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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1965
Volume lxxvii—no. 32
CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED 1983
RIVERS PRINTING CO™ INC.
“The snow had begun in the gloaming
And busily through the night
Had been heaping the highways and hedges
With a silence deep and white.
Every pine and fir and hemlock . <_• "
Wore Ermine too dear for an Earl *
And the poorest twig on the Elm tree
Was ridged inch-deep in pearl.”
From February to June Rep. |
J. E. Holshouser, Jr., will be:
Involved with the State Legis- j
lature; this time, uowever, he j
will be acting in the capacity
of minority leader of the House. !
Holshouser pointed to a com- i
mon failing in polities: “We '
can all see the problem,” he |
said, “but finding the solution j
is pretty tough. I think that too •
. often, here or in any other;
state, the minority is accused
of saying ‘no.’
*Td say that if this Legis-:
lature does the job it has be
fore, in as far as the court im
proveraent project is concerned,
it will have been quite success'
ful, 1 think there is also interest
in highway safety regulation*—
to cut down slaughter on the
highways, From the Governor’s
Inaugural address, 1 take it be
will likely support mechanical
inspection of automobiles on
North Carolina’s highways.”
As to the Speaker Ban Law
of 1963, Holshouser said he felt
people in education would be
primarily concerned with it,
“And I feel sure an attempt will
be made to repeal the Speaker
Bah Law. 1 think there will be
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people on both sides going both
ways. .
“The last Legislature started
the process of implementing I
the court improvement Consti-1
tutional Amendment passed in j
1962. Being a lawyer, this is j
something I’ve been particular- j
ly interested in. i
“The Legislature might be j
shorter this time," he said. “Pat
Taylor and Bob Scott have done
a little extra in getting com
mittees lined up in advance.
Being minority leader is some
thing new, and going to
take a little bit longer to see !
how the administration’s poll-;
cies come along and what kind j
of position we’re going to have j
to take on the programs.” : j
Holshouser left Boone Mon-!
day and will be working in Ra- i
leigh Monday through Friday i
for the duration of the Legis
lature.
Mrs. Greene Is
Taken By Death
Mrs. Axdith Ragan Greene,
36, of Vilas, Rt. 1, 'Wife of 'Grady
Lee Greene, died Thursday
morning in a Morganton hospi
tal after a long illness.
She was born in Watauga
County to Jasper and Lillie
Bumgarner Ragan.
Surviving are her husband;
her parents of Zionville; a
daughter, Mrs. Minnie Dishman
of Vilas; a son, McDonald
Greene of Boone; three broth
ers, Edward Ragan of Boise,
Idaho, Dallas Ragan of Abing
don, Va., and Carlton Ragan of
Cleveland, Ohio; and a grand
child. • ‘ f
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at 2:30 p, m. Sunday at Brushy
Fork Baptist Chord) by v\he
Rev. Ed Crump. Burial was in
Mounttaws Memorial Park.
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Mother
Of Baby
Indicted
The mother of an infant
found at the Boone town dump
on Tuesday, Jan, 19, has been
identified as Miss Gale Pear
son of Haw River, 18-year-old
co-ed at Appalachian S tat e
Teachers College, according to
Sheriff Dallas Cheek, who aaya
the has been charged with con
cealing the birth of a child.
The male infant was discover
ed by Hill Harrison, who passed
the dump on his way to work.
Sheriff Cheek stated that he
was called about 3 p m. and
went to investigate. He found
the infant in a partially burned
box which had been covered
with plastic, he said.
The examining physician said
the infant weighed approxi
mately seven pounds, was new
ly-born and had lived. Death
was attributed to suffocation,
The sheriff said he received
a lead on the young mother on
Tuesday, Jan. 2d, one week
after the child was discovered.
He said he contacted Miss Pear
son through college authorities, j
accompanied her to a physiciani
and spoke with heir parents
over the telephone.
When he returned Mias Pear
son to her dormitory, he served
a warrant for her arrest, but
allowed her to remain in her
room. When her parents at*-!
rived, they took her home under
$750 bond. A college spokesman
said Mias Pearson left the cam
pus and has not indicated
whether she will return.
Miss Pearson was bound over
to the April 19 term of Superior
Court on Friday.
Optimists To
Have Annual
The annual Optimist Orator
ical Contest for boys 16 and un
der will be held at 7 p. m. on
Thursday, Feb. 4 at the Cove
Creek High School.
Each boy will make a five
minute oration. The winner will
go on to zone competition at
North Wilkcsboro. Further
competition carries on to dis
trict and international levels.
First place winners at all
levels will win trophies. First
place in local competition will i
receive a $25 11, S. Savings
Bond; second place will be $10;
third, $5.
Subject for the recitations is
“Optimism, Spirit of Youth.’*
First place in district com
petition will be a $129 gold
watch and expenses to internat
ional competition in New Or
leans. First place in internat
ional competition will he a $500
scholarship, and second and
third place winners will receive
lesser scholarships.
Bob Barnes Is
Winner In N.C.
A. P. Contest
Mr. Bob Barnes, former an
nouncer for WATA in Boone,
now with WSOC to Charlotte,
won second place in a State
wide contest sponsored by tbe
Associated Press.
Bob won on a story he wrote
when “Fireball’* Roberts was
in the fiery crash, which later
proved fatal to the .great race
driver.
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Children’s Dental Health Week
Is Being Observed In Watauga
February 7-18 has been des- j
ignated 1965 National Chil-1
Iren’s Dental Health Week and I
Watauga County is observing
the program which is designed
to impress the importance of
good dental health on the na
tion’s youth.
