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VOLUME LXXVII— NO. 44
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1965
Opening
Although visitor facilities
along the Blue Ridge Parkway
, do not normally open for public
use until May 1, mild weather
conditions have permitted the
immediate opening of the fol
lowing facilities from the North
Carolina - Virginia State lino to
Grandfather Mountain:
Doughton Park Campground,
Northwest Trading Post, Price
Park Campground.
Other visitor facilities along
this portion of the Parkway will
open according to the following
tentative schedule:
Brinegar Cabin: Doughton
Park — Open May 1; Hours, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bluff Lodge and Coffee Shop:
Doughton Park—Open April SO
(limited meal service until May
15); Hours, 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Parkway Craft Center: Cone
Park — Open May 1; Hours, 9
Aid. to 6 p.m. V*-'
All visitors to the Blue Ridge
Parkway are reminded that the
forests are very dry and will
probably remain in a high fire
hazard condition at least thru
May 15. ;■ ■ ' -
Visitors should remember the
following pointa relating to
.film:
1. Campfires are permitted
only in designated fireplaces.
2. Lighted cigarettes or
matches are not to be discarded.
3. Report any unusual smoke
to the nearest ranger station.
L 0. McLean
Isaacs Orestes McLean, 59, of
Blowing Rock died of a heart
attack Saturday night at Blow
ing Rock Hospital. ,, ,.,**«&**
He was born at Blowing, flock
Ito Jack and 'Martha Church
McLean and was employed by
(the Blowing Rock Street De
p*»r*»nent.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Clara Hartley McLean; a
daughter, Mrs. Bynum Church
of Boone; three sons, O. J. Mc
Lean of Lenoir, Arlon McLean
(Continued on page 6, Sec. C)
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE 17 HOUSES
constructed at the summit of the Poplar Hill
housing development after Patrolman Wil*
Warn D. Teem built there five years ago. As
rapid as the summit growth has been, it
probably does not comprise a fifth of the
number of houses which have sprung up
along Poplar HiUDrivf and adjacent prop
erty. (Rivera photo), .
Two Get 7-10 Years
For Assault, Robbery
The April term of Watauga
’County Superior Court adjourn
ed at noon Saturday after dis*
posing of about 125 criminal
cases.
Three men were found guilty
and given active sentences in
two cases heard by the Honor
able W. K. McLean, Judge pre
siding. Conley Lee Harmon and
Willis Paul Hicks both charged
with assault and robbery of J.
R. Hendrix, a store operator in
Boone, were found guilty as
charged and sentenced to 7 to
JlO years in prison.
Chase McGuire Was found
guilty of assault with deiwlly
weapon and sentenced to two
years in prison.
In other cases the following
actions were taken: Driving
drunk and violating prohibition
law, Charles Henry Campbell,
$160. and cost; no liability in
sura nee, Jimmie Roger Harmon,
$50; no operators license, James
Franklin Kimberlin, $110.50;
driving drunk, Robert Bennett
Hairfield, $138; Robert Augus
tus Greer, Jr., $200; trespass
ing, Norman Walters, 30 days
prison.
Speeding. Thomas Albert
Crawley, $55.90; Harry Wilson
Clarke, $45; Archie Dean Lyons,
$45; Robert Edward Rutffy, $45;
J. C. Waters $45;
Cecil Betty, $50; Hubert
Brent Pitts, bond forfeit $150;
Kimber Dwayne Haneline, $43;
Phillip James Nelson, $45;
James Robert Summerow, $45;
Ford Farrell Greene, $45;
James Thomas Phipps, $45;
Amy Jo Madison, $45; Freddie j
'Thomas Coley, $45; Joseph
Pleasant Saunders, $45; Robert
Edgar Musick, $45; Wood-ford
Grady Sink, $45; Roy Harold
Combs, $45; Hoyle Haskell
The steady and constant
growth of Appalachian State
Teachers College is easily idon
tifiable from the recent report
tissued from the office of Dr.
Sen Strickland, registrar at the
state institution.' ' » I
During the spring quarter of
1963-64 there were 3,174 stu
dents enrolled; this spring ses
sion there are 3,424.
v According to the report there
are 2,693 undergraduate stu
dents on campus, 209 graduate
students, 181 Saturday students
and 341 are taking work
THERE’S NO WAY TO LOAF ON THIS JOR! Jack Gar
land was one of the painters putting a coat of paint on a
Rmg Street office building last week. (Rrvara photo)
| through extension course*.
