James Matheson Fatally
Hurt By Shotgun Blast
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to believe that the law was (top
ping them.
Mullix called one of the oc
cupants of the lecond car a bad
name. An occupant of the sec
ond car pulled Mullis out of the
Hick* auto, beat him, and left
him on the highway.
About 10 p. m. Saturday the
sheriff's office was notified a
man who appeared to be the
victim of a beating had been
dumped out of a car at the
Parkway Grill near Deep Gap
east of Boone.
The man was Mullis, and he
told officers a taxi had brought
him there.
He was taken to Watauga Hos
pital where he was treated for
a deep cut on his forehead. Lat
er he was jailed after Ma the
son's body was found, but was
released without being question
ed when it was determined that
Mullis was in the hospital at
the time the shooting took
place.
Between 10:30 and 11 p. m.,
the sheriffs ofice was notified
a man had been shot near the
Main Service Station on U. S.
421 at Vilas west of Boone. The
Hicks home is about 100 yards
west of the service station and
about 150 yards off the main
highway, a spokesman told the
Democrat Monday.
Officers found the Matheson
body in the yard of the Hicks
home. State Highway Patrol
man George Baker found what
is believed to be the weapon >
that killed Matheson. The sin
gle barrel shotgun was under
a bed in Bill Hicks' house.
It was learned by the offi
cers that when Bill Hicks and
his wife and Len Hicks arrived
at Bill Hicks' home after Mullis
was beaten, Don Clay Hicks,
Dean Hicks and Matheson were
waiting for them.
Jailer Brown related to the
Democrat that the Hickses
and Matheson were preparing to
leave the Hicks home in search
of the occupants of the car
which had stopped the Hicks
auto earlier that evening.
Donald Clay Hicks was sit
ting at the steering wheel of
the vehicle. Dean Hicks was
sitting in the middle of the
front seat, having slid over to
make room for Mrs. Hicks .who
was about to enter the car* '
Bill Hicks occupied the left
rear seat. Len Hicks sat beside
the elder Hicks and was holding
the gun across the back of the
front seat.
It was thought that Matheson
was about to open the door for
Mrs. Hicks when the 12-gauge
shotgun was discharged into
his face, accidentally or inten
tionally as the case may be.
After Bill Hicks was placed
in the cruiser, officers went to
the house to continue the in
vestigation. If was then that
Bill Hicks made his escape.
Hicks allegedly traveled on
foot to Carl Presnell's home on
Tester Mountain where he took
a 16-gauge shotgun. Hicks
could find no shells which would
fit the gun, but took the empty
gun with him as he fled to an
other house.
Still later he appeared at
another home for a few minutes.
He then walked to his brother's
house.
When oficers entered the lat
ter house, Hicks escaped
through a window, leaving his
empty gun behind him. Some
time later he was apprehended
about a hundred yards from the
Don Hodges house.
Matheson was born in Wa
tauga county to Thomas B. and
Cora Lee Matheson.
Surviving are his mother;
four brothers, Frank L. and
Thomas B. Hatheson Jr., of Le
noir, and Thomas J. and Fred 1
Lee Matheson of Valle Crucis;
and two sisters, Mrs. Mae Ham
by of Lenoir and Miss Rachel
C. Matheson of Valle Crucis.
The funeral was conducted at
2 p. m. Tuesday at the Valle
Crucis Methodist Church. Bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
JAYCEE WEEK. ? Governor Terry Sanford designates the
week of January 20 through January 26 a* Jaycee Week
in North Carolina. With the Governor is North Carolina
Jaycee President John Kenedy of Fayetteville, left, and
John Ulmer of Chapel Hill, State Jaycee Public Relations
chairman.
Jaycee Week Is Proclaimed
WHEREAS, the civic bodies
and service organization of our
community and the departments
of the local government reco
gnize the great service render
ed to this community by the
Boone Junior Chamber of Com
merce, and
WHEREAS, the United States
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and his affiliated state and local
organizations have set aside the
week of January 20-26, 1963, to
observe the founding of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and to commemorate such
founding by the selection of an
outstanding young man in this
community as the receipient of
the Distinguished Service
Award, and
WHEREAS, this organization
of young men has contributed
materially to the betterment of
this community throughout the
year,
THEREFORE, I, Wade E.
Brown, Mayor of the City of
Boone, do hereby proclaim the
week of January 20-26, 1963, as
Jaycee Week and urge all citi
zens of our community to give
full consideration to the future
services of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Wade E. Brown, Mayor
Farmers Sign
For Cost Shares
Approximately 200 farmers
have signed up for ACP cost
shares on their farm as of the
first of the week. This is above
average number for the first
week of the sign-up. Commit
teemen should remind their
ftrrtrteri that the spring sign
up runs through January 25,
1963.
The human heart pumps about
four quarts of blood per minute
through the body's 12,000-mile
network of arteries, veins and
capillaries, says the North Caro
lina Heart Association.
ASTC Will Host Science Institute
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dependent allowed. The stip
ends will be paid in two parts,
one-half on June 25 and one
half on August 16. Participants
will be required to pay for text
books. Randall said that the
National Science Foundation
lias made available a grant of
(57,900 for the institute.
To be considered for the in
ititute, an applicant must have
two years of successful teaching
at high school biology, teaching
high school biology at the time
of filing an application, not over
90 years of age and in good
health, and background should
include at least a bachelor's de
gree.
