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Section C
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
Section C
Housing Shortage Emphasized At
Commerce Meeting; Plea Issued
Speaking at Tuesday's Cham
bar of Commerce meeting in
Boone, Dr. James E. Stone, di
rector of the aummer sea* ions
?t Appalachian State Teachen
College, called for immediate
action on the current homing
sbu.-'age for college atudenta,
"especially during the summer
months."
In response, Herman Wilcox
issued a plea to persons in
Boone and the surrounding
area to contact the Boone
Chamber of Commerce, giving
pertainent information about
available apartmenta, rooms,
houaes, or cottages.
"Even if the space la already
rested, we would like U have
the proprietor's name aad ad
dress in oar files," Wilcox said.
"This will help aat only the
Commerce office aad the col
lege officials, bolt It will be for
the benefit of thoae who have
places to real"
He explained that the file
would be available for refer
ence by towns people, college
official* and students, and pro
spective students.
Wilcox emphasised the im
portance of the survey and ask
ed that everyone who rents any
space whatsoever to please co
operate in this matter.
Or. Stone termed the situa
tion "critical." He stated at the
luncheon meeting that each
summer approximately 600 to
800 graduate students apply for
admission to A8TC. "Of these,
meat are teachers. North Care
Una supplies moat of the candi
dates; Florida la second. Practi
cally all are married and bring
with them their families."
Two facts given by Dr. Stone
as to why the situation has
grown more acute are (1) the
prospective students have never
been to Boone before (and are
therefore unfamiliar with the
streets and with the housing
situation in general), and (2)
most of tha msrried smttents
desire accomodations for tlto
entire summer (combining
school work with vacation).
"Last summer," Dr. Stone
said, "two hundred of this type
were unable to secure housing.
And In all probability they
went some place else to summer
school."
Wilcox pointed out later that
when this is the case, the com
munity as well as the college
suffers a loss of potential in
come.
Stone continued, "Already
this year we have had more than
200 requests for summer hous
ing of this type." The number
Thomas Carlyle wrote: "Health
a lorn It a victory. Let all men,
if they can manage H, con
trbr e to be healthy." But today,
unfortunately, millions, many
of them helpleu children...
have no way of contriving.
Each year, churches in Amer
ica ship torn of food . ? . medi
cine! ... clothing, and other
necessities to those oversea*
who need help. Give gener
ously through your church on
Sunday, March 24 during ONE
GREAT HOUR OF SHARING.
is expected to surpass the 900
mark.
'The college if unusual in
that we receive letters of in
quiry from some 40 states each
year and from foreign countries.
Persons are concerned about
accommodations in or near
Boone and would like to make
arrangements prior to coming
to ASTC."
General Information sought
far the filing system includes
the type of facilities (roam,
apartment, hause, cottage, etc.),
location (street ar miles frosn.
campus), and cast. The file will
be craas referenced sad kept
?p to data.
Dr. Stone concluded, saying,
"The availability of rental hous
ing in this area is one thing
which controls the development
of the area. If the number of
cottages inceases, then the
number of people living in the
area increases."
Lucas Angell
Funeral Held
Lucas M. Angell, 77, of Hamp
tonville, father of Watauga Sup
erintendent of Schools W. Guy
Angell, died at 4:05 a. m. Sun
day, February 24. He had been
in declining health five years
and seriously ill a week.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Lula Jane G. Angell, two
sons, W. Guy Angell of Boone,
and Gilven Angell of Hamp
tonville; a brother, Jones An
gell of Statesville; a sister, Mrs.
Rich Stinson of Norfolk, Va.;
and two grandchildren and a
great-grandchild.
The funeral was conducted on
Monday at Flat Rock Baptist
Church in Yadkin ville by the
Rev. John Edwards. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
It never occurs to some peo
ple that other peole have sense
enough to manage their own'
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Holds Office
In Tennessee
WILLIAM R. LYONS
William R. Lyons joined the
office of Tennessee Civil De
fense-Health Mobilization in
November 1962.
He had been with the United
States Public Health Service for
three years in North Carolina
and New Orleans.
A native of Boone, Mr. Lyons
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Lyons and a graduate of Appa
lachian State Teachers College.
