Student Council Gets
Under Way At CCHS
The Student Council of Cove
Creek High School got into full
swing with the election of the
secretary, Mary Francis Deal;
reporter, Janie Shipley; and
sponsors, Mrs. Robert Thomas
and Mr. Lenard Evans.
The council has been very
busy getting their projects or
ganized for the year, holding
nightly meetings in doing so.
New Teachers
We are very happy to wel
come to the faculty, three new
teachers.
In the French and English
department is Mre. Linda Tate,
a 1963 graduate of Appalachian
State. Mrs. Tate was reared
near Charlotte and went to
high school at Harrigburg. She
and her husband, Dean, are the
parents of eight - month - old
Michael. Occasional reading,
playing the piano, and taking
care of Michael are Mrs. Tate's
hobbies.
Mrs. Betty Fowler is a new
teacher in the math, civics and
health departments. Mrs. Fow
ler, a graduate of ASTC was
chief majorette in college, so
she is certainly well qualified
to sponsor the new baton club.
We're very glad to welcome
back to Cove Creek, after two
years' absence, Mr. Lenard
Evans. During these two years,
Mr. Evans had a position with
Delta Airlines in Atlanta, Ga.
He is married to the former
Glenda Lawrence and they have
two children, Cheri, 2, and
Greg 3.
A graduate of Wake Forest,
Mr. Evans is teaching current
history, health, civics and busi
ness arithmetic. Mr. Evans is
a student council sponsor and
Ford Tractor
Showing Set
Mr. Howard Walker, of Walker
Tractor Company in Vilas, an
nounces showing dates for the
new line of Ford 6000 tractors,
Ford's new corn cutters and
silage choppers.
Showings will be held at Mount
Bras, Farm in Shouns, Term.,
Friday, September 20, and at Ben
Ward's (arm at Sugar Grove,
Monday, September 33.
Boone ? Blowing Rock
Is in charge of the annual, the
Coveteer.
Visitor
The student body was very
pleased to see Sammy Hicks, a
former student, who visited one
day early this year. Because of
illness, Sammy isn't able to at
tend school this year.
Teachers Group
To Meet With
Avery Sept. 23
The Watauga County chapter
of Classroom Teacher's Associa
tion will hold a meeting with
the Avery County Chapter, Mon
day, Sept. 23 at 7:30 in the
fellowship hall of the Methodist
Church.
Mr. Jimmy Stewart of Ra
leigh, state president of CTA,
and Mrs Nancy Stroupe of
Croasnore, former Northwest
District president, will speak.
A reception honoring the speak
ers will follow the meeting.
Mrs. Mary High, local presi
dent, urges all members of the
CTA and teachers interested in
knowing more about the organi
zation to attend.
Steer Sale
Wednesday
1500 head of yearling and two
year old stocker steers are ex
pected at the Boone Livestock
Market for the annual state
sponsored Yearling Steer Sale
Wednesday, September 25.
The cattle will all be weighed
before sale and will be lotted
and penned according to weight,
grade and breed. Most of the
cattle will be weighed on Sep
tember 24, but a few may be
weighed on the afternoon of
September 23.
Most of the cattle consigned
to the Boone Steer Sale are
from Watauga County, but
some are from Avery, Cald
well, Wilkes and Ashe Coun
ties. About 200 producers have
yearling cattle for sale in the
sales area.
Cannery Will
Gose Sept 24
The Cove Creek Cannery will
close for the season Tuesday,
September 24. Patrons are re
quested to do their canning in
the morning if possible.
Letters To Editor
Little Theatre
Support Asked
Dear Mr. Rivera:
I have been away from Boone
for only two years and yet, in
this short time I have noticed
many great improvements and
advances that have been made
in the county.
The special school-hospital
bond issue of the Democrat evi
denced the desire for educat
ional and cultural advancement
displayed by the townspeople.
Ironically, in this same achieve
ment-bound edition was an
article clearly indicating the
lack of interest in Boone's new
Little Theater.
I witnessed a superb drama
tic reading of "Don Juan in
Hell" in Boone this summer. I
have seen this bit of literature
done by professionals and I
can truthfully aay it was done
no more convincingly by them
than by our Little Theater cast.
How many people observed this
bit of genius? Ten!
I have met many people in
Charlotte who have attended a
summer session at ASTC. In
evitably, from each there came
a sarcastic remark about the
"cultural opportunities" of our
town.
How can the citizens of
Boone desire educational ad
vancement and at the same time
bander cultural achievement?
Do the people of the town feel
that the actors of the Little
Theater are merely amateurs?
Having witnessed their perfor
mances, I can assure you that
they are amateur only in the
lay term, for they are profes
sional in the spirit of acting.
In this time of advancement,
I urge the people of Watauga
County to support the Little
Theater. It may be one of the
most promising adventures of
Boone.
