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VOLUME LXXVI? NO. It
atauga democrat
An lnd*P*ndt'nt w?*Uy Newspaper . . . Seventy-Sixth Year of Continuous Publication
MONK WIA'
IMS Hi Lo prec.
Oct. 8 71 48
Oct. ? 88 42
Oct. 10 83 31
Oct. 11 60 38
Oct. 12 70 52
Oct. 13
Oct. 14
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80 33
Hi Lo
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1963
10 CENTS PER COPY
20 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS
Miss Watauga
To Be Elected
Next Saturday
W. C Carroll Has
Fatal Attack
WALTER C. CARROLL
- Walter C. Carroll, 80, of
Boone, Route 1, died Tuesday,
after a heart attack.
He was born In Watauga
County to George and Martha
Triplett Carroll. He was a re
tired farmer and a charter
member and deacon of Ruther
wood Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lester Hodges Carroll; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Louise Woklheter of
West Lafayette, Ohio; two sons,
Glenn R. Carroll of Leaksville,
and Archie J. Carroll of Boone;
11 grandchildren; a grnt-grimd
child; three sisters, Mrs. Mag
gie Bobbins of Buffalo dqyj,
Mrs. Omie Hodges of Boone,
and Mrs. Lester Eller of Trip
lett.
The funeral was conducted at
2 p. m. Thursday at Ruther
wood Baptist Church by the
Rev. Herbert McCoy, the Rev.
R. C. Eggers, the Rev. Will
Cook and the Rev. Raymond
Hendrix. Burial was in Mount
lawn Memorial Park.
Mrs. Proffitt
Funeral Held
(Mrs. Minnie Louise Winebarger
Proffitt, 72, of Todd, wife of
Claude Proffitt, died Wednesday
at Watauga Hospital.
She was born in Watauga Coun
ty to Caleb and Betty Wine
barger.
Surviving are her husband;
three daughters, Mrs. Josie Mil
ler, Mrs Osie Trivett and Miss
Frona Proffitt, all of Todd; two
sons, Lester and Odell Proffitt of
Todd; four brothers, Roby and
tfyde Winebarger of Boone,
Route 1 W. H. Winebarger of
Hickory and G. C. Winebarger
of Wbitnel; a sister, Mrs. Em
mie Brown of ZionviUe; 38
grandchildren and M great
grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted at
11 a. in. Friday at Pnofitt Grove
Baptist Church by the Rev. King
Roark. Burial wias in the Proffitt
Grove Cemetery.
Prisoner Is
Readily Caught
After Escape
A convict who escaped from
the Watauga County prison unit
last Tuesday was recaptured in
the Elk Park section only a few
hours after the escape was re
ported.
the convict was Robert Stew
art, 29, of Hays, who was serv
ing the first year of a 3-6 year
sentence for larceny and receiv
ing. He was tracked down by
a team of bloodhounds which
had been set upon hU trail by
a search party from Alleghany
County, and captured at about
8 p. m.
Stewart had escaped on foot'
from guards M he and other
prisoners were working on
Highway 421, about four mtles
east of Boom, near Elk Boad.
Twelve contestants will vie
(or the title of Hiss Watauga
County of 1964 at the annual
beauty pageant sponsored by
the Boone Junior Chamber of
Commerce on Saturday, October
10, at the Boone Elementary
School Auditorium, beginning at
7:30 p. m. Jeanne Flynn Swan
ner. Hiss North Carolina, will
assist Pat Plttman, Miss Wa
tauga County of 1983, in crown
ing the new queen.
The pageant events will get
under way with a parade
through downtown Boone on
Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.
m., at the Horn in the West
parking lot. The parade will
move up King Street to the
parking lot of the AfcP Store.
The parade will include the
Appalachian High School Band,
the beauty pageant contestants,
former Hiss Watauga County
winners', the present Hiss Wa
tauga County, town officials and
Hiss North Carolina.
The contestants for the pag
eant this year are as follows:
Glenda Austin of Boone, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Austin of Boone. A secretary
at Appalachian High School,
she will be sponsored by Farm
ers Hardware and Supply Com
pany.
Mary Louise Baney, a sopho
more at Appalachian State
Teachers College from Lexing
ton, will be sponsored by the
First National Bank of Boone,
Betty Jolee Benfield, spon
sored by Home Finance Com
pany, is a freshman at ASTC
and the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs- E. P. Benfield. Mrs. Bev
field is a native of Wataugs
County.
