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TAUGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Weekly Neumpaper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1963 10 CENTS PER COPY
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BLUE SKIES and warm temperatures prevailed over the
Watauga area this week end as the first days of spring
unfolded from last Thursday's light* snow. Pictured is a
view from the Blue Ridge Parkway a few miles south of
Boone. Such vistas beckon hundreds of Watauga friends and
tourists to the Holiday Highlands each year. Only weeka
of scattered showers and cryatal skies separate the preaehtly
bare limbs from the soft, full foliage of May and June. ?
Gaddy photo.
Rep. Holshouser Complains GOP
School Board Nominees Ignored
Raleigh ? Watauga County
Rep. J. E. Holshouser Jr. com
plained last week that the
names of Republican nominees
for the Watauga Board of Edu
cation were not sent to Raleigh
by election officials.
He made the charge More
the House Education Commit
tee, which was in the process
of rubber-stamping an omnibus
bill appointing' school boards in
87 Tar Heel counties.
Names of school board nomi
ness are sent .to Dr. Charles
Carroll, superintendent of pub
lic instruction. Although candi
dates from each party may be
submitted, only Democrats are
normally selected for the ap
pointment, bill.
"I didn't expect to see the
Republican nominees in the
bill," Holshouser told a report
er. "But 1 do think they should
have been on Dr. Carroll's list.
Apparently the chairman of our
board of elections (in Watauga)
didn't send the names in."
Sought Amendment
Holshouser tried to amend
the omnibus bill to have Wata
uga left out He tsiid his coun
ty's board could be named later
in another bill. "I think ' the
legislature should have a choice
and should have the names of
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Lawn Care Is
C. C. Project
A short course on lawn care
and maintenance will be held
Friday night April 5th, at 7
o'clock at room 102, Appalach
ian High School under the spon
sorship of the Boone Chamber
of Commerce, it is announced
by Merman Wilcox, President.
Joe Maples, Boone Golf Club
professional, will conduct this
course and will be able to pass
on some helpful hinta and sug
gestions on turf management,
which will be valuable to local
homeowners interested in im
proving the quality of their
lawna.
Commenting on this short
course, Mr. Wilcox further
states:
"We will cover many aspects
of turf management from prop
er fertilization practices to in
sect problems. There will be no
charge for this and everyone
interested in making Boone
more beautiful through turf
grass is welcome to attend. We
will conclude the program with
a question and answer aession.
"If there is enough interest
in this program, we plan to ex
pand it noxt year or perhaps
sooner, to include flowers,
shrubs and trees with qualified
personnel to speak and answer
auMtiooi"
Blowing Rock Will
Nominate On Friday
Blowing Rock citizens will meet in mass meeting
March 29, at 7:30 p. m., for the purpose of naming candi
dates for Mayor, and members of the Board of Com
missioners for the next two years.
The non-partisan gathering will be held at the Blow
ing Rock School auditorium. Candidates other than those
approved at the citizens convention may file their candi
dacies by 4 p. m., April 10, at City Hall.
The registration books will be open at the City Hall
April 19-26 from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and Saturday from
9 to 9.
The election will be held May 7. The Registrar is
0. J. Cpffey, and the Judges Thomas L. Kluttz and Mrs.
Beulah Mae Coffey.
Late Chief Greene Given
Honor In Magazine Award
New York, March 28 ? A
North Carolina police officer,
who died heroically in. the line
of duty last January 18, hag
been honored posthumously by
a national magazine.
True Detective Magazine, in
the issue which reached local
newsstands today, names the
late William D. Greene, chief of
police of Blowing Rock, recip
ient of its Public Service
Award, consisting of a framed
scroll and a check for $100.
The check will be presented to
the widow of the chief, Mrs.
Louise Greene.
The article citing Bill Greene
for the award tells the drama
tic and tragic story of Chief
Greene's gun battle with two
men he had followed, suspecting
them of robbing summer homes.
In the shoot-out, Chief Greene
went down in a fusillade of
bullets, his own gun blazing.
The gunmen then viciously
stabbed him about the head and
arms. Bleeding profusely, the
badly wounded officer managed
to crawl to his cruiser and
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Baxter Miller
Body Found;
Ruled Suicide
Rock Hill, S. C.? The body of
? 37-year-old chemist, a Boone
native, who had been missing
from his home for two weeks,
was found Wednaaday, March
20, in a plastic bag under the
front porch of his home In an
exclusive section.
