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Giddy-Up, Sunny
Picture-pretty is this threesome—Sunny the pony, her driver
Sandy, and Sandy’s sister, Marjorie Ann. The girls’ parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Council L. Mains of Vilas. Sandy and Mar
jorie will wear identical granny dresses in the pony cart class
at the Cove Creek Horse Show Saturday. Performances will
start at 1 p. m. and 7 p. m. on the grounds of Cove Creek
Elementary School. A horse sale will be held immediately
after the last afternoon class. (Rivers photo)
Auxiliary Reaches
Poppy Sale Record
Members of the' American
Legion Auxiliary, Watauga Unit
130, extend their thanks to the
people of the Town and County
for contributing funds on Poppy
Day that have set a new record.
. Mrs. Cleve Gross, secretary,
said Monday $214 has been
counted. The money is used for
child welfare in Watauga Coun
ty and a contribution is sent
to each of the four veteran’s
hospitals in the state for cards
and presents for the veterans
at Christmas.
Mrs. Gross said the Auxiliary
also thanks Misses Wanda Crit
cher, Beth Williams, Joan Hicks,
Darlene Hicks, Judy Sherwood
and Kate Phillips for their as
sistance on Poppy Day. A cov
ered dish luncheon was served
at Mrs. Gross’ home for 20 of
the Poppy Day workers. ,,
Mrs. Lionel Ward, president,
presided over the business
meeting of the Auxiliary Friday
night. Prayer was led by the
chaplain, Mrs. Troy Norris. The
National Anthem was sung and
ASTC Will
Administer
NT Exams
Appalachian State Teachers
College has been designated as
a test center for administering
the National Teacher Examina
tions on July 16, according to
announcement by Dr. William
A. Floyd of the college’s depart
ment of education.
The designation of Appalach
ian State as a test center will
provide area college seniors pre
paring to teach and those teach
ers applying for positions in
. school systems which require
,i«5eores on these tests an oppor
tunity to evaluate their per
formances in the Common Ex
aminations. The common ex
aminations include tests in pro
fessional education and general
education, plus one of the 13
teaching area examinations
which are designed to evaluate
his understanding of the sub
ject matter and methods appli
cable to1 the area which he may
be asssigned to teach.
. i Those persons interested in
taking the National Teachers
Examination may receive addi
tional information and registra
tion forms from the campus
Tasting Cent*.
f Itie pflWftnble to the Constitu
| tion repeated.
Officers will be installed July
8. Last month’s report omit
ted that Mrs. Edgar Hardin has
been re-elected historian.
Refreshments were enjoyed
with the Legionnaires during
the social hour.
—
Bob Barnes Is
Back At WATA
Bob Barnes, former announc
er for radio station WATA, has
returned to Boone in the ca
pacity of operations director at
WATA. He began work Monday
morning.
For two years, he has been
with WSOC-TV in Charlotte.
Barnes was employed by the
local station 10 years, starting
on a part-time basis while he
was studying at ASTC.
Accompanying Barnes are his
wife, Lorene, a teacher of busi
ness education, and sons Bobby
Len and Bill Lane.
Youth Corps
Is Success In
WAMY Area
“The Neighborhood Youth
Corps, giving training, work
experience and remedial edu
cation to needy young people,
has proven a success in the
WAMY area,” says Ernest D.
Eppley, executive director oi
WAMY Community Action, Inc.
Statistics showed May IS that
109 young people had been em
ployed in permanent jobs after
receiving Neighborhood Youth
Corps training, 33 enrollees had
returned to school and 14 en
rollees had left the Youth
Corps for other training pro
grams or the armed services.
WAMY, with the help of area
agencies, provides all the on
the-job supervision.
The Neighborhood Youth
Corps is divided into two seg
ments — the in-school projects,
which provide work experience
and much-needed income to stu
dents still in high school; and
the out-of-school projects, which
help drop-outs or others who
have difficulty finding work.
The in-school projects In
clude such jobs as maintenance
assistants, cafeteria assistants,
library assistants, laboratory
assistants and teacher aides.
The maintenance assistants have
repaired buildings, replaced
windows, dug coal bins, re
finished floors and, in one case,
painted a school building.
The out-of-school program,
primarily designed to encour
age youths to return to school,
has provided much-needed work
experience.
Eppley says the reforestation
and sanitation programs are
making significant progress.
The reforestation supervisors
report approximately 700,000
trees have been planted in the
four counties. Youths in the
sanitation project, making im
provements for families who
could not afford to do them on
their own, report 50 septic
tanks repaired or installed, 60
water systems installed, 114
privies constructed and 83
privies moved or repaired.
