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BOONE WKATRES '
1964 Hi Lo prec. ’63
June 9 85 58
June 10 83 62
June 11 85 61
June 12 77 56
June 13 78 65
June It 82 65 J7
June 15 82 65
VOLUME LXXVI— NO. 51
CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED 1M4
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JUNE 18,1964
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22 PAGES—2 SECTIONS
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V The Winner Goes Shopping
MRS. LONNIE F. TOWNSEND, of Boone, Route 4, is shown
with a part of the food she assembled at the A & P Store
Tuesday morning, compliments of the Pepsi-Cola Co., at the
close of their Shopping Spree Promotion. Inset shows Mrs.
Townsend with an armful of hams as she hurried to get as
much food as possible in the ten minutes allotted time.—
Photos by Flowers.
Pepsi-Cola Shopping Spree Brings $754.45
Worth Of Groceries To Mrs. Townsend
Mrs. Lonnie Townsend, Route
4, Boone, local prize winner of
the 10-minute, shopping spree
in the Pepsi-Cola Sweepstakes,
raked in $754.45 in groceries at
the A&P Store here Tuesday
morning.
The store , was, cleared of
shoppers and In jthe presence
of photographers and the press,
f ' Mrs. Townsend at 8:35 a:wr1ti
a deliberate and calm way made
her selections of groceries from
the shelves and carried them
to the checkout counter, amass
ing many shopping carts full
of groceries.
When interviewed, before the
spree started, Mrs. Townsend
said she had no plan in mind
in choosing the groceries other
than “to get as much food as
possible in the time allotted as
I have thirteen mouths to feed
at home and it takes lots of
food.” And that she did to the
sum of $754.45 in staples and
non-perishable items.
Mr. Jack Young of the Pepsi
Cola Bottling Co. at Spruce
Fine expressed pleasure that
*Mrs. Townsend was able to se
lect as many groceries as she
did in the 10-minutfe period and
presented Pepsi-Cola’s check to
cover the cost of the groceries
to Mr. Nick Stakias, manager of
the A&P Store.
With the help of some mem
bers of her family and the staff
at the A&P Store, the groceries
were loaded onto a pickup
truck to be taken to the Town
send home.
Photo by Paul Weston Studio
Lily Grower
Mrs. D. L. Wilcox, one of Boone’s lily growers, grooms her
lilies for the State Lily Show.
State Lily Show To
Be Held In Boone
Wide interest is being shown
in the State Lily Show to be
staged at the Elementary School
in Boone on Saturday and Sun
day, June 20 and 21.
The local sponsor, the Wa
tauga Garden Council, reports
that both the horticulture ex
hibits and the artistic arrange
ments promise to be outstand
ing.
This is the first show of its
kind to be presented anywhere
in this section, and attendance
is expected to b|e good. The
visiting authorities on lilies, Dr.
George Doak of Chapel Hill,
Dr. Eoyall Bepis o< |iaasachus
etts, and Professor A. M. Sho
walter of Harrisonburg, Va.,
will bring slides as well as spec
imen lillies, and Dr. Doak will
give an illustrated lecture on
Saturday evening at the school
auditorium.
Varieties of lilies never grown
in this locality will be exhibited
—many of them being flown in
from the bulb farms of Oregon.
Members of the State Lily
Society from all parts of the
state are participating in the
show, and local gardeners are
grooming their finest lilies for
Former Postmaster
George M. Sudderth, 81, re
ttrod Blowing Rock posthlSsfeif,*
died at Blowing Rock Hospital;
Friday after a long period of
falling health. He had been
hospitalized seventeen days.
Born in Blowing Rock Dec
ember 1, 1882, Mr. Sudderth
had spent his entire lift there.
As a young man he taught
in the schools at Sandy Flats,
near Blowing Rock, at Zion
ville and other places in the
county. He was educated at
the University of North Caro
lina and Wake Forest College,
where he got his law degree.
;He retired in 1952 after serv
ing for more than twenty years
as Postmaster at Blowing Rock.
