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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1M0
COLLEGE BOOSTER? J. Paul Winkler maintain* a acrapbook room
of Appalachian State Teachera College newspaper clippings adjoining
his downtown office in Boone. Mr. Winkler's scrapbooks bulge with
clippings of college events, personalities and sports from 1928 until
the present. Many of the clippings arc from the Watauga Democrat.
The scrapbook room is open to the public.? Carmen Carter photo.
Scouts Have Golden Jubilee
Mr. Harris, Dr. Owsley Get Scout
Honor During Recognition Night
Dr. Lawrence H. Owsley, of
Boone, and. Stanley A. Harris, of
Sherwood, were honored Monday
night for their many year* service
and work with Boy Scouts. They
attended the annual Old Hickory
Council Recognition Night meeting
at Wake Forest College in Winston
Salem where Dr. Owsley was given
the coveted Silver Beaver Award
and Mr. Harris was given a plaque
recognizing his 50 years of work
in Scouting.
Dr. Owsley is one of three Wa
tauga county men who. are holders
of the Silver Beaver Award, ac
cording to Watauga D i 1 1 r i c t
Chairman B. W. Stallings. The
other two are Clyde R. Greene
and Mr. Stallings.
The Silver Beaver Award is made
for "noteworthy service of excep
tional character to boyhood by
registered scouters within terri
tory under jurisdiction of a local
council," according to Roacoe Set
vens, Old Hickory Scout Execu
tive. It is the highest award made
to volunteer Scouters in the Coun
cil.
Chairman Stallings said, "This
award is the way a council has to
show appreciation to it* leaders
who have done an outstanding
job."
Dr. Owsley has been active in
Scouting for many years and has
been one of the leaders in council
and district work.
The recognition night in Win
ston-Salem highlighted the Jubilee
celebration of Scouting in Ameri
ca. Mr. Harris' 90 years of service
to Scouting coincided with the 90
years of scouting in this country.
He has served the Scouting move
ment professionally and as a vol
unteer. Since retiring from the
professional field he has been ac
tive in all fields of Scouting in
Watauga county.
Demos Will
Meet Monday
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Watauga county will meet
Monday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock
for the purpose of naming a suc
cessor to Dr. D. J. Whitener, to
the Board of Education, it was
learned Tuesday.
The committee will also recom
mend a slate of member* for the j
County Board of Elections.
Dr. Whitener resigned his po- '
sition on the school board last
week, after receiving notification
from the Attorney General of I
North Carolina that he would be
unable to serve on both the board |
of education and the Executive I
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i
OWSLEY
HARRIS
LocalGuard Unit Will
Take Part State Alert
Mrs. Horton
Is Principal
Mrs. Pearl Horton has been
elected by the local school board
and approved by the Board of
Education to complete the year .as
principal of Cove Creek Elemen
tary School. She ' replaces Carl
Fidler, who was recently elected
principal of Cove Creek High
School
Mrs. Horton, wife of S. F. Hor
ton, former superintendent of
schools and principal of Cove Creek
High School, was teaching seventh
grade at Mabel school prior to
taking her new position Monday
morning. She had taught at the
Cove Creek Hig,> School before
going U> Mabel.
Mrs. Paul Hutchinson, of Boone,
took over Mrs. Horton's duties at
Mabel.
DuPre Is Given
Raleigh Poet
Raleigh ? The State .Highway
Department announced Thursday
the appointment of Arthur J.
Hughe* of Raleigh as assistant di
vision engineer for the 14th HiSb
way Division in Sylra.
Hughes now serves as bead of
the Highway Department's permit
?nd bridge data section. He will re
place Paul 1. DuPrc, who will
move to Raleigh as araa malnttn
nee engineer.
Boone's National Guard unit if
currently ftanding by for alert or
deri for participation ic Opera
tion Hornet's Neat, ? state-wide
alert involving all units of the
North Carolina National Guard.
The alert will occur between Feb
ruary 10th and February 29th.
