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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT For Best Results advertiser* invariably u?e the col umn. of the Democrat. With iU full __ - ? ? - - .Mb JL S't 28 60 49 paid circulation. intenwly covering v ? ?? ?? ? ? ? ^p^. ^ M 51 19e fcSiSlaitfi: <*n Independent W?,Uy IV??.p?per . . . S.<**ljSixlh r?r ./ Conimuau. Publication ** B " " ? BOON* WKA/nm 1961 HI Lo prec. ? Sept. 34 97 32 Sept. 99 66 30 Sept. 96 70 61 .11 Sept. 27 71 46 Hi I 60 <7 86 80 a* (4 96 98 91 43 63 42 66 39 VOLUME LXXVI? NO. 14 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1963 10 CENTS PER COPY 22 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS MAP OF NEW GOLF COURSE Boone Men Officials In New Golf Development At Lenoir W. R. WINKLER Winkler Named To Commission Parks, Parkway W. R. Winkler, Boone auto mobile dealer and civic leader, was reappointed Tuesday by Governor Sanford to a new six year term on the Park, Park way and Forest Development Commission, the Democrat was advised by the Governor's off ice. Mr. Winkler has been on the Commission since 1951, when he was appointed by the late Gov ernor Scott. He was a member of the State Highway Commis sion from 1953 to 1957 under appointment of Governor Um stead, is a member of the Board of Trustees of Appalachian State Teachers College, is a member of the Watauga Indus tries Commission, and has held various civic and business posi tions in Boone. Dr. and Mrs, Jack D. Law rence and Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Glenn attended the First District Dental Society meeting in Ashe ville Monday. Work has begun on one of the most scenic championship golf courses in North Carolina. Fringed with ancient peaks of the Brushy Mountains, its lay out is in the heart of an ap proximate 800-acre tract of broad rolling hills and valleys. Promoting the project Is thfe Hrbriten Development Corpor ation which is building all fa cilities in a mammoth real es tate development. The corpor ation was chartered in February of 1963. The 18-hole course is located five miles from Lenoir on the Wilkesboro Road in the foot hills of the state. The coarse is part of i long range project envisioned by stockholders of Hibriten Devel opment Corporation, all of whom are well known men of the state. They are Kichard L. Brown, Jr. of Albemarle, presi dent; Estel Wagner of Boone, vice-president; Dennis Greene of Boone, secretary; Thad Mol lis of Lenoir, treasurer; J. E. Broyhill, Ed Newton, Claude C. Armfleld, Jr. of Lenoir; J. F. Ayers of Banner Elk; Coyte D. Carpenter and C. M. Barringer of Conover. One of the Nation's noted golf architects, Ellis Maples, who designed the magnificient Country Club of North Carolina, Whispering Pines, and Pine hurst courses at Pinehurst; the Boone Golf Club; and Pine Brook in Winston-Salem, among many others, planned the course. Surveys have been com pleted and heavy equipment has been brought in to begin immediate construction. Contractors are Montgomery Brothers of Germanton, near Winston-Salem, who specialize in building golf courses. Work is expected to be completed in the summer of 1964. A dam and a lake east of the courae will provide complete ir rigation for aot only greens but (Continued on page six) Eye Clinic To Be Sponsored By Lions Club The Boone Lions Club will sponsor an eye clinic at the County Health Department Building October 9. II your child is having trouble with his or her eyes, now is the time to find it out, accord ing to the announcement. School teachers will observe the children in the classrooms, and a list will be made of the children they think are in need of eye care. This list will be turned over to the County Health tepartment for screen (Continued on page six) Mrs. Bingham Dies At Age 94 Mrs. Lillie Ann Love Bing ham, 94, of Boone, widow of Harve Bingham, died Sunday at her home after a short ill ness. She was born in Watauga County to James and Emaline Pennington Love. Surviving are four daughters, Miss Phyllis Bingham of Boone, Mrs. Hazel Grant of Shouns, Tenn., Mrs. ' l arlotte Shoun of Mountain City, Tenn., and Mrs. Carrie Smith of Arizona; two sons. Osier B. Bingham of Mountain City and Frank Bing ham of Meadowview, Va.; 23 grandchildren; several great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. The funeral was conducted at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday, at Hen son's Chapel Methodist Church by the Rev. W. H. Key. