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/ tr%>U i MHZ' For Best Result* Use Democrat Ads ,.• p « r: ■ a:,' 1 TODAY’S PRESS RUN ■!•. i' .H. \A 4,750 BOONE WEATHER m , Hi Lo prec. '83 HI Lo 7 48 34 8 37 31 0 51 31 Jan. 10 45 11 11 43 10 .09 J02 .90 .06 An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . • Seventy-Sixth Year of Continuous Publication Jan. 12 31 Jan. 13 23 23 10 .16 .70 34 35 33 28 56 21 56 43 61 41 53 20 Hi VOLUME LXXVI— NO. 29 . %.■; v*. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1964 10 CENTS PER COPY 18 PAGES—8 SECTIONS 662-249 Watauga County voters braved near-zero temperatures and wind-driven snow to register an emphatic disapproval of the so called Little Federal Plan of redistricting the State Legislature. With fifteen of the sixteen precincts reporting the vote stood 662 against and 249 for. Opr the question of altering the property rights of women in the State the vote was, for 654, 1 against 224. Thus Watauga County joined with the majority in the State on the redistricting proposal, even though it was designed for the further political advantage of small counties. Since only average interest had developed in the amend ments election, new registrations being almost nil, and with the blizzard conditions existing, the vote was considered good. THE STATE COUNT Latest reports from the State indicated that the redistrict lhg plan was buried under an avalanche of negative ballots. Unofficial returns from all but M precintcs showed an opposition margin of better than three to two. With 2,064 of ^ tbs 2,154 precincts, reported, the Associated Press count was '' 223,581 to 125,509 against the amendment The top-heavy urban vote overwhelmed support the amend ment received in rural areas where it was hailed as a means of assuring a legislative voice for geographical interests. The so-called ‘Tittle federal” plan would have based repre sentation in the House strictly on geographical unit, giving one seat to each of the 100 counties regardless of population. It would have'increased the Senate from 50 to 10 members with seats distributed according to population but permitting a 25-per-cent deviation in the size of the districts. A noncontroversial amendment modernizing the constitu tional provisions dealing with women’s property rights was ap proved by a huge margin. In 1,946 precincts reporting on this proposed amendment, the count was 263,670 for, and 62,279 against. Bald Mountain. 4 Beaver Dam. 0 Blowing Rock . 31 Blue Ridge. 6 Boone . 58 Brushy Fork . 26 Cove Creek . 28 Elk . 5 Laurel Creek .. 14 Meat Camp I. 17 Meat Camp II. 8 New River. 30 North Fork . Shawneehaw . 4 Stony Fork. 15 Watauga. 3 TOTALS .249 PROPERTY For Against 10 1 14 29 9 27 13 22 1 14 12 2 127 127 27 27 17 14 48 29 34 32 30 5 662 654 224 Unofficial Tabulation for Watauga County LITTLE FED. For Against 7 16 1 77 78 18 15 203 234 27 38 27 33 25 7 14 12 12 16 2 7 Six Or Seven Inches Of Snow Falls In County First Of Week The snow and sleet which slowed most of North Carolina to a crawl Sunday and Monday made its effects known vehe mently in Wtaauga County. Bhtikmtt *1* and seven inches fell here Sundiy and- Moikby, accompanied b y temperatures well below freezing and biting winds. The snow, however, was of the light and fluffy variety, in contrast to last weeks’ heavier $epd*it which wreaked havoc hn bam f-oofs, small sheds, and private residences. Roads were Man Dies In Fall From Load Of Hay A Watauga County man was killed about 10 p. m. Saturday when he fell from the back of a truck carrying a heavy load of hay. Andrew Jackson Woodring, 66, of Boone, Rt. 4, was dead on arrival at Watauga Hospi tal. He died of a broken neck, Richard E. Kelley, Watauga County corner, said. . Woodring’s brother, Frank Vifoodring of Boone, suffered a broken pelvis when he also top pled from the hay. He is now in Watauga Hospital, where his condition is rescribed as satis factory. Kelley said his investigation showed that the truck was over loaded, and that the two men fell when bales of hay toppled under them. The brothers were attempting to gather hay from a field and store it in a barn at Andrew’s home before the snow (continued on page five) MRS. NANCY M. WHEELER Mrs. Wheeler Employed • ..... By Mental Health Group The Ashe, Alleghany, Avery and Watauga Counties .Mental Health Authority announces the appointment of Mrs. Nancy M. Wheeler as Program Coordi nator for the Authority. D^Mary B. H. Michal, Chair man and Director of the AAAW Mental Health Authority, said that. Mrs. Wheeler has been employed to coordinate the ser vices for the mental health pro* gram as outlined in the law en acted by the North Carolina General Ass^fefrly, which be came effective July 1,1963. Mrs. Wheeler, has had exten sive training and experience in community organization, public education, fund raising and pro gramming. She is the former program director for the North Carolina Mental Health As sociation and prior to that was field director for the South Carolina Heart Association. She is a native of Charlotte, a Presbyterian, and has one son, Harold, a senior at Duke Uni versity. * ”* '' cleared fairly rapidly and were in good driving condition save for isolated slick patches. Driv ers were advised to use