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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA, THURSDAY, MAY 6,1965
VOLUME LXXYI1— NO. 45
HOLDING TOE WINSTON-SALEM AKT A
AMERICAN HOME CUP, which she won lor
her painting, “Rushing Waterfall”, is Mrs,
Maebelle South of Boone. Her oil painting
was in the exhibition by North Carolina Art-!
ists, which was presented by the North Car
olina Federation of Women’s Club at their
83rd annual convention, April ‘ 27-29 in
Charlotte. Hers was the best painting in the
landscape or marine oils division. She ia a
'Student of Fred Morgan of Bristol, who holds
. .. .weekly painting classes in Boone. Mrs. Paul
:Westtm, incoming president, and Mrs. Her
man: Wilcox, incoming vice-president, attend
«d the convention as delegates and Mrs. Ruby
Ellis and Mrs. Homer Brown attended the
? art exhibit on Thursday. .(Weston photo)
Conley L. Yates Dies As
Farm Tractor Overturns
JAMES P. MARSH
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James Marsh
New President
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As president of the Boone
Rotary Club, James P. Marsh,
and his wife and four sons will
attend the Rotary International
Convention in Atlantic City, N.
“ J., starting on May 30.
Marsh said the Rotary project
for this year will be a four*
acre hurley tobacco base, pro*
ceeds from which will aid crip
pled children. The Rotarians
will set and tend the tobacco,
grade it and sell it in the winter
market here. The allotment Was
donated by Rotarian Floyd Ayera
,wand is on his Laurel Fork farm.
“ Other officers elected for the
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C Of C Needs
List Of Local
cm
We are in urgent need of a
listing of living quarter* —
bouses and large apartments—
for summer rental,
1 We are receiving inquiries
daily asking us to secure and
confirm the various types that
sw-wHLdtM#*, their needs. ,£mong
those especially interested are
- some performers at the “Horn,
^|» the West* driHfta, Tl«y are
depending on us to locate places
for them. «
,«*_ Since we have an obligation
to serve the interests of those
^S?ho wish to <:om« to our com
munity, live with us and spend
their money, we would be glad
' if you will call or write the
! Chamber of Commerce, 617 East
, Xing St., giving a description of
available property, the number
of people It will accommodate*
street or RFD and phone num
ber. This will be « great help
ten*’
Conley Lee Yates, 45, a pro
duce fawner, of 205 Oak Street,
Boone, was killed last Friday
when the tractor he was driv
ing overturned down a steep
slope on his farm in the Mat
ney Continuity.
Mr. Yates received a crushed
chest, a broken neck and intern
al injuries and was dead on ar
rival at the Watauga Hospital.
Yates was,,, horn,.
"Coualy^'''''id."-’'. Coy®#;
Michael ■ Yates,.'':
Surviving are the widow, Mrs,
■ Virginik . Bare. Miller" Yates;, "A
,JNi&,~Everette Lee Yates; two.
daughters* Mary Oatheryn and
Angelia Yates of the home; his
another of Vilas; three: broth-!
ere, Albert Yates' of Lenoir,
Johnnie and Joe Yates of
Vilas; three sisters, Mrs. Paul
ine Isaacs and M!rs. Alma
Isaacs of Lenoir and Miss An
nie Yates of Vilas.
The funeral was conducted
May 2 at 2 p.%», at the First
Baptist Church of Boone. Bur
ial, with Masonic rite®, was in
Mount, Lawn Memorial Park,'
Officiating were Rev. C'O,
Vance and Rev. Ed Crump- !"!".
and Came
Most Popular
National Areas
The Blue Ridge Parkway and
the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park remained amoritf
the moat popular national p*rk
areas during 1964, the U. S, In
terior Department announced
Sunday. ,
The Parkway continued as
the most popular despite a drop
from 1963. The count in 1964
visits was 7,001,100, down from
7.233.900 In 1963.
The Smokies were the Only
other area with more than 5
million visits, showing 9,321,100
in 1964 and 5,298,700 in 1963
A record 102,475,100 visits
vrere counted at areas of the
national. park system -during
1964, a galiurf nearly nine per
cent over the previous high of
94.092.900 in 1963.
The newly formed Watauga
County Small Business Develop-j
ment Center Committee held its
first meeting on Tuesday, April
27. Mr, Forest Gunn, represen
tative of the Charlotte office of
the Small Business Administra
tion, was present to explain the
purpose of the committee.
Loans up to $25,000 for small
businesses and cooperatives have
been made available under the
Economic Opportunity Act of
1964. Applications for loans not
in excess of $2,500 will be
handled by the local FHA office.
Applications' for loans from
$2,500 to $25,000 will be review
ed by tlie Watauga County Small
Business Development Center
Committee. ■
The purposes of the Small
Business Development Center
Committee are:
1. To iielp people with their
applications for loans under the
Small Business Administration’s
Economic Opportunity Assist
ance Program and, if they quali
fy, send their applications to the
SBA office for processing,
2. To see to it that a loan ap
plicant gets management coun
seling—such as advice and train
ing in bookkeeping, inventory
control and credit procedures—
if he needs it.
