Words Of Wisdom
Be not angry that you cannot
make others as you wish them
to be, since you cannot make
yourself as you wish to
be—Thomas A. Kempie.
VOL. LXXXin NO. 5
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY AUGUST 6,1970
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Peter Paul And Mary
It’s not the trio of folk singers, as the caption line
implies, but two individuals—a bay hunter called
Peter Paiil and his owner, Miss Mary Boone. The
pair are awaiting their call into a jumping class at
the Blowing Rock Horse Show, which ended Sunday,
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boone of
Spartanburg and granddaughter of Mrs. Esther
Boone who lives here, Mary and her statuesque
gelding stayed busy preparing for competition and
later Mary earned a third place ribbon in
equitation. (Staff photo)
Chamber Plans
Bylaws Changes
Directors of the Boone
Chamber of Commerce
reviewed a six-page ' set of
bylaws Tuesday.
The new package-designed
by president Harold Rice with
the assistance of Chamber
manager Fred Mc
Neal—included a change-of
name to the “Greater Boone
Chamber of Commerce".
According to Rice, the
reorganizations! plan would
provide the area refined ser
vices from the Chamber and
greater responsiveness to the
needs of all segments of the
economy.
The proposal defined two
classifications of membership.
Firms, defined as businesi
engaged in the manufacture
and/ or sale of merchandise a
services, would be assessec
membership fees o
*180.
Individuals, a category in
eluding doctors, dentists,
lawyers and independent in
surance agents, would pay *K
per year.
The plan was devised by Rio
h and MeNeal after their visit
Rtf' - with officials of the Hickor
Chamber of Commerce. The
detailed bylaws proposed to the
directors this week numbered
six legal- length pages.
Under Article XII, “Officers
and Their Duties", the
president would appoint eight
vice-presidents from the board
of directors and subject to th<
board's confirmation.
Rice said these men woulc
bead committees and repor
regularly to the directorate
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AU Teacher Vacanices Filled
Watauga County Schools 2
To Open Doors August 19
Teachers
Start Work
On 17th
Registration and assignment
day for students of the
Watauga County schools will
be Wednesday, Aug. 19.
And the following day will be
the first full day of school.
All teacher vacancies have
been filled and “The number of
teachers making application
for employment has been good
or better than average for the
year,” according to the Board
of Education.
School principals already are
at work and the week of Aug. 3
is when new students who are
not registered here should go
by their respective schools to
make arrangements.
In session last month, the
Board of Education discussed
ways of making up days
missed because of severe
weather. They will continue a
flexible policy on makeup
days depending on the number
of days lost each year.
Teachers will begin work
Monday, Aug. 17.
Students will have a one-day
vacation Friday, Sept. 25, when
their teachers attend the
NCEA meeting at Appalachian
State University.
Thanksgiving holidays will
be Thursday and Friday, Nov.
25 and 26. The schools will close
Dec. 18 for Christmas holidays
and classes will resume
Monday, Jan. 4.
Easter holidays, 1971, will be
April 9 and 12 and the ninth
month of school will end May
19. The last work day for
teachers will be May 21.
MEETINGS
A three-hour meeting for
principals will begin at 8:30 a.
m. Monday in the superin
tendent’s office.
All school janitors are asked
to meet at 1 Monday afternoon
in the high school auditorium.
The garage has set Tuesday,
Aug. 18, as the date for picking
up buses. Drivers will meet at
8:30 that morning in the high
school auditorium and buses
will operate the following day.
A two-hour meeting is
scheduled for teachers at 9 a.
s m. Monday, Aug. 17,. The
countywide teachers’ meeting
will be held at the high school,
d (The work day for teachers will
be from8 a. m. until 3:30 p. m.
“or at the time school is
rs dismissed.”)
6 Annual Masonic
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d Picnic Aug. 14
ie The annual Masonic picnli
for Masons of Snow Lodge am
Id their families will begin at 5 p
rt m. Friday, Aug. 14, at Cam]
e. Broads tone
College Writers, Editors
Have Workshop At ASU
Writers and editors from some SO institutions of Uglier
education in the two Carolines will meet Aug. 7-0 at Appalachian
State University for an annual summer Writers Workshop.
The event, sponsored by the College News Seminar jf the
Carolina*, will attract Pete Ivey, Director of the UNC—IChapel
Hill News Bureau, Harry Durham, Director of the Com
munications Center at demaon University, and Phillip PoweB of
the Jacobs Press in Clinton, S. C. as workshop speakers.