The report separated the 2,
902 undergraduate and gradu
| ate student according to their
major. This breakdown is as
follows:
Art—26, Biology—135, Busi
ness Education—282, Chemis
try—46, Education—747, Eng
lish—184, Foreign Language—
69, Health and Physical Educa
tion—340, Home Economics—
117, Industrial Arts—94, Junior
College Education—0, Library
Science 74, Math—234, Music
—79, Physics—6, Social Science
—282, History—2, Speech—19,
«nd undeclared—69.
Mrs. Tester, 85,
T#» By Death
Mrs. Martha Ruia Tester, 85,
of Banner Elk, Rt, 1, widow of
David William Tester, died
Tuesday at her home. She had
been in declining health sever
al years.
Mlrs. Tester was born in Wa
tauga County to Wiiliam and
Eliza Moody Lowrance.
Surviving are two sons, Basil
Tester of Blowing Rock and
Bernard Tester of Burlington;
three daughters, Mrs. Bernice
Reynolds of Burlington, Mrs.
Beulah Shook and Miss Beth
Tester of Banner Elk; and four
sisters, Mrs. Alice Story and
Mrs. Lana Puckett of Banner
Elk, Mrs. Mary Davis of Boone
and Mrs. Clyde West of Ellen
burg, Wash.
The funeral was held at 11
a. m. Thursday at Clarks Creek
•Baptist Church. Officiating
were Rev. Grady Matheson,
Rev. Harold Hayes and Rev.
Glenn South. Burial was in the
church cemetery. . w J*jj
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Hides, $45; Arthur Lee Sharpe,
$45; George Clayton Trivette,
$45; Thomas Perry Edmisten,
$45; Danny Hunter Ferguson,
$45; Hugh Hamilton Hall, $45;
Burl Jones Miller, $45; Dennis
Delbert Price, $45; Ernest Har
old. Reynolds, Jr., $45; Ivan Ray
Smith, $45; Ore Lee Carmean,
$45; Donald Berton Servis, $45;
Gerald Freeman Moffitt, $45;
Vertie Dancy Teague, $45; Rich
ard Larry Smith, $45; Junior
Stewart Wilcox, $45; Kenneth
Odett Porter, bond forfeit, $50;
Olirles Raymond Creseioni,
$45; Hadley Warren Clark, $46;
Allan Jake Moretz, $45; Larry
Franklin Long, $45; Arnold
Walter Parker, $45; Clarence
Malcolm Baird, $45; Lynn Al*
den Carter, $45; William Vann
Smith, $45; Max D. Lewis, $45;
Boyd James Trivette, $45; Cyn
thia Ann Chrisawn, $45; Billy
Denny Hampton, $45; Win,
Franklin Davis, $45; Henry
Jones, Jr., $45; Marie Rhodes
Hyder, $45; Emmitt Hammer
‘Hopkins, $45; Louis Grant
Fowler, $45; Donald Francis
Smith, $45; Carl Kenneth Flow
ers, $45; Thomas James Burris,
$45; Barney Howard Huffman,
$45; Saxton Hal Smith, $45;
Cart Stout, bond forfeit, $50;
James Avion Holtaclaw, bond
forfeit, $50; James Robert
Stout, $430; Grady Wiilet Davis,
$300; Robert Gray Fletcher,
$178; Larry Frank Winkler,
$45; Barbara Kay Willey, $45;
Charles Leo Buchanan, $45;
Boyd Earl Dunn, $45.
Driving Drunk: Coy Lee An
derson, $200; Claudie Hender
son Grindstaff, $500; Ronald
Alvin Goodman, $200; Earl Ro
bert Wheatley, 4 months pri
son; Avery Washington Pres
hell, $150; Charles Young
Hemphill, $200; William Earl
Barnes, $200; John Garvis
Hendren, $200; Roland Wayne
Stiles, $200; Charles Philmore
Presnell, $150.
