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VOLUME LXXIV? NO. It.
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PAGES? THREE
EIGHTEEN
An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fourth
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
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Tater Hill Development Proceeds
SKEET SHOOT. ? Shown here ii the huge concrete apron upon which
skeet shooters will stand Saturday, when Tater Hill Rod * Gun Club
opens its new skeet range on Tater Hill. Shooting stations are
marked off in zones on the apron. Inset shows the underground
bunker installation of the powerful ejection mechanism that hurls
skeet targets to simulate birds in flight.
The Titer Hill Rod & Gun Club
has announced the Installation of
a skeet shooting range at.its moun
tain retreat for sportsmen. The
shooting range, located near the
popular Tater Hill Lake i?
equipped with modern skeet shoot
ing equipment, and will provide a
stationary target range as well,
according to A. J. Hullins, general
manager of the retreat.
The ramze will be opened for
shooting Saturday, October 21,
weather permitting, Mr. Mullins
said. All local sportsmen are in
vited to visit the range, do some
shooting, and generally view the
facilities now under development
there.
Extensive plans are in the mak
ing for the Tater Hill develop
ment, Mr. Mullins said, and will
include such installations as fish
hatcheries, two large commercial
fishing lakes, a large lake for ex
clusive use of club members, a
restaurant on the lake side, a boat
dock with full rental facilities, a
large picnic area, summer cabins,
a motel, a club house and a sport
ing goods shop.
Other improvements will include
the seeding of large areas for feed
for game in the huge 2000 acre
hunt range. This range will be
stocked with birds from the club's
own breeding pens, several of
which ?re already in operation.
Saturday's opening of the skeet
range is open to all interested per
sons, Mr. Mullins said, and he ex
pressed a hope that many local
sportsmen would come out and
join in the event.
Club memberships are available
for five dollars annually, Mr. Mus
lins said.
Assistant Agriculture Secretary
To Speak At State Grange Meet
Dr. James T. Ralph, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture, will be
speaker at the fellowship dinner
on October 23 at the 33rd Annual
State Grange Convention to be
held in Boone October 22-25
State Master Harry B. Caldwell
will preside over this crucial ses
sion which will tackle state and
national problems, hear from pro
minent guest speakers and carry
on the many varied activities in
connection with the conventon.
Approximately five hundred
Grange leaders are expected to at
tend the meeting, according to
Grange spokesmen.
The meeting will get under way
Sunday night with a youth supper
and program at the Appalachian
State Teachers College Cafeteria.
The vesper service, a traditional
feature of the convention, will be
held at the Boone Methodist
Church with State Grange Chap
lain Garland A. Hendricks in
charge.
Fourteen committees will be in
session all day Monday where
members will be sifting through
resolutions from the local Granges
and hammering out a program for
1862.
The annual fellowship dinner
will be held Monday night with
Dr. James Ralph, Aaaistant Secre
tary of Agriculture, as guest speak
er. The man and woman of the
year will be recognized and other
awards announced.
State Master Caldwell will pre
sent his annual address on Tues
day. It it expected that he will
deal with goals and objectives for
DR. JAMES T. RALPH
American agriculture.
The election of officers will be
held Tueaday afternoon. This elec
tion is expected to create a great
deal of interest since Caldwell's
announcement that be will not be
available for re-election.
The community service awards
will be presented Tuesday night.
Allen Preyer of the North Caro
lina National Bank will present
cash awards to 98 local Granges
for participation in community im
provement in 1961. Nine Granges
will be awarded special commun
ity service awards by the Sears,
Roebuck Foundation. ,
The insurance breakfast will be
held Wednesday morning, follow
ed by a general business sessioa at
which time committee recommen
dations will be presented.
The sixth degree will be award
ed to a claas of candidates Wed
nesday night at the college gym
nasium. The officers for the two
year term will be installed by E.
Carroll Bean, Winterport, Maine.
Bean is High Priest of Demeter of
the National Grange.
Special programs are planned
by the home economics depart
ment, juvenile Granges, Grange
youth and Grange insurance ag
ents.
Tyre C. Casey
Dies Monday
North Wilkesboro ? Tyre G.
Casey, 88. of Cycle, Rt. 1, a Wilkes
County surveyor, died at noon
Monday while surveying land in
the Obids community of Ashe
County, near the Blue Ridge Park
way. He suffered a heart attack.
