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VOLUME LXX—NO. 1S
An Independerá Weekly Netnpaper .. . Serentieth Year of Continuou» Publieation
BOONE, WATAUOA COL'NT Y, NORTH CAROLINA, THUtSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1M7
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SIXTEDN PACES—TWO SECT10NS
Chappel Wilson, 66,
College Educator,
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Dies On Saturday
Chappel Wilson, 66. director of
the Appalachian State Teachers
College Demonstration Schools,
and untU recently Dean of the
G raduate School, died unexpectedly
of • heart attaek at 9:30 p.
m. Saturday
Funeral lervieei were held at
the Boone Baptist Church Tuesday
at 11 o'clock, by the pastor
Rev. L. H. Hollingsworth, and Rev.
i. K. Parker. Jr.. Dr. W. H. Plemmona,
President of the College also
took part in the ritei. Burial
was In Mount Lawn Memorial
Park.
Surviving are the widow, Un.
Myrtle Brandon Wilson; a son,
William II. Wilson of Statesville;
two daughters, Mr». Jean Brock.
Dothan, Ala.; Miss Janice Wilson
of the home; a brother, J. V. Wilson,
of Asheboro and four sisters:
Mrs. G. E. Campbell, Columbia, S.
C„; Mrs. Addie Alien. Mrs. Cora
Sessoms and Mrs. Mattie Sessoms
of Lumberton.
NaUve Of KAnoa
Mr. Wilson was a native of Ro
beson eounty. He received hi» AB
degree from Wake Foreat College
in 1920, and thc MA (rom George
Peabody College in 19S0. He did
additional gradúate work at Colorado
State College. Prior to coming
to Appalachian in 1922 be had
been principal o( a high achool in
Robetón eounty.
At Appalachian Mr Wilaon beca
me director of tbe summer aea•iona
in 1934, had the reaponsibility
(or developing the demonatration
achoola—Appalachian High
and Elementary; waa ose of the organixera
of the gradúate achool,
and ita firat Dean. He reaigned as
deán several mpntha ago.
During hia tenure at Appalachian
Mr. Wilaon has traveled extenaively
in the Southeast and in
other parta of the country, developing
interest in the college.
He waa a member of the Zionville
Tabernacle Baptiat Church
oí Lumberton. He .aerved two
terma aa a member of the Watauga
County Board of Education.
Community Prizes To
Be Given At Dinner
One oí three communities in
Watauga county will be anoounced
as county winner in the Northwestern
North Carolina Deveiopment
Association's annual Community
Development contest, this
October 21st, at the county progresa
dinner.
The three communities compet
ing for representation in the are»
judging are Baaboo. Elk Jind Udk
le Crucia. Cove Creek cooimunify
has also entered the competition,
but there ia no other entry from
McLean To Speak
On Progress Of
Watauga County
Watauga county is now on tbe
road to procreas, and to celebra tí
¡ta moat recent accompliahmenta,
leadera of aeveral county organlzationa
ha ve secured an outatanding
speaker for the annual county
progreca dinner, October 21.
Marvin McLean. Aaaiatant Secreta
ry of Agricultura, U. S. Department
of Agricnlture, will talk
on Watauga county's development,
past, preaent and future. McLean
ia an exceptional speaker and ia
well known in agricultural circles
for bis leaderahip in agricultural
atabilization and marketing work.
Every resident of Watauga
county is encouraged to atteod this
dinner, to be held in the cafetería
of the Boone Elementary
Schooi, Monday, October 21st, at
6:30 p. m. Ticket* are on aale
through members of most county
busineas, profesaional and civic
organizations. and coat ia *150 per
person. Officials of federal, «tate
and local government agencies will
attend, aa well aa leaders from
various communities in the county.
thi» county in the "Rural NonFarm"
claaaification.
Judging will take place Friday,
October 18. Tbe judgea have not
yet been selectcd. Chairmen of
the eompeting community club*
are Frank Taylor, Valle Cruel»;
Stewart Simmons, Elk; and Traman
Critcher, Bamboo. The club
advieors from the County Agricultura!
Workera' Con»cil are Henry
Taylo>, Vtll» Cfocia; HaWíhl Wll
lia mu and Merman Anderaon, Elk;
and R. F. Tait, Bamboo. In Cove
Creek, Jerry Adama la chairman,
Robert Shipley adviaor.
