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SECTIONS ? ? . ? ? . VOLUME LXXII. ? NO. 4? PRICE: FIVE CENTS BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT*, NOETH CAROLINA I Photo By riowtr'i Photo Shop A part of the college graduate., musicians. and parents and friends who attended the Sunday afternoon commencement exercise. GRABS DRENCHED BY DOWNPOUR 346 Collegians Officials To Try For Milking Prize Four of Watauga county's leading citizens will engage la a milking contest ii downtown Boone, on Saturday, June 18, at S:M o'clock p. M? It was an nounced by L B. Wilson and Mrs. Vance Keller, co-chairman of Jane Dairy Month la Watauga county. They say that R. B. Hardin, mayor of Blowing Rock; Gordon H. Winkler, mayor of Boone, W. C. Lentz, chairman of Watauga Board of County Commissioners; and Sheriff E. M. Hodges have all agreed to make their appear ance on the milking side of a cow at that time. With the contest still nearly three weeks away, Interest is mounting, according to the spas* sors of the event. One cental ?at hat asked If lome can practice will be allowed, it wk reported. In connection with the milklnl contest, a guessing game, fol spectators, will be eMdaetod ductiap records of cows in the county, and more details will be available later on this phase of the event. P rises will be awarded la the guessing contest, and a prize will be given the winner of the milking contest. Leo K. Pritchett will serve aa master of ceremonies, to keep the milk foaming. 13 Competing For June Dairy Crown Thirteen contestants were set to enter the June Dairy Princess contest Wednesday (June 1), when the beauty pageant was to be held at the Boone Elementary School Auditorium. This is an annual event dur ing the June Dairy Month celebra tion, and the winner of the Wa tauga contest will go to Elkin Friday to compete in the area contest. Area princesses then go into competition for the state title. The time of the show, to which the public is invited, is 8:00 p. m. Local entrants include: Marjorie Lee Reynolds, age 17, student at Appalachian High School. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lee Reynolds. Joan Lee Thomas, age 17, stu dent at Cove Creek High School. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thomas. Betty Martha Triplett, age 17, student at Blowing Rock School. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. George M. Triplett. Rebecca Vines, age 17, student at Bethel High School. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vines. Shirley Ruth Wilson, age 17, a student at Cove Creek High School. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Rom Wilson. Elizabeth Ann Aldridge, age 17, student at Cove Creek High School. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lon D. Aldridge. Patricia Lynn Burnley, age 17, a student at Appalachian High School. She is the daughter of Mrs. Vclma C. Burnley. Ann Buxton, age IS, a student at Blowing Rock High School. She is the daughter of Mrs. Carrie Bui ton. Lois Helen Daocy, age IS, a student at Cove Creek High School. Her parents are Mr. aad Mrs. Stanley Dancy. Pat Dowling, age 19, a student at Appalachian State Teachers Col lege. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dowlintf. Judy Harmon, age 17, a student at Bethel High School. Her par ents are Mr. and Mrs. Otis Har mon. Mary Ruth Hodges, age 17, a student at Apalachian High School. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Lewis J. Hodges. Cora Lea Holder, age 18. She is a student of Blowing Rock High School, and her parents are Mr. and Mra. Roy Calvin Holder. H. L. Macaulay Rites Are Held Herbert Louis Maciuley of 100 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, died of a heart attack Friday, May 27. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Joe Ystes of Vilas, and Mrs. Spencer Bobbin* of Blowing Bock; a brother, Harold Macauley of Denver, Colorado; a sister, Mrs. Adam Schreiber of St. Peters burg, Fla.; and five grandchildren. Mr. Macauley, a former resident of Watauga County, was born in Rochester, New York, and had lived in Asheville for the past nine years. He was assistant coro ner of Buncombe County at the time of his death and was also a member of Central Methodist Church in Asheville. Services were befd at 4:30 p. m. Saturday in Dunn and Williams Funeral Home Chapel. The Bev. Embree H. B lacks rd officiated. Burial was in Riverside cemetery, AsfeevUle. TOO LATE! Burden, Kansas ? After paying two cents due for postage on a card, Mrs. Elmer Tredway discov ered that the card bore the one cent stamp legally. It was mailed April 22, 1M* when cards cost only one cent. The card notified Mrs. Tredway that her reports of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary should he Given Degrees By JOHN COREY A healthy, mountain downpour Sunday drenched 340 Appalach ian State Teacheri College candi dates for graduation as they march ed into the Physical Education Building (or commencement exer cises during the afternoon. An hour and a half later, after hearing an inspiring address by State Seantor O. Arthur Kirkman. of High Point, and being awarded diplomas by ASTC President, Dr. W. H. Plemons, the graduates filed into a bright, sunny outside. Three hundred and three stu dents received Bachelor of Sci ence degrees and 43 Master of Arts degrees. Senator Kirkman, a former Ox ford scholar and now head of the High Point, Thomasville & Denton Rail Road, told the graduation [class that "North Carolina needs Ijou." 1 He spoke of these unfinished *>bs in the State that need the ?tst thinking of enlightened citiz Wship: Public welfare, prisons, corrective institutions, mental hos PIUls. (Senator Kirkman also added: ItW partisanship is needed in se Irking county boards of education, anl preliminary training for pub licloffice is needed. lit concluded: "Unless you have sonathing to give you can't give. Unlk you understand you can't teacL Unless you love North Car olina fee cannot respond. Carry with Von as you leave Appalachian the wtrit of this place, its fine traditk (or training men and wo men m teach others that knowl edge it tower, that power carries (Cfttnued on page six) Id at 3 Grove waa in L Rev. t Hod Ho Age Trailer Here The Be**, volunteer Fire De partment Wi called to Perkins ville earljllift Wednesday morn ing, when trailer bel garner. tents were ered a ti Fireman Cai The firemi about 3 a. m the fire was A severe e! the area sbi was discovei Firemen usei truck to fight time they arrivi flames bad guti The trailer the time of the destroyed a house g to Walter Bum trailer and its con iyed and conaid loss, according to | Greene. ?ent to the scene M it was thought by lightning, storm had hit before the Are *?tor on the fire blaze. By the It the fire, the %e trailer, tnoccupied at I Mrs. Acorns Dies Mo) Mrs. Polly Adams,] 3, Boone, died May uga Hospital folk illness. Funeral services o'clock Wednesday Baptist Church and Mountlawn Memorial Walter Jones and Bev. ges conducted the rites.) A daughter o t Wesley Hodges a Hodges, Mrs. is 1 by the busbar Troutman To Be Ordained GERALD S. TROUTMAN Gerald S. Troutman will be or dained in Center Grove Lutheran Church, Kanna polls, at 3:30 p. m., June 5. Gerald, son of the Rev. and Mrs. E. F. Troutman, of Boone, waa ed ucated in Apalachian Elementary and High Schools, holds an A. B. degree from Lenoir Rhyne Col lege at Hickory, and recently re ceived his Bachelor of Divinity de gree from the Lutheran Theologi cal Seminary, Columbia, S. C. After ordination, he and Mrs. Troutman will move to Greenville, Tenn., where he will become pas tor of Reformation Lutheran Church. Eggers Beaten . In State Race S. Clyde Eggers, Boone, al though endorsed in hii home coun ty in the Republican primary (or the poet of lieutenant governor, was beaten by Otha Bardcn Bat ten in the atate vote. Batten's name will appear on the ballots in the November election. The only other office contested in the Republican state primary was for commissioner of insur ance. /. E. Cameron waa given the nod to run against Charles T. Gold, Democratic nominee, for that post. The only two county offices the Republicans had ? contest in were far Register of Deeds and Commissioners. Mrs. Ruby Norria waa given the nod over Mrs. Dorothy