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VOLUME LXX? NO. 39 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 3, 1958
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LEGION VISITORS ? American Legion Post No. 130, Boone, was ;
host last week to National, division and district officers when Leg
innaires and auxiliary members from six counties met. Shown, left j
to right, are Troy Norris, commander of Post 130; Mrs. John Crys- j
lor and Mr_ Crysler, fifth division commander; Harry W. Miller, na- |
tional vice commander; Lionel Ward, Post 130 adjutant; Nash D.
McKee, department adjutant; Hubert Mathes, past 28th district
commander; Charles P Dougherty, first vice commander Post 130;
Mrs. Mathes, and J W Norris, vice commander of the 28th
district. ? Photo Palmer s Photo Shop.
Parkway Toll Proposal Killed
Secretary of the Interior Fred j
Seat ion tolled the death knell for |
Blue Ridge Parkway tolls Wednes- j
day of last week.
He said plans to collect fees on j
the Parkway have been abandoned
and promised they won't be re- !
viwd again.
Announcing his decision at a
Senate Appropriations Subcom
mittee hearing, Seaton expressed
the hope his decision finally dis
poses of the controversial toll J
idea, which has cropped up at in- I
tervals since 1940
Seaton said that as far as he is
concerned his action Wednesday
ends the question of tolls once and
for all.
He said he could not bind a suc
cessor but that if the plan is re
vived again it will have to be
taken out of a "freeze."
Seaton said North Carolina pro
mts had convinced him it would
be unwise to collect tolls for use
of the 477-mile-!ong scenic high
way
He announced his decision un
der questioning by Sen. Ervin
(D-NC). Ervin is not a member |
of the Senate Appropriations Sub- i
committee but was permitted by
chairman Hayden (D-ARIZ.) to
question Seaton
Protests against imposition of
the tolls were carried to Seaton
last week by a large North Caro
lina delegation including Gov.
Hodges and the Tar Heel Congres- j
sional delegation.
Some members of the delega
tion suggested they would make a !
court fight of the toll question, if j
necessary.
Seaton said he would formu
late his ideas on abandoning the j
toll plan, which was due to go in- I
to effect June 1, for a statement to j
be issued within a few days.
Ervin told the appropriations !
subcommittee that he and some j
House members, including Rep. '
Shuford (D-NC) and Rep Alex !
ander (D-NC) had come to the j
hearing to talk with Seaton about !
the tolls and added he hoped Sea- |
ton's decision would be "right- j
eouF."
Seaton replied that after study !
he had reached the conclusion |
"that we should not attempt to j
collect fees on the parkway
Plans to impose the tolls were |
anourfced several weeks ago by j
the National Park Service, which \
is under the Interior Department, i
Charges would have included $1 j
for a 15-day auto permit and $2
for a one-year ticket.
One of the chief arguments I
raised by protesters from North I
Carolina was that the parkway was
created ? in part with land donat
ed by the Tar Heel state ? with the
clear understanding it would be
toll free.
Seaton said the plan to have 20
or more collecting stations on the
Parkway was "impractical" and
said tolls on the Parkway would
not be consistent with practices
on some other federally-owned
roads on which no fees are charg
ed.
Y ounce House
Kazc-ri By Fire
A five-room frame house, the
home of Mr and Mrs Burkett
Youncc of Howard's Creek was
totally destroyed by an eArly
morning blaze last Tuesday morn
ing
All the furnishings, clothing,
etc was destroyed, nothing being
salvaged from the flames
The fire was of unknown origin.
Some belief was held that the
blaze originated in the electric
wiring.
i
Beech Creek
Man Is Killed
In Texas Crash
A Watauga county man was
one of four airmen Killed In a
car-truck collision near Hondo,
Texas Saturday.
He was Airman 2-c Redd L.
Taylor, 19, of Beech Creek.
A highway patrol officer was
quoted as saying that the car in
which Taylor was a passenger,
collided with a transfer com
pany truck on a bridge.
The body will be returned to
Watauga for burial, but further
information is unavilable.
Phone Line To
Triplett Being
Built By Bell
Construction of a telephone line
to the Triplett neighborhood start
ed April 1, according to word re
ceived from H. M. Inabinet,
Southern Bell Manager for this
area
Mr. Inabinet stated that it would
cost $5,300 to provide telephone
service to 23 subscribers at Trip
lett.
