section b WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
VOLUME UXV1-N0. t? |j " BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1?t ^ PRICK TEN CENT!
Zoning Is Topic
At C. of C. Meet
Proposed new toning recula
tiona were Among the chief topics
tor <tlanaaiott at the regular
meeting of Um Board of Director!
of the Chamber of Oommanoe and
Association of 'Boone,
at tfaa Daniel Boone Ian. Nov. S.
"It haa been the feeling of the
majority of the paopla in and
around Boone that some action
abouid be Ufcen to protect the
property omen as to building
raatrtationa on important proper
ty," aaid Herman W. Wilcox,
praakkot of the Chamber of
Ocmmeroe and Harrhwli Am
aoctation.
WUcox painted art that the
town Humid be divided late claar
eat rmtfcatlal and baaiaeaa
araaa, aad that It abaaU be *e
terartaed what type af balldtagi
ahaaM be eaaatraatad aa laada
la each ad thaae areaa. "The
Caaaty Ciiinialiiliii in." he laid,
"thraagh aa act af the UfU*
tare, have beea glvea the aa
tbartty la aaae any area la the
coanty they deea> viae and aeeea
aary." '
Wilcox appointed a committee
consisting of Clyde R. Greene,
Stanley A. Harris, and Lee Reyn
olds to meet with the County
Commissioners and request that
immediate step* be taken to pro
tact properties in Boone.
A Merchants Association com
mittee also was named at the
meettag. sae W the first acts s<
which was to work oat pUu tor
the decoration of Klnf Street far
the Christmas bsMays.
The committee is composed of
Dennis Greene, chairman; Phil
?Vance, Glenn R. Andrews, S. M.
Ayers, A. E. McCreary, O. K.
Richardson, Ned Trivtette and
Vaughn Roten.
A third important action was
taken ? to raoammend to the
members of the Merchants As
sociation that thajr work towards
welcoming customers from out
| side Boooe and to aid them in
parking problem*. Toward this
workers at a^^l^^'ntMCaa
Says County
Jail Is Safe
The Witaua County Jail may
need a few repairs, but It's
certainly secure enough.
This was proved a couple of
weeks ago when Dr. Carter Pate,
Assistant Professor in sociology
and anthropology at Appalach
ian State Teachers College, and
some two dozen of his students
in a criminology class came at
the invitation of Sheriff Dallas
Cheek to tour the facilities of
the Jail and interview county
ltw enforcement officers.
f Led upstairs by Deputy Smith
Brown, the students entered the
cells and had a thorough look
at the 21-bed establishment,
making several comments on
the seeming sturdiness and In
escapability of the structure be
fore filing out and returning
downstairs to question the Sher
iff.
One of the first questions
was, "Has anyone ever escaped
from this jail?"
"Well?" Cheek began hi* re
ply, when he was interrupted
by the noise of indignant shout
ing and foot-stomping frem up
stairs, and Brown scurried up
stairs to investigate. Pate be
gan counting noses.
It seems that two students,
who had carried their search
ill to the farthest cell, had been
locked in.
Saturday ? Sunday
November 16-17
? i -;4 J
THE
BIRDS
! ROD TAYLOR
CtUor
should not part their own on
on (One Street, leaving it open
far their customers.
WUr?x uid, b alt* "pnmtiac
Ike idea of aayone everparkinc
SMI receiving a ticket to preaeai
tke ticket te aay memfcet mer
chant (ram whom the, had made
a pintail er wish ta make a
parekase. aad **e baslaeas place
??ald Mr Ike flae."
A test period, frono November
29 to December 24, has been set
tor tots unusual proposal Mem
bership cards ?wiM be distributed
to all members of toe Merchants
Association so they may be placed
in the windows tar immediate
identification by customers.
Mrs. Harrison
Dies In Idaho
Poet Falls, Idaho, Nov. 8.?
lira Emma C. Harrison, 88,
Port Falls resident since 1906,
died at a local nursing home
yesterday, a week following the
death of her husband, James A.
Harrison, 94.
Mrs. Harrison, the former Em
ma Jones, was born in Watauga
County, N. C., and was mar
ried to Luther Eggers in 1887
in North Carolina. He died in
1M6 and his widow married
Mr. Harrison ta 1092.
Mrs. Harrison was a long
time resident of the Zionville
community snd was s daughter
of the Rev. E. F. Jones. She
was the last member of his
family.
Mrs. Harrison was a member
of the Baptist church.
Survivors are three sons,
Qpie L. Eggers, Spokane, Rondy
F. Eggers, Orovllle, Calif., and
Everett E. Eggers, Opportunity,
WsSh.; two daughters, Mrs.
Nons Lutes, Post Falls, and
Mrs. Beulah Hodge, Spokane, 17
grandchildren and several great
grandchildren and great great
naadchildrw
Indecision is costly and hasty
action sometimes costs more.
New Ski Slope To Open
Shown is a portion of the ski slope area at
the Hound Ears Golf and Ski Club which will
open for its first season this year. If the
weather cooperates there may be skiing by .
mid-December, it is laid. The new develop
ment is a Tweetsie Railroad enterprise, and
is being constructed by the Robbins Brothers
in the Shulls Hills neighborhood.
To Head Drive
For Preyer Votes
Greensboro? A member of one
of North Carolina's most dis
tinguished families has been
named Campaign Manager for
Richardson Preyer, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Governor. He is Newman A.
(Nat) Towns end, Jr., a native of
Dunn, N. C., and now a promi
nent tax lawyer in Raleigh. Pray
er, in announcing the appoint
ment this past week, paid high
tribute to Tewnsend'i wide knowl
edge of public affairs and to the
career he he* made as a lawyer.
