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Seventy-First Year of Continuous Publication
An Independent Weekly Newspaper
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, +HURSDAY. AUGUST 14, 1*58
VOLUME LXXI? NO.
?URTECrr PAGES ? TWO
Eight Vehicles J\re
Involved In Wrecks
During Week End
Eight vehicles were involved in
four accidents about the county
over the week end, with four
driven receiving citation* for traf
fic violations. No one was seriously
injured in either accident, and
property damage was not consid
ered great.
The reports, as nude by State
Highway Patrolman George E.
Baker, were:
Friday, about 12 noon ? A Coca
Cola truck, driven by Charlie Hugh
Cook, and headed east on highway
421, was attempting to make a
right-hand turn at the Prison Camp
road, just west of Boone. Details
showed that the truck apparently
moved over to the left side of the
road. A 1957 Oldsmobile, driven
by Mrs. Frances Rowe Lambert, of
Richland, Va., and coming in the
same direction, attempted to go by
on the right side. The driver of
the ear said she thought the truck
was going to stop, so she continued
driving. The car hit the truck on
the right side just in front of the
door. ' j
The car traveled for some dis
tance before coming to a stop just
up a bank on the right side. The
truck stopped on the highway and
had to be pulled from the scene
by a wrecker.
Mr. Lambert, a passenger in the
car, suffered a cut under his
chin and was given first-aid, while
a son, Bryon, suffered a bruised
knee. Cook was charged with fail
ure to grant right-of-way.
Saturday morning, 9 o'clock ? An
oil truck belonging to Colvard Oil
Co., Inc., and driven by Dale R.
Vannoy, Route 1 Boone, was com
ing west on highway 421, near
the Roby Greer home. Vannoy
had stopped to pick up John
Haynes. James Jacpb Greene, Deep
Gap, Route 1, was driving a 1955
Chevrolet in the tame direction,
failed to atop, and crashed into
the back of the oil truck.
The car, Owned by Ruby Day
Greene, of Deep Gap, was not
thought to be badly' damaged, and
damage to the truck was appar
ently slight. No injuries were suf
fered. ?
Vannoy was charged with failure
to give proper signal, and Greene
was cited for exceeding safe speed".
Sunday, 11:50 a. m. ? Mack
Browning, Route 3, Roanoke, Ala.,
was driving a tractor-trailer outfit
west on highway 421 at Sherwood,
when Gladys Myrtle Robinette of
Bristol, Tenn., attempted to pass.
The Oldsmobile she was driving
ran off the left shoulder, cut back
to the right and collided with
the trailer. Both vehicles climbed
a bank on the right side of the
road before stopping. About $400
worth of damage was done to {he
car while the truck showed no
appreciable damage. 'No one was
injured and no charges had re
sulted from the mishap.
Sunday, 9 p. m. ? George Lewis
Jamison, Jr., of Route 2, Covington,
Va., was charged with a stop sign
violation as a result of an accident
at the intersection of highway 321
and Meadowview drive. Jamison, a
summer school student at the col
lege, was said to have pulled out
of Meadowview Drive (old Blow
ing Rock Road) into 321. Doras
Bentley Blalock, Jr., of Charlotte, |
traveling north toward Boone,
in a 1056 Chevrolet, and the cars
sideswiped each other. Both cars
were thought to be damaged about i
$100 apiece.
No injuries resulted from the ac
cident, but Jamison was charged
with a stop sign violation.
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PATROLMAN GEORGE BAKER makes notes on distance car traveled
after hitting Coca-Cola truck in accident Friday at noon. Mrs. Frances
Rowe Lambert, Richland, Va., was driver of the 1997 Oldsmobile and
Charlie Hugh Cook was driver of the truck. ? Staff photo.
Civil Defense Group
Forges Area Program
Watauga's newly formed Civil
Defense organization held its first
meeting with its Advisory Council
last night, to forge into reality a
practical and effective Civil De
fense Program for our area.
Dr. R. H. Harmon, Director,
spelled out the role of Civil De
fense in our county. "We are pri
marily a reception area", be said,
"and our immediate responsibili
ties fall into a 3-part program."
The three phases of Civil De
fense here, according to Director
Harmon, will embrace (1) Our
responsibility in preparedness to
act as a refuge or reception area
for displaced persons in nearby
target centers, such as Oak Ridge;
(2) A practical and effective plan
must be formulated to deal with
any local disaster of such magni
tude as to threaten the health or
safety of great numbers, such as
the flood in the forties, or such as
would be created from wide
spread fire, or from winter con
ditions that might isolate parts of
the community to the degree of
becoming a danger; (3) A work
{ able plan that would effect the
quick exodus of our community
In the event of "fall out" condi
, tibns that make It uninhabitable.
