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VOLUME LXXV. ? NO. 42 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, IMS 10 CENTS PER COPY IS PAGES? 3 SECTIONS HI Lo SB 44 45 n 90 43 90 46 91 SI 97 30 42 24 TAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication Hi Lo ? 80 49 14 48 39 .02 11 97 37 375 WORKERS WILL BE EMPLOYED Shoe Plant To Be Established In Boone 56,000 Square Feet Building Will Be Constructed BEGINNING. ? A new payroll for Watauga county was cre ated last week when the Melville Shoe Corporation completed plans for establishing a a shoe factory in Boone. Receiving his first check for work, as members of Watauga Citiaans, Inc., look on is Bob Gdmisten, left. Mike Borditre, right, plant manager, make* the payment as Otter employee* wait tot theirs. Eleven employees received checks last week. Within a month, Manager Bordieri said, 39 persons will be on the payroll, and when full production is estab lished 375 will be employed. Left to right are Edmlsten, Jin Greene, Leslie Henson, Clyde Greens, Stanley Harris, Alfred Adams, and Bordtort? Suit photo. Melville Corporation Is One Of j Largest Shoe Makers In Country Melville Shoe Corporation, founded in 1892, is one of the largest integrated manufactur ing-retailing companies in the shoe industry, according to an Glenn Andrews Re-Elected To NCADA Board G. R. ANDREWS Raleigh, April 11? G. R. An drews of Andrews Chevrolet Co., Inc., Boone, has been re elected to a third three-year term on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Automo bile Dealers Association, accord ing to an announcement made today by Mrs. Bessie B. Ball en tine, Executive Secretary. A native of Sparta, N. C., Mr. Andrews is a graduate of Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege and has been in the auto mobile business since 1940. He served as NCADA Area Chair man for Watauga County from 1053 to 1988 and as an Area Chairman for the National Auto mobile Dealers Association. Mr. Andrews has been a mem ber of the Lions and Rotary Clubs, the Chamber of Con> I merce and has served as Presi I dent of Watauga Industries, Inc. I The next meeting of the Board I of Directors will be held Sun | day, April 98 during the annual H| NCADA Convention in Pine I hurst ?_ announcement released last week at the time the company announced that plans were com plete for locating a shoe factory in Watauga county. Melville operates ten shoe factories and two supply fac tories. It has three retail di visions, Thorn McAn, Miles, and John W;ird, with a total of more than 1,200 stores across the country, in Hawaii and Puerto Kico. Thorn McAn is the largest selling brand of shoes in the country with some 400 stores selling men's, women's and chil dren's shoes and about 900 cat ering to men and boys only. The Miles stores are all family units while John Ward sells only men's shoes. Melville has nearly 9,000 em ployees. Currently, there are twelve Thom McAn and eight Miles stores operating in North Carolina. In 1962, Melville had net consolidated sales of fl76,447, ing stores ? in shopping centers 640. Melville has paid divi dents on its common stock ev ery year for the past 47 years when such payments began. The stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and there are approximately 22,000 stockhold ers. The three retail divisions, with their variety of merchan dise and price ranges, permit Melville to have an unusual de gree of flexibility in the distri bution of shoes to large-city, small-city, and suburban mar kets. It has been active in open and on highways ? to serve the millions of customers living in newly developed areas and to accommodate the rapid chance in American shopping habits. During 1961, Melville's three warehouses processed and ship ped approximately 30 million pair* of footwear, as well as hosiery, handbags, and other merchandise sold in its stores. Men's and boy's shoes for the (Continued on .page 3, Sec. C) Watson Child Dies Saturday Tina Marie Watson, 2 year old daughter of Solle and Annie Da vis Watson of Route 1, Deep Gap, died Saturday morning at the home after a sudden illness. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday afternoon at 8:00 at Cranberry Methodist Church by the Rev. James Pritchard. Interment was in Tip Greene Cemetery. Surviving in addition to her parents are four brothers, Char lie, Junior, Benny and Dewey; two sisters, Linda and Brenda; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Watson, and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davis of Route 1, Banner Elk. Lofty Parkway Links i _____ Are Open To Travel The high mountain sections of the Blue Bidge Parkway north of AaheviUe, closed since last November, are now open according to Superintendent Sam P. Weems. The warm wea ther the latter part of March and first part of April has given maintenance crews an oppor tunity to remove winter slides, clean the road surface and ditches, and get the motor road in shape for travel. This work is now completed and the scen ic mountain top route through North Carolina and Virginia to the Shenandoah National Park is open and being traveled daily. Thoee sections of the Park way south of Aaheville that have been opened in the past will be opened this year on April IS. Of a total of MS Parkway miles, 403 were opened by April