The body of Baxter Miller, a
supervisor in the physics and
chemical laboratory at the Cela
nese Fibers plant here, was
found by a SLED agent and
members of the Rock Hill res
cue squad.
Miller was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. I. S. Miller of Oak Street,
Boone. His wife is a native
of Elk Park and had lived in
Boone. He had been with the
Celanese plant since shortly af
ter its opening in Rock Hill.
York county Sheriff Grover
Noe said Miller, a 8-2, 185
pound man, apparently had
crawled into a big plastic bag
and tied the bag shut after he
got into it.
Noe said the body encased
in the bag lay in a depression
in the earth just under the
front po?ch. Officers had look
ed through a small opening, but
did not see any signs of a
body. Noe said decomposition
apparently had created gases in
the bag, causing it to expand, so
that it was noticeable when off
icers looked again Wednesday.
Miller was last seen on the
night of March 7 by his wife,
Louise, when she and their live
children went to a church so
cial. He was not at home when
they returned about 9 p. m.
Noe said Miller was dressed
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FUTURE APARTMENTS? An eleven-unit
apartment building it under construction on
the Blowing Rock Road near the campu* of
Appalachian State Teacher* College. Being
built by Eatel G. Wagner and Cecil Miller,
the atnietur* if upaeUd to be ooi?la?ad
and ready for occupancy by fall term this
year or perhaps within 60 days of this pub
lication. The building will be of the latest
design, two stories high, and In an "L"
shape Staff photo.
MILLION DOLLAR PA YROLL
Announcement Of Shoe
ome T oday
Plant May C
To Instruct
Local People
In Operation
An anouncement as to wheth
er a new industry will come to
Boone and Watauga County
perhaps will be made today
(Thursday), at a noon lunch
eon, according to Clyde R.
Greene, publicity director for
Watauga Citizens Inc.
He cautioned, though, that
any definite word would have
to be released by the company
itself. "As in previous weeks,
all we (Watauga Citizens Inc.,
company in charge of the nego
tiations) can say is that noth
ing definite is known at the
present time. Proceedings are
continuing and the public will
be informed as soon as a defi
nite answer is available,"
Greene said.
The Blue Ridge Shoe Com
pany is the industry in quest
ion.
To attend the business lunch
eon at a Boone restaurant are
Robert Erb, president of Mel
ville Shoe Company (of which
Blue Ridge Shoe Company is
an affiliate), Messrs, West and
Bradley and other officials of
the company.
The luncheon is sponsored
by executives of the Northwest
ern Bank.
Meanwhile, employees of
North Wilkesboro's Blue Ridge
Shoe Company have set up a
training center at Hunt's De
partment Store in Boone for
prospective ervployees of the
shoe industry.
Ventured one spokesman, "It
would seem unlikely that a
company would begin training
prospective employees if they
weren't going to build a plant
in this area."
Alfred Adams stated Tues
day that the store building
is being wired for machinery;
that two Instructors will be in
charge of the operations; and
that approximately 30 persons
will be trained for the initial
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C. R. Woodring
Dies Monday
Charlie Robert Woodring, 73,
of Route 2, Boone, died Mon
day morning, March 25, at Wa
tauga Hospital after a serious ,
illness of two weeks. ,
He was the son of the late <
Henry B. and Angeline Miller
Woodring. He was a farmer and |
life-long resident of Watauga ]
County.
Surviving are the widow, |
Ethel Woodring; one daughter, (
Mrs. John Trivette of Todd; six (
sons, Gene and Jake Woodring, i
both of Lenoir and Henry, Dave, .
nay ana bod wooanng, an oi
Route 2, Boone; two filters,
Mrs. Maggie Moretz and Mrs.
Grace Hollars, both of Boone;
five brothers, Glenn of Route
3, Boone and Ramsey, Frank,
Andrew and Wade Woodrlng,
all of Route 2, Boone; IB
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
J'uneral services will be held
ay (Wednesday), March 27,
at 2 p. m. in the Hopewell
Methodist Church, by the Rev.
Arlie Moretz, Rev. Ed Black
burn and Rev. R. . H. Ballard.
Burial will be in the Hopewell
cemetery.
C. C. Board To
Meet On April 2
A meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Boone Cham
ber of Commerce will be held
Tuesday, April 2 at the Daniel
Boone Hotel at 12 o'clock, and
Mr. Wilcox urfet all officers
and directors to -be present.
