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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1MZ
SOME BULL. ? A Hereford bull is admired by 14 member* of a
touring party which viaited eleven farms in Watauga county
last Wednesday. The second annual tour was staged by the
Watauga Hereford breeders. The Members of the group are
(left to right) L. E. Tuckwiller, county agent, Earl H. Hostetter,
Jake VonCannon, Wesley Brewer, Harry Hamilton, Jr., Richard
Winkler, Frank Hast, Lynn Vines, Woodrow Richardson, David
Mast, John Minton, B. W. Stalling*, and Gilbert Dollars. Coun
cil Henson holds the bull in front of the other members.?
Flowers photo.
ZI01SVILLE NATIVE, WIFE KILLED
ie In Flamin
ane In High Rockies
Mrs. Cooke Is New
Speech Therapist
In addition to John Gibson
who begins this year his duties
M guidance director for Wa
tauga County Schools, super
intendent Guy Angetl announc
ed last week the appointment
of Mrs. Council Cooke aa
speech therapist, in the school
system.
Mrs. Cooke, Angell said, will
spend a few weeks surveying
the speech problems in the
various schools throughout the
county. She then will make
public a schedule which she will
follow at the schools.
She will be working primari
ly with children who have only
minor speech difficulties, this
year, Angell said. This, in An
gell's words, "is due to the fact
that we have so many students
in our schools this year with
minor difficulties."
Mrs. Cooke was allotted to the
Watauga unit by the Special
Education Division of the State
Department of Public Instruc
tion. A graduate of Appalachian
State Teachers College, Mrs.
Coo'.e has studied at George
Poabod? and at Woman's Col
lege.
This summer she took cours
es in speech therapy at West
ern Carolina College.
She taught in the Charlotte
Weston Photo
MRS. COUNCIL COOKE
City Schools from 1949 to 1993.
She was with the Curry School
at Woman's College from 1953
to 1961 when she moved to
Blowing Rock as an elementary
teacher.
School children registered for
classes Wednesday (August 22)
and began the school year to
day. There are approximately
4,000 students in the Watauga
.County schools, Angell said.
8 Days Left In Photo
Contest; YouMayWin
Only eight days remain in the
thft? week photo contest being
sponsored by the Watauga
Democrat. Thirty-five dollars
awaits the top three winners in
the two classes of competition.
The deadline for entries is
S p. m. Friday, August 31.
Judging will be completed
early the following waek and
the decisions of the judges will
be announced in the Sept. 6
issue of the Watauga Democrat
The classes of competition
are as follows:
Claw I? Current photographs,
rhotograpfcs of wrecks, fires,
weddings, etc., will be placed
in this division of competition.
In other words, current events
or happenings ? recent photos
?will be judged in Class L
Class II ? Historical Photo
graphs. Pictures of people,
places, or things takan years
ago will be placed in this divi
sion of the contest
First place winners in each
division will receive $10 each;
second, *5 each; and third,
(2.80 each.
Generally, the rules aj* as
follow
Only amateur photographers
arc eligible.
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No employee of the Watauga
Democrat or Appalachian News
Bureau nor the family of any
such employee la eligible to
participate in this contest.
Only black and white photos
will be accepted.
The Watauga Democrat re
serve* the right to publish any
photo entered in the contest;
all photos may be reclaimed by
calling for specific entries at
the main desk at the Watauga
Democrat office after Sept. 6.
The name and complete ad
dress of the person entering a
picture should be written U,
ink or dark lead pencU on each
photo submitted.
A person may make as many
entries as he wishes, k
For further particulars, see
the August 9 issue of the Wa
tauga Democrat
Judges for the contcst are
John Corey and Larry Penley
of the Appalachian News Bur
eau and Dale Caddy of the Wa
tauga Democrat.
As of Tuesday of this week,
several hundred photos in the
Class 11 division had been re
ceived at the -office of the
Democrat and about 7S pictures
in Class I had been submitted.
J. Loyd Younce, a son of
Phillip aad Mrs. Younce and
a native of the Zionville com
munity of Watauga county, his
wife, and two others died in the
flaming crash of a private air
plane in Colorado's Rocky
Mountains last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Younce, resi
dents of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Desk
ins, of Kingsport, Tenn. left
Kingwort Thursday morning
for a two-week holiday on the
Wwt Coast, which was to have
included a visit to the World's
Fair in Seattle.
They left Denver, Colo., after
an overnight stop at 7:26 a. in.
Friday. Younce, the pilot, had
filed a flight plan, indicating
Laramie, Wyoming as his next
stop. The plane, a Beechcraft
Bonanza, apparently crashed at
9:09 a. m. since its clock had
stopped at that hour. The crash
occurred in forested mountain
country 20 miles east of Steam
boat Spring!, and about 175
miles from Denver.
The crash started a fire that
destroyed a small stand of tim
ber before forest rangers and
others brought it under control.
A helicopter was dispatched to
tfc* scene after the fire was
spotted.
