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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT For Best Results advertiser! Invariably use the col umn* o f the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, intensely covering JJjg- ? tXSLSZSZXZ available. An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Sixth Year of Continuous Publication au* 26 BOONS wuim 1963 Hi Lo prat/WRi I-? Aug. 20 77 50 tr. Aug. 21 75 60 02 Aug. 22 82 56 .04 Aug. 23 79 53 .03 Aug. 24 80 55 tr. Aug. 26 71 57 .31 83 61 85 02 77 61 74 60 as 56 76 60 VOLUME LXXV1? NO. 9 ' BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST J9, 1??J 10 CENTS PER COPY 18 PAGES ? 3 SECTIONS From The White House . . . l:l Comes Letter Of Greetings THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON. August 19. 1963 Dear Mr. Rivera: During your 75th Anniversary year, I am very pleased to extend warm congratulations to you, the members of the staff of the Watauga Democrat, and the people of North Carolina whom the Rivers family have been serving so faithfully and with such distinction for so many years. Newspapers, such as the Watauga Democrat, are more than media for reporting and interpreting local, national and inter national news. They are a vital part of our American heritage, a moving force in our political liberty, and a tangible symbol of the freedom of man's thoughts and spirit. Your newspaper has been a responsible spokesman for the democratic princi ples of liberty and justice and has rra de many thoughtful con tributions over the years to these ideals. With every good wish to you and your staff for a memorable anniversary and for many more years of effective service to your readers. Sincerely, Mr. Robert C. Rivers KditO ? W atauga pemotJfcat ? Boone, North Carolina Funds Sought To Restore Old School Donations for the restoration of the old Shnlls Mills School House are being received at the Democrat office, Watauga Sav ings * Loan Association and the Northwestern Bank. Persons interested in restor ing the old school as a mu seum on the gronnds of the Daniel Boone Theatre are in vited to make small cash dona tions toward the project. The old school bnliding has been partiality restored. It is under roof and out of the wea ther. The door and windows are all in place. The next project is to construct a chimney out of native field stone and to re paint the blackboards on the Inside walls. An effort will be made to secure furniture and seats far the school house as soon as funds are available. The furn ishings will be of the MM vint age. To date contributions have been received from the follow ing: Dr. D. J. White ner, Bob Allen, J. C. Goodnight, Larry Penley, Bob Rivers, Barnard Dougherty, Glenn Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. McCoy Moretx of Char (continued on page six) Jaycees Will Tour Town In Vote Campaign The Boone Junior Chamber of Commerce will conduct a door to door oiana of Ike tm of Bnm Itonltj evet lif, August 29, ai a port of the get oat and rote on September 17th campaign. Everyone b liked to cooper ate in thb effort so that an accurate Indication of the aup port for the bond Issues can be This b a part of the Boone Jaycees aver-all program to pro mote toe school and hospital Register Books For Election Now Open; Officials Listed Registration books for the school-hospital bond election to be held in Watauga County September 17, opened at the various polling places in the county Saturday. The books will remain open on Saturday August 31, and Alumni Day Set At AHS Alumni {Day at Appalachian High School has been set for Friday, August 30. Members of the 1963 graduating class will be guests of the school at a special assembly program at 1:00 p.m. Copies of the school yearbook will be distributed during the after The Alumni Day dance honor ing UBS graduates and others who are interested will be held in the school gymnasium on Friday night from S to 11 p.m. Arrange ments for the dance are being made by members of the student council. Committee chairmen in charge of plans are Phil Hamp ton, Patty Payne, Jeanette Wag ner, Martha Moretx, and Frank Hayes. Saturday September 7, and vot ers may register up to the 7th also at the respective home* of the Registrar*. Saturday Sept ember 14 will he challenge day. It is required, says Elections Board Chairman R. T. Greer, that the same election officials who served in the general elec tion last year, hold the bond election. When the Commission ers had been told they were