Assigns Rooms For 19 Years Mrs. Tugman make another room assignment at college. Mrs. Melba Tugman has assign ed rooms to student! for 19 years at Appalachian State Teachers College. During her almost two decades of service at the college, the plea sant college cashier estimates that she has assigned rooms to over 20,000 students. Her congenial disposition so impressed ASTC Graduate Club President Glenn Robertson of lit. Airy that he commented, "wheth er a student is furnished a room by Mrs. Tugman or not, he always leaves her office with a smile on his face. Rachel Triplett, assistant to Mrs. Tugman, echoes similar senti ments. "She's easy to work with ? pos sesses a nice attitude," says the student assistant. In addition to handling room re > servations and student accounts, Mrs. Tugman does bookkeeping, administers several loan funds, cashes checks and answers hund reds of questions by students. The cashier's husband, Earl Tugman, operates a hardware store in Boone. The couple has two children. Mrs. Tugman is a 1941 ASTC graduate. County Wool Growers Get $6,848 Payments Incentive payments in < the amount of 96,848 have been made to Watauga County sheep pro ducers under the 1959 wool mar keting year. Of this amount $9, 380 was paid to 274 wool producers on the marketing of 26,067 pounds of wool. 162 producers of unshorn lambs were paid $1,468 on marketing 209,796 pounds of unshorn lambs. The 1999 marketing year began April 1, 1999 and ended March 31, 1960. 231 wool producers have already filed for payments under the 1960 wool program which began April 1, 1960 and ends March 31, 1961, Applications (or incentive pay ments on unshorn lambs are also being filed for this period. It should be borne in mind by all applicants that all sales documents supporting the sale of wool or lamba must be filed with the ap plication. The proper documents should contain the name and ad dress of the seller, the number of pounds and proceeds of the sale, the date and signature of the buy er, and in the case of lambs, the statement that they are unshorn. Cooper Gels Fellowship Mr. and Mrs. LeUnd Cooper and Cathy will be leaving Boone in early September (or Gainesville, Florida, where Mr. Cooper will enter the University of Florida. Cooper is the recipient of a Kellogg Foundation Fellowship and will devote full time to study toward a doctorate in the field of junior college administrstion. Cooper has been an instructor in the Department of Education at Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone, for the past two years. He received his B. S. degree from Clemson College snd the M. Ed. from the University of North Carolina. He is a native of Travelers Rest, S. C., and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Cooper. Mrs. Cooper has been secretary in the office of the Department of Education and Student Teaching at ASTC. She is the daughter of Mrs. J. I. Lambert of Ramseur, N. C. Many Cited For Speeding , Highway partolmen, stationed in Watauga county, cracked down on speeding motorists last week, and made ten arrests for the violation. Four persons were cited to court for having improper mufflers, and three for stop sign violations. Two persons wete stopped and given c:tations for improper lights. One each was arrested for: Fol lowing too closely, improper brakes, driving after licenses were i evoked, failure to signal, improp er passing, and failure to trans ler title. The fatal accident, in which Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harvey Mills, of Welcome, lost their lives last Tuesday, is still under investiga tion. Claude Honeycutt, 27, of Johnson City, Tenn., driver of the truck which crashed headon into the Mills car, is still in serious con dition, according to a report, and has not been able to be ques tioned concerning the accident. ASTC Faculty Cut Melons Appalachian's first watermelon cutting for the entire faculty, stu dent body, and their families was held on Thursday, August 4, at 4:00 p. m., on the football field. Over 2,000 turned out. Just started -and the savings are just terrific! PLYMOUTH-VALIANT We're really "YES" men during this tremendous