Allowing vehicle to be op
erated with no insurance, James
Franklin Smith, $110.50; non
(Continued on page 6, Sec. C)
Eggers Named
Director Land
Bank 2nd Term
I Mr, S. C. Eggers was re-elect
ed to the Board of Directors of
the Federal Land Bank Associa
tion at the recent meeting of
the Association held in Colom
bia, South Carolina. Mr. Eggers
was elected for a second term
without opposition.
Mr. Eggers was accompanied
to Columbia by John li. Hol
lar, manager of the local Land
Bank office and by Carlos L,
Mitchell of Alleghany County,
Paul Bower of Ashe County
and Gordon Chambers of Wil
kes County, all members of the
Board of Directors of the
£0021$ IMm Sl&c ANOCliQOS:
Mayor, County
Board Chairman,
A ground-breaking ceremony
at 4 p. m. on Sunday marked
the beginning of the construc
tion of the Watauga County Hos
pital. Despite threatening skies,
a crowd of more than 100 was
present for the occasion.
From a platform on a large
dirt-moving machine, Mayor
Wade E. Brown of Boone, who
is chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the hospital, wel
comed the group and spoke
briefly of the significance of the
day. “This is a historic day,” he
said. “Long after we are gone,
the building we are about to
erect will stand to serve the
people of this area."
Dr. G. K. Moose, one of the
founders of the present hospital,
gave an account of its begin
nings. It was built in the 1930’s
on a site donated by the State.
The work was db n e by WPA
labor.-"
After tile building was begun
there was a two-year delay due
to lack of funds. The Duke
Foundation made it possible to
complete the building. In 1947
a govenung board of trustees
was set up with Dr. Moose as
the chairman. About this time,
$20,000 was spent for the pur
chase of up-to-date equipment.
Dr. Moose paid special tribute
to the late Dr. B. B. Dougherty
and to the late Smith Hagaman
for their share in founding the
hospital and in lending guid
ance in its early years. Both
| men, Dr. Moose said, had ad
vised that the hospital secure a
certified surgeon, and that it
work toward accreditation. Both
goals have long since been
reached.
Robert Bumbaugh, chairman
of the building committee, spoke
enthusiastically of the support
of the citizens of this county
ami of the interest manifested
in the undertaking. He review
ed the work for the bond issue,
the hours of planning, and the
hopes and dreams which are
about to be realized.
Dr. Lowell Furman, Chief of
| the Medical Staff, congratulated
the people of Watauga County
for having the vision to “under
take this great project which
will make possible better and
wider service to those in need
of hospital care."
Chairman of the County Com
missioners, Bynum Greene, add
ed: “This is a great day for Wa
tauga County.”
The Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr.,
pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, pronounced the bene
diction with a prayer that this
institution might be an agent
sharing in continuing the min
istry of healing practiced by the
Great Healer Himself.
After the formal ceremony,
pictures were taken as Mr.
Greene moved the first shovel
of dirt, with Mrs. Jack Groce,
hospital administrator, and May
or Brown taking their turns.
The sign which read “Future Site for Watauga
County Hospital" was altered at 4 p.m. Sun
day when Mayor Wade Brown painted out the
word ‘future” at the official ground-break
ing ceremony for the new hospital on Deer
field Road. Taking part in the ceremony.
were (1-r) Dr. G. K. Moose, a founder of the
hospital; Bynum Greene, chairman of the
County Commissioners; Mrs. Jack Groce, hos
pital administrator; and Mayor Brown, con
sulting attorney in the project. (Weston
photo)
BY CLYDE OSBORNE
Reprinted from the
Charlotte Observer
Newknd — Two resort pro
jects that would convert 5,000
acres of land Into prime tourist
playgrounds are getting started
in Avery County.
The larger of the two is a
$5*miUion development in the
Elk River Valley near Banner
Mrs. Miller’s
Funeral Held
Mrs. Mary Lucille Miller, 41,
of Triplett, wife of Grant Miller,
died Wednesday in Watauga
Hospital after an Illness of sev
eral weeks.
Mrs. Miller was born in Wa
tauga County to Arthur and Hat
tie Simmons Wheeler.
Surviving besides her husband
are two sons, Arthur Dean and
Harold Gene Miller of the home;
a daughter, Donna Lou Miller
of the home; her parents of
Triplett; three brothers, Claude,
Jack and Luther Wheeler of
Boone; and two sisters, Mrs.
