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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fourth Year of Continuous Publication ' '
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VOLUME LXXIV.- NO. 12
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER SI, IM1
SIXTEEN PAGES? TWO SECTIONS
Photo Flowers' Photo Shop
PART OF THE RECORD FRESHMAN CLASS RELAX IN FRONT OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT COLLEGE
670 Students At Elementary School
Pose Safety Problem For Officials
With an enrollment of 670 stu
dents the elementary school has
a safety problem this year.
The mayor and town officials
have been very cooperative in
making it as safe as possible
around the school for your child
ren.
Before school opened the town
officials fcajne down and myrked
off the 'streets with yellow lines
and repaired the hard surface
around the school building for
safety purposes.
College Street has been desi
gnated as a one way street espec
ially during school hours. There
will be no parking on either side
of the street in front of the elem
entary school as this creates a
hazard to your child's safety. It is
hoped that all patrons and college
students will obaerve these rules.
,C?r*- foyndde. the yellow lined
areas will be given traffic violation
tickets by the police department.
The elementary school will not
open until 7:45 each morning.
Deep Gap Man Is
Burned In Crash
North Wilkesboro. ? James Boyd
Atkins, 30, of Deep Gap, burned
to death in a wrecked automobile
19 miles west of here on old U. S.
Highway 421, about midnight Sun
day.
Atkins died in the flaming
wreckage of a 1036 model car
which left the highway and plung
ed down a bank on what has be
come known as "Dead Man's
Curve" because of many fatalities
there over a period of 23 years.
The report of the accident by
State Highway Patrolman W. L.
Garrison stated the car was owned
and driven by Mrs. Dempsey
Brooks Phillips, 26, of Jonesville,
formerly of Deep Gap.
With her in the front seat was
her husband, Joseph James Phil
lips, and Connard Curtis Atkins,
27, of Deep Gap. In the back
seat, she was quoted as saying,
was James Boyd Atkins.
The car, headed west, failed to
make the curve on the old high
way, proceeded 190 feet parallel
to the highway, struck rocks and
trees, made a complete spin, and
the rear of the car crashed into
a tree down a 30-foot embank
ment and about 20 feet from water
in Lewis Fork Creek. The wreck
age stopped headed in the opposite
direction from the way the car
was traveling before it left the
pavement.
Joseph James Phillips and Con
nard Curtis Atkins were thrown
from the wreck. Atkins had facial
lacerations and a back injury.
Phillips had facial lacerations.
Mrs. Phillips had multiple lac
erations and bruises and was suf
fering from shock.
A passing motorist flagged on
U. S. Highway 421 notified of
ficers and an ambulance in North
Wilkesboro at 2 a. m. Monday.
Patrolman Garrison said he ar
rived shortly after 2 a. m., at
which time the completely burned
wreck was cold, indicating an
elapse of about two hours after
It burned.
The charred remain? of James
Boyd Atkins were in the back por
tion of the burned wreck, under
what was left of the rear seat cu
shion.
Wilkes Coroner M. W. Green,
Jr., said Atkins apparently was
injured to such an extent that he
was unconscious or disabled from
(Continued on page two)
Over 200,000 Visit
Parkway In August
James River, Va., (Mile 0 to
IIS) ? Visitors this month, 164.389;
Visitors same month last year,
190,030. ,
Rocky Know, Va., (Mile 119 to
217)? VMtors this month. 183,400;
Viaitors same month last year,
169.923
Bluffs. N. C? (Mile 217 to 309)
??Visitors this month. 218,344;
Visitors same month last year,
174,822.
Ashevill*. N. C., (Mile 309 to
489)? Visitors this month. 410,231;
Visitors same month last year,
397,982. ,v? |
Total viaitors this month ? 993,
400; Total visitors same month
last year, 8M.94?> ,
Calendar Year 1961 ? 4J 46,396
visitors to date.
Calendar Year 1960 ? 3,545,222
visitors to date.
Calendar Year 1M1 compared
with Calendar Year 1000, increase
134%.
This month compared with same
month last year, increase 0.0%.
Total number of visitors is figur
ed on basis of 3.3 persona per
vehicle.
A total of 215,944 visitors were
counted on the Bluff Diatrict (Vir
ginia and North Carolina state
line to Beacon Heights Mile Poet
300) during the month of August.
This was an increaae of 27.2 per
cent over the same month last
year.
when the first pupil arrives. Pupili
in town need not arrive until 8:3<
each morning. Bus children wil
be cared for in the auditorium.
