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VOLUME LXXVI— NO. 43
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1964
10 CENTS PER COPY
24 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
Wilcoxes Asked
To Go To CalEij
For Launching .
Mr. and Mrs. Herman W. Wil
cox have been invited to attend
the commissioning of the Sub
marine Daniel Boone at Mare
Island Shipyard, California. The
invitation says; ’
“The Prospective Command
ing Officers, Officers and Crews
request the honor of your pres
ence on the occasion of the
commissioning of the United
) States Ship Daniel Boone
SSB(N) 629, at Mare Island
Naval Shipyard, Vallejo Calif.,
Ihursday, the twenty-third of
April nineteen hundred and
sixty-four at two thirty o’clock.”
Due to unforseen circum
stances, Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox
state they will not be able to
attend.
Arrangements.have been made
with Mr. George C. Thomas,
COMMANDER STEELE .
Of USS Daniel Boone
who will be on the West Coast
at . this time, to represent the
“Horn in the West” drama. Mr.
Thomas will attend the com
missioning as well as the recep
tion, and will go aboard the
submarine, have pictures made
in costume of Daniel Bopnenusdr
promote our drama and the
areai, Wilcox stated.
Cottrell To Go
To Launching
Herman W. Wilcox says that
Howard Cottrell has been in
vited to attend the commission
ing of USS Daniel Boone at
Mare Island, California, this
Thursday, to represent the
Town of Boone and “Horn in
the West.”
Mr. Cottrell was scheduled
to attend a convention in Los
Angeles this week, in connec
tion with the ASTC Book Store.
George Thomas, who is vis
iting his parents in the State
of Washington, has consented
to attend this commissioning.
“We are grateful to him since
he has volunteered his time
and services to go on to Mare
Island to attend this historical
event,” Mr. Wilcox said.
MRS. WALTER GREENE
Mrs. Greene ,
Dies Of Sudden
Illness Friday
Mrs. Celia Ellen Greene, 74,
wife of Walter Greene, Boone,
Route 2, died from a sudden
illness Friday, following what
was believed to have been a
heart attack.
She was born in Watauga
County to the late John I.
Greene and Mrs. Laura Hayes
Greene. She was married to
Walter H. Greene February 25,
1912, and was a faithful mem
C Continue^ qo *U)
? CROWD* VIEWS GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONIES AT BAPTIST CHURCH.
Ground Is Broken For New
Boone Baptist Church Plant
The construction of the Edu
cational building and Chapel of
tne First baptist Churcn began
with ground breaking ceremon
ies Wednesday, April 15 at 6.
Mr. A. L. Cook, who was or
dained as a deacon of the
church more than 50 years ago,
turned the first shovel of dirt
to begin the building program.
He was followed by Mr. Clyde
R. Greene who was church
treasurer during the construc
tion of the present facilities.
Others taking part in the
service were Dr. Ray Lawrence
and James P. Marsh, chairmen
of .'the Building and the Con
struction committees, Mrs. Her
man W. Wilcox, W.M.U. presi
dent; Perry Greene, chairman
John .-Edwards, --B,
STp; President, Randy Farth
ing and Linda Danner, repre
senting the future of the
church, and the Rev. J. Boyce
Brooks, pastor of the church.
Early this week the clearing
and grading of the building
site had been completed and
work was progressing in prep
aration for the foundations of
the building. The work is be
ing done by Fennell and Haig
ler Construction Co. of Lenoir.
Mr. F. Arthur Hazard of Au
gusta, Ga., is the architect.
Appalachian
PTA Meets Mon.
The Appalachian High School
division of the Boone Parent
Teachers Association will meet
in the , high school auditorium
Monday, April 27, at 7:30 p. m.
Registration for courses for
the 1964-1965 school year will
be the topic for discussion.
Members of the high school
staff will present information
on the high school curriculum,
summer school courses, and par
ticipation in the summer lang
uage institute.
Dr. Roy Blanton, principal,
extends an invitation to parents
of all eighth grade students in
the Green Valley, Parkway, and
Appalachian Elementary schools
to attend the meeting. Teachers
will be available to answer
questions of parents concern
ing the high school program and
selection of courses.
Registration will be held dur
ing the week of April 27 to
May 1.
Mr. A. L. Cook turns first shovel of. dirt at the ground
breaking ceremonies which started the huge expansion pro
gram of the First Baptist Church.—Flowers photos.
AHS Band Proud Recipient
Of Excellent State Rating
The Appalachian High School
Band were proud recipients of
an excellent rating at the 1964
State Band Contest held in
Greensboro.
Judges for the contest were
Donald McGinnis of Ohio State
University, Everett L. Roberts
of St. Petersburg, Florida,
and Richard Brittain of the
Vandercook School of Music in
Chicago, Illinois.
Appalachian’s band compet
ed in Group V which is the
next to the most advanced divi
sion. Of the eleven bands that
competed in Group V, three
received superior ratings, seven
received excellent ratings, and
one received a good rating.
