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BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1970
10 CENTS
24 PAGES—2 SECTIONS
Jurors Named
For Superior
Court Session
The jury list was announced
tor the March 30 criminal term
of Watauga Superior Court by
Clerk of Court Orville Foster.
Judge W. K, McLean of Ashe
ville will preside.
The list includes; Margeift
Emily Arnette of Route 1, Mias;
Mrs. James Claud Austin, Frost
Brown Norris, Worth Dixon
Kenyon, Paris Juanita Os
borne, Clara Tester Ray,
David Charles Sidden, Doris
G. Triplet, Mrs. Willard R.
Trivette, James A. Daily and
W. W. Williams, all of Boone;
Colene A. Bolick, Bruce Cook,
Doris Neoma Norris and
Charles W. Vannoy, all of
Route 1, Boone.
Also, Edward Coffey and Wil
son W. Coffey of Blowing Rock;
Burl Comette, Herby H. Tho
mas and Tommie E. Townsend,
all of Valle Crucis; Mattie Dunn
Edwards, Terry Edward
Hodges, James Ernest Setzer
and Bill Austin, all of Route
3, Boone; Mattie Hicks and Phyl
lis Ward of Sugar Grove; Lynn
Perry Jr. of Route 4, Boone;
Henry Clay Presnell and Emma
Coffey Moore of Banner Elk;
J. D. Reese of Route 1, Trade;
Madge Reese of Route 1, Zion
ville; Bina Simmons of Triplett;
and William Thomas Day, John
W. Mbretz and Raymond Carl
Freeman, all of Route 2, Boone.
Invited To
White House
State Rep, and Mrs, James
E. Holshouser of Boone were
among the selected guests of
President and Mrs, Nixon for
the White House performance of
the Broadway play, “1776,"
on Sunday, Feb, 14,
It was the first time a full
production of a Broadway play
had been presented in the White
House,
Holshouser, who is chairman
of the North Carolina Republi
can Party, also is a member
of the national bi-centennial
commission for planning the
200th anniversary of the found
ing of the United States,
It was the second dinner invi
tation Rep, and Mrs, Holshouser
had received from the Presi
dent,
Takes Post In
Capital City
Hoy S, Lanning, Director of
Purchasing at Appalachian State
University for the past five
years, has accepted a position
as a Purchasing Officer with the
Division of Purchase and Con
tract in the State Department of
Administration in Raleigh,
The position, according to
Lanning, deals mainly with the
handling of contracts for state
library furnishings and with
scientific laboratory furnish
ings and equipmer*.
“We regret to see Mr, Lan
ning leave Appalachian,'* com
mented Director of Business Af
fairs Ned Trivette, “but we feel
that in the new position to whicl
he is transferring, we will be
able to maintain our contacts
with him,"
Lanning’s Raleigh appointment
is effective Saturday, March 21,
SHALL WE DANCE?—This musical question was answered at
the third annual Heart Ball when Sandra Barnett, Queen of
Hearts for 1970, and her father Lee Barnett of Boone led the
dancing at Eseeola Lodge, More pictures of the gala occasion
appear elsewhere in this issue, (Staff photo)
Expansion Animal
Shelter Outlined
Long - range expansion plans
for the animal shelter operated
by the Humane Society of Watau
ga County were outlined to mem
ber.! of the Board of C ounty
Commissioners Monday night,
Mrs, Velma Burnley, presi
dent of the society, said the
shelter is in need of a structure
for storage of food, an office and
ultimately a fulltime employe.
She asked that the county con
sider appropriating funds from
its dog tax revenue during the
next fiscal year to help with such
expenses. The dog tax usually
produces in excess of $2,000 a
year for the county,
Mrs, Burnley was accompan
ied by Preston Greene, vice
president of the society, and Dr,
John G, Martin, a director.
Dr. Wey Added
To Bank Board
Dr, Herbert Wey, President
of Appalachian State University,
has been named a member of the
Board erf Directors of the Boone
Blowing Rock division of the
Northwestern Bank, according
to Alfred Adams, Vice-Presi
dent,
Commenting on Dr, Wey’s
election, Mr, Adams comment
ed;
“We are particularly glad to
have Dr, Wey associated with
Northwestern, Traditionally a
close relationship has existed
between the Bank and Appalach
ian, Dr, Wey*s election signifies
a continuing and strengthened tie
between our institutions,"
Mrs. Burnley said that hot wa
ter facilities are needed to help
maintain sanitary conditions at
the shelter.
