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An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Eighty-First Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH.^4, 1969
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Notiiing new in tbU (cane. Crowded behind the peat weekend’s weather, which eame to storm
velocity the flrst at the week, were: 5 inches snowfall Feb. 9-11 j 14.5 inches Feb. 16-17; 9
Inches recorded Feb. 23; and 11.3 inches noted March 1 and 2. (Staff photo)
New County Jail To
Be Topic Of Officials
"The count; jail doe* rot
meet standards and there’s no
way to make it come up to the
standards at the welfare office
and public health."
This was the sentiment Of
Ferry Greene, chairman of the
County Commissioners, last
week after an inspection team
had ruled the local jail substan
dard.
Greene said that facility had
been given 37 demerits on a
scale by the District Health.
■RICHARD RANDALL
Randall Will
Be Page During
Richard Randall ha* been ap
pointed to serve a* a page lor the
North CarolinaGeoeral Assem
bly during the week a! March
.17-21.
Speaker of the House ot Rep
resentatives, Earl W. Vaughn,
made the appointment.
Richard, the son of Dr. and
Mrs. J. Frank Randall, la a
jailor at Watstsa High School,
Ha la a member of the varsity
debate team and the National
Beta Club. He has attained the
raidt of Eagle Seoul and was a
representative from the Old
; v ' Hickory Council to the World
Scout Jamboree In 1267.
Richard was nominated by
Representative J. E. Holshousei
Jr. nf Rnone.
Department. He Mid that up to 1
20 demerits is considered 1
acceptable.
To bring the jail 19 to health 1
standards, the county is spend
ing between $600 and $700 to
revamp the cooking area and
the electrical wiring. The work
is expected to be completed by
the end of this week.
But Greene says there is no
way to meet the standards ofthe
Welfare Department. Some of
the requirements state that a
jail can liave no wood, that pris
oners cannot be taken up stepe,
and other regulations that the
present Watauga Jail can never
meet.
Asked if a new jail must be .
constructed, Greene said; “I
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Counties Can
Enact Own Laws
Legislation giving county
commissioners In North Caro
lina authority to make ordinan
ces has been enacted by the
General Assembly.
It Is the first of a series of
home rule measures to be en
acted.
The bill giving counties such
authority struggled through the
General Assembly under the
weight of House amendments,
aul survived a delaying attempt
In the Senate to be enacted Into
law.
The legislation was part of a
home-rule package recom
mended by the Local Govern
ment Study Commission. One
purpose of the package Is to
relieve the legislature at the
cluster of local bills which bog
down operations.
House amendments added to
the bill prohibit the commis
sioners from enacting any
ordinance without first publish
ing the ordinance In a news
paper, calling a public hearing,
publishing the ordinance again,
and then displaying It In the rec
ord books. The elapsed time
from the first publishing to the
last would be more than 30 days.
Municipal governing boards
are not under such restrictions
and the countyordinances would
have no effect oo the municipali
ties, ' . u :
tut when nnd how are still
giestlon marks.
Greene said that he esti.
nated the cost of a new facll
1969 Travel On
Parkway Shows
Sharp Increase
Travel on the Blue Ridge
Parkway during 1969 has rug
latered a 66.4% Increase over
the same period in the calen
dar year of 1968, a Park Ser
vice tabulation Monday reveal
S^t1 o -»..aw>a
At the same time It ms
shown that In February there
was a ,03% decrease In travel
from February of 1968.
February Parkway travel fig
ures follow, the first in each
case being for 1969, the second
for 1968:
James River district, mile
0 to 105,15,114; 2,508.
Rocky Knob, mile 105 to 217,
93,258; 84,600.
Bliffs, mile 217 to 305,16,
203; 3,696,
Asheville, 136^51; 177,738.
Totals 261,426; 268,542.
Calendar year 1969, 575,223
visitors; calendar year 1968,
345,729.
Storm Is Continuing
a
Blizzard Hits Area
Day And Night
Road Crews Act
To Move Travel :
The county"* fleet of school
buses stayed home a second
day this week when Sunday’s
light snowfall and Monday’s
swirling snow damped down
on the prospects for school
Tuesday.
Poplar Grove Road between
Boone and Highway 105 was
exemplary of many of the
county's secondary roads Tues
day: Drifts confined passage to
one lane in three or four points
and a peaking drift rose more
than one and a half feet above a
stretch of guard rails.
Some sets of stairsteps dug
out at residences Monday were
piled with snow the next day;
where the snow base was good,
most children home from school
found the early day too severe
for sledding; and while the N.C.
Highway Department put its
equipment to work, the town of
Boone was at It Uptown,atrac
tor fitted with a snowblade
cleared stretches of King
Street sidewalks for those who
would brave the storm coming
to work and shop.
N. C. Highway Department
unite at work Tuesday morn
ing were 10 trucks with snow
plows, four motor graders,
Bve aalt trucks and two sand*
truck*.