For their warm-up number,
the Appalachian Band played a
concert march—Block M by
Jerry H. Bilik. The band was
then allowed to chose one of
four prepared numbers for
contest performance. They per
formed Toccata For Band by
Frank Erickson. From the re
maining three the judges chose
Ballad For Band by. Morton
Gould.
The band director, James
Shugert, was very proud of the
performance of his band. This
pride was shared by the par
ents and friends who met the
band at the Parkway School
and led them into Boone in a
welcoming caravan.
Coca-Cola Sweepstakes Offers
Trips To World’s Fair, Cash
“Win a World’s Fair trip for
yourself and 25 friends, or
$25,000 in cash.” This out-of
the world prize may be won by
some lucky resident of Wata
uag or Ashe county. The trip,
or the cash, is the grand prize
in the “See-The-Fair” Sweep
stakes sponsored by the Hick
ory Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and
other Coca •> Cola Bottlers
throughout the country. James
G. Penden, Manager of Hick
ory Coca-Cola said the 5 week
national Sweepstakes begins
April 13 and will run through
June L v f^-V"
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“If a local resident doesn’t
claim the first prize-winner,
there are over 4,000 other pri
zes a local resident may win,”
Hoy Greene, Boone Warehouse
Manager, -said. Every week
during the five-week activity,
20 families father, mother,
and up to 4 dependent child
ren” will win 5-day expense
paid trips to the Fair. And
every week 800 other winners
will receive Kodak movie cam
eras, projectors, slide cameras,
and other valuable prizes.
Theme of the Sweepstakes is
the 1064 • 1965 New York
Worlds’ Fair, slated to be one
of the great cultural and com
mercial events of this genera
tion. Anticipated attendance is
70-80 million. Tops of bottle
caps with removable liners de
si g n e d especially for the
Sweepstakes will be decorated
with a sketch of the “Coca
Cola Tower” containing the
world’s largest carillon' at the
World’s Fair. Beneath the caps,
consumers will find a fascinat
ing collection of World’s Fair
exhibits including Eastman Ko
dak, Ford, General Electric,
(continued on page six)
Arrest Made
In Golf Club
Burglaries
Joseph Smathers, 17 years
old, resident of Boone, was ar
rested Saturday midnight, and
jailed on four counts of break
ing and entering and larceny,
growing out of a series of bur
glaries at the Boone Golf Club
pro shbp.
Justice of the Peace Dave
Hodges set bond at $3,000,
which was filled Monday.
Smathers will be tried at the
September term of Watauga
Superior Court, Mr. Hodges
said, having waived a prelimin
ary hearing.
Smathers’ arrest followed
three robberies at the Golf
Shop. Joe Maples, local golf
professional, says the shop was
entered Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday nights, with $50,
$114 and $74, respectively, be
ing taken. One carton of cigar
ettes was taken the second
trip, no other merchandise be
ing missing.
Mr. Maples. discovered that
entrance had been made by re
moving a screen from the wash
room area of the men’s locker
room, and that exit was made
through the front door, the in
truder being careful to replace
the window screen each time.
Mr. Maples and Patrolman Wil
liam Teem spent Friday night
at the golf shop, with no re
sults. Saturday there were re
ports that there was to be some
vandalism on the golf course,
so Mr. Maples stationed David
(Hindu) Henderson in the
building, while he, Alfred
Adams and Hugh Hampton
toured the course, being in
touch with Henderson on a
two-way radio system.
The men on the course found
no miscreants, only a couple
of fellows getting night craw
lers for fishing and one couple.
At 12 o’clock, however, they
were notified by Hindu that a
man was entering the building.
The trio ran to the golf shop
where they found young Smath
ers on the floor with Hindu
holding him at gunpoint. Of
ficer Teem was called by radio
and made the arrest.
,, Mr. Maples says the young
(continued, on page six)
Founders Day
Sale To Be Big
Event At Belk’s
W. W. Chester of Belk’s De
partment Store announces the
opening of the annual Founders
Day Sale on April 23. The
event marks 75 years of retail
leadership by the huge Carolina
firm founded by merchant Hen
ry Belk, Mr. Chester said.
The sale will continue until
May 2.
Mr. Chester, who has consist
ently relied on the Watauga
Democrat for coverage of his
merchandising events, uses five
pages of this edition to tell of
the many outstanding values
which are to be found in every
department of the big store.
The attention of readers is di
rected to this important business
announcement.
Gty Gives $300
To Little League
The Town of Boone has con
tributed $500 to the Optimist
Club for buying baseball uni
forms for the Little League
teams the Club sponsors.
The Little League schedule of
games will be released when
forgwjated.
BErm—
Photo by flowers' Photo Shop
MRS. DEAS RECEIVING AWARD
Mrs. Deas Wears Six
Diamond Phone Award
Mrs. Margaret Deas of Boone
is wearing with pride this week
a six-diamond pin, symbol of
almost 30 years with the tele
phone company.
—She' -received the pin at a
luncheon held for her Friday
in honor of her retirement. E.
R. Lawson, district manager,
Asheville, presented her the
pin, which has a diamond for
each five years of service.
Others attending the lunch
eon were Mr. Deas, W. R.
Cooke, Jr., manager of the Le
noir-Boone offices and former
manager, H. M. Inabinet, Mrs.