Thank you,
Carolyn Brittain
Why Juveniles
Are Acting Up
Dear Mr. Editor:
Why juvenile delinquency is on
the increase:
New York teachers threaten
strlte in defiance of law.
A Governor makes stand
against school integration in de
fiance of law.
Adults sit down in school in
defiance of law.
If they can, so can we, says
the juvenile.
Yours for adult cooperation,
J. C. CHUROH
72 Johnson Avenue
Uniontown, Pa.
P. S. We also might consider a
march on Washington to put the
Bible and the Lord's Prayer hack
in the schools as a combat again
st juvenile delinquency.? JCC
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Says President
Failed Yets
Mr. Editor:
Political promises, what are
they worth? How many are
kept? Aj an example I am re
ferring you veterana to a part
of the Demorcratic platform,
which President Kennedy
agreed to in Los Angeles, when
he was chosen as the President
ial candidate, and I quote the
exact words contained in this
platform which was drawn up
in I960.
The Democratic platform of
1960 states:
Veterans of World War One,
whose Federal benefits have
not matched those of subsequent
service, will receive special at
tention of the Democratic p?t
ty, looking forward to equitable
benefits.
President Kennedy on Sep
tember 9th, at Los Angeles
stated: I believe in our pro
gram, and in 1961, I intend to
see its pledges are carried out.
Let us make it very clear that
when the Democratic Party
wrote its platform in July, it
meant it in September and in
November and in January, in
1961. I intend to see these
committments are carried out.
In a "State of the Union"
message, President Kennedy
said: We shall we judged more
by what we do at home than
what we preach abroad. We
must never find ourselves
preaching first class service to
veterans while not seeking at
home in our agencies, the best,
the most up-to-date, and the
most effective means of provid
ing that service (end of quote).
If we can not depend on the
promises made by our Presi
dent, how can we possibly de
pend on the promises of our
other elected officers of the
government, state or national?
The promises of President Ken
nedy as mentioned herein have
not been kept. It is time we re
minded him of his commit
ments.
Jack Dunwoody
P. 0. Box 583, Lenoir, N. C.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Fred M. Blair
wishes to express its deep ap
preciation for the many acts of
kindness and sympathy shown
by his many friends during his
illness and death.
Noted Authority Oil Fitness Has
rapraprr jis
Symposium Last Week At College
Dr. Thomas Kirk Cure ton of
the University of Illinois, the
world's leading authority on
physical fitness and health, con
ducted a symposium during the
week end, under the sponsor
ship of the Appalachian Depart
ment of Health and Physical
Education.
Dr. Cureton reported that he
saw In Poland, Italy, both East
and West Germany, and in For
mosa programs and research
centers that put America's in
the shade. He stated that in
each of these countries, and in
many others, the health author
ities and the medical profession
are using exercise both as pre
ventative medicine and to re
habilitate persons with mala
dies. It has been discovered
that rather than resort to rest
and no activity in cardiovas
cular (heart and blood vessel)
insufficiences, that patients re
cover faster and more com
pletely when they are pro
gramed into a supervised pro
gressive program of exercise.
Rather than allowing the heart
and blood vessels to grow weak
er and the tone of the small
muscles of the vessels to grow
weaker, exercise has the effect
of strengthening the heart and
blood vessels and preventing
stagnation of the blood. Re
search has shown that broken
blood vessels (especially in wo
men), and the vericose veins
that sometimes follow, can be
prevented with exercise, if it
is begun in time.
Dr. Cureton stated that for
most Americans "middle age"
is not In the Wi or 50*i but
on the average begins at 20.;
Measuring most persona physio
logically, cardio-vasculariy, and
organically moat people in our
country are physiologically
"middle aged" at 26.
Research, most of it being
done in Kusaia, has revealed
that diet and food intake is
closely correlated with fitness.
Studies show that evpa though
the amount of food is not de
creased that peraons through
exercise can build an organic
system that ia more efficient in
using the food, thereby giving
them more energy and through
exercise develop a better elim
ination system. Dr. Cureton
gave one objective of exercise
aa "the attempt to create more
energy for living."
The audience presented many
questions and points for discus
sion, some of which dealt with
obesity, heart attacks, back
aches, migraine and mental
strain, etc.
One of the interesting aspects
of the fitness effort in America
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completely burned out, accord
ing to Boone Fire Department
Chief R. D. Hodges, Jr.
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is the many results of the !
President's backing of the pro- 1
gram. Or. Cureton, and the na- 1
tlonal leaders believe that not 1
much real progress will be 1
made until the school admin
istrators themselves take part ,
in, practice and back the seien- (
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the program in action. The
enthuaiasm was such that the
State Department of Education
then set up aeven district exer
cise clinics to include all school
teachers, not just physical ed- ;
ilea tors.
"Until the college and school
idministrators themselves show
that they believe in thia thing
tnd practice it, we cannot ex
pect youth to follow it," aaid
Dr. Cureton.
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