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VOLUME LXXTV - NO. 46
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1M2
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PICNICKERS' SPOT ? Split Hock afford* many visitors to the
area a delightful place in which to picnic and enjoy the
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coolness of the mountains. Indications point to increased
travel over the Parkway in western North Carolina.
Park Service Director, Morton To
Appear Before Highway Official
National Park Service Direc
tor Conrad Wirth was granted
a request to appear before the
highway Commission May 31
concerning the proposed rout
ing of the Blue Bidge Parkway
aero* Grandfather Mountain.
Highway Chairman Merrill
Evans said he had granted
i Wirth's request to appear "for
the purpose of presenting basic
material" relating to the Park
way.
Evans also said Hugh Morton
of Wilmington, owner of Grand
father Mountain, had been in
vited to attend the meeting and
to appear before the commis
sion if he desires.
Wirth is scheduled to appear
before the commission at 1:30
p. m. in the Highway Building
Auditorium.
Gov. Terry Sanford recently
said the state will not attempt
to acquire right-of-way for a
"high-level" routing of the Park
way across Grandfather Moun
tain.
Sided With Morton
In making the statement,
Sanford sided with Morton in
Morton's row with the National
Park Service over the route ,of
the Parkway in the Grandfath
er area.
The Park Service wanta the
Parkway to cross the mountain
at a high elevation while Mot- ;
ton wants ft to cross at a lower
level.
Sanford said at the time that
"we have no legal authority, or
questionable legal authority" to
condemn Morton's land lor a
high-level route.
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The governor pointed out
then that in 1939, the state pur- ,
chased right-of-way from Mor- j
ton for a low-level route across ,
the mountain and that it was j
doubtful if the state could con- j
demn additional land for the
purpose.
A stretch of about seven 1
miles in the Grandfather Moun
tain area is one of the few links
in the Parkway that has not I
been completed.
Candidate Pix Wanted
A few of the candidates have
supplied tit with "billfold size" :
pictures which the Democrat
wanted for its files. It would be
appreciated if we could have
the others.
Hendrix Is Reelected
Head Of Democrat
County Committee
Hooper Hendrix was re-elect
ed chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Wata
uga County at a meeting held
in connection with the county
convention of the party last
Saturday.
Mr. Hendrix won over D.
Grady Moretz, the only other
candidate nominated, by a vote
of 10-11.
Mrs. H. M. Hamilton, Jr., was
elected aa first vice-chairman;
James Marsh was elected as
second vice-chairman; while
Tom Lawrence was elected
third vice-chairman 16-13 over
Thomas Coffey. Mrs. Rob Rivers
was re-elected secretary. J. C.
Goodnight was re-elected trea
surer.
The convention, which was
presided over by Chairman Hen
drix, voted that all Democrats
who would go toi Raleigh for
the State Convention Thursday
would be seated as delegates.
He stated that Watauga county
has 14 votes in the convention.
Candidates for the State
* House of Representatives, Gor
don H. Winkler and J. E. Joines,
were recognised and spoke
HOOPER HENDRIX
briefly. Hayden Pitt*, candidate
for county commissioner and
Sheriff Ernest Hod?-., alio
John Council! wai unanim
ously approved for membership
on the Watauga County Board
of Elections to succeed William
Cole, resigned.
(Continued on page four)
Poppy Day To
Be Observed
On Saturday
"The proud and symbolic pro
duct of the unsteady hands of
[>ur hospitalized and disabled
veterans" was the way Com
mander Stephens of Veterans ul
Foreign Wars Post No 7031 de
scribed the Buddy Poppy which
bis organization will put on sale
in Boone May 19.
The sale here will be just one
of many thousand sales being
held throughout the nation dur
ing the month of Hay.
In the hospital wards and
hobby rooms of Veterans' Ad
ministration Homes and Hospi
tals all over the country men
in pajamas and bathrobes have
been busy for many months now
making the artificial memorial
flowers symbolic of those who
gave so much during time of
war. They aire hoping and pray
ing that all Americans will wear
the symbolic flower of remem
brance when Buddy Poppies are
placed on sale.
Many of these men are work
ing with partially paralized or
deformed hands, some in wheel
chairs and others yet in bed.
They get immense satisfaction
from the work. The mechanical
ingenuity required by the work
takes their minds off their own
pain and loneliness. Several of
the men work at benches turn
ing out many flowers a minute.
(Continued on page four)
SPEAKER. ? Governor Terry
Sanford will be the commence
ment speaker at Appalachian
State Teachers College Satur
day, May 28.
