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?H?? WATAUGA DEMOCRAT flTPIlI ?dverti?inf medium miubb. An Independent Weekly Newspaper , . . Seventy-Sixth Year of Continuous Publication Oct! 28 63 #2 02 28 VOLUME LXXVI? NO. IS BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER SI, 1*63 10 CENTS PER COPY 18 PAGES? 8 SECTION8 Woods Are Closed By Governor h? prolonged drought brought a r~ ??? - ?? Mrartnj from Out. Terry HmM Ailt for eats la eg waatern Nsrth Carolina The order forbids sack activi ties aa hantiag, Ashing, trapping or cmnptag la waads at Ike M brush. (ran ar alter Mria within SM feet af any wooded area. Flaking (ram ? boat hi which aa camping la iaffolTod woald he allowed. Robert Staling.. director of the Department at OoManraHaa aad Development, aad Clyde Pot ion. director rf the WUdlUe Re r; lanHng the proclamation. U waa recommended by Slate For ester Fred CMdge. The M counties are Cherokee, Clay, Graham. Haywood, Jack ton, Macon, Swain, Tranaylvania, Buncombe, Henderson, Madfoou, McDowell, Mitchell, Palk. Ruth erford, Yancey, Alexander, Al leghany, Ashe, Avery, Barfce, Caldwell, Stakes, Surry, Watauga, and Wilkes. D. GRADY MORETZ, J? ' Moretz To Serve Again As Seal Sale Chairman ' D. Grady Moretz, Jr., local lumber and building supply ex ecutive and popular civic lead er will serve as the 1063 Christ mas Seal chairman for the Wa tauga Tuberculosis Association, according to the announcement just released by E. A. Darr, Jr., and Mrs. Herman Wilcox, presi dent and vice-president respect ively, of the association. Mr. Moretz is quite pleased (Continued on page four) Mrs. Shook, 83, Dies October 22 Mrs. George Shook, age 83, of Pineola, died at Cannon Memor ial (Hospital in Banner Elk Oc tober 22. She mas the daughter of the late John and Mary Banner Car penter. She owned and operated the Rose Tree in Pineola for SO years. Funeral srvkes were conduct ed October 25 at the Presbyterian Church in Pineola. Burial was in the church cemetery. 'Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Mack Luttrell of Boone, Mrs. A. C Sherrard of Port De posit, Md., and Mia. Claude Hughes of Newland. ?Larry Penley Photo MISS JUDY MARTIN, 1963 HOMECOMING QUEEN ASTC Homecoming Draws Large Crowd By LARRY PENLEY One of the largest alumni groups in the history of the college attended the 60th An niversary Homecoming Satur day at Appalachian State Teach ers College, according to H. R. fjggers, registrar and chairman of the 60th Anniversary Com mittee. Alumni, friends and visitors enjoyed a harvest of events from early morning until mid light. Approximately 1,000 Shout from across the state and other states were present. Overflow crowds were pre sent for the Homecoming Lunch eon at the Elementary School Cafeteria < and the exclusive Touchdown Supper at the Boone-Blowing Rock Ski Lodge. A highlight of the COth An niversary Homecoming was the dedication of the new J. D. Rankin Science Building in out door ceremonies at 4:45 p. m. The invocation was given by the Reverend Richard J. Crow der of Boone Methodist Church and the prayer of dedication by Dr. John G. Barden, ASTC professor of education. H. R. Eggers presided over the dedication ceremonies and introduced the guest speaker, A. R. Smith. Professor Smith was chairman of the chemistry department at Appalachian un til his retirement in 1988. Smith and Dr. Rankin came to ASTC in 1921. In his speech Professor Smith gave a resume of the develop ment of scence eduication at Appalachian College. He prais ed Dr. Rankin for his many con tributions to the college and the Boone community. He clos ed hi* speech with a quotation from the October 23 issue- of the Watauga Democrat. The fol lowing quote fame from the editorial column written by Edi tor Ro"b Rivers: "It it eminently fitting that the fine new science building bear the name of this Illustri ous former President of Ap (continued on page four) Dr. Weaver To Speak At Farm-City Event Blowing Rock Carnival Nets Over $1^00.00 - The Blowing Rack School Halloween Carnival held Saturday nl|U tw termed very wcctm fal by the < OiimMlf < la charge, with a total ef f ItSt.U net profit. Karen Coffey and Dickie Trex ler were