VOLUME LXXII? NO. IS PRICE: FIVE CENTS BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THUR8DAY, OCTOBER 19, 1959
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ALL QUEENS. ? The homecoming queen and her court rode
regally through the streets of Boone and the College Campus as
they joined the Saturday morning parade. Shown (left to right)
are Linda Woodruff, Jeannie Belk, Phyllis Kriegor, Priscilla
Beam and Queen Jean Nichols. Miss Nichols was crowned at the
dance Saturday night ?Staff photo Joe Minor.
Homecomers Are Greeted With
A Gay Parade; Winter Weather
A cool Homecoming greeted
returning alumni of Appalachian
State Teachers College. The wea
ther probably cut down on the
crowd who returned to their alma
mater, but those who came appar
ently enjoyed the event.
Cold rain and wind alternated
with the sunshine during Satur
days activities, but only part of
the football game half-time pro
gram was hampered by the wea
ther.
Special attention was focused on
the class of 1934, as it celebrated
its silver anniversary. Other class
es receiving special recognition
were the classes of '33, '39, '49, and
the most recent graduating class of
?59.
The festivities opened Friday
night with the Playcrafters pre
senting a three act play, "Diary of
a Scoundrel."
Saturday was filled with activi
ties for the homecomers, not the
least being the parade of floats
and organizations through the
streets of Boone and through the
campus. Several floats, commeiti
al displays, and bands helped make
up the entourage.
Headed by a color guard from
the campus Veterans Organization,
the parade contained special cars
for college officials, almuni offi
cers, and others connected with
the college.
Four high school bands besides
Apylachian High School joined
the college band in furnishing the
music for the event. They also
played at pre game entertainment
in the afternoon.
The bands were directed by
former students at Appalachian.
Included were Boyden High Band
of Salisbury, directed by George
Wilson; Spindale High Band, di
rected by James Blanton; Drexel
High Band, directed by Catherine
Siphcrs; and Marion High Band,
directed by Claude Jarrett.
The college band was directed
by Charles Isley, and the Appala
chian High band by Clyde Wade.
Honored persons in the parade
included Dr. W. H. Plemmons,
president of the college; Barnard
Dougherty, vice president; Dr. J.
D. Rankin, president emeritus;
Lynn Mize, president of the student
body; Kenneth Clawson, president
of homecoming sponsors Chi Lamb
da Chi; Dean D. J. Whitener; Cra
tis Williams, head of the graduate
school; H. R. Eggers, registrar;
Mayor of Boone Gordon H. Wink
ler; E. G. "Red" Lackey, Alumni
Association president; Kidd Brew
er, former coach and present trus
tee of the college, Wayne Miller,
parade marthall; Dr. Roy Wilson
and Mrs. Vergie Cox, Alumni Asso
clation officers; and Dr. J. T. C.
Wright, of the Bob Broome Me
morial SdioUsrhip Foundation.
The queen's float was beautiful
with her court They included
Queen Carol Jean Nichols of Mc
Adenville; Priicilla Beam of Cher
ryville; Phyliat Kreigor of High
Point; Linda Woodruff of Hayes;
and Jeannie Belk of Hiekury.
Winning float in the parade,
judged by Mrs. J. V. Caudill, Mrs.
Jack Groce, and the Rev. Edwin
F. Troutman wai sponsored by
the Business Club. Winning com
mercial float was entered by Ca
tawba Dairy.
The judges made the round* of
displays OB Uie campus, and judged
tin one sponsored by Tri Beta
Society as best project.
An alumni luncheon was attend
ed by more than 400 people in the
Appalachian Elementary School.
The' football game between Car
son-Newman's Eagles and the
Mountaineers failed to go as pre
dicted, bm the crowd that brav
ed the falling weather did see a
good game.
Half-time ceremonies were cut
short due to the weather, and the
crowning of the homecoming queen
was postponed until the dance at
night.
However, the first Bob Broome
Memorial Scholarship was awarded
during half-time to Jack White,
Lexington- Mountaineer co-captain.
Kidd Brewer made the presenta
tion. White's name will be the
first to be placed on the trophy
which will be kept at the school.
