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FOR BEST RESULTS ?dvcrttaMTj invariably uae the colnmi ?ta Democrat. With ita full paid ca Hob. intenaely cowl at lfc? local ata| araa. if. tta tart advertUing me available. An Independent Weeldy Newt pa per ToUl rainfall BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 8, 1?M Si - , J J Deluge Floods Booue Boone wu hit by the wont rain storm of the season Monday night, when more than an inch and a half of' rain and hail fell in the area in a little leat than an hour. Baae menta were flooded, drains and storm sewers were dogged, and general flood conditions were re ported in several sections of town. A culvert, clogged with debris, a dog house, and tree trimmings, at Watauga Hospital, caused water to back up to the steps of the nurse's home before the drain could be unstopped and the wat er releaaed. A car, owned by Hiss Guntha Luke vies, employee at the hospital, had to be pulled from its parking place after being al most completely submerged in the water. The car ^a> "ruined," according to eyewitnesses. Water covered many places in the streets, and left mud depoaita, which in some caaes were slippery and dangerous to traffic. Cars were stalled on Kiqg Street in the main part of town aa they were "drowned put." Streams left their banks in some places aa the water fell too fast to be carried in the channels. The basement of Boone Metho dist Church was one of the many flooded by the rain. A scheduled meeting of financial camjAign workers turned into a "mop-up" party before the meeting could get underway. Reports continue to be heard about basements that have never had rain water in them being flooded Monday. Hail, about the size of peas, pelt ed the area for a while, and reports were heard that some of it clogged down spouts of gutters, causing water to overflow toe gutters. The temperature dropped from a high of 80 degrees during the day to ? low of 61 by 7:00 p. jn. Reports aa to how much dam age farmers suffered were not available, but erosion damage was not expected to be as great aa it would have been had gardens been plowed. The wet weather of the past few weeks has prevented aa much plowing to be done aa is nor mal at thia time of the season. About half an inch of rain had fallen prior to the storm, and it continued to fall throughout the night, and by 7 a. m. Tuesday a total of 2.73 inches had been re corded for the 24-hour patfod. Waller Eggers Rites Are Held Walter Eugene Egger*. 68, of Route 1, Banner Elk, died at the home Last Wednesday. Funeral service* were conduct ed Friday at 2 o'clock at the Lib erty Methodist Church at Matney by the Rev. Talmadge Watson and the Rev. Raymond Hendrix and burial wu in the church ceme tery. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Tern pie Shook Eggert, and the following sops and daughters: Buster, Fred, Jack Eggers, Lex ington; Claud Eggers. Concord; Mrs. M. O. Cole. Mrs. Cecil Tester, Mr*. Hoover Eggers, Lexington; Mr*. Hildreth Davie, Snow 'and Betty Faye Eggers of Banner Elk, Route 1. There is one sister, Mr*. Charles Townaend, Banner Elk, Route 1, 17 grandchildren aad 1 great grandchild. Take Course At Chapel Hill Mr. and Mr*. Lionel Ward re turned to Boone Saturday from Chapel Hill where Mr. Ward at tended the North Carolina Veter ans Service Officer School. ? Mr. Ward reported that there wa* approximately 200 county dis trict and assistant service officer* preeent and the entire head* of the N. C Veteran* Commission; aMo the head nWn of the Veteran* Administration in Winston-Mem: The department commander of the American Legion was present, as well as the head of other vet eran organisation. T. O. Kraabel, consultant to tl* director Of, national rehabilitation commission of the American Le gion from Washington, D. C., made a talk en veterans' affairs. | West Indie* FedmUoo given INCOMING-OUTGOING OFFICERS of Watauga NCEA pose for picture following banquet Friday night. Laat years' officers, seated left to right, are Mrs. Beatrice Winkler, Mrs. Peggy Hidden, Mrs. Susie Buchanan, and John Harsh. New officers standin g, Mrs. Keba Moretz, Mr*. Doris Banner, Henry Hagaman, retired school teacher, Carl Day and J ames A. Greene. ' Five Retired Teachers Are Honored; Officers Installed W. Guy Angell reads from Certificate of Merit he presente<Up Henry Hagaman, left, retired school teacher, in top picture. Bottom picture: Roy Thompson, ipeaker at NCEA banquet, geiturea as he illuctrates hi* talk, while Mr. and Mr*. John Marsh, left couple, and Mr. and Mrs. Jamea A. Greene listen. ? Staff photos by Joe C. Minor. Parkway Dam, Bridge Contract h A warded ? v ' "v ? ? 