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For 67 Yean An Independent Weekly N etc* paper ? Ettabiithed in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER M, IMS ? Staff Photo by Joe Minor APPALACHIAN COLLEGE'S NEW GYMNASIUM NOW IN USE _ % Alleged Slayer Is Being Held On Federal Auto Theft Charges Dysard And Son Low Bidders On Phone Projects The Skyline Telephone Mem bership Corporation announced today that T. L. Dyiard ft Son, of Stateeville, was low bidder at the recent bid opening for the eeMtraettoa of the Watauga County part of the Skyline pro- , JecL The board of director* accept ed and approved the bid and haa recommended that REA also ap prove it Upon approval by KEA, a con tract will be signed with the con ?traction firm and work can be started on the project Mrs. Ina B. Cook, Funeral Is Held Mrs. Ina Beatrice Elrod Cook, 63, of Blowing Rock, Route 1, died September 21 in Watauga Hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday, September 22, at the Mount Vernon Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Barney Oliver, The Rev. W. J. Cook, and the Rev. R. C. Eggers. Burial was in the Critcher cemetery. Mrs. Cook is survived by her husband, R J. Cook,' Blowing Rock, Route 1; six sons, Billy, Boyd, Dorman, Dave, and Grant Cook, all of Blowing Rock, Route 1, and MacDonald Cook, Spartan burg, S. C.; a brother, Alphonso Elrod, and two sisters. Miss Amor Elrod and Mrs. Mamie Wellborn, all of Boone, Route 1. Mrs. Chaney Isaacs Dies Thursday Mrs. Chaney Isaacs. 89, of Boone, Route 1, died Thursday, September 22, in the Hagaman Rest Home. Funeral services were held at the Reins-S turdivant Funeral Home in Boone Friday, September 23, conducted by Dr. J. D. Rankin, and burial was in Union Cemetery at Mabel. Mrs. Isaacs is survived by a grandson, Lloyd Isaacs, Raleigh; a granddaughter, Mrs. Ruth Isaacs Hackney, of Bobbins; two great grandsons. Brent Hackney of Rob bins, and Steve Isaacs of Raleigh; and a great-granddaughter, Kim Isaacs of Raleigh. North Wilkesboro, N. C., Sept.! 20. ? Leonard La Fonce, 20, who! with a girl i* alledged to have kill- j ed Dr. Lewis A. Finn, a Chicago scientist, spent Friday night in the Wilkes County jail in Wilkes boro. He had been arrested in Albu querque, New Mexico, and was re turned to North Carolina by fed eral authorities. La Fonce and Hiss JoAnn Sev erson were charged by federal off icers with transporting a stolen automobile across state lines, and they were arretted on that charge. In view of the fact that subsequent investigation made them suspects for murder, bonds were set at $25, 00 each. The girl has been placed under arrest at San Antonio, Texas, and also will be returned to North Carolina, La Fonce was delivered to Marshal W. 9. Somers in WHkMMra Friday and on Satur day Marshal Somers carried him to the Forsyth County jail in Win ston-Salem. It is expected that state author ities in the near future will charge the young man and woman with the murder of Dr. Finn at Blow ing Rock last July, and that they will be tried in Superior Court at Boone. The first development in solving the disappearance of Dr. Finn from his vacationing spot at Blowing Rock in July came several weeks ago when his partially decomposed body was found in Mammoth Cave Park ia Kentucky. It also was learned that his automobile had been in that area and later in Texas, where La Fonce had tried to trade it for another. More in vestigation revealed that'Dr. Finn's travelers checks had been cashed in that area. Dr. Finn was sleeping in a tent in a park at Blowing Rock when the murder was alledged to have occurred. He was stabbed in the back several times with a long knife. La Fonce, when questioned by a Journal-Patriot reporter at the Wilkes jail Saturday morning, had no comment on the charges, either for the stolen auto or murder. He said that when arrested he had a job at an oil wall. He further stat ed that he had relatives in Milwau kee, Wisconsin, his former home, and he "hoped to be able to post bond. A shorn wool incentive price of 62 cents per pound of wool, grease basis, and a mohair incentive price of 70 cents per pound have been announced by USDA. School Homecoming Set For Next Friday - Plans have been completed for the seventh annual homecoming at Appalachian Hi(h School on Fri day. September 30, according to an announcement from the Student Council. Festivities will get underway at 2:90 on Friday when the Appalach ian High School hand, under the leadership of Roy Blanton, will appear in the homecoming day pa rade. Floata sponsored by claaaes and homerooms will participate in the parade with the band. The band wii also perform before the game at 7:40 p. m. when the homecoming king and queen will be crowned dbrlng pre-game cer emonies. Th? Appalachian cheerleaders, under the sponsorship of Mia* Mary Lillian Schell, will hold a bonfire and pep rally at 6:30 on the high school athletic field. At ? p. m. on Friday the Appa lachian