WATAUGA
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An Independent Weekly Neum paper
Seventy-Fourth Year of Continuous Publication
VOLUME LXXIV.? NO. IS.
SIXTEEN PAGES? TWO SECTIONS
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1M1
BOWLING . . . Work is going steadily forward on the construction of
the bowling lanes on Blowing Rock Road near the Golf Driving
Range. The facility will consist of 12 alleys, will be completely
modern and is being built by Watauga Industries, Inc. The property
which has been leased, will be worth about $290,000.
LOUIS LUNDEAN
LouisLundean,
Artist, Dies At
Blowing Rock
Mr. J. Louis Lundean, 66, famous
artist and former president of the
Blowing Rock Horse Show Associa
tion and Art Association, died at
Blowing Rock Hospital, Tuesday,
October 24, following a long ill
ness.
Funeral services were held at
10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October
26, at St. Mary's of the Hills in
Blowing Rock by the Rev. C. Ward
Courtney, and graveside services
followed at 9:00 p.m. in the Dain
gerfield plot at Cross Creek ceme
tery in Fayetteville, N. C.
Mr. Lundean, who had resided
at "Westglow" many years with
Mrs. Lundean, the only survivor,
was a familiar figure about Blow
ing Rock, where until recently he
was president of the Blowing Rock
Horse Show Association. This ac
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450 Are Expected To Hear
Godfrey At Farm-City Dinner
Over 450 Watauga countians are
expected to hear Horace D. God
frey, head of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture in Washington, D. C.,
who will be the main speaker at
(he Watauga County Parte -City
Week dinner event. The dinner,
which will be held at Boone Ele
mentary School cafeteria on Thurs
day, November 9, at 7:00 p.m., will
bring farmers, businessmen, manu
facturers, educational and lay
people of the community together.
The Watauga County Farm - City
Week dinner event t;akes on real
meaning when we consider the
need for understanding among
farmers, businessmen and indus
trialists.
At a time when peace is such
a precious item we recognize the
role American agriculture plays in
our own country as well as other
countries of the world. In the past
50 years, American agriculture has
progressed to the place where only
about 9 percent of our people are
required on the farm to produce
food and fiber for well over 180
million people.
One farm worker in the United
States produces enough food for
himself and 25 other persons. This
would amount to a production per
worker of about 4,188 pounds of
beef, veal, lamb and mutton; 910
pounds of chicken and turkey;
5,304 pounds of vegetables; 18,978
pounds of dairy products; 2,878
pounds of potatoes; and 158 pounds
of sweet potatoes.
Since January 20, 1961, Hr. God
frey, main speaker for the event,
has been serving aa Administrator
of the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service. The
ASCS agency in the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture handles all
price supports, acreage allotments
and marketing quotas, government
owned agricultural stocks, and ad
minister* these and the Agricul
ture Conservation Program in the
United States through state and
county ASCS offices, and ASC
state, county, and community com
mittees.
Mr. Godfrey is also Vice-Presi
dent of the Commodity Credit Cor
poration which is the multi-billion
dollar agency for price supported
commodities.
From 1953 to January 1961, Mr.
Godfrey held the position of State
Administrative Officer for North
Carolina State Office of Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conservation
Committee (formerly Production
and Marketing Administration). In
this position he supervised the day
to day operation of the State ASCS
Office and BO county ASCS offices
throughout the state.
Prior to his appointment as State
Administrative Officer in 1993, Mr.
Godfrey served in all responsible
positions in the State Office. His
keen ability to grasp the needs of
farmers and business people alike
resulted in his being asked on
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VOTE OF CONFIDENCE SOUGHT m?
State Bond Proposal Is
Issue At Polls Tuesday
Proponents
See Sentiment
In Favor Bonds
Next Tuesday North Caro
linians will have a chance to
vote their confidence in the
future of their State by pass
ing judgment on the sixty -one
million dollar bond issue which
was authorized by the last
General Assembly to provide
essential capital improvements
important to the economic and
cultural development of the
State and the welfare of her
people.
In Watauga county where
Appalachian State Teachers
College will benefit in capital
improvements to the tune of
some five millions of dollars,
sentiment seems to be build
ing in favor of the bond issue,
though there is relatively less
base for a prediction than in
most elections we have seen.
However, in this area which
has demonstrated such pro
gressive tendencies in the past
decades, every effort is being
i made by the campaign com
mittee, by various organiza
tions and by interested indi
viduals to get out a creditable
vote in favor of the bonds.
Little interest was shown,
however, in new voter regis
tration while the books were
open.
The Iouei'
Electors will vote for or against
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Jurors Are Selected For Civil
Term Superior Court Monday
Judge P. C. Fronebsrger of Gas
tonia, will preside at the Novem
ber term of Watauga Superior
Court which convenes Monday
November 8, for what is scheduled
to be a two weeks term.
Included on the calendar are
cases involving divorce, land dis
putes, automobile damage suits,
and contract suits.
