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VOLUME LXXVI? NO. 10 ' BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1063 10 CENTS PER COPY 24 PAGES-3 SECTIONS
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New Shoe Factory Takes Shape
Work is progressing on the new shoe plant being constructed
at the outskirts of Boone by the Blue Ridge Shoe Company,
Vice president Charles Bradley states that the completely
air-conditioned and sprinkled building, containing 56,000
square feet of floor area, is scheduled for completion in
mid-October. The building is being constructed of a light
buff colored utility brick. A wing of the structure, containing
offices and lunchroom, will have similar colored bricks
but will have rock textured brick of Norman size for con
trast. Windows will be trimmed with architectural cast stone
with panels between the windows of similar material. Ulti
mately 325 persons will be employed in the plant; approxi
mately 300 dozen pairs of shoes will be produced per day,
according to official estimates. ? Staff photo.
Horn In West Closes Best
Season In Years On Sunday
Horn in the West, Boone's
famous outdoor drama, closed its
summer run for. 1963 on Sunday
night, September 1, playing to a
crowd of 779 at the Daniel Boone
Outdoor Theater.
Civitan Club
Is Sponsoring
Pancake Sale
The Boone Civitan Club will
again sponsor the Pancake
Jamboree Saturday September
14, from 6 a. m. to 7 p. m. ac
cording to Charles Isley, spec
ial committee chairman.
The dab plant to give all of
the net proceeds this year to
ward the purchase of a new
fire truck for use in Watauga
County. The Aunt Jemima pan
cake Jamboree will he for the
Srd year of the Boone Elemen
tary School Cafeteria.
Proceeds from the 1962 sale
went to the Watauga Rescue
squad and in 1961 over $600
was presented to the Appala
chian High School Band from
the sale of pancakes.
Boone Civitan Club Presi
dent, Bill Spencer urges every
one to purchase advance tick
ets for the "All you can eat"
Jamboree. Admission: adults
tl.M and students M cents.
Tickets are available front the
Boone Fire Department and
any member of the Boone Civi
tan Club.
Southern Bell
Buys In Boone
Manufacturing firms in Le
noir and Boone are becoming
major suppliers of Southern
Bell materials, according to an
announcement by the Western
Electric Co., manufacturing,
purchasing, and supply arm of
the Bell System.
Tw* firms In Leaait and twa
In Baaae provided Western
with $54,747 worth of (applies
during the past yaar.
Western buys from 1,900 sup
pliers in 82 North Carolina
towns, the announcement said.
Herman W. Wiloox, executive
vice-president of Horn in the
West, reported that the drama
has enjoyed its most succsssful
season in years. Between the
dates of June 29, when the drama
opened its run, anrt September 1,
the total attendance was 31,203
(including complimentary tick
ets). Viewers of the drama in
cluded a large number of out
of-town guests.
The figure of 31,293 represents
an attendance gain of almost
twenty-five per cent over last
year, the greatest percentage in
crease in ten years. 1177 people
turned out for Saturday night's
performance, and 779 more came
Sunday evening for the closing
night show. The latter figure was
described as an unusually large
turnout far a Sunday perform
ance.
Attendance was boosted by a
number of special activities held
as prologues to the presentation
of tiie drama. These included
Fred KiK>y Night, Press Photo
graphers' Night, Folk Music
Night, Music Education Woiicshop
Night, and Wagon Tram Movie
Night.
Fred Kirby Night, on August
3, honored the popular television
cowboy and Tweetsie Railroad
regular. Kirby entertained a near
capacity crowd with a brief show
of his own prior to the regular
performance.
Dr. Cratis Williams, director
of graduate studies at ASTC, was
the featured pre-drama perform
er on August 10 "Folk Music
Night" at the Daniel Boone The
ater. Dr. Williams has been call
ed the "most authentic ballad
singer in America." Miss Joyce
Elaine McNeil, a co-ed at Appala
chian State, also appeared on
the program.
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Horn Author
Kermit Hunter, America's
most prolific writer of the
outdoor drama, is author of
the Horn in the West out
door drama at Boone which
completed its 12th season
Sunday. Hunter, a professor
of dramatic art at Hollins
College, has written twenty
four outdoor dramas. Horn
in the West ranks as one of
the most successful.
Seize Whiskey Still
Some of the equipment at ? whiskey distill
ery which wm taken by Sheriff Cheek and
Deputy Smith Brown in Shawnee haw town
ship, near the Avery county line on the
night of August 22. Several barrels of "spent
beer" was destroyed. The still was made
from two SO gallon oil drums and the
? wr _? I
Sheriff Judged that the plant had probably
made three or four ran?. He seized the
equipment after watching for ita owner
for three or four day?. This makes the
fourth diatillery the Sheriff and his deputies
have taken this year.
840 FRESHMEN
ASTCExpects2800
Pupils At F all T erm
Orientation
Program Will
Begin Today
Appalachian State Teachers
College expects ail enrollment
in excess of 2800 resident stu
dents for the fall term, accord
ing to H. R. Eggers, Registrar.
Approximately 840 freshmen
are expected to enroll in class
es on the Boone campus. Add
ed to this figure should be ap
proximately 160 transfer stu
dents which will put the new
student enrollment close to
1,000. This enrollment is about
the same as last year.
Eggers said this large enroll
ment, while a source of satis
faction to the college authori
ties, also brings its problems.
Rooming facilities are taxed to
the limit, with many of the
dormitories for both men and
women having been converted
Into facilities for three la a
room. This la not the happiest
situation, but is necessary to
make a place for those who
want to go to college and are
qualified for college work. The
requirements for admission,
according to Eggers, have been
raised and tightened during the
past few years.
