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Jv*V; TH X •' • FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the col umns of the Democrat With its full ' * : paid circulation, intensely covering -''St' the local shopping area, it is the ^ best advertising medium available. •,'-5 ,f •-> . . • -"-c VOLUME LXXVII— NO. 5 CONTENTS An independent Weekly Newspaper .. . Seventy-Seventh Year of Continuous Publication boons weAtssb 9 ^ 1064 Hi Lo prec. ’63 Hi Lo July 21 78 63 July 22 75 64 tr. July 23 80 60 39 July 24 72 60 .31 July 25 76 64 tr. July 26 79 64 July 27 81 61 74 60 76 56 76 58 71 56 73 60 77 57 82 59 CO.. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 30, 1964 10 CENTS PER COPY 24 PAGES—3 SECTIONS ^ a"4 ■1 is^VJ' ■f:-x:' . Commission Accredits CS I As a result of a recant sur vey of Watauga County Hos pital by The Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospitals, • the hospital has been notified that it has been fully accredit ed for a period of three years. The Commission also stated ’ "that the proposed construction of an entirely new 83-bed hos pital is highly commendable." The accrediting agency is made up of The American Col lege of Physicians, American College of Surgeons, Amrtfban Hospital Association, Anrerican Medical Association and Cana dian Medital Association. Dr. Russell H. Blood visited the hospital on May 21 to examine departments such as medical staff organization, medical record department, dietary and nursing department. Dr. Blood stated that-he was favorably impressed by the ex cellent medical program carried on at the hospital. Watauga Hospital was first approved in 1955 and has been fully ap proved since that time. Watau ga County Hospital is also the only fully approved hospital in Watauga County. It is pointed out that the sur vey by the Joint Commission is purely voluntary, and made only by hospitals that request it. Mrs. Virginia A. Groce, Ad ministrator of the hospital, ex presses her appreciation to the medical and surgical staff, to the Board of Trustees, and all j the other departments and em- \ ployees for their cooperation in ; helping to maintain' high hos- ] pital standards. j Miss Robinson Dies At Age 14 i Miss Nancy Lee Robinson, 14-year-old daughter of Kent and Jane Greenlee Robinson of Boone, died Friday morning at Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem after an illness of four months. She was born in Boone. She was a rising sophomore at Appalachian High School and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Surviving besides her parents and her grandparents, Mrs. Sam Greenlee of Spruce Pine NANCY LEE ROBINSON and Mrs. George Robinson of Reese; and a sister, Miss Helen Robinson of the home. The funeral was conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church by the Rev. J. K. Parker and the Rev. E. F. Troutman. Burial was in the Greenlee Memorial Ceme tery at Spruce Pine. Ervin Announces Federal Loan To Build New Dorms At ASTC Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (D NC) announced Tuesday that lour new residence halls and a new college union building for students at Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone, N. C. will be constructed with $3, 190,000 in four college housing loans from the Community Fa cilities Administration. The Federal loan will be supple mented by $096,000 of the col lege’s own funds. '*■ ”‘ Details of the loans are as follows: A $1,025,000 loan for con struction of a three-story rein forced concrete and brick col lege union, which will provide a snack bar, kitchen facilities, student office and meeting rooms, lounge areas, a craft shop and book store for the en tire student body: $780,000 for a three-story brick residence hall to house 288 men students and provide lounge and dormitory office $605,000 loan to be used with $685,000 of the college’s funds for two residence halls to house a total of 500 women students; and $780,000 for an eight-story residence hall for 300 women students. Senator Ervin pointed out that construction is scheduled to start in two months with com pletion slated in one year with the exception of the union build ing which will take about 20 months. 4-H LEADERS.—Bob Shipley (foreground) of Vilas, (Watauga County) was elected president Thursday of North Carolina’s vast 4-H Club organization. Elected to serve with him were (from left) Mary Beth Hurdle of Hertford, Route 3, vice president; C. J. Reynolds of Biscoe, Route 3, historian; and Mary Alice Thomas of Magnolia, secretary treasurer. The election came as one of the concluding features of the 39th annual State 4-H Club Week at N. C. State. (Photo by Ralph Mills.) TOP HONORS IN THE STATE 4-H dress revue were announced during state 4-H Club Week in Raleigh. Winners are (left to right) Ramona Bowditch, Yancy County, 3rd place; Janie Shipley, Watauga County, 1st place; Harriet McRae, Anson County, 2nd place. . Watauga Youth Is Named President State 4-H