prloce and princess from the elementary school. Gall Hayes and Dennis Benson were chosen king and queen of the high school. The door prize was awarded to Mrs. Mary Pennell; the country ham was won by Mr. Eugene Fortune; the turkey by Mr. Allen Craig; the doH by Miss Mary Ann Troutman of Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory; and the cos tume winner was Frances Chla. W. M. Greer, 68, Has Fatal Attack Walter Monroe Greer, Sr., 66, of Deep Gap, Route 1, died at 12:30 p.m. lak Wednesday at Wa tauga Hospital of ? heart attack. He was born in Watauga Coun ty to Rufus and Oamilta Church Greer and spent ail ihis life here. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Viola Nichols Greer; a daughter, Mrs. Herman Green at Salisbury, Md.; four sons, William Faine Greer, Kenneth Brook Greer and Quentin Allen Greer, all of Deep Gap, and Kent T. Greer of Chesa peake, V?l; and six grandchil dren. The tuneral was conducted at 2 pin. Friday at Laurel Springs Baptist Church by the Rev. E. O. Gore, the Rev. Donald Wilson and the Rev. Ed Crump. Burial was in the church cemetery. David S. Weaver, former di rector of the Nprth Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, will be the guest speaker at the annual Watauga Farm-City Week gathering, Which will be Hti4 at the Cove Creek High .November 14 at 6:30 J-*, '? i."* iTi..*'" * '?'??* ? -t Dr. Weaver served In the Ex tension department from 1MB to 1902 when he retired. He is well and favorably known for his speaking ability, and the committee considers they were very fortunate in securing such an outstanding after dinner speaker. Officers of the Boone Cham ber of Commerce and Mer chants Association, as well as directors, will be installed. Off icers of the Cove Creek Com munity Clut will also be in stalled. Awards to Watauga County's participating Community Clubs will be presented at the Farm City meeting. Mr. J. B. Robinson, Attend ance Chairman, asks that ev erybody secure their tickets for this meeting. Civic Club mem bers may make up their attend ance at this time, it is pointed out. Mr. Robinson suggests that those desiring to attend, contact any of the following: Chamber of Commerce office, Sam Dixon at the First National Bank, Paul Winkler at Watauga Insurance Agency, 11 n>. Lillian Danner, Home Demonstration office, or any County Agricultural work er. Leave For New York Mrs. Gordon Winkler and Mrs. J. B. Winkler left Sunday for a week in New York City where they will attend several plays and do some sight-seeing. STARTS AT 800 PAIRS DAILY New Shoe Factory Begins Operations Peak Capacity To Be Reached In 15 Months R. D. Ray, ptant manager for the newly -constructed Blue Ridge Shoe Corporation' factory on Green way Road, reports that the nearly 100 employees of the plant are at present turning out ap proximately 800 pairs of shoes a day, despite the difficulties in volved in operating the factory while workers are stiM busy com pleting construction on the build ing. Ray spoke to ? Democrat staff reporter from his temporary "of fice," consisting of a small desk, two chairs, and e wastepaper basket placed strategically at the center of the sprawling main room of the building, while busy workers rushed by on all sides and construction workers ham mered busily nearby. The talk with Ray produced the following bits of information about the plant: At full capacity, which Is ex pected to be reached at the latest within the next IS months, the phaot will employ about (ti pea pie full-time, including about ZM men and (rem 71 to *0 women. Thoogh the temporary shops lor training new worker*, which were located in the Riven Building and la the ami's Store Building in Boone, have been closed down to facilitate the mare into the aew plant, a drive toward reach ing tile full employment quota Is still going sa through the Em ployment Security Commission, which holds meetings la Watauga County every Friday at the coun ty courthouse. At its peak of production, which is also expected to be reached within IS months, the plant will turn out about 3600 pair* of shoes per day, to be delivered eventual ly to the more than 1300 retail outlets of Melville Shoe Co. <of which