Relatives left Kingsport for
Colondo Saturday. Making the
trip wer? Y ounce's son, J. L.
Y ounce, itH his son-in-law. Earl
Feathers; Deskins' stepfather,
Karl Biddle and his uncle, Car
son Deskins.
Y ounce had picked up the
Deskins after flying to King
sport Tuesday. He had flown
the light craft across the Rock
ies a number of time*. Mrs.
Deskins was You ace's daughter
by a former marriage.
The bodies were returned to
Kingsport by air Monday,
where funeral services are to
be held this (Wednesday) af
ternoon.
Women Voters To Meet
The League of Women Voters
will meet Tuesday evening, Au
gust 28, at 8 o'clock, in the
Ladies' Parlor of the Boone
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Robert King will pre
sent a program on "Support of
Self-Government and Represen
tation in Congress for the Cit
izens of the District of Colum
bia."
Mrs. Wanser, member of the
State Board of the League of
Women Voters, and another
member of the Charlotte League
will be present at the meeting.
They will help local members
with financial planning.
All members and all inter
ested women are invited to at
tend.
Heart Fund
Tally Cited
Chapel Hill? Tar Heels gave
over $485,000 to the 1962
Heart Fund, the North Caro
lina Heart Association report
ed today.
Public contribution* to the
annual fundraising effort to
support the fight against the
heart diseases have doubled
since 1856, when *227,000 was
raised in the state.
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hast
spent Sunday and Monday of
thi* week in Gatlinburg, Tennes
Dr. Branch, Head Of Baptist State
; 'I .'-Ca.
Convention, To Attend Meeting
Dr. Douglas Branch, executive
secretary-treasurer of the Bap
tist State Convention of North
Carolina, will address the an
nual session of the Three Forks
Baptist Association at the Pleas
ant Grove Baptist Church Aug
ust 28, ?t 10 a. ffl.
Dr. Branch is a native of
Wake county, his home church
being the Mt. lioriah Church
where he was ordained while a
student at Wake Forest College.
He served as pastor of Forest
ville, Bethlehem, Youngsville,
Bethany and Cary church, and
moderator of the Raleigh Asso
ciation.
He is a graduate of Wake For
est College, and attended South
ern Baptist Theological Semi
nary and Duke University Divin
ity School. In IMC Wake For
est College conferred upon him
the honorary degree of D. D.
From 1M1 to IMS h? served
as one of the general mission
aries of the Baptist State Con
vention of North Carolina, dur
lag which time there was initi
ated in thia State the organized
simultaneous evangeliatic cru
sade idea in which Dr. Branch
gave leadership.
His paato rates since attend
ing seminary include the Scot
land Neck Baptist Church,
1949-1947; First Baptist Church
of Kannapolia, 1947-1953; First
Baptist Church of Rocky Mount
from 1993 until July 1, 1959,
when he became general secre
tary-treasurer of the Baptist
State Convention.
In 1953 Dr. Branch served on
the committee to draw up the
nine-year program
for North Carolina
Also in that year I
first vice president of the Bap
tist State Convention, and was
elected president of the conven
tion in 1984 snd 1955. Be has
bMnprrtdert of the North Car
ecor
Drama Will
End Season j
September 1
Saturday night's attendance at
Horn in the West topped a five
year's record, according to Her
man W. Wilcox, executive pres
ident of Southern Appalachian
Historical Association, sponsors
of the drama.
Thirteen hundred and five
persons were in attendance Sat
urday, when Lulu Belle and
Scotty, famous radio perform
ers, and Alan Newcombe,
well-known weather caster, were
present at the show. Previous
recent high attendance was in
1981, when 1061 attended, Mr.
Wilcox said.
Following Saturday's record
attendance, Mr. Wilcox predict
ea tnat tne drama wui close
this year with a "very satisfac
tory season." The drama close*
Saturday, September 1.
Booked aa a "double-feature,"
the Saturday's attendance rec
ord was partially attributed to
the appearance of the three
famous visitors. Mr. Newcombe
made a short apearance on the
stage and spoke briefly, before
the introduction of Lulu Belle
and Scotty. Mr. Wilcox said,
"We owe much to these three
people for helping us break tit*
attendance record."
Mr. Wilcox said the drama
seems to be getting its "second
wind," and he predicted a suc
cessful future for the historical
pi?y- ?
He said critics everywhere
are praising it in its appeal to
all ages. A woman from Rich
mond, Va., commented, "My
four year old boy seemed to
understand it I had no prob
lem of his going to sleep . . .
very entertaining to all."
Other comments made by vis
itors, according to Mr. Wilcox,
were: )$.
"Every citizen of our coun
try should see it"
"Every school child should be
required to see it"
"This is the best way to teach
history, visual education ? it
makes you proud you are an
American."
Of the Battle of Kings Moun
tain, some have said, "Spectac
ular," "Pathos, tragedy, realis
tic, and thanks to God for the
victory aspects portrayed that
gave America freedom."
