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BOONE WEATHER its5 HI Le pree. '64 HI Le March 30 55 47 | 41 « March 31 49 30 .03 <2 18 April 1 51 31 tr. 51 21 April 2 53 35 61 30 April 3 50 20 „ 59 49 April 4 53 37 .05 55 48 April 5 C? 46 tr. 52 31 FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the col umns of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, intensely coveting fee local shopping area, it is the best advertising medium available. An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . * Seventy-Seventh Year of Continuous Publication 20 PAGES—3 SECTIONS 10 CENTS PER COPY BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1065 VOLUME LXXVX Is Assured For Boone A , r Copy right 1965 Rivers Printing Co.. Inc. t U. S. Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirt* told the Demo • oral today through the Atlanta office that Boone, North Caro lina has been slated for ap proval as the site for a Neigh* borhood Youth Corps (NYC) project. “The Boone Project, sponsor* ed by W.AJH.Y. Community Ac tion, Inc. will have a total of 320 enrollees. Of these, 273 will be In school and 47 out-of school enrollees. The total cost of the project is 1114,800. Tins NYC of the U. S. Department of Labor will furnish $88,800 from Federal funds,” Secretary Wirt* said. The Boone Youth Corps en rollees will work as assistants end aides In various school and non-school activities. “The primary purpose of the me is to provide the necessary income to our young people so that they may remain in or ns turn to school. As President Johnson indicated in his mes sage to Congress, education is the backbone of our efforts to eradicate poverty in the na tion. I am convinced that through the NYC scores of young people will be given an opportunity to lift themselves out of the world of poverty and .take a rewarding and construc tive role in our economy,” Sec retary Wirtz stated. The Boone project is one of 30 announced today by the Sec retary of Labor and brings the total announced to date to 197 in 43 states and District of Columbia. These 197 projects will pro vide jobs and work experience for 104,200 young people ages lf**l yearn,,',** •*■ ....... • Brother Of Mrs. Billings Dies • § Ira Hope Brown, 65, of Jones ville, an employee of Chatham Manufacturing Co., and brother of Mrs. Rena Billings of Vilas, died last Friday at his home after a heart attack. Mr. Brown was born in Ire dell County to Houston and Mary Fincannon Brown. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Jonesville and the Beagle Club of Ron da. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lavad Hartseil Brown; a daugh ter, Mrs. Helen Holten of New Bern; a brother, Marshall Brown of Carolina Beach; a sister Mrs. Rena Billings of Vilas; and a half sister, Mrs. Tom Bass of Charlotte. The funeral was conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Janesville Bap tist Church at Jonesville by Rev. Kenneth Wilson. Burial was in Sunrise Cemetery at Janesville. , Saturday, April 10, has been designated as “Coffee Day” for the benefit of crippled children and adults. Soda fountains and restaurants in the county will be contributing coffee money for the worthy Easter Seal cause. ’ Money collected from the sale of Easter lilies Saturday, April 17, will also go for the same purpose. With the use of the New River Light k Power Company’s . “snorkle” truck, a fireman was hoisted above the store with a hose. Firemen said the truck was invaluable in con* fining the blaze. (Flowers photo) Motel Assn. Executive The program committee of .the Boone Chamber of Com merce has invited Ed “Duck” Lewis, executive vice-president of the North Carolina Motel Association, to address the April program on travel, - The hmcheon which will 'he" held pn Tuesday, April IS, at the Daniel Boone Inn, will ad-, journ promptly at 1 p. m. | Bom In Tarboro, Lewis at tended the University of North ; Carolina and was connected with the chambers of commerce of Tarboro, Burlington and Roanoke Rapids for 10 years. He was a member rtf the late Gov, Umstead’s Industry Speak ers Bureau, a member of the former Gov. Hodges Speaker’s Bureau for Traffic Safety and on the Bureau for Traffic Safe ty under the Sanford Adminis tration. He has been with the Motel Association since September, 1938. Other organizations to which Lewis belongs are the Raleigh Public Relations Soc ED “DUCK” LEWIS iety, of Association Executives end the Highway Usees Con* fereace. ' He is the director of the Travel Council of North Caro lina and vice-president of the National Council of State Motel Executives. His program is ex pected to relate to travel in Northwestern North Carolina. The funeral services for Mrs. ! Wanda Gragg Lamkin, 46. wife of Clarence R Lamkin Sr. of Valdese and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Gragg of Boone were conducted at 2 p. in. Sunday at Grandview Park Baptist Church by the Rev. Dean Herrold, the Rev. Cecil MeFelia and the Rev, W. L. Sor rels. Burial was in Belleview Cemetery. Mrs. Lamkin