POINTER. ? Bill Hush, a native of Wilkes
county, is hearing bis 30th year of continuous
service with the Watauga Democrat as a
printer. Married to the former Miss Daisy
Adams of Boone, .Rush tup four children:
William Eugene, California; Mrs. Francis
Evelyn Younce, Sherwood; Eddy, Boone; and
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Denise Elaine, at the home. Ruth joined the
Democrat in September of 1933 and has
witnessed the growth ' of the paper from
a hand-fed press to. automation. Hush does
various types of jot work, advertising, and
printing. '
First Graders Are
Registered At AES
The orientation and! registra
tion meeting for parents of pros
pective first graders at Appa
lachian Elementary Sdiool was
hqld at the school last week
Mrs. Ed Harrill, public health
nurse, spoke to the group, giv
health requirements which
must be met for entrance in the
first grade. Requirement in
clude: -(H Gopy el-ehiWs birth
certificate. (2) Evidence of- im
munization for whooping cough,
tetanus, diptheria, poliomelitis,
small pox. (3) Complete physi
cal examination, either by faun
ify doctor, or from Dr. Michal
4 the Health Center.
Mrs. Harrill pointed out that
examinations would he given at
tjie Health Center en Mondays
or each week.
For those pkrents who did not
attend th? meeting, John How
ell, principal, further emphasis
es that parents take care of
the health requiremenU, and
the followiitf registration pro
cedures, immediately: (12) Pick
up registration blanks at school
office. (2) Return blanks, prop
erly filled out, to school office.
A North Carolina state law re
quires they be properly filled
out before the child can be reg
istered.
The prospective first graders
are invited to visit the school,
accompanied by at least one par
ent, on Friday qiorning. May
17, from 9 to 11:30 o'clock.
They will be served lunch in
the school oafeteria. Price of
the meal, for both children and
adults, will be 29c.
. . . Give ear high grade
Seed and Fertilizer a
chance!
We're so confident of
good results, we say,
"Yon do your best? we'll
do the rest!"
Wood's ft Funk's
Grass Seed
Seed Corn
Onion Sets? Seed Oats
Certified Seed Potatoes
BuHc Garden Seeds
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Robert Calloway
Rites Wednesday
Robert James Calloway, 17, of
Banner Elk, died April 23 In
Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem
where he had been a patient 3
months.
He was the sob of Mrs. Joe
Presnell and the late Julius M.
Calloway of Banner Elk.
Funeral services were con
ducted April 24 at 2 p. m. at
the Presbyterian Church in
Banner Elk with Rev. Harrison
Taylor officiating. Burial was
in the Calloway cemetery.
Surviving in addition to his
mother are lour slaters, Mrs.
L. C. Reed and Mrs C. D. Parka
of Winaton-S^lem; Mrs. Ben
Isaacs of Mountain City, Tfenn.;
Mrs. Casey Ward of Boone; five
brothers, Albert Calloway of
Valle Cruris; Frank Calloway
and Steve Calloway of Winston
Salem; William Calloway of
BiehflMMMl) V?.; * C. GaUoway
of Banner Elk and one half
brother, Gary Presnell of Valle
Cruel*.
With life demanding more
and more machines it would be
a food idea to build some of
them to last longer.
Kennedy-de Gaulle parley la
suggested.
Senior Prom k Held'
At Appalachian High
i Hie Appalachian High achflol
Junior Claw entertained the
Senior class of IMS- at a formal
dance Saturday night from 8 to
12 o'clock. The prom was held
la the eleq^ntgrjr school gyra
nastnm.
Also included among those
th?e prsent were guest* of both
juniors and senior*; faculty
members and their goest*; mem
ber* of the local school board;
and parents of the junior and
senior class Officers. Approxi
mately 175 persons attended.
The theme for the evening's
gaity w?s "Stairway to the
Stars." The motif was carried
out in the decorations on the
stops leading to the gymnasium
and then throughout the gymna
sium itself.
Overhead was the sky, filled
with stars which shimmered and
glittered under the colored spot
light which provided lighting
for the dance. Stars, drawings
of angels, and white, yellow and
blue angel hair were used pro
fusely on the walls. Cloud*
made of cardboard and Kleenex
were hung overhead.
