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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1065
OLUME LXXVTI—NO. 42
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Spring clean up-fix up at the Boone Post
Office is underway with the replacement of
the front steps, repairs to the walk and curb
ing. The old steps, which had become worn
and hazardous, are being replaced and re
paired by workmen of Greene Construction
Company under contract with the General
Services Administration, according to Post
master Ralph Beshears. (Rivers photo)
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f The Community Easter Sun
f rise Service ’will begin as usual
this year, at 8 a. m. on April
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The Appalachian High School
i Brass Choir, directed by James
I Shugert, and the Community
I Choir, directed by Dr.. William
I Spencer, will tender music for
1 Hie service.
I The Rev. E. S. Morgan will
I conduct the call to worship and
I prayer. Scripture reading will
* be by Herman W, Wilcox and
I the responsive reading by the
f Rev, Garland Smith. Hank
! Greer of the First Baptist
- Church will bring an “Easter
Meditation”.
The Watauga County Minist
erial Association will sponsor
the service.
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Services Set
A number of young people
,..,wiU take part in the First Bapt
ist Churches community Good
.Friday Service at 7:30 p. m. on
April 18.
The seven last words of
Christ will be given by Russell
Robinson of the Boone Metho
dist Church, Judi Giles of St.
Luke’s Episcopal Church, Rich
ard Greer of Greenway Baptist
Church, David Rigsby of Boone
Presbyterian Church, John Coe
of the First Baptist Church,
David Lewis of the Advent
Christian Church and Allan
Moretz and Wade Coffey Jr. of
Grace Lutheran Church.
Presiding will be Hank Greer,
} president of the Watauga Coun
| ty Ministerial Association which
| will sponsor the service.
The youth choirs of the Perk*
| insville Baptist Church and
| the Mennonite Brethren Church
I will present anthems. Sara
Hagaman of the First Baptist
Church will play the prelude
| and postlude on the organ.
Mrs. Julia Caldwell of the
Three Forks Batist Church will
give the call to worship. Hal
Anderson of the Oak Grove
Baptist Church will lead the
congregation in prayer.
Board Of Red
Cross To Meet
The Board of Directors meet
ing of Watauga County Chapter
American Red Cross will ^>e
field at the Daniel Boone Ion
Friday, April 16 at 12 noon.
Business is appointing nominat
ing committee for election of
officers for ensuing year. All
members and board of direc
tors are urged to atttad.
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Winn-Dixie Building
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When disaster strikes, man
in his will to remain unfallen
by misfortune, begins immedi
ately to replace and rebuild
(those things that have been
left devasted. This is evidence
in the case of the destruction
by fire of the Winn-Dixie store
here a few days ago.
Already {dans < have been
completed for the construction
of a new building to service
Winn-Dixie store facilities in
Boone, and according to Mr.
Leon Baldwn of Winn-Dixie and
Mr. Charles Blackburn, owner,
plans are now for opening the
new facilities the first of July
or as soon thereafter as pos
sible.
Removal of debris is expect
ed to begin this week with the
construction beginning on a
new building at the same loca
tion immediately.
Contracts for building the
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new structure have been let to
Fiske Carter Construction Coro-1
pany oI Greenville, South Caro j
lina. The new building will be j
an enlargement over the previ
ous building and will contain j
a total of 14,400 square feet of i
floor space.
Arrangements have been
'made to utilize the area now
occupied by Kirk’s Restaurant
for additional parking area for
the store, but the restaurant is
being allowed to remain in op
eration during the summer sea
son. After completion of the
parking area accommodations
for parking will be available for |
one hundred cars.
It was thought at the outset j
that temporary facilities would
be set up to serve Winn-Dixie j
customers, but this idea has all
but been abandoned, as no:
suitable building has been lo-1
cated for this purpose, accord
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Workmen dean up ruins left when the Boone Winn-Dixie
Store w*s completely destroyed by fire, — Rivers photo.
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Graveside services were held
at 2 p. m. Friday for little Kara
Lynn Graham, age 2, who
drowned about 11 a. m. Thurs
day in a pond near her home.
She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray L. Graham of
Route 4, Boone. Mrs. Graham
Sound the body in a shallow
farm pond after searching the
area for some time.
Mr. Graham is a teacher of
mathematics at Appalachian
State Teachers College.
Coroner Richard Kelley raid
the drdwning was accidental.
Surviving, besides the parents,
are two brothers, of the home,
Kelly Logan and Kyle Layne.
The grandparents of the child
are Dr. and Mrs. George Gra
ham of Abilene, Texas, and Mr,
and Mrs. R. A. Smith of Cas
cade, Colo.
The Rev. Boyce Brooks of
ficiated at Mount Lawn Mem
orial Park here.
School Board
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An organizational meeting
of the Watauga County Board
of Education was called for
8:30 a. m. Wednesday at the
Board of Education Building
for the purpose of appointing
officers to serve on the school
board for the next two years.
