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VOLUME LXXIV? NO. II
WATAUGA DEMOC
An Independent Weekly Neumpaper . . . Seventy-Fourth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER It, 1M1
2200 Teachers Attend NCEA Meet
NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT MEETING IS HELD TUESDAY
? Photo Flowers' Photo Shop
Herefords Bring Good Price
At Annual Sale Held Saturday
The Watauga Hereford Breeders
sold 47 head of cattle, mostly
calves, for $8,947 in their 19th
Annual Purebred sale in Boone on
Saturday, October 7.
Top price of the sale was for the
Reserve Champion bull owned by
Council Henson and Harry Hamil
ton, a February, 1961 calf that
sold to Ernest Childers, Franklin,
for $375.
Willard Yates, Banner Elk, pur
chased the champion bull for
$302.50 an August, 1960 calf, con
signed by Council Henson.
The top heifer price was a bid
of $255.50 paid by Columbus
James Turner, Jr., Lincolnton, to
Agnes Gray Shipley for one of the
three bred heifers in the sale.
The champion heifer sold to
Columbus James Turner, Jr., Lin
colnton, for $250.00. She was a
March, 1960 heifer, consigned by
Council Henson.
, Eleven of the twenty-four bulls
in the sale found new homes in
Watauga County and seven of the
twenty-three heifers stayed in the
county.
Harlie Perry of Silverstone, par
chased five head to claim the hon
or of purchasing the most animals.
Henson Has Top Animals
Council Hensop exhibited the
top place animals in the Hereford
show prior to the sale. He exhibi
ted the grand champion bull, CH
Zato Heir 20th by M Zata Heir 1st.
He also had the grand and reserve
champion females in L Vickie
Rollo 37th and LH Victor Domino
3rd.
Council also won the trophy for
the get of sire presented by Al
fred Adams for the North we?tern
Bank.
Placings for all the *0101811
shown are listed below:
Bulls calved before Sept. 1, 1900
MRS. HENRY C. AUSTIN
Funeral Held For
Mrs. Austin, 42
Mrs. Myrtle Chriftine Austin,
42, of the Winkler'! Creek section,
died on October 4 at the Banner
Elk Hoapital where she had been
a patient for three weeka after a
long illness.
Mrs. Austin was born near
Blowing Rock to Mrs. Elma Gragg
Coffey and the late Mr. Thomas
A. Gragg. She had spent all of her
life in Watauga county.
Surviving her are the huaband,
Henry, and two sons, Larry and
Jerry Austin of the home; her
mother, Mrs. Will Coffey of Le
noir; one brother, 0. D. Gragg of
Lenoir; one half brother, Bobby
Coffey of Hudson; one half sister,
Mrs. Willia Jean Church of Bata
via, Ohio; and two step sisters,
Mrs. Clara Miller of Stanley. N. C.
and Mrs. Chloe Henderson of
Boone.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Friday, October 8, at the Per
kinsville Baptiat Church at 2:00
o'clock p. m. Rev. Rex West and
Rev. A. C. Moody were in charge
of the services.
Pallbearers were Messrs Frank
Triplett, Sam Hennick, Glean Cot
trell, Kent Moore, Herman Gib
aon and Boyd Cook. Flower girls
were members of the church and
frienda of the family. Interment
was in the Mount Lawn Memorial
Gardena.
Hicks Child Fatally
Hurt In Twin City
Susie Faye Hick*. 8 years old,
resident of Banner Elk, was killed
and four other persons injured
when a car and a pickup truck
collided in Winston-Salem Monday
night.
The Hicks child died shortly af
ter her arrival at Baptist Hospital.
Her mother, Mrs. Marie Hicks, 33,
was being treated for injuries.
They were both traveling in the
truck.
Also being treated at the hospi
tal were Mrs. Ila Lineback Essex,
31, of Winston-Salem and two of
her children, Larry Edward, 11,
and Deborah Jean, 8.
The accident occurred at about
8:20 p. m., it is said, and police
had not determined exactly what
happened. The car was traveling
south on Ebert Street. The pickup
was traveling on Link Road but
its direction was not established.
Ebert is the through street at the
intersection while Link has a stop
sign.
