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. "?? July 11 July 13 July 13 July 14 July 13 July 16 July 17 ;nf 76 77 7# 79 7? 56 36 63 SI 39 61 64 68 69 M 70 71 ToUl rainftll? 1 11 inchei .32 .07 .06 .46 .16 .02 VOLUME LXXIV.-NO. 3 WATAUGA DEMOC An Independent Weekly N?cpaper . . . S^eMyTornHh Y?r ?/ Continuou. PMkction BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY H, 1M1 IRC Earnings Reach Record For Half 1961 Philadelphia, Pa. ? International Besistance Co. had a record sales volume for the firat half of fiscal 1901, President Walter W. Slocum reported this week. For the 29- week period ended June 25, 1961, sales rose to $10, 946,738, 6 per cent above the prev ious peak of $10,334,177, set in the comparable period a year ago. Net earnings totaled $929,468, or 67 cents per common share, versus $1,045,972, or 75 cents per share in the first half . of I960, based on 1,387,596 shares outstanding June P 25, 1961, Mr. Slocum pointed out that earnings during the last 10 weeks of the period rose to the level of a year ago, despite "continued heavy research and new product development expenditures as well as extensive outlays for plant and ? process improvements." ( He reported that product devel opment programs are "progressing ' on schedule," and added that North American Electronics, Inc., in which IRC holds controlling in terest, is realizing "very gratifying increases" in both sales and earn ings. Operating results of NAE, acquired January 31, 1961, are a not included in the 25-week state : ment, he noted. | Problems Of Aging ' Topic Of Meeting ^Monday Evening To follow up the work of the /Governor's Coordinating Commit tee on "What's Being Done About Aging" and based upon the White House Conference on - the same, and to follow up also the work of a former organization in Boone, a 1 community-wide meeting of rep I resentatives from the Welfare De . partment and of the various com munity organizations and of all persons of any age who are or should be concerned about the growing responsibility for the problems, welfare, and community relationship* of the aging, will b* held on Monday evening at 8:00 in the adult classrooms of the education building of the Boone J Methodist Church. Some of the f most serious problems of the aging Swill be presented and considered as well as plans for completing a county-wide organization and de L veloping projects for committees ^ which may be chosen. ? Since the interest in this prob lem is world-wide among the more 1 civilized peoples and since every r community is having rapidly in ? creasing numbers of senior citi zens who have retired from active occupations it is hoped that many persons of all ages will feel the responsibility enough to attend this meeting and share in the plan ning. With the lengthening span of human life and with all of our j (Continued on page four) I; " Named Head Of | Reading Assn. UBERTO PRICE j Uberto Price, of Appalachian '(State Teacher* College, has ju?t been named chairman of Interna ional Reading Association Organ zation Committee in North Caro ina. His appointment was an lounced by Le Verne Strong, edu ?ation director of Random House >f New . York City and national chairman of the association. Mr. Price is director of the Read ng Center Clinic at Appalachian rhich he established in 19SS when ie first came to the college. The enter, under his supervision, 1 1 tips hundreds of students who riave specific reading disabilities. I also assists those students who Ji-ad well to further increase Um ? leading potential. TO PAGEANT. ? "Miss Watauga County," Jane Hodges, and Joe Nicholson, Boone Jaycee, as they pre pared to leave Boone for Greensboro Tuesday. Hiss Hodges will enter the Jaycee "Miss North Carolina" contest this week as result of having won the county title. Winner of the State event will go to Atlantic City for the "Miss America" contest. Mr. Nicholson is acting as Miss Hodges' manager. ? Photo Paul Weston Studio. Miss Watauga County Gets Good Luck Message From Miss N. C. A good luck message came today to Martha Jane Hodges, Watauga County's representative in the Miss North Carolina Pageant, from Ann Farrington Herring, reigning state titleist. The Winston-Salem beauty, who finished third in last year's Miss America Pageant, expressed her appreciation to the people of Wa tauga County and to the Boone Jaycees for selecting Miss Hodges as the local entry in the North Carolina pageant, again thia year the largest single state preliminary to the Miss America contest. "I wish to offer Jane my best wishes, and I hope for her all the best of luck as she competes for the title I'll be giving up," Queen Ann said. "I know everybody in Watauga County will be right behind Jane all the way, encouraging her and