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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1965
VOLUME LXXVII—■ NO. 43
School Board In Session
Present members of the Watauga Count;
School Board (1-r) A. E. South, H. W. Mast,
Jr., Dr. Charles Davant, chairman and act
log secretary and W. Guy Angell, elected
County Superintendent of Schools for two
year term. •-t ';-i' v^'
JOHN NORVA HAGAMAN
Norva Hagaman
Named Director
i .
Bureau 01 Docks
John Norva Hagaman, native
Wataugan, who has been at the
Naval Air Station in Norfolk,
Va. since 1942, has been pro*
rooted to the Director of the
Atlantic Division of the Bureau
of Yards and Docks.
In his new position he will
be sent over the north Atlantic
area periodically, but will
maintain his home in Norfolk.
Prior to his departure from
the Norfolk Naval Air Station,
Mr. Hagaman was guest of hon
or at a luncheon, at which time
Capt. Robert B Wood, Com
manding Officer at NAS pre
sented him a letter of commen
dation and appreciation for his
services during the past 23
years. This letter says:
“By your transportation ex
perience, conscientious efforts
and an understanding of the
Air Station’s mission, you help
ed greatly in the transition in
to the consolidated Public
Works Center concept. As head
of the transportation Division
for the past two years, you
Were responsible for providing
the air station and its resident
activities the continued trans
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Court Term Is
Now In Progress
The April term of Watauga
County Superior Court convened
Monday with Judge W. K. Mc
Lean of Asheville presiding.
I According to Clerk of Court
Orville Foster, Monday's ses
sion consisted mostly of review
ing the docket with several sub
missions to indictments being
made.
The case against Hiss Gale
Pearson of Haw Hiver, 18-year
old co-ed of Appalachian State
Teachers College, who was
charged in February with con
cealing the birth of a child, was
non-suited due to lack of evi
dence. She was released.
’ A complete list of actions
taken during the week's session
will be noted in the next issue
of the Democrat.
Governors of fee Appalachian
elates needed only 20 minutes
Monday to set in motion fee
unique fl-billion program of
economic aid feat grew out of
a campaign promise by the late
President John F. Kennedy.
Nine governors and repres
entatives from two other states
gave fee quick send-off in an
atmosphere of complete harm
ony despite the divergent politi
cal alliances represented around
fee table.
The federal-state program is
designed to provide higwkys,
water and land resources devel
opment, vocational schools, and
health clinics among other
things for an area stretching
from Alabama to Pennsylvania
The purpose is to upgrade fee
mountain region’s economy.
Among those who displayed a
spirit of cooperation at the
meeting were Gov. George C.
Wallace of Alabama, militant
segregationist who frequently
has deplored the power of the
federal government to intervene
in state affairs, and Gov. Wil
liam Scranton of Pennsylvania,
unsuccessful candidate for fee
Republican presidential nomina
tion last year.
Gov. Car* E. Sanders of Geor
gia was elected co-chairman of
fee Appalachian Regional Com
mission to serve alongside the
federal co-chairman, John L.
Sweeney.
Altera luncheon meeting
with the governors, Secretary
of Commerce John T. Connor
announced the appointment of
[Undersecretary Franklin D.
| Roosevelt, Jr., as supervisor of
j the Appalachian activities as*
signed to the Department of
[ Commerce. These include: assist
in the construction of an Appa*
lachian developed highway sys
tem; allocate funds for the pur*
pose erf increasing the federal
contribution to certain projects;
make grants to local develop
ment districts for administra*
live expenses and to other or
ganizations for investigations
and research in connection with
economic development
The $1.1 billion authorized by
Congress for the program does
not reflect the actual annual
cost since some programs are
spread over several years, and
states will participate to a de
gree in some of the programs.
There are plans for reclaim
ing coal mining lands, develop
ment of flood control and rec
j reational water facilities, in*
: ducements to farmers to prac*
j tice long-term land consen
I tion and establishment of health
! clinics and hospitals.
