WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROUNA, THURSDAY,
26, 1980
ROB rivers ; J
LOOKING THROUGH some
old copin of the Blowing Rock
et the other day. and ran mm
a column, a hack of a good col
umn, we thought, written by
Jack Ball, a Miami newspaper
man, who ha* been living in
Blowing Rock during the sum
mers for many yean . . . Mr.
Bell likea this section which
"gives one the feeling that it still
belongs to God," and "where
they haven't cut down all the
trees to make way for progress"
... the folks like him, and we
believe our readers will like his
obaervations:
r WENT UP to Blowing Rock.
That happen* to be my summer
love, as many year* a* Miami has
been my borne love. I was falling
down the mountains, wading the
streams, shootin' for Mulrrel.
wandering down Bright Angel
trail long years before Blowing
Rock became the Mecca for
Miami.
When I first went up to Blow
ing Rock we used to gather is
Myra Mebane's Greystone Lodge
reception room (about the size
of a football field) and hear tell
how she shot down tbe animals,
the skins of which adorned
wherever you glanced ? up. down
or yonder. That takes one 'way
back? back to the era when cot
ton mill gentry started moving
out of New England iqto the
semi-deep-south to get cheap
(child and Negro) labor, and
Myra's husband spent a quarter
million dollars to build Grey
stone.
Ever since I've been going to
Blowing Rock a few misguided
folks have fretted because the
town doesn't become urban.
They don't happen to realise Its
charm lies in the fact that God
so carved the mountain top that
tourists Just can't get a firm foot
hold and the do-gooders skid
down into the ravines every time
they try to whip up k zoning
Phoo To P?8>iw
ThU year, to help me some
characters have put up a stop
light In Blowing Rock, with the
park on the west and a tiny
street running two blocks east,
that stop light is about as com
fortable as a Maharaja in Mos
cow. The traffic at that spot is
no greater than at seven other
spots. All the stop light doe* is
louae up the few motorists who
remember to (top.
But It's then. It's the do -good
en* idea o i Pi sues* with ?
capital P. Wa aren't going to let
thee* other tonus get ahead of
us. We can say. "Why of usiiiie
we're traffic lights."
We've also moved the post of
fice to an inconvenient location on
a side street and skier hill. Used
to t*> everybody wandered down
to the poet office "bout 10 o'clock
in the morning to wait for the
mail truck. Many a great yarn
was spun those mornings, watt
ing for the assistant postmaster
(she ran the Joint) to sort the
mall Many a housewife wound
up her day's quota of gossip
there, and got ammunition for
the next >4 hours. Mailtime was
interesting, chummy, American.
Now, you gotta have one leg
shorter than the other or you
miss the. post office 19 feet to the
northeast by east.
But thank God they can't
change Blowing Bock. My watch
stopped and the shoemaker got
it running again. I dropped and
broke my glasses, and the man
in the drugstore said. "Take 'em
down to the parage and Pete'll
fix 'cm. I did and be did.
...
Lara That
Tioo?, there'* ?
Kloridian*, especially tho*e of US
front the Miami area, lor* the
Carolina*. That country given
one the feeling that it (till be
longs to God. They haven't cut
down all the tree* to make way
for Progreto. The lawn* are
green and even the poorest shack
along the road is surrounded
with flower*. The lunch la the
Elite Cafe may be a mas* of
pokaehopegriteranashed potatoes
covered with greasy gravy, and
the waitress is sure to eome
with that "Whatn /all have,
honey?"
But there's a bouquet in an
abandoned )am Jar in the center
at the table, and the tcent of
honcTMcklc comin' through *c
window where the Miami opera
tor would have
m? unit
Down beta Um ?
o? pu#a four)
ma
ACEHolds Meeting;
Students From Other
Countries Are Heard
Association For Child'
hood ^Education
Make* Plans.
