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VOLUME LXX1X—.NO. 16 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY,
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, . . Seventy-Ninth Year of Continuous Publication
NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1966
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IRC Gives $5,808.28 To United Fund
When Monday rolled around last week, IRC reported some
$3,900 in contributions had been raised by its employees toward
the year’s $16,000 goal. By Friday, Oct. 14, IRC had amassed
$5,808.28 cents for a record 98 percent participation. Campaign
Chairman Stanley Harris Sr. (right) said there probably is no
plant in the state which has given as much per employee to
the Fund. John Greene, IRC personnel assistant (center),
passed a U. F. envelope full of checks and cash to the campaign
chairman as Fund president Wade Wilmoth stood by. Harris
said at the time that about $4,000 more would complete the
drive and fulfill the current budget. “The co-operation of the
officers of IRC and the splendid response of their employees is
an inspiration to all of us working with the United Fund and
should be to every person in Watauga County,“ Harris said.
"We are especially grateful to the men and women who have
done the fast work of seeing the people . . . and to every
citizen who has subscribed.” The campaign got underway Oct.
4. Campaign workers are hoping to achieve their goal in the
near future.
New Board At College Will Be
Advisory Group For Trustees
Thirteen have been named
to membership on the newly
formed Board of Visitors at
Appalachian State Teachers
College.
The initial meeting of the
board which will be an ad
visory group to the trustees of
the college and its president,
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, is ex
pected to have its initial meet
ing Friday morning.
The Board of Visitors, ex
pected to be enlarged later,
was established recently by the
ASTC Board of Trustees upon
the recommendation of its
chairman, William J. Conrad.
The members of the new
board are: Dr. L. H. Hollings
worth, a Baptist minister and
chaplain at Wake Forest Col
lege; J. E. Collette, president
of Security Life and Trust
Co.; John M. Ehle, Jr., an
author who formerly was as
sociated with the Ford Foun
$423,000 Addition To
Scott Building To Start
Contracts have been award
ed and construction will begin
immediately on a $423,000
addition to the industrial arts
BEN B. LEAZEB
building at Appalachian State
Teachers College.
The 23,413-square-foot, three
story addition will more than
W. R. COOKE, JR.
LeazerNewManager
Southern Bell Here
Southern Bell Telephone
Company today announced the
appointment of W. R. Cooke,
Jr., to a position in the State
Headquarters Offices in Char
lotte. Mr. Cooke, Lenoir Group
Manager of Lenoir, Boone,
and Blowing Rock since 1963,
will be succeeded by Ben B.
Leaser.
Mr. Leaser la presently
Public Relations Manager in
the Company’s State Head
quarters in 'Charlotte.
Hr. Cooke, a native of Ashe
ville, joined Southern Bell in
1952, after attending David
son College. He held a
number of assignments in the
Asheville Commercial Office
and was named manager there
in 185a
A World War n veteran.
Hr. Cooke aerved with the U.
S. Army in the Alaskan Thea
ter of Operations.
The new Lenoir manager Is
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double the size of the existing
building which will be dedi
cated in honor of the late Gov.
W. Kerr Scott Oct. 30.
Preliminary grading is
scheduled to begin this week.
The 1965 General Assembly
appropriated funds for the ad
dition, which is part of a $15
million construction program
at ASTC.
General Contract
The general contract was
awarded to Juno Construction
Co. of Charlotte, which sub
mitted a low bid of $245,078.
The same firm is building a
new student center on the Ap
palachian campus.
Ingold Plumbing Co. of
Hickory was awarded the
plumbing contract at $25,519.
The heating and ventilating
contract for $48,323 also was
awarded to Ingold Plumbing
Co. The electrical contract for
$41,855 went to Colter and
Chappell Electric Co. of Win
ston-Salem.
A $13,961 contract for the
installation of a three-story
elevator was awarded to West
brook Elevator Co. of Dan
ville, Va.
Shelby Architects
Architect it C. L. Vaughn
and Associates of Shelby. The
firm designed the college’s
new 8,000-seat gymnasium, now
under construction.
The ground floor of the ad
dition will contain a large auto
mechanics area, and special
sections for crafts such as
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dation and was a member of
the faculty of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill; former Gov. Terry San
ford; former State Senator and
Representative Irwin Belk of
Charlotte; Mrs. Paul Broyhill
of Lenoir, a former Miss North
Carolina and an alumna of
ASTC; Mrs. Harry B. Cald
well of Greensboro, a former
trustee of Appalachian and
Master of the North Carolina
State Grange; Edwin Duncan,
Jr., first vice president of The
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Third Entrance
Sign Is Being
Erected On 105
The third Boone entrance
sign of the four planned is
now being erected on a rock
base on Highway 105.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Houser
have donated the sign site be
side the fish pond near their
home.
Work begun last week was
abated when it was discovered
that the right-of-way on High
way 105 was 50 feet from the
center line rather than 30
feet.
