JIM GOFF
Jimmy Goff Called
Hardwood Whiz Kid
By DALE GADDY
An? unexpected but pleasant
sui prise to the basketball team
and for the fans of the Appa
lachian State Mountaineers this
year is "spunky Jimmy Goff,"
a hardwood whiz kid from
Wytheville, Virginia.
Statistician James Jones re
ports that Goff, having appear- j
ed in all six pre-Christmas en
counters for the Mountaineers,
has netted 28 points for a 4.7
average. He has hit on 9 O'Jt ?
of 20 from the floor for a 45
percent accuracy rating.
In addition, he has gotten
five rebounds and has hit 91 I
percent of his free shots (10
for 11).
And to top it all, Goff rivals
his fellow teammate Jack Lyt- 1
ton for the handle "smallest
man on the squad." Like Lyt- |
ton, Goff is 5'8" tall ? or sl\prt .
? depending on the interpreta- \
tion.
The twenty year old guard
is 6-4/5" shorter than the av
erage height of the App squad !
And his 155 pounds is 21.8 less |
than the average weight of the j
Boone basketeers.
"But what little Jimmy lacks!
in height of weight, he makes i
up for in speed," said one play- j
er last week. "He's really im- 1
proved since last year!"
Goff, who is less impressed
with himself than others, shrugs ,
off his sudden rise to Mountain
eer attention. "All I care about
is our winning," he stated with
a serious look.
"This year, more than ever
before, I want us to win. I
don't want us to settle for sec- ?
ond best: we are going to do ]
all we can to take first, place ,
in the conference this year." As j
he spoke, he jabbed his fore
finger in the air for emphasis.
Goff's burning determination
has never been more brilliantly j
displayed on the home court j
than at the recent App-Belmont
Abbey game. Goff swept into j
openings that just didn't exist; i
he ran circles around the Cru
saders; broke up play after play I
with dazzling dives; and was
instrumental in several fast
breaks in the December show
ing.
Although officially he is a
"second stringer," Goff plays
as much each game as the start- I
ing guards Lytton and Doug |
Wall. A consistant relief man,
he enables the Mountaineer !
squad to play a hard brand of
ball hawking basketball.
Ironically, Goff says that his
biggest thrill as a varsity play
er for ASTC came last year j
in a game which he did not par |
ticipate in. "It was our victory j
over Lenoir-Rhyne, 64-58. I
didn't play. I saw it all from j
the bench. But Bear meat tastes |
good, no matter where you are.
"That win was our biggest
since I've been at Appalachian,"
he said smiling.
Goff, who dressed out with
the Mountaineers his freshman
year, lettered last year. With
six games behind him this, his j
junior year, Goff has the ex- j
perience which should continue
to pay off during the remaind
er of the current season.
He, as do most of the App
players, predicts that LR, Elon, j
and Western Carolina will be \
the toughest teams for the j
Mountaineers this year. "As j
go these games, so goes the !
season," Goff and his fellow !
players seem to agree.
A 1960 graduate of Wythe
High School in Wytheville, Vir- i
gima, Goff played basketball, \
football, and track. In addition,
he was active in the high
school's Hi Y Club, Library
Club, and Monogram Club.
During his senior year he
once scored 28 points in one
game. "That was against Dub
lin (Va.) High School," he re
called.
Because of his lack of height,
Goff admits that he was some
what dubious about playing col
lege basketball. But where
there's a will to win? whether
it be for a "mere" place on
the bench or for the conference
crown ? usually, with work,
there's a way.
"This can be Appalachian's
year," Goff added. "I think
we can take the title!"
If every individual would at
tempt to give something to life,
instead of trying to take some
thing, there wouldn't be any
need to debate the virtues of
capitalism and communism.
Farm Program Signup Will
Begin In Watauga Monday
The regular signup for the
1963 Agricultural Conservation
Program will begin January 7,
and continue through January
25, county A S C chairman,
Vaughn Tugman announced this
week
Farmers should make early
plans for the practices they in ]
tend to carry out next spring
and be ready to apply for what
ever assistance it is felt will
be needed on their farms.
