WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication
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VOLUME LXXV?NO. 45
BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1963
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22 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS
Association's
Spring Session
Meets Tuesday
The Three Forks Baptist As
sociation wul hold its spring ses
sion at Bethel baptist Church
Tuesday, April 30. The meet
ing begins at 8:30 a. m.
The Reverend W. E. Pope,
associational missionary lor the
Three Forks Association, will
be the principal speaker.
The theme of the spring pro
gram is "Sharing Christ with
the Whole World."
The program is as follows:
Worship in song, directed by
Richaid Greer; devotional per
iod, led by the Rev. Clyde Cor
nett, pastor of Bethel Church;
roll call of churches; presenta
tion of theme and purpose of
program, C. 0. Vance, moderat
or; report of schools of mis
sions, John Gibson;
"Sharing Christ Through
Sunday School Work," Walter
Hill; "Sharing Christ Through
Training Union," Mrs. Nora II.
Wilson; "Sharing Christ
Through Woman's Missionary
Union," Mrs. Boyce Brooks;
"Sharing Christ Through Broth
erhood," Ira Ayers; "Sharing
Christ Through Vacation Bible
School," Mrs. Daisy Greene;
"Sharing Christ Through Our
Cooperative Program,". E. M.
Blankenship; and "Sharing
Christ Through Personal Wit
nessing," by personal testimon
ies.
The Reverend J. E. Crump
will intrdouce and present the
new associational missionary to
the association.
The meeting will adjourn at
12 noon for lunch and fellow
ship.
The Reverend Mr. Pope, a na
tive of Sampson county, has
served as pastor of Mount Gi
lead Baptist Church since 1099.
During his tenure of service the
church purchased seven acres of
land for future dliurch needs.
The new missionary was ac
tive where his church is located
and currently is serving as clerk.
While in the Eastern Baptist
Association he served as Sunday
School superintendent and pres
ident of the pastor's confer
ence.
THE HEV. W. E. POPE
Young G.O.P. To
Talk Of Bond
Issue Friday
The Watauga County Young
. Republican Club will have its
regular monthly meeting Friday,
April 26, at 7:30 p. m.
The program will center
around the upcoming bond elec
tion for a new hospital. Several
interested people will be on
hand to give information and
answer questions.
Club officers have indicated
that the public is invited to at
tend and hear this presentation.
Blowing Rock To Be
Spared Blue Law
Senator Ira T. Johnston In
formed the Democrat Tuesday
of Ma action Monday evening
in eliminating Blowing Sock
township and the Parkway area
from the Senate bill which
would prevent the sale of a
long list of merchandise en Sun
day.
The "Mae law" passed the
Senate and was sent to the
A tot of opposition developed
to Ike Mil, la the belief that
it weald operate to the disad
vantage of many of the tourist
enterprises in the area.
Senator Johnston said there
was difference of opinion aa to
the exemption of all Watauga
county from the hill, and that
"he went aa far as he could" la
APPLES IN BLOOM ? Pictured against a
cloudy, April sky is one of the thousands of
apple trees which have bloomed in the
county during the past week to ten days.
Temperatures have registered in the 70't
during several recent afternoons, going to
81 degrees Monday. Light showers were ex
perienced in the area during the first of this
week. ? Gaddy photo.
Rogers Gets 3-5 Years
For Embezzlement
ASTC Employee
Said To Have
Taken $17,000
By DALE GADDY
Bob Rogers was sentenced in
Watauga Superior Court yest
erday (Tuesday) to "not less
than three years nor more than
five years" in prison for em
bezzling $17,077 from Appala
chian State Teachers College
where he formerly had been
employed as an accountant. The
sentence was passed by Judge
J. C. Farthing before a hushed
courtroom in Boone.
The judge recommended that
Rogers be assigned to one of
the state camps which has a
work-release program.
Rogers, who was emotionless
during th? morning trial, bowed
his head and fought tears upon
hearing the sentence. His wife,
seated several rows back, wept
silently.
In pasting the sentence,
Judge Farthing challenged Rog
ers to begin paying back the
money he was convicted of tak
ing. He told the bespectacled
father of two that his (Rogers')
conscience would not be clear
of the matter until such an ef
fort had been made.
The trial began at 9:31 when
solicitor B. T. Falls called the
case before the court. Rogers,
dressed in a gray suit and1
blue dress shirt, was accompani
ed by his lawyers Charles
(Continued on page two)
Paul J. Smith Employed
By Watauga Savings & Loan
Paul J. Smith, who was reared
near Lenoir, has been employed
by the Watauga Savings and
Loan Association and entered
upon his new duties Monday of
last week.
