An Independent Weekly New*paper . .. Sixty-Ninth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NO!
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, lt#7
Seventy To Face Trial
At Spring Court Term
Judge Zeb V. Nettles, Asheville,
will preside over the spring term
of Watauga County Superior
Court when it convene! here April
22. More than 70 caaes will come
up for trial, moat of which involve
either apeeding, driving
drunk or larceny.
The juror list, selected Monday
by the county commissioners is as
follows:
Bald Mountain, Todd; Lloyd
Jones, Todd.
Beaver Dam—Wilby Greene.
Reeae; Charlie Tester, Sug^r
Grove; Spencer Warren, Vilaa;
Spencer Romingei', Reese.
Blowing Rock—Hill Triplett,
Blowing Rock; Robert Bradshaw,
Blowing Rock; Howard Holshouser,
Blowing Rock, Jack Pennell, Blowing
Rock; Calvin Hodge, Blowing
Rock.
Blue Ridge—George Keller, Fred
Brown and Herbert H. Hamptop,
all of route 1, Blowing Rock.
$oone—John Hoyt Edmisten,
Mrs. Ruth Moretz and Phil Vance,
of Boone, and James T. Cook, route
1, Boone.
Brushy Fork—McDonald Greene,
Vilas; Roy Kepler, Boone, and Albert
Bentley, Boone.
Cove Creek, Earl Norris, Zionville;
Arlie Osbourne, Zionville;
Ted Eller, Vilas; Vernon Castle,
Zionville.
Elk—Everette Welch and Arthur
Wheeler, Triplett.
Laurel Creek—Roy L. Trivette,
Beech Creek; Spencer Watson, Rominger;
James Tester, Beech
Creek..
Meat Camp—Hermon Moretz,
route 1, Boone; Earl Miller, route
2, Boone; Odell Moretz, route 2,
Boone.
New River—Earl Bodenhammer,
Boone; Carson Storie, route 1,
Boone; Roby Oaks, Boone; Russell
Coraett, route 3; Rojr V. Brpjvn,
route 1, Boone. »"* •
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Local Women Get Ntrfsing Caps
MISS PATSY HAMPTON
Miss Grace Day, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Day, route I,
Blowing Rock, and Miss Patsy
Hampton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
O. G. Hampton, 200 Tracy Circle,
Boone, received their caps at the
MISS GRACE DAY
annual Capping Ceremony of Grace
Hospital School of Nurijng, Morganton,
on the evening of March 23.
Both young ladies are graduates
of Appalachian High School, class
of 1956.
Science Fair For Area
Will Be Held April 6
The Northwestern District Science
Fair will be held at Appalachian
State Teachers Colleges Saturday,
April 6, fijpm 10 a. m. to
3 p. m„ according to an announcement
by Dr. Ray Derrick, director.
All high schools in the district
have been invited to place science
exhibits on public display at this
time.
Dr. Derrick explained that the
science toif oOl be aivaxhibition
of work by students who are inter
csted in science, particularly the
biological and phyiical sciences.
The (air offers an opportunity for
students to show their work to parents,
teachers, other students, and
the general public.
The science fair helps find boys
and girls who may become scientists,
through aptitude and training,
Or. Derrick said, and some of
the awards are given by Institutions
and corporationi interested in
obtaining young scientists.
Certification of participation in
the fail will be given all entrants,
and seals of merit to all winners.
A Chemical Index from Merck and
Company will be given to the
first place winner in the Senior
Division of Physical Science.
Winners in the diatrict fair will
be given opportunity to participate
in the State Fair which will be
held at the N. C. State College in
Raleigh April 25-27.
Dr. Derrick urges the public to
attend and see the display, which
promises to be even better than
the one h*ld here last year.
New Health Center
Dedicated Sunday
The dedication of the newlycompleted
Watauga County Health
Center was held Sunday, March
31, with approximately 200 persons
attending the ceremony. Dr.
C, H. Hock, chairman of the Watauga
County Board of Health, waa
master of ceremonies. The invocation
was given by Rev. C. H. Lowman.
Speakers were Dr. W. H.
Plemmons, president of A. S. T.
C., and Dr. C. C. Applewhite, director
of the local health division
of the State Board of Health.
