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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1965
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VOLUME LXXVI1—NO. 33
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Ended
The March of Dimes drive In
Watauga County has ended.
George Thomas, chairman of
the 1965 drive, announces that
more than $2,000 for the cause
was collected. He said he owed
“a hearty thank you to the peo
ple of Watauga County for tbeir
generous response to the March
of Dimes.'’*
Thomas also commented that
thanks is due a number of peo
ple who not only gave money,
but their time, in making the
campaign a success. He named:
Mrs. Earl Petrey, mail appeal
chairman; Mrs. Jay Greene and
Mrs. Earl TTexler, Everette
Widener and others who work
ed in Blowing Rock.
Mrs. Harvey Ayers, chairman
of t he Mothers’ March; the
Woman’s Club and others; Mrs.
Tom Winkler, Teen-age Chair-:
man; the Student Councils and
students of Appalachian, Cove
Creek and Blowing Bock
schools.
Clyde S. Greene and the
Bethel School; Mrs. Bonnie Jean
Rivers ami Fred and Jewell
Mast for the bridge games; the
Watauga Democrat and WATA
radio.
Dr. Gene L. Reese is chair
man of the Watauga County
Chapter of the National Foun
dation; George C. Greene is
treasurer of the Watauga Chap
ter of the National Foundation.
Tuesday Night Club save the
balance of their treasury, $39.36
to the March of Dimes. The
group no longer functions, Tho
mas said.-.' v,
D. J. Hampton
Dies Sunday
Dallas Jordan Hampton, 52,
a furniture worker at Lenoir,
tU. 7, died Sunday morning it*,
Baptist Hospital f in Winston*
Salem after a short illness.
He was born in Watauga
County to Arkie Emanuel
Hampton and Mary Ann Story
Hampton and was a member of
Hartland baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Etta Mae Woodring Hampton
two sons, Claude Hampton of
the Navy and James Hampton
bt Lenoir, Rt. 7; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Wade Hefner, Mrs.
Marshall Mast and Miss Sylvia;
~ Jean Hampton of Lenoir, Rt.
• 7r his mother of Lenoir, Rt. 7;
three brothers, Herbert H. and j
Charles D. Hampton of Boone j
and Luther Hampton of the;
Army in Germany; and aix sis
ters, Mrs. Roy Brown of Boone,
Mira. Wilma Greene of West;
Point, Va.. Mrs. Carol! Lamkin;
of Chesapeake, Va., Mrs. Ronda j
Coffey of Blowing Rock, Mrs.1
James Cleveland of Indianap
olis, Ind., and Mrs. Vena Austin j
' of Lenoir. j
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In the spice of a decade the fountain- oj>
posit e tne Administration Building at ASTC,
has lost its luster. A cupid-type statue once
stood in the center, and water spurted fronr
the mouth of a fowl which it cuddled. .The
old fountain has served as a. wading pool
for big people, a swimming pool for little
people and a summertime retreat for Brownie
Scouts telling ghost stories in the afternoon.
As the year* pass, the iwlntaim no doubt
remains a favorite meeting place for the col
lege community; however, as we said, cupid
finally was chipped up, and the water-spout
ing bird was reduced to metal piping, and
both were carted off. In the background,
the cafeteria addition is under construction.
(Rivers photo.)
Thi£%e?k marks the 55th an- j
alversary oI the organization
of the Boy Scouts of America.
The theme for the year and for
the Anniversary Week is
’‘Strengthen America’s Herit
age;” and all over America dur
Larry H. Penley, public Infor
mation officer and staff mem
ber in the office of foundations,
public relations and news bu
reau at Appalachian State Tea
chers College, has been named
director of adult education at
Catawba Valley Technical In
stitute of Newton.
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Announcement of Feoley**
appointment to the new port
was made today (Wednesday)
by Robert Paap, president of
Catawba Valley Technical Insti
tute. He said, “We are delight
ed to have Mr, Penley loin our
ntfff He comes to us with many
valuable experiences and con
tacts which Will be helpful to
him in his new position. With
bis diversified background, we
feel that he is the type of man
Who can make a great, contri
bution to our institution and
prove to be a valuable asset to
our total organization.”
• penley, 43, will assume his
hew duties about March 1. A
Hickory native, he is a gradu
ate of the Hickory City schools,
Lenoir Rhyne College, Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary
and Appalachian State Teachers
College. He has done additional
study at the University of North
Carolina &ad is currently doing
graduate work beyond the Mas
ter's degree at ASTC.
. 'Since l»J» Pfcnkgr has been a
LARRY H. PENLEY ..!
staff member at Appalachian
College with responsibilities for
public information, campus
photography and general public
relations work. Other responsi
bilities at Appalachian included
editor (three years) of the
SUMMER APPALACHIAN and
editor (one year) of the APPA
LACHIAN ALUMNUS. As co
ordinator of alumni meetings
during 1863-64, he was instru
mental in organizing 14 new
alumni chapters. While work
ing with the college Pealejt
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in*? the week of Februarysev
enth to thirteenth Scouting is
being honored for its contribu
tion to the youth of America.
