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pwi •* - nmm » i.jgrr ^ ICE-LADENED—’The weight at heavy lee strained power line* throughout Watauga County u—-«-r as treexlng drizzle accumulated. This picture was taken hy Jerry Sudderth on Keystone Drive. Mrs. Potter Is Named Head • M: ■Hr< ELKIN-Mra. DorU Potter W North Wilkes boro, a broad caating executive and promoter Of tourist travel In NorthCaro lina, was elected president of tbe Northwest N. C. Development Association at its annual meet ins Thursday. . She Succeeds Kennedy Sharpe of Alexander County. Mrs. Potter is president and general manager of four radio stations — WKBC In North WllkesborO, WE6L in Mocks ville, WATA In Boone and WLAK in lakeland, Fla. Her husband, Roland B. Potter, Is a beet cattle and poultry farmer in Wilkes County and is associated with her in broadcasting. Mrs. Potter served the ax ociation for several years U chairman, ol .its - travel, sod. recreation division, and has heea a booster of all programs in behalf of general develop ment of this area and the state as a whole. She Is a past president of the N. C. Travel Council. Other cfOcers are Cecil Viverette at Lenoir, manager at the Blue Bldge Electric Membership Corp., vice-presi dent; Dalton D. Ruffin of Winston-Salem, a vice president of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., second vice president, and Nell Bolton, secretary and treasurer. Division chairmen for tbs cuuuug jcoi uv; ' Agriculture, George Collins of North Wllkesboro, chairman; and Atwell Alexander, rice Chairman; community develop ment, Mrs. Barbara Deverlck at Lenoir, chairman, and Harold Boles at Stokes, vice chairman; home economics, W. J. Hudson of Wilkes, ehalrman and Mrs, J, N. Moore of Lenoir, Tics Chairman Industry, Edwin Dun can Sr. of Sparta, chairman, and B. Eugene Seats of Mocka ville and C. Zell Taylor of Winston-Salem, rice chairmen; Also; Industry planning,H.F, Snyder of Winston-Salem, etaUrman, and J. Sam Geetry at Surry and H. R. Hendrix at Davie, vice chairmen; And travel and recreation. Dr. Howard Thompson of Wilkes, chairman, and Carl Halgh and Miss Mary Nelson, both also at Wilkes, vice chairmen. A slate of directors for the coming year was approved. They are; '■ Alexander County: Raymond Spangler, Sloane Payne and William Stamsy; Alleghany; H. E. Gray, John Woodruff and . J. Scotty Lawson; Ashe; A. B, Addington, James Allen Jr. and James Baldwin Caldwell; W. F, Simmons, Berman Anderson and George Klrhy Davie; Henry Howell, Hubert Bailey and Didie Tutterow Forsyth: ■A. . y-'i WHS Band To j - ■1 Give Concert The Watauga High School Band will presaid Us Christmas cob cart at 2 p. m. Siaday In the auditorium of the high school. A special one-hour season program of music has been pre pared hythato-pieee band malar direction of Otis Strother. The public Is Invited. B will be the fUMt Chrlsbpaa concert for the band. ' ; Melvin S. Gantt, Join Clark ami ’ William D. Jobbs: Also: Stakes, W. Aaron Tillejr, William A. Sullivan, and Rupert Hall Surry: George Marlon Jr., Max .Brown and Heater Sink . r-... hi' -i Watauga: Mias JaneSmith,Rob art Shipley and Wade Wilmoth; WUkes: John V. Idol, JohnGer man and Claude Shew; and Yad kin: W, P. Ellis, Harry Dunna gan and H. V. Shore. 6,000 "Santa Clauses” To Fete Children Of County" Six Thousand "Santa Clauses’* will entertain all children at Watauga Count, Wednesday night. Dee. 17, when they are guests of ASU students at a community Christmas Tree to be held on the baseball field. Students at AtRslachlaa State University have raised .money to. provide all. Jhe children at Watauga County with candy and favors. The Invitation Is extended to an residents, but especially to children. The CommunUy Christmas Tree is sponsored by the Community-Campus Relations Committee. Last tall tbe committee sponsored several welcoming projects for ASU students. A Committee spokesman said tt is hoped that thousands at residents from all over Watauga will attend the evert. The program tor the old-fashioned neighbor-to-neighbor Christmas obaamnce will last 30 minutes. Imrocahuti will be given by the Rev. Robert Young, pastor at the Boone United Itetfaodlst Church. Brief comments will be beard from Dr. Herbert Way, ASU president, Boone Mayor Cordon Winkler and Ferry Greenes chairman of the Watauga County Board cf Com missioners. , , The ASU and Watauga Ugh school