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BOONE WEATHER
1964 Hi Lo prec.
Feb. 25 37 20 tr.
Feb. 26 44 30 .17
Feb. 27 41 24 tr.
Feb. 28 33 20 tr.
Feb. 29 42 16 .45
Mar. 1 46 29
Mar. 2 51 36 tr.
VOLUME LXXVI—NO. 3ft
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA, THURSDAY. MARCH 5,1964
10 CENTS PER COPY
18 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
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Polio Victim Applauds Vaccine Program
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Charles Hicks, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hicks
of Vilas, holds a poster urging Wataugans to fight polio with
the new trivalent vaccine available on March 8 and May
10 at four schools in the county. Young Hicks was stricken
with polio at age 2 and developed an extreme spinal curva
ture which has forced him to wear the jacket-type cast
which he wears in this photo; but it is hoped that he will
be able to go without the CMt for Jtfte first time next sum
mer. Health Department officials' said that Charles was
very anxious to pose for this shot, so that he may do some
thing to urge others to take the vaccine which could have
spared him so much pain and inconvenience had it been avail
able to him.—Flowers photo.
Deep Gap Man Is Honored
By Dept. Of Commerce
Dwight L. Greene of Deep
Gap has received the Meritor
ious Service .Award of the U. S.
Department of Commerce "for
outstanding service.”
The award was presented to
Greene by Secretary of Com
merce Luther H. Hodges at a
formal ceremony in the depart
mental auditorium. The Coast
and Geodetic Survey, the na
tion’s oldest scientific body, is
an agency of the Commerce
Department. Greene was one of
a number of Commerce De
partment officials and employ
ees to receive the annual
award.
Greene, who has served with
the Coast and Geodetic Survey
for more than 22 years, is De
puty Assistant Director for
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DWIGHT L. GREENE
Norman Cordon Dies
At Chapel Hill Home
Chapel Hill — Norman Cor
don, 60, retired Metropolitan
Opera star and former resident
of Blowing Rock, died Sunday
morning at his home after a
heart attack.
A familiar summer figure in
the Linville, Blowing Rock area,
Cordon was born in Washing
ton, N. C., to Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man T. Cordon. The family
moved to Charlotte when he was
8 and he began his musical ca
reer there as a choir boy. He
attended Salem College in
Winston-Salem and was gradu
ated from the University of
North Carolina.
Musical Studies
Cordon studied at the Na
tional Conservatory of Music in
Nashville, Tenn., and under
Hadley Outland in Chicago. He
began his operatic career with
the San Carlo Opera Company
in Chicago iq 1033. tye later was
engaged by the Chicago Grand
Opera Company. He made his
debut at the Metropolitan in
1936.
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Fred Mast To
Lead Watauga
Preyer Effort
Raleigh—Richardson Preyer,
Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, has chosen Fred Mast of
Boone to direct his campaign
in Watauga County.
Mast, long active in Watauga
County affairs, owns and man
ages the Trailway Laundry in
Boone. He is a native of Wa
tauga County and is a graduate
of the county public schools.
He is married to the former
Jewel Hagaman of Boone. The
Masts are members of the First
Baptist Church in Boone.
In announcing the appoint
ment, Preyer said, “We are
pleased to have Mr. Mast in
our corner. Watauga County
will be in good hands.”
Says Chamber
Meeting Tuesday
Best Of Year
The Boone Chamber of Com
merce’s regular membership
meeting nexf Tuesday, March
10 at 12 noo* at the Daniel
Boone Inn could well be “our
best program of the year,” says
Herman W. Wilcox, president
of the Chamber.
The program will be in. the
form of a panel discussion on
such subjects as tourist potent:
ial, education, construction of
homes and business buildings,
and the economic outlook for
Watauga County.
These topics will be, assign
ed to persons who are authori
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DAN K. MOORE
Wataugans
Will Attend
Moore Rally
A forty - passenger chartered
bus, carrying supporters of Dan
Moore for Governor will leave
the Boone bus terminal Friday
morning, March 6, at 8:30
o’clock.
This group will join other
western Nbrth Carolina support
ers in Salisbury at 11:15 a. m.
for a luncheon rally, where they
will be met by Judge Moore,
and then proceed to Raleigh and
rendezvous with other motor
cades at Ranch Motel on US 70
West (Raleigh - Durham High
way) at 3 p. m. Those not join
ing the motorcade can come di
rectly to Memorial Auditorium
on Fayetteville Street, where
parking will be provided.
The Dan Moore filing rally
in Raleigh will begin at 4 p. m.
Miss Marie Beale Fletcher, Miss
America of 1962, will take part
in this program. The official
filing ceremony will be followed
by a supper for the group and
a speech by Candidate Moore.
It is anticipated that a large
group of Watauga County sup
porters will attend this rally.
Some will travel by car, others
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SUNDA Y’S THE DA Y
Thousands Of Citizens
Join K-0 Polio Drive
75 Per Cent
Participation
Being Sought
Thousands of Watauga Coun
ty people, both adults and chil
dren, are expected to join the
K-0 Polio Drive Sunday after
noon when mass oral inocula
tion will take place here and
in a number of other counties
in the northwest and northern
piedmont areas.
In order to make the drive
effective, more than 75 per
cent, of the population must
take part in it. It was explain
ed that any children over six
months old and any adult re
gardless of his age would be
eligible for the oral vaccine,
which is to be given on a lump
of sugar. There will be no
needles, it was explained.