The announcement of the winning
community club will be juat
part of the program at the county
progresa dlnner. The main ipeak
er at thia event will be Marvtn
McLean, Aaaiatant Secretary of
Agrículture. U. S. Department of
Agriculture. The dinner ia expected
to be attended by several hundred
of Watauga county'» citizena.
aa well aa many atate and federal
officiala.
Sanitarian Is
Now On Cali
Dr. Mary Michal announced this
week that a sanitarian will viiit
Watauga county regularly and be
on cali for certain work, during
tbe períod of time the Health Department
in Boone la wittaout a
regular aanltarian.
• A vacancy wai created in this
división of bealth work when Lewis
Catón resigned to take a similar
post in Rocky Mount.
AU necrssary and urgent san i
tation work will be attended to as
usual, Dr. lliehal stated, by another
member of the Alleghany,
Ashe, Watauga District Health Department.
He will be available at
the Boone office at the Health
Center each Tuesday.
Claire Luce To Give
Interpretations Here
Claire Luce, intcrnationally famoiu
American actreaa, not to be
confuted wtth Clare Booth Luce,
thc cnngrcaa woman and diplomat.
will prescnt «ix interpretaron»
[rom great dramaa o( women tn
lovc in Appalacbian State Teachera
(ollege'a firat public program
of thia year'a «enea on Thuraday
evening, October 10, at 8 o'clock
tn the Health and Phyatcal Educa
tion Building. *
MIm Luce, wbo ha* won international
acclaim ¡n Ihree of the
world'a great cultural eentera,
New York, London, and Parla, will
appear in a program baaed on
Aldooa Huxley'i eoaay "Faabion»
in Loro," whtch preaent» ber ln
ais role» ahe ia famoua lor both
"kerc and abroad ®
teb critica m
Brooka Atkinson. Wartl More
houw, and Walter W i n c h «11,
(laire Luce i* expectcd to diaplay
her veraatility la the diffieult
dramatle partí her program will
includc for Thuraday nighl. tn coatumea
appropriate for her characterizationa
ahe will appear a* El izabeth
Barrett Browning apeaking
her "Sonneta front the Portugeae,"
Cleopatra from Shakeapeare'a play,
Camille frem Dviaaa' play. Lady
Macbeth from Shakeapear*. Salome
from Oacar Wilde. and Saint
Joan (rom Sha»'» "8t. Joan."
Peraona who wlah to aee Mlaa
I.uce and who do not hold aeaaoa
ticketa to Appalaehlan'a aeríes for
thia year may purrhaae ticket* for
thia program In the foyer of the
Health and Phyalcal Rducatlon
BuíkÜBg Tbtifday
STUDYING HOME NURSING—Mrs. Len D. Hagaraan demonstrates use of a homemade steam inhalator, I
aa Mrs. Leonard Ward, a "victiro" of an upper reapiratory infection. show» how it ii used. The Red
Croas nursing courae, instructed by Misa Mary Williams of Knwville, Tenn., was hsid in the Presbyterian
Church at Boone last week. Posing for the picture were, left to right, Mrs. Lawrence H. Owsley. Mrs. Charles
Lewis, Mrs. Hagaman, Miss Geraldine Surratt, Mr*. Ward, Mrs. Dean Isaacs, Mrs. Custer Ward, and Mrs.
David Farthing.—Stalf photo by Joe Minor.
Red Cross Bloodmobile Will
Visit Boone On October 17th
For the first time in peacetime
hiatory, the Red Croaa Bloodmobile
will visit Boone, the Rev. E.
H. Lowman, chairman oí the Watauga
Chapter o( the American
Red Croe* Blood program, announced
thia week.
"On Oetober 17," Mr. Lowman
said, "the Red Crou will set up its
canteen in the Boone Baptist
Church, and once again go about
the business oí colleeting blood
through donors in Boone.
"Thia time," Mr. Lowman pointed
out, "the blood will not be
flown to Iwo Jima or Carablanca
or Korea ... for on thia trip the
Red Croaa will be bringing to Boone
one of the bleaainga of the postwar
world . . . the civilian blood
program, designed to aave livei,
to leaaon tufferíng, to aborten til*
recovery period of thoae hospitalixed."
The Watauga Medical Society issued
the following endoraement of
the Bloodmobile program:
We, the doctora of WaUuga
County Medical Society, have
eadorsed and appreved the Red
Croaa Blood Program. We kaow
that an adeaquate supply of
whole blood la aa invalnable a id
Ib car work of aaviag livea. la
order to aaaare thia adequate
anpply of Mood for yon, onr
patients, we maat have new
donors. We therefore urge you,
your family, and yonr friends to
becone donors at the next visit
of the bloodmobile on Thursday,
Oetober 11, and to donato reguiarly.
