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For 68 Years The Democrat haa aerved Boom and Wa tauga County. With iti intenae coverage in the local ihopping area, it i the beet adver ting medium available. ? c , * , ' VOLUME LXIX ? NUMBEK 1 * ''I ???? . Weekly Newspaper ? Ettablisheti in the Year Eighteen Eighty'Eight ? M SflPUt: - ? M ? J? ' , BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1856 ' v fkja ft-. 5 , ____________ L.VE PAGES-TWO SECTIONS fl Photo by Paul Smith CAST OF HORN IN THE WEST JOIN IN PARADE SATURDAY IN FULL COSTUME Initial Plans Are Made For \Area School Board Meet ^Representatives of some 23 North Carolina counties met at Appalachian State Teachers Col u"fe on Monthly to lay plans for a '?/gional meeting of the North Carolina State School Board As sociation here in September. Co chairmen for the convention are Drt. James E. Stone and Lee J. Reynolds of the' education faculty at Appalachian. The planning committee is com posed of faculty members at Ap palachian, school administrators In the area, and school board and school committee members also in the area. The committee set the date for the fall regional meeting as Wed nesday, September 28, at the Ap palachian elementary school.' The meeting will get under way with registration at one o'clock on the 26th. The welcome will be given by Dr. W. H. Plemmons, president of Appalachian State Teachers Col lege. Speaker for the main address is not yet chosen. There will be discussion groups to consider specific problems under the gener al theme of the conference, which will be "School Boards and the development of a continuing sup port for public education." The convention dinner will be at 9:30 in the evening at the school cafeteria in the same building where the meeting is held. At the dinner meeting the discussion groups and other sessions will be summarized, and a brief business session held. R. Barton Hayes of Lenoir, who is president of the 15th district of the North Carolina School Board Association, was appointed chair man of the publicity committee for the conference. W. S. Hamilton, superintendent of the Hickory City Schools, was appointed to serve with Mr. Hayes. Dr. John Otts, assistant superin tendent of the Charlotte City Schools, and A. D. Kornegay, sup erintendent of the Statesville City Schools, were appointed co-chair men of a committee on resource materials. The committee on local arrange ments will be headed by R. E. Agle, ' chairman of the School Board at Boone. He will be assist ed by Dr. A. B. Crew, principal of Appalachian high school, John Howel), principal of Appalachian (continued on page three) G HOVER C. KOBBINS. prominent Blowing Rock citizen who died Sunday, June 29. Mr. Robbina, who had been active in civic a /fain all hia life, was ill only a abort while, and death waa unexpected. ? ? \ ACCUSED OF SHOOTING? Bruce James Philltps, left, Caldwell lumber yard worker, accused of the shotgun slaying of Mrs. Ellen ' Parsons at her home near Deep Gap, is shown with Caldwell county Sheriff Clyde W. Roberta, right, and Deputy Clyde Mikeal, standing. Phillip* voluntarily surrendered Thursday at his home near Lenoir. Phillips was brought to Boone by Watauga officers. ? Photo by Jim Sparks, courtesy Lenoir News-Topic. Phillips Says Fatal Shot Was Accident Bruce James Phillips, 37, Cald well county lumberyard worker, is in the Watauga county jail, charged with the murder of hii cousin, Mr*. Ellen Spears Parsons, 33. in the Hot Hollow section, ne?r Deep Gap Monday of last week. Sheriff Ernest Hodges brought Phillips back to Watauga county Saturday after he had surrendered peacefully about 10 a. m. that day at his home four miles north of Lenoir. Phillips was taken into custody by Caldwell county Sheriff Clyde Roberts and Deputy Sheriff Clyde Mikeal after they had received a call at their office. ' A woman's voice said over the ! I telehone. "Bruce Phillip* is at home." They said they learned later Phillips had cent his daughter. Gracie, 10, to the home of Mrs George L. Austin of the Warrior section of Caldwell county with the request that she notify officers Phillips was ready to surrender The officars prepared for possi ble resistance when they went to the Philips home, but Phillips greeted them with. "How yoti do me. fellows'" The officers said Phillip* told than the shooting was the result of what h? termed "a drunken brawl" and claimed it