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FOR BEST RESULTS advertiser* invariably use the columni of the Democrat. With iu full paid circulation, intensely covering the local (hopping area, it ia the beet advertising medium available. VOLUME LXXII ? NO. 37 PAGES? TWO SECTIONS R PRICE: FIVE CENTS BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA, THURSDA v 'v m y-i An Independent Weekly Newt paper . . . Seventy-Second Kins Street, looking east as it appeared Saturday morning. The wind w as swi.ling the snow and the temperature was just a little above zeio. Parkway Is Given $ 3 , 595, 000 Kenneth Perry Named Assistant Farm Agent Takes Fire Dept. Heater Robert (Coot) Haigler, Boone negro, has been arrested and charged with taking a space heater from the Boone Fire Department Saturday night, according to Police Officer Carl Greene. According to Mr. Greene, the heater was taken from the depart ment at Town Hall sometime be tween the hours of 2 and 8 a.m., and was found in Haigler's home. Policeman Greene said Haigler admitted taking the stove. It was removed from the building through the front door which apparently had not been completely cloaed. When the robbery was discovered the door, which raise* from the bottom, was up about four feet. One leg of the stove was broken when found in Haigler's home. Hearing for Haigler has been set for Saturday morning before the Mayor. Kenneth Perry, ? native of Boone, went to work officially March 1 as the new assistant Bun combe County agricultural agent. Assistant agent in Hacon Coun ty at the time of his transfer to Buncombe, he fills the vacancy created by the promotion of As sistant Agent Dick Smith to the post of Western District 4-H lead er. Smith's hadquarters now is Ra leigh. Perry served two snd a half years as assistant agent in Hacon. j Before that he served a year as assistant agent in Ashe County, where he was assigned after he was graduated from North Caro lina State College in 1096 with a Bachelor of Sciencc degree in ani mal husbandry. Mr. Perry is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Perry of Sherwood. He is married to the former Miss Jane Norris of Route 1, Boone. They have one daughter, Debbie, who is two years old. Six world swim records set by Australians. Boiler Test Postponed The teat of the big boiler at the New River Light and Power Co., on Appalachian College rampua. which wax to have takes place laat Monday haa Doe to the exceedingly incle ment weather the cMtrattor waa unable to get hla work complet ed for the toting. Mr. Banutrd Dougherty, Col lege Comptroller, itatei that the testa will be made ant week or the track following. RnideaU are agala forewarned that eoo ?Mtrabk aatae will he produced, aad they will kaowwhat t*> hajT penlng without farther public* notice. Washington ? The National Park Service hai budgeted $3,995,500 for work on the Blue Ridge Park way in North Carolina in the fiical year beginning next July 1. Only $202,800 of the total ap propriation requested will be aet aaide for minor roads, trails, buildings and utilities. The rest of the funds will be used for ma jor road construction along the scenic route. The over-all request is approxi mately $280,000 higher than the amount allocated to the portion of the parkway In North Carolina during the fiscal year 1960. Harold Smith, the park service's chief of programs, furnished this breakdown of fiscal-1961 projects this week. Plans Work Work on 3 1-2 miles of road .and a tunnel between Flat Laurel Gap and Wagon Road Gap, $1,011,400; work on three miles of road and four tunnels between Chestnut Cove and Beaver Dam Gap, $1, 920,000; extension of Tanbark Ridge Tunnel, $82,500; surface treatment of 12 miles of road be tween Balsam Gap and Soco Gap, $80,000; miscellaneous parkway structures (minor bridges, etc.), $318,800. The Park Service plans to spend $35,000 for an expansion of camp ing grounds, picnic areas, minor roads and trails at Julian Price Park near Blowing Rock. Also in the minor roads and trails budget is $37,500 for Crab tree Meadows south of Highway 28 near Gillespie Gap, $8,000 for erosion control and right-of-way improvements between Cumber land Knob and Blowing Rock. $14,200 for the time purpose be tween Wagon Road Gap and the entrance to the Great Smokies Na tional Park, and $26,000 for signs, access road and crossing elimina tion and guard rails in various lo cations. Area Espaastoa The amount planned tar build ing* and utilities will be used for camping grounds and picnic area expansion at Crabtree Meadows (60,100) and for boundry mark ers at various locations ($16,000). In addition, the Park Service has asked in the Department of the Interior budget for $419,907 for management and protection (continued on page five) Alexander To Run Again Representative Hugh Alexander announced Tuesday his candidacy for his fifth teim as Congressman from the ninth district. Representative Alexander ex pressed his deep appreciation to the people of the district for their support and cooperation during his tenure, and said he hoped to re ceive their continued help. Due to his experience and the seniority he has attained, Mr. Alex ander believes that he will be in a better position than ever to represent his district efficiently and well. If reelected, he says, he will continue to devote his full time and attention to the best interests of the people of the dis trict. NUMBER ONE.? C. V. Henkel, of Suteiville end Blowing Rock, hopes the new* after the May Democratic primary will read like Kin current liconae plate number, with the "1" chanced to "mm." Iredell'* State Senator poaed with hii new licence tag before heading eaat oa a cam paign jaunt in hia bid (or the Democratic nomination lor lieutenant governor. NINETEEN INCHFs Watauga Digging Mountainous Snow Fall Crews Work Round Clock To Open Roads Highways were cloied, school* let out, some businesses (ailed to open, and church services were cancelled in the (ace d( the cold est and roughest weather o( the season last week. Nineteen and one-hal( inches o( snow (ell and the temperature dipped