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VOI I ME LXX1II. ? SO 27 PRICE: FIVE CENTS BOONE, WATAl'GA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 5. 1961
SIXTEEN PAGES? TWO SECTIONS
I Local Sponsors For Gay Inaugural Hall
MARGARET LYNN H AC A MAN
\1A RCA RET HOSK BROWN
Miss Margaret Lynn Hagainan.
daughter of I)r and Mrs Len I)
ilagaman, and Miss Margaret Rose
Blown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Wade K. Brown, were recently
chosen sponsors for the Inaugural
Hall honoring Governor and Mrs.
Terry Sanford to be held at the
Memorial Auditorium in Kaleigh
this i Wednesda\ ) evening
Miss Hagaman is a student at
Salem College and her escort will
be John Kalph Buchanan of N. C
State < ollege.
Miss Brown is attending Wo
man's College and Pa u 1 Hartlctt,
also of N (' State College, will be
her escort.
The sponsors and their escorts
will be honored at a coffee at the
Carolina Country Club this after
noon
Religious Emphasis Week W ill
Begin At College Nexl Sunday
"Religion: Fad or Fact''" This
is the theme of Religious Kmphas
in Week, to l>e ol>serve<l on the
campus of Appalachian State
Teachers College. January 8 12
Main spcahT will be Prof H
<i And ei' '..o^ instructor of church
history ;ti Lutheran Theological
Southern Seminary in Columbia,
Souch Carolina
j Volunteer Firemen Go
To 21 Fires In I960
The Boone Volunteer Fire I)'1
partmcnt answered a total of 21
calls during I960, according to
hire Chief Howard .J ( ottrell
Kight calls were within the town
limits, and 13 were outside in the
cou nty.
A total estimated damage of
$129,060 was done by the fire>.
with two fires alone accounting
for the greater part of this loss
The Watauga FCX fire in early
'.WO an estimated damage of
$55,400 tor the greatest loss in
Boone, and the M I. Met 'lung
home fire late in December ac
counted lor approximately $50,000
loss Approximately $59,060 dam
age was suffered in Boone, and
approximately $70,000 outside
the town
No personal Injuries win- ?<
ported as a result of the f res and
in Boone there was no "total loss. "
the firemen being able to slop or
contain the I ires before every tiling
burned. The McCIunu fire, in the
Hardin development, just out of
town, could not be controlled be
cause of the lack of water with
which to fiuht it and the fact the
department could not uet there be
fore most of the damage was done
This is the second consecutive \ ear
the department was able to report
no 'total loss" fires within Boone.
Broken down, there were 12
house or residential fires, two
merchantile <a restuarant and
KlX). two urass fires, and five
miscellaneous (auto, wood sheds,
etc )
()i\e "stand b\ c;ill from out
side the county was received, and
while it was unnecessary to an
swer the alarm, the department
stood ready to assist had the
nemhbm iiijj county needed the
help, ac coi diriK to ( arl (irecne.
fireman.
A native of Los Angeles. Cali
fornia Mr. Anderson attended
Vale l'ni\ersit> and the Lutheran
Theological Seminary in Philadel
phia He Mine has done graduate
work at LI'S in Philadelphia, at
Cornel1 Iniversity, and at the L'ni
\ersitv of Pennsylvania
He has served on the National
Student Committee of the YMCA,
on the National Board for a Christ
ian Ministry in the National Parks,
and as Boys' Club worker in Lon
don, Kngland.
Author "I several articles and
reviews fur denominational per
i"<licals. Mi Anderson lias had
teaching cxpeiience at LTS in
Philadelphia and. at present, in
Columbia s Lutheran seminary.
