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Blue Ribbon Winner The Democrat Is tint place ner la state Fran Assn. General Excellence Competition this year—the third time in tour An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Eighty.First Year of Continuous Publication BOONE WEATHER Apr.*!? Apr. IS 72 SO US 07 22 Apr. 17 77 48 « Apr. 18 SB 84 .71 70 Apr. IS 00 44 82 72 SO a£:£ 88" 3g VOL.LWI -NO. 43 - BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24,1969 10 CENTS PER COPY so PAGES—3 SECTIONS BEGINNING OF DmOVEUENI—TUi new sign announcing the . entrenee to Appalachian State University and tte lister in the right bael«round are Just the start at a beautification improvement program envisioned bp officials at ASH. Director at Business Affairs Ned Trlvette said that these signs Installed last Thursday were handmade by Clyde Smith at Spruce Fine who works tor .the parks service in Vermont similar - eigne. Valued at "several hundred dollars," the signs are erected at the University entrance on ttnUn StroH. A hangup In toe development program la that utility pole In toe extreme right. It la a main Junction for telephone sendee coming Into Boone and Southern Bell eo far haa been unable to move It but haa told the University they plan to relocate tt. Trlvette said aldewalka as well as other improvements will be added. (Staff photo) . ' ■'t johnny Mathis Visit Topic Local Interest While on Ms way to financial security as a physical education teacher, young Johnny Mathis allowed Ms triends to goad him Into singing one Sunday after noon at a Jam session in a San Francisco club. ^ 1 Burl Winkler Is Injured As Machine Falls ■ Lenlor—A 43-year-old Wat auga man was transferred to a Winston-Salem hospital Thurs day night shortly after a soft drink machine tell on Mm at the new Holiday Inn here, ji Caldwell CouMy Ambulance Sendee personnell Ind entitled the Injured man as Burl Winkl er, Route 3, Boone. One member of the ambulance service said Winkler had "no feelings In Ms lags up to Ms jmeas" when Stay began the trip to the N. C. Baptist Hospital •bout 6 p.m. > Winkler wae quoted as say ing he wae moving a drlidc ma chine on a band truck whan Ms adds twisted and the machine fall on Mm, It pinned Winkler to the con crete floor end covered Mm. from his chest down. Other workmen removed the machine and ambulanea- personnel were notified of the accident at 4iS8 Winkler was first brought to , a local hospital for treatment and than was taken to Winston Salem. Georg* Avakian of ColumbU - Beeorda taupeued to be in the audience and an hour later lu telegram reachedtta company'* . New York office!: "Have-found phenomenal 19-year-old boy who could go all the way! Send blank contract*,'’ Within a year after elgnlng with Columbia, Johnny Mathl* followed hi* flret record— Wonderful—with two more mil. lion-tellers, It’* Not For Me to Say, and Chance* Are. Mathl* will be In Boone Sat, urday night for a performance jointly sponsored by the Boone Optimist Club and Appalachian'* Men’s A Club, Tickets are on tale at the Student Government Association’s office In W. H, Plemmons Student Center and at the central office of The Northwestern Bank, East King Street, Boone. ' -- c Tickets for students andchll (Contlnued on page two) JOHNNY MATHIS, the only singer to have four of his albums listed simultaneously as best sellers on national music charts t M Democrats To Nominate ::i£ City Candidates In May > A convention ot Boone Demo* crate to nominate a party alate tor the June 17 tom alaction tea been acheduled tentatively tor Saturday, May 17. Announcement at the conveo tton ma made tMa neck by Dr. Bay Derrick, chairman at ti* Democratic Party In Boone. The convention will be con vened at 7:30 p. m. at the court .bouse. Or. Derrick said the execu tive committee met Monday night to make plans tor the oonventlon. Dr. Derrick said the party will nominate at least one candidate tor the mayorship and each of the five town com missioner seats. So far, Boone Republicans have not decided about a con notion. Cecil Miller, chairman at the Watauga Republican Par f ty, said that no deelalon about ' a convention will be made before May. It can be delayed until June 1, be aald. Miller noted that candldatee for the town board race do not necessarily have to be nominat ed hypartycomrenUon.TbelM7 (Continued on page two) From • dollar* and Mots atanfeolnt, bow food a