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VOLUME LXXVII—.NO. 18 cSKffloGco?mr BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1964 10 CENTS PER COPY 24 PAGES—3 SECTIONS f
PRINCIPLE SPEAKERS AND WATAUGA COUNTY slate
of candidates at the Monday night Democratic rally at the
Boone Elementary School auditorium: (1-r) L. H. Smith,
House of Representatives; A. E. South, Watauga County
School Board; Robert W. (Bob) Davis, County Commis
sioner; Helen Underdown, Register of Deeds; David Spain
hour, County Commissioner; Gordon Winkler, County Com
missioner; Dr. W. H. Plemmons, president ASTC, master
of ceremonies; James A. Dugger, chairman Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee; J. C. Carr, Tennessee Secretary of
State; Sam J. Ervin, U. S. Senator; Henry Jordan, Jim
Davis, Bob Davis’ manager; and Wade E. Brown, mayor of
Boone. (Photo Flowers’ Photo Shop).
HERMAN W. WILCOX
Herman Wilcox
Quits As Head Of
Boone C. Of C.
At the last Board of Directors
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce, Herman W. Wilcox re
signed his position as President
of the organization after 23
years of service.
/ Wilcox asked to be replaced
as soon as another person could
be elected.
Wilcox stated he thought it
was time for others to share
this responsibility, and he said
that there were many who could
carry on. He stated, “There is
so much to be done to keep
pace with the rest of the state.
This area is fast becoming the
playground of the Southland.”
Club Will Give
Aid To Voters
Vote . . . and the choice is
yours.
Don’t vote . . . and the choice
is theirs!
Believing that every Ameri
can citizen has the right and
the responsibility to vote and
that every vote is important,
the members of the Worth
while Woman’s Club will fur
nish transportation to the polls
on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to persons
living within a one-mile radius
of Boone.
Anyone needing this service
call AM 4-8377 before noon or
AM 4-3700 after noon.
Senator Ervin, Others Speak Out
For Democrats At Monday Rally
Work Is Stopped
On New Plant
The local committee of Watauga Developers,
Inc., has been instructed to stop work on the new
plant, pending further developments.
It is hoped negotiations can be resumed in the
near future.
100 Entries Seen
For CC Horse Show
Watauga horsemen are turn
ing out in large numbers for
Cove Creek’s first Horse Show
to be held at the high school,
Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1:30 p.m.
Almost one hundred entries
in fifteen classes will parade
before Judge Brooks Piercy of
Boiling Springs, N. C. Entries
Dividends Are
Paid By Federal
Land Bank Assn.
Dividend checks totaling more
than $6,500 have been mailed
to the approximately 700 stock
holders of the Federal Land
Bank Association of Boone. This
dividend was declared at the
annual meeting of the directors
and was based on business at
the close of the fiscal year June
30, according to the announce
ment from John H. Hollar,
Manager - Appraiser, and S. C.
Eggers, President of the local
association. This represents a
substantial increase over form
er year’s dividends, and is due
to an increase in construction
and improvements of rural
homes and structures in the
county, says Mr. Hollar.
According to Mr. Hollar, the
checks ranged in amounts from
$3 to $66 and were distributed
to stockholders in the seven
county district under the juris
diction of the Boone office.
DR. CURTIS McGOWN AND COL. CLYDE MILLER, co-man
agers for the Goldwater campaign in Watauga County. Col.
Miller spoke briefly at a Monday night Republican rally at tha
Mabel School auditorium, *'~>s1
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are well distributed over the
county. The interest surpasses
all expectation and every indi
cation points to an afternoon of
high entertainment.
The following classes will be
shown: open 5-gaited, open 3
gaited, small pony, large pony,
pleasure, western pleasure, wes
tern working, jumping, pony
cart, boys’ 3-gaited, girls’ 3
gaited, parade class, pony race,
barrel race, mule race. Some of
these are new classes for this
area and should be very enter
taining.
The event is sponsored by the
Cove Creek FFA Chapter in ah
effort to provide entertainment
for this area. A small admission
will be charged to help defray
expenses.
Tweetsie Will
Have Party For
Fred Kirby
Tweetsie Railroad will hold its
5th anniversary party for Fred
Kirby, Marshall of Tweetsie,
Sunday, Nov. 1. Gates will open
at 8 a. m. and the first train
ride will b6 at 9 a. m.
All children from 1 to 12
years of age will be admitted
free and will also be given a
free train ride.
Each child will register for
a girls and a boys Western Fly
er Deluxe bicycle to be given
away, and will drop their cards
in the girls’ or the boys’ box.
They do not have to be present
to win.
Free cake and punch will be
provided for everyone attend
ing.
