FAA Approves Funds
For Airport In County
A Boone - Blowing Rock
airport may become a real
ity in aeveral years.
Dr. Phillip J. Fail, chair
man of the Watauga Air
port Authority, said yester
day that Watauga County
had been approved by the
Federal Aviation Agency
for a grant of $50,000 for
a Boone-Blowing Rock air
port.
The grant was made un
der authority of the Federal
Airport Act.
It is conditional on the
Watauga Airport Authority
providing a matching $50,
000. Dr. Fail said that, in
order to get the $50,000
grant, the Airport Authori
ty must have made some
progress by March 2, 1964,
toward applying for a loan
and getting an option on
suitable land.
The Federal grant is split
into two parts: $25,000 to
be used for acquiring land
for the airport and $25,000
for building the air strip.
The air strip will be 200
feet wide and 4,600 feet
long, according to Federal
specifications.
If the airport is built, the
landing strip will not be
paved. Dr. Fail said the
Airport Authority had to
apply for what it thought
the County could raise. A
paved landing strip would
have meant that $100,000
would have had to be raised
locally instead of the $50,
000.
Dr. Fail also said that this
will be the only grant that
the Authority can get from
the Federal Aviation Agen
cy. The Watauga Airport
Authority cannot reapply to
the FAA for another grant.
The Airport Authority
was established -by th?
North Carolina legislatdU
about two years ago. It
plied for the federal grant
February 13, 1963.
Doctor
Talk
By JOHN B. REMBCKT, M. D.
Hardly a day goes by that this
writer does not encounter the
proMem of the indifferent parent
who has not taken the time to
have the children of the tamfty
immunized Against diphtheria,
whooping cough, tetanus, typhoid
fever and new poliomyelitis It
seems that these diseases wifi
always be with us regardless of
all efforts of medical science to
stamp them out.
Hie old saying, "you can lead a
horse to water, but you can't
make him drink," is as true to
day as ever!
H&rdheaded Child May
Be Hard of Hearing
Quite often children are ac
cused wrongly of being "bard
headed" when actually, they are
hard of hearing. It is generally
felt now that an actual increase
in deafness in children is occur
ring, usually secondary to an
acute middle ear infection.
Many children complaining of
acute "earache" are seen by the
family physician and receive one
or two injections of Penicillin or
aome "mycin" to take by mouth
and become symptom free and
never return to the family phy
sician. What occurs then is re
ferred to as "residual tubter
otitis," that is a chronic linger
ing infection with obstruction of
the Eustachian tube and improp
er drainage of fluid from the
middle ear space. This condi
tion then impairs the proper
function of the tympanic mem
brane or ear drum and hearing
impairment results.
Parents are reminded that anti
biotics often are all that is oeces
sary in acute ear infections, but
some oases will require adequate
surgical drainage, so a recheck
by the family physician when
the child is symptom-free is wise!
Animal Medical Check-Up
Of Great Vatae ' ?
Physical checkup
yottr physician is "playing it
smart," and aH will agree that
preventive medicine will, in many
oases, prevent development of
Contented
Visitors to this area the next few weeks will not only view
the changing colors, but will see peaceful scenes as this
as they drive and picnic through the mountanis. Thousands
of people are expected to spend a iew hours or days in
Watauga and vicinity to witness one of nature's most beau
tiful seasons.
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chronic, disabling disease.
The annual checkup by your
physician is particularly wise for
all women ? and this check to
include pelvic examination A
routine pelvic examination with
the early detection of possible
cancer and immediate appropri
ate tberqpy oan, for many, pre
vent a long and painful illness
and possibly an unpleasant death.
STRANGE APPETITE
Cork, Ireland ? It seems one
Irshman has an appetite for
undigestible "food."
Doctors removed 144 objects,
including 128 pieces of bed
spring, from the stomach of a
37-year-old Irishman. The other
odds v>d ends included 2 spoon
handles, coins, a rosary bead,
and a piece of shirt.
The unidentified Irishman,
it was reported "had an un
eventual recovery," meaning; Ife
got ?*U. ?
PontMc to ' offer "biggest
small tar" in '64.
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COMING OCT.8-12
5 FUN-FILLED DAYS 1
Thrilling, unforgettable -A thousand and
one wonderful things to see and do!
? One of the Southeast's biggest
regional fairs! ,
? Many new and fascinating features! /
* ? Fun for the entire family! yC
? Bigger and better than
K- ever before!