bands will present Christmas music and lead the crowd incarols. A Christ mas story will bo read by Rogers Whttener. In event of inclement weather, the program will be moved inside Vanity Gymnasium, Bigg Miss Watauga, Snow Queen To Add To Event Mare than SO units, includ ing beauty queens, marching bands and Santa Claus, will participate In Boone’s Christ mas parade at 3 p. mi Satur day, Dee.13. ,£ Jimmy Kilgo of. WSOC-TV in Charlotte will be honorary parade marshal. He will be accompanied by Us five Kilgo Girls of Hugo’s Canteen. The annual parade, expected to be larger this year, Is sponsored by the Boone Chamber of Commerce and di rected by the Boone Recreation Commission. Along with Santa’s colorful North Pole float, the Jaycees will feature the float of Miss . Watauga County adorned with OUle Jackson, Miss Watauga of 1970. Directing the parade produc tion this year are Jimmy Bast ings, Nelson Storie and Mark Hodges. G. D. Barnett is parade marshal. ' Hastings said the parade will start promptly at 3 p. m. He said the Boone police depart ment has developed a plan that will close off feeder streets in to the parade route to prevent Interruptions of the procession. A total of aeven floats will be ha fit parade, in addition to Santa and Miss Watauga, there are entries from Beech Mouix '(Continued on pago two) JIMMY fOLGO F UPPED BY WIND—This Is the result at the heavy winds that three mobile hospital offices were bound for Winston-Salem, whipped across Watauga Coudy last Wednesday, Dec. 3. These Staff photo) ip Violent Wind Overturns Trailers Strong wind* whipping e*at wud along US tai stMskaav School last Wednextay overturn ed three trailer* being towed to a Winston-Salem hospital. Four other trailers in the caravan wsrerouted to safety. According to highway patrol man George Baker, tba tree tor-trailer imha werejuetconfc log through the gorge at Grand rlew when the wind meet the trailer*. The unit* were in tran sit to the Crippled Children’s Hospital in Winston-Salem, ' <*We had stopped traUawe an* other large vehicles and warn ed them of the danger," Baker said. But this group was not spotted to time, he said. Each of the tfa^ree units was damaged approximately $1,000* ^iUrttewf were listed as maaaa tt. Hansen, James P. Berber and Richard B. Baird, all of Fort Wayne, Ind. Wrecker crews had the highway cleared hr 4 P»m. Week End Ice Storm Shuts Off Power, Closes Schools . r. •_.. ■ • . ' ' ; • \t s' " ■ ‘ 1 A weekend let storm taoeksd out electric power temporarily In large areas of Watauga Coun ty end gave children a school holiday Monday, l* to an estimated 800 funU lies were affected at one time or another ty power lines that snapped under weight of the lee. The storm, whkhbeganSatur day night, was described as “the worst” ice storm In recent times ■/ Five eommunttlea to fin categories were awarded top prizes at $300 eacbatthe North, weat North Caroline Develop ment Association banquet In Elkin. they are: —Small rural eommunttlea. Lone Hckory In Yadkin Cormty, —Large rural eommunttlea, Cling man in Wlllces Countr. —Small towns and villages, Taylorsville In Alexander Comdy. —Suburban Communities, Bethlehem In Alexander ComSy. —Urban areas, Jonesville In Yadkin Coroty. For outstanding progress In the various development di visions, five counties were cited and awarded $100 each. They are: angle ulture, Davie; com miadty development Forsyth; Industry, Alexander; home eco nomics, Surry; and travat.and recreation, Wilkes, v \ - Forsyth communities lock three $100 top places in special projects added to Norths sat problems this ysar—beatdifi catton. Sunset HUhi; people ln vnhremeot, West Central; and youth, WUatdre, , . Other awards hi tbssa cuts. ...\ '"i. :* } 'V: A *' « " Sf--' «• ;i Granite Fella, Caldwell; people involvement: second, laylors ville, Alexander: and third, , Valle Crude, Watauga; and youth, second. Lone Hickory (no third). Other awards in eommudljr development are: Small rural—Mulberry, ‘Caldwell, second, $150; Turkey Knob, Alleghany, third, $125; Orumstand, Alexander, fourth, ?