Over twenty-five member*
and prospective members of the
Watauga chapter of the Associa
tion for Childhood Education
met in the library of. the Boone
Elementary school for the first
meeting of the year on October
It and heard four A. S. T. C.
Students from other countries
contrast and compare education
al method* and practice* here
and there.
Plans for future meetings, a*
announced by Mrs. Lucille Wal
lace, program chairman, Include
visits from Mia* Julia Wether ing
ton from the North Carolina De
partment of Education, and Miss
Carrie Phillips, the state ACE
president
Following the short business
session, led by Mrs. Sarah B.
Horton, president, Mrs. Grace
CounciU presented the visiting
students. Misses Jutta Meyfarth
and Anneliese Schocder, fropi
Germany, spoke.- on differences
in American and German schools.
Ways and methods of teaching
reading are somewhat alike,
they said, but- with more empha
sis in the kindergarten' in Ger
many. The German high school
is different from ours in that
One may attend either a practi
cal. scientific or technical type
of school. English, Latin, Greek
and French are studied in high
school, they said. By request, the
Brahma' "Lullaby" was sung i|>
German by the speakers.
Hector Soaa, the student from
Argentina, spoke about the
school system in Argentina. The
first nucleus of Argentinian edu
cation came from North America,
ke *aW- The school* are now
state supported. ? *3 fj i
Frincistfo "Fernandez spoke on
education in Puerto Rico in
which both Spanish and Ameri
can culture are both found.
America now controls the school
system and all classes are taught
in English. English is taught as
a subject throughout the school
All students take either agricul
ture or manual training.
Mrs. Ennis R. Davis, vice
chairman of the state ACE con
cluded the program by giving
the objective* of the association
and the goals for this year. The
objectives, she said, are: to work
tor the well being of children,
to bring into active participation
aty who uM interested in the
work of the association and to
promote worthwhile activities
in the interest of better educa
tion for children.
Refreshments were served by
the refreshment committee.
Business Deals
Hade At Rock
Mr. J. M. Burn*, who for 15
year* ha* owned and operated
the Burnt Grocery at Blowing
Rock, ha aold the buainea* to
Mr. Clarence Greene, who is now
in charge.
At the same time, Mr. Burns
announce* the purchase from Mr.
Greene, of the Greene Soda
Shop, which he is now operat
ing.
Steel output record is set for
nine-month period.
?Photo Palmer's Studio
GLENDA SUE WHEELER
Wheeler Child
Wins In Show
Glenda Sue Wheeler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Wheeler of
Zionville won the prize at the
baby show held at the Cove
Creek School last Thursady
evening, under the sponsorship
of the Junior class.
The second prize was taken by
Frances Redwine, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Redwine of Vilas.
Other prizes were won by Ka
ren Anderson, Mikie Herman,
Donnle Fidier. Linda Hicks. Lew
is Council, Jr., Danny Sherwood,
Francis Redwine and Glenda Sue
Wheeler.
Master of ceremonies was R.
G. Shipley.
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Saturday Is Last :
Day To Register
Saturday October 28th, is the
last day to register in order to
be eligible to vote in the elect
ion November 7th, and election
officials as well as leadets : in
both parties are urging those
who have not previously qualifh
ed, to register so that there may
be a large vote cast
It is pointed out that there is
no general new registration be
ing required, but that numbers
of those who have reached their
majorities since the last election,
as well' as others who have mov
ed into this section and become
qualified will have to register.
Registrars will be at the usual
polling places Saturday.
Saturday November 4th will
be observed as challenge day.
Marine Enlistments
Winston-Salem.? Married men
are now being accepted for im
mediate enlistment In the Ma
rines. according to a recent an
nouncement of Master Sergeant
J. L. Barnes, non-commissioned
officer hi charge of Marine re
cruiting in this area. Any mar
ried men interested in an enlist
ment in the Marines, are urged to
phone, write or visit the United
States Marine Corps Recruiting
Station. Post Office Building,
Winston, Salem, N. C.
