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VOLUME LXXVII—NO. 12
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An Independent Weekly Newspaper ... Seventy-Seventh Year of Continuous Publication
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 17,1964
10 CENTS PER COPY
20 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
CONGRESSMAN JAMES T. BROYHILL began IB* eventful
campaign day in Watauga County on Saturday, Sept. 12, in
front of the Post Office. Part of the early morning crowd
(1-r): Will Miller of Zionville, Norman Critcher, Farthing
Hayes, Robert Snyder, Lewis Burkett of Mabel (holding little
girl), Estel Wagner, Congressman Broyhill of Lenoir, Bynum
Greene and Cloyd Bolick. Broyhill is the Republican Con
gressman running for re-election in the Ninth District.
Snyder and Wagner took him on a tour of the county until
mid-afternoon. (Rivers photo.)
Tomato Market Is Added
As Farm Income Source
BY RACHEL RIVERS
Copyright 1984
Rivers Printing Co.. Inc.
Tomatoes are Watauga Coun
ty’s first important new source
of farm income since burley
tobacco, says County Agent L.
E. Tuckwiller,
“Tomatoes Unlimited,” a con
sumer-distributor concern now
operating in Burley Warehouse
No. 2, has been here since the
first Monday in August and has
indicated it would like to have
100 county acres planted in to
matoes next year.
Approximately 35 acres in
Watauga and some 8-10 acres in
Caldwell and Wilkes counties
have been represented at the
tomato market in Boone.
“We have tried Turkish to
bacco,” Tuckwiller said, “but
couldn’t make it go.” And so a
vegetable takes its place among
supply-demand produce for Wa
tauga farmers.
“About 400 bushels per acre
has been picked to date. We
figure we’re approximately half
way through if the frost will
stay off long enough. We sel
dom have a killing frost until
the very last days of September
or the first days of October.
“Most of the tomatoes coming
in are Manapal or Manalucia,
which are a firm, good-shipping
tomato. Most are shipped to Ra
leigh, where they are repacked
and sent to other distribution
points and they are packed and
shipped in 40-pound shipping
boxes. Some go out in 20-pound
Stallings To Sell,
Show Herefords
At Boone Sale
It takes many hours of pre
paration and lots of hard work
to get a show string of polled
Herefords ready for the show,
but Diamond S. Ranch is con
vinced that it pays off in more
ways than one.
B. W. Stallings, owner of
Diamond S. says, “You can’t
win them all but you get a lot
of fun out of trying. In addition
to the fun, you get some money,
if you are lucky, and a lot of
good advertising.”
In the recent Caldwell Coun
ty Agricultural Fair, DSR was
lucky enough to return home
with three firsts, two seconds
and one third, in addition to
showing the Grand Champion
junior bull calf, the reserve
grand champion heifer and re
serve grand champion bull.
Most of these cattle will sell in
the 22nd annual Watauga Here
ford Breeders sale on Oct. 24
in Boone.
Stallings believes Watauga
county Herefords are as good
as any in the state and usually
do wall wbert aver they go.
cardboard cartons.”
Women are now working six
hours on three days of the week
and three hours on three days
of the week, Tuckwiller said.
Heavy turnover is on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
If the price is down a bit, it
is because “right now we have
too many tomatoes,” Tuckwiller
said. ” '
Top tomatoes, up until about
two weeks ago, have been sell
ing at $3 a bushel. Now they
are paying more. Traditionally
the low price period in the to
mato market is Labor Day.
Rough tomatoes, or those too
ripe, are selling as low as $2 a
bushel.
Are the growers pleased?
Tuckwiller: “I think so. While
the price is rather discouraging
now, we hope to have a marked
increase next year. Although
growers are not very well pleas
ed with the price, they’re not
too badly discouraged.
Commissioners Take
No Zoning Action
The Board of County Com
missioners met last week to
hear Chamber of Commerce
officials present the case for
the zoning of the land in Wa
tauga County, as is being done
in the towns.
The commissioners look no
action at all in this regard but
it was indicated that the board
will discuss the zoning proposal
after the will of the people has
been determined.
7 Classes To Be Honored
At ASTC Homecoming
Seven classes will be honor
ed at the Homecoming celebra
tion at Appalachian State
Teachers College on the week
end of October 17-18.
The honor classes will hold
reunions and attend the Home
coming football game at Con
rad Stadium in a body, with a
special section reserved in the
stadium.
A representative from each
class from 1903 to 1964 will be
asked to attend Homecoming
but preferential treatment will
be given members of the seven
honor classes.
One of the largest crowds in
the history of the college is
expected to attend Homecom
ing. This is the year to meet
your friends at the Boope Cam
pus and renew old memories.
Come see for yourself the 61
years of progress at Appalach
ian.
A harvest of events has been
planned for pleasures of return
ing alumni.
Roosevelt Is
Asked To Make
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., U.
S. undersecretary of commerce
and son of the late president,
may make a political speech at
Boone sometime in October.
Roosevelt has been invited by
supporters of 9th District con
gressional candidate Robert M.
