Section B
VOLUME LXXVI-NO. II
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963
Section B
PRICE TEN CENT8
Economic Ills Of Mountain Area Discussed
Asheville ? Plant for form*
tion of a 10-itate Appalachian
Regional Corporation to secure
maximum ?tate, local and fed
eral co-operation in solving the
economic ailments of the mnun.
tain area were speUed out at a
meeting of President Kennedy'!
Appalachian Regional Commit
?ion here Monday.
Commerce Undersecretary
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr? com
mission chairman, said the pro
posed corporation represents
"the first time a co-ordinated
approach on a regional basis
has been tried ? this is the first
attempt to approach regional
problems not just on the basis
of a single problem like trans
portation or water supply, but
on the whole angle of economic
and human poblems."
Study b Over
Roosevelt recalled that the
commission had its origin in the
conference of Appalachian gov
ernors some five years ago, and
said, "The period for study is
now over. It's time to put down
a concrete program."
The blueprints unveiled at
the second session here Mon
day dealt with a 2,150-mile
highway network within the
mountain region with alloca
tions based on "development"
needs rather than demonstrat
ed use, and plans for massive
aid programs in education,
health, welfare, reoreation,
power, agriculture, water re
sources and air transportation.
General Proposals
Proposals laid out for discus
sion by a North Carolina group
headed by Gov. Terry Sanford
dealt with general proposals
rather than specific area pro
grams.
Discussion of the water re
sources proposals included a
recommendation that the Ken
Scott Reservoir Recreation near
North Wilkesboro be developed
further. Also recommended was
development of the Kanawha
River Basin in Alleghany, Ashe
and Watauga counties and of
th? Yadkin-Pee Dee River Bas
in.
J?r. William H.~?W
president ef Appalachian tyte
Teachers College at Bodfee ail
Vice president of the Northwest
North Carolina Development
Association, who attended the
meeting, said, "The poople of
Northwest North Carolina can
find mi opportunity here to tie
In things they have heen work
ln( tor, for years, with the com
Stimulation
"We have been working for
better transportation, eduction
and water resources. The pros
pects now are that we will see
a stimulation of all these ef
forts. I feel sure the Northwest
North Carolina Development
Association will want to study
the commission's proposals
carefully to see how they can
be used to help the area."
W. J. Brame, state highway
commissioner from North Wil
kesboro, said the commission's
proposal* "have a terrific po
tential. There is a great need
for funds to aid all the com
munities."
Four Are Hurt
In Auto Accident
An automobile accident in
which four people sustained
slight injuries occurred on
Highway 194 near Meat Camp
Saturday night at about eight
o'clock, according to investigat
ing State Highway Patrolman
George Baker.
Baker said that Sammy Mill
er, whose address is not known
as yet, was operating a 1987
Chevrolet traveling north on
the highway, when he lost con
trol of the car. It overturned
in the road, then turned over
several more times down an em
bankment, throwing Miller and
his three passengers out of the
vehicle.
All four were taken to Wa
tauga Hospital and treated for
multiple lacerations and bruises.
Two passengers sustained slight
beak Injuries lu addition.
l%a eju was a toUl loss, Bak
er said. Charges are pending
further investigation of the mls
'hap.
Airport Commission Officials
Officials of the Watauga Airport Commis
sion, the organization which haa recently an
nounced plans for construction of an airport
in the county with the help of a Federal
grant, talk with Boone Uayor Wade E.
Brown at the Farm-City Meeting Thursday
night. Pictured are (from left to right):
Brown, Ralph Winkler, who is president of
the commission; Clyde liiller, vice-president;
and Clyde R. Greene, secretary. G rover Rob
bins, Jr., treasurer of the Watauga Airport
Commiuion, was not present for the photo
graph.
Miss Wessels
Is May Queen
Rock Hill, S. C.? Kin Ann
Wessels of Sullivan's Island, S.
C., a senior at Winthrop Col
lege, was recently elected Hay
Queen by her classmates.
The granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Wessels of Ban
ner Elk, Miss Wessels ia an
English major and ia photo
graphy editor of the school
yearbook.
U. S.RUSSIA CARGO FLEET
A Senate study reports OUt
the Russian merchant fleet ia
expanding rapidly while the
United States cargo fleet is de
teriorating.