The purpose of Operation Hor
net's Nest will be to test each
unit's speed in the notification
and assembling of its personnel
and in the placing of required
guards for the simulated protec
tion of various local installations
deemed necessary, to the public
welfare.
Upon receipt of alert orders at
the local Armory, a series of well
planned measures will be taken to
insure the rapid notification and
assembly of Guardsmen, including
the use of sirens and radio an
nouncements. As Guardsmen ar
rive they will be dispatched to the
various installations, where they
will perform guard duties similar
to those necessary In time of em
ergencies or during wartime.
The local unit la a rifle platoon,
with forty-four members .and 1*
commanded by 1st Lt. David W.
Bynum, of Burasvllle. The unit
has openings for several men.
THE ALGERIA CRISIS
The State Department has de
nied reports that it had ordered
the evacuation of United States
citizens from Algeria.
After talking with the United
Statea Consulate in Algiers, offi
cials' said the consulate did not
consider that drastic action was
warranted.
The Watauga District of Old
Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of
America, are celebrating the Gold
en Jubilee of Scouting in America
almost 100%, according to District
Chairman B. W. Stallings.
The week of commemoration be
gan Sunday with the Scouts at
tending their churches and being
recognized from the pulpit by the
pastors. Some groups have special
parts at Sunday School and church
services.
Monday the Scouts were guests
of the local theatre at the show
ing of "L'il Abner."
Tuesday they celebrated at home
by doing a special good turn, ac
cording to Mr. Stallings.
Wednesday the Scouts took spec
ial cognizance of their sponsoring
institutions, and were supposed to
do a good deed for it.
Tonight (Thurs.) will be the
highlight of the week, Mr. Stallings
Indicated. A special recognition
program will be held at the First
Baptist Church in Boone, with
Scouts and Scouters from all five
troops in Watauga county, and the
three Cub packs being recognized.
The program begins at 7:00 o'clock.
Having special parts on the pro
gram will be the Rev. Preston
Hughes, pastor of Boone Methodist
Church; and Dr. W. E. Fulmer,
of First Baptist Church. Charter
awards will be made by F. E. Arndt
and advancement chairman Dr. Ray j
Derick will make advancement i
awards.
Friday the Scouts of the county
are to be guests of the Athletic
Council of Appalachian High
School at a basketball contest be
tween Appalachian and East Wilkes
in the gym.
Saturday will wind up the cele
bration with a day of activity on
the streets of Boone. Mr. Stall
ings said that all phases of Scouting
will be on display about town, and
all troops are expected to be rep
resented in these activities.
The troops and Scoutmasters in
Watauga county are: Perkinsville
Baptist Church, Farthing Hayes,
Scoutmaster; First Baptist Church,
Dr. I. W. Carpenter, Scoutmaster;
Henson's Chapel, Willie Cole.
Scoutmaster; Willowdale, Mr. Red
wine, Scoutmaster; and Boone
Methodist Church, j. B. Robinson,
Scoutmaster.
Cub Packs are sponsored by the
Boone Methodist Church, W. C.
Richardson, Cubmaster; Blowing
Rock Community Club, Everett M.
Widener, Jr., Cubmaster; and
Boone Baptist Church, Robert
Bumbaugh, Cubmaster. a |
Tea To Aid
Heart Fund
Ml*. W. W. Littleton, chairman
of the Watauga County Heart As
sociation, announce* there will be
? ailver tea for the benefit of the
Heart Fund at the home of Mrs.
Frank Payne, Friday afternoon,
February 12, from 3:30 until 6:00
o'clock.
ADDED PAYROLL IS tSOUGHT
"I "B ^
second Expansion
Planned At Shadowline
Campaign
Slated To Start
First Of Month
Watauga Industries, Inc.,
Mr. Glenn Andrews President
has announced plans for a
campaign to raise funds for
again enlarging the Shadow
line plant in Boone, so as to
provide ten thousand feet of
additional floorspace, and pro
vide employment for an addi
tional 150 people in the local
lingerie factory.
