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VOLUME LXXVI—NO. 47
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 21, 1964
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PICNICKING IN FULL BLAST IN GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN AREA
LARRY KLUTZ
Larry Klutz Is
Honored By
N. C. Jaycees
Larry Klutz, Boone Jaycee,
was honored recently by the
North Carolina Jaycees as he
was appointed vice president
of the 18th District. Klutz, a
development engineer at Inter
national Resistance Company in
Boone, will serve in the 18th
District to coordinate activities
of the local Jaycee clubs of the
district with the state organiza
tion.
Mr. Klutz and his wife, the
former Betty Wheeling of Kern
ersville, reside on Greenway
Road.
RICHARD HUNT
Richard Hunt
Graduates At
Mich. Seminary
The eighty-eighth commence
ment service of the Western
Theological Seminary of Hol
land, Michigan will be held
Wednesday evening, May 20 at
8 o’clock in the Dimnent Mem
orial Chapel in Holland.
Thirty-one seniors will be
graduated from the seminary,
and one graduate student will
be granted the Master of Theo
logy Degree. The Reverend
Herman J. Ridder, president
of the seminary, will preside
at the service. The Reverend
Howard G. Hageman, pastor of
the Old North Reformed
(Continued from £ftge two)
SIGNAL HONOR GOES TO BOONE LEADER
Eggers Is Elected National
Director Federal Land Bank
David Culler
DiesjSaturday
David Bernard Culler, 25, Of
209 Hill street, Boone, was
dead on arrival at Hickory
Memorial Hospital about 8:30
p. m. Saturday after he was
stricken while attending the
races at the Hickory Speedway.
He is believed to have suf
fered a heart attack during the
races.
He was born in. Boone to
Burl and Beulah Harmon Cul
ler and had spent his entire
life in Boone. He was employ
ed in the cafeteria at Appala
chian State Teachers College.
He was a member of Greenway
Baptist Church and had ap
peared in Horn in the West a
number of years and also in
performances at the little
Theater. .
Funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday at 2:30 at
Greenway Baptist Church by
the pastor, Rev. C. O. Vance
and Rev. W. H. Pheagin. Burial
was in Mount Lawn Memorial
Park.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Alohma Ledbetter Culler;
his mother of Boone and his
father of Shepherdsville, Ky.;
two brothers, Chester Culler of
the Air Force on Guam and
John Edward Culler of Alta
vista, Virginia.
roppy Day lo
Be Observed
By Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxili
ary, Watauga Post Unit No. ISO,
will observe Poppy Day Satur
day, May 23.
Poppy Day is the day Amer
icans pay their individual tri
bute to the nation’s war dead
by wearing a red poppy to show
that they remember and are
grateful to those who gave their
iives that America might live in
freedom.
The poppies are made by dis
abled veterans in hospitals. The
contributions received are used
to pay these veterans for their
work and to aid disabled vet
erans and their needy children.
Thus a double significance be
comes attached to the poppy.
“Honor the dead with service to
the living.”
A covered dish luncheon will
be served at the home of Mrs.
Cleve Gross for the poppy work
ers. All auxiliary members are
invited to come and bring a
covered dith*
BY RUTH H. MARICH
Copyright 1964
Rivers Printing Co.. Inc.
Mr. S. C. Eggers, President
of the Boone Federal Land. Bank
Association was elected to the
board of directors of the Fed
eral Land Bank at the annual
meeting held at the Grove
S. C. EGGERS
Park Inn, Asheville on May 4
and 5.
Accompanying Mr. Eggers to
the convention were Mr. John
Hollar, manager of the local
Federal Land Bank office, Mr.
Carlos Lee Mitchell, director
from Alleghany County, O. Paul
Bower, director from Ashe
County and Gordon Chamar,
director from Wilkes County.
The convention is an annual
meet for all stockholders and
directors of the Federal Land
Bank Association over North
and South Carolina and is held
for the purpose of annual re
ports of work of the association
and the election of board
members to serve the twelve
Federal Land Bank districts in
the United States. Mr. Eggers
will serve on the committee
which is comprised of two
members each from the twelve
districts in the United States.
Mr. Eggers became a stock
holder and director of the
Federal Land Bank Association
in 1918 when it was first estab
lished in this area under the
name of Sugar Grove Farm
Loan Association. He served
as an appraiser over the years
as well as being secretary and
treasurer of the Association
for many years. He has been
president of the local associa
tion for about twenty years,
and has had the opportunity to
serve the farmers and landown
ers in this area first hand. Mr.