Marlon Peavey, Director of Information Services at Wofford
College In Spartanburg, S. C., Is president of the UO-mamba
public relations association.
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AN ARTIST’S VIEW OF THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR BOONE
Plans For New Boone School
Approved By Education Body
On Monday night, the
Watauga County Board of
Education approved the final
plans for an elementary school
building to serve the Boone
attendance area.
The facility is to be located
off US High way 421 where NC
Traffic Cases
Pin-Pointed
By Police Dept.
Since June 10 the Boone
Police Department has been
pin-pointing the location of
traffic violations on a huge
town map.
Police Chief Clyde Tester
explains that only those
violations in which charges are
made are committed to the
board. He wishes he had
I started the project last sum
mer when he took office,
t Through last Friday, the
board had 28 pins on it.
There is a legend showing the
color pin and the type of
violation it stands for.
Following are the violations
listed:
Driving under the influence
of intoxicants (one peg on the
board), reckless driving and
speeding (one each), following
too closely (nine), failure to
yield right-of-way (nine),
driving on the left side of road
(three) and other dangerous
moving violations (four).
Other violations on tin
legend are improper passing
stop sign violation and unsaff
equipment. By July 31, none o
these had been put up on tlx
board.
One of the benefits of the put
i system is that it earmark
dangerous intersections.
194 intersects East of Boone.
The final approval of the plans
paved the way for the Board to
advertise for bids.
Five general areas are in
cluded in the contract:
general contract, electrical,
heating, and kitchen equip
ment contract.
Sealed proposals will be
received for the contracts until
3 p. m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at
which time bids will be opened
and read at the Watauga
County Courthouse located in
Boone.
Total footage for the building
is 97,602 square feet. Exterior
walls are of brick and block
with metal fascia serving to
cap off the brick.
Fred Butner Associates of
Winston-Salem have served as
architects for the project. The
slope of the site has been
utilised to develop five levels.
The building is designed to
accommodate handicapped
students using a series of
ramps in the interior.
The ceiling and partitions
use a system-type approach for
flexibility to serve an in
structional program designed
(or individual students. All
partitions and dividers can be
relocated in the interior of the
building when the need arises.
The school will house kin- _
dergarten through grade eight.
In the area of occupational edu
cation, a space is provided for
unified arts. The area will
serve introductory activities in
cooking, sewing, electricity,
electronics, carpentry, hand
tools, crafts, typing, health
occupations and service oc
cupations.
A little theater is located in
the center of the building.
Funds to construct the
facility came from a bond issue
approved here last Nov. 3 and
from tunas approvea lor Ap
palachian State University for
this purpose.
The structure is designed for
1,200 pupils and will replace the
facility presently being used on
the campus of Appalachian
State University.
Mrs. Linney Retires
From Postal Service
The saddest thing about
retiring, says Mrs Nellie C.
Linney, is leaving your fellow
workers.
On July 24 she clocked her
last day of service to the Boone
Post Office and went home to
198 Appalachian St., Boone,
She had worked for the Post
Office exactly 28 years and 24
days.
That evening, fellow workers
entertained her and Albert C.
Farthing, who also retired in
July, at a dinner.
A service award was sent
Mrs. Linney by the Postmaster
General and a letter attached
by T. J. Coleman, Regional
Director of the Department,
noted “You have served as
Assistant Postmaster for four
sssss
Postmasters. You have
demonstrated an unusual
loyalty to each of them. You
are held in high esteem by all
who know you.”
She also received a personal
letter of appreciation from
Postmaster Ralph Beshears of
Boone.
A member of the Class of ’28
at Meredith College, Mrs.
Linney taught English at
Boone High School for five
years and taught for one year
at Morganton High School. She
was married to the late Baxter
Linney, a Boone native who
was practicing law in Lenoir at
the time of his death.
From 1940-41, Mrs. Linney
served as a clerk to the
Selective Service Board. And
on July 1, 1942, she was em
ployed as a substitute clerk by
Boone Postmaster Wiley
Hartzog.
From 1943 to 1950, she was a
member of the Civil Service
Examination Board and in
1950, in her work at the post
office, she was promoted to
assist Postmaster Edgar
Brown.
Mrs. Linney’s membership*
include The First Baptist j
Church of Boone, the Order of
the Eastern Star, the Boone
Business and Professional
Women's Club, the
Rhododendron Book Club,
Maids and Matrons Club and
the Friday Afternoon Club.
Her retirement plans include
traveling.
MBS. NELL UNNEY..
. dir tag her last day at
the Boone Post Offlca-V.