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Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Eighth Year of Continuous Publication
VOLUME LXXVIII—NO. 43
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BOONE; WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1968
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Television’s Fess Parker, star of “Daniel
Boone,” will visit Daniel Boone Country in.
.August. While in Bcione, Parker will be
co sponsored by the Southern Appalachian
Historical Association and Hugh Horton of
Linville.
Many File For Primary;
No New Registration
(Pictures of flew candidate!
appear on page one, section B)
Twenty-six Watauga County
Democrats and Republicans had
filed as candidates for eight
county offices, while three had
thrown their hats in the ring
for township positions, as the
filing deadline for the Kay pri
inary arrived at noon last Fri
day.
John Bingham, Chairman
of the Watauga County Board
of Elections, tells the Demo
crat that there will he no new
registration of voters this
year as had previously been
announced. The board has'
reversed its former decision,
Mr. Bingham, Dayton Wine
barger, Democrats, voting
against the new registration,
while J. E. Holshouser, Re
publican, voted for it. Mr.
Bingham feeb that a new
registration in the limited
time allowed would result in
some voters losing the fran
chise this year. The literacy
test ban provided in the Civil
Rights Act does not apply in
Watauga County, Mr. Bing
ham says. So all voters who
have previously registered for
a county election may vote
without further ado.
Those who have reached the
age of 21 since the last elec
tion, br who will be 21 by the
November election may vote in
the primary, si well as those
who have moved into the county
and become eligible by the nec
* essary length of residence.
The registration books will
open April 30 in the various
precincts and be open also on
the 7th and 14th of May for
the purpose of registering new
voters. May 21 will be chal
lenge day while the primary
will be held May 28., : ^
The Candidate^.. JJ' |>
Following is ' a list' of the
. candidates who have filed, the
Dmaocrati b«iu Mtcated by a
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(D), the Republicans by an (R):
For Sheriff: Ernest Blake
<R), Ward G. Carroll (D),
James C. Lyons (R), Emmett
Oliver (D) Dallas Cheek (R
incumbent).
Founder’s Day
Sale At Belk’s
Starts Today
Belk's Founder’s Days Sale,
starts at the Boone stare today
(Thursday) and c o nt 1 n u e s
through April 30.
An annual event, the sale Is
the biggest single promotion of
the popular store, and features
bargain prices in every depart
ment. '
Belk’s has consistently relied
on Democrat advertising, and
this edition contains six full
pages on the big sale.'Readers
will find the advertisement in
formative and full of opportuni
ties to save money.
For Board of Education:
John H. Hollar (R), F. D. Bum
gardner (R), Archie L. Carroll
(R), R. E. Agle (D), James S.
Stout (R), John R. Herman (D),
Hugh B. Hagaman (D), Gene
L. Reese (D), Mack D. Brown
(D), H. W. Mast, Jr. (D). The
last two named are incumbents.
The third incumbent, Or. Chas.
Davant didn't file.
County Commissioners: Hiram
Brooks (R), Frederick Michael
(R), Glenn Hodges (D), F. Ray
Derrick (D), Bynum Greene
(R), H. O. Aldridge (R), Tom
R. Jackson (D), Dr. Len D.
Hagaman (D) Howard M. Ed
misten (D). Mr. Greene is in
cumbent chairman.
Clerk of the Court: Orville
Foster (R incumbent), Robert
Hodges, Democrat; Robert C.
Thomas, Democrat.
Howard Coffey (D) filed for
Constable in Blowing Rock
township; Rhonda Coffey (D)
filed for Justice of the Peace in
Blowing Rock, while Dave Hod
ges filed for Justice of the Peace
in Boone.
Baptist Association Will
The Spring Session of the
Three Forks Baptist Associa
tion will meet at the Heat
Camp Church on Tuesday, April
26, from 5 till 8:30 p. m.
