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VOLUME LXXUI. ? NO. S
An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Third Year of Continuous Publication
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, I960
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July 30 77 :W S
July M 80 77 88
Aug. 1 82 56 72
Total rainfall ? tM inohea.
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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
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?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.
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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.
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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
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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