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Students In Area . 2. i&E&flRt j... Mf. STUDY AND PLAY.? Appalachian High School, the laboratory ichool of Appalachian State Teachers College, otters student* an opportunity to study and play at its 4,000 feet high summer camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains.? Photos by Carmen Carter. Should youngsters go to ichool in rammer? Many "gung-ho" educators are saying "yes!" Why should boy? and girls waste three months each year when there's ao much to learn in our complex society? "No," voice others. There's a limit to youth's comprehension in a year. Nine months' schooling Is all they should take. Let 'em play, relax, travel, and learn themselves through informal experiences dur ing hot months. Dr. Roy R. Blanton, Jr., princi pal of Appalachian High School, has a "happy-medium" answer. It's a "school-camp"? where boys and girls go to academic classes in morning*, and enjoy camp-like ac tivities in afternoons ? all under the supervision of school authori ties. The kids receive high school credit for the class work and at the aame time lasso their share of summer fun such as swimming, horseback riding, hiking, and camp ing. The study-play program for high schoolers, now in its fourth year, mer to citcn op witn dick tcnOoi work and bright one* an oppor tunity for additional college pre paration. The school-ct..;p is located at Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk. The Presbyterian junior college closes during summer and its beau tiful campus, nestled 4,000 feet high In the cool Blue Ridge Moun tain*, Is turned over to Dr. Blan ton. Here Apaplachlan High School makes its summer home. The col lege's excellent facilities, which in clude a lake, handsome dormitor ies, library, gym, soda shop, cafe teria, tennis courts, classrooms and well-equipped labs, make an ideal school -camp. Appalachian High School, a Southern Association accredited high school, offers a wide variety of subjects from geometry and lan guages to remedial reading. Teachers furnished by Appalach ian State Teachera College also serve as camp connectors, enabling pupils to receive individual atten tion during evening supervised study periods. Morning claaaea are kept to about eight students? an Ideal number. Students study s single subject three hours daily? adequate time to master student-considered tough les such as chemistry, biology, geometry, and French. But after lunch ? all play! Par ticipation in phyaical exercises such as Softball, swimming, tennis, baaketball, hiking, and trampoline jumping is required. Dr. Blanton, a veteran college professor, high school teacher, and former band director, enriches the school-camp curriculum with cour ses in choral music, reading, band, arts and crafts, and out-door edu cation. Those desiring additional infor mation concerning the unique, non profit school-camp may write Dr. Roy R. Blanton, Jr., Appalachian High School Camp, Inc., Boone, North Carolina. AVOIDS BUS8IA The orbit of America'! first man in (pace won't go over Russia became the Russian! "might try to bring him down," a top Space Agency official says. Dr. Hugh L. Dryden. deputy chief of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, told the House Space Committee this was one of the reasons the flight patch of Project Mercury is map ped to pass over Africa. President Eisenhower has sign ed a bill authoring an additional $48,453 000 for NASA. A little M6re than *30.000,000 of this is earmarked for the man in-space Watauga Democrat SPORTS Comments On Sports By PETE FRITCHIE The season Is underway and the same feeble qualities of some of the clubs are beginning to show. For a change, the Yankees and Braves were both off to good starts. Likewise, the two teams consid ered pretty fair dark horse bets, Pittsburgh and Detroit, were off to miserable starts. But their ,tefms are. young and might come jon. On the other hand, great things h*e) Mm* -expected from Detroit ?in tie fast five seasons and the Bengals have so far failed to pro duce. Boston seems to have found some strength and Cleveland seems tougher than in 1098. Joe Gordon's band was undefeated until star hurler Herb Scoe lost a brilliantly pitched game in the ninth, allow ing four runs in that frame, and toeing 4-8. In the National, first impressions are that San Franciaco is tougher. The Dodges, too, appear to be tougher. Cincinnati, Pittsburg and St. Louis can't be Judged as yet, though the Cardinals may be weak er ? after a challenge for the pen nant In the last two years. New York's Yahkees have shown muscle but haven't picked up the added strength in trades usual for the world champions. Chicago's White Sox have demonstrated that great pitching; what everyone wants to see now is whether they can challenge the Yanks when they play them. Joe