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Ait Independent Weekly IVi VOLUME LXVIKL? NO. 4. ? : JULY ?8, 1955 The Annual Farm Tour* of the Watauga County Unit Teat De monstration farmers will start on Tuesday August 2 All farm people and all people interested in farm ing are invited to go on these tour*. Four area tours will be held on August 2, August 4, August I, and August 11, and then special farms will be viaited on a county wide tour on August 19. At the end of each area tour the people will be asked to select the home that has made the most im provements within the last year, and also the farm making the moat improvements within the laat year. The tours for next week will be as follows. Starting at the county agenU office at 8:0 a. m. each day, go directly to the first farm men tioned. ' " Tuesday, August 2 ? Royce Perry, 8:45 a. m., Clyde Moretx, Bill Krid er, Roy Moretx, Milton Moretz, Ferd Michael. ' Thursday, August 4? Cecil Swift, 9:00 a. m , Sanford Creed, David Farthing, W. R. Vines, D. F. Greene, Ivaa Dishman, Mrs. Janie Dishman. ! -i Farms to be toured August 9 and 11, will appear in next week's Democrat. Thinks County Health Offices ' Should Use Salk Raleigh, July 21 ? The state health officer says that county health officers would be less liable to critieislm if they offered the Salk polio vaccine during the sum mer months to those desiring it. Dr. Jj W. Norton's statement was contained in ~a letter atnt to all local health officials in the state. A copy of the letter win released by his office today. It pointed out that a recent survey showed that 43 Tar Heel counties plan to wait until after school opens in Septem ber to continue mass inoculations of the vaccine. Since the survey was made.a few counties have said they plan to go ahead now and make shots available to those want ing them. In reply to questionnairs, 40 counties reported they planned to give the second shots, during thi summer to those desiring them, Dr. Norton stated. The North Carolina Advisory Committee on Polio Vaccine de cided July 9, Dr. Norton said, that the matter of continuing the vac cine during the summer or post poning it until September should b$ left to the discretion of local health officials and medical so cities. The vaccine is reported to be 80 to 00 per cent effective in the pre vention of paralysis. Dr. Norton said, "It is my belief that every county health officer with the ap proval of his local medical society, would be following the scientific information available and less lia ble to criticism if the vaccine is offered, at least in health depart ments, to those who desire it im mediately after it 'becomes avail able." Enough vaccine has been re ceived to inoculate 90 per cent of the first 1 and second grade chil dren who received their first shots. CHESTER TRIVETT Local Lad Wins Five Day Tour Cheiter Trivett, ion of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Trivett, 204 Hardin Street ha* returned from New York and Washington where he went on ? five-day conducted tour aa a gueat of the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel newspaper!. Young Trivett was one of 36 newspaper carriers from the Northwestern Carolina, area who were awarded the 'trip. t The trip was made by chartered bus, and in Washington the group visited the zoo, Bureau of Engrav ing, Lincoln Memorial, Washing ton Monument, Department of Jus tice, Library of Congress and other places of interest.' in New York they visited China town, United Nations, RCA Music Hall, C.B.S., Statue of Liberty. Chester carries the Twin City Sentinel in Boone and the award was based on increased circulation, and points under the merit system. Folk Festival Program Given The Grandfather Home for Chil dren at Banner Elk is sending groups of children to take part in the Daniel Boone Folk Arts Festi val next Saturday afternoon. Interesting sqtiare dance routin es will be demonstrated, and sing ing games will be presented by smaller children. <. Others to appear on t)ie program which is given oil the grounds of the Daniel Boone Theatre, are: Mac Presnell, banjo picker; Doog Matheson, fiddler and son Archie K, guitar; Mrs. Nattie Presnell with her dulcimer, Dan Lunce and OUie Ward with fiddle and guitar. Stanley Hicks will present one of the Jack Tales; Miles Ward, one of the chief sources of the Jack Tales will come, if he ia able, and his son OUie will sing. ? Craftsmen will include Edd Presnell, carver of wooden bowl* and spoons and his brother Vance who carves bread bowls. John Henry Dyer will demonstrate chair bottoming, using hickory