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VOLUME LXVHL ? NO. ?.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CABOUN A,* THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1
The Watauga County Chapter
of the American Red Croaa la ana
wering the call to aid families In
the flood -stricken northeast area,
and is asking for individual and
group donations.
R. W Watkina, chapter chair
man, said a collecting team is be
ing organised and will call upon
huaineaa places, homos, and organ
izations for contributions in an ef
fort to raise a "rock bottom" quota
of $290.
Mr. Watkins has received the
following telegram from E. Roland
Hsrriman, regional director at At
lanta:
"Needs continue to grow in the
disaster affected areaa. Estimated
number of families looking to the
Red Cross for sssistance exceeds
10,000, and continues to mount.
This wil retftUr* fundi in excess
of ta.000.000. Your chapter has
been assigned a rock bottom quota
of $290, and expect you will make
every effort to' have It substanti
ally oversubscribed."
In appealing for gentrous coir
tributions. Chairman Watkins said:
"We hers in Watauga County are
fortunate that due to our geogra
phical location, we are seldom af
flicted with violent storms and
floods. I am sure everyone will
want to give as much as he can
to these families who have lost
everything."
Mail contributions should be ad
dressed to Clyde R. Greene, Dis
aster Chairman, American Red
Cross, Boone, N. C., or S. C. Eg
gers, Fund Drive Chairman, Amer
ican Red Cress, Boone, N. C.. said
Mr. Watkins.
Schools Open; Mass
Meeting At Parkway
Watauga county schools opened
Monday with an attendance of
3,298, which will be increased con
siderably today, when regular
classroom work gets started.
At Parkway School a crowd of
some 300 persons gathered Mon
day evening to protest a change in
school principals, and to take is
sue with a redisricting order of
the Board of Education.
Dr. Charles Davant, chairman of
the Board of Education, presided
at the meeting, heard the oom
plaints, but made no promise to re
employ Mrs. Edith Estes as princi
pal of the school.
Board members, however, did
promise to reconsider the matter
of a recent change in school dis
trict lines, which is said to have
contributed te the unhawMness of
patrons of Parkway.
The school, along with others in
the county, opened Monday.
I teas* Of Complaint
Ike patrons protested the re
placement of Mrs. Estes, princi
pal of the school for nine yens,
by Dwight Isenhour, a former
teacher at Appalachian High
School la Boone.
A change In school district
line* which resulted In 11 chil
dren who would have been as
signed to Parkway being assign
ed to Blowing keek SchooL
The meeting lasted for about
two hours. Board members denied
that politics had anything to do
with the changes which the citi
zens objected to. Board members
did state that Mrs. Estes was of
fered a principalship at Valle Cru
ris but turned it down. She didn't
attend the meeting.
Mr. Isenhour spoke for ten min
utes and told the parents and oth
ers that he expects to cooperate
fully with them in having a good
school term.
Whttener Speaks
Dr. D. J. White ner, member of
the county board of education ex
plained the chancing of diatrict
lines. He iaid that Appalachian
High and Elementary School* were
built by the State as* demonstra
tion schools for Appalachian State
Teachers College, and explained
that so many pupils from other
schools in the county were being
fed into the two Boone school*
that something had to be done to
hold down overcrowding. There
fore, he said, new district* were
established, so that some of the
county elementary school studeAts
could be assigned to county
school*.
| The beard promised a reconsid
eration W the restricting matter.
Mrs. Winkler, 74,
Dies On Tuesday
Mrs. Rhoda Ellen Winkler, 74, of
Zionville, Route 1, died Tueiday,
August 23, at her home in the
Meat Camp section.
Funeral services were held at 11
a. m., Thursday, August 29, at the
Meat Camp Baptist Church, con
ducted by the Rev. Roe Payne and
the Rev. Paul Phipps. Burial was
in the Jont Brown Cemetery.
1 She is survived by a ion, Grady
Winkler, Zionville; four half-broth
ers, Will, Tom, and Arthur Jones,
Boone, and Rafus Jones, Zionville;
two half -sitters, Mr*. Watt Beach,
Boone, and Mr*. Miry Greer, Win
ston-Salem; five grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Help keep some child in school
? donate to the Clothing Cloaet
Drive.
, Howard Coffey it throttle of miniature train.
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Miniature Train Start
Of Amusement Park
The Daniel Boone Expraas is the
name of the tinjr steam train which
hai been established near Cardin
al Motel on the Blowing Rock
Road, aa the first step in a full
fl edged amusement park for this
com raMjr.
Owned and operated by Howard
Coffey and Rhonda Coffey of Blow
ing Rock, the locomotive and throe
cars have been carrying the chil
dren, and a lot of adults too,
around the oval track, which has
been laid in a broad level field,
with plenty of r&om for parking.
