Classroom Teachers Association Holds Meeting W ith Avery Group The .Watauga County Chapter of the Classroom Teachers As sociation held ? joint meeting with the Avery County Chapter tilts meek in the fellowship hall of the Boone Methodist Church. Mrs. Mary High, president of the looal group, was in charge of the meeting. PrfeciUa Savage of Spray and Rae Worthiogton of Wilmington, both seniors at Appalachian State Teachers College, were intro duced as recipients of the Mary Morrow Scholarships for this ym Mrs. Nancy Stroupe of Cross npre, termer Northwest District President, brought an interesting menage on "met CTA lUs Meent to lie As a Teacher." Jimmy Stewart of Raleigh, state preident of CTA, challenged the group to work toward a goal' of 20,000 member* He then cited the following advantages to hav ing the CTA president en leave of absence from hb classroom U prevents children in his classes having a part-time Mfloh er; it affords a full-time class room teacher in a position to serve the profession; he rep resents the division at meettega on the national, regional, state and tooal levels; he transmits information and inspiration gain ed at these mettkigs . he plans, organises and conducts confer ences; he keeps lines of com /ownioation open wttfa CTA mem berships. the NCEA, ?od all re lated organisations; and he fur ther! the szwth of the NCEA by apaacion of this division. Attending the meeting (ram Avery County were the follow ing: Mrs. Patsy Hughes, Mrs. Irene Smith, UK. Maude Angell, Mrs. Bthrina Shxfcr, and Mrs Nancy Stroupe. After M meeting the naantoers and guests ew>ij?ed a social hour with refreshments. Mrs. Brown Brings Reading Matter To Rural Sections Of County Mr* Mary Brown, driver of tbe Watauga County Library bookmobile, help* to bring read ing matter and educational ma teriala to achooli and to out-of the-way rural areas all over Watauga County. The service wbich she renders gives untold hours of reading entertainment and enlightenment to thousands of people who may otherwise not receive It. Mrs. Brown, who haa driven a series of bookmobiles in Wa tauga County for 14 years, bow has 7S stop* on her monthly schedule, including a great number of strategically located business establishments, several private home*, aad seven schools. Tbe bookmobile makes these monthly stops the year around, ceasing its operation A. only when the roads are abso lutely impassable. Citiscos all over the county are thereby served by the ve hicle'! 1900- book stock, which is rotated periodically with vol umes from the library building itself. Mrs. Brown estimates that she covers approximately 800 miles of road every year in order to make these books avail able. She enjoys her work, though: "If I hadn't aceed -npl "If I didn't enjoy it," she says, "I wouldn't have stuck at it for fourteen years. "Of course the vehicle I now drive is a great improvement over the one that I started out with. The first one was just a panel track, and you couldn't Takes Books To County Mri Mary Browa stands it the door of bookmobile preparatory to twCinaing another long round of stops at schools, homes, and business places. Mrs. Hrowu will wxm enter her 10th year of service as bookmobile operator. ; ? . ! , Prken with exchange ? or when applied la ytw own reeappable lire body. very well go Inside and browse for booki. At every stop I had to raia? the fide panel* of the track so that folks could get to the books. "When I saw that first book mobile, the thought of driving it nearly scared me to death. And I'd had experience driving a track, too. When we lived in Greensboro, the only thing I had to drive was a dump tract Mrs. Brown reflected a mo ment. "But after I got used to that bookmobile, 1 sort of en joyed driving it." Improvements Noted At Jail The Watauga County jail and sheriff's office has bean granted two new couches by the county, for the convenience and comfort of workers, visitors, and other cHucbs who may have business with the sheriff. Hie couches represent a much needed improvement in terms of furnishings for the sheriffs of fice. They were acquired from Greene Furniture Company in Douue. More Improvements are in the making, and it is hoped that the county will see fit to pant the office aoow new rugs in the near future. WALL OF BOOKS Mineola, Long Island, N. T. ? Martin ErHch, librarian made a wall of 1,500 old books to dramatize the disappearance of this number of beoks from the library in S yean. If the wall makes its "point" borrowers can