Special recognition was given to
the following for their efforts in
the completion of this project:
Members of the retiring Board
of County Commissioners: Arlie
P. Walsh, Chrn, J. D. Shoemake,
and George A. Wilson.
Members' of the present Board
of County Commissioners: Bynum
Greene, Chm., Fred Hatley, and
Clint Lewis.
Members of the District Board
of Health: Dr. C. H. Mock, Chm.,
Gordon Winkler, Dr. William
Matheson, Bynum B. Greene.
Mr Edgar Brown, spokesman
for the health center project.
Miss Jean Childers, homei demonstration
agent, and the Watauga
County home demonstration
clubs.
Members of the Watauga County
Health Council, Mr. W. R. Vines,
retiring president
Recognition was also given the
following:
Mr. R. D. Higgins, assistant director
of the local health division.
Mrs. Amy Louise Fisher, consultant
in tuberculosis nursing.
Miss Mary E. Copeland, public
health nursing consultant.
Mr. William Broadway, district
sanitarian consultant
Staff members of the Watauga
County Health Department: Dr.
Mary B. H Michal. Mrs. Nancy F.
Thomas, Mr. Lewis H. Caton. Jr,
and Mrs. Ina Spencer
Refreshments for the open
house were served by the members
of the home demonstration clubs
in Watauga County. Bulletin board
displays were under the supervision
of Miss Helen Neill of the
home economics department at A.
S. T. C. Or. Mary Michal and her
staff were in their offices to greet
the public during the open house.
Traffic Toll
Raleigh — The Motor Vehicle*
Department's summary of traffic
deaths through 10 a. m. April I:
Killed this year: 227
Killed to date last year: 243
Krishna Menon gains new status
as a politician.
State Highway Patrol Using Camera To Help Enforce Traffic Rules
Troop E of the State Highway
Patrol, which embraces' Watauga
county, last week introduced a new
"silent watch" to increase highway
safety across its 22-eounty mountain
highways.
Capt. D. G. Lewis, of Asheville,
and Cpl. 1. A. Sullins, Asheville,
were in Boone Friday demonstrating
the device to the local patrol
personnel, which includes Pfc.
George Baker and Patrolman C.
W. Mason.
The new device, the A bell Traffic
Camera, is the latest weapon
in the hands of the patrol, accord
ing to Capt. Lewis. Few other
states in the Union have this development
in the cause of safety.
The camera shoots 18 frames per
second, thus having the capability
of recording each movement made
by the object on which it is trained.
Through construction tf a time
clock, speedometer and automatic
calendar into the camera, each
tiny frame of film records, in addition
to the traffic violator upon
which it is focused, the exact time,
day, month and even the year of
violation.
' Besides all this information the
carema also records the license
plate on the vehicle it may be
tracking, and the behavior of the
car, making positive identification
of ownership possible, and also
in what manner the driver was
driving.
Thus, any offender caught by the
camera is (inked with (he violation,
the time of day, the day of the
week, the month and the year—
and the background scenery—in
such a manner as to make defence
almost impossible.
The speedometer in the camera'
is connected with the speedometer
on the patrol car and is calibrated
for accuracy. In addition, an odemeter
in the camera record! the
distance traveled by the offending
vehicle in 10th* of miles, much
the same as on the^ standard auto
mileage gauge. This enables the
ftatrol to produce filmed evidence
of not only bow fast the offending
vehicle may have been going In
miles per hour, but also in feet
per second.
Coming into play on this calculation
is yet another of the camera's
unique devices—a stop watch
and a sweep second hand.
Capt. Lewis stated to the Democrat
that the patrol doei not plan
to u«e the camera aolely for waylaying
offenders.
In announcing the use of the
"silent watch" In thia area, he
told how the instruments will be
used widely to record the good
highway practices as well as the
bad.
When a person is filmed engaging
in careful driving, he will be
sent a photograph, taken while he
was unaware, and • letter of appreciation
from the patrol. His address
cin be traced from his license
plate which will be photographed
and checked with records at Raleigh
by the license bureau.
Good and bad driven alike will
not know when a State Highway
Patrol car on the highway la
equipped with the camera and filming
the road.
