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VOLUME LXXVI N0. ? BOONE. WATAUCA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER ... tt. .. CENTH ,E? COPY ^ES-3 SECTIONS
Open House
Observed At
Co. Library
The staff of the Watauga
County Library celebrated the
addition of about 1300 square
feet of floor space to the li
brary by holding open house
Monday from 2-5 p. m.
The library opened its regu
lar hours of 0-12 a. m. and 1-4
p. m. on Tuesday, after having
been closed for two weeks for
the renovation process.
Refreshments were served at
the open house, and all who
came appeared to be much im
pressed both by the refresh
ments and the new floor space.
Officials reported that they
were very pleased by the at
tendance.
Among those present at the
opening were Homer F. Brown,
Regional Director of Libraries
for Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes;
regional trustees W. Guy An
gell of Boone and Mrs. Barbara
Chatham of Elkin; local trustee
Mrs. R. H. Harmon; and Mrs.
Carrie Hodges, a member of
the original Board of Trustees
for the Watauga County Li
Krorv
Also in attendance were two
highly important members of
the library staff: Mrs. Jo Anne
Payne, circulating librarian,
and Mrs. Mary Brown, book
mobile operator.
The extended quarters of the
library take in the entire north
end of the Court House Annex,
making the library one-third
larger than previously. Addi
tional shelves and fluorescent
lights have also been installed,
and the entire library given a
"face-lifting," involving varn
ishing of floors, rearrangement
of books, and repainting of
walls.
According to Homer F.
Brown, the Watauga County Li
brary has tripled its space faci
lities within the last ten years.
Brawn further stated that
the addition of 1,348 volumes
during the past year gave the
library a stock of 13,084 volum
es as of June 30th. A circula
tion of 82,000 volumes from
the library office and bookmo
bile during the same 12-month
1 period makes Watauga one of
the leading counties in the
state in terms of library book
' circulation per capita.
Missing Tots,
Cone 6 Hours,
Went 5 Miles
Two small boys, missing since
noon Tuesday, wandered to the
home of Ronda Wheeler, about
live miles from where they had
disappeared, and were picked up
shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday
by Watauga Rescue Squad of
ficials, apparently none the worse
for their experience.
The boys are Kilmer Miller,
5, and Kenneth Miller, 4, the
son and grandson, respectively,
of Allie Miller of Elk township.
Miller had reported their absence
from his residence at about 4
p.m., after his own four-hour
search had proved futile.
The barefoot youths bad been
playing in the yard shortly be
fore Miller discovered that they
were missing, and apparently
they had wandered some two or
three miles before finding them
selves lost. (Neither of the boys
required hospitalization or first
aid, their main complaints at the
time of their discovery being
weariness and hunger.
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Wei tan Photo
Hiss Jeanne Flynn Swanner poses with Miss America of 1908, Miss Jacqualyn Meyer
CARL TEAGUE
Carl Teague
Dies Monday
Carl Spencer Teague, Superin
tendent of the Boone Water De
partment, died Moniay morning
at the Watauga Hospital, follow
ing a brief illness which was
said to have been a heart ail
ment. He was 60 years old.
A native and life-long resident
of Watauga County, he was a son
of the late Lam don and Mollie
Mae Brkikley Teague and for
more than thirty years had been
superintendent of the City Water
Department.
Funeral rites were conducted
Tuesday at 1 o'clock at the First
Baptist Church by Rev. C. 0.
Vance, assisted by Rev. E. F.
Troutman and Rev. J. Boyce
Brocks. -Burial was in Mount
Lawn Memorial Park.
Most of the stores and other
business places of the community
were closed during the hour of
the funeral.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mina J. Teague: two brothers,
Lewis Hodges of Boone and Hen
sel Teague of High Point; two
sisters, Mrs. Robert Swift and
Mrs. Orris Hayes of Boone.
Miss North Carolina
To Appear In Boone
I Jeanne Flynn Swanner, Miss
North Carolina, will be a spec
ial guest at the Miss Watauga
I County 1964 Beauty Pageant on
I October 19 sponsored by the
Boone Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
The 8 foot 2 inch beauty cap
tivated audience* at the state
pageant in Greensboro and at
the Miss America pageant in
Atlantic City where she was
chosen "Miss Congeniality" by
her fellow contestants.
The Boone Jaycees are pleas
ed that she has been able to
work into her busy schedule an
appearance at the local pag
eant.
Contestants are now being in
terviewed for the local pageant.
Any young lady interested in
being a contestant should con
tact a member of the Boone
Jaycees for more information.
Miss Swanner is shown with
Miss America after being
crowned Miss North Carolina
in Greensboro.
Democrats To
Hold District
Meet Sept 28
The Ninth District Democrats
will hold a rally at the Appala
chian Elementary School Cafe
teria Saturday, September 28,
at 5 p. m. This will be a fund
raising dinner meeting and
representatives from eleven
counties are expected to attend.
