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Hi Lo 90 38 61 44 63 47 47 27 38 21 43 20 49 28 18 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS GA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly New* paper . . . Seventy-fifth Year of Continuous Publication BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NOKTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1963 10 CENTS PER COPY WHILE IT LASTED. ? Snow fell fast and hard last Tuesday as five inches of the white matter accumulated on city streets. Schools were dismissed early Tuesday and did not resume until Thursday. As many as 20 minor traffic acci dents were reported on the Blowing Rock-Lfnoir mountain ?lone. The above scene was made near the entrance of the Little Theatre, looking south. ? Flowers photo. Heart, Blood Diseases Are Big Killers Land Optioned By Board F or Consolidated School Plant Diseases of the heart and blood vessels cause more deaths in Watauga county than any other disease, according to Mrs. Jack Groce, president of the Wtatanga Heart Cornell. Quoting latest statistics from the North Carolina State Board of Health, she listed the five leading killers in this county as: (1) ? Heart and blood vessel disease, 87; (2)? Cancer, 10; (3) ? Accidents, 13; (4) ? Influ enza and pneumonia, 7; (5) ? Diabetes, 4. These figures are grouped from the total of 190 death* in the county ? all other causes of death total 29. For the state as a whole, heart and blood vessel diwases account for 19,810 or 52.5% of all deaths, with cancer second (12.3%); accidents, . third (7.0%) influenza and pneu monia, fourth (3.7%); and di abetes, fifth (1.5%). Nationally, heart disease (Continued on page six) The Watauga County Board of Education haa lecured an op tion on approximately 30 acres of land as the proposed site for a consolidated county hjfh school, a<^ording to W. Guy A a g el i, superintendent of schools. The property is located to the left of N. C. Highway 105, west, approximately one half mile from the intersection of 105 and U. S. 321, and is owned by the heirs of G. C. Winkler. Terms of the option, Mr. Angell said, give the board of educa tion the privilege of purchas ing the property within the next year at a cost of $1,000 per acre. This location was decided upon following a survey and in spection of 12 diferent sites by members of the board of edu cation, representatives of the State Board of Education, the local Educational Planning and Advisory Committee, and others, Mr. Angell said. Announcement of the option was made by Mr. Angell in a JOHN S. HOLLOW AY RALPH B. REEVES, JR. Architects Named To Plan Hospital Messrs John S. Holloway and Ralph B. Reeves, Jr., members of the architectural firm of Holloway-Reeves and Associates of Raleigh, have been in. Boone, meeting with officials of Wa tauga Hospital, and have been commissioned to draw plans for the proposed new hospital build ing in Boone, a tentative draft of which is expected in about 49 days. Messrs Holloway and Reeves have recently been acclaimed for their work in planning the New Legislative building in Ra leigh, and they have designed many bospiub and educational buildings in Nortk Carolina ? and other states. The local com mittee feels fortunate in having been able to secure their ser vice*. Some objection has been noted to the construction of the hospital on Horn in the West property, and officials point out that the Horn pro perty is only one of the places being considered. As a matter of fact five locations within two miles of Boone have been approved by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission and the V. S. Public Health Service as being suitable for the pro posed new structure it is polnt * 0ut- S v ? "Progress Report" on the pro posed Watauga County High School Consolidation. The coun ty board of commissioners In January approved a proposal to present to tha voters a pro posed one arid" three-quarter mil lion bond issue which would be used to finance the consolida tion. The vote will be held on or before Septmeber 30. The final decision a* to the purchase of the property, Mr. Angell said, will be contingent upon the outcome of the forth coming bond referendum. In his progress report, Mr. s/t*gell gave other information concerning the proposed con solidated high school. He said that during the past month work has been underway studying a proposed curriculum (Continued on page two) ASTC May Be Last " Teachers College " Raleigh ? Appalachian State Teachers College at Boone would be the only "teacher" college left in North Carolina under a Board of Higher Educa tion move Friday. The board approved requests from Elizabeth City State Teach ers College, Fayetteville State .Teachers College and Winston Salem State Teachers College that they be allowed to drop the "Teachers" from their names. The move will still require approval of the state legisla ture. Told this will leave his insti tution as the only teacher col 4-H Club Week Is Observed 'National 4-H Club Week is being observed this week in Watauga county and across