Life Termer Directs Sheriff To
Cache Of Dynamite Near Lenoir
Lenotr.? A CMC of dynamite
buried by Millard Greer on Har
risburg Road just outside the
city limits of Lenoir was un
earthed Friday,
Caldwell County Sheriff J. B
Myers Mid that Greer told off
icer * alter receiving a life sent
ence in the January 18 slaying
of William Deane Greene, 28,
Blowing Bock police chief, he
had hidden something oil (larris
burg Road he wasted the Sher
riffs Department to remove be
fore warm weather for fecr chil
dren it play might find It and
be killed or seriously injured
Sheriff Myers revealed that
Chief Deputy Sheriff Johnny
Glbbs and Deputy Sheriff Fin
ley McGee went to the Spot in
dicated by Greer and found a
case of ditching dynamite, a
case of electric caps and a case
of fuse caps buried near a
trash pile.
An investigation revealed the
dynamite and caps had been stol
en from Merganton Hardware
in Morganton, who sent a rep
resentative to Lenoir to pick up
the explosives and detonators.
Sheriff Myers said that for
tunately Greer never got around
to using the dynamite for the
explicit purpose he stole and
kid it.
Sheriff Myers declined to go
into detail, however, about the
explicit purpose for which
Greer had intended the dyna
mite.
? Sheriff Myers pointed out that
ditching dynamite is much more
easily detonated than regular.
dynamite.
Greer also toM officers about
several unsolved thefts Id CaW
well county, Sheriff Myers said.
Greer drew a mandatary life
sentence in the slaying of Chief
Greene when he entered a plea
of guilty to murder to the first
degree.
Greer's nephew, Ralph Ray
Parsons, 22, pleaded guilty to
second degree murder in the
(laying of Chief Greene and was
senteiitcd to M years hi prison.
Parsons' 23-year-old wife, Caro
lyn, and Hh MtMleeet Hinaon,
17-year-old girl-friend of Greer,
pleaded guilty to maosiaugbtaf
and drew >? to lB-joar prisM
teftts. '
All four have begun their
prison terms.
Red Cross Aid Is Being
Sent Stricken Sections
The Red Cross has moved dis
aster staffs into flood and Mr
nado-stricken sections of eight
eastern and southern states to
help tocal chapters provide re
covaty aid to the vietirtis.
S. M. Ayers, chairman of the
Watauga county chapter, said
mass shelter and feeding have
been necessary in many sections
of the flood-swollen Ohio River
Valley in Ohio, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and Indiana, and
at tornado-stricken Bessemer,
Alabama.
The National Red Cross has
moved 90 of its disaster staff
into the Ohio Valley flood
areas. Five case workers and
advisors in building and recon
struction are at Bessemer and
Lipscomb, Alabama, to assist in
recovery in more than 100 fam
ilies whose homes were dam
aged or destroyed .
Local chapters have been ac
tive in emergency aid also at
Farm Bureau News
By VERNE STRICKLAND
N- C. Farm Bureau Federation
. Nob - partisan. Representing
no pkrty.' That's a thumbnail
sketch of the Farm Bureau ?
Hie nation's largest general farm
organ iiatkm.
. Being non-partisan has its ad
vantages. Besides being advan
tageous, it's necessary ? because
{he Farm Bureau is made up of
both Democrats and Republi
cans. ?
. Now a set-up like this sounds
like it could be the start of
something lively ? like dr6pping
? cat and a Bog in a bM*el''t?H
gether. It's not though, becittse
these people have a couple of
things in common: They are
farmers or ranchers, and they
are all dead set on getting farm
ing and ranching on the best
footing possible.
When you think of it, having
an organization in which peo
ple from both parties meet on
common ground isn't too un
usual. There's the PTA, the
Kiwanis Club ? even the office
bowling team. A Democrat who
sweeps the alley clean on a reg
ular basis is sure to be ? pretty
popular guy on the team ? even
if the other members did swear
allegiance to Nixon.