Dale Blevins, the Depart
ment’s supervisor for Watau
ga and Avery counties, said not
Vtte as many men are at work
in Avery, which does not have
as many miles of roads as here.
In Watauga, “We have some
drifts on secondary roads,”
Blevins said; "some of the un
paved roads are blocked.” But
all paved roads were open as
of 8:30 that morning, he said.
The snow plows were manned
by two, with the sand and salt
imlts requiring loaders at their
pickup point next to the local
Watauga Superior Court
To Convene; Jurors Named
The Superior Court at We.
t&uge County will convene Men.
day, March 31. The Honorable
J. W. Jackeon oi Henderson,
cille will preside. The next
aeeaion for Superior Court la
a epeclal session elated for the
week of April 14.
Jurors selected for the
March term are:
Earl Edgar Burns, Sugar
Grove; John Lawrence, Sugar
Grove; Audrey Bentley, Blow.
ii« Bock; Alma Puette Greene,
Boone; Mrs. Russell D. Hodges,
Sr.. Boone: Gilbert T.Sorlnkle,
Jr., Boone; Roger* V. Wbitsner,
Boone; Carter Mathesoo, Vilas;
Nora Reece, Sugar Grove; Sam
F. Horton, Si«ar Grove; Haael
Stanberry, Sherwood; BUI Har
mon, Sugar Grove; Henry Oakee,
Beech Creek; Lee S. Preenell,
Banner Elk; Virginia D. Stroth
er, Sugar Grove; Edward F.
Greene, Boone; Ernest L.
Moretz, Boone;HrrtonM.Bled
soe, Boone; Walter H. Burkett,
Boone; Farthing Hayes, Boons;
David R. Hodges, Boone; Ray.
mond Jones, Boone; Mrs. Orpha
Fitts, Boone; UnvlUe Greer,
Deep Gam Mrs. Ralph S. Hod.
gas, Boons; MU bases, Vilas;
John Main, Vilas; Bin. Emma
Tata, Blowing Bock; Sarah
Campbell, Blowing Bock; Lydia
Coffey, Boone; Grady Barnes,
Boone; Mrs.S.B. Adams, Vilas;
Edward leenhour, ZlomrtUe;
Stuart Simmons, Triplett; Lloyd
Isaacs, Sugar Grove; Bonnie
Kirby, Sugar Grove; Bower
Phillips, Sugar Grove; Josle
Culler, Boone; Grace Tester,
Boone: Grady Greer, Boone;
Ester Wagoner, Boone; Claude
B. Carlton, Deep Gap; Jacob
B. Gentry, Boone; Con Yates,
Deep Gap; and Etta Earp, Vilas.
While March la
provided Sheriff
Job of accoiaittng
a month tor accounting In tax matters, It
Wart Carroll deft) and Ms deputies the
the loss of a seasonal resident of Watauga
County. As they examine this truckload of goods, the answers
come easily. (Flowers photo)
A snowy Watauga County road
stopped cold s get sway after
a burglary Friday morning.
After receiving a call on a
minor theft near Appalachian
Ski Mtn., Sheriff Ward Car
roll apprehended two men dig
ging a truck out of the snow.
The 1954 two-ton International
bearing a Georgia license plate,
was loaded with about 12,000
worth of furniture from the
vacation home of Glenn A. Ki
ser, M. D. of Salisbury, N. C,
Sheriff Ward G, Carroll
brought the men to Watauga
County Jail where he and FBI
agent Boyce Crocker questioned
them. the Sheriff Mid he level
ed chargee of larceny and break
ing and entering against Frank
Hunter McClure, 42, of Hen
dersonville and Frankie Dalton
Hyder, 18, of Route 6, Hender
sonville.
Each nas jailed under $5,000
bond. The truck la owned by
McClure’s brother, a Georgia
resident.
The hearing for McClure and
Hyder is set for Monday, April
7, In District Court. Probable
cause at this level would bind
the two over to Sigwrior Court.
TWO DAKS
The two-ton truck had been
seen in the area the day before
It was found loaded with stolen
merchandise.
Sheriff Carroll said Albert
Hayes, area manager of Appa
lachian Ski Mtn., called at 0
Friday morning to report a
battery had been stolen from
one of the Ski Mtn. trucks.
Before he and Ms men got to
the truck, the Sheriff said he
talked with Justin Perry Cof
fey of Blowing Rock who said
he saw a truck on Flat Top
Road betwwen 3 and 4 Thursday
afternoon. About 6:45that even
ly, Coffey and Ms wife were
driving along Flat Top and saw
the truck cross wcyn In the road
ahead.
The Sheriff said the two men
.then helped the Coffeys push
their ear past the truck, then
empty.
Having learned this Friday
Are Watauga County womenfreerthantbelr husbands?
It their Ufa one of relative leisure, with plenty of ttma
each thy for luncheons, cart gamea, tack fence con
va nation, napa ami general time kUHng? : j
To eort out theae conflictingrlewa and let the resold
straight, the Udvanity of Michigan's Institute for Social
Beaeareh conducted a survey among a representative
of people In each section of the country.