Eggers and the Association are
proud of the work that has
been done in this area over the
years is the issuance of loans
(Continued on page two)
Mrs. J. K. Brown
Dies Thursday"**
Mrs. Mary Annis Brown, age
85, wife of John K. Brown of
Boone, died Thursday at the
home after an illness of eight
weeks.
She was born in Piney Flats,
Tennessee to J. W. and Minnie
Yost Smith. She had lived in
Boone 39 years.
The funeral was conducted
Saturday at 2:30 at the First
Baptist Church by Rev. Boyce
Brooks, Rev. E. F. Troutman
and Rev. T. C. McCord.
Burial was in Mt. Calvary
Cemetery at Balm, Avery
county.
Surviving are her husband;
three daughters, Mrs. B. H.
Winters ot Elk Park, Mrs. V.
J. Moretz of Pinebluff and Mrs.
R. Cline Mabry of Concord;
one son, Vernon Brown of
Woodland Hills, Calif.; seven
sisters, Mrs. F. M. Routh, Mrs.
G. W. Jones of Bristol, Vir
ginia; Mrs. A1 Jones of Lemon
Grove, California, Miss Lillie
Smith of Los Angeles, Calif.,
Mrs. J. T. Chase of Downey,
Calif., Mrs. P. C. McCord of
Elk Park and Mrs. Lawrence
Trivette of Knoxville, Tenn.;
three brothers, Rev. W. Clyde
Smith and J. E. Smith of Piney
Flats, Tennessee, and M. I.
Smith of Los Angeles, Calif.;
nine grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
Watauga Post
Elects Officers
At a meeting May 8, Watauga
Post American Legion elected
the following oficers for 1964
65:
Commander—Cloyd Norris.
Vice Commander — Claude
Baird.
Adjutant and finance officer
—J. W. Norris.
Chaplain—Edgar Hardin.
Sgt.-at-arms—James Stanbury
Post service office — Clyde
Miller.
Historian—Edwin Dougherty.
Membership officer—William
Phillips.
Rehabilitation officer — Troy
Norris.
Child Welfare—John Looka
bill.
Oratorical officer—John Hol
lars.
Boy Scouts — Martin M.
Gragg.
Boys State—Johnny Barnett.
Public relations—Stacy Egg
ers.
Grave registration — C. P.
(Continued on page two)
List Of Graduates Given
488 To Get Diplomas
At ASTC Finals May 29
Director N. C.
Fund To Speak
To Collegians
Approximately 451 under
graduates and 37 graduate can
didates are expected to receive
diplomas in graduation exer
cises at Appalachian State
Teachers College on Friday,
May 29 at 10:30 a m. in the
auditorium of the Health, Phy
sical Education and Recreation
Building.
George H. Esser, Jr., of Dur
ham, Executive Director, North
Carolina Fund, will be the
principal speaker for the six
tieth annual spring commence
ment.
The college choir, under the
direction of Mrs. Virginia Wary
Linney, and the college orch
estra, under the direction of
Dr. Nicholas Erneston, will
present special music which
will include the processional
(Pomp and Cirlumstance), the
recessional (Festival March)
and Battle Hymn of the Re
public^ Earny Hotard, ASTC
faculty member, will "serve as
organist.
Candidates for the bachelor
degree will be presented by H.
R. Eggers while Dr. Cratis Wil
liams, director of graduate stu
dies, presents the Candidates
for the master’s degree.
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, presi
dent of Appalachian, will con
fer degrees and award diplom
as. Assistant Registrar J. B.
Harris will present the diplom
as to the candidates.
Candidates for the under
graduate degrees are:
Bachelor Ol Science Dagraam
Alamance County: Julia Gayle
Euliss, Liberty.
Alexander County: Delores Anne
Brookshire, Taylorsville: James
Lawrence Gilreath, Taylorsville;
Sara Rebecca Goodnight, Taylors
ville; Lyndell Monroe Kerley, Hid
denite. ,
Alleghany County: Joyce Ann
Warden, Sparta.
Anson County: Melynda Louise
Allen, Wadesboro.
