WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
Section C
VOLUME LXXV ? NO. 43
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, IMS
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Show Features 50
Varieties Daffodils
More than fifty varieties of
dalfodils were shown in the dis
play sponsored by the Blue
ftidge Garden Club April 17
?t tne Boone Methodist Church.
Members of other Boone gar
den dubs attended the panel
discussion from 9 to 10 a. m.,
when the different divisions and
varieties were discussed, and
pictures and specimens shown.
For the next hour and a half,
more than thirty Interested wo
men worked diligently making
arrangements using these daffo
dils and other spring flowers.
Six themes were followed:
"Daffodils on Parade" (arrange
ments using daffodils only);
"Golden Dawn" (using all yel
low); "Spring ill the Orient"
(Japanese design); "Spring on
the Wing" (using a bird, or
birds, as accessories); "Signs of
Spring" (suggestive of spring
interests or activities); and "All
in a Spring Day" (using any
available spring flowers or
shrubs with datfodils, and fol
lowing any plan or design de
sired).
After this workshop period
the arrangements were placed
according to classes for display
to the public from 2 to 4 in
the afternoon.
In addition to these arrange
ments, there was one table of
labeled horticulture specimens,
more than SO in all.
A luncheon was served to the
members of the Blue Ridge Club
at 12:30 in Fellowship "Hail with
Mrs. E. T. Glenn, Mrs. Paul Cof
fey and Mrs. John Van Noppen
as hostesses. After the lunch
eon the regular monthly busi
ness meeting wss held with the
president, Mrs. W. H. Plemmons,
in charge.
Nineteen members and one
guest, Mrs. B. J. Councill, were
present at the luncheon.
Watauga's Share Wheat
Allotment Is 36 Acres
Watauga county's share of the
1964 wheat allotment under the
wheat program will be 38 acres.
This places Watauga 13th from
the bottom for North Carolina
counties.
The state total is 244,347 acres
with 1300 acres being held for
appeals, corrections, missed
farms and some new farm al
lotments. North Carolina is con
sidered a commercial wheat
state. The largest wheat allot
ment holder in the state is Ire
dell county with 12,768 acres
for 1964.
All 48 wheat farmers in the
county will have an opportunity
to vote in the wheat referen
dum to be held Hay 21. Wives
and others who have an inter
est in the crop will also be eli
gible. To establish eligibility
for voting, wheat allotment hold
ers should sign the back of
their 1964 wheat allotment no
tice upon receipt, at least by
May 11, and return it to the
BELL BOTTOMS MAY GO
Once again the Navy brass is
thinking of changing the tradi
tional bell-bottom trouser-and
jumper uniform worn by the
nation's sailors.
The last time the Navy made
a survey, about six years ago,
the overwhelming sentiment
was for keeping the present uni
form.
Navy Secretary Korth will
make the final decision, prob
ably by late April.
ASCS office in Boone.
If the referendum carries by
two-thirds of those voting then
the allotments will be in effect
and price support on the Na
tional basis of $2.00 per bushel
for 80% of the farm normal
yield. Farmers' participation is
very important since the inter
est farmers here show reflects a
mutual need in other areas for
our own burley tobacco program
as well as our agricultural con
servation program appropria
tion.
Margaret Gragg
Tapped At Duke
Miss Margaret Gragg ha*
been tapped for membership
in Ivy, the sophomore scholastic
honorary ? the Duke Univer
sity Woman's College.
To qualify for membership,
each girl achieved a 3.5 average
for the first semester of the
freshman year. Nineteen of the
350 freshman girls were called
to this group April 8, and were
honored among others on the
dean's list at the Duke Univer
sity Honors Convocation on
April 18.
People who are very righte
ous are hard to get along with
unless you agree with them.
Courtesy is enjoyable, even
when steering an automobile.
Try it, and see how you feel.
DR. D. J. WHITENER
Dean Whitener
Speaks To Club
In Bryson City
Dr. D. J. Whitener, dean of
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege, will be guest speaker for
a Rotary club meeting in Bryson
City Thursday, April 25, at 8:49
p. m., according to Leroy Sos
samon of the Bryson City Ro
tary Club.
Sossamon said that' the Rotary
Club banquet will recognize the
top high school scholars in the
community. At a time when
most schools are recognizing
athletes the Rotary club is rec
ognizing scholarship.
Dean Whitener's speech on
"Scholarship" will stress appli
cation, ambition and paying the
price for high grades.
A veteran educator. Dean
Whitener has been associated
with AfTC since 1980. In 1995
he became dean of the college.
GRATITUDE
Clearmont, Ho. ? A village in
the northwest corner of Mis
souri is paying the fare to send
Marian Hawkins back to Eng
land.
When the dial system replac
ed Mrs. Hawkins as the tele
phone operator, her friends
wanted to thank her for a job
well done.