There are now more than li,
000 frozen food locker plants in
the United States. The number
of such plants doubled between
mid-summer, IMS, and January
1 ot this year.
Organized Counseling Program
It Hew Feature At High School
Thi* year an organized coun
tclinff program U being Initiated
at Appalachian High School.
The purpoae of thi* program
if to make each ctudent conscious
01 hit interacts, aptitude*, and po
tentialities and acquaint him
with the opportunitiea for hi* fu
ture which can fee made avail
able to him. ? Thi* Is an attempt
to help each Individual student
become better adjusted to the
life activities into which he mar
enter. R U an attempt to (it each
individual Into the type of life
wofk Into which ha or ?hc Will
be happy and wiawKMp
The counaaling department b
alao doing much work with atu
dents M help them to be ??ccc?
ful in an4 to enjoy their present
day activities both in acW and
19iK s
out of achooL Mr*. Gragg, direc
tor of the oounaeling aervice, ii
working with Jthc junior* and
aeniort tad Mr. Tripp ia werkini
with the freshmen and sopho
more*. A; ; wj; , rft^
It Is the aim of the committee
to have at lf*?t toe conference
with each student each *a rooter
This will give each student an
opportunity to diacusa with the
counseling personnel problem* ol
any kind which arc ioUifcrinj
with the studf-nts success and
enjoyment of hi* or htt attivi
tie*, both hi and out of school
?W. W. j and Mr. U?* are tc
be eomplinjcntcd for organizing
the .schedule mi thai there art
two part-time counseling teach
en to wortt with and assist Um
APPS GARNER
AH EASY WW
OVER FARTHER
TEAM m CITY
r;wTry ' . ^
Mountaineer* Find Nd
Strong Opposition
In 35-0 Victory.
Appalachian State's unbeaten
Mountaineer* ? lashed through
?nkle-deep mud to score an im
pressive 35-0 victory over High
Point College before J, 000 spec
tators here Last Saturday night.
The Mountaineers rolled for
two touchdowns in each o< the
first two periods and added a
fifth score in the fourth quarter.
The fast-charging Mountaineer
line completely bottled the High
Point attack and the nearest the
Panthers advanced was to the
| Mountaineer 31-yard line late In
'the fourth period. A passing at
tack bogged down at this point
and the High Point eleven was
hurled back in a scoring bid.
The Mountaineer* rolled for a
touchdown the first time they,
gained possession of the ball.
Taking over on their own 34,
Jimmy Moore launched the at
tack with a 10 yard dash around
left end. Jack Qroce picked up
IS on a sweep and then Alvin
Hooks passeil to Don Tel ton for
23 yards to re?ch the Panther1
three. Qroce smashed through
. the line on the seoond back to
score.
Appalachian State moved
again after receiving a punt It
wu Jimmy Modre, the Winston
Salem rambler, who paced this
attack with dashes of It and 10
yard* and three drives of seven
yards each. He crossed the line
on the final seven yard -plunge.
The Mountaineers crashed
through for the third touchdown
in the second period- They took
over a punt on the High Point
. 40 and edged to the 17. Then
Cross found Torn Hendrix on the
High Point SO with a pass and
he went the rest of the war to
A High Point gamble turned
into an Aapalachian touchdown
late in the second period.
The Panthers, with a yard to
go and fourth down, elected to
nut and miised the first and 10
by inches as the Mountaineers
took over on the Visitors' 35.
Gabriel passed to Felton who
raced across, but a penalty hull
fied the play. On the next effort
Gabriel found Felton for 22
yards and then, after Triplett
was spilled for a seven yard
loss, Gabriel made it up with a
nine yard dash. Triplett then
tore through center for 12 yards
to the four and on the next play
he crashed the line for the touch
down.
Jack Groce engineered the
Mountaineers' final touchdown
in the fourth period.
Gabriel passed to Groce for II
to reach the High Point 44.