Council Watauga , county receivea several honors during State 4 H Club Week, July 20-24. Bobby Shipley of Vilas and the Cove Creek 4-H Club was elected President of the State 4-H Council by 155 electoral votes. Bobby received votes from 83 counties in our State. He will preside at the spring council meeting and the 1965 State 4-H Chib Week. Bobby’s sister, Janie Shipley, won the State 4-H Dress Revue Wednesday night. She compet ed with 36 girls who had won the dress revue in each respec tive district. Janie will go to Chicago and model in the Na tional Dress Revue during 4-H Club Congress. Janie and Bobby are the chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Shipley. Billy Henson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Henson, Sherwood, and Cove Creek 4-H Club mem ber was state winner in sheep shearing. He attended the rec ognition banquet for state win ners Thursday night at the Faculty Club. Earline Michael represented our county as the County Health Queen Tuesday night. She was a lovely delegate. Ear line is irom me mamey com munity 4-H Club. Sherry Cornett, Elizabeth Cornett, Elizabeth Wilson, and Zola Cornett sang “Lose My Mind, Before I’m Over You” in the State-wide Talent Show held Thudsday night of Club Week. They are from the Mount dale Community 4-H Club. Other club members in at tendance were Joyce Tester of Bethel and Jae Shore of Valle Crucis. The event was held at North Carolina State College. Ap proximately 1400 persons at tended. The group was accom panied by Mrs. Doris P. Storie, assistant home agent, and Mr. W. C. Richardson, agricultural agent. HOMER BROWN Free X-Ray Unit Closes Thursday Wataugans are reminded that the X-Ray service unit on King Street in front of the Crest store closes at 5 p. m. on Thursday, July 30. Because of insufficient operating funds, the unit will not be available anywhere else in the county this year. Homer Brown, Co. Librarian, Dies Saturday Homer Furnifold Brown, 62, of Boone, district director of Appalachian Regional Library in Watauga, Wilkes, and Ashe counties, died at 9 p. m. Satur day at Blowing Rock Hospital where he had been a patient since suffering a heart attack several weeks ago. He was born in Alleghany County to Freeland and Mary Stamper Brown. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving as chief signalman. He also worked at an ordinance depot under civil service. He received B.S. and M.A. degrees from Appalachian State Teachers College. He became Watauga County librarian in 1953, and later Wilkes and Ashe counties were added to his district. Surviving are his widow, Mrs, (Continued from page three) Total $1,472,424 -■ : >r. t ;. • • . • • - ' : -• ’•'* -••• ■'/'■'tip School Contract Given '■ v:;.V ; ■' ’ To Johnson City Firm WorkOnNew Plant Will Be Started Soon Bids were opened for the construction of the Watauga High School by the Watauga County Board of Education, Tuesday, July 21, at 3 p. m., in the office of the superin tendent of schools. The board took the low bids under con sideration and met again in special session on Friday, July 24, and awarded the construc tion contracts to the following: General contract — J. E. Greene Construction Co., John son City: $1,096,017.00. Plumbing — Moser Plumbing & Heating, Asheville: $84,700.00. Heating—Moser Plumbing & Heating, Asheville: $181,240.00. Electrical contract—Electric Wiring Co., Hickory: $87,610.00. Kitchen contract — Food Equipment Contractors, Dur ham: $22,857.00 Total amount—$1,472,424.00. Furniture and equipment con tracts for the library and home economics departments were not awarded due to the receipt of only two bids. This part of the project will be re-advertised and bids will be received at a later date. The total school project con tains 127,297 square feet and construction is scheduled to be gin immediately in order to have the building ready for occupancy by the opening of the 1965-66 school term. Watauga Young C. 0. P. Gub To Hear Rep. Osteen Representative William Os teen of Greensboro will be the principal speaker at the July meeting of the Watauga County Young Republican Club. The meeting will be held at the Elementary School Auditorium in Boone at 8 p. m. Thursday, July 30. Osteen has emerged as one of the brightest of the young men in the Republican party in North Carolina, and has twice served as House Minority Leader in the State Legisla ture. He led the Republican sweep in Guilford County in 1962, and is already being men tioned as a potential candidate for governor in 1968. Local Young Republican leaders are expecting the larg est crowd since the organiza tion of the club in 1962. Appalachian Makes Request For $10 Million Budget Appalachian State Teachers College capital improvements requests totaling $10,087,000 were presented to the North Carolina Advisory Budget Com mission at the July 15 meeting on the Boone campus by Dr. W. H. Plemmons, ASTC presi dent. These requests are for the 1965-67 biennium. Prior