Parents who bring their child
ren each morning should unloac
in front of the building. Thoa<
who come for their children in th<
afternoons should pick them ui
in front of the elementary school
Parents are especially request
ed not to use the street betweei
the elementary school and thi
Baptist Church as the buses mus
use this area for loading and un
loading. Cars in this area wil
cause congestion.
At the present time the schoo
is in the process of organizing i
school safety patrol under th<
leadership of Mr. Robert Ramsey
It is hoped that the parents am
students will be considerate o;
what the safety patrol member
are trying to do in and near thi
building, and will give them theii
cooperation.
The children are urged to us<
the newly painted cross-walk:
near tnl school so that they wil
have added protection from traf
fic. The children should obey al
traffic rules while coming t<
school to further insure theii
safety.
Parents are requested to advis(
children who are waiting for busci
not to stand too near the highway
The officials of the college, Mr
Dougherty, Mr. Seward, and Mr
Marsh have surrounded (he play
ground with a fence to make ii
safer. Mr. Tom Winkler swept of]
the playground for added safety.
The cooperation of the publi<
and their consideration for th<
children for safety sake will b<
greatly appreciated.
Thos. Wilson
Funeral Held
Thomai Lafayette Wilson, 61
year-old farmer of the Silveratoiu
community, died September 13, af
ter a period of declining health.
Funeral services were conduct
ed September 18 at 2:00 p. m. ii
the Pleasant Grove Baptist church
by the Rev. James Kisselbury ant
the Rev. E. O. Gore. Burial was It
Miller cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Iva Lee Greer Wilaon; two sisters
Mrs. Charlie Perry, Vilas and Misi
Ethel Wilson, Cleveland, Ohio; tw<
brothers, Albert of Sugar Grove
and William D. Wilson, Cleveland
Ohio.
Mr. Wilson lud spent man;
years in connection with the Soi
Conservation Program in Wstaugi
county.
He was a son of Asa Wilson am
Lucinda Holtzclaw Wilson.
HR8. BKOCKMAN A VISITOR
Mrs. Zoe Kincaid Brock man
columnist for the Gastoata Gazette
la spending two weeks as a gues
at the Daniel Boom Hotel.
[ A. B. Hurt, 70,
REA Prexy,
, Dies Suddenly
) West Jefferson, Sept. 18? Albert
1 Burman Hurt, 70, of West Jeffer
son, superintendent of Ashe Coun
- ty schools and president of the
I Blue Ridge Electric Membership
: Corp., died unexpectedly yester
! day morning at his home after
> suffering a heart attack.
Mr. Hurt had been president
, for several years of the electric
l co-op which serves several coun
? ties in this area including Ashe,
t Alleghany, Watauga and Cald- i
well counties and has ita head
1 quarters at Lenoir. i
He was serving his ninth two- I
1 year term as superintendent of <
i Ashe schools. i
? He was bom in Floyd County, i
. Va , to Monroe T. and Rosa Belle
j Dulaney Hurt. He received an '
t A.B. degree from Bridgewater 1
i College of Virginia and an M.A. I
> from the University of North
r Carolina. '
Mr. Hurt was a teacher and I
> principal at Nathan's Creek High I
5 School for 16 year*. He was also
1 head of the schools In Christ- 1
iansburg, Va. two years and was i
1 appointed by the governor of
> Virginia to serve on a special
r commission to revise the curri
culum of the state's schools.
? Life Membership
i Mr. Hurt held a life member
. ship in the North Carolina Educa
. tion Association which was pre
. sented to him by the teachers of
. Ashe County. He was a member
t of the Jeffersons Rotary Club. He
f was a Methodist.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
; Ruth Cox Hurt; one daughter, Mrs.
s Walter Bauguess of Fort Worth,
> Tex.; two sons, Joseph C. Hurt of
Baltimore, Md., and A. B. Hurt Jr.
of Nashville. Tenn.; and three sis
ters, Mrs. Ollie Scaggs and Mrs.
Roy Thompson both of Roanoke,
Va., and Mrs. Clyde Semones of
Christiansburg, Va.
The funeral was conducted at
8 p. m. Tuesday at Nathan's Creek
Methodist Church by the Rev. P.
j E. Bingham.
; Rites Held For
| Mrs.A.A.Klutz
Blowing Rock ? Mrs. Daniel A.
