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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1965
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At the Saturday meeting of the Special Gift* Committee for
Watauga County Hospital, Hal Johnson (second from left)
presented a check for $4,000 to committee chairman Mrs,
Carrie Winkler. Present (from left) were: Dr. W. H. Plem
roons, Johnson, Stanley Harris, Mrs. Winkler, Mayor Wade
Brown and Dr. G. K. Moose. Brown is chairman of the hos
pital’s board of trustees. Johnson, plant manager of Shadow
line, Inc., said $2,000 of the gift came from the employees'
canteen fund and that this amount was matched by the com
pany. The gift has been designated to buy 20 bassinets for
the new hospital being constructed on Deerfield Road. Mrs.
Winkler said that all gifts will be appropriately acknowledged
in the hospital. (Rivers photo) A ^
A projected enrollment ot
335 students is expected at Ap
palachian State Teachers Gol
lege for the tali quarter, accord
ing to information from the
Two New Bui
Ready As Stu
With arriy*l «T students for,
the beginning of the fall quar
ter, two new buildings On the
campus of Appalachian State
Teachers College are expected j
to be ready for occupancy.
A preliminary inspection ofi
a new cafeteria erected at a j
dost of $598,000 was held Fri
day, while a final inspection of j
/a iiew $1,175,000 classroom;
l building was scheduled for |
Tuesday.
Inspection of the cafeteria,;
which is not scheduled for com-;
pletion until Oct. 1, was step-;
ped up in order to permit serv
ing of students on Tuesday. The
building, with a capacity of ap
proximately 650, will double the j
Capacity of the present dining!
hall. The downstairs portion of j
the building and the outside \
work remain to be completed.j
John Welbom is manager of
the facility.
? Departments to be housed in
the new classroom building have
moved in preparation for be- j
Is Given Out
The monthly visitor report
lor the Blue Ridge Parkway is
as follows:
James River, Va. (Mile 0 to
115)—Visitors this month 247,
647; Visiters same month last
year 217,8680.
Rocky Knob, Va. (Mild 115 to
217)—Visitors this month 258,
871; Visitors same month last
year 181.083.
Bluffs, N. C. (Mile 217 to
305)—Visitors this month 286,
363; Visitors same month last
year 255,447.
| Asheville. N. C. (Mile 305 to
469)—Visitors this month 565.
039; Visitors same month last
year 483,914,
Total visitors this month:
1,357,929; Same month last
year: 1,246,756.
Calendar Year 1965—5,419,
3.11 visitors to date.
Calendar Year 196*~4,88>,.
923 visitors to date.
; Calendar Year 1965 compar
ed with Calendar Year 1964,
increase 11.50%.
This month compared with
same month last year, increase
8.9%.
Total number of visitors is
figured on basis of 3.3 persons
per vehicle. \ „
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offices of Dr. James D. Lacey,
director of admissions, and Dr,
Ben F. Strickland, registrar.
This would exceed registra
tion for the fall quarter of 1964
dents Arrive
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.ginning of classes. Departments
which wiU have space in the
building are audio-visual educa
tion; the reading center, the
placement department services
and the department of educa
tion.
The inspection teams include
officials from the college, rep
resentatives of the Property
Control office from Kaleigh,
and representatives from the
architects.
Rotary Club
The Boone Charity Auction,
sponsored by the Boone Rotary
Club, has been set for Thurs
day, Sept. 16.
New and used furniture,
kitchenware, clothing, tools,
toys and appliances will be
among the many items put up
for sale at 7:30 p.m, in the old
Appalachian High School Audi
torium. Ail articles will be sold
at bidders' prices.
Daniel Parker Lee and I.
Joseph Sherwin of the Boone;
Art * Auction Galleries will
conduct the sale, offering their !
services and some of their mer-;
chandise without charge for
charitable projects.
The Cottrell twins and other
local citizens will assist the j
auctioneers, and proceeds from
the sale will be distributed to
local charities.
The Rotary Club, whose chief
charity for 18 years has been
crippled children, has not often
engaged in community fund
raising efforts. In this casev
Rotary is seeking the support
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by 935 students.
.Approximately 1,290 fresh
men have applied for enroll
ment compared to 966 a year
ago. Some 462 graduate stu
dents are included among the
expected enrollment, but the
total does not include extension
classes.
