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VOLUME LXXVII— NO. 37
CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED 1985
RIVERS PRINTING CO.. INC.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11,1965
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Jimmy Marsh, son of Mr.'and
Mrs. James Marsh of Boon*:, hus
just been informed that he has
been selected to serve as a page
in the House of Representative*
at Raleigh, March 15-19.
Jimmy was nominated for
this honor by Representative J,
E. Holshouser, Jr. of Boone.
The letter informing hint of his
selection came from H. P. “Pat”
Taylor, Jr., speaker of the
i House.
: The duties of a page involve
working with the members of
the House of Representatives
| and the staff of the General As
| sembly. Pages and paget tea
| must be alert, courteous, and
I willing to work and cooperate
I in the carrying on the functions
I of the General Assembly. Serv
| ing in this capacity gives an
I opportunity to serve the state
I as well as to learn how state
I government operates.
I Pages are paid $6.50 per day.
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JIMMY MARSH
The page must make advance
arrangements with his school
principal and teacher in order
I to be free to serve. The page
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I Dies In Virginia
|| Mira Sarah Virginia Woodring,
| 38, of Lynchburg, Va., formerly
|| of Boone, died Friday at Lynch
bityg after an illness of several
!I years.
She was born in . Watauga
County to George W. and Min
nie Davis Woodring and had
lived at Lynchburg 10 years.
Surviving are her mother of
Watauga County; a brother,
Clyde W. Woodring of Lynch
burg; a half brother, B. A. Da
vis of Boone; and a half sister,
Mrs. Willard Greene of Todd.
The funeral was conducted
Sunday at Hopewell Methodist
Church by the Rev. Garland £.
Smith and the Rev- Woodrow
Winebarger. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Colonel Smith
Dies In Virginia
J. Robert Smith, a retired
Army colonel, (Bed February
22 at his home in Alexandria,
Virginia.--''
He and Mrs. Smith had been
coming to Boone fear five sum
mers and lived in the I, S. Ayers
Apartments. He attended the
Catholic Church here.
Surviving are his widow, Mrn.
Marie Smith, and two sons.
Burial was in Arlington Na
tional Cemetery.
BUILDING A CLUB HOUSE IS A TOUGH
JOB, but the Worthwhile Woman’s Club
has been hard at work on this project lor
many years. Here, club members are hav
ing a sewing bee, products of which will be
sold, at the Country Store and Gift Shop on
the “Horn in the West” grounds this season.
Members are (1-r): Mrs* George Greene,
Mrs. Norman Eggers, Mrs. Dempsey Wilcox,
Mrs. Lester Carroll, Mrs. John G. Barden,
Mrs. W. W. Williams and Mrs. Lee Reyn
olds. (Paul Weston Studio)
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Replies to oar appeal in last week's Democrat for an
“Old-Timey, Hoe-Down County Fair” have been coining in
fast and furious.
Most of them have been suggestions for more action on
the grounds, and they’re good suggestions, such as; A coon
and fox hound show and a greased pig contest.
Let it be known that our correspondent agreed to bring a
fast pig, if the Democrat would pay for the grease.
As to the problem of building booths or of storing ex
hibit* overnight, we hear very little. This seems to be a big
problem; all ideas on this are welcome; We don't think wo
cin buy a tent big enough to house the Fair. Could we got
more ideas about organization and regulation?
Write us. We need more ideas.
200 Pints Is
The Red Cross and its vol
unteers are making an effort
to collect at least 200 pints of
blood to meet the usage of
Watauga County on March 31
at East Hall from 10:30 a. m.
to 4:30 p, m., on the ASTC cam
pus.
In the simple act of walking
into East Hall, at the mobile
collecting center and going
through the simple routine of
giving his or her blood, a per
son creates an extension to life
that will live on and on.
Usually, the donor will never
know who got his blood, the
recipient will never know who
contributed to his well being,
possibxly saving his life. Since
the donor gives without any
expectation of a tangible re
ward, the gift is made from
the sheer pleasure of giving.
The receiver can never thank
the one whose blood flows in
his body, but there will be part
of someone else there—some
one who cared enough to take
time to give.
This ' shot in the dark” may
strike a sufferer of leukemia,
giving him a chance of a few
more days or months of life,
or a newborn child, giving it
a chance to live, or a patient
facing surgery, improving his
chance of recovery.
March 15th Is
Final Date For
Weed Measure
Vaughn Tugman, Chairman
of the Watauga ASC County
Committee has announced that
March 15 is the final date for
filing for premeasurement ser
vice on hurley tobacco.