Conservation of the soil and
water resources is vital to the
Mrs. Hayes, 86,
Dies Sunday
Mrs Margaret Camelia Hay
es, 86, of Triplett died Sunday,
December 23.
Surviving are one son, Arthur
Hayes of Triplett; one brother,
Jacob Hayes of Triplett; three
sisters, Miss Alzenia Hayes and
Mrs. Omar Miller, both of Trip
lett and Mrs. Sallie Triplett of
Boone; and three grandchildren
and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday,
Dec 26 in the Mt. Ephriam
Baptist Church by the Rev.
Wendell Critcher. Burial was
in the Sommons cemetery.
economy of our country, Mr i
Tugman said. A prosperous ag |
riculutre cannot continue unless j
these measures are continually I
carried out.
The following pracicies were
selected by the Watauga county
ACP development group and
have been recommended to the
State ACP development group
for approval:
Seeding permanent pasture or
hay. This practice is for the
initial establishment of a perm
anent vegetative cover for soil
protection or as a needed land
use adjustment.
Establishment of vegetative
cover in crop rotation. This
practice is for the establish
ment of additional acreages of
vegetative cover in crop rota
tion to retard erosion and to
improve soil structure, permea
bility, or waterholding capacity.
Liming farmland This prac
tice is for the initial treatment
of farmland to permit the use
of legumes and grasses for soil
improvement and protection.
Initial establishment of a
stand of trees on farmland for
purposes other than wind or
water erosion.
Permanent pasture or hay im
provement. This practice is for
BREMCO Guarantees
Cost Of Electric Heat
(Continued from page one)
higher than in our own locality.
We find that the majority of
the installations on our system
are in the mountain counties
where heating seasons are long
er and more severe. At present
over 270 or two percent of the
membership of the Cooperative !
are enjoying total electric hv
ing. Interest is mounting stead
ily in this modern concept of
living better electrically.
Many people have the precon
ceived idea, or have been mis
led in thinking that electric
heat is for the more expensive |
homes and the operating cost is I
beyond their means. Operating '
costs do vary, as with any heat !
ing system, with the types of \
construction, amount of space
heated, number in the farrfily
and weather conditions. From
! installations on the Copera
j tive's system where the heat
l has been metered separately
I records show reasonable operat
ing costs on all sizes of homes
varying from $75 for a 900
square foot shell home to $300
for a 3,600 square foot ranch
style brick home.
Blue Ridge Electric Member
ship Corporation is one of the
first electric utilities in the na
tion to offer such a broad guar
antee on a heating system. This
is further evidence of the pro
gressive and pioneering spirit
of this organization displayed
throughout the years.
Broyhill Speaks To C of C
(Continued from page one)
tenary celebration, presided at
the meeting.
Dr. D. J. Whitener, county
chairman of the Tercentenary
observance, said that Daniel
Boone's crossing of the Blue
Ridge through this area would
be re-stepped by members of
the "Horn in the West" cast as
a part of Watauga's observance
of North Carolina's 300th birth
day in 1963.
Estel Wagner, Watauga Coun
ty campaign manager for Broy
hill, introduced the Congress
man-elect.
Broyhill further said that
"there are inequities in the
American system, but the mar
vel is that we have been able to
create in so short a time a so
ciety which has provided more
opportunity and more material
benefits for more people than
has ever been recorded previous
ly in human history.
"The best proof of our success
is one which I often point out
to those who would criticize us:
that is that everyone seems to
be trying to get into this coun
try, and very few want to leave,
and certainly we build no walls
CONCORDS SANDRA RISER is gaining
practical experience in nursery school work
on the Appalachian College campus in the
laboratory for child development. In the
picture, Sandra is working with Douglas
Groce, left, and Carol Winkler, right. ? John
Corey photo.
or curtains around our borders
to keep people in.
