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VOLUME LXXIV? NO. 37
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An Independent Weekly Newapaper . . . Seventy-Fourth Year of
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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 <d the nation's
chronically depressed areas. Al
though a federal employe, Kraft
will, In effect, lerre a* execu
tive secretary of the Appalach
ian Governors' Conference.
Gov. Terry Sanford told the
group that the Appalachian de
velopment program is not. "the
kind of thing that lends itaelf
to a ready demonstration of re
( Continued on page two)
Alexander Files
To Sueeeed Self
I Washington, D. C., March 13.
? Congressman Hugh Alexander
today filed with the North Car
olina State Board of Elections
notice of his candidacy for re
nomination to Congress from
the ninth district, subject to the
action of the Democratic pri
mary in May.
Congressman Alexander is
now completing his fifth term
HUGH Q. ALEXANDER
in th< Congress. He is a mem
ber of tbe powerful House Com
mittee oa Appropriations and
has served on ? number of tbe
most important sub-committees
of that committee. He is now
serving on the subcommittees
on Foreign Affairs, Treasury
and Post Office.
Mr. Alexander said: "I deeply
appreciate the fine support and
cooperation of the people
throughout the district, and if
.reelected will continue to serve
all the people to the very best
of my ability."
Having aerved for almost ten
yean in Congreia, Representa
tive Alexander feel# Hut the
seniority rights he has acquired
enable him to better serve all
the people of the ninth Con
gressional district
Heart Fund Is
Short Of Quota
The Heart Fund quota for
Wsuagi County was not reach
ed duting February, according
to Mrs. Carlos Del.ima, Wata
uga Heart Fund chairman. Any
one who has not donated is re
quested to do so at once by con
tacting Mrs. DeLima or Mrs.
Betty Gray Hayes at Northwest
ern Bank.
The Heart Association has es
tablished a year round Memori
al Fund, wnich offers the op
portunity of paying tribute to
the memory of friends who have
died of heart disease. When
such contributions are received,
the Heart Association will send
an acknowledgment to the fam
ily. The name of the donor and
the purpose of the gift will be
stated, but the amount will not
be mentioned. All contributions
to the Heart Fund are tax de
ductible.
Bob Harmon has returned
home from Watauga Hospital,
where he had surgery last
Tuesday.
Appalachian High Junior Band
Rated! Excellent In State Contest
The Appalachian Junior High
School Band received a rating
of II in the State Contest Festi
val (or Junior Bands held last
Saturday at Lenoir Rhyne Col
lege in Hickory. This rating II
(excellent) is the eeeood high
est rating possible in the sys
tem used lor rating bands by
the North Carelia Band Masters
Association and on* that we all
"izsmassz
itill the coveted rating which
the next year's band will be
rtrlYtng to attain
The Band and its director,
Ueorge W. IflrrteB Jr. Journey
ed to Hickory, leaving Boone
it 11:30 a. m. on the school's
"Blue Devil Bus" driven by Mr.
Lionel Watson and returned at
6:00 p. m. The personnel of the
Band attending >*?'? 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? ~<Autia, Jimmy Uanh,
Larry Norri*, Bobby Todd and
Hurry Hawkinson; French
Horna: Russell Robinson, Jack
Lawrence; Baritone and Tron*
bone.: Bobby Shirley, BUI Ran
dall, J. B. Hodges, and Fari?
Corey; Baaaea: Darid Norri*,
Randy Houser and Jimmy
Brook*; Percussion taction!