Dr. Harmon expressed apprecia
tion for the interest and concern
of the Advisory Council that
prompted them to put aside per
Isonal interests to attend the im
portant first meeting. The Advisory
Council is composed of the M
lowing business, professional and
community leaden: Fred Hatley,
Gordon Winkler, Rev. George
Arthur, Dr. G. K. Moose, R. B.
Hardin, Dr. D. J. Whitener, Stacy
Eggers, Jr., Mrs. Herman Wilcox,
L. E. Tuckwiller, Ralph Winkler,
Guy Angell, Dr. William M.
Matheson. Chief of the Civil De
fense movement it Chairman of
County ' Commissioners, Bynum
Greene.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodie Zenfell
and children. Woodie, Jr., Jennie
Lou, and Martha, of Luray, Vir
ginia spent the week end with Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Hamby, Jr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Payne.
MOONSHINE? This was one of two whiskey stills destroyed by the Sheriffs Department Thursday Dep
uty Emmit Oliver, who was credited with finding both of them, is shown at left just before placing
eight sticks of dynamite (seen on top of furnace in foreground) under the operation to destrpy it Mrs
Oliver is in the center, while Sheriff E. M. Hodges dips some of the mash from the vat. It was thought
that it was ready to be made into the finished product, but blowing of the still prevented it. Inset shows
part of the things that were confiscated, a wash tub, two five-gallon cans of the finished product fruit iars
and tools. ? Staff photo by Joe Minor.
Dynamite Puts End To Distilling
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At Two Illicit Moonshine Plants
Just twenty-eight sticks of dyna
mite put an end to two separate
illegal liquor stills in Watauga
county last Thursday. One was
located in the Jakes Mountain
area on Trout creek and the other
was at the head of Meat Camp, ac
cording to Sheriff's deputy, Em
mit Oliver, who found them both.
The first still, near Elk, on the
Jake's Mountain road, was describ
ed as a small operation, and about
15 gallons of whiakey was found
and confiscated by Sheriff E. M.
Hodges, and Deputies Oliver and
Smitherman. One vat of mash'was
in the "working off' stage and
probably been run soon if Dep
uty Sheriff Oliver and his wife had
not found the operation. Another
vat, empty, was located beside it,
and had apparently been run to
make the three five-gallon army
type cans of whiskey found cached
in the wood* around the still.
The still itself was made of
stones and mud, with a metal top.
It was a "beauty." and was similar
to the oldstyle plants before steel
drums became plentiful and easy
to use. Several barrels were used
in the operation. Empty bags that
had contained sugar and other ma
terial used in making the moon
shine were about the still. Several
cases of half-gallon fruit jars, pip
ing, mattock, hoes, tub, and buck
ets were consficated by the law
officers, along with the 13 gallons
of whiskey.
At the time of its discovery
Thursday morning, no one was at
the still, which was several hun
dred feet down the bank from the
road, just above Trout Creek. The
still was not hot, and it could not
be determined when the last "run"
was made.
Sheriff Oliver put this still out
of business with eight sticks of
dynamite.
In the second find of the day,
about 3 p. m.. Deputy Oliver dis
covered 90 gallons of whiskey. Five
vats or mash was ready to go, with
three other empty vats being lo
cated around the area. It was
"running full blast," and was cap
able of making "60 to 70 cases" of
white lightning a day. At an esti
mated Worth of $190.00 per case
in the proper place, a day's run
was estimated to be worth around
ten thousand dollars.
Besides the mash in the vats,
flies, bugs, and other insects were
noted floating around on the con
tents. The still was well located,
being fixed so that it could not
'be seen from the road, but so that
the operators could see the road
from the still. It was about 300
yards off the road, Deputy Oliver
said.
The still consisted of the eight
vats, two steamers, made of steel
drums, a condenser system, and a
felt filter system. Coke or char
coal was, used to fire the still. '
Besides the whiskey that was
confiscated, a pump, plastic hose,
fruit jars and other equipment
was salvaged. Twenty sticks of
dynamite were placed under the
re*t of the equipment to blow it
out of operation.
Tennessee Link 603
To Be Built Soon
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Construction of Tennessee's
(lure of highway 603 will get un
der way in a few days according
to a letter received by Mr. H. W.
Wilcox from the Carter County
Induatrial Commission a few days
ago.
The letter states that the con
tractor will start work on the im
portant link of road just as soon
aa the work order is issued by
the State Highway Department ,in
Nashville. This is cxpccted within
two weeks.