Mrs. Geo. Hay os
Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. Lou Ellen Bumgarner,
Hayes, 84, of Blowing Rock,
widow of George W. Hayes of
Boone, died Sunday in a Concord
Hospital
Funeral services were conducted
at the Oak Grove Baptist Church
near Boone Tuesday at 2:30 and
burial was in the Hine graveyard.
Rev. Rex West and Rev. W. W.
Jones conducted the rites
Surviving are four sons, Clay
ton Hayes of Blowing Rock, Ro
bert and Fonse Hayes of Boone,
and Raymond Hayes of Texas;
three daughters, Mrs. Edith
Greene of Clarkston, Wash., Mrs.
Lillian Isenhour of Blowing Rock
and Mrs Geneva Morgan of Con
cord; a sister. Mrs. Nora Church
of North Wilkesboro; four broth
ers, Spencer Bumgarner of Boone,
George Bumgarner of Drexel,
Fayte Bumgarner of New Com
merstown, Ohio, and Calvin Bum
garner of Newberg, Oregon; and
21 grandchildren
$750,000 Dorm To
Be Built At College
The Board of Trustees of Appa
j lachian State Teachers College has
authoried the administration to be
, gin preliminary negotiations for
| construction of a new dormitory
; for women on the campus at Boone.
The board took the action during
! a semi-annual meeting in Winston
I Salem Thursday.
The last session of the N. C.
j General Assembly authorized the
| college to borrow money from the
Federal Housing and Home Fi
nance Agency for construction of
l the proposed $750,000 dormitory.
Dr. W. H. Pleramons, president
of the college, said the college will
make application for the loan. The
administration will continue to
| study problems involved in con
! struction of the building, he said.
In other action the board ap
j Trout Anglers
To Cast First
F lies April 5
The trout fishing season for
; Watauga a/id other western Caro
lina counties will open at 7 a m.
j next Saturday, according to Tom
j my Osborne, District Game Pro
; tector, who predicts a splendid
angling season in the trout streams
of this section.
I More than ten thousand legal
| size rainbow, brook and brown
I trout have been released in the
I waters of the county, says Mr. Os
I borne, and they range in length
from seven to about fifteen inch
es.
Licertses may be secured at the
usual places. County fishing lic
enses cost $1 10, State $4 10,
while a special trout license cost
ing $1 10 is required of all.
W atauga Herfords Take
Awards At Bristol Show
Watauga Herefords demonstrat
ed once more the quality for
which they have Deen noted for
EGGSTRA SPECIAL EASTEK EGG. ? Easter eggs may come and go
but this one, apparently, goes on forever. At least, it has existed for
the past 26 years in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Moody of Vilas.
Mrs Moody, the former Miss l.ucy Minton, gave it to Charlie at a 1932
Easter egg hunt on the old Spainhour place at Valle Crucis. He kept
it, inscribed "1932" on it in indelible ink, and showed it to her when
they were married in 1935. The Moodys have preserved their special
Caster egg as a treasured memento ever since. ? Staff photo.
pointed Gratis Williams, now pro
fessor of English, as acting direct- '
I or of graduate studies.
Williams will succeed Dr. Her- !
bert W Wey, who has resigned to,
join the faculty of the University
j of Miami. The change will take .
place September 1.
Dr. James E. Stone, now director j
i of the college s extension service, I
was appointed director of summer i
school. He succeeds Chappel Wil
1 son, who died last October.
William J Conrad of Winston
I Salem, chairman of the board, pre
| sided. All 12 board members at
j tended.
Edwin Duncan
A?;ain To Seek
j Senate Seat
Sparta ? Edwin Duncan of Spar- I
ta, president of The Northwestern j
Bank, will seek the Democratic I
nomination for the state senate in
the 29th Senatorial District.
The district is composed of Al- |
, leghany, Ashe and Watauga coun- I
! ties, and rotation gives Alleghany
| the opportunity to elect a state
1 senator every six years.
Duncan is a member of the
j State Banking Commission He re
, presented the district in the sen
ate at the 1953 session of the Gen
eral Assembly.
Four other men anounced Eri- ,
day they would seek the Democra
tic nomination as candidates for
Alleghany County offices. They
were.
