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i ■ f " FOR BEST RESULTS £W*' advertisers invariably use the col umns of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, intensely covering the local shopping area, it is the C best advertising medium available, ■ ... I - BOONS WKATHSK 1964 Hi Lo prec. ’63 An Independent Weekly Newspaper.. Seventy-Seventh Year of Continuous Publication Aug. 4 78 63 .27 ?Aug. 5 — —’ j02 Aug. 6 80 59 Aug. 7 74 00 Aug. 8 78 63 .11 Aug. 9 79 61 .31 Aug. 10 80 60 .43 VOLUME LXXVII— NO. 7 CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED 19S4 RIVERS PRINTING CO.. INC. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 13, 1964 10 CENTS PER COPY 24 PAGES—3 SECTIONS F?:./ ’ ■ ■/< : ,;y." V’ u 3338882 B 2383888 F BLUE RIDGE SHOE FACTORY IndustrySeekingPlant Site; $25, OOONeededFor Project BY RACHEL RIVERS Copyright 1964 Rivers Printing Co., Inc. The Town of Boone hangs in the balance this week. The American Saw and Tool Company would like to come here, but as of Monday morn ing the Industry Committee was unable to locate a site that company president Lee Thomas of Louisville could ac Thomas has njet. with the committee .a number of limes this summer regarding propri ety of available real estate. His Board of Directors has em powered him to oversee any actions e Town of Boone takes regarding establishment of a branch plant here. Alfred T. Adams, committee * chirman, said his group had I worked over the weekend and / on Monday morning to secure a suitable location. A meeting • was set for Tuesday morning, August 11, to discuss the members’ findings. ALAN NEWCOMB Jaycees To Hear TV Personality Alan Newcomb, Director of Public Affairs for the Jeffer son Standard Broadcasting Com pany radio and television sta tions in Charlotte, will be the principal speaker at the district meeting of the Jaycees which will be held Monday, August 17, at the Blowing Rock Ski Lodge. The Boone Jay cess will host the event which will be rep resented by over 100 Jaycees from Boone, North Wilkesboro, West Jefferson, Granite Falls, and Sparta. State president Bill McDonald of the Hickory Jay cees is expected to attend the meeting. Newcomb has become widely recognized as a speaker, not only in the news media, having been active in radio and tele vision in the two Carolinas for the past 17 years, but has been a featured speaker at several regional seminars in the South eastern .states T._ . Friday Night About 45 townspeople show ed up at the Courthouse on Fri day night, August 8, to meet with the Industry Committee. Adams told the group that American Saw and Tool oper ates plants in Germany, Ver mont, California, Kentucky and in North Carolina at Lincoln ton. “We’ve got a whole lot of ground to cover,” he said, "be cause we have an opportunity to get a*new industry here. In 1953, we got our first plant. Total sales for the first year were $7 million. By June of this year, 12 month’s sales reached almost $24 million.” Adams called attention to the International Resistance Company, Shadowline Inc., Mil ler Industries, and North State Canning Company, among other wage-labor centers of the coun ty: “You can’t turn that much payroll loose in a town and not have it affect everybody’s cash register. “Industry is a competitive situation. Every town in the country wants industry. But land in Watauga is not cheap. We’ll have to raise a certain amount of money to make the difference between what the landowner will accept and what the company is willing to pay.” How Much? Stanley Harris, finance chair man of the committee, put it this way. “As we worked this out, we were gratified to find that the cost would be less than the (Blue Ridge) Shoe Company was. “Last year, about this time, we raised $45,000 to get a plant site and bring another in dustry here.” One of the com mittee’s conditions to the Shoe Company was that it employ more men than women, Harris said, since other county indus tries were employing women primarily. “The shoe plant now employs (Continued on page two) Drama Makes Survey During Performance About half the persons at tending the “Horn in the West” outdoor drama here come from out of state and 80 per cent of all the persons attending stay overnight in the area. These indications came to light following a survey of 175 parties who turned out for the Tuesday, July 13, performance at the Daniel Boone Theatre. On that night 239 persons from out of state saw the show compared to 255 from North Carolina. Exactly 