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VOLUME LXXVI? NO.
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An Independent Weetly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Sixth Year of Continuous Publication
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BOONK, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1963
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TwoHurt
As Plane
Crashes
A pilot and his 9- year -eld
nephew were injured about
S:M p. to. Sunday la an attempt
to successfully land a light
single motor airplane on the
Boone Golf Coarse about two
?miles east of here.
According to Deputy Sheriff
J. A. Brown, the pilot, Cecil
Wagner of #05 Antioch Road
in Johnaoa City, Tenn, said he
believed the plane was low on
fuel and felt he would run out
before he could reach the Tri
Cities Airport in Tennessee.
Wagner and Us paaaenger,
Billy Leonard, also of Johnson
City, were not believed to he
seriously injured and both
were reported to suffer only
from relatively minor lacera
tions.
Witnesses told Deputy Brown
that the light plane, a small
Piper Colt, circled the golf
course several times to warn
players of the attesnpt to land.
A successful landing could
have been made on a fairway,
Brawn said, but the wheels hit
a gully, extensively damaging
the nose of the plane.
Wagner was quoted as saying
he didn't realise he was over
Boone, or he would have con
tinued his flight.
The plane was on route to
Tri -Cities from Roanoke, Vs.
Horn Gate
Is Biggest
In 6 Years
. .The largest crowd hi six years
turned sat to see the i?ltw?
drama "Horn in the West" here
Saturday eight.
Over MM persons weal through
the turnstiles leading into the
sweeping Daniel Boone Amphi
theatre, reported Herman W.
Wilcox, executive vice-president
?f the sponsoring noa-proflt South
ern Appalachian Historical As.
?ociatioii.
"Horn In the West", enjoying
its best season la many years,
tells the story of Daniel Boone
and early American pioneers
fight for freedom against British
redcoats and Indians.
'?Horn in the West" Is cur
rently showing to n M% larger
aadience than last year.
Wilcox attributes the atten
dance upturn to a greater In
terest in North Carolina's tour
tat attractions by visitors to the
state.
Heipfctg also is a tarn toward
favorable weather, increased
prsmotisn and a revised drama
leaded with Indian Are dances
and hair-rataing battle scenes
that send theatre-goers home to
report the good word to their
neighbors.
Lands On Golf Course In Boone
Tied down on the first (airway at Boone
Golf Course is a small Piper Colt plane owned
by Cecil Wagner of Johnson City, Tenn.
He and his 9-year-old nephew were injured
when the plane crash-landed about 5:30 p.
m. Sunday, en route to Tri-Cities, Tenn.
Tuesday, men were taking the plane apart
to move it off the course. ? Staff photo.
Watauga School Bond
FinancingPlanRevealed
The Watauga Board of Coun
ty Commissioners, in special
session Tuesday, July 30, ap
proved a projected plan to fi
nance the forthcoming school
bonds to be voted on next
month.
The commissioners adopted
? twenty-five year payment
schedule for the proposed fl,
630,000.00 school bond Issue as
proposed by the North Carolina
Local Government Commission.
This action was taken to
give school officials the infor
mation needed to inform our
citizens on the additional in
vestment which will be requir
ed to retire the proposed bonds.
In accordance with the pro
posed bond retirement sche
dule, the citizens of Watauga
will be required to make an
additional investment of thirty
five cents for the fiscal year
1964-65 based on each one
hundred dollars of taxable pro
perty and t total taxable valua
tion of (33 million. Cnrrently,
the county is operating under
a tax rate of eighty-five cents
and this Is subject to change
from year to year depending
upon the income requirements
and the assessed valuation of
property.
The additional investment of
thirty-five cents will be a maxi
mum rate for only the first
year of the debt requirement.
Thereafter, the rate will be re
duced by one cent annually
based on the present valuation
of 333 million plus an even
greater reduction as the valua
tion of our property increases.
This decrease is possible due
to the annual decrease in the
amount required to retire the
bonds from the first year to
the last year of the bond sche
dule.
There is reason to believe
that property valuations will
continue to increase due to the
almost sudden increase in in
dustrial development, growth
of Appalachian State Teachers
College, and the growth of the
tourist industry in this area.
In order to keep pace with the
expanding economy of our
area, tha urgent need for ex
nadterw ii.i1l.sd Ml
ties becomes more and mora
realistic.
Commenting further, County
Foreign Student
Dies In Crash
Ozark, Ala. ? A foreign stu
dent of the Army Aviation
School was killed Tuesday
night in the crash of an OV-1
Mohawk airplane on the Ft
Rucker Army reservation here.
Capt David F. Horton, SO, of
Sugar Grove, N. C., parachuted
safely before the crash. Horton
is assigned to the 11th Air As
sault Division at Ft. Benning,
Ga.
The name of the Allied stu
dent was withheld until his
next of kin were notified. An
investigating team was appoint
ed to learn the cause of the
crash.