to minus 1 as Wataugans shivered in what some described as the "worst weather" they could remember. Snow has been on the ground since February 12. On Wednesday morning more snow started (ailing and by Thursday morning 14 inches covered the more than (our inches that remained o( the previously reported 10 inches in February. The next morning another (our inches was reported, and the next two mornings about an inch and a half was recorded. Friday morning the minus 1 degrees was reported, and Sunday and Monday mornings a low o( 4 degrees was recorded. Schools closed Wednesday fol lowing lunch when it became ap parent that bus routes would soon become impassable. Many o ( the stores and business places were closed Thursday and Friday when employees could not get to work because roads were dated by the snow. Sunday only a (ew of the churches had services. Drifts aa high aa eight to ten feet kept many of the roads closed over the week end and highway maintenance crews worked around the clock in an e((ort to get the roads cleared, at least to one-way tra(fic. The main highway to Todd, one to Banner Elk, and to Matney (continued on page (ive) Schools May Reopen Today Watauga County School* are still closed Wednesday, and Thursday has been set as the tentative date for reopening. Every effort Is being made to get the bua routes cleared of snow, but at pre** Ume it can not definitely be said when the schools will return to a normal schedule of operations. Round-Up Date Changed Changes in pre-school round-up dates are announced by the Wata uga County Board of Education and the Health Department. The Cove Creek Elementary Schoo pre-school round-up was to have been held on March 10. This date has been changed to April 21, at 9:00 a. m. Parkway Schoi round-up w as not held last week and ha* been sche duled form March 28 at 0:00 a. m. Democrat Hit By Weather The Wataaga Democrat, like ?th?r public institutions, has i felt the effect* of the mow storms, in that fewer pages are printed, and lew news It avail able. At the same time, several page* of local advertising were withheld by merchants the first of the week when the anew showed m alga* of abatement. Anyway, the staff la sorry that the Democrat comes forth this week In an abridged, some what substandard form. Then are Indications that the nest Is mm will he bock to par, with an adequacy of aews and featares | aad the customary amount of The mountains overlooking Boone were covered with the biggest snow of the season this week. Mrs. Mast Rites Held MRS. A. C. MAST Mrs. A C. Mast, prominent resi dent of Sugar Grove, N. C. and Winter Beach, Fla., died suddenly at her Winter Beach home Mon day of last week. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Hen son's Chapel Methodist Church by Rev. Alvin A. Wilson, pastor, who was assisted by Rev. Ernest Blank enship of the Cove Creek Baptist Church and Rev. E. O. Gore of Willowdale Baptist Church. Inter ment was in the Mast cemetery at Sugar Grove. Nieces, nephews and friends were pallbearers and flower girls. A daughter of the late Judge and Mrs. John U. Bingham, Mrs. Mast *ii born and reared In Wa tauga county, and waa ? member of Henson's Chapel Church. Surviving are the huaband, Mr. A. C. Mast of Sugar Grove; four 'daughters, Mrs. Ray Farthing, Sugar Grove; Mrs. Hugh Reese, Mrs. Jay Edmisten, Mrs. Tommy Greer, Kingsport, Tenn., and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. E. B. Mast of Boone. There are fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Sisters surviving are Mrs. Jack Mast, Mrs. Nora Fcese, Mrs. Dick Farthing all of Sugar Grove; and Miss Ophelia Bingham of Sugar Grove and Vero Beach, Fla. Bro thers are Joe, Finley and Bob Bingham of Sugar Grove. Single Fire Alarm Noted The Boone' Volunteer Fire De partment answered a call Saturday morning to a fire in the bouse occupied by Mrs. H. H. Holt. The fire apparently originated from a fireplace, and damage waa con fined to ? wall between two rooms. Little Symphony To Arrive Here Monday The North Carolina Little Sym phony arrive* in Boone on Mon day, March 14 with greater atten Wilkes Dam Is Approved North WUkeiboro ? Wilkes county resident* voted an over whelming majority of 40 to 1 Tuesday approving issuance of <600,000 in bonds for construction of the Yadkin River dam. Unofficial returns from 23 of 33 precincts were 10,032 for the pro posal and only 263 against. Indicating the trend of voting was North Wllkesboro No. 1 pre cinct, largest in the county. Voters gave their approval by a count of 1,000 to 3. The Wilkea county participa tion ia to be matched by the Win ston-Salem isaue of 1600,000 as the local share of a flood control dam to be constructed on the Yadkin River four miles from here at a cost exceeding eight million dol lar*. Federal funds will be used for land acquiaition and construction ?r the dam. tton than ever before centered on Its annual visit. This year the Little Symphony will give its first public school matinee, to be attended in the af ternoon by 2800 Watauga school pupils from the fourth grade up through high school. This "first" for Watauga i* made possible through an item in the United Fund budget for thia year. Pre parations for the school children's participation in the concert have been going on for several months under Mrs. Mae Edmisten, county supervisor. ' The public programs committee of ASTC will sponsor the usual evening concert at the college auditorium. General admission will again be sold if seats remain after college students and season ticket holders are seated. A special feature of the evening concert will be the appearance of. the ASTC College Choir in several numbers under the direction of Mrs. Virginia Linney of the col lege music department Composers whose works will be included in the evening perform ance include Mozart, Cherubini, Saint-Saens, Liszt, and Lehar. The numbers by the choir will consist of four selections from Mendels sohn's "Elijah." ... .. ... v. .... ...? - V Jim Kinney, Mountaineer star, digs Iris car oat of ?nnr.
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