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WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER M, 1H1
Wilson, Hayes And Blackburn
Are ASTC Alumni Officers
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A prominent Charlotte dentist,
Dr. Roy Wilton, has been re-elected
president of the Appalachian State
Teachers College Alumni Associa
tion for 1981-03.
Tom Hayes jk science teacher at
West Wilkes High School at Millers
Creek, has been elected vice-presi
dent, and Mrs. Ann Blackburn,
faculty member of the business
education department at Appala
chian, has been elected secretary
treasurer.
The new officers, nominated by
a committee composed of Arky
Felton of Raleigh, Ray Walker of
Sparta and John Idol of Millers
Creek, were unanimously elected.
Dr. Wilson, alumnus of Appala
chian's class of 1940, served as
vice-president of the alumni as
sociation during 1959-80 and aa
president last year. He has played
? major role in directing the as
sociation's growth and was instru
mental in organizing the Mecklen
burg County chapter, largest group
in the state.
He is also a graduate of the
Medical College of Virginia and
has practiced dentistry o Char
lotte since his 1990 graduation.
A native of Wilkes County, Vice
President Tom Hayes is a devoted
supporter of the ASTC Alumni As
sociation. He has been a member
of the ahimni council for five
years and has participated actively
in alumni doings since his gradua
tion in 1930. He finished with the
first four-year class to be graduated
at Appalachian.
A dedicated teacher, Hayes hai
also studied under several scholar
ships at Wake Forest, Duke, East
Tennessee and Appalachian.
The secretary-treasurer is Mrs
Fish Supper
At Bethel High
A fish supper will be held at
the Bethel School Friday evening
from 5 to 7:30 o'clock.
An admission charge of $1 and
80c will be used for school pur
poses.
DR. ROY WILSON
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Ann Blackburn of Boone. A 1951
. graduate, the it married to Charles
H. Blackburn, Jr., also an ASTC
i graduate. The couple has two chil
dren, Chris 0, and Tena 8.
She taught high school for three
I years in Wilkes County before'
. joining the Appalachian staff.
Mrs. Blackburn is a member of
the First Baptist Church in Boone
| and teaches Sunday school. She;
sponsors Pi Omega Pi, the college's
. honorary business education fra
, ternity. Also, she ij a member of
I United Business Education Associ
ation, North Carolina Education
, Association and the Boone PTA.
The new officers will be of
ficially installed at the annual
Homecoming Luncheon in the Ap
' palachian Elementary School cafe
' teria, Saturday, October 21.
VIETNAM-BERLIN ACTION
The possibility of United States
military intervention in South
Vietnam appeared to be sharpened
by President Kennedy's decision
to send Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
there to asses the Communist
threat.
The President also announced
that he will send Ambassador
Lewellyn Thompson back to Mos
cow to resume exploratory talks
with Soviet leaden.
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TOM HAYES
MRS. CHARLES BLACKBURN
SO BILLION FOB DEFENSE
President Kennedy's probable
request for a (90,000,000,000 de
fense budget will be met in the
next session of Congress by an
all-out Republican drive to cut
non-defense spending.
The Republicans, due to world
crisis, are unlikely to offer any
serious challenge to increased
military outlays. But, they are cer
tain to call for cutback in domes
tic spending and_flej*_progr?gv. _
GRANGE SIXTH DEGREE. ? Closing teuton of the 33rd annual State Grange Conven
tion tonight (Wed.) will feature the preaentation of the ritualistic work. The Sixth
Degree will be awarded to -a large class of candidates from all sections of the State
at the new Health and Physical Education building of Appalachian State Teachers
College. The picture ihowi members of the Sixth Degree team, composed of State
Grange officers. Installation of officers, with E. Carroll Bean of Winterport, Maine,
in charge will be held the same night. Mrs. Bean will assist. Members of the host
Granges in Watauga county will entertain at a reception following the ceremonies.
Alexander Leaves On World
Tour To Probe U. S. Spending
Congressman Hugh Alexander
has been appointed a member of
a select House Appropriations
group to investigate Foreign Aid
expenditures. Mr. Alexander's ap
pointment was announced by Chair
man Clarence Cannon of the House
Appropriations Committee.