The guests were seated at
tables arranged around the
dance floor. The centerpiece
for each table consisted of a
white candle in a star-shaped
holder surrounded by angel
hair which had been sprinkled
with star glitter.
Waiters and waitresses w$re
dressed in costuqws represent
ing angels, complete with wises
and halo*. The meJjf was car
ried out in the refreshments
alse, with punch, seta. mint*,
and small star or noon shaped
cookie* being sewed
Music was provided for the
occasion by a Negro band from
Lenoir.
Junior cla*. officers are Martha
Moretz, president; Johnny
Stacy, vine president; Barbara
Hodges, secretary-treasurer; and
Kate Peterson, Mrs. Betty J.
Sam Adams, reporter.
Faculty sponsors are Miss
Hughe*, Mr- Bill Ross, and Mr.
BUI Gregg.
SAVES MAGAZINES
Lincoln, Nebr. ? Beginning
his hobby in 1824, John X Cih
lar, an employe of the state
highway department, has a
collection of more than 19,000
magazines.
CiJjfcr subscribes to Cg maga
jines and holds charter sub
scriptions to 12. He also had
charter subscriptions to several
magazines that have gone out
of business. . .
His hobby coat him $*,000 re
modeling the basement of his
home in order to hava a suit
able place for storage. .
Paul & Ralph Say t
A new father was look
ing at the babies through
the window of the infant
Ward, and it seemed that
every baby was crying.
"Why ire they bawl
ing?" ha asked the nurse.
"Listen," she said se
verely, "if you were Only
a feW days old, without "
any clothes, out of a job,
and owed the government
almost $1,700 on the na- -
tlohal debt, you'd be bawl- ?
ing too!" ?
?PAUL & RALPH
TertyHUrby ?
Funeral Held
Terry Lee Kirby, three month
old t|en of Narvie Kirby and
Chriatine Snyder Kirtw of Rt
1. ftarst, died April 76 in Bapt
lit . Hospital, Wiflstem-SaJepi.
Funeral services were con
ducted Sunday, April 28, at 2
P- m. at Beaver Paw Baptist
Charell with Rev. Carl Wilaon
and Hes Vaughn Greene offjci
ating. Interment followed in
tf?*. BjlUfch cemetery.
Surviving in addition to the
paranta la one brother. Dean
Kirby.
Foolish men work all their
Uvea in order to be able to rest
without nnderatanding that they
can raat almost any time.
No issue la ever settled cor
rectly upon the basis of force,
regardless of what measure of
compulsion is used.
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Singing Groups Featured
la Joint Concert Ttaesday
On April 23 at 9)00 P. M. in
the Fine AH* Auditorium
ASTC's Womeq't Glee Club,
Men's Chorus, and Madrigal
Singers presented their spring
concert.
The Womu's G to* wi
der the direction a I Herman &
B whenever, ? a q g: "Beta,
Song," by Umo; "UtUby,"
W?rioefc *Oe the Steppe,"
Gretchanlnoff; "Why," Husk
ins, "Listen to the Lambs,"
Dett, prepared and conducted
by Mrs. Flora Friend: "He'i
Gone Away," Schumann ar
rangement, Judy Nantz, soloist;
"Poor Man Lairm," Hairston
arrangement; "Moon River,"
Warnick-Manclnl; "My Favor
ite Things," Warnick Rodgers.
Accompanist for the group Is
Sandra Kiser.
The two selections of the
Madrigal Singers were "llie
Silver Swan," by Gibbons, ?n4
"Sing We aa* It," by
Morlajr.
On the Mem'* Chociut portion
of the program were: "Come,
Sw??t Death," by Beed-Bach;
"Blessed if the N*tWH," Tfcach;
"Across the Wide Mis?ouri,"
Noble Cain armngMneot; and
the A8TC Ainu Mater, arring
ed by tAa director, Clinton Park
er. Jim Miller ia acooaMwnist
for the men.
Chairman of the Committee
for economic Development, T.
V. Houser ha* proposed a
three-point program aimed at
improving public education
The three points: school dis
trict reorganisation, increased
state support and a program of
Federal aid to the poorer states.
IJe >*id most of these states,
but not all, are from the south.
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