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BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1??3
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Dr. Sherrill
Dies In S. C.;
Born In Reese
Columbia, S. C.? Dr. G?orge
Raymond Sherrill, o( 1731 Ma
plewood Drive, Columbia, S. C.,
died Saturday in the Baptist
Hospital after a lengthy illness.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Miss Lois Ragsdale,
of Tignall, Ga., one sister, Mrs.
Lee Swift, of Reese, N. C., and
a large number of nieces and
nephews.
Dr. Sherrill was formerly pro
fessor and head of the Depart
ment of Political Science at title
University of South Carolina,
from which position he retired
in 1997 after serving for 20
years.
The funeral was held at the
First Baptist Church, of which
he was an active member, Sun
day afternoon, with Dr. Archie
Ellis, Dr. J. Carlisle Smiley and
Dr. J. Marvin Rast as the of
ficiating ministers. Burial was
at 6 p. m. in the churchyard at
Independence Methodist
Church, Tignall, Ga.
Dr. Sherrill was born in
Reese, on April 26, 1892, the
son of the late George Pinkney
and Mary Louise (Gryder) Sher
rill. He graduated from Wake
Forest College with an A. B.
in 1921, and took A. M. and
Ph.D. degrees from Columbia
University in 1925 and 1930 re
spectively. . '
Dr. Sherrill first taught at
Wake Forest College, moving to
Clemson College in 1928. He
was called to the University of
South Carolina in 1937 to cre
ate the Department of Political
Science. Later, in 1949, be was
directly responsible for the
founding of the Bureau of Pub
lic Administration, with its
headquarters at the ilhiversity,
and waft. it* director until his
retirement.
A veteran of World War I,
DR. SHERRILL
be served as a panel member
of the War Labor Board and
of the American Arbitration As
sociation, and he was also ?
member of the board of direc
tors of the Richland County
Social Hygiene Society. He was
a member and former president
of the Southern Political Sci
ence Association, the American
Society of Public Administra
tion, the American Association
of University Professors, Chi
Eta Tau, Phi Beta Kappa, the
Masons, the Odd Fellows, and
the South Caroliniana Society.
(Continued on page four, sec. C)
National Bank Personnel
Oficers and personnel of the nearly created
First National Bank of Boone are (1. to r.)
S. C. Eggers Sr., chairman of the board;
Billie Banner; Sam Dixson, executive vice
president; Mary Jon Wells; Barbara Moretz;
James Rhoades, cashier; Janet Moretz; and
Glenn Andrews, president ? Staff photo.
First National Names Andrews
President, Eggers Board Prexy
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Horn Theatre Bill
Is Passed By House
Kaieign ? rne House approv
ed last Thursday a $22,500
state appropriation for repairs
at the outdoor theater in Boone
where the drama "Horn in the
West" M staged each summer.
file grant will he made to
1*? Southern-Appalachian His
] torlcal Association, which spon
sors the outdoor production.
Recommended by Rep. David
Britt of Robeson, chairman of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee, the measure passed eas
ily In the House and was sent
to the Senate.
Rep. Eugene Brooks of Dur
ham asked Britt whether $22,
500 was not "an awful lot of
money to spend on repairing
an outdoor theater."
But Britt said the Appropria
tions subcommitte had studied
the request thoroughly and was
convinced of its validity. He
said the theater needs seat re
pairs and also improvements in
restroom facilities.
There was no further debate
as the proposal passed on two
voice votes.
Rep. J. E. Holshouser Jr. of
Watauga sponsored the bill.
C. C. Directors
Meet Friday
The regular monthly meeting
of directors of the Blowing
Rock Chamber of Commerce
wiU be held Friday June 14, at
7:30 p. m. All members are in
vited to attend.
Slowing Rock
Musician Goes
Fo Atlanta, Ga.
BARBARA ANN COFFEY
Miss Barbara Ann Coffey of
lowing Rock, has accepted the
ill of organist-music secretary
> the First Baptist Church of
.tlanta, Georgia.