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mayor Writes Of Marketing Of Farm Products In Europe The Democrat it in receipt of the following letter from Mayor Wade E. Brown, written from Brussels last Thursday. Mr. Brown is on a tour of pro fessional men and public offi cials under the people-to-people tour. The tour, composed of 39 North Carolina people, arrived in Moscow late Friday night, where they met with municipal officials tor a question and an swer session. They were to visit a Moscow university and hava a sight saving trip of tk* city. Heavy rain Saturday, how ever, hampered their move ments. Mayor Brown'* letter follows: We are having a very fine trip. As yon know we are trav eling under sponsorship of peo ple-to - people program. Our group is most congenial and from all over N. C. from Bre vard to Wilmington. We have seen many inter esting things and people but perhaps the most interesting thing so far is our trip to the farmers market this morning. Our guide told us about it and offered to take us as an extra. We were called at 5:00 o'clock, it was cold and raining but most rewarding because there we saw the farmers themselves and talked with many. Some spoke English but our guide interpre ted otherwise. One section is flowers, acres of the most beautiful colors you have ever seen; then a section of vegetables, every kind imag inable, many I had never se?n; then fruits (including oranges (Continued on page six) CONGRESSMAN BROYHILL Congressman To Visit Watauga Next Saturday Congressman James T. Broy hill announced in Washington today that he will be available (or conferences with Watauga County residents on Saturday, October X According to his an nouncement, BroyhiU'a sche dule will be as follows: Blowing Rock Art Galleries, 9 a. m. Stanford Coffey's Store, Fos coe, 10:15 a. m. Howard Mast Store, Valle Crucis, 11:30 a. m. WATA Radio Station, Boone, 12:30 to 1 p. m. Lewis Burkett's Store, Mabel, 2 p. m. Greene's Trading Post, Deep Gap, 4 p. m. The Congressman explained that the visit, is a continuation of his planned program of ?of ficial visits to the eleven coun ties of the Ninth District. The purpose of these visits is to dis cuss pending legislation and of fer assistance on personal pro blems involving the Federal government. "My job is to represent the over 400,000 people who live in these eleven counties," Broyhlll said, "and I certainly cannot know what they want or how they feel about national issues sitting in an office in Washing ton. That is the reason I am making every effort to be back in North Carolina as often as possible." Motelists Say Color At Peak Mir. and Mrs H. R Sheanm, owners of Mountain Villa Motor Lodge, are inviting the public to drive through their grounds to see the beautiful view of the Bocae Golf Course and surround' mg mountains. TOtey say the colon are at their peek and it is the most beautiful sight they have ever seen., Mr. Carl Greene of Nashville, Tenn. is spending this week in the home of his brother, Mr. Clarence Greene. SITES UNDETERMINED Wor k T oward Building Hospital, School Starts Headway Is Being Made On Projects Work is already in full swing toward the building of the new Watauga High School and Wa tauga Hospital which were made possible by the passage of the school-hospital bond issue on September 17. "These things go very slowly at first," said Guy Angell, Superintendent of county Schools, in referring to the school plans. "But we are de finitely making headway." Angell has been steadily tied up in meetings with various planning boards for the new school. At present, he and his associates are working on the selection of a suitable site for the school plant. As soon as site negotiations are completed, surveyors and architects will begin making modification in the preliminary plans for the school. "If all goes well," Angell said, we hope to begin survey ing sometime in November." Mr. Angell pointed out that it was impocsible to make any broader statement of plans at this point, since each phase of the construction Is partially 1 dependent upon preceding stages. Mrs. Virginia A. Groce, ad ministrator of the Watauga Hospital, stated that plans for the new hospital were in much the same stage of pro gress. "Right now," she said, "were bogged down in trying to choose a suitable site and negotiate for it. Whatever site we choose, it will have to be fairly close to a city water supply and a city sewage system. We do have several sites In mind, however, one of which is located on what is known as the State Farm prop erty." In the meantime, Mrs. Groce said, the building and property committees for the new hospi tal are diligently at work. A meeting between representa tives from the county commis sioners, the hospital Board of Trustees, and the State of North Carolina has been tenta tively set for the third week in October. "We certainly hope to be able to break ground for the (Continued on page six) Shoe Plant Is To Be Ready By First November Blue Ridge Shoe Company's new Boone plant is scheduled to be ready for production by November 1, a full week ahead of the deadline originally set, according to construction super intendent Ben Johnson. Workers will begin setting up plant machinery within the next few days, and perhaps em ployees of the shoe company will be trained there while work on the building itself is still in progress. "We are using two small bulidings in Boone to work with