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VOLUME LXXV?NO. 43 BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1M3 PRICE TEN CENTS
Junior Champ Day Is
Feature Of Saturday
Junior Champ Day haa been
set tor Saturday. It la to be beld
on the college baseball practice
held, beginning at 9 a. m.
Both boys and girli may par
ticipate in two division, or age
groups. The two group* will
conaist of the Pee Wee division
(ages 10-11) and the Junior di
vision (ages 12-13).
Competition will be in the fol
lowing events:
Boys ? 90 yard dash, football
throw (distance), Softball throw
(distance), standing broad jump,
running broad jump, high jump.
Girls ? 90 yard dash, Softball
throw (distance), standing broad
jump, running broad jump, high
jump.
Ribbons will be presented to
first, second, third, and fourth
place winners in each event.
Trophies will be presented to
the boy and girl in each division
Henry Edwards
Dies In Sparta
Henry Edwards, 68, of Spar
ta, brother of Mrs. Glenn R.
Andrews of Boone, died Satur
day night at the Alleghany
Hospital from a heart attack.
Funeral services for Mr. Ed
wards, who was employed by
the State Prison Department,
were held Tuesday at the Un
ion Primitive Baptist Church at
Whitehead.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Blanche Edwards of the home;
three daughters, Mrs. Grace
Bankert of Fawn Grove, Pa.,
Mrs. Avalee Duncan Of Galax,
Va., and Mrs. Peggy Dancy of
Winston-Salem; three sons,
Wayne Edwards of Fallston,
Md., Wade Edwards of Fawn
Grove and Bill Edwards of the
Army, stationed in Germany;
four sisters, Mrs. Jennie At
wood of Sparta, Mrs. Glenn An
drews of Boone, Mrs. Cornelia
Cheek of Southland, Mich., and
Mrs. Selma Kilby of Bel Air,
Md.; and brother, Charlie Ed
wards of Sparta. .
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who accumulate* the highest
total points.
Each hoy and girl should en
ter as many of the events as
possible in order to try (or
high individual points. All
events may be entered by all
contestants.
Participants must ? furnish
their own transportation and
should be at the practice field
between 8:30 and 8:45 on the
day of the event
Recommended dress is "T"
shirt and shorts or bermudas.
Tells Of Fish
Which Fetched
Him $100 Prize
Jim Moore of Sarasota, Flor
ida, and western North Carolina
returned to Boone last week and
told about the fish he didn't let
get away.
Seems that a beer company in
Florida turned loose 100 spec
ially marked red fish off the
Sarasota coast and offered $100
for each of the tagged swim
mers.
Proving that a North Carolina
Floridian can't be outdone, Mr.
Moore snsgged one of the prized
fish, weighing pounds (give
or take a few ounces).
? Now a hundred dollars to the
better and seversl degrees cool
er, Mr. Moore and his wife are
relaxing at their Yonahlossee
home ? telling fish tales, no'
less!
League Women
Voters To Meet
The League of Women Voters
will meet Tuesday, April 30, at
8 p. m. in the Youth Fellowship
Room of the Boone Methodist
Church. There will be an elec
tion of officers followed with a
program on the recently com
pleted town study.
Easier Than Ever To See North Carolina
New Roadways Make
Areas Accessible
By MIRIAM RABB
(Travel Editor)
It ii easier than ever to reach
the scenery, history and re
sorts which make North Caro
lina a Variety Vacationland ex
tending from the Atlantic
Ocean to Eastern America's
highest mountains.
A new section of the Blue
Ridge Parkway climbs to 6,000
feet enroute to its junction with
the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park near Cherokee.
Skimming across the rolling
Piedmont countryside to link
up with the Parkway and other
mountain routes is Interstate
40, already noted for its pan
oramic views of mountain rang
es north of Asheville, "capital
of the Land of the Sky."
On the coast, new roads and
bridges combine with State
automobile ferries to give ac
cess to seaside resorts and the
Cape Hatter as National Sea
shore.
As North Carolina observes
the 300th anniversary of the
Carolina Charter, Tercentenary
celebrations from coast to
mountains add historical inter
est to the vacation calendar.
. In Raleigh, the State Legisla
tive Building designed by Ed
ward Durrell Stone and com
pleted early this year is a
brand new travel attraction
sharing honors with the historic
Capitol Building on the newly
marked Capitol City Trail.
New in the Piedmont is 32,
510-aere Lake Norman.
There are now 173 golf
courses in North Carolina, of
which more than ISO are played
year around.
Four Seasons
North Carolina is a four-sea
son vacationland, with most at
tractions and accommodations
open all year, and others de
signed especially for spring
through autumn or autumn
through spring use. Seasons are
being extended. For example,
the famous winter 'resort of
Pinehurst now has a hotel as
well as one of its five 18-hole
golf courses open through the
summer. Many accommodations
in the mountains and on the
coast are now open 12 months
in the year.
