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FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the col umns of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, intensely covering Ia^I fhnnning ftfML it if I ? ? """IT*" ? ? 7 best advertising medium avails] LXXIV^NO. II eekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fourth Year of Coi ' J BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, June I .loaf ! June June 18 June 17 June & CENTS 18 PAG , 1 TAR BAB^.? Workers from the North Carolina Highway De partment resurface a portion of Queen Street earlier this week as Mayor Watte E. Brown (center), department foreman J. R. McNeil (left), and department supervisor T. A. Hagaman (right), look on. The operation cost the town $10,000, accord ins to Mayor Brown, and will be paid for oat of the town's budget which has been set up for such an expenditure. Three of Boone's seven miles of city streets were paved this week, with most of the work being done on West Howard, Appalach ian and Queen streets, and Grand Boulevard. ? Staff photo. JIM AGLE'S RESCUE ATTEMPT FAILS JohnSh rakeDrownsIn Surf ROBERT B. TOOTELL FCA Governor To Speak Here For Land Bank Robert B. Too tell, governor of the Farm Credit Admin titra tion, Washington, 17. C., will be , the main speaker at the annual meeting of stockholders of the , Federal Land Bank Association of Boone, July 7, it was an nounced this week by S. C. Egg ers, president of the local as sociation. The meeting will be in the Boone Elementary School ? Auditorium, and will begin at 10:30 ajn. that day. Mr. Tootell was born and reared on a farm in Wisconsin, 1 and has had long experience in < work. He was appointed gov- 1 ernor of the Farm Credit Ad ( Continued on page two) John Shrake, 18 year old son of Bert Shrake who is owner of the Parkside Cafe near the college campus in Boone, drowned Sunday afternoon at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. We miftap occurred In front Of the Ocean Forest Hotel where be was employed. A companion, Jim Agle, 17, also of Boone, tried to save Shrake but was unsuccessful. Jvgle was treated at Ocean View in Myrtle Beach and wa? pleased. Littlejohn Blanton, county coroner, said the two youths ventured out too far into the surf about 1:19 p. m. Shrake got into trouble and Agle made a futile effort to save him. The Myrtle Beach Rescue Squad brought Agle to safety. The rescue squad made an effort to lecate the body of Shrake but had not found it by noon Tuesday. They were being aided in the search by the United States Air Force which was using helicopter* to scan the area. Both Shrake and Agle were graduated from Appalachian High School here laat month. They weot to Myrtle Beach ahactly alter graduation and were employed 'Trttte Ocfcan Forest Motel. " '?? Shrake was the ton of Mr. and Mr*. Bert 1. Shrake of 224 W. Westbrook Drive, Boone. The family came to Boone about four years ago from Cleveland, Ohio. Surviving are the parents and two younger brothers, Bill and David Shrake of Boone. Agle is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Agle of 8008 Bear Trail, Boone. The father is gen eral manager of the Statesville Theater Corp. Agle was released from the hospital Monday and returned to Boone with his parents. Mrs. and Mrs. Shrake and an other son, Bill, are staying at Ocean Forest Hotel, awaiting the recovery of Shrake's body. Two Watauga Homes Are Destroyed By t ire Two fires within the past , week completely destroyed the homes of two Wataugians, ac cording to the Boone Fire Ix partment. The home of Bob Hunnicutt, Jr., of Bamboo Road was de Wilkes Dam Gates To Be Closed In August Engineers will lower gates in the Wilkesboro Flood Control Dam about August IS to form the lake. Harold A. Mullins, engineer in charge of the project for the U. S. Corp of Engineers, said work la the reservoir area will be completed by that time and the lake will be formed in time for dedication ceremonies at the dam' scheduled for Septem ber 16. Rains are expected to pro vide the water to form the lake without cutting off the normal flow of the river. If the flow of the river were cut off entirely, Mullins aaid, the remit would be disastrous to fish in the stream below and would dim inish water supplies down the valley. Workmen are now putting the finishing touches to the earth dam across the valley in pre- 1 paratioo for sMtof the down river slope of the dam in grass, rhe up-river side has been .