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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NOBTH CAROLINA THUK8DAY, FEBRUARY IC, 1M1
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VOLUME LXXIII. ? NO. S3
TOWN OFFICIALS. ? John Councill, band upraiwd, new member
of the town council, wu administered the oath of office lut week
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| by Mayor Howard J. Cottrell. Grady Tugmm, left, and Wayne
| Richardson, other councilmen, look on.
Cottrell Is
New Mayor
Howard J. Cottrell resigned hi*
position as Alderman of the Town
of Boone last Wednesday and was
immediately sworn in as Mayor
succeeding Mayor Gordon H.
Winkler.
The changeover at city hall
came immediately following the
induction of Mr. Winkler as a
member of the State Senate. He
> had served as Mayor for 17 years.
Taking Mr. Cottrell's place on
the Board is John H. CouaciU,
Boone business man.
Mr. Cottrell has served on the
board for seven and a half years.
A son of the late D. Jones, Cot
trell and Mrs. Cottrell, he wa?
educated at Appalachian College
and has been manager of the Ap
palachian College Book Store for
20 years.
Mr. Councill is a son of the late
Tracy Councill and Mrs. Councill,
is a graduate of the University of
North Carolina, spent four years
in the Navy, and since 1955 has
been in the oil and real estate
business in Boone.
Mrs. Winkler
DieslnDurham
Mrs. Carl Winkler. 63, of 1007
Morehead Ave., Durham, died
Saturday at a Durham hospital,
following an extended illness.
Mrs. Winkler was the former
Miss Virgie Rogers, a native of
Boone, and a daughter of the late
Wade Rogers and Mrs. Lou Pear
son Rogers.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday at Hall-Wayne Chapel
in Durham. The body was brought
to Boone where graveside servics
were conducted at Mount Lawn
Memorial Park.
Survivors are the husband, two
sons and a daughter: Roger Wink
ler, Durham; Halbert Winkler,
Asheville; Mrs. Griffin Loyd,
1 Chapel Hill; three sisters and
three brothers: Mrs. Delia Rogers,
Boone; Mrs. Ella Higgins, Boone;
Mrs. James Vannoy, Columbus,
Mont; Coy Rogers, Deep Gap;
Henry and Alton Rogers, Boone.
There are four grandchildren and
^>ne great grandchild.
StateTravel Editor Offers Sage
Advice For Attracting Visitors
1 I Mrs. Miriam Rabb of Boone.
High School Band Has
Six In Carolina Clinic
iuc Aji|f??L'ni?n mtfn ocnwi
Band, under, the direction of Mr.
George Kiraton, was very proud
and honored to have six of its
members representing them in the
1961 Northwestern North Carolina
Band Clinic.,
The members included: Barbara
Matheson, Ben Miller, Robert
Cook, Elizabeth Bartlett, Betsey
Isley, and Janie Price. William
High also made the clinic but was
unable to attend due to illness.
The clinic, which was recently
held in Boone, was divided up into
two bands, the Symphonic Band
and the Concert Band. The Sym
phonic Band was directed by Dr.
Paul Bryan, director of bands at
Duke University. The Concert
Band was directed by Dr. William
G. Spencer, A. S. T. C. music de
partment head. Charles L. Isley,
Jr., A. S. T. C. band director, was
clinic chairman.
The tryouts for the clinic were
held this year in Lenoir and Salis
bury. Out of those trying out ap
proximately one hundred were
turned down. The original plans
were to have one hundred and
sixty students repressing twenty
six high schools, but due to the
weather not all of the bands were
represented.
College Ban^
Concert Set?
The College Band will preient
a concert February 23 at 8 p. m.,
in the Fine Arta Building Audi
torium. The concert will be open
to the public with no charge.
Charles L. Isley, band director,
announced the program will be
light in nature, featuring soloists,
trios, and a Dixieland ensemble.
CARTER JOSEPH FARTHING
C. J. Farthing
Funeral Held
Carter Joseph Farthing, 07, of
Boone, Route 3, died Tuesday of
last week at Watauga Hospital
after a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted
at 2 o'clock Thursday at Oak Grove
Baptist Church by Rev. Walter
Jones, Rev. Hoyt Robinson, and
Rev. C. Q Vance. Burial was in
Mountlawn Memorial Park.
Born in Watauga county, Mr.
Farthing was a son of the late
Rev. Harrison- Harthing and Mrs.
Carolina Dougherty Farthing. He
was superintendent of the State
Prison Camp near Boone for many
years, but retired three years ago,
due to failing health.
He was a deacon and Sunday
school teacher at the Oak Grove
Baptist Church.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
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WtPrld Day Of Prayer Will Be
Observed^ In Union Services
The act of prayer is ai old as
man himaelf and man'i belief in
ita power aa enduring aa the chain
, of life upon this planet The pow
| er of prayer is known to milliona
' with abiding devotion and faith.
[The eagerness of people today to
and together and a<H collectively
multiplying their atrength la
lected in their effort to pray
ether across the vast geograph
l) distances between them.