After the game, alumni and
friends were invited to a coffee
hour, presided over by Mrs. Maxine
G. Edmiston, dean of women. A
movie, "This "Is Appalachian," pro
duced to show how young men and
women are trained at Appalachian
for the teaching profession, was
shown during this period.
For those who stayed around,
a dance, with music by Bill Butler
and his "Royalty" band was held
in the new Physical Education
Building. The queen was crown
ed at the dance, and she and her
court feigned over the occasion.
A scheduled airplane leaflet
drop and picture taking excursion
was cancelled in mid-aid before
the camera plane could reach
Boone because of weather condi
tiom.
Lincoln Kan, alumni office work
er, and Woody Wallace of NoKh
Wilkesboro, pilot of the plane,
had intended to drop leaflets and
passes to Appalachian basketball
games during the game, but turn
ed back to their airfield when ic
ing caused their plane to drop
1400 feet in 30 seconds.
New Stores Open Here
Week Brings
Two Wrecks
Patrolman George E. Baker re
ported investigation of two wrecks,
involving three vehicles over the
week end in Watauga county.
The first on Friday, involved
vehicles driven by Fred Edgar
Moody, 40, of Reese, and Edward
Oarlock Henson, 68, of Route 1,
Vilas. The report showed* that
Moody was driving a 'SO Ford pick
up west on U. S. 421, stopped so
he could make a left turn into Ca
ble Bros, store, when the '90 Chev
rolet driven by Henson in the same
direction, failed to get stopped on
the wet pavement, and ran into
the rear of the pickup. Damage
to the pickup was estimated at
$75.00, and to the Chevrolet at
$900.00.
A car, driven by Ida Fay Caudle,
Route 2, Ronda, turned over on
itl top Saturday when the driver
attempted to overtake a car trav
eling in the same direction, real
ized she could not get around it
in time, so she applied her brakes,
cutting to the right at the sam?
time, and hit the right shoulder
and going into a ditch before turn
ing over.
The accidnet occurred near
Winkler's Grocery on U. S. 421,
at Rutherwood. Damage to the
Caudle car was estimated by f*a
trolman Baker at approximately
$490.00.
By RALPH TUGMAN
Democrat Staff Writer
Change and rapid growth in the
metropolitan area of the large cit
ies is more or less taken for grant
ed. No large city, however, would
be prepared to accept without
much ado, a growth proportionate
to the one Boone is undergoing
along its main street this week.
A significant change, and one
that may well change the buying
habits of manv Boone shoppers, is
the opening of a new self-service
ten cent store in the one hundred
block of King Street. Opening
today, Thursday, under the name
of McClung's 5c to $1.00 Store, the
new store will feature a wide se
lection of low priced merchandise.
The owner, M. L. McClung, comes
to Boone from Dade City, Fla.,
where he has been operating sim
ilar stores since leaving the Wool
worth chain several years ago. Mr.
McClung hopes to make Boone
his summer headquarters.
The new Boone store is under
the managership of Harvey Wil
liams, formerly of Statesville. Mr.
Williams, his wife and their 19
year-old son and 13-year-old daugh
ter will make their borne in Boone.
The new establishment has al
ready had an effect on local econ
omy, since a complete renovation
of the building it occupies was
accomplished through local con
tractors, and the operation of the
store now will provide full time
employment for a number of local
people.
Another significant development
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Wataugans Give Solid OK
To State Bonds Tuesday
Light Vote
Runs Heavily
For Proposals
Watauga countians turned out
in relatively icant number* Tues
day to vote overwhelmingly for the
$34,000,000 State bond proposal.
With 12 out of 10 precincts re
porting asathe Democrat closed its
forms late Tuesday the results
were for proposition No. 1, 1001;
against 49, this being the portion
of the package in which most
Wataugans were especially interest
ed, due to its effect on the long
range building program at Appala
chian State Teachers College.
Thje proposition which Wata
ugans cared the least for was num
ber 9, which provides for restora
tion of certain historical sites. The
vote for it was '877, against 141.
No. 2, designed to aid mental
institutions, received 1009 favor
able votes to 44 against.
