed of Zionville, Bob
and Lonnie Greer, Mentor, Ohio;
five sisters, Mrs. Jennie Miller,
Mrs. Delia Winebarger, Mrs. Lura
Cook, Mrs. Edna May, all of Zion
ville, and Mrs. Lon McGlammory,
Trade, Tenn. There are two grand
children.'
H. C. Moretz, 71,
Dies On Sunday
Herbert Cleveland Moretz, Sr.,
71, of Rt. 2, Boone, died October
22.
Funeral service! were conduct
ed October 24 at 2:00 p. m. in
Bethany Lutheran church by the
Rev. E. F. Troutman, Rev. C. N.
count and Dr. Wade Hook. Burial
waa in the church cemetery.
He i* survived by hia widow,
Mrs. Annie Moretz; aix sons. Roy,
George, Clayton, Willis, John, all
of Boone, and H. C., Jr., Hampton
ville, N. C.; a daughter, Mri. H. L.
Coffey; one brother, J. L. Moretz;
two aisters, Mrs. L. W. Greene,
and Mrs. S. W. Greer, White Rock,
S. C. There are 14 grandchildren.
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Depot & Howard Streets, Boone, North Carolina
I
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Many Attend
PTA Meeting
Approximately 429 people at
ended the annual Boone PTA
upper Monday night October 16.
A delicious supper was prepared
iy the parents, who had the taaeb
irs m their Kueats
Her. Tadd Ferneyhough gave the
n vocation.
W. C. Kichardaoo, President of
be Boone PTA presided at the
netting following the supper,
fayor Wade E. Brown welcomed
be teachers and parents to the
own of Boone.
The Appalachian High School
Ensemble, directed by Eugene
Wilson Jr. entertained the group
rith several songs.
All the elementary teachers, the
jraduate assistants, and student
eschars were asked to conie to the
'ront of the room, and as they
?ere introduced^ by President
lichardaon they stepped up on a
ilatferm ao they could be seen by
ill preaent. The same procedure
?as followed for the introduction
>f the high school teachers, gradu
ite assistants and student teacb
srs.
The meeting was closed with a
jrayer by Rev. Boyce Brooks.
Mr. Richardson would like to
hank the people for their fine
^operation, and a special thanks
to the dinner committee, the serv
ing committee, and the clean up
rommittee.
The next meeting will be Mon
Ijy night November 6th. This
neeting will be room visitstion at
he Boone Elementary School.
Mr*. Emmons To
Speak At NCEA
Mr? Phebe Emmons, field mc
retary for the North Carolina Edu
cation Association will ha guest
speaker (or the Watauga County
Unit on Monday, October 90, 7:30
o'clock at the Appalachian Q?
meotary Irhool Auditorium.
In addition to her work with
CEA, Mrs. Emmons it atate praai
dent of Delta Kappa Gamma
Society in North Carolina
i&S '
The executive committee will
meet at T:1S o'clock in the lounge
of the lame building.
Dr. Hardin At
Aeheville Meet
L nr. J Ella Hardin will be afo
Mnt from her office on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, October 28.
27 and 28, attending the annual
convention of the North Carolina
0?ll?>lbtr Society, at the Battery
rut Hotel ill AaheviUe.
The meetin* will stress teaching
la osteopathic aad nudssr medi
cine 11m main hanqurt speaker
will he Dr. Char let L. Nay lor.
President of the American Oateo
pathic Association.
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