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V. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An l Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication 1063 Hi Apr. 23 73 Apr. 34 90 Apr. 29 57 Apr. 26 63 Apr. 27 67 Apr. 28 61 Apr. 2? 51 BOONS WEA' VOLUME LXXV?NQ. 44 BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1963 19 CENTS PER COPY 20 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS MEETS MAYOR.? Edward L. Nunj, IRC official (center), chatted Friday with Boone Mayor Wade E. Brown (left) at a luncheon in town. Standing with Nuns and the mayor is Carl L. Smith of the Watauga division of IRC. Approximately SS persons attended the meeting held at the Daniel Boone Ho tel.? Staff photo. Hospital Bond Issue Is Endorsed By Watauga Young Republicans Members of the Watauga Young Republican Club unani mously endorsed the proposed bond issue for a county hospi tal at their meeting held Friday night, fe'-; ; Representative J. E. Hol shouser, Jr., presided and the meeting was well attended. Jack Cobb, member of the board of trustees of Watauga Hospital, addressed the gath ering and spoke of the progress being made on preliminary plans for the proposed hospital facility. Mr. Cobb said an architect had been employed and that preliminary plans have been ap proved. Five different sites have been approved, others are being investigated and the fin al choice will be made from at least seven suitable locations. A steering committee is be ing organized in the county, Mr. Cobb said, which will con sist' of 160 people from all walks of life who will assist in the campaign which will culmi nate in the election sometime in September. Robert Bumhaugh, Secretary of the Hospital board, spoke of the urgent need for expanded hospital facilities and exhibited tentative plans which met with the approval of the gathering. Dr. J. B. Hagaman, Jr., ap peared on behalf of the medical itaff and (poke of the crowded condition! at the present hospi tal. He said another surgeon would be added to the staff this fall, and that a pediatrician would begin practice in a few months. Dr. Hagaman also dis cussed the operation of the proposed new hospital. Before the half million dol lar bond issue proposal receiv ed the endorsement of the en thusiastic gathering, a number of those present asked quest ions and discussed the matter informally. Mrs. Rainey, BlowingRock Motelist, Dies Blowing Rock. ? Mrs. Pem Bobbins Rainey, S3, of North Main Street, wife of F. W. (Jack) Rainey, died Friday morning at Blowing Rock Com munity Hospital. She was born in Watauga county to William Lee and Car rie Austin Bobbins. She and her husband owned and operat ed Azalea Garden Motel at Blow ing Bock. Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Miss Linda Gay Rainey of the home; a son, John R. Rainey of Blowing Rock; two brothers, Charles Robbins of Boone and Ed Robbins of Blow ingn Rock; three sisters, Mrs. Randall Foster and Mrs. Juanita Klutz, both of Blowing Rock, (Continued on page two) School Committees Named For Watauga Newly appointed members of the Wat* us* County school* committees will be serving one, two, or three-year terms of of fice, according to announcement made by the County Board of Education this week. The list by schools and by the number of years each committeeman will serve is as follows: Boone ? R. E. Agle, 1; Alfred Adams, 2; Richard Kelley, 2; Walter Edmisten, 3; Mrs. J. C. Goodnight, 3. Green Valley? George Mor etz, 1; Woodrow Starnes, 2; Willard Norris, 2; Walter LookabiU, 3; Dayton Wine barger, 3. Valle Crucis ? L. F. Town send, 1; W. H. Cook, 2; Robert Fox, 2; Frank Taylor, 3; Arlie Hodges, 3. Bethel ? Lloyd Dishman, 1; Hugh Davis, 2; David Farthing, 2; Clyde Love, 3; James Adams, 3. Elkland? Glenn Howell, 3. Parkway ? Wade Moretz, 1; Clyde Moretx, 2; Clark Miller, 2; Fred Norris, 3; Ernest Sims, 3. Blowing Rock ? Thomas Wright, 1; Daniel Klutz, 2; Mrs. Carrie Johnson, 2; Justin Coffey, 3; Bruce Greene, 3. Cove Creek ? Gordon Sher wood, X; John Herman, 2; Wil lie Cole, 2; Dave Mast, 3; Tom Lawrence, 3. Mabel? Dana Greene, 1; Her bert Greer, 2; J. E. Cole, 2; Tom Perry, 3. Watauga Consolidated ? Lew Is Ray, 2; Robert White, 2; Rockford H a 1 1 o n, 3; Ude Moore, 3. Sheriff's Salary, School Board Election Sought By Holshouser, A bill authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Watauga County to fix the salaries of the Sheriffs office, and one to in crease the membership of the County Board of Education to five members, and to provide for their election, were intro duced in the Legislature last week by Representative J. E. Holshouser, Jr. The first bill would authorize the commissioners, to increase the salary of the Sheriff to 96,000 from the $4,800 now be ing paid, to be paid in monthly installments. Hie salary would be in addition to the fees and commissions allowed by law. The commissioners would also be authorized to appropriate $2600 from the general county fund for the employment of a chief deputy sheriff and a like sum for employment of an ad ditional deputy to be selected and commissioned by the Sher iff. Tiie bill is with the Com mittee on Salaries and Fees. The school board bill, intro duced by request, would in crease the membership