the country, according to W. C. Richardson, associate agricul tural extension agent in Boone. Richardson noted that last year nearly two and a half mil lion 4-H youths from towns and farms all over America com pleted about four million pro jects in their "Learn, Live, Serve" program. For more than fifty years young people through 4-H Club work have been learning by do ing, striving to daily live the 4-H motto, "To Hake the Best Better." About one of every five rural boys and girls eligible for mem bership in 4-H is engaged in the varied activities of this pro gram. In addition to teaching better farm and home practices in ag riculture and homemaking, 4-H offers boys and girls an oppor tunity to participate in 4-H judging contests, team demon ( continued on page five) lege in the state, Dr. William H. Plemmons, president, said he isn't worried about it "We will compare our liberal arts program with the under graduate programs of you," he told the college presidents pre sent. "Fact is," said Plemmons with a glance at Consolidated Univer sity of North Carolina President William Friday, "we may have Appalachian State Teachers University." "At Boone," came a rejoin der. "Of the state," said Plem mons. He added serious thought is being given to the popularity of expanding into the liberal-arts degree at Appalachian, but he said he is very happy to be in the teacher-college category. The board authorized State College to award four new de grees. None of the four has to do with the recommendation that State expand into the liber al-arts- field. Under the move. State could begin awarding master's degrees in electrical engineering, ap plied mathematics and textile technology and the bachelor of science -in - engineering opera tions. Dr. William C. Archie, direc tor of the board, said the col lege's request for the new de grees was studied by outside ex perts and approved. PARSONS HANDED 30 YEARS Greer Gets Life Term In Slaying Of Chief Greene Breitenstein tiliii ? ? ' Is Named To Hospital Post Robert Breitenstein, dean of men at Appalachian State Teachers College, was recently named to the board of trustees of Watauga Hospital Inc. as a representative of Appalachian College. The by-laws of the hospital were revised to extend the board of trustees from nine members to twelve. The three new ex officio members of the board were to be appointed from the college, the county commissioners and the city government of Boone. Breiten stein was appointed to serve on the board by Dr. W. H. Plem mons, president of Appalachian, according to Mrs. Jack Groce, administrator of Watauga Hos pital Inc. The college dean of men is serving on the steering com mittee for the proposed new hospital for the county. Preliminary drawings of the proposed new hospital have been received by the hospital board of trustees, but have not yet been approved. The three story building will have a capa city of 80 beds in the initial construction and If enough money is provided the construc tion will include an unfinished fourth floor that will entend the bed capacity to 122. The present hospital was con structed and designed for 35 beds in 1931 by Appalachian (continued on page four) HOBEI.T BREITENSTEIN Rev. Mr. Brooks To Attend Meet In Louigville, Ky. Louisville, Ky. ? Rev. Boyce Brooks, Boone, one of the 54 trustees of the Southern Bapt ist Theological Seminary here, will attend the annual trustee board meeting on the seminary campus March 11-13. the Boone First Baptist Church pastor, a member of the board's church music school committee, has been a trustee since 1001. The 103- year-old seminary, established as the first to serve Southern Baptists, has trustees in 18 states. Rev. Mr. Brooks is one of three in the state of North Carolina. County Schools Closed 13 Days This Winter Due To Snow, Ice Watauga county schools were closed (or a total of 13 days through February because of hazardous weather and road con ditions, according to W. Guy AngeD, county superintendent. These days must he made up so that the prescribed 180 day term - will be carried out. Already four of the days mUsetj have been nude up, according to Mr. Angell. The Christmas holiday was shortened, and one day of Saturday classes was at tended. The make up dates were December 21, 30, January 1, and February 23. Tentative dates for further make up have been set as fol lows: Easter holidays cancelled, April 12 and 15, and an ex tension of seven days at the and of the original cloaing date Two Women Sentenced To 10-15 Years Lenoir, March 1 ? The four persons charged in connection with the slaying of Blowing Rock Police Chief William D. Greene were sentenced this morning in Caldwell County Superior Court. Millard Greer, 45-year-old ex-convict, was given a manda tory life sentence after plead ing guilty to first degree mur der. Ralph Ray Parsons, 22, was sentenced to 30 years. He had entered a guilty plea to second degree murder. Parsons' wife, Carolyn, 23, and Millicent H. Hinson, 17, both of whom pleaded guilty to man slaughter, were each given 10 to 15 years. The