This effort toward health is
being sponsored by the county
medical society and a number
of other agencies interested in
public health. Those who are
able to do so are expected to
make a voluntary contribution
of 50 cents, but there will be
no charge for those unable to
pay. This is the only time that
this service will be offered at
this price.
Clinics will be operated from
12 noon until 6 p. m. Sunday
in the following locations: Cove
Creek School, Parkway School,
Blowing Rock School, Boone
Elementary School.
A team, including at least
one of your family doctors and
at least one nurse, will be on
hand at each location to serve
you quickly so that there will
be no waiting. The line will
move rapidly at about 25 per
sons per minute.
Each dose contains protec
tion against all three strains of
polio, it is said, and even if
you have had your Salk vaccine
you are still urged to take this
new Sabin vaccine for your
own protection and for the pro
tection of those about you.
May 10 has been set aside
as the date for the booster
“shot.”
Mrs. Watkins
Will Aid In
Preyer Drive
Raleigh — Mrs. Martha De
laney Watkins, a well known
resident of Boone, will manage
the women’s division of Richard
son Preyer’s campaign for
Governor in Watauga County.
The appointment was announced
jointly by Mrs. C. Gordon Mad
drey, state women’s campaign
manager for Preyer, and Fred
Mast, manager of the men’s di
vision for Watauga County.
Mrs. Watkins, daughter of the
late Cora Matthews and James
MRS. MARTHA WATKINS
Lester Delaney of Charlotte, is
married to R. W. Watkins, a
prominent former coach and
now professor of physical edu
cation at Appalachian State
Teachers College. She attended
Salem College, the University
of North Carolina and in 1939
received heir B. S. degree in
elementary education from Ap
palachian State Teachers Col
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In the above shot, road crews labored late
last Friday afternoon to move away the huge
snowdrifts on a side road near Bethany
Baptist Church which stalled a Valle Crucis
Elementary bus until 4 a. m. Saturday and
forced nine youngsters to spend the night
away from their homes.—Flowers photo.
Elementary School Children
Are Stranded By Snowdrifts
RACHEL RIVERS
Miss Rivers
Given Hearst
Award At M. U.
Columbia, Missouri, February
24—Miss Rachel Rivers, a senior
in the University of Missouri
School of Journalism, has been
awarded a foundation scroll in
the January editorial writing
contest of the William Ran
dolph Hearst Foundation.
Miss Rivers, daughter of Rob
ert C. and Mrs. Rivers of Boone,
N. C., deals humorously in her
entry with the movement to
switch from the English system
of measurement to the metric
system. A Congressional com
mittee presently is holding
hearings on the metric bill.
Nine Valle Crucis Elementary
School youngsters had a me
morable experience last Friday
when the giant snowdrifts which
kept their school bus from mak
ing its afternoon rounds forced
them to spend Friday and Sat
urday morning away from home
while road crews were breaking
up the drifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Farthing
of the nearby Rominger com
munity provided food and beds
for the children—who thorough
ly enjoyed the experience.
Parents of the youngsters
were notified of the situation
early Friday evening, and all
knew that their children were
safe. i
The bus, driven by Bobby
Coffey, was in the Rominger
section when Coffey discovered
that he was confronted by a
large snowdrift in the middle
of the road. Winds had cut
visibility almost to zero, so Cof
fey left the bus to investigate
and found the drift to be chest
high and impassable.
Coffey then attempted to take
the bus around-by another
route, through Oliver Hill Road,
but met with the same diffi
culty. Backing out of this road,
he was met by State Highway
Highway Patrolman G. L. Mor
gan, who radioed road crews
for help. The bus encountered
a third snowdrift blocking the
only alternative route, near
Bethany Baptist Church.
Road, crews worked until 4
a. m. Saturday to move the
snowdrifts and provide passage
for the bus. Most of the young
sters on the bus were taken
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J. E. HOLSHOUSER JR.
Holshouser
Runs Again
For Assembly
Watauga County Representa
tive Jim Holshouser announced
this week that he will be a can
didate for re-election to .the
North Carolina House of Repre
sentatives, subject to the May
Republican Primary,
The young Boone attorney
stated that while he has not
yet deposited his filing fee with
the County Board of Elections,
he will do so in the very near
future.
Holshouser served in the
House of Representatives dur
ing the 1963 regular session of
the General Assembly and dur
ing the special session held in
October to consider Senatorial
Redistricting.
W atauga Industries V otes T o
Dissolve, Pay Stockholders
The Board of Directors of
Watauga Industries, Inc. voted
to accept the offer of $118,000
and proceed with the dissolu
tion of the corporation.
Each stockholder will receive
$109.00 per share of stock. The
stock was issued at $100.00 per
share.
It is requested that the stock
be delivered to Janies P.
Marsh, Secretary-Treasurer of
Watauga Industries between
the First of March and the
First day of April. Stock will
be properly cancelled and a
check delivered in full for the
shares held by individual.
The action of the Board is
in keeping with the resolution
passed at the annual meeting
of Watauga Industries, Inc.
held February 12. The purchas
ing group was given forty-five
(45) days in which to com
plete the arrangements lor pur*
chase.
i Watauga Industries was or
ganized for the purpose of con
structing the building for
Shadowline, Inc., with this pro
ject completed anl Shadowline,
Inc. having purchased the
building and having expanded
the building to double the num
ber of employees.
The first meeting for the pro
posed sale of Watauga Indus
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