He was born in Wilkes County
to J. H. and Sarah Casey.
He served several terms as Wil
kes County surveyor. He was also
a farmer.
He is sujTrived by his widow,
Mrs. Maude Mast Casey; four bro
thers, Dr. R. P. Casey of North
Wilkesboro, John Casey of "Cycle,
Paul and Silas Casey of High
Point; one sister, Miss Addie
Casey of Cycle.
The funeral will be conducted
at 3 p. m. Wednesday at Union
Baptist Church. Burial Willi be in
the church cemetery.
Commodity Credit Official Will
Speak At Farm-City Week Dinner
Horace D. oodirey, Aaminuira
tor, Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Servicc and Execu
tive Vice ? President, Commodity
Credit Corporation will be the main
?peaker at the 1961 Watauga
County Farm-City Week dinner
meeting. The dinner event will be
at Boone Elementary School Cafe
teria on Thursday, November 9, at
7:00 pjB.
Chamber of Commerce officer*
far 1982 will be installed at the
meeting. Winning communities la
the County Community Develop
meat Contest will receive awards
ana recognition, ueuuea programs
will be announced later.
Ticket* for the dinner are $1.90
per plate and are available from
the following: Ticket Sales Com
mittee, Stanley Harris, chairman; i
Chamber of Commerce; North
western Bank of Boone; all Com
munity Development Club Presi
dent*; Granbe and Farm Bureau
organization*; County Agricultural
Agent's office; Home Economics
Agent's Office; ASCS Office; SC8
Office, FHA Office; ASC County
Committeemen and all Community
Committee Chairmen.
The farm-city event which is held
?nnuaiiy during national r arm
City Week ii expected to highlight
the 1961 (arm, huilncM, community
and industrial achievement! of Wa
tauga County. The Chamber of
Commerce and the Agricultural
Workers Council tte planning de
tailed program and bulletin infor
mation which - will be announced
later.
The parpose of National Farm
City Week is to bring farmers,
merchants and Industrial people to
a better understanding of our. so
cial and economic independence
on each other.
MRS. HARDIN
Mrs. Hardin
Dies Tuesday
Mrs. Alice McRary Hardin, pro
minent pioneer Boone citizen,
died at Watauga Hospital Monday
after a brief illness. She was 91.
Mrs. Hardin suffered a broken
hip in a fall at her home on Wil
kesboro Road Tuesday, October 10,
and never rallied appreciably from
the shock of the injury and the re
sultant operation. Prior to the ac
cident she had been in her usual
good health.
Funeral services will be held
this (Wednesday) afternoon at
2:30 at the Boone Methodist
Church. The pastor. Rev. Preston
Hughes, Jr., will be assisted in
the rites by Rev. Sam Moss of
Winston-Salem, former Boone
pastor, and Rev. E. F. Troutman
of Grace Lutheran Church. Burial
will be in the city cemetery.
Pallbearers will be grandsons of
the deceased.
The widow of the late Joaeph
Hardin, Mrs. Hardin is survived by
two daughters: Mrs. H. Grady
Farthing and Mrs. Hooper Hen
drix, both of Boone. A son, Dr.
Ronda Hardin, well known physt
cian and surgeon of Banner Elk,
(Continued on page four)
Earl Schell
Rites Held
Funeral service* for Earl W.
Schell, SO year old Sugar Grove
resident, were conducted Satur
day in the Bethel Baptist church
by the Rev. J. H. Crisp and the
Rev. E. M. Blanketishtp
Mr. Schell died Thursday, Oct
ober 12.
He is survived by three brothers
and lour listers: John of Neptune,
N. J., Charles, New Bedford, Mass.,
Don Schell of Sugar Grove, Mrs. S.
U. Lawrence, Mrs. V. B. Mast,
both of Sugar Grove, Mrs. ftcd
Hagaman, Vilas, and Mrs. B. M.
Grogan, Lynchburg, Va.
GALA BALL STARTS FESTIVITIES
College Homecoming Ma
Be Largest Ever Known
Annual Grid
Game Will Be
Lenoir Event
One of the largest alumni turn
outs in the history of the college
is expected to attend the big two
day homecoming festivities at Ap
palachian State Teachers College,
October 20-21.