was killed | Thursday when her car over : turned on U. S. S21, several j mile* north of iUaoir. libe waa I traveling south when her car left the road on the right side, i came back to the left and over turned down a 7Moat embank ment. She was a former resident of Caldwell County. Surviving besides her hus band are two daughters, Mrs.! Bobby Price of Lenoir and Mrs. Johnny Coffey of Granite Falls; a son, Clarence R. Lamkln Jr. of the home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Gragg of Wa tauga County; a sister, Mrs. Earl Ward of Asheville; and a bro ther, MenH Gragg of Tuskegee, Ala. The Watauga County Minis terial Association will sponsor the annual Community Good Friday Service at 7:30 p.m., April lfl, in the First Baptist Church of Boone. This service has been gaining - ha attendance lor several years and the program committee feels this year’s service will be the most noteworthy of all, since it will be presented entirely by the youth (if the churches. • < The program and its partici pants will include: Organist, Sara Hagaraw, First Baptist Churcsb; Invocation, Hit! Ander son, Oak Grove Baptist Church; Mediation on the First Word from the Cross, Russell Robin son, Boone Methodist Church; Meditation on the Second Word from the Cross, Judi Giles, St Luke's Episcopal Church; Medi tation on the Third Word from (he Cross, Richard Green, Greenway Baptist Church; Medi tation on the Fourth Word from the Cross, David Rigsby, Boone Presbyterian Church; Anthem— “Man of Sorrows, What a Name,** by the Youth Choir of PerkinsviUe Baptist Church; Meditation an the Fifth Word from the Cross, John Coe, First Baptist Church; Meditation on the Sixth Word from the Cross, David Lewis, Advent Christian Church; Meditation on the Sev enth Word from the Cross, Wade Coffey, Jr. and Allan Moretz, Grace Lutheran Church; and the Anthem —* “Were You There j When They Crucified My Lord?” | by the Youth Choir of the Men-1 nomte Brethren Church. Henry Greer, president of the j Ministerial Association, will preside at the service, which' will also be broadcast by radio, i Tha public ia hmced. _ _ J T'-tV’'?4-'P-*• ■'?0 *' '’' ’•***<*■:% < f ^ - '-:ff $y> 7 Engine Companies Respond .■ ■ ■ *jj£ Srfil New Building To Be Erected On Same Spot According to information re ceived from Charles Blackburn fir. and Woodrow Merritt, loss of the Winn-Dixie building and company fixtures, suob as meat counters, display counters, cool ers and the like, will run in ex cess of $100,000. These figures have not yet been verified, as the extent of the damage has not been thor oughly investigated, Merritt is with the Winn Dixie office in Greenville, S. C. Blackburn, his wife and Mrs. Lucy Carroll owned the Winn Dixie building and adjoining parking facilities. Harvey Trivette, manager of Boone’s Winn-Dixie, said, “I am sure the company will be back as soon as they possibly can. All full-time help has been placed in the Lenoir Morganton and Hickory Winn-Dixies for the time being. I contacted the A & P Store and Thrift Food Center about our part-time help, and they said they will absorb all that they can/1 Trivette said the Lenoir Winn Dixie invites Boone patrons to come down when it is expedi ent.*"' The 'Lenoir, store is $0 miles from Boone. Trivette said he will be working with Winn Dixie in Morganton Blackburn’s comment on con struction; "Plans are under con sideration for rebuilding at the (Continued on page 4, Sec. C) April Court Term Convenes Monday April 19 Hie April term of Watanga Superior Coart will convene April » with Judge W. K. McLean of Asheville pre siding. According to Clerk of Court Orville Foster, approximately too criminal cases have been docketed for hearing in this session of court, including two manslaughter cases. FLAMES BURST THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE WINN-DIXIE STORE on Highway 221 Sunday night. Several fire departments rushed to the aid of Boone’s department standing by with extra hoses, on call to as sist in case another fire were to break out. The torch-like spout pictured was seen from the corner of Hardin and East Howard streets. Both the Shirley & Ragan Esso Ser* icenter and Kirk’s Restaurant, adjacent to the food store, received heavy smoke dam age. (Flowers photo) Hie annual Community Sun rise Service, sponsored by the Watauga County Ministerial As sociation, will be held at 6 a.m.