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An Independent Weekly Newspaper •.. Seventy-Seventh Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE WEATHER
1904 Hi Lo prec. ’63
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July 29 74 00 *
July 30 80 64 M
July 31 76 63
Aug. 1 79 63
Aug. 2 85 64
Aug. 3 82 68
VOLUME LXXVII—NQ. 6
CONTENTS COPYRIGHTS!) 1SS4
rivers printing co.. inc.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1964
10 CENTS PER COPY
22 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
REACHING FOR THE CLOUDS, Mrs. Mary (Lib Fisher)
Whalen once again will compete in the Blowing Rock Horse
Show, August 6-9, showing her horses in the exciting open
jumping classes.
Blowing Rock Horse Show
Gets Under Way Thursday
The 41st Annual Blowing
Rock Horse Show will begin
Thursday, August 6th at 9:30
a. m. in Broyhill Park. The
show will continue Thursday
afternoon and will ran through
Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
f during the morning aha*
nine classes will be exhibited
in two rings. The addition of
an extra ring this year will
permit the various classes to
be shown at the same time per
iod. ' ;! i j 1
The morning classes in ring
A include the Green Jumpers,
Saddle Seat Equitation, North
Carolina Camp Class—Saddle
Seat—for ages 10 and under
and North Carolina Camp Class
for 11 and 12 years old.
Townspeople
Preparing To
Salute ‘Horn’
Townspeople of Boone will
salute the cast and staff of the
“Horn in the West” outdoor
drama with a special “Apprecia
tion Dinner” beginning at 7
p.m. Monday, August 10, at the
Blowing Rock Ski Lodge.
More than 200 persons are
expected to attend the affair.
Tickets are $2.50 each.
The near 70 members of the
drama cast and staff will be
the guests of the people of
Boone.
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, ASTC
president, will preside.
The “Horn” was the subject
of a 30-minute television pro
gram over WSOC-TV, Charlotte,
Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
Bill Ross, who will MC the
dinner, narrated the telecast
which appeared in a prime
time spot.
Chairman of the “Apprecia
tion Dinner” committee is Mrs.
B. W. Stallings, a director of
the Southern Appalachian His
torical Association.
Chairman of the finance com
mittee is Clyde R. Greene, also
a director.
Members of the committee
include Mrs. Earleen Pritchett;
Stanley Harris; Dr. and Mrs.
R. H. Harmon, of the drama
production committee; Bob Al
len; John Corey; Jim Greene;
and Herman W. Wilcox, who is
an ex-officio member.
Visit Winklers
Recent visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Winkler were Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Moir and sons,
Ron and Mike of Salisbury, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Smith and chil
dren, Susan and Lynn of Ox
ford, and Mrs. Grace Hender
son and Rev. and Mrs. L. Hend
arson ol LinedIton.
In Ring B, viewers will see
the Hunter Seat Equitation for
the 12 year-olds and under,
Hunter Seat Equitation, ages
13-17, VHSA Hunter Seat,
North Carolina Camp Class—10
and under, and North Carolina
Camp CU»—11-12. . •
In the afternoon division,
classes 10 through 28 will be
exhibited in Rings A and B.
Mr. “Red” Overton of South
ern Pines will return as Ring
Master and will be assisted by
Mr. Dick Bryant of Gastonia
and Mr. Sam Craver of Char
lotte. Ring announcers will be
Mr. Frank L. Smith of High
Point and Mr. E. J. Haun of
Charlotte.
The course and new parking
facilities are being designed
by Mr. Robert A. Dillon of Ath
ens, Ga.
Judges for the various- en
tries include Mr. E. B. Ogan
of Lexington, Ky.; Mr. John
Hall, Pleasaht Garden, N. C.;
Mr. Paul Smith, Winter Gar
den, Fla.; Mrs. Richard T. Mar
lette, Williamsville, N. Y.; Mr.