He practiced civil law in Wa
tauga County for 25 years, and
served as Judge of the Recoi^d
(Continued on page 7, sec. B)
GEORGE M. SUDDERTH
G.O.P. Leaders Meet
To Promote Broyhill
Republican leaders from the
Ninth Congressional District
gathered in a dinner meeting
at the Vance Hotel in States
ville last Friday night to map
campaign strategy aimed at the
re - election of Congressman
James T. Broyhill.
The meeting, conducted by
Mrs. Walter Zachary of Yadkin
ville, was attended by officers
of the Republican organizations
from all eleven counties of the
District. It was the first such
district-wide gathering of Re
publicans seeking to return
Broyhill to Washington.
Mrs. Zachary opened the
meeting with a report on the
detailed organizational work
that has been accomplished
since the 1962 election explain
ing that the vigorous campaign
of behalf of Broyhill and the
other Republican candidate will
be based on what she called
“the fine spade work that has
been done by many dedicated
p e o p 1 e.” She congratulated
Congressman Broyhill for “his
tireless efforts in Washington
on behalf of all the people in
the District, both in the great
issues facing the country and
for the service he has given to
hundreds of North Carolinians
who have sought his' help on
personal problems.”
“We are proud that Jim Broy
hill is a Republican," Mrs.
Zachary continued, “but 1 know
there are thousands of Demo
crats in the District who are
just as proud as we are to have
such a dedicated and energetic
representative manning this
District’s command post in the
nation’s capitol. Many of our
friends in the other party in
tend to work alongside us to
keep him there.” •
Mr. Brent Kincaid, the Broy
hill campaign manager, de
scribed special plans for carry
ing the campaign into every
precinct.
Congressman Broyhill, who
attended this meeting, spoke
briefly, expressing his apprecia
tion for the support and en
couragement he has received.
He pledged to conduct an even
more active campaign than his
winning effort in 1962.
Local Red Cross
Names Officers
The Watauga County Chapter
of the American Red Cross held
its annual meeting Monday
night, June 15, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Boone Elementary School
cafeteria.
Guest speaker for the even
ing was Prof. Leo Pritchett of
ASTC. Selection of officers and
directors to serve for the year
1964-65 was made and follow
ing is a list of the people in
stalled in the various capacities.
Chairman, S. M. Ayers; Vice
Chairman, Clyde R. Greene;
(Continued on page 7, sec. B)
High
1730
Featured
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Records To
Be Broken At
Appalachian
Dr. James Stone, director of
summer sessions at ASTC, re
ports that 1730 students have
registered for the first session.
Sixty more registered Mon
day, June 15, for the NDEA
Language Institute, and 150
more are expected to register
for the first two-week work
shops in art education, reading
supervision and teaching super
vision which begins classes
June 22 and continues through
July 3. Directors of these work
shops will come from leading
colleges and universities in the
southeast.
According to Dr. Stone, this
enrollment figure is more than
a five per cent increase over
the last summer registration.
The first summer session of
ficially opened June 9 and will
continue through July 17 with
a large number of outstanding
visiting professors serving on
the summer sessions faculty.
A high school camp is ope
rating this summer on the
campus of Lees-McRae College
at Banner Elk. About 200 stu
dents have already enrolled in
these classes.
Lions Club To
Have Sale Of
Brooms, Bulbs
On June 23, the Boone Lions
Club will be visiting the areas
they were unable to cover in
their Broom and Light Bulb
Sale May 20, due to the absence
of several members.
Major J. U. Thomas stated:
“If anyone in this area is in
need of a broom or light bulbs,
our club would appreciate tneir
waiting until June 23 to make
their purchase. The light bulbs
being sold are of the very best
manufacture and stamped with
the Lion’s identification. They
sell for $2 for a package of four
60-watt, two 75-watt, and two
100-watt bulbs.
“Your purchase of brooms and
light bulbs permits our club to
render a greater service to the
blind and to purchase glasses
for our near-blind in Watauga
County. It also makes it possible
for our indigent school children
(Continued on page 7, sec. B)
Pool Raided
By Vandals
(Mr. Jerry Coe tells the Demo
crat that during the recent
absence of he and his family,
vandals broke the gate leading
to his swimming pool, cut the
net, and enjoyed the facility
with reckless abandon.
