New Glee Club, Band Featured
Opening with ? u*f bf (he
newly-formed glee dub and band,
the Blowing Rook Parent-Teacher
Association M4 its (M meeting
Monday night. October IS, with
Harry Robbing, president, presid
io*.
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"*wi ?i iconiug ifiBBrw uy ??? .
Robbim, committee reports were
made. TJw treasurer's report
showed that the PTA had made an
outlay of over one thousand dol
lars during the last school year
Most of the money ?H used to
improve and add to the instruc
tional materials for the school.
Accoritag to the piopastd bad
get offered by the finance com
mittee, a total of KM will he
disbursed daring the fiscal year
far equipment needed to place
the elementary school on the ,
state's accredited Hat.
In the report of the member
ship committee, a total of 86 was
lasted for the first meeting. A
goal 'of 200 was set by the com
mittee, headed by Mrs. Nell .
Greene.
The report of Louis Hodge,
health and safety committee
chairman, explained that the
school received an "A" rating on
the sanitation and health inspec
tion conducted this week by state
inspectors.
Following the coanlMee re
ports, James Storle, principal,
outlined the goals the school was
setting far the school year, b
phasizing the fact that academic
reqairementa were stiffening,
Mr. Storle pointed oat that he
felt that in this manner Blow
ing Rock students coil Id* get an
education coni parable to any
olfcer school in the state. < I
To oontinue giving the students
a better education. Mr. Sterie add
ed that accreditation for the ele
mentary school was needed. He
also urged that parents visit the
classrooms and principal's offtca
to find out what goes on within
the school.
Under the direction of Fred Pop
lin, the band and the glee club
gave their first public perform
ance before the PTA. A group of
instrumental and vocal songs was
rendered.
Superlatives Chosen
Senior superlatives were didken
this week at Blowing Rock. Nancy
OH MDUfltT INSTALLATIONS IN NOtTV CAJtOUNA
To meet the growing energy needs of North Carolina dur
ing the next few years, the oil industry is making preparations
today for new and improved facilities. The npp shows the
present petroleum pipeline and principal storage and distribu
tion region*. These facilities are in addition to the bulk plants
and service stations throughout the state that store and dis
tribute oil products to motorists, homes, farms, and industry.
Trivette ?u selected most beauti
ful; Richard PitU most handsome;
Gail Miller and Keni Miller, beat
all around; Cora Broyhill and Rich
ard Pitts, most popular; Nancy
T rivette aad Kent Miller, moat de
pendable.
Elected most likely to succecd
were Pat Coffey and Alton Tay
lor. To fill out the list Pat Cof
fey and Kent Miller were named
most athletic; Gail Miller and Per
ry Coffey, moot dignified; Nancy
Trivette and Hoyle Coffey, neatest.
Mothers, Mascots Named
Mrs. Jones Miller and Walt Triv
ette were named grade mothers by
the seniors. Tommy Trexler and
Vickie Shores were made mascots.
Officers Elected
In an election bjr the sopho
mores, Judy Storie was given the
aod as president Assisting Judy
are Linda Triplet*, vice president;
Douglas Hatley, secretary; Tony
Hodges, treasurer; Colburn Triv
ette, reporter.
ARMY FREES G1
Verdun, France ? JM. Wayne
Fo?*ts, the OhHIicothe (Mo.) G.
I. who hid out for fourteen years
in his French girl friend's home
after deserting during the war, is
due to be released from prison this
month, according to an Army an
fiouBfimcmt.
He will have served a little more
than two months of the six-moath
sentence imposed after he plead
ed guilty before an Army court
martial to a desertion charge.
Appalachian High
Yearbook Staff
Begins Work
The Appalachian High School
Annual Staff has begun work on
the 1958-59 annual. The members
of the staff are at follows:
Jerry McCracken, Editor; Mary
White, Senior Class Editor; Peggy
Phillips, Business Manager; Mar
jorie Reynolds, Assistant Busi
ness Manager; Pat Gaulden, Art
Editor; Priscilla Hampton, Junior
Class Editor; Alice Cain, Typist
and Sports Editor; Jane Hodge/,
Faculty Editor; Barbara Mathe
son, Sophomore Claw Editor; and
Carolyn Masters, Betty Idol, and
Judy Hollar, Freshman Claw Edi
tors.
This year's anaual will be a
fall-delivery to be aim
to the students in the fall of IBM
Because it is a fall-delivery an
nual, it will be possible to put
many events such as the senior
trip and graduation exercises ia
the annual. There will be no ad
vertising in this year's annual.