to hold the election, slight chang es had been made in the local boards, says Mr. Greer, who re leases the following corrected list of those who will conduct the balloting. The first named in each case is the Registrar, the second the Democrat Judge and the third the Republican Judge: Bald Mountain: John H. Ragan, John T. Trivette, Leslie E. Norris. Beaver Dam: Fred Tester, John Ward, Ray Stout Blue Ridge: R. C. Greene, Lida R. Coffey, George Keller. Blowing Rock: Daniel Klutz, Charlie Hatton, Marion Ford. Boone: George Thomas, Cust er Wallace, Ralph G. Greene. Brushy Fork: II. J. Williams, Clyde Tester, Ralph Wilson. Cove Creek: W. D. Mast, Frank Thomas, Elk: Mrs. Glenn Triplett, Bessie Triplett, V. C. Cox. Laurel Creek: Ron Norris, Aud Ward, William Rominger. Meat Camp No. 1: Worth Winebarger, Wills rd Norris, W. C. Byers. (Continued on page six) Father Of Dr. Erneston Dies Mr. E. C. "Gus" Erneston of Greenwood, S. C., died Sunday afternoon at his home. Mr. Er neston was born January 17, 1888 in Petnas, Greece, to Ernest and Maria Erneston. In 1917 Mr. Erneston came to Amerioa and lived until 1888 in Salisbury, N. C. Since that time, he has resided in Greenwood, S. C. Besides Dr. Erneston of Boone, he is survived by his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Savvas of High Point; a son, George of Greenwood; nine grandchildren and one brother, Chris Erneston, of West Palm Beach. Fta. Services were held Wednesday in Greenwood. Marsh Urges Wataugans To V ote F or Hospital Bond Issue "Would yon make an invest ment of <900,000 if you could receive $1 minion aa a free lift?" James Harsh, chairman of the Hospital Steering Committee of Watauga County, today urged Watauga its to vote "Yes" for the $900,000 Hospital Bond U sue. He said that for many years the people of Watauga County have be?n faced with the issue of providing adequate hospital facilities. This la the first time that a golden opportunity has K?entad itself t? the Am dt pIHT izem in total and to each one at indivdiuals. ' "We must take the hospital issue aa a personal matter but even mdre important we must make the approach of What It will do for every citizen of the county. Watauga County has been able to secure tome indus try that ha* |lven much needed employment to many of Op fine young men and women of the county. All of these industries have asked the question? whst about your h<ispital facilities?" , Marsh declared that' city and county officials have been ua able to adequately answer the question* about hospital facili ties. But through a "yes" vote for the hospital bond issue on September 17, the citbens of the county can provide the an swer by making passible a first class hospital. "A new tjospital will open the door for other industries to locate in the county. This will also provide additional employ ment for the eitisens of Wa tauga. "For only IStt cent increase per >100 on your county taxes, (continued on page six) FIVE IN HOSPITAL 20 Hurt As School Bus Leaves Road All Students Are Brought To Hospital Twenty school children received minor injuries and five were hospitalized, when the bus in which they were riding left the highway and tumbled 67 feet down an embankment on the How ard's Creek road, about ten miles from Boone. The accident occurred Monday morning at 7:15 as the school bus which was transporting children t o Green Valley Elementary School and Appalachian High School got too close to the edge of the narrow road as it passed a pickup, the ' shoulder gave way, and the vehicle rolled down the em bankment, landing on its side after apparently turn ing over one and three quarter times. The bus was driven by William Lee Brewer, 16. Two ambulances and oth er vehicles brought all the children to Watauga Hospi tal for examination. All were dismissed but five, who were yet patients at the hospital Tuesday. They are: Morris Penley, 15, scalp cuts. Geneva Jones, 10, knee lacerations. Norma Eggers, 15, scalp cuts. Wanda Brown, 15, cuts of right ear, right ankle inju ries. J. D. Eggers, no diagnosis listed. Highway Patrol officer W. D. Teem, who investigated the accident, said no charges would be brought. ASC Voting Plans Made Farmers of Watauga County are being urged to take part in the election o{ their local ASC community committeemen who will administer ASCS program! in 1084. These committeemen will take office October 1. The importance of these elections cannot be overemphasied. The election will be held agin this year by mail. Ballots will be