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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1968
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Nine members of the Class of ’18 gathered for a reunion picture
last week during commencement weekend at Appalachian State
University. Left to right (first row) are Mrs. Delia Farthing
Franklin, Mrs. Annie Moore Winkler. Mrs. Edie Maxwell Norris.
Mrs. Boyd Caudill Shull; (second row) Mrs. Satie Hunt Broyhill,
Mrs. Alta Hutchinson Hartzog, Mrs. Floretta Lewis Lyons, Mrs.
Anna Shipley Belk, and Miss Wilhelmina Shull.
Rehearsal Hall At Horn Already Uses
Up Its Planned Budget Of Only $8,000
Planned on a budget of $8,000
the rehearsal hall going up on
the Horn in the West grounds
already has absorbed $8,607.
28 in materials and labor.
Approving a motion by Mrs.
Constance Stallings, the South
ern Appalachian Historical As
sociation Monday decided to ask
for contributions of up to $2,000,
meanwhile continuing the con
struction.
The expense report was made
to the executive committee by
Bob Snead, one of the drama's
three managers. Snead said two
Appalachian State’s largest graduating class in history listened
Intently Thursday as Dr. Felix Robb, president of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools, spoke at the commencement
exercises in Broome-Kirk Gym.
Overjoyed As Son Is
Released By Cambodia
A Sugar Grove woman waa
overcome with joy Monday when
she learned that her son, held
captive in Cambodia for three
weeks, had been released.
"The first thing I did was to
thank God,” Mrs. Albert U
Tester said upon learning of the
release of Pfc. Jerry A. Tester,
20, and a fellow soldier. Mrs.
Taster heard the news while
watching a television newscast.
Tester’s wife, Barbara Ame,
who lives In Boone, had not
heard the news until advised by
her mother-in-law.
Tester and Spec. 4 Ronald J.
Lerhmann at Mangum, Okla.,
members of the 560th Military
Police Company, were aboard a
Philippine tug in the Mekong
Delta in an area where the bor
der is poorly defined when they
were captured May 20, 1968.
On Monday, Prince Norodom
Sihanouk announced he was re
leasing the two Americana aa a
gesture at homage to the late
Sen. Robert F. Kenndy.
"We sure are happy,” said
the soldier’s mother. “We’ve
been hoping and praying that
he’d be sate.’’
“We did not hear from him
while he was in Cambodia,”
she said, although she had been
informed by an Army telegram
that her son was all right.
There was no hint that he was
to be freed.
“He’s had a hard time ovar
(Continued page 7-B)
partitions are to be put in to
house the men’s and women’s
dressing rooms as well as to
support the weight of the roof.
Plumbing, rest rooms, a floor
proper for dance practice and
wiring are yet to be done. The
last job, as well as other in
terior finishing, will be com
pleted by the cast members and
Dr. Ray Lawrence, executive
vice-president of the Associa
tion, is to look into the build
ing code on this point.
Snead said he had received
a quotation of $200 on an oak
floor and for this and other
work, three board members
each pledged $100 to start the
fund-raising. Stanley Harris,
Jr., treasurer, reported that
there are no excess funds, as the
Association has only a sum near
the $15,000 required to open the
production June 29.
Director Ward Haarbauer
told the committee he now needs
only a tenor to complete the
chorus and said this is “the few
est number to hire this late in
some years, despite the fact it
2 Given Heart
Assn. Awards
Mrs. Wade Wilmoth and Mrs.
Bev. Russing attended the an
nual North Carolina Heart Asso
ciation meeting at the Hotel
Robert E. Lee in Winston-Salem
May 29 and 30.
There they were awarded two
of the Association’s 1968 Found
ers Awards “for distinguished
leadership on behalf of the Heart
Cause in North Carolina, in the
tradition of volunteer service
personified by the founders of
the North Carolina Heart Asso
ciation . . . as a token of the
Heart Association’s respect and
gratitude.’’
A special breakfast banquet
was held at 7:30 a. m. Thurs
day, May 30, in honor of new
Founders Award recipierts.
was a tough spring for recruit
ing.”
Haarbauer said had it not been
for the fact that he moved from
Wisconsin to Birmingham, Ala.,
where he knew many people, he
would have been bad off at this
date. He felt his ability to find
(Continued page 7-B)
12 Members
1918 Class
Honor Guests
Eleven of the 12 living mem
bers of the Class of 1918 were
honored guests at Appalachian
State University’s commence
ment exercises Thursday.
The group, on campus for a
reunion of the class which grad
uated from Appalachian Train
ing School 50 years ago, also
were honored at the annual
Alumni-Senior Banquet and a
reception last Wednesday night.