Groce then picked up four and
on the next play broke through
the line for a 34-yard run to
reach the six. He went across on
ttte next plunge.
Groce, Triplett and Moore
| were the offensive stars for Ap
palachian while Jim Everidge
and Dixon Roberts stood out in
the line play. Bill Loyd was the
t big threat for High Point with
Russell Jones doing an outstand
. ing job at end.
District Leg km Meet
Set at Blowing Rock
The 30th district of the Amer
ican Legion will meet at Una
Watauga Inn at Blowing Rock
Wednesday, November 1. at 740
p. m.. according to an announce
ment by the district commander,
Howard Steelman. of Deep Oap.
All Legionnaires and their
wive* tire urged U attend. 0^5
Minister* May Get
Passe* at Hospital
Mr. V. C. Holland. superlnten
dent of Watauga hospital, states
that all ministers of the Gospel
of Watauga county will be rfiven
passes to carry on their nacea
i Isary visitations at the hospital.
! I Those wbo cannot call at the of
jflce may write for a written
pass, it is said. ? - -tfj
'Curb Mark^Jleeting
All women who sold on the
1 1 Homo demdfestratkm curb mar?
|Ket last Summer are asked to
meet in the home stent's office
Tuesday morning. October 31, at
10*0 a. in. for a very
ome
Rev. W. 0. Ashley
Riles On Sunday
Rev. Wesley David Ashley, 67
year* old, prominent Baptist pas
tor, died at the home, Blowing
Rock, BFD 1, laat Saturday, fol
lowing an illness of about >ik
months.
Funeral services were conduct
ed' Sunday at X o'clock from the
Middle Pork Baptist Church,
and were In charge of Rev. W. C.
Payne. Seven other fellow mini
sters were present and took part
in the rite*. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
, Mr. Ashley had been a mini
ster of the gospel for twenty
eight years, and was one of the
leading preachers of his denomi
nation in this county. He had
been pastor of most of the
churches in Watauga and at the
time he was stricken was pastor
af Mt. Vernon, Rutherwood,
Willow Valley and Brushy Fork
Churches. *He had also done con
sidernble evangelistic work both
in North Carolina and Tennessee.
The widow is, the only imme
diate yurvivor.
Hodges Gets
Fair Awards
Bun A. Hodges, of Vilas, was
one of the top winners in indi
vidual farm displays at the I960
N. C. State Fair, held last week
at Raleigh.
Hodges' entry won $1S0 in the
?vent designed to represent the
individual farm and farm activi
ty of the exhibitor.
Some of the requirements of
farm display exhibits wert tftM
they be attractive, that each item
be ? miniature exposition and
should carry the proper relation
ship in showing a well-balanced
farm and farm program.
Scoring for the entries was
baaed on the following points:
home industry and farm manage
ment, livestock products, field
crops, fruits and vegetables, and
appearance of the exhibit.
4-H Thrift Program
Model for Nation
A nation-wide 4-H Club thrift
project la to follow the plan
North Carolina 4-H leaden deve
loped during the past year. Uiing
the slogan "Earn, Save, and
Serve," the program will be
launched on a national scale this
fall.
Purpose of the thrift project is
to further emphasize the thrift
factor that has always been an
important principle in 4-H work.
The nearly two million club
members in the country will be
encouraged to practice thrift in
all their activities and to use
wisely the savings which result
by purchase of U. S. savings
bonds, establishing savings ac
counts in local banks, investing
in life insurance, and in other
practical investments.
L. R. Harrill, North Carolina
4-H Club leader, was a member
of the committee which develop
ed the national program. Spon
sors include the Extension Ser
vice of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture and the State col
lege of agriculture, the Agricul
tural Commission of the Ameri
can Bankers Association, and
the Saving! Bond Division o I
the U. 8. Treasury Department.
& National 4-H Achievement
Week, November 4- IX has been
chosen by a number of states at
an appropriate time to launch
tht; program, although the start
ing date it optional.