She said an office is needed as
a place to maintain records of
dogs cared for at the s helter. She
noted that a total of 115 dogs have
been placed thro.igh the shelter
since it was built four months
ago.
Mrs. Burnley had no estimate
of the cost for expanding the ani
mal shelter. She plans to com
pile such information and pre
sent it to the commissioners.
Third Highest In State
Local Travel Spending
Up To $6,317,000 In’69
Avery County
Rates Higher
In Percentage
Watauga County has shown the
third highest percentage of
growth in travel spending in the
state.
The information is contained
in a North Carolina travel an
alysis reported by the North
Carolina Travel and Promotion
Division and authored by Lewis
C. Copeland of the University
of Tennessee statistics depart
ment,
Copeland’s figures span 11
years from 1958 to 1969,
The highest percentage of
growth in travel spending for
the period was 596 per cent
recorded by Graham County,
the Fontana area of Western
North Carolina,
Avery County was second with
358 per cent growth. And Wa
tauga was third with 291 per cent
travel growth.
According to percentage of
distribution of the state total
in travel and tourism, Watauga
was 34th and Avery was 65th,
The leading counties included
such metropolitan convention
centers as Mecklenburg, Orange
County CUNC-Chapel Hill)Guil
ford and Forsyth counties and
others having major highways.
Under percentage of growth,
Watauga accounted for $1,615,
000 in 1958 and $6,317,000 in
1969.
Avery County’s 1958 flghre
was $525,000, Last year, the
travel-tourism figure was $2
406,000, according to the
analysis.
Fire Chief Praises Help Of
Students In Fighting Blaze
The chairman of the Community Campus Relations Com.
mittee Friday read a letter from the Chief erf the Boone Volun
teer Fire Department in praise of Appalachian students.
After James P. Marsh read the letter, the committee went
on record as sharing the appreciation voiced by Chief R.- D#
Hodges Jr. The letter stated;
“As chief erf the Boone Fire Department and speaking also
for the Blowing Rock, Cove Creek and Deep Gap Fire Depart
ments, I would like to commend the students of Appalachian State
University for their assistance in the recent fire which destroyed
the Gateway Restaurant, Without the assistance erf the students
in connecting hose, moving cars and lending assistance in every
way, the fire departments probably would have been unable to
control the fire.
“Mr. Sudderth, of the Blowing Rock Fire Department, in
dicated that he had never witnessed such unsolicited support, I
think this effort on the part of the students indicates again that
the students of Appalachian are the finest group of young ladies
and gentlemen to be found.
“Would you please convey to the students the appreciation
of all the firemen for their fine spirit of cooperation and as
sistance.
Sincerely,
R. D. HODGES, JR.
This picture of the North Carolina Symphony, taken during a
performance by a photographer using a “fisheye” lens for
special effects, provides a dramatic look at the Symphony in
action. Under the direction of Benjamin Swalin, the Symphony
will perform this year In over 60 communities during its six and
a half month season. The 1969-70 season marks the 25th year
that the orchestra has toured throughout the state with pro
fessional musicians.
Symphony To Appear In Benefit Concert
Tickets for the annual Wa
tauga County Schools benefit
concert by the North Carolina
Symphony will go on sale
Saturday, March 7, according
to an announcement by spokes
men of the Boone Junior Wo
man's Club and the Appalach
ian State University Artists and
Lecture Committee.
Tables manned by club mem
bers will be placed at uptown
locations on Saturday and tick
ets sold at $2 for adults and $1
for children. All Appalachian
students, faculty and staff will
be admitted by I. D, card. Sea
son ticket holders will be ad
mitted without additional charge.
The Symphony will present
two concerts on the Appalach
National Teacher Exams
At ASU Coming April 4
Less than two weeks remain
for prospective teachers who
plan to take the National Teach
er Examinations at Appalachian
State University on April 4,
1070 to submit their registra
tion for these tests to Educa
tional Testing Service, Prince
ton, New Jersey, Dr, Roger
Steenland, Director of Psycho
logical Services Center an
nounced today. Registrations for
the examination must be for
warded so as to reach the
Princeton Office not later than
March 12,
Bulletins of Information de
scribing registration pro
cedures and containing Regi
stration Forms may be obtain
ed from Mrs. Hilda E, For
rest, Psychological Services
Center or Directly from the
National Teacher Examinations,
Educational Testing Service,
Box 911, Princeton, New Jer
sey 08540.