D. M. Edwards and H. J. Hoyall, I
the Board of Commissioners; M. j
i T. Crouse Board of Education;
and Gene R Irwin, clerk of Stiper
' lor Court.
years when three herds from this
county came away with two first,
two second, and one third place
awards at the Tri-State Hereford
Show and Sale in Bristol, Va , last
Wednesday, reports Ft" W. Stal
ling
Diamond S Ranch took the blue
ribbon m the First Bull class,
marking the first tim? a polled
Hereford has even won a class in
this strong open show, said Mr.
Stallings. justifiably proud owner
of the winner.
V C. Shore took a blue ribbon ^
in the Fifth Heifer class with a |
stylish horned Hereford showing I
lots of quality.
Harry M Hamilton. Jr., stood I
second in the Second $ull class
with a thick, meaty-type polled j
Hereford.
Diamond 8. Ranch came back to
take second place in the Fifth
Bull class with a very growthy
type polled bull, and V. C. Shore
took third place in the Fifth Hei
fer Class with a classy looking
horned heifer.
Watauga Herefords were well
accepted throughout the show and
sold far above the average in the
sale, iir Stallings reported I
Top Student Scientists Picked^
32 Hi Schools
Representated
At Area Fair j
Young scientists from 32 school)'
in Northwest North Carolina were
in Boone Friday to display some
of the things they have learned in
their science classes, and to vie
for the chance to go to Duke Uni
versity April 17 to compete with
other districts in the State Fair.
A total of 133 projects were en
tered in the Northwest District
Science Fair in the Science Build
ing of Appalachian State Teachers
College by students from schools in
Watauga, Avery, Ashe, Wilkes, and
Alleghany counties.
Projects displayed in the physi
cal science field covered subjects
as complex as the weather, rocks i
and radio, but leaned heavily to- '
ward the "atomic-rocket" age.
Biological subjects covered in- j
eluded displays on the human '
brain, soil molds, embryology of j
chickens, skeletons of several crea- j
tures, antibiotics and the digestive
system I
The ten winners in the senior I
division ? five in the physical
sciences and five biological ? are
eligible for state competition.
First, second, and third places
were chosen in the Junior division.
The fair consumed the entire
day, with the scientists placing
their exhibits from 8:30 to 10:30 j
a m. While judging was being !
done the students and their teach !
ers toured the college campus and j
Boone. All entrants were invited
to a luncheon L. the college cafe- 1
teria where Dr. F. Ray Derrick, j
head of the ASTC Biology Depart
ment, stressed the need for more j
young scientists, and urged more
emphasis be placed on science
teaching.
Dr. William H. Plemmons, presi
dent of Appalachian, welcomed
the visitors at the luncheon, and
Dr D J. Whitener, dean of the
college, presented awards
Winners in the senior physical
division, their projects and schools
were:
Tad Buckland, Wilson Cloud
Chamber, Appalachian High
John L. Eggers, Glow Discharge
Tube, Appalachian
David L. Woodruff, From Rocks
to Radio, North Wilkes District.
Frank Crowe, Jr., Models of
Atoms, Wilkes Central.
Gary Bottomley, Principles of
Rocketry, West Wilkes.
Honorable mention: Walter
Gratg, Atomic Energy, Cranberry
High; Sarah Meadows, Scientific
Principles, Wilkes Central; and
Kenneth Love, Atomic Power Pro
duction, Wilkes Central.
Senior Biological winners:
James Cobb Mills, Jr., Soil Molds
of North Wilkesboro; Wilkes Cen
tral.
Dewey Evans Fox, Home-made
Dyes, Crossnore High.
Grant Robert Ayers, Control
Areas of the Brain, Appalachian.
Anna Lou Mathis, Embryology of
Chick, Rutherfordton-Spindale.
Margaret Lynn Hagaman, Mic
( Continued on page six)
District Debating
Tourney Being
Held On Tuesday
The western district high school
debating tournament was being
held at the education building of
the Boone Baptist Church Tues
day, to sclcct the best affirmative
and negative teams, which in turn
will compete witii other district
winners for the Aycock Cup at
Chapel Hill the latter part of
April.
The tournament is under the
sponsorship of Appalachian State
Teachers College which, in co
operation with the University of
North Carolina, has been the west
ern district debate center for
many years.
The State and National debate
query this year is: "Resolved, that
the United States foreign aid I
should be substantially increased."
Affirmative teams are attending j
the tournament from (he Mow
ing High Schools: Ashe Central,
Beaver Creek, Bowman, C'laremont
Central, CI iff side. Clyde A. fcr
win. Harris, Marion, Tipton Hill.
Negative teams are present
from Beaver Creek, Brevard, !