was an ac * cident." "I done it all right, but God is my witness it was an accident," Phillips told Sheriff Roberta and Deputy Mikeal. Deputy Mikeal said, "He said he, Mrs. Parsons and her husband, Harrison Parsons, 35, were drink ing together Sunday night. Ap parently following an argument, Phillips said he went down the road to an abandoned farm house and got a shotgun. "He said he didn't mean to shoot anybody," Mikeal said. "He claims he slipped on a rock and the gun accidentally discharged." Mrs. Parsons was shot as she stood beside her husband, an au tomobile mechanic in Boone. Par sons told officers after the shoot ing that he knows of no reason why Phillips should have "had it in for us." Parsons said Phillips had left the Parsons home and returned about 1:13 a. m. Monday. He said Phillips called him from the house and his wife begged hiin not to go, fearing there would be trouble. He said she followed him when he left the bouse. He said he stooped over and when be did Phillips discharged the 16 guige shotgun The full discharge t ' (Continued on pagt three) Business Gains Made In Watauga County Ladies Night Is Planned For Gty Merchants Group The annual me?hng of the Mer chants Association will be held Friday evening, July 13, in the private dining room of the Boone Trail Restaurant, it was announced by G. R. Andrews, persident. As usual, ladies are invited and each merchant . is urged to bring his lady. ' Clyde R. Greene, former presi dent of the State Merchants Asso ciation, who knows a lot about the value of the Merchants Associa tion to Boone and North Carolina, will be the' principal speaker. Reports of the activities of the year will be presented by G. R. An drews, retiring president, and Stan ley A. Harris, manager. The dinner will include ham and fried chicken and will be served for $1.50. It is felt that the Merchants As sociation has done much for the advancement of Boone and Wa tauga county and officials are anxious that all merchants in the county attend, whether or not they are members of the association. ? Officers and members of the boavd of directors will be elected and installed it this meeting. Chamber Will Meet On Tuesday The regular monthly meeting of the t Chamber of Commerce next Tuesday should be a program of more than normal interest. A1 Boyles, publicity director of Horn in the West, will serve as master of ceremonies and will present for short sketches Charles Elledge, as Yhe preacher; William Ross, as Dr. Stuart; Glenn Causey, as Dan. iel Boone, and Jane Plunkett, as Martha Stuart. General stibject is: What is the Horn doing for Boone anV what is Boone doing for the Horn?" The meeting will be held as usual on the second Tuesday, July 10, at the Boone Trail Dining fioom, 12 noon to 1:15 p. m. All interested citizens are urged to at tend. Half A the families in the na tion made *9,990 in '95. New York, Jane 29 ? Significant business gains were made m Wa tauga county in the past year as its residents, enjoying relatively good incomes and a high rate of employment, expressed their strength in large-scale buying in the local retail shops. Ttiis is brought out in a copy righted study of business in the nation's cities and counties, releas ed in Sales Management's new buy ing power survey. The high tempo of activity in Watauga county is seen in the amount of retail business recorded. It added up Jo a $10,033,000 year for the local merchants. This was a gain over the 19,261,000 of the previous year. What was the direction; of the bigger spending? The extra money available was used to buy the things that make for a better standard of living. People equip ped themselves with more of the modern devices that add to com fort and convenience. Electric re frigerators, washing machines, bet ter homes, fanciers cars and the many other items that were once pure-luxury have become musts for more people. The ability to spend more is made possible by better earnings. The data shows that, despite cer tain soft spots in the local eco nomy, the net disposable income among families in Watauga County came to tl2.24A.000 last year.. Divided by the number of local families. It amounted arithmetical ly to <2,987 per family compared With $2,646 in 1994. The improvement which amount ed to 12.9 percent was better than waa achieved generally. The sain was 3.6 percent for the United ' States. 