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FOR BEST RESULTS advartiaeri invariably uae (he columns of the Democrat. With ita full paid circulation, intensely covering the local ahopping area, it la the beat advertiaing medium available. VOLUME LXXIII. ? NO. 3? WATAUGA DEMOC An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Third Year of Continuous Publico, PUCE: FIVE CENTS BOONE, WATAUGA SoUNTY. NORTH CABOLINA THURSDAY, MARCH ?, 1M1 YOUNG SCIENTISTS. ? These high school students studied science at Appalachian last year under a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. This year SO high-ability students will be studying here again under the program. ? Corey photo. W atauga's F irst Woman of Y ear To Be Chosen By BPW Club Watauga county's first "Woman of the Year" is to be chosen this year, with the contest for the choice sponsored by the Boose Business and Professional Club. The announcement came from Mrs. Dessa Mae Edmisten, president of ?he club. Any woman in Watauga county who is 23 years old or older and who has been a resident of the county for five or more years is eligible for nomination. Anyone who is a resident of the county and who is 21 years old or older may make a nomination. Nominations must be made on the ballot prepared and distributed by the Boone B & P W Club. Ballots will be available in the Watauga Democrat, in the public schools, and at Radio Station WATA between the hours of 9:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. Nomina tions must be mailed to Radio Sta tion WATA and must be post marked not later than midnight, April 1, 1961. The selection committee, which is composed of members of the B St P W Club, is secret, known only to t|ie committee and the president of the club. The selec tion will be announced on April 24, at the meeting of the club. The winner will be a guest of the club at its April meeting, and will be given a corsage and a permanent award. So far as is known, this is the first contest of this kind ever held in the county, Mrs. Edmisten said. It is hoped that many nomina tions will be made. There are, in Watauga county, literally dozens of women who could well qualify as outstanding leaders in civic, churcn, social, welfare, and in other accomplishments. The Boone B & P W Club would like very much to pay honor to such women. The club invites the whole coun ty, of those over twenty-one years of age, to make nominations of such outstanding women. Mem bers of the BPW are not eligible for nomination. Members of the club who are serving as committee chairmen are as follows: Nominations and radio, Jane Smith; newspaper, Earleen G. Pritchett; civic clubs, Jean Childers; schools, Dessa Mae Ed misten; and ballota, Margaret Gragg. Grass Fire Extinguished The Boone Volunteer Fire De partment was called out Saturday morning when a garden brush fire got out of control near Faculty street. R. D. Hodges, Jr., fire chief, listed no damage. The un dergrowth in the woods was burned as the fire moved up t hill above the garden of Roby Greene. Firemen beat the fire out with brush and shovels. i '? ? Barber Shop Song Program Will Be Held Here Tonight Mrs. Harmon Dies In Tenn. The funeral of Mrs. Myrtle Greene Harmon, wife of John Har mon of Elizabethton, Tenn., was conducted Wednesday at Grace Baptist Church, in Elizabethton. Burial was in the family ceme tery at Neva. Services were con ducted by the Rev. Mr. Sinclair. She died in Carter County Mem orial Hospital, where she had been seriously ill for six weeks. She was 75 years old. Mrs. Harmon was born in Wata uga County to the late Adam and Susan Greene. Young Farmer Of Year Named Ray Clark, of Route 3, Boone, was honored as the Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year by the Boone Jaycees on February 20. Co-chairman for the project were Charles Taylor and Harvey Ayers. Clark was chosen for his out standing accomplishments on his farm located at Foscoe. The Outstanding Farmer Award was presented by Assistant County Agricultural - Agent, W. C. Rich ardson, who praised Clark for his work. This is an annual event, spon sored by the Boore Jaycees. Clark (Continued on page six) A program, introducing the So ciety for the Preservation and En 1 couragement of Barber Shop Quar tet Singing in America, Inc., lias, been planned for tonight (Thurs.) at 7:00 o'clock, in the Choral Room of the Fine Art* Building at the