Optimist Fruit Cake Sale
Will Begin Monday Night
Boone Civitan Club members
will be ringing doorbells lion
day night November 28 begin
ning at 7 o'clock. The fruit cake
sales campaign will get under
way with a house to house sales
on Monday night.
The Fruit Cake Sales Com
mittee has over a ton of fruit
cake on hand to start off With
according to Bobby Sherrill,
chairman of the sales commit
tee. i
Sherrill and other members
of the CivHan Club fruit cake
sales committee, Ernest Daaey,
Max Pox, 1. C. Pitts urged all
residents of Boone to turn their
porch lights on at 7 November
3D to designate their support
of the drive.
The Civitan Club recently
turned over a check for (800 to
the Boone Fire Dept. to be used
toward the purchase of a 4
wheel drive truck.
Watauga Not Standing Still,
Business Survey Indicates
Watauga is not a standstill
county. ,
The following statistics are
proof of that itatemenl. Writ
ten by business and civic lead
ers of the county, they were
printed on the inside of the!
program for the Farm - City
meeting which took place last
Thursday night, itself one indi
cation of the county's immense
growth during the past year.
"During 1663 Watauga Coun
ty has had considerable in
crease in industrial payroll.
Both International Resistance
and Shadowline have expanded
their plants and added person
nel. North State Canning Com
pany has expanded its opera
tions, as have Maymead Block
Company, Miller Industries and
Watauga Wood Products.
"... a new corporation, Wa
tauga Citiiens, Inc., has been
formed and has erected a new
building in which the Blue
Ridge Shot Company is now op
erating.
"The above mentioned indus
tries together with Appalachian
State Teachers Collage will have
a payroll in excess of 8 million
dollars annually by mid-1964.
". . . Appalachian State
Teachers College ... has com
pleted and occupied a new girls'
dormitory housing 300 girls and
costing $890,000, and a new
science building costing $780,
000. Bids are soon to be open
ed for a new classroom build- '
ing which will cost approximate- 1
ly $1,000,000."? jy. T. Adams,!
Northwestern Bank officer.
"The farmers of Watauga
County will sell approximately
$3,321,000 worth of farm pro
ducts in 1963. (In the past year)
broiler houses were constructed
with combined capacity of over
120,000 birds, over 16 acres were
set to strawberries, two acres to
blueberries, more than 200,000
tree seedlings set, also a size
able increase in number of
stack silos constructed." ? Roy
Isley, Office Manager, Watauga
County ASCS.
"Largest tourist season in
the county's history. Estimated
gross income over 12 million
dollars. Now under construc
tion and planning stage over
100 motel units. Over a mil
lion dollars being spent for ad
ditional attractions. Horn in
West best attendance since
1053, with over 31,000 attend
ing." ? Herman Wilcox, Presi
dent, Boone Chamber of Com
merce.
"The voters of Watauga
County overwhelmingly approv
ed a school bond issue on Sep
tember 17, 1963, in the amount
of $1,690,000 for the construc
tion of one central high school
to consolidate Appalachian,
Cove Creek, Blowing Rock and
Bethel, and make minor addi
tions to existing elementary
schools. Plans and specifica
tion should be completed by
May 1, 1964, and actual con
struction should begin during
the latter part of May.
"This project is scheduled to
be completed in time for the
opening of the 1965-66 school
term. . ? Guy Angell, Watau
ga County Superintendent of
Schools.
"Steady progress is being
made toward the day when
ground will be broken for the
new hospital. A site will be
selected very soon and final
plans will be completed with
the Medical Care Commission
by the end of this month." ?
R. M. Bumbaugh, IRC official.
Granite Falls
Approves ABC
Plan Narrowly
Granite Falls ? Voters approv
ed ABC liquor stores by a nar
row margin here Saturday and
defeated a proposal to sell beer
and wine.
Unofficial returns showed
ABC stores was approved by a
margin of 16 votes, 400 to 474.
The proposal to allow "off
premise" package sale of beer
and wine was beaten by four
votes, 483 against and 470 for.
... and h?ve everything at your fingertips. Mod
homemakers don't have eight hands, but they have
the nest best thing: electric housewares.
t n Mi m in Tml n ngu.f !aa|
ror every jod, mere s an cmcicni * convenient
electric helper try pan, hot tray, vacuum cleaner,
or electric blanket to name a few.
As tee celebrate this Thanksgiving
Holiday, let us give thanks to Him
Who has so bountifully blessed us
and so abundantly heaped our
tables.