That's what the man think. But, according to their
wives, that la a very dlatorted picture. Actually, they
claim, they are so busy with their household tasks that
they tave very little more free time then their husbands
have.
%, it ao<«fat to find oat Just how tha average married
person spends fate day.
On tbs bails of thsss gsnsod findings, ttsgpanrs that
t
the typical working mu in Watauga County devotes »4 '
hour* p»r d»y to work-cocneeted activities. ''1 > |
This Includes t hours actusdly on the job plus about
*, 3/4 of sn hour on work breaks. The rest of the Urns Ur
tsken up with traveling to and from Us {dice of employ,
merit. '*■'' < ’ . i i
S ha drives to work, It takas about 30 minutes, on
average, but nearly twice as long as that If ha usee
'>'#*lle transportation. : • ' X 'l *4
According to the latest governmerg statistics covw
erlng Watauga Cowtjf, less than one percent at the
people use piddle transportation to get to sank.
As Cor the average housewife who has no outside
ssmiopmeet, her household chores taka 11/1 hours a
day with 30 par cent of the time taken Ig> with 00otorg
sad 3Uhe», 40 per cert with cleaning, S5 per cent with
iiwmtyy ind a per cenU mlicellucof,
Then there Is marketing, mending, caring tor the
children sad incidental duties.
For the 1,270 or so working wives in Watauga County,
eouivalent to about 34 per cent of an married women
locally, their time is apportlooed differently.
-Vi * -1 ••• ■ r 1 V*; ■ ? „
Became of their outside employment, although many
of them work part-time, theyspend about two tours
less per day on housework. They make up tor It, to an
extent, on Simdays.
Alter accourting tor the amount of time epeto in
eleeriS and in personal care, the general ooncluston
tathe survey is that the average housewife
Ztt «£»****« omhnurmorsthn.
per day tor leisure than her huaband w.
morning, the Sheriff drove up
above the Ski Mtn. sales office
where he found the big truck
snowbound and “two men shove
ling snow as hard as they could,
trying to get out of there.” It
was about 9:45 in the morning.
The Sheriff said he then call
ed the men down to Ms car,
bid them they were under sus
picion and were being heldimtU
m Investigation was made of the
houses on the mountain.
A tractor driven by Daniel
Klutz pushed out the snow to
dislodge the truck and Carroll
asked Klutz to check on other
houses while he took the
suspects to the Sheriff’s office
In Boone.
Sheriff Carroll said that after
talking to him and AgentCrock
er, McClure and Hyder admitted
getting the furniture out of Dr.
Kiser’s home on Ski Mtn.
Parking Cases
Reach Court
District Court is In session
this week in Boone with Chief
District Judge Ray Braswell
presiding at the three-day ses
sion that beg<u! Wednesday.
Phillip Thomas of Burnsville
is the solicitor.
The court calendar lists some
142 cases up for trial. Many cf
these cases have beencontinued
from past court terms.
A new case type will be on the
docket this week as several
drivers are contesting the
charges brought against them
by the Town of Boone for fail,
ore to pay parking tickets.
Last month, Boone's Town
Council elected to track down
the large number of drivers
who had received overparking
citations and serve warrant*
pn these people.
After a tabulation, it was
found that some 600 warrants
would be necessary since a Mr
raut had to be written for each
ticket.
Each warrant draws 015 court
cost plus the dollar forthe over—
parkli* fine. Magistrate Ralph
Greene said that he and the oth
er magistrates would be "hu
man" in handling the cases
sines many of them are ex.
-tremely huge.
Last week some (0 warrants
were issued as a starter. Of
these, six lave chosen to pur.
sue the matter in District
Court.
The six are Herbert Aid
ridge, Theodore Mast, John E.
Johnson, David A. Walker, Bar
bara L. Barlow and Frank A,
Chappel. They were placed on
$100 bond and will appear in
court this week.
Mrs. Coy Isaacs, a police.
Boy Scouts Aid
Heart Campaign
The Boy Scouts sold helium,
filled balloons in exchange tor
« for the 1900 Heart
Fund campaign In Febnau-y.
Under the direction of Scoot
leader Joe toiler, chairman
of the Heart Find Balloons
Sales, the boys took in $108
in one Saturday.
- Other teenagers working tor
the Heart Fund weretbe Watau
ga High School cheerleaders.
Under the supervision of Jim
Hastings, Boone’s recreation
director, they passed a sheet
and received donations at sev
eral basketball games.
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Watauga Legion Post Will
Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Watauga Boat ISO and tht
Auditory American Legion will
celebrate the fiftieth birthday
of the American Legion Friday,
March 14, at the Legion Build
ing in Boone.
After a covered diah » upper
at «tS0, tan Ruect
«U1 be heard* (**t
Commander Leslie Bnaj
at Newton and AM. Nettooel
Committee men Ralph Mnekd
Hickory.
All sx-serrlcemeatarelintU
ed to bflnc their wires and »
entered dish end be pert at the
legion's golden celebration.