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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1959
Golf Course Opening
Finds Pros Making
1
Rounds New Links
The formal opening of the
Boone Golf Courie by the Boone
Golf Club last Wednesday was
considered a "success" by Wade
E. Brown, club president, and
other observers. Visitors to the
exhibition by two golf proa and
two well-known amateur^ were
high in praise of the condition of
the course.
Billy Joe Patton, amateur from
Morganton, who has made quite a
name for himaelf in golfing circle*,
teamed with Joe Cheves, golf pro
from Morganton, in an 18-hole
match against Dave Smith, ama
teur of Gastonia, and Joe Maples,
pro of the local courae. Maple*
and Smith edged out Patton and
Cheves, 4-2, in what was said to
ie the best game played^ so far
on the local greens. Eatimates
ranged to a thousand spectators
[or the exhibitions. Many notables
>f the state and area were among
the spectators, Mr. Brown said.
The match, which got off to a
Fast start at about 1:30 o'clock,
was over about 5:00 o'clock. Rain
vhich had threatened to dampen
the event most of the afternoon,
leld off until the eighteenth hole
vas being played, and did not fall
enough until all scores were fin
shed.
The course, which has been
railed "the levelest" in the moun
tains, was in fine shape, and one
jf the players was said to have
remarked he had seen grass seed
ed more than thirty years not in
is good as that on the Boone
course.
The fairways of the golf course,
which has been open to play for
less than a month, were only seed
ed last fall, and the greens were
planted in late April of this year.
Dry weather has hampered its
irass on the greens and the ,
bent grass on the greens and the
fescue and blue grass on the fair
ways are well-suited for the course.
Smith, in commenting on the
bright future of the course, said
it was one of the finest he has
played on, and that he believes
within a few years its popularity
will have grown so much that the
club will have to limit play on it.
More and more people are tak
ing advantage of the fine course,
according to Maples, and each
playing day sees more golfers
turning out. The course rolls gent
ly, and no steep climbs are noted
New Mail To
Be Established
A new rural mill route is sched
uled to be established, effective
August 8, to serve patrons in the
Blowing Rock-Bamboo-Elk section,
it was announced this week by Act
ing Postmaster Lyle B. Cook. The
route will be designated as Route 4.
Cook stated that the route will
begin by servicing about 250 pa
trons. Parts of Route 3 and . Blow
ing Rock are incorporated in the
new route, and the establishment
of it is designed to provide for fu
ture expansion.
A temporary carrier will service
Route 4 until a permament ap
pointment can be made.
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Shepherd Rites
Held Tuesday
Ambrose Shepherd, 88, retired
farmer. Sugar Grove, died yester
day at Watauga Hospital where he
bad been a patient for a week.
Born in Ashe county, Mr. Shep
herd had lived in Watauga for 26
years.
Surviving are one son, M. L.
Shepherd, Sugar Grove; two bro
thers, Fielden and Arthur Shep
herd of Lansing and one sister,
Mrs. Reba Barr of Apple Grove.
Funeral was conducted at 2
o'clock Tuesday at Antioch Baptist
Church by Rev. Carl Wilson and
Rev. R. C. Cook. Burial was in
Ward's cemetery.
Bloodmobile
Is Coming
Boone and" Watauga county citi
zens should be reminded of the
Bloodmobile visit scheduled for
July 30 at the Boone Methodist
Church, a Red Cross spokesman
Mid this week. Thoae who have
not yet received donor cards may
look forward to receiving them
very mod how.
by players.
Prior to the match, Patton and
Smith gave a demonstration on
driving.
When the Golf Club opened the
course for play in mid-June, it
was announced that many out-of
town, as well as local people, had
bought membership in the club.
Membership fees entitle golf
ers to play on the course until
April of 1960, and are available for
$75 for a regular membership;
$40 for the second member of a
family who joins the club; and $30
for each additional membeY of
the same family.
Greens fees, for non-members,
on week days are $3.00; on Sat
urdays, Sundays, and holidays
$3.00.
These membership and greens
fees are based on those of com
parable golf courses in this sec
tion, Mr. Brown said, and it is
expected that playing timei will be
from one to three weeks longer
than other courses in the moun
tain area.
