ASTC News Bureau Gets
Letter On Twins Issue
The expert* say that twin* do
not run in families.
Mr*. Ruby McDonald of Fay
etteville read a recent "School
and Child" article on the sub
ject of twins and ' wrote the
news bureau at Appalachian
State Teachers College to tell
about some of the twins in
Cumberland County. Mrs. Mc
Donald's mother, a twin, recent
ly celebrated a 71st birthday
with her twin.
Mrs. McDonald said that a
friend of theirs in Cumberland
County has five sets of twins
(10 children). (
Twins occur once In every
87 births, according to esti
mates. Triplets in every 7,000.
Quadruplets in 050,000. Quin
tuplets in every 57 million.
John Corey, assistant profes
sor of education and author of
"School and Your Child", said
that all available research in
dicates that twins don't run in
families according to the popu
lar belief of many people. Nor
does weather o seasons effect
them.
Corey admits that there are
exceptions to the rule as is in
dicated in the large number of
twins to be found in Cumber
land County.
More ships asked by Navy
leaders.
News Of Our
Servicemen
SERVING IN GERMANY
Frankfurt, Germany ? Army
Pvt. Johnny R. Greer, It, son
of Mr. and Mr*. Jacob R. Greer,
Route 2, Boone, N. C., recently
was assigned to the 3rd Armor
ed Division in Germany.
Greer, a radio operator in
Company A of the division's
143rd Signal Battalion in
Frankfurt, entered the Army
in August 1862 and received
basic training at Fort Gordon,
Ga.
He is a 1961 graduate of Ap
palachian High School.
SHEER BRAVADO
Memphis, Tenn. ? An escapee
from the county penal farm has
been captured ? hard at work
on the police parking garage
being built next door to head
quarters.
Larry Daniel Dyson, 38, walk
ed away from a work gang
April 8, 1960, while serving a
petty larceny sentence.
When captured he had been
working with a construction
crew at the garage for months.
NOTICE TO
TAXPAYERS
The Board of County Commissioners will sit as a
Board of Equalisation and Review April 13 from
? to 4:30 o'clock. In case the business is not com
pleted on this day, the meeting will be continued
until all those having business with the board can
be heard.
I. B. WILSON,
Watauga County Tax Supervisor
RAYMOND J. JEFFREYS
VFW Commander
Rally Speaker
At W. Jefferson
Raymond J. Jeffreys of Ra
leigh, state commander of the
Veterans of World War I, will
speak at a district rally of all
veterans of the first war and
their wives, at the Jefferson
Hotel in West Jefferson, on
Saturday night, April 13, at 7
p. m.
Commander Jeffreys has Just
returned from Washington and
will bring a full report on the
service pension for veterans of
the First World Wnr. Every
veteran and his wife who is in
terested in this pension should
attend this important meeting.
A large delegation from
Boone is planning on attending
this rally In West Jefferson.
The local Boone leaders are
Lionel Ward, County Service
Officer; J. W. Norris, Comman
der; and Chas. P. Dougherty,
Quartermaster.
MOONSHINE IN PLASTIC
Nashville, Tenn. ? The moon
shiners are out to beat the Fed
eraly alcohol tax agents by us
ing plastic jugs for their illegal
brew.
The chief agent for Tennes
see, Herman O. Bomar, says
moonshiners are collecting plas
tic containers used for laundry
bleaches, since the ban on the
sale of containers and glass
jars for illicit whiskey.
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Makes Art Works Of Junk And Plastic Steel
"INVINCIBLE SPIRIT'
By LARRY PEN LEY
A Watauga archaeologist
makes works of art from junk
and plastic steel.
Stanley South, who is an
archaeologist in charge of
Brunswick Town near Wilming
ton, spends his spare time cre
ating sculptures in copper and
steel. His modern designs seem
a far cry from the chaste colo
nial artifacts with which be
deals in the workaday world.