Dorothy Miller of Boone, Rt. X,
and Mrs. Betty Greer of Trip
lett.
The funeral was held at 2 p.
m. Saturday at Mount Ephriam
Baptist Church. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Officiating were the Rev. Pete
Vannoy, the Rev. Roscoe
Greene and the Rev. Wendell
Critcher, .
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Elk and Beech Mountain.
Appalachian D e v e lopment,
Inc., has bought 3,000 acres,
and developers Grover and
(Harry Robbins of Blowing Rock
have begun making topograph
ical maps of the area.
The Robbins brothers plan
to build a 200-room motel, three
golf courses and « ski resort
that Harry Robbins said “will
be comparable to about any
thing in New Engand."
In addition to their own mo
tel, Robbins said, “WeTl lease
or sell property to other indi
viduals for motels, restaurants,
shops and service businesses.”
The development would con
tain about 3,000 residential
lots he said.
Hie second of the two pro
jects will be a 2,000 acre tract
In the Unville River Valley at
the base of Grandfather Moun
tain. ...
Mrs. Agnes Morton Cocke,
(whose family owns much of the
choice real estate around
Grandfather Mountain, plans to
develop an 18-hole golf course
and adjacent homeeite6.
The property also will con
tain a 23-acre lake plus a series
of smaller lakes, and some pro
perty will be reserved for de
velopment of an additional 18
hole golf course.
Mrs. Cocke’s property is on
N. C. 105 west of Grandfather
{Mountain and about IV* miles
from LiriviUe,
It is about sir. miles from the
(Continued on page 6, Sec. C)
A new section of the Blue
Ridge Parkway south of Ashe
ville* will open May 15, Sam P.
Weems, Parkway superintend
ent, announced last week.
The 14.8 miles of new Park
way, extending from N. C. 191 at
the French Broad River to Ml.
Pisgah, was started in Novem
ber, 1859.
Nine tunnels, with a total
length of almost a mile, are a
part of the new section which
also includes 11 scenic over
looks with parking spaces.
The Parkway link from U. S.
25 to N. C. 191, including major
bridges across th* French Broad
River and Interstate 26, should
be completed and ready to open
in the summer or fail of 1966,
Weems said. The remaining
ling necessary to complete the
Parkway in the Asheville vicin
ity is the section between V, S.
70 and U. S. 25.
“We hope to be able to award
the contracts for this work by
June of this year," he added.
All along the Parkway, which
links Virginia, Tennessee and
North Carolina, campgrounds,
picnic grounds and other visitor
accommodatioca aw acheduiad
to open May 1*
New attractions in the North
Carolina link include the Lin
ville Falls Spur, .1,5 miles long,
which was completed last sea
son. ■.
Jt provides an attractive ac
cess to Linville Falls and fea
tures a large parking space, a
pedestrian bridge across the
I4aville River to the older lift*
viile Falls trail system, a new
picnic grounds and a 70-site
campground to be opened this
year.
The National Park Conces
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DR. BENJAMIN SWALIN
To Give Concert
The North Carolina Sym
phony, under the direction oi
Dr. Benjamin Swalin, will pre- ;
sent a concert here at Appalach- ,
ian State Teachers College on
Wednesday, May 5, at 8 p.m.
with Walter Carringer, tenor, as
guest artist
Admission to the concert is
$1 for adults and 50 cents for ; £
Children.'
The program will open with
Thomas’ Overture to the opera
“Hignon.”
Immediately after internals
sion, Dr. Swalin will present
the outstanding American tenor,
Walter Carringer, who will join
the orchestra in a performance;
of "An die Musik” by Schubert,
“Le Reve” from Massenet's op. ^
era “Manon,” Dupare’s “Chan- {
son Taste,” and "Non Piastre
Liu” from the opera Turandot
by Puccini.
Tschaikow&ky’s ballet “The -
Sleeping Beauty" will conclude f|
the program.
Dr. Swalin and the 65-member
symphony will present * total
of 55 performances this year of
which 31 will be special educa
tional matinees for school chil
dren. During January, February
and March, the 26-member Lit
tle Symphony traveled 5.535
miles, presented 55 children’s .■
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