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VOLUME LXXV? NO. 45
BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1963
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WOMEN'S DORM AT EAST EDGE OF COLLEGE CAMPUS CLIMBS HIGHER
Local Building Boom Seen;
Many Structures Going Up
With the coming of warm
weather, construction crews
have been busy at work in vir
tually all parts of the county,
according to a survey conducted
by the Watauga Democrat last
' week. ?- - ? 1 ' -r? ?
Though incomplete at the time
of this publication, the Demo
crat survey indicates that doz
ens of houses are being built
in the county, four housing de
velopments are in various stages
of development, two new motels
T~ !
Mayor Hardin
Given Victory
At Blowing Rock
R. B. HARDIN
Mayor R. B. Hardin won re
election at Blowing Rock Tues
day without opposition, while
the new three-member Board of
Commissioners will consist of
C. L. Dula, new member; John
O. Goodwin and J. D. Jones,
incumbents. Allen Craig, pres
ent board member, was defeated.
Following is the final munici
pal election tally at Blowing
Rock:
For Mayor: R. B. Hardin 188.
For Commissioners: Allen
Craig 122, C. L. Dula 169, John
O. Goodwin 136, J. D. Jones 149,
Howard Powell 62, Charles E.
(Bill) Williams 52, D. W.
Wooten 62.
are being built and two other
motels are expanding their fa
cilities, at least one apartment
house is under construction, a
large chicken house is going up,
and work has begun on a new
?itrtw4? -restaurant, a bank, a
shoe factory, college facilities,
and various commercial ven
tures.
In addition, word was received
last week that International Re
sistance Company is planning a
29,000 square feet addition to
their facilities, which will
double the size of the plant as
it was known five years ago.
The new dormitory for women
is expected to be completed by
September 1, according to ASTC
vice-president Bernard Dougher
ty. The dorm, being built on the
east edge of the campus near
the Winn-Dixie Store, will house
300 students and will be seven
stories high.
Also nearing completion is
the new science building at the
college. Construction was begun
on that phase of the college
expansion in the winter of 1961
62. Vice-president Dougherty
states that parts of the building
will be in use by first session of
summer school this year and
that possibly the entire building
will be ready for use by Septem
ber 1.
. Crewmen are laying a heating
line down Locust Street to the
new dorm, temporarily hamper
ing traffic to Faculty Apart
ments and North Hall. Comple
tion of this project is expected
in the near future.
Elsewhere, homes are being
built by Horace Dowling, James
Waddel of Greensboro, Rhonda
Underwood, C. D. Williams, Dr.
J. B. Hagaman, Jr., G. C. Cole,
Clyde Townsend, and Francis
Hoover.
Dr. Graydon P. Eggers of the
college English department has
just completed his new home
in Boone and he and his family
have moved in.
Workmen recently completed
the foundation of a new apart
ment house which is being erect
ed on the lot adjacent to the
county courthouse in Boone.
Being sponsored by Mrs. Stanley
Harris and Miss Nancy Styrdi
( Continued on page six)
Boone Chamber To Hold
Membership Meet Tuesday
The Boone Chamber of Com
merce will hold it* member
ship meeting Tuesday, May 14,
at the Daniel Boone Inn at
noon, according to a communi
cation released by president
Herman Wilcox.
"Summer residents (of Boone
and Watauga County), whether
members of the Chamber of
Commerce or not, are urged to
visit with at and enter into the
discussions," the letter states.
Business will Include a re
port on the' clean-up, paint-up
campaign (see "BeaUtification"
story elsewhere in this edition
of the Democrat). In charge of
the program it Mrs. Lee Bey
noida.
MISS NORMA DISHMAN
Bethel Girl
Wins County
Spelling Bee
Miss Norma Dishman, an
eighth grade student at Bethel
School, captured the first-place
laurels in the Watauga County
Spelling Bee last week.
Competing against seven other
students from the county, Miss
Dishman outlasted entries from
Boone, Green Valley, Mabel,
Parkway, Valle Crucis, Cove
Creek, and Blowing Rock.
Come May 18, she will be com
peting against 41 contestants in
the Winston-Salem Journal and
Sentinel Spelling Bee.
Miss Dishman is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dishman
of Reese.
Mrs. Williams
RitesTuesday
Funeral services were con
ducted for Mrs. Myra Jones Wil
liams, 75, of Rt. 1, Zionville,
N. C., on Tuesday, April 30,
1963, at Mabel Baptist Church
by Rev. W. H< Key and Rev.
Ernest Blankenship.
Mrs. Wililams, wife of Ed
Smith Williams, died in Cannon
Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk,
N. C* after a long illness.
She was a life long resident
of Watauga county and the
daughter of the late Leander
and Sally Moody Jones. She
was educated in Watauga coun
ty schools and Appalachian Nor
mal 'School and waa a public
school teacher for several years.
