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Strong Ties Bind College To Churches By EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT 'Because it is the home of Ap palachian State Teachers College, the Town o ( Boone is rererred to often as a college town. It might well be called also a church town, for within its limited bounds there are nine active church groups, and the people of Boone traditionally are interest ed church-goers and interested in the work of their churches. Here may be found the Boone Methodist Church with the Rev. Joseph T. Shackford as minister; the First Baptist Church with the Rev. L. H. Hollingsworth; the James I. Vance Memorial Presby terian Church with the Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr.; St Luke's Epis copal Church with the Rev. Tho mas Seitz; Grfcce Lutheran Church with the Rev. Edwin V. Troutman; the Advent Christian Church with the Rev. Charlie A. Foss; the Catholic Church with the Rev. William C. Wellein; the Christian Church; and the Inde pendent Church. Appalachian State Teachers College students and faculty members have always been an active and integral part of the work of the Boone churches. Many students are members of the Boone churches while attend "M morning! Hm you oil the milk you need?" Milk is an ideal food as well as a delicious drink. It sup plies nearly one-half the family food needs for one fourth the cost of the market basket. There's no waste, either. And it's so convenient to have it delivered right to your doorstep. We'll t1*^. deliver a" f"e milk 90a need Hillside Dairy Products, Inc. Your Home Town Dairy Depot St. BOONE, N. C. Phone 194 EASTER Let Your New Clothes Keep That "Easter Morning ' Look!" J After you have purchased that bright new Easter outfit J front one of Boone's many helpful and progressive mer it chants, keep it looking NEW and beautiful for months { to come by sending it REGULARLY to? Trailway Cleaners, Inc. Boone, N. C. Phone 79 SEE AMERICA'S Newest 2-Plow Tractor AT WORK Farm Demonstration OF THE CO-OP E-2 To Be Held Thursday, April 9 9:00 A. M. At Don Shull's Farm VALLE CRUCIS Watauga FCX Service Used Farm Machinery MOWING MACHINES HAY RAKES DISCS HARROWS EVERYTHING IN HORSE-DRAWN EQUIPMENT MAST & HAYES LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF " TRADE, TENN. ? tag college here, many faculty member* are on the governing boards of the churche*, and hun dred! from both group* take ac tive part in many activities of the churches. Four of the faculty are ordained ministers, and a number of others occupy pulpits from time to. time as preaching lay men. The college is, of course, non sectarian. Its president, its fac ulty, and its students are religious in the broadest sense, but no church group is given special em phasis. The statement of the col lege administration with regard to this matter is carried in the college catalogue. It states: "This institution feels a deep responsibility for the religious welfare of students and endeavors to maintain high ethical and Christian standards.* During the assembly period religious exer cises are held regularly, and min isters from the different churches of Boone and elsewhere take part in conducting the service from time to time. Each student is en couraged to attend the church of his own choice." Che religious work on the' cam pus is headed up in an organi zation known as the Religious Council. This is composed of the presidents and one other member of every church-affiliated group, the YMCA and the YWCA. The Council sponsors a Religious Em phasis Week during the year, bringing to the campus outstand ing religious leaders and speak ers. The president of the Council is Jean Raney, Faith; vice-presi dent, Marilyn Fleming, Yadkin ville; secretary-treasurer, Phyllis Lattimore, Ellenboro; and the co ordinator is Marvin Culbreth, student secretary for the Meth odist Church. The Council also sponsors religious movies for the assembly period, and additional outstanding speakers from time to time during the year. The Young Men's Christian As sociation has joined with the Young Women's Christian Asso ciation this year in sponsoring a part of freshman orientation week on the campus. They have also jointly sponsored the March of Dimes at the college, and have held weekly devotional meetings in each of the men's dormitories. The YMCA oficers include Ray Shrum of Newton, president; Bill Morgan of Laurinburg, vice-pres ident; Richard Zuber of Hickory, secretary-treasurer; and Arville Stanley, Winston-Salem, chap lain. The YMCA had two repre sentatives at. the Blue Ridge As sembly Grounds last summer ? Ray Shrum and George Grill of Valdese ? and hopes to have two others this summer. The presi dent and Wesley Alexander of Concord represent the YMCA on the Religious Council. Dr. John Barden is the faculty sponsor of the group. The Young Women's Christian Association has a retreat each year to make plans for their year's work. They have a "Big Sister-Little Sister" party for freshmen. Each Thursday morn ing they sponsor a chapel pro gram for all students of the col lege, and have a vesper service each Sunday evening for all wo men students. Social service ac tivities include such things as pre paring Thanksgiving baskets for the needy of Boone, Christmas party for unfortunate children, and cards sent to any sick wo men students on the campus. The president of the