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ASTC Students Come From 84 Counties
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By LARRY PENLEY
Eighty-four of the 100 coun
ties of North Carolina were
repreiented in the resident
undergraduate students at Ap
palachian State Teachers Col
lege during the fall quarter, ac
cording to information received
recently from H. R. Eggers,
ASTC registrar.
From Murphy to Chowan stu
dents made their way to the
Baone campus to enroll as can
didates for degrees leading to
teacher certification.
Of the total number of in
state undergraduate students, 80
per cent is from the Piedmont,
15 per cent from the mountains,
and 5 per cent from the coastal
plains.
Other states contributed 148
students out of an enrollment
of 2,772 undergraduates, which
represents a fraction over five
per cent of the enrollment.
Mecklenburg County contrib
uted 14ft students to lead all the
other counties in the state with
students at Appalachian.
Other counties in the top ten
contributed students as follows:
WaUuga, 142; Catawba, 1SS;
Gaston, 119; Forsyth, 118; Cleve
land, 115; Caldwell, 112; Wilkes,
112; Iredell, 103; and Rowan,
102. The top ten counties con
tributed 1,205 of the students
or about 43 per cent.
Students coming from the sec
ond ten counties are Burke,
M; Ashe, 88; Cabarrus, 85; Sur
ry, 76; Davidson, 73; Ruther
ford, 09; Guilford, 65; Bun
combe, 60; McDowell, 50; and
Rockingham, 50.
The third ten counties con
tributed 341 students or about
12 per cent of the under
graduates. Students from these
counties include Lincoln, 48;
Avery, 47; Mitchell, 46; Stanly,
38; Randolph, 34; Yadkin, 31;
Alamance, 26; Union, 26; Rich
mond, 23; and Alleghany, 22.
Three hundred aixty-three of
the students came from the fol
lowing counties: Wake, 21;
Alexander, 20; Yancey, 20; Dur
ham, 20; Stokes, IS; Robeson,
IS; Montgomery, 15; Anson, 13;
Scotland, 13; Pearson, 12; Polk,
12; Transylvania, 12; Madison,
12; Haywood, 11; Henderson,
10; Moore, 0; Orange, 0; Ham
ett, ?; Cumberland, 8; Colum
bus 7;
Lee, 7; Johnston, 6; BUden,
8; Sampson, 8; Cherokee, 8;
New Hanover, 4; Halifax, 4;
Onslow, Craven, Lenoir, Nash,
and Swain, 3 each; Wayne, War
ren, Martin, Macon, Graham,
Granville, and Hoke, 2 each;
Brunswick, Pender, Pitt, Wil
son, Beaufort, Chowan, Hert
ford, Vance, Chatham, Carteret,
Pamlico, and Pansquotank, 1
each.
The 18 counties that contri
buted no students to Appalach
ian were Bertie, Camden, Clay,
Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edge
combe, Franklin, Gates, Hyde,
Jackson, Jones, Northhampton,
Perquimans, Tyrell, and Wash
ington. Fourteen of these coun
ies are east of Raleigh and two
are in the mountain section.
Fourteen High Schoolers
Pass Choral Clinic Auditions
Fourteen Appalachian High
School Coir members success
fully passed recent auditions en
abling them to participate in
the annual Mars Hill College
Choral Clinic, to be held Friday
and Saturday, February 8 and
9, oo the college campus at
Mars Hill.
The auditions were conduct
ed by faculty members of the
Mars Hill College Department
of Music at North Wilkesboro
on Saturday, January 19r'
The local students who will
attend the clinic are Patsy Be
shears, Kathryn Mast, Maria
Erneston, Eddie Winkler,
Wayne Clawson, Johnny Park
er, William High, Bob Wilson,
David Critcher, Bartlett Dough
erty, Bob Friend, Curtis Rich
ardson, Joe Todd and Jim Cot
trell.
Approximately 290 choir
members representing 29 high
schools will participate in the
two day event. They will be
guests of the college at a ban
quet on Friday evening. The
rehearsals will culminate in a
concert Saturday evening at 8
o'clock in Moore Auditorium.
The clinic director will be
Paul Peterson, professor of
voice and director of choral
work at Salem College, Win
ston-SAlem. Mr. Peterson, wide
ly known in musical circles
throughout the South, is the
author of a successful book on
solo and choral singing.
Students attending the clinic
will be housed in dormitories
on t^e college campus. The lo
cal group will be accompanied
by their director, J. E. Wilson,
Jr.
The Saturday evening concert
is open to the public, Mr. Wil
son said, with no admission
charge.
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B. W. Stallings Buys Heifer At
Orangeburg, South Carolina, Sale It!
