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VOLUME LXXVI—NO. 39
^SvSSVSSS^SS?-.mo?* If C BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 26, 1964
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JaL .M. ,.aK •
Dr. Daniel Jay Whitener,
<age 65, dean of Appalachian
State Teachers Couege, died
suddenly at 1:30 a. m. Monday
ntonmng at ins home on atan
bury Uide.
Dr. Vvnuener’s death was un
expected and cause of death
was listed as a heart attack.
'the veteran educator was
completing tus thirty-second
year at Appalachian College
and was to retire as dpi of
tne college at cue end of the
present school :
Ue is survived.^rpti widow,'
Annie Laurie (Choate) Wiut*
Her (formerly of Sparta);,<(ne
son; United States Am'Force
Captain Carr Choate^Whiteiurfv
Springfield, Virginia; wo
giandcniidren; three Mothers,
Cordon L. Vv hi tenor, Catawba
County, Dr, Russel W. Whiten
er, Newton; two sisters, Mrs.
J. C. AOernebhy of Route 1,
Hickory, and Mrs. John Cansler
lof Wilson. One brother, the
iReverend Sterling Whitener, a
former missionary to China, is
deceased. »
Funeral services for Dr.
Whitener were held at the First
Methodist Church in Boone at
3 p. m. Tuesday. Officiating
were Rev. Edwin F. Troutman,
pastor of Grace Lutheran
Church, Boone; Reverend J. K.
Parker, pastor of First Presby
terian Cnurao, Boone; and Rev
erend Richard Crowder, pastor
of Boone Methodist Church.
Burial was in Mount Lawn
Memorial Gardens.
. A son of the late Daniel Wfl
fong and Alice Amanda (Kin
caid) Whitener, the college
dean was bom August 17,
1898 in Catawba County.
Dr. Whitener was a student
at Catawba College 1918-19.
He received the A. B. degree
from the University of North
Carolina in 1932, the M. A. de
gree in. 1923, 4pd the
degree in 1932 |rom the 6#me
institution. He was a student
at Michigan University in the
summer of 1936.
He married Annie Laurie
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MRS. GROVER C. GREENE
Mrs. G. C. Greene
Dies March 13
Mrs. Ethel A. Greene, 65,
wife of Grover C. Greene, of
201 South Chester Road,
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, died
March 13 in Lankenau Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Greene, the former Ethel
Augusta Stringer, was a native
of Marshall County, Kentucky.
She attended Western Kentuc
ky State College and graduated
from Bowling Green Business
University. Later she took grad
uate work at New York Univer
sity. She taught in the Ken
tucky schools and in the Ab
beville, Lousiana, and the
Hackensack, New Jersey High
Schools.
She was married in 1023 in
Wilmington, Delaware wheite
her three children were born.
She later went to Swarth
more, Pa., where she and her
husband founded the Keystone
Secretarial and Business Admin
istration School in 1939, which
continues in operation today.
She was a member of the Sorop
timist Club of Old Chester, the
Eastern Business Teachers’ As
sociation, the Swarthmore Wo
man’s Club, and a communicant
of the Swarthmore Presbyter
ian Church. _
Besides her husband, a na
tive of Deep Gap, N.C., Mrs.
Greene is survived by a son,
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DR. DANIEL JAY WHITENER
15,000 Farmers Are
Given ASCS Funds
The agricultural conservation
program has aided in solving
conservation problems in organ
ized watersheds, according to
| Vaughn Tugman, for the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation County Committee. Re
ports indicate that over 15,000
farmers in these watersheds re
eved $885,000 in cost-sharing
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Orchid Sale Will
Benefit Little League
The Boone Optimist Club will
sponsor an Orchid Sale Friday
and Saturday of this week for
the benefit of the local Little
League, it was announced Tues
day.
The orchids, which will ar
rive in Boone Friday morning,
will be on sale Friday after
noon and Saturday, and may be
seen. in the window of Flow
ers Photo Shop on East King
Street.