Horton and the student were
on a routine night training
flight when the twin-engine re
connaissance plane crashed
and burned.
Fine Harness Championship.
Accepting the first place ribboif and check
Sunday in the Fine Harness Championship
Stake at the Blowing Meek Horn Show is
Miss Susan Snivel/ ot Blowing Bock and
Winter Haven, Fla. Her champion ia Mister
Cyprus Garden*, owned by Mr. and Mri.
John Snively.? Photo, Rachel Riven)
Tftnir - ?
Superintendent Guy Angell
points out:
In an effort to give our citi
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W. R. WINKLER
Winkler Heads
Auto Area Body
Raleigh, July 30 ? W. R.
Winkler, Winkler Motor Co.,
Inc., Boone, has been reappoint
ed to serve as Area Chairman
of the North Carolina Automo
bile Dealers Association for
Watauga County, according to
an announcement made today
by Troy Smith, president. Wink
ler will act as liaison officer be
tween new car and truck deal
ers in Watauga County and
NCADA and the National Auto
mobile Dealers Association.
It will be Winker's responsi
bility to keep his area inform
ed of state and national affairs
affecting the automotive indus
try, and, in turn, to advise the
state and national Associations
of events on the local scene. He
will also head a county-wide
membership campaign for both
organizations in the fall.
Winkler has been in the au
tomobile business since 1018
and has served as Area Chair
man for Watauga County since
1958.
Active in civic affairs, he is
a member of the Lions Club and
the Chamber of Commerce.
TEACHER ROSTER GIVEN
School BellsTo Ring For
4,000 Watauga Children
160 Teachers
To Work Here
During Term
Four thousand students are
expected to enroll in Watauga
county schools this year, and
160 teachers will be available,
representing an increase of sev
en teachers over the enrollment
of last year, says County Super
intendent Guy Angell.
The first regular day of
school will be August 22, when
all cafeterias will be open and
classes will operate on regular
schedules.
School principals report for
work Thursday, Aug. 8, in pre
paration for the opening of the
1963-64 school term, Supt. An
gell announced Friday. Class
room teachers assume their du
ties on Monday, August 16, the
first day of the 3-day orienta
tion period prior to the opening
of the 180 day school term. A
county-wide orientation meeting
of all principals and teachers is
scheduled on the 10th at 9 a.m.
in the auditorium of the Appa
lachian Elementary School. Fol
lowing this meeting, all teach
ers will report to the respective
school for additional orientation
by the principals.
On Tuesday, August 20, all
assignment to buses.
Wednesday, August 21, is des
ignated as Teacher-Pupil orien
tation day. All buses will oper
ate on this date to transport
students to schools for registra
tion and assignment to class
rooms; students will be dis
missed at 11 a.m.
The following holiday sched
ule has been adopted by the
Board: Tuesday, Sept. 20 t- all
schools will be closed for the
annual Northwest District
NCEA meeting scheduled in
Boone.
Thursday and Friday, Nov.
28, 29 ? all schools will be
closed in observance of the
Thanksgiving holidays.
Christmas holidays begin at
the close of school Friday, Dec.
20; classes will be resumed
Monday, Dec. 30 (S school
days).
Easter holidays begin at the
close of school Thursday, March
26; classes will be resumed
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3,770 X-Rays
Taken In City
Through last Saturday, 3,770
x-rays were taken at the mobile
unit on King Street in Boone,
for an average of 471 a day.
The unit went to the prison
camp Tuesday, and then to the
Shadowline plant. On Wednes
day the unit was to be at the
IRC plant.
Last year a total of 4,807 pic
tures were taken including the
plants and prison camp.
New State Trooper Arrives
Pfc. Gary L. Morgan of the N. C. State
Highway Patrol, hu been added to the
Watauga County unit of the law enforce
ment agency, according to district sergeant
C. M. Jones of Lenoir. Morgan, a patrolman
since May of last year, was transferred to
thia" county from Macklanburg County. The
tia? f?i mil aftxidw 1 ? Morgan
joins Watauga troops George Baker and W.
D. Teem to bring the total of full-time pa
trolmen in the county to three. Married to
the former Miss Judith Ann Burleson, the
couple is native to Buncombe County where,
until entering the Highway Patrol, Morgan
was employed by the American Enka Cor
poration. A veteran of the U. S. Army,
Morgan attended Western Carolina College.
. The Morgana, who are Baptists, will reside
in Boone. ? Staff photo.
PRESENT BUILDING INADEQUATE
Says New Hospital Would
Cost County Only $500,000
An ultra modern hospital
costing $ltt million is now
available to the people of Wa
tauga County for an investment
of $500,000 says James Marsh,
Chairman of the Watauga Hos
C. N. Weber
Rites Monday
Chester Nicholson Weber,
age 62, of Boone died Saturday
night at his home on Poplar
Hill Drive after an apparent
heart attack.
