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VOLUME LXXVI? NO. It
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BOONE, WATAI'GA CX)UNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1W3
10 CENTS PER COPY
20 PAGES ? 3 SECTIONS
CARRIES NAME OF FAMED HUNTER. ?Utvy Photo
TOM K. JACKSO# r
Tom Jackson ?'
Is Named To
School Post
Tom R. Jackson, a life-long
resident of Watauga County and
former teacher in the public
schools, has recently been em
ployed by the Board of Educa
tion to serve as Attendance
Counselor in the schools.
This is a new position created
through a special appropriation
by the North Carolina General
Assembly. The salary of at
tendance counselors is paid
from the state nine months
school fund provided travel and
other expenses incurred on the
job are paid through local
funds.
Mr. Jackson has been active
in various public positions in
Watauga County having served
one term in the State Legisla
ture, taught qchool ten years,
served as case worker for the
Watauga County- Welfare -De
partment three years, . served
five years on the Couuty Board
of Education, and taught Vet
eran Farm Training Classes for
a number of years following
World War XI. He is currently
serving on various agriculture
committees and is a successful
farmer in the Green Valley
Community.
W. Guy Angell .superintend
ent of Watauga County Schools,
said, "We are very fortunate to
have a man of Mr. Jackson's ex
perience and training for this
important position. He will be
working with attendance prob
lems in all school districts
throughout the county."
Red Cross Board To
Hold Meeting Nov. 15
A board meeting of the Wa
tauga County Chapter of the
American Red Crass will be held
at the Boone Baptist Church Fri
day, November 13 at 7:30 p.m.
All board members are urged to
be present, as special business
involving their activities is
scheduled to be transacted.
All Gray Ladies, in addition,
are urged to be present for the
neetipg ? and all visitors are
?welcome.
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"A DREAM COME TRUE"
Nuclear Sub Named
For Daniel Boone
Hunt Proposed F or
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Morehead Honor
Jack Ronald Hunt has been
seleeted as Appalachian - High
School and Watauga County's
nominee for the John Motley
Morehead Awards.
The John Morehead Awards
are made each year for under
graduate study leading to a
Baccalaureate degree. A winner
of these awards receives $1323
per year, to be renewed each
year for four years.
To be eligible for a Morehead
Scholarship, a candidate must:
(1) Be a current graduate of a
school on the list of eligible
selected by the Trustees of the
Morehead Foundation; (2) Meet
the requirements for admission
to The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill; and
Auto Stolen On
King Street Sat
A white and green 1954 Ford
automobile belonging to Ronny
Brooks of Boone was stolen
from King Street at approxi
maelty 10 p. m. Saturday, ac
cording to Boone Chief of Po
lice Hubert Thomas.
The vehicle bore North Car
olina license plate number BD
9596.
(3) Be unmarried.
Winners are selected on the
basis of the following: (a)
Scholastic ability and attain
ments; (b) Qualities of man
hood, truthfulness, courage, de
votion to duty, sympathy, kind
liness, unselfishness, and fellow
ship; (c) Evidence of moral
force of character and of capac
ities to lead and to take an
interest in his schoolmates; (d)
Physical vigor, as shown by in
terest in competitive sports or
other ways. Financial need is
not considered in making selec
tions.
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RONNIE HUNT
Mr. Herman W. Wilcox, Pres
ident of the Boone Chamber of
Commerce, reported this week
that he had realised a "dream
come true" when he learned
?arly thii year that the U. S.
Navy had announced the offici
al launching of < nuclear sub
marlne named for Daniel Boone,
the famous pioneer for whom
Boone was named.
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The submarine, named the
UjSJS. Daniel Boone, Is sche
duled to be officially launched
next Jane, Wilcox said, at the
Mare Island Shipyard at Valle
Jo, Calif. She is presently be
ing fitted out with her equip
ment and undergoing sea trials
off the West Coast.
After commissioning, the
ship will become a part of the
Pacific Fleet. Mr. G. P. Steele,
a U. S. Navy Commander, is
scheduled to become Command
ing Officer of the nuclear-pow
ered vessel.