YWCA is Doris Rucker of Shelby; the vice-presi dent Frances Osborne of Vannoy; secretary Jean Bullock of Albe marle; and treasurer Jean Bul lock of Albemarle. Miss Made leine McCain is the faculty spon sor. In addition to these campus wide organizations, the following church groups are very active on the campus; The Baptist Student Union is the connecting link between Bap tist students and the local Bap tist Church. The church provides a Student Center, consisting of an office and a lounge in the First Baptist Church. The president is Talmage Penland of Asheville; social vice-president is Bob Fost er of North Wilkesboro; devotion al vice-president Betty Young of Asheville; and secretary-treasur er Jean Bullock of Albemarle. The Rev. John Davis is the Bap tist Student Secretary, llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll . . . Beautiful . TILE Floors at low cost! ?Rubber Tile ? Asphalt Tile ? Plastic Tile ?Wall TUe ?Linoleum Tije FREE ESTIMATES HOME SERVICE CO. Box 403 Phone 1M-J Mrs. Zona Hughes Is Given State Recognition Asheville. ? Mrs. Zona Hughes, an Avery county teacher who taught continuously for 57 years, all within 10 miles of her birth place, has been chosen as North Carolina's "Honor Teacher." She was honored at the 69th Annual Teachers Convention held this past week. Mrs. Hughes, known as "Aunt Zona" to her colleagues and num erous former pupils, has been teaching continuously for 57 years in the public schools of Av ery County, and all within 10 miles of her birthplace. At present, she is fourth grade teacher in Riverside School, a 13 teacher elementary school in lower Avery County near the Mitchell County line. She was born September 24, 1878, near the school and previously taught in the one and two-teacher schools which were replaced by the pres ent consolidated school. "Aunt Zona" lives with her husband near the school. They have one daughter, Mrs. Helen Hughes Wisemaa, who also teaches at Riverside. Mrs. Hughes was selected as honor tyicher because of her re cord as the State's active teacher with the longest continuous re cord. As guest of the Asheville Mer MRS. ZONA HUGHES chants Association while attend ing the teacher's meeting, Mrs. Hughes stayed at the Battery Park Hotel. The Vanderbilt Ho tel had her as their guest for meals. Flowers, feifts and a tour of Biltmore House and Gardens were included in the courtesies extended to Mrs. Hughes. More than 2500 teachers and school officials attended the con vention which ended Saturday. The Wesley Fellowship, the Methodist student organization on the campus, is an outstanding member of the North Carolina Methodist Student Conference. Each year it sends delegates to conventions, retreats, and state meetings. Weekly meetings are held, and a paper, "The Chal lenge," is published during the school year. The president is Robert Nelson of Mooresville; secretary Betty Holt of Asheboro; and treasurer Bobby Snead of Laurinburg. The Methodist Stu dent Secretary is Marvin Cul breth. The Westminster Fellowship offers Presbyterian students an opportunity to work and play to gether. The club sponsors pro grams, holds weekly meetings, and carries on many projects. The president is Sue Evelyn Atwell of China Grove; vice-president Don Harris of Asheville; and sec retary Pat Bevill of Brown Sum mit. Mrs. A. R. Smith, wife of a college professor, is advisor to the Fellowship. The Lutheran Student Associ ation is made up of Lutheran stu dents on the campus and in the town of Boone. Sunday evening meetings are held, and special programs are arranged on occa sion. The president is Bessie Bar ringer of Granite Quarry, and vice-president is Ben Fink of Faith. The Canterbury Club is for all Episcopalian students. Like the other church-affiliated groups, the club offers fellowship in var ied forms. Meetings are held weekly at the Chapel of St. Luke, which is located adjoining the campus. Administratively, the college aspires to a full and a deep life for all its students and faculty members. It believes that the churches of Boone and the reli gious organizations on the cam pus are helpful means to such an end, and it encourages the fullest participation on the part of ail its college personnel in these activi ties. College Debaters Go On National Journey Four young debaters and their faculty member coach left Ap palachian State Teachers college Tuesday on a trip that will take in two debating tournaments of national significance. Those who are making the trip are Professor , Leo K. Prit chett, associate professor of soc ial studies and coach of debating at Appalachian: Marion Cox of Whiteville; John Howard of Con cord; Joanne Aldridge of Boone; and Jo Ann Hardin of Laxon. Three days of this week the group will participate in the Strawberry Leaf Tournament which is being held at Martha Washington college in Fred ericksburg, Maryland, and which includes colleges from the entire eastern seaboard. Four days of the following week they will be in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at Kala mazoo College, participating in the national tournament of Pi Kappa Delta, the forensic frater nity. The four debaters from Ap palachian will be required to de bate both sides of the query, Re solved, That the Congress of the United States should enact a compulsory fair employment practices law. One hour any team may be required to debate the affirmative, and the next hour to debate the negative side of the question. In addition to participating in H. Grady Far thing, pmldnt ? Blaster A. Harris. Mc.