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DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Net ctpaper . . . Seventy-Sixth Year of Continuous Publication BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 84, 1963 10 CENTS PER COPY 22 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS VOLUME LXXVI? NO. 17 ' Hi L? 69 49 71 48 70 32 68 39 67 64 82 49 62 41 Ki For Best Results ? advertise? invariably u*? the col umn* of the Democrat. With It* full paid circulation , Intensely covering the local lhopping area, it is the beat advertising medium available. , Shoe Plant Bond Sales Going Well Stanley A. Harris, Secretary Treasurer of Watauga Citizens, Inc., reports that the bond sales of the non-profit citizens' cor poration, to finance the con struction and equipping of the new Blue Ridge Shoe Company factory on Greenway Road, went very well on the first two days of the campaign, according to members who attended a breakfast meeting of the organi zation at the Gateway Cafe In Boom last Wednesday. Final figures on sales of the more than 9200,000 worth of 4H% 16-year bonds will not be available until after the Novem ber 10 cutoff date, Harris said. But with over $50,000 worth of bonds having been sold on Mon day, the first day of the cam paign, and with a substantial number of prospective buyers yet to be contacted, no difficulty was foreseen in fulfilling the sales quota. Watauga Citizens, Inc., with more than 100 members com posed of prominent citizens all over the county, was organized mainly for the purpose of out fitting the shoe company in the building which is owned by the citizens' organization; but it will doubtless become a permanent organization, Harris pointed out, taking on various other duties as the need arises. Officers of the corporation, in addition to Harris, are: Chair man, Clyde Greene, and Vice chairmen, Ralph Winkler and Howard Holshouser. Directors in addition to the officers include E. F. Coe, O. K. Richardson, Glenn Andrews, I. B. Wilson, James Harsh, Robert Hardin, Alfred Adams and D. L. Wilcox. L-- " '? "* '? ?" '' ' ? ? ?,t' T~ GLENN W. WpXOX Wilcox Goes To Europe To Plug Travel Agency Glenn Wallace Wilcox, manner erf the Wiioox Travel Agency, left Charlotte last Saturday via Bitttern Jet to visit representa tives of the Wilcox Travel Agency in several European countries. The trip will have ? two-fold purpose? to let them know what we have in this area of America that they should be interested in, and to better acquant them with the various attractions in Europe, and to make arrangements for future tours. Mr. Wiioox expects to include the following countries in his tour: Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Oemnait, Sweden, England, (Continued on page two) Parkway Bans Use Of Fires Tie danger of forest flres has fcecMM so great en the Blue Ridge Parkway that tt ha* be come accessary, effective Im mediately, to discontinue the ase of open flres. Ne open flres will be allowed anywhere the Parkway, including caatp groaada and picnic areas, as Wag as the extremely dry wea ther conditions continue. With Be prospect! of moisture la sight, this restrict! oa will prob ably rentals la effect beyead the closiag of the pablic fa cilities m Oetotar U, IMS. GLENDA AUSTIN . . . "MISS WATAUGA COUNTY" Gleuda Austin Named "Miss ? . W atauga County" At Pageant '??'r t ..a ? ? ? -- ? ? ? > ? - ?--- ? ? ? - ? ? atMda Austin Of Bowk was crowed Miss Watauga County of 19M at the seventh annual Miss Watauga County Beauty Pageant, sponsored by th$ Boone Junior Chamber ofCommerce, Saturday evening, October 19. Pat Pittman, the reigning queen, assisted by Miss North Carolina, Jeanne Flynn Siwanner, crowned the new queen before a capacity audience at the Boone Elementary School Auditorium. Miss Austin Is the daughter o I Mr. and Mrs. Frank Austin o I hue. She graduated from Ap palachian High School in 1K3 aad is bow employed there as a secretary. First rurmer-up in the contest was Paige Brown of Leesburg, Florida, a freshman at Appala chian State Teachers College. Secood runner-up was Patricia Flowers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Flowers of Boone, and a freshman at ASTC Miss Betsy Isley, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Charles Isiey of Boone, was selected Miss Con geniality by her fellow contest ants. Also competing for the title o< Miss Wataoga County were the following young ladies: Mary ~ Lsahe Baney, Betty Joiee Ben IcU, Jacqueline Harris, Cora Holder, Linda MnrreU, Martha ' (continued on page two) Foscoe Man Is Winner At ? ! - I State Fair Connty resident Her bert AidrUge, ti Route 1, Ban ner Elk, has recently been htiittd for the second year in ? raw for his exhibition