No. 2, which will aid Community
Colleges: For 979, against 61.
No. 4, Hospital construction:
For 980, against 98.
No. 9, For Armory Commission:
For 917, against 93.
No. 6, For State Training School:
For 980, against 44.
No. 7, For Blind Rehabilitation
Center: For 994, against 46.
No. 8, For State Ports Authority:
For 894, against 116.
Following are the results of the
election from the twelve town
ships, on the State Educational
Institutions Capital Improvement
Bonds. Other issues received
slightly fewer votea:
Boone: For 492, against 7.
Brushy Fork: For 99, against 3.
Blowing Rock: For 49, against
10.
Bald Mountain: For 10, against 1.
Blue Ridge: For 17, against 7.
Cove Creek: For 96, against 9.
Elk: For 18, against none.
Laurel Creek: For 24, against 4.
New River: For 173, against 1.
Meat Camp: For 32, against .9.
Stony Fork: For 27, against 4.
Watauga: For 46, against 2.
Still to be heard from were
Beaver Dam, Meat Camp No. 2,
North Fork and Shawneehaw.
APPRECIATION. ? Watt H. Gragg, secretary-treasurer of Watauga Savings & Loan Association, admire*
bronze plaque presented him at Lenoir dinner meeting last Monday night. ? Staff photo.
Veteran Savings And Loan Official
Is Honored At District Meeting
Father Mrs. Williams
Dies In Train Crash
Edmund R. Lingerfelt, 63, resi
dent of Riceville, Tenn., and fath
er of Mrs. Cratia Williams of
Boone, was killed Friday at 1:50
p. m. in Riceville when his car
was hit by Southern Railway pas
senger train n<J. 42.
He was pronounced dead on ar
rival at an Athens hospital from
head and internal injuries.
Makes Debut
On Television
Miss Ann Buxton, daughter of
Mrs. Carrie Buxton of Blowing
Rock, will make her television de
but as a singer on Friday, October
30.
She will appear at 9:00 p. m. on
Channel 10 in Columbia, S. C.
Civil Court T erm
To Convene On 9th
A two week civil term of Wata
uga Superior court will convene
in Boone Monday November 9,
with Hon. J. Frank Huskins of
Buraaville being the presiding
Judge.
Following are the names of
those who have 'been summoned
for jury duty during the session:
Bald Mt.: John Ragan.
Beaver Dam: Dixon Farthing,
Joe Wilson, Howard Harmon.
Blowing Rock: Richard E.
Gragg, Rudolph Greene, Cecil
Rhodes, Buddy Hartley.
Blue Ridge: Stokes Miller, M. O.
Coffey.
Boone: James P. Marsh, Ed J.
Culler, C: H. Blackburn, Jr.
Brushy Fork: John * Dugger,
Grady Minton, James D. Henson.
Cove Creek: Audie Presnell,
Max Hagaman, Ernest J. Henson.
Elk: Judson Hodges.
Laurel Creek: Dave P. Mast,
Loyd Isaacs, Conley Harmon.
Meat Camp; Bynum Proffitt,
Paul Moretz, Henry Winebarger.
North Fork: Jack Wallace.
New River: Collis Austin,
Romey Harrison, Clifford Ed mis
ten.
Stony Fork: Glenn Welch, Wade
Tugman, Lane Idol. ?
Watauga: Mont Teague, Clar
ence Newton, C. M. Shore, Jr.,
Ernest White.
WINNERS.? Tbe Business Club of ASTC won th? college float award with it* de
piction of the old method of teaching and the new commercial teaching of today
(left picture). Tbe display of Tri Beta Club won tlx campus display award with
iU "baking" of ttfe Esgle pie1 project (right). The displays on campus attracted
considerable attention. Trophies were presented to representatives of the winning
organizations at half-time of the ball bum.? (Float picture by Flowers Photo Shop.)
The accident occurred at a
grade crossing. The car wai de
molished by the train vi(hich was
said to have been traveling about
sixty miles per hour.