Bine Devils will be hosts to the Elkin football team in the homecoming game to be playad on the college field. On Saturday night, October 1, the Student Council ia sponsoring the homecoming dance honoring alumni, parents, students, and friends. Featured events of the dance will be recognition of alum ni and the reign of the homecom ing king and queen. MRS. HODGIN Mrs. Hodgin Is Woman Of Week Mrs. Allie Hodgin, president of the Boone Business and Profes sional Women's Club, has been named Business Woman of the Week by members of her club. Mrs. Hodgin was elected on a re cent mail-in ballot, an election held in observance of National Business Woman's Week. Mrs. Hodgin, now serving her second year as president of the local club, is a charter member of BPW. Since the club was or ganized in IMS, she has served as first vice-president and as chair man of several committees, includ ing Education and Vocations, Leg islation, International Relations, and Projects Committees. Mrs. Hodgin is Reference Li brarian at Appalachian State Teachers College. A native of Un ion County, Mrs. Hodgin received her B. S. degree from Appalach ian in 1934, a degree in Library Science from George Peabody Col lege in 1M0, and she has attended the Columbia University Library School. In addition to her work in the Business and Professional Wo men's Club, Mrs. Hodgin is active in other circles, now serving as secretary of the Woman's Mission ary Society of the Baptist Church, secretary of the Alpha Gamma Chapter o f Delta Kappa Gamma, and a member of Faculty Dames Club. Other members of the club who were nominated for the position of Business Woman of the Week are Miss Helen Underdown, Mrs. Nell Rogers, Miss Clyde Kilby, Dr. Mary Michal, Miss Betty Jo Hend erson, Mrs. Nell Linney, and Mrs. Margaret Gragg. Williams Attends Board Meeting Mr. Cratis Williams, professor of English at Appalachian, was in Raleigh Saturday attending the meeting of the editorial board of N. C. Education, edited by Dr. W. AmOs Abrams. Mr. Williams, who was secretary for the meeting, k beginning his third year of service on the board of the teachers' magazine. Over 28,000 copies of the magazine are distributed among the teachers, principals, superintendents, and law-makers of the state each month during the school year. It has been evaluated aa the top teachers' wagaria* oi the Regional N. C School Meet Set For Boone Representatives of the North Carolina Association of School Board members and district school comnAttoenwn met recently at Ap palachian State Teachers Collage to plan for a regional meeting on Oct. 26 at Appalachian. Under the chairmanship of Or. Herbert Wey, the group planned a meeting around the theme of "More Effective School Board Operation." The meeting of some 300 school district committeemen, school board members and professional educators on Oct 26, will be fea tured by a dinner address by Or. William H. Plemmons, newly ap pointed President of Appalachian State Teachers College. The meeting will begin at 2 o'clock and end by 8:49 that night Registration will be held at 2 p. m. and will be followed by a welcome address by Dean D. J. Whitener, and overview of the work of the Association ' by Ben Fountain and an afternoon ad dress by a speaker yet to be se lected. Alftc in the afternoon session, which will be presided over by Dr. Herbert Wey of Appalachian, will be a series of discussion groups led by leading lay com mitteemen and a tour of the new Appalachian Elementary School. A dinner meeting will be held at 6 p. m. and will be followed by discussion group reports and a question and answer session led by Dean Guy B. Phillips of the University of North Carolina. There will be ?' short business session and the meeting will be climaxed b ythe address by Dr. Plemmons. District school committeemen, city and county school board mem bers, principals, and superintend ents are being invited from tW> following counties in western North Carolina: Alleghany, Alexander, Ashe Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Catawba, Davie, David son, Gaston, Forsyth, Iredell, Lin coln, Mecklenburg, McDowell, Mit chell, Rowan, Rutherford, Stokes, Surrey, Watauga, Wilkes and Yad kin. Potato Field Day To Be Held; New Kind "Spud" A potato. field day will be held at the Hugh Hampton (arm on Tuesday afternoon, October 4, at 2:00 p. m. The purpose of the meeting is to ?how the new pota to variety, Boone. The announce ment of the naming and releaae of this potato was recently made by the Horticultural Crops Re search Branch and* Agricultural Experiment Station of State Col lege. In the tests that have been made, the new Boone potato has given a better average yield than Sequoia or Kennebec and is not as subject to rot as the Sequoia. It is hoped that potato produc ers will attend this meeting to see the potatoes as harvested and de cide whether or not they would like to raise some Boone potatoes. 