The round of activities gets un
derway Friday night with a gay
homecoming dance in the new phy
sical educational building at 8 p.
m. This dance is being sponsored
by Chi Lambda Chi, with President
David Smith of Cherryville in
charge of the arrangements. Mu
sic will be furnished by the college
dance band, "The Appatones," un
der the direction of Dr. William
G. Spencer, head of the ASTC
music department.
Alymni registration begins at
8 p. m. Saturday morning at the
Boone Elementary School, *with
Mrs. Daisy Eggers of the Eng
lish Department in charge. The
Vernician Club is sponsoring the
registration and will have tickets
available at the registration desk
for all the alumni events.
Musical notes will break the
clear mountain air at 11 a. m? Sat
urday, as the fast-stepping Appa
lachian College band and two oth
er bands start the big parade
through Boone. About 90 floats
are expected to participate In the
parade, according to Parade Mar
shal Jerry West of Boone. Bands,
floats, and dignitaries will follow
* route through the campus in
the "Appalachian: Quality-Plus"
parade.
Other events of the day will in
clude a luncheon in the Boone
Elementary School cafeteria for
all the alumni and their friends,
with Mrs. Daisy Eggers serving as
hostess and Mrs. Wiley Smith as
dietitian.
Dr. Roy Wilson of Charlotte,
president of the Alumni Associa
tion, will preside at the aflhual
homecoming, and will announce
the names of the new alumni off
icers for the coming year.
The Alumni Association will
present the following awards: A
trophy to the chapter with the
highest percentage of attendance
by members on roll during 1960
61. The ctip remains on display
until a chapter wins the honor
three times; medals will be pre
sented to three alumni bringing
to their chapters the most mem
( Continued on page four)
Band Wagon
Sale Gontinues
The Band Wagon Sale held
October 14, in the former Keplar
Drug Store for the benefit of the
Appalachian High School Band
Uniform Drive was very success
ful.
Sales will continue each Satur
day until further notice.
Anyone wishing to contribute
good used clothing or household
articles msy leave them at the
building this Friday from 2 p. m.
to I p. m.
ASTC Trustees
Arc Appointed
Governor Sanford filled out the
Board of Trustees at Appalachian
State Teachers College Tuesday
by naming the following:
Wayne H. Shoaf, Lexington Sav
ings * Loan official.
William B. Rankin, Lincolnton
jeweler.
Both will serve for eight years.
Health Clinic
Set For Friday
The Monthly Crippled Children's
Clinic will be b*M at the Health
Department in Boone on October
SO, from a. m, t? 11 W a. m.
Father Dr. J. B. Gaul or Dr. Whar
1 ton Gaul s t Charlotte will be the
Orthopedist.
STUDENT CLUB LEADERS on the Appalachian Teachen College campus are serving on the Welcome
Committee for the Homecoming festivities this week end. Let to right, they are: Paul Lentz of Concord,
Industrial Arts Club; Earl Owens of Cramerton, Collegiate Civics Club; Richard Karris of Forest City,
Young Democrat Club; Jerry West of Boone, Tri Beta; David Smith of Cherryville, Pi Omega Pi; back
row: Betty Davis of Winston-Salem, Flying Fish Club; Pat Jackson of Mount Airy, A. E. C. Club;
Mary Williams of Harrisburg, Modern Dance; Anne Marie Stultz of Draper, Vernician Society; Eliza
beth Furr of Taylorsville, Library Science Club; and Barbara Savelle of Charlotte, Playcrafters Club.
APPALACHIAN COLLEGE WOULD BENEFIT
New Voters May Register Saturday
To Ballot In State Bond Election
Registration books were ooened . Dlant at AoDalachian State Teach- 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
last Saturday for the enrollment
of new voters, who desire to par
ticipate in the November 7 state
bond issue election, but reports
are that only scant interest was
shown.
The books will be open at the
various polling places In the coun
ty the next two Saturdays, Octo
ber 31, 28, said Mr. R. T. Greer,
chairman of the Watauga County
Board of Election*, so that those
who haven't previously registered
to vote in the county, may be en
rolled. Saturday November 4 will
be challenge day, he said.
Little Talk Is Heard
Little talk has been heard in
this locality concerning the pro
posal to vote additional State
bonds to promote State services,
largely in educational channels,
but those the Democrat hears
speak out on the subject are in
favor of the propokal. Of local in
terest is the fact that the physical
J. B. Horton
Dies In Md.
