Section B WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
Section B
Boone Choral Contest
Will Be Held Friday
The Boone District Choral
Contest will be held in the Fine
Art* Building on the campus of
Appalachian State Teachers
College next Friday.
The events begin at 10:30 a.
m. with the Appalachian Junior
High group, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Gaynelle Wilson.
Grout* following are: Deyton
Elementary (Jr. High Chorus)
from Spruce Pine; Harris Sen
ior High Chorus from Spruce
Pine; Lenoir Senior High Mixed
Chorus; Glen Alpine Senior
High Mixed Chorus; Wilkes
Central Senior High Mixed
Chorus; Appalachian Senior
High Mixed Chorus.
The district contest is a func
tion of the North Carolina
Music Educators Conference.
The purpose is to foster and
encourage the *d\a, ement of
a wider participation in choral
music education in North Car
?Mm.
Judges for the choral contest
are Richard Cox, School of
Music, Woman's College,
Greensboro College, Greens
boro, and Thane McDonald,
Winston-Salem. Dr. William G.
Spencer, Chairman of the Mus
ic De pitmen t, ASTC, is chair
man' of the contest.
Junior High Band Will
Play In State Contest
The Applaachian Junior High
School Band, under the direc
tion of George W. Kirsten, Jr.,
will journey to Hickory Satur
day, March 0, to perform in
the annual State Band Contest
Festival to be held on the cam
pus of Lenoir Rhyne College.
The group will leave by bus
at 7:30 a. m., and will perform
in the Monroe Auditorium at
#18.
The contest festival is open
to the public.
The band has prepared the
three numbers required by
state ofifcials and, according to
Kiriten, looks forward to its
participation and competition
with the other nine junior highs
in their classification (Class II).
Public Now Aware Cancer
Threat, Says McPherson
High Point ? As ? recently as
the turn of this century cancer
was rarely reported outside
medical journals, and public in
formation about the disease
hardly existed.
This fact has been brought to
the public's attention by Holt
McPherson, 2nd Vice President
of the N. C. Division of the
American Cancer Society.
Both an outstanding editor
and educational leader, Mr. Mc
Pherson Is editor of the High
Point Enterprise and Chairman
of the N. C. Citizens for Better
Schools. He is Past-President of
the N. C. Press Association and
President of the Journalism
Foundation which he founded
and has beaded from its incep
tion.
"Now," says Mr. McPherson,
"cancer has been brought into
public awareness."
Four entertainment celebri
ties recently died within three
weeks ? all victims of cancer,
Mrs. McPherson pointed out.
"Old wives' tales, superstiti
ous beliefs and unreasoning
fears about cancer are vanish
ing," he said. "Through the
educational program of the ACS
and through newspapers, maga
zines, radio and television, a
growing number of people have
learned that this disease is not
necessarily fatal ? that, if de
tected early, half of all cancer
cases can be cured."
"Knowing more about the
nature of cancer," Mr. McPher
son said, "people are now tak
ing sensible precautions. The
best way to deal with anxiety
is to keep in mind the seven
danger signals? and if your
signal lasts longer than two
weeks, go to your doctor."
"We are very fortunate to
have Senator Irwin Belk of
holt Mcpherson
Charlotte a* Chairman of the
1963 life-saving Crusade. He is
an active business and civic
leader, President, Belk Enter
prises, Inc., Charlotte, and vit
ally interested in education."
Mr. McPherson said over 1,
100,000 Americana have been
cured of cancer ? free of the
disease five years after treat
ment. About 177,000 patients
will be saved this year, he said,
and 88,000 more could be saved
if they received effective treat
ment in time.
Mr. McPherson said, "Public
education saves lives today. The
annual health check-up by a
physician is the best insurance
against needless cancer death.
Prompt action on a cancer
danger signal can often detect
concer in time for cure."
In view of what's said and
done, how many little boys want
to grow up and become Presi
dent?