Miss Coffey received her high
:hool education at Appalachian
:igh School in Boone, and grad
ated from Wingate Junior Col
!ge in Wingate. Her college
ducation was received at Mars
ill Junior College and Stetson
Continued on page four, sec. C)
pie ted First National Bank
building on King Street last
Friday, stockholders of the
newly organized bank held their
first session of business.
Seventy persons representing
$24,031 of the $30,000 stocks,
attended. S. C. Eggers Sr., pre
sided.
The one-hour meeting was
called for the purpose of elect
ing officers and directors.
The board of directors in
cludes S. C. Eggers, Glenn An
drews, Sam Dixon, Phil Vance,
C.- Gordon Taylor, Hack Brown,
Kenneth Wilcox, Council Main,
and John T. Winkler.
S. C. Eggers was named chair
man of the board, Glenn An
drews was selected president of
the bank, Sam Dixon was chosen
executive vice-president, and
Jim Rhoades was made cashier.
Personnel at the bank, which
is scheduled to open June 22,
include James Rhoades, Billie
Banner, Janet Moretz, Margaret
Moretz, and Mary Jon Wells.
Voting for the directors was
unanimous, Dixon stated. The
vote represented 89 per cent
of the total stock.
All that is lacking before the
bank can open for business is
the vault door, a portion of the
flooring, and other minor de
tails.
Those present represented
Watauga, Ashe, Wilkes, Cald
well, Catawba, and Johnson
(Tennessee) counties.
Employed By Westlnghouse
Mr. John Ralph Buchanan,
who has been visiting the last
two weeks with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Buchanan, will
leave June 18 for Pittsburgh,
Pa. where he will be employed
by Westinghouse Company for
the summer.
UNKED TO BOND VOTE
Board Of Education
Bill Passed By Senate
G. 0. P. To Get
Two Members
In Watauga Co.
Raleigh, June 12 ? A contro
versial, often-amended bill re
lating to the Watauga County
School Board passed the Senate
yesterday.
As originally introduced by
Rep. James E. Holshouser, Jr.,
of Watauga, the bill added two
Republicans to the three Demo
crats who now make up the
School Board and provided that
future members of the board
shall be selected in non-partisan
elections.
On reaching the Senate, the
bill was amended to allow the
board to decide whether it
would adopt non-partisan elec
tions or, instead, would continue
to have its members appointed
by the General Assembly.
Senate action on the measure
then was postponed while mem
bers of the Senate committee
studying the bill cleared the
proposed amendments with
Senator Ira T. Johnston of Ashe,
recuperating in a Winston-Sa
lem hospital.
Yesterday, after talking by
telephone with Johnston, the
Senate Calendar Committee
again amended the bill. The
amendment adds two Republi
cans to the board. (John Hollar
and F. D. Bumgardner) and
leaves the questions of how
school board members are se
lected up to the board. No pro
vision is made for the non
(Continued on page six)
Norris Child
Fatally Hurt
In Opa Locka
The graveside funeral for Ro
bert Norris, 5-year-old ion of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Norris Jr.
of Opa-locka, Fla., will be con
ducted at 2 p. m. Sunday at
Hodges Cemetery near Boone
by the Rev. Floyd Boston and
the Rev. Arlie Moretz.
Young Norris was killed
Tuesday in Opa-locka when he
ran in front of a dump truck
near his home.
Surviving are his parents;
three brothers, Butch, Larry
and Jerry Norris, all of the
home; and his grandfathers,
Joe C. Norris Sr. of Boone, Rt.
2, and A. C. Reece of Opa-locka.
Ground Is Broken
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Members of the Watauga^ Citizens Incorporated and representatives of Blue
Ridge Electric Membership Corporation witn?NCd ground-breaking ceremonies
at the site of the future Blue Ridga Shoe Company, to be built at Winkler's
Creek near the IBC plant. Shoveling the first apade of .dirt i? Stanley Harris,
ii 1 1 1 lnj tipi" | pf the organ iiatiott. Standing left to right are Watauga
Citizens committeemen Dempsey Wilcox, Alfred Adams (chairman), Ralph
Winkler, Glenn Andrews, Clyde R. Greene, and Blue Ridge representatives
Hugh Kigler, and Herman Anderson. Construction of the building will begin
immediately, according to a spokesman of the company.? Flowers photo.