Klutz Sr., 78, of Sunset Drive,
Blowing Rock, died Friday at her !
home.
| Mrs. Klutz wai born in Watauga I
' County to John Patient William*
and Louise West Williams.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
* J. J. Tammell of Columbia, S. C.;
four sons, W. Harry and Frank
I Klutz, both of Boone, Howard M.
Klutz of Washington, D. C;, and
' Daniel A. Klutz Jr. of Blowing
. Rock; a brother, Allen Williams
of Maiden; eight grandchildren;
and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted at
t p. m. Sunday at Rumple Memof
, ial Presbyterian Church here by
!, the Rev A. Blake BrinkertMff.
t Burial was in the Associate Re
formed Church cemetery.
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CALCULATORS SPEED SYSTEM \ ||J
2,885 Students Enroll
To Set ASTC Record
IBM Machines
Classify Data
For First Time
A record enrollment of 2885 stu
dents was processed and classifi
ed by a new IBM data processing
system at Appalachian State Teach
ers College during fall registra
tion. k
The IBM machines classified this
number into 1964 returning upper
classmen and graduate students,
151 upper classmen and graduate
transfer studenst, 941 freshmen,
and an additional B graduates reg
istered for Saturday classes. The
number of students registered in
the Extension Division is not
known at this time but is estimat
ed by Dr. J. B. Harris, assistant
registar, to push the total figure
well over three thousand.
The new system, according to
Dr. Harris, was installed at the
college in late spring of the 1960
61 school year. During the sum
mer each of Appalachian's more
than 35,000 former and present
students were assigned an identi
fication number to facilitate
prompt handling of all past stu
dent records.
The amount and type of infor
mation that the IBM data proces
sing equipment can handle is al
most unlimited; its chief limita
tion being the lack of information
available on former students.
The machines can classify all
new students as to sex, race, mari
tal status, service record, stand
ing in class, religion, country,
state, county, town, high school,
and any other important informa
tion. It gives information concern
in gany and all tests given the stu
dent on entering the college,
keeps an accumlative record of all
courses the student may take, and
makes out a series of report cards
it the end of each quarter.
According to Dr. Harris his of
fice should have a master card
completed for all upperclassmen
by the end of fall quarter.
Commenting on the future of
the IBM system here at Appalach
ian Dr. Harris pointed out that
the system could b* applied not
only to registration but also to
business matters and especially to
research problems.
Hereford Show,
Sale To Be Held
The nineteenth annual Watauga
Hereford Association show and
?ale will be held Saturday, Octo
ber 7th.
The memben feel fortunate in
securing the aervicet of Hon. Ro
bert S. Orr of Dryden, Va. as judge
of the show.
Mr. Orr, a member of the Vir
ginia House of Delegates, is also
a leading cattleman in that State.
He is a former President of the
Virginia Hereford Association and
at present is president of the Tri
State Hereford Association. He has
Judged in many major shows
throughout the country, and local
Hereford leaders are looking for
ward to his visit to Watauga coun
ty.
PhoV> Flowera' Photo Shop
PARADE. ? This group of Shrlneri, from Aiheville, attracted considerable attention, a* they motor
cycled in the parade Saturday. About 290 western North Carolina Shriners took part in the Boone parade.
More Than 1,000 Cast Ballots
In ASC Community Elections
Frost Hits
Watauga
Frost was noted in some sec
tions of the county early Saturday
morning, according to reports. No
heavy damage was reported, how
ever.
The frost followed a cool Friday
when the temperature failed to
go any higher than 62 degrees,
according to weather reports kept
by Joe Minor, local U. S. weather
observer. During the night, the 1
theremometer dipped to 39 de- J
gr^es.
The Friday's cooler air was ]
helped by a strong wind most of J
the day and into the night.
The somewhat sudden change in
temperature was preceded on Tues
day by 61 degrees, Just one de
gree under the hottest weather
of the season. The temperature
reached 82 degrees several days
during the summer at the observa
tion tower, but failed to go any
higher. The temperature has re
mained cool since Friday, with
the lowest point being Saturday
night at 38 degrees.
Rain fell most of the afternoon
Monday, and was still falling late
Tuesday afternoon. A total of 2.02
Inches bad fallen at 6 p. m. Tues
day.
Red China halls Soviet nuclear
test move.
MRS. OLIVE SHULL
Mrs. Shull On
Foreign Tour
Mri. Olive Shull, daughter of
Mrs. Francis McGinnis of Route
I, Banner Elk, who is employed
,n the travel office of the World
Bank in Washington, left on the
ilnth for a World Bank Confer
ence in Copenhagen.