Andrews Is
GM Chairman
G. R. ANDREWS
General Motors has announced
that G. R. Andrews, local Chevro
let-Oldsmobile dealers for the past
B years, has been appointed to
serve as GM Community Rela
tions Chairman for Boone and
vicinity.
The chairmanship carries a
community service responsibility.
Mr. Andrews will make available
to the public a variety of interest
ing and educational material in
the form of motion pictures, book
lets and presentations from GM's
Public Relations staff. One of the
GM films is "Farmer of Tomor
row," produced especially for the
Future Farmers of America.
Another film, "Safety, Our No.
1 Crop," was produced to assist
4-H in their safety activities. Gen
eral Motors if the sponsor of the
National 4-H Safety Program and
Mr. Andrews will be able to aid
local 4-H Clubs which have mem
bers participating.
Well known locally for active
interest in Community Chest, Red
Cross, Industry on Promotion,
Boy Scouts, 4-H, etc.), Mr. An
drews also will be in a position to
cooperate with club groups,
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CIVIL DEFENSE? Dr. R. H. Harmon (left), Watauga County Civil
Defense director, preaenta copies of "Watauga County Reception and
Care Plan" to Blowing Rock Mayor R. B. Hardin and Bill Lentz,
chairman of Watauga County Board of Commissioners.? Minor photo.
Civil Defense Books
Are Distributed Here
Dr. R. H. Harmon, director of
Civil Defense in Watauga county,
distributed the "Watauga County
Reception and Care Plan," a
booklet to be used by civil de
fense workers in case Watauga
becomes an evacuation center for
surrounding areas, as designated
by national civil defense plans, at
a special meeting of key defense
personnel Friday night at the Le
gion Hut.
He explained to those attending i
how the information contained in i
the more than three hundred-page
manuel will be used, and praised i
the many people and organizations :
who spent countless hours of vol- t
unteer work in compiling the book.
Dr. Harmon explained that it was i
loose-leaf type, so that as per- i
sonnel and other changes are <
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made, the book can be kept up to
date by replacing the sheets con
cerning these changes.
He said that certain phases of
defense plans in the county had
attracted considerable attention
and that higher civil defense off
ices are studying some of the plant
the Watauga unit intends to use
in case of emergency.
The book was mimographed, and
expenses were paid for by Wa
tauga county on authorization of
the county commissioners. Bill
Lentz, chairman of the board of
commissioners, and Mayor R. B.
Hardin of Blowing Rock, received
the first copies.
The key personnel attending will
distribute the more than 200 copies
if the book to volunteer workers
who operate under them.
Boone Man Killed
In W. Ya. Accident
Hurricane, W. Va. ? Vernon E.
Harditon, 46, of Boone, N. C., was
struck on the head by a piece of
rock and killed Tuesday while
working on interstate 64 near
here. He was the first fatality on
the highway since construction be
gan last year, according to a re
port of the accident.
Hardison, a graduate foreman
for the Nello L. Teer Co. of Dur
ham, was struck on the head by a
piece of flying rock. He was sup
ervising the breaking of some huge
rocks and was standing about 50
feet from them.
An employee of the firm for
20 years, the deceased had moved
here with his wife and two daugh
ters about four weeks ago.
Hardison was married to the
former Miss Bonnie Lee Hodges,
daughter of Mrs. A. M. Hodges of
Boone, and a sister of Mrs. Dave
Hodges and Wilson Hodges of
Boone, and Conrad Hodges of
Statesville, and Stuart Hodges of
Lenoir.
Survivors include the widow, the
two children, Olivia Ann and Lin
da; his mother of Beaufort, N. C.;
and a brother, Buddy Hardison,
who works for the same company
he worked for.
Burial was at Beaufort Friday.
U. N. survey finds decline in
farmer*.
Paul Westdn
Given Honor
PAUL WESTON
Mr. Paul Weston, local photo
grapher and musician, was a
special guest of the Boone Junior
Chamber of Commerce Monday
evening.
