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VOLUME LXXIV?NO. 33
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An Independent Weekly. Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fourth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1982
BOONE
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Feb. 0 43
Feb. 7 34
47 29
22
Feb. 11 44
Feb. 12 91 1
.Totfl precjgil
Feb. >
Feb. 9
Feb. 10
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14 PAGES? t SECTIONS
OLD COURTHOUSE, Boone landmark, soon to be torn down. See King Street colunfn, page four.
Preliminary Plans Are Being
Made For Spring Festival
Preliminary plans have been
made for the annual Spring
Festival which will be held at
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege during the first week in
May, according to Walton Cole,
chairman of the Festival com
mittee.
Other members of the com
mittee include Mrs. Daisy Eg
gers, Nicholas Ernes ton, David
French, Mrs. Virginia Linney,
Rogers Whitener, Ann Moore,
John Corey, all of the faculty,
and students Brenda Lackey of
Fallston and Jerry Staines of
Chandler.
Cole indicated that a musical
program has tentatively been
agreed upon and that several
works are under consideration.
The name of the musical will
be announced in the near fu
ture.
The committee unanimously
approved changing the name of
the May Day Dance to the
"Coronation Ball." The commit
tee felt that this title would
be more appropriate for the
event. During the "Coronation
Ball," the Hay Queen will be
crowned and the May Court
will be presented with their
escorts.
Cole said that the committee
is considering making the "Cor
onation Ball" one of the high
lights of the Spring Festival.
It has been decided that the
afternoon May Day Fete be dis
continued. The crowning fes
Skyline Lanes Will
Open Doors On 24th
The modern and beautiful
Skyline Lanes Bowling center
will open Saturday, February
24.
The 12-lane establishment, lo
cated just outside of Boone on
the Blowing Rock Road, will off
er the bowler the most modern
and latest equipment by AMF.
Jake Jacobs, co-owner and
manager, says that the finishing
and surfacing of the lanes is
now being .completed and the
automatic pin setters are due
to arrive on Monday. Installa
tion of the machines is sched
uled to be completed Friday
and the lanes will be ready
(or use on Saturday.
St>oit after the opening of
the lanes, leagues will be form
ed and anyone interested may
inquire at the lanes or call.
The lanes will open daily and
Saturday at 10 o'clock a. m., and
will open on Sundays at 1:30
p. ?.
Frank Auton of Boone will be
assistant manager and me
chanic. He has just returned
from a three-weeks course at
the AMF Automatic Pin Spot
ter School in Clifton, N. J.
tivities during the intermission
will be the highlight of the
"CoronatiM Ball."
The committee chairman ap
pointed a sub-committee com
posed of Ann Moore, Rogers
Whitener, Jerry Starnes and
Brenda Lackey to study the pos
sibility of obtaining an imported
art exhibit for the festival; this
committee was also asked to
consider the combining of ef
forts from thf Industrial Arts
Department, the Art Depart
ment, and the Home Economics
Department of the college for
some sort of student display.
The committee, after making
a study of festivals among col
leges and universities in the
United States, is planning to
present a festival of wide sCupe
and interest to the students,
faculty, and Mends of the col
lege.
School Board
Members File
All three incumbent mem
bers of the Board of Education
have filed their candidacies in
the Democratic primary of May
25.
These are Dr. Charles Da
vant, chairman, Blowing Rock;
H. W. Mast, Jr., Valle Cruris,
and Grady Moretz, Jr., of Boone.
Under the law as applies to
Watauga county, the primary
winners are certified to the
Legislature, for appointment to
new terins and are not voted up
on in the general election
Funeral Held
For Sisters
A double funeral service was
held Tuesday at 2:30 for Mrs.
W C. Wright, 76, of Mountain
City, Tenn., and Mrs. Carolyn
Rhea Hodge, 70, of Shouns,
Tenn., slaters.
The rites were held at the
Wright home on the Laurel.
Rev. Edsel Farthing, Rev. Ed
ward Johnson, Rev. Dan Gra
ham and Rev. Raymond Geisler
officiated. Mrs. Wright was
buried in the Wright Chapel
cemetery in Damascus, Va.; Mrs.
Hodge in the Shouns Methodist
Church cemetery.
Mr*. Wright died ta Phoenix,
Arisona, last Wednesday after
noon. She was a widow of W.
C. Wright and a graduate of
Salem College, Winston-Salem.
She is survived by a son, Mc
Quown Wright, and two grand
?nns, William Clayton and
George Turner Wright, of Moun
tain City, Tenn.
Mrs. Hodge died Sunday af
ternoon. She had returned Fri
day evening from Phoenix.
