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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE ?, 1863 10 CENTS PER COPY 20 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS Hi U? 78 M 73 90 71 37 76 96 74 96 74 96 MOCRAT An Independent Weekly N etc* paper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication Broyhill Opposes Park Fees Congressman James T. Broy hill of North Carolina's Oth District vigorously opposes any attempt by the Federal govern ment to impose user fees on the Blue Ridge Parkway or the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park. The statement came when Broyhill appeared before the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee which began consideration of President Ken nedy's |Jsn to charge fees in national parks and forests to create a conservation fund. The North Carolina Republi can pointed out that most of the land for the Parkway was ao quired from private individuals with the understanding that no fees or tolls would be imposed. When North Carolina and Ten nessee deeded land for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, he said, specific promises were made by the Federal gov ernment assuring that the Park would be freely available to all. Pointing out that the Blue Ridge Parkway is Intersected by 38 U. S. highways and 800 en trances, "th?. road in many areas provides the only means of paas age through mountainous ter rain," Broyhill declared. He also explained that virtually all of the roads in the national forests in and near the Parkway were constructed and maintained by the State of North Carolina. "To impose tolls now," be argued, "would amount to charging the people for driving over their own roads." Broyhill alto expressed con cern over the "punitive" nature of the President's plan and strongly urged that Congress b? cautious about the grant of power to the Secretary ot the Interior. As the legislation it now written, he contended, ( motorist stopping at * roadside table or a scenic overlook can be forced to purchase an auto' sticker. "If he failed to pay," the Congressman continued, "be would iind himself faced with a $900 line and six months in Jail." Rotary Berry Sale Friday Tbe Boone Rotary Club will have its annual strawberry ule at 4 o'clock Friday, June 7th on the A It P parkins lot The Club buys strawberry plants and gives them to boys and girls of Watauga county. At first harvest each boy or girl brings in on< ctm of ber ries to be judged aad then sold. Tbe proceeds from the sale are oaed by the Rotary Club to kuy other plants which are tfrmt other boys and girls so they may In turn start their own strawberry production. Dr. Graham To Visit City Dr. Frank Graham, famer president of the University of North Carolina, aad special ad viser to the United Nations, will attend the Tercentenary cele bration la Boone, Jane ttth, Mr. Herman W. Wilcox has been advised. Details will be made public when received. Red Rhododendron Grandfather Mountain has already bunt forth in its spring splendor of red rhododen dron, flame azalea, and mountain laurel, and for the next few weeks the colorful ihow will continue throughout the Great Smokies and the Blue Ridse. Morton To Appear At Chamber Meet Tues. fauRh Morton, owner of Grfp&dfather Mountain, will be in. Charge of the memberihlp program of. the Boone Chamber oi Commerce at noon next Tues day, June 11, at the Daniel Boone Inn. Mr. Morton will present a "alide show" entitled "Photo graphy in Pnblie Relations." A member of the North Carolina Photographers Association, he has won many awards for his photographic work. One of the leading developers of the tourist industry in the Holiday Highlands, Mr. Morton was a key man in bringing to the State the battleship North Carolina, which has become one of the State's most popular at tractions. Mr. M. W. Wilcox says that a report will be brought 'on the Optimists Are Behind Little League Efforts Little League baseball in the county will again be sponsored by the Boone Optimists Club, and Mr. Ron Whittaker will be in charge of the program. A meeting will be held Thurs day, June 6, at 3 p. m. at Col lege Field, When all those inter ested in taking part in the Lit tle League will get application forms. In the meantime, forms are also available at Boone Drug Co., Caroline Pharmacy, Boone Insurance Agency, and Flowers Photo Shop, Mr. Whittaker said. possibility of another industry for Botae, and s full member ship attendance is requested. Each new member will re ceive a new Professional and Business Guide, and the new area folder may be available for distribution at that time. BULLETIN Flames raced through the rear basement portion of the River* building next to the Democrat office late Tuesday afternoon and resulted in con siderable damage to the struc ture and to the equipment and merchandise of the Blue Ridge Shoe Company. Firemen arrived almost im mediately and brought the blaze under control. The building, formerly occu pied by the Watauga Hardware Company, and which soon is to be incorporated into the Watauga Democrat plant, had been used for a month by the shoe manufacturing people for training prospective employees in their manufacturing pro cesses. It housed a good deal