-trM*. Watt H. Grass Home Realty Co. REAL ESTATE ? PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ? RENTALS Mala Floor Roar Watauga Building It Loan Building TELEPHONE MO BOONE. NORTH CAROLINA BRUSHY FORK ? Unusual value ? 3 miles west of Boone on Highway No. 421 ? 10 acres very fertile land, 7 room house, bath, barn and all out buildings. Very little property in this section available. If interested in good property tee us at once. The price is right. Terms. ROMINGER ? Property known as the Conley Trivett place. Located near new Methodist Church ? 3 acres land, 7 room house. Good barn 20x24, cellar, 4-10 tobacco base, chicken house, one and one-half acres fertile pasture land. Good garden wire fence. Two good springs. $2,900. DANIEL BOONE PARK, on Grand Boulevard? Lot 123x150 ft., 11 room house, 2 apartments furnished and living quar ters for owner. Basement, furnace heat, good garden. IF INTERESTED in one of the best business lota available on Main Street in Boone. Frontage 31 ft 8 inches corner lot on Main and Appalachian Streets. See us. PARKWAY ? 300 acres farm and timber land located on crest of Blue Ridge Mountains about 2 miles from Parkway. 190 acres grass and cultivated land, balance in young growing timber. This farm has a new 6 room house, hard wood floors and full basement. Good water, many bold mountain springs. This farm should keep 90 head cattle the year round including 100 head sheep. We consider that this is the best offers that we have ever had in farm land. $13,000. Terms. WE HA v? MANY desirable pieces of properly both large and small listed with us for sale, priecd to suit your purse. Come see our listings. IF YOU HAVE property which you wish to sell list It with us. Listing coats you nothing unless we make a sate for you. debating, Appalachian's teams I will enter other evet^ At Fred- J erickaburg they will participate in oratory, extempore, impromp tu, and poetry reading. At Kala mazoo they will enter oratory, extempore, and discussion. The women'i debating teama of Appalachian, including Misses Aldrtdge and Hardin, Hope Dy aon of Taylonville and Jean Hop kins of Beaufort, won top hon or* at the South Atlantic foren sic Tournament held recently in Hickory by winning eleven de bates and losing three. Debating and public speaking are given major emphasis at Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege. A chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, the national forensic fra ternity, is located here. Dr. D. J. Whitener, head of the social studies department, is facalty advisor to Pi Kappa Delta, and Dean J. D. Rankin is honorary advisor. General News Brevities Korea's civilians suffer dire lack of medical care. India moves to nationalize all her airlines. Reuther will seek guaranteed annual wage for labor in 19S5. Yugoslav shipyards are boom ing; 35,000 tons being built. U. S. ship construction slumps to a 20-month low Cotton growers reject cutbacks in planting. Cheaper cigarettes are seen making a comeback. Government estimates put this year's wheat crop at 921,000,000 bushels and corn at 3,000,000,000 bushels. Pravd? says the Russians will have to be constantly on the alert as long as "capitalist encircle ment" continues. DONT COUGH Your Head Off! Ask for Mentho-Mulsion If it fails to stop your cough due to colds, ask for your money back. BOONE DRUG CO. Tha REXALL Store Grade A milk production in North Carolina increaaed T.T per cent last year, but (till lacked 13,000,000 pound* ol meeting the State demand. The European corn barer de stroyed 1.7 per cent at the total United State* corn crap last year, compared with 11 per cent in 1091. MEN ARE NEEDED TO SELL THE WHITE CROSS HOSPITALIZATION PLAN underwritten by the Bankers Life and Casualty Co. in Winston-Salem, N. C., also counties Alexander, Alle ghaney, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin. If you are neat, have a car and are interested in above average income with unlimited opportunities? CONTACT PAUL MORTON, 5-3533 226 N. TRADE ST. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. First Annual Auction Farmers 'Golden' Opportunity Sale 40 Bulls - 40 Bulls SELLING REGISTERED HEREFORDS Monday, April 6, 1:00 P. M. AT BRISTOL, VIRGINIA Purebred Sale Pavilion ? 4 Miles North on U. S. 11 1 and 2 Years Old (Ready for Service) T. B. and Bangs Tested Sale Sponsored by: THE TRI-STATE HEREFORD BREEDERS ASSOCIATION Morris F. Fannon, Sales Manager, Pennington Gap, Va. ?VtMjQKl/fo For The EASTER Holiday TENDERIZED? 10- 16 lb. HAMS, half or whole 57c lb. HENS, oven ready 47c lb. STEAK, tender cubed 79c lb. ROAST, chuck good grade 43c lb. 10-15 LB. AVERAGE HAMS, fully cooked, ready to eat 69c lb. FROZEN FOODS Concentrated ? B&YV Orange Juice, 2 cant . 29c Birdseye Green Peas 19c Peas and Carrots 18c Large or small Limas 27c Broccoli Spears 25c Strawberries, 12 oz. . . 32c Best ? Every way Swift'ning, 3 lbs .... 69c Baxter's Vienna Sausage, 2 for 29c Baxter's Potted Meat, 2 cans . . 13c Southern-Rio Coffee and Chicory 53c lb. Carnation or Pet Milk, 2 large cans . . . 29c Armour's Shortening, 3 lbs 59c BLACK BEAR Food Center BILL DIXON and CHARLES HODGES K. MAIN ST. ? NEXT TO BLACK BEAR TOURIST COURT ? BOONE
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