Students began converging
upon the campus Tuesday for
freshman orientation session*.
' Upperclassmen will register
Thursday, Sept. 9; freshmen on
Friday, Sept. 10, and graduate
students in Saturday classes on
Saturday, Sept. 11.
Appalachian this fall will of
fer programs leading to degrees
in fields other than teaching.
The college began these pro
grams in the summer sessions
following approval it o m the
North Carolina Board of Higher
Education. The college has been
a single-purpose teacher edu*
cation institution in the past.
The additional degrees are
bachelor of arts and bachelor of
science. The new bachelor Of
science degree may be earned
in economics ami business,
health and physical education,
home economics and industrial
arts, . - ■ ’
The new bachelor of arts de
gree may be earned in art, bi
ology, chemistry, economics and
business, English, French, ge
ography, history, library science,
mathematics, music, philosophy
and religion, physics, political
science, psychology, sociology
and anthropology, Spanish and
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CABELL RAMSEY
Cabell Ramsey,
Is Boone Visitor
Cabell Ramsey, president of
the North Carolina Jaycees,
was a guest of the Boone Jay
sees, Sunday and Monday,
Sept. 5 and 6.
The Board of Directors of
the Boone Jaycees also enter
tained Bob Bumgarner, district
vice-president, and Bill Davis,
regional director, at a family
picnic at Seven Devils Recrea
tion Area. After the picnic,
the monthly board meeting was
held at the home of Buck Rob
bins. Ramsey and his family
then spent the night in a cabin
at Seven Devils.
On Monday, Davis and Ram
sey and their families were
guests of Tweetsie Railroad
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Thomas J. Mast Is Killed
In West Virginia Accident
Thomas Jefferson Mast, 43, of
Sugar Grove, Rt. 1, was kilted
Wednesday night (Sept. 1) in
an automobile accident in Hunt
ington, W, Va. '
He lost control of his car
while going down a steep hill
and turned over and slid into
a guard rail. He was employed
by a construction company in
Huntington.
He was born in Watauga
County" to John J. and Bessie
Bingham Mast.
. Surviving are bis mother of
I Sugar Grove; his widow, Mr*.
I Margaret Mast; a son, Robert
H. Mast of Sugar Grove; a
: daughter, Mias Jacqqueline Mast
I of Sugar Grove; a brother,
I Houston Mast of the home; and
four sisters. Miss Alice Mast
and Miss Elizabeth Mast of
Sugar Grove, Mrs. Evelyn Simp
son of Sugar Grove and Mrs.
Louise Rahe of Blacksburg, Va.
The funeral was held at 2
p.m. Saturday at Willowdale
baptist Church. Burial was in
the Mast cemetery.
Bloodmobile To Make Visit
To Boone For Emergencies
An emergency bioodmobile
visit will be held from 10:30;
a. m. to 4:30 p. m„ Sept- 15 at
Greeaway Baptist Chun*- Jer
ry Adams, volunteer blood pro
gram chairman in Watauga,
said that Viet Nam and the
Dominican Republic are a ser
ious drain on the blood supply'
of the American Red Cross,
The best ci vacation plana
can fee marred if you witness
a serious automobile accident
along the highway. Such scenes
are grim reminders that the
victims will require blood
transfusions. 1
Hie Aug. IS visit of the
Bioodmobile produced 89 pints
of blood, and local usage for
duly and August was about 100
piftts.
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Adams said that foreign con
flicts had caused a shortage of
blood for servicemen and their
families, here and abroad, and
that rashes of vacation acci
dents reduce the supply dang
erously.
Watauga ns are urged to give
blood on Sept. 15 to increase
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Over 1,200 Enrolled
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Grade Schools;
Teachers Listed
As 1,200 high school students
convened at the new Watauga
High School on Aug. 30, about
3,000 youngsters began classes
at eight elementary schools in
the County,
Administrative staff and
teachers at each of the schools
are listed by the County Sup*
erintendent’s office: ,
BLOWING ROCK: Principal,
W. Howard Love, secretary,
Mary Shore; custodian, Eugene
Fortune; cafeteria manager,
Mary Shore. Nine teachers are
atloted to the school: W. How
ard Love, Carol Coffey, Lenore
Critcher, Beatrice Winkler,
Floy Cannon, Grace Beach,
Mabel Hollar, Annie L. White
hdr and Mabel Mast.
