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Section C WATAUGA DEMOCRAT Give? The United Way pi ? B PUCE: SIX CENTS VOL. LXXIV? NO. 24 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NOETH CAROLINA, THUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1M1 Homecoming At Cove Creek High Brings Fond Memories From Grad By DOTT W. GRYDER Alumni shared the spotlight with present day students on Fri day when the 38th annual home coming waa observed at Cove Creek High School. Beginning at 8 p. n>- ? reception was held in the school cafeteria, with graduates of many years pre sent to pay tribute to their alma mater. In an atmosphere of poign ant memories old school mates met to reminiace and renew friendships of other days. Following the reception the Cove Creek girl's basketball team downed a strong Lansing team with a 25-22 margin. Linda Henson was top scorer, collecting 14 points for her team. The nets were allowed to cool while the cheerleaders, Maxie Johnson, (Chief), Kathleen John son. Carolyn Porch, Carolyn Town ! send, Betty Church, Jeannie Ban ner and Sarah Lou Mast, with the help of Bobby Shipley and Johnny I Adams presented a hilarious skit. A special program followed with Mr. E. B. Fox, a 1M5 graduate, now principal of Valle Cruris High School, acting as master of ceremonies. Past graduates were introduced and feminine pulchri tude shared the spotlight with handsome young men as t|y Home coming Court was presented. Tommy Sutherland and Janet Oliver, resplendent in evening at tire, were elected Homecoming King and Queen, with Linda I Church, Larry Cook, Lois Greene, I David Thomas, Joy Byers, Jim I Love, Nancy Hatley and Clyde I Perry serving as attendants. I Following the homecoming court I ceremonies the Cove Creek boy s I basketball team met the Lansing | boys in an exciting skirmish which I ended in a 68-57 score in favor of I Cove Creek. Tony Isaacs burned I the nets with a 27 point score H while Bob Greene ran a close sec | ond with 25 points. Outstanding ? scorer for Lansing was Bradley H McNeill wKh 25 points. H It was pointed out by Mr. Fox Hthat Cove Creek High School was ? established in 1983, with the first ? class graduating in 1824. H is U> ? te resting to note that during its 38 years of existance a total of 3 863 students have attended Cove Creek High School with less than half that number? 1,623 graduat ing. During these yefs only five men have served as principal. The first principal, Greer Glenn went to Smithfield as principal of the city school aftei leaving Cove Creek. Sam Horton, who devoted many years to being principal, is now retired and still making Cove Creek his home. Paul Bingham, a former graduate of Cove Creek High School who served as princi pal during the war years, is pre sently principal of Beaver Creek I Ask.... Boone Insurance Agency, Int. Prafenional Bnildinf N. C. ? AM 44 1SS All-in-One Insurance PROTECTS Your Home . Personal Property Your Liability SAVES YOU MONEY lOMIOfflCI ? KATTlf , WAiHINOTOf BnM *. [Ifwr Independent Ii A|nt SWT? V? High School in Ashe County. John Bingham it attending Wake Forest where he it scheduled to receive a law degree next year. The preaant principal, Carl Fid ler, is a Meoueoourg nsuve wno received his ?. b. and M. A. de grees at Appalachian State Teach ers College, lie married a local girl, Miss Marbeth Winkler, and tney have four children, three of wnom attend Boone elementary school. Mr. Fidler is vitally Interested in sports, having participated actively wnile at aoTC and coach ed in 1IM7 and 1VM at Cove Creec. he was principal of the Cove Creek elementary acnool for nine and a nail years before becoming high scnooi principal. "Coming Home" "Coming home" after one has been away lor many years can prove to be a rather shocking ex perience. Most amazing is how ones contemporaries have aged! . . . The children of schoolmates, appearing so juvenile and dewy fresh, makes one wonder if we were ever that young and starry eyed with spirits so exuoerant. A sidelight which might prove of interest to many readers is the story of five students, alumni of I Cove Creek, who spent eleven ! years as classmates. The five boys and girls began studying their three K's at Ivy Ridge, the typical "little red schoolhouse" ? only in .this case the one-room structure was a weather-beaten gray. In 1926 it was necessary for some students in places as remote as five miles, who desired a high er education to "board" near the school of their choice. When the five students who comprised the entire seventh grade finished grammar school they each attend ed Cove Creek High School, gra duating there in 1930. One of the five wu Jennie Love, who has (or many years been a valued English teacher and librar ian at Cove Creek High' School. Ned and Joy Glenn, brother and (later, each married classmates. Ned. who la now a prosperous farmer in the Cove Creek area, married Mary Lee Bingham, a teacher of 22 years standing at Mabel School. Joy, now employed by Boone Drug Co. married Dough ton Greene, who is a teacher of mathematics and social studies at Cove Creek. Dwight Cable, who is in the mercantile business at Cove Creek, married Annie Lou Edmis ten. The other member of the quintet, ye scribe, Dottle (Alver tie) Wsrd married Dwight Gryder (for better or worse ? and it got worse and worse, so we called it quits). Dwight is employed by the Seaboard Airline Railway in Ham let, while Dott or "Vertie" finally realized her lifelong ambition to be a member of the Democrat staff. . In 1929 the first school bus was provided for the "River Road" and the lower Cove Creek area. The so-called school bus was nothing more than a trusty old Ford truck with a white sheet drawn covered wagon-fashion over bows to keep out the worst of the