-overed with stone. . \ Work remaining to be done includes paving a roadway icroas the top of the 146-foot lam and installation of power Iriven machinery to control the gates in the 800-foot concrete tunnel through the base of the lam, which will carry the riv sr's How. Contract was awarded to Tom Brown Jr., of Charlotte for erection of four concrete boat ramps at the edge of what will to the permanent lake. There ilso will be four beach areas, rhes* developments will ex end from near the dam to a lis la nee of three miles up itream. The spillway designed to arry flood water around the lorth end of the dam into Fisit 3am Creek below the dam has (Continued on page three) clared a total loss in a fire which gutted his house last Thursday. Local firemen state that lack of water hampered their fight against the blaze. No otficial estimate of dam age had been made early this week. A Sunday afternoon blaze in Hot Hollar leveled the home of Earl Miller. No official esti mate of damage was available prior to this pubicatioh. Again, firemen stated that insufficient water supply was a main factor which delayed their efforts to control the blaze. A spokesman explained by stating that nether of Boone's two fire trucks holds more than 230 gallons of water. The trucks can pump 900 gallous of water per minute. In reality, then, on ly about thirty seconds of "wat er power" is available, although the spokesman pointed out that the water was not pumped at full power and therefore lasted "somewhat longer." To help offset this factor, the persons who have fires "to baikl small dams in a nearby creek or river while the fire trucks are driving to the scene. The water then can be pumped by the truck to the place of fire. Much valuable time is lost in the constructing of such a dam, by firemen after they have arrived," the spokesman MRS. EARLEEN PRITCHETT Mrs. Pritchett Heads UN Week Mr*. Earleen G. Pritchett, ad ministrative assistant to the President of Appalachian State Teachers College* was named Tuesday to the State Chairman ship of United Nations Week, according to word reaching the Democrat fron: Governor San ford's office. United Nations Week will be observed October 21-27. Mr*. Pritchett will have the duty of coordinating the UN observ ance in communities across the State, and will ask the various mayors to name local chairmen. The goal of tne observance is to promote a better under standing of the aims, purpose* and accomplishments of United Nation*. Duru ui naiauga cuumy uu August 6, 1900, Mrs. Pritchett was educated at Lees-McRae College, Draughon's Business College in Knoxville and Appa lachian State Teachers College. For nineteen years she was secretary to the president at Lees-McRae College. From 1947 to September, 1949, she served as secretary to the Dean. She was Director of Publications and Associate Director of Placement at ASTC in Boone. Since Sep tember, 1955, she has been sec retary to Dr. W. H. Plemmons, President of Appalachian State Teachers College. In 1901, (he became Administrative Assist ant. a i ' ;1 si Mrs. Pritchett is a charter member of the Boone Business and Professional Woman's Club and has served two ywrs as the club's president. For one term she was chairman of the Edu cation and Vocation Committee of District 2 of the North Caro lina Federation of Business and Profeetional Women's Club*. . She is one of the organisers (Continued oa page two) sr ; FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER NOMINATION . i ? v ' ote Tabulation Sho fm ?.?it i ? ?" ','..:SV eynolds, Not Edmisten,Was mJ 7 ' J A - t- W"/: <? ' hi n In May 26 Primary Request For 2nd Primary Is Refused Acting under the direction of the State Board of Elections, the county board has re-tabu lated the votes cast in the May 26 Watauga County primary.' The new count shows Lee Reyn olds ? rather than Jack Edmis ten ? is among the top three Democratic aspirants for the post of county commissioner. (As Was agreed among the candidates prior to the May 26 primary, the top three winner* would bo candidates for the post in the November election. W. C. Lentz and Gene Reese were the top two men in the race, followed by Reynolds and Ed misten.) Also the county board has announced that the request made by Emmitt, Oliver for a second primary to be held ha* been denied. Oliver was an un successful candidate for sheriff in the recent election. It was he who first demanded a re count of the votes in four of the county's sixteen precincts. According; to the county board, a re-count of the four precincts was made during the past week. In reaching the lat est election results the local bard followed the state board'* luggestions to 1. Recount all votes cast in the May 26 balloting, in the precincts questioned 2. Discard all Democratic votes cast in the Cove Creek precinct 3. Disregard the Republican votes cast in the Boone Town ship. Pertaining to the 'first, the board stated that in re-checking the li? ures in the four precincts the board found fifty-eight more Democrat ballots in the Brushy Fork precinct than names on the poll books; about fifty more ballots in the Boone Township than names on the poll books; about thirty more ballots in the New River dis trict than names on the poll books; and no discrepencies in the Watauga precinct. The re-count in these four districts did not change the outcome in the race for sheriff of Watauga County, the spokes man said. In other action pertaining to the alleged voting irregularities in the county, an agent from the State Bureau of Investiga tion was seen in Boone Tues day of