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A Backward Glance Ilka to read of the nrly day* i? " > mm turn to p*a* four for "Our Early W Meat oi uxty, thirty-nio* and OftoM ? *?$ ? ragrcrem' ? ? : -Established in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eigi VOLUME ?NE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA L. , tsed New School Buildings PiowKte Ccuou. 610WIM6 HOlt M Ckoiii iNk ??r4UA* COwU'V UUTillilv 4 *?**< Html it **? l?.? W, I f. ? C U'Kiair K.. c BLOWING ROCK CAFETERIA-LIBRARY, CLASSROOMS l a Propc^ favrw,u^-t <Ag r.gttf ' ^f- F*f ". ? . COVE CREEK GYMNASIUM AND AUDITORIUM ' ? t V 4 ' ?* " % ? V, zc-A M".-H 3*" HfW BETHEL CAFETERIA. LIBRARY, CLASSROOMS Boone Leaders Go To Elkin F or Meeting On Added Industry Stanley A. Harris, E. F. Cm, W. R. Winkler, of Boone, and Dr. Walter Keys of Blowing Rock are among those attending the new industry meeting being held in Xlkin Thursday. John W. Hanes, vice-president of Olin Mathieson Company, New York, will be the featured speaker. The announcement of, the in dustrial meeting was made by Frank F. Willingham. president of Indent Mills Comitany, Winston Salem, and chairman of the indus try division of the Northwest North Carolina Development Aasociation. Mr. Haner will, address the gath ering of community leaders from the eleven northwest counties, who are meeting for the purpose of learning specific steps which can be taken to bring new payroll into their communities. Others on the program for the afternoon meeting are: William F. Marshall, chairman, board of direc tor!, State Planters Bank, Wal nut Cove, and president. North west North Carolina Development Aasociation; Hugh 0. Chatham, president, Chatham Manufacturing Company. Elkin; Chester S. Davis, Special writer. Piedmont Publish ing Company. Winston-Salem, and t __,L. . _ UnWkaiAat VI .. .? I, poara me rower, rtoruiwe8i jionn 1 ? msL 4 ? ? :i, : A Carolina Development Association, W. C. Gutherie, development en gineer, State Department of Con servation and Development, Ra leigh; and Archie K. Davis, chair man, Board of Directors, Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, Winston Salem, and board member. North west North Carolina Development Association. "This meeting will be of utmost importance to the communities in the eleven northwest counties be cause it will place in the hands of their representatives a new Indus trial brochure designed specifically to sell the area to new industries," said Mr. Will Ingham ' The meeting will be held from 2:15 to 4rl5 p. m., at the Elkin Y. M. C A. Mr. Hanes, a native of Winston Salem and a graduate of Yale Uni versity, has led a colorful career in the fields of industry and gov ernmental service. "? He has been associated with many large firms throughout the United States. He is a director and chairman of the finance and execu tive committees of the U. S. Lines Company, and director of the Mu tual Life Insurance Company of New York. He served as assistant secretary *t the Treasury of the United State* in 1938, and aa und ?r-secretary of that governmental branch the following year.' In IMS, Mr. Hanes wai financial vice-president and director of th< Olin Industrie!, Inc., and was pre* ident of the Ecusta Paper Cor poration, which Olin Industrie! purchased. He was largely re sponsible for the merger of Olic Industries and Mathieson Chemical Corporation in 1854, and has re tained the titles he assumed in MMt Mr. Hanes still Owns a- large farm in Surry county and speodi considerable time there, Story Hour Is Set At College Each Saturday morning tmk 10:15 until 11:00 o'clock, the Ele mentary Education Department ol the college plans to have a storj Hour Children ranging in age* six to eight are invited to attend The story hour will be held in the Education Building bold ele mentary school), in room >08 ' tients Chamber to Push four '56 Projects The Boone Chamber of i Com merce will concentrate it* efforts on lour principal project! during the current year, it wu announc ed Tuesday at the monthly lunch con meeting. Hugh Hagaman, who presented the committee's report, said this does not mean that the more than a score of other projects suggested ft the February, meeting will be forgotten, but it would be virtually impossible to push all of them to a conclusion this year. The projects designated to re ceive priority were: \X. A United Fund, to .provide for one increased donation cover ing the various fund drives' usually conducted separately. An organ izational meeting on this will be held at the courthouse at 7 p. m. Monday, March 26, he said. 2. Cleaning up and beautifying the town. Concrete plans are al ready being formulated for this project on s continuing basis. 3. Building a community center With the prospects for an armory, which would solve this problem, still quite dim, Mr. Hagaman said independent plans were going for ward for a locally-financed com munity building. 