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VOLUME LXXV? NO. 47
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1963
10 CENTS PER COPY
22 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS
John Day
Reports
From La.
John Day, 20-year-old Wata
ugan (or whom officer* had
been searching for a week fol
lowing the diacovery of his
blood-stained car near the city
limits of Boone May 11, phoned
his sister is Lenoir from New
Orleans, Louisiana. Day report
edly told his sister that he is
"okay" although he has a few
cuts on one of his arms.
Day's sister called Watauga
County Sheriff Dallas Cheek
Immediately after her brother
called from Louisiana; Cheek
notified officers and other
searchers in northwestern North
Carolina that the youth had
been found.
His anxious parents, sware
that Day occasionally suffered
"black-out" spells, had been as
sisting officers in the week-old
search, Cheek said.
According to investigation of
the wreck scene Hay 11, Day's
1996 Oldsmobile ran off the
shoulder of the Blowing Rock
Road and plunged down an em
bankment. Apparently no one
saw the accident happen or
saw Day leave the scene.
He was, however, seen in
Newton that afternoon, it was
later learned.
According to Cheek, Day
told his sister that he (Day)
had gotten a ride to New Or
leans with a truck driver whom
he knew.
Fred Cook To
Go To Brevard
FRED COOK
Fred Cook has accepted em
ployment at Brevard with the
Olin Matheson Chemical Cor
poration in the Ecusta paper
operation as an Industrial En
gineer in the Research and De
velopment Department.
Cook is a graduate of Appa
lachian High School and will
graduate from N. C. State Col
lege in June. Among his activi
ties at State were the Alpha Pi
Hu Industrial Engineering Hon
or Society, American Institute
of Industrial Engineers, Mono
gram Club, varsity wrestling
team, as well as intramural
basketball and Softball He
ranks in the top quarter of his
industrial engineering class as
well as the school of Engineer
s
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Cook, Route 4, Boone.
Pay Raise For
Sheriff Gets
House Approval
Raleigh, May 17? A bill au
thorizing a pay raise for the
sheriff, of Watauga County and
giving him two new deputies
passed the House yesterday and
was sent to the Senate.
Introduced by Rep. J. E. Hol
shouser Jr. of Watauga, the bill
would permit the county com
missioners to boost the sheriffs
annual salary from $4,000 to
$8,000.
The sheriff would retain the
fee* and commissions to which
he is now entitled.
The measure also would al
low appropriation of $3,000 as
annual salary for a new chief
deputy and a like amount for
an additional iapvty.
Proposed Hospital Structure
This is an architect's pen sketch showing
what the new four-story Watauga Hospital
should look like when completed.
Architects Release Initial
Plans For Hospital Plant
The original pen and ink
sketch of the new Watauga
Hospital has been released by
Holloway-Reeves of Raleigh and
show* the complete four floors
as planned.
Tentative plans, however,
call for the completion of three
floors, housing 80 beds. When
the fourth floor is completed
there will be 134 beds.
The all-modern plan calls for
only private and semi-private
room accommodations. The op
erating suite contains two spac
ious operating rooms with re
covery area. The obstetrical
section includes labor area and
two delivery rooms. The plan
also provides the hospital with
laundry.
The first floor a tains the
administrative offices, medical
recorda, dietary department,
canteen, central supply, bulk
storage, morgue, x-ray and out
patient departments and labora
tory. There will also be a
chapel.
There will be 38 beds on the
second floor, with the surgical
and obstetrical suites in the
back wing area.
Third floor plans call for 42
general medicine beds and the
plan for the fourth floor will
be similar to the third.
The new hospital plans are
unique in that all service areas
for the BO bed hospital have
been planned to accommodate
up to 124 beds.
Fund Drive For
Celebration
Begins Next Week
Starting next week the Fin
ance Committee headed by Al
fred T. Adams, will start their
drive to raise at least $2,900 to
bear a part of the cost of fin
ancing the Carolina Charter
Tercentenary Celebration.
Herman W. Wilcox, general
chairman, says that a good deal
of money and many free hours
of labor have gone into one of
the biggest promotional pro
grams Boone has undertaken
(continued on page two)
Small Child
Hurt By Auto
A 20-month-old child was
struck and injured by a car
near the east edge of the Ap
palachian College campus Sat
urday shortly after 12 noon, ac
cording to the parents of the
child.
The small boy, Chad McCar
ver, reportedly was playing in
the yard of his parents apart
ment at 312 Hardin Street
when suddenly he darted in
to Dauph Blan Street, main
?xit from the college campus
which is adjacent to the Mc
Carver's apartment
D. C. Barnhardt, a senior at
Appalachian, was given us driv
er of the car which struck the
child. The car passed over the
small boy, but the wheels did
not touch him, the McCarvers
reported. No charges were
made, they said.