At the one-day session a
candidate may take the Common
Examinations, which include
tests in Professional Education
and General Education, and one
of the seventeen Teaching Area
Examinations which are design
ed to evaluate his understand
ing of the subject matter and
methods applicable to the area
he may be assigned to teach.
Each candidate will receive
an Admission Ticket advising
him of the exact location of the
center to which he should re
port, Candidates for the Com
mon Examinations will report
at 8:30 a. m, on April 4, and
should finish at approximately
12:30 p. m, Dr, Steenland said.
The Teaching Area Examina
tions will begin at 1:30 p.m. and
should finish at approximately
4:15 p. m., according to the
time schedule for these exami
nations which has been set up by
Educational Testing Service.
ian campus this month. The
first, at 1 p. m. on Friday,
March 13, will be a free pro
gram for all Watauga Courty
public school students. The sec
ond, at 2 p, m. Sunday, March
15, will be for the general pub
lic.
Both concerts will be in Var
sity Gymnasium and are jointly
sponsored by the Boone Junior
Women and the University Ar
tists and Lecture Committee.
Proceeds from the March 15
concert will be used to defray
expenses of the public school
program March 13.
Announcement of the Sym
phony’s program will be re
leased next week.
A Correction
Joe Miller, chairman of the
Watauga County Boy Scout Dis
trict, was incorrectly identified
in a picture published in last
week’s Watauga Democrat.
Miller was pictured with
Scouters who received recogni
tion and awards at the district's
annual banquet. The caption
identified Miller as Joe Wil
liams,
To Aid Disadvantaged Children
ASU Undertakes Bold New Experimental Program
The U. S. Office at Education has approved a "Triple.
T" program proposed by Appalachian State University which
will halt the steady decline of disadvantaged childrentoward
educational, economic, and social failure in the public school
systems.
One of the boldest and most complex educational experi.
m«w*s ever attempted in NorthCarolina, it will begin a grass,
roots campaign next September to restructure the entire
educational'preparation program. It will be aimed specifically
at the disadvantaged black and white children in the rural
schools of the Appalachian mountain region.
The director of the project, ASU Graduate Dean Cratis
D. Williams, explained, “Educators have long recognized the
fact that children are not learning effectively in our public
schools. To improve this situation, curricula liave been modi
fied and mechanized, teachers have been given exotic titles,
and exotic buildings have been engineered to facilitate learn
ing.
“To date, however,” he continued, “available data indi
cates that all of these efforts have not improved our educa
tional product. Many students, and often their parents, still
regard education as a 'necessary evil' and the dropout rate
remains high, especially among the disadvantaged.”
The problem, he believes, is that public educators have
concentrated on changing “thills” instead of changing teacher
attitudes and preparing the teachers to effect relationships
with their students that promote healthy learning environ
ments.
' ‘The continued interaction between human teachers and
human learners at all levels is the most essential element
of effective education,” he said, “but teachers generally do
rot accept the disadvantaged child.”
The result, he added, has been a chain reaction in which
anxiety, fear, guilt and defensiveness in the classroom has
stifled the intellects of countless numbers of children.
“But this Triple-T CTrainers ^ Teacher Trainers)
program will make it possible for teachers to become what
they have always been purported to be but never have been,”
Dr. Williams added. “It "ill thoroughly school them in the
learning process and it will help them to design effective
learning climates for children with varied backgrounds and
abilities—especially the disadvantaged.”
To accomplishthis and other primarygoals, Appalachian
will select a number of teaching fellows who have completed
their M. A. degrees. They will spend a year on the campus
anl in laboratory schools throughout the region taking
expecially tailored courses and applying their classroom
experiences to sample classes in participating Appalachia
Region school systems.
The academic work, according to Dr. Williams, willin
clude methodology in science and mathematics, group
dynamics, aixi learning climate labs. In addition, newly
designed courses in psychology and sociology will be di
rected toward the understanding of rural Appalachian chil
dren and their needs.
(Continued on page two)