chains, however, and chains were an absolute necessity on rural . roads. ^ - ^ ^ Only one highway accident re sulting from the slick cohdi tions was reported to the Demo crat as of Tuesday morning. That occurred when a 1851 Wil lys Jeep driven by Ray Burns of Sugar Grove and carrying two passengers slid on a patch of ice and rammed into the side of a 1964 Buick driven by Mrs. Ruth Marich of Vilas. Damage to the car was esti mated at about $600, damage to the Jeep was negligible. No charges were made. All county schools were closed Monday and Tuesday, as rural roads remained too slick for school buses to negotiate safely. Mrs. Jas. Wallace Funeral Held Mrs. Minnie Baird Wallace, 78, of Banner Elk, Rt. 2, widow of James Wallace, died at 7:30 a. m. Thursday at her home. She had been in declining health for a long time. She was born in Watauga County to Oliver and Mattie Lowrance Baird. The funeral was conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at Liberty Methodist Church by the Rev. W. H. Key and the Rev. C. O. Vance. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are four sons, Eph Wallace of Kingsport, Tenn., Custer Wallace of Boone, Hom er Wallace of Maryland and (Continued on page six) Mrs. Hodgson Dies Friday Mrs. Pearl Proffitt Hodgson, 71, of Prospect Hill, N. C., widow of Albert W. Hodgson, died Friday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. C. Wilk inson of Prospect Hill, where she had lived for the past 14 months. She was born in Watauga County to Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Proffitt. Her husband, a farmer and businessman, died several years ago. The funeral was conducted at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at Meat Camp Baptist Church by Rev. Will Cook and Rev. Edd Blackburn. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Surviving are a son, Bernard (continued on page six) Tax Listers Appointed For Watauga I. B. Wilson, tax supervisor for Watauga County, has an nounced that all county prop erty owners and taxpayers are required .to return to their toy/n ship list takers, during th< month of January, a list of al real estate, personal property etc., which they owned on th< first day of January, for the purpose of taxation for 1964. All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years are to list their polls during the same time. Return of property and giving in of polls are required, under the penalties imposed by law. Books will be open from Jan uary 14 through February 4, Wilson said; but after February 1, a penalty will be charged to those who have not already listed. For a complete list of times and places for listing taxes in your township, see the tax list ing ad elsewhere in the Demo crat. Names of tax listers for each township follow: (Contniued on page four) Rev. Rex West Dies In Concord On Saturday REV. REX WEST Rev. Rex Wilson West, 49, former resident of Boone, died Saturday morning at his home in Concord after an illness of two hours. A native of Wilkes county, Rev. Mr. West had been pastor of Cold Water Baptist Church since October 1961, going to Concord from Boone, where he had served as pastor of the Perkinsville Baptist Church for eight years. Ordained into the ministry in 1951, Rev. Mr. West gradu (continued on page 'six) Plans Being Made Wataugans Go To Wilkes Co. Meeting By CLARK COX A number of Watauga Coun ty people met with representa tives from Wilkes County last Thursday at the Williams Cafe in North Wilkesboro to draw up initial plans for the 1964 pres entation of “The Daniel Boone Wagon Train Crosses the Blue Ridge,” a three-day jaunt be tween the two counties by a large number of authentic cov ered wagons sponsored by the Southern Appalachian Historical Association as a promotional ef fort for the area and for the Association’ Boone outdoor drama, “Horn in the West.” Attending the meet from Wa tauga County were Herman W. Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, execu tive vice-president of the his torical association and general manager for the wagon train; Dewitt Barnett, who will be this year’s wagonmaster; Stanley A. Harris, .Watauga’s represent ative on the committee which will prepare the offocial train brochure; and Glenn R. An i drews, member of the finance t and budget committee. Also at the meeting were Mrs. Doris B. Potter and Mrs. Betty Baker of North Wilkesboro, rep resenting radio stations WKBC in North Wilkesboro and WATA in Boone; and Clark Cox, Wa tauga Democrat reporter. Other Wilkes representatives included Earl Bullard, president of the North Wilkesboro Cham ber of Commerce; Ronnie Knause, manager of the Cham ber; Bob Kite, advertising man (continued on page four) Mrs. Greene Is New Editor Of Blowing Rocket Mr. Gary Dalton, who was employed by the Democrat as Editor of the Blowing Rocket since last June, has gone into the army and left Blowing Rock Saturday for his home in Dan ville, Va., for a visit prior to his induction today. The Blowing Rocket is pre sently being edited and manag ed by Mrs. Nell Greene of Blowing Rock, who has been an assistant of Mr. Dalton for sev eral months. Rocket offices are maintain ed in Greene’s Grocery build ing in Blowing Rock and at the Watauga Democrat in Boone. Mrs. J. N. Atkins Dies Thursday