to the meeting the commission was given a tour of the campus that they might see first hand the old and new buildings on the campus.' Addressing the commission, Dr. Plemmons reviewed briefly the history of Appalachian. He saitf that tha aawtoaat bu i increased rapidly in the past decade. The enrollment has soared from 1400 in 1955 to 3193 in 1963-64, which repre sents an annual increase of approximately 200 students. Dr. Plemmons declared that while the enrollment has more than doubled since 1955, the capacity of the residence halls has been increased by approxi mately 450. , Dormitory facilities on the campus were designed to pro vide accommodations for 1700 students. However, during the past year, approximately 1917 students were housed in these facilities. The college assign ad three students to 217 rooms originally designed to accom modate only two. For 1964-65, it is planned to assign three students to an ad ditional 200 to 250 rooms. Such conditions are very undesir able, but either these condi tions are continued or five or six hundred stuents would be told that Appalachian cannot accommodate them. The college president said that studies made of enrollment trends indicate that by 1965 (provided facilities are ready to occupy by that time) the equ ated full-time enrollment will approach 3600. By 1970-71 the enrollment is expected to reach 4782. _ Budget requests were pre sented to the commission un der three classifications, prior ity classification I, priority classification II and priority classification III. Priority Classification I In this classification are urgently needed major repairs or construction required for protection and safety of per sons or for the preservation of property. A new 80,000 square feet Classroom Building to replace the Administration Building la recommended. The present ad ministration building was con* (Continued oa page t, Sec. C.) Y; Photo Flowers’ Photo Shop SCENE OF CRASH IN WHICH ONE WAS KILLED. Pennell Is Indicted In Fatal Accident On 105 I Johnnie Pennell, 22, of the Silverstone community, has been charged with homicide and five traffic violations in the July 22 traffic death of Ray mond Spencer Isaacs, Jr., 22, of Zionville, according to Sher iff Dallas Cheek. Warrants is sued by the sheriff for traffic offenses included failing to stop for a stop sign, failing to stop for a siren, driving on the wrong side of the road, driving in excess of 90 miles an hour, an operating a vehicle without a driver’s license. Bond was set at $2500 on the homicide charge and two lesser bonds for the traffic violations. Bonds were filled and Pennell was released pending his appearance before the Grand Jury at the fall term of court. Pennell was driving Isaacs’ car when it collided head-on with another car driven by Wil liam McGuire of Sugar Grove on Highway 105 about five miles south of Boone, Wednes day night at 8:15. Pennell was being pursued by Sheriff Cheek and Deputy Ed Harmon at the time of the collision, the chase having started earlier on High way 421 two miles west of Boone. In addition to Isaacs, who was killed in the wreck, Pennell and Shirley Hicks, 27, of Boone FOR 1965-67 BIENNIUM were injured, along with Mrs. McGuire and her son, Gary, who were passengers in the car driven by William McGuire. All were taken to Watauga Hospital for treatment. Funeral services for Raymond Spencer Isaacs, Jr., were con ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church by Rev. Walter Hill. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are his father, Ray mond Spencer Isaacs, five bro thers, Lawrence of Vilas, Dean, Estel, Fred and J. C. of Zion ville, and a sister, Mrs. Irene Pennell of Zionville. Funeral Held For Mrs.W. C. Carroll Mrs. Walter C. Carroll, age 81, of Boone, Route 1 died July 27 at the home of a son, Archie Carroll after an illness of two months. She was a native of Watauga county and had spent her en tire life here. She was the daughter of the late Calvin and Sophia Elrod Hodges. Funeral services were con ducted at 2 p. m. July 29 at (Continued on page three) County Demos Will Attend Unity Dinner Representatives from Wa tauga County are expected to attend the Democrat Unity Din ner in Charlotte on July 31, according to James A. Dugger, county chairman. State Democratic Party chair man Lunsford Crew stated that bore than 1,000 Democrats from all over the state are expected to attend the affair at the Park Center at 7 p. m. when Secre tary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges will make the princi pal address. All state and dis trict candidates have indicated they plan to attend. In addi tion, Crew stated that he had received word from the ma jority of the unsuccessful pri mary candidates that they will attend. Crew noted that tickets for the fund-raising affair at $10 each can be obtained from the county chairmen or from State Headquarters in Raleigh.
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