The name of the speaker will
be announced in the next issue
of the Democrat. Tickets are
available in each township.
2900 ASTC Students Hear
Plemmons At Convocation
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Over 2900 students attended
fall convocation in the Health
and Physical Education Build
ing on the Appalachian State
Teachers College campus.
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, ASTC
president, was speaker for the
convocation. He discussed the
new building program with the
students and declared that the
inconvenience now would bring
more convenience at ? later
date.
The college president said
that soaae of the new bnlMlngs
would inclade ? cafeteria addi
tha, new classroom building,
two residence |pfts for wwara.
building, residence ball for
men, library building, student
center and addition to the phy
sical education building.
The students were told that
their costs (or attending ASTC
had been increased to pay for
some of these facilities that
were self-liquidating.
Dr. Plemmons encouraged
student* to practice good
sportsmanship. He remarked
that Appalachian has won the
sportsmanship trophy more
times than any other college in
the conference.
Dr. D. J. Whitener, dean of
the college, presided over the
convocation and introduced Dr.
Plemmons and member* Of the
college administration. New
faculty members and students
were recognised.
Dr. John Barden, professor
of education, gave the invoca
tion.
The college band, under the
direction of Charles Isley, Jr.,
provided music.
Chet Hill, president of the
student body, introduced mem
bers of the student council. He
also discussed the function of
the student government on the
eatnpus. He challenged the stu
dent body to work for an honor
system on the campus this year.
Hiss Ruth Hunter, editor of
the college newspaper, invited
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Two Boys Admit
Slaying Of Aged
Avery Co. Mart
Elk Park, Sept. 17 ? Two boys
picked up Friday for question
ing, have confessed to killing a
72-year-old retired Arniy cook
whose body was pulled from his
burning home about nrta that
day, Avery County Sheriff J. C.
Isaacs said Monday.
The body of Lee Roy Brew
er, who lived alone about a
mile north of here, was discov
ered by two men summoned
when a neighbor, Mrs. Dorothy
Oaks, saw smoke pouring from
the house. Brewer had been
shot five times, twice in the
head, twice in the chest and
once in the left arm, officers
reported.
Isaacs said the boys, 12 and
15 years of age, were picked up
at their homes in Elk Park and
Banner Elk. They quickly con
fessed to the crime, he said, and
told officers they had gone in
to Brewer's home to get some
thing to eat.
3 Hurt In
Crash At
Hickory
Three members of a Watauga
County family were injured
Saturday night in Hickory
when a car crashed into the
rear of their Volkswagen while
it was stopped at a red light.
Mr*. Mary Bentley, 21, of
Boone, Rt 2, and her children
Michael Steven, 8 months, and
Robert, 3, were taken to Hick
ory Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
Beclley's husband, Gary Killian
Bentley, 22, driver of the car,
was not injured.
Robert, who suffered a frac
tured skull and jaw, was trans
ferred to Baptist Hospital at
Winston-Salem, where his con
dition was listed as not too
serious. Mrs. Bentley was trans
ferred to Watauga Hospital
with multiple head and neck
injuries resulting from the
whiplash impact Her condition
is satisfactory, and her release
from the hospital was immi
nent as the Democrat went to
press.
Michael, the other injured
child, had only cuts and bruis
es. He was givea first aid at
the scene of the mishap by
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WHOPPmG MAJORITIES
Bonds Approved By
Landslide Margin
New Hospital,
School Given
Green Light
More than five thousand
Watauga County voters
trekked to the polls Tues
day to give emphatic ap
proval to the proposal to
issue $2,130,000 in bonds
for the construction of a
consolidated high school, a
new county hospital in the
vicinity of Boone, and to
provide a 10 cents tax for
the operation of the hos
pital facility.
Unofficial returns indi
cate that the sentiment of
the people was in lop-sided
support of the proposals,
with 3,402 affimative votes
on the school Issue to 2,188
negative.
The hospital bonds re
ceived an even heavier vote
of acceptance with 3,788
for and 1,771 against.
On only the issue to pro
vide a tax of ten cents per
$100 valuation for the sup
port of the new hospital was
there a relatively close vote,
but it came through 2,831
to 2,421.
In Beaver Dam, Cove
Creek and Blowing Rock,
where high schools will be
abandoned, there was
strong opposition to the
bonds. Beaver Dam and
Cove Creek turned thumbs
down on the proposals by
substantial majorities, while
Blowing Rock squeaked
through for the school with
nine votes, defeating the
hospital issue by 32 votes.
The unofficial tally by
townships follows:
BALD MOUNTAIN
For school 49, against 29; for
hospital 69, against 16; for 10
cents tax levy 93, against 23.
BEAVEK DAM
For school 62, against 217;
for hospital 137, against 153;
for 10 cents tax levy 69, against
201.