139 of the 175 part , , (Continued on page two) JOHN H. BINGHAM John Bingham To Open Law Offices Here John H. Bingham, former resident of Boone, is returning to Boone and will open law of fices over the Watauga Savings and Loan Office in the near fu ture. John is the son of the late Dr. R. K. Bingham and Jennie Norris Bingham. He is a gradu ate of Appalachian State Teach ers College and Wake Forest Law School. For ten years prior (Continued on page two) Fifteen Enroll In Nurses’ Aide Training Course An eight-week nurse’s aide training course got underway Monday morning with 15 Wa tauga women enrolled. Under the two-year old Area Redevelopment Act, Watauga County is on a list of Western North Carolina counties eligi ble for Federal assistance in certain trade areas. Eligibility was awarded counties having “high unemployment and un deremployment.” The superintendent of nurses at Watauga Hospital, Mrs. Sue Simmons, is conducting the classes from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily at the First Presbyterian Church in Boone. The purpose of the ARA is to provide employment. Wo men enrolled in nurse’s aide training receive $23 weekly ly and will be qualified for hospital or private work. The County Technical Ac tion Panel, comprising county agricultural agencies, recom ended initiation of local train ing to the North Wilkesboro office of the State Employment Security Commission. All applicants were screened for aptitude; the act provides (Continued on page two) Special Guests Will Attend Ceremonies Copyright 1964 Rivers Printing Co., Inc. The public has been invited to official dedication ceremonies August 15 at the Boone plant of the Blue Ridge Shoe Com pany where guests will receive free refreshments, souvenirs, and a tour of the large, new factory. The program begins at 2 p.m. The plant, which manufact ures Thom McAn and Miles brand shoes, is one of the world’s most modem manufact uring facilities. It currently em ploys 250 Watauga County residents. Clyde Greene, president of the Watauga Citizens, Inc., will preside at the dedication. The citizens’ group financed con struction of the new plant through bond sales to more than 200 members of the community. Special guests will include: Francis C. Rooney, Jr., Presi dent of the Melville Shoe Cor poration, the parent company of the Blue Ridge Shoe Com pany; Wade Brown, Mayor of Boone; Robert Hardin, Mayor of Blowing Rock; Rep. James T. Broyhill; Dr. W. H. Plem mons, President of Appalachian State Teachers College; and officers and directors of the shoe manufacturing firm. The Boone plant, located on a 13-acre plot, is a steel and brick building, designed to pro vide employees with a maxi mum of comfort and conveni ence. Glazed cement block is used on the interior walls and the roof is six inches thick to provide insulation from heat and cold. The Blue Ridge Shoe Com pany plant uses special pumps for cooling and heating, to pro v i d e uniformly comfortable working conditions throughout the year. Lighting by flourescent lights has been designed to prevent eye-fatigue. The Boone plant is the second factory opened by the Blue Ridge Shoe Company, a recent ly-formed manufacturing divi sion of the Melville Shoe Cor poration, the largest shoe manu facturing and retailing corpora tion in the United States. The (Continued on page two) INTERESTED CITIZENS stayed after Fri day night’s courthouse meeting with the Industry Committee to discuss chances of bringing a branch of American Saw and Tool Co. to Watauga County. Contributions pledged at the meeting were most favorable. (Rivers photo.) Teachers Prepare To Teach; Buses To Roll On August 19 Copyright' 1984 Rivers Printing Co.. Inc. Watauga County school prin cipals reported for work last Thursday, August 6, in prepara tion for the opening of the 1964 65 school term, Superintendent Angell announced today. Class room teachers assume their duties Monday, August 17, the first day of the three-day orien tation period prior to the open ing of the 180-day school term. A county - wide orientation meeting of all principals and teachers is scheduled for Mon day, August 17, at 9 a.m. in the auditorium of the Appalachian Elementary School. Following this meeting, all teachers will report to the respective schools for additional orientation by the principals. On Tuesday, August 18, all bus drivers will report to the County School Bus Garage for assignment to buses. Wednesday, August 19, is designated as “Teacher - Pupil