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PRICE: FIVE CENTS BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 4, 1H1
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SPRING FESTIVAL?' The May Day Court of Appalachian State
Teachers College Saturday will feature these attractive co-eds. Seat
ed, left to right: Sue Daniels, senior; Gail Jenkins, freshman; Jean
Watts, maid of honor; Martha Chandler, queen; Abbie Moore, fresh
man; Jeannie Belle, junior; Linda Cline, senior; standing, Sarah
Lytton and Brenda Lackey, sophomores; Edna Hudson and Nancy
Steelman, juniors; Henrietta Hensley, senior. ? Photo Buddy R.
Owens.
Five JudgesWill Decide
Beauty Pageant Winner
A panel of five experienced
judges will select a lovely and
talented girl to represent Watauga
County in the Miss North Carolina
contest for 1061.
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce sponsored event is expeeted
to fill tha Appalachian Elementary
School's auditorium to capacity
May 13, at 1:00 p. m. Tickets can
now be obtained for the annual
event from members of the Jay
Judges for the pageant include
J. T. Greene, Jr., president of the
Winston-Salem J a y c e e s. Mr.
Greene is the official escort for
the current Miss North Carolina;
W. C. McDonald who is associated
with the advertising department of
the Charlotte Observer; Cecil Lee
Porter, lawyer from North Wil
kesboro. The very colorful Mr.
Porter served as a judge in last
First Civil
Defense Alert
Of Year Held
Boone and Watauga county join
ed the nation in the first Civil
Defense alert of the year Friday.
The CONELRAD test of the Na
tional Emergency Broadcast System
caused the area to have a radio
and television blackout except for
the CONELRAD program between
the hour of 4 to 4:30 P- m. ?
%oone Civil Defense' workers,
directed by Dr. R. H. Harmon,
were ready when the alert came
through. According to Dr. Har
mon, from the time the National
alert was sounded until the time
it took the message to reach Boone
through the Civil Defense com
munications system was nine min
utes. The message came from the
nation's center at Battle Creek,
Michigan, through Washington, D.
C., to Asheville and Salisbury, and
on to Boone by way of Highway
Patrol radio. The sheriff relayed
the message to Dr. Harmon, who
contacted Watauga Hospital, where
the institution's disaster operation
plan was put into effect.
Mainly to teat communications.
Dr. Harmon considered the alert
to be successful.
The simulated attack, which
came at seven o'clock placed em
phasis on the lack of fallout (hal
ter in this area. According to Carl
Day, radiation control officer for
Watauga county, the "reading" on
his instruments showed a %
roentgen unit per hour, which is
considered dangerous. Only shel
ter protection would keep this
amount of radiation from harming
people.
The fallout alert, began at 7
p. m. on Friday and lasted until
10 a. m. the next day, Mr. Day
said. Nuculaar explosion would
cause such a situation In actual
warfare.
Dr. Harmon, who with his as
sistant, Jake Caudill, toured the
hospital after the alert, found the
staff and their equipment In read
iness for an emergency.
year's contest; James B. Fain,
Hickory; and Blake Watts, with
Investment Diversified Service,
Hickory, who also served as a
judge 'in last year's contest.
New Motel To
Open On 105
The "Opsa for Busineu" sign
Sunday, May 7, when the highland
Hills Motel, on Highway 100,
opens its doors.
The opening will feature an
open house event, and everyone is
invited to drep in and inspect the
beautiful new motel, according to
Mrs. L. H. Kiziah, who, along with
her husband, built the motel and
wfill operate" It
"We're pretty much of a Do-It
Yourself family," Mrs. Ziziah said,
pausing long enough in her land
scaping efforts to talk about the
new motel, her family . . . and
their plans and hopes for the
Highland Hills motel.
"We'll run it ourselves, of
ceurse," she said. "We have one
I daughter in high school and one
in college, they'll both soon be
here with us, and well be able to
carry on. It's a completely new
I venture for us, but we feel that
! we're going to enjoy It . . . espec
ially the summers in the moun
I tains."
The new motel is completely
j modern in architecture and fur
nishings, with ample and well
landscaped space surrounding it.
Each room will feature large com
fortable beds, glass enclosed show
ers, wall to wall carpeting and
television, Mrs. Kiziah said.
