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FQR BEST RESULTS advertiser* invariably use the col umns of the Democrat. With iU lull paid circulation, intensely covering area, it i? the beat advertising medium available. VOLUME LXXV<?NO. An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication BOONE, WAT ORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST ?, 1962 6 CENTS - - WRECKAGE OF CAR IN WHICH ONE PERSON DIED Mioio HE DOESN'T EXPECT TAXES TO DOUBLE RevaluationW Photo Contest Posts The Watauga Democrat announces with this issue of the paper the beginning of a photo contest which runs to the end of the month (August). Prize money totaling $39 will be awarded to the top winners, according to editor R. C. Rivers. Judges for the contest are John Corey and Larry Penley of the Appalachian Stat* Teachers College news bureau and Dale Gaddy of the Democrat. Two Classes Of Judging Two classes of judging will be made with first, second, and third place winners in each division receiving $10, $5, and $2.90, respectively. The divisions have been tabbed "Class I ? Current Photographs," and "Class II ? Historical Photographs." Under Class I will come all human interest and news photo graphs. That is, pictures of wrecks, fires, visiting dignitaries, the arrival of a new business in town, etc., will be classified as news. Pictures of, say, ducks on a pond or horses in a field, etc., will be considered feature photos. News and feature pic tures will be judged collectively. Old pictures (taken years ago as opposed to recent photo graphs of historical subjects) will be classified as historical. Pictures of relatives, houses, cars, events, etc., which were taken years ago will be placed ia this division of the contest. Only black and white photo* will be accepted. The Watauga Democrat reserves the right to publish any photo entered in the contest; all photos may be reclaimed by calling for specific entries at the main desk at the Watauga Democrat office on King Street, after September 0. The name and complete address of the person entering a picture should be written in ink or dark lead pencil on each photo submitted. All photos should be brought or mailed to the ?If ice by no later than August 31. Photos may be the standard size snapshot or larger. A person may make as many entries as he wishes. Only amateur photographers are eligible. No member of the Watauga Democrat staff nor their families and no member of the Appalachian news bureau nor their families is eligible. So, come on. Join the fun. Young and old, experienced cameramen or beginners. Everyone is invited to participate in this three-week contest. Who knows? Maybe you will be one of the winners. izes Black And White Photos Amateurs Only - WataugaV ote Charges May Get Court Action Newton Aug. 2.? Criminal in dictment appears t? M in order in alleged ballot box stuffing in Watauga county's May 26 primary, Sixteenth District Sup erior Court Solicitor B. T. Falls, Jr., of Shelby said here to Solicitor Falls is prosecuting criminal cases this week and next hi the July-August term of Catawba county Superior court. *He said today that while h? has not finished bis study ot an SBI report of its probe in WatHW* ?ii"y tion irregularities, "there ap pear* enough smoke to find some fire." BUI To Grud Jury Solicitor Falls declined to name any one, at this time, against whom indictments may ho brought, but said a bill like ly will be presented to the Wa tauga County Grand Jury when it convenes in September. Ha indicated be planned to pro ceed under the State's felony statute regarding election ir regularities. (Continued oo page two) By JOE C. MINOR ' ^ Work U progressing rapidly on the tax revolution in the county, and in some township* more than *0% of the field work has been completed, according to W. J. Nelson, of the Southern Appraisal Company, Greens boro, who is supervising the project. When completed, the book value of real property in Wa tauga is expected to be double or more than that of the pres ent valuation, according to J. D. Winebarger, county tax sup ervisor. Mr. Nelson said that due to the "wonderful cooperation we're getting" from the prop erty owners, the work could possibly be completed days ahead of the November 19 dead line given his company for re valuing the more than 76,000 parcels of real estate in the county. He and his associates are receiving the best coopera tion here of anywhere be has worked, he said. Although no work has been done in some townships, Mr. Nelson said 90% of the "toot work*' has been completed in Boone and laurel Creek town ships, 75% in Stony Fork, 50% in the Town of Blowing Bock, and some work has been done in Beaver Dam, North Fork, Bald Mountain, and Meat Camp. Work was to begin in New River Chorus Will Sing At 'Horn' A special treat is in store for those who attend Thursday's per