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.
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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."
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etc. Play it safe ?
Sm Ymt
JERRY ADAMS
41C W. King St., Beone, N. C.
264-2433 267-24M
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