"We an- fortunate to obtain
Mr Anderson for Kcligious Km
phasis Week.' states Religious
Council president . Dale Gaddy
He i ep<?i teuls is a v ivacious
speakei a \ Mill's man with \oung
ideas Iin confident he will hold
the nit' rest of everyone who
heats him A special invitation s
extended i<> the general public in
the Boone area
A union meeting of all denomi
nations <>p?n to the general pub
lie as well ,1- college students
will be tin kick off program of
i c"iit inued on page two )
Driver H reeked Car Gets H etting
Photo Georg? Mower*. Flowers' Photo Shop j,
C OOL DII'. ? Curtis liay flaird, Blowing Kock, cscapcd with "just a chill' when his car rolled into creek
Curtis Hay Baitd, of Blowing
!\<h k ?ml Camp l,ejucnc. escaped
injury Sunday afternoon. but got
a good writing when the car ho
was driving went off a crook bank
a. id landed on its top near Tweet
sie Railroad
According to Patrolman 'rcorgo
L Baker, who investigated Uic ac
eident. Hnird, who was driving a|
tar owned by his mother, Mrs
(iraer Alma LuLUell B.nrd. route
1 Blowing Itoek. met a friend en!
the highway and attempted to turn
around on the shoulder of the high
way The ear hit the wet shoulder,
went into a skid and slid down the
Middlcfoik creek bank, stopping
only alter it had turned wheels
up Damage to the car wa>? rsti
mated at approximately $150 00 J
Hand, who was on leave from
( amp Lejucne, suffered only a ,
"chill" I h
The accident happened about jt
3 o clock. J
Seal Sale
Result Good
Several weeks have passed since
the mailing of Tuberculosis Christ
mas Seals and the response has
been good, although some folks
have overlooked sending their con
tributions for the seals.
It is now later than you think,
but it is not too late to send your
check or cash to be included in the
TB Seal sale figures for Watauga;
county, accoiding to Ruth T
Draughon. executive secretary of
the Aileghany-Ashe- Watauga Asso- i
nation Mrs. ITraughn issued a
"Please" for your contributions,'
with a strong reminder that yout
Seal sale dollars "work for you,
your neighbor, and your county all
through the year."
1 o\ Child Is
Hurt By Auto
Glenn Fox. 14. son of Mr and
Mrs Ira Fox 01 Vilas suffered
head and body cuts and multiple
bruises when he was struck by an
automobile while crossing the
highway near his home.
George W Price of Meadowview.
Va was the driver of the car
which figured in the accident
Glenn. who is a patient at Grace
Hospital, Banner Flk. is reported
to be improving
Building Was
Brisk In 1960
Building in Boone again ap
approached the half million dollar
mark for a year, according to
Howard J ( ottrell, building in
sped or A total of $424. (KM) was
V' 'it in the town on new buildings
and renovations, according to the
inspector This was approximately
the same as spent in 1959, he said
Broken down, a total of $87. (XX)
wav spent on commercial buildings
and S.MT.UOO for residential, both
private homes and apartments
Seoul Honor
( lourt Is Set
A I.oy Sc<>ut Court of Honor will
-><? held nt the Perkinsville Baptist
hunh at 7 p in. Thursday Janu
1 1 > r)
All Scout. s. Cub Scouts and par
?nt.s arc asked to attend.
VISIT IN (iOLKTOWN
i'inehurst. N C , Dec 30
\mong thr many guests arriving
n Colftown USA" Thursday.
December 2frth were Mr and Mrs 1
J < ( line of 103 Edge wood Drive,
loonc. While here they will he
quests at The Holly Inn.
A temple routing $5,000,000 to I
< present thr world's six major!
elipiou.s faiths has been proposed '
or Washington.
The structure would have a
nam section with a wing added to,
>e used by people of thesr faiths,
hnstianity. Hinduism, Buddhism, |
udiasni, Confucianism, and Islam. 1
niEJTLL ALWAYS REMEMBER IT
Mountainous Snows High
Spot In IN ews Of Year
Review Oi *60
Is Taken From
Democrat Files
Nineteen hundied and sixty was;
a good >ear for Boone and Wa
tauga county, most folks agree, but
among all the news which made
the headlines, and about which
there has been the most talk, the
mountainous snows of February
and March stood out as the most
talked of occurrence of the year.
They will be talking about the
blocked country roads and the Red
Cross and National Guard relief
missions for many years to come,
and of course distance will lend
depth to the drifts and pangs to
the discomforts endured. But it
was a heap of snow ? make sure
of that.