Information is that Shadow
line is already crowded in the
present building which was en
larged last spring, and that the
setond addition to the plant
? urgently needed to take care
of the orders available to
them.
Watauga Industries is a lo
cal corporation designed to
supply funds for industrial ex
pansion in the community and
has financed the Shadowline
Plant through stock subscrip
tions. The stock is good, is
presently paying a cash divi
dend, and it is felt that the
people will respond quickly to
the new appeal and subscribe
the necessary additional funds
quite as readily as they have
met the Shadowline needs
previously.
Harris Heads Campaign
Stanley A. Harris has been
drafted to head the campaign
for the new Shadowline expan
sion, which is to get under
way March 6. Following are
excerpts from a letter which
has been mailed out in this
area, and which is signed by
Watauga Industries, Glenn R
Andrews, president:
have heard, no doubt, that
Shadowline Industries are anxious
to make another expanaion. They
s," ]f"' 10,000 feet of
additional floor apace; and that
m?ke it poaaible for them to
employ cloae to a total of 328
people They are already crowded
>n their present building, and they
have ample orders to need an
addiuonal 180 people.
? hav? dealt with Shadow
line for three years now and have
found them anxious to be good
citizens. They are fair in their
business dealings, and it is an
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Heart Sunday
Drive Slated
The Heart Sunday Drive, usual
ly conducted in one day, has been
extended to a week announces
Mrs. Joe W. Hartley, County
Chairman for Heart Sunday Drive.
In this drive the women all over
Watauga County, as well as the
state and nation, hand together to
go from home to home distribut
ing leaflets concerning heart di
sease. They will also collect dona
tions (or the Heart Fund. Through
these donations, collected all over
the county and throughout the na
tion, will the vital research be
able to continue making advances.
This information is sent to your
doctors thus enabeling him to bet
tor protect your heart Heart di
sease is our number one killer.
Our best dele use la the Heart
Fund. '
Helping with the Heart Sunday
Drive are the following women:
area chairman for Boone, Mra.
Ed Chipman; Perk lnsv tile, Mrs.
Alex- Wilson; Blowing Bock, Mr*.
Norman Pitts; Valle Crucis, Mrs.
Frank Taylor; Bethel, Mrs. Ivaa
Farthing. Assisting these women
will be numerous workers la each
community.
ROADBLOCK.? The week end ?in caused huge rock (near right) to ilide from the mountainside
Saturday morning, and send tons of imaller rocks and earth across U. 3 321, near Boone Golf Course en
trance. One-way traffic was being maintained at the time George Flowers made this picture. Highway
crews cleared the way and normal traffic was resumed later in the day. The rock was said to have meas
ured more than twenty feet across.
College Purchases 28 Acres
Raleigh ? The governor and
Council of State Monday approved
deedi by which Appalachian State
Teachers College will acquire
about 28 acres of land adjoining
its campus at Boone.
The state will pay the heirs of
Dr. B. B. Dougherty and D. D.
Dougherty 1112,361.34 for the
land, to be used as the site of a
new football stadium and two new
college buildings. Dr. Dougherty
was the founder of the college and
its president for many years.
Buildings, Stadium
The deeds call for the transfer
of 1.9 acres on Faculty Street at
a price of $24,688.69, a 5.487-acre
tract on Faculty Street for #48,
874.69 and a 19.399-acre site ad
joining the southern boundaries
of the campus for $38,796. College
buildings will be built on the first
two sites and the football stadi
um on the third.
At the same time the state re
ceived from the Dougherty heirs
at no cost quitclaim deeds for
three tracts of land on which col
lege facilities are located.
These are: 1.14 acres on Appa
lachian Street on which part of
the present fotball field and the
old boys' gymnasium are located:
1,800 square feet on which a corn
er of the new physical education
building is located; and 9,369
square feet on which the college
reservoir la located.