( April 18, at Conrad Stadium on WORKMEN POINT TO THE DITCH in which two fellow v workers were injured on Friday, when portions of a wall of the new school building off Highway 105 blew down. The wall was said to have fallen about 8 a. m. A Watauga County Hospital spokesman said that Randy Aldridge of Route 1, Banner Elk, was admitted to the hospital. His condition was satisfactory on Monday, Edward Vinos of Route 2, Vilas, .. was the other man involved in the accident Be was not admitted to the hospital. (Flowers photo) the c a m pus of Appalachian State Teachers College. The program will consist of music presented by a brass ensemble from the Appalachian High School Band, Mr. James Shugert, director; an anthem presented by a choir from seve ral local churches, under the direction of Dr. William Spen cer, head of the Music Depart ment at Appalachian State Tea chers College; call to worship and prayer, led by Rev. E. S. Morgan, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church; Scripture read ing by Mr. Herman Wilcox, for mer director of the Boone Chamber of Commerce; respon sive reading led by Rev. Gar land Smith, Boone Circuit of the Methodist Church; Easter Meditation by Mr. Henry Greer, Baptist campus chaplain at ASTC and president of the Ministerial Association. in case of fain or extreme cold, the service wil be held In First Baptist Church sanctuary. The public is invited. : Ray D. Hayes Takes Own Life, Coroner States Ray Donald Hayes, 46, of Route 1, Vilas died instantly by a shot from a .22 calibre rifle at approximately 5:15 a. m. Tuesday, at bis home. According to Coroner Rich* ard Kelley, the shot was self inflicted and death was in stantaneous. Reports are that Mr. Hayes had been in bad health for some time. Funeral arrangements were incomplete Tuesday. The Watauga County Board of Education bill, which has been the topic of strong di» sention in the General Assem bly, has been passed by the House,, approved by the Senate Committee, and final passage is expected today. The bill which would decrease the Board of Education from fiv« members to three; elimi nating Republicans John H. Hol lar and F. D. Bumgardnei' from the Board, retaining Democrats Dr- Charles Dav&nt, H. W. Mast,. Jr., and A. E. South, had oat with strong deposition from Rep. James Holshouser who al tered arguments to retain the present school board. However, his objections were not heeded, and according to Mr. Holshcmser, the bill will be passed by the Senate as a rnab ter of routine procedure. Mr. Guy AngeU, County Su perintendent of Schools, advises that swearing in of the Board members will be forthcoming following final passage of the fcU-i* , ■ ., 't . ,-;'V - . .. ■ !. ■ I, i' ' CaU To Save >#v ®|fSR. Ill ; . V ■■ '. :- ■ ■■■ ■'. ■■ ■:■• ' > BY RACHEL RIVERS flie fin which destroyed Boone’s Winn-Dixie Food Store Sunday night attracted five volunteer fire departments, in addition to the Boone end Blowing Rock forces. Through combined effort, they were able to save adjacent businesses and residences. Unofficial estimates place the loss at $200,000. The alarm sounded about 6:15 p. m., brought approxi mately 75 firemen and more than 400 on-lookers to the scene. Although under coo&hl by 8 p. m., the blaze continued until about 10:30 p. m., accord ing to Boone Fire Chief R. D. Hodges. A number of firemen stayed until 4:30 a. m. Monday, and more returned at daybreak to put out spot fires. The Blowing Rock Fire De partment was said to have been particularly helpful in keeping the flames from spreading to the Shirley & Ragan Esso Ser vice nter and Kirk’s Restaurant, which are adjacent to the sooth* I east wall of Winn-Dixie. Other fire departments which answered the call were New land, Deep Gap. Jefferson, Crossnore and West Jefferson, Chief Hodges said two of the departments stood by to '•beck fires which might have broken out simultaneously in the coun ty. The Ncwland Fire Depart ment stayed with extra hoses In case additional hook-ups in to the town water system were required, he said. Mayor Wade E. Brown check ed the city’s reservoir and said it had dropped only four feet Sunday night Nothing was salvaged from (the food store. Steel beams sag ged between unsteady walls. The mounting heat had caused large cracks in the brick front and sides and merchandise lay soaked and singed among the counters, R. D. Hodges said Monday the fire was as yet of an unde termined origin. Three pumps were kept running until about 10:30 p. m. The Watauga and Wilkes County rescue squads were on the scene. Soon after the alarm was sounded, Boone firemen broke out one of the plate glass pan els in the store front to reach the blaze with a hose. Internal combustion burst out the re maining plate glass, although I no injuries were sustained among the milling spectators. I A squad of Citizen Band - : I Radio operators relieved the Boone police from directing traffic. Eleven CB operators ; (Continued on page 4, Sec. C) Holshouser School Bill 'f’v.V : m - ■ ■ ■ ■ ' w Is Made Law The General Assembly find' ly passed into law Friday Sep. James Holshouser'* bill to con tinue an educational agreement in Watauga County. T1l« legislation allows Appa lachian State Teachers College and the Watauga County Board of Education to continue a long-standing practice of hav ing students at the college teaeh in the local high school. Holshouser is a Republican and the bill had been held up on several occasions in toe leg islature although there was no stated opposition to it. ' i ■ ' It ana passed by the Senate i without a dissenting '. • ■ v ■ . ■■ : " , ■■ ^ . /■ ■' ■■. H . '. . > ■ ■Ik
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