A member of Uie Medical
Society will be present at an
times.
Rev. Mr. Lowman went on to
aay, "It ia eapeclally fltting that
a community so well served with
its fine hospital facilitiea should
make available to lta hospitals:
membership in the Red Croaa1
Blood Program. The Watauga
County United Fund has solved
the financial problem that for ao j
many yeara defeated the attempts
of Red Croaa to bring thia service
lo Watauga.
"The Red Croaa Blood Program
for Watauga ia now a reality," he
continued. "and many of our hospital
ized citizens have realixed its
(Coatinued on page eight)
Linville Downs
Incorporatíon
Linville, Oct. 1—Citiicns of the
reeort town of Unville votcd overwhelming
todiy againat incorporating
tbelr community
The vote wu 130 againat. 42
for. A total of 1N peraon» were
rligible to cait bellota. ^ "
Backor» of the inrorporatlon
moveínent wanted the community
incorporated ro it could recelve
atreet funda under the Powell Bill
The Incorporatíon Mil. intrigue
ed in the 1907 Legialatare. gave
the town aquare boundarics.
changed ita alleglance from Mitchalí
to Avery county. appointed
• mayor and rommimionera and
provtded that Linville get Powell
Bill funda.
But the bilí alao contained the
prwialon Ihét a town elc«Uorf be
held on the «piration of IncorporThe
vote Urna milltfic» the intended
effect of the Lcgielative
Grea terBarga in Days
To Start Here Today
It's bargain time in Boone the
balance of this week and all next
week. as community merchants
stage a city-wide "Boone Greater
Bargain Days" sales promotion
prior to the tobáceo and Christmas
shopping season.
Sponsored by the Merchants
Association committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, the big
sales event begins Thursday morning,
October 10, and continúes
through Saturday, October 19. with
specially-priced merchandisc being
offered in all categories.
The Aaaociation hu urgid that
participating llores offer real savingi
in wanted merchandiae, and
a check of the advertising ¡o thii
issue of the Democrat would indicate
that shoppera are assured of
bargain* gaiore thii week and
next, whcrever the red and yellow
"Greater Bargain Days" signa
are diiplayed.
Parkway Finish Seen
In 1966, Report Says
Washington. — Witb good luck
the Blue Ridge Parkway may be
finished in 1906.
That would be prior to the announced
aims oí the National Park
Service.
The service has said that under
its Mission <6 program, the 477mile
parkway in Virginia and
North Carolina is planned (or completion
by 1096 with the exception
of two gaps. Theie are near Roanoke,
Va., and Aahevilie.
But with some good luck theie
gaps alao will be finished by 1936,
Park Service Associate Director
Eivind T. Scoyen said.
The luck will depend largely on
funda and costs.
Another service offlcial explained
that Congress may see til
to increase the rate of appropriation
for the work and that bids
may be lower than Park íervice
estímales—as they (requently are.
If these gaps are not completed
by the year ending June 30, 1966,
they probably will be finished •
year or two later, the official said.
The year 1966 La the golden anniversary
of the aervice'i establishment.
The remaining work on the
mountain top drive Is the moat
cxpensive.
Total {unds made available for
the project (rom its start in 1933
to last June 30 were *80.243,000.
It la estimated that 140,121.000 will
be required to finish the parkway.
Meanwhile, the serrice plana to
itart a itudy aoon of the feaaibility
o( extending the scenic route.
Thia would include a propoaed
extensión in Virginia from the
northern end of Skyline Drive, connecting
with the parkway, to the
Harpers Ferry area. Near the
southern end, the service will
study the poaalbUity of an offshoot
near Tennesaee Bald Mountain,
lo Písgah National Forest,
into Georgia to connect with highways
into Atlanta.
In North Carolina, 160 milea have
been completed, 61 milea started,
DR. MWRXNCE H. 0W8LEY, chief oí «taff it Watauga Hoapttal (left).
accepta plaque from thc H«v. K. H. I/Owmun whk-h deaignatea Watauga
Hospital aa a participating honpital in tHc Red Croa* B1<m><1 Bank program
The Rlowing Rock Hoapital laMao a member. The two boapitala
hava bcea included in the program for two mootba. and according to
Mr. Lowtnan, who i* chairman of the Red Croa» btood program. 63
plata of blood haré bwn uaed by Watauga rounty palíenla In that time.