hoping for her every minute of the Pageant." Miss Hodges left here Tuesday, July 18, for Greensboro, where the 1961-62 state pageant was pre sented by the Guilford College Jayoees in the city's new air conditioned War Memorial Audi torium. "Becoming Miss North Carolina Is the finest thing that can happen to a girl," the retiring Miss North Carolina said, "and I'm sure every Tar Heel will be cheering *for Jane all the way if she's the winner!" D. P. Love Instantly Killed By Car; Coroner Says Accident Unavoidable 1 D. P. Love, 38. U. S. Air Force, . Mr. Venable Goes To Lincoln County *L. M. VENABLE L. M. Venable, assistant prin cipal for the past four years at Appalachian High School, has re signed effective August 4, in order to accept the principalship of the new West Lincoln High School near Lincolnton. All of the stu dents from the western part of Lincoln County will attend the new high school which is schedul ed for completion by August 1. Mr. Venable is a graduate of High Point College and the Uni versity of North Carolina. Before coming to Boone he taught and coached in Lexington. Mr. Venable was an Air Transport Officer dur ing World War II. Receipts Up At Postoffice Receipts at the Boone Poet office for the 1MI fiscal year have registered an eleven per cent increase over the fiscal year of lid, according to Mr. Ralph Besbears, Acting Postmaster. Receipts tor the year ending June 30, 1M1, were as against W3.5M.7* for the year IMt. Garbees la From Iowa Dr. E. E. Garbcc, Mrs. Garbee and Mr. H. Q. Everts of Fayette, Iowa, visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Eggers. Dr. Garbee, who left Boone in 1M6, after 13 years as head of the Physical Education Department at Appala chian College, is President of Upper Iowa University, a position he baa held since 1962. was instantly killed Thursday mid night when struck by an auto mobile driven by Jerry Henson of Hodges Gap. According to a statement made by Henson at a Coroner's inquest held Tuesday morning, Love step ped into the path of the Henson car at a point in West Boone near the Church of Christ. The coroner's verdict was that death resulted from an "unavoidable accident." Mr. Love was a son of Mrs. Chloe H. Love of Boone, and had been in the Air Force for more than six teen years. He had returned home from England on leave 44 days ago. He was a member of the Boone Methodist Church. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Boone Methodist Church by the pastor. Rev. Preston Hughes, and Rev. E. F. Troutman of the Grace Lutheran Church. Burial was in the Hine cemetery. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Edith Spellman Love, three sons and 'three daughters: John Barry, David Paul, Raymond Allen, Vir ginia Ann, Elsie June Love, all of Chester, England. His mother, Mrs. Chloe H. Love of Boone, survives, with two bro thers and two sisters: OrviUe, Stan ley Love, Miss Inez Love, Boone, and Mrs. Ned Fowler, Churchill, Va. Joel Greene Rites Held Joel Commodore Greene, 72, of Blowing Rock, died Sunday at Wa tauga Hospital. He had been a pa tient two week*. Mr. Greene wai born in Watauga c6unty to Joseph and Martha El rod Greene. He was a retired em ployee of the Blowing Rock Street Department. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rosa Teague Greene, three sons, Hardin and Bob Greene of Blowing Rock, and Alfred Greene of Boone; three daughters, Mrs. Jackie Walker of Blowing Rock, Mn. Ellen Hatton of Statesville, and Mrs. LuUier Critcher of Cleveland, Ohio; one brother, Henry Greene of Hamp ton, Tenn.; three sisters, Mrs. Fro nia Bobbins of Blowing Rock, Mrs. Mina Knight of Fayetteville, and Mrs. Ertna Coffey of Hickory; 16 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. The funeral was conducted at 2 n. m. Tuesday at the home by the Rev. Carltun Cox, the Rev. Blake Brinkerhoff, and the Rev. Rex West. Burial was In the Blowing cemetery. HOLLAND HcSWAIN Governor To Visit Lions On Thursday, July 20, Mr. Hol land McSwain, Governor, District 787, will viait Boone's Rotary Club at its regular meeting at the Gate way Restaurant. Holland HcSwain is superintend ent of public schools in Murphy, N. C. Born in Cleveland County, he was graduated from the Uni versity of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. A Rotarian since 1937, he is a former member of the Rotary Club of Yanceyville, Red Springs, and Franklin aud is a past president of the Rotary Club of Yanceyville. He is now a member and past presi dent of the Rotary Club of Mur> phy. For 1981-62, he is governor of district 707 of Rotary Interna tional. He is an Elder in the Presby terian Church and a former moder ator of Orange Presbytery. He is Past Master of Caswell Brother hood Masonic Lodge No. 11 and former District