Are Your Tires
Winter Weary?
Let us put new life in
your tires , now weary
from months of winter
driving.
Let Us Apply New
TREADS
?
To Your Old Tires
?
Yon can forget tire troubles
for months of carefree
driving.
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Pictured U ? part of the members of the
Boone Mooee Lodge who traveled by chart
ered bus to M organ toD recently, for the en
rollment ceremony, held in honor of Moose
Supreme Governor Gordon Jeffrey. ? Flow
en photo.
Moose Members Win Award For
Largest Attendance At Area Meet
Boone Mooee members, true
to the promise they made prior
to the gigantic enrollment cere
mony, held on Feb. 28, in hon
or of Supreme Governor Gor
don Jeffery, returned to Boone
the proud possessors of the
$29.00 check given to the lodge
with the largest attendance at
the affair.
Not only did Boone have the
largest attendance and the larg
est group to be enrolled at Mor
gaton, but the local lodge had
the largest group in North
Carolina to attend any of the
five ceremonies in the state,
held in Jeffery's honor. They
also stand a very good chance
of being tops in the entire
Golden Leaf Area, which it
composed of Alabama, Virginia,
South Carolina, North Carolina
and Georgia.
Members chartered a bus, and
traveled to and from the affair
in comfort. All who attended
Hereford Sale
At Bristol, Va.
i A - joint announcement from
Robert S. Orr, president of the
Tri-State Hereford Association
and the Virginia Hereford Asso
ciation indicated their intention
to hold a joint sale at Bristol,
Va., on March 13. This will be
the 18th Annual Spring Show
and Sale for the Tri-State group
and the fifth Annual Bull Sale
for the Virginia group.
Fifty head of Herefords, both
horned and polled, will be grad
ed, shown and sold at the Pure
bred Sales Pavilion, located
three miles north of Bristol on
U. S. Route 11. Forty bulls and
10 heifers will make up the off
ering.
bad ? wonderful time, and were
very much impressed with the
proceedings.
Although now in the process
of completing the kitchen, the
lodge is serving food, on a
reservation and notification bas
is. More and more members are
using the facilities of the lodge,
and all paid-up members, (those
in good-standing) are invited
to participate.
A Legion Activities Commit
tee is being formed of Legion
of the Moose members, to fur
ther the cause of the Moose, and
will meet the fourth Friday of
each month. All Legion mem
bers are not only invited, but
are expected to attend these
meetings.
Applications are coming in
from ladies interested in form
ing the Women of the Moose,
an auxiliary of the Moose. All
wives, mothers, sisters and
daughters of members in good
standing are eligible to join.
Letter* of commendation on
the progress of the lodge have
i>een received from the Supreme
Lodge, Regional Director, State
Director, State Moose Associa
tion President, and from vari
ous Moose dignitaries. The for
ward march of the lodge in
Boone in the last nine months
has been inspiring and gratify
ing to the members, but, to a
man, they say ? "We aren't
finished by a long shot, yet."
"We're going to have over 300
members by this time next
year." All worthy applicants are
welcome to apply for member
ship.
Ladles' and Men's
Wedding
Rings
Birthstone
Rings
WALKER'S
Jewelry Store
Boone, N. C.
Oldest Jewelry Store
Serving Wittnn
We Join the
Nation in Paying
Recognition to
4-H CLUB
* WEEK
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Steeplechase Meetings Highlight
State's Sports Calendar For April
Three steeplechase meetings ,
? one of them brand new this |
year ? highlight North Carolina's
vacation sports calendar (or
April.
On April 6, the 17th annual
Block House Steeplechase at
Try on In the Blue Ridge moun
tain foothills open the hunt
racing circuit. One week later,
on Saturday, April 13, the 16th
annual Stoneybrook Steeple
chase is scheduled at Southern
Pines in the Sandhills.
On April 27, steeplechasing
makes its debut in the rolling
Piedmont countryside, where a
new racecourse has been con
structed at Tanglewood Park
near Winston-Salem.
