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VOL. LXXXII—NO. 10
. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH
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OUNA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1969
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(Ml is how tbs Community-Campus Relations Committee is
welcoming Appalachian’s new freshman class and faculty mem
bers to town. The committee comprises student, faculty, town and
comity members and was formed this spring to foster a better
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understanding among all. Jamas Marah la chairman of the group
which placed this billboard on NC 105 a abort distance bom ita
intersection with IB 321. Fire other boarda hare been erected on
the main routes into town, $tad photo) ,
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Dr. Wey Welcomed With
Barbecue, Happy Crowds
Thursday was the barbecue
: ' chicken dinner conducted by the
Communlty-Csmpus Relations
% Committee.
Planned for Conrad Stadlmrg
•.--the food-fertjaae mnyed.hu.
j* doors after a day of soaking
'•> ; rain, clammy drizzle and fog
" threatening skies, but the wei
come for university president
Local Student
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I j Given Rotary
Scholarship
5 The Boone Rotary Club has :
< awarded a $150 scholarship to
; Mbs Rlely CarroU of ail
Farthing Street Boone. 4*
I She is a freshman at Agpa
? lachlan State (Adversity. A
second student from Wstauga
County will be selected for a
similar scholarship.
Dr. David Rusk of South
•J Australis will study rt Appa
lachian State University for one
'}. year under a Chen Gordon
j Memorial Scholarship. This
scholarship is provided byallof
the Rotary Clubs of western
«" North Carolina, Dr. J. Frank
. Randall la Mr. Rusk’s counsel
or while he la in the United
States.
± 4 The Boone Rotary Club sent
4 three crippled children to Camp
Sky Ranch this summer. Each
: member of the Boone Rotary
I Club provides clothing and a
shopping trip for s crippled
. child «t some time during tbs
f. Christmas Sanson. . ■■■ ?; J- ■”
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Dr. Herbert Wey seemed ell
the merrier tor the dismal
weather. Elman hundred people
attended.
Northwestern Bank rice
president A. T. Adame embark,
ed on an elopuently deadpaftned
spiel to notify newcomers that
Boone's pure air is reminiscent
**of a country lane before the
advent of the combustion engine
on mankind.” and that testa
show the water la “one hundred
point aero, sera. zero, zero one
pure." . . .
Appalachian's director at
business affairs Ned Trivette,
emceed, relating that Holly
Farms at North Wilkesboro
would the following day pack
off their catering crew to Ohio
to pitch a feast for the family
at astronaut Nell Armstrong.
And the early part at the din- .
ner was taken up with the
country music of the String
Party, who missed some ap
plause only because the crowd
was busily eating and who ac
companied Miss Kay's acclaim
ed Avery High School Square
Dance Team for a couple of
clogging numbers.
Before delivering Invocation,
the Rev. Robert Young, pastor
of Boone United Methodist
Church and a member of the
eommunity-eampus committee,
took a good-humored poke at the
dreary outdoors, promising to
find out who prayed for good
weather "and make sure he
doesn’t pray for me at any
time,”
It was CCRC,formed only this
spring, which designed the din
ner to welcome Dr. Wey and
bring together the adversity
faculty, teacher* In the county
system, elected official* at
Boone and Blowing Rock, the
County Commission and Board
cf Education and a apeclal
gueat liat headed by president
emerttua Dr. W, H. Plammona.
Conunlttee chairmen Jama*
March, executive aecretary at
the Seringa & Loan, recognlxed
several guests Including mem
bers at the Mountaineer foot
ball squad; Rufus Edmlsteo,
admlidatratlve assistant to Sen.
Sam Ervin; and David Rusk,
scholar student from Rotary In
Australia.
Dr. Flemmons Introduced Dr.
Wey, Mrs. Way and the couple's
youngest daughter, Brenda, be-’
tore briefly reviewing the new
president’s former activities in
Boone.
Having served Appalachian as
Dean of foe Oraduate School be
fore leaving for FluiMa,1' Dr.
Way called Ids earlier Job as
principal of Appalachian High
School "one of the happiest
parts of my ^Ife.”
He had since undertaken some
monumental 'tasks, he said, such
as heading a three- week session
In Honolulu. Fifteen hundred
educators attended. Dr. Wey
said, and "they were so
nationally known they were
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School Bonds, Sales'
Tax To Be Voted On
When Watauga County voters
go to the polls Nov. 4, they may
vote on two issues facing them—
a plan tor tlnanclug local school
needs and an additional one per
cent aalea tax.
Watauga County commission*
era last week formally called
for a $1.4 million bond lesue to
flnsnce a new elementary school
In the Boone area and for ad
ditions to a even other elemen
tary schoola In the county.
The vote for the extra one
per cent aalea tax was called
for tqr the North Carolina
General Assembly. The legi
slature specified that each
county should vote on the Issue
and set Nov, 4 as the day for
the decision.