Wilson, and her name will appear opposite that of Miss Helea Underdo wa. Dem ocratic lacamheat For commissioner, S. Bynum Greene, Ralph Hayes, and Wil liam C. Byers were the nominees. San ford Visit Delayed Terry Sanford, top-runner in last Saturday's Gubernatorial race, will not be in Boom today (Wed nesday) as had been announced, due to a conflict with qn unex pected television appearance by the candidate. Mr. Grady Moretz, Jr.. Sanford campaign manager, says his candi date will be in Watauga at a later date. ghM Diplomas lve ? Grads Finals Have Started In Some Schools One hundred and ninety one high school seniors will graduate from the Watauga county schools this year. Ap palachian High School in Boone will graduate 96 stu dents; Cove Creek High School at Sugar Grove 55; Blowing Rock High School 31; Bethel High School 7; and Watauga Consolidated School 2. Graduation activities have al ready begun in some of the schools. Bethel held it? Bacca laureate Service Sunday evening at 2 o'clock in Bethel Baptist Church, with the Rev. J. H. Crisp delivering the sermon. Others on the program included t|ie Rev. Carl Wilson, Linda Combs and the Rev. Johnny Greene. Diplomas will be issued to the seven seniors at Graduation Exer cises Friday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Bethel School auditorium by Principal Clyde S. Greene. Gwynn Ramsey, (acuity member at Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, will present the commence ment address. Ruth Ann Adam*, valedictorian, will issue the welcome; Ruby Dean Presnell the last will and testa ment; Betty Jean Presnell, the class prophecy; Miry Cornett, class history; Dale Taylor, salutatorian, the class farewell. Linda Combe will present the music. The Rev. Carl Wilson and the Rev. W. T. Brackett will also be on the pro gram. Mars halls for the exercises are Ronald Proffit, chief; Lee Warren, Clifford Farthing; Blanda Robin son, chief; Brcnda Campbell, and Betty Walker. Watauga Consolidated School Commencement was set for to night, Dr. G. L. Johnson, dean of Winston-Salem Teachers College in Winston-Salm, will deliver the address to the two senior (iris and the the six eighth grade stu dents who will be receiving di plomas. W. E. Henderson Is prin cipal Appalachian, Blowing Rock, and Cove Creek Baccalaureate Services will be held Sunday. The Baccalaureate service for Blowing Rock will be in the high school auditorium at 7:30 o'clock, rhe Rev. John McDuffie will prc lent the sermon. The school choir will sing during the service. The Graduating Exercise will * held Wednesday night at 8:00 : 'clock in the auditorium, with Everett Widener, Jr., principal, living out the awards and diplo mas. Student* on the program in :lude Dale Dula, salutatorian, who ?rill speak on "Leadership: The Challenge and the Opportunity"; Kenny Holdaway, "Are High School Standards Too Low?"; Mice Kobbins, "From High School so College ? Time To Repair the Bridge"; Trask Buxton, "What ' Price Life Adjustment?"; Judy turns; "Sailing the High Seas"; | lim Bob Coffey, "A Thought for he End"; and Sarah Duckworth, raledictorian, "For Value Reociv id I Promise To Pay." The Rev. G. Carlton Cox will give he invocation and benediction. t Marshals for the two service* are -inda Greene, chief; Ann Moody, ludy Coffey, Joe Edmiaten, and )onald Tolbert. Baccalaureate service* for Ap taiachian's seniors wUl be held at 1r*t Baptist Church hi Boone, iunday night, June 8th at 8 p. m. rhe Rev. J. K. Parker, ir, pastor if the Presbyterian Church, will leliver the sermon. The school hoir. under direction of Eugene Vilaon, will be in charge of the nusic. Mr*. Cray don Eggers wUl ?wMe at the organ. Graduation exerriaes for the 86 colon will he held in the high chool auditorium Tuesday at 8:00 (Coa timed on p?a six) OPTIMISTS. ? Three hundred and ten Optimist*, representing N Optimist Clubs in District 18 of Optimist International, sttended their snnual State Convention at Msyview Manor in Blowing Rock the past week end. At their business session Saturday new officers were elected. Pictured sbove, left to right, sre: Walter Hudspeth, Lt. Governor from Mooresville; Leonard