Mrs. J. E. Broyhillof Lenoir,
who was vice-president of the
Class of 1918, introduced her
class members who include:
Mrs. Boyd Caudill Shull of
Valle Crucis, Mr. Bower H.
Duncan of Trade, Tenn., Mrs.
Delia Farthing Franklin of Ban
ner Elk, Mrs. Alta Hutchison
Hartzog and Mrs. Edith Max
well Norris of Boone, Mrs.
Floyetta Lewis Lyons and Mrs.
Mary Taylor Menzies of Hick
ory, Mrs. Anna Shipley Belk of
Mount Holly, Miss Wilhelmina
Shull of Gastonia and Mrs. Annie
Winkler Moore of Greensboro.
The only living class member
not present for the reunion ac
tivities was Mrs. Mabel Topp
ings Anderson of Fletcher.
After commencement, Mrs.
Broyhill entertained her fellow
graduates at a luncheon at the
Green Park Hotel in Blowing
Rock and then at her summer
home in that city.
Smith Named
Dean At ASU
Charles D. Smith, a native of
Independence, this month as
sumed duties as Dean of Student
Affairs at Appalachian State
University.
As such, Smith has the pri
mary responsibilities in the
areas of orientation, academic
counseling and terminal coun
seling. He also .will teach in
the department of education dur
ing the regular school year.
Smith is a former director
at student personnel at An
son Teck in Ansonville, N. C.
He earned his undergraduate
degree at William and Mary
in 19S2 and his MA at Appa
lachian State University in 1967.
Takes Note Kennedy Slaying
Speak Against Crime,
ASU Graduates Told
Underground
Campus Action
Noted In Speech
“This nation, as never be
fore, must become self-dis~
ciplined because we are at the
time, hour and moment that
we must lay our very lives
on the line . . . stand up,
be counted and act.” This was
part of a speech to 764 gradu
ates Thursday as they re
ceived degrees during the larg
est commencement exercise
program in the institution’s his
Dr. Felix C. Robb, Director
of the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools, touched
several times on the slaying
of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in
his address, and warned that
everything the United States
stands for “will go down the
drain unless everyone applies
their capabilities contructively.
“I urge each one of you to
write your Congressman and
demand legislation for the pro
tection of all citizens,” Dr.
Robb said. “Demand a strong
gun law, and demand the enact
ment of an already-passed bill
which would provide for the
establishment of public televis
ion to compete with the rotten
ness on the three commercial
networks.”
“This is a grave time ... a
time when all people must more
effectively use the fruits of their
educated mind and the rule of
reason—instead of theharbaric
show of force that is the law
of the jungle—or we shall surely
find ourselves in that final con
frontation in the struggle for
freedom, for civilization and
for live itself,” he stated.
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ating class, including 599 who
received bachelor of science
degrees and 46 who received
bachelor of arts degrees, plus
118 upon whom Master of Arts
degrees were conferred, listen
ed intently to the speaker's
words of warning along with over
2,000 invited guests who jammed
into Broome-Kirk Gymnasium.
Dr. Robb, former president
of Peabody College, stated that
“we are not a sick society. Ours
is a free society, although it
has in it some sick members
who irrationally forget that each
man must be accountable for
his own actions.”
“Societies never die of
natural causes, but from murder
or suicide,” he continued.
“When a society stands still,
failing to meet forthrightly the
problems which arise from
ignorance, fear and emotion
. . . time always favors the
barbarian.
“We have changing internal
dissension, discord and ten
dencies toward self-destruc
tion. You who have enjoyed
the privilege of advanced edu
cation must channel more human
energy, talent and time to con
struct a revitalized, more dy
namic order.”
Referring to student rebel
lions which have occurred on
various college campuses
throughout the nation in recent
months, Dr. Robb said that
“the campus unrest phenomenon
has now gone beyond legiti
mate protest to the stage of
organized violence, disruption
and destruction.
“What is happening? Why is
it happening? What to do about
it? These are the questions
to be answered if we are to
save our universities and col
leges from disarray, diminution
or death.
“For years, education lead
ers have bemoaned student
apathy,” Dr. Robb noted. “That
day is past because of this
new student militancy ... a
new barbarism, irrational and
tyrannical, has arisen. It de
mands to be heard, yet denies
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TAKEOFF TO CHARLOTTE—Seen just before leaving Boone Monday morning for the Miss North
Carolina Beauty Pageant are Miss Watauga, Myra Davis, and her official Jaycette chaperone, Mrs,
Shelby Strother. (Staff photo)
Miss Watauga Competes
For State Beauty Crown
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Kennedy Murder Topic
Of Streetside Talk
News of the death of Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New
York aroused wide comment along the Street in Boone, as
across the nation.
