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VOLUME LXXV1— NO. 50
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JUNE 11, 1964
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Four Killed,
Two Injured
In Collision
Three members of one family
and another man were killed
and two children were critically
injured Saturday night in a
head-on collision on Highway
194 near Newland in 'Avery
County.
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Clingman
Wiseman, 29 and 23, .and thalr
two-year-old daugbt^,. Tkihmy
Faye, of Route 2, Sprier Pine,
were killed in the. accident
Their son, Randy Lynn, 5, was
injured. ; • • >
Harvey Sandy . Clark, 81, oi
Crossnore, driver of , the second
car, was also kUled, dud Charles
Lovelace, 11, of near Spruce
Pine, was injured.
Highway Patrolman R. D.
Bowlin, who investigated tha
accident, said it appeared that
the Clark car skidded into the
path of the Wiseman vehicle,
causing the accident.
Bob Barnes
Takes Position
With WSOC
Mr. Bob Barnes, w&o has
been chief announcer for
WATA the past 8 years, will
leave June 13 to accept a posi
tion in the sports department
of WSOC Radio in Charlotte.
In this position he will broad
cast sports news and also local
sports in season. Bob has had a
definite interest in sports
broadcasting since he broad
cast his first one-half basket
ball game while still a student
at Appalachian High School.
Bob is a native of Boone and
is married to the former Lo
rene Parker of Mills Spring in
Polk county. Hiey live on
Photo by Flowers’ Photo Shop
BOB BARNES
Boone, Route 4 and have two
boys, Bobby Len and William
Lane. Mrs. Barnes is employed
with the Watauga County
Board of Education.
Mr. Barnes has been an
active member of the Boone
Jaycees for four years and was
instrumental in carrying on
the plays at the Little Theater.
He has been Master of Cere
monies at the Miss Watauga
Pageant for two years.
He is a graduate of Appala
chian State Teachers College
with a Bachelor of Science de
gree in Physical Education and
Social Studies.
In leaving Boone to go into
a broader field of radio, Bob
expressed his appreciation to
the personnel of station WATA
and to the people of Boone for
their interest and words of en
couragement in the time he
has been working here.
When asked about the future
of the “Perkinsville Tunnel”
he replied, “I am leaving it in
the hands of Joe Jasper, admin
istrator, Jollena Jasper, who
will be in charge of all social
affairs and Pearlena Jasper,
who will be the hostess.”
Ministers, Doctors
Plan Joint Meeting
The June meeting of the Wa
tauga County Ministerial Asso
ciation will be a joint meeting
with the Medical Association on
Monday, June 15, at 7:30 p. m.,
at the Daniel Boone Hotel for
a dinner meeting.
The doctors have arranged a
very fine program of interest
to both doctors and ministers.
All ministers of the county are
Invited and urfed to be present.
The Winner
Mrs. Lonnie Townsend, Route 4, Boone,
winner of the Pepsi-Cola 10-minute shopping
spree, is shown receiving her gift certificate
from Mr. Jack Young of the Spruce Pine
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company—Flowers photo.
•Local Pepsi Contest Winner
To Go Shopping On Tuesday
Mrs. Lonnie Townsend, Rt.
4, Boone, winner of the local
grand prize in the Pepsi-Cola
Shopping Spree will be collect
ing her winnings at the local
A & P Store on Tuesday, June
16.
^ Itownsend, mother. of
sixteen children, feels that she
can use the 10 minutes alloted
her to a good advantage and
says that she is “strong enough
to carry 100 pounds under each
arm”.
The A & P Store in Boone
has been selected as the site
of the shopping spree, local
grand prize in the $1,850,000.00
1964 Pepsi-Cola Shopping
Spree, it was announced today
jointly by Jack Young, Manager
of Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of
Spruce Pine, and Mr. Nick Sta
kias, Manager of the A & P
Store, Boone.
During the spree, the win
ner, selected from the 150,000
entries received in the contest,
will be permitted, 10 minutes,
to take as many groceries off of
the shelves as she can carry to
the checkout counter, within
her alloted time.
At the conclusion of the time
period, the local Pepsi-Cola
Bottling Company will pay the
full retail cost of the check-out
tape run up by spree winner.
In addition to the grand loc
al prize, 35 prizes, in the form
(ConlinueU on page two)
ASTC Golf Team were run
ners-up in the National NAIA
Golf Championship. See details,
“Speaking of Golf” column, on
page 4, Section B. !
Judging Staff Announced
For Rhododendron Festival
Bakersville — Mr. Marcus W.
Blanton, President of the North
Carolina Rhododendron Festival
to be held here on June 17-20,
has just released the names of
the official judging staff.
