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FOR BEST RESULTS dvertiaen invariably u*a the column* of lie Democrat With its full paid circula ion, intensely covering the local (hopping rea, it's the best advertiaing medium va liable. V | An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy -First Year of Continuous Publication ItaJlB Jf4 44 71 .fM || 77 02 ? ? EIGHTEEN PAGES ? THREE SECTIONS PRICE: FIVE CENTS NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE IS, 1959 BOONE, WATAUGA To Dedicate Parkway Link Formal dedication of the Soco ap to Cherokee lenfth of the lue Ridge Parkway will be held t the intersection of the Park ay with US-441 on June 28, Sup rintendent Sam P. Wee mi of the lue Ridge Parkway, and Superin ?ndent Fred J. Overly of Great moky Mountains National Park, nnounced this week. The dedica on is sponsored by the Blue Ridge arkway Association and the North hrolina National Park, Parkway nd Forest Development Commis lon. The U-mile stretch is the south rn terminus of the Blue Ridge arkway, the 469-mile scenic park ay connecting Shenandoah Na onal Park in Virginia with Great moky Mountains National Park i North Carolina and Tennessee, his newest portion of the Blue idge Parkway to be opened to le public begins at Wolf Laurel ap, two miles from Soco Gap on S-19. The road goes through the herokee Indian Reservation to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and terminate* at US-MI in the vicinity of the Oconaluftee sec tion of the Park, two miles from Cherokee. The road descends from 4,350 feet at Soco Gap to 2,100 feet at Oconaluftee. There are five tun nels on the section of the Park way. Construction was begun be for World War II and was inter rupted by that war. John Parria, regional editorial repreaentative for the Asheville Citizen-Times Publishing Company, will be master of ceremonies. The principal speaker will be Ted Ma lone, roving reporter and commen tator. Elbert Cox, regional direc tor of Region One of the National Park Service, will represent the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Superintendents Weems and Overly will also take part in the ceremony. Thli section of the Parkway will not be opened to public use until after the dedication. ?ihadowlineAddition Almost Completed The new addition to the Shadowline plant will be com leted except for some small finishing touches this week and lachines will be placed at once so that the additional staff ill be started to work by July 1, which is a month earlier than t first planned, according to an announcement by Stanley A. tarries, executive vice-president of Watauga Industries, Inc., uilders of the addition. Not all new employees will be started le first week, however, according to the manager of the local lant, Hal Johnson. They will be employed soon thereafter. ine slot* sale, neia recently ny Watauga Industries to finance the building for Shadowline, was so successful, Mr. Harries aaid, that the 9100,000 of stock allowable un der the charter was (lightly over sold, but $139,000 it needed to complete the first building and the expansion. This means that by July 1 the contractors will be expecting payment, and stock ord ered to be paid on demand or by July 1 will be due and needed now. Watauga Industries stockholders met last week to consider amend ing the charter so as to sell addi tional stock, and a motion to in crease the total stock from $100, 000 to $200,000 was unanimously adopted. The board, at a special meeting, approved a motion to sell addi tion stock now not to exceed $133, 000. It instructed the secretary and president to issue stock on receipt of payment up to that amount. This means that some $15,000 additional stock is now for sale, according to Glenn R. An drews, president of the corpora tion. Mr. Andrews said, "Every man and woman Interested in the in dustrial development of Watauga county should own one or more shares of this attractive stock. It's ? good investment and will profit directly or indirectly everybody in the county. In addition is should pay a fair dividend." Ten Arreats Reported Ten infractions of the motor ve hicle laws and arrests for same were reported this week by Pa trolman George E. Baker in Wa tauga county. He listed them as follows: Four for improper equipment; two for disregarding stop signs; and one each for failure to give proper signal, speeding, carrying concealed weapon, and driving on expired operator's license. LOOD PLAN OFFICIAL ? Mrs. H. Owsley who has been notifi I of her election as a member of le Executive Committee of the larlotte Regional Red Cross lood Program for the fiscal year 159-60. Mrs. Owsley was notified her election by Dr. A. W. Mc urry, chairman of the nominat g committee. <rost Seen n County Frost was reported in tome see ms of Watauga county Sunday ght a< the temperature went wn below the forties in these ctions. Although the official low temp iture reading in Boone was re tted at 44 degrees, reports from ? Green Valley and Valle Cru sections were that it went as I aa 38 degrees. Mo crop damage was reported, t one motorist said he scraped st off his windshield before he ild come to Boone. (< lowing Rock Park chedule Is Given be Blowing Rock Playground k Khednle for the; week of e 19-21. has just been announ | as follows: laily through Saturday: p-10:30 a. m.? Junior Girls' lis. ??10:30 a. m. ? Girls' soft ball. 4-10:30 a. m.? Free painting and ' !:30 p. m. ? Little League ?t at nervation hall in park). i:00 p. m.? Pony League ball. i:00? Senior girls and boys 'm. ( 00? Paddle tennis. Games that are open in the park throughout the day include ping pong, checkers, horse shoes, bad minton, shuffle board. Jump rope, paddle tennis, basketball, dancing, swings, merry-go-round, slide, and athletic ban, picnic tables. Saturday, June 20, a ping pong tournament for singles are set aa follows: Junior boys 2 p. m.; Jun ior girls 3:00 o'clock; senior girls 7:00 o'clock ?nd senior boys at S:00 o'clock. Trophies will be awarded to the winners in each division. RODEO FISHERMEN AND PARENTS Y outlif ul AnglersY ie At Stallings" Rodeo QUEEN JULIE Rites Held For Mrs. Clay Mrs. W. M. Clay of the Beaver Dam section, died Saturday morn ing in Watauga Hoipital after several weeks of illness. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at Littlejohns Meth odist Church in Caldwell county. Rev. J. H. Crisp conducted the rites and burial was in the church cemetery. A native of Caldwell county, Mrs. Clay, 71, was the widow of William Martin Clay. She was the former Dora Kincaid. Survivors include a son and three daughters, Mrs. Maude Bruns of Morganton, Mrs. Cecil Swift of Reese and Mrs. Carl Ward of Dublin, Va.; 13 grand children, five great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Everett Clay of Le noir, Route Seven; and a brother/ M. W. Kincaid of Guilford College. A hundred or more young de ciplei of redworms and bent pin* were on hand Wednesday afternoon to participate in the eighth annual Diamond S Ranch Fishing Rodeo, and compete for various titles and prizes awarded in the event. The rodeo is sponsored by B. W. Stall ings, and is held at his pond on the Diamond S Ranch for children up through 10 years of age. About 90 fish, blue gill snd bass, were landed by the fishermen, with Rebeixa Osborne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Osborne pulling in the largest. Julie Richardson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Richardson, was named 1959 Rodeo Queen, and Mrs. Iris Stalllngs Mamlin of Asheville placed the crown on the -barefooted youngster. The rodeo, which is held yearly, is open only to fishermen (and wo men) under ten years old, and only pole and hook and bobber are allowed. Worms are used for bait, and many youngsters get their first "fever" for fishing at this event. The pond, Mr. Stallings said, is dedicated to the youth of Watauga county, and only children in groups are invited to use the lake. Other prize winners included: For catching the least fish, John Moretz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Moretz; most fish, Ginger Mast, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mast; biggest thrill, Randy Wat son, son of Mrs. and Mrs. J. Perry Watson; best fisherman, Jerry Deitz, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Deitz; Best sport, Cecile Flowers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Flowers, Jr.; most disappointed, Sharon Maltba, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Maltba. Vickie Shore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Shore was winner of 10 silver dollars as result of her registration being drawn from the box. Many other gifts were donated by merchants of the county and distributed to the participants. Re freshments were served to the fishermen and their parents. Oil trade expected to double by 1907. ATTEND RESOURCE CONFERENCE. ? Standing beside welcome, sign at Fortana Village arc, left to right Kent You nee, Zionville, and Mary Lee Winebarger, Sugar Grove, Watauga county 4-H club members; and Mickey Zuver, right, aaaiitanl TV A county agent for five counties. MiseWineberger and Y ounce were among MO rural youth* attending the fourth annual 4-H Regional Resource Development Conference recently. (See story on page two, section C) 100 Vote In City Election 100 perooni voted in the city election Tuesday, when the incum bent Mayor and membera of the board of aldermen were unoppos ed. Mayor Winkler received 99 votes, Howard Cottrell 100, Grady Tugman 100, Wayne Richardson 99, and J. J. Aldridge whose name was not on the ballot receiv ed one write-in vote. Methodists Given New Ministers Three new ministers will be serving Methodist churches in Wa tauga county, due to changes in appointments, announced Sunday by Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, as a climax to the Western North Caro lina Annual Conference, held last week at Lake Junaluaka. The Rev. Preston Hughes will be serving the Boone Methodist Church, beginning June 28; the Rev. B. W. Lefler will serve the Todd Circuit. Rev. Mr. Hughes, who will be coming from a four-year tenure at Mount Tabor Church, near Win ston-Salem, will occupy the pulpit which has been under the direction of the Rev. E. H. Lowman for five years. Mr. Lowman has been trans ferred to the First Church at Bel mont, in the Gastonia district. Mr. Lefler comes from Lincoln ton, and replaces the Rev. Wayne Woodward, who is taking a teach ing position at Mt. Pleasant School near Concord, to further prepare for work in the mission fields. He has been studying during his pastorate at Todd with the idea of going into missionary work. The Rev. Joe Bill Davis is leav ing the Boone Circuit to go to the Shiloh-Olivet charge near Winston Salem, but at press time his suc cessor's name could not be learned. Other appointments in the coun ty remained the same. Other activities carried on at the conference which affected per sonalities from Watauga county in cluded the appointed of Jack Cau dle, recently licensed preacher of the Boone Church congregation, as supply minister to the Church at Moravian Falls in Wilkes county. Grady H. Farthing, lay delegate to the conference from the Boone church, was named alternate dele gate to the Jurisdictional Confer ence which will be held at Lake Junaluska in July of 1980. Rev. Garland Stafford, district super intendent of the North Wilkesboro District, was named clercial dele gate to the same conference. M-YKAE RECORD Colonial Beach. Va. ? Judge James O. Heflin has heard thou