Cordon has come up with a dandy pitching ataff and timely hitting. Kansas City is great when the pitching la good and if Ned Carver holds out through the sea eon, along with Terry, Herbert and several other youngsters, the A's might have the best pitching they have had In years, and they've needed pitching. Baltimore muit be better this year or Paul Richards will be on the ? pot. The Orioles have several youngaters that are sure to come around, and thia may be the year. Washington, when Ramos or Pas cual or Kemmerer is pitching, looks like a ball club, but they can't be right all the time and only Ramos is apparently top flight consistently. There appears to be a fight de veloping in the National League. The question is whether there will be a real race in the American. If there ia to a race there, some one will have to up and hand the world champions several defeats in a row. It may be Cleveland, Chicago, or even Boston or De troit ? and it may be no one. The first western trip may tell the tale for the Yanka. Guilford Wins Tennis Match Guilford College's tennis team won its scvrmn arraigni ma ten Tuesday with ? 44 decision oter 1 Amwlachian on the A8TC court I The Iom ended ? four-match jj win streak tot Appalachian and was Its first h?me defeat in two vears. The Mountaineer* now have a 82 record, both loaaei coming on 4-S decisions to Gull ford. Summary: Sinvlfj ? Haworth (G) def. Green 6-1 S-l: Washburn (G) def whitson 6-4 M: Edeerton (G) def. Noles 7-5, 44. 8-8; Nance (A) def. Vu 12-12. 8-0. Champion TA) def. Hammond 6-3. 6-4. Double* ? Haworth and Wash burn (G) def. Greene and Whit- 1 son 6-2, 6-4; Brookshire and Champion (A) def. Edgerton and Hammond 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. KNOW THE WEATHER By E. H. SIMS. Why dim a weather change so often affect the tinuiei or the ears? When the weather changes, the pressure also changes, as a usual thing. When a clear spell comes to an end and rainy, low-pressure weather begins, those who exper ience ear and sinus trouble often experience discomfort. This is because there are poc kets or air in our head, or sinuses, which become blocked off. The pressure inside becomes greater than outside when the barometer falls (and a low-pressure system arrives overhead) and expands the pockets. A doctor will open them up, or equalize the pressure. The eustach ian tube in the ear is a natural safety valve to allow air in and out of the ear. If It is closed by a swelling or a bad cold, then you risk puncturing your ear drum If you fly at a high altitude. f License Office Closed Friday The Driver's License office will be closed May 8, as there will be a district meeting in Asheville for all examiners in District E, accord ing to W. R. Stanberry, local lic ense examiner. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our many thanks to our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy in the death of our father and grandfather ? D. C. Warren ? Mr. and Mrs. Clay Test er, and family. More Communist "gifts" unload ed in Guinea. FLOWERS for Mother SEND FLOWERS for Mother's Day and Every Event WE TELEGRAPH FLOWER Carolyn's Flower Shop Ralph and Carolyn Whatiey BUS STATION BLDG. DIAL AMherst 4-8201 Now! Brand-new '59 Lawn-Boy! Whaf a buy1- M WN-BOY quality pjvs low price! COMPARE THESE FEATURES: ? Exclusive lawn-BOY Balanced Power Engine ? Corroaion-resistant aluminum houting , light, ea*y to handle ? LAWN-lOY "duWe-tuff" blade ? Staggered front wheel* end tipping, scalping ? Big. sound-softening muffler ? Trims extra close, front and tide 'A' Exclusive 3-position Snap-On Hi Lo-Hangup handle ? FREE I -year factory warranty? backed by largest nationwide serv ice organization L/\WN BO v . . ? mvu"HD IN I'ff Cam* In I Or call fw b MH fcnnmlwiltwl W?K pm LAWN40Y It kM wM lk? ktu M la lawal . . Pf??WAY COMPANY A*Aewt iM64 Mrs. Ledford Dies Friday | Mrs. Ruth Barnes Ledford. SO, fad la*t Friday evening in a hos pital at Martinsville. Va.rV. A daughter of Rev. Llnney Barnes and the late Mrs. Barnes at Boone. Mrs. Ledford was born and reared here. She had lived in Martinsville for about thirty ftmrt. Funeral services were held Sun day at 2 o'clock at the Community Baptist Church by Rev. Mr. Hardy and burial was in Rosewood Surviving are the husband and five children. Mrs. Elizabeth Young, Mrs. Dorothy Purlear, Martinsville; Mrs. Shirley Hens ley, Indiana; Dr. Bobble Ledford, Louisiana; Henry Ledford, Mar tinsville. The father, Rev. Llnney Barnes of Boone, survives, with two bro thers and one sister: Prince, Gradv Barnes, Mrs. Eulala Hod ges, Boone. Rev. Mr. Sumptor Dies Friday Rev. Dewey Sumptor, SO, pastor of the Pilot Mountain Baptist Church Todd, Route 1, died from ? heart attack last Friday morn ing. Funeral services were conducted at Calvary Baptist Church in Le noir at 3 o'clock Saturday. Health