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VOLUME LXX. ? NO. 40.
Ah Independent Weekly JV<
t ^Seventieth Year of Continuous Publication
FOURTEEN PAGES? TWO SECTIONS
IE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. APRIL It, 1958
Debating
Winners
Selected
Winner* in the High School De
bite Center contest last week at
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege were from Jefferion and Bre
vard.
The affirmative team winners
were: Katy Goodman and Polly
Sexton of AsMe Central, Jefferson,
first; Jimmy Long and David
Loudermilch of Marion, second;
and Joe and Tom Francis of Beav
er Creek, West Jefferson, third.
The negative team winners wer*
Floyd McCall and Charles Taylor
of Brevard, first; Jenny Gray and
Nelda Weiborn of Marion, second;
and Judy Teser and Jerry Burton
of Cliffside.
These winners will attend the
statewide competition at Chapel
Hill, where they will compete for
the Aycock Memorial Cup.
The high school affirmative
teams competing here were from
Ashe Central and Beaver Creek
High Schools of Jeffersen and West
Jefferson, Bowman of Bakersville,
Claremont Central of Hickory,
Cliffside, Clyde A. Erwin of Bun
combe county, Harris of Spruce
Pines, Marion and Tipton Hill.
The high school negative teams
were from Beaver Creek, Brevard,
Cliffside, dlyde A. Erwin and Mar
ion. i
A high school team from Enka
had to drop out Monday because
one of the debaters developed
meMles.
Gordon Nash
Given National
Recognition
GORDON A. NASH
Gordon Naah, head of the de
partment of music at Appalachian
State Teacher* College, hat been
appointed to two national commit
tee* In hi* field.
The committees are: The Com
mittee on Accreditation and Certi
fication in the Muiic Educator/
National Conference; and the Com
mittee on Teacher Education in
Music of the National Asaociation
of Schools of Music.
The two committees, according
to Mr. Nash, will work together in
studying the accreditation of
' teacher training institutions and
requirements ' for certification in
all the forty-eight states.
Mr. Nash has just returned
from Los Angeles, California,
where the Music Educators Na
tional Conference met, and where
the committee work on accredita
tion and certification was begun.
While he was in Lo* Angeles, he
was involved in other duties hav
ing to do with the State Presidents
Assembly, and aa a member of the
board of directors of the aouthern
division of the National Confer
ence.
I Mr. Naih is President of the
North Carolina Music Educators
Association. He attended the Lot
Angeles meeting as an official re
presentative of this organization.
On Dean's List -
Ai Florida U.
Among those making the Dean's
list for the fall iemeiter at Flor
ida Stat* University was Miss
Blanche Hardy of Boone.
Students making the list had to I
achieve a grade point average of j
3, or B.
LICENSE OFFICE TO CLOSE
The automobile driver license
office in Boone will be closed
April 11. Mr. W. R. Stsn berry, li
cense examiner will be attending
a district meeting ia Asbeville M
thaj day.
DISASTER TEAM? Mrs. Dare Harrison, right, director of nurses at Watauga Hospital, aids in simulated
rescue work at the hospital as the triage and resuscitation team goes into action. Working over t^e
"patient," Miss Earline Miller, are, left to right, Mrs. Marylou Mason with Red Cross blood, ready to
assist; Dr. H. M. Cooke, taking blood pressure; Dr. H. M. Wilson, starting the resuscitator; and Mrs. Harri
son, starting the intravenous fluid. ? Staff photo by Joe Minor.
Watauga Hospital Makes Test
Of Area Disaster Relief Plan
A Disaster Relief Plan for Wa
tauga Hospital was pat into effect
Friday afternoon when the em
ployees and the medical staff as
sembled in a "trial run" of the
plan. The "dry run" was made in
answer to a call sent out by Mrs.
Jack W. Groce, administrator of
Watauga Hospital, who shares the
responsibility with the chief of
staff to issue a call for assembly
in case of an actual disaster.
Work has been underway for
some time in an effort to get the
'Plan going. According to Mrs.
Groee.
Watauga Hospital serves aa
area which has been designated
_ to receive persons and casualties
from the Winston-Salem, Gree as
born area la the event a ma
jor catastrophe arise* within
these areas. The plan, as set up,
meets the retirements of the
Joint Commission on Accredita
tion of Hospitals, as well a* as
suring people la this vicinity
that steps have been taken to
have a workable plan for caring
for casualties in emergencies.
Under the disaster plan, the
hospital wil be prepared to take
care of casualties in any disaster,
Mrs. Groce stated, whether it oc
curs in a wide-spread area within
this region or whether it is a minor
local disaster.
