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VOLUME LXXIV? NO." !? BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOETH CAEOUNA, THUESDAY, An Independent Weekly Newtpaper . . . MILE HIGH SWINGING BRIDGE AT GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN OVERLOOKS BEAUTIFUL SCENERY Miss Rivers NCEA Editor MISS REBEKAH RIVERS Raleigh ? Miss Rebekah Rivers, assistant editor of The Carolina Farmer, and Boone native, has been named to the newly created position of assistant editor on the North Carolina Education Associa tion staff. She assumes her new duties on Monday, September 18. In her new position she will as sist Dr. W. Amos Abrams in the editing and publishing of the North Carolina Education and the , NCEA publications. "Our Boarcj of Directors feels that we are fortunate in obtaining Miss Rivers, tor her experience and background eminently qualify her for this position," stated Dr. A. C. Dawsdn, NCEA Executive Secretary. Miss Rivers wortted for the Tar heel Electric Membership Associa tion for the past 0 years as assist ant editor and in various capaci ties in the work of the Associa tion. A Boone native, she received degrees from Appalachian State Tcachers College, the Sorbonne in Paris, and did graduate work at George Washington University and Appalachian. She taught in Arlington, Va. and at a summer session at Appalach ian, and then served in the "U. S. Treasury Attache's office in Paris for three years. In 1097, "Becky" was selected as Raleigh's Community Ambassador to Finland. This experience led to extensive speaking engagements. Other experience includes work on weekly nwspapers, the office of a United States Senator, and editorial and technical workshops. Miss Rivers Is active in the United Church of Raleigh and in many civic activities. Miss Triplett Goes To Raleigh Miss Katheryn Triplett, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie C. Trip lett of the Matney Community, Banner Elk, left Wednesday, Au gust 90, for Rsleigh where she will teach in the Garner school Miss Triplett is a recent graduate of East Carolina Collage. Eligible Farmers Will Go To Polls To Choose Administrators For ASC In just a few days it will be elec tion time ? Monday, Sept. 11, in every one of the 10 designated farm communities in Watauga County. These elections will give the eli gible farmers in each of these communities an opportunity to vote for the fartner-committeemen they w?nt to administer the pro grams of the Agricultural Stabili zation and Conservation Service in 1962. Any farmer is eligible who, as owner, tenant, operator, or share-cropper, is participating or is eligiple to participate in any of the programs administered by the County ASC Committee. And now just a word about these Committeemen. They are farmers. They live in the community where they are elected, fhey are elected by their neighbors. Tfee delegates to the County Convention where the County Committee is elected are farmers too. The members of' both the Community and County Commit tees have to be farmers to be eligi ble. The Committeemen administer the Agricultural Conservation Pro gram. This program provides di rect assistance to farmers to help them carry out soil and water con servation practices on their own farm. It helps farmers to obtain seed and lime and phosphate for building up good pasture ? for cov er crops ? and green manure. These are just examples. There are a lot of other conservation practices. And the Committees help farm ers use Price Support Programs to protect their market. They will administer Acreage Allotment and Marketing Quota Programs on to bacco and wheat They will also administer the Conservation Re serve Program, the Wool Program and the Feed Grain Program. These are all valid reasons for every eligible farmer to vote in the ASCS elections. Don't forget. Don't let September 11 pass with out casting your ballot. 216 Farms Added To ^VSC Program Two Hundred and rixteen farmi were added during the month of August to the number of farms now participating in the Agricul tural Conservation Program. The total number now stands at 1530 farms, or 00.3 per cent of the to tal number of farms in the county. A small amount of funds is still available for new farms and own ers of such farma are urged to file for assistance at the ASCS office within the next two weeks. Season al practices now are the establish ment of pastures and meadows, liming farmland, improvement of established pastures and meadows, timber stand improvement, drain age and winter cover crops. U. 8. Is watching Britain's tariff policy. Fallout Shelters Are Being Urged The Board of County Commissioners met Friday night with Dr. R. H. Harmon, Civil Defense Director for Watauga county, and the group discussed the urgency of the world situation from the civil defense viewpoint and voiced their belief that citizens should construct fallout shelters without delay. The commissioners, W. C. Lentz, Dr. Gene Reese and Bynum Greene, authorized the issuance of this statement: "In view of the present emergency and the realization that the need will continue indefinitely, the Board of Com missioners and the Civil Defense Director go on record as urging all the people of Watauga county to build family fallout shelters as soon as practical." Dr. Harmon said that plans