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Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Second Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOBTH CAROLINA, THUR8DAY, APRIL 14, 1M0
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SIXTEEN PAGE8? TWO
SECTIONS
I BUILDING SITE ? Homer Shore operatei bulldozer in itump field I
where addition to 8hadowline plant will be built. Hubert Inman, |
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plant engineer (left), and John D. Broyhill, administrative assistant,
watch aa the stumps are pushed from the ground.
[Members Board Of Education
[File, Subject To May Primary
Dr. Charles Davant of Blowing
Rock, H. W. Mast, Jr., and Grady
Moretz, Jr., have filed their cand
idacy for members of the Watauga
County Board of Education, subject
to the action of the Democratic
voters in the primary of Hay 28.
All are incumbents.
Those desiring membership on
the board for the term beginning
April 1, 1901, must file in the pri
mary, according to an act of the
last session of the General As
sembly. Those receiving the high
est vote are to be given the ap
proval of the Legislature.
County Superintendent W. Guy
Angell, in announcing the filing
of the members of the board for
re-appointment, released the fol
lowing statement:
Some of the major accomplish
ments of the board during the past
five years:
New buildings completed: Valle
Crutis Eelementary School addi
tion; Bethel Elementary School
addition; Blowing Rock Element
ary School addition; Cove Creek
gymnasium; county school bus ga
rage; Board of Education admin
istrative building; Watauga Con
solidated School under construc
tion.
Full time school building main
tenance program organized to make
necessary repairs and renovate ex
isting buildings.
A concentrated effort has been
made to accredit all elementary
ichools in the county. Since
1996, five elementary schools
have been accredited by the State
Department of Public Instruction.
Only two schools have not been
approved and dates have been set
up for an evaluation of those
schools this spring and indications
are that all schools should meet
the minimum state requirements
by the close of the current year.
Adequate library facilities have
been provided in all schools.
In the faU of 1959, all school
buildings acquired a sanitation rat
ing of grade A.
School cafeteria programs have
been improved through the con
struction of three new cafeterias
and the renovation of all existing
buildings. Seven of the nine cafe
terias have acquired a sanitation j
(Continued on page three)
In. CHABLE8 DAVAMT
Election Board Names Judges,
Registrars For Primary Vote
Easter Cantata
At B. Rock
i
Under the direction of Mr. C.
Kermit Bolick the Blowing Rock
Baptist Church will present an
Easter Cantata "The Thorn Crown
ed King" on Easter Sunday, April
17, at 7:30 p. m.
Mrs. C. Kermit Bolick will ac
company at the Hammond Organ.
The choir members are as fol
lows: Sopranos, Mrs. Caroline
Robbins, Mrs. Virginia Hartley,
Mrs. Carol Coffey, Mrs. Elise
Koone, Mrs. Elsie Hartley, Mrs.
Irene Coffey, Miss Alice Robbins,
Miss Saundra Castle, and Mr. E. A.
Banner.
Altos: Miss Linda Jones, Mrs.
Frances Blalock, Mrs. Betty Pitts,
Mrs. Lucy Castle, and Mrs. Ellen
Hartley.
Tenor: Mr. Kermit Bolick.
Bass: Mrs. Delmas Blalock, Mr.
Roger Hartley, Mr. Marvin Hart
ley.
The public Is invited to attend
this inspiring message in song.
Coffey Seeks
House Seat
Mr. Murray Coffey of Shulls
Mills has filed his candidacy for
the House of Representatives on
the Republican ticket, subject to
the May primary, according to
word coming from Mr. Ray Luth
er, Chairman of the Watauga
County Board of Elections.
Mr. Luther states that others
filing on the Republican ticket are
Bynum Greene, of Boone, former
Commissioner, for the Board of
County Commissioners, and Ralph
Hayes of Triplett, also for the
Board.
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H. W. HAST. ML
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The Watauga County Board of
Election* met Saturday and named
the following Registrar* and
Judge* of Election to aerve in the
Hay primary.'
The firat named in each case
i* the Registrar, a Democrat; the
second the Democratic Judge and
the last the Republican Judge:
Bald Mountain Township: Glenn
Howell, John Ragan, Lesley Norris.
Beaver Dam: Claude B. Wilson,
Linn Norris, Gardner Matheson.
Blowing Rock: Daniel A. Klutz,
Rudolph C. Greene, Roy C. Holder.
Blue Ridge: Rodney C. Greene,
Marion Coffey, George Kellar.
Boone: G. E. Luther, Jewel Mast,
Lewis Wilson.
? Brushy Fork: Manly J. Williams,
Lee Anderson, Ralph Wilson.
