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VOLUME LXXIX— NO. 15
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1966
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THE FORMER DR. PERRY FARM, located south of Boone
near Highway 105, is seen in an autumnal setting. The property
now is owned by Floyd Ayers and makes an attractive pastoral
scene from many vantage points. (Staff photo)
Veteran College Professors
&
To Be Honored In Dedication
Appalachian State Teachers
College will honor two former
professors Oct. 16 by naming
the building housing its mathe
matics and economics and
business education depart
ments as Smith-Wright Hall.
Dr. 1. G. Greer, a former
ASTC professor for whom the
college music building was
named last spring, will deliver
the dedication address honor
ing A. R. Smith, former chem
istry professor and the first
chairman of the chemistry de
partment, and the late J. T. C.
Wright, former mathematics
professor and first chairman
of the mathematics depart
ment.
Dedication ceremonies will
be held at 2 p.m. in I. G.
Greer Music Hall Auditorium.
A reception and tea will fol
low in newly-named Smith
Wright Hall.
| United Fund Garners
j $11,112 First Week
jg The campaign captains of Watauga’s United Fund are
ig nearing victory.
ig Partial reports at a planning luncheon Monday totaled :|:
!g nearly $10,000, and by mid afternoon, the UF thermometer
jg was up to $11,112.45 toward the year’s $16,000 goal.
fej Campaign Chairman Stanley Harris, Sr., called it the
“best showing up to the minute, we’ve ever had.” Presi
g: dent Wade Wilmoth joined Harris in expressing gratitude
gi to the many solicitors and contributors who compiled this :•
g: total in the first week. The drive began Tuesday, Oct. 4.
jg: John Greene, reporting for IRC, said he had $3,364.25
•g in pledges and $551.03 in cash as of 10 a m. Monday. This
•g was the largest amount reported from a single source.
Solicitors are hoping to end the campaign this week
gj in behalf of Watauga’s more than 20 charitable agencies. |:
........
Queen Sharon Dodge
Vivacious Sharon Dodge has been selected Homecoming Queen
by the student body. A junior, Miss Dodge was chosen from
eleven candidates in elections held Oct. 4 and 5, and will reign
over the festivities this weekend including the Homecoming
parade and dance on Saturday. She and her court will be pre
sented to the students formally at the Saturday night dance.
Members of the Queen's court are Terry Deweese of Leicester;
Helen Eicher of Warrenton, Va.; Julie Lindsey of Shelby; Cindy
Starr of Silver Springs, Md., and Mary Verble of Mooresville.
Miss Dodge is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dodge of
Fayetteville.
The building, formerly
known as the Old Science
Building, was built in 1940 at
a cost of $146,670. It housed
the Appalachian chemistry, bi
ology and physics departments
until Rankin Science Building
was built in 1963.
Smith - Wright Hall is a
three-story, red brick building
containing 23,712 feet of floor
space. The first two floors of
the recently-renovated build
ing contain mathematics and
physical science classrooms,
with the college computer
center located on the first
floor and the mathematics de
partment offices located on
the first and second floors.
The economics and business
education department is lo
cated on the third floor.
Dr. Wright
James Thomas Carr Wright
was born in Wilkes County on
May 22, 1894. After attending
the Wilkes County schools, he
received the A. B. degree from
George Peabody College for
Teachers in Nashville, Tenn.
He also attended a summer
session at Duke University.
Dr. Wright served as a high
school principal from 1917 to
1920. In 1920 he came to Ap
palachian and began his ser
vice as teacher cf mathematics.
He served in this capacity, and
as the first chairman of the
department of mathematics
from 1920 until his retirement
in 1961—41 years.
Dr. Wright was the author
of a number of textbooks in
mathematics, and was active
in his profession and in civic
and fraternal organizations in
the area.
He was a member of Phi
Delta Kappa, fraternity for
men in education; the North
Carolina Education Associa
tion; the National Education
(Continued on page six)
Registration
Books Will Be
Open Saturday
The voters registration
books will be open in the vot
ing precincts of the County
commencing Saturday, Oct. IS
for three Saturdays including
Oct. 22 and 29. Nov. S has
been designated as challenge
day.
There will be a meeting of
registers and judges at the
Courthouse Thursday evening
at 7:30.
All persons who have moved
to another voting precenct are
urged to re-register in the
proper precinct
Farm-City Week
Meeting Set For
Blowing Rock
The anual Farm-City Week
meeting will be held at the
Blowing Rock Ski Lodge Nov.
17. The meal will be served
buffet style.
Awards will be presented to
all communities who submit
community reports.
Organized communities are
urged to have their achieve
ment reports ready on Wed
nesday, Oct. 19th.
The judging schedule is
Matney, 8:30 a. m.; Timbered
Ridge, 10:30 a. m.; Bethel, 1
p. m.; and Beaver Dam, 2:45
p. m.
Other communities should
send their reports to Jerry
Adams by Oct. 15.