"Axrael," "The Thrust" and
"Invincible Spirit" are among
the 29 works of art that South
will exhibit at the Appalachian
Arts Festival on the campus of
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege, April 23 -May 6.
His sculptures are made from
junk ? copper wire, which comes
from automobile generators, and
plastic steel.
South begins each piece by
screwing one end of a mass of
wire to a temporary base, then
"I'm Wearing It
In The Easter
Parade"
Easter parades and new outfits are big with every
girl no matter what her age.
Your Easter gift is another big moment for that
special girl, too. Select here, where she'd come to
buy for herself!
Boxed Easter Candies
Perfumes ? Colognes ? Cosmetic Sets
Chocolate Eggs ? Chocolate Animals
, Stuffed Animals
Easter Greeting Cards
The Rexall Store
Boone Drug Company
E. Ki?e Si. Boone, N. C.
working with two sets ol pliers
he bends the flate wire into
shape, occasionally using a
small welding torch to fuse the
metal.
When the desired shape Is
achieved, he applies the plastic
steel with a putty knife, work
ing rapidly as it hardens in
about 30 minutes. The black
steel dries with a rough tex
ture. The finished product is
mounted on a polished base of
Philippine mahogany.
"Transitional" is the term
the bearded archaeologist-artist
uses to describe his work.
South declared that one of
the difficulties a sculptor en
counters is working in three
dimensions. To be good a sculp
ture must be pleasing from any
angle. It should be displayed ;
in a room to that more than
one tide may be ceen. 1
Another problem of the '
sculptor is to encompass space.
In each work of art he attempts
to subUmste the idea to the
form. The form itself is the im
portant thing. He said, "Al
though my work usually has a
figure in it, it could mean some
thing different to each person
who sees it. I am now working
towards more abstract designs."
A native of Boone, South has
other hobbies which include
painting and photography. Re
cently he has been attempting
to duplicate primitive Indian
pottery. Molded from clay, it is
"barbecued" in a backyard pit.
lust u the Indians did it
Sob* of South'* works arc
being displayed in the North
Carolina Museum and the Mint
Museum in Charlotte.
Most of the sculptors were
liven titles after they were com
pleted.
"Invincible Spirit" is a nun
wrestling with a wild beast or
his soul.
"Coalescence" is two dancers,
their frenetic movement sus
pended, with limbs intertwined
in an intricate maze.
"Metomorphis" is described by
South as two figures ? s lumpy
female child dominated by the
soaring graceful figure she will
become.
dismisses PATIENTS
jjf Boston ? A year ago Dr. John
R Thompson placed an ad on
the front page of the local
newspaper di untieing all of ilia
patient*, with regrets, due to
his lllneaa which was Incurable.
He also thanked them for their
loyalty, faithfulness and food
will shown him over the years.
The doctor died recently with
cancer at the age of 71.
SMOOCH POWER
Miami, Fla. ? A trio of Uni
versity of Miami students have
devised a machine that measur
es the smooching power gen
erated by two people kiaing.
It's called the kissometer.
Its creators, including a boun
cy 18-year-old brunette, are
having a lot of fun with trial
rune.
KELVIN Y. HOLT
Mr. Holt, who wai formerly as
?ociated with Bradley and Holt
Insurance and Realty, hai had
year* of experience in real e?
tate and contraction. He is a
member of the Fint Baptist
Church, a senior deacon and a
junor Sunday school teacher in
Mehane, N. C.
Mr. Holt is a likeable and pleas
ant man. Yon will enjoy doing
business with him.
Watch for oar ad next week.
Announcing
The partnership of Melvin Y.
Holt with S. L. Whi taker as
Real Estate Brokers handling
real estate of all kinds. Cot
tages, acreages and lots. If you
have property to sell list with
us. Office located at the Dan'l
Boone Inn, 105 Hardin St.,
Phone No. AM 4-8657, Boone,
N. C.
S. L. Whitaker Realty Co.
105 Hardin St. AM 4-8657
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