"This country has been built
on the basic concept of freedom
that we find in the constitution,
individual freedom that stimu
lates private genius and advent
ure, and rewards effort.
"The thing that we and that
you, as leaders of this commun
ity and this area, must do is to
provide opportunity for the
young people, for the children
that are coming along at this
time.
"We must fully utilize not
only our natural resources but
our human resources as well.
"In this section we see our
young people moving to other
parts of the country for employ
ment opportunities. Very often
we see the brightest and the
best moving to other counties
and to other states."
Planning Yonr
Homestead Is
Called Important
Planning your homestead is
probably one of the most im
portant decisions you will make.
Therefore, if you are building a
new home or expecting to im
prove your present homestead,
you'll find John Harris' new
publication "Planning Your
Homestead" a handy guide.
Harris, who is extension hor
ticultural specialist at North
Carolina State College, says that
people may be living on a home
stead the rest of their lives and
therefore, the site should be
selected carefully.
Some factors to consider are
roads, electricity, telephones,
convenience to fields, water sup
ply, trees and lay of the land.
The circular tells how to make
a plan before building. It is full
of illustrations showing a typical
homestead layout under various
situations. For instance, location
of trees and the lawn will have
an effect on where the sidewalk
to the house or driveway are
located.
The publication, Extension
Circular No. 346, can be obtain
ed from your county agricul
tural agent's office or by writ
ing the Department of Agricul
tural Information, N. C. State
College, Raleigh.
the improvement of established
permanent vegetative cover for
soil protection.
Forest improvement. This
practice is for the elimination
of undesirable trees and vege
tation.
Open ditch drainage. This
practice is fqr the construction
of permanent drainage ditches
for the purpose of draining
cropland or pastureland for
which proper outlets are pro
vided.
Tile drainage. This practice
is for the installation of under
ground drainage systems to dis
pose of excess water.
Winter cover crops This prac- I
tice is for the establishment of
vegetative cover for winter pro
tection from erosion.
Special conservation practice
This practice provides for the
spreading of lime and fertilizer
by airplane on land on which
otherwise the material could not
be spread.
I
Savings & Loan
Has Best Year
(Continued from page one)
R. C. Rivers, Jr , editor and
| publisher of the Watauga Dem
ocrat, is vice president; Mr.
Marsh is secretary and treasur
er.
Other directors are: Guy Hunt,
owner and manager of Hunt's
Department Store; Dr. William
M Matheson, retired dentist;
Dr. W R. Richardson, co-owner
of Boone Drug Company; Walt
er H. Greene, farmer in the
j Meat Camp section: Ii P. Hols
j houser, real est'.ie and insur
I ance in Blowing Rock; Howard
W Mast oi Howard W Mast
and Company, in Valle Crucis.
The office staff consists of
Miss Shirley Williams, Mrs
Mary Lea Gragg, Mrs. Anne
Brown, and Mrs. Edie Andrews.
Doctor Talk
By DR. JOHN B. REMBERT
Hepatitis, or acute viral in
flammation of the liver, is a fair
ly common disease which is
probably not adequately respect
ed by the general public as be
ing the serious disease that it
is.
Although this is a rather self
limited type of viral infection,
concentrating in the liver, there
is always a potential threat of
an incomplete recovery which
can jeopardize one's health, and
perhaps shorten life, due to the
residual and progressive dam
aging effects.
Very often the beginning of
the disease process may resem
ble a routine viral infection,
with fever, malaise, headaches,
and abdominal tenderness. But
certain outstanding signs and
symptoms usually appear to typ
ify the occurence of hepatitis.
Severe headache is extremely
common, along with nausea,
vomiting, ioss of appetite and
intolerance to fatty foods. Us
ually once the disease is es
tablished, jaundice occurs, de
tected by a yellowish tint to the
white part of the eyes, and per
haps over the skin surface.
Naturally, since this disease
is an acute inflammation of the
liver, one can expect a rapid in
crease in the size of the liver,
with considerable tenderness to
palpitation of that particular
organ. Certain other specific
laboratory tests are made which
very readily establish a diag
nosis.
