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VOL. LXXXn—NO. 47
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1970
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HUZE WINNING PHOTO—One ot the most beautiful flntaUng holes on any golf course In the
golfers approaching the 18th green * Grandfather Golf and
Cornby Cl*, wtth tt» trout-oongested waters of Loch Oorrde In the background. TO* picture
reoertly won a prise In the 1970 Southern Photographer of the Year competition.
30 Students Are Recognized
High School Seniors Get
$65,000 In Scholarships
Member* of the 1970 gradu
ating class at Watauga Ugh
School have received scholar
ships and financial aid which
will amount to $65,000 over a
four-year period. Approxi
mately 30 seniors were reoo
gnized at Awards Day Friday,
May 22, as recipients of
scholarships to colleges and
universities,
IRC/TRW
Richard Randall Is the win
ner at the 1970 scholarship
awarded annually by IRC/TRW.
The winner of this $1,000
Science Scholarship la select
ed from male applicants of the
senior class by a committee
of the Boone Division of IRC/
TRW.
The son of Dr. and Mrs,
Frank Randall, Richard will
apply Ms scholarship to study
Physics at Harvard College,
The award was presented by
James Winkler, engineer at IRC/
TRW.
BREMCO
The 1970 winner of the Blue
Ridge Electric Scholarship la
Mary Alice Yates, daugMer of
Mr, and Mrs, Deader Yates of
Route 1, Vilas,
Johnnie Austin a member of
the Board of Directors of the
960 Will Get Degrees
Attorney General Morgan To
Speak At University Finals
N. C. Attorney General Rob
ert Morgan (rill be the speaker
as degrees are conferred on
some 960 graduates Tuesday at
Appalachian State University.
The eommencemerd cere
monies are scheduled for 10j30
a, m, in the university's Var
sity Gymnasium.
Graduating will be 873 cap*
didates for the B. A. and B.S.
degrees and 91 candidates for
the Master's degree or Certif
icate of Advanced Study.
Candidates will be presented
for various degrees by Dr. W,
C. Strickland, Dean of the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences; Dr.
Nicholas Erneston, Dean cf the
College of fine and Applied
Arts; Dr. Ben H. Horton, Dean
Truck Knocks
House Trailer
Off Its Props
A 23-foot trailer owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Turner Watson cf
Bamboo Hoad was knocked off
Its props sometime last week.
Watson discovered the vanda
lism Tuesday, May 19, along
with the clear lmprttt cf a tire.
Be said the trailer obviously
was pushed hr a truck irntU It
came off the blocks and the
trailer jack dug hdo the ground,
Watson said the truck appar
ently spun Its tires in reverse
but was unable to move the
trailer any further.
The mobile home was dented
In front, but no Interior damage
was reported. Watson said the
trailer, which be was tMsUng
cf selling, was on property
owned by Craig Hollar, also of
Bamboo Bead.
Alter he dUeovared the dam
ko. Watson said he called the
Sheriff's Departmed tad noons
same to Investigate the matter.
When be later returned to the
•sens cf the InddeM, the truck
trade bad been robbed cot by
mknown person or persons,
■i The Watsons rsfamed hare
two weeks ago last Thursday
Florida.
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be College at Education; and
i Cratis Williams, Dean at
Graduate School,
Degrees trill be conferred and
diplomas awarded by Dr. Her
bert W. Wey, ASU president.
The Rev. George D. Sten
bouse of the Sowing Rock Epis
copal Church will deliver the
Invocation tor the ceremony,
ROBERT MORGAN: Stata’a Attorney General
and the Rev. S. Wesley Bratch
er, associate pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Boone, will
pronounce the benediction.
Music will be provided by Dr.
H. Max Smith, organist, of the
ASU music faculty.
Graduating seniors from ttfs
and nearby counties are:
Alleghany—Betty Jane Bryan,
Valerie Ann Evans, Linda Kay
Fender, George M. Finney,
Linda R. Rutherford and Way
nna Laura Vanhoy.
ASHE—Janet Marsh Austin,
Susan Ann Bard, Ruby K, Bar
ker, Kerf Robert Carlton, Ken
neth V. Cooper, Carol Palmer
Cox, Ralph Hampton Davis,
David Walter Dillard, Ivory C.
Elliott, Margaret E. Hart, Bren
da Joyce Keller, Jerry Scott
Lewis, Alice Lynn Lyall, Sylvia
C. Miller, David Mullls, Nancy
Jo Severt, Terry M. Shatley
and Jimmy Dale Thompson.
AVERY—BUly Charles Bur.
gin, Patricia Jean Cannon, Billy
E. Grlndstaff, Thomas Dale
Reeves and Paulette Jones
Ward.
CALDWELL—Hugh William
({Continued on page two)
Red Cross Meeting
Postponed To 5th
The annual meeting of the
American Red Cross has been
postponed from May 29 to Fri
day, June 5.
The public Is invitedthe meet
ing which will begin at 7 that
night In the Fellowship Hall of
the First Baptist Church of
Boone,
Three Given Heart A wards
Mr*. Randolph Mill**, Mr*.