Specific thrift goals (or the
boyu and girls in t be W.OOO 4-H
Clubs will be decided by the
members themselves with the
ltd vice of their loader*. Suggest
ed forma of thrift, include: bet
Mr money management, savings
through improving Health habit*,
better care of clothing, economi
cal operation and care of equip
ment, as well as kt scores of
other daily iktivSOea.
? 1 1 < ?
Total outfiut of U.8. cigarette
manufacturer* durkm the first
six months of tUO ?as slightly
below that ot the first six months
TO SPEAK SATURDAY? Hon. JL L. Doughton sad fornwr Sanator
W. B. Umititd who will apaak at th? Democratic rally to be held
at Hi* courthouM in Boon* Saturday aftarnoon. October It. at 2
o'clock, i
Collegian Critically
Hurt At Water Falls
SPEAKS AT NEWLAND? Com
mander Otis N. Brown, director
?1 the Department of North Car
olina. Veteran* of Poreian War.
who will apeak to the Pat Ray
Poet No. 4211 at Newland Thurs
day. October M. Commander
Brown Is former national com
mander of the VFW.
Spiritual Rearmament
Program is Outlined
New York ? A nationwide pro
gram of "spiritual rearmament
at a time of great (noral crisis"
was forecast today by Charles E.
Wilson, chairman of the Religion
In American Life program, in an
announcement that more than
3,000 communities are organizing
special religious campaigns
throughout November.
"The people of America are
seeking a renewal of the spiritu
al life as a 'solution to many of
the problems which plague us
and the world today," Mr. Wilson
said in discussing the national,
non-sectarian program to stress
the importance of religion in
personal and community life.
The Religion In American Life
program is sponsored by a Na
tional Laypien's Committee
headed by Mr. Wilson, president
of the General Electric Company.
It is supported by 21 national re
ligious bodies and provided vol
untary support by American
business sod the advertising in
dustry through tftelr public ser
vice organisation, the advertis
ing council ,
Appalachian Student
Slips Over Ledge
at Dutch Creek.
Miss Jackie Craven, itudent at
Appalachian College, and a resi
dent of Troy, N. C., received
serious injuries Sunday after
noon, when her foot slipped, and
she fell eighty feet from the top
of Dutch Creek Falls at Valle
Crucis.
Information from the Watauga
Hospital is to* the ? effect that
Miss Craven was suffering from
head injuries, but had regained
consciousness, and was other
wise improved.
Miss Craven was a member of
a Methodist Church picnic group
which had visited the scenic
waterfalls. Information is thai
she lost her footing when she
attempted to wash her hands in
the stream Just before It
catapults from the lofty ledge.
Other members of the party
rushed to the foot of the falls,
and rescued her from the deep
pool.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Craven, par
ents of Miss Craven, arrived
early Monday.
Reports Record
Yield of Spuds
Harvesting probably a record
yield of the Essex variety pota
toes in Watauga county, Jack
Hampton of Bamboo dug 2220
bushels on tour acres for an
average yield of 558 c_h?ls per
acre.
Jack planted 21 bushels per
acre of certified seed and used
2400 pounds of 4-10-6 fertilizer
per acre. Since Jack, a veteran
farm trainee, grew the certified
seed, he dusted 7 times. He used
800 pounds of dust or 200 pounds
per acre. He says his bumper
yield can be accounted for by the
use of good seed of the right
variety, liberal fertilization, and
regular dusting for blight and
insecta.
Buruch calls free press essen
tial against Communism.
Medical Care Commission Gives
Licenses To Watauga Hospital
Announcement has been madr
from the Worth Carotins Medical
Care Cahinjtssion at Raleigh,
that a license to conduct and
maintain a cettora) hospital has
been issued Watauga HospitaJ.
lite, of Boom, North Carolina.
