FOB BEST RESULTS advertiaera invaribiy use the col umn* of the Democrat. With 1U full \ d circulation, intenaly covering 1 beat advertising medium available. VOLUME LXXIV? NO. 37 _ .a ^ * .... ?. t'llfiP?' An Independent Weekly Newapaper . . . Seventy-Fourth Year of . r Continuous Publication BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH IS, 1M2 THE SWINGING BRIDGE ATOP GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN. RIGHT OF WAY AVAILABLE TWENTY-THREE YEARS Raleigh ? Hugh Morton of Wilmington, owner of Grand father Mountain, said Wednes day it fe- "high time the Park Service cut out its at tempts to steal the test of Grandfather Mountain." Four More Have Filed For Office Four new candidates for political office have appeared on the local scene in the last few days, y J. E. Holshouser, Jr., Boone J. E. HOLSHOtlSER, JR. 3. D. COOK lawyer, has filed his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the House of Representa tive*. Mr. Holshouser, since be ing admitted to the bar has practiced law with his father, J. E. Holshouser, former U. S. District Attorney. Mr. J. D. Cook, also of Boone has filed as a candidate for the Republican nomination for (Continued ?B page two) / Morton declared he intend* to remain firm that the Park way use the balance of an 8 mile-long right of way on the wouiuam which be a*d to tne ?ta? 28 years ago. ? " J , . He made the statement in commenting on a report that the Highway Commission and the U. S. Park Service are going ahead with plan* to construct one of the last remaining gaps in the Blue Bidge Parkway in Western North Carolina. The uncompleted link would cross Grandfather Mountain near Linville. Park Service Director Conrad Wirth held a meeting last week here with top state highway of ficials. The state agreed to co operate in getting the section of Parkway road completed. Under state-federal agree ments the state must supply the right of way for the road. Highway Chairman Merrill Evans said the state "is going ahead with efforts to complete the Parkway. It involves negoti Pitts Winner $25 Award Hlfies Pitts, Blowing Bock is the lucky winner of the Heme Improvemtnt Sweepstakes, a $25 cash prize awarded by drawing to a lucky visitor to stores parti cipating in the recent home improvement promotion car ried on through the advertis ing columns of the Democrat. The promotion, sponsored by leading home improvement centers, waa the result of needs Indicated In the report of the Housing Census. ations with the owners, but it I doesn't necessarily mean con demnation." Morten said' "I am relying complstdy upon Qw> 8?Rfotd and the Highway Commission to use fairness and good judgment to take a firm stand in request ing the Park Service to go ahead with the right of way that ha* been available to them for 23 years." Morton said the high part of the right of ?ty wfai?h the Pork Service proposes for the rood "would come to within 300 feet of the same elevation of the (Continued on page two) Burdick Files As Candidate In 9th W. Leslie Burdick, China Grove publisher, filed Saturday as a candidate for Congress in the Ninth District, assuring a primary for the Republican no mination May 26. It will be the first Republican primary in the district in years. James Broyhill of Lenoir fil ed earlier for the Republican nominatiou prior to the district convention at Taylorsville on Feb. 24. Burdick, M, is chairman of the Rowan County Republican Executive Committee. He des himsetf as a staunch o < ater, R-Ariz. "1 believe the Republicans of the Ninth District will nominate the candidate best qualified to will in November," Burdick said. "I do not believe a name and a dollar aign will Influence them." Burdick said "gerrymander ing" of the itate'f congressional districts by the 1981 General Assembly added Davie and Yad kin counties, strong Republican areas, to the Ninth District He said that based on figures from the 1980 elections, the new ninth is within 4,000 votes "of victory." The Ninth District seat it held by Rep. Hugh Q. Alexan der, D-N.C., of JUnnapoU*. George Walton Dies In Crash Middlesex, N. C. ? A quarter of-a-mil lion-dollar coin collec tion found alter the owner was killed in an automobile accident near her was placed in custody Saturday. The collection of George Wal ton, 55, of Charlotte includes a 1913 Liberty Head V nickel Walton valued between $00,000 and $65,000. Walton, taking the colection to Wilson where he planned to exhibit it, was killed Friday night In a head-on collision on U. S. 264 east of here. Walton, a bachelor, told a newspaper interviewer several months ago that he hoped after his death that his colection could be given to some museum, such as the Smithsonian. Middlesex Police Chief R. E. Gilliam said Walton was alone in his car when It colided with a car driven by Leona Perry, 33, of Rt. 2, Middlesex. She and a passenger, Mary Strickland, of the same address, were hospi talized in Raleigh with injuries not believed serious. Walton acquired the 1913 nickel in 