Mr. W. W. Hoy, President of
The Security Bank & Trust
Company of Rutherfordton.
Miss Joanne Aldridge, In
structor of English at Appala
chian State Teachers College in
Boone.
Mr. Richard Barron, Assistant
General Manager of WSJS-TV
in Winston-Salem.
Mr. Jerry Ball, Dean of Beauty
Pageant Judges of Charlotte.
Mr. Earl Crawford, Sr., Presi
dent of The Carolina’s Carrousel
of Charlotte.
Each of the above judges are
well known in the South as
among the top names among
beauty judges. “Some have been
with us before,” Mr. Blanton
said, “and we were indeed for
tunate in getting them to return
and serve again this year.”
Four Local
Youths Receive
Scholarships
Four seniors have been noti
fied that they are the recipients
of scholarships which will aid
them in a financial way in col
lege.
Patty Payne and Linda Mc
Karaher have received scholar
ships in the amount of $350 each
from the North Carolina Teach
ers’ Scholarship Loan. Both
plan to attend Appalachian
State Teachers College.
Annie Miller, who also plans
to attend ASTC, received a
scholarship in the amount of
$150 from the college.
Diane Warman has been
awarded a $350 scholarship by
the Methodist Church of the
North Wilkesboro District. She
has also been nominated for the
McClure Foundation Scholar
ship. She plans to attend Bre
vard College.
Clean-up Week
At Blowing Rock
The Board of Commissioners
of the Town of Blowing Rock
have declared the week of
June 15-20 “Clean-up Week”.
Anyone having extra trash to
be picked up is asked to call
CY 5-4111. All residents are
asked to help make Blowing
Rock more attractive by co
operating in “Clean-up-week”.
New Office
Mr. Herman W. Wilcox is shown behind desk
in the new office of the Horn in the West.
This new office is located adjacent to the
Wilcox Travel Agency offices and the Cham
ber of Commerce offices. Heretofore, the
Chamber of Commerce and Horn in the West
offices were combined, but due to the crowd*
ed space and limited facilities, Mr. Wilcox
has made this attractive space available to
the Southern Appalachian Historical Associ
ation at no extra cost to them for the remain
der of the year, to handle the Horn in the
West business.
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Door Prizes To Be Awarded
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Annual BREMCO Meet
Saturday At Jefferson
$115 Thousand
Capital Credits
To Be Refunded
“Planning Ahead” will be
the theme of the twenty-eighth
annual membership meeting of
Blue Ridge Electric Member
ship Corporation. The meeting
is to be held at Ashe Central
High School, near Jefferson, in
Ashe County. Mrs. Harry B.
Caldwell, Master, N. C. State
Grange, will deliver the main
address for the program.
Registration for the meeting
will be from twelve o’clock un
til two p. m. Entertainment
will be from one-thirty o’clock
until time for the business ses
sion. The business session will
include the election of direc
tors, reports of officers, the no
minating committee and resolu
tions committee.
Drawings for door prizes will
be held throughout the meet
ing. Prizes consist of a combi
nation refrigerator-freezer and
a large variety of portable ap
pliances. A special children’s
program will be held during
the business session of the co
operative members. Sandwiches
and drinks will be available for
purchase from the West Jef
ferson Volunteer Fire Depart
ment and the Home Demon
stration Clubs of Ashe County.
Nearly < $115 thousand in
capital credits will be returned
to the members. This is a sav
ings realized by members by
providing themselves with a
service through their own busi
ness.
Officers and directors of the
cooperative extend an invita
tion to all members to attend
the meeting and exercise their
privileges and responsibilities
of membership.
Mrs. Caldwell
Will Deliver
Keynote Address
MRS. HARRY B. CALDWELL
Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell, Mast
er of the North Carolina State
Grange, will deliver the key
note address at the 28th an
nual meeting of Blue Ridge
Electric Membership Corpora
tion. The meeting will be held
Saturday afternoon, June 13 in
the Ashe Central High School
Gymnasium near Jefferson.
Mrs. Caldwell received an
honorary doctor of Laws De
gree from Woman’s College of
the University of North Caro
lina, Greensboro in 1957. She
has been active in the North
Carolina State Grange since
1930. During this time she has
held numerous positions in
cluding Juvenile Su|>erinten
ent, Director of Public Rela
tions and State Grange Master
twice. She is the only woman
to ever hold the position of
State Grange Master.
Dr. Caldwell has served the
National Grange in the follow
ing capacities: Juvenile Super
intendent, Chairman of Com
mittee on Education, Leader of
(Continuod oo pago two)
Theatre Renovated
Officials of the “Horn in the West” outdoor
drama at Boone inspect the Daniel Boone
Theatre which is undergoing a $25,000 reno
vation. The 1963 North Carolina Legislature
appropriated $22,500 toward improving the
mountain theatre originally built in 1952.