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Public Berry Auction
Judge*, strawberry growers, and local bid
den gathered around the Democrat tree
Friday afternoon to view some o( the best
strawberries grown in the county this year.
The champion flat sold for $6.50.
Raynor Matheson Is Winner
In Rotary Strawberry Show
Raynor Matheson claimed the
overall championship on his 12
pint flat of strawberries at the
Rotary Club sponsored straw
berry show and sale Fridiy.af
ternopn.
In the youth division Larry
Cornett, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Cornett, Reese, won
first place, with Bevele Ensley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Den
ny Ensley, Banner Elk, and
Charles Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Brown, Banner
Elk, tying for second place.
Lester Matheson placed fourth,
Margaret Arnett, fifth; Velva
Ensley, sixth; Margaret Arnett
and Lester Matheson tied for
seventh and Charles Brown,
ninth.
In the sale Raynor Matheson
sold the champion flat for $6.50
to Floyd Ayers. Larry Cornett
sold his flat for $9.00 to Stan
Stacy. Other buyers were Stan
ley Harris, Lewis Smith, Eric
DeGroat, Dennis Greene, Henry
Gaither and Alfred Adams.
The show and sale is sponsor
ed by the Boone Rotary Club to
encourage strawberry produc
tion in Watauga County.
The judges of the show were
Johnny Walker and D. D. Hines,
Agricultural Agents in Johnson
County, Tennessee.
MISS RACHEL ANN RIVERS
Rachel Rivers
Joins Staff
Of Newspaper
Hiss Rachel Ann Rivers, a
junior in journalism at the
University of Missouri, Colum
bia, Missouri, has returned for
the summer to work with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
(Continued on page four, sec. C)
Rev. Mr. Hughes
Leaves Boone;
Crowder Named
The Rev. M. Preston Hughes,
Jr., pastor of the Boone Meth
odist Church for four years,
was tranf erred to the Jordan
Memorial Church in Ramseur,
by Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, at
the close of the Western North
Carolina Conference at Lake
Junaluska Friday.
The new pastor of the Boone
church is the Rev. Richard
Crowder, who comes here from
St. Luke's in Charlotte. The
transfer is to take place today
(Thursday).
Baxter Maurice Ritchie was
appointed director of the Wes
ley Foundation, Appalachian
State Teachers College.
Messrs Grady Farthing and
Willis Chester were Boone del
egates to the conference.
Vacation At Beach
Dr. and Mrs. Hadley Wilson
and children, Clarence, Gray,
Julia Dee and Hadley, Jr., spent
last week at Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina.
MRS. BELLE GREER GREENE
Retires After
Teaching For
52 Terms Here
Mrs. Belle Greer Greene, who
has taught in the Blowing Rock
School for 20 years, and who
has taught in 52 school terms
since she started her teaching
(Continued on page four, sec. C)
Action Expected Today On
Blowing Rock ABC Measure
Hon. Lester P. Martin, Jr.,
Chairman of the Committee on
Propositions and Grievances in
the House at Representatives,
has promised committee action
this (Wednesday) morning on
the bill which would allow the
citizens of Blowing Rock to vote
on the question of establishing
an ABC store in the resort com
munity.
Word was to km been re
ceived from the committee last
Friday but action was postpon
ed until today.
At the hearing Representa
tive HoUh outer of Ba?e, who
?aid he had refuted to sl*n the
hilt Introduced by Representa
tive Clyde Harrist of Salisbury
and Blowing Rock, spoke oat
against the iatrodnctton of the
bill by Mr. Harrlaa, who Uvea
?
iii Blowing Rock dnrta* the
summers. "We arc clad to have
Mr. Harris* there every aa
mer," the local aoloa said, "hut
I dont recall his nw oa the
ticket up there laat year? he?
wmt elected to w>mMt the
connly."
But Harriss, backed by a dele
gation of more than twenty
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