During these 55 years since
the organization of Scouting in
America more than 40,000,000
men and hoys have belonged j
The present active registered j
membership is more than 5,-1
000, 000 Scouts and adult lead- j
ers. Scouting is now the largest j
organization for boys in the j
free world and' almost every j
country except the Communist j
countries is a member of the j
World Alliance of Boy Scout!
Associations. .
The Scouting program com- \
prises three age groups: boys j
of eight through ten are organ
ized into Cub Scout packs and
den*; boy* of eleven through j
thirteen are Boy Scouts with j
troop and patrol organizations; j
older boys of fourteen to eight- j
eeo are in Explorer Posts.
The Scouting program locally j
is administered by the Watauga ;
District of the Old Hickory
Council, serving Alleghany, j
Ashe, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, i
Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin
counties. The council head
quarters is located in Winston
Salem, from which a profession
al full time staff of ten men
serve the 8,000 Scouts and
Scouters in this council.
The program is supported
financially by participation in
United Fund campaigns and by
separate campaigns where there
.are none. .
After a lapse of several years,
(Continued on page six)
Holshouser On
Committees
Representative James E. Hol
shouser has been named on the
important appropriations com
mittee of the House by H. P.
Taylor, Jr.; House Speaker.
: Mr. Holshouser waa also
named a member of the rides
committee, the committee on
State government, and vice-1
chairman of judiciary No. 2.
The"'Watauga' County Heart
Association needs 60 volunteers
to carry on the Heart Sunday
canvass in Boone which will be
conducted through the weekend
of Feb. 21 as the high point of
the 1965 Heart Fund drive.
Mrs. Cecil Greene, named
chairman of this year's Heart
Sunday drive, appeals to the
residents of Boone to volunteer
their services for the door-to
door collection throughout the
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residential sections of the town, j
Applicants may register by tel
ephoning 264-3640 as soon as
possible, it Was announced.
Heart Fund volunteers serve
a twofold purpose, the chairman
captained. They serve as edu-;
national ambassadors, leaving at i
each home a leaflet containing
helpful information on how to
reduce the risk of heart attack..
They will also receive Heart
Sunday contributions.
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Is Envisioned
BY RACHEL RIVERS
Twenty-five persons turned
out Thursday night for a meet
ing of the Watauga County Ex*
tension Advisory Committee
which resulted in a close-knit
pledge to bring home higher
farm incomes in 1965.
Committees are making vigor
ous *tudie$pf problems and pro
gress in several areas: Home
economics, family life, crafts,
community development, farm
ing, clothing, house and furn
ishings, 4-H, livestock, small
fruits, poultry, tobacco and
dairying.":
Clyde Greene opened the
meeting at 7:30 p. m. in the
conference room of the Build
ing & Loan Association, He
said that in the coming year, "It
will be our objective to enlist as
many as possible in agriculture
programs. , ,
“We are entering into a new
situation in agriculture.” Greene
said that in view of recent de
cisions by the U. 8. Supreme
Court, in which all Congres
sional districts will carry the
same weight, “We recognise ag
riculture's influence is likely
to dwindle.
“We may have to make some
changes, I'm happy to see we
appear to have quite a bit of
interest here."
County Agent L. E. Tuck
wilier displayed a chart of es
timated income in Watauga
County in 1964 (without gov
ernment payment). “We in ex
| tension want to take a good ser
ious look at Watauga County,”
he said. .
Burley tobacco was the larg
est slice of the income pie,
forming 38 per cent of the in
come for approximately $1,019,*
250; poultry comprised 16 per
cent for $552,836; cattle, Sheep,
hogs, horses and mules, 16.5 per
cent for $560,487; vegetable* and
other crops, 11 per cent for
$381,628.
Lesser percentage categories
were: Forestry, 6 per cent for
$212,640; nursery and shrubs,
(Continued on page six)
M. E. (PUG) HOLLOWELL '
A buriey referendum com
mittee has been selected to
serve for the upcoming referen
dum on buriey tobacco for the
marketing years 1905, 1966 and
1067, with L. £. Tuckwiller as
its chairman.
Other members of the com
mittee are Clyde R. Greene, Al
fred T. Adams, Ned Glenn,
James Marsh, Clyde Miller,
Jerry Adams, Jack Henson,
Rachel Rivers, Sam Dixon, Jane
Smith, Guy Angell, Wade E.
Brown, Vaughn Tugman, Clint
Eggert and A. C. Morett: ;:
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JACK GROCE, coach at Appalachian High
School is being congratulated by Boone Jay*
cee president, William StaUard on . being
chosen as Watauga County’s Young Man of
■:the 'Year..'