A new service for towfcta gad
residents alike, the train was
bought from aa amusement park
in the vicinity of Charlotte. It
is dperated each afternoon starting
at *:M and continuing until t. The
engine, a replica of the Southern
Railway's Last steam passenger
locomotives, weighs a ton, and can
carry 13 to IS gleeful children
around the track at a time.
A refreshment stand iff to be
added, and later other riding
devices will ha purchased The
owners envision an amusement
park which will be an important
spot for tooriatf ia the jraars ahead.
Kane Is Given
IRC Promotion
JOHN S. KANE
John S. Kane, manager of the
International Resiatance Company
plant in Boone since January 1964,
has been made manager of the
IRC plant in Asheville, and as
sumed his new duties there last
Wednesday.
Mr. O. J. Greenway, vice-presi
dent in charge of operations, in
announcing the change, states that
the move comes in the nature of
a promotion for Mr. Kane, in rec
ognition of his fine record in
Boone.
Hr. Richard Morehouser, con
troller for IRC, will act tempor
arily in Mr. Kane's capacity, until
a new manager is named.
Mr. Greenway, on his visit here
last week, expressed deep satis
faction with the operation of the
IRC here, and with the type of
workers the company has been
able to acquire here. The workers
are competent and Cooperative, he
says, and are contributing admir
ably to the smooth functioning of
the local enterprise.
David Horton Is
West Point Leader
Superintendent and Mrs. S. F.
Horton have been notified that
their son, David, who is a senior at
West Point has been elected pla
toon leader with the rank of Lieu
tenant. This is the third highest
rank in the company and selection
is made by members of the class.
Association To
End Sessions |S|
In County Today I
The two-d?y session of the Throe
Forks Baptist Association will end
this (Wednesday) afternoon at
Mount Calvary Baptist Church near
Banner Elk.
Officer! are to be elected this
morning and memorial service*
are planned for the afternoon.
Tuesday's session was held at
Bethany Baptist Church in the
Beech Mountain section, with Rev.
M. H. Kendall, of Mars Hill Col
lege, delivering the address on
Christian Education.
Other speakers Tuesday were
Rev. C. O. Vance, pastor of the
Oak Grove Church; Dr. E. L.
Spivey of Raleigh; and Rev. Hoyt
Robinson, pastor of Bethel Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Hollars Is
Taken By Death
Mrs. Betty Ethel Hollars died
Monday, August 29, at her home
on the Bamboo Road, Boone. She
was 64 years of age.
Funeral services were scheduled
to be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday,
August Si, at the Three Fork*
Baptist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Homer. Greene, the Rev. Will
Cook, and the Rev. Raymdnd Hen
ricks, with burial in the Woodlawn
Cemetery.
She is survived by two sons,
Jones Hollars and John H. Hollars,
both of Boone; two daughter*, Mr*.
Walter Edmiiten, Boone, and Mr*.
Lawrence Denni*. Baltimore, Md.;
a stepson. Mack Hollars, Boone;
a stepdaughter, Mrs. Martha Har
mon, VUas; and six brothers, Walt
er Hollars, Blowing Rock; Roes,
Sherman, and Charlie Hollar*, all
of Boone, Gurney Hollar*, Frank
lin, N. C., and John R. Hollar*,
Stephen City, Va. <
James P. Hodges
Funeral h Held
James Patterson Hodges. ST, of
Route 3, Boone, died Wednesday,
August 24 at his home.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p. m. Saturday, August 27, at
the Boone Advent Christian
church, conducted by the pastor,
the Rev. George A. Arthur, and
the Rev. S. E. Gragg. Burial waa
in the Pine Grove cemetery.
He is survived by a son, Alonio,
two daughters, Mrs R. F. Greene
and Mrs. I. L. Smith, five grand
children and ten great-grandchil
dren, all of Boone.
New President To Be W elcomed
At Appalachian College Today
By EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT
Appalachian State Teacheri Col
lege will welcome her new presi
dent on Thursday, September 1,
when when Dr. William H. Plem
mons of Chapel Hill comet to the
campua to take office aa the third
president in Appalachian's history.
In June of this year, Dr. B. B.
Dougherty, founder of the institu
tion and ita president for fifty-?ix
years, requested that he be retired.
The board of trustees, in honoring
his request, elected Dr. J. D. Ran
kin, who had been dean of the col
lege for thirty-five years, to be the
interim president.
At the commencement exercises
on August If, Mr. W. J. Conrad,
chairman of the board of trustees,
announced that the special com
mittee of the board bad presented
Dr. Pledimons as a candidate for
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Junior Order
Fetes Students
The local Junior Order was boat
Thursday to a group of 30 young
sters from the Junior Order Chil
dren's Home at Lexington.