Dr. dames B. Graham has
been appointed chairman of the
program in Watauga County and
«n all-out participation is plan
ned hy schools, medical doctors,
dentists and all who are inter
ested in promoting better dental
health and improving the dentalj
habits ot the young people. j
Most emphasis is being plac
ed on the programs to be uti
lized within the schools ot the
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According to Dr. Graham, lit*
erature pertaining to better
dental health has been distribu
ted to ev«»ry school child from
grades one through eight and
instructional material has been
given to every teacher to be
used in correlation with health
classes.
Special emphasis is being put
on third grade children in Wa*
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HUNDREDS OF SKIERS TROOPED INTO
THE MOUNTAINS for a weekend of skiing.
Good snow bases were reported from both
Hound Ears and Blowing Rock ski lodges,
; An unusually open winter knocked the
lodges out of the regular Christmas and
New Year’s crowds. However, losses in
curred are beginning to dwindle as winter
takes hold. Here, a young woman lines up
for the ,tow-rope at the Blowing Rock Ski
Lodge. (Rivers photo.)
Campaign Produces Over $400
The Blowing Rock division of
the Watauga County drive for
the March of Dimes and Nation
al Foundation has been turned
in, according to George Iho
roa.s, county chairman.
Only figure* from the Moth
ers’ March have been complied
from Boone, Thomas said.
Hie breakdown in Blowing
Rock: Mothers’ March, $297,08;
basketball games, $21.63; Blow
ing Rock school envelopes,
$89.24; and containers, $32.05,
for a total of $440.
~ from the Mathers’ March in
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Boone, $540.94 has been report
ed, Townswomen who went on
th© march in Boone, under the
direction of Mrs. Margaret Ay
ers. were: Mrs. John Broyhill,
Mm, Roy La lining, Mis, Bennie
Robinson, Mrs. Bob Benton,
Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs, Ben Boo
worth, Mrs. Rick Johnson, Mrs.
Jimmy Cline. "
Mrs. Ron Brooks, Mrs. Abe
Littleton, Mrs. Roy Keplar, Mrs,
James Johnson, Mrs, Von Haga
man, Mrs. Phil Smith, C, C,
Owen, Mrs. Charles Scruggs,
Mrs. Carl Smith Jr., Mr*. Aro
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old McEntire, Mrs. Ruff C.tmp
bcll, Mrs. Kenneth Wilcox.
Mrs. Frank Steele, Mrs. Glenn
Cottrell, Mrs. Howard Cotttrell,
Mrs. Johnny Austin, Mrs. Guy
Hun* Jr., Mrs. JUn Holskouser,
Mrs. C. P. Callowsy, Mrs. Bob
Snead, Mrs. Glenn Wilcox, Mrs.
George Thomas.
Mi's. Jack Hodge*, Mrs. Gene
Wilson, Mrs. Johnny Barnett,
Mrs. Carl Day and Mrs. Thomas
Tedford. 1
Working under Mrs. Earl
Trexler and Mrs. Jay Greene in j
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Ground To Be
Broken Soon
After Letting
BY RACHEL RIVERS
What’s being done about >~
building the hospital?
Bob Bumbaugh, chairman of
the building committee, said |
bids have been advertised in
builders’ trade magazines since
Jan. 1. "We are now publish
ing bids in newspapers to make
sure that the general public is
informed as to what we’re do
ing.
"This it the big thing,” Bum
baugh said. "These bids will be
opened on March 18. This is a
fixed government schedule. We
hope to break ground very, very
soon after bids are opened.
“From the time construction
is begun, the contractor with the
winning (lowest) bid has 800
days to complete the building.’'
Official spokesman Wade E.
Brown met with the Medical
Care Commission on Friday,
Jan. 22. in Raleigh, “and it was
then that March 18 was decided
on for opening bids. This is
the thing we’ve been working
for since the bond issue passed
in September of 1988, We’ve
reached tbe point now where
this is the mo*t dramatic mo
ment ip the whole project,
“This k the milestone, so to
apeak. We have been cutting
through government red tape,
working on the plans, working
toward getting the detailed
plans approved by both the Fed
eral Government and the state
authority,
“In the meantime. Mrs. Jack
Groce, her administrative staff
and the doctors will be working ;
on the equipment that’s going to ^
go into this hospital. The gov
ernment is going to give us SB
per cent of the equipment cost.
“All these decisions must be
made within government speci
fications—what kind of chairs*
desks, the type and style of op- :
| crating tables, stretchers, beds,
x-ray equipment, lab equipment,
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Vote Is Set
For Feb. 25th
The 1965 burley referendum
has been set for Feb. 25 as an
nounced by the Secretary of
Agriculture,
In the referendum growers
will decide if marketing quotas
will be in effect for the next
three years. The present situa
tion on tobacco makes this re
ferendum the most critical in
many yews.
The referendum Is on market
ing quotas only, not on way
changes in the program. If the
referendum curies, quotas and
price support will be in effect
for three years; if it fails, there
will be no price support on to
bacco and no credit will be
given in computing future allot
ments for excess acreage grown.
Complete details will be an
nounced later giving referen
dum polling places and commit
tees, according to Roy W. la*' ’ ^
ley, County Office Manager.
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Tissue Sale
Set For 16th
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The Boone Jayeees annual
sale of facial tissues will be
held Tuesday,; February 16.
Two boxes will be sold for one
dollar and the proceeds will go
to the Jaycee charity fund,
Jaycees will canvass the town
of Boone. Leave your porch
light on. For bulk orders or
if you are not called on, tele
phone Jim Beid. JHitatsea.
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