Young McCarver was treated
(Continued on page two)
Unique Window Displays Are
Being Arranged For Celebration
Unique window displays along
the street are being arranged for
the tecentenary celebration in
Boone and the committee has
met several times in making
definite plans for this import
ant phase of the undertaking.
The committee is composed
of Jack Williams, chairman;
Mrs. Ralph Buchanan, Mrs.
James Duncan, Mr. James
Greene and Rev. Preston Hugh
es.
Various clubs are working
with this group and accepting
the responsibility of displaying
unusual old items which are
being loaned from various
sources that have much history
behind them.
Twenty-nine different places
of business will provide win
dow space for this purpose, and
Mrs. Buchanan says: "Anyone
who has old objects should con
tact me, and they will be turn
ed over to one of the various
committees and clubs."
The streets, stadium and
Horn grounds will be decorated
with appropriate banners, says
Herman W. Wilcox.
The costumes committee,
headed by Mrs. Boyce Brooks,
advises that they are making
good headway in making mat
erials and patterns available to
those wanting them. This mat
erial is being carried by local
department stores. She asks
that those interested get in
touch with her, as it is her de
sire for many to have these
costumes. Those working in
local business establishments
are especially asked to wear
costume* during the week of
June 24-29. A special display of
these costumes will be in the
window of the Varsity Shop
later on.
Splashing Through
Can were hub-cap deep in water at the corner
of King and Depot street! Friday afternoon,
following a Ridden downpour of rain which
taxed street gutters and sewers to carry
off -the water. A total of 1.87 indies of rain
fall Friday, making a total of 3.42 inches for
the week. The area bad had an extended
period of dry weather, and except for this
sudden downpour, moat of the raina that
fell last week aoaked in the ground.? Staff
photo.
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DR. ARCHIE SPEAKER
465 To Get Degrees At
ASTC Commencement
Graduation
Candidates
Are Listed
Approximately 429 under
graduate and 36 graduate can
didates are expected to receive
diplomas in the 34th annual
commencement exercises at Ap
palachian State Teachers ColT
lege on Saturday, May 28, at 3
p. m.
Dr. William C. Archie, direc
tor of the State Board of High
er Education, will be the prin
cipal speaker.
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 Physical Education
Building.
The invocation will be given
by the Rev. E. F. Troutman,
Boone, and the benediction by
the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks,
Boone.
The college choir, under the
direction of Mrs. Virginia Lln
ney, will sing, and music will
be provided by the college or
chestra, directed by Dr. Nicho
las Erneston. Organist for the
occasion is Earny Hotard.
Candidates for the Bachelor
Degree will be presented by Dr.
D. J. Whitener, dean of the
college, while Dr. Cratis Wil
liams, director of graduate stu
dies, presents the candidates
for the Master's Degree.
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, presi
dent of Appalachian, will con
fer degrees and award diplom
Registrar H. R. Eggers will
present the diplomas.
' Candidates for the graduate
and undergraduate degrees are:
Master's Degrees
Art. County: N.11 ro.ter Blevlni.
Crumpler.
Cabarnu County: John D. Coble
Concord: Harry L. Cook., Mt.
c!S: Archl* hyaa Rltch"'
?"*?? County: Llnten Davl.
Miller, Lenoir; Joyce Marlowe
Sides Lenoir. Rachael Merle Trip
lett. Lenoir.
B^oTcu?^nT: 0len" "
Cleveland County: Clifton T.
.TH*'*1 Mlrth? Jan.
Smith K-, ~ D,VW Nel~n
Smith, Klnfa Mountain; Margaret
Ann WarUck. Lawndale.
,C?Unty: Reb??? A.
Koontz, Lexington.
j??*V"^County: John Thuraton
Jones, Advance.
Forsyth County: .Albert C. Sick
ley. Winston -Salem; Aubrey R.
'lynt, Jr., Wlmton-Salem
Pe^To JEST
D'vu
MaAlanbur* County: Chart*
Conrad Caliww, Charlotte.
.. RandolPh County: Billy Rav
Hutchlna. Trinity.
I (Continued on page two)
Safe Found On 105
Sheriff Dallas Cheek examines the FCX Store
safe which was taken Sunday night by two
or more theives to the state highway hot
mix place on N. C. 109 where the door to
the safe was forced off and more than $300
was stolen. ? Staff photo.
Safe Containing Over $300 Taken
From FCX Store Sunday Night
Local People
Hear 'Bobby'
Robert F. Kennedy, United
States Attorney General, was
the keynote speaker at the Cold
War Seminar oh Communism as
part of the 1963 Convention of
the North Carolina Junior
Chamber of Commerce held in
Asheville May 10-19.
Mr. Kennedy said that Amer
ica intends to keep communism
on the defensive. He said that
"it is within our ability and we
intend to do just that. The
struggle will be long, but I be
lieve the tide has turned."