Following are the names of
those who have been summoned
for jury duty:
First Week
? Bald Mountain: Wade Norris.
Beaver Dam: Raleigh Isaacs,
Clyde Perry.
Blowing Rock: Harold Wood,
Parks Knight, Fred Andrew*.
Blue Ridge: Fred H. Brown.
Brushy Fork: Rhonda Earp,
Frank B. Baird.
Boone: Will M. Cook, Ralph Es
tes, Tom Beach.
Cove Creek: Robert Mast, Char
les W. Perry, Jerry Adams.
Elk: Everette Welch.
Laurel Creek: Charlie W. Mast,
Grady Johnson.
Meat Camp: Walter Lookabill,
Hubert Norris.
New River: Frank Triplett,
Frank Austin, Phil Vance.
North Fork: Rom Potter.
Shawneehaw: Carl Ruppard.
Stony Fork: Jack S. Wellborn,
Why No New Taxes Needed For Bonds
The state bond issue will re
quire no new taxes
To the skeptic this is hard to
take but it is still a true state
ment.
The items in the bond issue are
spelled out in the law which was
passed by the General Assembly
in 1981, at the recommendation of
the Advisory Budget Commission.
The Commission and the General
Assembly seeing the need now for
many items suggested the bond is
sue. This i? borrowing money. The
General Assembly cannot borrow
money for these capital improve
ments ? only the voters of the state
can do that ia a special election.
The bonds for the port develop
ment at Morehcad City and Wil
mington are 'self liquidating'. The
ports are now making a profit.
With these adde<f warehouse sheda,
piers, the porta can accomodate
morr ihipping, which they cannot
handle now becauae they do not
have the room. In normal opera
tion with the additiona they will
make additional profita. Ninety
per cent of the $13,000,000 ear
marked for the porta will be paid
back out of theae profita.
A considerable amount of the
$31,000,000 for all of the atate
owned collegea ia for dormitories
to relieve the crowded conditiona
at theae schools and to allow more
students to attend. The rent paid
by atudenta for theae rooma will
go back for the buildinga.
"Now for the amount left" the
akeptie asks "how will that be re
paid?"
The 1M1 General Aaaembly
wrote the method into the law,
creating the bond taatfc. One per
cent of the total General Fund
will automatically go Into the debt
service fund. The amount collected
each year will pay off the entire
bonds In twenty years with no
change in the tax structure.
As State treasurer Edwin Gill
puts it "The State of North Car
olina is in excellent financial con
dition. The bonds of our State are
rated AAA ? the highest rate ob
tainable for securities of this kind, i
"The anticipated debt service
requirements of the proposed
bond issue, conntltuting only ap
proximately 1 per cent of our an
nual General Fund Appropriation
was provided by the General As
sembly of 1961. The future re
quirements, in my opinion, can be
easily met out of funds derived
from our present tax structure.
"Because North Carolina's long
record of focal integrity, I antici
pate that wc will be able to market
successfully and to good advantage
the $81,669,000 of bonds, ii voted
on favorably by our people."
One thine that the skeptic doe*
not realize . . . that if the bond
issue ia not successful ... his tax
es have a better than average
chance of increasing the next time
the General Assembly meets.
Draatic needs at the mental in
stitutions, training schools, schools
for the deaf and blind, and hous
ing conditions at college require
that something be done immedi
ately in order to meet the de
manda of people desiring admis
sion at these schools. If the state
does not borrw the money under
the bond issue plan the only other
course Is to raise taxes in order
to provide these services through
individual appropriations.
For example: If there is a hole
in the roof it haa to be fixed. If
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Lloyd R. Watson.
Watauga: Jeffery Shook, Frank
Bentley.
Second Week
Bald Mountain: Emory Ragan.
Beaver Dam: Floyd Trlvette,
Marshall Edmisten.
Blowing Rock: Gaither Gryder,
Rathnell Wilson, Lloyd Coffey.
Blue Ridge: Sallie Crltcher.
Brushy Fork: Clyde W. Henson,
Rhonda Isaacs.
Boone: J. C. Cline, Raleigh Cot
trell, Allen Adams.
Cove Creek: Everette Culler,
John B. Sherwood, George Har
mon.
Elk: Arthur Wheeler.
Laurel Creek: Howard Edmisten,
Albert C. Combe.
Meat Camp: Willard Norris,
Emory Miller.
New River: Orin Sherrill, W. L.
Beach, J. B. Clawson, Jr.
North Fork: Lloyd Miller.
Shawneehaw: Harry Tester.
Stony Fork: Corbitt McNeil,
Wade Moretz.
Watauga: Aud Ward, Rom
Gragg.
Band Uniform
Sale Continues
The Band Uniform Sale if con
tinuing Saturday in the building
east of Hunt's Departmeat Store,
and those Id charge say the re
sponse to the event has been un
usually good.