PARKWAY SCHOOL: Princi
pal, James A. Greene; secre
tary, Viola Miller; custodian,
J. R, Gentry; cafeteria mana
ger, Clemmie Dobson. Teacher
allotment, 14 and a half: James
A. Greene, Earl Greene, Lucille
Barnett, Mary R, Ayers, Pearl
McNeal, Arlie Morels, Mary S.
Todd, Lovely Danner, Pauline
Ramsey, Lucy Storie, Earle
Thomas, Reka Shoemake, Willie
Sims, Phyllis W. Lee, Susie
Buchanan (part-time) and Bet
ty Hodges.
3,000 Enter
BETHEL SCHOOL: Principal,
Clyde S. Green©; secretary,
Mary Jessee; custodian, Kay
Swift, Teacher allotment, 7 and
a half: Clyde S. Greene, Rus
sell Henson, George Harmon,
Cleo B. Cook, Nora A. Greene,
Anne V. Millsaps, Alice B.
Earthing, and Nancy A. Chamb
lin (part-time),
APPALACHIAN SC HOOL:
Principal, John T, Howell; as
sistant principal, Earl Pelrey;
secretary, Carolyn Austin, cus
todians, Avery Jackson and J.
D. Greene; maid, Bessie Har
rill; and cafeteria manager,
Opal Mast
'! Teacher allotment, 31: Earl
Petrey, Carl Day, Mary Hamby,
Robert Ramsey, Doris G. Trip
lett, Paul W. Price, Louise Hor
ton, Elisabeth Randall, Grace
Buckland, John R. Foster, Ruby
Lanier, Clyde Goodman, Peggy
Jones, Bessie Crawford, Jane
Robinson, Lea Broome, Jimmie
Owen, Ella Beshears, Ennis
Davis, Velma Cottrell, Eliza
beth Putnam, Mary High, Gay
neile Wilson, Jessie Pease,
Jerry Broyles, Marjorie Low
ery, Mary c. Sheridan, James
H. Harvey, Myrtle B, Wilson,
Timothy A. Keck
GREEN VALLEY: Principal,
John D. Marsh; secretary, Caro
lyn Holman; custodian, Jim
Hodges; cafeteria manager,
Nellie Holman. Teacher allot
ment, 11 and a half; John D.
Marsh, Randel C. Cannon, Flor
ence Greene, Ruth L. Winkler,
Margaret Hagaman, Lucy C.
Luther, Reba H. Austin, Daisy
Adams, Elizabeth Norris, Chris
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Change Made
Beginning next week those
dialing numbers In Blowing
Rock will find it necessary to
dial 295 In each case togeth
er with the subscriber nun*
her, rather than just using
8 m has been customary.
This advice comes to the
Democrat from Southern Bell
sources which say that im
provements being made in
Die Blowing Roek system
necessitate the dialing of the
wwt digit* is each cam.
King Cabbage
King Cabbage Is making a royal appearance in Watauga
County. This whopper (19 and 3/4 pounds) was given to Mrs.
Paul A. Coffey last week by Robert Ragan of Zlonville. Ragan
had a whole truck load of cabbages this sire, and was headed
to market with them. Woodrow Richardson of the County
Agent’s office said he believes the record cabbage of Watauga
County was grown several years ago by Cecil Swift of Beaver
Dam. It was said to weigh more than 20 pounds and was part
of the 16 and a half tons of produce grown on half an acre
:ortawd.v-':Paimiew;'fbegan''MtMhf-fairly”
kraut cabbage is being cut now. Cabbage is an important part
of farm income in the County. Last year cabbage sales brought
$£25,000 to Watauga farmers. (Staff photo)
The Sheriff’s Department
continues to probe the myster
ious disappearance of Miss Lin
da Glenn, and has increased its
efforts to find a second teen
age girt now reported missing.
Miss Linda Glenn, 17-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Glenn, was last seen
at her home on Highway 42i
East the night of Aug. 20. Re
ports to the Sheriff and Boone
Police Chief that she had been
seen walking along the highway
did not check out.
Fifteen-year-old Mary Linda
Greer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Greer, has been
missing since Monday, Aug. 30.