Paige Brown, an ASTC fresh
man from Leesburg, Fla., is
sponsored by Watauga Savings
& Loan Association.
Patt Flowers, a freshman at
ASTC, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Flowers of
Boone. She will be sponsored
by Winkler Motor Co.
Jacqueline Elaine Harris will
be sponsored by Mountain
Lumber Company. She is a
freshman at ASTC, from Tho
masville.
Cora Holder Is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Holder
of Blowing Rock. She is ' em
ployed by The Northwestern
Bank, her sponsor for the pa
geant.
Betsy Isley, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Isley of
Boone, will be sponsored by
Builders Super Market. She is
a senior at Appalachian High
School.
Linda Carol Murrell, a fresh
man at ASTC from Greensboro,
(Continued on page two)
Lost Lad Was
Only Visiting
Jerry Ralph Hodges, the 14
year-old youth who ran away
from, his Trade, Tenn., home
last Sunday night, was reported
found shortly after the Demo
crat went to press last Tues
day.
The boy, in good condition,
was discovered at his grandfa
ther's home in Meat Camp,
where he apparently had spent
Sunday night and Monday. He
returned home with his mother
on Tuesday.
Miss North Carolina
JEANNE FLYNN SWANNER
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r 1 1
Horn Group Elects
Dr. Greer; Editor
Principal Speaker
Dr. .1. G. Greer of Chipel
Hill was re-elected President
of the Southern Appalachian
Historical Association, produc
er of Horn in the West, at the
annual meeting held at Daniel
Boone Hotel Monday evening.
Other officers named were H.
W. Wilcox, Vice-President; J.
V. CaudiU, Secretary; 0. K.
Richardson, Treasurer.
Dr. Greer, who has been
President of the organization
since its founding in 1952, pre
sided at the meeting, and spoke
briefly, introducing other offi
cials, and Dr. W. H. Plemmons,
who, in turn, recognized special
guests.
Financial and attendance re
port* on the Horn were heard
and Herman W. Wilcox, Horn
executive vice-president, said
that the attendance last season
was 11,283, an Increase of MM
per cent over lttt Financially
the Horn enjoyed its best year,
he said.
Dr. D. J. Whitener, vice-pres
ident of the Association, made
a financial report of his group.
W. R Winkler said that plans
are being pursued for the re
building of the Horn Theatre
?nd that the structure will be
ready by '64. The State, by Leg
islative enactment, gave $22,500
for this purpose.
Editor Presented
Mr. Wilcox presented Mr.
Wallace Carroll, the speaker of
the evening, and Editor-Pub
lisher of the Winston-Salem
Journal. Mr. Wilcox spoke of
the help the Journal had given
in the Horn's beginnings, and
how the Twin - City newspaper
had become actually "our sec
ond paper."
Mr. Carroll, who recently re
turned to Winston-Salem after
several yean spent in Wash
ington as bnrean chief for the
New York Times, spoke on
"Washington Under Two Pres
idents." His address, actually,
was an assessment of the Elsen
hower and Kennedy administra
tions, press conferences, and
general attitodes, strictly from
the paint of view of the work
ing press.
Tracing the change in Presi
dential news conferences over
(Continued on page two)
Marriage Authority To Be
In Watauga During Week
One of America'* foremost
authorities on marriage end
family life, Dr. David R. Mace,
will make several speaking ap
pearances in the county begin
ning Monday evening, October 21.
A special committee, headed
by Rev. Boyce Brooks, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of
Boone, has been working for
several months to plan this visit
by one of the great men of our
time.
Dr. Mace is currently executive
director of the American Associa
tion of Marriage Counselors, with
home office* in Madison, New
Jersey. The purpose of this As
sociation is "to establish and to
maintain professional standards
in marriage counseling. Ibis pur
pose is furthered by meetings,
tiinioal sessions, publications,
education and training, and re
search to this field." ,
By training and experience,
Dr. Mace is Weil qualified to
tpMk authoritatively on this sub
feet. Having lived for a time io
Scotland and England, and having
served for fourteen year* as ?
minister in the 'Methodist Church,
he has a varied and sound back
ground for his work. A writer of
numerous books and articles on
the family and marriage, he is
married and has two grown
daughters, one of whom lives in
hxHp and the other in Ameroa
Or. Mace has also distinguished
himself a* ? professor, having
(Continued on page two)
FIRST RESPONSE GOOD
Watauga Citizens Sell
?