They chipped in $5M to fin
ance a trip home for Mrs. Hawk
ins, who hasn't seen her native
land for 17 years when she
came to America the wife of an
American soldier
Life can be very simple for
those who have sense enough
to go in for the simple life.
TRADE AT HOME
Group Re-evaluates Appalachian High
Praise Teachers,
Cite Building
Inadequacies
A re-evaluation committee,
headed by a prominent 'Bun
combe County principal, spent
a day and a half in Boone last
week examining the program
and facilities of Appalachian
High School. The visitation was
a major step in the local
school's examination for con
tinued accreditation by the
Southern Association of Ac
credited Schools and Colleges.
Chairman of the visiting
committee Hugh Tomberlin,
principal of Enka High School
Reflective Strips
For Gar Bumpers
Made Available
Watch for a new reflective
safety sticker on rear bumpers
of autos in this area.
Jerry Coe, of Coe Insurance
& Realty Co., announced plans
today to distribute reflective
bumper stickers to motorists in
this area.
Stickers, called "Bumpa
Stiks," are imprinted with the
safety slogan, "Drive Safely."
Citing an all-time record high
last year of 41,000 deaths and
1,900,000 injuries on the na
tion's streets and highways, Mr.
Coe asked community support
for the program which is being
sponsored nationally by The
Hartford Insurance Group.
"Reflective stickers are no
substitute for tail-lights requir
ed by law," Mr. Coe cautioned,
"but in many cases it has been
determined that reflectiv de
vices provide an extra glimmer
of light which can mean the
difference between seeing and
not seeing a stalled or slow-mov
lng vehicle at night."
Several thousand of the new
safety stickers will be distribut
ed in Watauga county. Motor
ists may obtain them from Coe
Insurance and Realty Co.
Flue-cured tobacco losses at
tributed to disease have drop
ped from $33.9 million in 1099
to $18 million in 1962 in North
Carolina.
and ? veteran public school edu
cator, spearheaded the visita
tion with an address to sixty
school officials, committee
members, and guests at the
Daniel Boone Inn last Wednes
day evening.
His address followed a pre
sentation of philosophy and ob
jectives of Appalachian High
School by the school's principal,
Dr. Roy Blanton. Remarks also
were made by county superin
tendent Guy Angell and by
ASTC president Dr. W. H.
Plemmons.
The schedule included an or
ientation meeting at the High
lands Hills Motel immediately
before the dinner meeting. A
business session was held at the
Daniel Boone Inn following the
dinner.
Most of Thursday was spent
by the IB-member committee
in conferences, classroom ob
servations, and general observa
tions at the high school. A
complete, detailed report is not
expected from the State Board
of Education until this Septem
ber, although Dr. Blanton has
indicated that a brief, tentative
report possibly will be issued
by the end of May.
"We were most pleased with
the comments made by the
members of the visiting com
mittee," Dr. Blanton said this
week. "We were especially
pleased with their remarks con
cerning the instructional pro
gram at Appalachian High."
Dr. Blanton stated that the
committee members said the
calibre of teachers at the high
school is exceptionally high in
terms of preparation and plan
ning; quality of instruction; and
wide range of courses offered.
The chief criticisms of the
committee, according to Dr.
Blanton, centered around the
inadequacies of the school
plant and of the large enroll
ment.
Members of the committee,
appointed by Tomberlin, are as
follows:
John M. Hough, superintend
ent of Leaksville Township
Schools; Hugh Randall, superin
tendent of Hendarsonville City
Schools, John M. Hough, sup
erintendent of Leaksville Town
ship Schools, Mrs. Sylvia A
Airheart, supervisor of secon
dary education, Asheville City
Schools; Joseph H. Parsons,
academic dean, Asheville Bilt
more College;
W. P. Griffin, superinten
dent, Asheville City Schools;
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Dr. Robert F. Steward, profes
sor of mathematics. Western
Carolina College; Raymond
Rhodes, director of school ath
letics and activities;
Wayne Pressley, music de
partment, Mars Hill College;
Dr. Eugene W. Vosecky, associ
ate professor of business, West
ern Carolina College; Miss Ver
gie Lee Stringer, Woman's Col
lege, Greensboro;
Miss Kattherin Tighe, foreign
languages, Lee Edwards High
School; Miss Marie Haigwood,
supervisor of elementary edu
cation, State Department of
Public Instruction; Mra. Alice
W. Porter, consultant in school
library services. State Depart
ment of Public Instruction;
Dr. Frank Proffitt, director
of Teacher Merit Pay Study,
State Department of Public In
struction; R. J. Denny, supervi
sor of agriculture farmer edu
cation; J. B. Edwards, Jr., co
ordinator of agricultural tech
nology, Asheville-Buncombe In
dustrial Education Center; and
Robert Morreil, science, Enka
High School.
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