“A TREE WITH GRACE Toward Heaven Rising . . . —Kilmer
Yancey Takes Honors In
Youth Corps Field Day
Yancey county took most of
the honors at the second annual
Neighborhood Youth Corps Field
Day, at Camp Broads tone
Watauga County, August 18.
Competition was held in foot
racing, horseshoe pitching,
sack racing and softball. Most
competititors were members of
the Out-of-School Youth Corps,
although some in-school stud
ents did compete.
The Sanitation crew from
Yancey won the finals of the
summer softball competition
among the boys’ work projects
in the four counties, beating the
Watauga Reforestation crew by
a score of 13-5 in a hard-fought
game.
The Yancey Sanitation crew
took first and second places in
the horseshoe competition, as
the team of Pat Wallace and Jim
with Zeb Patterson and David
Cooper taking runner-up hon
ors.
Winner of the men's foot race
was Gary Laws of Yancey San
itation, with Ernest Hicks and
Chico Coffey of Watauga Refor
estation taking second and third
places.
In the men's sack race, Or
ville Webb of Avery Sanitation
was first, with James Fox of
Yancey Sanitation placing sec
ond and Dean Estes of Avery
Sanitation placing third.
ON AIRMAIL RATES
The House Post Office Com
mittee has approved a two-cent
boost in the air mail letter post
age rate. This moves the air
mail letter rate to 10 cents an
ounce. A final decision was not
made, at this time, to push air
mail postals from six to 10
cents.
Insurance loss in Detroit was
$85-million.
In the women's sackrace,
Lena Laws of Yancey captured
first place, with Glenda Guy
and Janette Hedrick of Watauga
taking second and third.
In a ceremony at the field day,
Jerry Boone of Yancey received
the Neighborhood Youth Corps
Director's Achievement Award
presented to the enrollee who
makes the most outstanding
progress during the year.
Ashe Horse Show
Set For Saturday
Members of the Ashe Saddle
Club are planning an evening
horse show for Saturday at
the Club’s show grounds in
West Jefferson.
Club President Larry Hodg
son says the 14-class event
will get underway at 7:30 p.m.
and a trophy and ribbons are
to be awarded in each class.
In case of rain, the show will
begin at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
3.
An invitation has been ex
tended to the membership of
the Cove Creek Riding Club
of Watauga County. No admis
sion fee will be charged at the
gate, although there will be a
$2 entry fee to help pay for
trophies and ribbons.
The classes are: Pony com
petition, halter competition,
barrel crawl, spotted pleasure
horses, Western pleasure, pole
bending, five-gaited, ladies
Western pleasure, barrel race,
palomino competition, junior
equitation, three-gaited, Ten
nessee walking horses and the
rescue race.
Other than in the first class,
ponies will be eligible in the
junior equitation class.
The Ashe Saddle Club was
formed after the Ashe County
Horse Show, which was held
in June. Hodgson said that the
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membership, which numbered
29 Aug. 20, is in the process
erf incorporating the organiza
tion.
The Labor Day Horse Show
will be held six-tenths erf a
mile out Buffalo Road, Hodgson
said.
FOWLER ON TAX
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Fowler says he believes
Congress will find President
Johnson's plan for spending cuts
and higher taxes appealing once
it studies the dangers which
could result from refusal to
pass a tax surcharge.
Soviet trawler seized for
illegal fishing.
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Home Decorations
To Be Fair Feature
Winston-Salem—Women who
like to decorate their homes on
festive occasions can win valu
able premiums by exhibiting
their prowess attheDixieClas
sic Fair.
Decorations for holidays and
special occasions is a new
feature of the Fair's House
Furnishings Department this
year and premiums to winning
entries total $65.
The categories in which ent
ries may be made are gift pack
ages, Christmas stockings and
ornaments, tablecloths for
special occasions, and decor
ated candles.
Mrs. Conley Jones of Route 2,
Winston-Salem, is in charge of
the House Furnishing Depart
ment. Judging will be conducted
Tuesday, October 3.
Entry blanks and further in
formation about the decorations
category may be obtained from
the Fair Office, Box 7525, Rey
nolda Station, Winston-Salem,
Entries must be returned not
later than midnight Sept. 16.
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Reading Specialists Are Aid To Children
One of the services pro
vided hy ESEA (Elementary and
Secondary Education Act) funds
COLLEGE DEAN—Kenneth
Bradshaw, who has been named
Dean of Mitchell College,
Statesville. Mr. Bradshaw
graduated from Appalachian
State University, where he was
editor of the Appalachian and
was listed in Who’s Who in
American colleges and Uni
versities. He graduated cum
laude.
for eligible schools in Watauga
County is reading specialists.
There are five specialists who
serve the elementary schools on
an itinerant basis.
Pictured above is reading
specialist Mrs. Judith Church
as she helps students Jimmy
Watson and James Carroll with
word building and phonics. The
two Parkway Elementary School
students are using cards from
a reading laboratory word game
purchased for the schools from
funds provided by the Federal
Government.
The work of the reading
specialists is to strengthen and
reinforce the work of the class
room teacher, according to Mrs.
Norma Tyner. Small groups of
students enable the specialist
to provide individual help for
all the students. The sizes of
the reading groups range from
one to eight students.
Diversified equipment and
materials are supplied to meet
the varying needs of the stu
dents. These include controlled
reading machines, tape record
ers, record players, overhead
projectors, word games, flash
cards and various levels of
reading books.
The reading specialists also
have library resources and
other laboratory materials to
aid them in their instruction.
The reading teachers who are
serving in the Watauga County
Schools this year are Mrs.
Anna W. Phillips, Mrs. Donnie
Gabriel, Mrs. Margaret Shep
hard, Mrs. Louise Hagaman
and Mrs. Judith Church.
Mrs. Judith Church, at work with students.
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