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TAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newpaper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963 10 CENTS PER COPY Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 Mar. 19 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Mar. 18 20 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS ASTC Releases Long-Range Ruilding Program EASTER SEALS.? The annual Easter Seal drive was opened In Watauga county March 21, according to the Rev. Blake Brinkerhoff, chairman of the local campaign. Pictured above is the committee which is heading the Watauga, effort. They are, front row (1. to r.) Bob Pace, district chairman, Rev. Mr. Brinkerhoff, and James Paul Greene, treas urer; second row, Mrs. Jean Crltcher, Mrs. Joyce Hardin, Mrs. Clay Moore, Mrs. Loy Farthing, and Mrs. Lois Harrjll. Several other area chairmen have been enlisted in the drive since the picture was taken. County Would Get $868, 730 For Rural Roads If Program Passes Watauga county would re ceive $868,730 (or secondary roads in the $200 million bond program proposed in the Leg islature. Wilkes county would receive the largest secondary road grant of any of the State's 100 coun ties under the plan with & 308,100, and Other northwest Carolina counties Would (are well, too. The plan earmarks $100 mil-, lion of the $200-million bond issue (or secondary roads. This $100 million would be distribut ed under the following formu la: ? Each county would receive a grant of $230,000. These grants will claim $25 million of the $100 million. ?-Thextmainins $35 million would divided among the counties on the basis of the ra tio of each county's' mileage of unpaved secondary roads to the total unpaved secondary road mileage in the state. Formula Under this formula the North west counties each would re ceive $290,000 plus the follow ing sums determined by un paved secondary-road mileage: Alexander, $648,320; Allegh any $827,680; Asha $1,383,030; Caldwell, $850,960; Davidson $1,168,060; Davie $957,390; for syth $931,620; Guilford $1,541, 100; Iredell $1,362,740; Rock ingham $1,362,500; Stokes $1, 347,620; Surry $1,483,250; Wa tauga $868,730; Wilkes $2,306, 150; Yadkin $946,980. Critical Housing Shortage Is Seen For Summer Sessions Industry Bill Passes House Receiving House approval Monday Bight wai a bill by Re presentative J. E. Holshouser of Wataup, which would author ise the county commissioners to appropriate ay to $tMM (nun surplus funds to construct water, sewer lines aad roads from any municipality In the county to a nearby Industrial plant site. It is expected that the bill, which fllla an Important local civic need, will also have smooth sailing In the Senate. Blowing Rock To Nominate Candidates A convention for the purpose of naming candidates for mu nicipal office at Blowing Rock, is to be held at the Blowing Rock School auditorium March 28, at 7:30 p. m., it was an nounced Monday. The non-partisan convention will nominate candidates for Mayor and for the city council. Candidate other than those ap proved at the town meeting may file their candidacy by 4 p. m. on April 10th. The Registrar Is 0. J. Coffey, and die Judges Thomas L. Kluttz and Mrs. Beulah Mae Coffey. The registration books will be open at the town hall April 18 to - 26, from 8 a. m. to five p. m., and Saturday from 8 to 8. D. V. Winebarger Dies On Monday Dalton Van Buren Winebar ger, 89, of Zionville died Mon day, March 18. He was born in Watauga County to Demarcus and Mar tha Carroll Winebarger and was a retired lumberman. Surviving are four sons, Clint Winebarger of Zionville, Sher man Winebarger of Post Falls, Idaho, Rom Winebarger of Bristol, Tenn.; five daughters, Mrs. Hallie Miller of Maco, Ore., Mrs. Jennie Layne of St. Cloud, Fla., Mrs. Minnie Hackedy of Damascus, Va., Mrs. Effie Far thing of Wytheville, Va., and Mrs. Helen Hodge of Post Falls, Idaho; 40 grandchilden; 68 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. The funeral was conducted at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at Mabel Methodist Church by the Rev. W. H. Keys. Burial was in the Bethel View cemetery. Bart Ragan Dies Monday James Bartlett Ragan, 84, died Monday, March 18, at his home after a long illness. He was the son of the late James Calvin and Sally Bryant Ragan. Surviving are the widow, Em ma Norris Ragan; one son, Mar vin Ragan of Cleveland, Ohio and a brother, Carl Ragan of Lenoir. Funeral services are incom plete pending the arrival of the son from Ohio. Visitors From Statesville Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Summers and family of Statesville, visit ed during the week end with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Chester. A critical housing