In issuing the license it w^s
pointed out that "no person or
governmental unit, acting sever
ally or jointly with any other
tson or governmental unit
shall establish, conduct or main
lain a hospital in tW? state with
out a litenw." For licelu#* pur.
poses a hospital iu defined as
aily place whleh fcetps or accom
modates pntianU overnight.
Under the tiw of North Caro
lina a hospital must have:
I. A properly functioning ad
miniftrafivc unit.
S. Adequate facilities for sur
gical procedures.
4. A complete and separate ob
stetrical department.
5. Proper facilities for the care
of children having them separat
ed at atl times from the adult
patient* ' p -? ?: M ?. >A1 'ffifHI
6. A clinical and Pathological
Laboratory with a competent la
boratory technician available at
all times. fSwfe. PqPf
7. Instruments and facilities
for the proper administration of
anesthesia insurgical case*.
A A department of radiology
with a qualified pcrafltt in
9. A space with the proper
facilities and equipment for the
Immediate treataMM* of emer
gency rase*.
10. Available room for tt* iao
Jag^-v ' Ojfc ' 'ffi,
Outstanding Home
Clubs of County to
Be Named.
The annual Fall Achievement
Day and federation meeting of
Watauga County Home Demon
stration clubs w(ll be held at the
Presbyterian Church in Boone on
Tueaday, October 31, at 1:00 p. m.
At this time, Mrm. Tom Moxley of
Laurel Spring!, Alleghany Coun
ty, will give a report on her re
cent trip aa a North Carolina
delegate to the international
meeting in Denmark. Mr*. Mox
ley plana to have colored slides
to illustrate her trip.
Mrs. A. E. Vannoy, Hodges Gap
club, will also make a report on
the national meeting held at Bi
loxi, ' Mississippi, October 16-20.
Mrs. Vannoy represented North
Carolina District 5, composed of
Alleghany, Ashe, Avery and Wa
tauga counties.
The most outstanding clubs in
the county will be named and a
gavel awarded to them. Reading
certificates will also be present
ed.
The Cove Creek, Timbered
Ridge, "Sands and Green Valley
clubs will be hostesses.
Prof, Hodgin Is
, Given Award
Professor David R. Hodgin, of
the Appalachian State Teacher*
college English department, re
cently waa presented an award
in a state-wide poetry contest
for a poem entitled "Give Me
Your Hand."
The award was given under
the auspices of the North Caro*
Una Poetry Society and the
Ashevitle branch of the National
League of American Pen Wo
men, at the autumn meeting of
the State Society held In Ashe
ville at AsheviUe-Biltmore col
lege.
Professor Hodgin's poem won
second prize, the first having
been won by Mrs. Perry Chunn
of Asheville for a poem on
Thomas Wolfe, entitled '"The
Grave." Third prize went to "In
souciance" by Paul Bartlett of t
Charlotte.
Mr. Hodgin's poem reminds the
reader that the atomic age is not
the first age of great stress and
potential disaster in the history
of our planet; that out of brute
existence, through savagery and
barbarism, man has risen ?
? from Cro Magnon to the Son
of Man,
While God was born and rose
the Parthenon.
And the poem ends:
"You are soft, you are shamed.
Come, give me your hand:
Over this hill is Man!"
Mr. Hodgin recently had pub
lished "The Ballad of Tall Tom
Wolfe" which has attracted wide
attention in literary circles.
Dr. Owsley Attends
Clinic in Boston
The medical staff of Watauga
Hospital, Inc., haa announced
that Dr. Lawrence Owaley will
attend a clinical conference on
fractures and other traumatic
conditions held at the Harvard
Medical School in Boiton, Mass
achusetts from October 30 until
November 4. One hundred sur
geon* from widely scattered
part* of tlic country will attend.
It is fejt that the representa
tion of Dr. Owsley to this con
ference will greatly benefit the
people of Boone and surround
ing territory. Dr. Owsley will fly
to and from Boston. $082 jWf