VOLUME LXXV< ? NO. 48
^UGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1963
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Two Boys, A Stream, And Paradise
The sun wu shining brightly, th? cool wind danced across
the ripples of the tumbling water, and two boys pondered
the pleasures of Paradise, completely unaware of the camera
which filmed their image of youth. With the coming of sum
mer vacation (Thursday) Allan Waters (left) and David
Bolick (who said that he was looking for the fish that got
away) made the most of a sunny afternoon last week at a
Point along the Middle Fork near Blowing Rock. Waters U
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Waters, Linville Road; Bolick's
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Bolick of Blowing Rock
Road. The youths will be seventh graders this autumn. In
the meantime, it's weeks of ecstacy with hook, and line or
just plain loafin.' (Story on page two).? Staff photo.
2,500 Expected To Enroll At
First College Summer Term
Approximately 2,500 students
are expected to enroll at Appa
lachian State Teachers College
for the first session of summer
school, according to a recent
report from Dr. James Stone,
director of summer sessions.
The first summer session will
begin on June 6 and continue
through July 12. The summer
session will officially open with
a faculty meeting in the Fine
WADE E. BROWN
CONRAD YATES
HOWARD COTTRELL
HARRY HAMILTON
Town Officials
Are Renominated
Mayor Wade E. Brown re
ceived the Democratic nomina
tion to lucceed himself without
opposition in a city convention
Saturday night.
Incumbents Howard Cottrell,
Harry Hamilton and Conrad
Yates were again nominated for
the Board of Aldermen.
All four candidates made
brief remarks and the conven
tion went on ftcord in favor of
the school bond and hospital
bond issues. It was also the
opinion of the meeting that the
primary system be retained lor
nominating county candidates.
No objection was raised to the
city convention method.
Re-elected to the city Demo
cratic Executive Committee
were Wayne Richardson, E.
Ford King, Jr., Mrs. Ruth Mc
Connell, and Grady Moret*.
Elected to succeed Mrs. Rob
Rivers was Dr. Ray Derrick.
The municipal election will
be held June 18.
Arts Auditorium on June 8. 1
Registration will start at 8 a.m.
on Thursday, June 6, and classes
will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Fri
day.
Dr. Stone said that the amount
of correspondence received by
the college and the number of
dormitory rooms reserved by
the students indicates that the
1963 Summer Session at ASTC
will be the largest in the his
tory of the college. He expects
the enrollment to increase by
five per cent over last summer.
Last summer for two summer
sessions the enrollment was 4,
711. This year the enrollment
for the two sessions is expected
to reach or exceed 9,000.
A large number of outstand
ing visiting professors will serve
on the summer sessions faculty.
A high school camp will ope
rate on the campus of Lees
McRae College and a camp for
elementary school students,
grades 5 through 8, will be
offered at Camp Broadstone.
Enrollment at Lees-McRae will
be approximately 200 and for
Camp Broadstone about 50.
Approximately 400 students
are expected to enroll in the
two-week workshops during the
first summer session. The di
rectors of these workshops will
come from leading colleges and
universities in the southeast.
Mrs. Tate Has
Fatal Attack
Mrs. Lloyd Tate, long-time
summer resident of Blowing
Hock, and Manager of the Blow
ing Rock Horse Show, died
Tuesday morning in Southern
Pines, from a sudden illness
with a heart condition, accord
ing to word reaching Blowing
Rock.
Funeral details were incom
plete Tuesday but word was
that the rites would likely be
held Thursday morning in
Southern Pines.
Mrs. Tate, whose late hus
band, Lloyd Tate, was the
founder of the Blowing Rock
Horse Show, had lived in Blow
ing Rock during the summers
for nearly forty years. Since
her husband's death, she and
her daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann
Greene, had managed the popu
lar horse show.
Besides her daughter, two
sons survive, Lloyd Tate, Jr.,
and William Tate.
GARY J. DALTON
Dalton To Be
Editor Of Paper
At Blowing Rock
Gary J. Dalton, 22, a June
graduate of the University of
North Carolina, will begin work
ing for the Democrat June 7 as
Editor and advertising sales
man for the Democrat's Blow
ing Rock newspaper.
Office space has been secured
in Greene's Grocery Store build
ing on Main Street in Blowing
Rock, and the quarters are be
ing repainted.
Dalton is a native of Danville,
Va. He attended the University
of Virginia before transferring
to the University of North Car
olina in 1960. He received a BA
degree in Journalism, at UNC.
Last year he was' advertising
manager of The Daily Tar Heel,
the UNC school newspaper. He
was also a resident dormitory
advisor and held a University
scholarship. He is a member of
Sigma Delta Chi, professional
journalism fraternity.
Hia newspaper experience in
cludes two summers with the
Winston-Salem Journal as sports
reporter and news reporter. Al
so he worked one summer with
the Danville (Va.) Register and
Bee as advertising salesman.
Dalton's hobbies are golf,
reading, and music. He likes
most sports with the emphasis
on football, basketball and base
ball.
DR. GREER PRESIDES
Editor Says Horn Makes
Northwest Focal Point
Lauds People
Of Area For
Civic Unity
By JOE MINOR
Stiff Writer
A large group of Watauga
county citizens and visitors were
told Monday night what "Horn
in the West" has meant to this
area.
Robert Campbell, editorial
page editor of the Winston-Sa
lem Journal and Sentinel, spoke
to members of the Appalachian
Historical Association and their
guests at the annual dinner
meeting at Daniel Boone Hotel.
Eighty-six persons were in at
tendance. The association spon
sors the outdoor drama.