college. Dr. W. G. Spencer, in announcing the meeting, said it is planned especially for men who enjoy singing, and both college men students and men in the com munity are invited to attend. A color film featuring the In ternational Championship Quartets and Choruses will be shown. The SPEBSQSA began in 1938, and now boasts more than 690 chapters in the United States, with over 26,000 members. South To Speak At Rotary Club Stanley South, Boone native, now Archaeologist for the State Archives and History, will be guest speaker at the Rotary Club at its regular meeting at 6:30 on Thursday, March 16th. At 8 o'clock the same evening, he will speak at the Boone Metho dist Church in the Adult Assemb ly room. He will show slides and speak of hi? excavations at the site of Old Brunswick Town, near Wilmington. The latter meeting is sponsored by the Fine Arts Department of the Worthwhile Woman's Club, and the public is invited. Mayor Cottrell Proclaims Girl Scout Week March 12-18 Whereas the Girl ScouU of the United State* of America have rendered continuous service to their country and communities since their founding on March 12, 1912; and Whereas we the People of Boone are aware of the important contribution to community wel fare being made by Girl Scout leaders through their work with the youth of the nation; and Whereas the Girl Scout organi zation baa grow* to more than 2Vfc million girl members and almost 800,000 adult leaders, who are each day living up to their Pro mise to Do Their Doty to God and Country, to Help Other People at All Times, and to Live By the Girt Scout Laws of loyalty, honesty, courtesy, cheerfulness, usefulness, kindness, and helpfulness to oth ers. Now, therefore, I Howard J. Cottrell by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of Boone hereby proclaim March 12-18 of this year 1961 as Girl Scout Week and March 12 as the forty-ninth Anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouting in the United State* of America. I therefore call upon all citizens to give the Girl Scouts now and in the coming years the fullest cooperation and support so that increasing numbers of girls may benefit from the splendid program of training in citizenship which the Girl Scout organisation offers. HOWARD J. COTTRELL, Mayor Mrs. Cottrell Dies Sunday; Rites Tuesday Mrs. Texie Edmisten Cottrell, 77, died at her borne on College Street, Boone Sunday afternoon. She bad bean ill (or three yean. Funeral services were held at the Boone Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 o'clock. The pastor, Rev. J. Boyce Brooks conducted the rites and was assisted by Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr., of the Presbyterian Church and Dr. L. H. Hollings morth of Winston-Salem, former Boone Baptist Church pastor. Bur ial was in the city cemetery. Pallbearefs were: Barnard Dougherty, Edgar Cooke, John Wellborn, Paul Winkler, Graydon Eggers and J. E. Joines. Members of the Order of the Eastern Star were in charge of the flowers. The widow of D. Jones Cottrell, pioneer Boone merchant, Mrs. Cot trell was born in Watauga county, a daughter of the late William Shuford Edmisten and Charlotte Moore Edmisten. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, a charter mem ber of the Worthwhile Woman's Club, of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the United Daughters of .the Confederacy. Surviving are three sons and two daughters: Dallas Cottrell, Fel ton, Calif.; Howard Cottrell, Ra leigh Cottrell, Mrs. C. C. Oates, Boone; Mrs. W. L. Wilhelm, Mem phis, Tenn. There are thirteen grandchildren and six great grand children. H. B. Wilson Dies In Calif. Lenoir ? Hilliard Baxley Wilson, 91. of Oakland, Calif., died Wed nesday following an operation at an Oakland hospital. He was born in Lenoir to Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Wilson. He had been assistant Oakland city manager for 20 years and for merly was associated with the Chicago municipal government. He was a graduate of the Univer sity of North Carolina. He served in the Navy during World War II and, as a lieuten ant, supervised the evacuation of 492 natives from Madelap, an atoll of the Marshall Islands, when Madelap waa threatened by tl)e Japanese. Surviving Mr. Wilson are his parents; his wife, the former Miss Margon Dawson; a daughter. Miss Penelope Wilson; two sisters, Mrs. H. D. Gragg of Lenoir and Mrs. Frank Deker of Elklns Park, Pa.; and