Jessie Norris, Mrs. Flavel Egg
ers, G. M. Tisdale, and H. L.
McAulay.
Mrs. Deas began her career
with the telephone company on
December 3, 1034, as an oper
ator in Lenoir. In November,
1946, she moved to Florence,
S. C., and worked in the busi
ness office for ten years. In
1956 Mrs. Deas transferred to
Morganton, and on November
26, transferred to the Boone
business office as a service
representative until her recent
retirement.
She and her husband, John,
have recently purchased a new
home in Boone and Margaret is
now looking forward to “just
taking it easy” in her retire
ment.
ROBERT DAVIS
Robert Davis
To Visit Boone
Mr. Robert Davis of Salis
bury, 9th District Democratic
candidate for Congress will be
in Watauga County Monday
April 27 to meet and speak to
the voting public.
A group of the YDC members
will form a motorcade and
meet him and Mrs. Davis at
Blowing Rock post office at
10:30; from there they will go
to the Daniel Boone Inn at
(Continued on page aix)
DONALD BADGLEY
Donald Badgley
Visits Watauga
Donald Badgley, Republican
Representative from Guilford
County, and a candidate for
Governor in the May primary
was in the county Tuesday and
Wednesday, and was an apprec
iated visitor to the Democrat
office while here.
Mr. Badgley spoke to a poli
tical science class at Appalach
ian State Teachers College
Monday evening, and says he
is making a hurried but inten
sive campaign in Watauga,
visiting early and late with
farmers and others in the in
terest of his candidacy. He ex
pressed pleasure with the warm
reception he is being accorded
by Watauga county citizens,
and says his campaign is pro
ceeding well.
Mr. Badgley in 1962 was hon
ored in his home county by re
ceiving the second largest vote
(17,014) among eight candi
dates for the House of Repre
sentatives. He was the only
Republican house member on
the Senatorial Redistricting
Committee. He also served on
these important committees:
Agriculture, Highway Safety,
Appropriations, Irrigation and
Drainage, Mental Institutions,
Penal Institutions, Public Wel
fare, Veterans’ Legislation, and
Water Resources.
Court Report Will Be
Published Next Week
Watauga Superior Court con
vened Monday, with Judge
George Patton of Franklin pre
siding, and the term will likely
end today.
A report of the judgments of
the court will appear in the
next edition oi the Democrat,
Filing Deadline
Sees Flurry Of
Local Activity
The Democrat will
publish pictures and
information about all
the candidates in the
next edition.
Twenty-four Republicans and
Democrats had filed for county
office when the deadline ar
rived at noon last Friday, there
being only one candidate who
will be unopposed in Novem
ber.
No Republican candidate fil
ed against Helen Underdown,
Register of Deeds, who has
held the office continuously
since 1928.
Only fopr candidates filed
for township offices.
S. Clyde Eggers, former Wa
tauga County Representative in
the General Assembly filed as
a Republican candidate for
the State Senate from the 29th
district. He will be opposed for
the nomination by Senator T.
E.? Story of No£tW?W ilkesboro
Representative J. E. Hol
shouser, Jr., Republican incum
oent, will have opposition eith
er from George Flowers of
Boone, or L. H. Smith of
Blowing Rock, both of whom
filed for the Democratic nomi
nation for the Assembly.
- Neither Mr. Smith, an at
torney, nor Mr. Flowers, a pro
fessional photographer, has pre
viously sought public office.
For the Board of County
cpmmissioners, Republican in
cumbents Bynum Greene, John
Greene and J. C. Lyons filed,
along with Elmer Miller, Fred
Michael and John Wellborn, al
so Republicans.
Democrats running for Com
missioner are: Gordon H. Wink
ler, Hayden Pitts, J. B. Ragan,
L. A. Henson, David Spainhour,
Aud Ware, Mrs. Edna Brittain
and Robert W. Davis.
For the Board of Education
Democrat incumbent Grady
Moretz, Jr. is being opposed
by A. E. South, veteran Super
ior Court Clerk. Republican in
cumbents, John H. Hollar and
Farris D. Bumgardner filed,
along with James Stout, also a
Republican.
For Township Offices
For township offices the
following are running:
New River township: For
Justices of the Peace, Dave P.
Hodges; For Constable, Em
mitt Oliver.
Blowing Rock township: For
Justice of the Peace, Rhonda
L. Coffey; For Constable, How
ard Coffey.
International
Night Observed
The Boone Junior Chamber
of Commerce observed Inter
national night at their regular
meeting on Monday, April 20,
at the Daniel Boone Inn.
Four students at Appalachian
State Teachers College from
foreign countries were the
guests of the Jaycees. The
guests were Maya Masumoto
from Japan, Anna Chow from
Japan, Cheryle Shiek from
Formosa, and Grace Yang from
Formosa.
Each told the group about
herself, her country, and why
she decided to-come to Appala
chian for her education. There
are more than a dozen foreign
students attending Appalach
ian this year.
Return From Florida
Mr. and Mrs. Turner Watson
returned last week to their
borne on Route 4, Boone after
spending the winter in Vero
Beach, Florida.