bark. Visitors may take part in sing ing, folk games and some of the country daaees. Summer School Band To Appear In Concert The Appalachian Summer School Band will give a concert of popu lar band music (or the students and community this Thursday evening at 8:48 p. m. on the Fine Arts lawn. In case of rain the concert will be in the Fine Arts Auditor ium. The band, under the direction of Wililam Spencer, has give? two concerts this summer already, and the response has been very good. The first concert was given outside and featured such works as .the "Ballett Parisien," and the popular "Sandpaper Ballet" The 'Sand blocks' were played by Mr. John ny Albea, percussionist for the North CaroHna Little Symphony. The second concert waa given two weeks later. , . The concert this week will fea ture two works by one of its mem bers, Mr. Litehoa from Scott, N. 'C., who has written s number of ar rangements and original numbers for band. Of Course ne concert would be complete these days with out "Davy Crocket" Iscluded on the program is addition to popular numberi and marches will be the all-time favorite march, "The Stan And Stripe* Forever." The band membership is made up of high school, college and gra duate students and there is al ways room for one more, so if yoa play a band instrument yoa are very welcome to come. The rehear sals are at 4.-00 p. m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays la the college band room. The baad will furnish the mostc for the annual Masonic picnic in Mocksvtlle again this year on Aug ust 11th. This has become aa an nual event for die band for the past four years. The band mem bers expenses are paid for the en tire day in addition to the picnic which is worth looking forward to for ihe entire year. Aa in the past wveral summers the band will also famish the musk far the gradua tion exercises which will be hetdj on August 18th. J Plane Crashes On Takeoff Try A small airplane waa forced to land on the G. J. Keller farm at Bamboo Tuesday afternoon, and crashed when a take-off attempt was made on the crowded meadow Wednesday morning. The Civtl Air Patrol pilot. Tad Steger of Pulaski, Va. was not seriously injured. He was return ing home from Aaheville. It was said he landed due te the fact that aA oil cap had been left off when the small plane had been serviced. Mrs. Rutherford Concert Slated Ope of the events which ii sche duled by the lyceum committee at Appalachian State Teachers Col lage at every opportunity, is the presentation of one of the country's finest pianists in concert at the college. The event is set for Thurs day night at eight o'clock, in th* Fine Arts Auditorium, and the ptlblic is invited. The pianist is Mrs. Ruth Rankin Rutherford, daughter of Dr. J. D. Rankin, president of the college, and Mrs. Rankin. Mrs. Rutherford, who is a graduate of Winthrop College and of Julliard School of Music, is professor of music at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas: She is a well-known concert pianist, and has appeared at Appalachian a number of times in previous years. For her ' concert on Thursday night, Mrs. Rutherford will play the following: ' , . Fantasia by Bach; Sonata, op. 14, No. 1, by Beethoven; Mazurka, op. SS, No. 2, Nocturne, op. 15, No. X Etude, op. ^0, No. 7, and Ballade, op. 47, all by Chopin; Mirage by Heaht; Ondine by Ravel; Prelude, op. 32, No. 12, and Prelude, op. 23, No. 2, both by Rachmaninof. The college extends a cordial in vitation to all Mrs. Rutherford's friends, and to all lovers of music, to come to the Fine Arts Building on Thursday evening at eight o'clock to hear the concert. Mrs. Rosa Glenn Pies In Virginia Mrs. Rou Stansbury Glenn, 70, pasted away at 11:49 a. m. Monday, after a lingering illness, at Martins ville. Virginia. Mrs. Glenn was born in Watauga County on May 26, 1889, the daugh ter of the late Smith Stansbury and Winifred Ward Stansbury. Her husband, the late Rufus Glenn, passed away ten years ago. Mrs. Glenn, ? former resident of Sugar Grove is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fred Benfield of Newton, N. C? Mrs. W. G. Nelson of Bassett, Virginia; four sons, Ed, of Newon, Ellis, of Whttmire, S. C., Carl, of Bassett, Virginia, and Henry Glenn of Lenoir; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Moody of Sugar Grove; one brother, Lee Stansbury of Kingsport, Tennessee; twenty-five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The body was brought to WiHis Reynolds Funeral Home in New ton, N. C? from Martinsville, Va. Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 a. m., Wednesday, and in terment will be ia the Eastview Cemetery in Newton. Mrs. Edmisten Is Reappointed To Co. School Post V The Watauga County Board of Education, in business transacted at a meeting held Monday, July 28. re -appointed Mrs - Dessa Mae Ed misten as county school supervisor, and retained Wade E. Brown as at torney for the board. Chas. Ledbetier Dies In Asheville Miss Ida Bell Ledbetter has re turned to Boone after spending keveral weeks with her brother, Charles Ledbetter, of Black Moun ain, who died Sunday. July IT, in the Veterans Hospital at Asheville. following a long illness. The funer al was held Tuesday. July 1*. and burial was ia the Ledbetter family Social Studies Conference Is Being Held Here The annual summer conference of the North Carolina Council for Social StudMi U now being held at Appalachian jState Teachen Col lege, and will continue in teuton through July 29. Serving aa co-chairman of the ex ecutive committee are Dr. J. R. Skretting of the University of North Carolina, and Dr. Jonathon C. McLendon of Duke University. Homer Lauiter, consultant in the State Department of Public 1 nitre tion, is chairman on arrangements. The program for the conference this year has been planned to aid with the long-range study of the social studies curriculum which was begun last year. The purpose of the study is to encourage pro fessional growth of the teachers involved and the improvement of the social studies program in the public schools of the state. Special committees have been organised for this study, and spec ial attention is being given to each of the following areas: Civic responsibility and American gov ernment, geographic understand ings, economic and. sociological understandings, current affairs and controversion issues, world history and international understandings, and American history (including North Carolina). Consultants, Invited for the var ious sessions, will discuss charac teristics of elementary and second ary pupils in relation to social needs, improving human relations through social studies, the place of academic experiences in the cur riculum, what helped prepare us for citizenship (a panel of stud ents), and how all of these areas fit into the social studies curricu lum. The consultants named are Dr. R. 11. Fink of the State De partment of Public Instruction, Dr. D. J. White iw, head of the Appatacian State Teachers College department of social studies; Df. J. C. McLendon of Duke Univers ity, ?nd Dr, J. R. Skretting of the University of North CmoIIm. Time has been allowed for the conference members to plan for rest and recreation, Including trip* to "Horn in the West", Boone's outdoor drama, and trips to other nearby points of interest. Local Leaders At NEA Meeting Mr. Earl Petry, president of the Watauga countv NCEA unit, and Mrs. Ralph E chanan, secretary, were in atendance at the NEA NCEA leadership conference at Blue Ridge Assembly, Black Moun tain. Included in the attendance were all NCEA officers, including Dr. Amos Abrams, editor of the NCEA magazine, a number of NEA of ficials, together with members of the General Assembly's educational legislative committee. Mrs. Fletcher Taken By Death Mrs. Martha Emmaline Fletcher, 78, of Zionville, Route 1, died Sun day, July 24, in Watauga Hoepital, where she had been a patient for about thirty days. ? Funeral services were conducted tt 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, at the Henson's Chapel Methodist Church by the Rev, N. C. Bush, Rev. E. O. Gore, and Rev. Rex Weat, and burial was in the Pleaaant Grove cemetery. She is survived by three sons. Tommy and Clay Fletcher, Zion ville, and Clyde Fletcher, Cleve land, Ohio; a daughter, Mias Bon nie Fletcher, Zionville; and three grandchildren. Summerpermj College Breaks DANIEL BOONE THEATRE where outdoor drama "Horti in the West" it being presented this summer. Annual Blowing Rock Program To ? Aid Grandfather Home Children Rev. Mrs. Newell To Preach Here ? MRS. NEWELL The Rev. Mis. C. 0. Newell, pastor of the Green Valley Church, will be guest preacher at the Boone Methodist Church Sunday, July 31 ' at 11:00. Mrs. Newell has been recognized for her splendid work as a supply pastor in the Methodist Church for several years. She has an out standing record of community leadership, having served' as Coun ty chairman of Haywood County Community- Development program before her coming to Ashe County. In 1093 she (was selected by the Progressive Farmer as the Rural Minister of the Year in North Car olina. Lamb Pool The second Watauga Lamb Pool will be held Monday, August 1st at the