of Christmas trees at the Dixie Classic Fair for Northwest North Carolina, In Winston Sslem. > jjHj Neil Bolton, manager of the fair, on October I presented Aldridge with three checks, totalling $45 In prise money, Aldridge's achieve of the Grand Champion ship, first .place, and second place in the Christmas tree The winner of tho Grand Championship award waa a Fraser fir tree, Aldridge said, while the other two prise- win were a Fraser fir ? white pin*. I fel ??? Photo Flowers' Photo Shop Jeanne Flynn Swanner, Hiss North Carolina, entertains with song and ukelele as part of the festivities attending the Hiss Watauga County Beauty Pageant.? Flowers photo. Burley Markets To Start Sales Nov. 25 The Burley Auction Ware- ] louse Association Sales Com- < riittee voted llonday to open bis year's auction markets in he eight-state burley belt Nov. ' 8. The committee voted to re ess sales Nov* 27 lor the 'hankagivlng holiday, resum- . ng Nov. 29, and to recesa for be holidays Dec. 20, resuming an. 6. 1 The sales rate and hours for I tiarkets operating on a basket- I elling basis were set at not I sore than 1,280 baskets per < ay per set of buyers. I This figures out to 300 bask ts per hour for 3V4-hour sales i ay. 1 Markets which prefer to sell n a poundage basis may do so i iy applying not later than one ' reek before the start of the . larket season. I They will be limited to no I ?ore than 302,400 pounds of < saf per day per set of buyer*, i The committee urged farm- I rs not to deliver, and ware ousemen not to receive, any urliy leaf prior to Nov. 15. < Watauga Placed In New Senate Area By Solons The special session of the Legislature, passed the admin istration Senate re-districting bill last Thursday, placing Wa tauga County in a new district ?rlth Avery, Wilkes and Yad kin Counties. Watauga had been for a great many years in a district irith Ashe and Alleghany. The Legislature also approv ed a constitutional amendment which would he voted on In lanuary, and cut House mem bership to IN, and increase the Senate to 1M members, irtth the House baaed on geo graphy and the Senate on popu lation. Congress votes $47 billion leienae bill. 60TII ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED Harvest Of Gay Events To Spark Homecoming 2,000 Alumni To Gather Here Next Saturday A harvest of events has been planned for the pleasure of re turning Appalachian State Teach ers College alumni during Home coming festivities on Saturday, October 38. Approximately 2,000 alumni from Murphy to MSanteo and from outside the borders of Tar Heelia are expected to make the trek back to the Boone campus to renew old acquaintances and celebrate Homecoming with events from early morning until midnight. The (Oth Anniversary Home coming marks M years of prog rets from a small beginning as a state institution la 1101 to ? college and graduate school with an enrolment si 2?lt In IMS. Most of the Homecoming ac tivities will revolve around the area of the college administra tion building for the convenience of alumni, it was announced by Bob Allen, director of founda tions, public relatione and news bureau. Ahmml may park at Conrad at the baseball field, behind the college laundry aad behind the elementary school. Campus police will be on hand to direct parking. Alumni will register in the new Science Building lobby from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. At 8:30 a.m. the ahimni presi dent's breakfast will be held at the Daniel Boone tan. The menu consists of ham with all the trimmings . Musical Bates will break the dear mountain air at 10 a.m. as the last-stepping ASTC band, the Salisbury High School band, the Rutherfordton - SpindaSe High Ichoai band, the Taylorsville High School band and the Appa lachian High School hand will start the traditional parade from the FCX Store on Water Street to King Street and through down town Boone. The parade will con tinue on King Street to "Greasy Corner" and down Hardin Street to Danph-Blan and through the to the new Science Build Austin Adams of Boone is pa rade marshal and will supervise | the parade. Charles McLean, president of Chi Lambda Chi, said that most of tbe clubs on the campus are preparing floats to go in the pa rade. A special prize will be awarded to the club with the best float, and a prize will also be awarded for the best display on campus. At lit a.m. there will be a faculty-alumni fellowship hour in the lounge of the college cafe teria. ASTC faculty members as sisting 80th Anniversary Chair (Continued on pig* two) Chief Issues Warning On Leaf Burning la Bosae are be ing warned against Igniting pUes | s I leaves daring the preae fraught soadltteaa. by lire Chief R. D. Hedges, Jr., who says