ft “buy” la Social Security prowing to b* tor tha awaga $ Watauga Coudy corker? v: --.Ip r.V'B *'* >Afterha ratine, doea be (toad to get back more or leea than he paid Into tbc paoaion fund over tbe year*? . According to atudle* mad* by tbe National Federation at Independent Buaineaa and attar*, Sodal Security la a S real bargain {orcono,bat eoocldarabljrlsca ao (or other*. • '■>. ■ 1 Thoac ubo arc now retired, or arc Boon to be ao, A arc lb* big domra. They will brack area In loaa than :d Ore year* and, after that, they dll be ahead at tb* gam*. | . ‘ .jji • For tto| young corker*, who will b* contributing to | tta bad tor many year* to eoma, ft U i*ilt* a dUTarant ■tory, '■» * » :•♦**«*• « w; ■r To rater to the record*, the Meet official figure* reeldente at Watauga County to be collecting Social Security benefit* at the rate of $1,830,1)00 a year. ag ■‘i Only a traction at that payout, however, wa* contrl I»«*d to the pontoon hmd In anyone year by the recipient!. The remainder came from employers and from worker* . who ar* not yet eligible for retirement. According to the studies, a young man in Watauga County, entering the labor force tfcta year at age 25 and paying the maximum tax for the next 40 yean, will per. aonally be paying about $17,000 toward social Security, With interest figured at 4percent,thii will accumulate to a fund of nearly $38,000, exclusive of eontributton* —■** tor him by Ida employer. What he and his wife will get heck, assuming that they live 14 years alter reaching 65, which Is the normal expectancy at that age, will be approximately $55,000, Taking Watauga County's entire 35-year-old-pop ulattoo, now numbering close to 160, as an exangde, their tax payments and interest In the 40 years would amount to some $6,080,000, and their total return, if married and living the full span, to $8,800,000, In answer to contentions that a person could do better : a by buying Insurance with the money, or keeping It In sav ings, the Social Security Administration points out that financial aid In cases of disabling Illnesses, widowhood, needy children and other contingencies are also Included tor the worker and bis family. Asks Officials To Take Home Lists For Study City Manager Neal Blair Jr. praaontod a list of 33 “urgest needs of the Tom at Boons’* as City Counei began wrapping: ig> the agenda of its April meet ing. Blair, who estimated the overall cost at roughly 3300,000, asked Mayor Clyde B. Greene and the three aldermen to take home the lists to study. The dty manager also had said the costs be put down wen above regular operating expenses. The Are top Items are 390,000 for extensive water and sewer line repair, 320,000 tor ex tensive water and sewer la. stallatton, 318,000 tor an add itional back-hoe, 316,000 for four additional men and 313,000 tor pay nudes tor town employees. Ten items are listed under •*ten»I» street work and dean OPi Vaccum cleaner lor aide, walks, *500. Tractor with rotary broom and cycle, *4,500. Tar pot, *2,500. New dump track, *4,000. Installation at (treat algna, *4*M. Resurface Depot' thd College streets, *2,000. Sidewalk rebuilding (three to Brio dollars per square yard) no price given. Four additional meo, *16,000. Street lights, 40 at *50 a piece, total *2,000. And four-lane King Street, no price given. II. GARBAGE COLLECTION: Additional garbage track, UfoOOO. Three additional men to operate truck, *12,000. Plastic bags for garbage col lection, no estimate. Build road at city dump, *800. III. WATER-SEWHB DE PARTMENT: Extensive water and sewer line repair, *30,000. Extensive water and sewer Installation, *20,000. Additional beck-hoe, *18,000. Three additional men tone for plumbing Inspection), *12, 000. Need 800 water meters, *10, 000. Clean and repaint water tank In Junaluska Heights, *2,500. Air relief valve at dam, no estimate given. Diaphragm pump-clean Coff er Dam, *800. One and one-half H. P. pump and pipe-High elevation, *2,000. Engineers’ level, *350. IV. POIiCE DEPARTMENT: Need two addtttonal men (boa officer, one dispatcher^ *8,000. Police training, no figure, ' v New car, *2,500. V. CITY HALL: Radio equipment (tour mobile units, one transmitter), *3,000. Copy machine, *500, (Continued on page two) UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AT TODD (Wecton photo) Dedication May 4 New Todd Postoffice Is Remindful Of Busier Times Citizens of Todd, mindful that an important event in tbe com munity la approaching, may be doing a little extra palntlng-up and (bdng-np this spring. Dedication ceremonlea for the handsome new Todd Poet Office will be held at 2 p, m. Sunday, May 4. And of course, the proudest gal in Todd is Mrs, Eleanor Morets, tbe postmlstresa. Though the event will bring some mighty important visitors to Todd, like U. S. Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr, and Rep. James T. Broyhlll, Mrs. Morets is full of the historical significance of the occasion. She has com. piled a brief account of the Todd of yesteryear. It was the deer and elk that crossed through the valley that pron^ted the first settlers to name the settlement Elk’s Crossing. In 1837 the first post office was established. The community decided to change Its name later to Todd, in honor of a local man, a Colonel Todd who was a Civil War hero. And early In this century, the demand for lumber brought a thriving new auora to the eco nomy of Todd. There were eight or ten stores, a bank, a drug •tore, Masonic and Elk lodge halls, four doctors, a dentist and numerous enterprising lum bermen. The hotel did a thriv ing business. The railroad became Todd’S major transportation connection with the outside world. Its rails hauled out millions of board feet of lumber to factories and mills of the nation. At Todd, the engine gota spec ial treatment. It was the end of the line. Before It began Its return trip, the engine puffed onto a large turntable. Crew men leaned against Ug poles at Local Man Is Victim Of Armed Roberv An armed robbery, one of the lint In thU are* in quite i while according to Watauga County Sheriff Ward Carroll, waa pulled off laat Tuesday ■right (April IS) at the home at a leather goods dealer. Sheriff Carroll said that Sterling Carroll, waa robbed and bound up at gunpoint by three men who pretended to be pro spective customers. About 7:30 alone mancame to the door of the Carroll home on the Wllkeaboro Road Just peat Vannoy’i Drive-In saying be wanted to buy tome mercban dise. Carroll keeps Us wares In the basement of his house. The Sheriff said apparently two other men had waited In the ear while the first man gained entrance. In the basement, the man pull ed a .38 revolver while be took (Continued on page two) City Registration To Begin May 24th Boom's Town Board at AU dsrmofl Thursday set a definite. schedule for registration for the city election and named Fred Tarleton of Itutlng Road, , Boone, as registrar, Mrs. Fred Mast and Tom L» Count ill already had been ap pointed Judges for the Tuesday, June 17, municipal balloting. City Secretary Bonnie Greene had found a stipulation In the election law that the registrar remain opentromPto | at tha polling place, City Ban. But tbs Aldermen decided that ( i. m. to 5 p. m. will bw eMBcleat on Saturdays. The reglutntton period win m from Saturday, May H, to Saturday, June 7, srrlndtng Sundays. The books will be open tor registration from 9 to 5 at tbe Fred TarlMon residence, than between those hours at toe polling piece on SMurdays.ltoy 14 and SI and on June T, Challenge day Mil be 00*- * dusted at City HsU from »a.m. WdHlp.B. Saturday, JtaeH, either end ehd slowly tumea the engine beck In Ike direction ad Jefferson. - The demand for lumber and the huge areas ot virgin timber completely captured the thought’s ad Todd’s cttisene. They made plenty od money from the product. In the process, they lulled to notice nhat Mrs. Morels describee aathe“over dspendence at Todd’s economy (Continued on page two) Marsh Is Giveii Savings & Loan League Honor Chic age—James p. Marsh. Watauga Savings and Loan As sociation. Boone, North Carol ina, has been appointed to the 1989 Insurance and Kutettlee Committee od the United Stains Savings snd Loan l eague. The appointment ms announc ed today by Tom B. Scott, Jr- at Jackson, ifisalsalppi. president ot the League, which Is the nationwide trade organ isation ot the savings and loan business and represents more than 5,000 savings assoc latinos and co-operative banks. The Insurance and Protective Committees studies and reports on the latest developments In the insurance field at titsisct to the savings and loan busi ness and makes recommenda tions with respect to protect ive devices against robberies and holdups and the regulat ions Issued under the Bank Protective Act ad 1958.
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