formance of Horn in the West, according to Dr. W. G. Spen cer, head of the Appalachian State Teachers College and co-, ordinator of the Eleventh An ' nual Music Education Workshop at the college. ? The 174 voice chorus, com posed of those attending the workshop, will present selec tions which they have been studying prior to the showing of the drama. The chorus will be under direction of Vito Ma son,. director of music, Ithaca, New York. The workshop Is in It* sec ond and final week. Sponsored by the college in cooperation with The American Institute of Music Education, the workshop has several outstanding teachers of music on the faculty. They include Francis S. Fox, chair man of the workshop, who is music editor for the Silver Bur dett Co., Morristown, N. J.; Eliz or, University of Delaware; soon. A crew of five and fix men are doing the work, be said. Present valuation, based on fee 1961 revaluation Kale, is ftaeed at ?pf>r??maUly $27 mll 1100, and the new valuation is expected to (o to $90 million or more, Mr. Winebarger pre dicted. He based his predictions on the general rise in value of real estate over the years and the tremendous amount of build ing that has been done in the county. Mr. Nelson would give no figures, and stressed the fact that his company never releases any figures to the public or in dividuals. After their work is completed, the results will be turned over to the county com missioners. The usual procedure then is for the commissioners to notify (Continued on page two) Ray Is Given GE Award D. O. RAY Swofford's, Inc., of Boom, has been honored and presented a plaque in recognition of the excellent aervice performed by ita aervice department on Gen eral Electric major appliance! , television and stereo. Mr. D. 0. Bay was presented the General Electric Good Ser vice Plaque at a recent dinner meeting held by Walker Martin, Inc., distributors, at Charlotte. Mr. J. A. Cornatzer, Product Service Manager for General Electric major appliances for North Carolina, praised the ex cellent service rendered to the community by Swofford's, Inc., This is the first time that the Service Award has been WataugaMan, Girl Student Are Victims A 22-year old man was killed about 2:80 p. m. Saturday when the car in which he was riding left the Blue Ridge Parkway about 18 miles east of Boone, plunged 80 to 100 feet down an embankment, overturned, and caught fire. About 29 hours later, an Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege freshman was killed in stantly in a two-car collision at Foscoe, eight miles southwest of this college town. In the first accident, James Barnard Woodring of Boone, Route 2 was the victim. He was listed by Parkway Ranger Kim Fee n as the driver of the auto mobile at the time the accidcnt occurred. Riding with Wuodring were Wayne Claude Greene, 22, of Boone, Route 4, and Billy B. Blackburn of Todd. Both were admitted to Watauga County Hospfttt, Greene was discharg ed Sunday. Blackburn was re ported in 'satisfactory" condi tion at the hospital Monday. Woodring is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louise E. Wood ring; a sen, James A. Woodring S Um home; his parents. An sw Jackson Woodring and Ida Lewis Woodring; two bro thers, Ernest Woodring Of Boone, Route 2 and Grady Woodring of Lanoir; and three sisters, Mrs. Philip Spann of Blowing Rock and Miss Jean Woodring and Mr-,. John Ker ley, both of Lenoir. The funeral was held Monday, August 8, at 2 p. m., in the Perkinsville Baptist Church. Officiating were the Rev. Mau rice Cooper and the Rev. David McCord. Burial was in the Hopewell cemetery. ? ? ? ? Nineteen-year-old Miss .Kay Sharp, a freshman elementary education and English major from Maiden was the fatally in jured person in the two-car wreck at Foscoe. Injured in the accident were Larry Mays of the Beech Creek community and Jim Thompson Bishop, a social studies major at ASTC, from Virginia. Both survivors of the acci dent were reported in "satiafac Patrolman Baker stated to the Watauga Democrat Monday afternoon that the driver of the car in which Mis* Sharpe was riding was Larry Zane Maya. Mays, Miss Sharpe, and Jack Bishop were passengers In a 1961 MG sports car. Miss Sharpe and Bishop were thrown from the wreckage. Arthur Joe Walker of Spin dale was identified as the driv er of the other car involved. Driving soitli on N. C. 103, in his 1961 Oldsmobile, Walker's car tried to avoid the skidding Mays vehicle on the rain -slick road. The two cars collided head-on. tory" condition at the Watauga Hospital Monday. Their extent of injuries win not released for publication at that time. Miss Sharpe suffered a bro ken neck, Richard Kelley, Wa tauga County coroner, reported. Investigating State Highway Patrolman George E. Baker i? ( Continued oa page two) United Fund Board Meets The Board of Directors of Watauga County United