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FOR BEST RESULTS advertiaer* invariably use the eolumni of the Democrat. With ita full paid circulation, intensely covering the local (hopping area, It i* the beat advertiaing medium available. VOLUME LXXUI. ? NO. S An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Third Year of Continuous Publication PRICE: FIVE CENTS BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, I960 i.va.V ?hjF' July 28 V4 84 67 July 28 74 81 #8 tr. July 30 77 :W S July M 80 77 88 Aug. 1 82 56 72 Total rainfall ? tM inohea. SIXTEEN PAGE8? TWO SE NEWEST SCHOOL.? Watauga Consolidated School,' just completed and-veady for use this winter, is Watauga County School System's latest school. Built and equipped by the county at at a cost of approximately (55,000.00, the ichool will terve both high school and elementary school students. The six-foot terrace is covered with fiber glass. ? Staff photo. NEW LINK IN MODERN EDUCATION CHAIN Watauga School Has New Building The new Watauga Consolidated School building was completed last month, and will be ready for oc cvvancy when schools open in the county on August 24, W. Guy An gell, County School Superintend ent, said this week. Started in August of 1B59, the construction was delayed some because of the steel strike and weather condi tions. The buildi^.' ?? of brick construc tion and contains 0,000 square feet. A six-foot wide terrace, running the full length of the front, cov ered with fiberglass gives the building a modem look, and is ex pected to add greatly to the pupils' comfort, especially in inclement weather. The building is located on prop erty acquired from the Councill Estate on the Mountain Road, leading off and running parallel to the Junaluska Road. Total cost of the site, building, and new furni ture amounts to $35,000.00, Mr. Angell said. Breakdown of the building, which measures 150 feet by 40 (cet, is as follows: Three modern classrooms equip ped with new furniture, cloak rooms, supply cabinet*, lavorator ies, bulletin boards, and chalk boards. Two modern rest rooms for boy. ?nd girls opening out to the cov ered terrace. One principals' office adjoining the high school classroom and a multi-purpose room. One book storage room adjoin ing the multi-purpose room.' One multi - purpose room (90'x30') designed for use as an auditorium, play area, library, and dining area. The roof has been raised to give ample space for playing various games and to aid in providing better acoustics and ventilation when used as an audi torium. One kitchen has been "roughed in" and is ready for use when funds are made available for pur . chase of neccssary equipment. Ad jlftining the kitchen is ? food stor age ltoom t'enntil heat is provided from a boiler i\pm located adjacent to the fuel sNorage room. The interior and exterior of the building featuru a variety of col ors, which ad<T to tbe attractive ness of the sct)ool Grounds ha \fc been landscaped and shrubbery and grass planted. An outside walkway has been con structed for (convenience of stu dents walking to school as well as to the playground area. Tbe road leading > to the school has been paved fear easy access. Walter E. lpenderson is princi pal and a leather of the school, which has am enrollment of AO pupils. Mrs. ^(arjorie B. Lowery and Mrs. Marftie Bohannon teach the elementary grades. Leroy Kirkpatricic is custodian (continue^ on pafli two) ?Photo by George Flower?, Flower? Photo Shop Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harvey Mills, o( Welcome, died in this car Tuesday morning. 2 Die In Crash Watauga county suffered its first fatal wreck Tuesday In more than a year. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Har vey Mills, of Welcome, fost their lives when their new car was in volved in a head-on collision just two-tenths of a mile this side of the Wilkes county line. They were hit by a dump truck driven by Claude Honeycutt, 27, of Johnson City, Tenn., about 11:18 a. m., as they were coming toward Boone. Honeycutt is in a Wilkes county hospital, "very seriously injured." He was still unconscious Tuesday afternoon with a skull injury. Patrolman W. B. Teem, who is investigating the accident, said Honeycutt, who was traveling east on U. S. 421, apparently lost con trol of the loaded gravel truck for some reason, and ran into the Gavin-Eggers Night Set B011ERT GAVIN S. C. EGGERS Robert Gavin, Republican can didate for Governor ol North Carolina and S. C. Eggrrs of boone. Republican candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, will be hon ored at Horn in the West Saturday night, according to word from Mr. H. W. Wilcox, who state* that it will be Gavia asd Eggen night at the outdoor theatre. The two political leaders will be recognized during the course of the drama. Mr. Wilcox say* that Mr. Gavin will be in Boone at Ave o'clock and will meet with some ?f his friends prior' to the opening of the Horn. i"T*J . - -? 'xj'Ws a -o. ?? srvsEJl i.i wv, d /.? Mills car. Swerve mark* on the road showed he was traveling too fast for the sharp curve, and the truck was on the wrong side of the road when the vehicles col lided. The truck traveled 250 feet after the collision and went down an embankment. It stopped on its top, minus its rear wheels and springs. Honeycutt was thrown clear of the vehicle as it went down the bank. Mr. and Mrs. Mills were thought to have died almost instantly, as they were dead when help arrived. Honeycutt was carried to the hos pital in Wilkes county by ambu lance. Patrolman Teem, who had not been able to talk to Honeycutt Tuesday afternoon, said no charges have been filed, and that the in vestigation is continuing. Both the car and the truck were demolished. The car, a 1960 Ply mouth, had only a little over 7,000 miles showing on the speedometer. The last fatal car accident in Watauga waa on Saturday, July 11, I9J9, when David G. Greene, Jr., was killed in a one-car acci dent on the Blowing Rock highway. HOUSING FOR AGED The Federal Housing Adminis tration has ordered a fast start on the new Federal program of direct loans for 1. .rasing for the aged. The program was signed into law by President Eisenhower in July. Elaborate or extravagent pro jects are barred, but some are expected to cost two or three mil lion dollars each. Belgium preparing report on Congo violence, ON SHOOTING RAMP AG Wife, Daughter Are Targets In Mad Melee Dock Main, well-known res ident of Meat Camp township, thought to have been motivat ed by jealousy, went on a shooting rampage Sunday morning, killing a daughter, a neighbor, wounding his wife and another daughter, and then ending his own life. The dead: Dock Main, 50; a daughter, Mrs. Iona Potter, 24, of Elkton, Md.; and E. A. Ellison, 57, of Meat Camp. Main's wife, Mrs. Vennie Main, 44, was critically wounded but the other daughter, Mrs. Wanda Jackson, with a bullet wound through her jaw, is reported as being in an improved condition. Mrs. Main, shot twice in the mouth, is in critical condition at Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem. Sheriff E. M. Hodges and Coroner Richard E. Kelley said that Mr. and Mrs. Main had been separated far about two months, and that Mrs. Main had been living with her daughter in Mary land. They had returned to Wa tauga county a few day* ago whet Mrs. Jackson's husband, Kermit, a prison guard, was ac cidentally killed with his own pistol. Main, a farmer, it is said, did not want his wife to return to Maryland, but Mrs. Main had made plans to go Sunday morning. According to Sheriff Hodges' version of the tragedy, Mrs. Main, Mrs. Potter, and Mrs. Jackson were seated in a car in front of th* home of Loyd Snyder in the Tamarack section at 7:St a. m., preparatory to leaving for Mary, land. Main, he said, apparently walked up to the car and emp tied his M calibre pistol at the three women. Main then drove five miles to Ellison's home, the Sheriff said, and fired six shots at Ellison who stood at the kitchen sink, shaving. Three ahots took effect. Main drove four more miles to his home and shot himself in the head. He died five and a half hours later at Watauga Hospital. Coroner Kelley ruled the tra gedy murder and suicide. Tlie fuifc tl for Mr. Ellison was conducted at 11 a. m. Tuesday at the Church of Christ at Tamarack by John Thurmond and Ernest Shoaf. Burial was in the Main Cemetery at Tamarack. A