Campbell said the drama,
since its inception in the early
1930's, had caused Boone to be
a focal point of Northwest North
Carolina. He praised the people
of the community for their unity
of effort in producing the
"Horn."
The Twin City editor said the
drama has much historical value,
and has contributed greatly to
the economic status of North
west North Carolina. He also
pointed out the cultural con
tribution the play has made.
Dr. L G. Greer, president of
the association, presided over
the meeting. He said the large
number of people in attendance
indicated a continued interest in
the work of the association.
Mayor Wade E. Brown wel
comed the group, and reports
were given by various officers
and workers in the association.
Dr. D. J. Whitener said the
association would divide its in
terest and money among other
community projects as well as
the "Horn" in promoting and
improving the area. He called
attention to the large crowds
expected here this summer and
especially to the Carolina Chart
er Tercentenary Celebration
June 29.
Mrs. B. W. Stallings reported
on the Daniel Boone Native
Garden and told of the state
wide support it has.
Herman W. Wilcox, executive
vice president of the association
and chairman of the Tercenten
ary celebration here, recognized
Larry Penley for the work he
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BlowingRock
Pool To Open
On Saturday
The Blowing Rock Municipal
Olympic Swimming Pool will
open Saturday, June 1, for the
summer season. The hours will
be each morning from 10:00 un
til 1:00 p. m. and each afternoon
from 2:00 until 6:00 p. m. with
the exception of Monday morn
ings. At this time the pool will
be closed for cleaning purposes.
Richard Snyder will return as
pool manager and Allen Klutz
will return as life guard. The
town crew, under the direction
of Mr. George Sudderth, Jr.,
Town Manager, has worked hard
to get the pool in first class
shape.
Clean-Up Week On
At Blowing Rock
Cleanup time is belnf observ
ed in Blowing Rock this week
and nextf aeeordln* to an an
nouncement made h y Mayer B.
B. Hardin Monday.
The Mayer la anxieu that
there he a good response to the
clean-up effort since the tourist
community will he crowded
shortly with rammer resident!
and guests, and he is anxiens
that the town he dean and or
derly in advance of the main in
flax of visitors. Those who have
trash to he picked op are askrd
to call City Hall, 54111, and
*e town will sappty track* to
haol away the ntaw.
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After-Dinner Talk
Leaders of Southern Appalachian Historical
Association pose as they chat with the speak
er for the association's annual dinner Mon
day. Left to right are Dr. W. H. Plemmons,
president of Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege; Robert Campbell, the speaker; Dr. I.
G. Greer, president of the association; and
Herman W. Wilcox, executive vice president.
Dr. Archie Challenges ASTC
Grads Not To Fear Changes
"As itudents you should
never get to that point that you
are fearful of risking failure.
Obviously, none of us wants to
invite failure but if we aro to
move and to change and to
adapt ourselves to the new cir
cumstances in our society, there
DR. WILLIAM C. ARCHIE
will ever be risks in failing."
These were the words of Dr.
William C. Archie, director of
the North Carolina Board of
Higher Education, as he ad
dressed the 429 undergraduate
and 38 graduate candidates who
received diplomas in gradua
tion exercises Saturday at Ap
palachian State* Teachers Col
lege.
In his speech Dr. Archie em
phasized "What Do We Do
Next?" He said, 'The day that
we stop asking this question is
Two Parades
Are Planned
For June 29
General Chairman of the Car
olina Charter Tercentenary Cel
ebration Herman W. Wilcox,
announces that there will be
two parades instead of one dur
ing the celebration on June 29.
The "Wagon Train" parade will
be about 10 a. m., route to be
announced as soon as it is work
ed out. The second parade will
begin at 12:30 p. m.
In reply to the many inquir
ies to enter objects in the pa
rade, Mr. Wilcox suggests any
one who desires to do so to
clear with the parade marshal,
Robert L. Breltenstetn, or hi*
office at one*,
the same day that we stop liv
ing, physically or spiritually,
and begin to vegetate."
He challenged the students
to work hard, play hard, and
give their lives whole-heartedly
and with abandon to whatever
it is that they decide to do.
"Above all, I beg of you to have
the courage to change whatever
it is you are doing if and when
you get to the point that whit
you are doing is no longer any
frn but has become merely a
routine exercse."
Dr. Archie said in conclusion,
"I hope that your college ex
perience has provided you the
tools, the skills, by which you
can continue to grow and to
educate yourself throughout aU
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Mrs. Reynolds Named
'Woman Of The Year'
Mrs. Lee F. Reynolds of Boone
was chosen Watauga County
"Woman of the Year" by the
Business and Professional Wom
en's Club of Boone during a
dinner meeting this week at
the Daniel Boone Inn.
Mrs. Maxie Edmisten, presi
dent of the club and dean of
women at Appalachian State
Teachers College, presided over
the meeting and presented Mrs.
Reynolds with a medallion in
recognition of her selection.
Mrs. Reynolds came to Boone
in 1938 after her husband had
accepted a position with ASTC.
They have lived ill Boone with
the exception of Dr. Lee Reyn
olds' tour of duty with Uncle
Sam during World War II.
Mrs. Reynolds was selected
for the honor because of her
outstanding work in the Wom
en's Society of Christian Ser
vice, the Boone Methodist
Church and her civic and ser
vice club work.
She has engaged in many ac
tivties in Boone. She and her
husband have planned, built and
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Woman Of The Year
lira. Lee Reynold! (left) received a medallion in recognition
of her (election as "Watauga Woman of the Year" during
a dinner meeting at the Daniel Boone Inn Tuesday night
Mrs. Maxle Edmisten, president of the Business aid Pro
fessional Women's dub of Boom, mad* the pmentatioo.?
Larry Penley photo.