Hospitalization of the patient
becomes necessary in that for
the first few weeks he may
transmit the disease, and par
ticular care is given to products
of excretion and eating uten
sils.
There is no specific treat
ment for this disease other than
a carefully balanced and selec
tive diet and prolonged, strict
bed rest. This latter factor, bed
rest, cannot be over emphasiz
ed because of the possibility of
residual complication with the
disease.
Adequate rest allows for com
plete healing and restoration
to normal throughout the liver
tissue. Sometimes it is neces
sary for one to remain in bed
as long as several months in
order to accomplish a complete
ly normal recovery. The reduc
tion in size of the liver is a very
important guide for a complete
recovery.
When normal activity is re
sumed too early, the health of
the individual may be perman
ently damaged with the estab
lishment of a chronic liver tis
sue due to faulty healing and
incomplete return of normal in
fection of the liver cells.
LABORATORY for child development gives
Appalachian State Teachers College students
practical experience in nursery school work
on the college campus. The course is listed
as Home Economics 300. In the picture,
bottom, left to right, nursery pupils are
Carol Winkler, Myra Shook, Stephanie Smith,
Janet Fulmer, Bob Broome, Kim Wilcox,
Ronnie Marsh, Elizabeth Bosworth, Mark
Harrill, Cindy Corey, Kddie Dougherty, Paul
Hughes, and Douglas Groce. On back row
are ASTC faculty member, Miss Madge
Rhyne, and student assistant, Miss Sandra
Kiser. ? John Corey photo.
News Report From Washington
Washington, D. C. ? Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara
took on a battle when convic
tion forced him to recommend
scuttling the Skybolt program.
The Secretary, who has been
involved in controversy after
controversy since he took over
the biggest department in the
executive branch, waded fully
warned into his latest fight.
McNamara estimated it would
cost a half a billion dollars to
finally perfect Skybolt and then
about a billion dollars for every
330 Skybolt missiles after that
? or three billions for 1,000. He
figured the project was too
doubtful to warrant such a pos
sible waste.
But all this was known when
McNamara took over his job.
Two years ago study reports
cast doubt on the feasibility of
the project. Nevertheless, the
British have relied upon it ?
and have based their entire in
dependent nuclear deterrent on
the availability of this weapon
Finally Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan and President John
Kennedy had to resolve the is
sue.
Cancellation does understand
ably cause shivers among the
British, since they cannot fin
ance the project alone. They
have spent very little so far,
and McNamara ? trying to hold
down costs couldn't justify fur
ther expenditure.
McNamara took the plunge,
which he is doing pretty often
these days, not having to be
elected to his post, in pushing ]
cancellation. He gambled we
would not lose the solid allegi- |
ance of England. And he gamb
led he could convince both the |
President and Congress on the i
question. Congress doesn't ;
seem to have been convinced.
Adlai Stevenson may be serv
ing on borrowed time as the
United States Ambassador to
the United Nations. President
Kennedy has expressed faith in
the former Democratic presi
dential candidate but there are
lingering doubts.
Reports still persist that Ad- >
| lai was among the doves, and
not the hawks, in the tense Cu- I
ban nuclear drama. Neither
Stevenson, nor certain others,
appear to like the impression
which has been built up, or the
leaking of that impression to
the press.
President Kennedy is gamb
ling with the dollar in recom
mending tax cuts and continued
heavy and deficit spending for
expanded government services
at one and the same time. The
President believes economic ex
pansion will follow the tax cuts
and that the end will justify
the means ? -deficit spending.
He also believes that the sta- |
bility of the dollar will not be |
affected by the deficit spend
ing.
But if the tax cuts do not |
bring economic improvement
fast enough to balance the bud
get in a year or two, the Presi
dent could be in serious trou
ble. Most likely, that trouble
would show up only after 1964,
reelection year for Mr. Ken
nedy, for the tax cuts, if enact
ed, won't begin until 1963 at
the earliest.