Schools Closed Tuesday
Boone Plagued By
Shortage Of Water
Vital Liquid
Plentiful At
Supply Source
BY RACHEL RIVERS
The possibility of a leak had
not been ruled out, but by
Tuesday afternoon the con
sensus of opinion seemed to
be that an air lock was caus
ing the critical water condi
tion in the Town of Boone.
The term “water shortage"
continued in use, although
never since Thursday, when
the water level of Boone’s two
storage tanks began slowly
dropping, had there been any
lack of water at the city’s
watershed, located four miles
from town above Winkler’s
Creek.
The problem was that the
water supply was not getting
through the system, either be
cause of an air block or a
leak.
Hunt Begins
The search began along
creeksides, where it was sus
pected a broken water main
would easily go unnoticed. The
many miles of the Boone wa
ter system were walked again
and again. Pressure was tested
on fire hydrants, a “lealc
finder” (which senses leaking
water or escaping gas at a
distance) was used—the vigil
was kepi through day and
night, and starting Tuesday,
continued in the rain.
Appaiacman Piemen lary
School and Watauga High were
closed for the day. Depart
ments of local industries de
pendent on water for opera
tions had closed up, or were
working skeleton shifts. Ser
vice stations answered the
plea of city officials to stop
washing cars and beauty shops
postponed shampoos in view
of the critical situation. Laun
dromats closed down. The wa
ter to Boone Golf Course was
cut off.
“It is desperately important
to keep the lines full of wa
ter,” the Mayor said. “If it
gets to the point that the
lines drain out entirely, then
we’ve got real trouble on our
hands.”
He said the main line from
the watershed seemed to be
the trouble area, but “if we
can keep just a little water in
the tanks, we can keep the
lines full.”
If an air lock is causing re
duced pressure, then the
“bleeding” of hydrants will
eventually solve the problem.
Men have been testing the
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Fund Workers
To Meet Today
United Fund solicitors are
urged to attend a special cam
paign meeting at noon Thurs
day, Oct. 20, at the Daniel
Boone Hotel.
There is no shortage of water. Boone’s reser
voir, or watershed, above Winkler’s Creek
contained 5 or 6 million gallons of water Tues
day. The level had varied almost impercept
ibly since a state of emergency was declared.
(Staff photo)
Boone Woman One Of 40
To Promote State Abroad
Mrs. James Councill of
Boone will be one of 40 North
Carolinians who will spend
three weeks in Europe pro
moting the Tar Heel State as
a travel destination.
The Travel Mission is being
sponsored by the Department
of Conservation and Develop
ment with the cooperation of
the U. S. Travel Service and
Swissair. The group will be
led by Bill Hensley, director
of C&D’s Travel and Promo
tion Division.
The mission is set for Oct.
26 to Nov. 15, and will cover
eight cities in seven countries.
In each city, participants will
host a reception for travel
agents, travel writers, and
carrier representatives. A
highlight of the reception will
be a 20-minute slide show of
Record 4,695 Students Enroll
At Appalachian For Fall Quarter
Fall quarter enrollment at
Appalachian State Teachers
College totals 4,695 — an in
crease of 741 above the previ
ous record high registration
which was reached during the
fall quarter of 1965.
The enrollment figure, an
nounced by Dr. Ben F. Strick
land, registrar of the college,
includes undergraduate and
graduate students, and stu
dents enrolled in Saturday
classes only.
In addition to these stu
dents, an additional 563 are
enrolled in the various exten
sion classes conducted by the
college.
The official enrollment of
4,695 is comprised of 3,832
under-graduates, 585 graduate
students and 278 who are as
signed to the Saturday class
es.
Of the undergraduate en
rollment, 2,222 are women and
1,610 are men. In state under
graduate enrollment totals 3,
364 and out-of-state students
numbers 468.
The graduate enrollment of
585 includes 380 men and 205
women with 454 in-state gra
duate students and 131 from
out-of-state. There are 37 for
eign students among the cur
rent student body, 34 of whom
are graduate students.
The fall quarter registra
tion reflects a continuance of
Appalachian's booming grow
th over the past few years,
Dr. Strickland said.
The enrollment total one
year ago was 3,954, and in
1964 it stood at 3,428. The
1963 figure was 24116.
Only 534 students were on
the ASTC campus back in
1945. TTie number increased
to 1JK3 in 1950 and to 1,838
In 1965. The 1960 total was
24*4.
North Carolina scenes.
Citi^S to be visited include
Paris, Home, Geneva, Zurich,
Hamburg, Stockholm, Amster
dam and London. Approxi
mately two days will be spent
in each place to enable mis
sion participants to make in
dividual calls on foreign travel
personnel.
"We are confident that we
can sell North Carolina as a
year-round vacation spot,"
Hensley said. “Similar mis
sions have been very
ful, and we are anxious to
further develop our potential
in this market"
Candidates Plan
Tour Of County
On Monday and Tuesday,
Oct. 24 and 23, Robert Bing
ham, the Democratic candid
ate for Congress, will tour the
16 precincts of Watauga Coun
ty along with several of the
local candidates. The people
are eaked to coma out and adt
questions of both Boh and the
local candidates
Monday night at T:Mi Bing
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