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FOR BEST RESULTS advwtiMn invariably uaa th? column* ai tL. wfc - uriiL u. m ?i ..u -? An Independent Weekly Newepuper . . . Seventy-First Year of Continuou* Publication BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOKTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1959 FOURTEEN PAGES-TWO SECTIONS Young Scientists Earn Chance To Go To State Exhibits Clean-up Drive To Be Started The Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with other group* and the community as a whole, will launch what chairman James Marsh has described as "the most extensive clean-up campaign ever undertaken by our community." Chairman Marsh said today, "I would especially like (or it to be the best clean-up effort we have ever made. We need to do right now what must be done to put the appearance of our town right, and then keep it clean and neat look ing. We live in a veritable Nature Wonderland ? it's a gift to us, and most of us live here the year around, so why should we put a tub over it!" The clean-up effort will be head ed by a Chamber of Commerce committee of James March, chair man, Watt H. Gragg and B. W. Stalling*. The campaign will start on April 16 and continue through April 30. Bolton To Be C of C Speaker The Boone and Watauga County Chamber of Commerce will play host Tuesday, at its regular meet in, to officials of the Northwest Development A? ? ociation. lfr. Neil Bolton, sec retary - treasurer of the Associa tion will be the principal speaker on a program uiat win review in general many phasss of the Northwest North Carolina Associa tion activities, and in particular will review areas of progress in Watauga County, according to a statement from Mr. Stanley Harris. Other officials of the Associa tion will be Mr. Joe Porter of Mount Airy, Chairman of the In dustries Committee and Mr. W. T. Roth of Elkin, Chairman of the Community Development Pro gram. Mr. Harris said all local chair man of various committees of the Northwest North Carolina Deve lopment Association should make a special effort to attend, and where possible, should bring other members of their committees. Re presentatives from community and civic clubs are especially in vited to Tuesday's meeting, be said. Mr. Harris told of a visiting team of executives representing tome 75 or more different indus trial companies that will' include Boone in a May tour planned by the group. The group, he said, would entertain at a luncheon in Boone on Saturday, May 2, and urged that everyone give special attention to the coming clean-up, fix-up program, so that our com munity might give the very best possible first impression to these visitors. Ten young acientisU earned a chance to compete in the SUte Science Fair. April 17 and 18, Fri day by virtue of winning top hon o? in the Northwest N^rth C.? lina High School Science Fair at Appalachian Sute Tetcherj ^ ianhC !?f W',nner' were 4n,ong the evenr^nH* J5? di,trict event, and according to Dr. F. Ray Derrick, director of the fair, thi. ?>? - ??? Forty schools from eight countiet were represented in the entrie. vWted?lLUr * th?UMnd IV ril /llr wording to Dr. Dernck. Countiea represented were Caldwell, WaUug.; a?TaF eghany, Avery, RutherfoT'MU chell, and Wilkes. Science exhibits included ex amples of the physical sciences and JtioM ?'C,i "ciencei Two dl h?h^ iUm?" from th? Junior gh grades, and seniors from the OnTv?rto ^^rade,' were On^y top winners in the senior division eligible to compete in the sute event Junior division winners were fnd g^d("*?ed iD ?econd. order) ? Susie wnl H 17 Lou De"- North Wilkes boro Elementary, Trees and Their Parts; 7th grade group cG?r- ElemenUry' Chemi c?l Gardening; Betty Dellinger Carolyn Silver, Doris Buchanan' Bowman School, Bakersville, How Lrrtng Things Grow and Repro oirfI?D>f*ble mention went to Har old Pittman, Riverside School in Avery county. Trees; Waynelle Wilson and Robert Morgan, Bow man School, Water, Our Most Use tu Chemical; and Cathy P^. Evolution. *!d D*f*ilw' Wilkes cTnSr^" ViTwh T"0" 0f Uranium; Van Wilson, Deyton ElemenUry at Spruce Pine, Sample Caw of M,n f . ? e*ton ??mers, Wilkes Cen tral, Three Ways To Transfer Heat Honorable