Section B WATAUGA DEMOCRAT Section B -NO. 41 ' ? ' BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, IMS PRICE 1 VOLUME LXXV? NO. 41 PRICE TEN CENTS Mrs. Neel, Friends Write Musical Comedy (The following excerpts from a (tory by Virginia Irwin la the Charlotte News are reprint ed since Mrs. Neel Is a grad uate of ASTC and a grand daughter of Mrs. ' ?!??" Hop kins of Boone. It will be of interest to the many friends of the family in this area.) Leave it to three energetic housewives to throw reason to the wind and come up winners. Now people say it's sensible to start at the bottom and work up. Say you write a short story, then try your hand at a one-act play, then a full-length play. But not these women. They started right off with a three act musical comedy, one of the hardest tasks in the creative writing field. And none of them had ever had anything published before. The aspiring playwrights are Mrs. William S. Neel of Moores ville, a housewife and an instru mental music teacher in tbo Charlotte - Mecklenburg school system; Mrs. Gene Johnston, a Mooresville housewife, and Mrs. Phin Horton, a housewife form erly of Mooresville, now of Shel by. None of the women had any background for play writing. None of them had even worked in a theater production. "We checked several musi cals out of the library to see how stage directions and dia logue were written," said Mrs. Horton. Their musical recently won both the. Carolina Playmakers* Award and the Authors Award given by the Carolina Dramatic Association. The first award is for the best play entered in the original play division of the as sociation's drama festival held annually at Chapel Hill. The second goes to any author whose play is accepted for production. This year there were four Au thor's awards. The musical, "Listen to Your Heart," la only the second musi cal comedy and the sixth full length play ever selected for presentation during the 40-y?* history- of the festival. tfsaajljri it's one-act plays that win. The play was to be presented EQUAL PAY An AFL-CIO official indors ed proposed legislation to for bid discrimination in wages on the bases of sex. William F. Schnitlzer, secre tary-treasurer of the labor fed eration, in testimony prepared for a House Labor subcommit tee investigating the equal pay bill, urged that its language be tightened "so that all industries are brought clearly and un questionably under the act." at the festival next month. But the authora, along with John Parker, executive secretary of the Dramatic Association, de cided to hold the production for the 1964 festival. There is too much detailed technical work involved in staging a musical to have it ready for this year's festival. Billy B. Mast Dies Friday johnson City, Temt ? Billy B. Mast, 88, Englewood sec tion, died unexpectedly at Mem orial Hospital at 9 a. m. Friday. He was nursing ssslstant at Veterans' Hospital, Mountain Home, and a veteran of World War II, serving as sergeant first class with the Army. A native of Mountain City, he had lived in Johnson City for the past five years and was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Beba Balrd Mast; five daughters, Judy, Barbara, Bon nie, Joan and Jim Mast, all of the home; father, Don Mast, Mountsin City; one brother, Don Hast Jr., Elizabethton; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Roberts, Johnson City, Mrs. Margaret Shoun, Middleton, Ida., Mrs. Irene Matheson and Mrs. Lou dean Allen, both of Mountain City; and several nieces and nephews. ASTC Student Officers Named Officers for Student Council representatives at Appalachian State Teachers College were elected recently. Among those elected as re presentatives of the three class es were as follows: Senior class ? Frank Crew of North Wilkes boro, Larry Lenti of Concord, Frank Maristany of Miami, Florida, and Frank Fayhe Boone. ; . Junior class ? Frank Durham of Hendersonville, "Peachie" Petree of Winston-Salem, Pat Pittman of Laurinburg, Judy Stiller of Salisbury, John Daye of Drexel, and Clarence Chap man of Valdese. Sophomore class ? Thurman Hollar of Midland, Judy Oates of York, S. C., Alice Johnson of Vale, and Charlie Scroggs of Charlotte. When you run across an in dividual who knows it all, the best way to enjoy yourself is to keep quiet and let him talk. THEY'RE FREE A a During The FCX SILVER DOLLAR AINT SALE April 15- May 15 You'll receive one silver dollar FREE with each two gallon purchase of Unico Point during the FCX Silver Dollar Paint Sale. Your FCX has a complete line of paint and paint supplies. Why not make it headquarters for your every paint need? GET YOUR SILVER DOLLAR AT Watauga FCX^ervice ' Cor. Water * Riven St Boone, N. C. THE WASTELAND OF WATAUGA. ? A Boone couple (who wish to remain anony mous) collected more than three car loads of "beer cans, paper, and debris" along a two mile stretch of N. C. 1M last week, calling attention to the unsightly and unsanitary con dition of the county's highways. "This is typical of all the roads in the county," one member of the campaigners commented. He added that