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W. H. S. Student Wins National Award
A $100 prize has been awarded Greg Nichols (left) for his oil
painting, “Road to the Farm”. The national Scholastic Art
Awards are sponsored by "Scholastic Magazine”. Greg also
won honorable mention for a pastel entitled “Dream Girl”.
With him is his teacher, William E. Lee of Deep Gap, who is
a retired major in the Marine Corps, now painting and teach
ing for pleasure. Greg has been Lee’s student more than a
year, “Light of the World”, pictured, was created in seven
months, according to the Watauga High School freshman. He
has been an outstanding freshman football player and one
of three who qualified for track. Greg, son of Mrs. Treva
Nichols of Deep Gap, plans to go into architectural drawing
after graduation from high school. (Staff photo)
DR. JAMES DANIEL RANKIN
Dr. Rankin, Former ASTC
President, Dies On Monday
Funeral services for Dr.
James Daniel Rankin, 90, Pres
iieht’fimentus * of' Appalachian
State Teachers College, were
held Tuesday at 2:30 o’clock at
the Boone Methodist Church.
Rev. Richard Crowder, the
pastor, was in charge of the
rites and was assisted by Rev.
Paul Townsend.
Burial was in City Cemetery.
Dr. Rankin died Monday af
City Park Group Asks
For Full-Time Director
The Boone Parks and Recrea
tion Commission met Thursday.
May 12, at 7:30 p. m. in the
City Hall, with chairman Paul
J. Smith presiding.
Upon action previously taken
by the Commission, an official
request was sent to the Town
Council requesting that an
amount be included in Town
Budget for 1966-67 for a full
time Director of Parks and Re
creation for the Town of
Boone. A call has already been
sent out through state recrea
tional agencies for a director,
and applications are now being
accepted.
A small plot of land owned
by the Town and located at the
intersection of Poplar Hill
Drive and Highland Park Ex
tension was recently turned
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ternoon, following a long ill
ness.
Surviving are -the widow, the
former Tula Abernethy; two
sons and one daughter: C. E.
Rankin, principal Proximity
School, Greensboro; W. B. Ran
kin, assistant commissioner
Food and Drug Administration,
Washington and Mrs. Ruth
Rutherford, concert pianist and
faculty member at Southern
Methodist University, Dallas,
Texas. There is one sister, Mrs.
James Peeler of Durham.
Dr. Rankin had a record of
34 years of continuous service
to ASTC at the time of his re
tirement in 1955, including 26
years as dean of the college.
The well - known mountain
educator became the second
president of the institution in
May 1955, upon the retirement
of the first president, Dr. B. B.
Dougherty. He served as in
terim president, relinquishing
the reins to Dr. W. H. Plem
mons Sept. 1, 1955.
Born at China Grove, to Os
borne and Amanda Shuford
Dugger Heads Democrats;
Committees Are Listed
James A. Dugger was re
elected Chairman of the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee by
its members, during the course
of the County Convention held
at the courthouse Saturday af
ternoon, receiving 23 votes as
against 8 for J. D. Shoemake.
Mrs. Rachel Hartley was
elected First Vice-Chairman;
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JAMES A. DUGGEB
Howard Coffey, Second Vice
Chairman; Tom Lawrence,
Third Vice-Chairman; Mrs. R.
C. Rivera, Secretary, and
George C. nomas, Treasurer.
All were elected by acclama
tion.
The convention voted that
all those desiring to attend the
State Convention in Raleigh at
10 a. m. today (Thursday)
would be recognized as dele
gates. The ninth district caucus
will be held at 9:30 the same
day.
Robert Bingham, candidate
for Congress in the ninth,
spoke briefly. Ward Carroll,
a candidate for Sheriff, was
recognized, as was Glenn
Hodges, candidate for County
Commissioner. They spoke
briefly. J. D. Sheemake also
spoke.
The Chairman told the large
gathering that all Important
matters during the past two
yean had been passed upon by
the full committee, and said
the same procedure would bo
continued. j- r ''
Township Committees
Following are the names of
those elected to the township
committees at the precinct meet
ings May 7. The first named in
each case is the Chairman and
the member of the County Com
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Rankin, Dr. Rankin received
his bachelor’s degree from
Rutherford College in 1898, his
master’s degree from Oskaloosa
College in 1912 and his S.T.D.
degree from Oskaloosa in 1932.
Beginning just before the
turn of the century, Dr. Rankin
served as an ordained Method
ist minister for 16 years before
entering the educational field.
He served full-time charges at
Brevard, Clyde, Mills River and
the Statesville circuit.
In Boone he was active in his
church and had served as dis
trict lay leader, member of the
official board and secretary of
the quarterly conference.
From 1911 to 1914, Dr. Rankin
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Eddie Rush Is
Hurt In Blast
Eddie Rush is a patient at
Watauga Hospital, where he is
recuperating from injuries re
ceived last Wednesday after
noon in a dynamite explosion.
Mr. Rush had his compressor
and drills at work breaking up
the old cement vault in the
Savings and Loan building.
Small charges of dynamite were
being used to help in the demo
lition. The third charge threw
fragments of concrete and
wood, striking Mr. Rush in the
face and inflicting severe bone
fractures and lacerations.
While the injuries sustained
are serious, Mr. Rush is said to
be showing a normal recovery,
following surgery.