Orientation Day.” All buses will operate on this date to trans 27 MEMBERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA Society of County and Local Historians toured Watauga County on Sunday, August 9. Professor Edwin Dougherty of Boone was director for the tour. The tour covered Daniel Boone Theatre and Native Garden, Daniel Boone Country Store, Tatum Cabin, Early School House, Tweetsie Railroad, Blowing Rock Crafts Company, Blowing Rock, Mayview Hotel, and lunch at Roadside Park near Blowing Rock. After lunch the group visited Moses H. Cone Mansion and Me morial Park, Julian Price Memorial Park, Grandfather Moun tain, Linville, and Hound Ears Golf Course and Ski Range. Dougherty said that the purpose of the North Caroline So ciety of County and Local Historians is to collect, preserve and write local history and to meet as a group for discus sions, project and tours. Watauga County members of the Society include Edwin Dougherty, Larry Penley, Dr. Ina Van Noppen, and Dr. J. C. Yoder. The late Dr. D. J. White ner, ASTC dean, was president fo the Society at the time of his death. Present officers are John McPhaul, Fayette ville, president; Miss Mary Louise Medley, Wadesboro, first vice-president; Miss Lena Mae Williams, Chapel Hill, sec ond vice-president; and Dr. Ina Van Noppen, ASTC professor of histroy, secretary-treasurer. (Rivers pboto.) port students to schools for registration and assignment to classrooms. Students will be dismissed at 11 a.m. Thursday, August 20, is the first regular day of the 180-day school term. All cafeterias will open on this date and schools will operate on regular sched ule. Following is a list of teachers and principals assigned to the various schools: Appalachian High Roy R. Blanton, Principal; Katie J. Peterson, Elizabeth E. Elliott, Harlan E. Ledford, Verna L. Hurd, Verlin O. Cof fey, Betty Jean Hughes, Jack W. Groce, Margaret E. Gragg, | William C. Ross, Richard S. Gabriel, James E. Wilson, Lera B. Randall, Robert E. Snead, Laura F. Church, James H. Har vey, Cynthia L. Stiles, James M. Campbell, Joseph N. Banner, Kathleen M. Dougherty, Robert A. Poe, Joel C. Tester, Hubert H. Hall. Appalachian Elementary John T. Howell, Principal; Mary F. Hamby, Mary F. High, Earl Petrey, Robert C. Day, Paul W. Price, Louise W. Hor ton, Grace Y. Buckland, John R. Foster, Clyde M. Goodman, Jane G. Robinson, Lea B. Broome, Bessie S. .Crawford Ella A. Beshears, Ennis R. Davis, Robert W. Ramsey, Vel ma M. Cottrell, Charles E. Put nam, Gaynelle B. Wilson, Ruth Laxton, Dons G. Triplett, Eliza beth M. Randall, Jessie D. rease, Wilson Dietrich. Green Valley Elementary John D. Marsh, Principal; R e b a H. Austin, Daisy A. Aaams, Lucy G. Luther, Chris Democrat Published Winning Photograph Fourth prize in the “Horn in the West'’ photography contest, July li>41, at the outdoor thea ter has been awarded Jack W. Bowers of Asheville for his pic ture of Bud Mayes of Boone and little John Prescott of Fort Lauderdale. A condition of the contest was that all entries be publish ed. The Democrat carried Bow ers’ picture of the biggest and the littlest cast members in its July 16 issue. A free-lance photographer from Clayton, N. C., Charles Barden, won first prize. His winning picture was of an In (Continued on page two) tine K. Bingham, Elizabeth C. Norris, Ruth L. Winkler, Flor ence H. Greene, Margaret B. Hagaman, Raymond C. Hayes, Susie G. Buchanan. Parkway Elementary James A. Greene, Principal; Lucille I. Barnett, Walter E. Greene, May Ruth Ayers, Pearl C. McNeal, Arlie E. Moretz, (Continued on page two) RALPH WEST New Manager Assumes Duties At Local A&P Mr. Ralph West, of Canton, N. C., has been appointed man ager of the local A&P Store, succeeding Nicholas Stakias, who has resigned to go into other business. Mr. West assumed his duties as manager on Monday, coming here after having been manager of the Canton A&P Store for 15 years. Mr. West has been associated with the A&P Com pany for over thirty years, hav ing managed stores in Franklin and Bryson City, N. C. Mr. West is a native North Carolinian, being born in Can ton, is a World War 11 veteran, a member of the Methodist Church, a member of the Amer ican Legion and a Mason. He is married, and he and Mrs. West plan to reside in Boone as soon as facilities are acquired. Mr. West states that the store will follow normal operating schedules with no significant changes in either personnel or policy. v l
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