Participants who do not bring
families may live in dormitories
for about $72 for the eight
weeks. Apartments and effici
ency motels are available for
families, with rates ranging
from $75 to $120 per month.
Participants are required to
live in Boone and will be ex
pected to eat one designated
meal per day together. The col
lege cafeteria serves excellent
meals, at very reasonable prices.
Randall said that Appalach
ian is ideally suited for inform
al instruction in field work dur
ing the summer months. The
Pisgah National Forest, Blue
Ridge Parkway, Grandfather
Mountain, and a large TVA lake
are all within an hour's drive
of the campus. Regular field
trips to these areas are planned.
Several mountain peaks above
6,000 feet will be visited by the
participants in the course of
their field work.
The deadline for applications
is February IS. Stipends will be
offered during March and must
be accepted or rejected by April
1.
For application blanks write
to Dr. J. Frank Randall, Appa
lachian State Teachers College,
Boone.
Hardening of the arteries,
high blood pressure and rheu
matic heart diseases cause 99
per cent of the deaths attribut
ed to diseases of the heart and
blood vessels, according to the
North Carolina Heart Associa
tion.
Two Weeks Remain ForTeachers
To Take Exams, Says Dr. Fulmer
Leu than two weeks remain
for prospective teachers who
plan to take the National Teach
ers Examinations at Appalach
ian State Teachers College on
February 16, to submit their
completed applications for these
tests t* Educational Testing
Service, Princeton, New Jersey,
Dr. William E. Fulmer, director
of student teaching, announce d
this week.
Applications fo rthe examina
tions must be forwarded so as
to reach the Princeton Office not
later than January 18, Dr. Fulm
er adrhou.
Applications for the examina
tions and bulletins of informa
tion describing registration pro
cedures and containing repre
sentative test questions may be
obtained from the office of stu
dent teaching or directly from
the National Teaching Examina
tions, Educational Testing Ser
vice, Princeton, N. J.
At the one-day testing session
a candidate may take the com
mon examinations, which in
Dr. Troutman
Guest Speaker
At Voter I^e ague
Mrs. David N. Spainhour,
president of the League of Wo
men Voters of Boone, announc
es the program for January.
Dr. William F. Troutman, Jr.,
professor of social studies,
ASTC will be the guest speaker
on state election laws. Emphas
is will be on absentee ballots
as well as other phases of the
elections laws. This will be an
informal session with questions
and answers. The public is in
vited. Mrs. Paul B. Patterson
is chairman of the elections
laws committee, and chairman
of this program.
This meeting will be held in
the youth assembly room of the
First Methodist Church Tues
day, January 22, 8 p. m.
The League of Women Voters
is a non-partisan organization
dedicated to the informed and
active participation of citizens
in government, and functions
of national, state and local
levels. The League often takes
a position on issues, but never
supports political parties or
candidates.
Persons interested in becom
ing a member of the League
may contact the membership
chairman, Mrs. Cratis Williams,
telephone AM 4-3909.
U. S. Treasury share of Cub
an ransom cost estimated at
$20 million.
dude teats in professional in
formation, general culture, Eng
lish expression, and nonverbal
reasoning. In addition, each
candidate may take one or two
optional examinations which are
designed to demonstrate mast
ery of subject matter in the
fields in which he may be as
signed to each.
All candidates will receive
tickets of admission advising
them of the exact location of
the centers to which they should
report, Dr. Fulmer said.
Candidates for the common
examinations will report at 8:30
a. m. on February 10 and will
begin taking the test at 9:00
*| m. The common examinations
will be concluded at approxi
mately 12:30 p. m., Dr. Fulmer
laid.
Candidates for one or two op
tional examinations will report
again at the examination center
at 1:30 p. m. and will begin the
tests at 1:45 p. m. Those taking
only one optional examination
should complete this test at
about 3:19 p. m., and those
taking two optional examina
tions should finish their tests
at approximately 4:45 p. m.,
according to the time schedule
for these examination which
has been set up by Educational
Testing Service.
TAX BULKS' CHANGES
There have been some rule*
chances in the new tax laws
but taxpayers must wait until
February for final word on
what they can deduct for busi
ness travel, entertainment and
gift giving.
Interal Revenue Commission
er Mortimer K. Caplin said the
modified regulations apply only
to keeping expense rcords to
back up claims for business
travel and entertainment de
ductions.
There's something new on the
Federal Income Tax Return this
year ? a chance to take your tax
refund in U. S. Savings Bonds.
Vice-Adm. Hyman G. Rick
over recommends that the Navy
install nuclear power plants in
all future aircraft carriers.
If Wide-Track is as hot as
Pontiac says, why don't they
put it in their Tempest?
They just did.
We can taka a hint. Whan paapk ara at happy with samathlng at Pontlac owners ara with Wide
Track, wa'ra willing? nay, h|w ? ta lat everybody alaa In en H. The?* why Tempeat has a
Wide-Track at It* awn this yaar. Ifs why yau gat ta chsass balwasrt a llvaly 4 and a Ut-cu. In.
V-l*, tea. Wa aim to please and M wa da say aa, wa'ra pretty aceurata. 'Optional at extra caat.
Now than art two kind* of Wlda-Track can . . . Pontlac and Tampast
SEE YOUR AUTHORIZED PONTIAC DEALER FOR A WIDE CHOICE OF WIDE-TRACKS AND GOOD USED CARS, TOO
GREENE BUICK-PONTIAC, INC. 1115 E. King St.
Dealer License No. 826