9 J Mrs. Lillie Keller Taken By Death Mrs. Lillie Laws Keller, 91, of Reese, died Sunday, September 29, in Watauga Hospital where she had been a patient for several weeks. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday, September 21, at the Green Valley Baptist Church at Reese, conducted by the Rev. Lawrence Hagaman, and burial was in the Green Valley cemetery. Mrs. Keller is survived by her husband, Joe Keller, Reese; six sons, Dale and Roy, of Reese, Ray, of Lenoir, Clarence, of Detroit, Mich., Commodore and Billy, of fcinston; four daughters, Mrs. Nell Foster, Blowing Rock, Mrs. Ar lane Vines, Butler, Tenn., Ethel and Annie, both of Reese; ? half brother, Commodore Laws, But ler, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Keller, Paint Bank, Va., and Mrs. Ethel Harmon, Sugar Grove. Mountaineers Take To Road Saturday By RUSSELL McDONALD Appalachian's Mountaineers take to the road this Saturday for their first trip of the season as they tra vel to Elon College. The Moun taineers will be seeking their first conference victory of the season as they face the Christians of Elon. The Mountaineers, who are standing with a .MO percent mark, have won one and dropped one game so far this season. In the only conference appearance of the current season the Apps were de feated 7 to ? by the Catamounts of Western Carolina College. The Mountaineer's victory came at the hands of Newport News Apprent ice School in the first outing of the season. Elon, who has played two prev ious games this season, will be seeking their first victory of the season. This will also be the first conference game for the Chris tians. Mississippi Southern and The Citadel defeated them. Appalachian has played Elon 14 time* in past seasons since 1937. The record stands like thia: Ap palachian has won eight times and Elon 9 times with one tie. 1 The App's left halfback, Aub rey Elam, who missed last week'* game due to a shoulder irtjury, is expected to see limited action Sat urday night. Joe Garwood and Bob Ward, injured in the Western Carolina game, are expected to be in top shape. Jayvee* Appalachian State'* Jay vee team travels to Spruce Pine Thurtday for their third same of the aear ton a* they meet the Jayvees of Eaat Tennessee State College of Johnson City, Tenn. The Moun taineer Jayvees alio support the same average as the varsity squad as they have won one and dropped one. The Davidson College Jay vees topped the App's squad 27 to 6 at Davidson College last Thursday. The App Jayvees had previously defeated Gardner-Webb College 12 to ?. County Singing Is Set For Sunday The Watauga County Semi-An nual Singing Convention will be held at the Gospel Tabernacle In Boone on Sunday, October 2, be ginning at 1:30 p. m. Bring your choir, quartet, trio or any group of singers and come help make this a good song service. ? YDC Meet Being Held In Durham The State Young Democratic Club convention is being held in Durham, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Mr.' Frank Baird, Watauga County Democratic Chairman, who calls attention to the meeting, hopes there will be ? good attend ance from Watauga county. Watauga Farm Bureau To Hear A. C. Edwards There will be a meeting of all Watauga Farm Bureau member* and anyone interested in Farm Bureau at the County Courthouse in Boone -on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 8:00 p. m. Mr. A. C. Edward* of Hookerton, N. C., will be gueat speaker. Mr. Edwards is a very outstanding person and you will miss something if yon do not come and hear him. 11c has been a mem ber of the House of Representa tives from Greene County, North Carolina for some six or eight yean. He ia paat president of the North Carolina Ffcrm Bureau and ia now president of the Greene County Farm Bureau. Door prizes will be given to the holder* of lucky numbers. Ticket! will be given at the door. These door prize* will be donated by some of the leading business plac et of Boone. Refreshment* will be served at the close of the meeting. X very one U invited to attend. >W RECOVERING? President Eisenhower, hospitalized in Denver, follow ing * heart attack Saturday, It showing normal recovery and physicians describe his condition as good. Dr. Paul White, eminent Boston heart authority, has stated that if the President's progress continues at its present rate, he will be "physically able" for a second term. The attack was described as moderate. 50 Cases Are Tried In Superior Court The (fill term of Watauga Su perior Court convened here Mon day with Judge J. Frank Huakina of Buraaville presiding. Judgment had been rendered in 90 caaea when court adjourned for the noon receaa Tuesday, and a LIEUT.-COL. SHOOK Col. Shook Is Assigned To Korea Lieut.-Col. Carmel M. Shook, a native of Watauga county, has been reassigned as an operations officer with the 214th air divisioa in Korea. Col. Shook's family will reside in Boone during tha year he will be overseas. Col. Shook and family were at Sioux City -Air Base. Sioux City, Iowa, prior to his new assignment. During his sixteen years in' the Air Force he has been stationed in Puerto Rico, England, Prance and Germany. In 1946 Col. Shook and family were in Germany. In 1949, prior to their departure for Washington, D. C. 