Edgar Daniels, Southern Pines;
Mrs. W. W. McNeil, Chester
field, Va.; and Mr. C. C. Con
ner, Greensboro. Mrs. Thomas
Chathcart of Greensboro will
serve as Secretary and the Vet
erinarian will be Dr. Charles
Shackleton of Charlotte. .
Atkins Char,
With Stabbing
Arnold Atkins, 25, of Deep
Gap has been charged with stab
bing his sister- i n -law, Mrs.
Lloyd Atkins at the home of his
father Saturday night in Deep
Gap, according to Sheriff Dal
las Cheek.
Sheriff Cheek said Mrs. At
kins was stabbed once in the
breast. She signed a warrant
for Arnold Atkins’ arrest short
ly after her arrival at Watauga
Hospital. She was released on
Monday, he said.
The Sheriff said the stabbing
resulted from a family argu
ment.
Atkins is being held on $500
bond, pending the recovery of
Mrs. Atkins.
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CIVITAN VISITOR.—Dr. Raymond Miller (left) and Mr.
Edgar Greene, president of Boone Civitan Club. Dr. Miller
was a visiting speaker to the Boone Civitan Club Friday,
under the auspices of the Standing Committee for Educa
tion Against Communism of the American Bar Association,
and through the Appalachian State Teachers College Insti
| tute oa Constitutional Deotoeracy and Totalitarianism.
M. W. BEACH
Willard Beach
Dies Suddenly;
Funeral Sunday
Marion Willard Beach, 74,
veteran printer and linotype
operator and former employee
of the Watauga Democrat, died
unexpectedly at his home at
Moravian Falls at 6:30 p.m. last
Thursday after suffering a heart
attack.
Mr. Beach had been in his
usual good health and had
worked at the Wilkes Journal
Patriot the day of his death.
Born in Watauga County, he
was a son of the late Allen Wil
son Beach and Mattie Dyson
Beach. He was a printer and
linotype operator for 57 years,
having started the trade under
the tutelage of R. C. Rivers,
Sr., in 1907. He worked for
many years on the Democrat,
was employed by the Chronicle
at Wilkesboro, The Enquirer,
York, S. C., the Winston-Salem
Journal, and the Chester, S. C.,
Reporter. For 12 years he had
worked on the Wilkes Journal
Patriot.
He was a member of the Mo
ravian Falls Baptist Church,
and had at one time been
Chairman of the Winston-Salem
Chapel of the International
(Continued on page six)
Rain And Wind
Sweep County
The County Agent’s office re
ports little damage by the rain
storm Monday night.
A few farmers reported dam
age to tobacco and tomato
plants, although losses were
not extensive.
At press time, no power lines
were known to be down, and no
bridges or roads were known
to be washed out, although some
new corn was levelled during
the storm.
Rainfall for the area measur
ed .27 inch. The storm
approximately an bow.
lasted
Citizens9 Meeting Friday
Help Of People Is Asked
20,000 Feet In
Proposed New
Manufactory
Boone is to get a new
industry if the people of the!
community and county are
willing to again lend some
financial assistance, accord
ing to word from the In
dustrial Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Accordingly, the commit
tee is asking all interested
citizens to meet with them
at the courthouse Friday
evening at 7:30, at which
time the new development
plans will be outlined and
plans presented for the co
operation of the people
through the purchase of a
reasonable number of bonds
in the buisiness, which will
yield 5 per cent interest.
The industrial committee,
according to the chairman,
Mr. A. T. Adams, is highly
pleased with the prospect
of getting this new manu
facturing facility, which en
joys a triple-A financial rat
ing and which operates a
number of plants in the
southeast and midwest. De
scribed as a tool-making in
dustry the corporation is
seeking to diversify its op
erations by the establish
ment of smaller plants
throughout the country.
In Boone, it is proposed
that the factory will initially
contain 20,000 feet of floor
space and employ from 125
to 150 men. Most of the
employees, it is stated, will
be men.
The committee insists
that there be a good turn
out of interested citizens
Friday night, so that the
plans for securing the new
industry may be finalized.