Mr. Wilcox points out th?t with
the completion of 603 we will not
only have another important in
terstate highway connection but
"will have a wonderful recrea
tional playground right in our
own back yard at no coat what
ever to the citizens of Watauga
county. This is something we
ohould all keep in mind."
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Horn In West Chorale j
To Appear In Concert
The Horn in the West Chorale
will present a concert here in the
Fine Arts Building of Appalach
ian State Teachers College on
Monday evening.
The choir and the upcoming
program are under the direction
of Prof. Hoyt Safrit Of the Music
Department of ASTC and the pub
lic is invited. There will be no
admission charge and the concert
will begin at 8:18 p. m.
The chorale is composed of 23
male and female voices and con
tains a number of professional
singers. Safrit also anounced that
there will be several guest music
ians aside from the regular "Horn"
choir.
Opening the program will be
the cantata, "Hear Our Prayer", I
by Mendelssohn with the soprano
solo sung by Nancy Larrimore
Cope. "Piano Concerto In G Min
or" by Saint-Saens will be render
ed by Joan Melton Grubbs and
accompanying on the other piano
will be Bob Coe, organist for the
"Horn" production. ?
Coe will offer two organ solos,
"Toccata In D Minor" by Nevin
and "Come Sweet Death" by
Bach.
The final series of numbers will
be hit tunes from famous musical
shows and the offering will in
clude "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes",
"Old Man River" and others, all
done by the entire choir.
HUCKLEBERRY QUEEN.? -Kay Hunter of Kingsport, Tennessee, is the
newly selected IMS Huckleberry Queen at Grandfather Mountain. Miss
Hunter, who has been accepted for September enrollment in the
Powers school for models in New Yorki gains practice in her new
career posing with the bountiful crop of huckleberries on Grand
father's
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Sixty Exhibits Will
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Open Progress Day
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Jody Shackford Dies
In Oklahoma Accident
Joseph T. (Jody) Shackford,
Jr., ww electrocuted Monday
afternoon as he went about hit
work at an Oklahoma City, Okla.,
store, according to a report
reaching Boone Tuesday.
The report stated that Jody
was working as a shipping clerk,
and was electrocuted while oper
ating a blueprint machine. No.
details explaining the accident
were available here.
Jody, the son of the Rev. and
Mrs. J, T. Shackford, was a Jun
ior at Duke University, but was
working in Oklahoma City, where
his father Is assistant pastor of
St. Luke's Methodist Church.
He attended Appalachian High
school, where he was a brilliant
and popular student, when his
father was pastor of the Boone
Methodist Church for four year*.
Meagre reports stated that ser
vices were conducted at St.
Luke's Church Tuesday, and
that his body will be brought
to Waynesville, where his grand
parents, Or. and Mrs. John
Shackford, live. Funeral services
were set for 2:30 Thursday-after
noon ( from the Waynesville
Methodist Church.
Immediate survivors, betide*
his parents, are two brothers,
Johnny and Billiard, and a sis
ter, "Ginger" PoUy.
Coroner Finds
Williams Had
Heart Attack
A coroner's jury ruled Saturday
that the July 31 death of J. W.
Williams, Boone cafe owner, was
the result of a heart attack.
The /verdict was returned after
the jury heard a pathologist'*
autopsy report at the inquest that,
in the pathologist's opinion, death
resulted from a heart attack
brought on by emotion, excite
ment, and anxiety. The patholog- 1
ist, Dr. John Reece of Morganton, >
said no marks were found of
blows which wojild have been
sufficient to cause death.
Witnesses said they saw Wil
liams collapse after he and J. L.
Reese, Boone barber shop opera
tor exchanged blows in front of
Williams' restaurant.
Evidence that Williams had a
long-standing heart condition was
also presented to the jury.
United Fund To
Get Requests
For Next Year
The admission and budget com
mittee of the Watauga County
United Fund will hold its annual
meeting at the dining room of the
Watauga Hospital Monday even
ing, August 28 at 7:30.
All agencies wanting considera
tion for membership in the 1999
United Fund appeal are asked to
have authorized representatives
at this meeting.
Agencies must present itemized
budget of last year's expenses
along with this year's request.
Any agency desiring further In
formation may obtain same by
contacting Grady Moretz, Jr.,
chairman, or Richard Morhauaer,
co-chairman of the committee.
To Make Request
For TVA Power
For Watauga Soon
Mr. Herman W. Wilcox atates
that within the next week formal
request will be made by hi* com
mittee to the Tennessee Valley
Authority for Immediate TV A
power, "on the basis of the area
being in the TVA watershed and
for other valid reasons."