Left to right, H. Grady Farthing, finance com
mittee chairman; Jacob V. Caudill, vice
president; W. R. Winkler, maintenance
chairman; Herman W. Wilcox, executive
vice president; and Wade E. Brown, mayor
of Boone and legal adviser.
Many Delegates To Attend
Meeting Of Fire Group Here
Burley Acreage
Measurement
Is Under Way
Field work has been started
on the 1665 hurley tobacco al
lotments in the county to check
the acreage farmers have plant
ed for the 1964 crop year.
Any farmer who has planted
in excess of his 1964 allotment
will be notified soon and given
10 days to file a request for
disposition of the excess or re
measurement. Notices will be
mailed to all growers of their
planted acreage after the ma
jority of these have been meas
ured.
This year the minimum charge
for checking the disposition of
excess tobacco acreage on a
farm will be $5.00 per farm.
This charge will cover disposi
tion in one place only and an
additional charge of $1.00 per
place will be made for each
place disposition made. Re
measurement charge will be
$8.00 per farm minimum.
Most of the southern states
and the District of Columbia
are sending delegates to the
twenty-fifth annual joint meet
ing of the Southern Forestfire
Commission, Inc., to be held
here July 7 and 8, it was stated
by W. L. Shaddix of Birming
ham, Ala., who as a former
teacher represents the Commis
sion.
Jim Wiseman of Searcy, Ark.,
former president of the South
ern Lumbermen’s Association
of Kansas City, and trustee of
the Southwestern University of
Dallas, Texas, will address the
gathering on how to supply fu
ture wood industries with
adequate timber. Mr. Wiseman
recently addressed the north
western Lumbermen’s Associa
tion in Portland, Oregon, and
also the Ohio Retail Lumber
Dealers Association in Cleve
land. He is a former president
of the Commission and is now
vice-chairman of the Board.
Other leaders in conservation
and wood industry manufactur
ing and timber growing who
have made reservations include
C. M. Bazemore, president of the
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State Lily Show To
Be Held June 20-21
Two nationally known lily
growers and hybridizers—Jan
de Garf of the Oregon Bulb
Farms and Dr. Edward Kleine
of Lake Grove, Oregon — will
have exhibits at the State Lily
Show to be held in Boone at
the Appalachian Elementary
School from 2 to 8 p. m. on
Saturday, June 20 and from 2
to 5 p. m. on Sunday, June 21.
In addition to the above ex
hibits, lily growers throughout
the entire state will have en
tries in the shaw.
Mr. Roger Bemis of the Black
thorne Gardens of Massachus
etts, Dr. George Doak of Chapel
Hill, and Professor A. M. Sho
walter of Harrisonburg, Va., will
serve as judges i for the Horti
culture Division.
Dr. Doak, who is past-presi
dent of the North American Lily
Society end of the North Caro
'ina Lily {society, will give an
illustrated lecture on “Lilies”
in the school auditorium at 8:15
p. m. Saturday.
All three of these judges are
nationally recognized authori
ties on the planting, cultivation,
and development of lilies, and
both the show and the lecture
will provide excellent opportun
ity for persons interested in
this phase of gardening to se
cure valuable information.
The show will be comprised
of two main divisions—Arrange
ment and Horticulture. The
former is by advance registra
tion only, but the Horticulture
Division is open to any lily
grower. It is hoped that speci
mens from all parts of the state
will be exhibited.
Tickets may be secured at
Stallings Jewelry Store or the
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United Nations
Phil Minor, son of Mr. and M^s.
Joe C. Minor, Boone, is attend
ing the United Nations World
Peace Seminar in New York
this week. The seminar was ar
ranged by the Division on Peace
and World Order and the Youth
Council of the Western North
Carolina Methodist Conference.
Phil is president of the Boone
Methodist Church MYF and his
trip is sponsored by the Boone
Methodist Church.
Auto Men Meet
In Blowing Rock
U. S. Senator Sam J. Ervin
will be the feature speaker at
the North Carolina Independent
Auto Dealers Association’s an
nual Convention at the Green
Park Hotel, Blowing Rock, June
13, 14 and 15. W. J. William
son, executive vice-president of
the NC1ADA, announced that
the Convention speakers will
also include Warren A. King,
automotive merchandising man
ager, Life Magazine, and Edwin
P. Latimer, president of Ameri
can Discount Co., Charlotte.
Driver Education
School Announced
Mr. G. G. Billings announced
this week another driver-educa
tion school to be held Tuesday,
June 16 and June 23 for stu
dents who could not get driver
education in school. All per
sons interested must register
with the driver-license examin
er before June 16.