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Section B WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ‘ fi . Section B PRICE: TEN CENTS VOLUME LXXIX-NO. g» BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER I, 1966 Choirs Of First Baptist Plan Cantata “The Shepherd's Christmas”, a cantata written by Uorten J. Luvaas, will be presented by the combined church, youth and BSU choirs of the First Baptist Church of Boone at 7 Sunday evening, Dec. 4. The choir will be directed by Hoyt Safrit, Minister of Music. Mrs. Graydon Eggers is the organist. The cantata tells the story of the angel’s revelation of the birth of Christ to the shepherds and of their journey to Bethlehem to the manger bed of the new born Saviour. It ends with the note of victory as the choir sings “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”. The service of candles will follow the musical program. Each member of the congrega tion will be given a candle which is lighted during the service to represent the tell ing of the story of salvation throughout the world. The Lottie Moon Offering for foreign missions will be taken, and a goal of $2,500 has been set for the offering. A Christmas tree in the sanct uary will show progress to ward reaching the goal. A red light will indicate $50, a green light $100 and a blue light at the top of the tree will indi cate when the goal has been reached. Reviewing the rules and regulations of the new scholarship being offered by the Watauga Savings and Loan Association of Boone are (seated) Appalachian president Dr. W. H. Plemmons and James Marsh, secretary-treasurer of WSLA. Standing (1-r) are Dr. N. A. Miller, Watauga High principal, Steve Gabriel, ASTC student financial aid officer, and Dr. 0. K. Webb, dean of student affairs at Appalachian. Eppley Attends Community Action Course At UNC Ernest D. Eppley, WAMY Community Action, Inc., Boone, was among 36 directors of community action programs in the state to attend a special 80-hour course in Chapel Hill on public administration and community development. Just completed, the training w institute^was conducted at the .* Stop ^FROZEN jgb PIPES! FSr*"*'raKom * t I C T R I C heat_ Pill I FREE REPLACEMENT GUARANTEE! FARMERS HARDWARE & Supply Company W. King St — Boone, N. C. Institute of Government on the University of North Caro lina campus. The course, which began in August, was taught by Miss Dorothy Kiester, a specialist in the field of social work at the Institute of Government. Other special speakers for the Cpurse came from, the UNC faculty, Duke University, and state and federal agencies. Commenting on the newness of community action methods, Miss Kiester said, “The frank ly experimental nature of the community action programs makes many people nervous, because the programs tamper Scout Court Posponed A district-wide Scout Court of Honor scheduled for Thursday night has been post poned until Thursday, Dec. 8. District Advancement Chair man George Flowers says the Court of Honor will begin at 7:30 p. m. at the Boone Meth odist Church. Troop 109, led by Joe Miller, Scoutmaster, will be host to the Court of Honor. SUCCESSOR To Tire Chains! Mud & Snow * TREADS Plus Tungsten - Carbide T raction STUDS A1 ; someimng that takes you through snow and ice . . . yet you never have to take them off for dry roads. Traction studs wear evenly with the tire treads . . . last for the life of the tire. Inexpensive, too. Check with us todav. VANCE Recapping Company NORTH DEPOT ST. — BOONE, N. C. with the status quo — using public funds to do so. “There is no unanimity as to what specific goals should be,” she said. “No one yet knows what will work, and what seems to be working one place will not transplant suc cessfully to some other ap parently similar community.” Since the Econofnic Oppor tunity Act was passed and funds became available in 1964, some $43 million have come into North Carolina to be spent as wisely as possible. Now there are 41 Commun ity Action agencies involving 84 counties in the state. In answer to training needs for executive directors of these agencies, the Institute of Government launched its own war on poverty by help ing CAA executives solve some of their special prob lems. Funding was by the Of fice of Economic Opportunity. Miss Kiester explained that course instruction primarily Involved an attempt to relate the basic principles of ad ministration, personnel admin istration and administrative techniques to community ac tion programs. “Community action, almost by definition, will or should continue to be a dynamic ac tivity, seeking progressively better solutions to old prob lems of how to make ‘opera Moh Hu a Sperid STARLITE "AA" <ja58 YQN. Yellow. Pendant. 