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JFOIfc BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the col umns of the Democrat With its full paid circulation, intensely covering the local shopping area, it is (he beet advertising m«dinn» available. ASTC BUSINESS MANAGER NED TRIV ETTE says construction work on campus is progressing well—still on schedule after heavy snows the first of the year. Pictured is the men’s high-rise dormitory, under con struction adjacent to Conrad Stadium. Triv ette says the schedule calls for occupation of both men’s and women’s residence halls by Sept. 1. Women’s dorms are being con structed on Hardin Street. (Staff photo) Girl Scout Week Is Being Observed By 165 Members The 165 registered Girl Scouts of Watauga County are joining with the more than three mil lion Girl Scouts across the coun try in the celebration of Girl Scout Week, March 6-12, and the 54th birthday of Girl Scout ing which is on March 12. The theme of the celebration is “Girl Scouting—A Promise in Action.” Last fall Girl Scout troops James Broyhill Given GOP Nod Yadkinville— Republicans in the 9th District nominated Rep. James T. Broyhill for Congress Saturday and predicted he will win a third term by 50,000 votes. About 325 delegates from the district’s 11 counties applauded gleefully when Broyhill men tioned the “fight” between Vice President Humphrey and Sen. Robert Kennedy. The two men, he said, have been ex changing words about what fac tions should have how much influence in any government that may be established for South Viet Nam. “We Republicans are going to have to pick up the pieces,” said Broyhill, who had caution ed earlier that Viet Nam is too serious a situation to play poli tics with. He said he has no solution to Winter Slows Traveling On Scenic Route The monthly visitor report for February of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Feb. Feb. 1966 1965 James River (Va.) (Mi. 0 to 115) ...15,081 29,205 Rocky Knob (Va.) (Mi. 115 to 217) 11,253 37,065 Bluffs (N. C.) (Mi. 217 to 305) 3,993 28,116 Asheville (N. C.) (Mi. 305 to 469) 18,975 35,112 TOTALS .49,302 129,498 Calendar Year 1966—178,596 visitors to date. Calendar Year 1965—267,834 visitors to date. Calendar Year 1966 compared _ (Continued OB ytf* Mx) the problem, but he said the GOP wants “peace with honor” and urged that American poli cies in Southeast Asia be re examined. He said President Kennedy and, after him, President John son promised balanced bud gets, yet in the last five years $31.5 billion more has been spent than has been taken in. Broyhill criticized Johnson for cutting back on the milk program for schoolchildren and, at the same time, raising salar ies of “political hacks” in the poverty program. Cites Inflation He said inflation is the big gest battle that must be won, because it is an insidious evil that eats into the pockets of the poor—particularly those with small pensions. “U we don’t win that one/’ said Broyhill “the others won’t make much difference.” The Johnson administration, he said, has realized a “wind fall” of $2 billion simply by talcing the silver out of the quarters that are circulating now. “For the good of LBJ and for the good of the country,” Broyhill concluded, “we must give him a Republican Con gress—beginning next year.” Broyhill was nominated by Clyde Greene of Boone, and a (Continued on page six) Jaycees To Have Annual Tissue Sale The Boone Jaycees will hold their annual tissue sale from Saturday, March 19, through Saturday, March 26. Three box es of tissue will be sold for $1. The Jaycees urge residents of Boone to leave their porch lights on on Tuesday, March 22, if they wish to buy. Pro ceeds will go to Jaycees com ' inanity sendee projects. ' decided on one or mow pro jects which would demonstrate and put into action the Gift Scout Promise to do their duty to God and country, to help other people at all times, and to obey the Girl Scout laws of loyalty, honesty, courtesy, cheer fulness, kindness and thrift. Some of Uiese projects in volve service to other groups in the community and some con cern personal attitudes or troop self-improvement. All repre sent “A Promise in Action” and will be fulfilled during the troop year ending Sept. 1. A few of the projects being done by troops in Watauga are: aiding their sponsoring group in the collecting and distribut ing of used clothing; a Brownie troop making tray favors each month for the hospital; weekly visits to a neighborhood nurs ing home and putting on special programs for their sponsoring group. The ten troops are led in their activties by 30 registered adult scouts. These give their time and effort to Scouting, and without their contribution and the Watauga United Fund, there could be no Girl Scouts in Watauga County. Girl Scout Week started with the Girl Scout Sunday, March 6, and will be climaxed by the annual Girl Scout banquet on Friday, March 11, at 6 p. m., in the Appalachian Elementary School cafeteria. Watauga School Closing Date Is Seen As June 3 The “target date” for the last day of the 180-day school term in Watauga County will be on or about Friday, June 3. Super intendent of Schools Guy An gell said the regular calendar called for the end of school on Friday, May 20. The proposed closing date of June 3 calls for the cancella tion of the Easter holidays pre viously scheduled for April 8 and April 11. The schedule al so means that teachers will be on duty through Tuesday, June 7. Angell said closing and make-up schedules are tenta tive and subject to Board of Education approval. The completion of make-ups on Saturday, Feb. 12 and Satur day, Feb. 18 leave a remainder (Continued on page ttx) Whiskey Figures In Case ,/-t ; V ; W ;>j Held In Slaying Wm. Presnell Fatal Shot Is Fired