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19? July July July July July July July Hi L* 2 71 63 78 64 7# 87 76 SI 73 40 71 61 77 63 ?c. *U Hi L" 73 90 74 60 71 63 79 90 68 62 80 62 76 SO 22 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper . , . Seventy-Sixth Year of Continuous Publication ' BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY II, 1W3 1# CENTS PER COPY Scottish Sports At Grandfather Games The traditional Scottish sport of "tossing the cabar" is a featured event of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans near Llnville, July 13-14. The 17-foot long cabar log weighs nearly 200 pounds, and must be flipped end-over-end. Other contests include AAU sanctioned track and fleid events, plus bagpiping, and highland dancing. Grandfather Scottish Games To Be Gay W eek End F eature Linville. ? The highlands of North Carolina will turn into a bit of the highland! of Scot land aa the 8th annual Grand; father Mountain Highland Games and Gathering of Scot tish Clans are held this week July Clearance Sales Starting July clearance sales are mak ing a clean sweep of Boone's apparel and department type stores this week. Seven firms along the town's King Street business sector have re-tagged their summer mer chandise for a quick inventory reduction. Most stores claim unusually heavy stocks, with a correspondingly big slice off the original selling price of mer chandise. Stores announcing July sales events this week are: Belk's, Caudill's, Church's, Hunt's, Mock's Dress Shop, Newton's and the Vafrity Shop. end. One at the moat colorful events In the natiea/ the annual ?vent at Grandfather hat be come international in scope, at tracting spectators and partici pants from across the nation, from Canada, and from Scot land. Top althletes will compete for prises in the AAU-sanction ed field and tract events on Sat urday, and the traditional High land Garnet competition will in clude tossing the caber (a IT-" foot log which must be flipped end-over-end), highland wrest ling, highland dancing, and pro fessional and amateur bagpipe competion. The Carnegie Tech Pipe Band win be another of the main attractions at the annual event (continued on page 3, section C) Federal Contract Goes To Boone IRC Philadelphia. ? An estimated $82,848 requirements-type gov ernment contract for fixed re sistors has been awarded to In ternational Resistance Company by the Defense Electronics Supply Center, Dayton, Ohio. IRC will furnish the govern ment with increment quantities of 173 types of wirewound, fix ed resistors in accordance with military specifications. The con tract covers a one-year period; orders being placed as require ments are generated by the Armed Services. The resistors will be manu factured at IRC's Boone Divi sion. The Defense Electronics Sup ply Center, a field command of the Defense Supply Agency, pro cures, manages and supplies common parts of electrical and electronic equipment used by the Armed Services. ASTC Trustees In Meeting ;| Appalachian State Teachers College trustee* held a recent meeting on the Boone campus with ten members of the hoard present In the picture, seated (1-r) are Mrs. Leo Prit chett, administrative assistant to ASTC pres ident; Mrs. J. E. Broyhill of Lenoir and William Conrad, of Winston-Salem, chairman of the bona of tnutees. Standing are Dr. W. H. Piemmoni, president of ASTC; Wayne Shoal of Lexington; George Corn of Shelby; ClaUde Armfield of Lenoir; John Frank of Mt. Airy; Kidd Brewer of Raleigh; Or. 4. B. Hagaman of Boone; W. R. Rankin of Lin coln ton; and E. G. Lackey of Winat on -Salem. ? Larry Penley photo. REV. W. W. JONES Rev. W. W. Jones, Pastor At Oak Grove, Dies Rev. W. Walter Jones, of Boone, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church, died Thurs day at Baptist Hospital, Win ston-Salem, where he had gone for treatment some time ago. He was 64. A son of Edgar Jones, de ceased and Mrs. Lillie Cum mins Jones, he was born in Robertson County, Tennessee. He served as missionary to Brazil, a teacher in Hickory, and as a pastor in Caldwell county, in Hickory, Charlotte and Kannapolis. Survivors include the widow, his mother, Mrs. Lillie Jones, Orlinda, Tenn., one brother, the Rev. J. Cecil Jones, Huntington, W. V., one sister, Mrs. Lee Oma Wilkinson, Orlinda, Tenn. Funeral services were held Saturday at 10:30 at Oak (continued on page 3, section C) DRAMA SAID TO EXCEL Horn Attendance Is Far Ahead Of Last Year's 1,000 More Go Through Gates Than In 1962 Herman W. Wilcox, pres ident of the Boone Chamber Df Commerce, told the Dem ocrat Tuesday that the num ber of people attending the local outdoor drama, Horn in the West, is far above figures for the same period last year. This year, the drama op ened as the crowning point of the Carolina Charter Ter centenary Celebration on June 29. Since then, eight performances of the drama have been presented with 3,636 people in attendance. "This," said Wilcox, "is nearly 1,000 more than at tended the same number of presentations last year." At the opening, Queen Elizabeth's minister, Dennis A. Greenhill, who was intro d u c e d by Congressman James T. Broyhill, spoke during a prologue to the "Horn," now in Its 12th sea son. Wilcox also said that slips of paper are being distribu ted among the crowds each night for their evaluation of the drama. A poll of gen eral public opinion for the eight nights, he said, indi cates that "this year's drama is being acclaimed the best production of the Horn in the West that has been pre sented." Edmisten Gels Committee O. K. For Vote Board Jack Edmisten, local lumber man and former Democratic Representative from Watauga county, was recommended for the Watauga County Board of Elections Saturday, to succeed Archie Dancy, who recently re signed. The recommendation came from the Democratic Executive Committee, presided over by Chairman