of new machinery, shoes, and raw materials. No esimates as to the losses incurred by R. C. Rivers, owner of the building, or by the Shoe Company had been made late Tuesday when the Democrat went to press. Summer Visitors Arrive Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Good man arrived Tuesday of last week from Sarasota, Fla. to spend the summer and fall in their home on Route 3, Boone. Blowing Rock Will Be Given iABC Vote, If Proposal Passes Raleigh ? A bill authorizing an ABC election for the moun tain resort town of Blowing Rock waa introduced in the House Monday night. The legislation waa put in by Rep. Clyde Harris! of Rowan, who has a summer home in Blowing Rock. The bill was coaigiied by Rep. Earl Tate, of Caldwell, an ad joining county Which contains a part of Blowing Rock. Watauga's Republican Rep. J. E. HoltbMwer Jr. did aot sign the measure. The bill would require Blow ing Rock's Town Board to call a referendum if one is request ed by 15 per cent of the regis tered voters of the town. The board also could call a referen dum on its own initiative It such an election is held 30 day* notice will be given the voters. If the voters approve the ABC (tares the proceeds would be divided like this: Forty per curt for Blowing Rock; 20 per cent for the Wa tauga County general fund; 20 per cent for the Watauga school fund; and 10 per cent for Cald well County. The bill was referred to the Committee on Propositions and Grievances of which Rep. Lest er P. Martin Jr. of Davie if chairman. A hearing on the bill is to be held this morning (Wednesday). Representative Holahouaer says he would appreciate any mes sage* in this regard. FCX Robbery Probe Finds Two Suspects Watauga County Sheriff Dal las Cheek told the Democrat thii week the investigation of th< >300 robbery of the FCX stor? is continuing and that two sus pects have been or are being brought to Boone for interroga tion. Neither suspect was named, but Sheriff Cheek said that one was apprehended in Kansas. An other is already in Boone, he said. State Bureau of Investigation officer Charles Whitman U as sisting the sheriff's office in the investigation, as is the Boone Police Department. The robbery occurred Sun day, May 19, sometime between 6:30 p. m. and 7 a. m. Monday The thieves had forced their way through a back door of the firm, rolled the heavly safe out the rear exit, and hauled the safe in an FCX truck to the state hot - mix establishment three miles out of Boone on N. C. 105. There they forced the doors of the safe off and took more than $300 in cash and checks. The FCX robbery is but one of a rash of robberies in the Boone-Blowing Rock area with in recent weeks. More than $390 worth of guns and ammu nition were taken from the Parkway Hardware Store three weeks ago; an automobile was stolen on Boone's main street last week; and several summer homes have been burglarized in recent weeks. Sen. Johnston In Hospital Winiton-Salera, June 4 ? State Senator Ira T. Johnston of Ashe County is a patient at Baptist Hospital where he ex pects to have surgery sometime this week. Johnston said last night that he stopped by the hospital Fri day for an examination. Physi cians, he said, told him he could not return to Raleigh and his duties with the General As sembly because he needs sur gery that Should not be delay ed any longer than necessary. Johnston did not say what the surgery would be. A veteran legislator, he is chairman of the Committee oa Retirement and Employment Security. REGISTRATION STARTS TODAY Summer Enrollment Of 2,500 Is Seen At ASTC All Women's Dorm Space Is Reserved Officials at Appalachian State Teachers College are predict ing a record-breaking summer enrollment of 2,S00, according to Dr. James Stone, director of summer sessions, in a state ment issued today on the eve of registration. Registration begins at 8 a. m. Thursday! Classes meet for the first time Friday at 7:30 a. m. According to Dr. Stone, classes will be held this Saturday ? the only Saturday when classes will be held in either summer term. Of the 2,900 first-term stu dents, approximately 400 will be enrolled in two-week work shops, SO will be June high school graduates entering as first-quarter freshmen, 700 gra duate students, 120 students from other colleges who will transfer credits earned at ASTC to their respective institutions, and 1,000 of ASTC's own under graduates who are accelerating their college programs. Last year 1,892 persons were enrolled in regular classes and approximately 400 participated in the workshops. The 1962 en rollment for both sessions to taled 4,111. This year more i than 9,000 are expected. Dr. Stone stated that about " one-third of this year's student 1 body will be on the ASTC cam ! pus for their first time. ! To assist persons with find ing their ways around the '' campus and town, an informa tion booth is being set up and operated by members of the ' Student Council, according to 1 Or. Stone. The booth will be lo cated near the Administration Building and the new science building. The summer sessions direc tor said that all of the women dormitory rooms have been re served and that all but a few of the men dorm rooms have been filled. The few vacancies which exist are in