in the Watauga County Board of Edu cation from three to five, would appoint two Mi member* of the Board and provide for the election of all subsequent boards of education in Watauga. Fred Gragg and F. D. Buma gardner would be added to the Board for two year terms and all five members would be elected at the general election in 1964 and biennially thereaft er, each candidate to file in the time provided for other candi dates for county office, without reference to political party af filiation. If only ten candidates file, no primary election will be necessary and the board of elec tions will certify them as no minees. If more than ten file, a separate ballot will be provid ed by the board of elections for the primary. The election would be non-partisan, the ten receiv ing the highest number of votes would be voted on in the gener al election on a special ballot to be provided, with no party affiliation to be shown on the ballot. They would serve to December 1, 1086. There after members would take office Dec ember 1, vacancies to be filled by appointment of qualified citizens by remaining members. The bill was referred to the Education committee. Guns Taken In Robbery Boone Firm Thieves took five rifle* and two boxei of ammunition valued at $390 from Parkway Company on Kins Street in Boone the night of Wednesday, April 24, according to Armfleld Coffey, store manager. Entrance was gained by bor ing a hole in the back door of the hardware store with a brace and bit. The rifles taken were as follows: ?A model M Winchester SO SO. ?A 306 Bemington bolt ac tion. ?A .22 Browning automatic. ?A .22 Bemington pump. ?A .22 Winchester single shot The theft was discovered Thursday morning when the store was opened for business. Coffey stated to the Democrat this week that it appeared that (continued on page two) 280 ARE NOW EMPLOYED 29,000 F oot Expansion At IRC To Be Occupied During Year Official Tells Businessmen Future Plans The International Resistance Company in Boone will begin ? 39,000 square-foot expansion of plant facilities in the immediate future with completion of the project exepected by mid October or early November of this year, according to a report released by plant officials Mon day. The new construction will provide space for a new family of products for the Boone Divi sion which are to be introduced into the market later this year. When fully operational, the new products will provide an additional 128 Jobs by 1968. Word of the venture was first made by Edward L. Nung at a business luncheon staged at the Daniel Boone Hotel last Fri day. Nung, newly appointed di rector of operations for the Boone; Burlington, Iowa; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania di visions and documented reli ability divisions of IRC, spoke to a group of 40 local official* and businessmen. Nung also presented some facts about IRC's corporate programs for 1903. He recalled that W. W. Woe**, president of IRC, forecast In September of 1900 that IRC would be $80 million* annual going rate by 1908 and Nong went on to say that IRC I* on schedule toward that foal. IRC now employs some 2200 persons, 280 of whom are on the Boone Division payroll. To tal company sales for 1963 are expected to exceed 1962, a re cord year. Profits per share will probably be somewhat lower, however, due to project ed 1963 capital expenditures in excess of $8 millions for re search and development facili ties, physcial plant expansions, facilitation for and release of new products and the attend ant costs of start-up, engineer ing and marketing programs tb support their introduction. Despite these heavy costs, ac cording to the local plant, 1963 should be the second-best year in IRC history from a profit standpoint In reviewing the growth of (Continued on page two) PRESENT IRC PLANT Mrs. Payne Dies Wed. Mr*. Martha Knight Payne, 87, of Route 1, Blowing Rock, died Wednesday at 10:30 p. m_in Wa tauga County Hospital. She was born July 4, 1875, in Watauga county, a daughter of the late William F. Knight and Patty Pennell Knight. Her hus band was the late Rev. William Cicero Payne. Funeral services were con ducted April 26, at 2:30 at the Cool Springs Baptist Church, with the Rev. Clyde Cornett and the Rev. J. H. Crisp offi ciating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Milt Pennell of Lenoir, Mrs. Connie Storie of Pompano Beach, Fla., Mrs. Alma Moretz of Fayetteville, Mrs. Eddie Sher rill of Iron Station; a son, Mil ton Payne of Boone; a sister, Mrs. Evelyn Henderson of Boone; sixteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchil dren. FLAGS PRESENTED. ? Judge George E. Holt .left) of the Blowing Rock Rotary Club presented one of many flags acquired on hli visit to cluba around the world to President Councill Cook. Judge, Mrs. Holt Back From World Voyage Judge and Mri. George E. Holt of Miami, Fit., who reside in Blowing Rock in the sum mer, have just returned from a trip abroad that took them to Europe, Asia, and the Far Eaat. As a member of the Rotary Club of Blowing Rock, Judge Holt collected flags from the many Rotary dub* that he vkit ed while on the trip, and upon his return presented them to the dak Ill hi* report to Blowing Rock Rotarians, Judge Holt told of