This will be a joint meeting
of the Three Forks and Stony
Fork Association, and the pro
gram will be in the form of a
clinic, designed to explain the
five-year Spiritual Growth Pro
gram. . '
The Rev. W/ E. Tope; Throe
Forks Associations! Missionary,
will preside. Edwin Bullock,
State Erothashood Department
associate, will explain the five
year program, and organization
reports will be presented by
’Marshall Hargrave, Sunday
School; Hn. Nora Wilson,
Training Union; Mrs. John Rob
inson, W. M. U.; and Dr.- Jack
Lawrence, Brotherhood,
n The evening meeting will con
clude with, an inspirational
message by Dr. W. Perry
Crouch, General Secretary of
the Baptist State Convention.
^ Both program and' hour of
meeting are different from the
regular meeting of the Spcmg
Session, so each one is en
couraged to attend the after
noon session from S to 8. Sup
per will be served by the host
church from 6 to 7, and the
evening program will begin
thereafter. If it ia impossible
to attend both sessions, persona
may receive some information
and explanation of the five-year
program by attending one.
Each church of the Three
Forks and Stony Fork Associ
ations are’ urged to be repre
sented especially by Its ledaer
ship.
Recreation
Board Plans
For Director
The Boone Parks and Recrea
tion Commission met Thursday,
April 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the
City Hall with Paul J. Smith,
chairman, presiding. All seven
members of the commission
w$re present.
Additional plans were made
for the hiring of a full-time
recreational director and for
setting, up a program which
could be taken advantage of by
all citizens in the area. Various
organizations and businesses
will be contacted in the near
future regarding, what is being
planned and how the program
is to be set up.
Anyone having any informa
tion as to available land or
buildings which might be used
in connection with the parks
and recreational program, or
anyone interested in working
with this program, is asked to
contact Paul J. Smith or Eric
t). DeGroat.
Henson Heads
Hereford Assn.
New president of the Wata
uga Hereford Association is
Councill Henson of Boone, long
a member and director of the
Association and immediate past
secretary and treasurer. He
succeeds B. W. Stallings of
Boone, president for the past
several years.
Other officers elected at the
meeting on April 8 are: Lonnie
Isaacs of Vilas, vice-president;
Jay Teems of Boone, secretary
and treasurer, immediate past
vice president.
Directors elected are Jay
Teems, Boone; Lonnie Isaacs,
Vilas; Ray Ward, Sugar Grove;
B. W. Stallings, Boone; Clint
Eggers, Zionvilie; M. H. Hod
ges, Vilas; Councill Henson,
Boone; Dr. R. H. Hannon,
Boone; and R. G. Shipley, Vilas.
Watauga YDC
Meets Tuesday
The Watauga County Young
Democrats Club will meet in
the Courthouse on April 26,
Tuesday, at 7:30 p. m.
The program will consist of a
question and answer period of
the Democratic candidates {sub
ject to the May primary) for
public office in the November
general election. AH Demo
cratic candidates have been
invited to come and take part
in the program.
All members and friends are
urged to attend.
Congressman James E. Broyhill greets Jack
Graham of Todd Saturday morning in front
of the Boone Post Office. The Congressman
was in town from 8 a. m. to 11 a. m. to
talk over the problems and questions of
voters in the Ninth District.
Watauga Heart Fund Gets
Returns In Excess Of $2,300
All Watauga County Heart
Fund volunteers have not re
ported and returns are incom
plete, but the Watauga County
Heart Fund Chairman, Mrs.
Lura Greene, says that pre
liminary returns show a tally oi
more than $2300.
The 1966 total was derived
as follows: Boone—Heart Sun
day, $905.73; Business Days,
$332.78; Special Gifts, $65; Cof
fee Day, $82.12; Bridge Bene
fits, $57.50; Balloon Day,
$161.67; Blowing Rock—Heart
Sunday, $215.82; Business Days,
$47; Special Gifts, $26; Mail-Ins,
$6; Benefits, $132.53; Rural —
$279.76.
The 1966 drive, which pro
vides support for the local,
North Carolina and American
heart associations, is more or
less history now, and “from the
looks of things, the drive has
been a great success.” All con
tributions received by the local
heart group between now and
June 30 will be credited to this
year's campaign. Memorial gifts
should be sent to the North
Carolina Heart Association, Cha
pel Hill, N. C„ or to the local
treasurer, Mrs. James Aldridge,
Ct^staut Drive, Blowing Bock.