Mrs. Williams was a charter
member of Mabel Baptist
Church and a member at the
W. M. U.
She and her husband celebrat
ed their Golden Wedding An
niversary Dm. 36, UN.
Survivors include her hus
band; three son a, Ralph, and
Hite Williams, both of Zion
( Continued on pm six)
Dr. Archie
To Speak At
M.
ASTC Finals
Dr. William C. Archie, Direc
tor of the State Board of Higher
Education, will be the principal
speaker for commencement ex
ercises at Appalachian State
Teachers College on Saturday,
May 23 at 3 p.m. in -the audi
torium of the new health and
physical education building, it
was announced last week by Dr.
W. H. Plemmons, ASTC presi
dent.
Approximately 430 candidates
will receive the undergraduate
B. S. degree and 36 candidates
will receive the Master of Arts
degree in the 34th annual com
mencement.
The program will include the
traditional processional and re
cessional with dignitaries, fac
ulty and students marching from
the Men's Old Gymnasium to
the new gymnasium.
The college orchestra, under
the direction of Dr. Nicholas
Erneston, and the college choir,
under the direction of Mrs. Vir
ginia Wary Linney, will present
special music. Organist for the
occasion is Earny Hotard.
Dr. D. J. Whitener, dean of
ASTC, will present the candid
ates for the Bachelor's Degree,
and Dr. Cratis Williams, direc
tor of graduate studies, will pre
sent the candidates for the
Master's Degree.
Dr. W. H. Plemmons will con
fer degrees and award diplomas.
Registrar H. R. Eggers will pre
sent the diplomas.
The invocation will be given
by the Rev. E. F. Troutman, and
the benediction by the Rev. J.
Boyce Brooks. .
"BOONE'S GOING TO WIN"
Boone, Blowing Rock
In Clean, Green Contest
H. R. Dugger
Drowns While
River Fishing
Harley Reid Dugger, 28, of
Bristol, Pa., drowned about
8:45 a. m. Thursday when he
fell into the Watauga River
near Boone.
Watauga County Coroner
Richard Kelley said Dugger, a
non-swimmer, was fishing with
his brother, Edward Dugger of
Elk Park, when he apparently
slipped on the banc and fell
into the river.
The Watauga Emergency and
Rescue Squad recovered the
body about 1 p. m.
Kelley said the drowning was
accidental and no inquest would
be held.
Dugger was born in Avery
County to Gurney Edward Dug
ger and Dora Davis Dugger. He
bad been in Bristol for several
years where he was employed
as a sheet-rock worker. He had
been visiting relatives in this
area the past two days.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Georgeann Dugger; a daughter,
Brenda Joyce Dugger; his moth
er, of Beech Creek; four sisters,
Mrs. Thelma Reece of Beech
Creek, Mrs. Melba Lee Hester
and Mrs. Willa Holman, both
of Johnson City, Tenn., and
Mo, Bertie Persinger of Cleve
land, OHlo; Tour brotfiers, feA
ward Dugger of Elk Park, Ray
Dugger of Johnson City, and
Billy Gene and John J. Dugger,
both of Bristol.
The funeral was conducted
at 2 p. m. Sunday at Mount
Gilead Baptist Church with the
Rev. Arnt Greer and Rev. John
Greene officiating. Interment
was in Banner cemetery at
Elk Park.
SARA CATHERINE SAWEY
Boone Girl In
ASTC Top Five
Twenty Appalachian State
Teachers College students will
be honored at "Spring Scholar
ship Day" Wednesday, May 15,
in the health and physical edu
cation building, according to Dr.
Frank Randall, professor of bio
logy and chairman of Scholar
( Continued on page six)
Compromise Park
Route Is Approved
Baleigh, May 1 ? The State
Highway Commission today ap
proved a "compromise route"
along the side of Grandfather
Mountain to complete the miss
ing link of the Blue Ridge Park
way in North Carolina.
A five-member committee
headed by Commissioner Clif
ton L. Benson of Raleigh re
commended the compromise
proposal.
Benson said Hugh Morton,
owner of Grandfather Moun
tain, bad indicated he would go
along with the route. The U. S.
Park Service, which favored a
higher route along the moun
tain, has not been approached
on it.
Highway Chairman Merrill
Evans said the park service will
be contacted as a result of to
day's action.
Benson said the compromise
route is located between a low
route, which Morton favored,
and the high route. It lies above
U. S. 221 and has elevations
ranging from 4,200 to 4,400
feet Benson said the route
swings around Pilot Knob rath
?r than through ? tunnel.
GARBAGE CANS should not be left on city streets between
garbage collections. Citizens are urged to cooperate in re
moving garbage cans until the day for collection. ? Flowers
photo.
'iwi'ww?mmip"iihi""i i v m 1
LITTER on vacant lots does much to take away from the at
tractiveness of any community. Property owners should take
the initiative in removing these unattractive features. ?
Flowers Photo.