Dr. Cratis Williams, director
of graduate studies, says that
enrollment in the graduate di
vision is ahead of any previous
year, with a 10 per cent in
crease over last year. Approxi
mately 120 resident graduate
students are expected for the
fall quarter. Among the group
will be about 69 who have been
appointed as teaching fellows,
graduate assistants, departmen
tal assistants and research fel
lows. About half of the resident
graduate students are under
graduates of other colleges.
Approximately 250 students
are expected to commute to
the Boone campus for Saturday
classes. Academic majors are
now available to graduate stu
dents in biology, business edu
cation, chemistry, industrial
arts, English, library science,
mathematics, music, social stu
dies and physical education.
Dr. Williams said that pro
fessional degrees are also avail
able in school administration,
supervision, reading specializa
tion, audio-visual education,
and guidance and counseling.
Dr. John Boxard, ASTC dean
of Instruction, said that all In
structional programs have been
modified to meet the require
ments of the Approved Pro
gram Approach to teacher pre
paration and certification, re
cently adopted by the State
Board of Education. Also un
dergraduate majors In art,
speech, physics and special edu
cation have been added to the
curriculum. Other undergradu
ate courses have been added in
anthropology, and phonetics
and diction, advanced grammar
and composition in French and
Spanish.
On the graduate level majors
have been added in chemistry
and industrial arts leading to
the master of arts degree.
Dr. Bozard said that IS ad
ditional teachers have been ap
pointed in art, chemistry, psy
chology, industrial arts, mathe
matics, music, physics, social
science and speech.
Dr. D. J. Whltener. dean of
Appalachian, said the fall term
gats under way officially with
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STUDENTS FORM LINE AS REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR FALL TERM
Interest Is Mounting
In Bond Balloting
Luther Story
Dies In Ohio
Last Friday
Luther Conrad Story died at
his home, 3474 St. Albans,
Cleveland Height*, Ohio, Au
gust 30, at the age of 66 years.
He was a son of Ur. and
Mra. J. C. Story, deceased, of
Blowing Rock.
He is survived by his widow,
Ann Story, and two children,
Nell Story and Shela Story;
and four brotheri and two sis
ters, T. E. Story of Wilkes
boro, Argus W. Story of Ports
mouth, Va., Perry Story of Rt.
1, Winsor, Ohio, Dewey Story
of Fort Pierce, Fla., Mrs. Pearl
Hartley of Boone, and Edna
Story Coffey of Detroit, Mich.
He was graduated from Oak
Hill High School, Lenoir, in
1916 and soon thereafter went
into the Navy where he served
throughout World War I. Re
turning home he taught school
for a year and then left North
Carolina for Cleveland, Ohio,
where he was employed by the
Pitney Glass Works (G. E.) and
remained with that company for
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Mrs. Paulson
Fatally Hurt
In Car Crash
Mrs. Jean Paulson, the form
er Hiss Willie Jean Hodges of
Boone, died Monday, August 26.
from injuries sustained in an
automobile accident near her
home in Tacoma, Washington,
August 17. She was 39 years
old.
Survivors include the hus
band, Bob Paulson, six chil
dren, Bob, Steve, Johnny, Tom
my, Mike, and Carol Ann, of
the home. She is also survived
by the parents, three brothers,
Dale Hodges of Lo? Angeles,
Calif., Arils Hodges and Joe
Hodges of Tacoma, Washington.
Saturday is the last day to
register for the school-hos
pital bond election which
will be held in Watauga
county September 17th, and
those who haven't register
ed before for a county elec
tion are being urged to reg
ister. Saturday of next week
has been set aside as chal
lenge day.
The books will be open
at the various polling places
in the county on Saturday
with the same Registrars
who held the elections in
1962 being in charge of the
voting. Democrat and Re
publican judges who served
in the last election will also
officiate.
Interest in the bond is
sues is mounting daily, it
would appear, as various in
dividuals and organizations
come out for the proposals
in Boone. A number of civic
organizations have taken an
active interest in behalf of
the bond proposals, and ac
tive campaigns are being
made by both the hospital
and school committees.
Panel discussions are being
arranged and the Democrat
today is filled with adver
tisements for the bonds, and
also carries a number of
letters from interested in
dividuals.
It is to be supposed that
with all the publicity and
the mounting interest
which has developed that
there will be a heavy vote
when the people go to the
polls.
Winkler Will
Appear On TV
Eddie Paul Winkler, sen of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Winkler of
Boone, will appear on tele
vision channel 9 in Charlotte
Saturday at 12 o'clock as a
drummer and vocalist with Kil
go's Teen Club. Hit parents
will go to Charlotte for the
broadcast.
Broyhill Asks Help
For Timber Industry
Congressman James Broyhill
has joined more than 100 mem
bers of the House of Represent
atives late last week in petition
ing President Kennedy to take
steps to protect the nation's
lumber industry from Canadian
import competition.
The petition in the form of
a letter declared that unless
action is taken to control soft
wood imports "there appears to
be no other alternative but that
Congress enact legislation to
provide a quota." The letter
pointed out that Canadian tim
ber producer! have captured
69 percent of the water-borne
East Coaat lumber market and
that approximately IS percent
of the entire nation's softwood
lumber market is already in Ca
nadian hands.
"We suggest," the letter ?tat
ed, "that this is a propitious
time to arrange for another
joint meeting between Canadian
and American governments and
industry representatives to dis
cuss ways and means to resolve
the U. S. softwood lumber im
port problem."
"The industry," Broyhill de
clared, "is asking only for an
opportunity to compete with
Canadians on an equal basis.
The industry is not asking for
handouts. Until the problems
can be solved, a temporary
quota should be imposed."
Broyhill, who was one of the
circulators of the petition in
the House of Representatives,
explained that 100 members be
sides homself signed the letter.
The signers represented 38
states, every region of the coun
try, and both peWticd parties.