Wilcox stated, In referring to
the upcoming launching, that
"The Navy Department ex
presses a keen desire to work
;with us in that this major
event will assist us in promot
ing our drama 'Horn In the
West'" In verification of this,
Mr. Wilcox produced the fol
lowing letter, which be receiv
ed from Prospective Command
ing Officer Steele last week:
"Dear Mr. Wilcox:
"In reply to your letter of
27 September, I am happy to
provide you with the enclosed
picture of U S S DANIEL
BOONE taken here in the ship
yard where she was construct
ed. The picture was taken dur
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Watauga Industries Votes
T oLiquidate;Lanid IsOf f ered
Stockholders of Watauga In
dustries, Inc., a citizens' organ
ization dedicated to bringing
new industry into Watauga
Count; and thus assuring eco
nomic growth, voted last Thurs
day at a special meeting to liq
uidate the organization in order
that its members might better
be able to support the newly
founded Watauga Citizens, Inc.,
a similar organization with sim
ilar purposes.
Qlenn Andrews, president of
Watauga Industries, Inc., stated
that the organization is now off
ering for sale ten acres of
choice, flat, Watauga County
property located between Boone
and Blowing Rock. Included
on this tract of land is the
building occupied by Skyline
Bowling Lanes; the building,
also owned by Watauga Indus
tries, Inc., is also being offered
for sale as part of the liquida
tion process.
Approximately $140,000 worth
of stock la Watauga Industrie*,
lac., U to be redeemed In the
?ear future, Andrews said. The
paylU off of these stocks will
enable stockholders who wish to
do so to invest this money la
the 4% per cent, IS year boads,
payable semiannually, which are
presently being offered for sale
by Watauga Citizens, lac., as a
means of . financing . the new
Bine Ridge Shoe Co. plant on
Greeaway Road (Watauga Cit
izens, Inc., owns the building
la which the factory operatoa).
Andrews further pointed out
that the stockholder in Wa
tauga Industries, Inc., who wish
es to turn his earnings from
that organization into the new
corporation will find the tax
situation greatly improved over
hi? old setup ? which is one
reason "that Watauga Citizens,
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39% ACRES ACQUIRED
Winkler Land Chosen
For New School" Site
Engineers Now
On Job; Grade
Work To Begin
The Watauga County Board
of Education has recently com
pleted negotiations for a new
high schopl site from the G. C.
Winkler estate.
The site is located approxi
mately one-half mile from the
intersection of Highway 321
221 with Highway 106 and lies
south of Highway 100.
The Board said 3B and one
half acres have been acquired
?t a cost of one thousand dol
lars per acre. The acreage In
cludes one hundred feet of
right-of-way to Highway 106
near the D. T. Brown property.
An option was taken on the
site last spring following the
approval of local school author
ities and the State Board of
Education. The site will require
major grading and landscaping
prior to the construction of the
school facilities.
Work is now underway by the
Appalachian Surveyors prepar
ing the necessary information
for a contract to be let for
grading and clearing the site.
Efforts are being made to let
the contract in early December.
The construction of the build
ings should gat underway next
spring following the comple
tion of plans and specifications
by th? firm of Adam & Pagrsm,
Architects and Engineers,
Statesville.
An access highway to 109 has
already been surveyed by the
Highway Department and con
struction on this phase of the
project will begin as soon as
State approval is granted.
The road will be approxi
mately twelve hundred feet in
length and will have an excel
lent grade, according to high
way officials.
DAVID S. WEAVER
Dr. Weaver Will
Speak At Annual
Farm- Gty Event
A record attendance if ex
pected at this year's Farm-City
meeting, to be held at 6:30 p.
m., Thursday, Nov. 24, at the
Cove Creek High School gym
nasium. J. B. Robinson, who is
attendance chairman for the
?vent, reports that ticket sales
are going very well.
With the various civic groups
making up their attendance ?
the Garden Clubs, Chamber of
Commerce, and Women's
Worthwhile Club ? and with the
added feature that the event
has been designated a "ladies'
night," perhaps a record num
ber of Citizens will attend.