The orchids will be of three
types: “Little Miss” and large
lavender orchids will sell for
three dollars apiece, while the
white orchids will sell for five
dollars apiece.
According to present plans,
the proceeds from this sale will
go to provide local Little Leag
uers with uniforms.
Easter Egg Hunt Is
Slated At Moose Lodge
The Boone Moose Lodge will
hold its annual Easter Egg
Hunt next Sunday at 2 p.m. at
the Lodge. The hunt will be
open to all children 12 years
of age and under.
Prizes will be given and re
freshments will be served. The
public is invited.
for completing needed conserva
tion practices. This represents
a substantial contribution to the
development of local resources
under the various watershed pro
grams.
The agricultural conservation
program will continue to assist
with conservation problems in
watershed program. afte£__tlK.
program has been installed
Cost-sharing is available and
should be used by farmers to
continue to protect the soil, for
estry, and water resources of the
watershed.
1498 farmers in the Holston
River watershed in Watauga
county received over $47,803 in
cost-sharing under the 1964 agri
cultural conservation program.
The watershed covers all of
Beaver Dam, Cove Creek, Lau
rel Creek, Shawneehaw and
most of Brushy Fork and Wa
tauga communities, and a few
farms in Meat Camp and New
River communities are within
the watershed area.
Watauga YDC
To Meet Monday
> i The Watauga County Young
Democrats’ Club will meet in
the Courthouse in Boone Mon
day night, March 30, at 8 p. m,.
according to Glenn Hodges,
president of the Club.
Plans will be made to have
the Democratic candidate for
congress for the 9th District,
Bob Davis, to Watauga County
to meet with his friends and
supporters. Mr. Davis is unop
posed in the May primary and
is assured of the nomination.
Schools
Will Close
June 3rd
The Watauga County Board
of Education, in special session
Monday, March 16, revised the
current school calendar to ex
tend the closing date of school
from Wednesday, May 13 to
June 3.
Schools have been closed a
total of 20 days due to weather
and road conditions thus causing
the original school calendar to
be adjusted to absorb the days
lost. The following schedule
was officially adopted to permit
the closing of schools on Wed
nesday, June 3:
(1) Cancel Easter holidays,
March 27 and March 30—2 days.
(2) Extend term from May 13
to Wednesday, June 3—15 days.
(3) Add 2 days already made
up on Saturday—2 days.
(4) Schedule one additional
make-up date on Saturday, April
11, 1964—1 day.
Total—20 days.
The one additional make-up
date on Saturday, April 11, will
permit students to end the
school year on Wednesday, June
3, and teachers will complete
their year’s work Friday, June 5.
One Injured As
Speeding Auto
Crashes On 421
Dexter Beach Eggers, 19, of
Route 1, Vilas, operator of a
1962 Chevrolet, was hospitalized
last Wednesday night, after
wrecking the vehicle on U. S.
421, east of the N. C.-Tenn. state
line. He suffered a broken arm,
lacerations over the body and
head, and bruises. He was re
leased from Watauga Hospital
Saturday, when his condition
Was considered satisfactory.
According to report by P*
Holman George Baker, the Egg
ers car was oDserved traveling
through Boone at a speed of
about 60 miles per hour. Pa
trolman Baker pursued the
speeding vehicle, the chase at
times reaching 125 miles per
hour.
The patrolman followed agg
ers to the Tennessee line, a
distance of about 12 miles from
where the chase began. When
they reached the state line, the
patrolman turned his vehicle
around and started back toward
Boone, according to the report.
Eggers then came back into
Nortn Carolina and passed the
patrolman’s car, and the chase
then resumed. The patrolman
reported that Eggers turned off
his lights several times in an
effort to elude capture, and it
is believed this was the rea
son of the wreck, since there
was no indication that Eggers
had lost control of the vehicle.