would be forthcoming to aid in the construction of these shelters and that citizens should get in touch with him in litis regard. Hagaman Quits As Postmaster At Reese Effective at the clow of bus iness August 31, Donley G. Haga man retired as postmaster at the Reese post office. Mr. Hagaman had been in charge of the office since July , 1, 1946. He had conducted the office in connection with a general store which he has been operating in the Beaver Dam community for many years. Mr. Hagaman was succeeded by his granddaughter, Mrs. Ruth R. Braswelf She was installed as acting postmaster by a postal in spector pending the likelihood of a Civil Service examination for the permanent position. An honorary certificate was presented the outgoing postmaster by R. G. Greene, field services officer Post Office Department, Aaheville, who was acting in be half of the Post Office Department and Postmaster General Day. A certificate of designation as act in* postmaster was also presented to Mrs. Braswell by the field offi cial. The office will continue to be operated in the same location. Legion Meeting Legion Pact No. 3S2 will meet Tuesday night, September 12, at 7:80 o'clock, at the Legion Hut at Deep Gap, it was announced by Mr. Wade Morctz. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dunn of Chicago are visiting this week with Mr. Dunn's sister, Mr*. Fred Church and Mr. Church. Their guests last week were Mr. and Mrs. Carl ScbulU of Kankakee, 111. Deep Gap Man Fatally Hurt In Arizona Crash Walter Monroe Greer, Jr., 37 year old ion of Mr. and Mn. Walter M. Greer of Deep Gap, was killed in an auto-truck acident in Ptieonix, Arizona, August 27. Funeral services were conducted September 2 in the Laurel Springs Baptist Church by the Rev. E. O. Gore, the Rev. Ed Crump, and the Rev. Homer Greene. Burial was in the church cemetery. In addition to the parents, he la survived by a sister, Mrs. Herman Greene, Salisbury, Md ; four broth ers, William F., Kenneth Brook, Quentm Allen Gre?r, of Deep Gap, and Kent T. Greer, Atlanta, Ga. ? Spencer Thomas Dies On Friday Garetf Spencer Thomas, 60 year old fanner of the North Fork com munity, died September 1, after being hospitalized in the Veterans' Hospital at Mountain Home, Tenn. Funeral services were conducted at Union Baptist Church Sunday, September 3, at 2:00 p. m. Min isters were the Rev. R. C. Eggers and the Rev. Barney Oliver. He is nurvlved by the widow, Mrs. Polly Greene Thomas; two sons, Floyd and Ruaaell Thomas, both of Route 1, Trade, Tenn.; one sister, -Mrs. Grayden Campbell of ZJonvtlle; two brothers, Alfred and Hamp Thomas, both of Trad*. There v% three grandchildKMb^ FROSH START ORIENTATION A. S.T.C. Enrollment Is \ M Expected To Reach 2,500 Twenty-Four New Members In Faculty The largest enrollment in the history of Appalachian State Teachers College is expected when figures are available from the in flux of students and teachers which began last Tuesday. Registrar H. R. Eggers says the latest figures show that 1091 new students will be on campus. Add ed to the approximately 1500 re turning students expected, Mr. Eg gers sees a final enrollment for the fall quarter of between 2,400 and 2,800. The first event of the new year was the series of faculty meetings which began on Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. Covering almost all of three days, the faculty seminars were devoted largely to further facts about the self-duty in which the college is now engaged and which will continue throughout the coming year. A faculty picnic was given by the college at Camp Broadstone on Tuesday afternoon. The faculty meetings were presid ed over by Dean of the College, D. J. Whitener and Dr. W. H. Plemmons, president of the col lege, extended the official wel come. The freiihmen arrived on cam pus on Tuesday afternoon, and be gan their program of orientation on Wednesday morning. Included, for the remainder of the week for the freshmen, are tests of various kinds, fellowship get-togethers and other social events, programs by the various churches in the town, and a reception given by the col lege for the freshmen. Transfer students from other colleges will come to the campus on Friday for a series of orienta tion meetings, and will register with the upperclassmen on Mon day, September XX. New faculty members, who have participated in the week's activi ties, number twenty-four. They in clude: Miss Mary Brown Allgood, for merly at Pennsylvania State Uni versity, chairman of the depart ment of home economics; Miss Mary Jean Ash brook, former mathematical programmer with the National Weather Records Center, instructor in msthematics; Ellis G. Boatmon, formerly at Florence Extension Center of Uni versity of South Carolina, assist ant professor in social studies; Miss Alma Burkett, former high school English teacher, instructor in English; Mrs. May Evans Den ton, former science teacher for WUNC-TV, associate professor in biology; Eugene* C. Droxdowski, former instructor at Kent State University, assistant professor of social studies; Mrs. Frances S. (continued on page two) Mrs. Greene, 93, Dies Tuesday At Blowing Rock Mri. Channle Rebecca Greene, 03 year old widow of WaiUtel Greene, Route 1, Blowing Rock, died Auguat 29 at Watauga Hoc pita) after a long illneaa. Funeral aervlcea were