Well I'm just trying to say
that always acting in the best
interests of the nation's farms
is a job that rises above party
lines. The guy who Can grin the
widest during a television de
bate wont necessarily make a
president who can do no wrong.
A man who carries a remark
able military background to the
White House is human too. This
all comes out in the wash. And
farmers recognize it before Hon
day.
It happens often. Let's toy
this farmer has voted a streight
ticket ever since he came of
age. His dad did, too. But
then his own party brazenly
drops a fly in his soup. Now
there's a man with a decision
to make.
Even though that fly got
there through an act of the
party he has followed meekly
for so long, this man knows that
critter doesn't belong in his
soup! Does he close his eyes
and keep on spooning it up?
Not if ha admits that his party
not always right.
-That's how Farm Bureau
works. When there's a fly in
the soup, Farm Bureau members
lay down their spoons i>nd let it
be known, no matter who the
cook happens to be.
One thing should be under
stood, though. When Farm Bu
reau sends a broadside at an
Administration proposal, this
does not indicate that the or
ganization is "anti-Administra
tion." It just means that Farm
Bureau members are consider
ing the proposal on its merit
alone. The sponsors of the pro
posal are incidental.
And I guess that's the best
way to keep agriculture moving
in the right direction. Donkeys
and elephants alike can squash
your crops down if they get in
your fields.
The woman who forever nags
her husband about money will
eventually wonder why he pre
fers to loaf uptown.
Westbound wave of flu hits
Texas.
SNAPPY SNIPS
Men are attracted by a
fire and women by the
sale that follows.
? ?
. . . Time and money
never go faster than when
a person is on vacation.
? ?
"When we were first
married, we got along fine,
but as we were leaving the
church . .
? *
Keeping up with your
neighbor* is an difficulty
in these days of picture
windows.
? I?AI)L k RALPH
Centre, Alabama, and Cave
Springs, Georgia, kit by torna
does on March 8, and in flash
flooded sections of Anderson
county, South Carolina, end Se
vier county, Tennessee
Many stricken families, par
ticularly in Ohio River flood
areee, and at Bessemer are ex
pected to require substantial fi
nancial aid from the Red Cross
in the restoration of their home*
and furnishings and for tempo
rary maintenance, Mr. Ayers has
been advised.
Feb. Visitors
To Parkway
Show Drop
The number of visitors to the
Blue Ridge Parkway during
February of the current ye?r
declined sharply from the num
ber recorded for the same month
last year. <
' During February, 1983, there
were 133,914 visitors to the
Parkway, compared to 1T8.T30
in February, 1983, a decrease of;
29 per cent.
Following is a breakdown of
visitors to the various districts
of the Parkway, Comparing the
number of visitors during Febru
ary of this year with February,
1962. First figures represent
this year's visitors.
James River, Va. (Mile 0 to
113)? IT, 986; 23,8*8.
Rocky Knob, Va. (Mile 115 to
217)? 88,044; 84,070.
Bluffs, ti.Vr. SlYXo *?)
? 30)788; 48,002. .ir
Asheville, N. C. (Mile 308 to
469)? 80,11* 44,882.
Calendar year 1982 ? 293,887
visitors to date; calendar year
1963 ? 278)084 Visitors to date)
a decrease of 6.8 per cent.
Total number of visitors is
figured on basis of 3.3 persons
per vehicle.
ANNIVERSARY YEAR PICTORIAL ... As far back as
1926, Boone had parkins problems, but handled them in
an unorthodox go-as-you-please sort of fashion. This picture
made in 1926, looking east on the Street from just above
the King - Water Street corner is publisher through the
courtesy of M. L. Shepherd.
General Assembly Greets ASTC
InRe8olutionOn60thAnmversary
The North Carolina General
Assembly at Raleigh sent birth
day greetings Thursday to Ap
palachian State Teachers Oai
lege.