The sales lax question to one
of local option. If voters approve
tbs hike, the preseto three per
cent sales tax will be raised to
tour per cent. But the extra
penny will be returned to the
counties that approve tbs local
sales tax.
According to one county of
ficial, the tax to -Vatauga would
return $228,000 to Watauga
County which could be used as
the county desires.
Tax Supervisor J. C. Lyons
said the $228,000 figure cams
from projections given out this
week by the tax research de
partment of the State Depart
ment of Revenue, |
The mw stste^udarsd regia,
f trattoo U producing more Re
publican rtglstranta than Demo
untie, Board of Election*
Chairman J, D. WlneOarger re
i ' ported Monday.
Baaed on registrant* through
last weeit, WlneUrger reported
1 that 2,Mgft*puUl«*nahanng
1 stored since hooks opsnad in
% July.
A total of 3,060 parsons ban
registered as Daaoerati, to.
dependent registrants total US,
Wlnsharger said.
This makes total reglstara
■ tioc to daw of eotars, the
chairman said. He notad that
\ a total of B,03tWataugaaaeoted
* to the presidential aleettoo last
1 Noeeotoer. '■
1*.-. Persona wt» wisoto regis
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ter this week may do eo at tbe
board at elections office la
btered at the county office In
the courthouse which has been
open while the staff assembles
and flies results at the summer
registration.
Winebarger said the staff ex
pects to wind up this work either
today (Thursday) or Friday.
Registration books will be
opened again on Saturday, Oct.
U, as required hr law, prior
go the Not, 4 local sales tax
option sote, Tbe books will also
be open on tbe two following Sat
urdays, Oct. 18 and 25. Saturday,
Nov. 1, will be challenge day.
though the total registration
figures ere complete, Wlneher
ger said that voters registrar**
by jpreelnetD are ytUl being sort
«d among thevarloue preclncta.
Therefore, bn noted, the
breakdown by precinct will not
total the lame figure aa the
total tote be Hated. But In the
public Interact, Me staff tabu
lated the precinct registration
completed os of Friday.
Under tbs looee-leaf regia*
tration system called for In new
state law, each county
election board must keep two
seta at card registrations, one
book for each precinct regia*
trar and one on emergoncy re*
serve In the office.
In addition, the Watauga board
la keeping a third list to help
expedite ite work when e voter
chnngea bla prednet.
Toe incomplete precinct
breakdown at registrants by
party follows:
Bald Mountain—28 Demo
crats, 47 Republicans and 3 In
dependents; Bearer Dam—101,
#0. 4; Blowing Rock—155.1M,
and 25; Blue Ridge—45, 1(6
and 7; Boons No, 1—265, 68,
and 9; Boone No. 2-229, 73
and 15; Brushy Fork-250,1(4
and 11; Core Creek—168, 203
and 9; Elk—17, POand 1; Laurel
Creek-444, 161 and 8; Mast
Camp No. 1—110, 108 and 4;
(last Camp No. 2—31, 11 and
1; New Hirer No. 1—248, 240
and 38; New Rirer No. 2—128,
126 and 30; North Fork—8,
60 and 3; Shawneshaw—58, 17
and 3; Stony Fork—76,135 and
4; and w stains—1.04,147and 4.
One Of Largest
Wooded Areas |
In Wide Region
BY CHARLIE HAMILTON
Tatar MU and some 1,500
ecres of Watauga’* legendary
Rich Mountain have been pur
ehaaad bjr Rich Mountain Asso
clatea tor poaalble development
Into a year-around retort cen
ter.
Hie sale was concluded last
week bgr Tatar 1011, Inc., to the
new group headed by Sanford
oilman Truby G, Proctor Jr.
The tale includes all of the
Tatar Hill, Inc., lands lying
some IV miles northwest at
Boone. The exact amount at
land In the purchase Is between
1,500 and 2,300 acres.
The definite area will not be
known until the completion at
surreys and topographical
maps.
Announcement of the sale was
made by S, C. Eggers, presi
dent of Taler Hill, Inc., and
Proctor. Eggers’ firm bad own
ed the tract for 30 years. It is
one of the largest undeveloped
mwmtaln areas left In Watauga,
Proctor has been Interested
in acquiring the land for the
last two years.
The tract Includes toe 10
acre lake and area known aa tot
Tater HU1 Rod and Gun Club,
Rich Mountain Associates Is
aUmttedpartoscshlpwith Proc
tor as the general partner. Oth
er businessmen In toe concern
axe Charles M, Reeves Jr. at
Sanford, president of toe First
Provident Company, Inc.; Ger
ald N. Baker of Valdese, presi
dent at the Burke Oil Company;
Ben Grill of Valdese, a retired
textile executive; and Valdese
attorney V. Harold Mitchell.
Rich Mountain Associate* has
no immediate plans for develop
ing toe area. Proctor said that
any future development will be
besed on a plan of priorities.
Heading toe list will be pre
servation of the natural beauty
of the area, Proctor stressed.