Three plan* of action, designated
as Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C,
have been described in copies of
instructions issued all concerned
personnel. According to the in
struction sheets. Plan A will be
in effect in ease of a local dis
aster involving 10 to 20 casualties.
This plan may also be put into
operation for less than 10 casual
ties If the severity of injuries justi
fies the plan.
It is expected that the routine
emergency room at the. hospital is
sufficiently flexible to meet the
needs of less than 10 casualties,
provided all were not seriously in
jured.
A local disaster producing M
to M casualties could remit from
mobile accident of more than one
vehicle, a baa accident, a plane
crash or a fire.
Plan B will be put into effect
(Continued on page eight)
Stallingals
President Of
Hereford Amd.
B. W. Stalling* was reelected
President of Watauga Purebred
Hereford Association at their an
nual meeting, Friday, March 28.
R. G. Shipley was reelected vice
president and Council Henaon,
secretary - treasurer. Directors
whose term expired in IBM were
also reelected for soother term.
They war* Harry Hamilton, R. G.
Shipley nd B. W. Stalling*.
It was decided that the annual
sale would be held in the fall.
After a delightful meal H. K.
Snively, owner of Caroiand Acres.
Arden, N. C, spoke to the group
oa "Herd Improvement of Here
ford CatXk."
DR. G. r. KIRCHNER
MRS. G. F. KIRCHNER
Dr. And Mrs. Kirchner
Take Florida Posts
Dr. and Mri. G. T. Kirchner
have resigned from their position*
on the faculty of Appalachian
State Teacher* College to accept
positions at the Gulf Coast Com
munity College in Panama City,
Florida. Dr. Fred Kirchner will
be Chairman of the Division of
Health, Physical Education, and
Recreation, while Mrs. Joy Kirch
ner will be employed as Dean of
Women.
For the past 12 years Dr. .and
Mrs. Kirchner have been members
of the staff of the Department of
Health, Physical Education and
Recreation at Appalachian. Prior
to that time Dr. Kirchner was on
the faculty of Clemson College
and served as Lt. Comdr. in the U.
S. Navy, helping to organize the
physical training program for p re
flight schools. He bss also been a
visiting professor at Bemidji State
Teachers College in Bemidji,
Minn, and at Clemson College dur
ing summer sessions.
Mrs. Kirchner has sponsored
such student organizations as the
Cheer Leaders and the Pep Club.
8h? organized and directed the
first dance cfkiba of the college?
the 'Varsouvianna Club, and the
Modern Dance Club, taking these
groups to many cities in North
Carolina, to Athens, Georgia and
Birmingham, Ala. for demonstra
tions and programs. She directed
eleven annual May Fetes which
have attracted large audiences
with a coordinated program of
music, drama and dance.
Dr. Kirchner re-organized and
sponsored the Physical Education
Majors Club for several years.
Both Dr. and Mrs. Kirchner have
served as vice-presidents of the
North Carolina Association for
Health. Physical Education and
Recreation and have been chair
men of various sections within
that organization and also within
the Sou them District of the Amer
ican Association for Health, Phy
aieal Education and Recreation.
Dr. KirMlner will teMMInftM of
the Professional Section of the
latter organization, meeting ? in
Houston, Texas in 1096.
Dr. and Mri Kirchner have alto
participated on several itate-wide
committees setting standards for
the certification of teachers of
health ,and physical education.
They wrote sections In the auri
cular guide, "Physical Education,"
published by the N. C. Depart
ment of Public Instruction in
1930. Mrs. Kirchner was appointed
advisor to the N. C. Recreation
Commission by Governors Urn
stead and Hodges, serving 3 years
in that capacity.
With their children. Randy, Gay,
and Cameron, Professor and Mrs.
Kirchner will move to Panama
City the first of June. ,
Many Gel Limit
On Opening Day
At Trout Lake
Six hundred and twenty-6ne di
ciples of Isaac Walton were out on
the Trout Lake on Cone Estate at
Blowing Rock the first two days
of the fishing season, according
to figures kept by Doyle Kline,
teen of theae fishermen went home
park ranger for the area. Fif
wtth the limit ? 10 trout.
Figures show that 473 anglers
visited the lake Saturday and
caught a total of 803 fish. Eleven
obtained their limit. (Me hundred
and forty-eight cars were observed
in the parking area provided by
parkway officials for the visitors.
Sunday the number dwindled to
J 46 fishermen who caught 398
fish. Four got their limit.
Ranger Kline said the lake was
stocked with 3900 trout in Febru
ary, and fishing is expected to be
good In the lake, all season.