Below are listed some of the
happenings of I960 as reflected in
the Watauga Democrat's news
columns:
January 7 ? Watauga Farm in- I
come dropped half million dol
lars in 1959; Boone postal receipts
are up 20 per cent during year, i
Chamber of Commerce says year
is noted for civic promotions; Dr.
Reese is dimes prexy; 145 arrests
made in city during year; State
travel take chalks up new record.
January 14 Boone buiiey mar
ket leads State in average price, ?
as 4,262,000 pounds are sold, John i
Larkins speaks in Boone and '
makes bid for Gubernatorial no- 1
mination; Funeral held for Earl
Deal, Bobbins heads Blowing Rock
Commerce group; Charles Hodges,
pioneer teacher, dies at Sands ,
home; Watauga county jails 504
during year, year was good to
Blowing Rock, Chamber of Com
mnivn rn.vtrk .hmu
January 21 ? Radio system
speeds reading of Boone water
meters; Mrs. Joseph Worth leads
mother's polio march, Tip Shull
dies, Mrs Ellen Ford Cannon dies;
C'lawson is honored by YDC;
PoIiCeiimii Cottrcll seizes truck
load of sugar, Frank Payne named
chairman of Hospital board; U. W.
Watkins honored for 35 years
lied Cross Service.
January 28 FCX store is dam
aged by fire; C. V Henkel, of
Statesville and Blowing Kock
seeks Democratic nomination for
Lieutenant Governor; County Re
publicans set convention date,
Frank Greene dies; Terry San ford
comes to Watauga for meeting
with Democratic leaders; Bank
has fine year, Dr Whitener writes
volume on State's industrial grow
th after Civil War; bids received
on r. modeling college dormitory.
Archie Coffey dies in Lenoir
February 4 Dr. Whiten* r quits
boa id of education to take position
with State Boaid of Archives and
History; Watauga Scouts to ob
serve golden jubilee of Scout
movement, plans made for garden
on Horn in West property. Fuller
new principal Cove Creek High
School, Watson named chairman
< ounty Republican Committee;
Fail Penick named President of
uoiary i iud.
February ]1 Second expansion
being made at Shadowhnc plant to .
provide jobs for 150 more work
crs, College bu\s 28 acres for cx
pansion, Donald Bo\dcn former
Blowing litM'k leader and hotelisl. '
dies, John Sherman Brown sue
t limbs, Stanley Harris, Dr. Owsley
honored for IJo> Scout activities,
Woody Herman and his band to
play for May Pay ball. Frank K
(irecne dies at Pearl Harbor.
Parkway travel shows increase
over 1 959
February 18 -Sixteen inches of
snow snarls traffic and closes
county schools, Harrison resigns
as school bus mechanic; John
Corey titled Man of Year b>
Boone Jaycces; Mrs H'ght Hollar
dies, Kichard Hollar dies at Blow
mg flock; Yule tree growers plan
meeting
February 25 ? Grady Morctz,
Jr. named to succeed Dr. W'hite
ncr on School board, Weatherman |
spills more snow, fcg gcrs to run i
for Republican nomination for
Lieutenant Governorship, Miss Eu
la Todd dies in Ashe; Mrs Manilla
Davis Walker dies in vain effort
to bring food to children through
raging storm; highway 321 south
blocked by landslide; Rural Re
creation Institute is arranged.
March 3 ? Campaign starts for
funds for Shadowline expansion;
John Kirk is named dean of men;
Grandfather Mountain bridge on
Esso road maps; Duncan named
grid coach at college; Pritchett
quits as dean of men and resumes
teaching at College; Mrs. A C.
Mast dies; Mrs. John Wilson fun
eral held.
March 10- Nineteen inches more
snow finds county digging out
again; Little Symphony arriving;
schools may be reopened Thurs
day; Parkway gets three and a
half million; Kenneth Perry nam
ed assistant farm agent; Wilkes:
power dam is approved.
March 17 Red Cross. Guard ,
units act to aid snow victims as j
Watauga is classified as disaster j
area; primary roads have been j
opened; 224 inches of snow fell
last week; Roy Brown dies; George
Trivett is killed when he's crushed
by coal truck; Shadowline em
ployees get pay with 900 pounds
of silver dollars; helicopters fly
relief missions from college athle- |
tic field; snow pictures bring com
plete sellout of Watauga Democrat
on all newsstands; family without
fuel, child barefoot in storm; L. L.