All three steeplechase meet
ings are sanctioned by the Na
tional Steeplechase and Hunt
Association and are sponsored
by local non-profit groups for
charitable causes.
For many years, colorful hunt
races in early spring have cli
maxed the fox hunting and win
ter horse training sessions at
Southern Pines and Tryon. The
race course at Tryon loops thru
portions of both North and
South Carolina, and surrounds
the famous Block House which
was a frontier fortification in
Revolutionary War Days. The
Stoneybrook races are at Stoney
brook Farms, where Uichael G.
Walsh operates the south's
largest winter training center
for horses which race over
timber, brush aAd hurdles.
Tanglewood Park is a newly
developed facility on a 1,200
acre estate which was a legacy
from the late William Neal
Raynolds to the people of his
county. The Tanglewood steeple
chase course, surrounidng the
half-mile track where Mr. Reyn
olds' famous standardbreds were
trained for major harness racing
circuits, is the first hunt racing
facility built in the United States
in six years. Like the race cours
es at Southern Pines and Try on,
this one will provide plenty of
parking space for spectators and
is in a picturesque setting.
Top-rated thoroughbreds
which go on to the winners'
circles at Belmont, Saratoga and
other northern tracks where
steeplechasing is featured com
pete in North Carolina races.
Many of them are trained in the
Variety Vacationland State.
A dividend for racing fans
who flock to the North Carolina
meetings is that the steeple
chase season coincides with the
peak of spring blossom time.
A steeplechase meeting is just
as much fun for casual observ
ers as for experts who regularly
follow the thoroughbred racing
circuits. The scene at a spring
steeplechase resembles a com
bination picnic, fashion show
and family reunion. Although
the day's racing doesn't begin
until around 2 p.m., patrons
begin arriving in mid-morning.
They park their automobiles
and station wagons ? well stock
ed with picnic fare ? and im
mediately begin feasting, visit
ing with friends, and comparing
notes on their favorite horses
and riders. Usually, there are
special pre-post time events,
like the band concerts at Stoney
brook. Sometimes there are
mule or pony races, not sanc
tioned but always amusing.
Each of North Carolina's
steeplechase meetings is in an
area offering ideal possibilities
for a spring vacation as well as
for a day at the race*. Southern
Pine* and Pinehurst have a total
of eight championship 18-hole
golf couriea, plus bridle paths,
distinguished inns and motor
lodges, and beautiful gardens.
Tryon, famous for its mild
Thermal Belt climate, has ex
cellent visitor accommodations
and a sporty nine-hole golf
course as well as a network of
riding trails. Tanglewood Park
has an 18-hole golf course, ring
and trail riding, playgrounds,
fishing, a lodge and restaurant,
and a deer park. In the nearby
city of Winston-Salem, the 18th
Century Morsviah community
of Old Salem is a distinguished
historical attraction with many
of its fine old buildings restored
and open to visitors. Year
around, there are free guided
tours of the R. J. Reynolds
cigarette manufacturing plants.
William Presnell
Funeral Monday
William McKinley Presnell,
48, of Rt. 2, Banner Elk, died
Saturday, March 2.
Surviving are the widow,
Ruby Harmon Presnell of Ban
ner Elk;* three daughters, May
belle, Cleo and Carrie Presnell,
all of Banner Elk; two sons,
Roy and Ralph Presnell, both
of Banner Elk; and one sister,
Mrs. Vinnie Harmon of Banner
Elk.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p. m. Monday,
March 4, by Elder Tom Ward
at the Zion Primitive Baptist
Church. Burial was in the Pres
nell cemetery.
It is always our pleasure here at the Watauga Savings & Loan Association
to recognize our worthy young people.
During this week of special recognition for 4-H Clubs, let us wish you
clear HEADS, untroubled HEARTS, strong HANDS, and good HEALTH*