While away she will visit Mu
lich, Vienna, Venice, Rome, Ma
Irid and Lisbon.
The entire trip la being made
by air, and Mr*. Shull will have
tome free time at each point for
riaiting. She will return home Oc
tober 8th.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boone and
ions, Steve and David Jon, of Val
iese were Week end visitors with
Mr. Boone'* mother, Mr*. J. A.
Boone.
Appalachian Old Grads Will Get
Together Before Grid Encounter
Asheville's Buck's Restaurant
has been reserved as get-together
headquarters for alumni and
trienda of Appalachian State
Teachers College before the Moun
taineers tangle In their big game
with Western Carolina Saturday
night (September 23) in the tour
ist city.
Dr. Hugh Daniel, Jr., a Waynes
ville optometrist who is president
of the western ASTC alumni dis
trict, and Gene Wike, Asheville
sports store owner, will play host
to the collage supporters. They in
vite all Appalachian old-grads and
friends to dine together and renew
old acquaintances before going t*
the game which begin at B p. m.
A special lection of Buck's
Restaurant will open at 4 p. m.
(or the Appalachianites. The res
taurant is located on Highway 70,
at the east end of the tunnel en
trance to Asheville. Ample park
ing facilities are available.
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, president
of the college and a native of Bun
combe County, and Mrs. Plemmons
will attend the pre-game get-to
gether for informal talks with the
old-grads and frlenda.
The Appa lock horns with West
ern Carolina In Asheville this
year because construction of Ap
palachian's new foothill stadium
will not be completed until next
sumSHr Asheville'. Rhododendron
Civitan Club ia sponsoring the
Other Mountaineer home games
to be played include Lenoir Rhyne
at Charlotte (Oct. 7), Canon-New
man at Lenoir (Oct 21) and East
Carolina at Hickory (Oct 28).
The Mountaineer!' fast-stepping
75-piece band under direction of
Charles L. Isley, Jr., formerly of
Wayneaville, will perform during
the game at Asheville. The band
will alao present an informal con
cert at get-together prior to
the game. Adding color to the
band's appearance will be the col
lege's majorette* and cheerlead
er!.
The facilities of Buck's Restaur
ant are alao rwtrvcd #Of aftwani
and friends' reunion after the
The reiulta in Monday'! ASC
community committee election in
the ten communities in the county
shows a tally of 1072 votes.
Elected chairman, vice-chair
man, regular member and two al
ternates for each community are:
Beaver Dam: Howard Cable, Joe
Wilson, Lynn Norris, Jake Eggers
and Clyde Cornett.
Brushy Fork: Coy Billings, Joe
McNeil, A. Y. Howell, Clifford
Norris, and S. E. Anderson.
Cove Creek: Jack Henson, Clay
Thomas, Audie Presnell, Otto Tho
mas and M. L. Warren, Jr.
Laurel Cneek: Ned Glenn, Frank
Cable, Gradon Hagaman, Ben L.
Ward and Edgar Harmon.
Meat Camp: Ernest Moretz, Tom
B. Jackson, Willard Norris, Alfred
McNeil and Clyde Greene.
New River: John Cook, H. E.
Brookshire, G. J. Keller, Vance
Keller and Shuford Edmisten.
North Fork: Loyd Miller, Claude
May, C. R. Wilson, Fred Johnson
and Archie Wilson.
Shawneehaw: Arlen Yates, Iris
Harmon, Russell Farthing, Willie
Rupard and Henry Michael.
Stony Fork: Joe L. Coffey, Sr.,
Wiley B. Day, M. D. Brown, Tho
mas Fairchild and Joe Wellborn.
Watauga: Jeff Shook, Paul Shep
herd, Fred Townsend, Roby Beat
ley and Ray Clark.
me cnairman ana vice-cnairman
of each community are elected to
serve a* a delegate and alternate
to the ASC county convention to
be held in the ASCS office on
Thursday, September 21, at 10:00
a. m? for the purpose of electing
an ASC county committee for the
year beginning October 1 and end
ing September 30, 1962.
This election shows that farmers
have an increased Interest in the
programs administered by county
and community committeemen.
For more than twenty-five yeara
most of these program* have as
sisted farmers in conserving the
soil and water reaources of their
farms, as well as enabling them to
receive greater cash returns
through price support of certain
commodities, Incentive payment*
on wool and for diverting crop
land to a conservation use under
the feed grain program. Each
year more farm programs are in
itiated in which committeemen
play an important part in their
administration.
MAIDEN VISITOR