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VOLUME LXXVI— NO. 42
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 16, 1964
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PROPOSED NEW CHURCH PLANT
Baptist Church To Start
Big Expansion Project
The First Baptist Church of
Boone will launch a vast pro
gram of expansion and renova
tion with ground breaking cere
monies Wednesday; April 15, at
6 p.m.
The first phases of the pro
gram includes a new educa
tional unit, a chapel and a com
plete renovation of present fa
cilities. The contract for this
part of the work has''Befitl
awarded to Pennell and Haig
ler Construction Company of
Lenoir. The amount of the con
tract was $430,649.00.
Future expansion of the sanc
tuary and the erection of a
Dan Moore Is
Well Received
Here Monday
An air of friendly informality
pervaded the Reception Lounge
of the Daniel Boone Hotel Mon
day as Dan K. Moore brought
his campaign for nomination as
Democratic gubernatorial can
didate to the mountain town of
Boone.
Dan K. Moore is himself a
mountain man, and is complete
ly at ease among mountaineers.
More important to his political
aspirations, he has a capacity
for making them feel at ease.
Mr. Moore had a splendid op
portunity to demonstrate this
quality as some three hundred
townspeople came through the
April showers to greet him dur
ing a two-hour stop-over.
For Dan K. Moore and Mrs.
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spire will complete the building
program.
The new educational building,
located even with the rear of
the present building will con
tain thirteen Sunday school de
partments. There will oe six
nursery, two beginner, three
primary, an adult and a young
married people’s department. It
will also house the church par
•lor, kitchen and fellowship hall
which will seat 250 people.
The Chapel will face East
King Street and will be joined
to the Educational Building in
order to provide an inside walk
way to all parts of the building.
The area directly below the
Chapel will be unexcavated for
development as needed in the
future. The new construction
will provide 25,000 square feet
of floor space.
The renovation of the pres
ent church plant will be ex
tensive. A new oil fired heat
ing system will be installed
with zone controls for heating
any section of the building. The
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Bob Davis Day
Set For April 27
April 27th has been desig
nated as Bob Davis Day in Wa
tauga County. Mr. Davis is the
Democrat choice to oppose Jim
Broyhill in the congressional
race.
Mr. Davis and his wife will
visit with people in Watauga
County on Monday, April 27,
and will speak to the Young
Democrats at the Courthouse at
8 p. m.
Mrs. Preyer
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Is Watauga
Visitor Saturday
■ Mrs. Richardson Preyer, wile;
of gubernatorial candidate L.
Richardson Preyer, accompanied
by Mrs. Gordon C. Maddrey,
formerly president of the North
Carolina Federation of Women’s
Club, and state women’s man
ager for Preyer, were guests in
Watauga County Saturday morn
ing speaking at the Blowing
Rock School and at the Boone
Elementary School.
Mrs. Charles Davant of Blow
ing Rock was hostess at a coffee
at her home prior to the speak
ing hour.
Mrs. Preyer was “beating the
drums” for her husband who is
a candidate for governor. He is
an accomplished musician mas
tering two musical instruments
and the piano with renditions
ranging from “Bach to Boogie
Woogie.” Mrs. Preyer said that
often when entertaining her
children and their friends in an
evening at home that she could
not play an instrument to join
the band so she took up drums,
and she is carrying this practice
of “drum beating” throughout
the state to acquaint the people
with her husband’s campaign.
She spoke informally, relating
experiences occurring through
out her visits. One in particular
was the occasion when a viva
cious young girl and Preyer sup
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JUDGE DAN MOORE is shown as he visited
- with friends at the Daniel Boone Hotel Mon
i day; and shook hands with George Smith
[ip erman of pppna. fa the background is Mr.
Smitherman’s uncle, Mr. W. H. Smitherman
of Beaver Dam township.—Photo Flowers
Photo Shop.
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JOHN H. HOLLAR
John Hollar
Files For Co.
Foard Education
John H. Hollar of Boone an
nounced this week that he will
be a candidate for the Watauga
County Board of Education, sub
ject to the May Republican Pri
mary.
Hollar is manager and ap
praiser of the Federal Land
Bank office in Boone. He is a
graduate of Appalachian State
Teachers College and a former
professional football star.
Hollar is currently serving as
a member of the Board of Ed
ucation, having been appointed
in 1963. He stated that he is
vitally interested in seeing that
the young people of Watauga
County receive the best possi
ble education that will permit
them to enter college to further
their education, or the ones
that can not go on to college
to receive training that will en
able them to secure the best
jobs available.
Friday Is Last
Day To File
For May Vote
Friday of this week at 12
noon is the last time to file for
county office in the May pri
mary, according to word from
R. T. Greer, Chairman of the
Watauga County Board of Elec
tions.
Mr. Greer states that some
one will be in the Elections
Board office in the courthouse
every day for the benefit of
those wishing to file their
candidacies and that he will be
available at his home where he
can also take care of filing.
Mr. Greer says the following
have filed for county office:
Helen Underdown, incum
bent, Democrat, for Register of
Deeds.
J. E. Holshouser, Jr., incum
bent, Republican, for House of
Representatives.
Bynum Greene, John Greene,
Carlton Lyons, lncuments. Re
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d For
In Fatal
Ernie Triplett
Is Released On
Bond Of $5,000
By RUTH H. MARICH
Copyright 1964
Rivers Priming Co., Inc.
Roger Hicks, i.5 of Banner
Elk, Route 1 was shot to dearth,
allegedly by Ernest Triplett,
55, at the Triplett home at
Matney early Sunday morning
following a quarrel over a re
cord player.
