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VOL. LXXIV? NO. 2t
.WATAUGA
BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT at Appalachian State Teacher* College is demonstrated to students, A1 Overby,
left, of Granite Falls, and Phillip Sexton, right, of Sparta, by Dr. Wofford Sink. ? Larry Penley photo.
College Professor Leaves Business
Field; Resumes Teaching Profession
By LARRY PENLEY
Many college professors leave
teaching to enter business, but few
leave business to return to teach
ing.
After 19 years in business. Dr.
Woodford Sink gave up an attrac
tive position and salary with a
large manufacturing firm to re
turn to his first love, the teach
ing profession.
At Cannon Mills of Kannapolis,
he organized, prepared and taught
night school courses on textile
bleaching, dyeing and finishing.
While associated with Fisher
Scientific of Pittsburgh, he taught
and trained college graduates. He
organized and taught courses on
the theory, application and main
tenance of modern laboratory tools.
Some of thfe college graduates were
so poorly trained that Dr. Sink
felt he needed to return to col-,
lege teaching to help students get
the proper background for careers
in industry.
Head of the chemistry depart
ment at Appalachian State Teach
ers College, he began his work
here in 185? after teaching at Un
ion College in Kentucky for two
years.
When asked what he liked best
at Appalachian, Dr. Sink replied
that he was pleased to find the ad
ministration so democratic and so
"above board." "And, I love the
friendly people, too."
Lecturing over the United States
in most of the major cities and in
Canada, he has spent half of his
time in teaching students, the oth
er half in industrial work as a
laboratory director and technical
training director.
His career has led him to the
Citadel, the Medical School of
South Carolina, Wittenberg Col
lege (Ohio), Georgia State College
for Women and the Institute of
Textile Technology (Virginia).
A native of Lexington, Dr. Sink
did undergraduate work at Ca
tawba College and completed his
graduate work at the University of
North Carolina.
He has strong beliefs in the op
portunities that science affords.
"Not all science-educated people
work in a laboratory. Many jobs
require a scientific background
such as creative writing and art
work for science magazines and
work in industry.
He continued to say that there
is no greater need than for science
teachers in high schools.
Dr. Sink speaks with admiration
of his houseful of boys. The Sinks
have six sons, one engaged in gra
duate work at the University of
South Carolina, two are students
at Appalachian. Mrs. Sink runs
Insurance Man
Gates Honor
W. K. Wilson, district agent
here for the Occidental Life In
surance Company of North Caro
lina, has qualified for Occidental's
top honor club composed of lead
ing company representatives.
Membership in the exclusive
company group is open to all Oc
cidental field men who meet qual
ifications as to the quality and
amount of business production.
The club holds a periodic sales
convention.
U. S. reduces estimates of Soviet
fall-out. i
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Recently the Sinks completed
their new home which they design
ed and built. Dr. Sink said that
this project was one of their great
est undertakings as a family af- i
fair, and everyone had a part in
the construction.
The college professor declared
that he doesn't hare time for hob
bies. "There is no time for any- :
thing but work." He does like to
indulge in tennis and some music
once in a while, but his main love 1
is science. ?
"I just wish I had the time to
*et up and demonstrate much more
of the wonderful scientific ap- .
paratus, so I could show science '
more clearly to our students," he |
remarked.
One of his students laid, "Dr. j
Sink is tmpii, funny and nice. He j
makes chemistry something prac- i
tical, bat above all, be gets his i
points across." 1
Productivity
Farm Workers
Is Increasing
The efficiency of American agri
culture is one of the most amazing
success stories of our time, accord
ing to information received by the
lpcal ASCS office. The average pro
ductivity per farm worker has
more than doubled In the last 20
years. In fact, productivity has
gone up more in the last 20 years
than in all recorded time prior to
1940.
One hour of farm labor today
produces four times as much food
and fiber as it did 40 years ago.
Crop production is 68 percent
greater per acre. Output per breed
ing animal is 88 percent higher.
Productivity of the American
farm worker in the 1090's increas
ed by 6tt percent ? year. This la
about three times the increased
output in non-agricultural industry,
which went up around 2 percent a
year curing tne same period.
In 1910, it took a farmer 138
hours to produce 100 bushels of
corn, 106 hours for 100 bushels of
wheat, and 276 hours for a bale of
cotton. In 1960, it took about 14
man-hours to produce 100 bushels
of corn, 13 for 100 ' bushels of
wheat, and 97 for a bale of cotton.
The foundation of this progress
in agriculture lies in government
and industry research, education,
and the hard work and ingenuity
of farmers and ranchers.
If our population reaches 230
million by i979 (as predicted),
farmers and ranchers must pro
duce 16.3 billion pounds more red
meat, 47 billion pounds more milk,
20.7 million tons more fruits and
vegetables, and 20 billion more
eggs.
To produce these and other
foods needed, another 200 million
acres of cropland would be re
quired if yields in 1979 are the
same as in 1996.
But we don't have 200 million
more acres of cropland. And we
won't need them.
Greater efficiency in crop and
livestock production will make it
possible to feed 230 million people
In 1979 from about the same total
icreage now used. Further, today's
[armers are applying the soil and
grater conservation measures need
It) to protect the land for maxi
mum safe use in 197S ? and far
into the future. I
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Mrs. Nichols, 69, Succumbs
Banner Elk, Dec. 18? Mn Lena
McKay Nichota, SB, housemother
at Grandfather Home for Children,
died unexpectedly of a heart at
tack Saturday afternoon at the
children'a home.
Mr*. Nichols was A native of
Rockingham, a daughter of tne
late Thomas and Christian Mckay.
She had been housemother at the
Children'a Home for three years.
Prior to coming to Banner Elk,
she was housemother at one o I
the dormitories at Appalachian
State Teachers college in Boone,
and at the "Teacherage" in Ham
let.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
R. J. Martin of Atlanta; a sister,
Mrs. Jessie Henderson of Charles
ton, S. C.; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
TOO OU> ?
Richmond, V?.? George Greshen
hat decided to ignore an order to
report to ? draft board for induc
tion into the army. Groshen ia SO
years old. Draft board officials
laid he got notice intended for an
other man with the tame family
name.
2:30 p. m. today at the First
Methodist church in Hamlet. The
pastor officiated, and buiial was
in Hamlet cemetery.
SomervUle, N. |Ua local judga
obliged and added 22 day. to the
sentence of Andrew Lazinsky, who
already had served ? day* en
charge* of being drunk and die
orderly.
The Judge went along with !*?
zinsky'i requeet when the man
?aid he had been promiaed a Job
in three week* if he *tayed out of
trouble. lie aaid the beat way of
do that wa* to remain in jail until;
the job wa* available.
with hopes
flying high..*
With high ho pea for your ?iu>
cess and happiness in the New
Year , we welcome young Mr.
1962. May he give a truly
" out ' of ? this ? world " per
formance . . . on your behalf I
Watauga Savings & Loan
Assoc iation
Oppodte fox Ofllr? _ Boone, N. G
MORE of all (be good thiags of life la what
we wish for yoa, our good friends, io 1982. We
are MORE thaa grateful for your patronage and
will try every day, la every way to be MORE and
MORE worthy of your confidence.
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Key word In our resolutions for the New
Year is "MORE"! It is our aim to be MORE helpful
to MORE people MORE often ... to have MORE
of what they want always, at prices that will give
then MORE for their money.
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