FOR BEST RESULTS
?NE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ?, lMtt
Producers Of
Wool To Vote
DuringMonth
Watauga County wool produc
er* will vote to Indicate approv
al of advertising and sales pro
motion deductions during the
period of September 10 through
21, it was announced by Roy
Isley, ASCS county office man
ager.
Ballot*, self addressed enve
lopes marked "Wool Ballot" and
a copy of the *tatement ?jfilfer
endum on Advertising and Sales
Promotion for Lamb and Wool"
will be mailed to all 242 known
wool producer* by September
10, Mr Isley said. These bal
lots are self-explanatory and
should be checked and returned
immediately.
Producer* may mail their bal
lot* in to the Watauga County
ASCS .office or bring them in
during this time period. A bal
lot box will be provided in the
county office.
Producers will vote on whe
ther or not they wiih advertis
ing and promotion funds a* pro
vided by agreement between
the Secretary of Agriculture and
the American Sheep Producer'*
Council, Inc., as authorized un
der section 706 of the National
Wool Act of 1964 as amended
to be deducted from their in
centive payments for the year*
1982, 63, 84, and 85.
An individual, corporation,
partnership or legal entity which
has an interest as owner or par
tial owner in one or more sheep
six months of age or older, lo
cated in Watauga county for any
period of at least 30 days from
January 1, 1962, to the day his
ballot is cast is an eligible vot
er. No person wishing to cast
a ballot will be denied the priv
ilege of doing so even though
it appears at the time otvotitig
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United Fund
Goal Set At
$13,872.72
Joe G. McClung, president of
Watauga County Fund, has -an
nounced the goal for the Unit
ed Fund's forthcoming cam
paign.
"The goal," Mr. McClung said,
"is based on our proposed bud
get for 1963, which has been
set for $13,872.72. We are hope
ful for one of the biggest and
best campaigns."
According to Mr. McClung,
it was decided at the last execu
tive board meeting that the
campaign would be held in the
early part of October. The def
inite date has not been set, he
said.
Johnston To
Address Masons
IRA T. JOHNSTON
Members of Snow Lodge, their
wive* and friends are invited
to bear the Honorable Ira T.
Johnston of Jefferson on Friday
evening at eight o,f1~A ,K"
Masonic
toB. W.
Dick Fa
billies will furnish
the occasion. Refreshn
be served following
?vent, Mr. Stalling* ? m.
10th BIRTH&A? FOR MILE HIGH SWINGING BRIDGE.-r-Sharon MathU, freshman at Appala
chian State Teachers College who la "Miss Carolinai Press Photographer" (right), and Betty
Lawhorn, "North Carolina Rhododendron Queen" helped celebrate the 10th anniversary of the
Mile High Swinging Bridge atop Grandfather Mountain on September 2 as a part of the festivi
ties at the Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic sponsored by the Carolinaa Press Associa
tion. Photographers from the two Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia attended.
FIRST IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Election Board Orders New
Registration Of All Voters
The Watauga County
Board of Elections issued a
statement Monday calling
for a new county-wide regis
trluonof voteri, the first
suchlafge scale operation
in the County in at least a
quarter of a century. Octob
er 6 has been set as the first |
registration day.
"This applies to every
voter in the county," said
Stacy C. Eggers, board mem
ber. In making an official
statement for the board,
Eggers said, "It is absolutely
necessary that each person
in Watauga County re-regis
ter in order to vote in the
next general election.
"Only those persons who re |
register or are first time regis- 1
trants will he entiUed to vote.1
By "first time registrants,"
Eggers referred to person* who |
had not registered for a prev
ious election. He explained that
of course the new names would
be entered in the new regutra
tion hooks.
The hoard stated that at all
16 county precincts there will
be four consecutive Saturdays
beginning Saturday, October 6,
on which voters may register
or re-register, whatever the case
may be. The registration days
will he followed by ? "challenge
day.'
The board give as its reason
for the new registration "the
bad shape the old borin are in.
One member observed that in
some instances the books are
incomplete.
