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FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the col umns of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, intensely covering the local shopping area, it is the best advertising medium available: VOLUME LXXV1—NO. 48 CwvrasrpRiNTmGGco5mc#4 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JUNE 4, 1964 10 CENTS PER COPY - " 1 BOONE WEATHER 1964 Hi Lo prec. 63 Hi Lo May 26 80 45 May 27 76 55 May 28 74 60 .03 May 29 63 47 .76 May 30 60 40 .01 May 30 60 40 June 1 65 55 .03 57 45 56 52 86 51 73 57 73 55 73 44 71 50 18 PAGES—3 SECTIONS ■ ' Fishermen’s Paradise Price Lake on the Blue Ridge Parkway surrounds Price Park Camping Grounds. On the shore' is a natural stone that ap pears to have been made just for fishermen. In case the fisherman should become too impatient, motner nature nas provided a shade tree. REA Co-Op WiU Refund 1114,912.58 C. E.- Viverette, General Man ager, announced this week that Biue Kioge euecinc MemDersmp Corporation will be returning $114,912.58 to its members at the annual membership meeting on June IS. This money will be spent with merchants and other businesses of the area for* goods and services. This money is a savings that is returned to the members. It comes about by the members cooperating to provide themselves with a service—elec tricity. After all costs of doing busi ness are taken care of each year this money is credited to each member and is called “cap ital credits”. It is called this because it is a credit on capital contributed by the member through payment of his electric service bill and membership fee. In addition, each time a mem ber pays an electric service bill he is contributing a few cents of each dollar to his ownership in the cooperative. Since the mem bers of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation own and/control their business any funds remaining at the end of thi year are returned to them— thus it is a savings on the serv ices they provide for themselves. Capital credits are held in re serve for members for a period (Continued on page 3, Sec. B) Harold Holman Dies In Crash West Jefferson — Harold Austin Holman, 20, of Fleet wood was killed late Monday, May 25, in an automobile acci dent on UjS. 221, eight miles south of here, State Highway Patrolman Larry Minton said yesterday. Dr. Roy Freeman, Ashe County coroner, estimated that Holman died between 10 and 11 a. m. Monday. He said his death was caused by internal injuries. Holman’s body was found about 9:30 a. m. yesterday af ter a truck driver noticed the wreckage of his car in some bushes, Minton said. His body was lying about 10 feet from his wrecked car. Minton said that Holman’s car skidded 850 feet on the highway, then left the road and sailed through the air 130 ieet, bounced another 100 feet, and struck a tree with enough force to tear off the car’s hood and turn the vehicle around. Minton estimated that the car was traveling at more than 100 miles an hour when the acci dent occurred. - __ Boone Corporate Limits Extension, Water, Sewer Plant To Cost 3 Million Pepsi Drawing Pictured is Hon. Albert Canipe, Mayor of Spruce Pine, as he draws the winning ticket for the 10 minute Shopping Spree, sponsored by the Pepsi-Cola Company. Mr. Jack Young, manager of the Pepsi-Cola Company in Spruce Pine, looks on. Mrs. Lonnie Townsend Is Winner Of Shopping Spree The winner of the grand local prize in PepsiCola’s $1, 850,000 1964 Shopping Spree was selected Monday by Hon. Albert Canipe, Mayor of Spruce Pine in a drawing held at PepsiCola Bottling Co. of that city. The prize, a ten-minute free shopping spree in a food store, was won by Mrs. Lonnie Town send, Route 4, Boone, N. C. The winner will choose the store in which their spree will be held. The name of the store will be announced short ly. After the spree, the full re tail amount of the register tape will be paid for by the local Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company. The spree is the local climax of the nation-wide $1,850,000.00 1964 Pepsi-Cola Shopping Spree that has been running since April 20. During the past six weeks, the local Pepsi-Cola Bottler has awarded 210 weekly prizes, in addition to the shopping spree. Prizes were gift certifi cates, ranging in value from $10.00 to $2.00. These were (Continued on page 3, Sec. B) Marshes Will Attend Toronto Rotary Meet The Dixie Dinner will be a feature of the Rotary Interna tional Convention when it meets in Toronto, Canada, the week of June 7-12. Mr. John Marsh, president incumbent of Boone Rotary, will represent the local club. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Marsh. Headquarters for all official functions of the convention will be the Royal York Hotel of Toronto. The roster of business will include, besides important legislation, the election of Ro tary International Officers for 1964-65. Carl Miller, President of Ro tary International, and Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada, will address the con vention. The Maple Leaf Gardens will officially open for the conven tion on Sunday, June 7, by entertaining the delegates. The ensuing week also will furnish such stellar attractions as a (Continued on page 3, Sec. B) -UY RUTH H. MARICH * Copyright 1964 Rivers Printing Co.. Inc. A $3,000,000.00 program call ing for the extension of the cor porate limits of the town ol Boone and a complete revamp ing of the water and sewerage systems was approved at a meeting of the City Council, May 21. Mr. Moore, engineer with Moore and Gardner Asso., Inc., Asheboro, N. C., met with the Council and presented his find ings and recommendations after a complete study of the area. He recommends a completely new sewer system for the town which would take care of the town’s needs. He also recom mends new reservoirs for water storage and new and enlarged water mains in town. It was decided that the Perk insville area, the Blowing Rock Road area and the Poplar Hill Highway 105 area would quali fy as to need and built up areas for annexation of the city lim its. The other areas which were considered did not qualify be cause of the large expanses of unimproved property. The approximate costs to complete these programs would be slightly under $3,000,000; $1,800,000 for the sewer pro (Continued on page 3, bee. B) Social Security Leader To Speak At Chamber Meet An excellent program has been scheduled for the Cham ber of Commerce and Merchants Association Membership Meet ing next Tuesday, June 9, at the Daniel Boone Inn at 12 noon. Mrs. Christine W. Bolan, Field Representative, Social Security Administration district office, Hickory, will appear on the pro gram discussing “Disability and Social Security.” This topic should be of much interest to everyone. You should be interested in learning what coverage you have on this un employment or retirement pro tection. You will have an op portunity to ask questions. Dr. Gene Wilson, director of Horn in the West, will be pres ent to tell something about the season's drama. For reservations, please call the Chamber of Commerce of fice, phone 264-2225. _ Moore Has Small Lead Over 3,000 Wataugans Cast Ballots Saturday Scott Leads In Voting; County Tally Over 3000 voters in Watauga County went to the polls Satur day to select the candidates of their choice to run for the var ious offices of the County and State in the November election. The turnout of voters was high er than was expected; Demo cratic voters outnumbering the Republican voters due to the heated campaigns of the cand idates for nomination in the gov ernor’s race and the numerous Democratic candidates seeking nomination to oppose the in cumbent local Republicans in the fall. In the contest for the Demo cratic governor’s nomination Dan K. Moore took a slight edge over Richardson Preyer with a vote for Moore of 1,122 to 1,016 for Preyer, with Beverly Lake getting 85 votes, Kidd Brewer 40, Bruce Burleson 2 and R. J. Stansbury 0. In the Republican primary for governorship nomination, Robert Gavin polled 578 votes, Charles W. Strong 63 and Don ald Badgley 18. Robert Scott, Democrat, won by a big majority over his near est opponent, Clifton Blue, in the lieutenant governor’s race with a vote of 1345 to Blue’s 473. John R- Jordan received 174. S. C. Eggers, Republican, poll ed the most votes to represent the 29th State Senatorial Dis trict. Eggers polled 350 votes, T. E. Story 241 and F. D. B. Harding 63. Rep. J. E. Holshouser, Jr., Re publican, was unopposed. In other Democratic races: Commissioner of Insurance: Edwin S. Lanier 911, John B. Whitley 415, and John N. Fred erick 276. Commissioner of Labor: Frank Crane 954, John B. Wardell 324, and Frank Castlebury 301. In the Democratic race for the House of Representatives nomination Lewis H. Smith poll ed 1,065 votes to George A. Flowers 927. For the Democratic nomina tion for the board of education A. E. South nosed out incumb ent D. Grady Moretz with a vote of 1,127 to Moretz 1,022. The vote for the county com missioners on the Democratic ticket: Gordon H. Winkler 1,173, Robert W. Davis 1,112, David Spainhour 1,052, J. B. Ragan 919, L. A. Henson 658, Aud Ward 552, Hayden Pitts 440, and Mrs. Edna Brittain 366. In the Republican race for lieutenant governor Clifford Lee Bell polled 410 to Robert A. Flynt 135. John C. Clifford polled 394 votes to Ralph B. Pfaff 113 in the race for Republican com missioner of insurance. For the Republicna