Sheriff Dallas Cheek said
Miss Greer registered it Wa
tauga High School that morn
ing. Mrs. Greer, mother of the
missing girl, said her daughter
was wearing a dark red shift
with white collar and pin stripe
design when the school bus
came to their home on Route 4,
Boone, that morning.
Mrs. Greer added that one of
Miss Greer’s friends had re
ported seeing her walk away
from the high school building
pn Highway 100 while some
students were still registering,
Miss Greer is five feet, six
inches tall, weighs 120 pounds,
has auburn or brown hair and
blue eyes.
A deputy at the Sheriff’s De
partment said that a friend of
MISS MARY LINDA GREER
Miss Greer’s had admitted giv
ing her a ride from the school
to Depot Street in Boone on
Monday, and said that he last'
saw her walking north toward
King Street.
Miss Greer was employed as
a nurse’s aide at the Blowing
Rock Hospital during the sum
mer. . , . - ,
Anyone having information
about Linda Glenn or Mary
Linda Greer is asked to report
to the Sheriff's office immedi
ately. Miss Greer’s parents re
quest that persons who call
Sheriff Cheek about Mary Lin
da also contact them at 264
3861.
Bonds Voted For
More than 1,200 high school
students are in their second g
week of classes at Watauga
High School on Highway 105.
Two year* ago in mid-Sepfc
*mber, citizens of Watauga
County voted overwhelming ap
proval of $1,630,000 in bonds
toward construction of a new
high school facility. At the
same time, $900,000 in bond*
was approved toward buildings
a new hospital, now being con- f
structed on Deerfield Road.
Two years passed and lawns
and parking spaces overtook
the mud as tons of building
materials were shaped into a
futuristic educational plant,
which consolidated four County
high schools.
County Superintendent Guy
Angell says 70 teachers and
graduate assistants comprise g
the staff for the 1965-66 school
year. Seventy-two teaching sta
tions and office-seminar areas
have been built
Some major features of the
school plant are;
—20,000 square feet devoted
to vocational education.
—Fivo laboratory-classrooms
New Facility
Two Years Ag<
:o
for physical science training.
—a. spacious anu moaein u- m
brary facility which will ae
commodate 120 students.
•-Office and seminar arena
for all instructional personnel.
—A physical education faci
lity which will accommodate
five separate classes and 2,609
persons for athletic events,
—-A cafeteria which will ac
commodate 420 students at any
given time.
—A large lobby and student
activity area adjacent to pub
lic use areas.
—Terrazo floors la all ma
jor traffic ateas; vinyl asbestos
tile In classroama,
.—Five spacious areas far
business education.
—Two audio lingual foreign
language laboratory classrooms.
—Lecture and team teaching
room which will accommodate
90 students,
—Public ua» and student
activity auditorium with a seat
ing capacity of 400.
—Special music area adjac
ent to the auditorium- -band
and choral facilities.
—Attractive acoustical ceil
ings with recessed lighting.
—Closed circuit television
for observation of dames bar
college students.
—Controlled be a 11 * g aid
ventilating system.
—Attractive court yard lo
cated in center s! classroom
mbig.
—Covered walhways to facili
tate student traffic in and out
of the building.
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There are 193 administrative
staff members and school per*
sonnel in the Watauga County
public school system.
The County Board of Educa
tion comprises Dr. Charles Da- j
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Watauga County ASC Chair
man Vaugh Tugraan advises
farmers to prepare their vital
cropland for the long winter
ahead by seeding a cover crop
on land which would otherwise
be exposed to wind and water
erosion. The County Commit
tee has ACP founds available
for winter cover crop approv
als.
Farmtrs may step at the
ASCS office and request any
of these cover crops; barky,
oats, rye, wheat, crimson cov
er, hairy vetch or annual rye
grass , An on-the-spot purchase
order will be issued,
October 10 is t|e final date
for seeding barley, oats and
wheat with final date for seed
ing rye November 1ft. Barley
seeding rates arg 2-3 bushels
pm sera. Taa rate for ryt is 3
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bushels per acre.
Last year 342 farmers' r%T
quested federal' cost.-s.hare
sistance and seeded 992 acres
of winter cower crops. The
County ASC Committee consid
ers these winter cover crops
Important since they are pro
tecting some «£ the farmers’
most valuable cropland which
he uses in producic^ row cro|st(
a
lor human
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