Some of the most gratifying
results have appeared in some
of the smaller out-of-school pro
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THE SQUIRE BOONE CABIN, given by Miss Nancy Beyer of
Blowing Rock, is a handsome picture in the lovely Daniel
Boone Botanical Gardens which soon will be officially open
to the public. Thus far, the public may enjoy the gardens on
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Constance Stallings says that the
grounds will be ready very soon now. (Staff photo)
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Rhododendron Festival
II
ax On Saturday
Bakersville—The 20th annual
North Carolina Rhododendron
Festival will get under way here
today (Wednesday) and con
tinue through Saturday Dight,
with girls from across the state
competing for the crown and ti
tles now worn by Cheryl Miller
of Old Fort, the Jr. Queen and
Miss Jeanne Rhodes of Mat
thews the senior queen.
This year there are twenty
two girls coming to vie for
the crown and title. Also,
the $1,000.00 scholarship giv
en by Mr. J. E. Broyhiil of
Lenoir, the (500.00 wardrobe
by Tanner’s of North Carolina,
a new white Impala convert
ible for her travels by Greene
Chevrolet of Spruce Pine, a
(500.00 scholarship and trophy
from Blanton’s Business Col
lege of Asheville and a solid
gold wrist watch properly en
graved by the Asheville Cit
izen-Times, plus many smaller
awards. Along with this goes
a year of travel that may very
well reach over 100,000 miles
with hundreds of personal ap
pearances promoting the fes
tival and the state.
Opening the pageant on Wed
nesday night will be the little
Jr. Miss Pageant. Presiding
will be retiring queen Cheryl
Miller. Thursday night will
find the older girls competing
in the evening gown and swim
suit competition. Friday night
will be a display of talent and
Rev. Mr. Crowder
Returns To City
Rev. Richard J. Crowder,
Pastor of the Boone Methodist
Church was returned here by
the Bishop at the conclusion of
the Western North Carolina
Methodist Conference at Lake
Junaluska last Saturday.
Rev. William H. Key, Pastor
of the churches of the Watauga
circuit for four years was mov
ed to Hickory Grove in the
Greensboro District. Coming to
Watauga will be Rev. E. Odell
Queen.
on Saturday the festivities will
move into the gardens on the
Koan, 12 miles from here where
the judges will again revue the
contestants in evening gowns
and select the new queen. Fol
lowing the ceremonies on the
Roan, a parade, dinner and ball
will toilow in Spruce Fine.
The new Miss Rhododen
dron will start a round of per
sonal appearances on Sunday
when she will tour Linville
Caverns, Grandfather Moun
tain, Tweetsie and Blowing
Rock. She will then do a
round of personal appear
ances in the central and east
ern part of the state, return
ing to her hometown on Fri
day, June 24th, for some rest.
The Rhododendron Festival is
sponsored by the Bakersville
Lions Club and is a community
event.
Yorks Visit Here
Commander W. B. York,
Mrs. York and family have been
visiting their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. York, Sr., and Mr.
and Mrs. George D. Judy for
two weeks while awaiting their
departure for Yokosuka, Japan,
where Cmdr. York will meet his
ship, USS Pollux AKS 4.
MISS PATTI JONES
Miss Watauga To
Compete On Roan
The reigning Miss Watauga,
Miss Patti Jones, will be among
twenty contestants vying for
the title “North Carolina Rho
dodendron Queen” in Bakers
ville, Thursday through Satur
day, June 16-18.
Queen Patti, a graduate of
Beaver Creek High School, will
compete in talent, bathing suit
and evening gown division.
Miss Jeane Rhodes, Miss Rho
dodendron, will pass her crown
to the winner at 3 p. m. Satur
day. While in Bakersville, Miss
Jones will be chaparoned by
Mrs. Ron Hester.
Daugher of Mr. and Mrs.
Grant Jones of West Jefferson,
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Trustees Inspect Their Garden ■
Trustees of the Daniel Boone Native Garden
met last week in preparation for the garden’s
opening Friday, June 24. Left to right are
'Mrs. Henry Beeson of Elkin, Mrs. B. W. Stall
ings of Boone (trustee chairman), Mrs. R.
