Mrs. Gaynelle Wilson
Winner Educator Award
Selected Monday night as the
Jaycees Outstanding Young Ed
ucator in Watauga County was
Mrs. Gaynelle Banner Wilson.
A general music teacher at
Appalachian Elementary, Mrs.
Wilson was nominated by the
principal of the school, Dr.
Students May Go
To Governor School
A number of students from
Watauga High School have been
nominated as candidates for se
lection to attend the Governor’s
School in Winston-Salem this
summer.
Nominations from the county
superintendent, W. Guy Ai^ell,
and Dr. N. A. Miller, princi
pal at Watauga High School,
are based on total high school
enrollment.
Ten juniors were nominated
for study in the academic areas,
including English, natural
science, social science, mathe
matics, and foreign language.
They are Ann Brashear, Shar
ron Johnson, Susan Lawrence,
Robert Melton, Paul Miller,
Phillip Smith, Donna Ward,
Larry Joseph Williams, Gray
Wilson and Emma Jane Young,
ff selected for the school, a stu
dent will study in one o£ the areas
for a period of six weeks.
Other students were nomi
nated to study in the perform
ing arts. In orchestra the nomi
nees are Gray Wilson, Phillip
Smith and John Simmons. Rob
ert Melton has been nominated
in piano. Nominees in choral
music are Daphne Martin, Susan
American build-up in Thai
land incurs hostility.
Lawrence, Randy Marsh and
Teresa Robinson. These stu
dents will audition with other
candidates March 2. Success
ful candidates in both academic
areas and performing arts will
be notified April 1.
From June 16 to Aug-. 3, the
Governor’s School will provide
a variety of unique and distin
ctive educational experiences
for approximately 400 highly
gifted or talented high school
students. Nominations at the
local level were based on
recommendations from teach
ers in the area of study. Se
lection of winners is made by
a state-wide committee.
W. G. Anderson. She is the
wife of Gene Wilson, Choral
Director at Watauga High
School.
The Wilsons live in the Hen
son’s Chapel community and
have two children, Derek and
Heather.
With her award, Mrs. Wil
son was given a $150 scholar
ship and a plaque from the
Boone Jaycees by project chair
man, Bill Stallard.
At the banquet program, Dr.
W. H. Plemmons, president of
Appalachian State University,
spoke to the Jaycees on lea
dership and education.
Cuba still holds 10,000 po
litical prisoners.
SURVIVES 13-STORY FALL
Baltimore—Ervin Watts, Jr.
fell 13 stories and only suffered
bruises on his neck. The 20
year-old youth fell down an
evevator shaft in a building
where he was working and landed
in a pool of water.
Patoriotic Assembly Held
A Patriotic Assembly was
held at Watauga High School
Thursday.
In conjunction with Patrio
tism Week, the students were
made familiar with various pa
triotic gestures common when
the flag passes, the pledge of
allegiance is said and the his
tory, of both.
William Ross presented a
reading entitled I Am the Na
tion.
Named as citizens of the
month were Sandy Deas and
Rudy Hayes. Teacher of the
month is Andy Reese, teacher
of biology.
The highlight of the program
was the presentation of flags
from the Boone Jaycees. The
flags, one state flag and one
American flag were present-,
ed in conjunction with the Boone
Jaycees program wherein each
County school will receive a
flag.
After the presentation, Dr.
N. A. Miller spoke to the stu
dents on their responsibilities
as citizens of this country.
Dr. N. A. Miller, principal of Watauga High School, and Sandra Cook, president at the Student
Body at the high school accept the new flags for the high school. The flags were donated by the
Boone Jaycees, as represented by Bichard Hill (left), chaplain of the Jaycees.
Politics Ol Poverty
Topic Of Harrington
Michael Harrington, a free
lance writer, editor and former
consultant to the poverty pro
gram, will present a lecture on
The Politics of Poverty, Thurs
day, March 7, at Appalachian
State University.
MKHAEL HARRINGTON
The Harrington program is
the third event of ASLTs Artist
and Lecture Series which, later
this year, will feature such
speakers as social philosopher
Eric Hoffer, historian Max Ler
ner and John Ciardi, author and
poetry editor for the Saturday
Review.