In Richmond, Va. Mrs. Katherine Moran Atkins, 79, of West Point, Va., and Shulls Mills in Watauga Coun ty, widow of the Rev. John Nor ton' Atkins, died Thursday in a Richmond, Va., hospital. Her husband was an Episco pal minister. They moved to the Shulls Mills community in 1907, and Rev. Mr. Atkins serv ed this area as Episcopal miss ioner. They lived here inter mittently while he was minister of churches in Boone, Blowing Rock, Valle Crucis and Morgan ton. She maintained a summer home here after his death sev eral years ago. Surviving are three sons, George Atkins of Salisbury, John Norton Atkins Jr., of (Continued on page six) Representatives from Wilkes and Watauga at the Daniel Boone Wagon Train organiza tional meeting included (left to right): Bob Kite, Glenn R. Andrews, Stanley A. Harris, Ivey Moore, Herman W. Wilcox, Earl Bul lard, and Dewitt Barnett. $360,000 Approved To Buy Land For AST C Expansion Mrs. CM. Caudill Dies Sunday The death of Mrs. C. M. Cau dill removes the oldest member of one of Wilkes County’s most distinguished pioneer families. Mrs. Caudill, who had more recently made her home at Crewe, Va., with her oldest daughter, Mrs. A. Sebastian, died at Watauga Hospital Sun day afternoon, after suffering a broken hip in a fall October 10, while visiting her son, J. V. Caudill, of Boone. Mrs. Caudill was born on March 16, 1876, at Dockery to George Elihue Myers and Mary Roxieann Staley Myers, and liv ed her entire life in Wilkes County, except for a brief time in Winston-Salem and Crewe, Va. Born into a home of character and strong religious convictions, her father and great grandfath er were both Baptist deacons while her grandfather, Allarson Elfonso Myers, was a Mission ary Baptist minister. She be came a Christian at an early age, and a member of the Bap tist church, and continued ac tive in the faith until her death. During the entire length of her days her interest in the church and in the cause of her com munity’s welfare was constant. Mrs. Caudill’s life was devot ed chiefly to the welfare of her family. Her home was a gath ering place for relatives and friends, and was ever open to representatives of the church. When a young woman, Mrs. Caudill taught in the public (continued on page four) The Council of State and Gov. Terry Sanford Monday approved a total of $360,000 to purchase land and facilities for Appalach ian State Tecahers College at Boone. The $300,000 portion is des ignated to purchase the Wa tauga County Hospital, Inc., in cluding about two acres of land, a three-story, 50-bed hospital building and a two-story nurses residence. The $60,000 is earmarked to buy 1.9 acres for erection of an addition to the college’s health and physical education building. The approved expend iture is $10,000 below the ap praised value of the land, it is said. College officials have propos ed remodeling the hospital building into a residence hall for women students. The capa city would be between 80 and (Continued on page six) Burley Prices Down Again Prices for burley tobacco in Boone suffered another decline last week, the first week of auc tions after the Christmas re cess, bringing the average price per hundred pounds at Boone warehouses down from $52.92 to $52.15. Last week, at Big Burley and Mountain Burley warehouses, 1,500,028 pounds of the leaf were sold for $730,558.69, an average of $>48.70 per hundred pounds. In the four weeks of auctions, a total of 5,628,962 pounds have been sold for $2,935,128.72, giving the $52.15 average. W. Wray Wilson Funeral Held WILLIAM WRAY WILSON William Wray Wilson, age 74, of Sugar Grove died Thurs day morning at Watauga hospi tal apparently after suffering a heart attack earlier in the day. He was born in Watauga county to Rev. Leonard C. and Mrs. Julie Wilson. He was a farmer. Funeral services were con ducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at Bethel Baptist Church by Rev. Clyde Cornett and Rev. Bynum Trivette. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lora Wilson; two sons, Buster Wilson of Elizabethton, Tenn. and Bob Wilson of Bristol, Va.; (continued on page six) Congressional Record Carries Two Stories From Democrat Two stories from the Watauga Democrat were printed in the Congressional Record last Wed nesday at the request of Con gressman James Broyhlil. One of the stories, developed locally on the Chamber of Com merce survey by Mr. Herman Wilcox, was on business in Boone during 1963. The other one entitled “Watauga Has Full Share of Prosperity in the Unit* j ed Stales,” came from a special New York statistical corres pondent of the Democrat. In presenting the articles, Mr. Broyhill told the House of Rep resentatives: Mr. Speaker, on page 24342 of the “Congressional Record” for December 24,1 discussed the dissatisfaction which certain areas in the Appalachian Moun tains feel about the misrepre sentation of economic conditions that have appeared in the Na tion's press. Many of our eastern moun tain communities are encount ering longstanding economic dif ficulties about which they have been able to do little. However, other areas are actively seeking to develop their resources and are making great progress. 4 (Continued on pap six) *
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