this week. It could not be confirmed that he was here for (he sole purpoau of in vestigating the county voting, but the local board spokesman (Continued on page two) Broyhill Group Maps Strategy An enthusiastic ptanul&g ?ion was held early Tuesday morning by the Watauga Broy hill Congressional Campaign Committee, to plan details and strategy lor the Congressional campaign. James T. Broyhill, Republican candidate for Con gress in the Mh District of North Carolina, led the gener al discussion of plans for the campaign in Watauga County. Broyhill committed himself once again to conduct a vigor-, ous campaign, not only In tauga the 0th the ceived and support from Republicans | and Democrats alike, who are anxious for a change. j Broyhill stated that the best way to get his story to the peo- ^ EXPANSION . ? Shadowline, Inc., is in the process of malting its third expansion In five at iU Boone plant. Shown above U a section of the construction on the west wing of the cor poration. ? Staff photo by Gaddy. f . ? Dr. Plemmons Tells 01 -Growth At College In Talk^To Students O Dr. W. H. Plemmons, presi dent of Appalachian State Tea chers College, addressed the stu dent body and faculty during convocation services in the new physical education building last week. He based his speech around the continued progress that is being made at ASTC and the plans for future improvements. Introduced by Dr. D. J. White ner, dean of the college. Or. Plemmons commented that al though the recent bond issue failed, requisitions will be made to the legislature. Student Council President Paul Lentz announced that the Student Council will continue to function during the summer and invited students and faculty members to visit the office in the men's old gym and discuss any problems that might be urgent. Dr. J. E. Stone and Dr. Cratla Williams commented briefly on summer school enrollment. Ap proximately 1892 students are enrolled for this session. This ii the largest summer attend ance on record at ASTC. Dr. W. G. Spencer, head of the muiic department, ltd the group in a song and introduced the Tweefsie Barber Shop Quartet. The quartet sang several num Willis Chester Is Given) High Post With Belk's v Mr. John Belk, President of Belk Stores, has announced the appointment of Mr. W. W. Chester as Executive Vice Presi dent of Belk's Department Store in Boone. Mr. Chester has served as a a nag er'.and Secretary Treasurer of the store prior to this time and will continue to serve in this capacity. The local store has had a history of steady growth since it was opened in May of 1035. With.:. th? last year the store has been completely air-condi tioned and a new heating plant has been installed. The store continues to modernise and to offer to the public merchandise values and outstanding customer service. Mr. Chester was born in Cor nelius, N. C., and Joined Belk's in Statesville in 1907. In 1930 he worked for a short period o I time in the Belk store in Lenoir and joined the local store in the Shoe Department in 1938. He was named manager in IMS, a position he has held since that time. ? Since coming to Boone, Mr. Chester has been very activw in religious and civic activities and is at present a member of the Rotary Club, Lay Leader of the Boone Methodist Church, a di rector of the Chamber of com MB. W. W. CHESTER V merce, on the Board of Directors of Watauga Industries, on the Board of Directors of the South ern Appalachian Historical As sociation, and a member of the local board of the Wesley an ben reminiscent of the Gay Twenties. The band, under the direction of Charles isley, played several marches and accompanied the group in singing "America." Dr. Spencer invited all stu dents interested to join the chorus and the band. The chorus, directed by Mrs. Virginia Linney, meets at 2:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building. The band meets at 3:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building. Neither group meets on Friday. Students and faculty members having cars were reminded not to park in the restricted areas. ' 2,250 Enroll For Summer Session Appalachian State Teachers College's summer school enroll ment has now swelled to 8,250 students, according to Dr. Braxton Harris, assistant regis trar at the college. This includes 1,892 students who registered June 7-11; stu dents in the Charlotte area who are taking extension' courses; and 230 students who registered early this week lor a two weeks work shop. The figure is an all time high, according to Dr. James Stors-, director offfi Summer Sessions. It is an increase of about twenty per cent over last year's summer school enroll ment of 1,382. College officials had expected an increase of about ten per cent. Registration data show* 40 newly registered freshmen and 800 graduate students. A more complete tabulation as to cIms ification of students is expect- ? ed within the week, according to a college spokesman. Women Voter League Meeting
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