highlights of their trip that be gan with a visit to Palma, Ma jorca, which is in the southern part of Spain. From there the Holts spent some time on the Riviera of France, toured spots of interest in Greetie, and then visited the historic city of Al exandria in Egypt. India was their nest stop, and the high (Continued on peg* two) t ? ? . ? t Clean-UpWeek In Boone Will Continue Thrdtigh May 10th Citizens of the Boone com munity' are urged to unite in their effort* to nuke Boone the prettiest and cleanest commun ity in the state during the an nual "Clean up, Paint up, and Fix up Campaign" which gets underway Hay X and continues through May 10. Wataugans have Uag claimed that Boone la one of the nicest spots in the nation as far as climate and health Is concerned. At present such claims can't be made concerning the appear ance of the community. Most citizens are agreed that it is the obligation of everyone to correct some of the "sore spots" in the community that leave a bad taste in the minds of visit ors and tourists. Larry Penley, local chairman of the Clean up campaign, said, "It is amazing what a little paint, a fresh-mowed lawn and well-kept shnibbery can mean to the general apppearance of the whole community." This year many projects have been started in the Boone com munity by citlaens and property owners. These are to be com mended for their efforts la giv ing a "new look" to aula street and the downtown area. Several stores have remodeled buildings and added attractive store fronts. The old bank building on the Drink Plant Burglarized Mr. W. Hoy Greene, Manager of the Coca-Cola plant here, says that the company ware house was entered last Thurs day iiight by forcing a lock on the front door. The safe was open since no money is left in the office at night, and a desk was forced open, even though the robbers could have readily opened it by pulling the top drawer handle. Mr. Greene doesn't know of anything missing unless the burglars might have gotten some bottled drinks, but says the place was pretty wall mess ed up. No clues had been turned up by investigating officers as to the identity of the burglars. corner of West King and Water streets is being removed by Ralph Winkler. Debris from the building will be removed from this lot in the near future and will add much to the attractive ness of the main street. The old Critcher warehouse located at the rear of the bus station, has been removed. Clean up work will soon be com pleted on this project, accord ing to Herman Wilcox. The Northwestern Bank has been instrumental in providing additional parking adjacent to the bank building for the con venience of local shoppers. This One Is Hurt In Accident A truck-car accident on rain slick N. C. 321 near Shadowline left one man injured Monday afternoon, according to investi gating officer Hubert Thomas. The cause of the accident was attributed to the wet condition of the pavement. Chief Thomas of the Boone Police Department listed David Hicks of Asheville as the driver of the 1062 Ford two-ton truck, owned by Pierce, Young and Angell, an Asheville firm. Charles Wellborn of Boone was the driver of the 1966 Ford au to, Thomas said, and J. W. Bentley was Welborne's passen ger. Bentley was the only person injured in the crash, Thomas reported. Bentley received mul tiple cuts and bruises; hit con dition Monday night was re ported as "satisfactory." The Wellborn car was a to tal loss, Thomas stated. The accident occurred when a pick-up truck (which left the scene of the accident before of ficers arrived) attempted to make i turn into the Shadow line driveway. The Wellborn car, traveling toward Boone in the heavy downpour, attempted to slow down, but, Thomas said, when the brakes were applied the car turned sideways and slid out of control down the two-lane highway. Wellborn's car slid side-first into the two-ton truck from Asheville, traveling toward Blowing Rock. The truck wis damaged only slightly, Thomas said. | lot, owned by Belk's has been graded and gravelled. Special attention is being given to the improvement of a vacant lot on the corner of Appalachian and East King by the Northwestern Bank. The purpose of the annual "Clean up, Paint up. Fix up Campaign" Is to encourage the citizens of the community to eliminate a lot of unattractive features. Some of the unattrac tive features might be classified as grown-up vacant lota, old dilapidated buildings, junk cars, garbage, unpalnted homes aad outbuildings, trash and litter in the yards, unmewed lawns and outdated store fronts. (Continued on page two) W. R WINKLER Winkler Gets Merit Award Winkler Motor Co. of Boone has been selected as one of the nation's outstanding Ford deal ership* and will receive Ford Motor Company's Distinguished Achievement Award. The Distinguished Achieve ment Award it presented "in recognition of progressive man- , agement . . . modern sales and service facilities . . . sound merchandising practices . . . high quality standards . . . and continuing interest in rendering superior service to Ford own ers." , j W. R. Winkler has been ? Ford dealer in Boom since IMS. The dealership is located at the corner of Depot and Howard streets. '' ' .
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