IS, 49.8 are under con struction. Yet to be construct ed are S.S miles arodnd Grand father Mountain and 11 miles around Aaheville. B. O. Eller Killed In Accident Funeral services for Bynutn Odell Eller, former Watauga county resident, and Superin tendent of the Morganton Street Department, were held last Wednesday afternoon at Zion Baptist Church off highway 1 181, north of Morganton. He was 49 years old. Mr. Eller was fatally injured Monday morning when a city dump truck, driven by Bobby Fred Causby of Moi&anton, backed over him as he was re pairing a pipeline on old high way 18. His death was the first jtreet fatality in Morganton since 1938. Rev. Howard Hodges, pastor of the church, officiated and burial was in the church ceme tery. Active pallbearers were Gor don Newton, Jim Settlemyre, Gary Williams, J. R. Brown and Forest Jaynes. Honorary pall ( Continued on page 3, Sec. C) Waller Moretz Taken By Death Walter Henry Moretz, age 77, of Route 2, Boone, died Sat urday morning at the Blowing Rock Hospital after an extend ed illness. He was a native and life long resident of Watauga County. For many years he was a farm er in this area. He was the son of the late Timothy and Caroline Wood ring Moretz. Funeral services were con ducted Monday April IS at 2 p. m. at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev. E. F. Troutman and i Rev. Earl Wilcox of Hickory i officiating. Interment was in ] Mount Pleasant cemetery, RL i 2, Boone. Surviving are the widow, < Mrs. Rose Davis Moretz; two | sons Henry of Longview, Texas, i Finley of Hickory; one step-eon, ( William Harmon of Hickory; t three daughters, Mrs. Peggy i Wilcox, Mrs. Shirley Ragan of < Hickory, Mrs. Francis Bennett j of Ellijay, Georgia; one brother, j Solon Moretz of Hickory; one , sister, Mrs. Lizzie Deaton of Boone ami IS grandchildren. Governor Gives Industry Full State Support New York, April 9? Melville Shoe Corporation has completed plans for the establishment of a new shoe factory at Boone, North Carolina, its second pro duction facility outside of New England, Robert C. Erb, Presi dent, announced today. The plant will be completed in No vember and will be operated aa the Blue Ridge Shoe Company division of Melville. Land and building are to be financed by local capital and leased to Melville. The plant will have 96,000 square feet or one floor with a capacity of up to 6.000 pairs per day and will employ about 375 persons when full production is reached. The product will be hand-sewn men's shoes principally for Melville'! Thom McAn and Miles shoe stores. The most modern con struction techniques and ma chinery will be used. This added manufacturing ca pacity will be needed, Mr. Ert said, to supply the company'! expanding retail divisions anc to produce types of footweai not now produced In the elevei New England factories. The company, with the rapic population growth of the soutl and west In mind, surveyed poa sible locations in many areas o North Carolina and selectec Boone following discussions witt a citizens' group in Wataugi County. In' commenting on the choice of factory location, Mr. Ert said that he and hii associates were very pleased with the site and particularly with the fine cooperation extended by local and state interests and especial ly the response to the labor survey. Governor Terry Sanford said, "We are extremely happy to wel come a second plant of this fine company to North Carolina. It has selected a splendid county in which to locate this facility to serve a growing market in this area. We pledge the full cooperation of the State and its agencies to the Helville Shoe Corporation." Herman W. Wilcox, President, Boone Chamber of Commerce, extended a welcome from Wa tauga County on behalf of the officers, directors and members of the Chamber. "This selection of a factory site by Helville Shoe is a splen did step forward for Watauga County. It will be a major con tribution to our area. We are sincere in our desire to main tain a good business climate and we are pleased to offer our Chamber as a means through which we may work together and achieve our common goal. This new industry will make our community a better place in (Continued on page 3, Sec. C) IT MUST BE SPRING. ? Spring is a time of young, cheerful things. And what could be more cheerful than a young Watauga miss, especially if she's 17-month old Denise Mc Millan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael McMillan of Blowing Rock. Taking advantage of 73-degree weather in the area recently, the giggling lass ? clutching a bright yel low lolly-pop in one hand ? strolled casu ally (?) down Boone's King Street (accom panied of course by her mother, who was out of the camera's range). It must, indeed, be spring. ? Gaddy photo. President Directs Agencies Give More Aid To Appalachian Area Washington ? President Ken nedy said Tuesday of last week be is directing federal agencies to give greater assistance and special consideration to deve loping the economically depress ed Appalachian states. Kennedy said at a meeting with governors and other re presentatives of eight Appala chian states that the area has only 5 per cent of the labor force but more than 11 per cent of the nation's unemploy ment. "Current unemployment aver ages 12.S per cent, more than twice the national average," Kennedy