The program will be an out
standing one, featuring special
music by the famous Dock Wat
son, who has recently been writ
ten up in several national maga
zines. Officers of various or>
ganizations, including the
[Chamber of Commerce and
' (continued on page two)
Some Idea of tb? tremendous crowd which
attended the Boone Optimist Club's Hallo
ween Carnival may be given by this shot of
the muses gathered around the speaker's
platform ai Frank Andrews prepares to
announce prize winners in the vt ious cos
tume divisions. ? Flowers photo.
Optimist Club Party Aided
III Quiet Local Halloween
? By CLARK COX
ryw?en came and went
surprising quiet in Wa
tauga -County last Thursday, ac
cording to all reports from
county and town officials.
There was, of course, the us
ual considerable number of
trick-or-treaters; and, as hap
pens each year, there were an
unfortunate few determined to
roam the countryside merely to
"trick," and their actions
amounted to a one-night out
burst of vandalism. But this
year, such acts were held to
a minimum by the close obser
vation of law officers and the
cooperation of the citizenry.
Watauga County Sheriff Dal
las Cheek and Boone Chief of
Police Hubert Thomas both re
ported that they encountered
do vandalism of terribly serious
nature. There were no serious
accidental injuries in the coun
ty, and no noticeable property
damage. A water pump stolen
from the H ft M Service Station
in Boone may have been the
work of a self-styled prankster
or of a serious thief.
All in all, the only Halloween
night vandalism worthy of com
ment included the soaping of
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Mrs. Norris
Dies Friday
Mrs. Cora Gragg Norris, 88,
died Friday night at the home
of her son, William B. Norris, '
following a long illneu.
She was born in Watauga (
County to Ur. and Mrs. Richard j
Gragg August 3, 1875, and was j
the widow of the late Calvin (
Roah Norris.
Surviving in addition to her
son are six daughters, Mrs. .
Edna Lee of Margate City, N.
J.; Mrs. Annie Coleman of
Roanoke, Va.; Mrs. Mattie Todd
of Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Blanche '
Trivette of Beaver Dam, Va.; '
Mrs. W. B. York and Mrs. Mar- ,
ian Winkler of Boone. Also sur- '
viving are 22 granijcl^ldren, 90 1
great ? grandchildren and 4 1
great-great grandchildren.
The funeral was held at 2
p. m. Sunday at the Fint Bapt
ist Church in Boom. Officiat
ing was the Rev. Boyce Brooks, j
and burial waa - in -the Meat i
CapiB cemetvx. Rains -Sturdt- i
vant waa ill chars'* ol arrange
ments. i
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MISS FRANCES FARTHING
Miss Farthing Is Named
Head Of Nursing School
Lenoir Rhyne College has an
nounced the appointment of
Miss Frances Farthing, a native
Wataugan, as head of the newly
established Department of Nurs
ing, the first collegiate program
in nursing in western North
Carolina and the sixth in the
itate.
The program has been estab
lished with Grace Hospital, Mor
ganton, as the clinical center; at
Srace Hospital students will re
ceive much of their actual lab
oratory experience in nursing.
Other facilities to be used are:
Lutheran Home, Hickory,
Broughton Hospital, North Car
olina School for the Deaf, Burke
County Health Department and
Western Carolina Center, all of
Morganton.
The program offers much op
portunity for men and women
interested in nursing and the
graduates promise to provide
touch of the leadership neces
ury for the many expanding
health needs of the area.
Miss Farthing is the daughter
bf Ben W. Farthing and the
late Dixie Glenn Farthing of
Valle Crucis. She is a graduate
of Cornell University-New York
Hospital School of Nursing and
has a master's degree from Ap
palachian State Teachers Col
lege. Much of her leisure time
is spent at her apartment on
Orchard Street, Boone.
Lenoir Rhyne opened with >
record enrollment of 1,142 stu
dents.
The registration statistics ex
ceed by 116 students the prev
ious record of 1,023 set last fall.
The enrollment figure was
announced by Dr. E. L. Setzler,
registrar and academic dean of
the Lutheran institution.
Largest class on the Hickory
campus is composed at fresh
men, whose class enrollment is
Ml. This is divided almost eq
ually between 169 men and 172
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