Miss Watauga
PageantToBe
Held In Fall
The annual "Miss Watauga
County" beauty pageant will for
the first time, be held in the
autumn, according to word from
Grady Moretz, Jr., President of
the Boone Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
The Jaycee-sponsored Pag
eant has grown in popularity
over the years, and in announc
ing the change, Moretz stated
that moving the Pageant to the
Fall should make the event even
more prominent in future years.
Moretz noted that most of
the larger North Carolina cities
now have their Pageants in
either September or October,
giving their winners a greater
length of time in whfch to pre
pare for the State Pageant
which is held annually in the
summer.
He observed that the Ashe
( Continued on page four)
Watauga NCEA Unit
Hm Annual Dinner
The Watauga County Unit of
the North Carolina Education
Association held its annual din
ner meeting at 8:30 p. m? May
4, in the Appalachian Element
ary School Cafeteria.
Husbands, wives and friends
attended as guests.
The invocation was given by
Everett Widener, principal of
Blowing Rock School.
Following a delicious dinner
Mrs. Dessa Ms* Edminsten, sup
ervisor of Watauga county
schools, installed the following
officers for the year 1902-1903:
President ? Clyde Greene.
Vic^-president? Dr. Roy R.
Blanton.
Secretary? Mrs. Grace Mast.
Treasurer? Bobby Harmon.
Dr. Blanton Intrbduced Roy
Armstrong, McraUry of the
John Motley Morehead Founda
tion, who explained that the
selection of boy* to receive the
Morehead Scholarship is based
on - ability, character, service,
leadership, and unselfishness.
He paid tribute to boys from
Watauga county who had won
Morehead Scholarships and cit
ed them as product* of quality
education.
Mr. Armstrong expressed
gratitude for the recent strides
that have been made in edu
cation, and emphasized the fact
that the aim of quality educa
tion is to give to every child
the oportunity to develop his
talents to the fullest. "How
ever, the schools cannot do the
job alone," he saiti. "It must
be a cooperative etfort between
the hone aad the school."
I GOOD NEWS FOR CONSUMERiWw
Action Same
As Another
10% Rate Cut
Cecil E. Viverette, General
Manager of the Blue Ridge
Electric Membership Corpora
tion, announced today that an
other milestone had been reach
ed in the* history of the Co
operative. He said that begin
ning this year capital credits
will be retired to the members
on an eight-year revolving basis.
The members who were' re
ceiving service in 1983 will re
ceive this year, in cash, the
capital credits that were allo
cated to them that year. Capital
credits were earned and allo
cated for the first time in 1BS0.
Members receiving service in
1950, 1991 and 1992 will receive
their capital credits this year
also. The total amount of capital
credits to be paid in cash to
members this year will amount
to aproximately $80,000. Some
capital credits for this period
have already been paid to
pstates of deceased members.
Also, capital credits were paid
to those members who had not
received service for three years.
Viverette stated , that it is the
plan to repeat this cash retire
ment each year. Next year
(1903) the capital credits allo
cated to ther membership in
1894 will be paid. Approximate
ly $112,000 will be returned to
members next year. This retire
ment will continue annually so
that in the next ten years a
total of $2,069,265 in capital
credits will be returned to the
members of the Cooperative.
This will amount to more than
ten percent of all the power
bills paid for the years capital
credit* are being repaid. A ten
percent rate reduction was
given in January, I960. This is
the equivalent to another ten
percent rate reduction for these
members.
The board of directors and
the management of the Coopera
tive have made careful analysis
of the financial forecast for the
Cooperative for the next ten
years and have determined this
policy of retirement is sound,
based on present conditions and
those of the foreseeable future.
It is their sincere hope (hat this
plan of revolving retirements
of capital credits can be carried
on indefinitely.
Blue Ridge Electric Member
( Continued on page four)
School Bus
Roadeo Being
Planned Here
Once again it i* time for the'
annul school bus roadeo for
the State of North Carolina, ac
cording to Roy Moretz, chief
mechanic at the school bus ga
rage. ,
For roadeo purposes, the
state has been divided Into ten
districts, composed of ten coun
tie? each. A roadeo will be held
ia each district this month.
The district in which Watauga
will participate will hold iU,
roadeo on Saturday at Yadkin
ville. Each county is eligible to
send one boy and one girl school
bus driver to participate. The
two winners from each district
will receive expense paid tripe
to Raleigh for the state finals
June 27 and 28.