Bonds For Shoe Plant
Breakfast On
Monday Kicks
Off Campaign
Watauga Citizens, Inc., a non
profit corporation formed by
the Watauga Industry Commit
tee to construct and equip the
new Blue Ridge Shoe Factory of
Melville Shoe Corporation,
which is now under construc
tion on Greenway Road and is
expected to begin operations
early next month, is presently
making an offering of $650,000
of its 4H% 15-year bonds at
a purchase price of par plus
accrued interest for sale in
North Carolina to only bona
fide residents of North Caro
lina.
The announcement was made
Monday morning by Stanley
Harris, secretary - treasurer of
the organization, at a breakfast
meeting at the Gateway Cafe in
Boone.
About twenty members of
Watauga Citizens, Inc., attend
ed the breakfast, and the more
than SO other members were to
be contacted later Monday con
cerning sale of the bonds. Mem
bers were divided Into sales
teams and assigned to various '
areas in an attempt to sell the
more than 1200,000 of still un
pledged bonds.
A second meeting was sched
uled (or 7 a. m. Wednesday at
the Gateway Cafe, at which
time members were to report
concerning the success of their
sales efforts.
The cutoff date for sale of
the bonds was set at November
10. For anyone interested in .
purchasing these bonds, a copy
of the agreement and proposed
lease bewteen Watauga Citiz
izens. Inc., and Melville Realty
Company, Inc., is available for
examination at the Watauga Cit
izens' office in the Watauga Sav
ings and Loan Building in
Boone.
The Northwestern Bank will
act, without charge, as paying
agent for Watauga Citizens, Inc.
in making principal and inter
est payments. The bank has ,
agreed also to purchase $100,- J
000 of these bonds and to ex
tend a construction loan of 1
$300,000, if required, to the lo
cal citizens' organization.
The bonds will be register- 1
able as to principal only In de- -I
nominations of $1M, $500, $1,
000 and $5,000. Each will bear .
Interest at the rate of 4%% (
per annum and will be payable .
In full at the expiration of 1$ .
years from Nov. 1, IMS.
Early reports were said to I
indicate that approximately 1
$50,000 of bonds were pur- i
(Continued on page two)
Watauga Well
Represented
At State Fair
Watauga County is well rep
reseated in (he ."Village of
Yesteryear" at the North Caro
lina State Fair in Raleigh this
week.
Those who are demonstrating
this week are:
Mrs. B. A. Modges ? Vegetable
Dying.
Mrs Forrest Townsend ? Spin
ning and Carding of Wool.
Mr*. Howard Carlson ? Weav
Og.
Mrs. Stewart Bartes ? Sage
Mats.
Mrs. Addie Morris ? Shuck
Dolls.
Mrs. D. W. Cook - Knotted
Spreads.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Presnefl ?
Wood Carving.
Mr. Jack Guy ? Beech Creek
Toy*.
CAR IN WHICH TWO DIED Flowers Photo
Woman, Baby Killed As Tire
Blows On 105 At County Line
Two were killed and 10 in
jured about 9:40 p. m. last Wed
nesday when a 1931 Ford con
taining 12 passengers blew a
tight rear tire and overturned
twice on Highway 105, just on
the Watauga side of the Wa
tauga-Avery county line.
State Highway Patrolman G.
L. Morgan Identified the dead
as Mrs. Virginia Elta Bailey, 40
of Newland, and Naomi Ruth
Benfield, one-year-old daughter
of Fred Macdonald Benlield and
Lotus Marie Bailey Be afield of
Lexington, Route 2. Both ap
parently were thrown from the
car, which tlia* landed o? tM
of them.
Mrs. Bailey was the mother of
Mrs. Benfield and the grandmo
ther of the baby.
Benfield, 15, operator of the
car, was only slightly injured.
More serious injuries were sus
tained by Carl Arvll Bailey, 45,
: of Newland, husband of the
dead woman, who suffered a
broken leg and possible in
ternal injuries; and Bobbjr Ray
' Bailey, ace 2, who sustained se
vere head injuries.
Others injured were Mrs.
Benfield, Charles Ed Bailey, 15,
Roger Lee Bailey, 8, Wanda
Juanita Bailey, 10, Roy Wendell
Bailey, 12, and Robert Arvill
Bailey, 17, all of Newland, and
Billy Ray Benfield, 3, of Lex
ington, Route 3.