The annual staff would like to
thank the merchants of Boone and
Watauga County for the interest
they have displayed by placing
ads in previous annuals.
The annual staff feels that this
year's annual will be one of the
finest ever produced at Appalach
ian High School. The Ddmar Pub
completes basic training \
A 3-c JOHN W. TESTER, son of :
Gladys N. Tester, of Blowing ,
Bock, has finished bask training ,
at Lackland Air Force Baae. Tex- ,
aa. He is now attending hydraulic
school at Sheppard Air Ferce Base,
Texas.
He attended high school in (
Blowing Rock and Fort Wayne. .
Ind Before entering the Air j
Force he waa a member of the
Blowing Rock and Boone Civil ,
Air PatroL '
His address: >
A 3-c John W. Tester .
AF 16407031
3764 Stuion, Box 191
? Sheppard AFB, Texas.
1 ?
MELVIN FLETCHER TRAINS
IN GERMANY
Baumholder, Germany. ? Pfc.
Melvin R. Fletcher, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph E. Fletcher, Zion
ville, N. C, recently participated
with the 8th Infantry Division in
annual combat efficiency Army
training tests in Germany.
Fletcher, assigned to Battery D
of the division's 18th Artillery in
Baumholder, entered the Army in
May 1957 and received basic train
ing at Fort Riley, Kan. He ar
rived in Europe last December.
The 23-year-old soldier is a 19S3
graduate of Cove Creek High
School, Sugar Grove.
lishing Company of Charlotte will
publish the annual for the first
time, and the students at Appala
chian can expect a fine annual
this year. Mr. Watson and Mr.
Coffey, sponsors, are doing an ex
cellent Job in adpising the staff.
Mr. Coffey's excellent photograph
ic work has been a valuable asset
in previous annuals.
McKinney Is Assembly ?;
Speaker Grade School
The Rev. Horace "Bone*" Mc
Kinney o f Wake forest College was
the speaker in assembly Wednes
day morning at Appalachian Ele
mentary School. Students and
teachers in grades five through
eight were given the opportunity
to hear him. Mr. UcKinney was
in Boone last week conducting re
vival services at the Baptist
church.
All students, (acuity, and staff
participated in a fire drill Wed
nesday moqning. Principal Howell
reports that the school can be
vacated in less than two minutes.
Pire drills are held at leeast once
each month, and our students are
carefully instructed In matters of
lafety.
A group of teachers from the
Sllzabethton, Tenn . school system
visited the school on Friday. They
}bscrved at various grade levels
ind ate lunch In the school cafe
teria.
Teachers here from the West
Side Elementary School were Alice
ftyder, principal; Mrs. Doana Neth
erland, first grade; Mis* Grace
Crowe, second grade; Mrs. Paul
Gentry, third grade; Mrs Mary
Nell Haynes, fourth grade; Hrt
Huth Snell, fifth grade? and Mr*.
Harry G. Smith, sixth grade
Mrs. Hamby-t Eighth Grade News
Marsha Parlcer was1 chosen cltl
?n of the week for Sept. 2428
Jimmy Cottrell was choaen for
Sept. 2frOct. 4.
Chapel was held Wednesday
with "Bones" McKinney as guest
speaker.
I STRIKES AND OUT!
Albuquerque, N. M.? Five-year
old Jakie Garcia was crossing a
street near hia home. A car knock
ed him down.
Jackie got up, and another car
knocked him down.
Again he got up. This time he
ran into the side of a parked car
and fell.
Jakie, at last report, was -re
covering from minor cuts and
bruises. ^
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Popcorn ? 25c 2 as 29c
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Plain, Sugared ? Pkg. of 12
CAKE DONUTS - - 20c
MILD AND MELLOW COFFEE
Eight O'clock
1 LB. BAG 65c
3 lb. Bag $1.89
Prices effective through Oct. 18
W1MK CAM far
Albany, N. Y.-fbe big "bio*
rd" nutomohile* coming ?at far
IBM will clog the highway* dan
gerously, in advisory committee
to Gorernor Harriman uya.
"It does not appear." the com
, . ~ ,
ltd in ? report (a far Gov
?w, "tfcat my thought *m *iv
?n to the number of peapk who
will be killed or injured re
mit 'of the extra (our inched at
car space that will be occupied by
two passing ears . . .*
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