H. C. Hendrix. Mr. Edmisten was placed in nomination by Mrs. Ruth South, while Dayton Winebarger, who previously served on the Board, was nominated by Grady Moretz, Sr. Edmisten won 17 to 6. Congress passes excise tax ex tension. Editor Given First Shoes Off Line Presenting the first pair of Thorn McAn shoes off the line to Rob Rivers (right), at the Boone branch of the Blue Ridge Shoe Co. is Ted S. Rhudy (left), supervisor of the company. Mr. Rivers, editor of the Watauga Democrat, lent his building to the company to finish the shoes in. Guy Hunt, who lent a building to start the process in, was absent when the picture was made. Others (1-r) are Stanley Harris, secretary of Watauga Citizens, Inc.; Hike Boderie, manager of the Boone branch; A. T. Adams and Glenn An drews, members of the corporation; and Clyde Greene, chairman of Watauga Citizens, Inc. ji : : -Z: - ... Antiques, Relics Of Old Days Are Featured In Local Stores An unusual feature of the Tercentenary Celebration was Celebration was the array of antiques and relics of the 1770's which were displayed in the show windows of Boone mer chants. Approximately 100 individu als participated in the Tercent enary Decorations Committee project which was sponsored by the Boone Worthwhile Women's Club. Mrs. Ralph Buchanan served as chairman of the com mittee. Others serving on the committee were Mrs. Lee Reyn olds, Mrs. James B. Winkler, Mrs. A. E. South, Mrs. Dempsey Wilcox, and Mrs. Homer Brown. Merchants participating were Carolina Business Machines, Wagoner's Real Estate, Caro lina Pharmacy, Sears & Roe buck Co., New River Light and Power Co., Varsity Shop, Stall ings Jewelry Co., Coe Insur ance, Bill's Shoe Store, Mc Clung's, Boone Drug Co., Belk's, Crest, Caudill's, Boone Loan and (continued on page 3, section C) Regional Director Speaks To Boone Jaycees Monday Bill McDonald, western reg ional director of the North Car olina Junior Chamberi of Com merce, spoke to a large group of Jaycees and guests at their regular meeting July 1 at the Daniel Boone Inn. Bob Styres of Lenoir, Eighteenth District vice president, also took part in the program. Boone Jaycees were host to more than 20 young men of the community who are prospective members. McDonald emphasized the im portance of the Jaycee organ ization to a community and how the organization can be im portant to the young men of a community. The Junior Cham ber of Commerce is a civic ser vice organization for young men between the ages of 25 and 39 designed specifically to meet the needs of the young man seeking to make his commun ity a better place to live. Dr. B. R. Adams Dies In Missouri Dr. Blythe R. Adams, 86, lifelong resident of Higgins ville, Ho. died there last Wed nesday. A brother to Dr. Taylor S. Adams of Boone, deceased had practiced dentistry in Higgins ville for 44 years. He was an elder in the Higginsville Pres byterian Church, a member of the American Legion and the Odd Fellows. ^ Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Margaret Adams of the home, two sons, John S. Adams In dependence, and William B. Adams, Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. William D. Bundle, Los Angeles; four brothers, Ernest Adams and S. L Adams, both of Knob Noster, Mo.; Dr. Taylor S. Adams, Boone, and Albert Adams, Cloverdale, British Co lumbia; a sister, Mrs. George Winkler, Knob Noster, and five grandchildren. Services were held at 2 o'clock Friday at the church; burial in the Higgins ville cemetery. Editorial From " The State " More "Depressed W ataugas" Are Needed Up in Sparta we got news that Alleghany County has been declared a "depressed area." Old Bob Dough ton must have turned over in his grave when he got the tidings. He wouldn't believe it, and we don't either. Northwest North Carolina nev er had it so good as it has in the last 4 or 5 years. Agricul ture, industry and tourism all have reached new heights in producing income and lobs. Bat ? skillful assembling of unfavorable statlettci about a ?f 'em to a chamber ef commerce execu tive. "I earn, with a , few day* notice, draw the blackest pic ture of this county you have ever see?. All I ask la that ya? We visited in Watauga Coun ty, one of these distressed areas, for about an hour. But even in that brief time, a most undistressing picture wu ob tained. Here are a few activities and reports: ( Boone has just landed a brand new industry ? a plant of the giant Melville Shoe Com pany, which already haa a fac tory in Wilkea. And one problem of getting it seems odd. Land is so high in this pathetic county that the price for the site was $4,900 an acre. The new industry balked at that price, so rather than lose the factory, Boone people put on a campaign to raise some money to help buy the site and for other expenses in connection with the industry. We do**t knew how yon d? tt in a prosper*** CMuty, bat 1* Watauga they gave the money raiaUg Job to SUmley Harris. Mr. Harris h in his M's, and It took him It days to raise do nations of (45,tM. Of course, if Mr. Harris had been in his 7fi and if Watauga had not been a depressed area, he could have raised it ia 8 days, at the International Resistance Com pany- is adding 20,000 feet of space to its Boone plant, with 129 new jobs to be added. It was estimated that the Shadow line lingerie plant will have to tal employment of between 500 and 000 within two or throe years. The road to Howard's Knob has been paved, and a new real estate development is going on up there. This is the mountain hanging over the town of Boone. An election is expected to be called on a bond issue of $4 to $5 million for a hospital and for high school consolidation. Clyde Greene of Boone said April week-end crowds wer* the largest he had seen for that month. "It looked like June," he said. . At BWwiac Bock, K. 8. Mat (continued on p>#? a, ? tinn C)
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