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VOLUME LXXII. ? NO. 52
Independent Weekly Neumpaper . . . Seventy-Second Year of Continuous Publication
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROUNA THURSDAY, JUNE SO, 1M0
EIGHTEEN PAGES? THREE SECTIONS
CROWDS OF PLAYERS ARE BEING DRAWN TO BOONE S NEW GOLF COURSE
GYMKHANA, STREET DANCING
Blowing Rock To Observe Fourth
T. E. HAIGLER
Land Bank
Meet Set
The annual meeting of stock
holders of the Federal Land Bank
Association of Boone will be held
Saturday, July 9, at the Courthouse
in Boone. The meeting starts at
10:30 a. m., and stockholders, their
families and friends are expected
to atend.
John H. Hollar, manager of the
association, explained that the
association is a cooperative farm
credit organization affiliated with
the Federal Land Bank of Co
lumbia and is fully farmer-owned.
Its purpose, he said, is to serve
farmers in this area, and attend
ance to the meeting and participa
tion by the stockholders are es
sential to the success of the group.
T. E. Haigler, regional manager
for the Federal Land Bank of Co
lumbia in North Carolina, will be
back again this year to conduct
a quiz program and give away
prizes. A number of prizes have
been secured by the officers of the
loan group, with the grand prize
being a portable television set.
Rufus R. Clarke, president of
the Federal Land Bank of Colum
bia, will again be the main speak
er, and S. C. Eggers, president of
the Boone association, said he ex
pects Mr. Clarke will have some
interesting things to tell the mem
bers.
Other prixes include 100 silver
dollars, a $25 cash certificate, a
ton of fertilizer, electric clock,
electric skillett, insecticide spray,
99.00 cash, paint, recap tire, rtar
view mirrors, electric iron, 10 gal
lons gas, a set of Jumper cables,
automatic lawn light, $10.00 paint
certificate, subscriptions to the Wa
tauga Democrat, $5.00 cash cer
tificate, and a thermos jug.
In addition to these prizes ten
dollars in cash will be given to the
person who brings the largest num
ber of people -to the meeting. Mr.
Hollar said be expects near a
thousand to attend.
President pledges ? rtud y of
nii^n bid. i
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William L. Winkler,
Former Solon, Dies
William L. Winkler, 83, of 110
Crest Drive, Lenoir, former Wa
tauga County Representative in
the Legislature and veteran school
teacMr, llIM 'Ml' Thursday at a
hospital in that city, following a
lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held at
the Boone Methodist Church Sat
urday at 2 o'clock. Officiating
were Dr. J. D. Rankin, Rev. Her
man Duncan, Rev. Preston Hugh
es, Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr., Rev. E.
F. Troutman and Dr. J. G. Barden.
Burial was in Piney cemetery in
the Poplar Grove section.
A retired principal of schools,
Mr. Winkler was born near Boone
on July 9, 1870, a son of the late
Noah Winkler and Mrs. Eliza Hod
ges Winkler. He attended Watau
ga County elementary schools, Ap
palachian State Teachers College
and North Carolina State College.
He was a former principal of ele
mentary and high schools and a
teacher at Appalachian State
Teachers College. He was a mem
ber of the A C. A., and secretary
and treasurer of the Watauga
County Road Commission from
1920 td 1928. He was representa
tive to the State Legislature from
Watauga County in 19S3.
Mr. Winkler was a member of
the First Methodist Church of Le
noir and had been a Sunday School
teacher for several years.
He moved from Boone to Lenoir
four years ago.
Surviving are his wife, Mr*. Ida
WILLIAM L. WINKLER
Wins tend Winkler; an adopted
daughter, Mrs. J. 0. Bell of Char
lotte; three grandchildren; three
sisters, Mrs. Nettie Wiakler and
Mrs. Z. T. Greene of Granite j
Falls, and Mrs. Lige Reid of Blow- j 1
ing Rock; and a brother, George , '
Winkler of Granite Falls.
To celebrate and observe In
dependence Day, the town of
Blowing Hock will hold it*- 13th
annual celebration, beginning on
Saturday, July 2. This is sponsor
ed by the Rotary Club with the
cooperation of the business estab
lishments of Blowing Rock.
For the thousands of people
visiting this area during this
holiday week end, several acti
TUle* y* planned, Beginning
the f activities at lt:M a. m. will
be the Uttle League ball game
at the horse show grounds.
Blowing Rock Rockets will be
playing Blowing Rock Thunder
heads.
Beginning promptly at 2:00 p.
m. will be a pet show at the horse
show grounds. The pet show will
be divided into classes and several
ribbons will be awarded.