Boone Livestock Market in Boone. Lambs will be graded and weighed from 7:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m. ' Information Booth Opens At Deep Gap An Information booth to serve viiii tors to the Boone and Blowing Rock area, has been opened near the Junction of 421 and 231 ill the Deep Gap neighborhood. The booth opened Monday after noon. in charge of Mrs. Ward Car roll, and will be open daily from ? a.m. to 8" p.m. In announcing the opening of the booth, the Boone Chamber <4 Commerce aajri: "While every body agrees H would have been better if this could have been pot into operation in May it is expec ted that the booth will be there for several yon and that it wJJ) be especially useful in September and October after tbe heavy traf lie it over. "The booth is entirely financed by tbe people it serve*. All tourist facilities such as motels, ' hotels, tourist home*, restaurant*, aervice atation* and scenic attraction* are invited to participate and get their none* on the bif bulletin board advertising their attraction. "Lilting* should be sent to Mr. L. T Tatum. Chairman of the Com mittee or to Mr. Alfred Adams. Treasurer of the Committee, at 0m North western Bank." The annual Blowing Rock pro "gram for the benefit of Grand father Home Orphanage, Banner -Elk, will be held at Rumple Me morial Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning, August 14. Davi* Ovens of, Charlotte, who has sponsored thif event for many years, says that he is very happy to have secured such outstanding artists as Saramae Endich, Jane Hobson, Ernest McChesney, John Baker, and Stuart Ross, foe this year, all of whom have, at one tiiie or another, participated in this program and have been warm ly received. t At the usual Sunday morning service of the church at eleven ?'clock the quartet will sing two numbers, "Fear Not Ye O Israel" and "Golden Bell.!' Mr. MCChesney will offer "He That Dwelleth in Ihe Secret Place", Mr. Baker, "Come Ye Blessed." Miss Robson's solo will be Mendelssohn's "?, Rest In The Lord", and Miss Endich's will be "The Good Shepherd" by Van Der Water. Mr. Roas. leading accompanist, will be at the piano. Miss Margaret Vance will be at the organ. Grandfather Home Day is one of the highlighu of the summer sea son in this resort town. Residents of the area and summer visitors are joined each year by many who make the trip to Blowing Rock for this occasion. Each year the little chtlrch is filled to capacity, and the "churchyard overflows with those who wish to enjoy the music and take part in the important work of the day? that of providing asaiat ance in the support of the Institu tion known as Granfather Home. As a part of the program, Mr. Ovens will speak briefly of the work being done at the Home, and those attending be service will be given an opportunity to extend a helping hand to the hundred or so children cared for at the orphan age. Each year these contributions reach an impressive figure. There are no expenses connected with the program, and the entire fund rea lized goes to Grandfather Home, constituting an important part of the support of the institution. The Reverend L. , T. Newland. Pastor of the Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church, will donduct the devotional exercises and Dr. Fletcher Nelson, President of the Edgar Tufts Memorial Association which operates the orphanage, will be in chafge of the program in general. Trout Season Closes Here The trout (liking season for Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany counties will elote July 31, It If announced by Tommy Osborne, district fi ah and game protector. In all other counties of the area trout fishing will be permitted Scout Camporee To Be Held In Month August A camporee for Boy Scouts of the Watauga district will be held lome time in August, according to a decision reached at the meet ing of the district committee "on July 21. Plans for the camp pro gram will be announced as soon as arrangements are completed. At the same meeting, Dr. J. T. C. Wright, Dr. Lawrence Owsley and Cecil Miller were appointed to a committee to nominate a slate of officers for the new scouting year beginning in October. Courtland Balcer, executive of the Old Hickory. Council, made his last visit to Boone in his official eapacity. Mr. Baker will take ? scouting position elsewhere in August, and a new executive for the region will succeed him at that time. The Old Hickory Council in cludes Forsyth, Surry, Ashe, Wat auga, Wilkes, Stakes and Yadkin Counties. Mr. Baker extended an invita tion to members of the district committee