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The Day To Lick-Polio In Watauga County
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VOLUME LXXVI—NO. 45
CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED 1964
RIVERS PRINTING CO.. INC.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 7, 1964
10 CENTS PER COPY
20 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
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| Charles Hicks, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs, How
ard Hicks of Vilas, holds poster urging Wa
: .taugans to take the vaccine which is again
i available next Sundays Young Hicks was
stricken with polio at the age of two and
wears a jacket-type cast, which it is hoped
he will be able to go without for the fitst
time this summer.-rFlowers photo. - — -
Second Drive On Polio To
Take Place Here Sunday
Four polio clinics will be
operating in Watauga County
next Sunday, so that the second
doses of the polio vaccine may
be taken by those who visited
the clinics in March. Those who
missed taking the first dose
should also come, the announce
ment says.
The same four clinics will be
operating: Blowing Rock, Park
way, Cove Creek and Appala
chian Elementary Schools from
12 to 6 p.m., Sunday, May 10.
Dr. Hadley M. Wilson, Chair
man, urges that churches and
other community groups work
to help persons without trans
portation get to a clinic. Also
a contribution is expected but
it is pointed out that no one will
be turned away because he can
not make a donation.
For effective protection
against an epidemic, Dr. Wilson
says, 75 per cent of the popula
tion should be immunized. In
the first clinic, March 8, the
final figure was 11,077 or 64
per cent of the population. It is
hoped and expected that over
12,000 will be present next Sun
day.
“Let’s all prove that we can
lick polio, a dread disease,’’ Dr.
Wilson says. “The only way is
to have everybody vaccinated
with two doses of oral vaccine
eight weeks apart. The second
dose has to be taken to get ade
quate immunity,” he added.
Special Week On Aging Brings
Information On Local Welfare
The Watauga County Depart
ment of PuDiic Welfare is co
operating in the observance of
Special Week on Aging, stated
County Director of Public Wal
fare Dave P. Mast, this week.
Governor Terry Sanford has
designated the week of May 3-9
as the 1964 week for special
emphasis on the needs of aged
persons in the State. The date
coincides with the national ob
servance of the month of May,
which has been designated by
President Johnson as National
Senior Citizens Month.
Services available for older
persons in this county through
public welfare include money
grants to needy people who
meet eligibility requirements
under law. In audition there i
are many non-linancial services
available to needy aged per
sons, stated County Welfare Di
rector Mast. These services are
in addition to public welfare
services available to children
and the disabled.
In March there were 224 per
sons in this county receiving
old age assistance. The aver
age monthly grant was $56. Hos
pitalization for this group of
old citizens is available where
needed from a statewide pooled
fund. Twenty were hospitalized
from this fund in March. In
addition, 10 older citizens whose
only need was for hospitaliza
(Continued on page three)
Local Bank To Receive
Money For Phone Co-Op
The First National Bank of
Boone has announced a new
banking service that enables
subscribers of the Skyline Tele
phone Co. to pay their tele
phone bills directly to the bank.
In making the announcement,
Executive Vice President Sam
Dixon hailed the cooperative
effort with the telephone com
pany as the typical example of
how modern commerce offers
conveniences and services to its
patrons by calling upon banking
institutions for specialized ser
vices. “This II a day of spec
ialized endeavor in banking as
it ia in other professions,” Mr.
Dixon said, “and we’re just
happy that First National can
demonstrate such a practical
application of its special ser
vices.”
The Skyline Telephone Com
pany, with offices in West Jeff
erson, serves a large rural seg
ment of Watauga, and many of
its patrons find Boone a con
venient point to make payments
for telephone service, Mr. Dixon
—Photo by Weston
BILL STALLARD
Bill Stallard
New President
Boone Jaycees
The Boone Jaycees met at the
Daniel Boone Inn Monday night,
to install a new slate of officers
for the coming year. Bill Stall
ard, an employee of IRC, was
installed as president.
Other officers installed were
Jim Stout as external vice pres
ident; Dannie Phillips, internal
vice president; Buck Robbins,
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To Operate On Rental Basis
Old Watauga Hospital Is
Sold State For $300,000
Board Begins
To Function
On New Duties
BY RUTH H. MARICH
Copyright 1964
Rivers Printing Co., Inc.