Glam Hodge* and Mr*. Michael
PatrlcelU were (elected from
more tfaan 100,000 North Caro
lina Heart Find auliadaar* to
receive an award for onlatanrt
Ing aarrtoe.
The laiawdnHiw* iiera made
at tha Award* Ereakfaat of the
N. C, Heart AaaoeUUon bald
TMeday and Wadneeday to
tSon’s “Pint Lady", Mn.
Henry Miller at Wlnston-Saleh,
gars oi* the awards.
Mr*. Phillips has served the
Watauga Courty Heart IMt aa
Heart Chairman tor the city at
Boone tor the pest two yean.
Prior to that she aerved aa Heart
Stanley Chairman,
Mrs. Hodges has serred in
many capacities In the Watauga
' County Heart unit, the last two
yean as Heart Field Campaign
Chairman.
Mrs. PatrioaUlaervedforthe
drat time tfaU year a* Baral
Chairman.
The Founder* Amid la jr*»
ir^ amually to Heart Voliaw
tear* -tordlatlnguUhadlaader
■Up In the Heart Cauae," o»ar
■ period of year* or tor as
eepttonal aerrtoa in one year.
The 2lat annual moating and
anaalm were held In
Durham.
corporation, presented tbs
scholarship of $600 which Mary
Alios will use at Appalachian
State University,
SAVINGS & LOAN
Two scholarships valued at
$1,000 each wete presetted by
James Marsh, secretary-treas
urer of Watauga Savings and
Loan Association,
These scholarships to be used
at Appalachian State University
went to Gail Lentz and Jackie
Henson. Gail is the daugMer of
Mr. and Mrs, Ferry Lentz of
Blowing Bock, Jackie is the
son at Mr. and Mrs, Jack
Henson at Route 1, Vilas. .
MARCH OF HIMES
The March at Dimes Health
Careers Scholarship of $300
was presented to Carol Mc
Neely by Mrs. Margaret Ayers.
Daughter at Mr. and Mrs.
John Mo Neely of Boone, Carol
will study genetics at North.
Carolina State UhiverBiiy.
ROTARY CLUB
Ralph Shore, son of Mr, and
Mrs. Ralph Shore Sr. of Route
3, Boone, reoeived a $300
scholarship from the Boone
Rotary Club.
Ralph will major in mathe
matics at Appalachian. The
award was presented by Dr.
Frank Randall.
SCHOLARSHIP-LOANS
Six senior* have reoaived
$600-per-year scholarship*
from the N. C. Teachers
Scholar* hip Loan Fund.
-' They are Ala Sue Jones,
Charles Lewis, Kay Oakes, Paul
Ragan, Deborah Rhoades and
Joanna Sherrill.
Eaoh of these graduates plans
to become a teacher. By teach
ing, the recipient canoels the
loan and the money received be
comes a scholarship,
INDUSTRIAL ARTS
Three members of the me
chsidcal drawing classes have
earned scholarships altered by
the Industrial Arts Department
at Appalachian. These are Mark
Ford, Jaok Roten and Jimmy
Triplett.
NATIONAL MERIT
On the basis ot National
Merit Scholarship test oompe
OContinued on page two)
Debate Union
Confers Honor
Upon Dr. Wey
The ASU Debate Union con
ferred an honorary member
ship in FI Kappa Delta, National
Forensic Society, upon Appa
lachian preside!* Dr. Herb Wey,
The scene mas the traditional
awards banquet, this year held
May 20 at the Cardinal Restau
rant.
The 1969-70 championship de
bate team traveled more than
6,000 miles and won more than
28 honors and trophies for Its
exellence.
The Union presented a desk
trophy to Bradford L, Kinney
for his outstanding leadership
as director of debate for the
past four years. Kinney has re
signed to become director of
forensics at Florida Southern
College In Lakeland.
Appalachian has the distinc
tion of having the largest active
chapter of FI Kappa Delta in
the State of North Carolina.
And Dr. Way's elevation to
honorary membership was the
first of its kind at the univer
sity.
Besides the award to Dr.
Wey, the following debaters
were honored! Keith Clark,
Vince Ahern, Patsy Moore and
Beth Lay.
Among the 31 guests were Dr.
and Mrs. Wey, Dean and Mrs.
Paul Sanders, Dean and Mrs.
Nicholas Erneston, Dr. and
Mrs. Charles Porterfield, Dr.
and Mrs. L W. Carpeifer, Mr.
and Mrs. Bradford Klnnery, Dr.
Join Auston and Dr. Charles
Palmer.
Attending with members of the
Debate Union were their dates.