Deputy Grand Master. The new officers of the Boone Rotary Club cons is ting of Phil Vance, President; Jack Groce, Vice - President; James Marsh, acting Secretary; and Joe Mc Clung, Treasurer, will be on hand to welcome Mr. UcSwain to Boone. Visitors From Roanoke Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Ellis last week end were Mrs. Ellis' brother and family, the Len wood H. Purdues of Roanoke, Va., and their grandchildren, Baraie and Gary, U Philadelphia, Pa. .3 MILLION Finn ON scenic Parkway Travel Is Major Tourist Asset Of Area Pickard Cites Figures On Visitor Volume Travel on the Blue Ridge Park way ia the major factor in Boone's tourist trade, T. E. Pickard, Jr., Executive Vice-President of the Carolina Motor Club, told the Boone Chamber of Commerce last Tuesday. Last year, the speaker said, over 933,000 automobiles traveled on the Parkway in North Carolina alone. This was a daily average of 78,000 cars through the year, and repre sents the transportation of over three million persons along the Parkway. Other pertinent travel facts giv en by Mr. Pickard are: About 400,000 or 42 percent of the automobiles were from out-of state. These cars brought 1,300,000 person-visits to towns along the Parkway. This is a sizeable mar ket for the travel trade in the counties traversed by the Parkway. An average of 400 cars per day traverse the Parkway in the vicin ity of Boone. Some 170 of these are tourist cars from other states. Of course, the average is much higher during the summer. In addition to travelers from the Parkway, Boone receives inter-city travelers and tourists from high ways 321, 421, and other routes. There ia a relatively large vol ume of travel along the highways passing through Boone. Almost 2, 000 vehicles of all types drive to or through Boone daily. One out of seven, or 290 of these are pass enger cars from other states. These figures are for rural sections of highways 321 and 421 outside Boone and Blowing Rock. This tourist traffic converges on Boone and Blowing Rock. But it is remarkbale to note how it is widely dispersed over Watauga county and the other surrounding counties. Even on the three lesser traveled routes (194, 221 and 603) 100 tour ist cars per day are counted. This volume of intercity and out of-state traffic ia characteristic of the five-county area around Boone ?including Watauga, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Caldwell coun ties. The average on all main ru ral roads is 1,350 vehicles per day. One-seventh or 13 percent of these are from out-of-state. This ia well above the statewide average of 10 percent for all roads and streets. Tourist cara average 170 per day for the year as a whole, but the major portion of the traffic comes during the summer. Mr. Pickard ad<jed: One of the fastest growing businesses in the United States is the tourist busi ness. This year, American tourists traveling up and down ail parts of this country will spend roughly $29 billion. By any standards, this is ? huge economic pie. How big a slice can your community hope to get as its share? This question has a practi cal answer: What your community will get depends on the community itself ? its attitudes toward the traveler, its recognition of the value of travel business, and the steps it takes to stimulate and pro mote this business. To get your share of travelers, this community does not neces sarily need luxurious hotels. It does not need multimiUion dollar airports, sun-drenched beaches, or grand canyons. As a matter of fact, only 1 put of 4 tourists stays in a hotel. Only 1 out of 12 travels by plane. Pour out of 5 earn less than 17,000 a year, and 8 .out of 7 travel by car. Inatead of expensive beaches and spectacular attractions, what American tourists want primarily is comfort, change, amusement, and pleaaant surroundings. If your community can provide them, at. a reasonable price, it can have its share of the tourist business. Suppose your particular com munity launches an all-out pro gram to Increase its tourist busi ness. Who in the community stands to pocket the profit? The answer is (Coatifiuad on page (our) HORN QUARTET.? This group of lingers roam through audience prior to Horn showing each night entertaining the spectators. Left to right, front row, Clinton Parker, Lucy Rhodes, Susie Ford, Bud Mayes back row: Bob Reeves, who accompanies the group with his autoharp.? Photo Flowers Photo Shop. Horn Visitors Being Greeted With Mountain Singing Quartet Jack Kirksey Named Area Highway Head Jack Kirksey, Morganton build ing materials dealer, it the new member of the State Highway Com mision in the area of responsi bility embracing Watauga county, and which also includes Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell and Mitchell. Meeting briefly in Raleigh last week following their swearing In ceremonies, the new Commission allocated $6,325,400 for Secondary Road improvements for the current fiscal year. The allocation rep resents approximately one-third of the total amount which will be available for rural road improve ments for the current year. Re mainder of the funds, some <12, 000,000, will be distributed among the various counties at a later meeting of the roads body. In explaining the allocation to the new Commission, Chairman Merrill Evans said it was neces sary to distribute a portion of the money now since a few of the highway divisions have completed work on previously approved pro jects. Evans did say, however, that the 16,000,000 allocation was not set aside for any particular road projects in the State, such pro ject approval being a decision which the Commission itself will make. Watauga county will receive $71,649 for secondary road con struction during the year, based on (260 per mile, Avery (36, 320, Burke (73,420, Caldwell (69,206, McDowell (5?,4S?, and Mitchell (39,726. JACK KIRKSEY Mrs. Irene Coffey Is B. Rock Postmaster Farm Office Changes Name The county office of the Airi cul tural Subluxation and Conserva tion Committee, formerly known m the ASC office, la now designat ed u the County ASCS office, Thii change haa been brought about by the Commodity Stabilixa tion Service in Washington being now dealgnated aa the Agricultural Stabilization and Conaervation Ser vice. However, State and county committee! will continue to be designated as ASC State and Coun ty Committees. State, county, and commodity offices are dealgnated ASCS offices. Drug pricing bill opposed by the A.M.A. flllB. 11 CI I C 0IIC1 wwu vvntj assumed her duties as Acting Postmaster at Blowing Rock and has been recommended by Con gressman Alexander (or the per maient appointment, pending of ficial Senate confirmation. Mr*. Coffer succeeded Mr. H. Carter Lentz, who resigned the position to return to his work as a teacher in the Blowing Rock schools. Mrs. Coffey, a daughter of the late Wiley F. and Mrs. Sherwood, of Sherwood, Watauga county, has been aasistant to the postmaster at Blowing Rock for t7 years. She is the wife of Mr. Thomas M. Cof fey, Jr., and they have one daugh ter, Suzanne, who Is in Munich, Germany. Mrs. Coffey attended Appalachian State Teachers Col lege uxl Woman's Collage, Greens By JAMES F. JONES Visitors to this year's "Horn la The West" are being greeted with ? new kind of mountain welcome. Instead of just ticket-taken and ushers to assist guests into the theatere and the proper seating areas, a mountain singing quartet roams among the visitors delight ing them with songs and tales of frontier days in the North Carolina mountain area. An innovation this season, the singing group has been a smash ing success with the thousands who have been in attendance during the first two weeks of the Boone outdoor drama. Warm applause and song requests greet the singers everywhere as they roam around the entrances to the Daniel Boone Theatre. The quartet begins its rounds about 7:00 p.m. and ends the per formances just before curtain time of the regular drama at 8:18. The quartet Is composed of Bud Mayes of Kings Mountain, Susie Ford of Cramerton, Lucy Rhodes of Tryon, and Clin'on Parker of Hickory. Accompanying the sing ing quartet with music on the autoharp is Bob Reeves of Salis bury. ? Mayes is the leader of the group and the originator of the idea for such a welcome for visitors. No stranger to the theatre, he has been in "Horn In The Weat" for the past two seasons as a member of the chorale and understudy to Reverend Sims, the lovable fron tier preacher of the drama. He cur rently Is assistant director of the show and is a graduate student at Appalachian State Teachers Col lege. Joining Mayes for the male duct roles in the quartet songs is Clin ton Parker of Hickory. Also a student at Appalachian, Parker is a regular member' of the choral* for "Horn In The West" This ia his first year in outdoor drama work. Susie Ford la a member of the drama choral* and is in h*r sec ond year with "Horn In Th* West" A senior at Appalachian, she has had lead roles in musical produc tions at the college. Lucy Rhodes lends her very fin* voice as the other half of the fa male element of the quartet A student at Womans College In Greensboro, she has had previous drama experience at Mars Hill College and at Womans College. The music tor the singing quar tet is provided by Bob Reeve*, the regular organist -for th* drama. A student at Greensboro College, h* Is with the "Horn" f*r the first season. He provides the accom panying music on the autoharp and sometimes joins In with 0?
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