The camera will be in use
throughout Troop E, during the
summer and late fall, Capt. Lewi*
aaid. Motorists can determine
their own place in the files of
the State Highway Patrol by the
way in which they drive—will you
make the line up or will you be
the "h«roT"
The car i* the center lane wi« traveling 84 m.p.b., according to film from the new traffic earners.
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Pic. George Baker learns how to uw the Abetl Traffic Camera, ai Patrolman C. W. Maaon look* on.
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C of C To
Set Cleanup
Drive Dates
Plant will be laid and dates aet
for Boooe'a annualgclean-up campaign
at the April meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce, to be held
at 12 noon next Tuesday, April 9,
in the upstairs dining room of the
Boone Trail Restaurant.
Other business will include a
discussion of plans to form a new
organization to promote industry
in the county. The proposed organiation
has been tentatively
designated as the Watauga County
Development Corporation, and it
will be empowered to negotiate
with industrial firms, option prospective
sites for plant location,
and ergct buildings for new industry,
said Stanley A. Harris,
manager of the Chamber.
Full attendance of the membership
is urged, and the general
public is invited to come and take
part in these important discussions.
Mrs. Velma McCoy
Dies In Washington
Mrs. Velma Rivers McCoy, 58,
daughter of the late R. C. Rivers,
Sr., and Mrs. Rivers of Boone,
died in 4 Washington, D. C., hospital
Sunday afternoon.
She had been in failing health
for two years, but her illness had
been considered critical lor only
a few days.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
at 2 p. m. at th«| Chapel of
Chambers Funeral Home in Washington.
The Rev. H. W. Lyon of
Anacostia Methodist Church conducted
the rites and burial was in
Cedar Hills Cemetery.
Born and reared in Boone, Mrs.
McCoy attended Appalachian
Training School in Boone, and
Davenport College in Lenoir. Lqter
she studied at the Corcoran Art
School in Washington, D. C., and
for a time was art teacher at Appalachian.
For the past' several
years she had resided in Washington
with a daughter, Mrs. Velma
Williams.
Mrs. McCoy was first married to
J. Frank McGhee of Boone. To
them was born the two surviving
daughters: Mr*. R- C. Coleman,
Jr., of Tabor City, and Mrs. Velma
Williams of Washington, D. C.
There are two brothers, Rob Rivers
of Boone and James C. Rivers of
Springfield, Va.
Baghdad allies hail U. S. move
to tighten ties.
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Industrial Firm Eyein
Boone For New Plant Site
Labor Survey
Attracts 568
Jobseekers
The availability of female labor
in thia area was demonstrated
Monday when MM women responded
in person to a labor survey
conducted jointly by the Boons
Chamber of Commerce and the
North Carolina Rural Development
Program.
An advertisement in the Democrat
last week stated that Boon*
had a possibility of securing a women's
apparel factory, and aaked
that all women interested in obtaining
such employment coma to
the courthouse Monday for an interview
with a factory representative.
The result waa more ttuta three
interviewers were able to cope
with in a single day. There was
time for personal interviews with
only 293 of the 968 applicants.
Others filled out personal date
sheets ior later interviews if the
factory materializes.
"This encouraging response discloses
beyond any doubt the arail.
ability and eagerness to work of
women in this area," aaid Ciena
R. Andrews, president of the
Chamber of Commerce and chairman
of the industrial division of
the Rural Development Program,
of which Watauga ia one of three
pilot counties • in the State.
"It definitely confirms our previous
estimate of the labor aituation,"
he conitnued, "and we feel
that it could be a deciding factor
in securing the plant for Boone."
The name of the plant can not
he revealed at this time, but ail
hnnouncement as to its identity snd
decision to locate here is expected
to be msde within the next few
daya, Mr. Andrews said.
State Library Conference Begins
Today On Appalachian Campus
By EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT
When the conference on school
; libraries is held on the campus of
| Appalachian State Teachers College
April 4-6, one of the nation's
foremost educational personalities
will be attending as a consultant
for the conference.
She is Miss Nora E. Beust,
Specialist for School and Children's
Libraries of the United
States Office of Education, U. S.
Dept. of Health, Education, and
Welfare, Washington, D C.
Miss Beust holds the B. A. degree
from the University of Wisconsin
and the M. A. degree from
the University of North Carolina.
