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, FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably um the col i of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, latenaely covering local abopping area, it is the advertising medium available. ? CENTS ? ? DEM . . . Seventy-Fourth Year of Continuous BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1?, 1862 OPENED. ? The Boone Golf Course opened ita regular season Tuesday at noon. Pictured are Golf Pro Joe Maples as he addresses the ball for the first drive down the fairway. Look in* on in the threesome are Cbet Webber and A. E. Hamby ?Photo Flower*' Photo Shop of Boone. According to Vlaplci, the fairways and greens are in excellent shape and are ready for all golfers ftr the re mainder of the season. The opening was delayed two weeks because of the heavy rains in late March and eady April. B. Rock Chamber Will Fete Travel Counselors Monday The Board of Director* of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Com merce at their regular monthly meeting Thursday, completed plant for the entertainment of Flowers Elected Optimist Prexy GEORGE A. FLOWERS, JR. Memben of the Boone Optim ist Club in their annual election of officer* elected the following men to ferve for the year be ginning July X. George A. Flower*, Jr. wai elected to the office of Preii dent. Mr. Flowers, who was ac tive in the Boone Junior Cham ber of Commerce in 1998 and 1900, served as president of The Exchange Club of Hickory in 1956, and the N. C. State Ex change Club Board of Control in 196V. Other officers elected to serve with Mr. Flowers are First Vice President, Frank An drews; second Vice-President, Dough ton Greene; and Direc tors to serve for a 2-year term, Nick Stakias, Earl Norris and A. E. McCreary. Mr. Flowers also announced the appointment of Secretary Treasurer to serve for the year, Mr. Lynn Holaday, assistant cashier of The Northwestern Bank. AAA Travel Counselors who will visit Blowing Bock April 23rd. The tour will be composed < jf about forty-five persons from as far west as Nebraska, and will arrive at Blowing Bock on the afternoon of the 23rd where the Chamber of Commerce will be the official boats. The visitors wil) be entertained at ? lunch points qf Interest in the after Boon in personally conducted tours of Blowing Bock and im mediate vicinity. At six o'clock in the evening the counselors will be entertained at a recep tlon given by the Blowing Rock Ski Lodge at the newly con structed building. They will have dinner at Sunshine Ian and breakfast next morning at the Chestnut Restaurant, alter which they will leave for Mount Mitchell State Park, on the next stop on their tour of Carolina. Committee* Re part In the routine buaineas aaa slon, the Chamber of Cofflfttttt heard rerort* of a numb*# of Committee*. The advertising committee said the new illustrated folders and the new guide would be ready for distribution by June 1. (Continued on page six) Spring Court Term Will Open Monday The spring criminal term of Watauga Superior Court will conrcae Monday, April 23, for a one-week sesaion with Judge Frances O. Clarkson of Char lotte presiding. I One hundred and twenty-five cases will be disposed of, which include one homicide case growing out of the fatal shoot ing of Tony Cornett of Boone by Jesse Dale Rogers of Lenoir. The shooting was said to have grown out of a controversy over a proposed drag race on Blow ing Rock Road Just outside the Boone city limits February X Two are to be tried on charges of statutory rape, and most of the others face traffic counts. Fifty will be brought up far speeding, ten for driv ing drunk, some for failure to have operator's license, and for prohibition law violations. The Jinn Following are the names of those who have been summoned for jury duty; Bald Mountain township ? George Miller. Beaver Dam ? Baker Edmis en, Clayton Vine*. Blowing Rock ? W. Paul Gragg, Lawrence Bolick, Rhon da Foster, Willard H. Goulds. Blue Ridge? Squire D. Weav er, Jr., Ronarrt C. Cook, Sam Tate. Boone ? J. E. Joines, Louise Delima, Ruby Ellis, Mabel Brown, Alien Gragg. - J Brushy Fork ? Wilson Norris, R. Linney Barnes, S. C. Eggers, Ira Fox. Cove Creek ? Bert Mast, Frank Main, Ira Reese, Roy Adams. (Continued on page six) State Motel Group To Hold Convention Here The North . Carolina Motel Association will hold it* annual convention in Boone Hay 1B-19, and likely about 300 persons will attend the two-day meetinf. Herman