Senator Ira T. Johnston of
Ashe county sent up the resolu
tion taking note of the college's
60th anniversary as a state- sup
ported institution, and praising
the efforts of President W. H.
Plemmons and his staff.
Under suspension of the rules
the measure was passed by both
houses of the General Assembly.
Johnston's resolution traced
the development of Appalachian
down the yeari.
? Founded as Watauga Aca
demy, a private institution, by
Dr. B. B. Dougherty and his
brother, D. D. Dougherty.
?On March 8, 1903, as Ap
palachian Training School for
Teachers, it became a state-sup
ported institution.
? The institution became Ap
palachian State Normal School
in 1US.
' ' ? 'And, in 1929, the name was
changed again to Appalachian
State Teachers College, the pres
ent name of the institution.
The resolution pointed out
that Appalachian in its 60 years
has prepared 10,000 to 12,000
teachers, aa well as graduates
who have gone into other fields
of the arts, sciences and pro
fessions. Us graduates are per
forming useful service in most
of the counties of the state and
are in all states of the Union
as well as foreign countries. Ap
proximately 72 per cent of its
graduates go into teaching in
North Carolina.
Also, the resolution lauded
the college's "highly effective
and efficient" use of its budget
(about $3 million a year), the
presidents (B. B. Dougherty,
Or. J. D. Rankin and, presently,
Dr. W. H. Plemmons) and the
contribution this school has
made to this state and, most par
ticularly, to Northwest North
Carolina.
The college has furnished
useful educational opportunities
in the midst of a region of the
state that theretofore did not
have such facilities available
with the result that Watauga
county, in which ASTC is lo
cated, has among the highest
number of colege graduate* per
capita.
Appalachian was developed
under the leadership of Dr. B.
B. Dougherty, who was presi
dent from the early days, until
the year 1955, when Dr. J. D.
Rankin was interim president,
and the college is now under
the administration of Dr. W. H.
Plemmons, a modern educator,
i able and well-grounded in all
forms of educational develop
ment.
The college "has not indulged
in a form of education that is
frozen and solidified, nor does
ii believe that education is for
the elite only, but, to the con
trary, it has developed an all
pervading democratic form of
education which is a balance
between idealistic conceptions
and utilitarian practice."
At all titnes the college has
had a proper conception of hu
man excellence and regards
students as "ends and not as
means and said college has im
parted to Its students initiative
which orginates with the stu
dent and renders him fit to
cope with the issues of life."
The resolution will be made a
part of the permanent records
of the General Assembly and a
copy of the same will be trans
mitted to President W. H. Plem
mons.
President Kennedy took issue
with er tics of his tax-cut plan,
tayir.l they have an obligation
to offer positive alternatives if
they don't like his top priority
package.
Kennedy argued his proposal
would promote the kind of eco
nomic growth that could add an
average annual earnings In
crease of $1500 per family.
R. L. Doughton said that you
can shear a sheep any number
of times but you can skin him
only once.
Candida, New
Little Theatre
Stage Show
Candida, the newly organized
Little Theatre's 2nd production
of the season, opened Tuesday
night, too late for review, but
dress rehearsal audiences vaie
ed great enthusiasm for the
George Bernard Shaw comedy.
Candida stars Wanda Tucker,
an ASTC senior from Enter
prise. Ala., in the title role;
James Hastings, freshnjan (ram
Casar, N. C. as Marsh Banks,
the young poet; Jerry Moore
of the staff of WATA, as Mor
rell; Ruby Akers, assistant pro
fessor of English at ASTC, as
Proserpine; David Culler of
Boone as Burgess and Phil Min
or of Boone as Lexy. Jerry
Moore also serves as director
of the production and David
Cook is technical director.
Candida will run from Tues
day through Saturday, each per
formance begining at 7:30 p. m.
and admission is 75c.
Narrow skirts have some full
ness at the top. A pair of un
pressed pleats on either side
in front gives a tapered shape
to skirts.
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