She had taught for many
years in the High Schools of
Knoxville, Johnson City and
Mountain City. She was an ac
tive member of the Shouns
Methodist Church, a member of
the DAR, UDC, and the Wed
nesday Music Club. She is sur
vived by a number of nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Hodge
were daughters of the late Dr.
Robert C. Rhea and Mrs. Callie
McQueen Rhea, pioneer resi
dents of Shouns. They were
cousins of the families of the
late Robert C. Rivers, Sr., and
Mrs. J. Watts Farthing of
Boone.
fHE APPALACHIAN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE BAND
Kelly G. West
Dies Thursday
Kelly Gray West, 3 year old
son of Jimmy and Ruby Hartley
West, died February 7.
Funeral serviues were con
ducted in the Perkinsvilie Bapt
ist Church February 8 at 2
o'clock by the Rev. C. O. Vance,
Rev. Homer Greene and Rev.
Larry Penley.
In addition to the parents he
is survived by one sister. Kandy
Lee West; the patsnM grand
parents, Rev. and Mrs. Rex
West, Concord; the maternal
glfeiidparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gray Hartley, Boon*.
Appalachian College Band
To Appear In Concert Tuesday
Appalachian State Teachen
College Band, under the direc
tion of Charles L. Isley, Jr., will
present a concert Tuesday night,
February 20, at 8:00 o'clock, in
the Fine Arts Auditorium. The
concert is open to the public,
free of charge.
The program, light in nature,
features solos, trios, a Dixieland
ensemble, as well aa light over
tures and Brosdway show hits.
Soloists include Eunice Se
-
cre?t, Drexcl, playing the Von
Weber Clarinet Concert! No. 1;
Randall Elbel, Fairies* Hills,
Pa., playing Marimba Capers;
and Ronald Pojedinec, Whip
pany, N. J, playing The Magic
Trumpet.
Trios include the popular
Bnglers Holiday played by Har
ry Booth, Charlotte, Mike Cagle,
Landis, and Jan Ruasell, Albe
marle Slide Kicks, a march
and blues for three trombones,
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will be played by Tom De?ie,
Morganton, Jamei Graeber, Con
cord, and Keith Elrin, River
dale, N. J.
The Original Dixieland Con
certo will be performed by John
Lett, trumpet, Boone; Robert
Lefever, clarinet, High Point;
Randall Elbel, drums; Larry
Lynch, trombone, Castlewood,
Va.; Bill Stewart, tenor sax, Bel
mont; and Frankifo Durham,
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WF Director
Has Hearing
ByMethodists
The Rev. David Andrews, di
rector of Wesley Foundation in
Boone, was given a four-month
leave of absence Saturday from
his duties, when the local board
of directors accepted recom
mendations of the N. C. Metho
dist Inter-Conference Commis
sion. The leave was to extend
to the time of Western North
Carolina's Annual Conference
when the question of Mr. An
drews 'future would be resolved.
Mr. Andrews was the princi
pal figure in recent civil dis
obedience acts when he made
a "direct action appeal for Ex
ecutive clemency" on behalf of
Morton Sobell, now serving 30
years in prison for conspiracy to
commit espionage against the
United States.
The appeals were made by
Mr. Andrews before Christmas,
and he was arrested three times
in Washington, D. C., near the
White House as be stopped to
kneel by the White House fence.
The Inter-Conference Commis
sion had met last Tuesday night
in Greensboro to consider a mo
tion made by the local Wesley
Foundation board for "transfer
or removal" of Mr. Andrews
from hit duties as director of
Wesley Foundation here, which
serves Methodist students "at
tending Appalachian State
Teachers College.
Dr. W. A Kale, chairman of
the Inter-Conference Commis
sion, of Durham, and the Rev.
Bill Wells, state director of
Wesley Foundation, met with
the local board when the rec
ommendations were presented.
Also present at the meeting
was the district superintendent,
the Rev. Herman Duncan, of
North Wilkesboro.
The local board, the Inter
Conference Commission and
Mr. Andrews issued statements
after the meeting.
Dr. Lee Reynolds, chairman
of the local board, said: ". . .
The commission recommended
that Mr. Andrews be given a
leave of absence effect iye Feb
ruary 16 with full salary until
the session of the Western
North Carolina Annual Confer
ence in June, 1962, with the
understanding that he is not
to have any responsibilities of
the Wesley Foundation program
at Appalachian State Teachers
College during this period and
that further action be consider
ed at that time by the Inter
Conference Commission.
"The Board of Directors of
the Appalachian Wesley Foun
dation voted to accept this rec
omendation of the Inter-Confer
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Robbery Is
Attempted
The action of the burglar
alarm gave sufficient warning
to call officer* and an attempt
ed robbery of the Bus Terminal
Building was foiled last Friday
night.