'Eft * They have two daughters, ' San dra, 44 and Katharine, 28 months. number of euei had been contin ued to the next term, (aid Clerk Austin E. South. Judge Huskini expect! to clear the docket of forty remaining case* by Friday, Mr. South Mid. Following i* a lilt of judgments rendered up to noon Tuesday: Thomas B. Smith, reckless driv ing, $25 and costs. Harlan J. Greene, Jr., speeding, $28 and costs. Isaac K Greene, reckless driv ing, $29 and costs. A. F. Nichols, Jr., driving drunk, $100 and costs. Charles L. Ratledge, speeding, $28 and costs. Roy J. Ruppert, reckless driving, costs. W. E. Simmons, speeding, $29 and costs. R. D. Williams, driving drunk, $100 and costs. J. L. Garwood, reckless driving, $28 and costs. (Continued on page two.) Mrs. Rose E. May Riles Thursday Mrs. Rose E. May, 79, died Tues day, September 20, at her home on Route 1, Trade, Tenn. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Thursday, September 22, at the home, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Graybeal, and burial was in the Potter cemetery. ? Mrs. May. who was the widow of J. M. May, a former Register of Deeds of Watauga County, is sur vived by two sons, Armfleld May. Avondale, Pa., and Ralph May, Trade, Tenn., Route 1; three daughters, Mrs. Ola Garland, Shouns, Tenn., Mrs. Ruth Wilson, Trade, and Mrs. Nell Thomas, Alexandria, Va.; five brothers, Walter Swift, Don Swift, and James Swift, sll of Damascus, Va., Charlie Swift, Bristol, Va., and Clint Swift, Schoolfield, Va.; three sisters, Mrs. Laura Shstley, Smith port, N. C., Mrs. Hern Elliott, West Jefferson, and. Mrs. Tom Robinson, Damascus, Va. ASC Community Polling Places Are Established The Watauga ASC Election Board has named the following places, community election boards and polling place boards (or the various ASC communities. Bald Mountain: Voting Place ? W. F. Norris, chairman; Julius L. Miller, vice-chairman; Glenn How ell. Beaver Dam: Donly Hagaman's store? Cecil Swift, chairman; Lew is Norris, vice-chairman; and D. F. Greene. Blowing Rock: Ranch Motel? C. R. Spann, chairman; Berlin Greene, ? vice-chairman; and Roy Hartley. Blue Ridge: Fred Brown's gro cery ? Virgil Day, chairman; Ham mond Hampton, vice-chairman; and D. A. Northern. Brushy Fork: Vilas Service Sta tion ? D. M. Glenn, chairman; Jack Hicks, vice-chairman, and Fred Blair. Cove Creek: James B. Mast's store ? D. E. Church, chairman; 0*. M. Litle, vice-chairman and Tom Lawrence. Elk: Simmons' Store ? Virgil Cox, chairman; Russell Triplett, vice-chairman and Clyde Triplett. Laurel Creek: V. D. Ward's store ? Frank Cable, chairman; Charles E. Trivette, vice-chairman, and Charles W. Mast. Meat Camp: Meat Camp filling station ? Tom R. Jackson, chair man; Alfred McNeil, vice-chair man and J. W. Clawson. , New River: Cook It Elrod's store ? J. F. Michael, chairman; Floyd Hagaman, vice-chairman; and Mont Gtovier. North Fork: Ellison's store? Ar gus Wallace, chairman; Dave Main, vice-chairman; and J. M. South. Shawneehaw: J. W. Harmon's store ? Willism H. Smith, chair man;^ J. S. Baird, vice-chairman; and Marshall Farthing. Stony Fork: Deep Gap Postoffice ?Milton Moretz, chairman; D. L. Stanbery, vice-chairman; and W. H. Stanbery. Watauga: Howard W. Mast's store ? Howard W. Mast, Si\, chair man; Tom Ward, vice-chairman; and June Baird. Americans had slightly less personal income in June than in May, but the figures were near record levels snd were above figures for last year. Flags Are Given Boy Scout Troop The Perkinsville Baptist Church Troop 55 of the Boy Scouts re ceived an unusual award at a Sep tember meeting of the troop when two friends of the group presented them with flags. The donors of the flags were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaw of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Boone, who have been interested in the troop for some time. Mr. Shaw's gift was an Ameri can flag to be used by the troop. Mrs. Shaw presented a troop flag made by herself of Indianhead ma terial and carrying the organiza tion's insignia. The flag is trimmed in gold with black lettering, and measures 3 feet by five. All ma terial tn the flag is fast-colors and may be washed. TTie Rev. E. F. Troutman made the presentation speech to the troop on behalf of Mr/ and Mrs. Shaw. The award was acknowl edged by Joe Miller, junior scout master. , After the ceremony refreshments ^ were served to the troop and vis itors at the ceremony. "Buck" Robbina if Scoutmaster of the troop. The R?v. E F. Troutman of Boone. )>elp? ScouU Rufui Edmisten end Joe Miller diiplay their mw troop flag ?t ceremoniei held at the PerfciiMvUlt Scout Hut lut week ? Staff photo. ' ?
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