Program Starts Friday
Thousands To Meet
For Homecoming
Bright ASTC
Event Climax
Of Fall Season
Thousands of Appalachian
State Teachers College gradu
ates will start pouring into
Boone Friday to join in the
varied phases of the institu
tion’s weekend Homecoming
festivities.
A wide assortment of events
has been scheduled for both
alumni and student participa
tion. Banquets, dances, meet
ings, informal gatherings, a
golf outing, a parade and foot
ball game will be featured
during the three-day celebra
tion.
Old grads are slated to
gather Friday night for the
anual kickoff banquet, and on
Saturday night for the Touch
down Dance. Students, during
the same hours, will be at
tending a “sock hop” on Fri
day and the Homecoming
Dance on Saturday night.
The Alumni Luncheon
which will include the installa
tion of new officers of the
Alumni Association will be
staged at 11:30 a. m. Saturday.
The present students and the
returning graduates are ex
pected to fill Conrad Stadium
at 2 p. m. when the Mountain
eer gridders face Catawba
College.
A coffee hour will be held
after the game for the purpose
of renewals of acquaintances
by each alumnus.
A pep rally and bonfire will
launch the Homecoming
events at 6 p. m. Friday. The
Homecoming Parade will be
held at 10:15 a. m. Saturday.
The weekend celebration
will conclude with the annual
alumni golf tournament Sun
day.
County r arm Bureau
To Meet Wednesday
The annual meeting of the
membership of the Watauga
County Farm Bureau will be
gin at 7:30 p. m., Wednesday,
Oct. 19, at the Boone Court
house. Guest speaker will be
Frank Bryant, who has served
many years on the State Ad
visory Committee on tobacco.
He is a member of the Dairy
Committee of the North Car
olina Farm Bureau and has
been a member of the state
board of directors for a num
ber of years. He is a full-time
farm operator and sales sup
ervisor of the Winston-Salem
Tobacco market.
Reports from the local
Bureau’s president, and sec
retary will be heard and re
commendations considered for
submission to the State Farm
Bureau Resolutions Commit
tee.
Delegates to the state con
vention will be elected and
a slate of officers for the com
ing year passed upon.
Phase 2 Of Municipal Plan
Construction has begun behind City Hall on
the Town's warehouse unit, which is to be
completed in two to three weeks at a cost of
$7,000. The warehouse will be 90’ x 60' and
Mayor Wade Brown says all street and water
department vehicles and equipment will be
stored therein. Two doors will open into the
building from the alley running behind City
Hall and parallel to King Street. Phase 1 of
the Town's' plan was the brick city hall build
ing now in use. Phase 3 will be a fire station.
Here workmen finish the foundation under
one of the warehouse’s steel girders. (Staff
photo)
Tweltfh Annual Awards
Banquet Held By BREMCO
The twelfth annual awards
banquet for employees and di
rectors of Blue Ridge Electric
WATAUGA DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OF
BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC Membership Corp
oration who received service awards at the
annual awards banquet on Saturday night,
Oct. 1 are (1-r) C. E. Viverette, general man
ager, who presented the awards, and recipients
Mrs. Ruby Cheek, Grady Barnes, Everette
Cole, Arnold Bolick and Neil Faries, Wa
tauga district manager
Membership Corporation was
held Oct. 1 at the Lenoir
Country Club in Lenoir At
tendance was 242: 111 of the
134 employees, their wives,
twelve of the fifteen directors,
their wives and special guests.
The invocation was render
ed by Mrs. Rachel Smith, the
welcome by Bert Mast, Presi
dent of the Corporation, and
introduction of employees and
guests by C. E. Viverette, Gen
eral Manager, and his staff.
John Sayers, safety consult
ant of employers Mutuals of
Wausau, could not be there
due to illness. He was to have
made a special presentation
to the cooperative for their
outstanding safety record of
one mill'on manhours worked
without a lost time accident
Viverette recognized indivi
dual employees for accom
plishments in training and de
velopment to improve their
skills and abilities within their
present positions and present
ed service pins and awards to
employees completing five,
ten, fifteen, twenty and twen
ty-five years’ service with the
Cooperative. Carl Graybeal,
director and vice-president of
the Cooperative received an
award for 25 years’ service on
the Board of Directors.
Those receiving awards for
five years’ service were Mrs.
Ruth Bare, Mrs. Bytha Dun
can, Harold Huffman and Mrs.
Joyce White.
Receiving awards for ten
years’ service were Ben
Adams. Mrs. Christine Beane,
(Continued on page six)
Open House At
Radio Station
Radio station WATA an
nounces open house ceremon
ies in their new studios on
King Street Sunday afternoon,
starting at 2 o’clock.
Situated in the new Watauga
Savings and Loan building, the
radio's quarters were de**gned
and built especially for the uae
of the local station, and are
completely modern. WATA
had been located in the has
station building since its es
tablishment in I960. It is CBS
of a number of stations naned
by Mr. and Mrs. Iholand B.
Potter of North Wilkasboro.