"This area has so much to
offer from the standpoint of na
tural beauty that any develop
ment should put this feature
as its primary concern,’’ be
said.
After topographical maps are
completed, the group will begin
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ROTARY AUCTION—Member! of the Boone Rotary Club ere bard at work tbla week rounding up
Items to be auctioned Saturday night at 7 o’clock at the Watauga High School. Proceeds (Tom the
event will benefit the J. B. Hagaman Memorial Cardiac Unit at Watauga County Hospital, crippled
children, ASU scholarships, Cannon Music Camp scholarships. International student scholarships.
Little League Baseball, Midget Football and other local projects. Checking In a pair of new shoes
tor the auction are Stanley Harris Sr., chairman of the auction, and two other Rotsiians working
on the project, Glenn Andrews and Lee Barnett. (Staff photo)
Rotary Auction To -/•
Be Grand Event
• The Boone Rotary Club this
week Is wrapping up easb ant
floods solicitations for the. beet
community auction on record.
An earlier releese named
A, T. Adame ae auctioneer,
but when the gavel cracks in
Watauga High School auditori
um Saturday night, the Cottrell
New Business
Places Listed
Since the five-year business
boom story was reported late
last month, the total of new
businesses in the county has
risen to 97, '
The two new additions are
Hodges Market on Highway 105,
which has been sold and now
operates as Nlk-Mak Market,
and the receidly opened Etna
Service Station, Blowing Rock
Road,
When all reports are in, the
number should be more than 100
tor the five-year period.
TATER HILL LORE—The man who know* the most about Tatar
U1I1 S, C. Egg*** Sr., point* out *oroe of it* »cenlc glory to
tmnixrt of the famUle* of the partner* of Rich Mountain
Sunday afternoon. Eggera la president of Tatar
wn Inc., which last week aold It* holding* on Rich Mountain
to the new group. GtafT photo) V) •
trim, Raleigh and Howard, will
ba placing Items ter sale. Bur.
ley tobacco man Joe Coleman has
been asked to assist them, but
bad not conflrmedby presstime.
At past auctions. Rotary has
offered everything from pup.
pies and lingerie, furniture and.
canned goods up to television
sets. Residents wanting to con.
tribute saleable Items to the
auction are asked to notify Wa
tauga Savings & Loan Assoc la.
tfon. Boone Post Office also is
a collection point.
PROCEEDS
Refreshments will be served
and the bidding will be fast
paced as the auction gets un
derway at 7. Proceeds will aid
crippled children, support sc ho- .
larshlp programs, benefit the
J. B. Hags man Memorial Car
disc Unit and many other com.
munlty project*.
Rotarlan James Marsh points
out that Rotary previously has
raised some $10,000 to $12,000
tor worthy causes.
By raising funds, It has fur
nished two rooms In the new
county hospital and provided
various types of hospital equip,
meat.
They have sent at least two
underprivileged children to
summer camp for toe crippled
and maintained an ASU scholar.
(Up for Watauga students. At
Christmas, Botarjr has sup*
piled clothing, toys and food
to some 50 crijpled cUldran
locally.
A number at young Wataugins
have been fitted with braces,
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Vaughn Roten
Opens Store In
West Jefferson
When Vaughn Roten opened
a West Jefferson branch at Us
Boone furniture store, it was
like going back home.
He opened the branch in a
three-story building on US 221
between West Jefferson and Jef
ferson. The building contains
a total of 16,800 square feet,
Roten’s of West Jefferson
provides a full range of home
decorating services InelisHng
appliances, furniture, rugs and
drapes.
The new firm employee seven
people. Store manager Is Clar
ance Elderlth; Paul Little Is
bookkeeper.
Roten, a native of West Jef
ferson, has been In the furni
ture business locally for It
Hello, Americana
Emm
This Is Paul Harvey’
Hit manager ot WATA-Radto In Boone last week eald aha
hardly could baliere It when radio-television commentator :
Paul Harvey agreed to help promote the local Community.
Campus Relations Committee. Y
liu Jane Smith, publicity chairman at the committee, , ,
told the folks at the barbeque chicken dinner In AppelacldM jj 1
State University's Varsity Gym that it all goes to show •’News
doesn’t have to be bad news to be good news."
The day before the Thursday night CCRC-developed pro* v
gram, she contacted Harvey by telephone inCtdcago,findlng Ms
heartwarming and receptive, leaving her'‘almostoverwbelnwd"
st talking with 'the most popular radio commentator in Ant
erica."
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She reported Harvey’s response to the weicome-to-campus
programs was "You sound like wonderful people. 1 will do
everything I can to help your committee accentuate the positive."
She than pres anted the tape from Harvay*a nsrtonrdda
broadcast: t - ■■ > ,
"S is baek-to-sebool time in Boone, North Caroline . . .
Boone, populatloo 8,000, soon will be outgrown by its own Appa
lachian State Uoivsrsity, which already bee an enrollment at
8,000. And 1,600 new freshmen are heeded thet swey right
now.
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