Fund. Inc., will meet this Thursday, August 9, at 12:00 noon (lunch eon at the Daniel Boone Inn). prt*nt at this meeting for the budget will be presented and all new matters for the coming fall campaign will to discussed. ASTC STADIUM con.tructlon continues Ihronllh Aujuit u Um op?tni rr-rr r & Txsre SmE^rE^Esz. iw-^rsLrri"^ jf?W-ttwsr?vs? field house ii in the b?ckiround? Photo by Gaddy. m-, ROOMING FACILITIES CROWDED Appalachian To Draw 2800 For Fall T erm, Says Registrar Appaiacman a late Teachers College expects an enrollment id excess of 2800 for the fall term, according to H. K. Eggers, registrar at ASTC. Approximately 840 freshmen are expected to enroll in classes on the Boone Campus. Added to this figure should be ap proximately 118. transfer stu dents which will put the new student enrollment close to 1,000. This enrollment is about the same as last year. Eggers said that this large enrollment, while a source of satisfaction to the college auth orities, also brings its problems. Rooming facilities are taxed to Andrews To Go To Md. The Bev. David Andrews and family will be moving from Boone to Baltimore, Md., on August 14, he reports. Mr. An drews was for several years di rector of Wesley Foundation at the Boone Methodist Church, working with students at Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege. Mr. Andrews will be director of the Methodist student work at Morgan State College, at the interdenominational Christian center there. According to Mr. Andrews, Morgan College was founded as a Methodist-related school in 1M7. It became a tour-year state libertal arts college in 1939, after the merger of the Northern and Southern branch es of the Methodist Church. Morgan State College is about the same sue as Appalachian State Teachers College, and has a spacious campus with modern facilities. Wiuw. . ?. The Andrews family will be living at 848 Wood bourne Ave., and they will welcome corres pondence and visits by friends la lb. Boa. ra liMMM dormitories for both men and the limit, with many of the women having been converted into facilities for three in a room. This is not the happiest situation, but is necessary to make a place for those who want to go to college and are qualified for college work. The requirements for admission, ac cording to Eggers have been raised and tightened during the past few years. | Graduate Studies Dr. Cratia Williams, director of graduate studies, says that enrollment in the graduate divi sion is ahead of any previous year, with a 10 per cent increase over last year. Between 880 and 1,000 students are expected in the resident, extension and Saturday graduate classes at Appalachian this fall. Among the group will be 81 who have been appointed as teaching fel lows, graduate assistants, de partmental assistants, and re search fellows. Thirty of these are enrolled in the program preparing Junior college teach ers. t Dr. John Bozard, ASTC dean of instruction, said that chang ei in curriculum for the com ing year will Include the fol lowing: Curriculum Chaages . Among these are several courses in political philosophy, American political parties, com parative government and poli tics, and international organi zation and law; the geography of Russia and the georgraphy of middle America are added to the area of geography; in the foreign languages, two year courses in German will be of fered. Also several revisions have been made in the home econom ics curriculum. Included among new courses in the department of education and psychology are a program of studies in audio-visual education leading to the Master of Arts degree. Other new courses are social foundations of education, psy chological foundations of edu cation, curriculum for kinder garten, and the Junior high school curriculum and organiza tion. Three graduate courses have been added to the currtwff ulum; namely school law, ; tfl (Continued on page six; Red Cross Is Praised For Blood Collection Local blood recruitment chairman, Joe McClung, report ed last week that Watauga County is one of only four Bed Cross Chapters in the Piedmont Region which received a spec ial commendation for showing marked Improvement in blood collections for the recently end ed fiscal year, 1961-82. A spccial memo from the Charlotte Blood Center cited recognition for the mountain county "for blood collections in excess of usage for the fiscal year July 1801 to July 1982." HM9k.Bc MDnrtiui th? quota for blood collection for last year in Watauga County waa 370 pints; the local chapt er collected 530 pint*. Thanks were expressed by the local chairman to all of th? donors, "who have made tbis record so outstanding and for bringing recognition to Wata uga County for such a wonder- | ful job and a record that Is go ing to be hard to beat for this fiscal year." .*??. - Si
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