mailed to all eligible voters on record on or before Sept. 3. Voters will be informed to vote for S persons from the list of nominees who were sel^pted by farmer petitions and pre sent community committees and placed on the ballots. An announcement by Vaughn Tugman, Agricultural Stabliza tion and Conservation County Committee Chairman, points out that this annual election is one in which all eligible farm er* have an opportunity to select the best men available for this work as ASC commit teemen. By doing this they help assure good service to them selves and sound administra tion of ASCS farm programs in their community and county. The ASC community commit tee to be elected consists of three regular members and two alternates. The chairman, vice chairman and regular member of the elected committee will serve respectively as delegate, alternate delegate, and second alternate delegate to the county (Continued w pace six) a Green Valley Folks Protest Roads, Packed School Buses Citizens of the Green Valley School district met at Rich Mountain Church Monday evening to discuss road conditions and the selection of bus drivers by the Board of Education. Mr. Wilford McNeil was elected chairman 'of the group, and Mrs. Walter Slemering is in charge of publicity. Eighty-five interested citizens attended the meeting Monday night. They voted unanimously to keep their children out of school until road conditions could be Improved and a more experienced driver could be obtained. Also, they agreed overcrowded condi tions on buses will no longer be tolerated. Mrs. Siemering stated that sometimes 6* and 7* children are placed on a bus made to accommodate only 3* children. Another meeting was called for Tuesday night and Mr. John Marsh, principal of Green Valley School, and Mr. Gay Angell, county school superintendent, were Invited to attend. Former School Officials Are Honored: Dr. Carroll Speaks Forty - flve former superin tendents and school board mem bers were honored with a special program and social hour Friday evening, in the auditorium of the Appalachian Elementary School. Special music was provided by the Appalachian High School Band under the direction of James Sugert, band director. The Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr., pastor of the Boom Presbyter i ian Church, gave tt? invocation. D. Grady Moreti, Jr., member of the Watauga County Board of Education, extended a special welcome to the honorees, mem bers of the immediate families, an dother guests. Dr. Charles F. Carroll, State Superlnteadent of Foblk In struction, delivered the main addreaa. Dr. Carnll was tatn duced by Dr. D. J. Whltener, Dean, Appalachian State Teach ? (Continued on page dx) School Bus Above is shown bottom side of the school bus which rolled from the Howard's Creek Road Monday morning as it gathered up its student pass engers for Green Valley Ele mentary and Appalachian High Schools. Left, picture from front of the bus as it laid 0&. its side, showing chil dren's papers, etc., strewn in the interior of the ill-fated vehicle. ? Photos by Flowers Photo Shop. I Bus Driver Meetings Set C. G. Billings of Boone, with the Safety Division of the State Department of Motor Vehicles, will hold a series of meetings with the school bus drivers at the different schools in the county next week. The meetings will be in the nature of schooling the drivers to the hazards of roads, weath er, etc., and will be attended by Ray Moretz, Chief School bus mechanic for the county. Subsequent meetings will be held in Ashe, Avery and Mit chell Counties, Mr. Billings said. Bardens Hurt In Crash At Yadkinville Yadkinville ? A Boone man and wile were hospitalized with injuries late Saturday night af ter their car struck the rear of a pickup truck on U. S. 421 south of here. Dr. John Glenn Barden, pro fessor at Appalachian State Teachers College, was at Lula Conrad Hoots Memorial Hospi tal in Yadkinville last night His injuries were not believed serious. Mrs. Imogene Barden, 90, was in satisfactory condition with a fractured hip and lacera tions at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Patrolman J. B. Boupe said the Bardens' 1907 Chevrolet was traveling west on the high way when it struck the rear of a Ford pickup truck which was stopped in the road. The accident occurred about 11:80 p. m. The driver of the truck, Mrs. Helen Pardue at Cycle, had no visible injuries, the patrolman said. The couple was returning J
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