Newland Hall. A portion of Newland has been reserved for high school students who will be participat ing in the summer science in stitute. Housing in town and nearby communities is termed "pretty good" by Dr. Stone. He noted, though, that married people with small children might have difficulty in finding suitable places to rent. With the influx of summer (Continued on page eight) School Board i Election Bill Passes House A proposal for non-partisan school board elections in Wa tauga county sailed through the House of Representatives Fri day. Proposed by Representative J. E. Holshouser, Jr., the bill would extend the school board from three to five and set up non-partisan elections, taking the county out of the statewide law which provides for Gener al Assembly appointment of the school boards. Holshouser, a Republican, won routine approval of hia bill in the House, and it is now in Senate committee. Proponents of the Watauga bill say it Is needed in order to give a proposed school-consoli dation bond referendum a bet ter chance of passage. Some Republicans in this closely con tested county contend they must have representation on the board in order to get behind Oh achool program. Welcome To Watauga Sunshine, * balmy breeze, and a friendly hello greets the Parkway traveler and his companion as they approach an underpass near Trout Lake, a few miles south of Boone, near Blowing Rock. The tourist sea son gains momentum each day in the Holi day Highlands, and with the coming of June, tourism is approaching full bloom. ? Staff photo. , . . ? Angell Releases Survey On Crowded Conditions At AHS In connection with the forth coming school (and county hos pital) election which comes be fore the Watauga voters early this autumn, superintendent of schools W. Guy Angell, in a report to the Democrat, com mented on problems arising as a result of increasing enroll ments at Appalachian High School. Enrollment of Appalachian High has gradually increased during the past few years and has created an overcrowded condition in a building designed in 1033 to house 300 to 400 students. The following enrollment fig ures illustrate the large in creases since 1960 and the pro jected enrollment, unless ad justments are made, for the next two years: Year 106041 1061-62 Enrollment 503 924 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 576 659 713 Superintendent Angel con tinues, "Since more and more people are leaving the rural areas and moving into the town of Boone and its environs, the projected figures for the years 1963-64 and 1964-65 are prob ably underestimated. "This assumption is further substantiated by the influx of new industry into the center of the county and the rapid growth of Appalachian College." Describing the physical faci lities of Appalachian High, it is pointed out in the report that the physical plant includes 16 classrooms, two labs, one home ec department, one agriculture department, a library (seating capacity of 35), a gymnatorium (seating capacity Of 520), two small rest rooms for boys, two ConventionProposal Defeated In Senate The Senate Committee on Election Eaws and Legislative Representation has lulled a bill designed to take Watauga County out of the statewide pri mary law and to require that Democratic party nominees for local and State offices be selected by party convention. The measure was introduced by Representative Clyde Harris uf Salisbury and Blowing Rock, and passed the House. The Sen ate committee voted unanimous ly to give the bill an unfavor able report. ? The bill had the support of Hooper Hendrix, Democratic party chairman and a majority of the Executive Committee, along with Jack Edmisten, for mer Representative and R. T. Greer, Elections Board Chair, man. It was opposed by Glenn Hodges, President of the Young Democrat Club in Watauga county, D. Grady Morltz, Execu tive Committee member; Guy AngeU, County Superintendent of school*, with 28 others from Watauga. / * : ? , ? ' ' ' ' '? small rest rooms for girls, and three small office spaces for principal, assistant principal, and counselor. In order for school officials to house an anticipated increase of '80 to 100 students this au tumn, H would be necessary to provide a minimum of four Ad ditional classrooms, the report states. Every available space, includ ( Continued on page eight) Our Golden Honor Roll Mrs. G. W. Welch of llount Zion Road, Ferguson, N. C. had her Democrat renewed last week by Mrs. G. O. Triplett of Deep Gap. The letter says: "Mrs. Welch has been a reader of your paper most of its 75 years, if not always In her name to someone in the family. A daughter of the late J. E. Luther, Sr., Mrs. Welch spent her early life in Watauga county, going to Wilkes county in 1001 where she has resided In the Mount Zion community since that time. "She will celebrate her 03rd birthday anniversary June 16th and still enjoys reading the Watauga Democrat Beat wishes for another 79 year* In the newspaper business." To one of our oldest readar* the Democrat makes its best bow, with sincere appreciation for the loyalty of the past, with congratulations for hie* apcom ing birthday, and with sincere good wishes always. J '
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