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ASH CONVOCATION—TUB is put ot tbs stnAsot Iwiy ttet
inhered ter .the convocation test mk at Appalachian State
Utieeraltr. Dr. Herbert Wey, ASU president, addressed the
Ihl m I m m- nT^~"Tl ’ IT IBfilfiBMB
atudeota on a number of queatlona and fielded anawert from
among tbe atudeota. (Staff photo)
JACKIE HENSON
Jackie Henson
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Is Morehead
f,,
Candidate ^
Jackie Henson, senior at Wa
tauga High School, hag been
named the 1970 candidate from
Watauga County for the More
head Scholarship to the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel win,
Announcement waa made last
week by Dr. GeneBeeee,chair
man of the Watauga County
Selection Committee,
The Morehead Award, pro
tided fay the John Motley More
heed Foundation, amounts to
El730 for each at four years
at the Urirentty In a study.
(Continued on pegs two! • •
United Fund
- . 4
Nearing Goal
Boone’s united Fund haa
edged to within (2,117.11 of He
1909 god pf (23,000 with the j
ThehkeglTlng doodUne only ode
week sway.
The latest report ot oootri- j
batfone end pledges wee an- .
aounced tgr UF Treasurer Mrs. ,
Stanley Harrla Jr. .
Jerry Moretx end John Ana- i
Un, co-chairmen of the drive,
urged workers to tun In pled- j
gee and (unde to Mrs. Harrla ,
before Thanksgiving.
The drive started on Sep
tember 3«. aa at Monday, a -
total of $20^82.82 had beau
reported to the treasurer. ,
The Boone United Fund gtraa ■
One octal support wholly and In
part to (• agendas dadtoatad to1./',
the health and uaWhra i} the ,
It’ll be barley (ailing time
Monday—the tiine when the
golden lent lc at It* riebeet.
The Boone Tobeeeo Market
opens at 9 a. m, Monday, Nov.
24, with sales starting out in
(he Farmers Barley warehouse
on West King Street.
Manager R. C. Coleman said
that already there Is more than
three-quarters at a million
pounds on the floor ready for
the opening sale. Farmers have
been trucking In the crop since
12:01 a. m. Friday, Nov. 14.
Coleman said quality appears
to be good this year from
casual Inspection of baskets on
the floor.
He said there Is plenty of
door space available In all
Boone warehouses.
Sales are expected to move
to Warehouse No. 2 on Faculty
Street Tuesday afternoon and to
the Big Burley on NC 108
bypass Wednesday. No tobacco
will be sold Thaidaglvlng Day.
Sales will be resumed Friday.
Dally sales will run from t
a, m, until the dally quota of
Parkway Travel
Continues Rise
Twenty-sevan par cant more
people visited the Blue Ridge
Parkway last moidh than la
October IMS, according to a
National park Sendee ear.
my.
In October 1968 1,608,498
ndhidual visits were tabulated
IS against 1,266,T8» In October
1968,
For tbs calendar year to data
n I960 there have been 10^.
70,865 parkway vlaltore as
•Hast 10^147,460 for Os Sams
period in 1968, tor n gain of
i.1*.
The Ostobar visitation count
s given by districts, tbeflrat
jgurs in each case being ISIS,
he leoood 1968:
James River, Va., mlleOi)
LOS, 191,690; 170,150, •'?
Rocky Knob, va., mile IN
D 217, 356,858; 281,103,
Bhdb, N. C„ mile at to
•05, 253,176; 192,959.
dnhevllle, alto MStu UM,
04,771; 621,571.
' 340,200 pound* to (Old, Cole
man old.
The Boom market lervei to
bacco farmer* in Wataqga,
Averj. A*he, Alleghany, Yancey
and Mitchell eountle*,
. The Boom market clo*ed oat
to*t **a*on'« *ale* with a ie«
*» average of 373.56. Total*
for the Muon nn 3,652,81*
pounds with a valu* at 68,68V
606.50.
Thu 1960-69 MUoo sales
ware up 618,134 pound* over
1967-68 and cash value rose
$570,098. The average per
hundred pounds ms up 63.85
over the previous saason.
■Robert Bingham
Heads State YDC
Robert (Bob) Bingham, 31.
year-old Boone active, wee
elected president of the North
Caroline Young Democratic
Club# during the annual coo.
venttan laat week-end In
Raleigh.
It was Bingham's second try
for the top poet. He was elect,
ed without opposition. Last year
he lost a close battle with
Charles Roselll of Fayetteville.