Mr. Coe states that he had
seen to it that the safety check
on the gate was secure and
had personally covered the
pool before his departure as a
protection to the small child
ren in the neighborhood who
might have entered the pool
area and been drowned. The
gate was broken down, even
though any adult should have
been able to reach through and
loose the lock, Mr. Coe said.
While the damage by the
prowlers was considerable, Mr.
Coe says he is not so much con
cerned about that as about the
fact that one’s property ap
pears to be in constant danger
when unoccupied. He adds
that the water in the pool at
the time had been chemically
treated, was not fit for bath
ing, and suggests that his un
wanted guesta see their phyii
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LASSIE AND JON PROVOST OF THE CBS TELEVISION SHOW, “LASSIE.”
Young Star Of Lassie Show
To Appear At Tweetsie Sat.
MISS RACHEL RIVERS
Rachel Rivers
Graduates At MU
Graduated from the School
of Journalism at the University
of Missouri on June 9 was Miss
Rachel Rivers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Rivers of Boone.
Miss Rivers was a member
of Zeta Tau Alpha, social sor
ority, Theta Sigma Phi, wo
men’s journalism honorary and
Choteau Grotto, Columbia
branch of the National Speleo
logical Society.
With news-editorial as her
major journalism sequence,
Miss Rivers received a Hearst
(Continued on page 7, sec. B)
Jon Provost, popular young
star of CBS TV’s “Lassie
Show”, will be appearing daily
at Tweetsie Railroad June 20
through June 27.
In announcing Jon’s accept
ance of the invitation to appear
at Tweetsie, Harry Robbins, co
owner and manager of the
railroad said, “We are happy
to be able to bring this popular
young man to Tweetsie. We
feel that the adults as well as
the children will enjoy meet
ing and getting to know him.
In constantly striving to keep
Tweetsie a family entertain
ment center, we are in the pro
cess of negotiating with the
Actor’s Agency on securing
other TV and movie personali
ties for personal appearances
at Tweetsie.”
During Jon’s visit here he
will be accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. Cecile Provost.
The following biographical
sketch describes the young man
visitors to Tweetsie can expect
to meet.
When blond-thatched, gamin
faced Jon Provost stepped into
the role of Timmy on “Lassie”
on the CBS Television Network
back in 1957, he was not aware
that a tremendous weight of
responsibility was being placed
on his shoulders.
Jon, then seven years old,
was taking over a major role
in a series that had become a
national institution. He was the
first newcomer in the show’s
cast. Frankly, the producers
(Continued on page 7, sec. B)
JACK COBB
! Cobb Elected
Lions Prexy
Jack Cobb, District Health
Department Sanitation official
and prominent Boone civic
leader, has been elected Presi
dent of the Boone Lions Club.
Other new Lions Club officers
are:
O. K. Richardson, First Vice
President; N. W. Shelton, Sec
ond Vice-President; Rev. J. K.
Parker, Third Vice-President;
Ben Strickland, Secretary; John
Robinson, Treasurer; Frank
Steckel, David Rigsby, Tail
Twisters; Guy Angell, Lion
Tamer; Dr. James Greene,
James Councill, Lee Reynolds,
C. A. Price, Directors.
Latin-American Group To
Study Operation REA Co-op
During the week of June 14
20, a group of fifteen Latin
American technicians will be in
this area to study the technical
and business operations of an
electric cooperative. They will
be visiting Blue Ridge Electric
Membership Corporation in Le
noir and surrounding counties.
In order for their technical
program to have the greatest
meaning it is important for
these participants to under
stand the environment is which
i • , -• . .
our agricultural and industrial
technology operates.
Some of the factors to be
given attention during their
say here and as they get ac
quainted with our county and
our people will be:
1. The family unit and its
place in community affairs.
2. Public education as a fac
tor in development.
3. The people’s attitude to
ward work and its relationship
to economic development
4. Opportunities citizens have
for exercising leadership.
5. Systems of taxation and
community services it finances.
6. The people’s participation
in determining the common
good and their respect for laws
and the rights of others.
While in Northwest North
Carolina they will, in addition
to studying the management
organization of Blue Ridge
Electric Membership Corpora
(Continued on page ?, etc. g)
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