She is a graduate of the University
of Wisconsin Library School,
graduate of special courses in
children's work at Western Reserve
University and Cleveland
Public Library, and has had special
work at the University of
Chicago in her field.
Miss Beust has been children's
librarian and assistant librarian at
Wisconsin State Teachers College
and LaCrosse Public Library; and
librarian at the school of education,
University of North Carolina,
previous to holding her present
job with the United States Government.
She was a member of the
American Education team in
Korea in 1994-59.
Readers of many professional
magazines are familiar with Miss
Beust's writings which have apPWred
in School Lite, NEA
Journal, Bulletins of the I). 8.
Dept. of Health, Education and
Welfare, Library Journal, and others.
She now has in process of
publication Public School Library
Statistics 1953-94.
The conference to be held at
Boone is sponsored jointly by Appalachian
State Teachers College
and the Department of Public Instruction
of North Carolina. Invited
to attend are all instructional
supervisors, educational leaders,
and all library personnel of
city and county schools in the
state.
The conference begins on Thuri(Continued
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MISS BEUST
DR. GRAMLEY
Chilean Missionaries
Visiting In Watauga
Rev. and Mn. H. K. Middleton
and their children, Southern Baptist
Missionaries to Chile, are
spending three days of their furlough
in Boone. They are scheduled
to return to Chile later this
spring.
Baptists of the county are sponsoring
a three-day missions revival
with Mr. Middleton preaching.
Beginning with a covered dish
supper at the Boone Baptist
Church at 6:00 p. m. Friday, the
program includes preaching services
at 7:30 p. m. on Friday and
Saturday and at both Sunday services.
. The Middletons are expected to
have many items and experiences
of interest about life in Chile to
share. The public is invited
Mr. Middleton has twice served
as pastor of Cove Creek Baptist
Church, beginning in 1940 when
he and his bride of a few day*
came to his first pastorate. His
second period of service to Cove
Creek Church ended in 1948 when
he and Mrs. Middleton volunteered
for foreign missions duty.
Bishop Coming
To Watauga
The RL Rev. N. George Henry,
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
western North Carolina, will make
his annual visit to the churches at
ValJe Crucis, St. John'*, Holy
Cross y»urch, St. JlttUorty'^
on Sunday, April 7.
He will administer the rite of
confirmation to the candidates,
and will preach at all services.
Wilson Norris Family
To Get NCEA Award
The North Carolina Education
Aiaociation will present its Centennial
Family Award to Mr. and
Mr*. J. Wilson Norris and their
children, Miss Nell Norris, Miss
Neva Norris, Ws. C. E. Hayes,
Mrs. Robert Withrow, Mrs. Johnny
Barnett, Mrs. N. C. Swiiuon,
and Mr. James Norris, in Raleigh
April 4. The occasion will be a
celebration of the 100th birthday
of the N. C. E. A.
The citation, which will be presented
by Miu Rosalie Andrews,
N. C. E. A. president, reada: "On
the occasion of the One Hundredth
Birthday of the organized teaching
profession in our State and in our
Nation, the North Carolina Education
Asaociation proudly presenta
this Centennial Award to Mr. and
Mrs. J. Wilson Norris who, once
teachers themselves, have given to
the profession, as teachers, one
son, six daughters, and Ine son-inlaw
This testimonial la presented
in the name of the membership of
the North Carolina Education Association."
Governor Luther H. Hodges will
cut the birthday cake and address
the group. Prior to the cake-cutting,
Governor and kfc-s. Hodges
will greet guests In the receiving
line.
United Fund
Meets Tonight
The Watauga County United
Fund will hold It* annual meeting
•t the Appalachian Demonstration
School on Thursday evening,
April 4. at 7:30.
R. E. Agle, president of Uie
United Fund, will preside at ihe
meeting, which has as Its purpose
the election of officers and the
hearing of reports by officials and
committee chairmen. The organization
held its first campaign in
October of last year and succcedcd
in meeting iu first annual budget.
Any person who contributed to
the United Fund last year ia considered
a member and ia entitled
to a vote. In addition, anyone interested
in the work of the organisation
ia invited to be present
at Thursday's meeting. jj
About half the people in
United States 15 yean of
older drink milk on an
day. report mark
with the U. 8.