With present construction coats,
Mr. Wilcox says, the building of
the Beech Creek Dam is not con
sidered to be feasible at the pre
sent time, but tbe TVA has not
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MARY LAWRENCE of Boone tnd
Bob Crubbs of Winston-Salem are
playing the roles of young lovers
for the third straight year in the
outdoor drama "Horn in the
West," showing nightly except
Mondays through Labor Day in
Boone. Miss Lawrence plays Mary,
the Quaker girl, and Grubbs Is
casf as the hot-tempered Jack
Stuart. Mary is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Ray Lawrence.
ONE NATIVE MOUNTAINEER
who has a prominent role in *
drama about his section it this
rugged-looking young actor who
plays the role of frontiersman
John Sevier in "Horn in the
West." He is Coaker Triplett, Jr..
of Boone and worked with the
show last summer as understudy
to three major roles. After the
1967 season he had the lead in an
educational movie made by the
Protestant Radio and Television
Center of Atlanta, Ga., called,
"More Than Doctors."
Band Practice
To Start Next
Monday At AHS
The Appalachian High School
Band, "Boone's Ambassadors," are
to start rehearsals on Monday
afternoon, August 23, in the band
room at 3:00 p. m., it was an
nounced by J. Perry Wataon, di
rector of bands. The band will
practice each afternon on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday. It
ia important that all band mem
bers be present, said Mr. Wataon,
as uniforms are to be iaaued, plac
es assigned and musk passed out.
This year's band is to have the
honor of becoming charter mem
bers in the "First Chair of Amer
ica" and it is urgent that the band
have an ample start to be ready
for the football halftime shows and
for marching season. Any member
not able to nuke the first rehears
als ia requested to contact Mr.
Watson.
Mr. and Mrs J. C. Hayes of
Cumberland, Virginia are expect
ed here Saturday for a visit with
Mrs. J. F. Sherrill, Mrs. Edna
Penick and Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Vaonoy. ' '
Dr. I. G. Greer
Will Deliver
Main Address
Dr. I. G. Greer will be the fea
tured speaker for the Watauga
County Progress Day event to be
held here next Wednesday, Aug
ust 20. The topic for his address
will be in keeping with the theme
for this year's program, "Progress
For Better Watauga County Liv
ing."
Some 60 exhibits will be dis
played in Mountain Burley Ware
house No. 2 opposite the bus sta
tion. The program will start in
the warehouse at 9:00 a. m., and
will continue until 2:00 p. m. One
big feature will be drawings for
free prizes every hour. These priz
es have been donated by seed and
fertilizer vendors who are coop
erating with the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Program. They range from a bag
of fertilizer to 10 tons of lime
stone. Every farm name and num
ber is in the box, but you must be
present to win.
The activity will move to the
Daniel Boone Theater at 2:00 p.
m. for the speaking by Dr. Greer
and announcements concerning
the remainder of the program.
Over $400.00 worth of free
prizes will be given away, includ
ing a television set and several
electric frying pans. Again, you
niust be in the theater to win.
After the speaking there will
be a free watermelon slicing on
the parking area for everyone.
Boone Radio Station' WATA
will have a booth in the warehouse
and will broadcast from the booth
all day.
The Watauga County Rural De
velopment Committee and the
Boone Chamber ,of Commerce, co
sponsors of the affair, expect it
to be one of the biggest events
held here in many years. They
urge everyone to make plans now
to attend.
.Stores Close For
Progress Day
The Boone Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Associa
Uon have asked thai Boone
store* close for the day at It
noon on Wednesday, August M,
in observance of Watanga Coun
ty Progress Day.
Many stores close regularly
on Wednesday afternoon, and H
Is expected that others will do
so next Wednesday.
County offices In the court
house will be closed all day in
honor of the event, with' the ex
ceptions of the Register of
Deeds office, the Clerk pf
Court's office, snd various Fed
eral offices. It has been annonnc
I ed.
Boone Drug Co.
Is Featured In
Trade Journal
Boone Drug Company's new
fountain facilities were the sub
ject of an article in a recent issue
of "American Druggist," national
ly circulated trade magazine. '
The store was featured in the
Fountain Trends department of
the publication, in which O. K.
Richardson, who operates the
pharmacy in partnership with his
brother, Wayne Richardson, was
quoted as saying a 90 per cent
volume increase over his previous
fountain Intake has been realised
since the department was mod
ernized and enlarged about two
years ago.
Mr. Richardson stated that
about 000 orders (fountain con
coctions, sandwiches, and short
orders) are served daily at both
the counter and booth areas,
persons are regularly emplo
the new fountain.
"By inxUlling some of the l
modern equipme
he said, "we attract the
and ft* traveler."
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