This meeting follows the
final pasage of the Watauga
County Board of Education
bill which decreased the
membership on the board
from five members to three.
Officers wili be chosen from
Dr. Charles Davant, H. W.
Mast, Jr. and A. E. South.
The Superintendent of
Schools wili also he elected at
this meeting.
Moose Lodge
Plans Easter
Egg Hunt 18th
The Boone Moose Lodge will
hold its annual Easter egg hunt
for the children of Watauga
County on Easter Sunday, April
18, at 2 p. m. at the Moose
Lodge property on Deerfield
Road. All Moose members and
their families as well as all
mothers, fathers and children
of Watauga County are urged
to attend, Wy:,
Refreshments will be served
for all. Prizes will be given to
the children recovering the moat
eggs and those discovering spec
la! eggs.
Staple Collins Is Killed
In West Virginia Crash
William Staple Collin*, 49, cA
Slowing Rock Road, Bocne was
killed in a head-on collision on
the West Virginia Turnpike
near Charleston, West Virginia
April 9.
Mr. Collins was en route to
Boone from Detroit towing an
unoccupied cat when the acci
dent occurred. The driver of
the other ear, James E. Street,
U8, of St. Marya, Georgia re
ceived minor injuries and wu
taken to the Charleston heap*-1
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Mr. Collins was born in Wa
tauga County to William Wash
ington and Sally Coffey Col
lins. He had opr rated the Col
Una Used Car Lot in Boone for
aome years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Edna Moody Collins; a son, Bill
Collins, Jr. of Boone; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Sharon Hollars of
Boone; two sisters, Miss Desie
Collins of Blowing Rock and
Mrs. Norma Hodges of Mor
ganton; a brother Spencer Col
lins of Newiand; and four
grandchildren. ,,, ; ';
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p. m. Monday at the ■
Ad\ent Christian Church with j
the Rev. Floyd Boston officiat
ing. Burial was in Mountlawil
Memorial Park.
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Members of Boy Scout Troop 109 lined up
last week for an Honor Court, in which
they received merit badges and class ranks.
Dr. Lee Reynolds, presiding over the court,
made honors to these boys (fcr): Paul Miller,
Perry Fidler, Richard Vance, David Richard
son, Clay Owen, Hoyle Davis Jr., Buzzy Hag*
aman nv-u Arthur Flowers. Thirty-one other
membs.' a of the troop attended the meet
ing at the Boone Methodist Church. Also
participating were Troop 131 of Boone and
Troop ill of Blowing Rock. (Flowers photo)
North Carolina would receive
about $54.7 million under the
Elementary and Secondary Edu
cation Act passed by Congress,
state school official* said Fri-1
day. j
Watauga County wwld get
$318,400 of the money provided
in the Act, which has been rati
fied by the signature of Presi
dent Johnson.
”Thi* offers a great oppor
tunity and responsibility for
us,” Dr. Charles F. Carroll,
state superintendent of public
instruction, told a gathering of
local school officials in Raleigh.
“Call on all the imagination
you can command to help the
disadvantaged children,” Car
roll said.
The federal act would set
aside $1.06 billion for <he dis
advantaged children, those in
families with Incomes below $2,
000 a year. He said 24 per cent
of North Carolina’s children fail
into this category.
The-state has the largest num
ber of disadvantaged children
of any state except Texas.
North Carolina would get
$48,556,000 to help the dis
advantaged child and $2.4 mil
lion for school library resources,
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Officers Are Named
Horn In West Assn.
Herman W, Wilcox, manager, |
announces the election of off-;
icers and directors of the South-j
era Appalachian Historical As
sociation, which sponsors the
“Horn in the West,” has been
held. ■;
Dr. L G. Greer of Chapel Hill
is again president of SAHA. Ex
ecutive vice president is Dr. R.
H. Harmon; Mrs. B. W. Stall
ings, association membership
chairman; Lynn Holaday, treas
urer; and Mrs. Earleen G. Prit
chett, secretary, all of Boone.
The 19«8 directors are Bob
Allen, Glenn R. Andrews, J. V.
Caudill, Mrs. Paul Coffey, the
Rev, Richard Crowder, Sam Dix
on, H. R. Eggers, Grady Farth
ing, Clyde R. Greene.
Stanley A. Harris, Lynn Hol
aday, J. E. Holshouser Jr., Dr,
Kay Lawrence, Hugh Morton of
Wilmington; Dr. W. H. Plcm
mons, Mrs. Earleen G. Pritchett,
Miss Rachel Rivers, Dr. 0. K.
Richardson, Grover Robbins Jr.
of Blowing Rock; Miss Jane
Smith, Mrs. B. W. Stallings,
Herman W. Wilcox, Mrs. Carrie
Winkler, Ralph Winkler, Dr.!
I, G. Greer of Chapel Hill; Dr.
R. H. Harman and Wade E. j
Brown.