The blood mobile wtll be in Booftr at the Flrat Baptlat l'hureh all day
Thurmtay, October 17, and bolh Mr. Lowman and Dr. Owaley expreaaed
confidente thal the peopie of Watauga wtll reapend wholehearledly to
Mn» cali lor blood donara Staft pb-H» by Joe Mloor. v. -
Speaker Has
Advice For
Summer Drama
Paul Hadley, sucretary of the !
Berea, Ky., Chambcr of Commerce. ¡'
«aid here Friday that Hora ¡n the
Weat ii i "sleeplng giant," wlth
tremendous possibilitie» for promoting
the loca! touriat industry.
Hadlpy, a natlve oí Cañada and
a reaident of New York City before
going to Berea, addreaaed a
Joint directon meeting of the
Southern Appalarhian Historical
Association and the Boone Chamber
of Commerce.
The Paul Creen outdoor drama
"Wilderneaa Road," la preaented
during the (ummer months at
Berea.
The apeaker uid the problema
of producing a drama here and at
Berea are «imitar, but that "we
have licked most of them."
He cited inadequate touriat ac
cómoda tiona u one of the princiP*'
Problema in the beginning and
"'d more motor courti have been
built and a lyitem inatalled for
directing touriat» to available accomodationa.
Members of the Berea Chamber
of Commerce put up an average of
«00 each, he aaid. to inataU and
ln «labórate Information
center, which waa not a booth, but
a building. AII ticket salea are
handled theri, aa well as reaervations
for rooms.
The center haa attractive,
Charming girla on duty, and plenty
of ice water for the touriaU "You
nuy not think ao, but (hese are
tw» very impórtant itema," Hadley
added.
free guided toura to pointa oí
ínteres! in the area were aet up to
keep viaitora occupied during the
day before ahow time. The caat of
the play worked without charge on
the«€ touri, he *aíd.
Let people know where you
are," Hadley uid. "by placing bilíboarda
on all roada within a hundrfd-mile
radiua. 'To do buaineaa
with tourista, you muat make it
eaay for them to do buaineaa with
you."
Other advice included, "Sell
local people on your ahow, auch as
clerka, waitreaaea, aervicc atation
attendanta, ao they will talk about
your play to all viaitora. Throw a
banquet for them and acquaint
them wlth all detaila. Make everybody
a 'walking infornution center.'
"
Alao, "Run a aurvey on the
amount of traffic through your
town per day, and another aurvey ;
on viaitora aíter they leave. Nam•a
and addre«a«« can be obUined
from motel files. Write them and
aak them, 'Did you llke the aervice
you got? How much money did
you ipend?' And other questiona.**
And, "Straighten out the mena
you've got with the Parkway on
touriat facilitiea. Work with 8am
Weems (Parkway auperintendent) I
on a levelheaded, commonaenae
baaia, and it you cant lick em
join em."
Grover Robbins. Jr„ of Blowing
Rock, took lasue with tbe apeaker
on the latter píint, obaerving that
perhapa Mr. Hadley waa not overly
familiar wlth the aituatlon. "We
do not bclieve we are licked." he
aaid. "We believe we are going to
*'n the flght againat additional
8overnment-i ponto red touriat accomodatlona
on the Parkway"
In that cate. Hadley advíaed a
continuance of the flght. "aa long
aa you have a 80-80 chance."
Clinic Dates
Are Changed
The date of the Octobcr Crlppled
Chlldren'a Cllnle lo be held
■t tbe Health Department ha*
been changed frum Kriday Octo-:
ber íath to Frlday Octobcr 28th.
The Octobcr 28th clinic wUI be(in
at 8:00 a. m. Dr. 1. S. Gaul, Jr.
wlU be the attcndloi phyatclan
Tbe Navy ha* announcerf detalla
M IU pian to reduce unformed
torce, bjr 16.W0
DERRICK
MAJtttl»
Derrick Gets CoíC
Post; Succeeds Harris
Leo Dcrrick, publicity director
of Horn in the West aince last
March, will inume the additional
duties of executive secretary of
the Boone Chamber of Commerce
on Monday, October 14.
The combining of the two positioni,
which haa been under diacuuion
aince Stanley A. Harria announced
hia retirement from the
Chamber of Commerce poat laat
■ummer, waa voted September 30
at a joint meeting of Horn and
Chamber officiala.
