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.
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Looking toward October - tka
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According to Miae Gaynelle
Hogan, consumer marketing
apeciallat for the Agricultural
gxlaaaion Servica at H. C. State.
? t grape*, rtoefekseea, braUtr
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diffcfreot typaa ? (ftaddar, Oot
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o< rice fer buffet r? irrtea and
aaagr family ma ale. Aad con
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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.
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the number of children up to
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