?r The board stated that it did
not know when the last regis
tration (county wide) took
place. Roby Greer, chairman of
the board and a member since
1940, related that during his 22
YDC Rally
HBwl
Lulu Belle and Scotty
provide the entertainment
Democrats X
held at
mentary
day evening,
Tickets are now on sale i
tOtt* I
m
years on the board there hai
been no call issued for a new
registration.
A copy of ttmes registered
prior to 1990. was. made 4a- that
year by state request. That was
under a new system of book
keeping introduced in 1990.
"But as far as a new county
wide re-registration, Wstsu^a
county has had none in at least
29 years," said John Councill,
board secretary.
Eggers added, "This is merely
an effort to bring the records
up to date."
He lUted that the board's
decision to call lor a re-registra
tion was made solely on Its own.
"There was no outside element
involved ," he said, Inferring Ha
leigh.
The 18 county precinct books
will be open on the ffJo ving
Saturdays for persons who wish
to register: October 8, 13, 20,
and 27.
The next general election will
be hald on Tuesday, November
6.
Patrolman Jones
Gains Promotion
State Highway Patrolman C.
M. Jones, former resident of
Boone, was sworn in as Patrol
Sergeant by Secretary of State
Thad Eure in ceremonies per
formed in Raleigh Friday.
Sergeant Jones, who has
been with the State Highway
Patrol for 23 years was the
first officer to be stationed in
Boone and lived here eight
years. He served in Statesvilte
four years, Roxboro one, and
has been in Lenoir 10 years. He
has held the rank of Corporal
since July 1, 1951.
Sgt. Jones will remain in Le
noir as district sergeant of Dis
trict I of Troop F which is com
prised of Caldwell, Watauga,
Ashe and Avery counties. The
patrol headquarters building at
Hudson is expected to be ready
for occupancy in about 30 days,
Sgt. Jones stated.
As district sergeant, Jones
succeeds Sgt. Mi S. Parvin, who
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MRS. C. If. JONES proudly pin* the Sergeant's badge on her I
Mi Muff1 "'HP
Power Users'
Rebates Go
Up To $5,000
Members of the Blue Ridge
Electric Membership Corpora
tion who attend the annual
meeting of the corporation will
return home with some $67,000
which will be refunded them
during the afternoon-long event
Saturday.
This announcement was made
earlier in the week when offi
cial* of the group stated that
plans had been completed for
the 26th annual meeting of elec
tric user*. The meeting will be
held in Boone in the new gym
nasium of Appalachian State
Teachers College, and will be
gin at 1:30 p. m., and last until
4 o'clock.
Actually registration will be
gin at 11:30 a. m. and continue
to the beginning of the meeting,
according to the announcement.
The refunding of these cap
ital credits checks to the mem
bers who were receiving service
from 1890 through 1953 is a
milestone in the operation of
the cooperative, according to C.
E. Viverette, general manager
of the Blue Bidge Membership
Corporation.
ym* t? member contributed
capital used to hslft nay Mis i?
debtedness of the cooperative
to the Rural Electricifation Ad
ministration. These refunds will
continue to be made annually,
under the present policy, on an
eight-year revolving basis.
This year's checks will vary
according to the amount of pow
er used during the four years
mentioned. They will range
from a few cents to over $0,000.
Each member should have
with him the card he received
in the mail stating the amount
of his capital credits check. No
check will be issued without
this card.
A program of entertainment
will begin at 12:49 p. m., and
continue until 1:30, the time for
the first major prize drawing
and tile start of the program.
The Rev. Edwin T. Troutman,
pastor of Q r a c e Lutheran
Church, will give the invocation.
A welcoming address will be
given by Wade E. Brown, may
or of Boone.
A brief period will be observ
ed in honor and memory of A.
B. Hurt, president of Blue Ridge
Elecrtic Membership Corpora
tion from 1992 until September
18, 1961, the time of his death.
Most of the legislative candi
dates from the Blue Ridge Elec
tric service area will be on hand
for this meeting to hear of the
progress made by the corpora
tion and the problems facing it
now and in the future, Mr. Viv
errtte said. "This will be a
wonderful opert unity for the
members to get to know their
candidates better," he added.