Mr. Lingerfelt was director of
the Athens Urban renewal Hous
ing Authority, secretary ?nd trea
surer of the Riceville Develop
ment Corporation. He was a deacon
and teacher in the Riceville Bapt
ist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include the widow,
four daughters and a son: Mrs.
Normal Modell, Melbourne, Fla>;
Mrs. CraUs Williams, Boone; Mrs,
David Benson, Knoxville; Mrs. Joe
Rickenback, Sedalia, Mo.; John
Lingerfelt, Pittsburgh, "a
Alexander To
Congressman Hugh Alexander
announced from his office today
that during the adjournment of
Congress when he is not visiting
throughout the Ninth District he
will be in his office at 315 Profes
sional Building, Kannapolis. He
stated that he will keep his office
at 1406 House Office Building,
Washington, D. C., open during
the entire adjournment of Con
gress.
Mr. Alerander stated that he
will be at the Courthouse . at
Boone, Watauga County, on Mon
day, November 2 from 10:00 a. m.
to 12:00 o'clock noon.
"I will be delighted to see all
persons who care to meet me at
the Watauga County Courthouse,
Boone, at the above appointed
time, especially any constituents
who may have problems dealing
with the Federal Government
about which I can be helpful,"
Congressman Alexander said.
Watt H. Gragg, for 37 years sec
retary treaiurer of Watauga Sav
ing & Loan Association, was pre
sented a bronze plaque last Mon
day night, October 19, at a meet
ing in Lenoir, attesting to his ser
vic# as a former president of the
North Carolina Savings It Loan
League.
Tht plaque, mounted in a wal
nut frame, was presented to Mr.
Gragg during the 4th district an
nual dinner meeting by the pre
sent president of the North Caro
lina league, J. Bart Hall of Bel
mont. Words inscribed on the
plaque read: "A testimonial of
sincere appreciation of the splen
did leadership and the time so
generously given by W. H. Gragg,
president 1955-1986. Presented by
North Carolina Savings t Loan
League."
Included among the 250 per
sons attending the meeting were
nine persons connected with the
Watauga Association. They were
Mr. Gragg, Dr. and Mrs. William
Matheson, Mr. and Mrs. H. Grady
Farthing. Mrs. R. H. Hardin, Miss
Shirley Williams, Mrs. Edie An
drews, and Mrs. Ann Coffey
Brown. Dr. Matheson is a direc
tor, Mr. Farthing president of the
local association, Mrs. Hardin, the
widow of a former president, and
Miss Williams, Mrs. Andrews, and
Mrs. Coffey, tellers in the Boone
offices.
The North Carolina league is
composed of four districts. All
Savings It Loan Associations in
the state are members, of which
there are 180. Mr. Gragg and the
Watauga Association have been
connected with the league for 35
years.
The league coordinates the ef
forts of the associations through
out the state, and aids in the ex
change of ideas. It publishes a
quarterly bulletin for its mem
bers, and each year a Junior Con
ference, for the training of sav
ings and loan employees is con
ducted.
The dinner and presentation
was held at the Lenoir Country
Club.
Bloodmobile To Visit ?
City ^it 11:00 Today
The Red Crou bluodmobile will
be at the Methodist Church in
Boone today (Thursday) from 11
a. m. to 0 p. m. .
All thoce willing to donate
blood are atked to be present at
some time between these hours.
It is stated that the need lor
blood continues urgent. In order
that the blood needs of the people
in this area may be met and that
adequate preparation may be made
for disaster und possible military
requirements.
It would bear repeating that all
donors residing in a given Juris
diction donating a pint of blood
through Rod Crou facilities, will
bo issued ? credit card entitling
the donor and his Immediate
family to receive blood through
any participating hospital for a
period of fix months.
It i* alio pointed out that there
is no charge for Red Cross blood,
but the hospital may charge th?
patient receiving the blood a fee
to cover the cost of laboratory and
technical services, expendable
supplies and blood delivery.
Any person 21-40, in good
health who weighs 110 pounds or
more may give blood. Those 18
20 may give with parental consent
Blood may be given no more than
five times a year, is completely
painless, and a healthy body is
able to quickly replace the pint
dm gives.