3v? * pK .'a- . * - ?. vj-'vInsJ Trotino and Brown, Inc. Aahe ville, N. C. wu awarded a eon tract to build a bridge and dam over Boone'i Fork Creek on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Watauga county, the Democrat haa been informed bjr Representative Hugh Alexander. ".:,f t Li The contract figure waa given at $2#5 4W. Information reaching Repre sentative Alexander's office from Conrad L. Wirth, National Part, Service director, said the contract calls for the construction of a 1 OS-foot combination bridge and dam over Boone's Fork. The struc ture will be of concrete, atone and masonry. ; >? The contract also covers the exact ration of the bed for the lake to be formed by the dam, and an acceas read to the Yoeahleeeee Julian Price Memorial Park, in an area where Wlrth ?id *400,000 worth of work la already under contract. Kirth said construction projects now under way on the parkway id North Carolina and Virginia are estimated to coat about $6,900, 000 Has Flags For Memorial Day1 Lionel Ward, county veterans service officer, states that he has flap to go on veterans graves in Watauga county at hit office and will appreciate if some person from each of the churches and small family cemeteries through out the county will come by be tween now and Memorial Day and get a flag or flags for their re ? iiu ii a vi uccu luir nected with Watauga county schooli for many years but who have retired aince 1955, were hon ored Friday night when the Wa tauga unit of the North Carolina Education Association held its an nual installation of officers' ban quet at Valle Cruets School. Speaker for the occasion was Roy Thompson, humorist, and col umnist-reporter with the Winston Salem Journal. He managed toj entertain the more than 200 teach ers and their guests, while "getting j revenge" for his treatment at the hands of his teachers as a stud ant M tautold stories and related ex periences leading up to and during his journalistic career. New officers installed by Mrs. Dessa Mae Edmisten, supervisor of Watauga county schools, were James A. Greene, president, prin cipal at Valle Cracis; Carl Day, vice president, Appalachian Ele mentary teacher; Mrs. Doris Vance Banner, secretary, teacher at Cove Creek High School; and Mrs. Reba Moretx, treasurer, teacher at Park way. Outgoing officers were John Marsh, president; Mrs. Susie Bu chanan, vice president; Mrs. Peggy B. Hadden, secretary; and Mrs. Beatrice Winkler. Henry Hagaman, who retired from the Cove Creek Elementary school as a classroom teacher in 1906, was the only one of thoae honored present at the dedica tion program. He way presented a lapel pin with the inscription: "Watauga County Schools? Loyal ty and Service," and a certificate of merit which reafl: "This certifi cate ia awarded to you in ap preciation of the fine service rend ered through the years to the youth of your community. This tribute is extended as a great honor for the influence and effort which you have exerted in the cause of pub lic education, The appreciation and indebtedness of the Board of Education and the community are herein gratefully acknowledged." The certificate was signed by Dr. Charles Davant Jr., chairman of the county school board, and by W. Guy Angell, superintendent of county schools, who made the pres entation. Others honored included Gladyee H. Bingham, who retired from the lystem as a teacher last year and who ia now teaching in Miami, Fla.; 3. F. Horton, who retired from his principalship at Cove Creek High School in 1908, and later accepted i position si superintendent of the leffereson District School ? in Jeff erson, S. C.; Anna Mm Sherwood, who retired from Cove Creek Ele mentary Schol as a teacher in 1957 md ia now teaching in