Davis* who is planning a. big
rally here next month.
The visit has not been con
firmed, but a Roosevelt aide
has told some 9th District lead
ers that it is “90 per cent cer
tain” that Roosevelt will ac
cept the invitation.
Democrats in the 9th Dis
trict’s mountain counties—Wa
tauga, Ashe, and Alleghany—
believe a Roosevelt appearance
would give a big lift to their
campaign. “The name of Roose
velt is still magic up here,” one
commented.
Wayne Simpson of Salisbury,
a campaign aide for Davis, said
he had discussed plans for the
proposed visit with Clark Tyler,
a member of Roosevelt’s staff.
In Boone
GOP To Hear
Bob Strickland
The Young Republicans will
meet at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
17, above the First National
Bank in Republican Head
quarters.
Representative Bob Strick
land will speak. He, the Gold
water campaign manager for
this area, is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina
and Harvard Business School.
He made financial proposals to
the last legislature.
Foliage To Reach Peak
For College Homeco]
A golden fall carpet in the
valley below Rich Mountain and
Howard’s Knob is expected for
the annual Appalachian State
Teachers College Homecoming
on October 17.
The foliage is due to reach its
peak for the two-day campus
festivities which will include
honor class reunions, a lunch
eon, colorful displays, movies,
dances, a parade, a football
game, campus open house, cof
fee hour, touchdown dinner,
alumni golf tournament, and a
social for the teenage children
of alumni.
One of the largest alumni
groups in the history of the
college is expected to attend
the big homecoming. The
alumni will have an opportun
ity to see Appalachian battle
Catawba College in a football
game is Conrad Stadium, tba
most “beautiful outdoor sta
dium to be found anywhere.”
The entire Appalachian fam
ily—students, faculty and ad
ministration — again join to
gether to make this year’s
homecoming events the “great
est.”
Dr. Hugh Daniel, alumni
Davis To Talk
Before Jaycees
Bob Davis, Democratic can
didate for Ninth District Con
gressman, will address the Jay
cees at 7 p.m. on Monday at the
Daniel Boone Inn.
He will be accompanied by
his toother, Jim, a Jaycee na
tional director.
All Jaycees are urged to at
tend.
president-elect, is chairman of
the homecoming committee.
Alumni registration begins
at 8 p. m. at the student lounge,
the official Homecoming Alum
ni Headquarters on the cam
pus.
Musical notes will break the
clear mountain air at 10 a. m.
as the fast-stepping ASTC col
lege band and other bands start
the traditional parade. Bands,
floats, pretty co-eds, alumni
and college officials will follow
a route down Boone’s main
street and through the campus.
Various clubs on campus will
contribute floats for the parade.
Miles An..'s of Charlotte,
president of the alumni associ
ation, will preside at the Home
coming Luncheon.
Appalachian’s President W.
H. Plemmons will welcome the
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Plans Being Awaited
Work Will Start
Ralph Beshears,
Hugh Watson
Land Is Bought
The campaign for funds
to aid in the purchase of
the real estate for the new
factory in Boone, has not
quite been completed, but
the proposal of the Ver
mont company is being ac
cepted, and work on the
building will be started as
soon as the plans are com
pleted, it was announced
by Alfred Adams, chairman
of the Watauga Industry
Committee.
The committee has pur
chased the Hugh Watson
and Ralph Beshears prop
erty on State Farm Road,
where the new factory will
be constructed. Those who
have subscribed to the fund
which will be used to pay
the difference in what the
Company offers for the land
and its market value, are
asked to make their pay
ments at once, as the money
is needed now. Mr. Adams
asks that checks be made
payable to the Watauga In
dustry Committee, and be
mailed to P. O. Box 409 or
left at the Northwestern
Bank.
The members of the com
mittee are: Alfred Adams,
Chairman; Ralph Winkler,
Vice-Chairman; Stanley A.
Harris, Secretary-Treasur
er; Glenn R. Andrews, Jer
ry Coe, Neil Faires, D. L.
Wilcox, James Marsh, Clyde
R. Greene.
THE HORN IN THE WEST GROUNDS
took on a metallic look over the weekend
as about 40 units of the state Wally Byam
Caravan Club came to the mountains for
a “Trailer Convention.” The Airstream travel
trailers were all the same. Their occupants
held a worship service Sunday morning.
During their stay, the United States and
North Carolina flags were flown. (Rivers
photo.)
Blowing Rock Considers
National Promotion Plan
BY RACHEL RIVERS
Copyright 1964
Rivera Printing Co.. Ine.
Blowing Rock — “I think we
could keep your ski lodges fill
ed to capacity.”
These were the words of John
Bremmer of Lenoir who laid
out a plan for promotion of
Blowing Rock through a na
tional public relations program
at the Sept. 11 meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Bremmer previously has ad
dressed the chamber. With him
was Eddie Bradford, an associ
Boone, Blowing Rock
Get Powell Bill Funds
The allocation of $8,324,555.