said. Kennedy said if Congress ap propriates 9500 million more Broyhill To Visit Boone On Saturday Congressman James Broyhill will be at the postoffice in Boone April 20, from 9 a. m. to L2 noon, to meet with his con itituents. who seek information >r advice concerning Federal iovernment matters. Mr. Broyhill says he has re ceived many letters and calls rom ninth district residents, itating that they want to dis cuss particular problems and 1 egislative matters. He is anxi- i >us to see as many of the peo- i >le as possible during the cur ent recess of Congress. CitizensAreThanked , For Shoe Plant Help ; Stanley A. Harris, campaign director of the Watauga Indus try committee, makes the fol lowing statement regarding the campaign which resulted in the location of the Melville Shoe Company plant in Boone: "On behalf of the Watauga In dustry Committee I am happy to report that the campaign to ?ecure $40,000, 'which was nec essary to procure the land for the new shoe factory, has been luccessfully completed and that with the approval of the Mel ville Shoe Company board to locate a plant in Boone la extra good news: "As campaign director I'd Ufa to thank the Buildan of Boone, who not only subscribed liberally but worked many hours seeing the other firms for their subscriptions. Especi- 1 ally I'd like to thank James ltarsh, Clyde R. Greene, Fred Church, Cecil Miller, Paul Wink ler, Glenn Andrews, Phil Vance, ] I. B. Wilson, Willis Chester, Ralph Greene, Wayne Richard- < son, William Matheson, George Thomas, A. E. McCrary, Ralph I Winkler, Alfred Adams, Jerry I Coe, George Greene, Jr., Perry ' Greene, Howard Cottrell, Nail j Faires, Grady Moretz, Jr., and anyone else who helped me to t complete another money-raising campaign." < for the accelerated public works program "many additional men can be put to work in this reg ion." Aid Outlined He outlined aid to the Appa lachian states under programs of his administration, and a pro gram for further assistance in the future. "I am directing every depart ment head and agency head re sponsible for programs which can properly contribute to the economic development of the Appalachian region to review present programs and to make appropriate changes under pre sent authorities and budgets in order to give greater assistance to the economic development of the Appalachian region," Kennedy said. He also proposed establish ment within the Department of Commerce of a joint federal state committee on the Appala chian region. The undersecre tary of commerce would serve as chairman of the committee. "As its first job, I would ex pect this committee to prepare for this year a comprehensive program for the economic deve lopment of the Appalachian region," Kennedy said. "I expect that program to consist of plans for improving facilities for all forms of pas senger and freight transporta tion in the region, expansion of facilities for education, re search and training, develop ment of water, minerals and forest resources, and establish ing expanded opportunities for the attraction of tourists and other visitors to the region," the President said in a state ment issued after the meeting. He said he had also directed the area redevelopment admin istrator to work with officials of the Appalachian states "to establish an Appalachian insti tute as a center for research and training in connection with the long-run needs for econom ic development of the Appala chian region." Kennedy said. The eight states represented at the meetipg with Kennedy were Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ken tucky, Tennessee, North Caro lina and Alabama. 183 Face Trial At April Court Term A murder trial and an em bezzlement trial headline the spring term of Watauga Super or Court, which opens in Boone Monday. Facing a charge of murder in the January 12 shot gun slaying of James Matheson is Len Hicks of Vilas. Bob Rogers, former student ind part-time accountant at Ap palachian Colege, has been charged with embezzling some $8,000 from the state supported institution; His trial was post poned from the winter term of court on the grounds that Us lawyers had not had sufficient time to prepare his case. Clerk of Court, 0 r v 1 1 1 e Foster, stated this week that 183 cases are docketed for dis position in the April term. Most of them, he said, involve traffic-violations charges. Others involve charges of prole violations, assault, for gery , non-support, hit and run, restricted licenses, selling mortgaged property, and pass ing worthless checks. Judge J. C. Farthing of Lt aoir will preside. Hicks has stated that the shotgun blast which he allegad ly fired and which brought in stantaneous death to 21-year-old James Matheson was an acci dent. Hicks has been free on $2,000 bond since January IS. The incident occurred at the (Continued on page 3, Sec. C) Preliminary Plans Made For Cleanup Preliariaary plaac are Mag made, tccwdiii to Henu W. Wilcox, far the aaaaal faiiMf, clean-up campaign to Ike dty. Mn Lee ReyaeMe will be to charge of the haaatlfc*iea plaiu, while Larry Peoley will Every effort will be aula to get caaipieto ospustlaa fraai the citiaeaa to th? ead that the community may shew a c learn begin to arrive. Other Mafia ef the phi wD be ghrca eat a baa they are far
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