The Ninth District Congressman
was to leave Washington today
(Wed.) for an investigation tour
which will last approximately
three weeks. While overseas he
will visit Spain, Switzerland, Italy,
Lebanon, Syria, Thailand, Hong
Kong and Japan. He will return
to the United State via Honolulu,
arriving at San Franciaco on No
vember 18.
Congressman Alexander has been
a consistent foe of excetsive for
eign aid spending during his serv
ice in the Congress. Other mem
bers of the group which will tra
vel with Mr. Alexander are Repre
sentatives Passman of Louisiana
and Montoya of New Mexico.
On learning of his selection to
look into foreign aid expenditures
Mr. Alexander said in Washing
ton, "I have long felt that our
foregn aid expenditures overseas
should be terminated or greatly
reduced. I have never been of
the opinion that we could buy
Two Emblems That Signify
Better Rural Living
Welcome N. C Stale
GRANGE
33rd Annual
CONVENTION
Lowe's Boone Associate Store
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1519 E. King Street B , . - In Perkins ville
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friends oversea! in our struggle
with Communism. I am happy to
make this investigative trip at
Chairman Cannon's request and I
believe our group will be able to
make some constructive recom
mendations to the committee on
our return to Washington."
ROSES GALORE
Charlotte, N. C. ? Fourteen years
ago, when their first child was
born, Jack Hefner told his wife he
would send her a dozen roses for
every baby.
Hefner said that he would make
it one dozen for this one two dozen
for the next, three dozen for the
next, etc.
The latest arrival is number
twelve. True to his word, Mr.
Hefner presented his wife with
144 roses.
Arlie J. Bryan
Taken By Death
Arlie Jennings Bryan, 41 year
old resident of Rt. 3, Boone, died
in Cannon Memorial Hoapital
October 20.
Funeral servicei were conducted
July 22 in the Liberty Baptift
church by the Rev. Noah Johnaon
and the Rev. Barney Oliver. Bur
ial wa? in Proffitt's Grove ceme
tery.
Surviving are the mother, Mri.
Chanie S. Bryan, Boone; the
widow, Mrs. Edna Bryan; five
sons, Roy, Wade, Ronnie, Stephen
and Phillip, all of the home; four
daughters, Mrs. Evelyn B. Mast,
Hickory, Mrs. Linda B. Gentry,
Todd, Cathy and Lydia Bryan of
the home; two brothers, Sherman
and Earl Bryan of Boone; five sis
ters, Mrs. Spencer Day, Sugar
Grove, Mrs. Paul Penley, Arraratt,
N. C., Mrs. Clayton Greene, Mrs.
Oney Johnson, Mrs. Hansford Mil
ler, all of Boone. There is one
grandchild.
Weed Must Be Weighed Soon
To Be Entitled To Price Props
In accordance with a provision
written into the auction ware
house contract with all coopera
tive associations, any tobacco
weighed prior to November 14 will
not be subject to price aupports
unless it is re-weighed before it
is sold. Each bonded weigh man
must place the date and hla initials
on the basket ticket when the to
bacco is weighed. Thia seta the
official receiving date for this
year's crop as November 14, ac
cordng to an announcement by Al
bert Clay, preaident of the Burley
Auction Warehouae Association.
Clay urged all farmers and
warehouaemen to comply with this
provision to give all growers the
protection of price supports and to
help correct the exceasive mois
ture-shrinkage that has become
such a serious threat to the Bur
ley induatry in the past few years.
He alto pointed out that the farm
er would be running a risk in mak
ing delivery befort this time as
the effectve date of insurance
coverage on the auction farm pol
icy is not until November 14.
The market is scheduled to open
Monday, November 27, and will
recess for Christmas holidays on
December 21.
JOB TRAINING BEGUN
The Kennedy Administration has
begun a limited training program
under the 1961 Area Redevelop
ment Act.
The program has begun at Hunt
ngton, W. Virginia, center of West
Virginia's long-depressed soft-coal
mining industry. There is one out
of ten miners out work. Secretary
of Labor Goldberg has signed an
$139,000 agreement provided for
retraining of persons in this area
by mid-1062.
Welcome N. C.
GRANGE
33rd Annual
Convention
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Your savings mean even more when yon save
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