The car ran off the left side
of the road about three miles
west of Boone, and reportedly
rolled over between five and
seven times on an uphill grade,
after hitting and leaning six
highway posts. The vehicle
came to a rest in the front yard
of the John Herman home. Be
cause the chase was entering
a more heavily populated area,
Patrolman Baker had slowed the
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Photo by Flowers' Photo Shop
SCENE OF WRECK IN WHICH EGGERS YOUTH WAS INJURED
SUNRISE SERVICE SUNDAY
Wataugans Will Gather
To Praise Risen Lord
Other Easter
Programs In
County Listed
The annual Watauga County
Easter Sunrise Service, spon
sored by the Watauga County
Ministerial Association, will be
held Sunday at 6:15 a. m. in
Conrad stadium at Appalachian
State Teachers College in
Boone. The public is invited to
attend.
This information, released
this week, corrects an earlier
announcement that the service
would be held at the Daniel
Boone Theater Park.
Should weather be too incle
ment to hold the service out of
doors, it will instead be held
at the First Baptist Church of
Boone.
The Sunrise Service will be
broadcast by WATA radio.
The program for the service
is as follows:
Prelude— Appalachian High
School Band.
Choir sings — “Low in the
Grave He Lay.”
Rev. C. O. Vance— “Christ,
the Lord Is Risen!”
Congregation responds in un
ison—“Christ, the Lord Is Ris
en Indeed!"
Choir sings—“Up from the
Grave- He Arose.**
Congregation sings—“Christ,
the Lord Is Risen Today.”
Interlude of band music.
Responsive reading—Led by
Rev. Floyd Boston.
Prayer—Rev. Boyce Brooks.
Easter Meditation — Rev.
Richard Crowder.
Congregation sings — “All
Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name.”
Benediction—Rev. J. K. Park
er, Jr.
Postlude—Appalachian High
School Band.
The High School Band will
be directed during this service
by James Shugert, with the
cnoir being directed by Mrs.
Kenneth Linney.
The public address system for
the Easter Sunrise Service will
be provided by Grant Ayers.
Blowing Rock
Easter Service
The annual Blowing Rock
Easter Sunrise Service will be
held at Rumple Memorial Pres
byterian Church Sunday at 6
a.m. Rev George Hyler, pastor
of Blowing Rock Baptist Church,
will bring the message.
Following this the Annual
Men’s Class breakfast will be
held at the school cafeteria.
Men of the Rumple Memorial
Church will prepare and serve
the breakfast.
“Risen Christ”
Hopewell Topic
The Boone Methodist Circuit
will have a joint worship ser
vice Easter Sunday, March 29,
at Hopewell Methodist Church.
There will be special singing,
and Rev. F. J. Rogers will bring
the message, “The Risen Christ.”
At the close of the service, Holy
Communion will be served.
Easter Closing
Is Recommended
The Boone Merchant’s As
sociation recommends that all
business places in Boone close
for Easter Monday.
The offices of the County
Court House will be closed
, Easter Monday, also the Health
Department,
George Stephens, Jr. (center), special assist
ant to Governor Terry Sanford, discussed
the needs of the Appalachian Mountain area
at a meeting Monday night in the Boone
Elementary School Auditorium. In the pic
ture with Stephens is Representative Hol
shouser (left) and Dr. W. H. Plemmons,
ASTC president (right).—Penley photo.
Says Greatest Need Of Mountain
People Is Education And Training
George Stephens, Jr.* .special
assistant to Governor Terry San
ford, said Monday night that the
greatest need of the Appalach
| ian area of North Carolina is
education and training.
Stephens, representative of
Sanford on the Appalachian
Governors Conference and on
the President’s Commission on
the Appalachian Region, spoke
to a meeting of Watauga County
leaders—numbering about 100—
called by Dr. W. H. Plemmons,
president of Appalachian State
Teachers College.
Plemmons is also a member
of the Advisory Council to the
Conference of Appalachian Gov
ernors, to which he was appoint
ed by Governor Sanford.
Stephens said the mountain
people of North Carolina, as in
the rest of the Appalachian area,
have not shared in the general
prosperity of the United States.
They are caught in a spiral of
diminishing opportunity, Steph
ens said.