World Day of Prayer, sponsored
| in the U. 8. by United Church
Women of the National Council
of Churchea, carries with it a po
tential fore* worthy of the nuclear
age in which we live. From a day
act aside back In )M7 at the sug
gestion of one woman of one de
nomination to pray lor the suc
cess of Its home missions and to
brine gifts for their support.
World Day of Prayer haa grown
into a giant interdenominational,
international prayer circle.
Now the people of 148 countries
take part and their sifts help pro
vide schools, colleges, hospitals,
doctors, nurses, teachers, vacation
church schools, day-care centers,
mobile clinics, scholarships and
spiritual nurture in America and
in many lands overs***.
la (Mae, services will be k(M
at the Boone Methodist Ckarek,
at 7JI p. m.. Friday, February
17. The local chairman of World
Continued on page 3, sec. B)
who is travel editor for the State
News Bureau, came back home
Tuesday noon to address the Boone
Chamber of Commerce, and to tell
the homefolks some of the things
she believM may be don* her* to
HBlwnra the standing of the com
munity and area as a resort sec
tion.
Mrs. FUbb, who was the first
publicity director for Horn in the
West and who did a superb job of
puttihg the outdoor drama before
the country, sees a bright future
for the region in the development
of the tourist industry through
better accommodations, better
food, more recreational advant
ages, and an improved job of
public relations and of general
publicity.
Some of Mrs. Rabb's remarks
follow:
A survey sponsored by the
Travel Council of North Carolina
placed the value of the travel-serv
ing industry at $773 million in
1989, with only the State's nation
leading textile and tobacco indus
tries exceeding it in dollar vol
ume. That figure (for 1900) re
presented total income of the
travel-serving industry and includ
ed all trade of these establish
ments. <390 million from travel
ers; $234 million from visitors
from out of state, and $190 million
from North Carolinians traveling
in their home state. IB, 088 firms
arc engaged in serving the travel
er in North Carolina, and they
employ 71,708 people. The State
collected, in 1906, $130 million in
taxes from the travel-serving in
dustry during the year.
So what can we do to meet com
petition?
We'll start talking about that by
adding up some of the things we
already have ? some God-given,
and some developed by man.
1. Scenery
2. Climate (spring through fall)
? and doesn't winter have possibi
lities?
3. Recreation (scenic trips,
"Horn", cultural events at ASTC,
fishing, proximity to other fine re
sorts, golf, miniature golf, Park
way, etc. etc.)
4. Accommodations ({rial deve
lopment ilnce IBM in this ? more
motor courts, pools, expanded and
improved hotels, etc.) '
5. And this shouldn't be last,
really, hospitality ? how hospit
able?
8. Industrial development which
Isn't destroying the beauty of our
town and county, but actually im
proves appearance and "climate of
living".
7. Services and communications
? stores, shops, newspaper, radio
statioo, telegraph and telephone
service, newspaper delivery, bus
service, service stations, TV re
pair, milk routes, etc. f
8. Civic responsibility and en -I
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EARLY REBUILDING SEEN
Blaze Sweeps Through
Burgess Furniture Store
Wednesday
Fire Leaves
$30,000 Toll
Fire of undetermined origin
swept through the store of Bur
gess Furniture Co. it King and
Water Streets early Thursday
morning, bringing a loss to build
ing and merchandise of more than
thirty-thousand dollars, according
to the report of Fire Chief R. D.
Hodges, Jr.
The blaze originated in the
basement on the Water Street side
of the brick building, and burned
through the floor and into the
ceiling. The fire was discovered
by the driver of an A & P van.
Mr. Vaughn Roten, store mana
ger, says the contents of the store
was valued at more than $25,000
and that a great part of the mer
candise was completely destroyed.
The building, leased from Mr.
W. R. Winkler was damaged more
than $7,000, it was said.
Mr. Roten said the re-building
of the store will be commenced
as soon as the sale of the damaged
content* can be concluded. Tem
porary offices have been set up
next door for the purpose of sup
plying costomer service, and to re
ceive payments on budget ac
counts.
Mr. Roten commended the
prompt and efficient action of the
fire department In confining the
fire to the building, and keeping
the loss at a minimum.
Local Solon
Is Honored
Senator Gordon H. Winkler has
been accorded the chairmanship of
one committee and membership
on a number of others, Lieuten
ant-Governor Cloyd Philpott in
forms the Democrat.
Senator Winker is Chairman of
the Committee on Journal, Vice
Chairman of the Local Govern
ment Committee, and is a member
of Appropriations, Agriculture,
Banking, Public Health, Public
Welfare, Retirement, Employment
Security, Salaries and Fees.
Kennedy asks delay in atom test
ban talks.
iwnrisTBV SFFKERS Eugene Harris, Raleigh (second from left), goes over survey outline he presented
merce; Dr. Gene Reese, county commissioner; and John Councill, town councilman ? SUff p
Chamber Hears Conservation Leader
Tell Of Local Industrial Needs
Greene Takes
Former Post
Ralph G. Greene, who was re
placed as acting postmaster at
Boone at the cloce of business last
Tuesday evening, has resumed his
former duties as Field Service Of
ficer with the Atlanta Regional
Office of the Post Office Depart
ment.