mention? Green Val I !L MV*nth ?r?de. Electricity; i^ter Perry, Mabel ElemenUry Science LtghU the Way; Carolyn Hoover, AppaUchian Elementary Minor; Christine Hash, Piney Creek, PlaneU; Daniel Barron, Bowman School, Mica* Hom? Brookshire, North Wilkwboro Ele mentary, The Simple Electric Mo tor; Stephen Blevins, Bowman School. SUr Classification; Bobby Choate and Ben Reeves, SparU Rocks and Minerals; Beth Mills, North Wllkesboro Water Purification System; Bobby Hugh, SparU, Uses of Sulfur Senior biological division; first five winners ? Jerry Henson Ad Palachian High, Circulation of the Be", Harris High, Endocrino wut i- McC,ia- North Wilkes, Tree Study; Glen Dancy. North Wilkes, Embryonic Devel opment and Internal Organs; Tom ??*?% Wilkes Central, The Honorable mention ? Grant Ayers, Appalachian High, The Earthworm; James Royal, Sparta, The Control Area of the Brain; Meloin Mile*, Sparta, Compotition of Human Body; Jtobby D. Rhodes, North Wilkes, Effects of Some An tiseptics; Blake Lovette, West Wilkes, Reproduction of an Egg. Winners in senior physical di vision ? Charles Troutman, Lenoir, (Continued on page six) Officers of the "Athletic" Club of Appalachian State Teachers College present J. Paul Winkler, left, of ASTC Educational Foundation a check which will help provide an athletic scholarship at Appalachian for a capable and needy student. John Kirk is the faculty advisor to the "A" Club. Pictured, left to right, are Mr. Winkler; Ken Daves, Ellenboro; Bill Harvey, Lancaster, Pa.; James Kay Hiatt, Mt. Airy; John Ponis, Statesville.? Photo by Car men Carter.) Seventy-Six Face Trial When Superior Court Convenes Harmon Child Struck By Bus Alice Marie Harmon, 8, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harmon of Vilai, waa struck by a school bus Monday at 8 a. m. on Vander pool Drive, off highway 431, 10 miles west of Boone. State Highway Patrolman George E. Baker, who investigat ed the accident, said that Alice Marie and nine other children were waiting for the bus driven by Robert Hall Mast of Sugar Grove. When the vehicle was ar riving at the bus stop the child is said to have dashed in front of it before it came to ? stop. Mr. Bak er's investigation indicated the accident was unavoidable. The child was admitted to Wa tauga Hospital for treatment for bruises and abrasions. Bloodmobile Coming Today A real task faces the folks here abouts Today (Thursday) when the Red Cross Bloodmobile sets up its 11:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. re ceiving center at the Boone Meth odist Church, according to a state ment by the Rev. Mr. E. H. Low man, chairman of the Watauga Blood Program. "This is the final viait to Boone in the 1998-59 fiscal year", Mr. Lowman said, "And our blood usage is far ahead of our blood collections. The deficit should be made up thia visit," he said. "We would like to call attention to the fact that six months have passed since the last visit by the Bloodmobile, and all credit cards issued donors have now expired," Mr. Lowman aald. "A good re sponse to the call for donors is urgently needed this visit," he de clared. Seventy-six cases will be tried when the one-week criminal term of Watauga Superior Court con venes Monday April 20. Most of the cases involve traffic infractions, speeding being the principal offense with 20 slated for trial in this category; driving drunk, 17; violation prohibition laws, 12; larceny, 8; no license, 8; reckless driving, 9; breaking and entering, 2; bit and run driving, T; non-support 2. Hon. James C. Farthing of Le noir will be the presiding Judge. Solicitor B. T. Falls,- Jr., will pro secute the docket. The Jurors Following are the names of those who have been selected for jury duty; Bald Mountain: J. B. Ragan, Tom Trivette. Beaver Dam: Fred C. Hagaman, George Matheson, Melvin Millsaps. Blowing Rock: Will Castle, Ira W. Bolick, Blaine Coffey, Bruce Greene. Blue Ridge: Dayton Cook, Paul E. Moody. Boone: James Carter, Earl Tug man, Mrs. B. W. S tailings, J. V. Caudill. Brushy Fork: Mrs. Lonnie Hen son, Fred Blair, Letcher Barnes. Cove Creek: Hubert Greer, Tom Perry, Clint Eggers, Tom Law rence. Elk: Olin Miller, Arthur Hayes. Laurel Creek: Houston Mast, Gene Smith, James