A.H.S., Blowing Rock
Close Play With Split
By BILL FAHTHTWG
Tbr Blue Devils and DevilettM
Closed play for the hoUdays with
a split with Blowing Rock's Beck
Ms and Rockettes, the Blowing
Bock girls winning and the Ap
palachian ban winning. The hoys
score on the wintery evening of
December 20 was 54-40, and the
girls score was 48-10.
Pacing the Blowing Rock scor
ers was Linda Greene with 33
points, ten from field goals, 13
from free throws. Jane Sudderth
followed Greene with ? points,
Wanda Cook 3 points, and HoM
away and Greene, 2 points each.
Guards were Brenda Holdaway,
Luttrell, Greene, Coffey, Ashley,
Buxton, Castle, and Greene waa
another forward who played hat
failed to score.
Ala S?e McGulre aced the Ap
palachian girls with 8 points to
acore high for the night, six of
the eight coming from field goals,
two from free throws. Glenda
Austin folowed with 4 points, Ann
West Carolyn with 3 each, and
Sallie Miller with 1 point. Kathryn
Mast played forward but failed to
score. Guards were Geraldine Wil
eox, Jerel Dean Johnson, Bobbie
McGuire, Carolyn Hoover and
Peggy Cook.
"Big" Bob Matheson charged
through the Blowing Rock defense
to be top man for the victorious
Blue Devils with 17 points, just
three away from scoring half of
the final points Blowing Rock
scored. Benny Aastin followed
Matheson with Ti points, staying
in the toy scoring bracket m uau
enson knocked In 10
Howell 3, King Trip
ink Hagaman, John
Shrake, and Tomnay Taylor 2
potato each, and Ml Greer, 1
point. Andy Stallinga, Johnny Tay
lor, and Max Fleteker played but
failed to score.
Rogers McCroskey paced (he
loser* with 14 polhts Paul tS. Ford
followed KeCroskey With ? points,
Ronnie Burn* with >. M. Ford
with 4, I Isaacs and >. Edmisten
with 2 each, and t. Young round
ed out the loaert (coring with 1
point.
The App boys led all the way
except for one time right at the
first when Blowing Rock took the
lead 3-2. The Devils sodn overcame
that to stay ahead the entire game.
Ne*t game for the Devils and
Devilettes will come after the
holidays on January ? in their
first District 7 AA conference for
the year. The game will be play
ed at Mt. Airy with a very strong
team, one of the tops in the con
ference, North Surry. North Sur
ry is one of the three teams which
la expected to be extra strong in
the conference. The trio af strong
teams of course being North Sur
ry, North Wilkes, and Appalach
ian.
The next home game for the
Devils will be January IS with
North Wilkes. January 10 the
Devils will play Ashe Central at
Ashe Central.
Champion Grapplers
Open Season Tuesday
By BILL FARTHING
Appalachian High's four-time
itate champion grapplers opened
their season, Tuesday, December
20, in a wintery evening by de
feating Wilkes Central at Wilkes
Central 34-l?.
The Blue Devils, coached by
Steve Gabriel and Jack W. Grace
posted one former state champ on
their roster, Doug Carson, and
several second and third place
Winners such, as Ford King, Bill
Cook. Returnees in the line-up for
this match included Mack Critcher,
Jerry Watson, Casey Carroll,
Wendel Hampton, Baker fed mis
ten, Ronnie Wilson, Reid Cottrell,
and Jack Thomas.
Results
96 lbs. dags ? Critcher (A) woo
by forfeit.
103 lb. class ? Mink (WC) dec.
Carroll, 3-1.
112 lb. class ? Hall (WC) pinned
Watson (A), 0:23, 3rd period.
120 lb. dass ? Carroll (A) pin
ned Owens (WC), 1:43, 3rd per
iod.
127 lb. class? Necessary (WC)
dec. Hampton (A), 2-0
133 lb. clan ? Carton (A) pin*
ned VanMeter (WC), 1:09 1st per
iod.
138 lb. clas*? Cook (A) dec.
Wile* (WC) 2-0.
Ii9 lb. class ? King (A) pinned
Broyfcill, 0:67, 2nd pariod.
154 lb. claia ? EdmUten (A) pin
ned Swofford (WC), 1:28 lit
18$ 16. Class ? Wilson (A) dec.
Moore (WC), 5-0.
_ap H>. class? Fratier (WC)
(A), 1:40 1st
period.'
Hwy. ? Thoma* (A) dec. Parker
(WC) ?-2.
RESTRICTS AID-SPENDING
Secretary at State Christian A.
Herter haa issued an order design
ed to force countries receiving
United State* aid to (pend more
of that money in the United States.
It does not force the countries to
buy American goods but it forbida
them to spend the money in nost
of the other Western industrialized
countries.
RESEARCH ROCKET
A research rocket ?m fired 109
miles high over Virginia coastal
waters recently for a study of the
ultraviolet light of stars.
A twenty-six-foot Aerobee-Hi
rocket was used. Its propellant
charge burned for fifty-two seconds
to carry a 228-pound instrument
payload to the planned destination.
Telemetered data will be analyz
ed at Goddard in Greenbelt, Md.
A billion dollars worth of coffee
was imported by the U. S. in fis
cal lflSB-80 This nation buys mora
than half of world coffee exports.
We're firmly resolved to
tinued favor in 1961.
that
will add to your pleasure and aettsfaction in dealing with
Miliar ^
us. Thanks for youi patronage. Happy New Year!
Comment On
Sports M
By PETE FR1TCHIE
Washington, D. C. ? Hay Robin
son mM be given credit for nak
M| He H| comeback tty even
tkougk lw MM I* unseat CeM
Fullmer in their recent middle
weight to
In spite of two successive beat
ings by Paul Pender, Sugar Ray
had some great moments in the
December fight. It was ? split
decision aad close all the way,
though undur the scoring system
used, Fullmer came out with mora
points, even though, officially, K
was a draw.
