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FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the col* . , umn* ssf the Democrat With it* full paid circulation, intensely covering )■ the local shopping area, it is the best advertising medium available. An independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Eighth Year of Continuous Publication VOLUME LXXVIII—NO. $ j BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST *6, 1965 . -..'W--- Vv. .-i:' , .• 4'i . Vl . V* . '-V. . >' .• • - . .Vi 6i.: ••• '•''■V: . . 10 CENTS PER COPY ','v’Viv‘t* * , § ■ ' BOONE WEATHI® : mm '* ' M mu ?« IMS Aug. 17 Aug. 19 Aug. 19 Aog. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 HI L* pree. *94 SI te 83 62 82 62 81 62 75 01 74 63 77 64 .64 .07 .07 JOS Aug. 23 77 64 ■ ,-Vi 73 53 72 53 73 60 70 49 79 59 78 50 76 04 •: 24 PAGES—2 SECTIONS MEMBERS OF THE STATESVILLE CIVITAN CLUB anil their wives were guests of the Boone Civitan Club Tuesday night at the Daniel Boone Inn.. President Bob Davis said that four members from the Salisbury club also were on hand for Die dinner, and joined the other Civitan members for the evening performance of the “Horn in. the West”, The joint meeting was part of the local group’s inter-club relations pro gram. Presently the Boone Civitans are planning their fall candy and fruit cake sales, proceeds from which will go to the mentally retarded and to a boys' home. In the spring, proceeds from the annual Pancake Jamboree were given to the Rescue Squad. (Weston photo) Man Arrested On A Watauga man arrested on charges of larceny was still at large Monday after escaping from the custody of Sheriff . Pallas Cheek. ' * V"1 ft Cheek said he arrested Mor ris Lee Triplett, who gave his address as Jones Trailer Park, about 10 a. m. Sunday. Triplett was identified, according to the Sheriff, as the man who unload ed six head of white face cattle found missing Saturday after noon from the property of B. O. Ward. Ward’s farm is located be tween Vilas and Valle Crucis. Cheek stated that he was called about 2:30 p. m. Satur day by Bill Jackson of JEtoute 2, Boone. Cheek said Jackson had been notified by a Mr Brown in Gaffney, S. C., who was calling to ascertain wheth er or not Jackson had sent six cattle there to be sold. Brown had said that the man hauling the livestock would not sign his name to the owner slip, but told him he was Mor ris Triplett Cheek said he called Brown in South Carolina and that Brown gave him the tag number of the North Caro (Continued on page 7, Sec. C) ( Students, new and returning, | will begin converging on the [ campus of Appalachian State j Teachers College in Boone on | Sept. 7. I Freshman orientation will be Sept. 740. Upperclassmen will register on Sept. 9 and begin classes, on the 10th, while freshmen are scheduled to register on the 7th and begin classes the 11th. Appalachian, traditionally a single - purpose teacher educa tion institution, has become j multi - purpose. This summer | the college began offering pro grams leading to other degrees. I .. - Y:;Y,'...' 'Y..;.; - '■ ,:f; ';-'.Y YY State Approval Announcement of the addi tional bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees was made by President W. H. Plemmons, following official approval from the North Caro lina Board of Higher Educa tion. The new bachelor of arts de gree at Appalachian may be earned in art, biology, chemis try, economics and business, English, French, geography, his tory, library science, mathe matics, music, philosophy and religion, physics, political sei ence, psychology, sociology and anthrapologv; Spanish and .speech. 'J; | - v The new bachelor of science degree may be earned in eco j noinies and business, health and physical education, home eco nomics and industrial arts. Teacher Program Appalachian continues its ex tensive teacher education pro gram. The teacher program will be strengthened and be more selective as a result of the addi tional programs. To qualify for a teacher certificate, a candid ate for the bachelor of science degree must complete all aca demic and professional educa tion requirements for certifica tion. : A curriculum for physics ma jors will enter its second year at ASTC this September, The new degree program in psy chology at Appalachian will be gin this September with Dr, Samuel Pettigrew as acting chairman. An addition to the cafeteria j# currently under construction and slated for completion for the fall term. There will be 33,000 square feet of additional space when the structure is Watauga's Little League Champs The Rutherwood Raiders beet Blowing Rock, 8-5, in the Watauga County Championship play for the season. Delmar Triplett pitched the entire game, giving up only three hits. Leading hitter for the Raiders was Butch Triplett, with three hits. Standing (1-r) are: Coach Huarman Triplett, Toby Atwood, Stephan R«fan, Danny Wfcaaiar, Tarry Cvh roll, Stan Atwood and Dwayne Triplett Front row: Butch Triplett, Brent Moretz (bat boy), Stephen Atwood, Curtis Payne, Delmar Triplett Mike Hardy and Randy Moretz. The top hitters for the season were: Stan Atwood, . 