to visit the summer camp now ip session at Raven's Knob. An excellent staff and new buildings are making the camp season highly successful, Mr. Baker said. W. D. Clarke, new scoutmaster at Valle Crucis, and James Dick ert, chairman of explorer scout activities in South Florida, were visitors at Ihe meeting. More Than 2790 Have Registered To Present Time Following ? trebd which hu lasted for several yean, the enrol lment at Appalachian State Teach eri College for summer school - i ha* passed all previous record*. There were 1278 enrolled for the first session, 177 for the middle session, and 1303 for the last ses sion, making a -total of 2718 enroll ments - to the present. Another group wijl come in on August 1, consisting of several ot the sum mer's largest workshops, which is yet to be added to the final fig ure. . - The largest representation this summer has been from North Caro lina, with tl of her 100 counties, represented. Florida has 22 coun ties, Sopth Carolina has 29 coun ties, Georgia has 29, Tennessee has seven, Virginia has 14. In smaller numbers, Mississippi has 10 counties, Alabama has three, West Virginia has five, Maryland has four, Pennsylvania has five, Kentucky has two, Ohio has two; Louisiana has one, Minnesota has one, Texas one, California one, New York one, Nebraska one, Wisconsin one, Arkansas one. Also included are Washington D. C., and Japan. This is a total of 22 states and one foreign country, from 218 counties of the United States. There are graduate* frotn 168 o( the country'! leading college* #nd univeriitie* who are studying at Appalachian this lummer. In ad dition, there are penon* already holding either the master's or the doctor'* degree from 28 college* and universities who are enrolled lor additional work Undergrad uates from junior college* have transferred to Appalachian for completion of their undergraduate work. ? Among the additional Faculty members who are visiting pro fessor* at Appalachian for the ?econd term are the following: Dr. W. Amos Abram*, associate editor of the North Carolina Edu cation Association Journal; Dr. H. 0. Kinchelo, professor of Engliih at North Carolina State College; Dr. J. T. Kelley, director of Teach er Education, Certification and Ac creditation for the State of Flor ida; Paul W. Peterton, head of the voice department at Salem College, Winiton-Salem; Harley *E. Jolley, profeacor of hiitory at Mar* Hill college; Dr. Elizabeth S. kinzig, professor of health and pbyaical education, Wilmington College, Ohio; lame* D. Dickson, principal of the Sue Reynold* school in Georgia; Zebulon B. Vance, pro fesor of phyiical education at Mer cer Univeraity; and Dr. Bozard, head of the English department at the Univeriity of Mississippi. On Auguit 1, and ending Aug ust 12, the following workshops will be offered; Workshop of the National Council of Teacher* of Engliih; Elementary Education; Student Teaching; and Muiic Edu cation. Theae workshops will meet on the morning of August 1, and registration will take place on the afternoon of Auguat 1 from two to four o'clock. The summer school sessions will end at Appalachian State Teacher* College at noon on Auguat IS. Teachers Of English To Have Workshop Here Appalachian State Teachers Col lege will be hoat this year to the annual workshop of the National Council of Teacheri of Engliah, which will be held on the campus from August 1 to 12. . There will be two diviaiona of the workshop, one for elementary school personnel and the other for secondary school personnel. In chart* of the secoadary personnel will be Dr. Paul Farmer, .former president of the Council and Eng lish coordinator for the Atlanta school system. Dr. Mildred Daw son, who served on the committee which prepared Volume II of the Council's seriea, wflf' lead the ele mentary section Dr. Dawson waa leader of the IBM NCTE Confer ence which waa held at Boon* for Utc Urat Ume. | The workshop may be taken for crcdit or may be audited. Three quarter hours of credit will be granted for the two weeks' work, on either the graduate or the un dergraduate level. Persons have* already registered from Georgia. North Carolina, South Carolina. Florida, New York. Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Cali fornia. ' The workshop will deal with the curriculum and methods of teach ing that art featured in the two recent curriculum volumes prepar ed by committees of be National Council of Teachcrm of English. There will be lectures, cussions, and work i noons will be activities such as and puppetry, bs 'Jffl
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