Triplett is an eighth-grade
teacher at Valle Crucis Scnool.
According to local officers,
Hicks died instantly from the
discharge of a 16-gauge shot
gun in the left temple.
At an inquest held Sunday
by Coroner Richard E. Kelley
of Boone, the jury ordered
Triplett held for the grand
jury. Sheriff Dallas Cheek se
cured a warrant charging Trip
lett with murder and Triplett
was released under $5000 bond.
Sheriff Cheek’s office reports
that Arthur Hicks of Rt. 1,
Banner Elk, who is a relative
of the 9lain man, testified the
two Hicks men went to the
Triplett home late Saturday af
ternoon. Arthur said Roger
wished to have Triplett tutor
him as he wished to enter
school again. He had quit
school in the third grade.
Arthur also testified that he
and Triplett were working on
a record player and that Trip
lett struck Roger when he re
fused to quit playing records.
Hicks, in attempting to return
the blows was warned by
Arthur not to strike Triplett
until Triplett removed his
glasses. Roger grabbed the
glasses and both he and Arthur
were ordered to leave the house
by Triplett. According to
Deputy Sheriff Brown, Arthur
left but Roger remained at the
Triplett house. Arthur came
back into the house a second
time trying to get Roger to
leave with him, Brown uaid,
and as Arthur was leaving he
heard the shotgun blast and
returned to see Roger on the
floor and the blood-stained
glasses near his hand.
Sheriff Cheek said that Trip
lett went to a neighbor’s home
and called for an ambulance.
Cheek and C. C. Cooke upon
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George Thomas
Will Attend
D. B. Ceremony
Herman W. Wilcox, Executive
Vice-President of “Horn in the
West,” announces that George
Thomas of Boone will attend
the commissioning of “U. S. S.
Daniel Boone” at Mare Island
Marine Base in California.
Thomas will represent our
drama, Wilcox stated.
He will be dressed in a Dan
iel Boone costume and will Irnve
pictures made with the sub
marine. He will also attend the
commissioning reception April
23.
The Navy Department is co
operating with us in allowing
us these special privileges so
as to promote our drama, and
to honor Daniel Boone.
Happy Days Are Here Again
The golf season officially opened in Boone
last week end, and Joe Maples, Boone Golf
Club professional, is shown taking down the
sign that had been hanging since last fall
when the course was closed for the winter.
According to Maples, the course is in the best
condition it has been since it was opened five
years ago. It will be open on a seven day a
week basis until next November. Lower pic
ture shows Mayor Wade E. Brown teeing on
as Guy Hunt, O. K. Richardson and Major
J. H. Thomas await their turns on the first
tee. All those making up the first foursome
are directors of the local golf club. Many
visitors from Lenoir, Hickory and Newton
played golf on the course Sunday.—Photos
by Flowers’ Photo Shop.
Board Of Elections Names
Officials For May Primary
The Board of Elections met
Saturday and named election
officials who will hold the May
primary.
The first named in each in
stance is the Registrar, a Dem
jcrat; the second, the Demo
:rat Judge and the third the
Republican Judge:
Bald Mountain: John Ragan,
rohn Trivett, Leslie E. Norris.
Beaver Dam: C. Johnson, H.
M. Smitherman, Ray Stout.
Blue Ridge: R. C. Greene,
Lida Coffey, George Keller.
Blowing Rock: Dan Klutz,
Charles Hatton, Marion Ford.
Boone: Allen Gragg, Custer
Wallace, Ralph G. Greene.
Brushy Fork: Clyde Tester,
Fred Edmisten, Ralph Wilson.
Cove Creek: Hite Williams,
Clay Perry, Frank Thomas.
Elk: Mrs. Glenn Triplett,
Mrs. Russell Trivette, V. C. Cox.
Laurel Creek: Ron Norris,
Aud Ward, Sidney Harmon.
Meat Camp No. 1: Worth
Winebarger, Willard Norris, W.
C. Byers.
Pepsi-Cola Shopping Spree
Promotion Costs $1,850,000
An opportunity to share in a
$1,850,000 prize kitty was
brought to Mitchell, Avery,
Yancy and Watauga county resi
dents today when Jack Young,
manager of the Pepsi • Cola
Bottling Company of Spruce
Pine announced sponsorship of
thf 1964 Pepsi-Cola Shopping
Spree promotion.
Highlight of the six-week con
test will be the awarding of the
grand national first prize — an
entire family will be set loose
in the food store of their choice
to shop to their hearts’ con
tent—absolutely free—for one
hall hour. Additionally, the
grand national winner will re
ceive a 1964 Mercury station
wagon.
In addition to the grand first
prize, 120 other national awards
could be won by local entrants.
They include: ten 1964 Mercury
station wagons loaded with a
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Meat Camp No. 2: Luther
Moretz, Carson McNeil, Wade
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Members Auto
Gubs Coming
Representatives o f automo
bile clubs throughout the south
west will visit Boone Tuesday,
April 21, it was announced by
Herman W. Wilcox, president
of the Boone Chamber of Com
merce.
The group, numbering 43, is
expected to arrive from Bristol
at 10:30 a. m.
They will be entertained for
a coffee break at the Daniel
Boone Inn. From there they
will go to the Daniel Boone The
atre.
A list of names and clubs
and addresses will be secured,
Mr. Wilcox said, and promo
tional material will be sent to
them.
The Carolina Motor Club of
Charlotte; is sponsoring the tour
through thi? |tip