There were 2,151 fulltime
students at Appalachian State
Teachers College in the fall of
1958. Now there are more than
3,463 students here. By 1970,
according to reliable projections,
there will be 4,657 full and part
time students.
The college awarded 262 B. $.
diplomas in 1958. Last spring
graduates were awarded 473 B.
S. degrees, and 54 M. A. de
grees.
The college registrar’s office
keeps close statistical tab on the
type of student that comes to
.Appalachian .State. ■ ■■■v******^
For instance, about 01 per
cent of the students are from
North Carolina. Another 8.9
per cent are from out of state.
There are 22 foreign students on
campus. ,
Last fall, there were 1,312
men on campus mid 1,913 wo
men students.
There were 312 full time bus
iness majors and 300 full-time
majors in social sciences last
September.
The “typical” Appalachian
freshman in 1963 was a resident
of the piedmont region of North
Carolina. He attended a public
high school along with approxi
mately 750 other students, and
graduated in the upper half of
his senior class. Also, the chan
ces were 5 to 3 that “he" was
a “she,"
Only 3.6 per cent of the 1063
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Founder’s Day
Sale At Belk’s
Belk's Department Store will
launch its annual Founder’s
Days Sale on Thursday, April
22 and wind up the nine-day
event with a drawing at 4 pjn,
Saturday, May 1.
The grand prize at the draw
ing will be a 3250-value 23
inch console television set.
Daily drawings will be held
at 4 p.m* and at 11 am. on
Wednesday, for electric can
I openers and slicing knives.
National Publicity Blamed
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ines
• V/3t4*
All States Are
Asking Replies
BY RACHEL RIVERS
“If I oiwe anybody an apology
for all this trouble, I make it
Letters From
ttow. Amen.*’
These were Hie words of
Chief Scout Ivey Moore at a
dinner meeting of the Daniel
Boone Wagon Train, Inc., Sat
urday at the Daniel Boone
Hotel. What at first seemed
helpful, turned into a problem
and finally brought a new di
mension to the annual wagon
train trek from North Wilkes
boro to Boone.
An article called "Off-Beat
Vacations” in the April 4 issue
of “'nils Week Magazine” start
ed all the trouble, and we
quote: “Be a pioneer and ride
a covered wagon along Hie
route DanT Boone traveled, be
tween Tennessee amt North
Carolina, Contact Mr. Ivey
Moore, North Wilkesboro, N.
C.” .
Other off-beat vacations In
cluded family plans for renting
submarines, bachelor tours to
Europe and rent-free cabins In
Tongass National Forest In Al*
nske. "This Week" Is dlstribut
«d through many large metro
politan dailies across the coun
try.
So far, about 1,500 persons
have written Ivey Moore for
information on his "vacation
tours". The April 12 issue of
the North Wllkesboro Journal
Patriot quotes him as saying
"Help, . . . Please, no more
publicity on the Wagon Train"
The April 22 issue of the
Democrat now quotes him as
saying, “It’s been terrible. I’m
Innocent!” and indeed the
events which transpired in
building the Enormous Confu
sion were sheep in wolves*
clothing.
While talking with Bruce Ro
bertas, a free-lance promoter,
recently, Moore was asked
•whether he could use a few
more people on the train. “Yes
just a few people,” Moore re
plied, for the limit of 80 wag
ons and two horsemen per wag
on had almost been reached at
that time.
Alas, a story was sent to
“This Week", along with a pic
ture of a wagon train near
Franklin, N. C., and the Dan
iel Boone Wagon Train was
shuffled around a bit—and be
came a vacation tour.
Pathetic
'Most of the letters were en
thusiastic inquiries;
From Rich, Minn,—“1 read
about your covered wagon ride
in a magazine. Where would the
ride begin, in Tennessee or
North Carolina? How much is
the fee? How long would It be?