He will maintain an office in
Asheville and will havf jurisdic
tion over postal matters in the
western portion of the state. Field
officials in a similar capacity are
also stationed at Charlotte, Greens
boro and Raleigh.
Mr. Greene is a career postal
employee, having first served as
carrier and clerk at the Boone
post office prior to entering the
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Mayor Commends Observance
Of Brotherjiood Week Here
I commend the observance of Brotherhood Week,
February 21-28, to all our citizens. It is well, at a time
when the principles upon which our democracy is founded
are gravely threatened, that we should reassert them firmly
and rededicate ourselves to their daily practice. Brother
hood Week, sponsored by the National Conference of
Christians and Jews, provides an opportunity to affirm our
acceptance of the obligations implicit in the brotherhood
of man under the Fatherhood of God.
O HOWARD J. COTTRELL
Mayor, Town of Boone.
By JOE C. MINOR
"Community development, or to
be more specific, community prep
aration for industrial development, ,
begins with the recognition of a
need and la motivated by the de
sire to satisfy this need."
Eugene Harris, of Raleigh, made
this point Monday night as he dis
cussed with the Boone Chamber of
Commerce representatives and oth
ers certain needs and requirements
the group should meet before they
could hope to have much success
in the quest of new industry. Mr.
Harris is a representative of the
Community Development Section,
Division of Commerce and Indus
try, Conservation and Development
Department.
Mr. Harris was here at the invi
tation of the Chamber of Com
merce to explain how industry
might be attracted to the area, and
how the services of the Conserva
tion and Development department
might be obtained and used. Pres
sent at the meeting were officials
of Watauga county, the Town of
Boone, members of the Optimist
Club, and representatives of the
Blowing Rock Chamber of Com
merce.
Mr. Harris cited certain figures
in his introduction, furnished by
the U. S. Commerce Department,
that make new industries desire
able. An industry hiring 100 per- 1
sons supports 2M people; accounts 1
for 112 households, 31 more school i
children; supplies 9900,000 per- I
sonal income, 9270,000 more bank '
deposits; means 107 more passen- i
ger cars and 174 more workers I
employed in the area; can sup
port four more retail establish- ,
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Budget Group W ouldU Allot
$4,953,797 To Appalachian
Raleigh.? The Advisory Budget
Commission has recommended to
the Legislature that Appalachian
State Teachers CoDege be allotted
*4,#6J,7t7, hut coupled the appro
priation with ? request that the
college raise its tuition.
The commission's budget was
presented to the General Assembly
last Wednesday.
I Key recommendations relating to
the Boone school included:
Raising tuition of in-state stu
dents by $90 (to $130); and out
of-state students by ?8S (to $400).
Discontinuing college (ana oper
atiom by next January.
Increasing operating appropria
tion* enough to provide ?189,000
in faculty aalary raisM; 180,000 for
library booka; >95.00 for equip
ment; and on* new faculty poaf
tioo.
Appropriating 92,723.000. for new
buildinga and renovation*.
Moat of the recommended capi
tal improvement appropriation*
would go for theae major building
projects:
New education claaaroom build
ing, ?72.t (khi Money to he gotten
from (tatewide bond laau* to be
voted on by the people.
Combination student center snd
cafeteria, $1,017,800 (also to be
financed by statewide bond issues).
The $000,000 cafeteria would be
financed entirely from the bond
issue. The student center would
get 1917,900 from the bond Issue.
Another 9017,900 to complete the
building would have to be borrow
ed by the college and repaid on a
aelf 'liquidating basis from fees,
etc.
Dormitory for 900 women, to re
place Lovill Hall, oldest dormitory
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MAJOR CARLOS DE LIMA
Major DeLima
Dies Monday
Major Carlos DeLima, 69, of 210
Hardin Street died Monday after
noon at S o'clock at Watauga
Hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held
this (Wednesday) afternoon at 1
o'clock at the Boone Methodist
Church by the pastor, Rev. Pres
Ion Hughes, who will be assisted
in the brief service by Rev. E. F.
rroutman of the Lutheran Church
ind Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr., Presby
terian Church pastor.
Preceding the funeral there
?trill be a program of organ music
from Chopin, and Mrs. Gay Ban
ncr nuNn win sing Avi nana ai
the dote of the service.
Active pallbearer* were: Jska
Caudill, John Councill, Jay Beach,
Jerry Coe, John Houck and Arm
field Coffey.
The family uki that no flow
er* be lent. In lieu thereof, con
tributions may be made to a mem
orial fund for the North Carolina
Heart Association, earmarked
specifically for research In heart
diseases.
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Ma
jor DeLima came to this country
as ? youth. He served for mora
than thirty jears in the Army, and
served aa Finance Officer both in
this country and at foreign basis.
Surviving are the wide*, the
former Mr*. Louise
ridge, and two i
snn Aldridge of
Mrs. A. It
Calif.