Harrington is best known for
two books: The Other Ameri
ca (1962) and The Accidental
Century (1965). A former con
sultant to OEO director
Sargent Shriver, Harrington was
also active in the Citizens'
Crusade Against Poverty.
He is presently a member of
the Board and special consult
ant to the A. Philip Randolph
Institute and has been active
in the civil rights movement
for over a decade.
The lecture, which is open
to the public, is scheduled for
8 p. m. in the I. G. Greer Hall
Auditorium.
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WAT AUG AN AT WORK
In April, Dean Moody will have been employed by Andrews Chev
rolet, Inc., six years. He and Mrs. Moody, the former Jennie Fox
of Valle Crucis, reside with their three-year-old son, Robert
Lynn, on the Max Austin Road about three miles south of Boone.
Prior to working for the Boone dealership, Moody was trained
at the General Motors Training Center in Charlotte. A graduate
of Bethel High School, the mechanic is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Moody of Beaver Dam. He and his family attend the
Mountain Dale Baptist Church. (Staff photo)
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Rotarians Recognize Harris
At Anniversary Celebration
The Boone Rotary Club cele
brated its 20th anniversary
Thursday night concurrent with
recognition of the 43rd anni
versary at Rotary International.
Stanley A. Harris Sr.f Wayne
Richardson. L. E. Tuckwiller
and Dave Mastattended as char
ter members of the Boone Club.
Among long-standing members
there were Dr. Ray Lawrence
and Dr. Nick Erneston.
Harris Sr., the principal
speaker, was the first presi
dent of the Boone Rotary Club
and in 1955 was chosen to be
District Governor of the Rotary
District comprising 43 clubs
in the area.
President Max Dixon called
on Dr. Lawrence to present a
plaque to Harris in recognition
of his many contributions.
Service projects mentioned
by Harris included service to
crippled children, organization
of the first Scouting unit in
the county, helping combat juv
enile delinquency and equipping
the Watauga Hospital in its
early days.
Officers of the 47-member
club, in addition to Dixon, are
Jack Cronland, vice-president;
Eric DeGroat, secretary; Ray
Lawrence, treasurer; and Hal
Johnson, Sergeant-at-Arms.
George C. Greene Jr. edits
the weekly program bulletin,
The Dowel Pin.
The Grimm Brothers who
present a satirical review of
American society through the
use o# songs, scenes and black
outs, will appear in Appalachian
State University’s Coffeehouse
Series March 4-9,
This unique trio, slated tor
performances in the W, H.
Plemmons Student Center each
night Monday through Saturday,
aptly satirize many of the na
tion’s institutions. Their paro
dies range from war, televis
ion, politics and music.
John Karraker studied public
administration at IrxJiana Uni.
versity and history at DePaul
University. Jim Hansen earned
a Master and Public Adminis
tration degree at the Univer
sity of Michigan. JimFisherdid
graduate work in city manage
ment at the University at
Kansas.
Letter To Editor
Democrat Read By
Many In Orlando
Dear Sir:
I work at the Winter Park
Hospital, Winter Park, Fla. I
talk with several patients and
visitors that have summer cot
tages near Boone-Blowing Rock.
They all ask me to bring the
Watauga Democrat. Some are
men writing and asking about
cottages and land in Watauga
County. So you see, the
Watauga Democrat really takes
a tour each week. 1 also enjoy
reading it. I look forward each
week for Watauga news.
Thank you,
MRS. R. J. PHILLIPS JR.
Orlando, Fla.
Gallup Poll finds Johnson
continues to gain.
iti£j McKAE COLLEGE WEE OUEIK under the direction of
Mrs. H. C. Evans, wife of college President H. C. Evans, will
perform with a repertoire of sacred music during the morning
service at the First Presbyterian Church, Boone, Sunday March
3rd. The Wee Queir is composed of selected voices from the
Lees-McKae College Choir and is accompanied by Robert
Bowman, head of the Department of Foreign Languates at the
two-year institution. The most recent periormanee oi tne wee
Queir, which has appeared the length of Concord and Holston
Presbyteries, was televised by WCYB-TV, Bristol, Tennessee
and by WJHL-TV, Johnson City, Tennessee. The caliber of the
15 voice choir and the quality of their performances are for
ging a lasting name for themselves in an area comprising
several states.
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