endof the-model-year sale! DO WE HAVE DO WE MAKE WILL WE 6IVE WILL WE MAKE wide choice of the hottest high trade-in on-the-spot, no models and colors? deals in town? allowances? red-tape deals? YES! YES! YES! YES! WE'VE SLASHED VALIANT AND PLYMOUTH PRICES HIGHLANDER MOTOR COMPANY, Inc. Dealer License No. 162B __ U. & Highway 421 ? Boom. N. C. Chamber Commerce News By Herman W. Wilcox, President Movie Of Witufi County Mil Made Crewi began shooting scenes in the County last Monday morning for the new movie being produced in full color by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for the North west North Carolina Development Association. Scenes from only the 11 counties which make up the Association will be made for this 28 - minute Travelogue movie. Nothing is being spared to make this a most entertaining film. The film will be titled "The Ever lasting Hills." It will be shown first at the Fair in Winston-Salem 1 this October. Among the scenes to be made in Watauga County include "Horn in the West," Ap palachian State Teachers College, Boone's new goU course, Tweetsie Railroad and Grandfather Moun tain. The film will portray the fol lowing: Industry, Agriculture, Pro cessing of Food and Travel and Recreation. Watauga County will play the role of Travel, Recrea tion and Tourist facilities for the 11-county area. The production staff: Erwin Cook, director; Ben Harrison, photographer; Bill Hurst, assistant j photographer; James Grubbs, | electrician; and It. T. Ellett, Jr., public relation! representative. After the film has been shown at the Fair at Winston ? Salem, prints will be available to all those who wish to use it, including all television stations. New N. C. Travel Book The 196041 edition of the North Carolina Travelbook is now in thousands of hands all over the nation. This is a publication of The Collin* Company of Winston Salem, with Mr. Ken Knight edi tor. This issue carries a beautiful County scene. The book is being distributed la large quantities by our State Advertising Bureau, headed by Mr. Charlie Parker. Many listings of our County ac commodations art llatod la thii book, aa wall aa "Horn in the West" This book will do much to keep the traveling public well informed. Member* Paying Daes Cardinal Motel and Colvard Oil Company. Traffic Deaths Raleigh ? The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 a. m. Monday August 1: Killed to date: 628. Killed to date last year: 048. V. N. Force group faces logia tics problem. Miss Holder 1 :wr \ * ''fiyp >; Given Honor Patricia Kate Holder was pre sented the Vann Mathews Me aioria] award, awarded by Meck lenburg County Academy of Gen eral Practice, aa honor student is obstetrics, la the graduating exer cises Friday, August 5th at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, which she haa attended the peat three year*. -m She Is ? daughter of Mr*. Boyce Holder and the late Mr. Holder, Route 4, Boone. Anitblotlca are uaed to cure virus and bacteria - caused plant dlaeaaes. Continuing Qw- Gigantic AUGUST FURNITURE SALE This Is The Greatest Money Saving Offer We've Ever Made! Take Advantage Of These Low Prices Now Sale Ends August 20th A21SL h If/LJL P?H| I ~rf I Choice of Conventional Chair Or Platform Rocker TV CHAIR, only LOVE SEAT Truck Load of Dinette Suites! 4-PIECE > Hollywood Bed Inner Spring Mattress Featuring Klngidown And Matching Box Springs All For Reg. $219.50? 9-Piece BedroomSuite consisting of Double Dresser, Chest, Book Case Bed, Inner Spring Mattress and Matching Box Springs, 2 Pillows, 2 Lamps J SOW only Reg. $49.50 Dinette Suite SPECIAL OFFER! While They Last PLATFORM ROCKERS Limited Number BUYS 5-Piece Ironing Board Cover and Pad Many Other Suits To Choose From ? All at Greatly Reduced Prices Large 100% Foam Sofa Pillow Regular $3.50 Foam Rubber Pillows COME IN AND REGISTER FOR FREE $199.95 Westinghouse RANGE To Be Given By Drawing, Saturday, August 20, at 6 j 00 P.- M. You Do Not Have To Be Present To Win. BONUS to LARGEST PURCHASE Made During This Sale FREE $59.50 RECLINING CHAIR 425 WEST KING STREET ? BOONE, N. ? ^ ? ? ? ,,

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