The cost is the same as for
1964. The per farm rate is $10
for one field and $1 extra for
each additional field in excess
of one field. Any hurley farmer
who desires this service should
file his request and make de
posit by March 15.
BY RACHEL RIVERS
The Daniel Boone Wagon
Train will be led by a disting
uished tribe this year, namely,
teenage Indians.
But not real Indiana. Chief
Scout Ivey Moore of North
Wilkesboro says that the Indian
party will be made up of Wa
tauga and Wilkes county hoys
and girls, age 13 to 17 years.
“Much interest has been man
ifested in this proposal,'* Moore
[said. “We plan to have a genu
| me Indian Village, as near as
I possible. The boys and girls will
set up the vMJage in each camp
| site- as the wagon train moves
toward Boojmv ■ *
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camp, loading the train, but
will be carried in trucks from
HOW!
i point to point in order to give
them time to get the village
set up.”
Teenagers in Watauga County
are urged to attend a meeting
i at 7:3# p m. on Saturday, March
■ 13, at the North Wilkesboro
| Town Hall for the purpose of
assembling a Watauga unit of
j the Indian Village. Moore
stressed that teenagers must be
accompanied to the meeting by
chaperones and that adult su
pervision will be provided
I throughout the wagon train.
The tribal chief and squaw
| will be Charles Essese and, bis i
I Wife, Hetty Gwyn oi North
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Iti® House passed and sen*
to President Johnson last Wed*
nesday his $l.l-billion program
of aid for highways and other
projects designed to improve
job opportunities and income
in (the economically depressed
Appalachia area.
lids first major legislation to
be passed by this session of
Congress was approved by a
257-163 roll call of the House,
which last year let a similar
bill die.
Repeated Republican attempts
slice oit parts' or the pro
gram or add more areas were
beaten off In two days of de
bate and the bill was approved
in exactly the form the Senate
passed it Feb. 1. Sixteen amend
ments offered were rejected
overwhelmingly, most by voice
vote. • vy;
Republicans Oppose
Voting for the bill were 232
Democrats and 25 Republicans.
Voting against it were 56 Demo
crats and 109 Republicans.
The proposal was the product
; of study begun by President
John F. Kennedy shortly after
he took Office in 1961. He had
been impressed by the economic
plight of West Virginia during
his presidential campaign. John
son adopted the idea and push
ed it vigorously.
The bill authorizes a five-year
program of aid for 360 counties
in 11 states extending f r o m
northern Pennsylvania to north
ern Alabama. They include all
of West Virginia and parts of
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky,
Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Tennessee end Virginia.
New York Provision
Provision is made for possible
addition of 13 New York coun
ties later.
The goal is to provide jobs
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Mrs. Anderson
Mrs. Elizabeth Pearl Anderson,
54, of Sherwood, died Saturday,
March 6, following a heart at
tack.
She was a native of Stanford,
Kentucky but had lived In Wa
tauga County for the past 30
years. Mrs. Anderson was the
daughter of the Late John B,
and Margaret Naylor Anderson.
Surviving are four som;: Bob
by Mast of Baltimore, Mary
land, Jackie Mast of Sugar
Grove, James b. Mast of Boone
and Richard Anderson of
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina;
one daughter, Mrs. Jean Vines
Of Sherwood; two sisters, Mis. j
E. W. Campbell and Mrs. Mary
Helen Lunceford at Stanford,
Kentucky; two brothers, Har
vey and Joe Anderson of Cin
cinnati, Oho.
The body was taken to Stan
ford, Kentucky for funeral ser
vices and burial Wednesday.
Burial was in the Buffalo
Springs Cemetery is Stanford.
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BY RACHEL RIVERS
A balance of $2.56883 has
been carried over from the 1964
United Fund campaign here in
to the 1965-66 campaign.
Treasurer Sam Dixon told a
luncheon meeting of the United
Fund on Monday that total col
lections toward the original
$14,470 goal were $12,530.51.
Dixon said that all future re
quests must be accompanied by
a report comprising the organi
zation’s budget, and what it in
tends to spend the money for.
Chairman Stanley Harris is
working up a resolution neces
sary for solicitation of funds,
on both the state and national
level, under the United Service
Organizations, Inc. , >
James S. Mitchell, USO as
sistant secretary, has circulat
ed this resolution relating to
solicitation privileges; it was
| passed by the Executive Uom
mht.ee of USO, Inc, on Jan. 21:
“We ... have reviewed the
standard for nondiscrimination
relating to fund-raising privi
lege* in Federal establishments,
as set forth in President John
son's Executive Order 10927
and the letter to USO dated
Dec. 15, 1964, of Mr. John W.
