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VOLUME LXXVI ? NO. It BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, IMS PRICE TEN CENTS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES
New Shoe Factory Facts Given;
County Zoning Laws Are Needed
By HWWMA.V W. WILCOX
(Preside*)
Boone Chamber ot Commerce
Over *1 Mill ton Payntl
Mr Bradley, President of the
H. W. WHiCOX
Blue Ridge
Shoe Com
pany, reveals
some most in
teresting facts
about our new
shoe factory.
As soon as
they move in
to their new
plant, a one
million and
fifty thousand
dollar per year payroll begins,
baaed on local wage scale. 380
persons? 70 per cent of these men
?will be employed. The factory
will produce 300 dozen pairs of
shoes per day.
Why Did We Decide
To Ohm T? Boone?
After extensive surveys of
various locations, the following
five factors made up our mind
for us: (1) educated labor, (2)
labor rate, '(3) favorable climate, ;
(4) interest and cooperation of i
your citizens, end (S) close to
the Southern market.
The Melville Shoe Company
now has 1100 retail outlets, and
ian additional one added each
?week. There are still 53,000,000
pairs of shoes imported each
year.
AddKioul Labor Needed
The Company urges any man
who desires employment to con
tact the Employment Labor Se
curity Board and make applica
tion for employment in the new
shoe factory. i
Architects Well Received
The locating of the Architects
Engineers Collaborative office in
Boone is being well received by
our citizens. They are very busy
drawing plans for homes and mo
tels for the area. Ia their words,
"We are very pleased to have the
pleasure to work with such ftne
people. The ercellent cooperative
spirit is greatly appreciated by
our entire staff."
County Zoning Laws Needed
Ooe of our greatst needs is for
our county commissioners to put
into effect their powers to zone
our cotmty, especially the terri
tory adjoining Boone and Blowing
Rock. We need to protect those
win spend their money to build,
in that just any type of building
could not be built next to them.
We feel this should be done and
control residential as well as in
dustrial sites. Let's tell our com
missioners we will be glad to
wufc with them n this most
pressing and important matter.
Overflow Of TniWi
The motets in Boone and Blow
ing Rock this past weekend were
overflowing, and they were look
ing for room* in private homes.
Hiey reported "the beat business
since mkl-August," remarked one
operator. AH indications point to
the toot tint this {all's coloring
has brought to the mountains the
tegest crowds in our history.
IRC Establishes New
Market Facility In Pa.
Philadelphia. ? International
Reaistance Company haa estab
lished an Instrumentation &
Systems Division to ^design,
manufacture, and market elec
tro - mechanical/electronic sub
systems and associated equip
ment and circuitry.
The new organization was
formed by integrating the firm's
Control Components Division
with its recently merged Fron
tier Electronics and Plastic
Products Divisions. It will be
located in Philadelphia.
O. C. Kebernick, formerly
Manager of Plastic Products,
has been appointed Division
General Manager. Marketing ac
tivities will be managed by
Terry Halpern, former Head of
Control Components. Chief En
gineer ii Patrick Lannan who
held a similar position in Fron
tier Electronics.
In developing the circuitry
for subsystems, the new organ
ization will work closely with
the microcircuit group of the
firm's R&D Division to take
advantage of the latest develop
ments in that area.
While developing subsystem
lines and handling custom ord
ers, the new diivsion will, ex
cept for some curtailment with
respect to Plastic Products, con
tinue to market the product
lines of the former divisions.
Little Theater Starts
Production Tryouts
Tryouts began Monday night
tor the Boone Little Theater's
forthcoming production of Eu
gene O'Neill's play, "Beyond the
Horizon," which is slated to open
its five-day run on November 7,
according to director Jerry
Moore.
The Little Theater's last pro
duction, "Anastasia," dosed a
tour-night run last Sunday. It was
"fairiy well accepted," according
to Moore, with attendance aver
aging about 16 persons for each
performance. Moore pointed out
that this attendance could be
considered quite satisfactory,
since college students are pretty
well tied up with other activities
during this tame of year.
"We got more support from
townspeapie than ever before,
said Moore. "That, we hope, to
a good indication for the coming
season."
Moore further stated that he
was well satisfied with the work
of his actors and crew. "The
play came off smoothly," he
said, "with no muffing or for
getting of lines. Everyone did a
good job. The play was absorbing
and very pretty to look at, thanks
to the beautiful costumes which
were made by the individual cast
members."
"Beyond the 'Horizon," the next
play on the Little Theater's
agenda, is one of the later works
of a man whom moot have called
America's greatest playwright.
Though some of the effects which
O'Neill uses in this and other
plays may seem bizarre and
rather clumsy, no one can deny
their power and overall effective
ness. "Beyond the Horiaoo" to
best described as ia drama with
deep meaning but without or?r
elaborate symbolical contriv
ances.
Information as to the members
of the cast and further plans for
this forthcoming theatrical event
will be contained in neext week's
Democrat.