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$3,103,300 Available
or Boone’s
.ft
Water, Sewer Project
Good Service
Is Seen For
Expanded Area
Town officials and water
sewer engineers from Ashe
boro probably will be digging
out from under a huge pile of
paper matter when they have
opened sealed bids at the Town
Hall on Tuesday, June 21.
Six bids are to be let for the
construction of a new sewer
main in Boone: interceptor
sewers, sewage collection and
outfall lines north of intercep
tor; sewage collection and out
fall lines south of interceptor;
waste treatment facility; heat
ing installation for water treat
ment facility; and electrical in
stallation for waste treatment
facility.
Bids are to be let in five sec
tions for partial construction
and expansion of the Town’s
water facilities: Lake storage
reservoir and dam; water dis
tribution system; tank founda
tions, access roadway and mis
cellaneous structures; town wat
er storage tank; and electrical
installation.
Plans, specifications and pro
posed forms are on file at the
office of Moore, Gardner & As
sociates, Inc., Asheboro, N. C.,
according to Mayor Brown.
Proposals made to the engin
eers must clearly be marked as
to which project and which di
vision they apply.
ine addition of a Federal
grant from the Economic De
velopment Administration the
first of May boosted funds $1,
003,500 to a total of $3,103,500.
Brown said in a news story
May 5 that “It will be neces
sary to go on and complete the
engineers’ plans, let them out
for bids and get all bids in be
fore the money can be allott
ed.”
The new water-sewer lines
will allow up-to-date service to
the Town of Boone, which now
includes three formerly outly
ing areas which were annexed
last summer. Prior to annexa
tion, Boone voters approved
bonds of $1,110,000 for the sew
age system, and $690,000 for
the water system. The annexa
tion simultaneously received a
vote of approval.
Consulting engineers are
Moore, Gardner & Associates.
They will be in Boone for the
opening of bids at 2 p. m., June
21.
A grant of $300,000 has been
received from the state of
North Carolina for the college’s
part in building the sewer sys
tem. Appalachian has its own
water system.
On First Lady’s Tour
Mrs. James H. Councill was
on the First Lady’s Tour of
Sites and Scenes. The group
toured many historical places
from the mountains to the
coast of North Carolina. Mrs.
Councill is the sister of Gover
nor Dan K. Moore.
MISS BETSY GRAHAM of Todd, reigning
Miss Ashe County, passes the crown on to
the newly-elected queen, Miss Martha Long,
seated. Happy over the occasion is Miss
Rhododendron, Miss Jeanne Rhodes. (Photo
by Jerry Smith)
Body Of Dr. Robt. King
Found In Detroit River
The body of a Detroit, Mich.,
doctor was recovered May 11
from the Detroit River after he
mysteriously disappeared the
afternoon of March 5. Dr. Rob
ert R. King Jr., age 47, brother
of Mrs. Jack Cobb of Boone,
was head physician and director
of medical-physical rehabilita
tion at Wyndotte General Hos
pital, Detroit.
Services were held at 1:30
p. m. Monday in a Grosspointe,
Mich., Epsicopal Church.
Authorities say the doctor was
returning home from the hos
pital on March 5 when he was
listed as missing. Later, his
car was found parked in a dan
gerous Detroit neighborhood, a
block from the river. Investi
gation of the cause of death
continues.
Dr. King was health director
of Alleghany, Ashe and Wa
tauga counties from 1946 to
1948. He received his M. D.
from Bowman-Gray School of
Medicine; his M. A. in public
health at U. N. C.-Chapel Hill;
and his Ph.D in medicine from
Columbia University.
From 1948 to 1950, he was
health director in Alamance
County, and taught at the Uni
versity of Peurto Rico from
1950 to 1962. Since 1962, he
had been working in Detroit.
He was born March 9, 1919,
to the late Dr. and Mrs. Robert
R. King, Sr., in Little Rock,
Ark.
Surviving are his widow of
273 Lakeland, Grosspointe,
Mich.; four children, Christine,
Carole, Joan and Bobby, all of
the home; two sisters, Mrs. Hu
bert Dean, Gilford, Conn., and
Mrs. Jack Cobb, Boone; two
brothers, John T. King, Win
ARCHITECTS DRAWING OF WATAUGA’S PROPOSED 1400,000 COURTHOUSE
ston-Salem, and Albert King,
Chapel Hill.
Burial will be in Puerto Rico.
Win In’66
Dinner Set
By Republicans
Watauga County Republicans
will gather Friday night for a
"Win in *66" dinner sponsored
by the Watauga County Young
Republican Club and Republi
can Women’s Federation.
Dennis Greene, president of
the Young Republican Club, an
nounced this week that the two
organiaztions had completed ar
rangements for the dinner, to
be held at Parkway School at
7 p. m.
All Republican candidates for
office in Watauga County have
been invited to the dinner, and
there will be a guest speaker.
Deep Gap Home
Burglarized
The break-in of a residence
in the Deep Gap community was j
discovered Monday.
It was reported that damages
and loss to the home of Wayne
Bragg, missionary in Brasil, was I
$300. Bragg’s mother tram
Kannapolis discovered tbs
break-in and stated it happened ‘i,
in the last three weeks.
Park Rangers Dick Young and
Carl Hanson were on the scene I
Monday with Watauga County
Deputy Sheriff John S. Brawn.
investigation has not beat