Does each family have Us own
wagon? Do the guides drive the
■wagon, or oneself? Would it be
Sm overnight trip? When do
you conduct these tours?”
From Tampa, FUl—‘‘How
far In advance should reserva
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The spring session of the
Three Forks Baptist Associa
tion will meet with the First
Baptist Church of Blowing Rock
on Tuesday, April 27, 8:30 a.
m. to 12:30 p. m.
Lunch will be furnished by
the host chardL'
1 O, Young will deliver the
call to order and the Rev. Har
ry D. Vance, the devotional.
Marshal! Hargrave, Mrs. Nora I
Wilson, Maurice Cooper and j
the Rev, Elliott Hayes will cor- !
duct the education program of :
the spring session.
The Rev. George Hyler will
lead on “Evangelism in the
Local Association” and the Rev.
Tom Greene o»t the Baptist
State Convention will appear |
Mission* in the Three Fork*
Association will be presented f
by John Robinson and Richard
Hodges, with special comment- j
ary by the Rev, E. C Watson, j
who is superintendent of mis-1
Mon* for Cabarrus BaptiM As-);
sociation and president of the
Superintendents ctf Missions
with the B iptist State Conven
tion, ■ ■ "
THIS ASSEMBLY, WHICH APPEARS TO BE A GROUP
OF UNITED STATES MAIL INSPECTORS, had a common
problem: How to answer hundreds of letters. The excitement
began when "This Week Magazine” featured the Daniel Boone
Wagon Train as a vacation tour. At last count, about 1,500
persons had written Chief Scout Ivey Moore in North Wilkes
boro ior information about the.wagon train tours. Moore ‘
brought the bulk of the mail to the Boone Chamber of
Commerce, A form letter Is now being prepared. The mall
“Inspectors” are (1-r) Chamber of Commerce manager Fred
McNeal; Miss Sally Miller, C ot C secretary; Wagon Master
DeWitt Barnett; Stanley Harris, businessman; Mrs. Sandy
Crater, C of C secretary; and Clyde Greene, wagon train
*cfcairman, all of Boone, (Rivera photo)
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—Photo by Flowers
MISS BRIDGE
Miss Bridge
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Rites Monday
Miss Susan Elizabeth Bridge,
-who came to Boone 54 years
ago to join the faculty at Ap
palachian Training School, died
Triday at Watauga Hospital
after an illness of a few days.
She was 80 years old.
She was born in Marion,
Ohio, and initiated the home
economics (then called domest
ic science) department at Ap
palachian. Later she served as
Home Demonstration Agent be
fore becoming a dormitory
{matron at ASTC
Miss Bridge started a Mood*
mobile canteen during the sec
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Dies At 80;
Camporec Is > j
Set Fri.-Sat
'Hie Old Hickory Council will
bold a district camporee for
Scout troops in Watauga County,
April 23-25.
The Scouts will camp Friday I
and Saturday nights and will i
cook six hot meals. Awards will j
be given for the best troop, the :
three best patrols and the 10 j
best campers.
There will also be awards for !
the best boy in the following
skills: Fire by friction, flint and
steel, Morse code, the seme- ]
phore and first aid.
Troops 132 and 109 of Boone,
and Troop 110 of Blowing Bock,
will participate. ..
Mr. 0. R. Andrews, president
of Watauga Developers, Inc., re
ports that work on the building
which Will house the American
Saw and Tool Company plant
at the site on State Farm Road
Boone Zoning Board Acts
To Change Usage Of Land
The Zoning Board of the
Town of Boone met Tuesday,
April 13, to consider making
changes in laud usage as sug
gested at the public bearing of
March 25.
Charles Sellers, city planning
consultant of Salisbury, met
with the board and they pro
posed these changes to the City
Council oi Boone:
That the area on the north
cast side of the Blowing Bock
highway from Clement Street
to Laurel Motel to a depth of
400 feet be designated as R 3.