The members of the
Chamber of Commerce in
dustrial committee, which
has done so much in at
tracting new industries to
the community, is composed
of A. T. Adams, chairman;
James Marsh, Clyde R.
Greene, W. R. Winkler,
Glenn Andrews, Stanley
Harris, Jerry Coe, Neil
Fairies, D. L. Wilcox.
Marauders Get
Safe From Cafe
Thieves broke out a window
at Kirk’s Restaurant sometime
Thursday night and made away
with a small iron safe, esti
mated to weigh 200 pounds.
Zeb Kirk, 1003 Faculty Street
Extension, who owns the restau
rant, discovered the break-in
after opening up Friday morn
ing, July 31.
Police Chief Thomas told the
Democrat that at least two men
were involved in stealing the
safe. He said the men apparent
ly entered through a broken
window in back, then broke the
lock off the back door to get
the safe out
No official estimate of the
amount of money stolen has
been released. Police continue
to taveatigate._,_
HUCKLEBERRY QUEEN.—“Mike” Casey of
Birmingham, Alabama, has been chosen
1964 “Huckleberry Queen” at Grandfather
Mountain. With a good berry crop and n
beautiful queen, everyone is happy atop the
6,000-foot highest peak in the Blue Ridge.
—Morton photo.
WataugaTax Rate Set At $1;
Budget Details Are Given
MRS. LOUISE DELIMA
Mrs. DeLima, 59,
Dies Saturday
Mrs. Louise Hodges DeLima,
59, widow of Maj. Carlos De
Lima, a prominent club and
civic worker in Boone for many
years, died Saturday night at
Cannon Memorial Hospital at
Banner Elk.
She had been in declining
health for some time and ser
iously ill a few days.
Mrs. DeLima was born in Wa
tauga County to Dr. J. E. and
Edna Coffey Hodges. She con
ducted a nursery school spon
sored by the Boone Junior Wo
man’s Club for many years. For
some time she conducted a chil
dren’s story hour over the
Boone radio station under the
name “Aunt Louise.”
She had been married twice,
first to Fred Aldridge and then
to DeLima.
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss JoAnne Aldridge of Boone
and Mrs. Robert Maslow of Los
(Continued on page six)
The Watauga County tax
rate for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1965, will be
one dollar on the hundred
dollars valuation, according
to the budget estimate ap
proved by the Board of
County Commissioners and
which is published in this
edition of the Democrat.
The budget is based on
an estimated property valu
ation of $40,000,000, and an
estimated total income of
$936,386, to be received
from the following sources:
Tax levy—net $387,002,
tax penalties and costs $4,
100, State intangibles tax
$11,800, court costs $9,300,
fines and forfeitures $24,
000, State and Federal aid
$486,784, privilege licenses
$2,400, miscellaneous $11,
000.
Estimated expenses are:
Tax releases and dis
counts $10,000, general
fund expenses $121,704,
health and welfare fund ex
penses $67,380, note and
bond retirements $67,150,
note and bond interest $45,
124, school fund expenses
$169,992, Social Security
fund expenses $437,280, re
serve for contingencies $15,
000.
The estimated revenue in
excess of expenses will be
$2,756, according to Mr. I.
B. Wilson, Tax Supervisor,
who releases the new bud
get. _
JAMES A. GREENE
Greene Named
Horn Manager
James A. Greene, a veteran
schoolman, has been named
theatre manager of “Horn in
the West.”
He succeeds Carl Fidler.
Greene is a Watauga County
native. He holds B. S. and M. A.
degrees from Appalachian State
Teachers College.
Greene was a teacher in For
syth County schools for two
years, principal of Valle Crucis
Elementary School for three
years and has been principal of
Parkway Elementary School
also in Watauga County, for six
years.
H. G. Farthing In Hospital
Mr. H. Grady Farthing enter
ed Watauga Hospital Friday for
a series of testa.