New, virulent bacterium takes
heavy U. 3. toll. * ?! f
Traffic Indicate* ftott future for
new toll ways.
New Plant To
Be Close To
Health Office
Building plans were put into
action this week by the Watauga
County Board of Education and
the Board of County Commission
ers to erect a building near the
Health Department Building west
of Boone to house the school ga
rage, the maintenance department
and office of the educttion board.
These plans were announced by
W. Guy Angell, County Superin
tendent of Public Schools for Wa
tauga county, yesterday when a
notice of intention was placed in
this issue of the Democrat.
According to Mr. Angelk, work
will probably begin next month,
with the garage and maintenance
portions of the building likely to
be completed this summer. The
office section will be "roughed in,"
but completion of it will have to
wait until funds become available
to buy needed materials.
Efforts hive been made by the
Board of Education several times
to secure a suitable place and
building, and bids were made on
two different occasions, but con
tracts could not be let because of
lack of funds, Mr. Angell said.
Under present plans, Watauga
county will furnish land for the
project and buy the materials, with
the Board of Education supplying
the labor to do the actual work.
In return for the county's help,
the. Board of Education will' turn
its p^rt of the present building,
which has been inadequate and
unsatisfactory for the board's
needs for some time, over to the
county for Its use when the new
building is finished. At present
both own half interest in the old
building.
For tome years, the uie of the
building for bui maintenance ha?
been coniidered a fire hazard, and
on several occasions, grand juries
have condemned the use of the
rock building in this way. Also, a
traffic hazard will be removed
from Water street when the ga
rage 1s moved. Buses going in and
out the building often tie up traf
fic along the street.
Th? new building will be of
modern design and of one-stoi'y
construction. Architect's drawings
show the office and supply storage
rooms on one end, near the park
ing lot of the Health Center. Pour
stalls for school buses will be lo
cated in the center portion of the
building, with the maintenance de
partment occupying the other end.
For several years the Board has
been renting- space in the ware
house on Depot Street from the
Town of Boone to store buses dur
ing the summer. Plenty of park
space will be available near the new
building, and a savings in money
is expected to result from this.
By using its regular crew of
workmen to build the structure,
the Board of Education hopes to
have more adequate space than
possible through other means.
With the county furnishing money
for materials, the needed housing
for the Board of Education and its
activities, particularly the upkeep
of buses, is being built sooner than
would have been possible other
wise.
Mr. Angell pointed out that by
having adequate space, the Board
will have an opportunity to take
advantage of about (9,000 worth of
equipment offered by the State,
which it could not use in its pre
sent location.
Baseball Game
Here April 19
The Appalachian State Tcachers
College baseball team opened Iti
season at Gu(lford yesterday, ill
what was the first of four straight
road games. Scores were not avail
able on the play.
The diamond squad will open at
home April 19, with ? double
ht titer Atlantic Christian
College.
Quick tax cut and defenw spend
Town Asked To Call Election
For Civic Center Bond Issue
A committee of three persons
appointed by Mayor Gordon H.
Winkler to Investigate plans of
the Daniel Boone Park Committee
to develop a community recrea
tion center on the Horn in the
West grounds has made a formal
report including a list of recom
mendations to the board of town
commissioners.
Mrs. B. W. Stallings, secretary
of the Daniol Boone Park Com
mittee composed of representa
tives of ten Boone civic clubs, the
group which instigated plans for
the project, explained details and
showed preliminary drawings to
the Chamber of Commerce at (hat
group's regular monthly meeting
Tuesday. v
Immediate plans included in the
project call for a community club
house, swimming pool, play
ground, teen canteen, and conces
sion stand at an estimated cost of
>190,000.
The park committee has sug
gested that municipal bond elec
tion be held about July 15 to de
termine the wishes of the voters
with reference to a tax increase
for this purpose. Attorneys and
auditors who have studied the
matter have tentatively agreed
that a tax increase of 19c on the
9100 property tax valuation will
be required to finance the- pro
ject.
The mayor-appointed commit
tee's .recommendations, which will
be acted upon at the next meet
ing of the town board, the third
Thursday of this month, are as
follows:
"On September 17, 1097, at a
community meeting composed of
he heads of various civic clubs,
he feeling was expressed that
Jiere exists in Boone a very real
leed for the development of a
ieneral park and recreational
irea on the Horn in the West pro
perty which the Town of Boone
las recently purchased. This pro
posed development would serve a
Jiree-fold purpose: First, as a re
lational center for the young
people of the town; second, as a
meeting place for all community
snd civic organizations; and third,
as an added attraction for tourists.
