Interior New Courthouse May
Be Finished By October 7th
According to reports from
Tax Supervisor Claude Danner
and Building Superintendent
John Thompson, construction is
“very close” to schedule on
the new county court house.
Danner also noted that “spec
ial items” (plumbing, electri
cal work, heating) “are up with
the contract.”
Work on the court room lo
cated on the top floor is near
ing completic Thompson said
that the flooiu& and ceiling
would be installed by the first
of this week and then the seat
ing could be installed. The ad
dition of carpeting to the bar
area and the installation of
an amplifying system in the
court room will bring the work
here very close to the finish
ing point.
Thompson said that the gal
lery area of the court room
will have a vinyl asbestos floor
and will have a seating capa
city of 400. Danner added that
the gallery seats will be opera
style seats.
Two jury boxes are in the
court room, one to the left
and one to the right of the large
judge’s bench. Seats in the jury
boxes will be cushioned. There
are also two witness stands.
Most Boone residents haven’t seen this side of the new court house yet. This is the back of the
new building being built on West King Street and at the top of the picture is a passageway leading
from the county jail to the new 400-seat court room. A retaining wall will be built against
the dirt bank in the background for support. Sidewalks will be added around the new structure
to complete the project in early November.
Variety Strange And Modern
Instruments At Music Workshop
Some most unusual sounds
seep out of Appalachian State
University’s music building
these days.
During the 17th annual Music
Education Workshop currently '
underway, a group of talented
musicians employ an assort
ment of musical instruments
to turn out some rather odd
tones.
Large voodoo drums original
ly acquired in Haiti, small
drums from the East Indies,
brake drums from automobiles,
and, a tyg hpllow box, with at
tached ch^ijo st^ir^s(aj-e^being*
used to provide tne workshop
students a unique look at music.1
The instruments, some cheap
and simple and some expen
sive and rare, are the property
of Mrs. Joanne McGhee of At
lanta, Ga. The purpose of their
Screen Rescues Homely House
A tall screen built in th$ front
yard can conceal a homely house
front and create an interesting
entrance courtyard. It can be
built with cedar 2x4s set edge
out between top and bottom
rails and spaced six inches apart.
An interesting pattern devel
ops with short 2x4 pieces insert
ed crosswise between the up
rights, placed at irregular inter
vals. Panels of colored plastic
or painted hardboard also can
be used as inserts, held in place
between grooved crosspieces.
Cuba said to disapprove of
hijackers.
introduction in the workshop
program, she says, is “to get
music teachers to use various
sound-making objects correctly
ancHmtel 1 igently,
‘jSpjfy usk« these instruments,'
we cin highlight rhythm patterns
and sound qualities,*’ Mrs. Me
Ghee states. “And in this way,
the teachers can return to their
schools and involve their stu
dents in really good sound.
Her “Mar Jo Glow,*’ the
hollow box which she con
structed along with two other
persons, is based on an African
thumb piano. The chello strings
are tightened by use of a turn
buckle. The string lengths vary
from pitch differences.
When added to the variety of
tones produced by the drums,
the sounds emitted from the
box could lead a passerby to
picture himself surrounded by
natives in the wilds of Africa.
Making use of drums from Haiti and the East Indies, music teachers enrolled in the 17th annual
Music Education Workshop at Appalachian State University are learning new tones and rhythms.
Left 10 right are Mrs. Imogene Hilyard of Columbus, Ohio; Charles Ellis, Howard Burnett
and Mrs. Rosalie Burnett, all of Greenville, S. C.; and Mrs. Joanne McGhee of Atlanta, Ga.
Directly behind the court
room is an overpass to the
existing county jail. There will
be no detention rooms in the
new court house.
On the top floor along with
the court room are two jury
rooms and one large room for
the grand jury. Also on this
floor are offices of the Counsil
in Probate, Solicitor, judges
chamber; the Law Library will
also be located on this floor.
On the ground floor are the
offices of the sheriff, clerk of
court, register of deeds, the
tax collector and the tax sup
ervisor. The tax offices are
connected by a workroom and
a vault. Fireproof vaults are al
so located in the offices of the
clerk of court and the register
erf deeds.
Underground is a basement
area about one-third the size of
the overlying floors; this will
be used for storage and filing.
The front and back of the
court house will be glassed
and will be similar in con
struction.
Superintendent Thompson
said that work on the inside of
the building is ahead of the out
side work. This is being done
so that the court house can be
occupied as soon as possible.
Thompson said that the heating
and electrical work could pro
ceed only as fast as the build
ing construction and agreed with
Danner that these special con
tracts were up to date. He add
ed that the plumbing is complete
except for the installation of
the fixtures.
Tax Supervisor Danner noted
that completion of the inside
work is tenatively scheduled for
Oct. 7. He said that the outside
work should be complete by
Nov. 4. A good deal of work
remains to be done on the
outside and on the grounds.