Open to visitors year 'round
are Tryon Palace restoration at
New Bern; the U.S.E. North
Carolina Battleship Memorial at
Wilmington; Old Salem in Win
ston-Salem; and State and Na
tional historic sites ranging
from the birthplace of aviation
to Revolutionary and Civil War
battlefields.
Spring comes early to the
Mid-South golf and riding re
sorts of the Sandhills and Ther
mal Belt, and to the Southeast
ern Coast with its fabulous gar
dens. Azaleas and other spring
flowers bloom profusely
throughout the Coastal Plain
and Piedmont in April. As the
surf bathing season begins at
the beaches, spring climbs the
Blue Ridge Divide and lingers
until June on mile-high moun
tains.
Summer brings the greatest
visitation to the coastal and
mountain resorts. Specialties
like Tweetsie Railroad, Ghost
Mountain, Grandfather Moun
tain, and ocean fishing piers are
open from spring through au
tumn. Over 90 summer camps
for boys and girls are open
from June through August.
Three big outdoor dramas and
three summer theatres reopen
in June.
Fishing, enjoyed year around
in meat sections of North Caro
tin*, booms in spring as channel
bass and other salt water spec
ies are taken along the coast,
the trout season begins in the
mountains, and inland lake fish
ing is prime. Offshore fishing
along the "Gamefish Junction"
coast is at its best from Hay in
to November.
Autumn decorates North
Carolina with brilliant foliage
and marks the beginning of
hunting seasons, statewide.
October returns the winter re
sorts to the vacation spotlight.
In early winter the ski slopes
at Cataloochee Ranch in the
Great Smokies and Blowing
Rock in the Blue Ridge reopen.
Autumn is enlivened by fairs
and harvest festivals, unique
among them the Cherokee In
dian Fair in the Great Smokies.
In December, the anniversary of
Powered Flight is celebrated at
Wright Memorial near Kitty
Hawk.
Hunting for deer, bear, wild
boar, upland game birds and
waterfowl is enjoyed between
October and March. Thanksgiv
ing Day marks the beginning of
the season for riding to hounds
at Southern Pines, T r y o n,
Sedgefield, Charlotte and Ra
leigh.
In December, as sasanquas
brighten the gardens of Eastern
North Carolina, the World's
Largest Living Christmas Tree
glows with colored lights at
W ilinington, and Moravian
Candle Teas open the Yuletide
in the 18th Century community
of Old Salem.
Special Events
Every season has its full com
plement of sports contests, fes
tivals and other events. Largest
of the spring festivals are the
North Carolina Azalea Festival
at Wilmington in early April,
and the Dare Coast Pirates Jam
borama on the Outer BAnks in
late April and, early Hay.
Steeplechase racing and golf
tournaments are spring special
ties in the Mid-South resort
areas of the Piedmont. In June,
the blossoming of rhododendron
in the "Land of the Sky" is
celebrated with the North Caro
lina Rhododendron Festival
atop Roan Mountain, site of the
world's largest natural gardens
of crimson-purple (Catawba)
rhododendron. The 6,285-foot
summit of Roan Mountain is
one of the recreational areas in
Pisgah National Forest.
Outdoor historical dramas
open from late June through
Labor Day week end are "The
Lost Colony" at Manteo on the
coast; "Unto These Hills" at
Cherokee in the Great Smokies;
and "Horn in the West" at
-NOTICE
On Saturday, April 27, 1963
At Ten O'Clock I Will Sell at
Public Auction
The Property of the Late George Gragg
One Five Room House, 4 Lots, Farm, Carpenter Tools
On Highway Old 421? Now S21
Location V4 Mile from Cove Creek High School
Terms of Sale Will Be Announced at Sale
Doris McClain, Admr.
Boone in the Blue Ridge. Sum
mer theatres are at Flat Rock
and Burnsville in the moun
tains; Charlotte and Tangle
wood Park (near Winston
Salem) in the Piedmont.
On the fourth Sunday in June,
thousands gather at Grandfath
er Mountain near Linville for
the annual "Singing On The
Mountain". July brings addi
tional throngs of visitors to the
Blue Ridge vacationlands for
the Grandfather Mountain High
land Games and Gathering of
the Scottish Clans. Two famous
summer events in Asheville are
the Craftsman's Fair of the
Southern Highlands in July,
and the Mountain Dance and
Folk Festival in August. August
features the Brevard Music
Festival at Brevard Music Cen
ter in the Blue Ridge. The
North Carolina Apple Festival
at Hendersonville in early
Septembebr hails the harvest
season which culminates in the
huge North Carolina State Fair
at Raleigh in mid-October. To
bacco auctions can be visited in
Eastern and Piedmont Carolina
from late summer through au
tumn, and cigarette factories
offer free gui.ded tours year
around at Winston-Salem, Dur
ham, Greensboro, and Reids
ville.
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