BLOWING BOCK
For school 228, against 219;
for hospital 202, against 234;
for 10 cents tax levy 138, against
270.
BLUE RIDGE
For school 79, against 90; for
hospital 95, against 76; for 10
cents tax levy 47, against 109.
BOONE
For school 890, against 128;
for hospital 918, against 69; for
10 cents tax levy 827, against
168.
BRUSHY FORK
For school 292, against 137;
for hospital 302, against 134;
for 10 cents tax levy 234, against
169.
COVE CREEK
For school 172, against 384;
for hospital 239, against 319;
for 10 cents tax levy 144, against
372.
For school 92, against 9; for
hospital 91, against 10; for 10
cents tax levy 82, against 9.
LAUREL CREEK
For school 68, against 243;
for hospital 143, against 175;
for 10 cents tax levy 80, against
230.
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Source Of Fire
The remains of the TV set which caused
all the damage to Lawrence Satterfleld's
apartment last Tuesday may be seen behind
the couch, in the right-hand corner of this
picture. Blocks of glass in the window were
cracked by the heat. ? Staff photo.
Defective TV Tube Said To
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Have Kindled Apartment Fire
Fire broke out in the base
ment at the residence of Mr.
and Mn. Homer Brown, of 221
Orchard Street in Boone, short
ly before 11 a. m. Tuesday, Sep
tember 10, causing extensive
damages. The fire was believ
ed to have originated from a
defective tube in a television
set, according to Boone Fire De
partment Chief R. D. Hodges,
Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Salter
field, occupanta of the apart
ment, were not present 'when
the fire broke out. Satterfield,
a physical education and social
studies major at Appalachian
State Te?cher? College, was in
class at the titae, and his wife
was working in the business
office of the college, where she
is a secretary. Mr. and Mrs.
Brown were out of town, so the
house was empty.
The fire had reached a point
of such intense heat before be
ing discovered that thick block
type glata, located in a window
behind the trouble-starting TV
set, was cracked in several
places. Fast work by firemen,
however, prevented the blaze
from spreading to other parts
of the house.
First estimates of the finan
cial damage caused by the fire
were inconclusive. But it ap
peared as though furniture an J
personal possessions throughout
most of the apartment were de
molished, while smoke and
water damage took a ruinous
toll on most otherwise untouch
ed objects.
Mrs. Stephen Caudill, occu
pant of a neighboring apart
ment, reported the fire after
she had smelled smoke and
rushed outside to see flames
pouring out the windows on the
ground floor of Brown's house.
WAS HE OPENING CAMPAIGN?
Lake Flays Big Government
In Address To Boone Rotary
By CLARK COX
Dr. I. Beverly Lake, Raleigh
attorney and unsuccessful can
didate for the I960 Democratic
gubernatorial nomination, fired
an opening-round shot in what
may be hit 1964 campaign on
Thursday night when he advised
a packed house of Boone Rotary
Chit> members gathered at the
Town House Restaurant of their
responsibility of free expression
of opinion to offset the threat of
big government.
"Because you and men like
you ? business and professional
I DR. t BEVERLY LAKE
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men all over North Carolina
have the ability to speak clearly
and distinctly to the people of
the community as we go on to 1
meet the problems of the oat ion,
it is distressing that simila.' ?
men on various community com
mittees are reluctant to express <
their opinions," Lake said.
"Moderation can mean any
thing you want it to, but there
is do place for it in civic organi
zations in this troubled age.
Controversial matters should be
among the chief points for dis
cussion in our civic clubs."
Lake described himself as a
diehard conservative. "I'm proud
when people call me a oonserv
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Farm-City Meeting
Plans Being Made
Thursday, November 14 has
been selected as the date for
Watauga County's annual Farm
City meeting, by agreement be
tween the Boone Chamber of
Commerce and the county agri
cultural agent's office. The get
together ia to be held at 6:30
p. m. at the Cove Creek High
School gymnasium.
The Farm-City meeting will
include a banquet, mutual dis
cussion of problems by farm
ers, businessmen, and profes
sional people, official installa
tion of 1964 officers for the
Chamber of Commerce and the
Watauga Merchants' Associa
tion, and other interesting pro
gram features. The meeting, a
highlight of each year for both
rural and town dwellers, usu
ally draws from 300 to 500 peo
ple.
The following list of commit
tee chairmen for the event has
been announced by county ag
ent L. E. Tuckwiller:
Arrangements committee,
Ralph Greene; program, L. E.
Tuckwiller; ticket sales, Jen
nings B. Robinson; dinner com
mittee, Carl Fidler and Mrs.
Joyce Davis; cooking commit
tee, R. G. Shipley; decoration,
Mrs. Lillian Danner; hospital
ity, Mrs. Henry Taylor; publi- ;5.y
city. Herman Wilcox.
Further information concern
ing committe plans and pro
gram festivities will be re
leased at it becomot available. Eg