two women were led from the courtroom in tears af ter Judge Hugh Campbell of Charlotte pronounced the sent ences arising from the shooting on Jan. 18 of Chief Greene in a gun-battle just south of Blow ing Rock. "A great tragedy" is how Judge Campbell described the killing of Greene. He described it is a "situation of a well-liked, popular law enforcement offi cer who met his death while trying to do Ilia duty in he saw It." The judge said he believed that both Greer and Parsons knew where they were going that night, the night Greene was killed. Campbell said he thought that this was not the | first time they had been there and that they had been in homes in Blowing Rock before. Campbell said he was "in clined to believe that Parsons was the one who shot the fatal shot." He said he did not know whether Parsons did it or not. "Whether he did or didn't, he was a ready party to it," Camp bell stated, and "was going to back up his uncle Millard Greer." "Nobody made Parsons get out of that car," the judge said. Following his statements, (Continued on page 5 Sec. C) Photo by Flowers' Photo Shop Millard Greer Is shown with Caldwell County officers just after his arrest for the slaying of Blowing Rock's Police Chief. CC Names Directors For Watauga Citizens A non-profit organization created for the purpose of securing new industries for Watauga county was an nounced at the Boone Chamber of Commerce meeting held at the Daniel Boone Hotel Tuesday. The organization has been named Watauga Citizens Incorporated. According to Herman Wilcox, CC president, the officers are as follows: ? Clyde Greene, chairman. ? Ralph Winkler, vice chair man. ? Howard Holshouser, vice chairman. ? Stanley Harria, secretary treasurer. The board of directors is com posed of I. B. Wilson, O. K. Richardson, Jerry Coe, Glenn Andrews, James P. Marsh, Al fred Adams, D. L. Wilcox, and Bob Hardin, Mayor of Blowing Rock. The action was taken as ne gotiations for a new shoe plant to be brought to Watauga coun ty moved into the fifth week. Reportedly, no shares will be offered by Watauga Citizens Inc., since it is designated as a non-profit company. ? * * Members of Watauga Indus tries Inc., remained optimistic this week about completing ne gotiations for a division of the Blue Kidge Shoe Company to be located in Watauga county. Stated Alfred Adams, form erly chairman of the negotiating committee which this week was replaced by Watauga Citizens Inc., "Talks are continuing. We are hopeful for a definite an swer before much longer." He added that nothing defi nite "has been inked" (put in writing), and that until that time no further details could be released. Clyde Greene, chairman of Watauga Citizens Inc., confirm ed Adams' statement. Another member commented that the shoe factory "is ex actly what this county needs." The shoe company would em ploy about three men to "ach woman, the spokesman *aid. "And we need jobs for the men of our county," he added. One person speculated that it might be several weeks before anything of a definite nature will come about. Last Week To Fuss About County Taxes This is the last week tax pay ers in Watauga County may register taxes and/or com plaints at the Courthouse, ac cording to Bynum Greene, Com missioner. Final statements were mailed Monday. The office will be open during regular hours this week for business transactions. which had been set for May 20. Mr. Angell explained that if no other days are missed, this will make the school term end on Wednesday, May 29. The superintendent also said that the closing date is tenative and subject to change during the month of March. He said, "Every effort possible will be made to keep our closing date not later than Saturday, June L" Music Workshop Is Sponsored The Watauga County Home Demonstration Clubs are spon soring a music workshop Thurs day, March 28 in the Boone Methodist Church, beginning at 10 a. m. The workshop is for the purpose of assisting leaders who are in charge of music in their organization or groups. The training will include music reading and group singing lead ership. All interested persons are in vited to > attend. Non-club mem bers are invited, as well as club members. A person from the North Carolina State Music Depart ment will conduct the training school. Anyone interested in attend ing the workshop is asked to notify .Mrs. Lillian II Danner, Home Economics Extension Ag ent so that count can b* mad*. McClung New Rotary Prexy JOE McCLUNG Boone businessman Joe Mc Clung was elected president ol the Boone Rotary Club at a meeting held February 28, ac cording to a club statement re leased this week. Other officers elected at the Thursday evening meeting are Latta Johnson, vice-president; Eric DeGroat, secretary; Glenn W. Wilcox, treasurer; and Floyd Ay ere. Sergeant at Aim. Board members named at the meeting are Boyce Brooks, Henry Gaither, Dennis Greene, Latta Johnson, Joe Mcdung, Wayne Richardson, and Eric DeGroat. Installation of the new offic ers will take place to June, the
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