4. The enlargement of city wa ter and sewer system for emer gencies and future needs. A mass meeting will he called la the Bear futon*, with all interested persons llfctd to attend and express opin ions. The meeting was unusually well attended, with several members having returned from Florida va cations, including former presi dent H. W. Wilpox, who reported that he had been "spreading the word about Boone" down south. Guests also included members of various woman's clubs, garden and demonstration clubs through out the county. Albert Miller, Rowan County, Runs For House Salisbury ? Albert M. Miller, prominent Rowan county Republi can leader, hat been nominated by the Ninth District, Republican party, to oppose Rep. Hagh Q. Alexander, Democrat incumbent in the general election in November. Miller is a farmer - dairyman, chairman of the Rowan County GOP executive committee, ? trus tee of Lenoir-Rhyne college, and ? leading Lutheran layman. Miller was picked as the Repub lican candidate for the Congres sional office at the Republican State Convention in Durham Sat . urday. I Open nominations from the floor of the Rowan convention on Fri I day failed to bring forth a candi , date,' to a committee was appoint . ed to pick a nominee. The com . mittee had a short session and , agreed to name a candidate at the state convention. ' Rotary Plans Annual Easter : Seal Campaign Mr W. W Cheater ha* been named chairman of the Rotary Club's Eaater teal campaign in Watauga county, in line with the program of' the club to give every poaaible aid to crippled children. Mr. Cheater itate* that for more than a quarter of a century the > Crippled Children's Society has - been providing care for tin crip t pled and informing the public of ' their needs, spending Eaater Seal > dollars reapoMdbly, wisely and well. i Opportunity to contribute by ? mail will be given. It is hoped that everyone will aid in this campaign. ?Vi BOONE BOYS ? TRI-COUNTY CHAMPS. ? A victory over Beaver Creek from Ashe county, gave Appalach ian High School boys the Tri-County Tournament championship. The boyi art, left to right, firat H>w:< B. 11. Killer, Bobby Brendell, Phil Templeton, assistant coach Harold Lakey, head coach Leroy Rogers, Charles Michael and Fred Gragg; back row: manager Cecil Taster, Jack Creed, Johnny Green, Bobby Watkins, Bobby Wilcox, BUI Gragg, and Keith Phillips, manager.? Photo by J. A. "Rabbit" Moretz. ALLEGHANY GIRLS WIN ? Tri-County Tournament winners In the girU' division, who defeated Plowing Rock lassie* in tlw finals are from Piney Creek. They are, left to right, first row. Katy Susie, Becky Grubb. Duane Jonei, Betty Jones, Shirley Delp and Jean Rutherford; back row; Susie HU1, Carole WUllams, Pinkey Bledsoe, Gaynell Baugus, Virginia Collins, HJda -Parsons and coach Evelyn Mitchell.? Photo by J. A. "Rabbit" Moreti. _ " ? _ ' f Watauga Board Submitted Elkland Proposal Jan. 9th By V. G. ROLLINS A school situation Involving Ashe and Watauga Counties, which has been simmering tor , several years, appeared near some sort of solution when the Ashe County board of education moved last week to go ahead with construction of a new grammar school at Elk land, near the Watauga line. The new school has been in the talking stage for the past three years, with Ashe hoping for a Joint financing program with Wa tauga, said. A. B. Hurt, superinten dent of Ashe schools. "The Watauga board before the present one turned us down flat ly." Mr. Hurt said. "Now. the new board says it may go along with us." Whatever the Watauga decision, the construction of the school will begin no later than April 19, the Ashe superintendent added About 200 pupils now attend the oid school (at Todd), which Mr. Hurt termed "a firetrap and unfit for use as a school." Only 39 of these are residents o( Watauga county, ysmpmt. Wataaga's Proposal W. Guy Angell, superintendent of Wataujp schools, said a propos al stating Watauga's position in the nutter was submitted to the Aahe County board on January 0, 1990, with the provision that would be binding for sixty day*, and re quested the Ashe board to review the proposal and notify the Wa tauga board of their decision. The sixty days expired on March >, Mr. Angell said, and no reply has yet been received from the Ashe, County board. The proposal submitted by the Watauga board was as follows: ? "In view of the deplorable state of Elkland School at Tadd, and in view of the fact that tlie achooU in Watauga County are congested, and in view of the fact that Todd ia a recognized community with a long established school, this board would be in favor of constructing Eleven Scouts Are Given Rank Eleven boys from two Boy Scout troops appeared before -* board of review Monday night and were advanced in rank or paaaad on Merit Badge Work. These boys will receive their swards at the District Court of Honor which is scheduled for Sunday, April 29. Prank Payne, Jr., was passed on his requirements for Life Scout, He plans now to work on require ment for Eagle Scout Linneaus Derrick and Tad Buck land were granted Star Scout rat ings. Troop 131 was represented by two Scouts seeking tenderfoot rat ings They were Ronnie Clark and John Harrison. The troop is spon sored by the First Baptist Church of Boone. Prom Troop 10t, of the Boone Methodist Church, Tommy Cried and Joe Lowman advanced to sec ond class Robert Harmon and Jack Martin Thomas were made first class Scouts. A total of 19 Merit Badgea were paaeed an by the revieW board, composed of R. 0. Hodges, Jr., chairman. Dr. G. T. Auckland, Dr. R. H. Harmon, Dr. Lee Reynolds, and Joe Minor. These Merit Badges went to Linnesus Derrick, Tad Buckland, Jimmy Goodnight, Raymond Smith, and Prank Payne. Jr-jall of Troop MP. ffimt.