Patrol Car Involved
In Accident On 421
A two-car collision involving
? state highway patrol car left
two persons injured 12 miles
east of Boone on N. C. 421 near
the Wilkes County line, Satur
day, according to patrolman
George Baker, driver of the
patrol car.
Injured were Alvin Hyatt of
Charlotte who suffered a bro
ken arm and Jim Woody of
Newport News, Virginia, whose
nose was broken. They were
passengers of Allison T. Hyatt,
brother of the injured Hyatt.
The 1999 Ford is owned by
Hyatt Insurance Agency of
Charlotte.
The accident occurred shortly
after patrolman Baker and his
passenger, Watauga County
sheriff Dallas Cheek, pulled on
to 421 in pursuit of a speeding
car, identified later by Baker
as "a red Chevrolet."
The Chevrolet rounded a
curve "at a high rate of speed,"
Baker said. The patrolman
stated that he pulled his cruis
er into a side road, turned
around, then pulled out on the
main highway to begin chasing
the speeding Chevrolet.
At that moment the Ford
from Charlotte rounded the
same curve at a high rate of
speed and rammed the patrol
car in the rear end, causing
$600 damage to the patrol car
and $250 damage to the Ford.
The patrol car was knocked
off the highway into a rock
bank; the Ford left the other
side of the road and plunged
down an embankment.
The injured were taken to
Watauga County Hospital first,
then later were transferred to
the Banner Elk hospital.
Investigation was pending as
of Monday, Baker said.
Baker and Cheek received no
injuries "except for a few bruis- i
es," Baker stated.
29 Towns And
Villages Are
Competing
Twenty-nine out of 31 villag
es and towns were enrolled in
the Northwest's "Cleaner-Green
er Contest" last week as the
May 1 deadline passed.
Said Neil Bolton, as he pro
nounced the register closed,
"That's a pretty (air measure
of civic response in any man's
section of the country. We're
all delighted with this excellent
start."
The cleanup drive, in which
a $1,000 prize awaits the top
scoring town, will run to Nov
ember J.
Boone and Blowing Rock are
representing Watauga County
in the contest. Mrs. Lee Rey
nolds is heading the Boone
committee with Mrs. B. W.
Stallings and Ted Pease as com
mittee members.
Mrs. Stallings explained to
the Watauga Democrat last
week that the committee feels
is is most important for the
town and community to advance
the clean-up campaign **. . .
now, before our tourists ar
rive."
She pointed out that each
week more and more travelers
are passing through Boone and
Watauga County; that com
meneemaal at the college is in
the near future; and that sum
mer trade will soon be at its
peak.
"We need to clean-up now,"
she said. "Boone's going to win
that $1000."
Projects suggested for the
drive include virtually every
thing that municipal units, civ
ic groups, and indvidual pro
perty owners can do to make
their respective communities
more attractive ? landscaping,
clearing rubbish, removing un
sightly structures no longer use
ful, repairing and painting,
roadside beautification, and
setting up programa aimed at
perpetuating such improve
ments.
At the close of the contest,
participating towns will sub
mit reports on their activities.
A team of judges will review
all reports and make on-the
scene inspection.
The full list of enrolled
places is as follows: Alexander
? Taylorsville; Alleghany ?
Sparta; Ashe ? West Jefferson,
Jefferson, and Lansing; Cald
well ? Granite Falls, Rhodiss,
and Hudson; Davie ? Mocksville
and Cooleemee; Forsyth ? Clem
mons, Kernersville, and Rural
Hall; Stokes? King and Walnut
(Continued on page six)
Kiddies Night
To Be Observed
By Fire Dept.
Boone Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will have "Kiddies night"
Friday at 6:30 in the A * P
parking lot. They will have the
tire trucks etc. there to demon
strate some of the techniques
used in fighting fires. North
Carolina Volunteer Fireman's
Week is May 12-18.
Daughter Of Senator Johnson
Tells Students Of Peace Corps
Miss Elizabeth Johnston, at
tractive daughter of Senator
Oiin Johnston of South Carolina
and staff member in the Wash
ington Peace Corps office, told
ASTC students that the Peace
Corps recruits itself.
A visitor of the ASTC cam
pus, she said that members of
the Washington Peace Corps
administrative, recruiting and
training staffs have the un
fortunate habit at recruiting
themselves as volunteers.
Staff members, in daily con
tact with people, letters, cables
and reports from volunteers and
their projects, have become so
enthused with the Peace Corps
work that they have resigned
their Washington posts and en
listed for overseas service as
volunteers.
"From what I know of Peace
Corps personnel, this does not
surprise me," said Dr. Edward
Gibson, Peace Corps liaison of
ficer for ASTC and Boone. "Miss
Johnston is a young, well-edu
cated person of firm convictions
and strong enthusiasms. She not
only holds down her job in the
Washington office, which in
cludes frequent official trips to
the colleges of the region, but
she is completing a graduate
degree at a Washington univer
sity in political scienca.
(continued m pa# (U) j