Cove Creek; Hight Williams,
Scott Swift, Otto Thomas.
Elk: Inez Todd, Betiie Triplett,
V. C. Cox.
Laurel Creek: Gilbert Edmiiten,
Robert Hagaman, Wilburn Roming
er.
Meat Camp No. 1: Fred W.
Winebarger, Willard Norris, J. C.
Stanberry.
Meat Camp No. t: Luther Mor
etz, James McNeil, Wade Moretz.
New River: Grady Greer, J. B.
Clawson, Sr., Perry C. Greene.
North Fork: Walter South,
James W. Laing, Andrew J. Wal
lace.
Shawneehaw: Edward Chappell,
Will Rupard, Will Byrd.
Stony Fork: Edgar B. Hardin,
Billy Moretz, Glenn Ford.
Watauga: Arlie B. Hodges, D.
Frank Taylor, Stanford Coffey.
To Aid Veterans
Jack C. Winchester of the North
Carolina Veterans Commission, will
be with the County Service Offic
er, Boone, on Friday, April 22,
and each Friday following third
Thursday from 8:30 a. m. to 12:00
noon, to assist veterans and their
dependents.
Photo, by FLOWERS PHOTO SHOP
GRADY MOHKTZ, JR.
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WADE E. BROWN
Brown Runs
For Senate
Attorney Wade ?. Brown of
Boone, long prominent in public
affairs, bai filed his candidacy for
the State Senate subject to the
May Democratic primary.
Mr. Brown who has served in
both the Senate and the House, is
past Moderator of the Three Forks
Baptist Association.
In filing, Mr. Brown released
the following statement:
"After serious consideration and
discussion with some of my friends
and others interested in the wel
fare of Watauga, Ashe, and Alle
ghany Counties, as well as North
Carolina as a whole, I have decid
ed to offer as a candidate for the
North Carolina State Senate for
the 29th Senatorial District sub
ject to the result of the Democra
tic Primary in May.
"There will be many serious
problems for North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly to iace during the
1961 session and it seems import
ant that the members should be
of the best quality available. I con
sider the proper education of our
children our number one problem
and our greatest opportunity. We
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Norris Heads
Legion Post
J. Wilson Norris was selected
Commander of Watauga Post
American Legion at the meeting
held Friday night.
James T. Stanberry was named
first Vice-Commander; Cloyd Nor
ris, second .vice-commander; Lio
nel Ward, Adjutant, Finance Of
ficer and Service Officer; Troy
Norris, Membership Chairman;
Charles P. Dougherty and Clyde
Miller, Sergeants at Arms.
The following were elected de
legates to the Department Conven
tion which will be held in Ashe
vilte May 22, 23. 24: Lionel Ward,
i. Wilson Norris, F. E. Arndt,
Troy Norris and Charles P.
Dougherty. Alternates: Cloyd Nor
ris, James T. Stanberry, Walter
C. Miller. Edgar B. Hardin, Wil
liam C. Miller.
The post officers will be Install
ed at the meeting next following
the Department Convention.
Post officials express the hope
that the two hundred and ten Le
gion member* will give the or
ganization their full support dur
ing the incoming year.
JULY 1 SET AS COMPLETION DATE
Ground Broken For New
Addition Garment Plant
10,000 Feet Of
Floor Space
To Be Added
Watauga Industries, Inc., began
work of clearing ground for an
addition to Shadowline, Inc., last
week and already stumps have
been pushed from the site. Bull
dozing was done the last of the
week and the first of this and,
foundation work was expected to
be started immediately.
When finished, Shadowline will
have 10,000 square feet more floor
space, besides new offices, recep
tion room, and a receiving dock.
According to blueprints at the
plant, the main aditlon will be on
the west side of the building and
will cover a space of SO feet by
200. A receiving dock will be
located on the north side of the
present structure, and new offices
will be built.
The main addition will be joined
to the building by removal of a
temporary wall, placed there in
anticipation of such an enlarge
ment. This will will be placed on
the side of the addition, so that
even more building may be added
if growth of the plant warrants.
The present receiving and ship
ping dock will be used for ship
ping only, according to Hubert
Inman, plant engineer. This will
cause an even flow of raw ma
terials and the finished product*.
Three offices will be built, one
on the east of the present building,
and two on the southeast. The
present plant superintendent's off
ice will become a part of the gen
eral office, with removal of a par
tition.
The reception room will be of
modern design, with glassed outer
walls. It will fill a long-felt need,
as the only place for Shadowline
callers now is a small hall leading
into the main working office.
The permanent part of the addi
tion will be of brick structure, and
will blend with the present build
ing.