1 The ratio of how much is actu ally being spent in each commun- ' ity, as compared with ita full capa city, is shown in the survey by a "buying power index." This weighted figure is based on such 1 factors as income, sales and popu lation. It lists Watauga County as as able to produce .0061 percent of the nation's retail business. Since a smaller amount was done last year, .0064 percent, it is evident that considerable sales potential is ' still available. 1 Defense Secretary Wijson told a news conference the B-92 inter 'continental bomber was being pro duced at a satisfactory rate and was vastly superior to the Soviet Bison. ?Matt Photo by Jo* Kinor , SEVEN AXLE-GREASINGS TO HORN? Vlnee Martinson to greeted t by Al Bo> te?. publicity director of Horn in the Wert, at be arrived In i Boone about 2:90 p. m. Friday after pullinf the covered wagoh from | Danville, Vs , behind an auto traveling at 10 to 12 miles per hour. < The unique caravan started Its sentimental journey from Danville ! Wednesday morning, proceeded to Reidsville. spent the first night in | Stokcsdale, came through Winston-Salem Thursday, whan he posed i for television cameras, then through Yadkinville. spent Thursday night 1 in North Wilkesboro, and completed the 170-mile trek Friday. He said l he had te stop and grease the wagon's axles about every 29 miles, i Martinson, a graduate of the University of Minnesota who received his certification work for teaching at ASTC and taught history last year at Schoolfield Junior High School in Danville, said be built the ( wagon from a 75-year.old Nlssen chasis in a blacksmith shop at Ring- f gold. Vs.. with the aid of the blacksmith, a Mr Taylor The Job took I about two weeks, be said. _ ? SB'.V' __ ?Staff Photo by Joe Minor MISS BETTY SWAIH . . MISS HORN-CAPADE Eggers Will Preside At Annual Land Bank Meet The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Boone National Farm Loan Association will be held ?t the courthouae in Boone Satur day, July 7, at 10:30 o'clock. S. C. Eggers of Booni, President of the Association, will preside aver the meeting and make the welcoming address. John H. Hollar, secretary-trea surer will read the minutes of the last meeting and present the an nual report, prior to the election of the new board of directors. The principal speaker will be Mr. Rufus Clarke, President of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia. Mr. Clarke is known as a very able speaker and is well versed in the operations of the Land Bank sys tem. The membership is promised tn informative and entertaining message. Mr. T. E. Haigler, regional manager of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia in South Carolina, will conduct the usual quiz pro gram and present the prizes, which Include: One hundred silver dollars, by Boone. National Farm Loan As i o c i a t i o n; Westinghouse Clock radio, Centre Furniture Co.; 1 ton Armour's fertilizer, Watauga Pro duce, Inc.; $29 cash certificate Southern Insecticides. Inc.; 200 pounds fertilizer, Watauga FCX; 1 paint spray, Caldwell Farm Sup ply; 1 pocket knife, Farmers Hard ware It Supply Co., Inc.; 1 gallon paint, Watauga Hardware, Inc. Ten dollars In cash will be giv en to the person bringing the larg est number of people to the meet ing. Preceding adjournment?an open Forum period will be held. ITEEL OUTPUT May steel production and for the First five months of 1996 broke all "ccords. May alao waa the eighth sonsecutive month in which the nation's steel mills poured more han 10,000,000 tons of that metal. Utog ether, I0.4S6.000 net tons of ngots and steel for castings were produced in May, as compared with 10.336.121 tona in April and 10,328,310 tona in May, 1980. Steel production for the first five months if this year amounted to 92,904. 139 tona, exceeding by 5,444^00 ons the 47,490.939 tons produced n the same period of last year. Dairy scientists at the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Kation have found that an extract rom the pancreas of hogs will peed tlx icrmcnUUon of milk. ? - W 7 HISS NORA EDMONDSON Last Rites Held In Macon For Mrs. Nora Edmondson Funeral service! for Miss Nora Edmondson. 