This summer will be the 14th
season that the outdoor drama:
has been sponsored by SAHA,!
which is dedicated to preserv-1
ing the region’s heritage. This;
year’s play dates are June 25- j
Aug. 28 nightly, except Monday, j
Julius Miller
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Julius Lavander Miller, 87, a
retired farmer of Todd, died
Saturday night at his home
after a long illness.
He was born In “Watauga
County to Lee Martin and
Anette Greene Miller.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Laura Tatum Miller; three sons,
George and J. B. Miller of Todd
and Cecil Miller of Boone; five
daughters, Mrs. Hazel Stanbury,
Mrs. James Miller and Mrs.
Charles Risk of Todd and Mrs.
Thomas Jackson and Mrs. E&tel
Wagner of Boone; four brothers,
day, Otto and A. G. Miller of
Deep Gap and Clint Miller of
Purlear; a sister, Mrs. Howard
Steelman of Deep Gap; 18
grandchildren; and 13 great'
grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p.m. Monday at
South Fork Baptist Church at!
Todd. Officiating were the Rev.
Raymond Hendrix, the Rev. Ed j
Blackburn, and the Rev, Ren
neth Eller. i
Burial was in How# Ceme
tery.
Services Held
Ray Donald Hayes, 46, of
Vilas died Tuesday at his home
of a gunshot wound in the
head. Walaug* County Coroner
Richard E. Kelley ruled the
death a suicide.
Hayes was born la Watauga
County to Stuart B. and Esther
Coffey Hayes. He waa a farmer.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Clara Hayes; his father; a son,
Roy Hayes of Cherryville; two
daughters, Mrs. Paul Fox of
Vilas and Miss Carol Hayes of
(the home; two brothers, Carl
hod Edward Hayes of Boone;
land eight sisters, Mrs, Arlie
Hodges of Valle Crucis, Mrs.
Bynum Anderson and Mrs. Ar
Vii Greer of Vilas, Mrs. Ralph
Hodges, Mrs. Odell Teague and
Mrs. Clyde Townsend of Boone,
(Mrs. Ernest Shores of Blowing
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- mr RACHEL RIVERS 6
. Registered voters will go to
the polls on May 22 to vote on
a $1,800,000 water and sewer
bond Issue for Boone.
The ballot will present a town
ordinance authorizing $890,000
for a water system—including
new mains and a new million
and a half gallon reservoir tank
in town—and an ordinance au
thorizing $1,110,000 for expan
sion of sewer facilities.
Mayor Wade E. Brown said
that passage of the bonds “would
prove to the people outside the
corporate limits that the town
is in a financial position to
furnish them these services.”
He said it cannot at this time
be determined how the tax rate
would be altered.
Registration books will be
open from Friday, April 30, to
Friday, May 7. Saturday regis
tration will be from 9 a.nv. to
9 p.m., and from 9 am. to 8
p.m. other days.
On May 22, townspeople may
vote between 6:30 a m. and 6:30
p.m. at the City Hall.
The Mayor sal d the Town «
Aldermen have made applica
tion to the local government ^
commission in Kaleigh for ap
proval to vote the bonds. Tenta
tive approval haa been sent, he
said, with a promise of formal c
approval as soon as the papers
are adjusted.
If the bond issue passes, a '
new reservoir will be built up
at the present water shed. U
will be an entirely new facility, «
with a micro-filter to strain out *
ail foreign matter. A public
meeting at the Courthouse last ^
summer revealed that residents
of P op 1 a r Hitt have found
leaves in their water. Repre
sentatives of that development
strongly opposed the existing
system.
“Filters have not been ra*
quired in controlled watersheds
such as ours," Brown stated. He
defined a controlled shed as
one where all land that drains
into it is owned by the town or .
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Ellis Coffey
Funeral Held
Ellis E. Coffey, 63, a retired
post office employe of Bowie,
died Wednesday at Blowing
Bock Hospital.
Mr. Coffey was born in Cald*
well County to Henry K. and;
Sarah Gragg Coffey.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Hettie Coffey; four sons,
Arthur H. Coffey of Alaska,
{Herman Coffey of Boone, Rt. S,
John Coffey of Lenoir and Dan
Coffey of Charlotte; three
daughters, Mrs. Boyd Williams
and Mrs. Quenton Wheeler of
Boone and Mrs. Dale Lowrier of
Charlotte; a stepson, Sgt C. M.
sHarrison with the U. S. Army;
a stepdaughter, Mrs. Hugh Wil
liams of Charlotte; a brother,
C. Rr Coffey of Kingport, Tenn.;
and three sisters, Mrs. Kitie
Bobbins of Lenoir, Mrs. Henry
fvherfey of Blountville, Tenn.,
and Mrs. Burlie Stansbury of
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Stores Will
Close Monday
The following department
stores will be closed Easter
Monday, April 19: Belk's De«
pa it men t Store, Newton’s De
partment Store, Church's, Crest
Store, Hunt's Department Store,
Cupboard Casuals, V a r s i t y
Men’s Wear, Newton’s Fashion
Shop, Bill’s Shoe Stone and De
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