Stephen DoUon from the
Blowing Rock High School wiU
represent Watauga county. Mi.
Moretz said there ia no eligible
girl for the roadeo in Watauga.
There is no uniform system of
awards on tbe district level. The
first place winners of the State
Roadeo will receive $750 scho
larships to the college of their
choice. Runners-up will receive
scholarships for $000 each.
BUILDING PLANNERS. ? These men are laying plana for building a Moose home in Boone.
Left to right, they are: C. A. Price, Joe Veit secretary; Joe Williams, trustee; seated: Glenn
R. Andrews, Jr. Governor; J. C. Cline, past Governor; and George L. Sawyer, Sr., prelate.
(See story page one, section B).? Photo Flowers' Photo Shop.
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Week End Religious Services
Start Commencement Exercises
Left to right: Mrs. Doretha Greene, Mr*. Faith Michael, Mri.
Lura Greene, and Mrs. Phyllis Foster.
Republican Women Meet;
Hear Broyhill And Burdick
More than a hundred Repub
licans, chiefly women, attended
? "Getting to Know You" din
ner at Daniel Boone Inn last
Saturday night, at whieh time a
permanent women's organiza
tion was organized for Watauga
county.
Miss Stella Rutledge, State
Republican vice-chairman, o ?
Chartotte spoke briefly to the
gathering 'and later installed the
officers.
The following officers were
elected and installed: President,
Mrs. Lura Greene; vice-presi
dent, Mrs. Faith Michael; secre
tary, Mr*. Phyllis Foster; trea
surer, Mrs. Doretha Greene.
Candidate* tor the various
offices to be choaen in the May
primary election were present
and were recognized.
A iii?b>ight of the occasion
was the presence of both Con
gressional candidates for the
Ninth District, Mr. Broyhili of
Lenoir, and Mr. Burdick of Al
bermarle. Both men addressed
the meeting and explained their
respective positions on issues at
hand. J. :
Commencement exercises t or
211 lenfors in the four high
schools in Wktauga county will
be in progress this week ud
next as the students complete
their secondary education.
Bethel high school, with 19
graduaing, had is Baccalaur
eate service Sunday at the
school, with the Bev. Carl Wil
son, pastor of Antioch Bap
tist Church, delivering the ser
mon. The Bev. Vaugh Greene
and the Bev. Clyde Cornett as
i is ted in the service.
Junior marshals at Bethel
are Eddie Cornett, Kenneth
Harmon, Johnny Lawrence and
Martha Davis.
Graduation exercise* for
Bethel had been scheduled for
Thursday evening at S o'clock
before bad weather postponed
the closing of school. The ex
ercise will be held on the sched
uled date, -but the students will
return to school for a week
to complete the required num
ber of school days. All other
schools have rescheduled their
graduation exercises for next
week.
Baccalaureate service* for the
100 member senior class at Ap
palachian High School will be at
8:00 p. m. Sunday in the First
Baptist Church in Boone.
, The Bev. Preston Hughes,
Jr., pastor of the Boone Meth
odist Church, will deliver the
Baccalaureate address. Mr.
Hughes will be assisted by the
Bev. Homer Greene, pastor of
(continued on page four)
Rhododendron f. Festival To Be
Held June 14-15; To Name Queen
The 16th Annual North Caro
lina Rhododendron Festival will
be held this year on June 14th
19th and 18th according to the
Bakersville Lions club, which
has been sponsoring this event
since it started.
Last year two new features
were added to the already popu
lar mountain top festival. Both
will be continued this year. On
Thursday, June 14th the Jun
ior Miss Rhodode ndron Pageant
will be featured. Girls from
eight throogh eleven will be
judged on talent, swim suit and
evening gown competition, me
new Junior Miss Rhododendron
Queen will replace Miss Date
Banner, wt? served as Junior
Miu Rhododedron Queen of
1901 and will appear in many
erenti, with the regular queen.
On Friday night, June 15th
the Rhododendron Pageant will
be featured with girU compet
ing for the title of North Caro
lina Rhododendron Queen.
Wheal Filing
Date Is Given
June 30, 1862, it the final date
for which farmers may file an
application for a 1863 wheat al
lotment Full information con
cerning eligibility requirement!
ia available at the
office.
Many valuable prize* and aw
ard* will be given as the con
testant* appear in evening
gown*, swim suit* and a* they
display their talent. The talent
and swim suit winners will be
announced on Friday night On
Saturday, June lfcth the final
evening gown appearance will
take place in the Rhododendron
Roan Mountain at
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who served