A report on local prospects
for new industry will be made,
and other important topics will
PRIZE. ? John Goodwin of the Blowing Rock
Craft Shop iclect* a colorful afghan to be
donated a? ? prize for the Easter Seals
Bowling Tournament. The tournament will
be held at Skyline Lanes on April 8, 0, 10,
and 11.
Posse Formed To Catch Errant
Pigs, Freed WhenVah Is Wrecked
A heap of little piggies went
to market, but some postponed
the lethal meeting with the
butcher's knife, when the van
in which they were being hauled
was wrecked Sunday on 421
near the Wilkes-Watauga county
line, freeing the squealing pork
ers in the wooded areas on both
sides of the highway.
Local volunteers aided in the
roundup of 112 of the 1S2 hogs
rreed when the tractor-trailer
bound from Indiana to Lexing
ton, N. C? wrecked. The corn
fed swine, unaccustomed to
shifting for themselves in moun
tainous country, were not par
ticularly wild, and most of them
were easily recovered, put In a
truck borrowed in Boone by the
driver, Bex Leonard of Burnetts
ville, Indiana, and continued on
their way to the packing house.
Glenn Morgan, relief driver,
?aid he gave up trying to re
cover 20 of the hogs ranging in
weight from 200 to 290 pounds.
By Monday night the 112 swine
had been delivered to the Fritts
Packing Co., in Lexington.
Leonard said the brakes on
his Mack truck failed on the
trade as he entered Wilkes
:ounty. The rig overturned,
freeing the squealing pigs. Two
Doctors' Day
Observance
On Saturday
The annual Doctors' Day ob
servance will be heid next Sat
urday, March 30, aa "a kind of
memorial to all doctors, both
preaent and past", and as a
time for recognizing the unsel
fish service rendered the com
munity and the county by the
local physiciana.
Without cost, our doctors
provide emergency room aer
vice at the hospitals, participate
in teaching programs at the
college, churches and high
schools; help with volunteer
agencies, like the heart fund,
and aasist with the x-ray chest
unit.
On Doctora' Day fitting dis
plays are placed in the drug
store windows, there are notices
in church bulletins, and the
doctors are entertained by
their wives.
were crippled, but the others
hit for the tall timber.
A member of the "posse"
seeking recovery of the pigs,
said "the natives of the area
would eat mighty good for the
next month or so" when the 20
missing porkers are rounded up.
Glenn Morgan received a
minor leg injury and was re
leased from Watauga Hospital,
Boone, after treatment.
The hogs were valued at $5,
241, less about $795 for the 20
which didn't stay, but are doubt
less enjoying rooting around in
the cool forest floor, and resting
from their 500-mile jostle from
the fertile corn-lands of Indiana.
State Highway Patrolman R.
G. Potts is quoted as saying
damages to the truck-trailer
would likely amount to about
$4,000.
Ned Trivette Named
New Jaycee Prexy
Ned Trivette, staff member
in the office of the vice presi
dent and comptroller of Appa
lachian State Teachers College,
has been elected president of
the Boone Jaycees for 1963-64.
Officers elected to serve with
Trivette are Jim Sawyer, ASTC
instructor in education, intern
al vice president; Wade Wil
moth, Boone salesman, external
vice president; Bob McFarland,
ASTC instructor in education,
secretary; Bill Stallard, associ
ated with IRC of Boone, trea
surer; Richard Barker, ASTC
circulation librarian, director
of publicity; and Kenneth
Schaeffer, associated with IRC
of Boone, director.
The new officers will be in- c
stalled by outgoing president
Grady Moretz, Jr., at the May I
6 meeting. t
Trivette said that the Jaycees *
is an organization for young c
men between the ages of 21 and s
35, Its objectives are leadership
training through community
NED TRIVETTE
levelopment.
Some of the projects of the
Joone club are an annual
leauty pageant, Christmas shop
ling tour for underprivileged
hildren and a community play
;round.
Associated with Appalachian
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Students Will Enjoy
Traffic Safety Circus
It's Traffic Safety Circus
Time. In this case it is a unique
event in which elementary
school children from Mt. Airy
to Kings Mountain will learn
about traffic safety through ef
forts of a police office and his
talented dogs. t
The Safety Circus will come
to Watauga county April 1, and
be at the Cove Creek School at
10 a. m., and at the Appalach
at 2 p. m.
The Safety Circus, with the
trained dogs doing tricks which
demonstrate to the children bow
to be more alert to traffic safe
ty, has toured the entire coun
try to present bis safety mess
age. The state tour is sponsored
by the North Carolina Motor
Carriers Association in con
junction with the Department of
Public Instruction, according to
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