PiWMiwre awarded! May 20 to post (residents of the Blue Klifee Parkway Association. Grams
fei VlrgWa were honored at the banquet as well as the North Carolina gnu®
aaen with Mu Watauga, Nancy Faye Stacy; Mrs. Grover Robbins Sr. who accented the noaU
bunouB award for her husband; Mayor Bob Hardin at Bio wing Rock; and oast presidents ntA
Mgcntart and A1 Millar of Asheville, Parkway Superintendent Granule Lyles examines ona of
the handsome plaques. The late Grover Robbins Sr„ is a former Mayor of HLovriis Rock and was
one of the area's greatest promoters. Staff photo) ^
Blowing Rock Chamber
Hosts Parkway Banquet
The Blowing Rock Chamber
ot Commerce was host last
week for a Blue RUge Parkway
Association banquet held at
Hound Ears Lodge and Club.
A moment of silence was ob
served for deceased presidents
at the association, among them
Grover Robbins Sr— former
Mayor cf Blowing Rock.
The highlight at the dinner
was the presentation of plaques
to past presidents attending from
the States of North Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia,
Only one plaque was presented
postumously, with Mrs. Grover
Robbins Sr. accepting.
The decision to hold the honor
meeting was made In February,
according to presiding presi
dent Jack Holt, by a vote of the
Board of Directors.
Special guests Included Nancy
Faye Stacy who Is the reigning
Miss Watauga County and “Mr.
Grandfather*’ Hugh Morton.
The plaques were presented
by Granville Lyles, Superin
tendent at the Blue Ridge Park
way.
Giving a brief history, Lyles
said the Parkway was begun In
1935 and that only about five
miles remain to complete the
470-mile highway—designated
by America’s travel writers
“the most scenic highway In
America.”
Lyles said last year nearly
12 million visited the Parkway
and 45 per cent of this number
came from other states. AlsoJ
they added some $150 million
to the economies of communi
ties from Waynesboro, Va, to
Cherokee, N. C.
Also, he told the group the
Parkway is calculated to handle
20 million visitors "without any
feeling at congestion.” And he
feels that as the world situation
Improves, and Congress re
leases the remainder of con
struction funds, the completed
Parkway will have an additional
10 million visitors annually.
In the future, he said, the an
nual visitor total should run be
tween 30 and 40 million.
Past presidents who were
honored were John Kelly and
Jack Goodykoontz of the Roan
oke Valley C of C In Virginia:
and Douglas Furguson, Bill
Democrat Is Given
An ROTC Award
Lt. Col. John G. Collin of
the Army ROTC cf Appalachian
State University Monday pre
sented a certificate of achieve
ment to the Watauga Democrat,
The certificate Is inscribed
"In recognition at meritorious
support of the Army ROTC.**
The Lieutenart Colonel Is
professor of military science at
the (adversity.
Dyck and Ronald UgonofTenn
esaee.
North Carolinians accepting
plaques, in addition to Mrs.
Robbins, were A1 Miller and
Dick Digenhart of Asheville and
Blowing Rock Mayor Bob
Hardin.
Mrs. Morgan
Celebrates Her
104th Birthday
Mrs, Mary Richardson Mor
gan of HU Mew Nursing Home
in EliiabetMon celebrated her
104th birthday in April.
An auik of Mrs. Nancy Ald
ridge of Fosooe, Mrs. Morgan
was pictured In one of the Tenn
essee newspapers with her son,
Sam of Dixon Street in Flixa
bethton.
A native of Shell Creek, Mrs.
Morgan Is the mother of seven
children, aU of whom lived to
adulthood. Now Uvlng, in addi
tion to Sam, are Dallas Morgan
of Bristol; Sal lie Neal of Clin
cho, Va^ and Millie Henson of
Johnson City.
She also has 29 grandchild
ren, 39 great grandchildren and
21 great-great grandchildren.
Mrs. Morgan is reported able
to be up and goes to the dining
room in a wheelchair.
Mary Ellis Gibson Is
Invited To White House
A member of Watauga High
School’s graduating class has
been invited to the White House.
Miss Mary Oils Gibson,
daughter of Or. and Mrs. Ed
ward H. Gibson m at Hlan
wood Drive, Boone, was sent
a telegram last week announc
ing her designation as a Presi
dential Scholar.
According to John M. Stal
naker, executive director of the
Commission on Presidential
Scholars, President Richard
Nixon acted on the recommen
dation of the commission and
“named you a Presidential
Scholar and has Invited you to
the White House.”
Mary nils became «HgM»
for the honor because of her
high score on the National
Merit Scholarship Test.
She and the otter Presiden
tial Scholars—numbering 119 in
all—have been invited to report
to Thurston Hall at George
Washington University Tuesday,
June 2.
A full day of events is sched
uled for Wednesday, June 3.
That evening, a banquet will be
held.
And Thursday morning, June
\ Mary Ellis will receive her
Presidential Scholar medallion,
which will be given during an of
ficial ceremony of recognition at
the White House,
Accompanying Stalnakar's
latter waa a aback toeonrttfc
rel axpenaaa lor the WaaUng
ton, D. C.trlfl.
In part, Stalnahw wrote “Bi
Praatlarttol SchoUra are
oboe an as a token group to rep
resent all American youth at
Ugh academic ability arrl attain,
meat. To be choeen la aaignal
honor that carriaa with It the
Ugh reaponelhility of anng.
rlataly repreaMtlng aU the able
youth of your State and of the
coutry."
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