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VOLUME LXXV? NO. 44
BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1943
PRICE TEN CENTS
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WRECKAGE OF SCHOOL BUS IN WHICH ONE STUDENT WAS KILLED
Ashe Girl Killed As School
Bus Plunges Down Mountain
A 10-year-old girl was fatally
injured and five other students
were injured last week when an
Ashe County schol bus, being
driven for the first time by a
16-year-old relief driver, plung
ed down a mountainside.
Killed was Brenda Pugh,
daughter of Lida and Ruth
Pugh of Crumpler, Route 1,
The elementary school girl was
pinned in a window of the bus
and was crushed to death in its
roll down the mountain, offi
cers said.
Admitted to Ashe Memorial
Hospital were Lorraine Ed
wards, 14, who suffered head
injuries; Steven Douglas, 16,
who received an injury to the
left elbow and a possible spinal
injury; and Jackson Shane Col
vard, 16, who suffered a broken
leg.
Also in the hospital were
Ruth Ann Edwards, 12, for ob
servation of a passible head
injury and the b?s driver, Al
len Roy Huffman, 16, of
ler, Rt. 1, who suffered frac
tured ribs.
In all, there were 18 persons
aboard the bus when the acci
dent occurred Thursday morn
ing. Thirteen of them were
treated for minor injuries and
discharged.
According to officers, the
bus was picking up students
from the Crumpler community
to be taken to the Nathan's
Creek Elementary School when
the accident happened about
7:30 a. m.
State Highway Patrolman Joe
Stinnett said Huffman had
made a stop and was starting
again. He quoted Huffman as
saying the accelerator stuck and
he tried to shift gear! to slow
the bus.
The youth said that as he did,
a wheel ran off the edge of the
steep road and he was unable to
bring the vehicle back under
control.
The bus turned over four
times in its plunge, coming to
rest "about three or four feet"
from a much steeper decent,
according to one eye-witness.
Children were thrown out
the open windows and scattered
over the hillside. The seats and
other equipment inside the bus
were smashed.
The Pugh girl's arms had
Williams To
Appear In Ga.
Dr. Cratis Williams, director
of graduate studies at Appala
chian State Teachers College,
will deliver the commencement
address at Gordon Military Col
lege in Barnesville, Ga., Sun
day, June 2.
Approximately 170 students
will hear Dr. Williams speak at
the college's 111th commence
ment.
An unsuccessful organizer is
one unable to get other people
to do the work.
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been pinned by seats. Her head
waa caught in the window and
crushed.
The children said they were
laughing and singing when the
bus began its plunge, tumbling
190 feet down the mountain.
Tom Cockerman, hospital ad
ministrator in Ashe County,
told reporters that injuries
might have been fewer if the
children had worn seat belts.
He suggested that the state
equip the buses with belts.
Huffman was driving the ill
fated bus for the first time.
Ordinarily he drove an Ache
Central High Schol bus, but had
been transferred to the Nath
an's Crek run as a relief driv
er.
Stinnett said no charge*
would be filed pending an ex
amination of the bus by mech
anics to see if the accelerator
was defective.
The Pugh girl's funeral was
held Saturday at the New Riv
er Baptist Church. She is sur
vived by her parents; a sister,
Mrs. Bobby Bauguess of Crump
ler; and her four grandparents.
Putting The Meters In Line
A spray of shattered pavement flies into the
air as Boone policeman Lloyd Bentley wields
? heavy sledgehammer against a spike, being
?held (if somewhat nervously) by officer
Harry Sudderth. "Can this be?" mused one
by-paster. "Policeman tearing up the city
streets?" Well, not really, the oficers ex
plained. It was part of a two-day task to
repair "ten or twelve" parking meters along
King Street. A few of the posts, it seems,
worked their way loose from their cement
embrace and began tilting precariously along
the sidewalks. By Friday, all was back to
normal again ? the meters were ticking, the
posts were standing straight, and once again
the officers were strolling the streets with
dignity. Shelving the sledgehammers and
other tools, one of the policemen laughed, "I
betcha never see Andy Griffith doing thiat"
? Staff photo.