Other participants in the
cold war vs. freedom ? seminar,
were Rear Admiral William C.
Mott, USN Judge Advocate Gen
eral; Frank R. Barnett, manag
ing director of the National
Strategy Information Center;
and Charles T. (Chuck) Vetter,
Jr., Career development officer
for the USIA
BIH Suttle from Marion was
elected president of the N. C.
Jaycees for the coming year.
This is the first time within re
( Continued on page two)
Bids For Dormitory Bonds
Are Accepted By Trustees
Hay 16? The trustees of Ap
palachian State Teachers Col
lege, holding their 60th-anniver
sary meeting here yesterday,
accepted bids on bonds for the
new women's dormitory now
under construction and estab
lished an emeritus status for
retiring teachers and adminis
trators.
J. Lee Peeler and Co., Inc. of
Charlotte bought $119,000 worth
of the bonds for the eight
story dormitory. The federal
government bought the remain
ing $290,000 worth of bonds.
The trustees established the
emeritus status "In recognition
and dedication to education"
and to honor any recipient "for
his dedication to Appalachian."
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, presi
dent of the college, discussed
the provisions of the currant
legislative program that might
affect Appalachian.
He also reported to the trust
ees on the new buildings being
constructed ? the women's
. dormitory and ? science build
>hg.
Plemmons told the trustees
that a new classroom building,
two women's dormitories and
an addition to the cafeteria are
now being planned by archi
tects.
In other activity, the trus
tees attended a convocation and
a scholarship luncheon honor
ing the 10 top scholars in each
class.
Two or mora robbers forced
their way through the back en
trance to the FCX Store Sun
day night and atole the store's
safe, containing "in excess of
$300," according to Watauga
County sheriff Dallas Cheek.
The thieves used an FCX
truck to haul the 400 pound
safe some three miles out on
N. C. 109 to the state hot-mix
place where they used tools
(which also were stolen from
the FCX store) to force the
safe open.
The truck was returned to
wfthln a quarter of a mile of
the FCX store by the thieves.
Hal Hayes, FCX employee, dis
covered the robbery Monday
morning at 7 when he opened
the store for business.
Gale Scroggs, store manager,
had been at. the store at 6 p. m.
Sunday, thus placing the rob
bery sometime between the .
hours of 6 p. m. Sunday and
7 a. m. Monday.
One clue has led officers to
believe that the robbery may
have happened around 9 p. m.
Sunday. A person who lives
near the FCX store stated Mon
day that he thought he heard a
sound Sunday night "from that
direction (FCX store) which
sounded like a safe being load
ed into a truck." However, he
said he was not sure at the
time that he had heard any
thing and did not notify offic
ers.
State Bureau of Investigation
agent Charles Whitman examin
ed the broken safe on highway
109 Monday and was continuing
investigation Tuesday with the
aid of the Sheriff's Department
and the Boone Police Depart
ment.
Whitman was not available
for comment early this week,
but Sheriff Cheek told the
Democrat that some clues had
turned up and several leads
were being checked out.
The FCX truck was damaged
to some extent, Scroggs said,
but no estimate of the damage
had been made Tuesday. He
stated that it loked as though
the truck had been stuck in a
ditch afcd had been damaged
as the thieves drove it out.
FCX personnel were in the
process Tuesday of running an
inventory to determine specific
ally what items in addition to
the safe were missing from the
store.
Most of the money in the
safe was cash, Scroggs said.
(Continued on page two)
Democrats
Of City Meet
On Saturday
The Democrats will meet
Saturday evenihg at 8 o'clock
at the courthouse to name a
municipal ticket and word was
the first of the week that all
the incumbents are willing to
run again if the voters are
agreeable.
Mayor Wade E. Brown and
aldermen Howard Cottrell, Har
ry Hamilton and Conrad Yates
are the present city officials
and appear to have worked well
together.
There is no information as to
whether the Republicans will
offer a ticket.
The registration books will
open at City Hall next Saturday
and remain open through June
8th. All who haven't previously
registered for a city election
must be enrolled in order to
vote.
The election officials are as
follows:
Register: Mrs. Fred Mast;
Judges, George Thomas and 0.
J. Coffey.
Approval Is Given Largest
Sum In History Of College
The Joint Subcommittee on
Appropriation! has recommend
ed a State appropriation for
Appalachian State Teachers
College which will rank as the
largest in the history of the
college.
In making this report to the
Democrat, Rap. J. C. Holshoua
er, Jr. pointed out that while
the subcommittee's recommenda
tions must still be approved by
the House and Senate, it is most
unusual for substantial changes
to be made at this point in leg
islative deliberation!.
Holshouser also announced
that the Subcommittee has ap
proved an appropriation at
$22,900 for major improvement*
and repair* for the theater used
for "Horn In the West" "Horn"
officials have indicated that the
funds are greatly needed In or
der to put the theater in proper
physical condition tor future