1945 in a trade with a Winston-Salem collector. Wal ton estimated that be paid $3, 790 for the nickel. In 1999 he valued it at $39,000 and last year estimated its value at be tween KM, 000 and 969,000, de pending on market coditions. There are only five such nickels known in the hands of collectors in the United States. Walton, a free-lance estate appraiser, worked in Charlotte, Jacksonville, Fla., and Roanowe, Va. He had shown the collection at many leading coin shows. (Note: Mr. Walton wps well known in Boone, where he lived for * good while several years ago, wntle with an engineering group of the National Park Ser vice.) Rites Held For Mrs. V annoy Mrs. Margaret B. Vannoy, 56, died Tuesday, Feb. 27 at her home 011 Route 1. She had been in declining health for aeveral months. She waa married to Dick Van noy who passed away March 22, IMS. Funeral services were held March 1st at 2 o'clock at Mount Vernon Baptist Church by Rev. Carson Eggers and Rev. Wen dell Critcher and burial was in the Vannoy cemetery. Surviving are the mother, Mrs. Will Baird, Valle Crucis; six sons, Charles W. Vannoy of Boone; Thomas A. Vannoy of Chagrin Falls, Ohic; Rex D. Vannoy of Cleveland, Ohio; Richard M. Vannoy, and Harry F. Vannoy of the home; Three daughters, Mrs. Burl Winkte. of Boone; Mrs. Thomas Koles sar of Cleveland, Ohio; Barbara 1. Vannoy of the home; Two sisters, Mrs. Mary B. McDonald of Richmond Va. and Mrs. Nevo Goodlake of Miami, Fla.; Two brothers, Ben Baird of Boone and Edward Baird of Valle Cru cis. She Is also survived by tight grandchildren. Expansion To Rest On Work Supply Shadowline, Inc., one of Boone's thriving manufact uring plants, has announced its tentative plans to make another factory expansion during the current year, which could provide jobs for 250 more employees, rough ly doubling the number now at work there. However, says Manager Hal Johnson, before a final decision can be made on the proposed expansion, a labor survey must be completed, since it will be necessary to know that a sufficient num- ? ber of women are interested, in employment with Shad owline to operate the en larged facility. Ninety per cent of the new workers would be women.M Four thousand letters have been mailed by Shad owline to Watauga county householders seeking infor mation as to the possibility of securing more employees. Those who haven't received a form may get the neces sary papers at the Shadow line plant, by writing or calling in person. It is hop ed that the people will off er full cooperation, so that this survey may be finished quickly, and that expansion plans at Shadowline may be completed. Started In 1957 : i|. 1 Shadowline, a lingerie , manufacturing enterprise, i with executive offices in Morganton, opened the first i unit of their modern plant 1 in Boone in 1857. Two ex pansions of the plant have ' been made since that time, due to the splendid cooper- , ation of all the people of the town and the county and < (Continued on page two) < 9 FRED M. COUNCILS . Fred Councill Board Member Of Heritage At the meeting of the direc- 1 ton of Drexel Enterprises, Inc. 1 immediately following the an- < nual stockholders meeting on < March S, Mr Fred M. Councill < was elected a Director of Herit age Furniture Company and ' Morganton Furniture Company. < Mr. Councill la Director of i Sales for Heritage and Morgan ( Continued on two) PORTION Of SHADOWLINE PLANT Stepped-Up Highway Program Prims Need Of Mountain Areas Raleigh ? A stepped-up high way program "to break the iso lation was seen Monday as one o f the firtt needs in a de velopment program for the Ap North Carolina and. several oth er Eastern states. Richard Kraft, a- special as sistant for regional planning of the Department of Commerce Area Redevelopment Commis sion, said this at ah organization meeting of the Stato Advisory Committer for the Appalachian Governors' Conference. State Highway Commission Chairman Herrill Evans told the group that if a speeded-up highway program for the moun tains is undertaken, new sourc es of revenue would have to be found. "A tremendous sum of new money" would be needed, Evans declared. The group decided to re commend to the At>palachian Governor's Conference the de velopment of a regional high way plan. The governors' conference was formed last year for a con certed attack on problems of the state* in the Appalachian region. The conference will work closely with the newly created Area Redevelopment Administration of the federal government. The ARA was formed to tackle problems *?'? festival were: | Flutes: Sara Lou Janice Ayers, jenny Lou Rob inson and Jimmy Roes; Clarin ets: Diaae Hagaaan, Janice Ayers, Jenny Lou Robinson and Jimmy Ron; Clarinets, Diane Hagaman, Carol Ha fa man. Don ?ie Fidler, Ricky Russell. Jan ice Lewis, Lyndon Lackey, | Mary Marsh, Doris Winkler, Marsha Har*nm? Susan Isen lUi hour, Andy Rigsby and Jimmy Higgiiu; Saxaphone*: Ronnie McCreary, and Clarence Wilton; Cornet*: David Thomaa, Larry Cline, Bruce (Hand, Keith Greer, Sua? ~