alue Ridge Shoe Oorp is a subsidiary), which wtll market the shoes under the brand name of Thom McAn. The yearly payroll of the plant, once peak production has been readied, will approach an esti mated one-and-a-quarter million doUars. The plant will specialize in manufacturing men's casuals, or "loafers," all of which wil be stitched by hand. This operation atone is expected to require the fuH-tkne services of about ISO men. "Our shoes," Ray said, "are in a class, ?o far as quality and workmanship is concerned, with anybody's shoes, regardless of the length of time that the work men have been on the Job. "Our employees seem to have the knack to do things well with their hands. At any rate, they have certainly learned surprising (continued on page lour) Photo by Flowers' Photo Shop BRENDA BOST, MISS RHODODENDRON, WAVES TO CROWD Town Buys 50 Acres As Site For Sewage Disposal Plant Watauga, Avery Hospitals Get Duke Benefits The Duke Endowment an nounces the expenditure of $1, 232,400 to assist 184 hospitals in operating expenses, 128 North Carolina hospitals receiv ing $786,482 and 55 in South Carolina receiving $445,918. . Locally, Blowing Rock Hos pital received $1,539; Watauga Hospital $2,677, and Charles Cannon Memorial, Banner Elk $10, M7. This is the largest general distribution the fund has ever made, it is said. New Schools For Teenage Drivers Driver education schools are to be established in the county for boys and girls IS years and 9 months to 14 years old, ac cording to word from the Motor Vehicles Department. Prospective drivers to be eli gible for these schools must be those who can't get drivers' education training in the pub lic schools and must make ap plication to the Drivers' Lic ense Bureau for assignment to one of these schools, it is said. Mayor Wide E. Brown of Boone reported , Monday tbat the town bad just purchased a 80 acre farm which will be used as a site for the construction of a new sewage disposal plant for Boone. The site, located across the New River from the lower end of the State Farm, is complete ly secluded and an ideal spot for the new sewer plant, Brown said. The site was recommend ed by a board of engineers who have for some time been study ing the proposal for a new sewage system in Boone, and approved by the North Caro lina Water Resources Depart ment. The report of the engineering study, which must be complet ed before actual plans can be drawn up for the construction, has not been submitted as yet, Brown said, though it is expect ed to be ready in the near fu ture. The actual construction may not begin for quite some time yet, but as Brown said, "This is something that Boone will soon need desperately, and we thought it best to begin planning for it now." The sewer plant will probab ly cost about a million dollars, according to present estimates. Return From Visit Mrs. B. G. Teams and Mrs. Joyce Nail of Lenoir returned Friday from a two week's visit with Mrs. Teams' daughter, Mrs. Emory Sylvester and fam ily in Madison, Wisconsin. Nickels Vote To Be Held November 19 Farmers who use feed and fertilizer will have the oppo. tunity to vote on the "Nickels for Know How" program No vember 19. This is the program that costs only 5 cents per ton of feed or fertilizer. This money goto to help the farmer in various ways. One of these ways is 10 find ways to control diseases and insects that destroy mil lions of dollars worth of crops each year. Some diseases that destroy crops in Watauga County are black shank in tobacco, club root in cabbage and blight in tomatoes and potatoes. We need help with insect control on suca crops as cabbage, alfalfa, tobac co and many other crops. Such pests as the Japanese beetle, slugs, wirewornis, nematodes and other insects need more re search to find satisfactory ways to control. The nickels collected from each ton of feed costs the indi vidual farmer very little, but taken as a whole amounts to enough to help with these prob lems. These things should be considered when you go to vot2 on the "Nickels for Know How" program on November 19. HEW SHOE FACTORY ON GREENWAY ?QAD, SHOWING EMPLOYEES AT WORK.
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