Hites Are Held
For Mrs. Main
The funeral for Mrs. Lucille
Potter Main, 39, of Sherwood,
wife of R. J. Main, was con
ducted at 2 p. m. Thursday
at Union Baptist Church of
which she was a member, by
the Rev. Barney Oliver, the
Rev. J. Ed Crump, the Rev.
R. C. Eggers, and the Rev. W.
H. Key. Burial was in the
Mount Lawn Memorial Park.
Surviving besides her hus
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BY RACHEL RIVERS
Sen. Sam Ervin, senior U. S.
Senator from North Carolina,
got behind 500 county Demo
crats pushihg a straight ticket
at Monday night’s rally at the
Boone Elementary School.
The Senator told the group
after the fund-raising dinner
that he would.not poijit out all
the institutions brought to the
voter by. Democratic admin
istration, for it would be a fili
buster to end all' filibusters.
>He pointed out Sen. Gold
water’s suggestion that the
farm subsidy program be term
inated: •' ;
“In 1939, the 124,000 farms
groiVibg tobacco produced only
$125 million on the market.
Last year farmers got $549
million for their tobacco, un
der the farm subsidy program.
I don’t call that a failure my
self."
“In the absence of these Fed
eral programs the farmer has
had to endure either famine or
feast—and there were few
feasts.”
After the rally, a telegram
was received from President
Lyndon Johnson, which read:
“It is a pleasure to send
hearty greetings to the Demo
crats of Watauga County on the
occasion of your rally tonight.
This crucial moment in our na
tion calls for responsible for
ward government. We must
have outstanding citizens in
Congress.
“Robert M. Davis is well
qualified to represent the
Ninth District. I know that you
will work hard for his election
and for the election of Demo
crats of every level of govern
ment. Best wishes to all at
(Continued on page three)
Frank Baird Is
Named Head Of
Rural LBJ Drive
D. Frank Baird of Valle Cru
cis was today darned Watauga
County Chairman of the Rural
Americans for Johnson-Humph
rey. This is a nationwide, non
partisan, educational effort
headed by Robert W. Scott,
Democratic nominee for Lieu
tenant Governor, to inform ru
ral people about what the two
presidential candidates have to
say about the farm program.
Upon being named Watauga
County Chairman, Baird said,
“Every farmer and small-town
business man who is dependent
upon agriculture for his liveli
hood should study the issues
and what the candidates have
to say about them. In my opin
ion, there should be no ques
tion as to which candidate
would be the choice of the
farmer if he will look at their
voting record and read what
they have to say concerning ag
riculture.”
Baird added that the Rural
Americans for Johnson-Humph
rey effort was being waged in
the interest of farm and farm
related businesses. .....
Considerable Local Activity
WataugaCitizensTo
GoTo Polls Tuesday
County Usually
Favors G. 0. P.
In State, Nation
Seventy-five hundred or more
Watauga County citizens are
expected to go to the polls on
Tuesday to vote in the general
election for candidates for Pres
ident, House of Representatives,
State and county offices. Wa
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PAGE TWO
tauga County habitually goes for
Republican Presidential nomi
nees, and likely will be tallied
on the Goldwater side this time.
Republican State candidates
likewise are usually suported in
Watauga, and Representative
Broyhill ran up a good majority
over Hugh Alexander two years
ago. Mr. Broyhill is being op
posed this year by Bob Davis
of Salisbury, and both have
campaigned heavily in the
coiinty.
On the county ticket, F. D. B.
Harding of Yadkinville is un
opposed as the Republican can
didate for the State Senate in
this district which was made
solidly Republican by the last
Legislature.
Miss Helen Underdown, Dem
ocrat, Register of Deeds since
1928, is unopposed, while Louis
H. Smith is running on the Dem
ocratic ticket against Represent
ative J. E. Holshouser for the
Legislature. Both are Boone
lawyers. Murray Coffey of Blow
ing Rock, former Republican
representative, is offering as a
write - in candidate for the
House.
For County Commissioners,
the incumbents, S. Bynum
Greene, John F. Greene, and
James Carlton Lyons, all Re
publicans, are being opposed by
Democrats Gordon H. Winkler,
Robert W. Davis and David
Spainhour.
A. E. South, Democrat, is
running for the County Board
of Education, while incumbents
John H. Hollar and F. D. Bum
gardner, Republicans, are run
ning again.
Both the Democrats and the
Republicans are maintaining
headquarters offices on King
Street and are making active
campaigns.
A big Democratic rally was
held Monday night, while Con
gressman Broyhill led a county
wide Republican campaign
caravan through the county
Monday.
Both candidates for Governor,
Democrat Dan Moore, and Re
publican Robert Gavin have
campaigned here, as have
Messrs Broyhill and Davis. Bob
Scott, Democrat candidate for
Lieutenant-Governor, has also
been here during the campaign
and other candidates will likely
take part locally during the rest
of the week.