Another step toward a new
fully equipped 83-hospital for
Watauga County was made here
when the Board of Trustees for
the new hospital began to func
tion under the resolution pass
ed by the County Commission
ers: Bynum Greene, Chairman;
John F. Greene and J. C. Lyons,
December 13, 1963.
The resolution is a 13-page
legal document and spells out
in detail the duties and re
sponsibilities of the trustees
for the new county hospital. It
is just a small paFt of the com
plicated and detailed instru
ments which must be executed
in order to get the hospital
built with U. S. Government
participation.
The resolution provided
among other things that a new
general hospital for Watauga
County be: planned, constructed
and maintained for the public
benefit; that the trustees re
ceive no compensation for ser
vices renderd and they shall
have no pecuniary interest, eith
er directly or indirectly, in any
part of the hospital projects or
in any contract or purchase en
tered into in connection there
with. It further provides that
trustees serve on rotating basis
for two, three or four year
terms and shall be eligible for
reappointment at the expira
tion of their terms only after
a lapse of one year. Vacancies
in the board of trustees for
reason of death, resignation,
expiration of term, etc., will be
filled by appointment made by
the Watauga County Commis
sioners.
The following persons are
named to serve during con
struction and for specified
terms after the county hospital
is completed: Wade E. Brown,
chairman; Jack Cobb, vice
chairman; Mrs. Carrie Winkler,
secretary; Robert Bumbaugh,
teasurer; John H. Councill, R.
D. Hodges, Jr., Robert Breiten
stein, G. C. Greene, Jr., E. F.
Coe, Stacy C. Eggers, Jr., Al
fred T. Adams, A. E. McCreary,
James C. Lyons.
James P. Marsh was named
treasurer for the hospital con
struction project; and shall
have custody of all the funds
in connection with building the
new hospital. He will serve
without pay, under the govern
ment regulations set up by the
Medical Care Commission and
U. S. Public Health Service.
Tunnell Child
Badly Burned
Donna Tunnell, six year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Tunnell of 216 Hardin Street,
Boone, was severely burned
last Wednesday when her cloth
ing caught fire from the burner
of the Tunnell’s cook stove.
Donna suffered third degree
burns over most of her body,
and is recuperating at the Wa
tauga Hospital. According to
reports she is resting fairly
comfortably, but long hospitali
zation will be required with the
probably necessity of future
skin grafts.
Donna is a first grade stu
dent at Appalachian Elementary
School, and the granddaughter
of Mrs. Vera Tunnell who works
at the ASTC library.
Mr. Wade E. Brown, chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the Watauga Hospital, is
shown receiving check for $300,000 from
Attorney L. H. Smith, who handled the legal
matters' in the sale of the Watauga Hospital
building to -the State of North Carolina.
Also pictured are Mrs. Carrie Winkler, secre
tary-treasurer of the Board of Trustees, and
Mr. Parks H. Icenhour of the Attorney Gen
-eralOffice in .Raleigh -Westofl.jtokh,——
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ARCHITECT’S SKETCH OF PROPOSED NEW HOSPITAL
‘Meet The Candidates’
Program Set For 12th
A great deal of interest in
the forthcoming election is be
jjng sparked by the plan, spon
sored by the League of Women
Voters and the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, for a “meet the
candidates” program at the
courthouse on May 12 at 8 p.
m.
All candidates who have filed
for office are being invited
to participate in a panel discus
sion. Dr. William F. Troutman
and Mr. Robert E. Reiman of
the ASTC faculty will moder
ate the panel.
Each candidate will be given
an opportunity to state his
views briefly and following
this the audience will be al
lowed to ask questions of any
candidate. The public is invit
ed to attend and participate. It
is suggested that some thought
be given to the questions ahead
of time.
Registration
Rooks Now Open
For Primary
Registration books opened
last Saturday to register new
voters for the May 30 primary.
The books will be opened
again next Saturday as well as
Saturday of next week at the
various polling places in the
county.
Saturday, May 23, will be ob
served as challenge day.