He was a retired real estate
dealer of Indianapolis, Ind. and
moved to Boone two years ago
after retiring.
He was born in St. Louis,
Missouri to Oscar and Ellen
Nicholson Weber.
Surviving is the widow, Mrs.
Frances Pickering Weber.
Funeral services were con
duced Monday at 2:30 p. m. at
Boone Methodist Church by
Rev. Richard Crowder, pastor
of the church and Rev. J.
Boyce Brooks. Burial was in
the Mountlawn Memorial Park.
Proud Ponies Prance Under
Sunny Skies At Horse Show
The Fortieth Annual Blow
ing Rock Horn Show closed
down Sunday afternoon, the
beat and the "driest" show that
has ever been held in Blowing
Rock.
To the delight of spectators
and exhibitors, the seven per
formances of the show, which
ran August 1-4, were held under
sunny skies, with no rain or fog
at all.
Thursday and Friday, the
annual event drew large audi
ences, but officials estimate
the weekend brought in ap
proximately 4,000 spectator x, ]
filling the parking lots to capa
city so that many had to park
as far as one-half mile from
the show grounds at Broyhill
Park.
At the Sunday afternoon per
formance, spectators stood in
memory of Lloyd M. Tate,
founder of the show who died
six years ago, and the late Mrs.
Tate who bandied the Blowing
Rock show after his death.
Mary Ann Tate Garde, show
manager, presented memorial
trophies In two championship
clueu.
Owing the show the far
rier was called to the ring
several times to replace lost
horseshoes. "Pop" H o u s e r,
limited to 7 minutes for the
task, shod each horse in less
than 3 minutes.
Several riders took spills
from their horses this year, al
though no serious injuries were
reported. Kay Buchanan, ASTC
co-ed from Sanford, N. C., re
ceived slight injuries from a
fall Friday afternoon.
A bigger and better show is
expected to be held next year,
if such is possible, and even
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pital Steering Committee.
This proposed 85-100- bed
hospital would replace an ob
solete hospital that was design
ed 20 years ago for 35 beds.
The trustees of the Watauga
hospital feel that a new hospi
tal is a must for the county if
adequate medical care is to be
provided. The present hospital
is overcrowded most of the
time with beds sometimes plac
ed in the halls, continued Mr.
Marsh, adding:
Anyone who has used the
facilities fo the local hospital
realize that one toilet facility
to an entire floor is not adequ
ate.
The county needs a new hos
pital to care for a growing
population in the cotinty and at
the college. The North Caro
lina Medical Care Commission
has advised the hospital trus
tees and the county that the
present hospital is obselete and
that the county should build a
new hospital without delay.
A new hospital is a necessity
to maintain the present indus
trial growth in the county and
to attract additional industry.
New industry will locate where
there is adequate hospital and
school facilities. A lack of in
dustry is one of the primary
reasons that many of the
young people of the county are
leaving to seek employment in
communities that have these
facilities.
For the new hospital to be
a reality it will be necessary
for the people of Watauga
County to go to the polls on
September 10, 1963 and ap
prove the $500,000 bond issue
for the new hospital, Mr.
Marsh said. For your health's
sake this will be the best in
vestment that the citizens of
this county can make. The tax
payer will have to pay about 12
cents additonkl on the $100
dollars of property evaluaton
to make this hospital a reality,
Mr. Marsh added, continuing:
"If the bond issue is ap
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Mrs. Pope May
Have Tried To
End Own Life
Mrs. Nellie Pope, 50, of Bea
ver Dam community is still in
critical condition, according to
an official at Watauga hospital,
after she was shot about 10:30
a. m., Wednesday, July 31, at
her home.
Watauga County Sheriff Dal
las Cheek said his investigation
indicated Mrs. Pope had shot
herself with a 22-caliber auto
matic rifle. However, he said
she told him and Deputy
Sheriff Ed Harmon when they
found her, "I didn't do it"
He said they found the rifle
she allegedly shot herself with
in another room, ' but there
were powder burns on her
dress.
He said Mrs. Pope's children
reported seeing her take the
rifle into the bedroom and
close the door. The children
said they left the house then
and went to a neighbor's home.
One of the older girls told him
she returned to the house, saw
her mother in the bedroom,
then left.
The sheriff said Mrs. Pope
was shot in the chest, but that
the bullet missed her heart.
Mrs. Pope, an employe of a
restaurant in Boone, has four
children ranging from age 10
to 18.
The sheriff said the investi
gation is continuing.
Blowing Rock
Legion Meeting
The American Legion Poet
296, Blowing Rock will hold its
regular monthly meeting at the
Legion Hall on Thursday, Aug
rS, at 7:S0 p. m., according
Peter S. Greene, Port Ad
jutant