nomina tion for the county commission ers, J. C. Lyons 381, John F. Greene 377, S. Bynum Greene 398, John D. Wellborn 333, Fred Michael 244', and Elmer Miller 183. For the Republican nomina tions for the board of educa tion John H. Hollar 524, F. D. Baumgardner 341 and James S. Stout 224. Moore Asks For Second Primary Dan K. Moore officially re quested Monday that a second primary be called to decide the Democratic nominee for gov ernor of North Carolina. Rich ardson Preyer had led in the first primary. The 57-year-old former Su perior Court judge from Canton, personally appeared before State Board of Elections Chairman (Continued on page 3, Sec. B) Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude honors, second mgnest academic honors at Appalachian State Teach ers College, went to 10 students in a class of 451 undergrdauates. Dr. W. H. Plemmons, president of ASTC, congratulated the group during commencement exercises. Pictured with Dr. Plemmons, center, are (1-r) John Allen Lett, Jr., son of Mrs. Lucile Lett of Boone; Papl Henry Reuter, son of Rev. and Mrs. Paul Reuter of Savannah, Ga.; Myrna Lewis Stephens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stephens of Spray; Mary Jane Eller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Koby tiler oi rur lear; Judith Ann Abernethy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yates Abernethy of Vale; Dr. Plemmons; Donna Carolina Havnaer, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Havnaer of Hick oxy; Linda Grey Johnson Kerley, daughter of .x Mr. and Mrs. Waitsel Johnson of Hiddenite; Mary Ellen Blevins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blan Blevins of Crumpler; and Kenneth Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Smith of Route 2, Concord.—Larry Penley photo. Sunmia Cum Laude Summa Cum L.auae, tne mgnest academic honor at Appalachian State Teachers Col lege, went to Janet Faye Johnson of Raleigh during the 61st annual commencement exer cises. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Johnson of Raleigh, Miss Johnson graduated at the top of a class of 451 students. Pictured U-r; are ur. w. n. neinmons, presiaem oi Appalachian College, Miss Johnson and George H. Esser, Jr., of Chapel Hill, execu tive director of the North Carolina Fund, Esser delivered the commencement address. —Larry Penley photo. Historical Assn. Gets Report On Plans For Horn In West Dr. I. G. Greer, President, presided at the spring meeting of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association, which was held last week and which heard reports from various committees having to do with the condition, aims and pro grams of the Association. Herman W. Wilcox, Executive Vice-President, reported on the publicity program carried on over the country in the promo tion of Horn in the West. Among the publications carry ing stories on the Horn are Tarheel Wheels, We The Peo ple, several national magazines including the Progressive Far mer, Holiday Inn and Better Homes and Gardens. All State daily and weekly newspapers have cooperated, together with the various radio and tv sta tions, Mr. Wilcox said. The United States Travel Service is distributing Horn folders to five continents in Europe, and a local representa tive attended the commission ing of the United States Sub marine Daniel Boone. The dra ma is being promoted by the entire crew of this vessel. The New York Times is carrying a weekly listing of the local theater schedule, in their Sunday travel section. The Mo bil Travel Guide carries a story of the Horn, with a coupon that may be used by out-of-state visitors to receive special con sideration in the matter of ad mission. Mr. Jeff Wilson, Editor of Tarheel Wheels, spoke, and stressed the importance of the Horn to the area, State and the South. In announcing that Tarheel Wheels, in its May and June issue, will contain promotional material for the Daniel Boone Wagon Train and Horn in the West, Mr. Wilson expressed his (Continued on page 3, Sec. Bj j Truck Collides With School Bus A loaded school bus, driven by Janies Harold Cox of Trip lett, going east and turning left into Parkway School, was hit Monday morning by a 1964 Chevrolet pick-up truck driven by Jesse Lee Dean of Greens boro, going west. The school bus had stopped, as required by law, before turning, but due to the heavy fog the driver of the truck failed to see the bus. There were no personal in juries but the front of the truck, owned by the E. F. Craven Co., Inc., of Greensboro was dam aged between $700 and $800, and the front of the school bus was damaged an estimated $300. Patrolman Baker investigated the accident which happened about 7:45.
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