Danner said that sidewalks ar
ound the building would be add
ed as well as retaining walls
where digging has taken place.
ARLTON COLE
Arlton Cole To Enter
UNC Law School
Arlton G. Cole of Vilas will
be among entrants this fall at
the University of North Caro
lina School of Law. The 1968
69 school year at Chapel Hill
is slated to begin Sept. 16.
A 1957 graduate of Cove Creek
High School, Cole is a veteran
of the MarineCorps. He receiv
ed his B.S. degree from East
Tennessee State University in
1965, and his M.A. from Appa
lachian this August. He taught
school for three years at Hud
son High in Caldwell County.
Study at the UNC Law School
is a three-year program lead
ing to the degree of Doctor of
Jurisprudence. Cole expects to
become a practicing attorney.
He is a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Ben F. Cole.
MORE REST AREAS
The Department of Trans
portation said there have been
more than 1,100 rest areas ap
proved since the Highway Beau
tification Act of 1965. At the
end of 1967, there were 6,756
rest areas in the nation, most
of them on the Federal-aid
system.
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PHOTO QUEEN FOR 1969—Sybil Fuller, 18-year old brunette from Greenwood, S. C„ is
the new “Miss Carolinas Press Photographer”, selected by the press photographers of the
two Carolinas at the annual Camera Clinic atop Grandfather Mountain. Miss Fuller, winner
in a field of 11 contestants, will represent the news lensmen at various special events for the
next year. She is the successor in the title to Pat Mozingo, former student at Appalachian
State University and former “Miss Watauga County”,
Dedication Tate Memorial
Chapel In Banner Elk Sun.
The dedication of the W. C.
Tate Memorial Chapel at the
Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memori
al Hospital in Banner Elk will
be held Sunday at 3 p.m. on
the hospital lawn.
The speaker for the occasion
will be Dr. Joseph H. Carter
of Statesville, president of the
Edgar Tufts Memorial Asso
ciation and of Lees-McRaeCol
lege from 1957 to 1958. He
is now working in the develop
ment office of Mitchell College.
Special music will be provided
by Mrs. Dorothy Chapman of
JBanner Elk.. „ „ „
The Chapel will be dedicated
to Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Tate
in recognition of their many
years of devoted service to the
healing of the sick in this area.
The Chapel was erected under
the sponsorship of the Avery
County Presbyterian Men and
made possible by gifts of friends
of the Tates and Cannon Me
morial Hospital.
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Tate
arrived in Banner Elk in 1910
and established the first hos
pital in the area in the frame
building which also served as
their residence. During Dr.
Tate’s years of service in Ban
ner Elk, the hospital grew from
two beds to plans for the erection
of the present 100-bed hospital.
Dr. Tate died in 1960, having
Senior Citizens
Name New Officers
The Senior Citizens of Wa
tauga County met at the home
of Mr. Guy Goodman of Boone
F riday.
The President presided and
Dr. John G. Barden said the
invocation.
During lunch all the mem
bers started singing “Happy
Birthday, Mr. President.*’
Someone had learned that the
retiring President Mr. Eugene
N. Apel Sr. was to celebrate
his birthday the following day,
so all wished him well and
expressed their appreciation
for a job he did so well during
the past several years. Mr.
Apel expressed his gratitude
for the kindness of the mem
New officers of the Watauga
Senior Citizens for the coming
year were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. JohnG. Bar
den, Boone; Vice-President,
Mrs. C. E. Housman, Boone;
Secretary, Mrs. Carter Farth
ing, Boone; Treasurer, Mr. Eu
gene N. Apel Sr., Blowing Rock.
Three new members were
received: Miss Nancy Beyer,
Mrs. Charles F. Brown, Blow
ing Rock; Mrs. Mary Goodnight,
Dr. and Mrs. Barden gave
the program, which related to a
30 day tour they had taken that
started in Charlotte, went to
the west coast and various
points of interest such as Dis
neyland, Grand Canyon, Pike’s
Peak, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Everyone enjoyed the pro
gram and the meeting was ad
journed after 3 p. m.
The next regular meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs.
Bea Reed in Blowing Rock Fri
day, September 20 at 12 p. m.
with the new officers presiding.
ONE WAY
Telephone Operator—It costs
75 cents to talk to Bloomfield.
Caller—Can’t you make a
special rate for just listening?
I want to call my wife.
QUIETLY
Wife: ‘‘Did you get any ap
plause?”
Actor: ‘‘Yes. It sounded like
A caterpillar. Wearing rubber
shoes crawling over a Persian
rug.”
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devoted his medical career to
the people of Avery and sur
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Tate, who came to Banner Elk
as a bride, still resides in the
community.
The public is cordially invited
to the dedication service and the
informal reception afterwards.
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