The car was said to have stopped
with its front end rammed into
the side of a ditch on the right
side of Ebert, while the truck
stopped almost in the middle of
Ebert, headed east
The body of the Hicks child was
returne dto Watauga county where
funeral services were to be held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Hicks cemetery.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
B. Hicks survive, with one broth
er and two sisters: Johnny Hicks,
Marie and Jessica Hicks.
Brigadier General Hester Will
Speak On Foreign Policy 15-16
Brigadier Genera] Hugh B. Hes
ter speaker and writer on United
States foreign policy, will visit
Boone on October 19 and 10 lor
addresses at the college and at
Boone Methodist Church.
General Hester, who retired
from active duty In 1M1 after 34
years of Army service, is a native
North Carolinian. He has done
graduate work in law and inter
national relations at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, George
Washington University, and the
University of Pennsylvsnia.
During his military career, Gen.
Heater held numerous high posts
in Army procurement in Washing
ton, Europe, and the Pacific. After
World War II, be aerved for aev
eral year* at Director of the Ger
man Food Program for the United
Statei Military Government in
Germany, serving successively un
der Generals Eisenhower, McNary,
and Clay. Hester has been decorat
ed with the V. S. Distinguished
Service Medal, the LegloA of Hon
or (Officer) by the French Gov
ernment, and the French Croix de
Guerre.
Since bis retirement, Hester has
written articles for leading maga
ilnea and newspapers, including
The New York Timet, the Chriit
ian Science Monitor, The Saturday
Review, the New Republic, and
The Churchman.
General Heater la an analyat and
forthright critic of tome aspects
of America'* foreign policy, na
tional defenae program, and ap
proach to relathxia with Ruuia
and the under-developed nation*.
UtMf will apmk to ? college
nupper gro'tp ft Boon* MethodUrt
Church on Sunday, October IS at
? 00 p. m.; to wvenl ASTC aerial
xtudifts claaaea the following day;
and to a general public meeting
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? lit, Council Henson; 2nd, Grady
Farthing; 3rd, Council Henson;
4th, Grady Farthing.
Bulls calved between Sept. 1
and December 31? lit, Harry M.
Hamilton, Jr.; 2nd, Grady Farth
ing; 3rd, Grady Farthing; 4th, Lon
nie Henson; 9th, M. M. Hodges;
6th, James H. Deal; 7th, Joe War
ren.
Bulls calved between January
and March 3, 1961 ? 1st, Council
and Hamilton; 2nd, M. M. Hodges;
3rd, Double J. Hereford Farm
(Jay Teams); 4th, M. H. Hodges;
5th, W. H. Walker; 6th, B * M
Land and Cattle Company.
Bulls calved after April 1. 1961
? 1st, Grady Farthing; 2nd, Joe
Warren; 3rd, M. M. Hodges; 4th,
Diamon S. Ranch; 5th, H. W. Wal
ker; 6th, Grady Farthing; 7th,
BAM Land and Cattle Company.
Cows calved before March 1900
? 1st, Diamond S. Ranch; 2nd,
Agnes Gray Shipley.
Cows calved between March 1
and May 31, 1960-lst, Council
Henson;' 2nd, Dave Minton; 3rd,
Clint Eggers; 4th, B * M Land
and Cattle Company; 5th, Grady
Farthing; 6th, B k M Land and
Cattle Company.
Cows calved between June lit
and October 31, 1960 ? lit, Coun
cil Henion; 2nd and 3rd, BAM
Land and Cattle Company.
Cows calved between December
1, 1960 and March 31, 1961? lit,
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jBoy On Bike
Meets Death
North Wilkesboro ? A 7-year-old
boy was killed about noon Satur
day when he rode his bicycle out
of a farm lane into the path of an
auto on a rural paved road about
13 miles south of West Jefferion,
State Highway Patrolman Jack
Gamer reported.
He Mid the child wai Max Ed
ward Hartzog of Ferguson. He
said the car was being driven by
Maneia Lee Pharr, 36, of West
Jefferaon Route 2.
No charge was made, the officer
reported.
Garner laid the boy wai riding
downgrade on the lane, and the
interaection wai bordered by an
embankment
He laid the boy wai visiting hli
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rocky
Hartzog, of Deep Gap.