There are strong financial
conservatives on both sides in
this struggle. Most of them
agree with the President that
cuts should be made now, but
many feel that government eco
nomies are also in order, to
balance the budget or come
close to a balance. Senator Har
ry Byrd (D-Va ) and Represen
tative Wilbur Mills (D Ark.), of
the key Senate and House Com
mittees concerned, are of the
latter school of thought.
The heat is apparentlf -off
in Berlin. East German party
! chief Walter Ulbricht recently
I said rebuilding East Germany's
| economy was now more import
! ant than settling the Berlin
; question He even hinted Ber
lin could await 1970.
I This is a dramatic switch for
I the East German boss, who is
[ obviously taking his orders
from Moscow. All of which de
monstrates clearly, once again,
the falseness of the claim that
East Germany is an independ
ent country. At the same time,
Westerners in Berlin welcome
the respite, and marvel at how
it came about so abrubtly, be
cause of a single show of tough
ness and determination by Pres
ident Kennedy.
March of Dimes Helps Save fipy
H?r?'? Johnny o? age on* oftor first operation . . . and today, loading a normal life at a?*
At his fourth birthday
party, Johnny Wilson's big
blue eyes sparkled as his
mother carried in the most
magnificent cake he had
ever seen.
It was shaped like a huge
boat plowing its way through
mountainous waves of whipped
cream and icing. Johnny's win
some smile beamed at friends
and he gave out kisses all
around.
It was a happy affair. Yet at
one time, Johnny's parents had
little hope he would live to
celebrate even his first birth
day. For he was born with the
often fatal birth defect of wa
ter on the brain, or hydro
cephalus.
Surgical treatment saved
Johnny's life, when he was
three months old. At that time,
doctors performed what is
known as a shunt operation.
They inserted in Johnny's head
a plastic tube which allowed
excess fluid from the brain to
be harmlessly absorbed by the
youngster's body.
Without the operation, fluid
within the brain is prevented
from taking its normal course.
and causes the head to swelV
enormously. This is what had
happened to Johnny. (If shunt
surgery is not performed in
time, mental retardation and
blindness may ensue, even
death, in certain cases.)
Since 1958, doctors have per
formed two other shunt opera
tions and have treated Johnny
for gastroenteritis and septice
mia.
Today, Johnny leads a rela
tively healthy, happy and care
free life. Like any other little
boy who lives on a farm, ha
loves to hug lambs, chase cows
and tease chicks on the family's
100 acres near Columbus, Ohio.
He is a good example of
thousands of afflicted children
being helped to live nearly
normal lives through a unique
medical care program financed
by The National Foundation
March of Dimes.
Babies with birth defects are
born every other minute in the
United States, 250,000 of them
each year, almost 700 each day.
Johnny goes regularly to a
special Birth Defects Clinical
Study Center at Children's
Hospital, Columbus, supported
by March of Dimes funds.
It is one of more than 30
similar centers across the na
tion set up for the stud y^ and
treatment of birth defects.
cialists work together to help
children with many kinds of
birth defects. They include a
neurosurgeon, orthopedic sur
geon, internist, psychiatrist,
physical therapist and medical
social worker. They have put
their skilled hands and minds
to work on Johnny's behalf.
Every four months, Johnny's
mother drives him to the center
for his check-up. A doctor al
ways measures his head to
make sure there is no change
in size. Since 1959, his head
size has remained relatively
eonstant.
Johnny is growing up to be an
impish, energetic and friendly
little boy who likes to do every
thing and go everywhere. Espe
cially, he likes to wheedle rides
on a pony at the next farm.
He'll settle, though, for a tour
on the tractor with his mother
or father, Julia and John Wil
son.
Like Johnny, other afflicted
children who receive proper
treatment may live to enjoy
shooting cap pistols, watching
television, singing songs or
playing > toy banjo ? with the
beat of four-year -oldij/
At the center, trained