W. Wilcox, president Of the Boone Chamber of Com merce, sfys, "We are very hap py to be able to be boats to theae fine people." Mr. Wilcox ?ays be is encouraging other groups to take advantage of our convention facilities during the off season, and says everything Will be done to make them feel Welcome. The convention headquarters Will be at the Daniel Boone Inn. The first floor of the inn will be used lor displays, while they ? facilities for moit of the meet ing* and banquets. The convention chairman, as | well aa the secretary of the atate motel association, Harold Rice, of the Blue Ridge Motor Court, states they are now work ing on the program which will include the state's most out standing speakers, and it should be ready for release in about two weeks. The local hotels and motels will ?<f?r their facilities in housing the delegates and oth ers who might attend A tour of the area is being planned. Mr. Sice is working closely with the executive vice president, E. H. Lewis, of Raleigh. r Jas. Brawley Dies Friday Mr. James W. Brawley, BO year* old, a resident of Greens boro, died in a hospital there Friday. Funeral services were con ducted at the First Presbyter ian Church in Greensboro Sun day at 2 o'clock and burial was in the family cemetery in Mooresville. Mr. Brawley, a native of Moor esv Ult, was well known in Boone, where he msiaiatned a home, and where Mrs. Brawley was reared. He had been with the Pilot Life Insurance Co. for more th?n forty yean. Mr. Brawley is survived by his widow, the former Miss Margaret Lovill of Boone, one sister, Mrs. Nona Butterly of Mooresville and several nieces and nephews. Among those attending the funeral were: Mrs. Bina Gra ham, Mrs. Earl Tugman, of Boone; Mrs. D. H. Bumgarner of North Wilkesboro and Mrs. John Tolbert of Misenheimer. ASTC Plans Talent Show The Students' Residence As sociation of Appalachian State Teachers College will present the annual Spring Talent Show at 7:00 p. m. on April 29 in the Physical Education Building in the gymnasium. The "Appa tones," a college dance band, will also be featured. i This presentation is free of charge to all students and citl- ' tens of the surrounding area. Many Anxious To Occupy County Posts Political hopefuls in Watauga county kept filing almost up to the deadline at noon Friday, and both parties are presenting the largest slates ever to be offered in a local primary. . Two are seeking both the Democrat and Republican nom inations for the House of Rep resentatives, but there will be no contest for the Republican nomination for the State Sen ate. J. W. N orris of Boone is the nominee for the post which goes to Ashe county this year. However, neither Ashe nor Al leghany, the other counties in the district, chose to offer a Republican candidate, and Mr. Norris filed. Ashe county Democrats will choose between two candidates for the Democratic Senate nom ination, Ira T. Johnston and Mrs. Ed M. Anderson. Those filing in Watauga coun ty include: For House of Representatives ? Democrats, Gordon H. Wink ler, J. E. Joines of Boone; Re publicans, Murray Coffey, in cumbent, of Blowing Rock, and J. E. Hotshouser, Jr., of Boone. For Sheriff ? Democrats: E. M Hodges, incumbent; G. D. Richardson and Emmet Oliver. Republicans: Clint Lewis, Her bert S. Wagner, and Dallas Cheek. For County Commissioner (three to be nominated) ? Dem ocrats: Dr. Gene i* Reese, In cumbent; Hayden Pitts, Joe Wilson, C. A. Clay, C. F. Thomp son, David N. Spainhour, Dr. Lee Raynolds, J. E. Edmisten, snd W. C. Lentz, incumbent. 1 Republicans: Bynum Greene, John F. Greene, C. L. Dula, J. C. Lyons, and W. G. (BiU) Farthing. Board of Education ? (three to be nominated) ? Democrats: i Dr. Charles Davant, Jr., H. W. i Mast, Jr., and Grady Moretz, (Continued on page six) I NEW SCOUT TROOP.? Troop 101, recently formed Scout troop at Siiverstone. Left to right, they are, front row: Mickeal Perry, Hal Isaacs, WiUon Greene, Janie* Ray Wilson, Tommy Wilson, Terry Hagaman; second row: Larry Dale Isaacs, Jerry Canter, Jack Hagaman, Terry Canter, Tim Wilson, A. J. Pennell; "back row: Gene Wilson; scoutmaster, Larry Icenhour, Jerry Perry, Johnny Lee Wheeler, A. F. Isaacs, Robert Perry, Mike Wilson, Larry Sanders, Arnie Isaacs, assist ant scoutmaster. (Story on page two.) - Ski Lodge Stockholders Meet AndHear Reports; Elect Slate About 100 stockholders and their guests attended a special meeting of stockholders of the Blowing Rock Ski Lodge Corp oration which was held