The sale will start at 9 a. m. and
continue until 9:30. Baked goods
and miscellaneous items of mer
chandise will again be offered. A
special inducement will be the
aale of a number of dried floral
arrangements, made by some of
the leaders in the Garden Council.
I
CROWDED? Dr. W. H. PlemimM, president of Appalachian State Teacher* College, atanda before this
year's freshman claaa of #37 students at the Appalachian campus. To house the overflow freshman
group, the college jammed three students into rooms designed iur two persons. Still, over 800 Tar
Heel high school graduates who met all- requirements tor admission to the college this fall could
have been admitted if space had been available. The aituation is similar or worse at other state-support
ed colleges acrosa the state. Dr. Plemmons and other North Carolina collcge presidents urge citizens
to vote for the bond issue Tuesday, November 7, which, if paaaed, will help alleviate the crowded con
dition In colleges and other state facilities.
NASH D. McKEE
Nash McKee
Is Speaker F or
Veteran's Day
Nash D. McKee, Department Ad
jutant of the American Legion,
Raleigh, will be the principal
ipeaker, when Watauga Post 130
holda ita Veterans' Day celebration
aupper Friday November 10, start
ing at 7 o'clock.
Mrs. McKee will accompany her
husband to Boone, and aeveral
other prominent ipeakera will be
preaent.
All Gold Star motheri are In
vited, and the Auxiliary will be in
charge of the covered dish supper.
Lionel Ward, Poat Adjutant, asks
that all Legionnaires and Auxili
ary members attend and bring
their families.
Mr. McKee Is a veteran of World
War II and served overseas aa a
squad leader with the 100th In
fantry Diviaion, where he lost an
arm in the "Battle of the Bulge."
A native of CharlotU, he wa?
educated In the public schools of
that city and at Davidson College
and American Univeraity. He re
ceived special training at National
Headquarters of The American
Legion In Indianapolis, Indiana,
for hla work with the North Caro
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Full Day Of Skiing To
Cost Beginner $11.75
Only 911.75 will buy ? full day
of ikiing, even for those without
ski equipment, when Blowing Rock
Ski Lodge opena North Carolina's
first ski resort about December 1st.
M. E. Thalheimer, president of
Blowing Rock Ski Lodge, announc
ed today this daily schedule of
fees and equipment rentals:
A day's skiing for one ...$9.00
Skis (made by Head) 4.00
Aluminum ski poles 79
Ski boots (by Bencota) .. 2.00
T)ie ski lodge's rental and sales
shops will be staffed by experi
enced personnel, who will be able
to fit the proper equipment to each
individual, Mr Thalheimer said.
He also said that equipment may
be rented for seven days at the
price of six days' rental and group
discounts ? Monday thru Friday.
Instructional fees will be as fol
lows: in classes, $3 for one hour;
(11 for four 1-bour lessons and
$20 for eight 1-hour lessons. For
private lessons, the fee will be
$10 an hour. An experienced, skill
ed ski instructor has been retained
to give lessons, Mr. Thalheimer
said.
Mr. Thalheimer said workmen
plan to start pouring concrete
footings this week for the service
building and ski lifta, weather
permitting.
Blowing Rock Ski Lodge is lo
cated on a 90-acre tract of rolling
mountain land just off U. S. 321,
JV4 miles north of Blowing Rock
and 5H miles from Boone.
The resort will have two open
slopes. The main run will be 1,800
feet long and 200 feet wide, with
a 20 percent grade. The beginners'
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Five Communities Selected
As County Blue Ribboners
Five communities were declared
blue ribbon winner* in the county
judging on October 24.
Bethel, Beaver Dam, Cove Creek,
Matney, and Timbered Ridge were
all (elected (or bide ribbon award's
by the judge*.
First place in the (arming com
munities will go to Timbered Ridge
and they will represent Watauga
County in the Northwest North
Carolina Area Development con
test on November 7.
First place in rural non-(arm
goes to Cove Creek and in new
community division Matney.
These communities will repre
sent Watauga County in the North
west North Carolina Area Develop- '
ment contest on November 7 and
8.
Valle Crucis received a red rib- <
bon in the niral non-(arm division '
and Silverstone ? white ribbon in
the farm division.
All seven communities which
were judged on October 24 will
receive recognition at the Farm
City Week dinner at Boone Ele
mentary School Cafeteria on Nov
ember 9 at 7:00 p. m.
Heart Luncheon
Being Arranged
The first fund raising event for
the Heart Association will be a
luncheon-fashion show at Daniel
Boone Hotel on Saturday, Novem
ber 4, at 1:00 o'clock.
Fashions will be shown by Belk'i M
Department Store, Caudill's, Inc.,
The Varsity Shop and Mock's
Dress Shoppe.
Please call Mra. John H. Coun
cill at AM 4-8858 or Mrs. Eric De- J .
Groat at AM 4-3790 for tickets, J
VOTE FOR NORTH CAROLINA NEXT TUE