trainee*," said Mike Borderi, who is in charge of preparing new employees for their Jobs. "But we're still hir ing more people ? the capacity of the new factory will be about 325 workers ? and we're getting , terribly cramped for space. We don't know yet whether using the new plnat for this purpose before the finishing touches are added will be feasible, but we may try it." Borderi added that he was thinking of initiating a night ihift for trainee* until the large plant i* ready. Mobile Classrooms Temporary Miss Gall Greene, a sophomore at Appalach ian High School, stands beside a mobile classroom where she has just been excused from study hall. This classroom and two like it were loaned to Appalachian High School by the State of North Carolina, thus relieving much of the overcrowded condi tion caused by ? greater number of students than the school had been equipped to handle. The mobile classrooms are adequate for their purpose, but they are not permanent fixtures; it is said that with the opening of the new Watauga High School the need for such temporary structures will have ceased. Citizens Will Be Asked To Invest In $650,000 Plant Over 60 citizens of Boone and Watauga County attended a din ner meeting of the Watauga Industries Committee at the Dan iel Boone Inn Friday. Clyde Greene presided over the business session of the meet ing and asked guests to intro duce themselves. lie said that the Watauga Citizens, inc., is sponsoring the construction of the new Bilue Ridge Shoe Company building in Boone and that the new facilities will be ready for use about the middle of October. Stanley Harris said that In the next several months a letter will be mailed to over 1,000 people In the county inviting them to Invest In the new bulldin? which was contracted at a cost of $<50,000. The Northwestern Bank of Boone will finance or buy bonds for *400,000 of this amount. The other $250,000 of bonds will be sold to local citidens, and the bonds will pay semi-annual rates of interest at 4 and one-half percent. The bonds will be sold in the amounts of $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, 910,000 and any amount above to suit the convenience oi the purchaser. The bonds will be issued for a 15-year period with 13 percent of the bonds re purchased each year until the entire amount of bonds are re purchased. Harris said that Melville Shoe Company, owner of the Blue Ridge Shoe Company, has assets of over $69 million and that the company guarantees the bonds. Approximately 40 dozens pairs o ( shoes are being manufactured daily in temporary quarters in Boone. Additional! personnel . will be employed and trained as soon as the shoe company moves into the new building. Alfred Adams of the North western Bank said that the bank is firmly behind the new industry land urges the citizens of the county to also participate by pur chasing bonds. James Marsh of Watauga Sav ings and Loan Association de clared that the new industry will do much for the county and is a Herefords Earn Ribbons Mr. B. W. Stalling! of Boone poaes with the ribbons which his cattle from "Diamond S. Ranch" brought him recently at the Caldwell County Agricultural Fair. Among Mr. S tail ings' awards were two purple ribbons, three blue ribbons, and four red ribbon*. step forward. He believes that this new company will open the door for other new industry to come into the county. Jerry Coe remarked that people have been buying new home* in the county. Over 3M new hemes were built In Watauga County In 1963. Guy Angel! said that everyone in the county is pleased with the industrial development and this was instrumental In the passage of the bond Issues thto mouth. Ralph Winkler said that he knew of no county that has more potential than Watauga, and he believes that the shoe factory is going to give more people em ployment, especially those in the rural areas. Grover Bobbins declared that the new shoe factory was goini to get more people in Boone wearing shoes. Barnard Dougherty commented that the New River Light and (Continued on page six) Watauga Man, Missing Since Sept 20, Sought A Watauga County cttiaen baa been reported as missing sines Friday morning, September 20, by the county sheriff's office. Homer Ray Cornett, 39, of the Beaver Dam community, was last seen by his wife as he prepared to go to Boone to have work done on his oar. Mrs. Cornett stated that he had previously been gone several times for periods of two or three days, but at no time had he been missing for more than that length of time without informing her where he was go ing. i Cornett is described as five feet, seven inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds. At the time of his disappearance he was driv ing a veen 1KB Chevrolet with license plate CB49M. An intensive search is present ly being conducted by the state highway patrol, but so far MK clue as to Corastt'i wtosreabouts
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