Fullmer is a tough battler. He
Was a game champion to give Rob
inson a crack at the crown. He
Won Sugar's' old title and then loet
It when Robinson knocked him
out. Then Robinson lost it and
Fullmer came back.
Since Robinson is not getting
any younger, he it probably now
over the hill, but he came vary
Close to an amazing comeback ?
after so many other amazing come
backs. In the record books and in
the baak of boxing experts, Rob
inson is probably the greatest
fighter, pound for pound, of the
era.
And the era includes some great
ones. Rocky Marciano and Joe
Louis are among them. But in his
prime Robinson could easily take
on any contender and even after
he passed K, he was able to stay
ahead of the j>ack for a long time.
In between it all he delved in
pink cars, dancing and singing and
acting. Yet when he came back
for a fight he usually won or came
so close that he confounded his
critics. He won the title back sev
eral times and now, at the forty
ish mark, he i? still one of the
best in the business.
Altogether, it's quite a remark
able record. Robinson had the nat
ural ability and the heart of a
great fighter and made a long
career of it, whereas most fighters
reach a short peak and then go in
to decline.
Perhaps Floyd Patterson is won
dering about this these days. The
heavyweight champion is still
young and he is relatively light
and agile for a heavy. Could be ?
If he's like Robinson ? that he'll
be on top of the pile for a number
of years to come.
rAtse Terra ran tow* %NN
Dallas, Texas ? A good set of
false teeth may be all old bossy
needs to add a few more useful
years to her life.
Dr. Nelson Cruz Arias, a dentist
from Cali, Colombia, salB that "by
Wearing false teeth, a cow ean
start gaining Weight again and
have several more years of useful
life." He had fitted a number of
cattle with false teeth In Colombia
and In one ease a 15-year-oM cow
gained 45 pounds after getting the
teeth.
The doctor made this statement
in Dallas, Texas whila attending
the Pan-American Livestock Show.
He hopes to get a patent in the
United States for a device that
will keep the cow's mouth open
while being fitted for false teeth.
About half of U. S. agricultural
imports are competitive with U. S.
'products. The percentage has ria
en from two-fiftha in the past three
years. Big rise was in cattle and
1 meats, although cattle Imports
dropped considerably in fiscal 1900.
Carolina Stuck With Eel, Like It Or Not
North Carolina it stuck with
the eel, and we might as well
learn to like hint, says a Wild lift
Resources Commission fisheries
biologist. Darrell E. Louder, Lum
berton, writes about the eel in the
January issue of the commission's
monthly magazine. Wildlife in
North Carolina.
Louder, a district fisheries bio
About Your
Home
If you want to get or stay slen
der doctors advise you to stop
worrying and be serene.
Experiments show that the body
tends to put on extra padding as
a buffer against life's stresses and
strains and this includes worry.
People under these conditions put
on etra weighxt without realising
it.
When the tension disappears the
body often rids itself of excess
water with a consequent loss of
weight.
It i? true that certain person
ality types eat unnecessary food
during periods of worry and ten
sion. This is an unconscious effort
to find relief. The large amount of
food in the stomach draw biood
?wagjqtm other parts of the body,
le brain Included, to aid In di
gestion. Thus, the worried person
finds himself in a somewhat dull
ed state.
The old expression "fat and hap
py" is misleading.
Pace-lifting operations can help
people who can afford the expense
of such surgery to appear young
er. However, the effeet is not long
lasting and should never be done
on anyone with signs of emotional
instability.
The best results come in remov
ing excess skin on the upper neck
and eyelids. The least success re
sults from trying to remove hori
zontal forehead lines and perpen
dicular lines on the lips. Complete
success in removing wHnklet on
the cheeks is not possible. The
improvement lasts about five
years.
Far too many patients fall into
the hands of quacks.
Dollar shortage termed critical
in Cube.
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..
logisf, uys that the eel lives out
his . murky existence under a
shroud it misinformation. He
points out that some people con
sider him ? snake, others call tfrt
eel a male catfish, and moat
fishai iHcii simply Ignore the eel
as far as fishing is concerned.
The Ml is a true fish. Louder
lay* in th? article, and U foand
all over the eastern United States.
SptitttiiAg grounds far the snak*
like fish are far to the south, in
the toga awl tea between Puerto
Rico and Bermuda, he writes.
Louder describes the long one
way journey for adult eels, and
the arduous return trip for young
eelots. Dams and other obstruc
tions that block the way for young
eels are bypassed on damp nights,
he say*, when they slfther through
wet grass to reach the waters
above.
The biologist says that the role
of the eel in fresh-water streams
and ponds isn't completely under
stood, but aays that they can't be
condemned aa real trouble-mak
ers. Even though they can be re
moved temporarily, there's an an
nual crop, pf new migrant* from
thtf Atlantic each year, he con
cludes, and so we might as well
(earn ' to like the eel, or it least
tolertte him.
SKY-VU
DRIVE-IN
THEATRE
Saturday and Sunday
Dec. 31 and Jan. 1
FOR SALE
Registered Hereford Bulls
? Service Age ? -
? Pasture Raised
? Big and Ragged
? Wyoming Hereford
Ranch Breeding
Midway Hereford Farm
3 Miles North Meadowview, Va., Highway 89
I'M MANNINC
FOR ANOTHER
GOOD TOBACCO CROP"
SIGHT NOW! rf
"Top dollar tobacco
at selling time depends
en getting a good start
at plant bed time. And
I'm going to be sure III
have plenty of atarty,
well-rooted stock for
transplanting again this ' ' '
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