Shull. (Continued on page six) Chorus Goes To Festival The Appalachian High School Chorus will be represented in the state wide Choral Festival held Thursday and Friday of this week in Greensboro, on the Woman's College campus. Eight chorus members will participate with other high school students in the two-day festival. The students from Appalachian will sing in Chorus II, under the direction of Miss Margaret Hillis, nationally known choral director. Miss Hillis is conductor of the American Concert Choir and Or chestra, which is noted for its pr grams of quality and fine musician ship. Her ensemble performs works covering five centuries of music. She haa appeared with her group on radio and television in addition to the concert stage. Choral clinics, festivals, and workshops throughout the United States and Canada have availed themselves of her assistance. Miss Hills has taught at the Julliard School of Music, the Guilmont Or gan School, Manhattanville College, and has for three years taught choral and orchestra conducting at the Union Theological Seminary. Rehearsals will be held under Miss Hillis on Thursday and Fri day, culminating with the concert (Continued on page six) Baby Has 13 Grandparents Beverly Kay, intent daughter of Mr. and Mri. Bill Moody of Vero Beach, Fla., former resident* of Blowing Rock, has the distinction of having 13 living grandparents. Grandmothers are: Mrs C. D. Hampton, Blowing Rock; Mrs. Mu riel Moody, Blowing Rock. Great grandmothers: Mrs. Joe C. Norris, Boone; Mrs. E. A. Hampton, Mrs. Arthur Moody, Blowing Rock; Mrs. A. T. Parker, Boone; grandfathers : C. D. Hampton, Muriel Moody, Blowing Rock; great grandfathers: Joe C. Norria, A. T. Parker, Boone; E. A. Hampton, Arthur Moody, Blowing Rock. Beverly Kay was born March 28 at Indian River Memorial Hos pital, Vero Beach, Fla. Mrs. Moody ia the former Miss Rachel Hamp ton. ? ? Deceased Had Resided At Shulls Mills Lenoir, April 5? W. S. (BUI) Whiting Jr., 51, Camden. S. C, machine manufacturer, and a com panion, Warren Roland, 40, farm er and realtor, alto of Camden, were killed when their plane crash ed here about 2:15 p. m? yester day. The plane crashed and burned when it clipped an electric power line. It was coming in for a land ing at a private airfield owned by the Lenoir Aviation Club. The airfield is about three miles northeast of here off N. C. High way 18 in Lower Creek community. The plane, a 1992 Piper Pacer, was approaching the east end of the landing strip and apparently lost altitude too quickly. It hit the power line an estimated 800 1 to 1,000 feet from the end of the < airstrip. It was not learned im- ? mediately who was piloting the i plane. ? The wires appeared to have en- I tangled in the plane propeller, I causing it to veer off to the left i and crash into a wooded area. It I came to rest against a tree and bank, short of the end of the run u/av The craft burst Into flames im mediately. Both men apparently were killed instantly and their bodies were burned beyond recog nition. The plane wai destroyed. Flames from the burning air- I craft set fire to the wooded area. Firemen from Hudson Fire De- " partment, assisted by forest rang- 1 eri. extinguished the forest fir*. J Mr. Whiting and Mr. Roland were arriving at the airport from 1 Camden where they left, apparent- J ly shortly after noon. They were flying here to meet Wiley Greene of Blowing Rock. Mr. Greene has been directing construction for Mr. Whiting and associates of a private aintrlp on Mr. Whiting's property some five miles west of Blowing Rock in the direction of Grandfather Moun tain. Mr. Whiting had called Mr. Greene before departing from Camden and asked Mr. Greene to meet him and Mr. Roland at the Lenoir airfield about 2:30. Mr. Greene was delayed, how ever, and arrived a short time af ter the plane crashed. He said Mr. Whiting had told him he planned to fly over the new airstrip near Blowing Rock on the trip to Lenoir to aee bow it looked from the air. Additional work had been done on it. Mr. Whiting, on previous occa sions, bad landed on that alntrip, even though it is still under con atruction. He told Mr. Greene by phone before leaving Camden, however, that he would not try to