Gragg dies at Blowing Rock
March 24 ? Shadowline sales
campaign goes strong; highway
forces mass equipment to open
storm-chocked highways; Mrs. J
L. Quails dies at age 85; many en
listed in emergency distribution of
food fuel; schools open two days
only to close again; parkway
bridge will open 211 mile link;
1200 bales of hay aids farmers.
March 31 ? Census takers start
nose count Friday, Claude Gar
land heads count in Watauga;
Vaughn Dillard Miller dies as car
plunges from Lenoir Blowing Rock
I highway, Ralph Tugman named to
head United fund; Music contests
held at Appalachian; Walter Bing
ham dies; Claud Mast, Denver
Bryan taken by death, Gordon
Winkler to run for Senate; Junior
High School chorus rates superior;
Henny Penny vote slated.
April 7 ? 134 projects are enter
1 ed in Northwest Science Fair; Mrs.
Watt Gragg dies in Charlotte from
1 sudden illness; Rev. J. Boyce
Brooks is called to Baptist Church,
Dr. Workman, College professor,
dies; Jack Edmisten, Helen Under
down run again; winter's road
1 damage set at five millions, Dr.
W. C Tate, pioneer Banner Elk
I surgeon, dies.
April 14? Ground broken for ad
j dition to Shadowline; Clean up
days set for May; Wade Brown
i runs for Senate nomination, mem
bers of board of education file in
i primary; election board officials
named; Murray Coffey files for
House seat; joint meeting Cham
ber Commerce and Lions Club
held; Scoutarama planned; high
way workers praised for fight
against storm; road funds are al
lotted
April 21? Many candidates file
for county office, golf course opens
after being closed for two months;
AAA travel counselors tour of
area is announced by H. W. Wil
cox, Chamber Commerce presi
dent; Parkway opens gates; "Life"
tourist may features this area;
Koscoe Little succumbs in Roa
1 noke; Teen age roadeo is set.
April 28 ? Will C. Walker
, pioneer Boone jeweler dies;
j Spring festival planned at College;
Clubwomen spark clean-up effort
j through Chamber of Commerce
! committee; Bloodmobile is com
! ing; President of Society of Travel
writers likes Boone; Chamber of
| Commerce lists aims; Parkway
| blossom schedule given; winners
j in bike safety contest announced;
j Miss Betsy Nichols gets Belk
scholarship.
(continued on page two)
Mrs. Linney Attends
National Music Meet
Dallas, Texas, Dec 26 ? Mrs. Vir
ginia Wary Linney of Appalachian
State Teachers College, Boone, at
tended the National Convention of
the National Association of Teach
ers of Singing in Dallas Dec. 27
through 30
Those who attended heard art
ist singers discuss their technician
and learned how other outstanding
teachers handle their students to
make the most of their voices.
Honor guest was Michael Head
of London, England, a fellow in
the Royal Academy of Music, who
presented a song recital on the
opening day.
Other main events included a
lecture recital on Bach arias for
voico with William Scheide of
New York, director of the Bach
Aria Group, as lecturer, assisted
h>v Norman Farrow, baritone. Dal
las; a recital by Barbara Faulkner,
chosen by, NATS as 1959 Singer of
the Year; an address by Dr. Fried
rich S. Brodnitz, M D., chief of
the voice and speech clinic, Mount
Sinai Hospital, New York Cit', ;
two maater sessions by Olga Ryss,
artist teacher of New York City
and Aspen, Colo ; and a banquet
address by Dr. Walter Prescott
Webb, nationally known historian
from the University of Texas.
The National Association of
Teachers of Singing has 2,500
members including outstanding
opera singers and concert singers
as well as teachers in colleges and
private teachers all over the coun
try. It was organized 16 years ago.
This is the first national conven
tion to be held in the Southwest.
MOUNTAINS OF SNOW. ? Chief topic of conversation last March was the big snow. Here's
mow and icc along the mountain highway that rcacbcd ton feet or more ia depth.
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