From .22 Caliber Pistol BY RACHEL RIVERS When Sheriff Dallas Cheek arrived at Cove Creek Store Saturday morning, he found William McKinley Presnell, 41, of Sugar Grove, dead in the front seat of a 1959 Buick. The car was registered to Betty Presnell of Vilas, widow of the deceased. Floyd Tester of Sugar Grove, about age 52, Presnell’s uncle by marriage, was arrested and jailed in connection with the shooting. The Sheriff said he was called to Cove Creek Store at Sugar Grove at 11 a. m. He said the caller stated that a man had been shot, “and I think he’s dead.” The Sheriff said Presnell had been shot in the left side of the neck and was sitting on the right hand side of the front seat with his head thrown back. When he arrived, Test er was sitting on a bench In aide the store. Cheek said he called an ambulance and noti fied the County coroner, Rich ard Kelley. About 10:30 a. m. that morn ing, a woman had called the Sheriff’s Department and re ported that two men were firing a gun in front of her home on old Highway 421. The jailer’s wife dispatched a Highway Pa trolman to the scene; however, the Patrolman was unable to leave immediately. Cheek arrived in Cove Creek at 11:15 a. m., answering the second call. Minutes later, the Patrolman had traced the car, from where it was reported— just below the Watauga County Health Center—to the Store. According to Cheek, both the deceased and Tester had been drinking. An empty pint bot tle and another one-third full were found in the car. An Avery County man, Dean Harmon af Beech Creek, had been driving the two around. He told Cheek that Tester and Presnell had been "messing’’ with the gun all morning, and making threats to shoot each other. The Sheriff said Harmon re ported that when he heard the (Continued on page 1, sec. B) Students Give $50 To Charity Alter.the recent basketball game between Hickory High School and Watauga High School, students attended a sock-hop at Watauga, and funds from the dance were presented to the Watauga chapter of March of Dimes. Fifty dollars was given on behalf of the student body. Student Council members who organized the money-raising event are (from right): Miss Janie Shipley, Student Council secretary; Miss Beth Lawrence, Council member and chairman of Watauga's Teen-Age Pro gram for Mach of Dimes; Scott Stanbery, vice-president; Mike Wilson, president; and Steve Hampton, treasurer. Miss Law rence said a dance also will be held in the 1967 school year to benefit the charity. (Staff photo) Parking Lot To Be Provided The Town Board of Aider men is now working on a pro ject to provide more parking in Boone. Mayor Wade E. Brown says that the parking situation here has been bad all along, and that he and his Board have been working toward a solution. “R. C. Coleman and Joe Coleman have made arrangements with the Town to allow the Town to use the site of warehouse no. (continued on page six) Land Bank Official Promotes Boone Area “Farmers will use more long term credit in the years ahead,” according to S. C. Eggers, pres ident of the Federal Land Bank Association of Boone, who has just returned from the North Carolina Conference of Federal Land Bank Association Direct ors and Managers held in Dur ham. “In expanding farm opera tions to produce needed food and fiber in the years ahead and employing more new tech i ■ ■' ; This .22-calibre pistol, being held by a Sheriffs officer, is said to be the weapon that killed William McKinley Presnell of Sugar Grove Saturday. nology for efficiency, farmers will use more long-term credit,” Mr. Eggers explained. Mr. Eggers put in a strong plug for Boone during his ad dress. He invited the group to attend the stockholders meeting in Boone July 2. This meeting is nationally recogniz ed. He told the conference about the weather, motel facil ities, recreational advantages and made a good ambassador for this section. Mr. Eggers told of the Wagon Train, Horn in the West, the College, ski ing, fishing and golfing. Many of those attending expressed keen interest in what he had to say about Boone and Wa tauga County. Mr. Eggers indicated that adequate loanable funds would be available for farmers through the Land Bank system and the policy of the Land Bank is to absorb rising money costs to the maximum extent possible. The Boone Association is one of 15 land bank associations which make and service long term farm loans for the Fed eral Land Bank of Columbia in North Carolina. The bank now has over 36,000 loans outstand ing in the amount of more than $335 million to farmers in the two Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida—the four states served by the bank. Over 13,600 loans in the amount of over $100 mil lion are with North Carolina (Continued on page six) Holshouser May Be Chairman Talk going around the 9th District Republican Convention Saturday in Yadkinville was that the man favored by North Carolina Republican leaders to be the new state party chairman is James E. Holshouser Jr. of Watauga County. The Boone lawyer is a state legislator and Republican mi nority leader in the State House of Representatives at Raleigh. The chairman is elected by del egates from all counties, al though the stamp of approval from party leaders is expected to go a long way. The sew staid chairman will be elected at the state conven tion on Friday and Saturday in Charlotte. Holshouser confirmed at the Yadkinville meeting that state party leaden had talked with him about the chairmanship. He said he would accept the post if Republicans thought he could best serve them as chair man, but added he was reluct ant to enter a “knock down, drag out” race. Present state chairman Jamee Gardner of Rocky Mount has S announced he will ant seek re
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