As assisUnt to Mr. J. H. Little
john, Director of Civil Defense,
Mr. Lyons will be traveling
over the State of Tennessee,
visiting at local health depart
ments and with interested of
ficials to aid in planning civil
defense programs.
WELFARE CHEATS
A spot check on welfare pay
ments to disabled persons in the
nation's capital showed this:
More than half of those investi
gated were ineligible for such
aid. The investigation covered
60 cases.
It is believed a further in
quiry will reveal that 30 to 40
per cent of all those receiving
disability payments are ineli
gible.
' P. 0. plans 'Centennal* Cor
rection on Staipp.
APPALACHIAN COLLEGE CHOIR
Choir To Stage Concert Tuesday
The Appalachian College
Choir, under the direction of
Mrs. Virginia Wary Linney, will
present its annual Spring Con
cert on Tuesday evening, March
12th at 8 o'clock in the audi
torium of the Administration
building.
The College Choir was or
ganized in 1029 and is the old
est performing organization on
the campus. Each year since
its organization the choir has
had a spring concert tour, and
has received national recogni
tion through nine successive
coast to coast broadcasts over
the liutual Network from New
York City.
The program this season in
cludes both sacred and secular
works ? the secular part of the
program includes a group of
Liebeslieder waltzes by Brahms,
a group of American songs con
sisting of patriotic numbers,
negro spirituals and a novelty
number from a suite by Ernst
Toch.
Farmers Ask $89,452
For ACP Program
Over $89,492 has been re
quested by farmers in federal
cost shares under the 1963 ACP
program. Watauga's County al
location this year is $70,198.
Approvals are made by the
county committee on the basis
of open pasture and cropland
which a farmer has with cer
tain per farm minimum approv
als. To date 791 farmers have
received approvals of $39,136.
The most popular practice this
year is improving pasture and
meadow which has already been
established on the farm.
Vaughn Tug man, Chairman
of the ASC County Committee
urge* all farmers with conser
vation needs to come by the
ASCS office soon and discuss
their plans with office person
nel. On-the-spot purchase orders
are being given to farmer on
approvals. Under the purchase
order plan the farmer takes his
purchase order to a qualified
dealer (vendor) and pays only
the difference in cost above
what the Government pays. This
saves the farmer out-of-pocket
cash when he really needs to
?ave at spring planting time.
PASTURE FERTILIZER
Applied Now Will Aid Greatley In An Early
Pasture Growth And Help Maintain A
Plentiful Pasture All Summer
Narrator for the patriotic
number will be Mr. Rogers
Whitener, of the English de
partment.
Soloist will be Hiss Jane Wil
son, and pianists Miss Faye
Davis and Mrs. Rebecca Bur
gess.
District Piano Contest Next
Saturday At Appalachian
Tbe Boone District Piano Con
test will take place Saturday,
March 9 in the Fine Arts Build
ing on the Appalachian State
Teachers College campus. The
contest is scheduled to begin at
9:13 with approximately 35
piano students from schools in
the district participating.
Judging the piano contestants
will be Mr. Robert Darnell,
School of Music, Woman's Col
lege, Greensboro. Dr. William
G. Spencer of ASTC is chair
man of the contest.
The piano contest is a func
tion of the North Carolina
Music Educators Conference.
The purposes are to provide
students and teachers ? means
of receiving constructive criti
cism by competent judges, to
stimulate and to recognize con
stant growth, and to provide
students and teachers a means
of hearing the work done by
others.
Weather stays cold In most
of nation.
Benefit Supper
Great Success
The barbecue chicken supper
which was sponsored by the Wa
tauga Emergency and Rescue
Unit Saturday, February 23, has
been termed "a great success"
by a rescue unit representative.
In making the statement, the
member said, "We would like
to thank everyone in the county
who attended the supper. We ex
tend our appreciation to the fol
lowing companies for their help:
Sealtest Milk, Yadkin Valley
Dairy, Catawba Dairy, Kern's
Bakery, Sunbeam Bakery, and
the Home Demonstration Clubs
of the county."
Every citizen can contribute
something to the spiritual
growth and development of
Watauga County by being loyal
to the church of his choice.
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