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FOR BEST RESULTS advertisen inrariahijr use the col umn* of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, intensely covering the local shopping area, it is tha best advertising medium available. VOLUME LXXV? NO. 13 ? 2l i An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication " " ? . . w?t? -i. : ; .v _i BOONE WCATHKS Sept. 18H'S ?T 17" "? Sept. 10 00 tf 01 Sept. 20 03 50 71 58 31 00 67 37 76 OS 43 79 60 47 80 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1962 '( ' > ? : 'mki* . ?.'* w*?** : . ? CENTS S3 98 81 !53 84 18 PAGE8? S SECTIONS CUT TOBACCO ON UPENDED STICKS MAKES BURLEY FIELD A CITY OF TINY TEPEES INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUING One Indicted In Vote Probe A Cove Creek precinct poll watcher was indicted Monday by a Watauga county grand jury on charges of election fraud in the Hay 26th primary. A bill of indictment was re turned against A. C. Williams of the Silverstone neighborhood and involy.es the alleged com mission of a felony for "voting more than once in an election." A 72-year-old farmer and re tired builder, Williams is ac cused of having "stuffed the ballot box." Judge Hugh B. Campbell of Charlotte, issued an order for Williams' arrest, but he was not at home when Sheriff's officers arrived. Solicitor B. T. Falls said no Easter Seal Report Made The Easter Seal Society of Watauga county made a final report on its -work for 1962 at a recent meeting held in the Board of Education building. The society met with Mrs. Council Cooke, speech therap ist for Watauga county, and the State supervisor of special teach ers. Mrs. Cooke reported the results of her initial survey of the schools in the county. The treasurer of the society, James Greene, reported on the finances. In the campaign last April the society received $1,007.99. Of this amount $269.32 was spent in a scholarship for the speech therapist who attended Western Carolina College this summer. The sum of $37.90 was spent as payment of a patient's x-rays and $90 went toward the pur chase of a leg brace. The North Carolina society re ceived $990.31 to go toward the program of research and camp ing and to pay for the materials used in the Easter Seal cam paign. more bills in the primary fraud investigation have been given the grand jury, but hinted that more may be forthcoming, as investigations are continuing. The solicitor had been asked by the State Bureau of Investi gation to seek one or more bilU of indictment. After an investigation this summer the S8I reported it had uncovered evidence of violations of the election laws. The State Board of Elections had expressed the hope that "any persons who may be in dicted by the Watauga County Grand jury may be Drought to triAl promptly in order that this matter may be cleared up before the November election." The Watauga County Board of Elections heard evidence of ballot box stuffing in the Cove Creek precinct at a hearing June 8. The State Board of Elections subsequently asked that the Watauga Board throw out the Democratic votes cast in Cove Creek. Two precinct of ficials had refused to sign the vote returns from the precinct, alleging that the Democratic ballot box contained 206 more ballots than there were names oo the poll book. Other Cases Heard A good many cases, mostly Bridge On Parkway Let Washington. ? Award of a $239,924 contract to Troitino k Brown, Inc., Acheville, for Con struction of a concrete arch bridge on the Blue Ridge Park way in Buncombe county, was announced last week by the In terior Department. The bridge will carry park way traffic over heavily travel ed U. S. Route 70 and will elim inate left turns from the high way to the parkway. Reese Man's Recordings Portray Songs Of Hills Messrs Sandy Patton and Lee Haggerty of Folk-Legacy re cords, Huntington, Vermont, are preesntly in Watauga coun ty getting additional recordings by Frank Proffitt, of Reese, who has distinguished himself both as an instrumentalist and singer of the old songs of the Blue Ridge. One of Mr. Proffitt's records ia now on sale and according ' to Messsrs Patten and Hag gerty, sales are exceedingly good. The present recordings will be of sacred songs of the hill country, and an album of these number* wiU te cut. f Mr. Patten says he has tour ed England, Scotland and Cana da in search of those who can faithfully record the folk tune* and that Mr. Proffitt is beyond doubt the best talent he has found. The local musician ac companies himself on banjo or dulcimer, and make* his owm instruments. Mr. Patten add* that current ly he ia looking more fir mat erial than for talent and would appreciate those having collec tions of rare ballads getting in touch with him in care of George Harmon, Beech Creek, submissions, were heard by the court Monday and Tuesday, icost of them involving traffic law violations, and the court will probably wind up the session today (Wednesday). Legal opinion is to the effect that the election case would not likely be tried .this week. Other court news will appear next week. Ralph Hodges Dies Sunday Ralph Abernathy Hodges, SO, of Boone, Kt. 3, died Sunday in Watauga Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Caldwell County to Columbus F. and Vir gie McGinnis Hodges but spent most of his life in Watauga County. He was a truck driver. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Stella Hayes Hodges; his father of Boone; three sons, Vehnon, Melvin and Bobby Hodges, all of Boone; a daughter, Glenda Hodges of Boone; a brother, Howard Hodges of Vilas; and a sister, Mrs. Paul Hayes of Vilas. The funeral was conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Mount Le banon Baptist Church by the Rev. Barney Oliver, the Rev. Lawrence Hagaman and the Rev. George Willis. Burial was in the Danner cemetery. Democratic Rally Is Set For Friday A Democratic Rally will be held Friday, September 28 at 7 p.m. at the Appalachian Ele mentary School Cafeteria under the sponsorship of the Watauga Young Democrat Club. The gathering will be known as Hugh Alexander Night and the principal address will be by W. E. Graham, Jr., President of the North Carolina State Young Democrat Clubs. Special entertainment will be provided by Lulu Belle and Scotty, famed radio, tv, stage and screen stars, and all Demo cratic candidates for county and district office will be present. A roast turkey dinner will be served and the tickets are now on sale at $2 each. No tickets are to be available at the door. Sincd the tickets are in very limited supply, those who have not made purchases should see James Dugger, George Thomas or Eddie Norris at once. World shipping boycott on Cuba urged. ENDORSED? James T. Broyhill, Ninth Congressional District Republican candidate for Congress, received an enthusiastic en dorsement along with a hearty and warm handshake from former President Dwight D. Eisenhower Saturday. Eisenhower, on a swing through the Carolinas, was in Plnehurst to attend the National Amateur Golf Tournament and to meet and talk with leading Republican candidates in North and South Carolina. Broyhill, lira. Broyhill and Siaanhowtr an shown. Large Alumni Group Is Seen For Big Event A golden fall carpet in the valley below Rich Mountain and Howards Knob is expected (or the annual Appalachian State Teachers College Homecoming on October 18-14. The foliage is due to reach its peak for the two-day campus festivities which will include honor class reunions, luncheons, colorful displays, movies, a dance, parade, football, campus open house, a coffee hour, and the Alumni Golf tournament. One of the largest alumni groups in the histoi> of the college will attend the big home coming. The alumni will have an opportunity to see and at tend a football game in the most beautiful outdor stadium to be found anywhere. The entire Appalachian fam ily ? students, faculty, and ad ministration ? again join togeth er to make this year's homecom ing events the greatest ever. Ken Howell, president of Chi Lambda Chi, leads students' ef forts in welcoming old gradt back to the campus. Alumni register Saturday morning beginning at 8. Musical notes will break the clear mountain air at 10 a. m. as the fast-stepping ASTC col lege band and other bands start the big traditional parade through Boone. Bands, floats, pretty co-eds and alumni and college officials will follow a route down Boone's main street and through the campus. Var ious clubs on campus will con tribute floats for the parade. Dr. Boy Wilson of Charlotte, president of the Alumni Asso ciation, will preside at the Homecoming luncheon. Special tables will be reserv ed for honor classes at the luncheon. Holding their reun ( Continued on page three) Local GOP Open House Is Planned The Watauga County Repub licans have secured headquar ters in the Estel Wagner Build ing at 118 West Howard Street. The headquarters were offici ally opened on Monday morning and will be open for business each week day from 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. On Saturday, Sept. 29, there will be Open House with Wa tauga Republican women acting as hostesses and serving re freshments. RAIN, WIND, SNOW did not itand In the way of two Appalachian student* who wanted a place to stay io they could go to school. In desperation they pitched a tent and are determined to use it all this year, weather or not? Pauley Photo. LIVE UNDER CANVAS Students Brave Boone Weather During Coming Academic Year By LARRY PENLEY Two ASTC students have solved their housing problem ? at least temporarily ? they pitch ed a tent. James Boyte of Carthage and Jim Bridges of Mooresboro said that they tried for ? half day to find a place to stay in Boone and even tried to rent several Rescue Squad Appreciative The Watauga Emergency and Rescue Squad and the Boone Fire Department sponsored the circus that was held on Mon day, September 17. We would like to extend our appreciation to the people of the county for showing their interest in help ing the Rescue Squad and Fire Department raise money to pur chase