Immediately following the pet
show will be the gymkhana which
will consist of several classes.
There will be equitation classes,
jumping classes, sack races, wat
er races, barrel races and many
other amusing novelty events.
At 7:00 p. m. there will be a
street dance in the center nf
town. The American Legion of
Blowing Rock will secure a band
to provide the music for this oc
casion. , J
Sunday evening, July 3, at 7:00
p. m., the Blowing Rock High
School Band and Glee Club will
present a concert in the town
park. In the event of rain, the con
cert will be given at the school
auditorium. This is under the di
rection of Mr. Tom Poplin.
Plans are now being formulated
[or tournaments in tennis, shuffle
board, and horseshoe on Monday,
July 4, at the town park.
At ?:15 J. m., July 4, there
will be a color aad sound film,
"Sebrlag Sports Car Racing,"
shown at the Town Park. In the
event of rain, tbe film will be
ahown at the school auditorium.
All activities of this week end
:elebration will be free of charge.
Lamb Pool Is
Set At Ingalls
A Lamb Pool will be held at
Prank Phillips Farm, Ingalls,
(Avery County), on Saturday,
luly 9, from 7:00 until 10:00 a. m.
Please notify your county agent
>y noon Wednesday, July 0, as to
:he number of lamb* you plan to
Jke to this pool, so that truck*
:an be ordered to haul tbe lamb*
iway.
23,414 Pounds
Wool Is Sold
The Watauga County Wool Fool
>old 23,414 pound* of wool to
ticbola and Company, Bo*toa,
Massachusetts, for 113,37922. Ap
>roximately 25S farmers sold wool
n this pool and excluding tag*.
?714% graded clear medium wool.
U. 8. impose* ceilings oa aid
nr
CARRIES STATE
Local Citizens
Rally To Cause
State Winner
Terry Sanford came through
again in Watauga county, ad
ministering an overwhelming
defeat to Dr. I. Beverly Lake
in Saturday's runoff primary
for the Democratic nomination
for Governor.
Unofficial returns indicate
that Sanford tallied some 1,7(55
votes as against 255 for Dr.
Lake.
Of interest is the fact that
Sanford's vote was 148 great
er than in the first primary
and Dr. Lake gained 139.
In the State unofficial re
turns indicate that Sanford,
who campaigned on a progres
sive platform advocating pri
marily a better school system,
was leading by near 80,000
votes, in the neighborhood of
his first primary plurality.
Unofficial returns, by pre
cincts in Watauga county in
dicate the following results:
Sanford Lake
Cove Creek 210 10
Bruihy Fork 168 7
Sha wneeturw '?
Watauga 80 - 8
Stony Fork 66 19
Elk _... 7 0
Beaver Dam 191 12
Blowing Rock 82 47
Meat Camp 96 6
Boone 466 48
Blue Ridge 22 2
Bald Mountain 32 4
Laurel Creek - 79 10
New River 239 82
North Fork ..._ 7 0
Meat Camp No. 2 . .. 11 0
Eggers Gets
G.O.P. Nod
S. C. EGGERS
Mr. S. C. Eggers, former Wata
uga County Representative in the
State Legislature, and Boone
realtor, has been named aa
the Republican candidate tor
Lieutenant Governor by the State
Republican Executive Committee.
The Committee acted last Fri
day to place Mr. Eggers on the
State ballot, after David Bailey,
who had won over Mr. Eggers in
the May primary, had withdrawn.
HOKN PRACTICE.? Actors in Boone's outdoor drama make the play truly an outdoor production by
practicing in the Daniel Boone Park. Groups of ac tori were Mattered about the park going through their
lines before the first dress rehearsal this week. Maurice Stirewalt, stage manager and the villian Col.
McKenzie, instructs players on how to "polish" their roles, while other actor* in the scene watch.
Left to right they are, Stirewalt; Kim Bourne (Martha Stuart); Charles Hales (Jack Stuart); Eleanor
Brodie (Widow Howard); Bill Farthing, seated (Sam Phillips); Jerry Madden, standing (Governor
Tryon); and EvVid Culler (Toby Miller).
Hornln The W est Opens Friday;
To Stage Special Show For 4th
King's X Community Center Is
Given Non-Profit State Charter
Stores To
Close 4th
Most of the stores and all of the
public offices are expected to be
closed for July fourth.
While the Chamber of Com
merce it recommending that all
business bouses close, a complete
list of those which will observe
Independence Day waa not avail
able.
In addition to most stores the
county offices will be closed, as
well as the District Health Depart
ment. City offices will not be open
Monday.
The postoffice and bank will be
closed also.