Completion date for the project
has been set by Watauga Industries
for July 1.
Sunrise Service
At Blowing Rock
The combined churches of Blow
ing Rock will conduct a sunrise
service at the Baptist Church East
er Sunday morning at 6:00. Spec
ial music will be presented by the
Presbyterian Choir. The public is
invited.
U. N. study supports link to can
Three In FamilyAdept At Speaking
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MRS. LEWIS HENSON
JEAN LOVE
JIMMY LOVE
An outstanding record has been
achieved in the Held of public
?peaking by three member* of one
family. All three have won the
tame public speaking contest, in
different year*, and have earned
a trip to New York and the United
Nation* headquarter*.
Tbey are Mrs. Lewis Henson
(the former Miss Ruth Love),
Jean Love, and Jimmy Love, chil
dren ?l Mr*. Coy Love and the
t.
the late Mr. Love, Baird's Creek
community. |$
Mrs. Hen ion, ? senior at Cove
Creek School, won the public
speaking contest and earned a trip
to New York. Last year, Jean
Love, a junior, equalled her sister's
record and won the save honor.
Last week, Jimmy Love, u ninth
grader, was winner of the same
contest, and will make the trip
to New York and United Nations
headquarters in May.
The three speakers attended ele
mentary school at Valle Cruets,
and upon graduating from the ele
mentary grades, became student),
at Cove Creek High Schools, where
they achieved this honor.
All three students have been on
the distinction lists at their
schoola.
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MAKING WAY FOR PROGRESS. ? One of two houses being removed from site where college's Home
Economics building and Home Management Houie will be built. Work is expected to get underway on
buildings this summer. Almost directly across Faculty Street from the Home Ec. buildings will be
built an Industrial Arts plant Work on this latter project is not oxpected to start until after the Home
Ec. boildings are begun.
Boone's Annual Clean-Up Days
Will Start First Week Of May
Boone's annual Clean-up, Paint
up campaign ia scheduled to get
under way Monday, May second
and continue until May 20th, dur
ing which period its aponsors are
anxious that the town be cleaned
up, and made attractive prior to
the opening of summer school and
the summer tourist season.
The Women's Chamber of Com
merce Committee, with the Presi
dent, Secretary and Mr. Glenn
Andrews held the initial meeting.
Mrs. Lee Reynolds was named
chairman of the committee which
includes .Mrs. Herman Wilcox, and
Mrs. Connie Houck, who will work
with the heads of all the Garden
Clubs.
The city officials will be asked
for their usual cooperation in the
matter of clearing away vacant
lot* and hauling the trash away.
The matter of painting will be
emphasized during the campaign.
It la the purpose of the campaign
to make the entrances to the city
more attractive, and shrubbery
and flowers will be planted about
the entrance signs. Vacant lots in
some cases will be planted with
flowers, and their owners will be
asked to aid in their beautiflca
tion. Seating facilities may be
provided in some cases.
More trash cans on the streets
will be stressed, and a better sys
tem of handling garbage will be
considered, the Chamber says.
Under the leadership of Mrs. J.
C. Goodnight the Woman's Com
mittee is getting its membership
campaign under way. Assisting
will be Mrs. Mae Miller, Mrs. O.
K. Richardson and otheri. This
committee, says President Wilcox,
has several worthwhile projects in
mind that will mean much to the
community, if accomplished.
Good Friday
Service Slated
You are urged to attend the
Good Friday Union Service at the
Boone Presbyterian Church from
1:00-2:00 p. m. All business houses
are requested to close and attend
this one hour of meditation.
Also Good Friday services will
be observed In the various county
schools.
Easter Sunrise Service at Dan
iel Boone Theatre at 6:00 a. m.
These services are sponsored by
the Watauga County Ministerial
Association.
Thompson
Seeks Place
On Board
Charles F. Thompson, of Vilas,
well-known firmer and Justice of
the Peace, hat filed hi* candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
County Commissioner, subject to
the action of the voters in the May
primary.
Mr. Thompson tells the Demo
crat he has served as County Sur
veyor for 20 years, as Justice of
the Peace for 43 years, and has
served as Deputy Sheriff under
three sheriffs ? L. M. Farthing, A.
Y. Howell and A. J. Edmisten.
He has served as a member of
the Elections Board and taught ll?
the public schools for fifteen
years.
Traffic Toil
Kileigb ? Hm Hour VaUdt De
partment'ft summary of traffic
deaths through 10 a. m. Mooday/ft
April U, 1980:
Killed to data: 255. IV.'.SMUlWI
SUM to data last year: S1Q. ,