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MOUNTAIN
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* All Wooded Lots
Groves of white pine, oak and dogwood
* Graded, gravel surface streets to each lot
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Water from pare cold mountain springs
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PurpleRhododendron
Nearing Peak Bloom
The purple rhododendron
bloom hai developed rapidly in
the past three days and their
peak of bloom is predicted for
this week end. They are going
to bloom a week or ten days
earlier than last year. This peak
condition is expected through
out the Bluff district, according
to Parkway officials.
The most attractive displays
are found at Mile Posts 231-237;
240-244 (Doufhton Park); and
266-267.
The pink azaleas are at pres
ent In full bloom from Vir
ginia and North Carolina State
Line to Mile Post 224. They are
beginning to bloom at other lo
cations and are expected to
reach a peak in the Meadow
Fork area. Mile Poat 24*248,
this week end.
The flame azaleas are show
ing some bloom and should
reach a peak in a week to ten
days. A scattering of flame
azaleas can be expected along
most of the district.
The magnolia trees are now
in full bloom and should re
main attractive for a week or
ten days.
A visitor will find a number
of ground flowers in bloom in
cluding trillium, florabane, wild
iris, columbine and many oth
ers.
Nichols Named Sparta Mayor
The Town of Sparta will be
under the same government (or
the next two years, as all en
cumbents were named by a
landslide in Tuesday's town elec
tion.
G. Glenn Nichols, who was
unopposed in the race for May
or, automatically retained his
position. This will be Nichols'
eighth term as Sparta mayor.
All five present members of
the Town Council were re-elect
ed unanimously. Alton Thomp
<on received the highest num
ber of votes with 217, Charles
Castevens, 213; R. C. Mitchell,
306; Robert L. Allison. 195; Levi
Shores, 180; and Robert An
drews who was seeking a place
on the Town Council for the
first time, received 78 votes.
Mr. Nichols serves as Justice
of Peace, president of the Pres
byterian Sunday School class
and is a past president of the
Alleghany Wildlife Club.
Visitation Day
At Local School
School Visitation Day (or
prospective first graders at Ap
palachian Elementary School
will be held Friday morning,
May 17th. from 9 until 11:30,
at the school.
At least one parent should
accompany the chHd. Lunch
will be served to both children
and adults in the school cafe
teria for twenty-five cents per
plate.
Parents who have not turned
in the required blanks for re
gistration are urged to bring
them on the above date.
Parents and children are ask
ed to report to the first grade
classrooms, located on the
ground floor of the building.
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Hospital Week Being Observed
Hospitals employ more than
a million and a half workers in
some 200 different job classifi
cations, R A. Weger, adminis
trator of Blowing Rock Hospi
tal, said on the opening of Na
tional Hospital Week, Hay 12
16.
Theme of National Hospital
Week, held annually during the
week of Florence Nightingale's
birthday (May 12) under the
sponsorship of the American
Hospital Association, is "To
day's Hospital ? Career Center
for America's Youth."
Theme of National Hospital
Week, held annually during the
week of Florence Nightingale's
birthday (May 12) under the
sponsorship of the American
Hospital Association, is 'Today's
Hospital ? Career Center for
America's Youth."
The hospital truly is a career
center. It might be likened to a
small city, Mr. Weger said. The
hospital requires every level of
skill, profession, trade and tal
ent needed in a city, but it al
so requires the specialized pro
fessional skills of the nurse,
therapist, and physician.
For every hospital patient,
there are nearly two and a half
employees, and for every phy
sician practicing in the hospi
tal, seven employees assisting
ROMNEY SAYS NO
Republican national chairman
William E. Miller said that he
knows of no concerted drive to
boost Gov. George Romney of
Michigan for the 1004 Presi
dential nomination.
The New York Congressmen
said he (Romney) is being con
sidered as well as many other
candidates.
But Gov. Romney said: "I
am not a candidate for presi
dent; I am not going to become
one."
him, Mr. Weger said.
"These many categories of
Jobs require a variety of skills
and interest," Mr. Weger said.
"There is, literally, a hospital
job for everyone. Hospital car
eers offer a unique opportun
ity; because of the wide variety
of positions, a person may find
a job to suit his own interests,
but i till gain the satisfaction
of serving the community."
"We in the hospital field hope
that every young person leaving
high school will consider the
career opportunities in the hos
pital field. The need for per
sonnel is treat, the potential
positions are unlimited, and the
satisfactions are unique."
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B. C. Elvers, Jr., Vlce-Fretfdrat a P. Holahooser W. M.
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patauga Savings & Loan
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