81, retired school teacher, and native of Boone, who died in St. Petersburg, Fla. Tues day of last week, were held at the graveside in Rose Hill cemetery, Macon, Ga. last Thursday. Dr. Leonard Cochran officiated. Former pupils of Miss Edmond son who served as pallbearers were: Luther B. Thigpen, R. J. Marshall, Milton H. Parks, James C. Whitehead, J. E. Hatcher and Jack G. Thomas. Mias Edmondson who was the principal of the Bellevue School in Macon, Ga. for 33 years was the daughter of John Edward Edmond son and Mary Hodges Edmondson of Boone, N. C. She was a gradu ate of the University of North Carolina, and a member of the Methodist Church. She retired from teaching last- year while at Ocrakoke, N. C. Previously she had taught in Watauga county and at ? number of Georgia locations, in cluding Camak, Warrenton, Cedar town, Canton and Oglethorpe. While teaching in Elk township, Watauga county, her successful ef forts to open a road to the school attracted nationwide attention. Surviving are * sister, Mrs. Fred Perk 1m. San Marino, Calif.; an aunt. Mrs. 1. 0. Hodges. Sr.. and a cousin, Mrs. Sam Chandler, both oi Macon. Two Thousand Gather To Sec Outdoor Drama Deipite dark ?nd ominous cloud* which threatened to disgorge ? deluge at any moment, Horn ia the West opened it* fifth season before an audience of more than 2,000 in picturesque Daniel Boone Theatre here Saturday night It was the biggest opening night in the history of Kermit Hunter's historical outdoor drama of the Southern Appalachian highlands depicting the turbulent period of the 1770's when the colonists were fighting to rid themselves of Brit ish tyranny. An all-out and successful effort was made to focus increased local attention on the drama's opening with a series of events called the "Horn-capade", highlighted by a big parade and including a coun ty-wide picnic on the Horn grounds, and the coronation of "Hiss Horn-capade" on stage be fore the play began. Selected by out-of-town judge* from some thirty contestants u "Queen of the 1956 Horn-capade" was Mill Betty Swalm, daughter of Dr. and Mr*. 0. K. Richardson. Thousand* lined the *treet* a* the parade got underway at B p. m. and proceeded down King Street and out to the theatre ground*. Headed by a color guard, march ing men and mechanized unit*, the parade featured a huge float carry ing the contestant* for the Queen'* tifle and many other unit* (pott sored by local merchant* and or ganization*, *uch a* pioneer acenea, hunting scenes, covered wagoila, a hayride, an old whiikey still, sur reys, buggies, teams, hone back rider*. Boy Scout*, and gaily deco rated automobile*. Mu*ic was sup plied by member* of the junior and aenior high ichool band*. The play, which has been revis ed and streamlined with each suc ceeding year, ha* William Ron, who ha* formerly played the vic iou* Colonel McKenzie with distinc tion, in the leading role of Dr. Geoffrey Stuart, who i* torn be tween loyalty to the Britiah crown and sympathy with the dream of democracy in the new world. Charles Elledge, who has capti vated audiences with hi* bluff and hearty protrayals of Amos How ard, leader of the mountain vil lager*, and Daniel Boone, bring* the same hmespun manner and forceful characterization to a new role as the Rev. Isaiah Sims, a frontier preacher. Glen Causey, who hai been in the cait fince the beginning, lends more authenticity to the part of Daniel Boone than thia role has yet enjoyed. His physical stature and genial personality make him ideal ly suited for the role of this fav orite historical character. Other sensitive portrayals ara turned in by George S pence as John Sevier; Jane Plunkett as the doctor's wife, Martha Stuart; Rob ert Grubbs as their son, Jack Stuart; A1 Harris as Toby Miller, the blacksmith; G)enn Sumpter as Colonel McKenzie; Ruby Wiggins as Widow Howard; Mary Lawrence, a Boone native, as Mary the Quak. er lass; Jones L. Storie, another Boone native, aa Atakulla, the In dian Chief; Frank Jones as the Indian interpreter; and Ruth Ar rington as the half-English. half Cherokee girl, Nancy Ward, who befriends the settlers. A new revolving stage designed and built by Production Director Gene Wilson to speed scene chan ges, the elimination of unnecessary &: ind cumbersome scenes, and smoother performances by a mora experienced, mora self-assured cast all combine to make this yaar'a production of Horn in the Weet a fast-moving, thoroughly enjoy able and authentic play, which was reflected in the enthusiastic ap proval of the opening night audi ence. Mr. and Mn. Jack Rogers and sons, Ronnie and Jay, at Plain field. Ohio, ara visiting this weak w?h?rrGradjr Graham and Miss
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