elements. Rough plank seats which caused many a darn (no pun intended) flanked the sides of the "bus" while one seat ran down the mid dle. Mr. Hard Hagaman was driver of the bus and all riders of that famous "covered wagon" will re member how he used to unload shivvering students in the icy tem peratures of a winter morning to carry the truck over a particular ly hazardous spot, and then all and sundry would pile in helter skelter as the vehicle continued the journey. Sometimes it took two hours to traverse a distance of six mile* . . Later Ned Glenn teak on the ]ob of "Dua driver" but he never aaw the day when he could match Mr. Hagaman'i picturesque language when the truck mired axle deep la mud! Each graduate of Cove Creek High School haa a different aet of memoriea ? aome happy, aome aad ? but it ia certain that everyone who haa ever attended the school haa one thing in common ? a sense of loyalty to their alma mater that will never dim. Road Work Is Reported Morganton ? Highway Commia sioner Jack Kirkaey reports the completion of 17 road improve ment projecta in Avery, Caldwell and Watauga Counties during the month of November. State forces ia Avery County stabilized these roada: 1.0 milea Vale Koad; 1.0 milea Old Toe Riv er Road; 0.4 mile Fork Mountain; 1.0 miles Old Cow Camp; and 0.S mile Stapa Johnson Road. Theae Caldwell County roada were graded drained and stabili zed: 0.2 mile Bumgarner Road; 0.2 mile Marcua Road; 0.3 mile Lake wood Road; 0.3 mile Boughman Road; 0.2 mile Maple Grove Road; 0.39 mile Clay Road; and 0.33 mile Harpertown Road; 2.0 milea Bow man Rd.; and 1.3 milea hooper Rd. from 1751 to 1002. In Watauga county theae roada were graded, drained and stabili zed: 0.6 mile Ruben Walker Road; 1.4 miles Watson Road from SR 1130, wcat; and 1.2 miles Meat Camp Road from 1339 to 1300. Many U. S. firms are now doing "exit interviews" with people who leave their employment ? to find out what they think of the com pany. ! Aged care bill attacked by A. M. A. head. l Mrs. Tripletl ? Dies Thursday Mr. Opal Hodges Triplett, 42, dlad December 7. Funeral services were held ' Sunday at 2 p. m. In Liberty Methodist Church at Mat ney with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Roby Painter and Rev. Alvin Wilson were in charge of the services. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hodges of Banner Elk; the husband, Ernice C. Trip lett, Sr. of Banner Elk; one son Ernie C. Triplett, Jr. of the navy in Oak Harbor, Washington; three daughters, Paula of Raleigh and Shelia M. and Elizabeth E. of the home; two brothers, Rom Hodges, of Baltimore, Maryland and Jack R. Hodges of Hickory; five sisters, Mrs. OUie Woods, Bluff City, Tenn.. Mrs. Mabel Smith, Baltl more,Mr?. Betty Colbert, Pineola, and Mrs. Audrey Fender of River side, N. J.; the grandmother, Mrs. Dick Bailiff of Banner Elk and two grandchildren. The Army says it will give Christmas leave to as many troops as possible, including reservists and Guardmen. The policy will also cover the 16,000 draftees ordered to report for processing within the first fif teen days of December. The Marine, Navy and Air Force has not issued definite rul ings for the Christmas holidsys at this time. Lj^ow Lodge To Install New Slate Officers The Masonic Snow Lodge will hold a public installation of the new officers for the year 1902 Friday night, December 15, at 8:00 p. m. The lodge will open at its usual tiny, 7:30 p. in.. The public is invited to the in stallation services which will be gin about thirty minutes after the regular opening hour of the lodge. The officers for 1862 will be: Worshipful Master, O. T. Brown, Jr.; Senior Warden, William E. Fulmer; Junior Warden, J. C. Greene, Jr.; Treasurer, B. W. Stal ling!; Secretary, Hoyle Davis; Sen ior Deacon, R. W. Watkins; Junior Deacon, Eddie Paul Norris; Senior Steward, Richard W. Winkler; Junior Steward, Jay Teems; Chap lin, Lewis Lenti; Tyler, Melvin Norris. ON DRAFTEE CALLS Draft calls likely stay at a rela tively high level ? and may go even higher ? if the Army is increased by two regular divisions. Pentagon sources said the White House informally has agreed with Secretary of Defense McNamara's recommendation that the regular Army be increased from fourteen to sixteen divisions. Y<m'n out nine Chen II modele to eftoow from. Tkii it the Nora iOO Sport Coup*. Luxury and low price were never blended go beautifully Who but Chevrolet could've done it? Price, spice and everything nice! A car that'a bustin' with room, zoom and richness. One that's deep in convenience and comfort. One that won't let you squander a thing but affection. Look over the beautiful new Chevy II Nova here, and light out in it at your dealer's. NEW CHEW H NOVA A SIX WITH V8 SCAT. O You design ? throaty Six (120 hp. itronf) with special refinements like seven main bearings. You take your Six and team it with a car that is hun dreds of pounds lighter than the big jobs? and, partner, you've got Got Cl EASIER going bids. New Mono-Plata rear spring* take the place of old-fashioned multi-leaf apringa. Tough but aver so gentle, they help give you a ride that reminda you of the big Chenrrolet? and you know how mooth (tat ia. O RICH REFINED INTE RIORS. Here's whan you sit in the lap of lusury. Leather! Ike vinyl uphol stery. Foam-cushioned, of course. Carpeting and ecu IT mat*. Vinyl overhead and chrome trim? the works 1 O EVEN bucket seats I r YOU LIKE. Comfort able, contoured for full support, padded with thick deep-foam cushioning, covered in rich leather grained vinyl. Yours at slight extra eoat in the Nova Sport Coup* and Convertible. Body by Fisher STRIKING NIW STYLING. Any way you look at It, tb? Chary II Nora la a neat, nifty (aahion plat*. 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