B. W. S tailings, owner of
Diamond S Ranch, attended the
Pleasant Point Plantation Sale
in Orangeburg, S. C., on Feb
ruary 2, where he purchased
PPP Blanche Gold 1ft, a big
straight, good headed, fleshy
heiier, sired by Gatesford Gold
mine 70. She is out of a daugh
ter of CMR Mischief Dom. 81.
PPP Blanche Gold 1 is a
double bred grand daughter of
CMR Rollo Dom. 12. CMR Mis
chief 51 is a son of the 12th
and CMR Blanche Do*, 10, be
ing a daughter of the 12th. C$tR ;
Blanche Dom. 10 is the grand
mother of Gatesford Goldmine
70 and also CMR Rollotrend
who in turn is the sire of CMR
Rollotrend 5th, the $320,000
bull.
This heifer is a top individual
with a great background. She 1
is bred to Intense Victor, the
bull that was responsible for P
the $719.00 sale average. *
U. S. KEEPS AIR STRENGTH
The United States is main
taining the air defense system
in the southeastern states at
virtually the peak strength mus
tered in the first days of the
Cutan crisis.
the giprd against air
strike is "bHlT kept
Amy ground forces which
were moved to forward positions
in Florida, Georgia and other
neighboring areas to be ready
for a defensive operation have
been sent back to home bases.
During Saaly'a
I2n4 Aaalvtrtary Sal*
Mi't purchasing powtr and
^t^pp^w'lip p* oouvXion Tor ini?
Ml* bring* th? pric* down to
$M M? with no redaction to
quality, to* N today I
KENTUCKY SCHOOLS
More than 3,500 new class
ooms have been built in Ken
iicky in the past three years.
>WARFED TREE
A bonsai is a dwarfed tree sc
lerfectly controlled that it ma)
row just two feet in 30 years
Charlotte Youth Named
1963 Easter Seal Child
Chapel Hill.? Dr. John W.
Baluss, Jr. ol Fayetteville, pres
ident of the North Carolina So
ciety (or Crippled Children and
Adults, has announced the se
lection of eight year old David
Unzueta of Charlotte as North
Carolina's 1963 Easter Seal
ChUd.
David, son of Mrs. Edna Un
zueta, is a double ampuetee. He
wears prosthetic legs with which
he manages to be quite active.
David has become an excellent
swimmer during his two years
of participation in the Red Cross
swimming program. He is in
the third grade at Our Lady of
the Assumption School in Char
lotte. David has three sisters
and a brother.
As the State Easter Seal
Child, David is scheduled to
meet the Governor and "kick
off the 1963 Easter Seal ap
peal. He will also make tele
vision appearances and be the
guest of honor at numerous
area meetings. Until Easter
Day, David will be a little boy
very much on the go as he rep
resents the hundreds of handi
capped children in North Caro
lina.
200 ICBMS
The 200th nuclear-tipped In
tercontinental ballistic missile
has been set up on the firing
line. United States authorities
say this provides the nation
with twice the Soviet Union's
ICBM force.
This complete* the first phase
of the United States' missile
buildup. From now on, the new
missile squadrons will comprise
i the more powerful Titan II and
< the advanced Minuteman solid
. fuel weapons.
DAVID UNZUETA
Boy Scout Deliver* Baby
Hamburg, N. Y. ? When it be
came evident that an ambulance
would not arrive in time to
take his mother to a hospital,
14-year-old Kurt Knapp, a Boy
Scout, called a doctor and he
directed the youth in delivering
his baby brother.
Later, at a hospital, physici
ans said both Mrs. Knapp and
her new son were doing fine.
Nikita warns U. S. has 40,000
Atomic warheads.
ORAL HOMEMAKER
EXAM SCHEDULED
Raleigh ? The North Carolina
Merit System Council has an
nounced that an oral examina
tion (or positions of Home
maker with the local depart
ments of Public Welfare will
be held during the weeks of
February 18 and February 29.
Official application forms and
information about salary ranges,
duties, and minimum qualifica
tions may be obtained from the
Merit System Office, State Per
sonnel Department, or any local
Employment Security Commis
sion Office or local Department
of Public Welfare. These appli
cations must be postmarked no
later than February 8, 1983.
If there are a sufficient num
ber of applications, examina
tions will be held in the follow
ing centers throughout the state:
Asheville, Charlotte, Elizabeth
City or New Bern, Raleigh and
Greensboro. Approved appli
cants will be notified of the ex
act time and place to appear
for the examination.
I Never Borrow for Spring Planting
. . . Since I Started Saving The
Watauga Savings & Loan Way!
Progressive farmers have found that by setting aside part of their harvest income
they keep their earnings at work for them . . . and avoid the inconvenience and
cost of crop loans at planting time.
K Grady Farthiaf , President
Walter Greeae H. P. Holsbouier
Officers and Directors
B. C. Riven, Jr., Vice-Preiident
Guy Hunt Howard Hast
James Marsh, Secretary-Treasurer
W. M. Matkessn Way* llckaHM