Surviving In addition to Mr. and
Mm. Hartzog, are his parents, Ro
bert M. and Mary Pairthlld Hart
xog; and hli other grandparenta,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fairchild,
also of Deep Gap.
* Funeral lervicei *v conducted
at 3 p. m. Sunday at Gap Creek
Baptist Chunk by the Rev. Arnold
Bell and the Rev. W. M. Bracket!
Burial waa in the church eene
tary.
CRMSON CARPET IS SPREAD
Bright Fall Foliage Makes
Homecoming Backdrop
Record Group
Is Expected At
Appalachian
The valley below Rich Mountain
and Howards Knob unfolds a gold
en fall carpet for the annual Ap
palachian Homecoming on October
20-21, according to John Corey,
college alumni affairs director.
The foliage is expected to reach
it* peak for the two-day campus
festivities which will include dan
ces, luncheons, parade, honor
class reunions, football, barbecue,
campus open house, colorful dis
plays and a tour of the new stad
ium.
One of the largest alumni turn
outs in the history of the college
is expected for the annual affair.
The alumni will have an oppor
tunity to view the many new build
ings under construction which in
cludes the home economics build
ing, the industrial arts building, the
science building, and a classroom
building.
The activities begin Friday
night (Oct. 20) with a big Home
coming Dance in the new college
gymnasium at 8 p. m. This dance
is being sponsored by Chi Lambda
Chi, a club composed of the presi
dents of the various campus clubs
and fraternities. David Smith,
president of Chi Lambda Chi, Is
in charge of arrangements for the
dance. He, (aid music will be furn
ished by the college dance band,
the Appatones, under direction of
Dr. William G. Spencer, head of
the ASTC music department.
Alumni registration begins at 8
a. m. Saturday morning at the
Boone Elementary School lobby.
Mrs. Daisy Eggers is in charge of
the registration, which is being
sponsored by the Vernician Club.
Tickets for the alumni events will
be available at the registration
desk.
Musical notes will break the
clear mountain air at 11 a. m?
Saturday a* the fast-stepping Ap
palachian College band and two
other band* start the big parade
through Boone. About 90 floats
are expected to participate in the
parade, according to Parade Mar
shall Jerry West of Boone. Bands,
floats, and dignitaries will follow
a route down Boone's King Street
and through the campus. Various
clubs on campus will contribute
float* in the "Appalachian: Quali
ty-Plui" parade, which Is also the
theme of thi* year'* homecoming.
Mr*. Daisy Eggers will serve as
hostess for the traditional home
coming luncheon in the Boone
Elementary School Cafeteria. Mrs.
Wiley Smith, dietition for the El
ementary School, said that the
menu will include rout beef, as
paragu* with cheeie sauce, iweet
potatoes, relishes, jellies, pre
serve*. and hot homemade roll*,
lime-pineapple *alad, apple pie
with whipped cream and coffee or
milk.
Dr. Roy Wilion, preiident of
the Alumni Auoclation, will pre
lide at the annual homecoming,
and will announce the name* of
the new alumni officer* for the
coming year.
Award* will be made during the
luncheon to the^hapter and indi
vidual alumni winner* of awards
for membership promotion during
the put year. Mr. Corey laid the
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Mrs. Emma Davis
Is Taken By Death
Mr*. Emma Bran Davis, 64, wife
of Walter H. Davia of Meat Camp
community, died Sunday.
Funeral services were held In
the Meat Camp Baptist church
Wednesday at 2:00 p. m. Burial
waa in the church cemetery.
Surviving are the huafaend, sons
Robert, Hoyle, Paul, James, John
nie, Carroll, end Arito Davia,
daughters Linda Davis Mr*. Claud*
man and Dan Bryan and staters
Mrv. Sherman Norrta, Mr* Deward
N orris and Mrs.
DAVID SMITH, student coordinator of Homecoming activities, is pictured above pointing to the big sign
in front of the Alumni Building on the Appalachian campus.
HIGH-STEPPING MAJORETTES of Appalachian State Teachers College's marching band keep* things
moving smoothly as the band gets ready for a number of engagements in the state. Pictured above, left
to right, are: Alice Williams, Statesville; Dale Haul din, Greensboro; Joyce Leatherwood, Waynesville;
Betty Leonard, Thomas villa; Betty Jean Davis, Waynesville; Elaine Melton, Mocksville; and Bonny Wall,
Landis.