land there because of reported high winds in the Blowing Rock area. He said he would go on to Lenoir. Mr. Greene said he heard a high flying plane early yesterday after noon which might have been Mr. Whiting coming over to see the airstrip. However, Mr. Greene wss (Continued on page six) WINNER. ? Gino Pnto, winner of $32,000 in 1985 on the late >64,000 lueitlon tv show, flaihei a winning imlle as he shakes hands with Will tones, Boone shoe repairman. Gino, who answered questions on opera, vas making his rounds to the local shoe shops in the interest of a ihoe repair supply company last week. He took the advice of his then M-year-old father who lives in Italy and quit at $32,000. He vialted lis father for two days in 1058, and plans to go back in July for ? nonth's stay. Gino also appeared on the $04,000 Challenge and won >16,000.? (Staff photo by Minor.) Watauga Industries Sales Now $85,000 Mrs. Henson Dies At 83 Hn. Mary Emm* Henson, 83, if Boone, died Saturday at Wa auga Hospital, following ? long llneas. Funeral aervicea were conducted it 2:30 Sunday at Henaon's Chapel Church. The Rev. L. H. Hollings north, the Rev. Alvin A. Wllaon, he Rev. E. 0. Gore and the Rev. Maurice Cooper took part In the itea. Surviving are i daughter, Mrs. >wis Reeae of Boone; four sons, 3arl Henson, Alexandria, Va.; Clan :nce Henson, Cleveland, Ohio; Earl Jenson, JackanovUle, Fla.; Lonnie -tenaon of Vilas. There are 14 [randcbildren and 16 great grand children. Among thoee from a distance it* ending the funeral were the fol owing: C. H. Sears, Mrs. Callie Hollars, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Moss, Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kimel, Win iton-Salem. Mrs. Walter Cole and son, Reese ;ole and Mike, Mrs. Hattie Brown, Kr. and Mrs. Maat Ward, Cecil Vard, Elizabethton, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Smalling, Hr. and Mrs. Don King and Gery, Kr. and Mr*. Gene Tor belt, Larry Torbett, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Trir itte. Earl Trivette, Piney Flata, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harkey, Mr. ind Mrs. Cohern Lowder, Aibe narle. (Continued on page six) The Board of Directors of Wa tauga Industries held a meeting Friday at noon, when $4,500 In ad ditional stock was ordered, bring ing the total sales since the Shadowline expansion campaign was started to almost $89,000. It is stated by Stanley A. Harris, campaign director, that the direc tors voted to stop the sales of the present stock issue at $90,000, so it is apparent that anyone who still wants some stock will need to act quickly. Payment may be made at once or anytime during the summer. Mr. Harris reiterates his belief that this stock provides an abso lutely aafe investment and strong ly recommends it A check for five thousand dol lars from Mr. Frank Pepper of Blowing Rock and Miami, Via. has been received, making Mr. Pepper the holder of fifty shares of this stock ? the largest single investor to date. This indicates the tre mendous interest the summer citi zen has in this county. Those desiring stock are asked to see Mr. Andrews, the President; Mr. Adams at the Bank; Mr. W. H. Gragg at the Savings it Loan, or any member of the teams who have been selling stock. Rummage Sale Planned Here The Boone Junior Woman's Club will hold a Rummage Sale Saturday, April 11th, at the Pa* time Theatre entrance. The sale will open at 9:00 a. m. and con tinue until 5:00 p. m. Northwest North Carolina Young Scientists Show Work fcrenda ] Bvinninfi nda Henson. left, and Glenda Wilion rtand with ?eccrad-pUc? nc exhibit entered by Green V?Ue>'? 7th (rede, ahowing gardenias. 1 Crowds circulated all day viewing the 140 science exhibit* at Appa lachian State Teachers College Friday. The (air attracted more than a thousand pupUi ham various qehoob in an ai?W-county area. Dennis McAllistcr, left, Johnnie Pendley and Robert Horner, o I Deaton Elementary School at Spruce Pine explain their exhlbiU m rocka tad minerals found in North Carolina tad the United State*. Joe William, rlcht center, damonatrate* physical science project on ol electricity: circuit, tatteriM, motor, and Valley1.
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