The young people were brought
to Boone by Roy Marsh, recently
appointed assistant superintendent
of the home. i
The evening of entertainment
began with a dinner at 6:30 o'clock
at the Boone Trail Dining Room,
after which the youths were taken
to the Daniel Boone Theater to
see Boone's outdoor drama, Horn
In the West
Mr. Marsh, the new aaaiaUnt, is
a former Boone boy, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Crater Marsh. Ho is
a graduate of Appalachian High
?cho4> and -Appalachian Stale
the presidency, and that be had
been elected by the entire- board
by unanimous vote.
Dr. Plemmons had taught this
summer at the University of Den
ver (Colorado). When the news
reached him that he had been
elected, he was on vacation on the
West Coast. He wrote immediately
to Dr. Rankin stating that he ex
pected to be back and would come
to the college to take office on
September 1. In hia letter to Dr.
Rankin he requested that bis spec
ial regard* be given to Dr. Dough
erty, and he sent greetings to all
those friends who knew him when
he taught at Appalachian during
the summer several years ago,
and to those who had sat in his
classes at the University of North
Carolina.
No special ceremony of office
taking is planned at the college on
Thursday, though it is possible
that something will be planned for
a time when the faculty and stu
dents will be on the campus.
Dr. Rankin is retiring on Thurs
day from the preiideney which he
held since June. Questioned con
cerning hit future plans, he said
that he and Mrs. Rankin plan to
maintain their home in Boone
among their friends of a lifetime.
He is widely known as a gardener
of both flowers and vegetables, his
work in the Methodist church is
active and effective, and since he
la as Inveterate reader it Is expect
ed that he will not lack for many
things of interest. Like Dr. Dough
erty, Dr. Rankin la a person who
would not "retire" in the sense
that he would not be active in
many things. Many of hia friends
in Boone look forward, they say,
to being able to have him spend
more time with them.
Reaction in Washington to the
Soviet announcement on reducing
armed forces was cautiously opti
mistic, with officials calling the
development "potentially encourag
ing."
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Clothing Closet Drive
Starts: Need Is Great
The Junior Woman'* Club of
Boone ii sponsoring their annual
Clothing Closet Drive during the
month of September, beginning the
week after Labor Day. Clothes for
all age* are urgently needed. es
pecially clothe* for school age chil
dren
This year, more than erer, there
nfnn |d m urgent used for
clothing Steee the first of July,
the Junior Woman's Club hq?
liven 288 garment* to SO individu
al! in 17 families, as compared
with >1 garment* to 25 individauli
in 9 families during the tame per
iod lut yur.
If you have clothes to donate,
pleaae bring them to the Welfare
Office in the rock building next to
the eourthouat, or yam cm call
AM 4-1706, Mrs. W. W. Littleton,
who will arrange for it to be picked
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Boone National Guard Unit Is
Back From Bragg Encampment
Members of Service Battery, 112th Field Artillery. 30th Infantry Divtolon, are shown receiving training
on the 50-calibre machine ?un at the North Carolina National Guard.' current summer encampment at Fort
Bragg. Service Battery it from Boone. From left to right are Phillip W. Spann; Cpl. Lloyd H. Johnson,
M-Sgt. Howard B. Meade; Pvt. Chriatian S. Brown; Pvt. Kenneth A. Reece.
Horn In West To .
End On Labor Day
The outdoor drama Horn in the
Weit is in its final week of the
1953 aeason. Performances will be
held each night through Labor
Day.
Already, plana have been made
for next year ? the fifth aeason ?
when M performances are sche
duled. The shov will open next
June 30 and continue through
September S.
More than 175,000 persons have
witnessed the drama since its
opening in '1M2.
The Service Battery from Boone,
of the North Carolina National
Guard, has just completed a 15
day ' encampment at Fort Bragg
and has returned home. The local
unit is the supply unit for the
112th Field Artillery Battalion and
is charged with supplying ammu
nition and food to the battalion.
The batallion has a complement
ft 409 men at present strength
and the local unit is commanded
by 1st Lt. Clarke.
The Ammunition Supply Team,
under the supervision of 2nd Lt.
John M. Calloway and his assist
ant, Sgt. John P. Edmisten, car
ried out the mission of supplying
ammo to the 112th Field Artillery.
Rations were supplied under super
vision of James C. Harless, CWO.
and Sgt. Albert R. Minton and
Cpl. Lloyd H. Johnson.
' Cooks for the battalion were
Service Battery -members Pie.
George Q. Church and Pvt. Jay
L. Teem j.
First Sgt. George B. Linker was
given the citation of "The Out
standing Soldier of Service Battery.
