Watauga High School - Musket Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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The superintendent of schools, Mr. Angell, supported the Pioneers by attending the basketball game between Watauga and Hickory. Mrs. Mae Edmisten, county supervisor of schools, discusses problems Our bus mechanics were of great help to student drivers during snowy concerning accreditation with Mrs. Stuart and Mr. Fidler. weather. Here Mr. Estel Culler helps put on bus chains. Bus driver Tony Combs stops by the office long enough to pick up his hard-earned check from bus-driver supervisor Carl Fidler.

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Education Makes Big Strides in Watauga County The following men served on the County Board of Education Chairman; Dr. Charles Davant, Jr.; and W. Guy Angell, Secre- during the 1966-67 school term: H. W. Mast; Mack Brown, tary and Superintendent of Schools. Mrs. Michael Vetrie reads over next year’s teaching contract before signing her name on the dotted line. BOARD OF EDUCATION Attention focused on the business at hand as the chairman of the Watauga County School Board called the monthly meeting to order. On the shoulders of these four administrators rested the educational problems of the school system. The ultimate authority on everything that touched school life, these citizens arbitrated dis- putes, wrestled with budgets, and considered long- range plans as well as immediate problems. At their regular monthly meetings they prepared the school’s cal- endar, reviewed the budget, and attempted to meet the challenges of organized education. 18

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Dr. N. A. Miller fulfills one of his many duties as principal by making a welcoming speech at the evaluation dinner. ADMINISTRATION athe A student discusses a problem with Mr. Carl Fidler, assistant principal, The administrative staff was comprised of people who expecting to receive good advice. carried large responsibilities. Multitudes of problems faced Dr. Miller and Mr. Fidler. These ranged from repri- manding teen-aged offenders to signing the long-await- ed diplomas. The guidance counselors, secretaries, and nurse had an equal responsibility to the students; their responsibilities varied from seeing students in the health clinic and making out admit slips to simply lend- ing a sympathetic ear. The administrative staff was truly the heart of W.H.S. The freshman-sophomore counselor, Mrs. Dave Mast, fills out needed information in a student’s permanent record. Mrs. Margaret Gragg, the junior-senior counselor, helps a student decide on suitable courses for next year.