the Vero Beach School, in Florida; and Doo tld Lewis Swift, who had served is janitor in the Cove Creek School since 1923, retiring last September. . In praiiiing the work of these teachers and workers who have re tired since 1905. Mr. Angell noted that at least 22 persona who have been connected with the county lehool system over the years are now drawing retirement pay which they earned. Eight or ten of I _ retired with 30 or more years their credit, he said. A social hour was held following Clubhouse, Pool Among Proposals A municipal election has been called by Mayor Gordon H. Wink ler and the board of aldermen to permit the cltAens of Boone to vote on the issuance of $150,000 in bonda for the purpoae of build ing a recreation center on the Horn in the Weat property, now owned by the town. A tentative date of July 15, 1958, has been aet for the elec tion, contingent upon compliance with election laws and approval of bond Attorneys. It has been estimated that a tax Increase of approximately 18c on the $100 property valuation will be necessary to provide_ sufficient funds to finance the bonds. The project would provide for a community club house and swimming pool, playground, teen canteen, and concession stand, all to be located on the large lot on the outaide corner of the property immediately south of Oak Street. Long-range plans call for deve lopment of the entire area, in cluding picnic grounds, provision for horseback riding, museum, memorial garden, and overlook. The project was proposed by a committee composed of represen tatives of ten Boohe civic clubs, known as the Daniel Boone Park Committee, with Wade E. Brown as chairman and Mrs. b W. Stal ihiw us MNreUry. The first of a * . v.1,4 k., tha i itriM of niiwmi "?* ' committee on September 17, IJPT. The committee recommended to the town board that a bond elec tion be called, and Mayor Winkler appointed a three-member com mittee to study the plans ?nd re port to the board. This committee, composed of T. K. Pease, chairman; Mrs. B W S tailings, and Mrs. James B. Winkler, subsequently reported, after consulting with" engineers, architects, and others, that the project Is worthy, desirable, and feasible, and included a recom mendation that an election be held at the earliest practicable date. . Sub-Committees Appointed The Daniql Boone Park Com mittee met again on Thursday, Mais 1, atr which time G. C. Greene, Jr., was elected as execu tive' vice-chairman. Hla duties will be to. relieve Chairman Brown of a major portion of the responsibility and details of pun ning the promotion, and to act as chairman In his sbaence. This was done at the request of Mr. Brown, who is also town attornejr and chairman of a iroup which ? building a new golf course and housing development in the southern outskirts of Boone. At Thursday's meeting, the committee slso instructed Chair man Brown to appoint two sub committees, one to be charged with getting newcomers register ed, and the second to contact resi dents of the perimeter area out side the town limits for moral and financial support of the project. Also to be appointed is a steering committee. A publicity committee, includ ing' Hugh Hagaman. chairman; Ralph T u g m a n, and Virgil (Stretch) Rollins, was appointed (Continued on P?l? eifht) Captain Mast Is Graduated Captain Robert L. Mast, whose parents, Mr. am! Mr*. Bed Mast, live In Rominger, recently gradu ated from the Civil Affairs Mili tary Government Basic Offkers Course conducted at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Mast, who graduated from Lees-McRae Junior College, Ban ner Elk, entered military service In June 1M*. He la presently assigned as As- i ?iatant S-3 Officer, Headquarters, >5th Civil Affair* Military Gov- , eminent Group, Port Gordon i Georgia. Me and hi* wife. Kath leen. live st 1816 Wilkinson Cir ri*. Augusta, Ga. ^ ? - i ' ? ? i mmmmmmmmmm Photo By Palmar'a Studio HISS CAROLYN WALL, of Winston-Salem, who reigned over the May Day festivities on the College cam pus Saturday. Thousands of visitors witnessed the "Memories of the Mountains" with her. (Story 2nd sac.) " ' i 7T;.. . -?7i ? ? ~ ? -? v Work Is Being Started On Boone Golf CopNc ?'v t ^ ? ' ? mm I Wins Teenage j Driving Roadeo Miu Judy Younce of Cove Creek High School won first place in the Teenage Safe Driving Roadeo, held Sunday, May 4, on the elementary school playground. She received a plaque with her name inscribed. There was a tie for second and third places betwen J. C. Miller of Appalachian High and Fred Yates of Cove Creek High. They received safe driving keys. Sixteen contestants from the four Watauga County high schools participated in the event, which was sponsored by the Boone Junior Chamber of Commerce. Andy Hollar Dies Monday Andy Hollar, 85, of yilas, died last Thursday at Watauga Hos pital. Funeral services were held at the Church of God in Boone Sat urday at 11 bjr Thomas Bunting, and burial was in the neighbor hood cemetery at Matney Surviving are a son and daugh ter, Charles Hollar and Miss Ola Hollar. There are two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Reitzel and Mrs. Mary Lip**, of Vilas. A brother, F. H. Hollar of Vilas, also survives. Wellborn Gets Scholarship ' The Registrar of Pfeiffer Col lege, Kenneth O. Holshouser. an nounced today that Glenn Well born, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Wellborn, Deep Gap. has been swarded an atnietic assistantship scholarship amounting to 1000.00. This scholarship is twaed on scademic grades and the general scholastic rating in accordance with the needs of the individual. Thia scholarship is for the aca Mr. J. E. Maple* of Plnehurtt, < golf count architect engaged by i the Boone Country Club and Boone i Development*, Inc., to deaign and I build a golf courae in the aouthern outaklrta of Boone, moved here i with hia family Saturday and haa 1 begun preliminary work on the 1 proposed courae. I Mr. and Mr*. Maplea and their i fix children have established reai- < dence in the former home of tSe 1 Alfred T. Adamaei on the Blowing Rock road. J Wade E. Brown, preaident of 1 Boone Development*, formed by 1 memberi of the country club to ( buy and develop property for the golf courae and homeiitet, aaid ( Mr. Maple* began marking out the < fairway* Monday, and expect* to | move la heavy equipment *uch a* i bulldozer* next week, weather per mitting. | Mr. Maple*, who ha* deaigned similar golf courae* at Pinehuret, r Roaring Gap, Raleigh, Winiton Salem, Qactonia, and other cities, plana to aeed the fairway* and j green* in July and Auguit, and , expect* the course to be ready for use by June. IMS. Alt of theee plan* are contingent upon weather 11 condition*, Mr. Brown pointed out. I' The development corporation <1 haa purchaaed approximately 3S7 0 acre* of land between Deerfield I Road and the Blowing Rock high way, about 140 acres of which will c be required for the lfe-fcole golf a :oune, the balance to be develop ed as homesites. About $100,000 u< been railed for the project hrough itock subscriptions. Other officers of Boone Develop ments, Inc., elected along with President Brown last September 'or a one-year term, art Dr. Law ?ence H. Owsley, first vice-presi lent; Dr. C. Ray Lawrtnce, sec >nd vice-president; and Richard Korhauser, secretary-treasurer. Directors are O rover C. Robbins, fr., Dr. W. H. Plemmons, Frank M. 'ayne, Howard J. Cottrell, W. R. Vinkler, Estel Wagner, and E. F. Jerry) Coe. Officers of the Boone Country 3isb are Dr. L. H. Owsley, presi dent; Dr. C. Ray Lawrence, vice resident; Mrs. L. H. Owsley, Sec tary; and E. F. Coe, treasurer. Djirsley May Go r<> Lehigh U. Bethlehem, Pa., May 3? On* loone. North Carolina student J* mong the men offered admiaaton d this fall's freshman class at Le igh University who attended the ist of three Candidate's Days to lay. Other candidate* were previ usly entertained at similar pro rams on March 20 an<t April 1*. Area students attending in lude Thomas Lawrence Owsley f Boone. Democrats To Have -* ' ? jBk" Convention Saturda The Democrat* of Watauga county are aaked to meet In con vention Saturday May 10 at 2 o'clock in the courthouae for the purpoau of perfecting a county organization and naming delegatea to the State convention in Ra leigh May 1#. , Precinct meetinga were held last Saturday at which time pro
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