Mr. Wilcox pointed out that
the presentation usually takes
about 90 minutes, with 19 min
utes for intermission. "It is us
ually over by 10 p. m. Many
who come from some distance
are able to reach home by mid
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Veteran Announcer Grady Cole
Aided Local Cabbage Growers
I S. C. EGGERS CHATS WITH GRADY COtE
Grady Cole, Sr., accredited
with having pulled Watauga
County's cabbage market "out
of. the rottgjr several yean ago,
visited with friends in the vi
cinity of Boone last week.
Cole, associated with radio
station WBT in Charlotte for
more than 32 years, received
word from a Watauga citizen
"during the late 193Cs" that
the cabbage crop in the moun
tain top county was "standing
still." %
The citizen, who Wished to re
main anonymous, stated this
week that cabbage in Watauga
County at that time wmmH
selling. "It was lying In the
fields, rotting," the person said.
The concerned individual
called Cole at the Charlotte
station and explained the situa
tion to him. Cole, primarily on
his own, made plea* from WBT,
telling the Watauga story.
Within two days "people
from the flat lands began to
buy our mountain cabbage." Be
fore long, almost all of the
wtfsarss:
market bad become established.
Today it is one of the county's
leading crop*.
Mr. Cole was Master of cere
monies at the opening of the
burley market in Boone in 1M2.
Cole could not t
Boone Monday for
Stimulus To Growth Cled
In Address To ASTC Grads
"The stimulus to growth 1*
the most satisfying of til men's
activities. The truly educated
never cease themselves to grow.
Lifelong growth in mind and
in spirit bu become a compell
ing aspiration for increasing
numbers of people."
These are the words of Dr.
Elmer H. Garinger, superinten
dent emeritus of the Charlotte
Mecklenburg schools, as he ad
dressed 128 undergraduate and
173 graduate candidates who
received diplomas in graduation
exercises at Appalachian State
Teachers College on Friday,
August 17, at 7 p. m.
In his speech the Charlotte
educator declared that this
matter of continued growth is
of concern to all of the profes
sions and to business; for ex
emple, how few doctors or dent
ists are there who do not feel
the urge to attend refresher
courses or Institutes to keep
their skills, techniques and
knowledge up to date. The
physician or dentist who does
not keep abreast of the recent
developments in bis profession
is likely to find bis practice
changing to thoee representa
tives who do keep up to date.
He said that it is true that
some in the teaching profession
are content to rest on their
oars once they have a teaching
certificate. The State Depart
ment of Education encourages
members at the teaching pro
fession to impreve their com
petencies and to move forward
in their professional growth.
Dr. Garinger was introduced
by Dr. W. H. Plemmons, presi
dent of Appalachian.
Candidates for the Bachelor
Degree were presented by Dr.
D. J. Whitener, dean of the
white Dr. Gratis Wil
of graduate stu
for tht Masters Degree.
Or. Plemmons conferral de
free* and awarded diplomas.
The diplomas were presented
by H. R. Eggers, registrar ot
tbe college. Each graduate was
congratulated by Dr. Plemmons.
The invocation was given by
the Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr., pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Boone, and the bene
diction by the Rev. W. T.
Ferneyhough, pastor ef St.
Luke's Episcopal Church,
Boone.
The summer school choir,
under the direction of Mrs. Vir
ginia Linney, sang "O Holy
Lord" by Tschaikowsky. Spec
ial music was provided by the
college band, directed by Char
les Isley.
Dr. Garinger, a native of Mt.
Vernon, Missouri, served in the
ASC Voting
Ends Tenth
Voting time for ASC commit
teemen to serve during the
coming year is nearing and will
be held during the period of
August 31 through September
10, according to Vaughan Tug
man, Watauga County ASC com
mittee chairman.
Ballots wftt be mailed to all
eligible voters on record, on or
before August SI, Mr. Tugman
said. Voters will t( "informed
to vote for five persons from
the list of nominees wbo were
selected by farmer petitions and
present community committees
and placed on the pallots.
Following tbe community
elections, the chairmen of the
newly e'ected commiftes will
meet at the county convention
to be held September 20, and
elect the county committee for
the coming year.
mwmm
Charlotte - Mecklenburg school
system from 1021 until 1962.
July 1, 1862, he became super
intendent of the Consolidated
Schools of Charlotte and Meck
lenburg County. He hat been
visiting < professor of education
at Appalachian during the sum
mer school session.
He has also served as visiting
professor at George Peabody
College, University of North
Carolina, University of Mis
souri, and Clark University.
Isaacs Gets
School Postl
Lloyd Isaacs, staff member
of the North Carolina Educa
tion Association, has been elect
ed to a vice-presidency of the
National School Public Rela
tions Association.
His two-year term will expire
in August of 1964. As one of
seven regional vice-presidents,
he will serve and represent ten
southeastern states.
The national election of
Isaacs places him on the execu
tive committee of NSPRA, the
only national group devoted
solely to school public i
For the past seven
has served as dircetar of f
relations for the
He has served for
as state
tional group *nd in 1060
the first
the public
tion of
members.