The following commendation was
given to Service Battery by Bat
talion Commander, Lt. Col. Roy
W. Forehand:
For meritorious service during
night tactics on 24-29 August 1996,
1 would like to extend to the offi
cers and men ef Service Battery,
112th Field Artillery Battalion,
30th Division, N.C. N.G. this spec
ial commendation for their su
perior work as aggressor forces
in night operations 24-29 Aug. 99.
Under the leadership of 1st Lt.
Clarke, the battery commander,
they did proceed with the normal
supply of the battalion and In ad
dition plan, coordinate, and exe
cute aggressor tactics in a real
istic and superior manner.
Service Battery, being newly or
ganized and attending summer en
campment (or the first time, did
with little time, organize, instruct,
and execute in a superior manner
their mission of realistic warfare
to such an extent that night in
filtration tactics and noises pro
duced the most outstanding re
sults ever obtained in this bat
talion.
For this mission and Esprit
De -Corps of this battery in behalf
of the officers and men of this bat
talion we are proud to commend
the officers and men of Service
Battery.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Mary Ford
Mrs. Mary Helen Young Ford, of
Lenoir, Route S, died in Watauga
Hospital Tuesday, August 23, of a
heart condition. She was M years
of age.
Funeral services were held at 3,
p. m. Thursday. August 25, at the
Bailey's Camp Baptist Church, con
ducted by the Rev. Mr. Crisp and
the Rev. Robert Shore. Burial was
at the Reform Church at Blowing
Rock.
She is survived by her husband,
Ralph H. Ford; four sons, Allen,
Max, and Merit Ford, of the home,
and Edgar Ford, Boone, RFD;
eleven daughters, Mrs. Ralph Nor
ris, Mrs. Sudie Lunceford and Mrs.
Glennie Lunceford, all of Boone,
RFD, and Bertha, Maiie, Christine,
Marie, Charlotte, Marian, Sally,
and Sylvia, all of the home; four
brothers, Fred and Roy Young,
Blowing Rock, Jim Young, Lenoir,
and Johnny Young, St. Petersburg,
Fla.; and a sister, Mrs. Leona Hart
ley, Blowing Rock.
The Soviet Union has announc
ed that it is reducing the size of
its armed forces by 840,000 men.
Action U Taken |
To Accommodate
Record Number
By EARLEEN 0. PRITCHETT
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Latest figures from Registrar H.
R. Eggers reveal that Appalachian
State Teachers College already has
537 freshmen enrolled for the be
ginning of the term, and that lit
students also are transferring to
Appalachian from other institu
tions.
This will be the largest number
the institution has ever enrolled
for the first time in any one quar
ter. Coupled with the largest stu
dent body in the college's history
last year, and consequently the
largest number of returning stu
dents, it is expected that all- re
cords will be broken for attend
ance.
To take care of this expansion,
the college has had to renovate
and take over for' classroom space
the old elementary school building
on its campus which was vacated/
last year when the new elemen
tary school was finished. There are
a sufficient number of classes add
ed this year to fill this building,
and still the college will be crowd
ed for space.
The freshmen will come to the
campus on Monday, September 8.
Their first official meeting will be
in the college auditorium on Sept
ember 6 at 10:00 a. m. On the after
noon of September 6 they will be
given the English placement teets
which are required of all entering
freshmen. A special vespers ser
vice 1? planned for 6:18 that after
noon, and the day will end with a
program of game*, singing, etc., in
the women's gymnasium at 1:00
Wednesday, September 7, wiU
be devoted to information on selec
tion of course* and registration
procedures, required psychological
examinations, information on the
guidance program and meetings
with counselor*, and house meet
ings for all dormitory student* in
their respective dormitories at
eight o'clock.
Thursday, September 8, the
freshmen will register, obtain
their books, receive information
on student government and campus
organizations, and will attend, that
night, a reception in their honor
in' the women's gymnasium at
eight.
Friday, September 8, freshmen
will attend classes. The same day
upperclassme'n will register for
classes. The various churches of
Boone have planned parties for
that night.
Saturday, September 10, calsses
will meet as scheduled, and the
first week of Appalachian's fall
term will end with the football
game between Appalachian and
Naval Apprentice School of Nor
folk, Va? at eight o'clock.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
Despite words of caution from
the State Department, the Agricul
ture Department is beginning a
worldwide drive to sell stored Uni
ted States surplus farm commodi
ties. The Department has hired a
sales manager from private indus
try and is counting on new sales
approaches to start moving the
88,800,000,000 worth of farm sur
pluses the Commodity Credit Cor
poration will have stored away by
the end of this year.
Some fear that Soviet amity
I may cause NATO let-down.
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WATAUGA HANDCRAFT CENTER announce* iUfal) Mhedule: Weaving
Thursdayi, Saturday*, ? a. m to 12 noon, and l.M to 4:10 p. m , an
*bo| open weekdays cxcept Mondays All art invited.
Tuesday, We
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