0. Trailer of Greensboro, Mr*. Frank Too
Union of North Wilkesboro, Mrs. P. W. Dea
ton, Hickory, Ifn. Arnold Harris of Ruther
.. fordton and Mrs. W. C. LandoUba from
Clemmons. Mrs. LandoHna U president of
the Garden Chib of North Carolina, i
More Than 1,300 Attend
Annual BREMCO Meet
More than 1300 were in at
tendance at the 30th annual
membership meeting of Blue
Ridge Electric Membership
Corporation Saturday, June 11.
at the Lenoir Recreation Cen
ter.
Patronage capital of over
$78,000 was returned to the
members from the seven-coun
ty northwestern area served
by the cooperative. This is a
savings that is returned to
members as a result of their
owning their own business to
provide tbemeelveg with elec
tric sendee.
*ttanagtng Change** wag the
theme of this year’s meeting.
In addition to the featured
speaker, Mr. Harry B. Cald
well's presentation, the reports
of officers and managment
were illustrated with color
slides of the cooperative’s op
erations. In speaking of the
changes which have taken place
in the area Bert Mast, Coopera
tive President, stated, “In the
28 years I have served on your
Board of Directors I have seen
Great changes come to our area
of the State brought about by
better roads, improved educa
tional systems and the coming
of electricity and industry.
Thaae remarkable change*
didn’t come about by accident
They were first thought about
then planned, and finally
achieved by you—the people of
the area all working together
to make this the era of Change
for our section of the state. I
urge you, the members of the
Cooperative, to assist and sup
port your Board of Directors,
your system personnel, and the
member committees, In their
efforts to make our electric
system the finest in the land.”
C E. Vlverette, General
Manager, spake *t the effect
of the recently smarted tax
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Cove Creek
Horse Show
On Saturday
BT RACHEL RIVERS
With a summer sun resting
lightly on the Blue Ridge Moun
tains, visitors and residents
should be marking their calen
dars for seasonal events in the
Boone - Blowing Rock - Linville
triangle.
It’ll be horse shows and bag
pipers and beauty pageants and
gospel singing and cowboys and
injuns and a movie star or two
and auction sales and swimming
and fishing and lolling in the
shade while the Blue Ridge
Parkway stretches out along the
crest of the high hill country,
where others will spread road
side tables with aromatic picnic
lunches.
Pencils ready? Mark your
calendar for the Cove Creek
Horse Show Saturday, June
18, on the grounds of the
Cove Creek Elementary
School. Just in case, the fol
lowing Saturday has been des
ignated rain date. More than
200 entries are awaiting the
third annual show—mostly
Western, some Walking
horses, some pleasure classes,
some cart classes, two game
classes and some horse racing,
Pony classes, too.
Until June 20, view the peak
bloom of red rhododendron,
flame azalea and mountain
laurel on Grandfather Mountain
near Linville—and speaking of
rhododendron — Miss Watauga
County will compete in the Rho
dodenron pageant at Bakers
ville, Thursday through Satur
day, June 16-18.
Boone’s historical outdoor
drama, “Horn in the West”, will
begin its fifteenth season June
25 in the natural setting of the
Daniel Boone Amphitheater.
The drama offers entertainment
vigorously and appeals to all
age groups.
Fred Kirby, Western star of
WBTV Charlotte, is marshall
of Tweetsie Railroad, midway
between Boone and Blowing
Rock, each weekend. Tweet
sie leaves every 30 minutes,
and her passengers get a real
treat to the old West on the
trip around the mountain. Sev
eral television programs have
been filmed there, and such
stars as Arthur Smith and his
Crackerjacks, Bill Anderson of
Nashville, Term., and Dennis
the Menace have been on hand
to greet the crowds.
June 26, the 42nd annual
Singing on the (Granfather)
Mountain will attract thousands
for a gala festival. That same
day, wagons and riders will be
amassing in North Wilkesboro
for the 30-mile haul of the Dan
iel Boone Wagon Train, which
will arrive in Boone July 1
on Blowing Rock Road, and pa*
rade through town at 9:30 a. m.
July 2.
While the white rhododen
dron bloom atop Grandfather
Mooptala, July 1-15, July t
and It will mark the 11th
annual Grandfather Manntain
Highland Gains and Gather
lag if the Scottish Class.
If you've an ear for the keen
tunes of the bagpipe, and want
two days full of plaid-bedecked
surroundings—if you’re a foot- ..j
racer, or a broad-jumper, or •
tosser of cabers, or an archer,
plan to be there. If you’re a
traveler, bands will entertain
you, and your camera will find h
a treasure at every turn. t.!
Very soon—and more about
this later—Urn Blowing Rock
Community Theater will pr»
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