Robert Cook Student
At King College
Among the students enrolled
at King College this year is
Robert Francis Cook, son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Fook of 401
Stansbury Creek, Boone.
A new kind of Pontiac with
a new kind of Pontiac power
it sine o? rviae-iracK ronuac i empest witn a new ma
lor saver* and a V- 8 for swingers.
Tempest's new in-line 6 develop* 140 horsepower from 215 cubic inches,
and kll pleat* everybody but the gat station man. And Tempest's optional-at
extra-cott 326-cubic inch V-8 putt out up to 280 horaepower for swingers.
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GREENE BUICK-PONTIAC, INC.
1115 E? King Sl ' I DMter ucwm No. 8M Boose, N. C.
Shown in "Eye Clinic" picture taken Oct.
0 at the District Health Department are:
(left to right) Mrs. Lois Harrill and Mrs.
Opal Clawson, Public Health Nurses and the
local Health Department; Major John H.
Thomas, President of the local Lions Club;
Miss Florence Bell, R. N., District Medical
Supervisor with the North Carolina Com
mission (or the Blind; Mr. Bill Johnson,
Optition; and Dr. R. H. Harmon, ophthal
mologist.
Lions Are Pleased With Clinic
The Eye Clinic of the Watauga
County Health Department open
ed at 9 a.m. and dosed at 1:15 <
p.m. October 9 at the Health De
partment Building, during which
time 24 patients were examined
and 23 pairs of gjnagtu issued to '
students of elementary schools in
the county.
Hie clinic was originally plan
ned to hold its second meeting
on the secnd Wednesday of Janu
ary, 1964, but due to conflicts
the next meeting of the clinic
will be held instead at the Wa
tauga County Health Deportment
Building on December 11 and
every three months thereafter.
Lion Major J. H. Thomas was
pleased wth the fine reception
and cooperation of all who con
ducted this clinic, and hopes that
future clinics will be <as well re
ceived.
The weakness of a nation can
be measured by the number of
families in it who think it
?mart to evade military service.
Senior Citizens Meet
With Mrs. Goodnight
The Boone Senior Citizens Club
wUl hoM its October meeting at
1 p.m. on Friday the 18th at the
home of Mrs. J. L. Goodnight at
1613 FerUnville Drive. Bach
person attending will bring sand
wiches for lunch and other re
freshments will be provided by
the hostess. The program will
consist of talking about and show
ing samples of or demonstratng
the hobbies of the individual
members or others in attendance.
Former Wataugan
Dies In Chicago
Dolpti A. Guy, Sr., 71, passed
?way unexpectedly on September
23 at the Union Station in Chi
cago, IUnois, -while -waiting to
board a train to return home. He
had been visiting hie son, R. E.
Guy, who resides in Marion, Va.
Mr. Guy was born at Sugar
Grove, N. C.. August 23, 1892 to
Mary Jackson and James Enoch
Guy. tie went to Illinois in 1909,
at the age of 17, and was em
ployed by the Chicago Peoria and
St. Louis Railroad in the cer re
pair shops at Springfield. He
transferred to engine service as
a locomotive fireman on Novem
ber 29, 1911 and was promoted
to locomotive engineer on Au
gust 14, 1920, in <v4>ich capacity
he served until las retirement
from the Chicago and Illnois
Midland Railroad on May 18,
1961, having completed 52 years
of service on the railroad.
From 1921 through 1925, during
a recession in business, he was
employed as a locomotive engi
neer on the Florida East Coast
Railroad. He served as President
of BLP&E Lodge 408 and on the
General Grievance Committee
during his time as a fireman,
and later, during his time as an
engineer, he served as a member
of the RLE General Committee
of Adjustment, and as Chief
Engineer of BLE Division 460.
He was in possession of his 40
year emblem with the BLE, and
was a life member of both the
BLE and the BLF4E.
He was married to Mary Ellen
Robinson in 1815 and was the
father of two sons, Dolph A. Guy,
Jr., who is also employed on the
C&1M Railroad in engine service,
and Robert E. Guy of Marion,
Va., who is a design engineer
for the Brunswick Corporation.
Mr. Guy it survived by bis
widow, Mrs. Mary E. Guy, two
sons, 13 grandchildren, three
great-grandlhildren, one brother,
Robert Guy, Mayor of Banner
Elk, N. C., three sisters. Mrs.
Robert Miiler and Victoria
Combs, both of Sugar Grove, and
Mrs. Andrew Dickens of Reids
viUe.
Mr. Guy was a member of the
BLE, BLFAE, St. Peter and
Paul's Church, the Holy Name
Society and Knights of Colimbus
Council 364.
He was buried in Calvary
Cemetery in Springfield, Illinos.
USES BULB M YEARS
Charleston, S. C. ? A light
bulb is still burning in the
home of Mrs. Ada Javins, 83,
after 40 years of service.
Mrs. Javins recalls that she
and her husband bought the
bulb, shaped like a cluster of
grapes, when they moved into
their new home in 1923.
The bulb, which she still us
es, gives off a dull reddish glow,
as a night light.
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