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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