Mr. Herman Wilcox, owner
of the building, says the mar
auders made their way into the
Chamber of Commerce office,
perhaps thinking a large
amount of money would be on
bead, due to the heavy tales of
automobile license plates. How
ever no money is kept on hand,
as receipts each day are placed
in the night bank depository.
While the burglars, *A <0 en
tered through a rest ron. i win
dow, were not apprehended,
Mr. Wilcox believes that suffi
cient proof may be uncovered
to bring about their arrest.
Nothing has been missed in
either office of the Bus Termin
al building, Mr. Wilcox added.
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METHODIST student leaders
(top photo) as they ' gav?
statement concerning status
of the Rev. David Andrews,
director of Wesley Founda
tion. Left to right are Dr. W.
A. Kale, chairman of the In
ter - Conference Commission;
District Superintendent Her
man Duncan; and Dr. Lee
RayfcoMa, chairman of the lo
cal Wesley Foundation board.
Mr. Andrews is shown in
photo at right as he worked
and awaited the decision of
the board. ? Photos Flowers'
Photo Shop.
Barley Tobacco Growers To
Decide On Quota System
All burley tobacco producers
In Watauga county are being
urged to vote in a grower refer
endum being held on February
20 to decide whether the present
government tobacco allotment
program will be continued or
dropped. If at least two-thirds
of the growers participating
vote "yes," the present program
including 00 percent price sup
ports and acreage allotments
will be io effect for the next
three years.
If the growers do not ap
Election Board
Recommended
Members of the Watauga
County Democratic Committee
met at the courthouse Moiiday
and recommended three men
for membership on the Watauga
County Board of Elections. Two
will be choMB, by the State
Board, it is said, and the third
will be named on recommenda
tion of the Republican Execu
tive Committee.
Those recommended are: In
cumbent Chairman R. T. Greer,
William Cole and Gurney Lu
ther.
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Jesse D. Rogers
Bail Is $7,500
Jeue Dale Sogers, 21, of Le
noir Is being held in the Wa
tauga County Jail on charge*
growing out of the fatal shoot
ing of Marion Tony Cornett of
Boone, on Blowing Rock Bond
Friday night a week ago.
Coroner Richard E. Keller
determined that no inquest was
necessary and on the advice of
Solicitor Fall bond waa set at
$7,800, which hasn't been filled
by the accused.
prove the* referendum, there
will be no allotment! and no
loan program for the 1962 bur
ley crop.
The burley program has been
In effect continuously since
1940.
Agricultural leaders are urg
ing all western North Carolina
farmers who are eligible to vote
in this election to do so. They
point out that burley tobacco is
the number one cash crop in
the area, having returned ap
proximately $14 million in gross
sales to farmers in 1981.
"Each person who is eligible
to vote in this election on Feb
ruary 20 should make every ef
fort to do so," states the WNC
Burley Growers Referendum
Committee. "This is the farm
er's program. Too much is at
stake to let someone else de
cide for you."
There are ? total of 18,118
(arms in western North Caro
lina with hurley tobacco allot
ments. These farms harvested
a total of 10488 acres of hurley
last year.
In Watauga county, there are
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Heart Benefit
At Blowing Rock
A heart fund benefit program
will be held at tjie American
Legion home in Blowing Rock
Saturday at 7:30 o'clock.
There will be square dancing,
bingo, a yo-yo contest for the
children and a cake walk.
There will be no admission
charge at the door, but charges
will be made on the inside for
the various activities.
Reports Highest
Profits I? 38 Years
Aided by the highest fourth
quarter profit* in it* 38-year
history, International Besistance
Co. established all-time sales
and earnings records in 1961
for the third consecutive year.
This was disclosed Monday by
IBC President Walter W. Slo
cum who reported that net sales
in 1001 totaled >23,005.304, up
from the previous record of
$20,(124,173 set a year ago. ' i ?
Earnings after taxes were
$2,021,432, or $1.45 per common
share vs. $1 >43,430, or $1.40 per
share, based on 1,301, 488 sham
outstanding Dec. 81, 1001.
Mr. Slocum noted that IRC
totaled 29 cent* per
to the final 10 weeks of
1001, compared with 17 cents
oer share in 1
a year earlier.
IBM
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In addition, supplemental In
come of 1884187 was reported
in the last 10 weeks as IRC's
equity in the 1961 operating
profits of its subsidary, North p|JI
American Electronics, Inc., in
which a majority interest was
acquired a year ago.
' Pointing out >hat the record
earnings, after taxes, amounted
to 8% per Cent of total income,
Mr. Slocum noted that this was
"an especially significant ac
complishment, inasmuch ,m 1B61
was our peak expense year for
research and development, fa
cilities modernisation and sales