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An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . , Seventy-First Year of Continuous Publication BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1>SI PAGES? TWO DEATH SCENE.? Can-oil 0. Bowen, Southern Bell Telephone con struction forman, lost his life Thursday morning when a truck he was driving slid off the icy highway near Bailey's Camp on Highway 321. The truck tumbled down the mountain-side 470 feet before coming to a rest in an apple orchard. Inset ihowt clote-up of truck before being removed from the scene. Bowen. who wis well known in Boone and Watauga county, was thought to have died instantly in Caldwell county's first fatal accident. ? (Photo by Palmer Photo Shop.) Fate Of " Horn In West 99 To Be Decided Friday Evening An open meeting of the board of director* of the Southern Ap palachian Historical Association will be held at 7:30 p. m. Friday, January 23, in the upstairs ban quet room of the Boone Trail Restaurant. The public is cordially invited to attend and express any opin ions they may have as to whether the outdoor drama, Horn in the West, can and should be present ed this year. The financial situation, said James P. Harsh, executive vice president of the association, is briefly as follows: A deficit from last year's operation of some $19,000 has been wiped out by a $10,000 grant from state funds and by individuals and firms who signed promissory notes to pro vide funds on which to open the play in 1898. However, a minimum of $12,000 in cash is needed to open this year and it will take $18,000 worth of notes to provide this amount. The bank can lend the as sociation two-thirds of the total face value of the individual notes. Notes in the amount of $13,800 have been signed to date, mostly in $300 denominations, said Mr. Harsh, so about 20 more such signers are needed. Notes in less er amounts will also be accepted, he added. A final decision on whether Horn in the West is to be present ed thia year will be made Friday night. Dimes Coin Collectors Reflect Expanded Goals March of Dimes coin collector! built to reflect the expahded goal* of the National Foundation were distributed last week throughout Watauga County, Dr. Gene Reese, campaign director, said today. The coin collectors were spotted in offices, industrial plants, stores, Markets, cafes and elsewhere in the county by the chairman in each community. Each coin collector consists of three cylinders symbolizing the three patient aid programs of the expanded National Foundation in the fields of arthritis, birth de fects and polio. Also shown are pictures of three children suffer ing from these conditions. "The added responsibilities of the National Foundation mean that the 1990 March of Dimes must raise much more money," the campaign director added. "In the area of arthritis and rheumatism alone, at least 11 mil ion are crippled in the United States, and of these 30,000 are in fants and children. In the case of birth defects, 290,000 infants are born each year with congenital malformations (not birth injuries). Added to these problems, our chapter* still have 80,000 polio patients on aid rolls. Mothers' March On Polio Set Mrs. W. W. Littleton, will bead the 1998 Mothers' March (or the March of Dimes in Watauga, Wed nesday January 28. Mr. Howard Cottrell, Fire Chief, will sound the siren at 7:00 p. m. signifying the beginning of the march. "The Mothers' March gives us the opportunity to do more than just look wistfully forward to a time when scientific discoveries will prevent crippling diseases from attacking our children. We can speed that hopeful day by de monstrating the strengthening of our partnership with the men of science. We can ? and we must ? support their efforts with greater voluntary contributions to the March of Dimes in January." During the Intensive Mothers' March here, home owners will be asked to signify their desire to contribute to the March of Dimes by turning on their porchlights or by leaving a lighted candle or lamp in a front window. Apart ment dwellers will tie a handker chief or ribbon to their door knobs in signal of their intention to give. MAILERS ? The* women aided the March oi Dime* campaign by preparing contribution envelope* which were mailed to Watauga residents last week (or contributions to be used in lighting disease, are, left to right, Mrs Joe Worth. Mrs Hendrix, Mr*. John Houck, Mr*. Carl Me4ka, Mr*. J. C. Goodnight, chairman of tlx mailers, and lira. Herman WUcox. Alao helping were Mrs. W. S. (Bill) Bingham, Mrs. Raymond Carroll, and Mrs. Marvin Deal. ? Photo by Palmer's Photo She Guard Unit Here To Get More Favor Raleigh ? National Guard uniti in Northwest North Carolina will receive "more emphasis, not leu," in the forthcoming Guard organi zation, N. C. Adj. Gen. Capua Waynick uid yesterday. However, he declined to disclose specific plana following a meeting of the National Guard's top bras* here. Detailed, but