new equipment which is needed very badly. We also would like to an nounce that when the stands fell, no one was seriously in jured. The injuries received by the people were mostly strained muscles, pulled ligaments and bruises. We appreciate the co operation that the people gave us while we were helping the ones that were injured. Every one can be thankful that the ac cident was not a serious one. basements, but nothing was available. In desperation they ordered a tent from Sears and rented a lot to put It on. When asked why they choose to live in a tent rather than in college dormitories or in the county, Boyte said, "Time was running out on ua and we had to have a place to live in order to go to school. We were late getting to Boone for the fall quarter and that was one of the reasons we were unable to find a place to stay. The dormitories were already full and all the Will Explain Voting Laws The League of Women Vot ers will meet Thursday, Sep tember 27, at 8 p. m., in the adult assembly room of the Boone Methodist Church. The program will be on elec tion laws, which should be of local interest since voters in this county are required to re register before the November election. John Councill and Stacy Eg gers, members of the County Board of Elections, will be pres ent to discuss and Interpret the election laws of this State. All members, newcomers, and interested parties are invited. ASGgjCommunity Delegates Elect County Committeemen The ten ASC community dele gates met Thursday, September 20 and elected the County ASC Committee lot ihe year October X, 1962 through September 30, 1863, at follows: Vaughn Tug man, chairman; Clint Eggers, vice-chairman; A. C. Moretz, re gular member; Ned Glenn, first alternate and Joe McNeil, sec ond alternate. The county committee is to serve as a board of directors, in the same general manner as Ute board of directors of a co operative or any other local org anization, realizing that its Job Is a public trust. They have the responsibility of administer ing the Agricultural Stabiliia * 'Ki tion and Conservation Service programs which are in opera tion in Watauga county. These include the Agricultural Con servation program, price sup port program, the acreage allot ment and marketing quota pro gram, the feed grain program, the wheat stabilisation program, the conservation reserve pro gram of the soil bank and any other programs assigned to them by the State committee. The ASC county committee works Closely with other agri cultural agencies and through the ten ASC community com mittees. The chairman, Vaughn Tug man, li operator of a general * , farm In the Green Valley sec tion. He produces tobacco, live stock and dairy product*. Tug man has served eight years on the committee and has served as chairman for the past five. Tugman, as do the other com mittee member*, believes in service to the farmers a* the first consideration of ASCS. The vice chairman, Clint Eg gers, makes his livelihood farm ing. He produces burley to bacco, livestock, dairy products, and truck crop* for market sales. Eggers has served on the community committee sev eral years and was first electod to the county committee in 1967. (Continued on page three) available places in town that we could atford were already rented." Roughing it is old stuff for Boyte. He said that he usually spends his summers in the oil fields of West Texas. While in service, Boyte spent 14 months living in a tent in northern Turkey; fifty of these days he was snowbound. Uost of his time in Turkey was spent in promoting, designing and super vising the construction of a 100,000 church for the U. S. Army. The two students declare that they have ever yintention of using the tent during the winter months. They commented that they have too much money in the tent and equipment to aban don it They plan to frame the lower section of the tent and insulate it. Their tent home consists of (Continued on page three) Johnson Will Speak Oct 15 Salisbury. ? Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson will speak in Statesville October IS at a Democratic rally in behali of incumbent Congressman Hugh Q. Alexander. The announcement of John son's talk came during a 9th Congressional District meeting here last week during which stragety for Alexander's cam paign was made. Alexander is expected to get a strong race from Republican James G. Broyhi!l of Lenoir, a furniture manufacturer. No details of Johnson's visit were announced. 6n October 17, another rally will be held at Kannapolis. Gov. Terry Sanford, U. S. Senators Sam Ervin and B. Everett Jord an, and the Council of State will attend. ? Senator Robert S. Kerr, D Okla, will speak at a rally at Albemarle October 20. Attending the meeting last week were Bert Bennett, state Democratic party chairman, and several party leaders in the dis trict which includes Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarraa, Cald well, Daviea, Iredell, Rowan, Stanly, Watauga and Yadkin couatl
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