Mr. Viverette will introduce
these honored guests and others
to the membership present.
G. B. Price, chairman of The
North Carolina Rural Electrifi
cation Authority, will make
brief remarks on "Member
Cooperation," and will make a
formal presentation of capital
credits checks. Mr. Price has
been a member of Blue Ridge
Electric since service was ex
tended Into Ashe county 22
year? ago. He served on the
board of directors for a while
before being appointed to the
State Rural Electrification Au
thority.
Special recognition of eight
boys and girls, and the award
ing of $2,200 in scholarship* will
be a feature in the planned
program this year. These
youngsters were the system and
FAIL QUARTER STARTS TUESDAY
m
840 Freshmen Arrive At College;
Approximately 1,000 new stu
dents at Appalachia State
Teachers College will have ar
rived on the campus by the end
of the week, according to col
lege officials. More than 840
freshmen came to the mountain
campus Tuesday; about 120
transfer students are expected
to arrive in Boone Friday.
Fall quarter at the local in
stitution officially began Tues
day morning at 0 o'clock with a
faculty meeting. An hour later,
freshmen began moving into
the dorms.
Four days of freshmen orien
tation were scheduled for this
week, beginning Wednesday at
8:30 a. m At that time, test
and registration schedules were
announced to the.fhrst year col
legians. i'-i O
Transfer students will be per
mitted to move into the dorms
Friday after 2 p. m. Orientation
for the new upperclfssmen stu
dents is slated for Saturday at
9 a. m.
Sophomores, junior*, seniors,
and graduate students will ar
rive Sunday and register for
classes on Monday. A combined
total of enrolled students Is ex
pected to exceed 2,800. This
figure, according to a news re
lease from the Appalachian
News Bureau, is about the sadke
as last year's.
Dr. Gratis Williams, director
of graduate studies, says that
enrollment in the graduate di
vision is ahead of any previous
year, wth a 10 iper 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 graduate students
will be 87 who have been ap
pointed as teaching fellows,
graduate assistants, department
al assistants, and research fel
B1JLLETIN
The Watauga Democrat w
denied Tuesday the list of Jurors
selected at the Watauga County
Court House that morning. A
spokesman at the office of the
Tax Supervisor stated that the
list for the forthcoming session
of court is not available for
publication.
He offered bo further expla
the
lows. . "i\ ; (
Freshmen begin their classes
Monday; upperclaasmen begin t
Tuesday. t
The first college-wide Con- 1
vocation is scheduled to be held i
in the auditorium of the physi- <
cal education building on Thurs- <
lay, September 13, at 10 a. m.
Further registration statu
tes will be published as soon
is the information is released.
Final tabulation is not expected
intll the middle or latter part
>f next week, according to a
college spokesman.
"Meet Your Candidates"
Meeting Slated By GOP
A "meet your candidate*"
gathering will' be held at 4
o'clock Saturday September
8th at Horn In the West grounds,
it is announced by Clyde R.
Greene, Chairman of the Repub
lican Executive Committee of
Watauga County.
Claud L. Greene, Republican
candidate for the United States
Senate, and Jimes T. Broyhill.
Republican candidate for the
House of Representatives in the
ninth district, will be present
and address the gathering, Mr.
Greene said.
All Watauga County Republi
can candidates will be present,
it is added.
This picnic meeting is being
sponsored by the Republican
Woman's Federation of Wata
uga county and the Watauga
County Young Republican Club,
with the assistance of the Re
publican Count/ Executive
Committee.
Refreshments will be served,
string music provided, and the
JAMES T. BROYHILL
official announcement extends
? general invitation to Watauga
county people to come out and
meet these candidate*.
Governor To Speak
At Education Rally
Governor Terry Saolord will
be in Boone Monday Septem
Teacher* College." He especi
ally urged all toMMrs in the
county and college to attend, but
?aid the Governor will touch
on point* of education interest
ing to all citizens of the county.
The visit to Watauga canity
is part of the Governor's effort
to visit every e?unty in the
State and speak on hi* better
education program. He will
be in Wilkos county Sunday af
ternoon attending the dedication
of the new Yadkin River dam.