^ -NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
?THERE'S SOMETHING TO ITr
, dixie
classic|;Cl>MM
+ Visit the World of Mirth Midway ? ?
special mile- long world of fun and
entertainment
if See more than 60 ride* and show* ?
there's something for everybody
if Attend the thrilling grandstand show
?Jack Kochman's Hell Driven
?k Don't miss the Coliseum exhibits from
Northwest North Carolina counties,
businesses, industry, and schools
?it Be sure to see the gigantic agriculture
and livestock exhibits
& Check the competitions and record
premium prizes
if Enjoy free movies, bend concerts, and
demonstrations . .
? See the new ere* Horseshoe Pitching
Contest end the Dixie Classic Talent
Search finals
? Attend the new Quarter Horse Show
and Sheep Dog Trials
?k Many, many other exciting and
entertaining exhibits and features.
See them alll
FREE PARKING for 4,000 cars! Convenient to everything at thai fair!
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M. Mrnooi cniioren aofniueo tim on oiuoeni iicmts . 4_
W *f until 6 PJL on their iptcitl County tap. ?
*: SatM apu II AH avaty ?ay!
WINSTON-SALEM FAIRGROUNDS
Blowing Rock Man Was First
To Ride Mile-A-Minute Boat
Eugene Apel almost grew up
on water. In fact, you might
call him a hot rodder on water.
However, this is in praise, not
derogative.
Apel, who now lives in Blow
ing Hock, has been connected
with boating and boat racing all
his life. His father was a boat
builder. Apel was affiliated with
his father in New Jersey from
1907 until 1934.
Apel began his racing career
in 1913 at Norristown where he
won. In 1915 he won fame for
being the first man to ride a
mile-a-minute speedboat.
lit was July 4, 1915, on the
Hudson River. Although there
was no prize for being the first
boat to go a mile-a-minute, Apel
said there were other competi
tors. Each had to go up and
down the river twioc, with the
average time being calculated.
Mr. Apel's boat, owned by T.
C. Dupont, was the only one
to average 60 miles an hour.
The next nearest was 54 miles
an hour. The record breaking
boat had an eight cylinder engine
and generated 400 horsepower.
In 1933, Apel put his name in
the record books again by win
ning the National Championship
for boats with 125 cubic inches.
This was at Ocean City, N. J.
From New Jersey, Apel went
to Miami, Fla. For 18 years
there he had Miss Miami sight
seeing speedboats on which be
took vacationers.
During World War H, he was
skipper of an Army crash boat
at Panama City, Fla. He pa
trolled for submarines and air
plane crashes. "We saved about
three trainee pilots," be said.
From 1917 until 1960 when he
retired, he was dock master for
Miami.
Apel had only nne bad injury.
"Once a set screw caught my
trousers. I couldn't cut off the
engine until the boat ran
aground," he said. "The Coast
Guard cut me free. My leg was
cut to the bone."
In 1921 he came close to losing
his life. "I was going under a
bridge when another boat's steer
ing broke. He cut my boat in
half, between me and the motor.
I never saw him. All I saw was
that blue water."
Some of the races that Apel
has won include the Washington
Cup Regatta in 1931, the Bis
cayne Bay Regatta m 1930, in
Toronto, Canada in 1934, in
Havre de Grace, Md., in 1935,
the National Championship in
1933 and in Norristown, Pa., in
1913.
The A pels have four sons. One,
Amo, will return from Viet Nam
on September 28.
Russians are concerned over
bread supply.
Everybody out of the rut ?
... the904Buiehsurehere !
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Buick Skylark: A my M'Mnal car with a flair for action. Now In S modols.
Our happiest problem for '64 was: how to beat a
winner? According to thousands of owners, the 1963
models just about had it made In all departments.
But? when your name is Bulck? you just don't rest
on your laurels. You keep pushing to make a great
car greater.
So ... the '84 Bulcks are new? but new. New
engines, V-6 or V-8 (you'll like their new gas econ
omy), new, smoother, extra-cost option, Super
Turbine Transmissions (and who, but Buick, would
build In an altitude compensator?). Youngest looking
Fisher Bodies in town I Visit a showroom, sit In any
one of the new Buicks, and practice this short easy
line: "My Buick." Sounds good, doesn't it?
.above all, they're BUCKS!
SEE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED BUICK DEALER. AUTHORIZED BUICK DEALERS IN THIS AREA:.
GREENE BUICK-PONTIAC, Inc
Dealer License No. 828
1115 E. King St. Boone. N. C