John S. Brown
Rites Are Held
John Sherman Brown, 92, of
403 Queen 8treet, died Thursday
at Watauga HoipiUl.
Mr. Brown had been seriously
ill lor three weeks.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at 2:30 o'clock at the South
Fork Baptist Church, Todd, by
Rev. M. D. Hart, Rev. Raymond
Hendrix and Rev. Hoover Greene
and burial was In the Brown ceme
tery, at Brownwood.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Rebecca Norrls Brown, two sons
and (our daughters by a previous
marriage: Edgar T. Brown, Woods
burn, Oregon; Walter H. Brown,
Boone; Mrs. Bessie McGulre, Todd;
Mrs. Peart Pryor, Tacoma, Wash.;
Mrs. Blanch Watson, TuUahoma.
Tenn.; Mrs. Mand Lee, Abingdon,
Va.; two brothers. Rev. A. K.
Brown, Mountain City, Tens.;
Dixon H. Brown. Lewiston, Idaho;
seventeen grandchildren, 38 great
grandchildren and five great
Phone tax poses a dilemma (or
Donald Boyden, Former
Hotelist, SuccumbsWed.
Donald Jefferson Boyden, 66,
former Blowing Rock hoteltit and
pioneer reaident of Boone died at
Watauga Hospital last Wednesday
morning, after a long illness.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 11 a. m. at the Reins
Sturdivant Funeral Home chapel
in Boone and burul vat in the
city cemetery. Rev. E. F. Trout
man, pastor of Grace Luthern
Church, conducted the rites.
Mr. Boyden was a son of the
late Stephen William Boyden of
Salisbury and Margaret Councill
Boyden of Boone. Ha had spent a
great deal of his early life at the
home of his grandmother, Mrs. W.
B. Councill, and in later years
owned the Blowing Rock Hotel at
Blowing Rock, which he operated.
He had also managed the May
view Manor under lease for a year.
Prominent in the affairs of the
resort town, he was former Secre
tary of the Blowing Rock Horse
Show Association, and one of the
founders of the Show. He had
business interests in Knoxville,
Tenn. where he resided during
the winters.
Mr. Boyden had been employed
in a supervisory capacity at Ap
palachian State Teachers College
for several years.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Drew Colvard, Evansville, Ind.; a
brother, Councill Boyden of Camp
Butner, N. C.; two sisters, Mrs.
Harold S. Rand, North Hollywood,
Calif.; Mrs. J. M. Holland, of Gas
tonia.
Winebarger Child
Dies Saturday
Douglas McD. Winebarger, in
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Winebarger, Route 3, Boone, died
Saturday, February 6.
Funeral services were held at
Bethany Lutheran Church Sunday
by Rev. James Bayne and burial
was in the church cemetery.
The parents survive with one
brother and one sister: Claud, Jr.
and Claudine.
241 SEsproclamat,?
Brotherhood Week
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler has made public the text
of a proclamation which he has issued commending the
observance of Brotherhood Week.
The proclamation is as follows:
Whereas, Brotherhood Week, sponsored by the National
Conference of Christians and Jews, gives freedom-loving
people an opportunity to rededicate themselves as in
dividuals to the basic ideals' of respect for people and
human rights, which ,are essential to our way of life;
and d- bv: to** b, ? '
Whereas, the fathers of our country defined the pur
pose of its founding to be "to form a more perfect union,"
and in the words of George Washington to "give to bigo
try no sanction, to persecution no assistance" and
Whereas, our way of life, granted to us as a heritage
which we must safeguard for future generations,
threatened by the forces of communism, which would
destroy our liberties; a
Now, therefore. I, Gordon H. Winkler, Mayor of
Boone, do call upon our citizens to join with other
Americans in the observance of the week of Washington's
birthday. February U- 28, I860,
a period to affirm anew and to rededicate Ourselves to
the practice of the brotherhood of man under the FathJ?
hoodofGod.