sands of cases la 30 years but has never seen any of the defendants appearing before him. The blind, 73-year-old Jurist say* the lack of sight has not handV cajpad him ia his work. / Wade Brown First Player Wade E. Brown teed off with a 190-foot drive Saturday morning as the Boone Golf Club officially, but informally, opened its cham pionship golf course. He was one of the first foursome to play the 18-hole course. Others in the four some were Major J. H. Thomas, assistant treasurer of Boone De velopments, Inc., builders of the course; Ellis Maples, golf archi tect for the course; and Horace Dowling. A large crowd of people were on hand as little Miss Sarah Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wade E. Brown, snipped the ribbon at the first tee, to open the course to the public. The weather was perfect for golfing, and although a shower occurred during mid afternoon, Joe Maples, course sup erintendent and golf pro, said that more than 40 golfers played the course Saturday, and that about that many were on hand Sunday for a game. Although the course will not formally open until July 15, Mr. Maples said golfers will be allowed to use the course. The greens are not as perfect as he would like them, but are improving daily, and by time of the formal opening he expects them to be in good shape. Memberships are being sold in the Boone Golf Club, and Mr. Brown, who is president of Boone Developments, Inc., indicated that the operators are pleased at the rate of sales. He said a large number of town folks have bought memberships in the club since the course was opened Saturday, and also a number of out-of-town golf ers. Membership fees, which when paid, entitles golfers to play on the course until April of 1960, and greens fees were announced as follows: <78 for a regular membership; <40 for the second member of a family who joins the club; and $30 for each additional member of the , same family. Greens fees, for non-members, on week days 93.00, on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays $8.00. These membership and greens fees are based on those of com parable golf courses in this sec tion, Mr. Brown explained, and it is expected that playing time will be from one to three weeks longer than other courses in the mountain area. The pro shop and club house have not been completed, but Mr. Maples said that golfers' needs are being served from the log house at the parking lot. These two facilities are expected to be ready for the formal opening, when it is expected that several "golf names" will be on hand to play an exhibition on the cham pionship course. FUNDS APPROVED Congress has sent to President Eisenhower a bill appropriating $4,043,363,000 for the Treasury and Post Office departments and the Tax Court. The compromise measure was approved by voice vote in the Houm and Senate recently. It pro vides about $45,000,000 less than Eisenhower requested. Off - ? m tmmm mnpapMi OPENS GOLF COURSE. ? Wade Brown take* healthy cut at golf ball aa the Boone Golf Club wa? informally opened to play Saturday morn ing. Major J. H. Thomaa, one of the fouraome playing the first game on the new courae, may be teen on the right. Kephart Asks Aid For Historical Assn. Dr. A. P. Kephart, former execu tive vice-president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Aasociation, has appealed to the people of the town and county to rally in sup port of the Association, in an open letter to the Democrat. Dr. Kephart says: "Some of us who have faithfully and loyally supported the Southern Appalachian Historical Association, responsible for the outdoor drama, Horn in the West, for eight sea sons now, believe that the citizens of Boone and Slowing Rock and the county, and particularly the business people, are not sufficient ly aware of their civic opportuni ty and responsibility for making paid up membership in the Asso ciation a red-hot demonstration of their zeal and enthusiasm for what has become almost an indispens able Institution in our community. "It's cultural and economic con tribution has been enormous and with the whole-hearted continued support of all the people it can and will continue to be added to as a non-profit agency and in like manner to add immeasurably to the upbuilding of the whole area. "The very continuation of Horn in the West, year after year, will depend on a vigorous Association and a vigorous Association will de pend upon, not only representative membership, but continually en larging membership, particularly in Boone and Blowing Rock. It is your duty and responsibility? Send your membership fee of 910 to Mrs. B. W. S tailings, Boone." Sears Roebuck Will Open New Store Today Sean, Roebuck and Co'a. new home In Boone la rapidly being made ready (or ita tenant, aa pasa era-by of the building at 229 Eaat King Street have probably noticed. Refurbiahing of the interior of the store and the exterior face-lifting are almoat complete in anticipa lytion of the opening date, Thura day, June 18. The new location will giye the local catalog sales store an addi tional 5,000 square feet of much needed floor space. Paul Younce, local Sears manager said. "The larger building will allow ui to iljplay samples of many additional Itemi that apace limitationa here tofore have prevented," he con tinued. "We alao believe that the new location will be more con veniently accessible to moat of our customers." The new building will have a gross area of 7,000 square feet, ?bout one-third of which will be devoted to sales area and the balance to other facilities such as credit office, general office and (Continued on page 1, section C) CROWD AWAITS OPENING OF BOONE'S CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE
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