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? !> Section B VOLUME LXXV. ? NO. ? * ?;) Ijga democrat Section B BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH *8, IMS PRICE TEN CENTS Festival Committee Announces Schedule Annual School Board Meeting At Crossnore The annual meeting of the District IS School Board* Asso ciation will be held at Croasnore School on Thursday, April 4; with registration beginnning at 4:40 p. m. The theme for thia year's gathering of school hoard members, district school com mitteemen and school adminis trators is "Adequate Programs, Personnel and Faculties ? Keys to Adequate Education." School unita included in the district are Avery county, Burke coun ty, Glen Alpine City Schools, Lenoir City Schools, Morganton city schools, and Watauga coun ty. Clifton T. Edwards, State De partment of Public Instruction, will be the principal speaker for the evening session. His ad dress will follow a banquet to be held in the Crossnore school lunchroom at > o'clock. The 18 area conferences of the North Carolina State School Boards Association annually at tract over 8,000 educators. J. L. Hartley, Jr., a member of the Newtand .School Committee Board el Education is currently serving as district president, and J. C. Beasley, principal of Newland School, is district sec retary. 200 Asheville Alumni Hear Plemmons Speak Nearly 200 alumni and friends of Appalachian State Teachers College turned out Friday at a luncheon at Battery Park Hotel in Aaheville to bear Dr. W. H. Plemmoni, preaident of the col lege, outline the college'j long range building plana. Plemmons aaid projected en rollment for the college by 1970 la 5,000 atudenti. Plana for a building program to handle the expected student lncreaae were diacuaaed. Drawing! and plana of the 1870 Appalachian campus were projected on an overhead screen by the college audio-visual di rector John Pritchett, aa Preai dent Pletnmons diacuaaed them. Dr. Hugh Daniel Jr., Waynea ville optometrist who heada the Western Diatrict Appalachian Alumni Chapter, presided at the meeting. QM?n who spoke briefly were: teroy oftfy r son City, president of the 7,000 membcr Appalachian Alumni Association; Mrs. Donna Mc Swain, Albemarle, Alumni vice president; Dr. Amos Abrams, editor of the North Carolina Ed ucation Journal; Bob Allen, A5TC director of public rela tions; John Corey, alumni af fairs director; Dr. Cratis Wil liams, graduate studies director; Dr. James Stone, summer ses sions director; Eric DeGroat, Appalachian elementary school camp program; and James Saw yer, ASTC reading center. You can talk all you please about the causes of crime but, at the bottom, it is due to the public's taking it for granted. Who can remember when leading cKisens believed that important This year's Arts Festival promises to be one of the most exciting and diversified yet. In its endeavor to bring the students of ASTC cultural events which they would not ordinarily have the opportunity to attend, the Arts Festival Committee has spared no effort or expense. Plans for this year's festival are n earing completion and the list of events to be scheduled is an imposing one indeed. The festival begins on the evening of April 25 with ? concert by the leading mezzo-soprano of the Metro politan Opera Company, Miss Nell Rankin. Miss Rankin Dr. Bare Tells Of Scholarships Dr. Gale F Bare, 417 East King St., Boone, hai nude known the availability of grants in-aid to selected accredited col leges of chiropractic throughout the United States nad Canada, for qualified young men and women, leading to the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic. The purpose o (these grants in-aid is to make available to ex ceptional young men and women throughout the U. S. and Can ada the opportunity of securing an education in one segment of the healing arts, at one of the many accredited colleges, where financial hel pis a definite need. Hie prime prerequisite for consideration of a grant-in-aid under the Chiropractic Scholar ship Fund is hte establishment of this need for part or full fi nancial help toward meeting the cost of tuition, books and labor atory supplies and fees, fey the applicant Dr. Bare indicates that com- < plete details and applications tor consideration of grants-in aid may be obtained hy contact ing him, either in person, by phone, or by writing direct to his office address. There are some people who : seem inclined to work seven < days a week, rtgardfcss of MM dsyfitia holidays. * - a ? la probably one of the most important performing artists, from the standpoint of national fame and reputation, ever to appear on this campus. The fol lowing night, April 26, Mr. Earney Hotard will be presented in a faculty recital. Beginning on April 27 and continuing through May 6, there will be available for viewing an art exhibit, featuring paintings on loan from the Winston-Salem Art Gallery, and several pieces of sculpture by former student and presently state archeologiat, Vice-President Is Raleigh Speaker Democrats from Watauga will be among those party members from every county in the state at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Saturday, March 30, to greet Vice-President and Mrs. Lyndon Johneon. Registration will open on Fri day afternoon at the Hotel Sir Walter, following a luncheon at the Governor's Mansion honor ing chairmen and vice-chairmen who will attend a party confer ence Friday and Saturday. The vice-president and Mrs. Johnson and their party will be greeted at the Raleigh-Durham Airport at XI a. m. Saturday morning. The Pershing Rifles and a 100- man Drum and Bugle Corps of the Army ROTO at N. C. State College, as well as Governor Sanford and other AigMtariM will greet the vice rn |j|ni sons Mr. Stanley South. There will also be a student art exhibit. On Sunday afternoon, April 28, the Concert Band, under the direction of Mr. Charles Isley, will present a concert in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Another concert on the even ing of April 29 will feature the emminent young vitruoso, Mari lyn Dubow. Miss Dnbow, a vio linist, has appeared with many of the nation's top orchestras, and has concertized widely. This program also will b? presented in the Fine Art* Auditorium. On April 90 a lecture by poet author Randall Jarrell is plan ned. Mr. Jarrell ii a member of the English Department at Woman's College of the Univer sity of North Carolina, and serves as poet-in-residence at the Greensboro institution. On the evenings of May 1, 2, and 3 the play Pillars of Society, by Ibsen will be presented by the Playcrafters and the Col lege Theatre group. David French will direct the perform ance. Coinciding with the play, there will be a number of films, to be viewed on the evenings of May 1 and 2. On Hay 1 The Titan, about the life and works of Michaelango, will be shown in the Fine Arts Auditorium. On the same even ing, the opera Andre Chenier (music by Umberto Giordan i) will be presented, also on film. COMMITTEE. ? Members of the Festival and Art* Committee at Appalachian State Teach er* College include, left to right, seated, John Corey, Priscilla Savage, Janice Robin son, Mri. Virginia Llnney, David French; itanding, Dr. Nicholas Erneston, Walton Cole, and Rogers Whitener. On May 2 the film program in cludes the ballet Romeo and Juliet, featuring the premiers dance use of the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet, Galina Ulanova. The bal let is danced to the music of Sergei Prokoffeiv. Bringing the 10-day festival to a close, the Vernician Society will sponsor a tea in honor of the Hay Court on the afternoon of Hay 4. That same evening, the Coronation Ball will be held in the Health, Physical Educa tion and Recreation Building, sponsored by the Collegiate Civics Club. Members of the Appalachian Arts Festival Committee are as follows: Mr. Walton S. Cole, chairman; Mrs. Daisy Eggers, Dr. Nicholas Erneston, Mrs. Virginia W. Linney, Mr. Rogers Whitener, Miss Ann Moore, Miss Janice Robertson, Mr. John Corey, Mr. David A. French, Mr. Wayne Thompson, and Miss Priscllla Savage. Watch AND Jewelry Repair AU Work Guaranteed WALKER'S Jewelry Store Boone, C. Oldest Jewelry Store Serving Watauga You work hard for your money. Why not make it work fust as hard for you? Put it to work here, where the HIGHER rat* of rtturn will help your savings GROW FASTERI Why be satisfied with loss, when your money can earn more money for you here with INSURED SAFETYI
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