"We're hoping people around
here will want to oome oat Sunday
and se4 our new motel . . . and we
want to see them." she finished.
Will S. Jones
Funeral Held
Will Smith Jones, 96, of Route
1, Vila* died Friday, following a
long illness.
Funeral services were conducted
at 2:00 p. m. Sunday In Mt. Dale
Baptist Church. Burial followed in
Beaver Dam Church cemetery.
Ministers were the Rev. Carl W1L
son and the Bev. Noah Johnson.
He ia survived by the wife,
Daisy Stanberry Jones; by nine
sons, Lee, of Ellicot, Md., Junior,
of Warrensville, James 0., of Le
noir, Clifford, Franklin, Russell,
Ralph, Harold and Bobby Jones,
all of the home; five daughters,
Miss Eleene Jones, LeAolr, Mrs.
Maxie Huffman, Beese, Margaret,
Edna and Jean Jones of the home.
Also surviving are four brothers,
Lee, Picksville, Ky.. Frank, Shouns,
Tens., and John Joaes, Grayson,
and two sisters, Mrs. Cora Mitchell
and Miss Vertie Jones, both of
Lenoir. . 4$ '
Miss Karen Aldrtdge of Banner
Elk la ? patient at Watauga Hospi
tal.
?Photo Buddy R. Owens
COLLEGE MAY QUEEN? MAKTHA CHANDLER
Grace Lutheran Church
Annex To Be Dedicated
Carolina To Be
Shown In Times
North Carolina will be featured
in the first state section of the in
ternational edition of the* New
York Times.
To be published in Paris on
April 28, the North Carolina sec
tion will have a circulation of over
30,000 in Europe, North Africa
and the Middle East. It will carry
the first overseas announcement
of the International Trade Fair to
be held in North Carolina this fall
? the first international fair of
this scope, ever produced by an
American state.
The international North Caro
lina edition is 16 pages in tabloid
siie. It contains much of the edi
torial material contained in the
North Carolina section of the do
mestic edition of the New York
Times that was published March
S.
Publication of this section is
sponsored by the Department of
Conservation and Development,
the North Carolina Porta Author
ity and the 33 North Carolina busi
ness enterprises which co-sponsor
ed the domestic section. Beprints
may be obtained free on request to
the Department of Conservation k
Development, Raleigh.
Rooms Needed
For Summer Use
The Chamber of Commerce re
porta an unprecedented demand
for apartments and rooms for the
summer and is asking that all
those who have uuch accommoda
tions advise the Chamber office.
Manager Wilcox states that In
quiries for accommodations are
coming in record numbers from
student* and from tourists.
Pastor Edwin F. Troutman of
Grace Lutheran Church, assisted
by Dr. Ernest L. Misenheimer of
Salisbury, assistant to the presi
dent of the North Carolina Luth
eran Synod, will conduct a service
of dedication for the educational
building or Sunday School Annex
next Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock.
Following the mortgage burning
and Dedication Service, Dr. Misen
heimer will deliver the sermon.
Following the worship service,
the congregation will enjoy din
ner and fellowship In Fellowship
Hall honoring the Rev. and Mr*.
Troutman on the occaaion of their
twenty - third anniversary with
Grace Lutheran Church f6r it waa
on May 7, 1038 that Pastor Trout
man preached the first sermon in
Boone. During this lime, they have
reared two sons who are minister*,
Edwin N., pastor of the Lutheran
Church in Chilhowie, Virginia, and
Gerald S., pastor in Greeneville,
Tennessee.
"Pastor and Mr*. Troutman have
written an indelible record of un
selfish service throughout the
mountains and valleys of Watauga
County which they dearly love and
the congregation and friends are
happy to pause and pay respect
and honor to them on this 23rd an
niversary of their coming here
from ThomasviUe, N. C.,1' aays a
local churchman.
The congregation was organixed
in 1924 by the Bev. H. W. Jeff
coat, assisted by his daughter,
Miss Cora Pearl Jeffcoat, as Parish
Worker. Services were held in the
old Episcopal Church which stood
on Main street prior to the build
ing of the present Church on East
Main street In 1028. The Educa
tional Building was completed in
March 1098 and ha* served the
congregation since that time, be
ing now debt free.