"For the purpose of making an
investigation of the possibility of
undertaking such a development,
Mayor Winkler appointed a com
mittee to make a study of the
needs, the available space,, and to
confer with others Interested in
(Continued on page eight)
JO ANN WRIGHT receive! Saving* Bond from pr, C. Ray Lawrence, for her winning e**ay on "Vision
and Highway Safety." Watching are W. R. Stan berry, licenae examiner; her teacher at Blowing Rock High
School, Mr*. Robert King; and Mr*. Deaaa Mae Edmisten, supervisor of Watauga County School*. Jo
A?n, a ninth grade itudent, is the daughter of Mr. and Mr*. W. P. Wright. (Story on page six.)
Sixty Cases To Be Tried At
April Superior Court Session
Sixty caae* wiH be tried at the
one-week criminal term of Wa
tauga Superior Court, which con
venes Monday, April 21, with Judge
F. O. Clarkson, ot Charlotte, pre
siding.
The unusually light docket con
tains two cases of breaking and
entering. Rufus McNeil, caught by
city police in ? break-in attempt
at Belk's Store, comes up for trial
aa does William H. Weiss, charged
with the robbery of a number of
Boo no business places July 11,
1902. Hollar's Grocery. Sinclair
Service Station. Hi-Land Cleaners,
Watauga Hardware and Smithey's
Store were entered at that time.
More than half the caaes to be
tried arc for traffic violations,
speeding and driving drunk being
the most prevalent. There are a
few caaes of larceny and of non
aupport.
The Jurors ^
Following are the names of those
who have been summoned for Jury
duty during the term:
Bald Mountain? Gletin R How
ell, Wade F. Norris.
Beaver Dam? Albert Cornett,
Grady Harmon, clay Moody.
Blowing Rock ? Benjamin
Moody, Jr., H. Perry Greene, Eu
giwy LeotiL ?
Blue Ridge? Clyde Bentley, Ron
ard Cook, Colfax Storie.
Boone- <Conleyl Yate*. Ben H.
Watson, Russell D. Hodges, Jr.,
Roacoe J. Allen, Roby Oaks
Brushy Fork ? Roosevelt Har
mon, Stanley Storie, Ralph Wilson.
Conley Glean, ? j?* ' ? . \iF
Cove Creek? Charlie M. Wilson.
V i- v 4 "M - ?Ut- ?? ,
Sherman Isaacs, Harve L. Combs,
Howard Younee.
Elk? Virgil Cox, Stewart Sim
mons.
Laurel Creek? Leonard Cannon,
Jr., Charlie E. Trivette, Don H.
Bingham, Marvin Warren.
Meat Camp ? James Pendley, Lu
ther H. Norris, Kennic W. Brown
Forrest Greene.
New River? Raymond Jones, H.
H. Moretz, J.- C. Houser, Edsel
Hodge.
North Fork? Fred Snyder, Wil
lie South.
Shawneehaw? Russell Farthing,
William H. Cook.
Stony Fork? James B. Watson,
Coy Norrii, Alfred P. WaUon.
Watauga? Clarence Earp, Paul 4
E. Shepherd, Hardin B. Coffey,
Dempsey Shook, Iva Reese.
Whiteners To
Sail For Japan
Captain and Hn. C. C. (Jack)
Whitener and small daughter, Jill
Laurie, having visited since Feb
ruary 17 with Capt. Whitener's
parents. Dr. and Mrs. D. J. White
ner, will sail from San Franciaeo,
Calif., April 10, for Japan where
they will be located in Tokyo for
three years.
Annual Beauty Event
To Be Held June 21
The annual beauty contest,
sponsored by the Boone Junior
Chamber of Commerce will be
held June 21, according to preli
minary plans which have been
formulated.
The co-chairmen for the event
are Dwight laenhour and Ken
Shaefer.
Following are the various com
mittee members, the first named
in each instance being the chair
man.
Contestants: Dwight Isenhour,
Dave Retch, Ken Schaefer.
Sponsors, Awards and Advertis
ing: BUI R. Winkler, Grady Mor
etz, Johnny Barnctt. ? ... i ?.'?
Publicity: Hoyt Kdmuten, Norm
benhour. *
Program Book: Lou Thid, John
ny Barnett, Bill Waddell. T|jg
Tickets: Baxter Hardy, Von
Itogaman, Jam?g Greene.
Judge* Committee: BIU G. Wink-ft
ler, Tom Winkler.
Parade Committee: Joe Hartley, '(I
John Councill, Donald M<Cr?ck*n.
Decoration and Propertta*: Karl