Dept. To Be Closed Thursday The District Health Department In Boone will be closed all day Thursday May 7 for a staff confer ence which will be held in Jeffer son. FOOD STORING URGED Bonn ? The West German Food Ministry has advised housewives to keep a week's supply of food in store in case of emergency or crisis. Seventh Grade Variety Show Is Staged On Friday The seventh grade students In Mr. Earl Petrey*s class presented an entertaining variety show for their assembly program Friday morning. j The program was planned and carried out entirety by the stu dents. and consisted of panto mines, songs, dances, skits, and tumbling acts. Appropriate cost uming and lighting added to the effectiveneas of the program. Per haps the highlight of the presen tation was the beauty pageant, in which several boys impersonated women. The audience chose the winner by applause. Every student in the class parti cipated in the program. Mr. Pet rey was assisted by Mr. Black, graduate assistant. Students in this class are Ralph Lane Beshears. Chuck Blanton, Joe Brady, Jerry Bumbaugh, Wayne Clawson, Joey Danner, Gray Hagaman, J. E. Joines. Har old Lail, David Lewis, Claude Norris, Johnny Parker, Johnny Roten, R. D. Shoemake, Johnny Stacy, Ronnie Tinnell, Eddie Paul Winkler, Debra Baird, Elizabeth Bartlett, Louise Eller, Pam Ham by, Betsy Isley. Brenda Jones. Barbara Hast, Linda McKaraher. Martha Moretz, Patty Payne, Carol Preswood, Becky Russell, Norma Sherriil, Linda Vines. Alice Wil son, Ruth Yates, and Susan In man. MORE LEEWAY ASKED The Eisenhower Administration wants more leeway in giving for eign aid to countries trading with the Communist bloc. Secretary of State Herter has sent Congress a draft of amend ments to the Battle Act. This law, passed in 1*51 and carrying the name of former Representative Battle (D? Ala.), provides for cut ting off aid to nations which sell strategic goods to Communist countries. Argentine woes wit^ Reds grow. $4.95 to $8.95 FLATS AND SANDALS In All the Popular Color* $1.98 to $6.95 LADIES' NYLON HOSE Seamless or with Seams 87c - $1.00 WEDGE HEELS Ib Dressy Straws or Leather ? Widths SA's U C's $2.98 to $6.95 HAND BAGS Straw or Leather $1.00 to $3.98 Bill's Shoe Store MCM0NSTIATE8 ANGR1 The Treasury Department hot received a cheek for $18 29 signed by Representative Barr (D., lad.). It symbolizes hi* auger at aome of hia colleagues. Barr mailed the cheek as a dramatic protest against what he ? ll.J tuu? -I anJ I ... l,,n,| ctiiea ine cne?p a no uJiuciiiana ed methods of clipping the United States of America which have been uncovered in Otis Congress." Tie was referring to recent stories about nepotism in congressional hiring and the rental of some con gressmen's perseOTj property to the Government as office space. He said the $18.23 represented the money saved from the 9190 fce Government gives him every month to maintain an office back home in Indianapolis. TRADE AT HOME HUM IN OLD DEBITS Beaumont, Texas? Omar Jack Tinkle hat elaared the book* of unpaid account* totaling more than $80,000 at hia hardware and furniture stole. Tossing the billa into an incin erator, Tinkle said: "F*jl forgiving these people their debt* to roe. and I hope I'll be forgiven, too. I figure a lot of people who have been staying away from my store because of be ing delinquent in their accounts will come in when they know they're been forgiven." Some of the bills were 30 years old. Don't worry if yon lose yoqr credit cards; there are still some places where you can buy for cash. Get Your Car Ready FOR SPRING With GUARANTEED Premium Retreads ( Get NEW TIRE APPEARANCE MORE Than NEW TIRE Mileage One Day Recapping ?torts hare! BOONE; SUPPLY CO. 815 E. King St. ? ! BOONE, N. C. ? AM 4-3574 MORE PROOF...H pays le feed PURINA Gaorg* Harrfaon hard at YadHnvile 1,357 lbs. more milk per cow f * -i.; ' ( George Harrison, Yadkinville, milk producer, has good cause to be a firm believer in the Purina Dairy Program. Hi* 20 cows jumped from an average of 9,726 lbs. milk per cow in 1967 to 11,063 lbs. in 1968. "Thia shows exactly how modi the Purina Program has helped me and my herd," says Mr. Harrison. "And, since theae are DHIA records, I know they tail the whole story. " Purine's Program is good for a cow from the time die's born until she Waves the herd," Mr. Harrison adds. "Calves on Purina get off to a good start. Heifers grow up ? ? ? - A. m a nurry, ireanen young, ana man. right in producing like grown cow." . See us for details of Purina'* Dairy Pro- ^ gram. Lonni how aucceasfal dairymen like George Harriaon are raising large, high-producing hard replacement* and g iim easing pei-cow production the re ?earth-proved, four-aquare PurinaWay . Pi ??ima OMHV WATAUGA FEED AND MILLING CO. 1S02 E. Kinc All 4-8211 I' feySK .-li : SB
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