MISS CHANDLER IS QUEEN
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Two-Day Spring
Is High Spot Of Weekend
'Oklahoma' To
Feature Gala
Campus Days
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege will highlight its two-day
Spring Festival this week end with
the crowning of Martha Chandler
as May Queen and two presenta
tions of the popular Broadway
musical, "Oklahoma." The public
is invited to both events.
Dean John Kirk, chairman of
the Spring Festival committee, said
more than 200 students will parti
cipate in the colorful festival, be
ginning Friday night, when Rod
ger* and Hammerstein's "Okla
homa will be presented.
A full day is in the offing for
Saturday.
At 10:30 a. m., movies will be
shown to prospective Appalachian
students in the . science building
lecture room. Ronnie Brooks, rec
reation director, will conduct a
"mixer" for these students at 1:30
p. m. in the men's old gym.
An informal band concert will
be held in the Health and Physical
Education Building at 2:30 p. m.
Charles Isley, band leader, will
direct.
The crowning of the May queen,
Miss Martha Chandler, will be
at 3:00 p. m., under the direction
of Mrs. Daisy Eggers of the Eng
lish department.
Tea will be served at 4 JO In
East Hall for the Spring Festival
court and their friends.
A second performance of "Ok
lahoma" will be presented at 7 p.
m. by the Playcrafters, the orches
tra and the choir. Nicholas Ern
eston will direct the orchestra;
Miss Elizabeth Fox will direct the
dancing; Mrs. Virginia Linney will
direct the singing, and David
French will direct the acting.
Sets for "Oklahoma" were de
signed by Larry R. Clark and
James R Lay ton. William Ford
does the choreography.
A dance, beginning at 8:30, will
be held in the Health and Physical
Education .Building, climaxing the
festival. Queen Chandler and her
court will reign over the dance.
Music will be by the Concord
Commanders.
Mrs. Critcher
Taken By Death
Mn. Harriet Greer Critcher,
former resident of Boone, died
Monday of last week in a Lenoir
hospital, after an extended Illness.
She was seriously ill for three
weeks.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Greer Funeral Home Chapel,
conducted by Rev. Archie McKee.
Interment was In the Chapel of
Rest cemetery in Happy Valley.
Born May 10, 1M0, she was a
daughter of the late Edmund and
Annie Elizabeth Steele Greer. Her
husband, Frank Critcher, passed
away five weeks ago. She was a
member of the First Presbyterian
Church.
She is survived by four sisters,
Mrs. Fannie Greer, and Miss Judy
Greer of the home, Mrs. Frank
Powell of Lenoir, Mrs. Flora Ba
ker of Atlanta, Ga.; and several
nieces and nephews.
School Kiddies
Asked To Visit
Children who will attend school
for the first time this fall are in
vited to come to Appalachian Ele
mentary School Friday morning
May 5th at t o'clock to visit the
classrooms and have lunch.
The price of the lunch ia 39
cents for parents and child. Par
ents are urged to come with their
child.
Frank Coffey of Gardner-Webb
College visited over the week end
with his mother, Mrs. Paul A. Co I
Itjr.
Photo by Flowers' Photo 8hop
GETTING READY TO RE SURFACE EAST KING STREET
Mayor Hardin Elected
Aga in At Blow ingRock
R. B. HARDIN
i Ma^or r. b. Hardin of Blow-.
' ing Rock, unopposed in Tuesday's
! municipal balloting, received 186
votes and will remain at the head
of the city government for the next
two years.
Elected to serve as town com
missioners with Mayor Hardin were
' J. D. Jones and John O. Goodwin,
i incumbents, and Allen Craig. Jones
received 202 votes, Goodwin 151,
and Craig 156.
Others who were nominated In
| the non-partisan convention for
' commissioners and their votes are:
John L. Gaumer 146, Cecil Rhodes
1 134, and Hayden Pitta 120.
More travel to United States
urged by Hodges.
4-H Talent Contest
W inners Announced
The County 4-H Talent Contest
wai held in the Appalachian Ele
mentary School Auditorium on
Friday, April 28.
The entries were from the fol
lowing (Choola in the county: Ap
palachian Elementary, Bethel,
Blowing Rock, Cove Creek, Green
Valley, Mabel and Parkway.