at the Lodge Saturday afternoon. Prior to the meeting lunch was served, and the visitors in spected the premises. The meeting waa presided aver by Mr. M. E. Thalheimer, President, who made a complete report to the stockholders on the activities of this new corp oration. The stockholders voted for several changes in the by-laws, snd elected a slate of ten direc tors. In addition to Mr. Thal heimer, President of the corp oration the following Were elected to servi on the Bftard: L. H. Smith, Blowing Rock; L. B. Tyson, Jefferson; Taylor M. Simpson, High Point; Logan Jones, Charlotte; Allison Da vant, Jr., Charlotte; Earl B. Searcy, Sr., Valdese; Herbert Reynolds, Winston-Salem; Lar ry Walker, Charlotte; Grady Koretz, Jr., Boone. The Board ha* one vacancy which is to be filled it an early date. Mr. Thalheimer was elected Preaident to succeed himself, and Mr. L. H. Smith was re elected Secretary-Treasurer. The aneuai meeting of stock (Continued on page six) Brewer And Burches Are Indicted By Jury Raleigh. April 17.? Si* men ind two aign firms were indict ed by tbe Wake county grand jury yesterday on charges grow ing out of State Highway De partment sign purchase scandals. THREE GALLONS.? Joe McCtung (left), recruitment chairman for the BloodmobUe program in | Watauga county, presents Mrs W. W. Cheater and George Flower*, Jr., with certificates certi fying they have donated three gallons of Mood for Bed Cross distribution. The presentation fol lowed last week's visit of the BloodmobUe to the county ? Pbeto Www's Photo ; ?MiMMii The tlx included Raleigh bus inessman Kidd Brewer, former Highway Department Engineer Robert A. Burch and Burch't son, Bobby, who bad been nam ed in a previous indictment handed down in the highway sign matter. Also named in the indict ments are George Masefield, Martin J. Hamilton and Walter Schoenfeldt and the sign firms of Paff ft Kendall and Traffic ft Street Sign Co., both of New ark, N. J. v! . The indictments describe Mas efield as a division sale* man ager of Paff ft Kendall, Hamil ton is a vice president of both the sign firms, and Schoenfeldt as general manager of Traffic ft Street Sign Co. After the grand jury had re turned the new bill of indict ment, Solicitor Lester V. Chalm ers formally took a nol proa (not prosecute) on th<! previous indictment in which Brewer and the two Burcbes were charged with conspiring to defraud the state. Superior Court Judge Ray mond Mallard directed that ca piases for arrest of the six men be issued today. He order ed bond for Brewer and the two Burches fixed at $0,000 each and bond for the three others fixed- at 910,000. , The six men and two sign (Continued on page six) Proposed Boone Moose Club Pictured here U the proposed new Moose Lodge for Boon e. Plant to erect this new building on the prpperty purchased by the local Moo?e Lodge overlook ins the Boone Cfolf Course, are for the near future. The build ing will bouse a kitchen and dining room for use by the members Easter Sunrise Services To Be Held At Outdoor Theatre The Watauga Ministerial As sociation will sponsor the an nual community Easter sunrise service at Daniel Boone Theatre Park Sunday morning at 5:45 o'clock. p The Apalachian High School band, under direction of George Kirs ten, will play for service and ministers of different faiths will take part on the program. Mrs. Virginia Linney will lead a community choir in the sing tog. "BM The program follows:' Prelude by the Appalachian High School Band. Low in the Grave He Lay. all stanzas, no chorus, by choir. The Rev. Boyce Brooks will proclaim: "Christ the Lord is 1 risen!" and the congregation < will pick up the message and declare to unison, "Christ the I Lord Is risen iiuMrl,. J The choir will sing Up from the Grave He Atom, and the congregation will join in sing ing Christ the Lord Is Risen Today! Interlude of hand music, sig nifying expanding joy over the Resurrection. The Rev. John Gibson wiuKPu read the Scripture, and the Rev. Floyd Boston will lead in the responsive reading. A prayer, will be offered by the Rev. Preston Hughes, Jr., and the Easter meditation will be by Hev. Homer Greene. The congregation will join in singing All Hail the Power of lesus Name. ???jbj :: gg The Rev. C. O. Vance will pronounce the benediction, with the band playing the poetlude. Programs will be furnished the congregation so that those ittending.may join in the sing ing and reading. ^
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