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A Backward Glance If rw Ufca to raad at tk? *rly day* to Boom turn to pt|i (our tor "Our Early FUm" ttemj of lixty, thlrty-nina and fiftoaa An Independent Weekly !S etc* pa per ? Established in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL S, 19S6 Three Are Injured In W reck Saturday Two ^7-year-old Boone boy* were Injured Saturday evening, when the automobile in which they were riding dipped on the loose gravel and overturned near the in tersection of Greenway Road and the Winkler Creek road, not far from the IRC plant State Highway Patrolman C. W. Mason, who inveitigated the acci dent, Mid the 1966 Ford driven by Billy Hampton and in which Phil McGuire, Bobby Wilcox, Jimmy Pitta, and Bobby Norris were also riding, was passing another car going in the same direction when the accident occurred. Yoyng McGuire and Hampton both sus tained injuries of the back and were yet hospitalized the first of the week. ? Photo "Rabbit Moretz." Board Of Education Names New Committee Members The Watauga county Board of Education met Monday and named memben of the various school committee!. Superintendent W. Guy Angell states that two members of the five-member committees were na to ed for three-year terms under the staggered system of appointment prevailing here. Twe other mem ber* jrf tfte committees *H1 senr^ out their terms by next year, white one member in each case will serve until 1MB. Following is i complete list of the committees by school districts. The two first named in each 'case are either new members or those reappointed for another three-year term. The last three are holdover members: District 1, Boone ? Alfred Ad ams, Richard Kelley, Walter Ed misten, Mrs. J. C. Goodnight, R. E. Agle. District 2, Green Valley? Wood row Starnes, Willard Norris, Day ton Winebarger, Walter Lookabill, George Moretz. District 3, Parkway?Clyde Mor etz, Clark Miller, Ernest Sims, Fred Norris, Hayes Wellborn. District 4, Blowing Rock ? Mrs. Carrie Johnson, Daniel Klutz. Shuf ford Edmisten, Justin Coffey, Dr. Walter Keys. District 5, Valle Crucis ? Arthur Welch, W. H. Cook, Arlie Hodges, Coy Love, L. F. Townsend. District 6, Cove Creek ? ? John Herman, Mrs. Mary Hands, Dave F. Mast, Tom Lawrence, Jake C. Mast. District 7, Bethel _ Sanford Creed, lUlph Sherwood, Grover Tntmsnn Lewis Norris, Baker Ed mistsCL District 8, JWabel ? Hubbard Greer, !.? E. Cole, Walter South, Tom Perry, John Combs. Elkland ? Glenn Howell. Watauga Consolidated ? Lewis Ray, Robert White, Rev, A. W. Stowe, Ude Moore, Edward Grimes. Date Is Set For Purebred Sales The Watauga Purebred Hereford Breeder* has act Saturday, Octo ber 13. as the date o I the four teenth annual Boone aale. They will aell a maximum of 33 heifers that have not ealved, and 20 bulla not over 2 year* old. The aale plan will be almilar to the IMS plana a* all cattle nomi nated will be catalogued and judg ed in a preaale ahow on the day of the aale. Only the top 39 heifer* and 30 bulla may be (old and the judges may reject any animal not judged good enough to aell even though we do not have the maxi mum number. tt was decided to give away a bull to the holder of the lucky ticket Sale committee consists of L. K. Tuckwiller, Sale Manager, y/. Stalling*, Dave Kin too, and W. H. Wa Ik?. & -k*-' ' -.???] V V MRS. JACK GROCE Mrs. Groce Is i Administrator At Hospital Mrs. Jack Groce has -been elect ed administrator of Watauga Hos pital. The announcement of her appointment was made by the board of trustees at a recent call ed meeting of the hospital person nel. . Mrs. Groce, the former Miss Virginia Anderson, is a native of Wilkesboro, North Carolina. She was graduated from Wilkesboro High School and attended Appala chian State Teachers College. She had been employed at Watauga Hospital as office manager prior to this appointment James McLean Dies Thursday James Harvey McLean, 88, of Banner Elk, Route 1, pawed away at hit home on Thursday, March 28. Funeral services were held at the Watauga Baptist Church Saturday. March 31. at 2 p. m? conducted by the Rev. Calvin Helton of Le noir, and burial waa in the family cemetery He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hattie R. McLean; four sons, Hardy, of Valdese, Ambrose and Fred, Banner