*-. a new school in the vicinity of Todd provided the following condi tion! are agreed upon. "1. The school be of standard construction and approved by the State' Division of School planning. - "2. Provided this school be a joint county effort financed by Ashe and Watauga Counties on a share proportionate to the enroll -orient of the present Todd school as determined by the residence of the students during the first three months of the 198S-M school year. Provided that this school con struction is approved by the coun ty board of commMoners for county funds involved in this pro I "4. Provided that this unit be adniinistered jointly by the two counties and that' each county have at least one representative on the school committee. "5. That maintenance cost be borne jointly by the two counties in proportion to the number of children represented from each .county as determined by the coun ty school boards. "6. This provision shall be bind ing upon this board for the next 80 days, during which time it la re quested that the county school board of Ashe review this propos al and notify the Watauga County School Board of their decision." The Ashe board has reportedly drawn up a resolution to send to the State Board of Education to determine if the state wilt furnish any funds. Watauga has ample facilities at the Green Valley school, five miles from Todd, to take care of the 39 Watauga pupils involved, if 'the preposal for, a state?pproved building on a proportionate share basis fa not accepted, Mr. Angell ject. Dr. Owsley Makes V Frank Appraisal Local Situation By V. G. ROLLINS The Boone Chamber of Com merce wai told Tuesday that Wa tt Ufa Hospital U operating at a lost, and that If the financial struc ture of the institution is not re vised, "the day will not be lone off when there will be no hospital here." Or. Lawrence H. Owsley, resi dent surgeon, who addressed the March meeting of the Chamber, attributed the situation in which the hospital finds itself to (1) a net loss on Indigent, or charity, patients, and (2) a lack of public understanding and sympsthy. He pointed out that indigent, or non-paying patients jtoke up 10 ? per cent of the total hospital days, . and the current deficit la 10.9 per cent of a year's Income. Both Dr. Owsley and Wade E. Brown, chairman of the hospital's operations committee, who also spoke on the subject, suggested that the county should pay the full cost of hospitalisation for those persons who are receiving public assistance. "If we could get pay for the charity patient*, " Mr. Brown said, "we could wipe out the deficit." Dr. Owtlcy laid the financial difficulties of the hospital are quite a handicap, but the lack of' public understanding and sympathy, man ifest in-many way*, is far worse. The full text ot Dr. Owsley's speech foJ|ows: . ?1 shall first refresh your mind Is to what the Watauga Hospital, Inc., means to Boone and Watauga county, and for that matter, a larger territory and many people outside of Watauga County. First of all. It is a hospital that is fully approved by the Joint Commission made up of the Ameri can College of .Surgeons, the Amer ican Hospital Association and the American Medical Association. The hoapital has been measured according to stringent, exacting standards and found to be worthy of full approval. In the informal off-the-record words of Dr. Peter Ward, our inspector, it was des cribed aa a superior hospital. This meana that the physical plant, maintenance and equipment is up to standard. The medical staff i* organized. The members of the medical staff are compentent in their respective fields. Staff work and medical records are well-org anized and adequately executed. The laboratory, the X-ray depart ment, the pathology service, the dietary department, the nursing staff and the business office are all worthy of approval. More than that, the policies of the hoapital in regard to patient care, its attitude toward charity as well aa full pay patients, and even the morale of its various em ployee* are all commendable. The hoapital waa provisionally approved in IMA and at the time of the next inspection In 1892. the year (continued on page 3, 2nd section) Walter Hampton Funeral Monday || Statesville ? Walter Hampton. '67, retired farmer, died Saturday at hi* home in the Central School community alter two montha' ill ness. A native of Watauga county, Mr. Hampton waa a ion of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Hampton. He lived near Boone until he moved to Iredell county about a year ago. Funeral services were held Holi day at 2:30 at Mount Vernon Bapt ist Church 'in the old home neigh borhood, and burial waa in Mount lawn Memorial Park, Boone, N. C. The survivors Include the wid ow, the former Miss Claudia Elrod; a daughter, Mrs Vance Cook of SUteaville, Route I; four brothers. Arkie and Undley Hampton of Blowing Rock and Auguata Hamp ton of Boone; throe sisters. Mrs. J. W. Johnson, Elixabethton. Tenn.;)0 Mrs Ellis Storie, Boone; Mrs. j nie Wheeler of " ' Their, arc two . mmmm
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