it is especially appalling "con sidering the fact that Watauga county's nat ural scenery surposses that of any other sec tion of the state and southeast." With the tourist season opening, the couple calls for more caution, more consideration, and more cleaning-up. ? Flowers photo. GOP SEEKS YOUTH WORK BILL DEFEAT Congressional R e p u b licans < are marshaling a nearly solid i front and are seeking help i from conservative Democrats in an effort to defeat President ] Kennedy's youth employment i bill. i The Republicans are seeking 1 expansion of existing programs, luch u vocational education u>d man-power retraining. President Kennedy says the >rimary weapon (or combating inempioyment is his proposed (10,300,000,000 net tax cut by 1965 to stimulate business. Speeding automobiles kill a number of people, including a good many drivers of speeding automobiles. In this day and generation there is so much information that one finds it difficult to select what to believe. Moose Lodge Plans Easter Egg Hunt Sunday; Officers Elected Howard Cottrell, Governor of the Boone Moose Lodge, an nounced that the lodge will sponsor an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday, from 2 to 4 p. m. The hunt will be open to all children under 12 years of age, and will be held on Moose pro perty on Highway 421 East. Mr. Cottrell said the entire family is welcome, and open house will be held, even though their building is still not completed. Joe Veit, Secretary of the lodge, stated that new officers as follows have been elected to serve for the coming year: Past Governor, Howard Cottrell; Governor, Fred Gragg; Jr. Gov ernor, Bill Carpenter; Treasur er, C. A Price; Secretary, Jim Meekins; Prelate, Norman Isen hour; Trustees, J. C. Cline, J. B. Clawson, Jr., and G. R. An drews. Installation of these new officers will take place at the next lodge meeting on Thurs day, April 18, and they will take office on May 1. Veit stated that Bill Moon, State Director of the Moose, has promised to be here, and will act as instal ling officer. The International Moose Con vention for the year will take CAK FALLS THROUGH ICE Browns Valley, Minn. ? Three college men took a short cut across Lake Traverse when the car broke through the ice and sank to the bottom of the lake. The three men climbed into the back seat and pressed their noses to the roof, where there was a pocket of air. They opened the door and at tempted to get out. Only one swam the 75 feet to shore. The other two were found dead in the back seat of the car. Spring Is Home Improvement Time In the Spring , a home owner's fancy turns to thoughts of making that home a better place in which to live! From painting or wall-paper ing to a complete remodeling or modernization project, see us for a Home Improvement Loan. Officers and Director* Walter Greene 1L P. HoUhouer G?y Bunt Howard Hut W. M. Hi them Wayne Richardson place in Chicago, June 19 to June 21. Opening ceremonies will Uke place at Mooseheart, the world renowed "Child City" of the fraternity, with the dedi cation of the huge field house. Those in attendance will also witness commencement exercis es of Mooseheart High School, as well as exhibitions by the Girl's Drum and Bugle Corp*, Hooaeheart High School Band, the Drill Team, the famed mix ed choir of the Child City, R.O.T.C., etc. The convention will then move to Chicago, and for the next four days, will en listen and delight those who are fortun ate eBough to at tend. It is hoped that some of the Mooae from Boone will be able to take the trip. At the Legion Ceremonial held Sun day in Charjotte, the lodge was presented a 10% plaque from Wenoca Legion, indicative that more than 10% of its members were also members of the Leg ion of the Moose. Cottrell said that steaks are now being served on Saturday evenings to those desiring them, but that reservations had to be in by 4 p. m. on the day desir ed. It was also remarked that if the lodge were supported, a combo would be hired, to give members the very best in din ing and dancing. Jim Meekins, membership chairman, announced at the last meeting that the third quo ta for the lodge had been met, ind that although the number )( members required for the fourth quota was unknown at present, members were already busy getting new applications to complete it. Meekins laid, in effect, "We only have two more months to make our five quo tas, that were promised Mooee tieart. If everyone digs in, and talks Moose, it will be a cinch, [t can be done, easily, with each member working, but, it takes more than just two or three do ing all the work. If each mem ber signs just one more, we can double our membership. That's worth trying for." Y coming in wfcan mttidtM or I cuts your fiflf/or CUfliRfl Cat the happy facts about oar new non-cancellable disability income policy guaranteed re newable to age 85. Yoor choice of amounts and length of time covered, plus many optional benefits such as medical, hos etc. Play it safe ? Sm Ymt JERRY ADAMS 41C W. King St., Beone, N. 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