This would permit multiple
apartment buildings to be
erected.
That the atrip of land adjoin
ing an extension of the highway
service area that includes the
Laurel Motel and lying to the
northeast of the Blowing Rock
highway to the Green Motel to
a depth of 200 feet be designat
ed as R 2. Ibis will permit the
building of duplexes and other
buildings not offensive to such
an area.
That the land area to the
southwest of the Blowing Rock
highway from the area now de
signated as Business^ to an
area designated as Highway Ser
vice to a depth of 400 feet and
jthe flat land to the northeast
of the highway between the city
service main and the present
highway service area to a
depth of 400 feet be changed to
Highway Service.
That the boundary oi land
encompassed by the Shadow
line Road, the Blowing Rock
Highway and the present city
sewer main shall be designated
In Residence-2.
That the land adjoining the
intersection of Highway 105 and
the 421 by-pass to the presently
designated Highway Service
area »ui to • depth og 400 foot
t'£&:<&*.'.. ’Hf
foe designated as Highway Ser
vice. .
That the tract of land be
(tween the Poplar Grove Road
and Highway 105 westward to
ta line extended from the 421
fby-pass highway south to the
Poplar Grove Road shall be de
signated as Highway Service,
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YDC To Meet ; |
Next Monday
The Young Democrats Club
will meet at 7 p. m. on Monday,
April 26, in the downstairs lec
ture room of the Education
Building on the ASTC campus
(the old elementary school).
YDC members and their
(wives are urged to attend. The
guest speaker will be Thomas
Johnson, chairman of the;
Democratic Executive Commit-1
tee of Ashe County. !
is progressing at a rapid pace.
Work is being concentrated
on completing the root and the
floors, and at the present pro
gress rate work on the building
is expected to be completed
within the next thirty days. A |
ninety-ton press is awaiting in- f
stallation in the new building,
land as soon as the concrete is
set up sufficiently, it and other
machines will be installed, ex
pectedly this week#
Mr. Andrews reports that a
fdw people are already taking
training for work at the new
plant and attending classes in
Lincointon. Anyone wishing to
make application for work
should do so at the Employ
ment office on Fridays, where
tests for the work will few given.
Mr. Jack Cronling, plant
{manager of the Lincointon
plant, will assume duties here
as the plant manager. He a
presently spending much time
here helping to organize work
ers.
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American Saw and Tool Co.
la expected to start production
with fifty or more employees,
adding more as production gets
under way, attaining 150 or
more at maximum production.
Mrs. Lois Miller Brault, 34,
of St Cloud, Fla., died April
12 from injuries suffered in an
auto accident near Melborne,
Fla.
Funerali«tviee» sfrar* ei»* '
ducted Wednesday, April 14, at
the First Methodist Church of
St Cloud with Rev. Thomas C.
O'Steen officiating. Interment
was in the Osceola Memory Gar*
dens, Kissimmee, Fla.
Mr*. Brault was bora in Wa
tauga County to the late W. W.
Miller and Nellie Miller Lewis.
She moved to St. Cloud with
her parents at the »«e of six
and spent most of her remain
ing life there. She waa an w» |
ployee of Citbeens State Bank
of St Cloud and was active in
Scouting and other civic afr
fain, She was a member of the
First Methodist Church. Mrs.
Brauit was a frequent summer
visitor in Watauga County and
had many friends and relatives
here.
She is survived by her bus*
band, J. A. (Pete) Brauit; a
son, Keith Brauit; a daughter,
Denese Brauit *U of St. Cloud;
her mother, Mrs. Nellie Lewis,
St Cloud; one brother, Clint
Miller, Boone; and four sisters,
Mrs. Ralph Greene, Canton, Pa.,
Mrs. Bob Davis, Kannapolis,
Mrs. Herbert Foster and Mrs.
Claude Bodeohmawr of Boom,