Elk, and Bert, Jonas Ridge; five daughters. Miss Pearl McLean of the home, Mrs. Fay Stewart and Mrs. Helen Williams, both of Charlotte. Mrs. Flo Buc hanan. Johnson City, Tenn., ami Mrs. Julia Abridge. Banner Elk; two brothers, Jack McLean, Rhed hiss, N X., and Ellis McLean, Ban ner Hk; ond> a sister, Mrs. Alta Hollows? ?f Virginia. State grades for beef are widely used In North Carolina and they indicate the lull quality detifnat ed by USDA grades 73 V. F. W. Group Names Leaders The Ladies Auxiliary to Wata uga Mountaineer Poet 7031 Vet erans of Foreign Wart held its re gular meeting .Thursday, March and at 7.30 p m. *t which time officers were elected for the en suing year. A benefit supper was planned for April 7th at 7:00 p .m. Pro ceeds will go to the Cancer Fund. $1.00 per plate will be charged. Following the supper auxiliary officers will be installed. The Fifteenth District meeting will be held Sunday, April 22nd at 2:00 p. m. in Lenoir. All members are urged to attend as district elec tions will be held at that time. De partment President, Mrs. Virginia S. Lowry will be present.' Eggers Delegate To GOP Meeting Mr. S. C. Eggers, local realtor and chairman of the Republican Executive Committee in Watauga County, was named a{ a ninth dis trict delegate to the Republican' national convention at the recent district convention held in Salis bury. The convention will be held' in San Francisco in August. Continues To Modernize ?. - . . ? Gty Clean-up To Be Topic At t Chamber Meet tseauuncauon and cleaning up of Boone will be the main ' topic (or disoussion yhen the Boone Chamber of Commerce meets Tues day in regular monthly meeting at the Boone Trail Reitaurant at noon. Members of the Blue Ridge Gar den Club will present plans for improving certin selected locations as well as the whole problem of beautifying the town in general. The announcement of the meet ing states that the general public is invited to come and take part in the discussions, with a special 'in vitation to the women of the com munity. Full attendance is needed as it is expected the dates for the annual clean-up, paint-up campaign will be 'set by those who attend. Cove Creek And Mabel Township Merger Is Voted The Board of County Commis sioners, at their regular meeting Monday, passed a resolution which woiild combine Mabel with Cove Creek townships fgr tax purposes, following a hearing on a petition to consolidate, and counter peti tions to leave the setup atone- >< The resolution stated that the board would recommend to the covnty Board of Etertinm ?kmt tm. voting precincts be a>a?ulned W at present, that portion of the township which had been known as Mabel to be known as Cove Creek no. 2. It was said that the Board of Elections would act 6n the recom mendation at a meeting to be held next Saturday afternoon. Scout Leaders Meet Tonight . The regular meeting of Boy Scout leaders In Watauga County will be held on Thursday night, April S, at the Blowing Rock school. The meeting will include both a round table program for leaders and the regular monthly meeting of the district committee. Dr. J. T. C. Wright, district chairman, has urged that every unit in the county be represented at the meeting with several lead ers, if possible. Every unit should know of the events btiaf planned in scouting for the spring and sum mer. Troop 901 of Blowing Rock will be the host troop Jor the meeting. 100 Cases To Be Tried At April Court; Jurors Chosen the April term of Watauga Su perior Court will convene April 23, for a one-week session, with Judge Dan K. Moore of Sylva pre siding. and more than a hundred rases are to be tried. Principal interest centera about the case of Jo Ann Severs^n and Leonard LaFond, of Milwaukee, who are charged with murder in the death of Lewis Finn, of Chi cago, which is said to have occur red at Blowing Rock last summer. Perry Gree# is charged with rape, and indicted for aiding and abetting in the commission of the alleged crime are Robert Lee Day, Clark Rominger, Lester Bradshaw and Ben Andrews, said Court Clerk Austin E. South. Most of the other cases involve the commission of misdemeanors, traffic violations, etc. ? The Jury List Following are the names of those who have been selected for Jury duty during the term: Bald Mountain ? Herbert Moretz, A. T. Parker. Beaver Dam ? Fred McGuire, Mrs. Vann Farthing, Fonio Tester, George Robinson, Paul Arnett:' Blue Ridge ? Carl Storie, Dave Cook. Blowing Hock ? Willie Greene. Clyde Davis, Pollie Masten. Boone ? Finis Wagoner, Gladys Osborne, Mrs. J. B. Taylor, James E. Miller, Hoyle Hayes. Bruahy Fork ? Grady B Mid ley. Hii? ? ? Cove Creek ? OnrHle Perry, Al fred Thomas, John Isaacs, Ray F ar thing, \ Clay Perry. Elk? Jerry Hampton. Laurel Creek? V. D. Want How ard Oaks, H. M. Mast, Dwight Ca ble... Meat Camp? Coy Reese, Marvin Miller, Hamp Clawson, Howard Foster. , North Fork ? Charlie Wilaont Rolf Wilson. New "River? C. C. Triplett, Ellis Coffey, W. O. Brown, Blaine J. Miller. Shawnee haw ? < J. B. Chris ten bury, Martin Yates, Clyde Eggers. Stony Fork ? R. E. Wellborn, C B. Miller, Wallace Greene, Bill Wellborn. i Watauga ? Aden Sluder, Ralph Church, Edward Balrd, Ralph Greene, Coy Love, Henry Taylor. Marfan, Ind. ? After taking .sev eral bullets from a ,32-caliber re volver which was to be used In a high school play, James Minnick, 18, thinking the gun empty, put it to his temple, pulled the trigger and fired. Minnick'a death, three hours later, was ruled accidental. The play was cancelled. MMhM The fifth division American Legion go-getter* meeting and ban quet was held it" Valdese with more than 200 leaden is the vet Those attending from Boone were J. Wilton Norria, 30th dis trict commander; Troy Norria, poiit commander; . Lionel Ward, port adjutant; Edwin and Charlie Dougherty, fo-fetlen. Richard K. Kelly, memberihip chairman, waa unable to attend oh account of other business. The 9th division ia made up of 0 diatrict and 40 pacta. Short talks were made by many of thoae attending, but the main address waa made by ?#. 0. Stone. NatioiM vice-commander. Mr. Lionel Ward, adjutant, in j speaking of the service sward | takes occasion to thank the Wata uga Democrat and radio station WATA for their help in promoting membership campaigns and other Legion activities. ? 'I .u 'I j , i.y .? . ^ .11 - ',?* , The roadbed of the new 12-mile stretch of V. S. 421 takes almost a straight line through the mountains between Wilkesboro and Boone. Two million cubic yarda of earth were Moved in straightening this maih east-west artery. This view looks weat from the edge of Wilkes boro toward Grandfather Mountain, 37 air npiles a Way? Photo by Max That-pe, courtesy Highway Commission. $75,000 Worth Beans Removed From Sale Raleigh ? State Agriculture De partment seed inspectors have or dered removal from (ale seed beans valued at upwards of 975,000 in Henderson and Watauga Coun ties. Director W. H. Darst of the de partment's seed testing dtvalon said Friday most of the embargoed seed failed to carry seed tags as required by law. A high percent age .of them, especially of the popular Wade variety, fejl short of germination standards, he added. Darst reported that his inspec tors found 2,491 bags of been seed not carrying North Carolina seed analysis lags, and 1,940 bags which had been shipped from other states without federal seed tags. Moat of the beans were of the Wade variety, which d a m a g e i eaaily in harvesting and (hipping, Darat explained. "Our laboratory teata of samplea aent in by inapectora showed that 99 per cent failed to meet the minimum germination atandard. All of these seed came from other states," he reported. Inapectora are still checking seed bean supplies in the western part of the state, Darst said. Further stop-sale orders may be necessary, he added. Carolina And STTTT Tcnnessee In ? t " \ ' New G>nlracts Contract* have been let for the paving of the 12.27 milei of new conatruction on highway 421 be tween North Wilkeabo.ro and Boone, aa a- part of a stepped-up program to nuke of the former Boone Trail Highway the moat logical and ihorteat route of travel from the Atlantic Coaat to the Great Lakea. Highway Commiaaisner W. Ralph Winkler of Boom, aUtea that coatract* hare been let for the paviag of the new liak of road from North Wllkeaboro to the vicinity ef Maple Sprlaga at a coat of 9325,219. Clement Bro ther* of Lenoir and the Aahe ville Contraction Company have the contract*, aad they are mov ing equipment in now to (tart their work. Mr. Wlakler atatoa there la a possibility of cam pletlag this