17 Jewels. Shock resistant. Unbreakable mainsprini *22.95 cMSm NAVIDATER 6703 CHB. White. 17 Jewels. Waterproof*. Calendar. Luminous dial. Shock resistant. Unbreakable mainspring. $24.95 * Mwn com, crown ond crysfol ora intoct. FREE GIFT WRAPPING TEMPO 3501 WSB. White. 3501 YSB. Yellow. 21 Jewels. Shock resistant. Unbreakable mainspring. $39.95 WALKER'S JEWELRY STORE W. King St. Boone, N. C. tional democracy’ a reality,” Miss Kiester said. “Many mistakes will be made and much patience will be needed to capitalize on ex perience, refining what is good and reworking or dis carding what is ineffective and wasteful,” she said. “It is so in all new social endeavors,” Miss Kiester con cluded. “It is so in the prac tice of democracy.” Watauga Savings And Loan Gives ASTC Scholarships The Watauga Savings and Loan Association of Boone has announced a scholarship program in conjunction with Appalachian State Teachers College through which two $250 grants will be awarded annually to a boy and a girl graduating from Watauga High School. Each scholarship will be renewed for four years if the selected individual continues to meet scholastic require ments, according to James Marsh, secretary-treasurer of WSLA. Under the scholarship for mat, Watauga Savings and Loan will award $500 for the coming academic year, $1,000 in the following year, $1,500 over the 1969-70 term, and $2,000 during the 1970-71 year and in each school year thereafter. Thus, at the begin ning of 1970-71, a total of eight students will be benefit ing from this scholarship. Marsh said the awards pro gram “stems from the As sociation's keen interest in the- development of our coun ty’s human and economic re sources. We welcome the pro gram as an opportunity to ex press our appreciation to the citizens of Watauga County and to make a college educa tion a reality for students who might otherwise have been deprived.” WSLA plans to continue the scholarship program as far into the future as possible, Marsh said. “Recipients are to be select ed on the basis of scholastic standing, leadership quali ties, evidence of Christian character, intellectual pro mise and demonstrated ambi tion,” he added. Winners of the initial scho larships and their alternates will be announced during May Awards Day at Watauga High School. A special selection commit tee will be composed of ASTC’s director of admis sions, the college’s student financial aid officer, the prin cipal and two guidance coun selors of Watauga High School. Bazaar To Offer Hand Crafted Items As Gifts A wide display of Christmas gifts, all handmade by area craftsmen, will be sold at the Watauga Crafts Bazaar Friday in the old home economics building behind the hospital on the ASTC campus. The sale, which will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., will feature a wide variety of dolls and toys, quilts and woven goods, and other handmade products. Twelve county craftsmen will be present at the bazaar demonstrating their techniques and selling their products. Items made by more than 100 craftsmen working in the WAMY Mountain Crafts pro gram will be displayed for sale. The bazaar, which is part of the crafts program which teaches crafts skills and mar kets products for local craft* men, will be held in th* WAMY offices. Scout District Meet To Be Held Tuesday The Watauga Boy Scout District meeting will begin at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Catholic Student Center according to District Scout Executive Phillip D. Thomp son. Plans for the annual Coun cil Scouters Banquet to be held Dec. 13 at Centenary Methodist Church, Winston Salem, will be discussed. All institutional represen tatives and district committee members are requested to at tend. Food price rises to con tinue, United States says. For Your Real Estate Needs Call Or Come To ASSOCIATED REAL ESTATE 102 East King Street Phone 264-2415 Wilbur Kutz, Realtor Mrs. Pearl L. Bingham, Manager All the doors can lock by themselves on our new ’67 Ford. And if one door’s not closed tight, a little light tells my father. Another light reminds him to fasten my seat belt. 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