double funeral for Dock Main and his daughter, Mrs. Potter, was conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday a; the Church of Christ at Tamarack by Mr. Thurmond and Mr. Shoaf. (continued on page two) Taking the high hurdlea provides excitement at Blowing Rock Horae Show, where many of these spirited jumping horses will be entered. The show starts Thursday afternoon and runs for four days. B. Rock Horse Show Program To Be Featured On Television Watauga DaysTo Be Held August 18-19 "Watauga Day" will be held on August 18 and 19, according to Cene Aindt, general chairman. This years version of "Progress Days" will feature several new ex hibit categories, aa well as the ones held in previous events, Mr Arndt said. For the first time, a display and demonstration of crafts, a bike rodeo, tractor rodeo, a flower show, and a talent show will be featured. The regular commercial and edu cational exhibits will be given new emphasis, if the plans of the gen eral committee are carried out. A special feature of the event will be the twice-daily drawing for door prizes. The sponsors an nounced four drawings will be held during the "Days," and prizes amounting to more than a hundred dollars total will be given away. The tentative schedule of events and chairmans of each event are: Thursday, August 18: 12:00 noon ? All exhibits In place. 1:00 p. m. ? Official opening ? Mr. Arndt, Alfred Adams. 1:19? Pet Show? Mary Anne Tate. 2:45? Drawing for door prize. 4:00 ? Tractor Rodeo, Howard Edmigten. 7:00? Talent Show, W. C. Rich ardson. 8:00? Drawing for door prize. Friday: 10:00 a. m? Exhibit hall opens end bike rodeo will be held. Op timist Club, David Spainhour. 1:00 p. m. ? Flower Show, Mre R. H. Harmon, chairman Rural De velopment Homemaking Commit tee. 2:00? Talent show, Mr. Richard con. 2:48 ? Drawing for door prize. 3:00? Crafters at work, Jean Childers. 7:00? Talent show, Mr. Richard son. 8:00? Drawing for final door prize. " 'Watauga Day' will be open to the public and you are urged to (continued on page two) - TjpE " ??photo by Q^of|t ftowtrii Jfkwcn Plioto Shop DEATH C4JL-D.JW CUn?d *??? y*"" J^liT S^d2 isioj ss sr 1 ? s ssrsw - *? For the first time in the history of the Bloying Rock Horse Show, television coverage of the event will be provided. WBTV, Charlotte, wiU telecast portion* of the show Thursday and Friday and WSOC TV, Charlotte, will carry it Saturday. It is also announced that radio station WATA, Boone, will broadcast di rect from the ring Thursday and Friday from 10 to IX a. m. As final arrangements are being made for the opening of the show today, it is announced that there are already more than two hund red entries, and the earlier predic tion that it will be the biggest show in history, seems well oa the way to being justifed. Seven performances will be given at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p. m. Sunday. Judges for the show will be the Hon. Harry B. Thornton, of Lex ington, Ky., for saddle horses, walking horses, and equitation, and the Hon. Eddie Bywater, of Middleburg, Va., for equitation, hunters, and jumpers. Red Overton will be ringmaster this year, and will be assisted by Billy and Lloyd Tate, Jr. Besides bringing the large num ber of exhibitors and horses to the area, the social events connected with the show are given top bill ing at Blowing Rock. The Exhibitors' Party and Buf fet Supper will be held Friday night, August 5, at 7:30, in the Country Club. Tnia include* the cocktails, supper, and dancing. The fabulous Horse Show Break fast will be held at the Mayview Manor Saturday from 12 noon to 2 p. m. The grand Horse Show BaU will be Saturday night, beginning at 9:30 o'clock, at Mayview Manor. Another social event thii year for the benefit of the exhibitor* will be a square dance at Amer ican Legion Hall in Blowing Rock at 8 o'clock Thursday evening. J. Loui* Lundcan ia president of the ihow for the third consecutive year. Mr*. L. M. Tate i* general manager, and Mary Anne Tat* Greene assistant manager. Read Wilson of Aabeville wiU be master of ceremonies. 'H *-'W MANSFIELD PLAN Senator Mike Mansfield, crat of that President
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