57*; Toby Atwood, .560; Butch Triplett, .500; Randy Moretz, 480; and Mike Hardy, 478. completed. The addition will provide facilities for the “shop ping center” style of feeding, according to John W. Welborn, manager of the cafeteria, in commenting on the arrange ment Welborn said such a set up would enable his staff to serve more students in less time. Center Planned Preliminary plans have been completed to construct a mod ern milliondollar student cen ; ter. The long-needed facility win serve as a center for vari ous indoor activities of the 3,500 students on the mountain campus. The two * story struc ture will house? a post office, lounges, offices arid meeting rooms, snack bars and recrea tion areas. Contracts have been awarded for the construction of three residence halls for women and one for men. The women’s new housing will be located in the immediate area of the existing women's residence halls and the new men’s quarters will be built west of the fieldhouse at Conrad Stadium. New Dormitories The proposed residence halls | for women will be high rise in j design and similar to one built I last year and will house 273 in ! one, 227 in another, and 300 in i the third. According to archi tectural drawings, the men’s residence hall will be a nine story structure housing 300 men. - _ During 1963, enrollment at Appalachian was 3,424, and in 1964 the figure had risen to 3, j 765. A projected view of future j enrollment at the state institu tion by registrar Dr. Ben Strick land indicates that during 1965 66 an estimated 4,335 students can be expected. Mrs. B. F. Wilcox Funeral Held Mrs. Della Caroline Harrison Wilcox, 70, of Boone, wife of R. Frank Wilcox, died Tuesday at the Watauga Hospital. She was born in Watauga County to William and Nancy Gilbert ’Harrison.."-: Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Isaacs of Boone; five stepdaughters, Mrs. Ruby Hodges and Mrs. Ala Hodges, both of Boone, Mrs. Etta Dov ento of Wisconsin, Mrs. Fanley Webb of Lynchburg, Va., and Mrs. Ada Famon of Norfolk, V*. ■ . The funeral was held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Mount Ver- j non Baptist Church. Burial wu j Is th« Critchar CamaUry. 1 V-i.'--,V - ' ■ V v»; . ii yJ: iii.’ . ’Jr ?• '-'v.L-V' "A • Teacher List For Watauga High School Released County School Superintendent ; Guy Angel! has released a com | plete list of teachers employed in the new Watauga High School. Principal is Dr. N. A. Miller; assistant principal, Carl Fidler; secretary, Mrs. Gladys Shelton; custodian, Vaughn Brown; as* | sistant custodian, LeRoy Kirk patrick; and cafeteria manager, Mrs. Ressie Smith. Margaret Gragg, Grace Mast, Elizabeth Elliott, Katie Peter son, Cynthia Stiles, Mary M, Wilson, John C. Smith, Fred Poplin, Mattie L. Wilson, De lilah Leslie, Betty t. Wells. Lera B. Randall, Pauline C. Angel), Robert Poe, Homer C, Lentz, Betty L. Fowler, Carolyn C. Moore, J. E. Wilson, William Ross, Patsy M. Brax ton, Jerry Ritchie, Doughton Greene, Leonard Evans, Robert Thomas, Nan Bradham, Verna L. Hurd, Harlan Ledford, Marie Hodges, Thomas R. Tickle, Janet H. Autin. u Laura Church, Anita B. Ep ley, Iris Hill, Robert Snead, William Edmisten, Boyden At wood, Glenn A, Reese, Hubert H. Hall, Walter Broyhill. ^ J. C, Tester, Mary E. Mc Connell* James Moore, BUI Brown, Patricia Brookshire, Robert Shipley, Joseph Banner, Kathleen Dougherty, Joyce S, Davis, Mary E. Henson, David Greene, Bobby Harmon, John W. Moretz, Darrell G. Ward, Robert Davis, |amcs Barker, Bobby McConneu. Rotarians Plan Benefit Auction ihrde Rotarians, Dempsey Wilcox, Stanley Harria and Jitn Marsh, met Monday at the Wa tauga Savings and Loan Associa tion to make plans tor the col lection of articles to he auc tioned off on Sept. 16. Rotarian Eric DeGroat said Raleigh and Howard Cottrell will be the auctioneers, and that proceeds will be used in the club's project, crippled children. .. . . "if1' .. MISS BKTSY GRAHAM, MISS HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH CAROLINA Talent Queen will be in Asbury Park, N, J., Aug. 26 and 27, participating in the Mias High School of America Pageant. She is accompanied by her mother, Mrs. W. R. Graham of Todd, and Mrs. Charles Graham of Aberdeen, Md. Miss Brenda Pritchard of Lenoir, selected beauty queen in the Miss High School of North Carolina competition, will also compete in the beauty and talent divisions. Se is accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Pritchard, and her sister, Sandra. * Beauty Pageant To Be Held Oct. 16th The Boone Jaycees annual beauty pageant will be held on Oct. 16 at the Boone Element ary School auditorium. All Wa tauga County girla interested in entering should get in touch with Bob Snead, chairman of the entries committee. The winner this year will again be sponsored and enter ed in the North Carolina state beauty pageant and at least one other pageant. She will also receive prizes in excess of $300 and make various public ap pearances. The Jaycees especially want to invite the Watauga County girls to enter the pageant and represent Watauga throughout the state. FROM JOHN R. BROWN R-2 RALEIGH, N. C. 27604 / certify tbit the en cfated ballot filed (» the ASCS Community Elution mat voted personally by mo ; without duress, menace or one due influence by any person whomsoever. (Criminal penalty for making a false statement; fine of not more than SI0,000 or imprisonment far not more than J years or both (It U.S.C. mi) 01 a nature op VOTE* -faULHULm. PArK C&ZZ-, WITNESS (must be witnessed if volar signs by mark) Farmers Asked To Vote For Farmers voting in the com ing commutiity elections will receive an envelope containing a ballot and two envelopes. Hie farmer should vote for five per sona listed on the ballot and in sert the ballot into the blank envelope. The blank envelope should then be inserted in the envelope addressed to the county ASCS office. He should sign the certification on the back of the envelope and drop it in. the maiL Please remem ber that only one ballot can be placed is the return envelope since every voter mast sign the certification. If a husband and wife are each eligible to vote, each must return their ballot in separate envelopes. When the ballots arereceiv ed in the county* ASCS office, the envelope will be checked to be sure the voter is eligible to vote. The blank envelope containing the ballot will then be removed from the larger envelope and placed with all thee other ballots. Each ballot will, therefore, lm. its identity ft. ' w. .. ’. :> ... /..A, before if is tabulated. The j county ASCS committee will publicly open and tabulate all ballots on September 15. At this time, none of the ballots will bear any identification of the person voting, It is necessary that each per son voting sign the certification on the envelope in which the ballot is returned. If the certi ■ ficatioa is not signed the ballot inside will not be tabulated. Any person signing by mark must have his nark witnessed. New Watauga 'v»?SiS ‘3 Attract 1,200 BY RACHEL RIVERS More than 4,000 students are expected to enroll in Watauga County Schools on Monday, Aug. 30. All buses will operate on this date to transport stu dents for registration and as signment to classrooms. County School Superintendent W. Guy Angell said students will be dismissed at approxi mately 11:43 a. m, and lunch will not be served on the teach er-pupil orientation day. Fees will be collected and instruc tional materials issued in prep aration for the first full school day on Tuesday. Cafeterias will open on this date, and all schools will operate on regular schedule. Bus drivers and principals will report to the County Ga rage for bus inspection and as signment on Friday, Aug. 27. Approximately 1,200 of the 4,000 students will enroll in the new Watauga High School, which will include students who formerly attended Appalachian, Cove Creek, Blowing Rock, Bethel and Watauga Consoli dated high schools, “Progress continues to be made In the completion of the new facility and a large per* ; centage of the areas will be complete by the time students enroll on Monday,” Angell said. Books, equipment, and other instructional aids have beat moved from the old high schools into the new facility and new equipment is arriving daily. Some of the areas which will not be complete on open ing day are the auditorium, lec- 4 ture room, library, homemaking rooms and the gymnasium. However, the Superinten dent said that if all equipment arrives on schedule, all areas will be complete soon after Sept. 15, with the exception of the gymnasium. Hie gym will be completed by the second week in October. Facts And Figures The area of the new Wataw**^. High School takes in 38 and « , half acres. The area of tta*'*' building is 133,000 square leet»f * The cost of the buildings, less fees, furniture and equipment is $1,581,829.50, But the dynamism of the new structure in terms of size and cost is clearly paralleled by the new structure in terms of size and cost is closely pe** alleled by the rapid tempo of changes in the schools. Some of the changes are: . Discontinuation of Appalach ian, Cove Creek, Watauga Con solidated high schools and the old Cove Creek Elementary School. Five reading and guidance specialists added to the adxmh- J istralive staff through funds from the Federal Government. Neighborhood Youth Carp Project pending. It will permit students to work part-time and out-of school persons to work full-time. i Total integration of students ■ and staff. ■ Comprehensive school im provement projects will be op- .: crated at Valle Crucis and Park way Elementary Schools. Adult education classes ate being organized. Academic offerings will fef expanded in the new school. Three mobile classrooms have (Continued on page 7, Sec. C) ’ Health Deportment To Close Labor Day The District Health Depart ment wiM be dosed Labor Daj* September S* __| ■
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