A son of Mrs. John 0. Smith
and the late Mr. Smith, he was
educated at Appalachian State
Teachers College where he was
a cum laude graduate, class of
1956. He has been assistant
systems director for the Bur
roughs Corporation in Knoxville,
Tenn., for seven years, making
surveys and analyses for finan
cial institutions in the Knoxville
area.
Mr. Smith is married to the
former Miss Marie Cook and
they have two children, Jenifer
and Gregory. They have estab
lished residence on Wood Circle.
They are Methodists.
Mr. H. Grady Farthing, presi
dent of the Watauga Savings
and Loan Association, and Mr.
James P. Marsh, secretary-treas
urer, express themselves as be
ing pleased to have secured the
services of Mr. Smith.
Bulletin
The Len Hicks murder trial
was opened at the Watauga
Superior Court in Boone Tues
day afternoon at 3:15 with
Hicks' attorney, J. E. Holshous
er, Sr., entering a plea of "not
guilty" to a charge of second
degree murder or manslaughter.
First to take the stand was
county coroner K. E. Kelley,
who was followed by Sheriff
Dallas Cheek and Hugh Young,
respectively.
Court was recessed at 4:19
and was to resume at 9:M this
morning (Wednesday). A full
account of the proceedings will
appear In nest week's Watauga
Democrat
PAUL J. SMITH
Town Buys
Fire Truck
One new fire truck has been
bought and one of the present
machines is being reconditioned,
according to Mayor Wade E.
Brown, and the new equipment
will probably be in operation
here within 60 days.
The Baker Equipment Co., of
Charlotte, was the low bidder
for the fire engine and other
equipment, while Andrews
Chevrolet Co., of Boone, was
low on the chassis. The mayor
explains that the fire fighting
equipment and the chassis are
not now offered as a single com
ponent, as used to be the case,
and must be bought separately.
The GMC equipment on the
second fire engine is to be com
pletely reconditioned and will
be on a new chassis, to be sup
plied through the low bid of
Winkler Motor Co.
Mayor Brown says that the
American La France equipment
which was bought 30 years ago,
is in good shape. The first fire
equipment bought by the town
over forty years ago, ia being
retained as an antique.
ELABORATE PROGRAM PLANNED
ASTC Arts F estiv al Gets
Under way This Evening
Many Days Of
Festivities;
Art Exhibits
The eagerly-awaited Appala
chian Arts Festival for 1963 be
gins Thursday evening, April
25, at 8 o'clock in the Health,
Physical Education and Recrea
tion Building on the ASTC
campus with a concert by the
eminent Metropolitan Opera
mezzo-soprano, Miss Nell Ran
kin.
This second annual Arts
Festival promises to' be bigger
and better than that which was
so well received last year, with
a wide variety of interesting of
ferings extending over a num
ber of days and nights from the
Rankin concert on April 29 un
til the Coronation Ball and May
Court presentation on the
evening of May 4. Miss Rankin
includes on her concert some
of the famous arias from the
opera "Carmen", a role which
she made famous on the stage
I of the Metropolitan Opera.
Hotard Recital
On the evening of April 26,
Mr. Earny P. Hotard, Jr., a
member of the piano faculty of
the ASTC music department,
will present a piano recital in
the auditorium of the Fine
Arts Building. Concert time is
8 p. m. Mr. Hotard is playing
the following program: Fantasie
K. 396, Mozart; Sonata Op. 93
(Waldstein), Beethoven; Ball
ade Op. 23, and Three Mazurkas,
Chopin; and L'isle joyeuse, De
bussy.
Art Exhibit*
Extending from April 27 un
til May 6 there will be avail
able several exhibits of paint
ings, sculpture, and mementos
from the past. In the lobby of
the Fine Arts Building there
will be an exhibit of paintings
by students from the art class
es at Appalachian State Teach
ers College. In the Student
Lounge, located on the ground
floor of the cafeteria building,
there will be an exhibit of
paintings, sculpture, and graph
ics by noted artists from all
over the United States. These
paintings and art pieces are
presented here through the
courtesy of the Winston-Salem
Gallery of Fine Arts. Also in
the Student Lounge will be
presented the sculpture of Ap
palachian's own Stanley South.