tentative, plans for the complete reorganization will be announced Jan. 22 at a meet ing to which all of the state's 200 commanders are being Invited. The number of units will be re duced from 141 to 102, he ex plained, but the individual units will have more manpower. When the commanders meet In the assembly room of the High way Commission for the informa tive session, all plans resulting from the Adjutant General's staffs work will be laid fully before them. Gen. Wayflick continued. The plans will not be fixed, but will be aubject to reviaions, if the changes are logical, he explained. "We will still lack definitive di rections, pending receipt of a Table of Organization and Equip ment from Washington . . . This could take some time," Gen. Way nick added. Coach Tatum i Will Appear Coach Jim Tatum, head football coach at the University of North 1 Carolina and State Chairman for the current March of Dimes cam paign will appear at the Physical Education Building, A. S. T. C., Monday evening at 7:30. 3; "Sunny Jim" will talk on foot ball prior to the wrestling match es featuring Appalachian's wrest lers and the State High School Champions, the Appalachian High School team , < The Cassady sisters will be fea tured in several numbers, alao Douglas Elmore and his trampo line group will gtve a dcmonflra tion on the trampoline. I Coach Tatum will be introduced by Dr. W. H. Plcmmons, Appals- I chian College President. i Everyone is invited to coiim for 1 good entertainment and to aid the I polio campaign. No admission < charge it being made, but a col lection will he taken. Ii Phone Truck Rolls Down Mountainside Lenoir, Jan. 15. ? Carroll 0. Bowen, 44-year-old Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company line foreman, died almost instantly this morning when the company truck in which he was driving alone plunged 900 feet down a rock strewn mountainside two miles south of Blowing Rock on Highway 321. Coroner Claude Goble and State Highway Patrolman Ray Stutts sur mised that the truck hit a patch of ice on the highway, causing Bow en to lose control of the vehicle. The accident, which caused Cald well County's first highway fatal ity of 1059, occurred at 7:45 a. m. as Bowen was driving north to Boone. Mrs. Frances Teague, who lives directly across the highway from the scene of the accident, saw the truck take the fatal plunge and summoned officers. Coroner Go ble said Bowen was taken from the demolished truck and rushed to Blowing Rock Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Serious head injuries and a broken back apparently killed the man at once, Goble said. Mr. Bowen was a resident of 102V4 Edisto Drive, Lenoir, where he lived with his wife, the former Lucille Fox, and a son, Joe Bowen. He was born June 4, 1914, in Fort Collins, Colo., a son of O. T. Bowen and Erie Cole Bowen, who now reside in Weaverville. Also sur viving Mr. Bowen are two sisters, Miss Nannie Bowen and Mrs. Aud rey Thomas, both of Weaverville. An active member of Lowen Creek Baptist Church, Mr. Bowen was s member of the Housing and Grounds Committee, a substitute Sunday School teacher, and a member of the Brotherhood Board. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Navy, and was a member of the Lower Creek Parent-Teach er Association. Dimes Ball Plans Made With the word getting around that the "Appatonei" are to be the source of muaic at the annual March of Dimes dance, there has . teen a marked degree of interest ind enthusiasim created. In the meantime, the dance sommittee, with their helpers, are . busy making the necessary ar rangements for the affair with the aim of making this the best - lance ever. 1 The March of Dimes Balloon Dance on Saturday night, January list, should be a good opportunity For all who would like to share an i enjoyable evening with their i Friends, while furthering a good j muse. c Posters are now on display and tickets may be purchased at the i College Book Store and at the a Boone Drug Store. ] The, recently coined phrase of t 'Have fun and do good at the same time" is worth thinking about. i Highway P. O. To Continue Washington, Jan. 19.? The Post Office Department announced yes terday that it was renewing the contract for operation of the Greensboro - North Wilkesboro Highway Poet Office for a period of six years. Rep. Ralph i. Scott was notified of the decision by W. L. Crawford, operations director for the Atlanta Poatal Region. His letter indicated. Rep. Scott said, that the situation was now being re-studied with ? riew toward possible expansion of the service. Yestreday's announcement came 1 less than a week behind a flurry J of reports that the Atlanta Region al Office was planning to discon ' tinue the highway posf office ser rice and substitute, aa an economy ] measure, mom type of bulk-mall J ?tar route service. Effi ,, >v ..31 Pf iu.a nAUAjaAn Drives me mowing (now to make cure patrons on hi* route get their mall. At time* the wind