Clyde1 A. Erwin, Cliffside and !
Marion.
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$150,000 Park Plan!
Election Is Sought
Science Fair Exhibits
JUDGING. ? Dwight Isenhour, Norman Isenhour, and Dr. Frank Ran
dall look over one of the 133 science exhibits as they go about judging
in the senior division of the Science Fair. ? Photo AV Center.
FOUR WINNERS ?Tad Buckland, right, sits beside his winning
Cloud Chamber exhibit as three other winners in the senior division
of the Science Fair pose with him. All students at Appalachian High
School, they are, le't to right, Buddy Ayers, Landxwe Eggers, and
Margaret Lynn Hagaman, The chamber is used in neuclar laboratory
work to trace atomic particles.
GARY BOTTOMLEY, right center, has help in explaining his exhibit
on the Principles of Rocketry. All from West Wilkes High School, the
boys are, left, Jerry Bumgarner, and Shelton Lankford. Five rockets
similar to the one Gar)' is holding, have been launched by the boys,
going as high as 5,000 feet over the river bottom of the Yadkin river.
BRAINS?? Unda Cavin. itudent of ASTC, operate* an exhibit, built by
Buddy Ayeri, that indicate* which part of the head nerve center* for
control of feeling, movement, light, etc., aj r Lwated. The exhibit on
the right was m.idc by Margaret Lynn Hagaman and ahow* a itudy of
microbial aenaitivily to antibiotic*.? Stalf photo* by Jo* Minor.
Civic Groups
Spearheading
Development
The latest in a series of meet
ings to discuss a proposed com
munity recreation center on the
Horn in the West grounds was
held last Thursday by the Daniel
Boone Park Committee.
The project would provide for
a community club house and
swimming pool, with playground,
teen canteen, concession stand,
and possibly a memorial garden,
at an estimated cost of $190,000.
The committee, composed of re
presentatives of ten Boone civic
clubs and headed by Wade E.
Brown, endorsed the project by
unanimous vote Thursday, and in
structed the secretary, Mrs. B. W.
Stallings. to prepare a formal re
commendation to Mayor Gordon
H. Winkler and the town board
that the matter be placed before
the citizem of Boone in the form
of a municipal bond election to be
held not later than the latter part
of July.
A majority of the civic organi
utions represented on the com
mittee have diacusaed the plans
Jn their meetings and have gone
on record as endorsing the pro
ject, Mrs. Stallings said.
The town purchased the pro
perty last year from James B.
Winkler for about $103,000 to be
paid in annual installments of
$3,500.
A technicality involving the dif-,
ficulty of floating a bond issue lai
improvements to encumbered pro
perty apparently has been sur
mounted. Chairman Brown said
tentative arrangements have been j
made with Mr. Winkler to sign a
release on the portion of the pro
perty proposed for the community
center as *oon as one more pay
ment is made
The next meeting of the town
board is scheduled for the third
Thursday in April, at which time
any recommendations received
from the park committee will be
acted upon, said Mayor Winkler.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Eggers, 82
Mrs. Jennie Mae Eggers, 82,
resident of Route 1. Vilas, died
Friday at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Tom Potter.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 2 o'clock at Willowdale
Baptist Church by Rev. E. O.
Gore and Rev. Carl. Wilson, and
burial was in the Mast cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Tom Potter, Vilas; Mrs. Edna
Ashburn, Sebastian, Fla. There are
two brothers and four sisters: Jim
and Mack May, Vilas; Mrs. Ray
Norris, Reese; Mrs. Lida Eggers,
Mountain City, Tenn.; Mrs. Rena
Phillips, of Ashe County; Mrs.
Wayne Stout, Vilas.
Parkway Gives
Fishing Dates
The Blue Ridge Parkway has
two special regulations that will
apply to fishermen. State law#
will apply to licenses required,
seasons, catch limit and flatting
methods. Within Park Service
boundries along the Blue Ridge
Parkway, no night fishing will be
allowed, and fish ? alive or dead ?
cannot be used as baii.
After the 7 a. m. starting hour
on opening day, April 5, fishing
will be permitted only between
sunrise and sunset on all lake* and j
streams within Parkway boundries. 1
Fish, alive or dead, may not be
used as bait in the lake* on Corf^F
or Price Parks nor on thoae
streams under Park Service Juris
diction. ?
A. E. C. absolved on error ill
test reports.
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