39 in Powell Bill Funds to 420
participating municipalities has
been announced by the State
Highway Commission. The
funds are distributed annually
to qualified cities and towns
for^use in non-highway system
street work within their corpor
ate limits. Checks to the indivi
dual municipalities will be mail
ed from Raleigh the latter part
of this month in order that
they will reach municipalities
by October 1.
Boone will get $16,654.95,
while Blowing Rock will get
$10,194.66, to aid in rebuilding
or repairing streets which are
not a part of the State highway
system.
Powell Bill allocations are
based on a formula using the
population and street mileage
in the municipalities and the
total allocation this year re
presents an increase over 1963
of $246,323.39.
The six largest allocations
this year are: Charlotte, $751,
360.92; Greensboro, $500,644.
80; Winston-Salem, $447,937.56;
Raleigh, $353,184.35; Asheville,
$284,378.81; and Durham, $278,
719.41.
The six smallest allocations
this year are: Falkland in Pitt
County, $328.54; Bear Grass in
Martin County, $486.49; Lasker
in Northampton, $573.77; Mc
Donalds in Robeson County,
$610.73; Harrellsville in Hert
ford County, $634.48; and
Brunswick in Brunswick Coun
ty, $725.52.
In the 14 years of Powell Bill
hllOOttoM, a total el $90,200,
561.36 has been distributed,
and the group of participating
municipalities has grown from
386 to 420.
2,300 Farmers
Return Ballots
More than 2,300 farmers had
returned their ballots in the
ASC community committee
elecion as of Friday, Sept. 11,
according to Roy W. Isley, off
ice manager.
The exact number voting will
be known after Tuesday, Sept.
15, when the ballots will be
publicly counted by the ASC
County Committee.
The County Convention will
be held Friday, Sept. 18, at
the county ASCS office to elect
a County ASC Committee for
1965. The convention members
are the newly elected chairmen
of each of the ten community
committees.
Newly elected committeemen
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LWV To Begin
Raising Funds
Mrs. Earl Petrey, president of
the League of Women Voters,
has announced the annual fund
raising drive will begin Thurs
day, Sept. 17. The expense of
providing the public with infor
mation on political issues on
the local, state and national
level is met through local sup
port plus dues collected.
In the past, local friends have
contributed liberally.
ate employed by the Hickory
Daily RecorcL _
Recent copies of the Chicago
Herald - American which print
ed one of Bremmer’s articles on
Blowing Rock were passed a
mong the 15 members present.
He said the promotion pro
gram would be three-fold: Large
press packages (features and
pictures) would be sent to more
than 3,000 newspapers through
out the year; television spots
could be arranged; and feature
material would be submitted to
magazines.
Of the tourist stream in win
ter, Bremmer said a great deal
could be accomplished. “The
ski crowd is a big - spending
crowd,” he said. “In 12 months,
I’m sure we can add at least
30 per cent to the tourist flow.
In two years you could figure
on at least 50 to 60 per cent.”
He and his partner feel close
to the ski boom, he said: “In
fact, we’re ski fans. We go out
to Aspen, Colo., to ski twice a
year.”
He said the venture would
cost $1,000 a month and ex
penses, and that it would take
at least six months before sig
nificant results could be meas
ured.
He pointed to the difference
between advertising and news
article persuasion. The latter,
he said, is by far the more valu
able investment.
“We feel we could make
Blowing Rock the Miami Beach
of the North,” Bremmer said.
“In other words, when you get
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DR. H. M. COOKE
Dr. Cooke Goes
To Chapel Hill
Dr. H. M. Cooke, local phy
sician, who has practiced his
profession in Boone for ten
years, has gone to Chapel Hill,
where he will take postgraduate
medical studies.
His office was closed Sept.
12, and while he is away, he
will continue to maintain his
home in Boone and will return
to Boone at the end of one year.
In the meantime, he says that
unpaid accounts may be settled
with Mrs. Cooke, 264-3649, or
by mail.
Over 1,200 Steers,
Yearlings To Be Sold
More than 1,200 yearling and
two-year-old steers of strictly
beef breeding are expected at
the Boone Steer Sale on Sept.
24. These steers will be grad
ed and weighed on Wednesday,
Sept. 23, and sold on the after
noon of Sept. 24.
Most of these steers will
come from Watauga County
farms, but farmers in nearby
counties have consigned several
head. The cattle are expected
to weigh from 500 pounds per
head up to around 1,000 pounds
per head, with the strongest
demand for cattle weighing 800
pounds or less.
The grading will be done by
representatives of the N. C.
Department of Agriculture and
N. C. Agricultural Extension
Service, and cattle will be
penned according to breed,
weight and grade and will be
sold as penned. Water and hay
will be provided in each pen
after the cattle are weighed in.
Buyers have been invited
from i most feeding areas in
eastern America and are ex
pected to provide a good mar
ket.
Farmers are urged to bring
their cattle in early to avoid
a rush late in the day.
The next Boone sale will be
the feeder calf sale on Oct. 2.
The calves will be graded end
weighed on Oet L