Lay?, Lt. Governor from Belmont; Carroll Pled ger, Lt. Governor from Durham; Bernard B. Burford, secretary-treasurer of Optimist International, from St. Louis, Mo.; tfarland Murray, District 18 Governor, from Greensboro; Marrian Murray, Lt. Governor from High Point; Foy Hefner, Lt Governor from Hickory; and W. B. Kirby, Lt. Governor from Fayette viil. Other officers include Lt. Governors James Hipp*, Goldsboro; Daniel Martin, Charlotte; and Frank Ballew, Morganton.? Photo George Flowers, Flowers Photo Shop. ALEXANDER TALLIES HIGHEST VOTE % Run-Off For Governor Seen; Unofficial County Results :OME RAIN . . . Mrs. Jack LHwrence, president o t the Gardenerettes, loids umbrella while Toi Cooke and Janie Buckland (left tx> right), let a plant In one o< the Main atreet gardens cared (or by Boone'a (ardening ladies. The women take their beautiflcatlon work so ser iously, they work in the rain. ? John Corey photo. It Takes The Ladies To Pretty Up A City ?> By JOHN COREY It take* a lady to pcetty up a lorae lawn with flower* and [reentry. It may juit take the ad lei to apruee up a town. Tbi* mountain center exempti le* what women can do to brlgbt ? up tarniahed-looking " burp - Tie four load garden club* and be woman'* club* have taken '?cant lota throughout Boone a a project* and tranaformed them Into ontanical oaac*. T*o of the plot*, located on ting street, add beautiful ?plot he* of color to the bullae** da rk! The work la done through the 'lumber of Commerce'* town bon ification committee, beaded by Ira. Lee Reynold*. The gardening Udiei also pro moted the Daniel Boone Gardens, a preserve for mountain flowers and shrubs. Located next to the "Horn in the West" outdoor the ter, it to now a project of the Garden Club of North Carolina, Inc. The Boone ladies encourage chil dren to participate in gardening activities. There to a kiddie gar den club called the "Blue Bon nets," under the direction of Mr*. 0. D. Barnett. This year for the first time, l?r horticultural specimen* In Bowie's Mg flower show. To he eligible, the jrevagaters Mat grow their owa plants. A cam ( Continued on page A run-off primary was assured Monday for the Democratic nom ination for governor, when Or. I. Beverly Lake, second high man in the voting, announced he would call for ? second primary. Unoffi cial returns from the Saturday voting failed to give Terry San ford a majority in the four-man race. With ? second primary in the governor's race, it alao appeared there would be a second one far the post of lieutenant-governor. C. V. Henkel had announced his decision to call for a run-off be tween him and H. Cloyd Philpott might hinge on the decision of Dr. Lake in the gubernatorial race. Ia the connty offices, unofflci lal returns, with 13 Mt of 1? townships reporting, showed that Cordon a Winkler was the winner over Wad? E. Brown for the Democratic nomination to the 8tate Senate. Winkler re ceived l,in votes, Brown 1.M7. For the po?t of commissioner, Ivan Dishman, W. C. Lentz, and Dr. Gene Reeie were given the nod by their party to appear on the November election ticket. Dish man polled 1,783 votes; Lentt 1,099; and Reese 1,339. Edgar B. Hardin was given 1,093 votes, and C. F. Thompson 099. In the board of education race, results of which assured the winners a term in office wera in favor of Grady Moretz, Jr., W. H. Mast, Jr., and Dr. Chus. Da vant. Moretz polled 1,917 votes. Mast 1,638 votes; and Davant U I.393. Losers were Johnny Bar nett with 870 and Stewart Barnes with 778 votes. The three tap men need only have their names certified by the State Board of Education to be gin their term. They will not have to be elected in November. Other state officials nominated in the Democratic race were Hush Q. Alexander for Member of Con gress in the Ninth Congressional District; Clifton L. Moor* for Associate Supreme Covt; Charles F. Gold for Commissioner of In surance; and B. Everett Jordan for ? United State* Senator. The voting in Watauga c followed the trend of the d. and state tally for all the i posts except in the i ination and Sanford governor's 3H
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