COLORS STILL GOOD
Record Autumn Travel Is
Noted In Highland Region
Herefords
Win Prizes
En Sat. Show
Council Henson won top honors
n the Watauga Hereford Breed
ers 21st Annual Show and Sale
leld Saturday, Ocober 12. Mr.
iienson's bull, OH Victor Domino
ith, was Grand Champion, and
tfF Zato Heir 30th, owned by H.
VI. Hamilton and R. G. Shipley,
ras Reserve Champion.
CH Miss Vickie Lady, also
>wned by Mr. Henson, was Grand
Champion female in the show,
md MF Zato Heiress 39th, owned
>y H. M. Hamilton, Jr., was Re
erve Champion female.
Mr. Henson also received a
rophy presented by the North
western Bank for exhibiting the
lest in the Get of Sire Class.
Winners in all classes were as
ollows:
Bulls calved before October 31,
932: Council Henson, 1st; Di a
nond S Ranch, 2nd and 3rd;
Xxible J. Hereford Farm, 4th.
Bulls calved between November
. and December 31, 1962: Hamil
on and Shipley, 1st and 2nd;
jrady Farthing, 3rd; R. H.
teems, 4th.
Bulls calved In January 1963:
Diamond S Ranch, 1st; Double
1. Hereford Farm, 2nd, 3rd and
Ml
Bulls calved between January
II end March 16, 19S3: Council
lenson, 1st; Hamilton and Hen
no, 2nd; Hamilton and Shipley,
trd; R. G. Shipley, 4h and 5th;
(Continued on page two)
The 'Holiday Highlands had
perhaps their biggest glut of
highway travel in history Sunday
when all avenues of travel,
especially the mam State roads
and the Blue Ridge Parkway,
were crowded with automobiles
carrying untold thousands of pic
nickers and sightseers drown to
the mountains tor the peak dis
play of autumn's colored foliage.
Mrs. S. C. Eggers, who enjoys
recording the niynber of Mlo
Dr. H. S. Hodges,
County Native,
Dies In Tenn.
Dr. H. Stuart Hodges, 75
years old, a native Watauga
County man, died October 6 in
Knoxville, Tenn.
Funeral services were con
ducted in Rose Chapel in that
city by the Rev. Ralph Hurray
and interment was in Green
wood cemetery.
Dr. Hodges, a son of Dr. J.
H. Hodges and Mrs. Loretta
Hodges of Boone, was born and
reared in Watauga County,
where he had many relatives
and friends. He attended Ap
palachian Training School, and
took his medical training in
Baltimore. Hia internship was
in Chicago. He practiced med
icine in Roan Mountain, Tenn.;
Alvah, Ky.; and in Knoxville,
Tenn. During World War One
he was Medical Officer for a
Company of Engineers in Knox
ville. yg" |
He was married to Miss Haael
1 (continued on page two)
mobiles, reports having counted
2500 cars as she and her hus
band were returning from Hick
ory Sunday afternoon, in the
bumper-to-bumper travel which
was experienced a great part of
the (Usance.
All motels in the Boone, Blow
ing Rock and bmville area were
reported as filled, and some
residents of Boone accommo
dated some of the sightseers in
their homes. Travel oo the Blue
Ridge Parkway was particularly
heavy, it is reported, especially
in the areas near Blowing Rock
and Grandfather Mountain.
Parkway Ranger Paul Larsen
of Sparta, who has charge of the
Parkway from Grandfather
Mountain to the Virginia State
line, reported thousands of ears
?how many he could not guess.
He predicted there would still
he plenty ol beautiful foliage
next week end, if the weather
remains dry.
The largest crowds in reoent
years forced the dosing of the
gates at Grandfather Mountain
for more than so hour Sunday,
and in BoonviUe, Patrolman B. F.
Hollar was quoted as saying the
movement of the traffic out of
the mountains on 421 in Yadkin
county created jams between 4
and 4:30 p.m.
Reports from West Jefferson
said that a record 1,000 rode the
Nhrfolk * Westers Railway ex
cursion train tan West Jeffer
son to Ahingdas, Va.. and hack.
AH of the picnic areas along
the busy highways were fiMed
most of the afternoon. Largs
crowds are expected during the
coming week end, perhaps the
test good time far viswing lite
cotoranm
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