Bingham, son at Ur. and Mrs.
W. S. Bingham at 214 Pine
Street, la director of real estate
sales at Grandfather Golf and
Country Club.
Bingham's election was the
first time a previously loser
returned and ana the YDC
presidency. He scored another
political first In 1986 when he
became the youngest candidate
erer in a congressional nee.
Other YDC officers electsd
Include Charles Wlneberry of
Wilson, vice president; Judson
Darla at Winston-Salem, secre
tary. and Peggy Wall otBaMgh
treasurer. ■
The eonrenlion declined to
pass a resolution affirming sup
port at President Nixon's Viet
nam war policy. Instead, they
passed a resolution "encourag
ing our Congressional delsga.
Uoo to lnfiuence President Nixon
to more as swiftly as possible
fo end the war In Vietnam."
(Continued on page two) |
ATTEND CONVENTION—Got. Bob Scott ctab with Democrat*
lwOari at the State YDG cooTentton lest week cod In Balttfb,
Witt Mm are Rap. Nick GaltflanakU, Bobert Btnthnm at Booot,
Boone Beauty
Was Rimnerup
The Last Time
Min OlUe Jackson, dUBb
t»r of Mr. and Mn, Avery Jack
ion of Boone, was crowned Mill
Watauga Saturday night at tiM
Jayceea’ twelfth annual pagein
before a crowd of 750 people,
Elmer White and Ua ASL
Stag* Oreheetrm opened the peg.
seat playing the theme, Age o
Anuarlul. Emcee Bill Boos In.
troduced the eootestanta aa tbnj
appeared In the evening gown
competition.
The talent entry of the ngn
Mlaa Watauga waa the long,
Where la Lord, from the nual
cal diver. She waa accompa
nied by Mn. Otla Strother m
at the piano, •
The pretty brunette, who waa
Brat namar-up In lait year'a
competition, la a former Home
coming Queen at Watauga High
School. She haa been named the
Collegiate Clvlca Club Co-ed of
the Month at Appalachian State,
Pint runner-up to hOia Jack
eon waa Mill Nancy Faye Stacy,
daughter of Mr. and Mn. Starr
Staey of Boone. Min Stacy waa
alao aelected aa Min Congeal,
allty by the other eontestanta.
Second runner-up waa Mias
Doxia Deborah Dickson of West
Jefferson. She la a home eco
nomics major at ASU.
The other two finalists were
Min Janet Esther Event am
Mias Calls Diane Cater.
Miss Kris Andenon, who ful
filled the imexpired term of
Sharon Unean (Min Watauga
1969 who waa married In thi
Mil), crowned the new Min
Watauga.
The Judges wen Jerry Bril
of Charlotte, Judge Willard I.
Gatling of Charlotte, Mr. am
Mn. Cecil Lee Porter of North
Wllkesboro, am Mn. Wayne
Burgees of North Wllkesboro.
The other eontestanta wars
Glenda Kay Slmmom, daugh
ter of Mr. am Mn. Glenn E,
Slnunom of Hickory; Laura
Diana Miller, daughter of Mr.
ud Mn. William L. toiler of
Boone; Kathryn Leigh Godwin,
(Continued on page two)
Radio Station
Award Winner
Badlo Station WATA In Boone
woo two first-place awards in
tide year’s North Carolina As
sociated Press newt awards
competition.
The awards were presented
test weekend at the tail meeting
cf the North Carolina Associa
ted Prase Broadcasters in Ra
Mtgh,
WATA won first piece among
aon-metropolltlan stations in the
■ports and documentary catego
ries. other first piece winners
la fids class were WHKY at
Hickory In state news coverages
WCHL of Chapel HU1 In local
newt coverage, WEEtC of Hldt
csy in editorials am WLCNof
llneolntnn In woman's aewi.
NEW MBS WATAUGA—Pretty Miss OUieJacksonls presentedthe coveted croon at «■- wetem
County of 1970 during the Miss Wateugn pageant Saturday night. Pbcim the cram on her hearita
Chris Anderson, the retiring Mlae Watauga. (Flowers photo) on ner head Is
Projects Awards Made
At Farm-City Banquet
Awards for outstanding com
munity projects during 19*#
were presented to seven Wa
tauga County communities
Thursday night, Nov. IS, at the
annual Farm-City Week ban
quet held at Holiday Inn.