work aad opening the read by the end of the year. At the *arae time Mr. Winkler *aya that in the long-range im provement program on 421, a con tract ha* been let for rebuilding the road from Wllkeaboro to Brook* Croaa Roads, and that con struction work la going forward on other sector* of the interttate highwway. Grading Proceeds la Ten*. A new link of 421 it being con structed between the state line at Zlonville, and a point n4ar Shouns, Tenn., one o I the most badly need >|i ttniM seats on the rntirt note. It has been found neceaaary to close this road during the con struction and travel is being Touted over country roads between Boone and Shouns. Mr. Winkler says that a study has been made of the needs of the various highways the state and 421 rated one of the highest in needs for improvement. Route 421 runs from Wilming ton, through Sanford, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, North WUkeaboro, Boone and on to Michigan City, Indiana, on Lake Michigan. t>ro moted for many years by a special 421 Highway Association, the state is now giving the route special consideration as a gateway into western North Carolina and East Tennesse, and the most logical route of travel between the Caro lina Coast and the industrial citiea of the Great Lakes. It is expected to provide one of the most popu lar scenic routes into the reaort areas of the Blue Ridge moun tains, and bring thousands of ad ditional visitors to this region. Durarte, Cal. ? Clara, a Brown Swiss cow owned by Hans Sulzer, recently gave birth to triplet calv?s ? all bulls. While triplet heifer births are not to infrequent it is said, triplet bulla are a great rarity. The calves weighed about SO pounds apiece. Northwestern District Science Fair To Be Held Here Friday The Northwestern District Sci ence Fair it set for Friday at the Science Building of Appalachian State Teachers College, according to an announcement by Dr. Ray Derrick, director. Student* from junior high and high school! of 10 counties are expectfd to be here with exhibits demonstrating both the biological and physical sciences. Students will also present essays on forestry? "Foreatt and Our Way of Life"; ornithology? "The Cardi nal?Our State Birds"; and wild life? "The Value of Water Re sources to Wildlife." Dr. Derrick explained that a science fair is an exhibition of work by students who are Inter ested in science. The fair presents ail opportunity for students inter ested in sclent* and mathematics to display their work to parents, teachers, other students, and the general public. The aciende fait. Dr. Derrick explained, helps discover boys and girls who uiay become aciestiita, mathematician*, teacher*, doctor*, i nurses, or engineers in industrial and' rcxarch laboratories. The {air will be divided into! two dlviaions. a junior division for 7th, 8th, and 9th graders, and > senior division for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. Competion will be! separate for both divisions, with| a ? first and second place award j being offered in the biological and physical categories in each diviaion. Senior exhibits will be by one person, while junior exhibits may have as many as three students participating in each. Senior pro jects will be eligible for entry in the State Science Fair at the Uni versity of North Carolina April 20 and 21. Exhibitors will arrive in Boone and place their exhibits by 10:30 a. m. Friday They wHl be guests of the college during the day. the fair will be open to the public from 1 to 4 p m Judging will take place before booh. Or. Derrick and Kent Robinson, science teacher at Appalachian High SctnpL jKto have made ar rangement! for the (air, ann<Hine?d cash prize* for the'eaaay con testa, and certification of participation for all contestant*, and seal* of merit to all winners; a chemical index for first place winner in the senior division of physical science; and three winners will be chosen in each category of the junior dii vision. Essay prizes will be $10 to the winners of the ornithology and wildlife contests, with a second prize of Peterson's "Field Guide to the Bird*" in the ornithology contest. An award of 410 will be offered by Moretz Lumber Co. for the best essay on the foresty sub
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