two brothers, Dr. Hadley Wil son at Boone and Rathmel Wilson of Blowing Rock. The funeral was held in Oak land. FOR HIGH ABILITY STUDENTS ||f Science Foundation To Sponsor ASTC Institute Dr. Derrick Will Again Be The Director Appalachian State Teachers Col lege has received a $13,000 grant from the National Science Founda tion with which to conduct a five weeks training program for high ability secondary school students in science. The announcement was made by Dr. F. Ray Derrick, who will again act as director of the program at Appalachian. This is the third consecutive year the summer science school has been held in Boone. Dates for the school will be July Id-August 18. Dr. Derrick said sixty outstand ing high school science students from the southeast will be selected to attend the program in Boone this year. Last year fifty partici pated in the institute, but this year the number will be increased. Thirty of the students will be of tenth grade standing (as of 1961 62 school session), and thirty of eleventh and twelfth grade stand ing. The tenth graders will be taught in a course of "Problemi and Pro jects in Physical Science." The other group will be tutored in "Ecological Investigations." The National Science Founda tion is spending $180 million this year in an effort to bring the science program in schools up to date, Dr. Derrick said. The Foun dation pays all expenses of the program except one-half the room and board, travel and insurance. The participating student pays the other half of these items. This policy makes the program avail able to more students, the local di rector explained. Dr. Derrick recently attended a three-day meeting in Washington, where all directors from other par ticipating colleges and universities discussed the program and made plans for the summer school. He said Appalachian ia fortunate in being able to continue in the sci ence training program. Because of growing interest in science and the National Science Foundation sponsorship of the program, only about half of the schools applying to the Foundation were accepted. Appalachian, who pioneered in the two previous institutes with much success. The record made here in these previous efforts prob ably contributed largely to its se lection again this year, Dr. Derrick said. The University of North Car olina at Chapel Hill, and Woman's College at Greensboro will be par ticipating for the first time this year. Dr. Derrick stated it U not likely more than two itudenta will come from any one school becauie of the high standard! of the program, but for Uioie accepted it will mean an intereating period of study. The students, both boys and girls, will be housed in the college dormitor ies and eat in the college cafeteria. They will study under experienced scientists. The purpose of the program Is to encourage the scientific interests of the students. Field trips and project work will be as much a part of the study as classroom work. Besides the regular faculty, the students will have contact with other well-known scientists. Dr. Derrick and Dr. L W. Carp enter, of the college faculty, will conduct the ecological investiga tions. Dr. W. G. Sink, of the col lege, and Joe Edmisten, formerly on the college faculty, but more recently studying at the University of Florida will teach the physical sciences. Students from the entire south east may apply for the program. Dr. Derrick said. It la expected that most of thoec who will attend Appalachian will come from this general area. More students than ever before are expected to apply for the program. Because of the increased inter eat, Dr. Derrick advises early ap ( Continued on page six) ACTING POSTMASTER ? T. ,0. Howell, right. Field Service Officer for the Post Office Department, is shown presenting Ralph Beshears his certificate of a ppointment as acting Postmaster in Boone. With the certificate came a letter from Postmaster General J. Edward Day, expressing congratulations. He said, "tn accepting this certificate you assume not only the o bligation to adhere strictly and faithfully to the laws and regulations of the post office department, but, a lso, the privilege of serving the public as the repre sentative of the postal service. It is with full cog nizance of your ability that I entrust to your care the responsibilities of this position." ? Photo George Flowers. BLOWING ROCK ROTARY OFFICERS.? Tom Shelton, center, wai