shortage exists at Appalachian State Teachers College for the sum mer sessions of 1963, according to an announcement this week by Dr. James Stone, director of the summer sessions. Dr. Stone issued a plea for anyone living within a 15-mile radius of Boone and having an apartment, house, trailer or summer cottage for rent to call him at the college. The tele phone number is 264-8871, Ex tension 212. This information will be mailed by the summer sessions office to hundreds of students and teachers desiring to come to ASTC this summer. "Last summer," Dr. Stone said, "two hundred students were unable to secure housing. And in all probability they went some place else to summer school." He said that already this year the college has re ceived more than 200 requests for summer housing and the number is expected to surpass the 900 mark. "The college is unusual in that we receive letters of in quiry from some 40 states each year and from foreign coun tries. Persons are concerned about accommodations in or near Boone and would like to make arrangements prior to coming to Appalachian," he said. Dr. Stone termed the hous ing situation in Boone and Wa tauga county as critical. He de clared that the availability of rental housing in this area is one thing which controls the development of the area. If the number of cottages increases, then the number of people liv ing in the area increases. Host of the prospective stu dents for summer school are un familiar with the streets and (Continued on page 7, sec. B) Aii iViopi*'*! Are?8 A . g Necds For Co*11 State Asked To Rebuild Horn Theatre Herman W. Wilcox, vice pres ident of Horn in the West, head ed the delegation which went to Raleigh last Tuesday to appear before a joint appropriations committee in behalf of a bill to be introduced by Representative J. E. Holshouser, Jr., aimed at getting State funds for the re building of the Daniel Boone Theatre and making other nec essary repairs on the Horn property. Mr. Wilcox pointed out that the theatre has gone twelve years without any major work being done on it. He says the proposal "seemed to have found favor with at least part of the Representatives." Those going to Raleigh and appearing at the hearing were Dr. D. J. Whitener, Dr. I. G. Greer, Mayor Wade E. Brown, Glenn R. Andrews, Gordon H. Winkler, Grady Farthing and Jack Cobb. Peter Younl Is Essay Winner Winners of the essay contest, "What Civil Defense Means to Me", were recognized st the last meeting of the Harbor City (Fla.) PTA, and Chief of Policc Bob Cotron presented the awards. Second grader Peter Tount was the winner of one of the awards. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs: C. E. Yount. Mrs. Yount is the former Miss Betty Ellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Ellis of Boone. Appalachian State Teachers College, as well as other insti tutions of higher education in the nation, faces continued pres sures of increasing enrollments generated by the successive waves of population expansion and high birth rates that have followed World War II. To try to get ready for these "waves" of students, in the spring of 1959 President W. H. Plemmons recommended to the Board of Trustees that ASTC undertake a program of loag range planning to guide the fu ture physical development and growth of the college. City Planning and Architec tural Associates of Chapel Hill spent months in studying the college growth, space needs, fac tors affecting future campus growth ? such as topography, circulation, functional relation ships, ownership of property, in structional development, resi dence development, service de velopment, administration and allied phases of the expansion of the college. These plans were subject to approval by the Board of Trustees. The Appalachian campus de veloped over the years as a ra ther casual arrangements of buildings. One reason for the study was to give consideration to the future growth of the physical plant and make prepa ration for the thousands of stu dents yet to moe Plans have been developed to set aside certain areas of the campus for certain functions. For instance, the Interior of the ctfefW would be given over to pedestrians go that circulation (of people) arrangements could center around a campus core, and that vehicular traffic would be around on the circumference (Continued on page 7, sec. B) STAGING EXISTING TO REMAIN NEEDED IMMEDIATELY NEEDED BY 1970 POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT BEYOND 1970 CAMPUS PLAN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE BOONE NORTH CAROLINA CITY PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL, ASSOCIATES . ? i-J t ' VM 'M-Wmk CHAPEL HILL NORTH CAROLINA
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