It waa announced that Horn in
the Weat will pay two-thirda ol
Derrick'a nlary and the Ciumber
oí OmiMW
In commenting upou tbe Harria
retirement, Glenn R. Andrewa,
preaident of the Chamber of Commerce,
aaid: "Mr. Harria has aerved
the Chamber and the Merchanta
Aaaociation weil and unaelfiahly
during the paat ten yeara,
with imall remuneration for hia
■ervicea. It goea without aaying
thit we are exteremely sorry to
see him retire, but o( courie, we
muit accept hit decisión. We «re
sure he wlll be avaiUbte in an advisory
capacity whenever he U
needed."
Preaident Andrews arided that
be la aure Mr Derríck will carry
on the work of the Chamber in
the same capable manner, and
will "fit nicely into the picture."
Derríck, a native of Chadbourn,
served aa editor and co-pubilaher
of the Columbus County News in
that city before entering the public
ralationa field excluaively.
He la a 1M0 gradúate of Wake
•"•Oüt Colleje, where he majored
in Engliah and jouraalfsm, and
waa business manager of the
achool's paper, "Oíd Gold and
Black."
Derrick ia married to the former
Patay Cárter of Winston-Salem and
they have two sons, Leo III, 5,
and Charlea, 3.
Burley Support Price
Is Placed At 51.7
Washington, Oet. 2—The Agricultura
Department announced today
that thls year'i crop of burley
tobáceo will be supported at ratea
tveraging 91.7 centa a pound. Thia
compares with 48.1 cents for last
year's crop.
The previoutly announced mínimum
rate for burley was Sl.S
cents.
The department previously had
announced that the rates for fluecured,
the other major type, would
average 90.8 cents compared with
48.8 cents lapt year.
The average support rates for
other types thls year and last,
respectively, aa announced today
included:
Flre-cured, Types 21-21, 38.8 and
38.1 cents.
Dark alr-cured, Types 39-38, 34.8
and 11.1 cents.
Virginia Sun-cured, Type 37,
34.9 and 32.1 cents.
Maryland, Type 32, 48 and 47
cents.
The rates for most types are
aomewhst higher than minimum
ievels which the department had
announced before the planting
Mtaon.
Mental Health
Unit Formed
The Watauga County Chapter of
thc N. C. Mental Health Aaaociation
was organized at a mecting
held at the Boone Trail Restaurant
Monday night.
The following offícers were
elected: President, Abe Uttleton;
secretarytreasurer, Mr». Ina Spencer.
Committee chairman nomed
were: Education and public relationa,
the Rev. Ceorge Shuford;
memberahip, Mrs. Kay Wilion
A lempo ra ry committee was
named to atudy the eonatitutjona
and bylaws. Included on this committee
were Dr. Mary Michal,
chairman; Mrs. June Canfíeld, Mrs.
Olive Brady, Mrs. Mont Glovier,
Mrs. Dave Mast.
One of the prime objectives of
the group at present la the expansión
of the memberahip. Mrs. Wilson
will conduct the campaign form
rncmhornhip.
Next mecting ia aet for Tuea-T
day, November 5, at 8:00 p. m.,
at the Health Center in Boone.
Manyr Given Courses
In Red Cross Nursing
Ralph Tugman, Watausu County
Chairman of the American Red
Croaa preaented certifica tea ta aixteen
peraona authoritinit them to
teach the Red Croaa Home Nnraing
"Home Car* of the Sick". The
eerronony vru held Prlday afterrtoon
at the eloae of Um Inatructora
courac whioh had bren
taught Monday, Septembcr 30
through KrWay, October 4 by Hlaa
Mary WUIIama Inutructor.
Followlu the ccreaony, Mr».
E. L. Ray, homo nunlng chairman
for Watauga eounty aerved delicioua
doughnuta and coffe*.
Th* Ked Croa» Home Nurving
teaehcr'x certifícate* «Ore itaued
to Mr*. David Farthing, Mr*. Ivan
Farthipg. Mr*. Dean luaci, Mr*.
Cuüter Ward, Mr». E. M. LuttreH,
Mr*, Georfe Harmo», Mr». l*onard
Ward, Geraldlm Surratt,
Mr. Charlo Uwia, Mr*. í. |l.
Owslay. Mr*, tt. M Coofe. Mr*. L.
D Haganuw. Mr* Nancy lfcofM».