elected president of the Blowing Rock Rotary Club last week. Shelton, of Blowing Rock and Charlotte, i ? flanked on the left by retiring president, Everette Widener on the left, and William Shaheen, new vice-president, on the right. Children's Matinee Little Symphony To Be Held 27th Children of Watauga County will see their first special matinee of the North Carolina Little Sym phony on Monday, March 27, when two thousand or more youngster* will gather at the new gymnasium on the campus of Appalachian State Teachers College to hear and participate in orchestra music all their own. The North Carolina Little Sym phony, first state-supported orch estra in the United States, has been giving such matinees for fourteen years and last year per Hill Farthing Dies In Lenoir T. Hill Farthing, native Wsta ugan and former Boone business man, died in a Lenoir hospital Sun day after an illness of about one month. He was 73 year* old. Born January 11, 1888 in Bea ver Dam township, Watauga coun ty, Mr. Ffrthing was ? son of the late Rev. Harrison Farthing and Mrs. Ada King Farthing. For a number of years he was engaged in the retail clothing business in Boone and later owned and oper ated the Boone Trail Hestaurant here for a great many years. He had retired from the restaurant business in Lenoir and lived at 222 West Harper Avenue In that city. Funeral services were held Mon day at 8 o'clock at Oreer Funeral Chapel in Lenoir by Rev. Archie McKee, pastor o i the First Presby terian Church, and burial was in Blue Ridge Memorial Park. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Sadie Mabe Farthing, a son. Hom er Farthing of Bluabrthtnn, Tenn., and a stepson, Dudley Fsrthing of formed before thousands of public school children from seacoast to the Blue Ridge*. Preparation! for the matinee have been going on in the schols since a workshop was held last fall In Morganton to assist area teachers in organizing the work. Mrs. Mae Edmisten, county super visor, is in general charge of the program. The children will play homemade instruments and sing in conjunction with the orchestra. The matinee is made possible for Watauga county children through the co-operation of the United Fund and the college, which will offer its regular adult program on the evening following the matinee. Blowing Rock Heart Effort Tops Record Citizens of the town of Blowing Rock and vicinity topped all their past efforts in the support of the Heart Fund this year when they raised a total of >221.19 during the month of February. The money was raised by the following methods: Business day ? $20.70; bake sale ?116.89; Presbyterian Men's Bible Class? $19.03; card party? $37.00; Half-time at ball game gift* ? $16.10; coin containers ? $14.06; Heart Sunday ? $102.40. Mrs. Bruce Greene, Blowing Rock Heart Fund chairman, wishes to thank everyone who has been so . generous with his or her time, tal ents, and money, and especially the following people and business firms, without whose help she says the success of the campaign would not have been possible. Mrs. George Baker, Mrs. Bernice Greene, Mrs. Gene Craig, Mrs. Car ter Lentz, Mrs. Arnold Bolick, Mrs. Louis Lentz, Mrs. Edgar Young, Mrs. Nancy Trexler, Mrs. Jay Shores, Mrs. Burmer Shores, Mrs. Betty Coffey, Miss Mary Lentz, Mrs. Blake Brinkerboff, The Vil lage Shop, The Rock Gift Shop, The Bonnie Brae, and the Craft Shop. Mrs. Greene would also like to remind everyone who has not made a contribution, that it is not too late. Contact your local Heart Fund chairman for information. NOMINATION FOK WOMAN OF THE YEAR (The Woman-of-the-Year Contest U sponsored by the Boone Business and Professional Women's Club; members of the club are ineligible for nomination.) Age (must be oyer 25) Name ? Address ? Residence in county (must be five or more years) Occupation (if any) i Single Married Husband's name Husband's occupation No. children Activities ? List all activities, both past and present: Civic Church Social Offices held In above activities . X,. ? v i ? ? ' ? I. * ' . >' V V ? ? ;} Accomplishments and talents (Home making, music, art, drama, etc.) Mail this ballot to R?dlo Station WATA, Boone, North Carolina, post marked not later than midnight, April 1, 1901. Signature Your age I k - Address . Complete this statement or make any additional wish. "I nominate this person for woman of tba 19 iti**'
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