Ashe County: Anne Marie Bare,
Jefferson; Charlotte Gaye Black
burn, West Jefferson; Mary Ellen
Blevins, Crumpler; Sara Little
Davis, West Jefferson; Gerald
Boyd Denny, Jefferson; Phillip
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SENATOR CHARLES STRONG
Sen. Strong
To Visit Gty
On Saturday
Senator Charles Strong of
Greensboro, Republican guber
natorial candidate, will arrive
in Bodne at approximately 9
a. m. Saturday, May 23, to
greet the people of Watauga
County.
Mrs. Lura Greene is in charge
of arrangements for a “Dutch
treat luncheon” at the Gateway
Restaurant at 12 noon.
Following the luncheon Sen
ator Strong will speak at a rally
at the court bouse. The public
is invited to attend.
The caravan will stop in
Blowing Rock for a brief visit
enroute to a scheduled rally at
4 b. m. in Patterson School,
Cantrell County,_..
A
Boone Motelists Get Offices
At Annual State Convention
—Photo by Flowers
Mayor Brown buys Buddy Poppy from Barbara Sue Smith.
Mayor Brown Proclaims
Poppy Day For Saturday
WHEREAS: The annual sale
of Buddy Poppies by the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, an organization
chartered by the Congress, has
been officially recognized and
endorsed by the President of
the United States and the Vet
erans Administration; and
WHEREAS. The proceeds of
this worthy fund-raising cam
paign are used exclusively for
the benefit of disabled and
needy veterans, and the widows
and orphans of deceased vet
erans; and
WHEREAS. The basic pur
pose of the annual sale of Bud
dy Poppies by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars is eloquently re
flected in the desire to “Honor
The Dead By Helping The Liv
ing;” therefore,
I, Wade E. Brown, Mayor of
the City of Boone, do hereby
recognize the patriotic merits
of this cause by urging the
citizens of this community to
contribute generously to its
support through the purchase
of Buddy Poppies, May 23, set
aside for the distribution of
these symbols of loyalty in this
city. I urge ail patriotic citi
zens to wear a Buddy Poppy as
mute evidence of our gratitude
to the men of this country who
have risked their lives in de
fense of the freedoms which
we continue to enjoy as Amer
ican citizens.
Wade E. Brown, Mayor
Many Wataugans
To Attend Rally
For Dan Moore
A large crowd of supporters
are expected to attend a rally
for Dan Moore at the Armory
in North Wilkesboro, Saturday,
May 23.
A barbecue supper will be
served at 7 o’clock. Moore will
speak and there will be other
entertainment.
All interested people are in
vited to attend. Contact any of
the following members of the
committee for complimentary
tickets: J. C. Goodnight, Wade
Brown, Jack Edmisten, W. R.
Winkler, O. K. Richardson.
Mr. Harold Rice, owner of the
Blue Ridge Motor Court, Boone,
was re-elected Secretary of the
North Carolina Motel Associa
tion at their annual convention
which was held May 8 and 9 at
the Heart of Charlotte Motor
Inn, Charlotte.
Mr. Carl Fidler, owner of the
Plaza Motel, Boone, was elected
Alternate Governor for Area No.
16 which consists of Wilkes,
Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga, Cald
well, Mitchell and Avery coun
ties.
This is the fourth term Mr.
Rice has served in this capacity
as secretary and reports that “all
indications point to 1964 as tie
ing the biggest yeart yet as far
as travel is concerned.”
The North Carolina Motel As
sociation in conjunction with the
North Carolina Department of
Advertising has worked dili
gently in promoting the travel
industry in this area which is
the third largest industry in the
state. Motel owners from all
over North Carolina were pres
ent to discuss and to learn how
to more proficiently handle the
problems of motel ownership,
operation and management and
the promotion of lasting good
will.
The convention was highlight
ed with speeches and demonstra
tions by persons familiar with
the handling of tourists all over
the United States.
Those attending from Wa
tauga County were Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Fidler, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Ticknor, Green Lake Motel, Mrs.
Mae Coffey, Blowing Rock Mot
or Court, and Mrs. Maude Col
vard, Parkway Motel.
Made-In-Boone
Shoes Sold Here
Mr. Guy Hunt, owner of
Hunt’s Department Store, an
nounces this week their ap
pointment as the local dealer
for Thom McAn shoes for men.
These shoes are made in
Boone at the Blue Ridge Shoe
Company, by Watauga County
workers and are in the medium
price range.
Mr. Hunt expressed his de
light at being awarded the
dealership, and stated it is un
usual for a local store to have
the opportunity to offer this
brand of shoes to the public in
a town the size of Boone. Most
of these shoes are sold through
Thom McAn Stores in larger
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