Mr. South, a graduate of ASTC,
and presently archaeologist for
the N. C. Department of Arch
ives and History, has gained
much attention with his sculp
ture. In the ASTC Library dur
ing this period there will be a
display of Watauga County
artifacts from the past sixty
years, in conjunction with the
college's 60th anniversary be
ing celebrated this year. View
ing hours for all of these exhi
bits are from 8 a. m. until 10
p. m. daily.
(Continued on page two)
Founders Day
Sale At Belk's
Is Announced
Mr. W. W. Chester of Belk's
Department Store announces
the opening of the annual
Founders Day Sale on April 25,
as a feature of the 79th anniver
sary observance at Belk's.
The sale Will continue until
May 4.
Mr. Chester who has consis
tently relied on the Watauga
Democrat for coverage of his
merchandising events, uses four
pages of this edition to tell of
the many outstanding values
which are to be found in every
department of the big store.
The attention of the readers is
directed to this important bu*i
HMs announcement.
AW SHUCKS, SCHOOL!? Experiencing his
first year in the school room, a first grader
paused hesitantly one morning last week at
the old maple tree which stands in the AiP
parking lot adjacent, to the Watauga Demo
crat offices, pondering the plight of a school
boy on a warm April morning. Birds were
chirping and buds were budding and there
was a'plenty to hold his Interest in the small
pit around the tree ? rocks and rickrack, a
blackened buffalo nickel and a "Vote for
Alexander" campaign button, and lots of good
old American red clay. It was a boy's haven,
all right, but the call of education drew the
eager, if reluctant, youngster to his waiting
school room. "Sure is a good day for fish
ing," someone called to the youth, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde S. Greene of 412 Queen
Street, Boone. "Yeah, and I'll be fishing in
just six more weeks," came the reply. Kick
ing the red dirt, then slinging his books
under his arm the young fellow echoed,
"Just six more weeks." ? Gaddy photo.
BUILDING LINE, TRAILERS CONSIDERED
City Council Adopts Rules
Proposed By Zoning Board
With the growth of the city
of Boone and the increased traf
fic that our main roads are re
quired to accommodate, the city
council adopted the recom
mendation of the local zoning
board that a building line be
established at forty-two feet
distant from the center of the
highway in all community trad
ing centers. This provision will
permit the construction of a
four-lane highway with side
walks on each side.
The town of Boone has made
plans with the city planning
commission of the state govern
ment for a thorough study of
the community. This will in
clude recommendations for
bringing zoning regulations up
to-date. Until such time as this
group makes its report and
such recommendations are
adopted, the city council ap
proved the recommendations of
the local zoning board as fol
lows:
1. That no more building per
mits are to be issued for 3 or
more family unit apartment
buildings unless such lots or
lands lie within approximately
450 feet of the Blowing Rock
Road, King Street, Faculty
Street, and Road 109 by-pass.
In addition all builders of ap
artments must provida ltfc
parking spaces per unit.
2. That no more permits be
granted for construction of
trailer courts within the city
limits and that trailers within
the present courts comply with
fire regulations for dwellings.
Such regulations will require
that all trailers be placed or
! spaced so that they are at least
IS feet from another trailer or
dwelling. In addition, trailers
should be placed at least 30 feet
from the center of the adjacent
street or streets.
3. From this date (April 18),
no trailer may be parked except
in existing trailer courts.
Hospital Committee
Discusses Bond Issue
The new hospital steering
committee met this week at the
Daniel Boone Inn for a dinner
meeting to discuss the hospital
bond issue which will be pre
sented to the county this fall.
Reports were presented by
the various committees concern
ing all phases of the drive.
James Marsh, chairman of the
steering committee, presided
over the meeting.
' Present for the meeting were
Marsh, Mrs. Jack Groce, Ralph
Winkler, Jack Cobb, Larry Pen
ley, John Councill, Bob Bum
baugh, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A.
Harris, Dr. James Graham, G. C.
Greene, Jr., Dr. J. B. Hagaman,
Dr. Uadley Wilson, Dr. Gene
Reese, Dr. Curtis McGowan, Dr.
and Mrs. William Matheson,
Woodrow Richardson, L. E.
Tuckwiller, Mrs. Lynn Haga
man, Dr. Mary Michal, A. E. Mc
Creary, Nick Stakias, and Mrs.
Wiley Smith.
Registration
Deadline Nears
For BR Election
Saturday is the last day to
register for the Blowing Rock
election to be> held Tnesday
May 7, says Mrs. Nettle Greene,
Town Clerk.
Mrs. Greene says that few
voters have appeared for regis
tration thus far. Mr. O. J. Cof
fey is the kefistnr aad voters
may register anytime antll next
Saturday at I p.