Southern Bell To Provide
Better Blowing Rock Service
Two Are Killed
In Auto Crash
Word has been received here
that the parents of Mrs. How
ard Williams, formerly of
Boone, have been killed in a
head-on auto collision in Miss
issippi.
Howard Williabs was the
unit conservationist with the
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
here from 1950 to 196a
Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company is taking
another step forward in provid
ing more efficient phone ser
vice to Blowing Rock patrons,
it was announced last week by
W. R. (Bill) Cooke, Telephone
Manager.
Mr. Cooke said that Southern
Bell is now in the process of
converting pay station phones
from the existing post-pay to
the pre-pay system. “What this
means,” said Mr. Cooke, “Is, in
stead of waiting for the party
to answer before depositing
your dime, you will now de
posit your dime before dialing
the number and if the number
does not answer, your dime
will be returned. This will be
a great improvement over the
post-pay system and will make
for a less degree of irritation
on the part of the telephone
user.”
Mr. Cooke also said that
Western Electric, a division of
American Telephone and Tele
graph Company, is installing
new equipment in the central
(Continued on page three)
Old Building
To Become Part
Of ASTC Plant
BY RUTH H. MARICH
Copyright 1964
Rivers Printing Co., Inc.
The sale of the Watauga
Hospital building to the state
of North Carolina was complet
ed April 30, and will become a
part of Appalachian State
Teachers College after the new
hospital is occupied.
A check in the amount of
$300,000.00 was given to the
Board of Trustees Chairman,
Mr. Wade E. Brown by the of
fice of the Attorney General
in Raleigh to complete the
sale.
me new nospuai organiza
tion will operate on a rental
basis in the old building until
the new hospital building is
built. The money from the sale
was turned over to the special
hospital building project, trea
surer, Mr. James Marsh, for
the county commissioners after
the land for the new hospital
was paid for and all outstand
" Iftg accounts payable cleared.
The Money will be in the
custody of Mr. Marsh and will
be used for the construction of
the new hospital only .
The preliminary plans for
the new hospital are almost
| completed and work on the
detailed plans will begin in
about two weeks. It will take
about five months to complete
the detailed plans. A Duke
Foundation Hospital consultant
says that “five months is the
very minimum time required
to make detailed plans for a
modern fully-equipped 80-bed
hospital.”
Mr. Bob Bumbaugh, Chair
man of the Building Commit
tee, states “it takes time for a
project of this importance and
everyone involved will spare
no effort to achieve the con
struction of the finest hospital
possible at the earliest possible
date, consistent with good
planning and careful prepara
tion.”
Mrs. R. C. Eggers
Funeral Held
Mrs. Sally Bumgardner Eg
gers, 75, of Zionville, wife of
the Rev. R. C. Eggers, died
Sunday at her home after an
illness of six weeks.
She was born in Johnson
County, Tenn., but had lived
in Watauga County 53 years.
Surviving are her husband;
two sons, Ernest Eggers of
Kingsport, Tenn., and Dwight
Eggers of Nottingham, Pa.; two
daughters, Mrs. Grant Thomas
of Glen Burnie, Md., and Mrs.
James Sherwood of Zionville;
two grandchildren; two tooth
ers, Ray Bumgardner of Trade,
Tenn., and Roscoe Bumgardner
of Boone; and four sisters, Mrs.
Nettie Perry of Westminster,
Md., Mrs. J. M. Nelson of Bal
timore, Md., Mrs. O. D. Kilby
of Bradenton, Fla., and Mrs.
Bessie Johnson of Mountain
City, Tenn.; three half sisters,
Mrs. Frank Barrett of Piney
Flats, Tenn., Mrs. Cleo Papper
of Shouns, Tenn., and Mrs. Oak
ley McGammery of Trade,
Tenn.; and two half toothers,
Dean and Glenn Bumgardner,
both of Shouns, Tenn.
The funeral was conduct
ed at 2 p. m. Wednesday at
Zionville Baptist Church by
the Rev. James E. Branch, the
Rev. E. O. Gore and the Rev.
C. 0. Vance. Burial was in
the church c—taifr