Some 300 persons represent
ing all areas of living in 'VO.
tauga County were present at
the banquet. ■ ?% %
' Community awards were pre
sented to the following com.
naudtlee:
Cove Creek, Valle Cruela,
Rather wood, Beaver Dam, Mat.
nay, Deep Gap, Triplett, and
Timbered Ridge,
The awards were presented fay
R. 0. Shipley as part cf the
local activities of the eoae.
inanity development program of
tin Northwest Aren Develop
ment Association.
The banquet eddrMi wu pre
sented by Dr. Kenneth F. Kel
ler, assistant director of the N.
C, State Udvarsity extension
service. He spoke on “Who
Ami?
Dr. Keller emphasised the
Importance of knowing oneself
and what “makes you tick."
He noted that everything man
has, has been given to him to
take care of . . . since man
<tondnatea the earth.
He outlined three character
istics of mankind Oat has en
abled him to become the dons,
fcsmt creature of the earth.
Wisdom, be said. Is the know.
ledge also of the heart aa watt
aa the bead. Haddad haa the
ability to Interpr state knowledge
and the dlaeenunaat to kooar
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Boy Scout Show To
Be Presented 22nd
The Old Hickory Cornell pra
senta Its 50th AmdTeraarj Scoot
Show at the Memorial CoH eeorq,
November 22, bom 1 to * p.m.
TUa will be a booth, show
dlaplaying many scouting akllla '
with a short attraction on the
hour every hour bom 1 through
Spa".
K yon have not pnrehaaad •
ticket bom a Hot, yoa mar
purchase them at the drmr.
is'.*.- : j-.-v
pjatastsBsis
AhwImMm State lUvcni.
V» new pe-erldent, Dr, Herbert
W, Wear, ret forth e eerier of
bold, new plane for Me tmtt
Wlon end then opened the floor
fo etndente for e no-bolde
f barred duration end earner tee
afon In a lahrerettgr-wide Fell
* Convocation Thursday morning,
fe Now. 13.
The address, which was Dr.
WsgTs first formal appearance
before ttie student body, reveals
•d previously unannounced plsm
tar more closely ImroMig Ap
palachian's itudott In wik
enter Uamdac and in self gov.
ammout.
Agreeing with two recent
eangiui visitors who lectured on
"Dissent sod Disorder on the
American Campus,” Dr. Wey
steted Us belief that adversity
■tadente should be Involved end
Included In the pia—eng gf the
Curriculum they study, thettheir
education should be laUrlda
*b*ed, and tbit students should
be Involved In the evaluation of
their teachers. ,
And striking a blow tor ta>
oovattve teaching "■«<*■ »<«t Or.
Way said, "The students tew
a right, also, to be Involved In
the instructional program.
"We have known for years,”
be explained, -that the best nay
to really fix what you have
learned Is to have the oppor*
tunttjr to teach this to ethers. I
would recommend that you be
Imohred In teaching addle you
are still undergraduates, net
to prepare you to teeeh nor
because you would do a belter
job than your professor, but be
cause teaching others what you
have learned adll greatly tm
prora your own knowledge ant
help you retain what you has*
learned.”
In another stand against tra
Vf. "3";:
dltton, the president called for
an amplified program of Inde
pendent itudy counes In our un
dergraduate program.
"Not only should we otter
new oouraes on an Independent
study heels," he continued, "hut
I fee* It Is possible to adopt
matt at our present courses
so attaints could take them on
an Independent study basis."
Speaking on the students’ role
In policy development and the
-■
setup] operation of the mtrer
•itJft Dr. Way announced plana
to form a student research
union which will be commis
sioned to investigate issues re
lating to Appalachian students.
"The research union,” Or.
Wear proposed, “will be free of
political Influence and the re
search will be done entirely fay
students. The findings will be
disclosed to persons and cam
ina agencies who may use them
as bails tor decision making.
“It is hoped,’’, he proposed,
‘that his effort will result In
a greater communication empty
students, faculty and adminis
tration, and among students
themselves.
“Issues and conditloas to be
Investigated could range from
curriculum relevancy and facul
ty evaluation to house rules lor
womea students. Personally, 1
see this group as one very Im
portent mean* of getting am*
and better student participation
In the operation of our lcntltB.
ttooe.”
Appalachian students struck
at the heart ad several campus
Issues in s free-wheeling ques
tion end answer session width
followed the president’s ad
dress.
Referring to ASU*s practice of
placing students with votfc*
(Continued on page three)