He said that portions of North
Carolina are underdeveloped
and people are not earning
enough money. The purpose of
the President’s commission is to
work to create additional jobs,
increase earning power and re
train individuals for job op
portunities.
Stephens went into consider
able detail in a speech which
gave some of the history of the
Appalachian development pro
jects with which he is associa
ted, as well as relating the chief
functions and aims of the Or
ganizations behind the projects.
His speech was followed by a
lengthy question -and- answer I
period.
J. E. Holshouser, Jr., served
as master of ceremonies for the
event.
Personnel Changes Made
In Parkway Operations
G. B. Hanson, President and
General Manager, National Park
Concessions, Inc., General Of
fices, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky,
has announced changes in the
management personnel for the
Blue Ridge Parkway Operations
of the corporation. The an
nouncement followed a four-day
staff conference of manage
ment personnel held at the
Mammoth Cave Hotel.
Buell Demunbrun, Assistant
Manager, Mammoth Cave Hotel,
will be transferred as manager
of the Bluffs Lodge and Bluffs
Coffee Shop at Doughton Park
Operations, Blue Ridge Park
way, North Carolina. Demun
Election Board
Members Named
J. E. Edmisten, R. T. Greer,
Democrats, and Stacy C. Eggers,
Republican, all of Boone, have
been re-appointed as members
of the Watauga County Board
of Elections.
The chairman and secretary
of the board will be named at
the organization meeting.
brun, who has more than 16
years service with the corpora
tion was formerly manager of
the facilities operated by Na
tional Park Concessions, Inc.,
in Big Bend National Park,
Texas.
Miss Mary Lou Ford, former
manager of Bluffs Lodge and
Coffee Shop at Doughton Park
Operations, will be transferred
to handle the important function
of opening and managing a new
facility at Crabtree Meadows,
Blue Ridge Parkway, North
Carolina. The new facility, con
sisting of a Coffee Shop and
Craft Shop is scheduled for
opening in early May. Miss Ford;
who has worked in various posi
tions in other National Park
Operations of the corporation,
has been with NPC for more
than 16 years.
L. L. Lewis, Resident Man
ager for National Park Conces
sions, Inc., on the Blue Ridge
Parkway, stated that Odell Lit
tle, Jefferson, North Carolina,
will continue in his capacity as
Manager, M a r b y Mill - Rocky
Knob Operations on the Blue
Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
Hanson said that the trans
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Tomato Market For Watauga
Is Assured; 50 Acres Promised
Watauga County is getting
ready for trellis tomatoes.
In a recent meeting at Boone
interested farmers and others
conferred with officials of Dix
on Tom-a-toe Co. of Atlanta,
Georgia, and were assured of
a tomato market for the area,
said Joe B. Gourlay, marketing
specialist with the N. C. De
partment of Agriculture’s mar
kets division.
Gourlay said Frank Hauser,
representative for the buying
company, pointed out that 50
acres of the tomatoes were
needed before a receiving sta
tion could be opened by his
firm. The needed acreage was
promised bp local farmers
through the aid of agricultural
workers and other interested
persons. Several acres will come
from adjoining counties, Gour
Iay said.
Hauser reported that his com
pany could handle between 60
and 70 acres of tomatoes from
the area. Farmers in the area
could contact their county ag
ents if they are interested in
raising tomatoes for the Boone
buying station, Gourlay said.
The varieties to be raised are
Manapal and Manalucie. A siz
ing machine will be brought
into the area, and the market
will be set up in warehouse
space owned by the Town of
Boone. The tomatoes will be
bought but not packed there.
Number one and two tomatoes
will be bought as a combined
grade for top market prices
with number three tomatoes at
a lower price. No culls will be
bought.
Gourlay said the tomatoes
should be brought in one-half
bushel boxes, and they should
be picked with some degree of
color. The capstem should be
off, he said.
In Mitchell County where the
company bought last year grow
ers have indicated they will
double the acreage grown in
1963. There high production
ran to 22.5 tons on one-half
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