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Truck License
Tag Is Missing
Chamber of Commerce'
Manager Fred McNoal re
ports that truck license tag j
number SU-3341 is missing.
He said the tag disappear
ed between 1 and 3 p. m. on
dan. 27 and urges truck own
ers to cheek their tags, since
SU-3341 could have stuck to
the one following or preced
ing or might have been sold
outright, the sales record
having been lost,
McNeal stated that the
License Bureau could charge
as much as $60 for the miss
ing tag when sales close this
week.
Jack Groce Is Named
“Young Man Of Year”
Jack Groce, head coach at
Appalachian HiW» School, wa»
chcwen as . Watauga County*#
1 Young Man of the Year by the
Boone Jaycees and was present
ed a plaque at the regular meet
ing of the Jaycees in January.
Mr, Groce was chosen from
a number of nominations by a
committee appointed by the
Jaycees for his outstanding in
dividual contributions to the
County during 1064.
Mr. Groce is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Groce, Sr., of
Wilkesboro. He is a graduate
of Wilkesboro High School and
received his MA degree from
Appalachian State Teachers
College jn 1854. Ife has been
teaching at Appalachian High
School since 1955 and is now
serving as head football coach
and assistant principal. In his .
career as coach at Appalachian
the football teams boast 98
wins, 15 losses and three ties.
In 1964 the team won the AA
Regional Championship, the
fourth regional title in five
years.
Mr. Groce lives at 202 Wa
tauga Drive with his wife, Vir*
ginia, who is administrator for
Watauga Hospital and their
three children, Douglas, Amy
and Jack W. Groce II.
Broyhill Is Named
To P. O. Committee
Announcement has been;
made that Congressman James
T. Broyhill of North Carolina’s
Ninth Congressional District |
has been appointed a member
of the Post Office and Civil Ser
vice Committee of the House of
Representatives following ap
proval of a special resolution
offered by Congressman Gerald
(Ford, House Minority Leader.
Representative Broyhill will
assume his new duties in addi
tion to his service on the House
Interstate and. Foreign Com
merce Committee to which he
was first appointed two years
'ago.
The Poet Office and Civil
Service Committee has a wide*
range of legislative and investi
gation functions. Its jurisdic
tion includes authority over all
legislation in the House pertain
ing to the compensation, classi
fication and retirement of the
two and one-half million Feder
al employees. The Committee
(Continued on page six)
BULLETIN
Dr, W. H. Pkninions, Presi
dent of Appalachian State
Teachers College, is being in
stalled today (Wednesday) as
President of the American As
sociation of State Colleges and
Universities. The ceremony is
being held at the Hilton in
Chicago. This information
came to the Democrat’s atten
tion after it had gone to press.
Polling places for the refer
endum have been set by the
Watauga ASC County Commit
tee as follows:
Beaver Bam — Donly Haga
man Store and Spencer May
Store.
Brushy Pork — Vilas Service
Station.
Cove Creek — Owen Little
Store and Burkett’s Store.
Laurel Creek —V. D. Ward s
Store and Vane Harmon’s Store.
Meat Camp—Meat Camp Ser
vice Station and Bethelview
Store.
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New River
Store.
North Fork—Flier's Store.
Shawneebaw—Yntcs’ Grocery.
Stony Fork—Barkway School.
Watauga — H. W. Mast, Inc.,
and Foscoe Cash Store.
The ballot which will be used
in the referendum will ask “Are
you in favor of marketing
quotas for buriey tobacco for
the three marketing years be
ginning October 1. 1965?“ This
is the only question growers
will be voting on. The 1964
buriey caropin Watauga brought
farmers $1,023,000. '
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State Teachers College has
soared to 3,277 tor the winter
quarter, 1964-65.
Of the total number, 149 are
extension students and 175 are
under the graduate program.
The freshman class boasts a
commanding lead in size with
969 members. Closely following
the freshmen are the junior
class with 647, the seniors with
642, and the sophomore class
with 582 members.
Further data shows that there
are now 1,116 men and 1,733
women. The ratio between men
and women, formerly almost 3
to 1, is becoming more equal.
M-su, however, outnumber the
women cm the graduate level
111 to 64, and 77 to 28 in Sab
today classes.
The 1965 figure of 3,277 stu*
dents shews an increase in <en*.
rollment of more than one
thousand in the last five years.
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Hie Boone Jaycees’ annual
sale of facial tissues will be
held: Tuesday, February 16.
Four boxes will be sold tor one .
dollar, and the proceeds will go
to the Joyce* charity fund.
Jaycees will canvass the town
of Boone. Leave your porch
light on. For bulk orders or U
you we not called on, telephone
Jim Retd, 264-2668.
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