The judges were Miss Jane
Smith from WATA radio station,
Mr. Charles Isley from ASTC mus
ic department, and Mr. Roy Isley,
Assistant Agricultural Agent.
Those in the Blue ribbon group
were as follows: Cove Creek Ele
mentary School: Diana Danner,
Kay Trivette, Tommy Vannoy,
Carolyn Townsend, Patricia Hol
lars accompanied by Lockwood
Shull sang "Moon Light Bay";
Shela Harmon, Janie Fox, Brenda
Snyder, Joy McGinnis, Betty Shull,
Mary Vannoy and Judy Matheson
sang "Psnamom Tomb Bay."
Mabel Elementary School: Mol
lie Baton, Tommy Baton, and Ed
die Baton doing ? "Buck Dance";
Becky w>|son and Jerry Wallace
sang "Sid* By Sid c"
Parkway School: Sandra Cook
and Wanda Critcher sang "Dixie."
Those in the red ribbon group
were: Patsy Brown, Patricia Hol
lar* dancing "The Charleston";
Judy Robinson doing a dialog of
"Mary Had a Little Lamb"; Jenny
Robinson dancing the "Polka",
and Vicky OUley, Beth Lawrence,
and Nancy 8U?jr danced four folk
dances,
Those in the white ribbon group:
Dora Lambert, Brenda Canter,
Betty Jane Oiborne, Glenda Par
due accompained by Jimmy Norris
sang "In The Middle of An Is
land"; Pam Starnes played piano
solo "Little Spring Song"; Brenda
Canter sang ? solo "Five Foot
Two"; Beth Williams, Marty Storie
sang "Wings of a Dove"; Larry
Gragg, J. C. Trivette gave reading
"The Suicide"; Betty Ann Congle
ton, Margaret Winkler, Patsy
Brewer sang "She'll Be coming
Around the Mountain"; Gail Par
lier, Linda Greene, Clover Miller
danced "The Charleston"; Nancy
Love, Judy Harmon, Janie Tester,
Anna Lou Keller, Linda Farthing
sang "Side by Side."
The blue ribbon winners will
enter the district contest in Ashe
ville on June 13.
Piano Recital
Next Monday
Piano students of Mrs. Esther S.
Boone are giving a recital May
8th at 7:90 o'clock in the Elemen
tary School Auditorium. The hour
program includes several ensem
ble numbers.
The public is invited.
Lansing, Mich.? An 84-year-old
woman will get her wish to die a
free woman altar serving 38 years
in prison tor the poiaoning of bar
husband M
King Street
Repaying Job
is Under Way
Work started Tuesday morn
ing on the re-surfacing of King
Street through the business
district, under the State High
way Commission's paving pro
gram.
The cold-roiled asphalt coat
ing is being applied to the
concrete street starting at the
intersection of the Blowing
Rock Road and going west, and
will reach from curb to curb.
Mayor Howard Cottiell expects
the job to be completed in about
three dayi, and tayi that controlled
traffic will be maintained, and that
the complete cooperation of the
public i* needed while the work
if going on.
The Mayor particularly insists
that motorists delist from parking
in areas where the work is pro
ceeding. If they do the city will
have to tow the cars away.
The paving on King Street, that
is the center section, was poured
in the mid-twenties, and has en
dured well. However, recurring
cracks necessitate frequent repairs,
the surface is no longer smooth,
and the new paving will greatly
enhance the looks of the business
district, at the same tune making
for* the freer movement of traffic.
To Appear In
Flute Program
Dr. William J. Jones and Mr.
Walton S. Colo will present a
short program of flute music at 8
o'clock on Tuesday, May 9 in the
Fine Arts Building Auditorium on
the Appalachian State Teachers
College campus.
Selections on the program In
clude "The Goldfinch Concerto"
by Antonio Vivaldi and the Sonata
In Eb major for flute and cembalo
by Johann Sebastian Bach, repre
senting some fine but seldom
board works from the baroque
period of writing. A short number,
"Romanic" by Bartolomeo Cara
pagnoli, is an execellent example
of unusual remanticism. Alto in
cluded on the program la "Scb
trr'no" by fee famotu flutist,
Joachim Anderson and "Fantasie
Caprice" by Gabriel Pares. ^
A charming example of musical
impressionism la the
solo flute, "The Ecstatic
herd" by Cyril Scott
in the '