thai the danger right m at Ore la extremely grave. Chief Hodges says that I leave* could spread to I the city and bring to the 1 te he rechened of the pee I The automobile in the background is the one in which William Brownie Dyer of Boone was killed Sunday morning. ? Flowers photo. William B. Dyer, 24, Killed In Crash Of Cars On 105 JOSEPH HARD THOMAS Hard Thomas Dies Friday Joseph Hard Thomas, 76, well known resident of Sugar Grove, died Friday at Cannon Memor ial Hospital, where he had been a patient for 24 hours. Mr. Tho mas has been in poor health for a long time. He was born in Watauga County to Alexander and Jo etta Shaw Thomas. He was a retired farmer and mail carrier on the route from Valle Crucis to Beech Creek. He was a mem ( Continued on page two) William Brownie Dyer, 24, ol Boone was killed Instantly about 1:35 a. m. Sunday in a two-car accident about eight miles west of Boone on High way 105 near Foscoe. State Highway Patrolman G. L. Morgan said Dyer was oper ating a car with Wade Ronda Wagoner, 40, of Banner Elk, Rt. 1, as a passenger. The other car was driven by Jack Wagon er, 23, of Banner Elk, Wade's cousin, and he was alone. Wade suffered head injuries and bruises about the body. He was taken to Watauga County Hos pital. Jack had minor bruises. Dyer had a broken neck. Morgan said Jack told him Dyer drove his car into the rear of the Wagoner car, caus ing both machines to fail to ne gotiate a curve. Wagoner's car ran 30 feet up a bank. Dyer's car traveled 372 feet, turning over and over, and stopped just beyond a pile of gravel. Both Jack Wagoner and Dyer were thrown from their cars. The State Highway Patrolman said both cars were traveling at high speed. He said Jack Wagoner has been charged with improper registration of an au tomobile and failure to have in surance on his car. The fatality was the fourth highway death of the year for Watauga County, all occurring within the space of the past (Continued on page two) J Jurors Drawn For Watauga Civil Court Clerk of Court OrviUe Foster has announced the list of 23 jurors selected for the November term of Watauga Civil Court. Court wiM convene November 4, with Judge J. Frank iHuskios presiding. The jury list is as follows: Boone, N. C.: Harold Hughes, Robert Swift, Edsel Greene, Mar tin Moroti, Frank Norris, Lewis Anderson, Robert B. Rosenbalm, Jr., Allen Hampton. Boone, Route 1: Claude Boden hamer. Boone, Route 2: Blaine J. Miller. Boone, Route 4: Troy Greene. Rominger: William W. Hicks. Blowing Rock: Jiay Oastle, Roy E. Hartley, Blaine Coffey, Cline Underwood. Sugar Grove: Dolph Combs. Valte Crucis: R. A. Farthing, Leonard Hayes, Charlie Byrd. Reese: Lloyd Norris. Banner Elk: John B. Hicks. IVilas: Julius Yates. ZhmviUe: Ralph B. Fletcher, Oarl Edward Greer, Rosooe C. Perry. Deep Gap: Joe Lawrence Cof fey. Jr. Sherwood: A. Jack Baird. ? Mayor Reports City Water Supply Is Dangerously Low Mayor Wade E. Brown of Boone announced Monday that, due to the recent dry weather and the use of water to fight the three fires in and around Boone last week, Boone's water supply had reached what he called a "serious" point; but be added that, unless the drought goes on for a good long while, the present voluntary support of all citizens in conserving the town's water supply should suf fice to prevent the shortage from reaching the critical level. The second baa in recent weeks on car-washing has been Initiated, Brown said (the first was because ?f a break in a water aaii on rata tjr Street, which resulted in a loss of sev eral hundred thousand gallons of water; the weekend abstin ence from car-washing replen ished the supply). Chief of Police Hubert Tho mas also had a statement con cerning the new ban. "It's hard to believe," Thomas said, "but car-washing takes more water than it otherwise takes to run a whole town; so we've had to ban it temporarily. There should be no cause for alarm, however; for Boone has plenty of wat^r to carry it through any emergency, unless the present drought lasts longer than has now been indicated." Thomas pointed out, howtvar, that November is traditionally the driest month of the year for this section of the state. Brown said that it would probably not be necessary to dip Into the emergency-reserve supply of water froas the rase volr in order to provide water for essential needs. "We have, however, been searching far ad ditional sources of water ? springs, and so forth? Jut in caae. But this is a bad time to be looking for springs." "The citixens have been very cooperative so far in this ef fort," the mayor stated, "and have given every indication that they will continue to do so. In (Continued on pa ?? two) V
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