Give name and address of giver,
name of person in whose mem
ory the gift is being made and
name and address of next of
kin who should receive notifi
cation of the memorial. The
giver receives a receipt, indi
cating the amount for tax-record
purposes, for such contribu
tions are deductible.
The Watauga County Heart
Association is well pleased with
the response of the people of1
Watauga County. It is very
gratifying to see such public
spirited services rendered by
the many volunteers, campaign j
leaders and news media. It is
impossible to list all the names
of those who gave of their time
and efforts, but let the Watauga
County Heart Association say
“thank you” for helping all our
hearts!
National Newspaper Recognizes
Excellence Of Local Paper
The Watauga Democrat was featured in the Publisher*
Auxiliary, national newspaper journal, in its issue of
April 9.
The feature occupied the greater part of a page, and
included photographic reproduction of three separate front
pages of the Democrat, along with a story concerning the
local newspaper and the area it serves, together with sente
comments from Publisher Rob Rivers.
It is pointed out that the Democrat won fear first
place awards and one second in the State Pres* Associ
ations contests the first of the year, bat the feature mao'
concerned chiefly with the “excellence” af Democrat
typography. \
Incidentally the Auxiliary is the Ml-year-oM journal
of the National Newspaper Association which b head
quartered in Washington, D. G :
Hugh Morton, f
SAHA Cooperate
So Sponsor Visit
BT RACHEL RIVERS
They said it couldn't be done
— but Fess Parker, 20th Cen
tury-Fox television star of the
“Daniel Boone” series, will be
in Boone this summer, tenta
tively in August. The famous
buckskin and coonskin -clad
character is expected to draw
thousands into the Northwest
ern mountains where the famed
pioneer traveled 200 years ago.
“Horn in the West” Manager
Herman Wilcox—who has been
negotiating with Parker’s agents
for three years — was himself
about ready to decide it couldn't
be done. But finally, Parker's
busy schedule has permitted,
and arrangements have been
made between the Southern
Appalachian Historical Associa
tion, sponsor of the drama, and
Hugh Morton, owner of Grand
father Mountain, to co-sponsor
the star’s visit
Wilcox says official dates,
programs and procedures are
yet to be let up.
Davy To Danl
TV fans remember Fess Park
er as the man Who portrayed
fciavy Crockett, although Park
er’s talent has not been limited
to frontier characters only.
Television credits other than
Davy Crockett and Daniel
Boone include Destry, Alfred
Hitchcock Presents, Mr. Smith
Goes to Washington, the Bob
Newhart Show, the George Go
bel Show the Ed Sullivan Show
and Playhouse 90.
Parker has appeared in these
motion pictures: Hell Is For
Heroes, The Hangman, Old
Yeller, The Great Locomotive
Chase, Davy Crockett and The
River Pirates, The Jayhawkers,
The Light in the Forest, West
ward Ho, the Wagons!, Battle
Cry, Them and Davy Crockett,
King of the Wild Frontier.
Parker (brown hair, green
eyes, 210 pounds and si* feet,
five inches tall) has long-range
plans to star in a Broadway
musical and is studying toward
this end with opera star Mario
Chamlee. His most recent RCA
Victor album is “Fess Parker,
Star of Daniel Boone, Sings
About Daniel Boone, Davy
Crockett, Abe Lincoln and other
American Heroes.”
But the road to the polished
circles of stage and screen was
not the 1 nr dream oi Park
er. It was chance that the Texan
got into the entertainment field.
Autobiography
Parker was born in Fort
Worth, Texas, and grew up in
San Angelo where he starred
on the high school football and
basketball teams.
An Injury cut short his col
legiate football career and so
he moved into other activities
while completing his A. B. de
gree in American history at the
University of Texas.
He played trumpet with a lo
cal dance band to help defray
college expenses. Other odd
jobs included that of janitor at
the State Eknployment Build
ing, water ski instructor and
booker for a dance band known
as Mel Sandler and His Moon
light Music. For awhile, he
checked the attendance of
movie theaters for 'Confiden
tial Reports”.
Parker was planning to be
come a history teacher when an
accidental meeting with the
late Adolph Menjou altered the
course of his Ufe. Parker was
asked by a professor to call for
Menjou at the Austin, Texas,
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