"I am proud to have him run my
campaign," he aaid.
NEWMAN A. TOWNSENO, JR.
When frontier folks had work to be done, it often turned out to be an
opportunity for a community get-together. Such an occasion was the
apple-bee. In the fall, after apples had been gathered, neighboring women
would spend an evening peeling, quartering, and coring the fruit. Far
from being a chore, though it was, in the words of a writer of the day,
an occasion for "convivial merriment, cheerfulness and song."
Today, when there's work to be done, neighbors still find that many
jobs are best done together. From the volunteer fire department to the
corporation ? democratic cooperation is a sound American tradition.
The members of your local Electric Membership Corporation are neigh
bors ? working together to achieve a common goal : the supply of low
coat electric power to themselves. They are engaged in democratic co
operative action. The system is owned, operated, and paid for by the
members it serves. In the words of the President of the United States:
"This is self-help at its best."
Blue Ridge Electric Membership
#' > Corporation
..
Senior Citizens Meet
Has Been Postponed
Hie Senior Citizens Club will
not meet Friday, November 16.
Watch the Democrat (or possible
meeting next week.
Area Ski Boom Is Seen
Within Next Few Years
The "ski boom" Is expected to
hit this section of North Carolina
with Kill force within the next
few years, according to ? fea
tured article in last week's State
Magazine.
Watauga County, the article
pointed out, already has one of
the two North Carolina ski lodges
now in operation, with at least
two more in the construction or
tote planning stages.
Business at the Slewing Rock
ski slopes last year was fair,
amounting to ever 6,000 skUers
and some 9,000 other visitors, ac
cording to BUI Thalhelmer, ope
rator of the establishment. Bat
week-day attendance was said te
be disappointing, and operating
expense* ? especially the cost of
"making" snow?were unexpect
edly Ugh.
This year the Blowing Rook
company will reportedly double
the supply of rental equipment
and *dd another ski slope. The
Lodge restaurant is even now
open on weekends, and basic ski
ing lessons are being given on
straw.
The Beech Mountain Develop
ment Company. lac.. meanwhile.
Is working on two main ski slopes
of t,SM and S.500 feet to run
down the mountain on the north
sMe, opposite Banner Elk. The
project will cost an estimated
$810,000, of which 10 per cent Is
being raised locally and the rest
is to come In the form ot a
government Inaa.
The Beech Mountain resort will
include a double chair lift with a
capacity of 800 skiers per hour,
artificial snow machines, a to
baggan run, an ice skating rink,
and ? $150,000 lodge.
According to Jack William of
Boone, the resort would have
several summer recreation fea
tures as well, including swim
ming, fishing, canning, and
horseback riding.
Ai the same time as the Beech
Mountain project Is gathering
?team, the Hound Ear* Gall and
SU Club Is due to be partly open
by December IS. This club wil
be a subsidiary of Tweetsie Rail
road, and will be a private dub
open only to members and guests.
The Robbinses, owners of
Tweetsie, spent $274,000 for land
in the Shulls Mills section, where
they are building a &u If course
which will be open next May. The
ski run will be located on a na
tural slc^ie. where a chair lift is
to be installed.
The clubhouse will include a
swimming pool, and there will be
stables for members' horses.
Around the knoll overlooking
the lodge wiH be six "Swiss cha
lets," each with five bedrooms
and five baths.
The Hound Bars Golf and Ski
Club ks, needless to say, one of
the most lavish of all the ski
projects presently taking place
in Western North Carolina, and
sounds like the most fantastic
business establishment to hit Wa
tauga County in a long time.
NDA Judges Visit
Watauga On Tuesday
Three teams of judges met for
? briefing session at tihe Me
morial Coliseum at Winston- Sa
lem Monday morning before en
tering upon their annual four-day
job of scoring accomplishments
by county winners in this area in
the Northwest Development As
sociation community judging pro
gram, announced Neil Bollon,
NDA Secretary.
The judges ?re scheduled to re
turn to Winston - Salem this
(Thursday) afternoon to leave
their reports, which will remain
sealed until the December 5
Awards Banquet in Elkin. At that
time, it will be learned which
communities have been judged
winners in the various categories
of farming communities, rural
non-farm communities, new com
munities, and smaM towns and
villages.
Judges far the two categories
in which Watauga County has a
special interest include:
Flarmkig? A. Maynard Deekins
of N. C. State of the University
of North Carolina at Raleigh;
George Whitaker of R. J. Reyn
old Tobacco Co. in Winston
Salem; Harold Beach of Blue
Ri<lge Electric Membership Corp.
in Lenoir; and Fred Stumer of
the Winston-Salem Rotary Club.
Rural non-farm ? Miss Peggy
Langford of ReidsviHe, Duke
Power Co. home economist; John
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If You
Have A j
New Home
In Mind...
Take steps now to turn your wishful thinking
into purposeful action pointed toward proud
possession of that home of your own . . . per
haps much sooner than you expected! First
step is to open a savings account here and set
up a schedule of systematic deposits to accumu
late the down payment.
Officers and Directors
H. Grady Fsrthlng, President
K. C. livers, Jr., Vlee-PrMtdeat
Junes Hank, Secretary-Treasurer
Walter Green*
Guy Hut
Howard Matt
W. M. Matkeson
Wayne llrtinhw
Watauga Savings & Uan
OPPOSITE POST OFFICE ^SSOCl'otion
BOON Uc
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