Macy Jr., Chairman qf the U.
S. avil Service Commission.
“By resolution dated Sept
23,, 1963 attached, the Board of
Governors stated that It was
| USO policy to operate without
i racial discrimination or segre
gation. USO has applied this
policy to persons served by
USO, to our staff, and to mem
bership on our governing
boards.”
The letter further states a
nondiscrimination USO policy,
as follows: No person i* exclud
ed from service because of
race; There is no segregation of
those served on the basis of
race; There is no discrimina
tion with regard to hiring, as
signment, promotion or other
conditions of staff employment;
ami Membership in toe Corpor
ation, on the Board of Gover
nors, the Executive Committee
and all local USO councils and
affiliates is open to represen
tation from all segments of the
public. ?
Organisations who do not ac
cept the forthcoming resolution
of the Watauga County branch
of the United Fund, patterned
by USO for solicitation privi
(Continued on page four)
KING STREET GOT ITS FIRST INSTALL
MENT on a face-lifting last week when Ed
Culler, an employee of the Town of Boone,
and Policeman Lloyd Bentley swept off the
old lines and painted oa the new ones. (Riv
ers photo) „ t'
Police Officer
Will Do Duty On
Horn’ Grounds
Due to the rash of break-ins
on the “Horn in the West"
grounds, the Southern Appala
chian Historical Association has
arranged for a policeman to live
in an apartment in the rear of
one of the buildings.
Drama Manager Herman Wil
cox told the Democrat Monday
that Policeman Carljie Ingle
has agreed to furnish the apart
ment in exchange for free rent.
He is expected to move in this
week, !
Ingle will be patrolling the;
grounds, Wilcox said. The pro- j
posal was taken up in executive
session of the SAHA last week
and approved.
Recent break-ins of Bern
property, Wilcox said, amount
to a loss of approximately $75,
Vandals broke into the tight
control tower laat week.
Wilcox warned that the tower
is extremely dangerous for any
one not familar with its elec
trical system. Curator Bob Alien
is cooperating with Ingie so
(Continued on page four)
The members of the Boone
Business end Profession*! Wo
meft‘1 Club are joining in Na
tional Business Women’s Week,
which is being celebrated
March 7 through 13.
Officers of the Boone Club
are: Mrs. Kathryn Tolly, presi
dent; Mrs.> Bernice Ledford,
first vice-president; Miss Kate
Peterson, second vice-president;
Miss Cynthia Stiles, recording
secretary; Mrs. Laura Church,
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Mary Ruth Ayers, treasurer;
and Mrs. Earleen G. Pritchett,
parliamentarian.
An annual event since 1928,
National Business Women’s
Week is sponsored by the Na
tional Federation of Business
and Professional women’s
Clubs, Inc. During the week, ap
proximately 170,000 members,
in over 3,600 local clubs join
together in a national tribute
to business and professional
women, j.
In communities throughout
the country, the achievements
and contributions of these wo
men to local, national and world
events are spotlighted. Using a
progressive theme, “The Re
sponsibility of Full Partner
ship,” local BPW clubs have
joined together in their Spring
time Salute.
The major projects of the
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No matter bow cold and slushy the sidewalks
get, shoppers are hard to stop, and al
.tkougb then didn’t aoexo to U mm J*0’
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pie in town, tram the looks of this shat,
the streets were crowded newly all day.
(JUven photo).
E. J. PORTER
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Blowing Rock,—Ernest Jenn
Porter, 68, a well-known
hair stylist here and in the
Southern Pines resort area, died
Thursday at his home in South
ern Pines.
A native of Oregon, he studied
hairstyling in New Orleans and
New York, and with his wife,
opened Porter’s Beauty Salon
in Boone in 1939. Later, they
opened a salon in Blowing Rock.
Survivors: widow, sister, Mrs,
Edith Reddington of Raymond,
Wash.; brothers, Roy Porter of
Raymond, Wash,, Art Porter
and Abe Porter, both of Port?
land, Ore.
The funeral was held at 2:30
p.. m. Sunday at Rumple Me
morial Presbyterian Church in
Blowing Rock. Burial wa*
church cemetery. ...
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7,861 Tap Sold
The Boone Chamber of Com
merce reports that the total
number of automobile and truck
license tags sold through the
License Bureau was 7,266 as of
March 5, 1964.
Sales for the same date this
year are 7,861, or an increase of
8.4 per cent
Money taken in from these
sales, Jan. 1 to March 5, 1964
came to $129,137.31. Sales in
1965 were $141,883.?&~*n in
crease o4 8.5 per cent
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