George D. Andrews, Watauga Native,
Is Fatally Shot In Caldwell County
Lenoir, Oct 9 ? An argument
over a dog caused one person's
death and the wounding of two
other periona about duik Sunday
in the Globe section of Caldwell
County.
George Dewey Andrews, 90, of
Lenoir, Rt. 8, was fatally shot
with a .22 rifle. His wife, Mrs.
Helen Tolbert Andrews, 47, is In
Blowing Rock Hospital with a
shoulder wound, also from a .22
rifle.
Thf shooting occurred about
six miles south of Blowing Rock.
Although the case is still being
investigated by Caldwell County
Sheriff J. B. Myers, Andrews'
brother, Dover Andrews, 46, ?u
jailed with wounds of both legs
below the knee from a shotgun.
Deputy Sheriff Raymond Jarrls
reported yesterday. He has not
been charged, pending investiga
tion.
Details Unavailable
Coroner Claude Goble of Cald
well County aid it was reported
to him Andrews was killed when
he and his wife attempted to
settle an argument over a dog.
Goble said details of the incident
were not avalbble last night
Goble said Andrews was (hot
twice. The fatal bullet entered
just below his heart, cutting the
main artery. Andrews' wife was
shot In the right shoulder and
was reported in satisfactory con
dition by the hospital officials
yesterday.
Mr. Andrews was born In Wa
tauga County to David and Delia
Berry Andrews. He was an em
ploye of a local furniture plant
Survivors
Surviving are his widow; his
mother; two daughters, Claudine
and Sharon Andrews, both of the
home; three sons, George E. An
drews of Cleveland, Ohio, John H.
Andrews and James B. Andrews,
both of the home; two sistets, Mrs.
Cora Lee Greer of Wilkesboro and
Mrs. Cordia McLean of Banner
Elk; two brothers, Jesse Andrews
of Banner Elk and Dover Andrews
of Lenoir, Rt. 8; and two grand
children.
The funeral will be conducted
at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday at
John's River Baptist Church by
the Rev. Clyde Cornet! Burial
will be in the Tolbert cemetery
In the Upton community.
Ski Lodge Stock To Be
Converted To $1 Par
Blowing Rock, N. C.? Conver
fion of the $10 par value stock of
Blowing Rock Ski Lodge, Inc., to
$1 par value waa announced today
by M. E. Thalheimer, president of
the company.
Mr. Thalheimer (aid the change
was made to meet the wishes of
many small investors who had ex
pressed an interest in the Blowing
Rock Ski Lodge, which expects to
open North Carolina's first skiing
area about Dec. 1.
Inquiries from Investor* are be
ing handled by the office of Blow
ing Rock Ski Lodge, Box 617,
Blowing Rock or Box 1012, Char
lotte, N. C.
Besides Mr. Thalheimer, a Char
lotte businessman, officers of the
corporation are Louis Smith, Blow
tag Bock attorney, who It presi
dent of the Blowing Rack Cham
ber of Commerce, vice president,
and Howard Barnwell, Blowing
Rock real estate men, secretary
and treasurer. Directors include
Mr. Thalheimer, Mr. Smith, Mr.
Barnwell, Larry Walker, president
of WSOC and W80C-TV, Charlotte,
and G rover Robbing of Blowing
Rock, timberraan and promoter of
the extra - ordinarily succeaaful
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Horn Losses Said To
Be $ 15,788 This Year
Raleigh? The Southern Appala
chian Hiatorical Aaaoclation will
ask the governor and the Council
of State for 910,000 to help cover
loaaea incurred by the hiatorical
drama "Horn in the West" State
Auditor Henry Bridges said Wed
nesday. .J.' ?f.jBkj!!'
The audit which haa Just been
completed by Bridges' office re
veals that the association lout $19,
790 last season. Officials ei the
association blamed inclement or
threatinf weather with reducing
attendance at the outdoor pageant
By law, the itate may grant a?
much aa 910,000 each year, with
the money coming from the con- j
tingency and emergency fund. Tl?4
slate gave the historical awocia
tion 910, 00? last yew, when the
loss tor the season wa* about the
M?e as thi*