While the New Yorker wasn’t a favorite among Watauga
Democrats in his bid for the nomination for the Presidency,
most of the comment involved deep respect for the fallen
leader and admiration for his courage and devotion to his
ideals.
While a great sadness was noted in local conversations,
the most feeling was expressed perhaps for the Kennedy family
as a whole in their continuing chain of sorrows. One fellow
sized up his feelings this way:
“Most folks would be tearing their hair and be engaged
in wild weeping, particularly women. The Kennedys just grow
calm and pray some more.”
“I wasn’t for Kennedy for the nomination but he had the
right, or should have had, to campaign for the Presidency.
This killing bit is out of hand.”
Local people, hundreds of them, stayed with the funeral
activities by television through the day Saturday and until
the body was interred at night.
Senator Kennedy died in Los Angeles Thursday at 1:44 a.m.,
Pacific Daylight Time from bullet wounds of the brain inflicted
Tuesday night in the California Presidential primary climax.
Sirhan Sirhan, 24, a Jordanian is held on charges of firing the
fatal shots.
A requiem high mass was held at St. Patrick’s Roman
Catholic Cathedral in New York Saturday morning and burial was
in Arlington National Cemetery near the grave of President
John F. Kennedy Saturday night. The train was delayed for hours
by the mass of people along the tracks anxious to get a glimpse
of the creeping string of cars.
Dugger Named Elector;
Bingham Goes To Chicago
James A. Dugger of Boone
was selected Presidential Elec
tor for the tenth Congressional
District at the State Convention
in Raleigh Thursday.
Robert Bingham was elected
alternate delegate from the tenth
to the Democratic National Con
vention.
Mrs. R. C. Rivers was re
elected a tenth district mem
ber of the State Democratic
Executive Committee and J. C.
Goodnight and Mrs. Robert
Bingham were elected to the dis
trict Executive Committee.
Those from Watauga County
placed on committees as the
county caucus precedithe
convention were: Senatorial Ex
ecutive Committee, Ray Luther,
Eddie P. Norris; Solicitorial
Executive Committee, Ray Der
rick, Mrs. Marilyn Rice; Judic
ial Executive Committee, Jerry
Perry and Mrs. Libby Williams.
Dr. Reginald Hawkins, Negro
candidate for Governor in the
primary, demanded that Neg
roes compose at least 2 5% of the
delegation to the national con
vention. A march around the hall
ensued. Mrs. Williams and Mrs.
Rice were the only members of
the Watauga delegation to take
part.
Those from Watauga County
attending the convention were:
James A. Dugger, county chair
man; Jerry Perry, George C.
Thomas, Robert Bingham, Mrs.
Robert Bingham, Mrs. Libby
Williams, Sheriff Ward Carr
oll, Mrs. Marilyn Rice, James
Vines, Arville Perry, Coliis
Greene and Rufus Edmisten.
BY RACHEL RIVERS
“When you get up to sing or
perform, if you’re not nervous,
you’re not human, but I love to
sing; I love to perform.”
In addition to entering the
swim suit and evening gown di
visions, that’s just what Myra
Davis will be doing this week
in the Miss North Carolina
Beauty Pageant, Owens Audi
torium, Charlotte.
Her talent selection will be
‘‘Mi chiamano Mimi” from La
Boheme by Puccini. It was
another Puccini selection, “Un
Ble Di” from Madame Butter
fly, that won her a three out of
three record in the Miss Wa
tauga Pageant held last fall by
the Boone Jaycees.
Since then the brown-eyed
girl of light auburn tresses
often has been home from East
Carolina University, where she
is majoring in voice, to fulfill
her role as Watauga’s first am
bassador. And these not infre
quent, sometimes difficult-to
make trips, have won her the
unquestioning friendship of all
she has met.
Saturday, June 1, she was
honor guest at a luncheon given
by the Boone Jaycettes. And
Saturday, again in her honor,
the Jaycees hosted a send-off
breakfast for the reigning queen.
Monday, she and her chape
rone-voice teacher, Mrs.
Shelby Strother, set out for
Charlotte to begin Myra’s week
of competition and meeting the
judges. The outcome of the
state-wide pageant will be tele
cast from Charlotte Saturday
night.
82 OTHERS
Myra Davis approaches all
subiects with a level-headed
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Help Shortage
Stops Bakery
The Skyline Bakery on Blow
ing Rock Road closed Satur
day after more than three and
a half years in business here.
The owners, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Larimore, said the action
was forced because of a help
shortage and they this week
are finishing up orders that
were taken at the time the de
cision was made.
Their other enterprise.
Merle Norman Cosmetics, will
occupy the bakery building as
soon as remodeling is finish
ed.
Skyline Bakery opened in the
fall of 1964.