conducted August 31 at 11:00 a. m. inOhe Middle Fork Baptiat Church by the Rev. Raymond Hendrix, the Rev. W. T. Bracket!, and the Rev. Har old Hayea. Burial wac in the church cemetery. She ia survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Leila Harrison, Route 4, Boone; Mri. Bessie Hollfield, Greenville, S. C.; four sons, Fred and Floyd Green*, both of Route 1, Blowing Rock, Bynum and Milt Greene, both of Boone; one step son. Dock Greene, Lenoir; a sister, Mrs. Victor Greene, Route 1. Blow ing Rock; four brothers, Talt and Phi) more Ford, Route 1, Blowing Rock, Squire Ford, StetesvlUe, and Dock Ford. Leaolr There are 23 grandchildren ami M great grand Accident Damages 3 Cars ACCIDENT AT COVE CREEK PRODUCES FREAKISH PARKING OF CARS. Ted Tester Stevens, 20, of Sher wood, received a reckless driving citation when the 1997 Pontiac he was driving went out of control. The car hit a bank on the left side of the highway, turned over, and bounced up tn the air across the highway, and landed on top of a 1960 Buick. The Impact knocked the Buick into a 1999 Oldsmobile. Stevens' only visible hurt was a small cut on his head. This was the description of an accident by investigating Patrol man George E. Baker. The acci dent happened at #:'30 o'clock Friday morning in front of the Cove Creek Elementary School, on U. S. Highway 421. The Buick, belonging to Jimmy Farthing Mast of Sugar Grove, was estimated to be damaged ap proximately (700.00 worth The Oldsmobile, belonging to Albert Henton of Boone, was damaged approximately $100.00. The Pont lac, belonging to Ted Stevens' fa ttier, Lloyd Steven* of Sherwood, was considered a total lots. 30% Watauga Households Had Incomes Of $4,000 Last Year (Special to the Democrat) New York, Aug. 28 (Park Row News Service) ? The income gains that reiidenti of Watauga County have achieved during the laat few yean have carried many familiei into new and higher income brack eta. The upward movement baa been a general one, with the result that a greater proportion of the local population ia to be found in the over 94,000 groups and a smaller proportion in the below $4,000 groups than ever before. Such are the findings reached in a copyrighted study, made by Sales Management, to determine how the population is divided in terms of income brackets. Every area of the country is in eluded in the breakdown, one of the purposes of which was to find out what the so-calM "average income" of each locality consists of. Is It made up of a small number of families with high incomes com pensating for a large number with very lown incomes or are earnings more evenly distributed? Some 30.9 percent of Watauga County'* household!, it is shown, had cash incomes last year of $4,000 or more, after taxes. By comparison only 21.1 percent of the local households were in ? the over 44,000 brackets two years ago, when a similar study was conducted. The rise, 9.4 percent, was great er than the rise elsewhere in the United States, 8.3 percent. It wa? 6.3 percent in the South Atlantic SUtes. In varying degrees, there has been an improvement in family (Continued on page two) OBSERVE SILVER ANNIVERSARY Blue Ridge Co-op Members To Hold Annual Meeting Saturday All road* will lead to Hudson High School in Caldwell County this Saturday afternoon where the members of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation will gath er for their annual membership meeting. This years meeting is ex tra special because It is the co operative's silver anniversary c e 1 a b r a't 1 o n commenting the founding and growth of rural elec trification in Northwest North Carolina. According to C. E. Vlverette, General Manager of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, more than 5,000 people are expect ed to attend the half-day affair. Among the notables participating in the program will be the Honor able L. Y. Ballentlne, State Com missioner of Agriculture, who will present the feature addreae. Sena tor Sam i. Ervln, Congressman Hugh Alexander, and Mayor Har per Beall, Jr. of Lenoir. One of the highlights of the meeting will be the unveiling of a portrait of Mr. George Finley Meaatek, the first manager of the cooperative. The portrait was painted by Mr. Charles Paatelle ef There will be fun and entertain L. V. BALLENTINE mcnt if well u ? buiioem aeaalon. A fifteen man board of director* will be elected by the member* to represent them In policy-making dociiion* effecting the operation* of the member-owned corporation. Twenty-two hundred dollar* In ?cholarahlp* will ha awarded to the winner* of the annual amy contort sponsored by the locally ?' ... Door prizes valued at over *1,300.00 including an electric range, freezer, dryer, television aet and one-hundred and fifty electric blankets will be given away. The children are not to be left home to miss out on this gala oe cassion. A special program for them includes prizes, games, a band, a movie of Disneyland, auth entic Indian dances, and refresh ments. Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation invites and encourages all of its members to join in this annual meeting and help celebrate "A century of progress in twenty five year*." Mrs. Henkel Rites Today Mri. C. V. Henkel burg and Blowing Monday evening after a wili be held
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