Mr. Weston was given an honor
ary membership in the civic or
ganization as a token of apprecia
tion for his having supplied the
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COUNCIL OFFICERS.? Th ret officer* of the Southern Council on Teacher Education are at Appalachian
State Teachers College this summer. They are (left to right: Dr. Herbert Wey, editor of the SCTE Bul
letin; Mil* Mary Ellen Perkins, secretaty-treasurcr; and Dr. W. H. Plemmons, president elect. Dr. Wil
liam Cart wright of Duke University is past president. Pictured with them is Dr. Ben Horton, head of
ASTC'i Education department. Miss Perkins is on campus as director of student teaching workshop, and
Dr. Wey is a visiting professor in education from the University of Miami.
LATE BOB BROOME REPLACED
Breitenstein Is Name
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Appalachian Grid Coach
New Mentor Is
No Stranger
To College
Announcement was made by
President W. H. Plemmons of
Appalachian State Teachers
college on Tuesday afternoon
that Robert L. Breitenstein has
been chosen as head football
coach at the college, replacing
the late Bob Broome whose
death the latter part of June
left this vacancy.
The offer to Coach Breitenstein
resulted from the unanimous rec
ommendation of the athletic com
mittee to President Plemmons. Al
though Breitenstein has been in
semi-retirement from coaching, he
agreed to take the position for
the 199# season. He decided to do
so, he said, because of his fond
ness for the college and his liking
for the boys who had worked un
der him at the college.
Coach Breitenstein is a native
of Cincinnati. Ohio. He holds
the B. E. degree from the Univer
sity of Cincinnati, and has attend
ed Ohio State University.
He has been a high school teach
er and coach, was a lieutenant in
the navy during World War 11.
and from 1946 to 1986 he was
mutant football coach *t the Un
iversity of Miami (Florida). Since
1967 he has been owner and di
rector of Camp Broadstone at Valle
Crucis, near Boone, and is assist
ant manager of The Orange Bowl
Committee.
For the past two years, he has
assisted with the coaching of the
Appalachian football squad, and is
known by all the returning players.
Coach Breitenstein has lived in
Watauga county for some years,
and it was near his summer home
that he built Camp Broadstone for
boys.
He is forty-six years of age, is
a member of the Congregational
Church, and he and Mrs. Breit
enstein (also a native of Ohio and
Florida) are the parenU of three
children? Pat, aged fifteen. Donna,
thirteen, and Steve, ten.
President Plemmons said that he
was happy indeed that Mr. Breit
enstein has heeded the unanimous
wish of the athletic committee and
the college administration that he
accept this coaching position for
the 19S9 season, and that he had
adjusted his schedule to make it
possible for him to be at Appalach
ian The fact that Breitenstein
knows the area, knows the college
knows the players all will be to
his advantage. I
Davis Goes To
Highlander
Robert Davis, well known local
automobile mechanic, announce^
this week that he ha* joined the
Highlander Motor Companw as
Service Manager. Bob is probably
best known for his work In re
building stock automobiles as rac
ing cars, the most successful and
best known of these being "The
Davis Special", many times win
ner of the Grandfather Hill Climb.
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Dewey Cox, 61,
Dies Near Todd ??
Commodore Dewey Cox, 61, re
sident of Todd, died last Wednes
day at Wa'luga Hospital.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Friday at 2 o'clock at Black
bum's Chapel by Rev. Ed Black
burn. Burial was In the Howell
cemetery.
Surviving are three sisters and
two brothers: Mr*. Margaret Hoi
man, Todd; Mrs. Josie Holraan,
Todd; Mrs. Mae Norris, Boone;
Walter Cox, Coburn, Vs.; Ed
Qrw, Deep Cap.
SHERWOOD WRECK? Two of the three vehicle Involved in wreck last Monday (July 20) are shown
before being pulled from highway. Car at left was Dodge with a trailer hitched to it, driven by Robert
Lee Laster of Winter Haven, Fla.; and Ford in foreground was operated by Ed Smith Williams. A station
wagon, driven by Jones Albert Grant of Lakeview, S. C? was also Involved, but is not shown in pic
ture. ? Photo by Flowers Photo Shop.
Two Injured In Three-Car Crash
Jos. Cooke
Dies Tuesday
Joieph Calvin Cooke, 78, pio
neer merchant, died Tuesday at
Watauga Hospital following a re
curring stroke of paralysis last
Thursday.