whipped the four-inch snow up with such fury that it was impossible to see but a few feet ahead. Temperature never got above 13 de greet Friday, and reached a low of 1 degree. School* in the county were dismisaed at 1 o'clock due to the weather. Four And A Half Million To Be Spent On Blue Ridge Parkway DR. C. H. MOCK DR. JAMES P. GREENE Dr.MockSellsPharmacy Alexander [s Against Weed Cuts Washington, D. C. ? Congre** nan Hugh Alexander ha* gone on ecord with the Department of Agriculture against any further rut in hurley tobacco allotments. The Ninth District Congressman nade his position known in ? itatement made to the Tobacco division of the Department of Agriculture. Tobacco officials in the Depart nent are considering a possible iecrease in burley tobacco allot nents and have given Senators ind Congressmen from burley >roducing states an opportunity o be heard. In his statement to the Depart nent of Agriculture, Congress nan Alexander declared, "I am 'lgorously opposed to any action hat might be taken by the To tacco Division to further reduce he production of barley tobacco. Allotments at the present time ire so small that fanners in my Congressional District are suffer ng hardship*. If anything, the department of Agriculture should m proposing mean* whereby our ilanter* can Increase their produc ion rather than curtail it" * ill Mothers' March 4t Blowing Rock The Bowing Bock Mother*' Hatch will he held Thursday, lanuary 32, (t T OO p. m. Mr*. Jmce Greene ii sbairatA Dr. C. H. Hock, who ha* operat ed Carolina Pharmacy on East King Street here (or the pact 16 yean, ha* announced the *ale of the pharmacy to Dr. James P. Greene a* of January 1, 1009 Dr. Greene, a registered phar macist, ha* been auociated with Carolina Pharmacy for the pact three year*. A native of Bakers ville, he wa* employed in Ruther fordton before coming to Boone In February, 1986. Dr. and Mr*. Greene and their 3-year-old ion re lid* on the old Bri*tol road. Dr. Mock, a native of Mountain City, Tenn., came here in 1M3 from Knoxville, Tenn., after pur chasing the (tore from Mr. Manly Clark. He *aid he plan* to con tinue in the store as a pharmacist for a time to enable Dr. Greene to engage the services of another druggltt, and (hen hi* plan* are indefinite, except to "take it easy for a while." Court May End Today The January criminal term of Watauga Superior Court conven ed here Monday morning with Judge James C. Farthing of Len- I olr presiding. i Some SO cases of the US on the < docket had been disposed of by I noon Tuesday, mostly involving I tpeeding and other traffic viola- I tions, and including several pro- i hibition law violations. > jtfj I The court expected to dear the docket tome time Wednesday. A . Iltt of the judgments will be pub lished oeltt week. Washington, Jan. 20.? The gov ernment plana to apend another H-S million on the Blue Ridge Parkway during fiacal 1900. These figures were included In the Prea ident's budget meaaage, submitted to Congresa Monday. Six major projecta on the North Carolina section and three in Vir ginia are included in the year's program, along with smaller ap propriatlona for miscellaneous work. The outlay will bring to approxi mately $67 million the total spent on the interstate scenic highway, with another (26 million still needed to complete still-planned construction. The program planned for the year starting July 1 includes these North Carolina projects: Paving of five miles between Deep Gap and Grandview parallel ing V. 8. 421 and seven miles par alleling U. S. 221 through the Cone Memorial and Price Memo-* rial Parka; coat, 9300,00. Grading, base, structures and paving of a spur route frem Station 610 on the Parkway at Llnville Falls and the Llnville Gorge, about two milea. Coat, 9691,100 includ ing bridges. Repaving of 22.9 miles of Park way from intersection with U. S. 221 at Beacon Heights to McKin ney Gap. Cost 9329,000. Grading, baae, and construction of a tunnel through ridge from the French Broad River south of AsheviUe to Chestnut Cove, 9.2 miles. Coat 91.M4.000 (this is the first section of a 20-ifllle link that will by-paas Asheville to the south from the French Broad River t^ Wagon Road Gap. Grading, baae, and coacUtietioo of a tunnel on route from Kooning Horse Gap to Balsam Gap. Cost miles of a 60-mile link through the Piagah National Foreat and the Cherokee Reservation.) Grade separation at intersection of U. S. 19-A and U. S. 23 at Balaam Gap, cost 9300,00. The Virginia projecta in the new allocation are: (Continued on page three) Final Weed Price Given Final official figures of the U. S. Department of Agriculture ?how that the Boone buriey to bacco market sold a total of 3,100, 120 pounds of buriey tobacco dur ing the 1999-98 season, and paid.% U.V70JM to growers ter a sea ion's average price of 9*3-48 per|| market closed Tuesday. January 13, after seven selling lays following the Christmas
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