Mr. J. B. (Jack) Horton, former
Watauga County school board of
ficial and native of this county,
died Sunday afternoon at Riva,
Maryland, following a long period
of declining health. He was 88
years old.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2 o'clock at David
son Methodist Church, BJva, and
burial was in that . community.
A son of the lata James W. and
Mrs. Horton, deceased was born
and reared in the Vilas neighbor
hood. He had lived in Maryland
for fifteen years, and spent most
of his life as a farmer.
He taught school for several
years as a young man. He retired
after going to Maryland.
He was Chairman of the Wata
uga County Board of Education
for 29 years, during which time
the modern consolidated school
buildings displaced the one-room
structures throughout the county.
A Methodist, he had been a Sun
day School Teacher and Sunday
School Superintendent at Henson's
Chapel Methodist Church.
He waa a leader la the move
meat to establieh the checee in
dustry ta Watauga county forty
year* ago aM after the co opera
tive factories bad closed down,
continued the manufacture of
ers College would get several mil
lion* of dollar* in added eonitru c
tion. Thi* is particularly needed
since about 800 students were
turned away this fall due to the
housing shortage on the campu*
and in the community.
In the remaining time before
the election the Democrat will
.ipell out the proposal* being sub
mitted, and doubtless organiza
tions will be Mt ap to organize the
couaty in the promotion of the
bond issues.
Briefly the voter* will be aaked
to vote ye* or no on these pro
posala.
1. The iisuance of >2,888,000
capital area building bonds of the
(Continued on page four)
Louis Smith In
Executives Club
Mr. Louis H. Smith was recent
ly accepted for membership in the
Catawba Valley Executive* Club,
and he and Mrs. Smith attended
the first meeting of the season at
the Hickory Moose Club on the
evening of October 12.
Dr. "Robert Kazmayer, interna
tionally knejrn author and lectur
er addreued the club on the cur
rent world (ituation, with fpecial
emphasis on Berlin.
About 380 members and their
wives were present at this meet
ing.
Horn Elects
New Officers
And Directors
The Southern Appalachian His
torical Association held its fall
meeting last week and named off
leer* and directors for 1962. ,
Officers are: Dr. I. G. Greer,
president; Herman W. Wilcox, ex
ecutive vice-president; J. V. Can
dill, vice-president; O. K. Richard
son, treasurer. The secretary win
be named by the executive vice
president.
The directors are; Alfred T.
Adams, Glenn R. Andrews, Wade
E. Brown, J. V. Caudill, W. W.
Chester, Mrs. Paul Coffey, Herman
R. Ewers, H. Grady Farthing,
George A. Flowers, Jr., Clyde R.
Greene, Dr. I. O. Greer, Dr. R. H.
Harmon, Dr. A. P. Kcphart, Dr.
C. Kay Lawrence, Nell C. Linney,
James P. Marsh, Dr. G. K. Moose,
Hugh Morton, Jr., Df. W. H. Plem
mons, Earlene G. Pritchett, Dr.
O. K. Richardson, Mrs. Rob Rivers,
Grover C. Robbins, Jr., Mrs. B. W.
S tailings, Dr. D. J. Whitener, D.
L. Wilcox, Herman W. Wilcox,
Cratia D. Williams, Mrs. Carrie
Winkler, W. R. Winkler.
(Continued on page four)
Saturation Program
En forcemen t Mapped
Corporal C N. Joitt d the
State Highway Patrol, My* that
a utoratlon program at ?n
hrcnmt ia being itarteii on the
highway* of thia area, la order
that the araal upturn *( acci
dent* at thte aeaaoa of the year
nay be cheeked.
Corporal J owe* *aya that ra
dar and speed watches will he
art up, that light checks will he
laid tuted and that thoae with
faulty llghta will ha required
to have the* (teed. If the eon
.tltloa 1* had, tleheta will ha
?etad oat.
Mr. J owes agya that the ead
of Ike y?r hrtagf* tha lariat
accident aad fatality rata aa the
highway*. During the ttase wfcna
the graatert period ad darhaoaa
1
the patrol b determined to bet
ter this condition.
To Illustrate the trend la ac
cidents toward the ead of the K
year, Corperal Jones fives the
following table, shewing the M>
cidente throughout 1M0:
Month Urban Rant! Total
Jin. 15 M M U