Next Democrat
Could Be Late
The Democrat will, as usual,
make every effort to give ade
quate election results in its
edition coming from the press
next Wednesday morning.
Sometimes it is difficult to
get complete returns in time
to start the press at the usual
time, so the edition next week
may be a little late. Every
effort will be made, however,
1 to be right on the dot with
| the nows.
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QUEENS FOR EVER AND A DAY— (1-r)
Miss Glenda Austin, the former Miss Wa
tauga; Miss Donna Jean Finley, the new Miss
Watauga; and Miss Sharon Finch, reigning
Miss North Carolina. (Photo, Paul Weston
Studio.)
Watauga Voters Asked To
Pass On School Bond Plan
On Tuesday, November 3, at
the same time as the General
Election, voters in Watauga
County will be asked to express
their approval or disapproval
on the issuance of $100 million
in bonds to help finance local
school needs.
Of this $100 million, accord
ing to W. Guy Angell, County
Superintendent of Schools, Dr.
Gene L. Reese and Fred Gragg
of the Watauga County Steering
Committee, Watauga County
will receive $343,900.85 for ad
ditions and renovations needed
by the Watauga County schools.
These funds will be received
from the State’s General Fund
Surplus and will not mean any
added tax burden to the local
taxpayers. These funds are
available as a result of a sur
plus in the North Carolina Com
mission of Revenue which has
been increasing annually, and it
is the concensus of the State
that they can at this time make
available the $100 million to
areas which need to make im
provements and enlarge facili
Thos. Johnson Is
Winner Of Auto
Thomas D. Johnson, Route 3,
Boone, was the lucky ticket
holder at a drawing held by the
Hudson Optimist Club in Hud
son, Saturday night and walked
away with the grand prize, a
1965 Ford Mustang.
Mr. Johnson, who works with
the Construction Department of
the State Highway Commission
in Watauga County, says the
Optimist Club called him at his
home Saturday night, telling
him that his ticket had been
drawn from approximately 4,000
and that he was the winner.
Mr. Johnson had purchased
the winning ticket some time
ago for $1 when the club was
selling tickets to promote a
Peewee football game in Hud
son.
Mr. Johnson has worked with
the Highway Commission for
two and one-half years. He lives
at Route 3, Boone, with his
wife, Donna Henson Johnson,
and their 2-year-old son, Tom
my.
ties for educational purposes.
According to Mr. A n g e 11,
“Our stake in the election is
tremendous. The sum allocated
to Watauga County, plus our
usual county capital outlay al
location will enable officials to
provide now the kind of school
facilities so urgently needed.”
This will be the first state al
location of funds to this area for
this purpose since 1949 and
1953, at which time $652,516.03
was received for the construc
tion of Green Valley School,
Parkway School, Cove Creek Ag
ricultural Building, Valle Crucis
Addition, Blowing Rock Addi
tion, Bethel Addition and Cove
Creek Gymnatorium.
(Continued on page three)
Murray Coffey Seeks
To Return To Raleigh
Former Representative Mur
ray Coffey of Blowing Rock
township has announced that he
is running as a write-in candid
ate for the House of Represent
atives.
Mr. Coffey, a Republican, was
elected to the House in 1960.
In 1962 he was defeated in the
primary by J. E. Holshouser,
Jr., of Boone, who was elected.
In his campaign, Mr. Coffey
is stressing his record in the
1961 Legislature, when he voted
against the sales tax on food
and farm supplies, against the
automobile inspection law,
against the purchase of the
Farmers’ Market in Raleigh, and
for a minimum wage of $1.00.
Mr. Coffey also points out
that in 1961 he sat in the Gen
eral Assembly and helped stop
a bill to put liquor stores in
Blowing Rock. In 1963, he says,
MURRAY COFFEY
he went before a committee in
Raleigh and again opposed let
ting a liquor store be establish
ed in Blowing Rock. “I am and
always will be opposed to let
ting liquor be sold in Watauga
County,” he says.
Broyhill Leads GOP
Motorcade Monday
Congressman James Broyhill
led a motorcade of Republican
candidates and supporters
through Watauga County Mon
day.
The motorcade, varying in
numbers from 30 to 100 at
times, started in North Fork
Township about 8:30 a.m. and
traveled to every voting pre
cinct in the county for brief
meetings.
Mr. Broyhill and members of
the motorcade lunched at the
Triplett Community House, and
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ended their sojourn at the Ma
bel School, where dinner was
served to approximately 150
persons followed by a rally at
tended by about 400 supporters.
Mr. Broyhill was the principal
speaker of the evening activi
ties, being introduced by Mr.
Bob Snyder of Blowing Rock.
Other speakers were Represent
ative Jim Holshouser of Boone,
and all Republican county can
didates were recognized and
spoke briefly.