Aside from the celebration at
Blowing Rock, nothing has been
planned for this area in the mat
ter of a public observance of the
day. Record crowds are expected
to visit the mountains over the
long holiday week ends and faci
lities are expected to be taxed to
meet the demands of the visitors.
MILK RECORD SET
Milk production per cow in
198# exceeded all previoua records
with an annual average of 0,438
pounds. g|
The Agriculture Department re
ports that production per cow
shows the most significant gains
last year in the West North Cen
tral and South Atlantic regions.
Appalachian College Is Given
Grant By Atomic Commission
A Si, 875 federal grant to Ap
palachian State Teachcra College
was announced this month by the
Atomic Energy Commission.
The grant, one of 38 totaling
$878,899, Is part of the commis
sion's program of assistance in
equipping college and university
laboratories lor training in nuclear
4
Dr. W. 0. Sink, head of Appa
lachian's chemistry department,
who applied for the (rant early
last fall, has ordered radioactive
demonstration equipment. It is due
at the college Mxt week.
The equipment will be used by
students in the college's various
science departments lor experi
Coatlnaed on page tour, Section C
King I X, the community center
developing at Rominger on Beech
Mountain, ha> recently been incor
porated. The Chapter (non-profit)
was drawn up without fee by J.
Charles Morris, a young lawyer in
Charlotte, and has been duly re-<
corded in Raleigh and Boone.
the King's X Board of Advisors
includes: Alfred Adams, W. C.
Richardson, Dave Mast, and Glenn
Andrews of Boone; Blaine Ward,
Vance Presnell, Sam Ward, and
Jack Guy of the Beech Mountain
area; and Beulah Campbell of
ASTC.
The purposes of King's X, as
stated in the Chapter are: (1) to
help people through counsel and
crafts to improve their economic
and living conditions, (2) to assist
and advise generally on matters
concerning health, (3) to help to
ward a community recreational
program for all ages, (4) to sup
port religious activities of the
community, (8) to develop general
ly a better understanding of the
problems of the area, (6) to co
operate with all public, private and
religious agencies and with pro
fessional groups in the further
ance of these ends, (7) to solicit
and receive funda and to do all
other things necessary or conven
ient for the accomplishment of the
above purposes.
The two agcncies that relate
most nearly to the reasons for the
building up of King's X are The
Council of The Southern Moun
tains and the Southern Highland
Handicraft Guild, both of irtiich
have been operative in this area
for some years before King's X
land was bought.
Accomplishments at King's X
thus far ore: (1) the distribution
of clothing sent by Mr. Chase's
family and friends ? including
packages sent from a community
center in Denver, Coloraro, and
from several friends in Florida,
(2) the distribution of vitamins
sent by The Council of The South
ern Mountains, (3) the lending of
books, and (4) recreational activi
tie?- W\
Drownings account for about
one-fourth of the accidental daatha
la North Carolina.
? .
"Horn in the Wert," outdoor
drama, opens it* ninth season to
morrow night, in the Daniel Boone
Theatre at 8:15 o'clock. Billed this
year as ? "new show," the pro
duction will be presented nightly
through August 28, except on Mon
day night.
Because the Fourth of July
(alls on Monday next week, aa
exception has btci nude and the
drama will be presented on the
Fourth la a special performance,
accordiag to H. W. Wilcox, exec
utive vice-president of Southern
Appalachian Historical Associa
tion, Inc., sponsors of the Horn.
This will be the only Monday
showing for the play this season.
Opening night will honor Dr. I.
G. Greer, president of the spon
soring group. Dr. Greer, a native
of Watauga county, has been an
active supporter of the drama since
its first showing in 1951. He
expected to be here Friday for tt_
opening.
Rehearsals have been being held
three times daily for several weeks
now, and Director Bill Ross be
lieves the cast this year will be
the best yet. Several of the actors,
some of whom have been with the
drama since its first showing, are
returning. The dances, arranged
by Choreographer James Laub, are
said to be one of the highlights
of this years production.
Written, and rewritten by Ker
mit Hunter, noted outdoor play
writer, the drama is expected to 1!
"move faster" and be exceptionally
entertaining, as well aa educa
tional. Mr. Wilcox, in urging local
support of the drama, said that
those who have seen it one or more
times, may expect to enjoy the
new arrangement.
'??S
Coy Bare Dies
In Helena, Mont.
Coy G. Bare of Helena, Mont.
died Saturday, June 25th at Fort
Harrison Veterans' Hospital, Mont
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Dessie Bare, two step children,
Kenny and Maretts. bis mother,
Mrs. Lola Bare of Crvmpler, Dr.
Gale Bare of Boone, and three
other brothers snd four sisters of