return the books in a box provided in a dark corner of the library with no questions asked. Beta Club officers pictured ar*. left to rifkt: Piul Ba?J*y, reporter; Jeanette Wagner, Mtcretary treaaurer; Caaaandra Pritchett, president, and Jerry Bay, vice-preaident. Beta Club Meeting The Appalachian High School chapter of the Beta Club mat Wednesday In the high school library. The meaning of the Beta Club and the qualifica tions for entrance were discuss ed. Also discussed was the Beta Club convention to be held in Raleigh this year. The business meeting was adjourned and re freshments were served. The members this year are as follow! : Paul Bagley, Mary Louise Banner, James Bingham, Rosalind Covington, Carole Lee Critcher, Maria Ernes ton, Kay Graeae, Nancy Greene, Maekie Mast, Beverly Meekins, Harold Preswood, tarry Stansberry, and Jeanette Wagner. The spon sor is Mrs. Lers Randall. Correction In the September 26 issue of the Democrat, it was stated that the date for the annual Farm-City meeting, to be held at 6:30 p. m. at Cove Creek High School gymnasium, had been set for November 19. The date should have read November 14. The Democrat regrets the error. Democrats Have District Meet Democratic leaden from over the Ninth Congressional Dis trict met in Boone Saturday evening at a fund raising din ner served in the Elementary School cafeteria. Despite the rainy night, all counties of the district, except one, were well represented, and the gathering was addressed by Judge J. Fate Beal of Lenoir. Judge Japies Farthing was also present and was recognized by ChairmaJt Hooper Hendrlx, who presided at the meeting. The district meeting will be held tn Salisbury on the even ing of October It. SGT. HENBON Sgt. Henson Is Promoted SFC Howard Hentpa, son of Mr*. Bradie Matheson of Vilas, has been promoted to the rank of Master Sergeant in the Army. Sgt. Henson has been in the Army more than fifteen years and is stationed in Jack son, Tennessee, as the chief re cruiter for that area. Sft Henson attMtttetf Bethel High School. He is marfwd to the former Edna Isaacs, Augh ter of Mr. and Mrs. fenoch Is aacs of Sugar Grove. They have three sons, Baxter 17, Wayne IS, and Gary 12. Sgt. Henson states that he has had a very interesting car eer in the Army. He and hit family have traveled to Europe and most of the United States. He .'invites anyone from this area who might be geing west through Tennessee to stop and see htm and his family. Hit office is located in the Crook Bonding in Jackson, Tenn., one block south off Highway 70. Let Low-Cost Goodyear Retreads Take The Struggle Out of Winter Driving For Dependable All-Purpose Use All -Weather $895 and up For Go in Mad A Snow SUBURBANITE TREADS Menu Planners Find Harvest S Holds Plenty Ay MUPKED MORRIS Looking toward October - tka harvest season holds pleaty to stqpe tor menu planners According to Miae Gaynelle Hogan, consumer marketing apeciallat for the Agricultural gxlaaaion Servica at H. C. State. ? t grape*, rtoefekseea, braUtr Aa a prelude or finale to fal Yf waahed grapaa from this yw'i record crop, and a Urge wedge d your favorite cheaae ?n* pais green Thompson seed leas and the flame -Maya arm be ttw most prewaient of the rape family in the oheaae faro ay. you'll have your pick of many diffcfreot typaa ? (ftaddar, Oot aayagfow. o< rice fer buffet r? irrtea and aaagr family ma ale. Aad con veniently, there's plenty of tor tfaMM popular ohickcin Mid rice dhhee. Iky a change of paw buy a whole broiler-fryer chicken tor maaflng aad use rice as the stuffing tor aa attractive mate dish platter. Traditionally, the ideal accompaniments for a po'wry meai is craoDcrnes. iro ducars are looking forward to an excellent crop this year, the third largest on racorrd. By October you'll find plenty of new fall crop potatoes to use In oaaeeroies. vegetable dishes and hot or cold potato salad. October is toe tog potato harvest month. Cooks who take pride in their home-made apple pies wfll want to take advantage of the plentiful apple supplies. Although the crop is alightty betow average this year, there wil be plenty of ap ples at harvest time. TWO IT TWOS Pittsburgh ? Arithmetic Is used in the multiple of two ?t the Renz home. Mrs. Leon* Ren>, 30, gave birth to her second set of twin*. In. Renz U herself ? twin, her mother alio gave birth to two *et* of twins. The newest set of twins bring the number of children up to seven. for profitable performance ? 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