■ 8 «' > #100; and $75 aaefcBirftalo, Aibe, Cranberry, Wllkea; Center, Davie; Matnay, Wa tauga; and Udon Croaa, Surry, Large rural—Advance, Davie, aecond; $150; Oak Hill, Cald well, third, $125; Gwaltnay's No. 2, Alexander, $100; and $75 each to; Grassy Creek, Ashe, Goodwill, Forayth; and Vilas, Watauga, , Stoall tom Clemmons, ‘ ' " ’«* • V-, i seoond, Forsyth, *150; Hudson, Caldwell, <Brd,*125; Jefferson, Ashe, fourth, *100; and Mocks. Tills, Davies runnsrup, *75. Suburban—West Central, Forsyth, second; *150; 56U berry-Falrplalns,Wilkes, third, *125; and Jericho-Hudlaon, Davie, *100. Urban—Oak Grove, Surry, second, *150. . Program s sc Watauga County was one c( ' U administrative units la tbs tOddle Grades Occupational Exploratory program approved to funding by the State Board at Education at its December meettag last week In Charlotte, Dr, Craig PhUlipSi Soperln. tender* at Public Instruction said the experimental program which was authorised fay the General Assembly, is dsrtgiad to get at the problems at why satpeclally In the middle grades. Or. Swanson Richards, ’ superintendent of Watauga Couxty schools, aald the local program trill beglnjau. 1,1970, and Involve aome 1,100 students In grades six, seven and eigU In all eight elementary schools. " Be said the program trill be. volve a career development theme and be Incremented hjr regular classroom teachers, guidance counselors and teett. cal teachers on a team haste. Dr. Metards nU also that tbs Watauga project will be unique In the state In that one or more mobile laboratories nfll be used to provide “hands-, on" experiences In a number of In its application for tbe pro gram, the Watauga County Board at Education outlined a budget at $144,000 for the program through tbe 1970-71 school term. Dr. Richards said tbe dCootlnnad on page two)' for the urea for Grant Ayer* of the New River light and Fewer Company. The storm continued through out Sunday, with rain, sleet and heavy fog blanketing most of the three counties in northeast tfertt Carolina, Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany. Nell Paries, Watauga mana ger for Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, esti mated that 800 families In Wa tauga County were affected for power interruptions. Farlee said the Winkler's Creek section was the hardest hit area of the county. There were a large number of trees failing on lines, there, he said. Paries said that power lines In the county were snapped Into at up to 40 different locations. However, he said, only three poles were broken from the Ice. Early Simday night, It looked Norris Named To National Legion Position J. W. Norris, Watauga Coun. ty Veterans Service officer, has been namedto the national mem bership and post activities com mittee of the American Legion. The appointment was made for the national executive commit tee of the American Legion and announced by J. Milton Patrick, national commander, from the national headquarters at In dianapolis, ind. Patrick told Norris that “This, appointment Is made with the recommendation of your depart ment officers and In recogni tion of the lerv.ct i you have rendered to your poet and de partment.'* Norris' term will run imtQ the close of the 1»70 fall meet ing of the National Executive Committee. . like everything had been re paired, Faries said. But ice be came heavier during the night and caused more damage. Crews bad all of the secondary da mage repaired by 10 a. m. Monday. Faries said that Blue Ridge crews from Caldwell County and a private crew were brought in to help local linemen re store service. He said a total at 40 men and 15 major pieces at equipment worked at the pro ject. Telephone service interrup tion was at a “minimum," ac cording to Bill Rucker of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. Crews worked around the clock, be said. “A considerable amount of cable was broken/’ Rocker said, ’from tailing trees and limbs.” Crews were expected to complete repairs by Tuesday morning. (Continued on pagetwo? Dr. Strickland At Wesleyan Study Day Dr. Benjamin F. Strickland, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School at Appalachian State Uni versity, participated InGraduate Study Day at Tennessee Wes leyan, Athens, Teen, last Thurs day. Twenty representatives at 14 graduate schools In the SotSh participated. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS—The Chrlatmaa ahocfrfng muoo officially urrlved Id Boom Saturday u the tonn1* ChrtatJoe* Uchta *•*' tanad on. Officiating at the ceremony Saturday morning an Staaley Berria Sr„ John BoUnaoo and Be* Ruealng.^all^enfiag behalf of the Boone Chamber of Conaame. i ' ' - '
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