Mr. Cooke was first stricken 18
months ago.
Funeral services were held at
the First Baptist Church at 3
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev.
L. H. Hollingsworth, and Rev.
John Gibson officiated. Assisting
was Rev. Preston Hughes, of the
Methodist Church. Burial was in
the city cemetery.
Mr. Cooke, who was reared in
Watauga county was engaged in
the mercantile business here for
about twenty years. Previous to
his retirement four years ago he
had been employed at Appalach
ian State Teachers College.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Bessie Norris Cooke, two sons and
two daughters: Edgar and Coun
cill Cooke, Boone; Mrs. Elisabeth
Owens, Mrs. Louise Harrell of
Gastonia. There are six brothers
and three sisters: Monroe, Fred
Cooke, West Jefferson; Lindsey
Cooke, Stony Fork; Dan Cooke,
Route 2, Boone; Walter Cooke,
Todd; Adolphus Cooke, Boone;
Mrs. Clemmie Greene, Stony Fork;
Mrs. Annie Lemley, Fleetwood;
Mrs. Minnie Helsabeck, Rural
Hall.
Vice President Nixon urges
third major league.
Ed Smith Williams, Zlonvllle,
and G. H. Thomas, Route 1, Trade,
Tenn., wan treated for injuries
at Watauga Hospital last Tuesday,
July 14, received i> a three-car
accident on Highway 431 In the
Sherwood neighborhood about
12:18 p. m.
According to Investigating offi
cer, Patrol George E. Baker, Rob
ert Lee Laster, 22, of Winter Ha
ven, Fla., was operating a 1994
Dodge with, a trailer hitched to
it. He waa going west, on his way
home from the Army after bis
discharge in Florida. Laster lost
control of his car, skidded across
the road into the left lane.
Laster's car hit a IBM Ford, op
erated by Mr. Williams, head on.
The Laster car and trailer were
knocked backmards 21 feet into
a bank. The Williams car was
knocked backards 27 feet Into a
1959 Ford station wagon, operated
by James Albert Grant of Lake
view, S. C.
The Laster car and the the Wil
liams car were considered total
losses. The Grant station wagon
suffered only slight damage, ac
cording to the report.
Thomas was a passenger in the
Williams car.
Laster was charged by Patrolman
Baker with exceeding a safe speed.
He and his wife and baby continu
ed on to Nashville, Tenn., by bus.
This year will be the 17th time
in the last 120 years that a farm
census has been taken.
President denies using veto pow
er lightly.
EVERETT W. WIDENER, JR.,
new principal of the Blowing Rock
School.
Dr. Miller
Opens Office
Dr. Fred C. Miller has opened
an office in the new medical
building at Jonesville for the prat
tice of dentiitry.
A aon of Mr. and Mrs. F. C.
Miller of Boone, Dr. Miller is a
graduate of Appalachian High
School, Lees-McRae College, Ap
palachian State Teachera College
and the Univeraity of North Car
olina Dental School. He is a mem
ber of XI Phi dental fraternity.
He is married to Mias Anna
Charles Julian of Asheboro.
Opera Singers To Appear At *
Banner Elk And Blowing Rock
NAGY
BOWER
VANNI
FIORELLA
ROSS
Banner Elk.? Four distinguished
open siager* and their accompan
ist will make music August 7 and
9 for this little community, and
the hospital and children's home
founded here in 1899 by the late
Rev. Edgar Tufts.
Appearing at the Anne Bryan
RecresUoa Center la Banner Eflt
on Friday -night, Auguit 7, and
again at Rumple Hemorial Preaby
terian Church in nearby Blowing
Rock on Sunday, August 9, will be
Mia* Beverly Bower, aoprano of the
New York Opera; Hi** Helen Van
ni, mezzo soprano of the Hetro- i
politan Opera; and Mario Flor
?Uo, baritone of the Chicago Civic
Opera. They will be accompanied
by Stuart Roaa.
The Friday concert at 8:18 p. m, Xyj
in Anne Bryan Recreation Center ?
will include popular and clasaical
music, and will benefit the new
Grace Hartley Memorial Hospital >
- a 100 bed hospital, outpatient '
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