3.. To keep an eye on the
community’s business needii and
suggest how an applicant can fit
in with them.
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Connecticut Resident Helps
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Broom Sale To
Be Held To Aid
Watauga’s Blind
The annual broom sale of the
Boone Lions Club will be held
May 10-18.
Boy Scout Poet 111, recently
organised and sponsored by the
dub will assist in the sale. Club
members, as well as Scouts, will
be identified by Lions Club
/arm bands.'
Every purchase means more
help for the blind or near blind
in WataugM County. The club ]
urges townspeople to buy at j
least one broom during next
week's mile. The Boy Scouts
will also have a street sale of
brooms on Saturday, May 15,
operating from the store beside
Joe Crawford’s barber shop on
East King Street.
If residents are not at home
when a Lion or Scout calls,
brooms may be purchased for
gl.50 at Hunt’s Department
Store, where brooms are kept
in stock for the Lions dub year
around.
Proceeds from the broom sale
makes possible surgical treat
ment, corneal transplants and
glasses for the blind and near
blind. • * > * V . j
Mrs. Hagaman
Young Educator
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<s Mrs, Margaret Hagaman was
named Watauga's Outstanding
Young Educator at a Jaycees
ladies' Night banquet, held at
7 p.m. Monday.
Mrs. Hagatnan is a fourth
grade teacher at Green Valley
Elementary School; she and her
husband* Ted Hagaman; reside
at 207^1‘lat1 Streep Boone*
Mr.John Marsh, principal of
Green Efliey School, presented
'her* wInSfet certificate ai^ac
Itnowledgement for her outstand
ing work in educating our young
- The Outstanding Young Edu
cator program la sponsored by
the Boone Jaycees, the U. S.
Junior Chamber Of Commerce,
and World Book Encyclopedia.
The program is designed to spot
light outstanding achievement in
the teaching profession among
educators between 21 and 35
years of age. Both male and fe
male teachers of grades one
through 12 were eligible.
Horse Show Plans
Will Be Discussed
People interested in the Cove
Oreefc Horse Show are invited
to a meeting at the Cove Creek j
High School Friday night, May j
7, at 7:30 p. m. to make plans
for the show this summer. Date
for show* classes and other
business will be discussed.
Conservation costa money.
That is why we have an Agri
cultural Conservation Program.
To date, 14887 farmers have
Federal cost-share approvals ol'
$65,247 under the 1965 ACP
program in Watauga County.
Just being convinced about
the benefits of conservation is
not enough and a high per cent
of our farmers are acting on
their beliefs about conservation.
The $65,247 mentioned above is
just a small per cent of the total
coat spent by farmer* each year.
in the county conserving our soil
for present »»d future nee.
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> ■ A bird’s eye view of the green
bills will show the farms where
conservation fanning is being
practiced. In many of these
case? the Agricultural Conserva
tion Program is co-operating
with the farmer in carrying out
the conservat ion practice. Each
year Congress has authorized
funds to share the cost of sound
conservation practices with
farmers. Conservation is vital
not only to file farmers who fill
the soft but to the health and
well-being of every citizen* both
now and in the future.
Vaughn Tugman, chairman of
the Watauga ASC County Com
mittee which operates the AC?
program, urges any farmer who
has not yet received cost-share
assistance to visit the ASCS off
ice at hi* earliest convenience I
and receive an on-the-spot con-i
sideration of his conservation
needs.
America's Oldest Boy Seoul
At the Watauga District Boy Scout Camporee,
Stanley Harris (right), who has been con
nected with Scouting for 57 years, taiked
with Dr. Lawrence Heavrin of Blowing Rock,
who is District Scout Commissioner. Harris
hiked to the campsite twice on Saturday, a
distance of four miles. He organised « unit
of the British Scout Association of London,
England, in 1908 in Frankfort, Ky. This unit
was taken over by the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, who organised In 1910. Saturday night
at the Winston-Salem Colliseum, Harris was
presented the first 55-year veteran’s pin as
part of the Boy Scout Camporee there. Har
ris, who is 88 years old, hiked to the Price
Park campsite with less strain than those, who £
are as much as 70 years younger. (Greene
photo) 'i '
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Dept. Sets Fire
To Small House
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[re Depat
The Deep Dap
moat set fire to a small bouse
bn Poplar Hill Drive four times
Monday before letting it burn
TO; the ground. >-^4.;^
When I©hn ». BroyMM of
Boone bought the property tat
development, he didn’t want the
house. So he gave it to the
newly organized Deep Dap
force “to practice on".
The first blaze was set about
8 p. m. Because there are no
hydrants in the Poplar Hill
area, the Boone Fire Depart
ment was asked to stand by
with more water in case it
would be needed. Town trucks
left the scetth about 10 p. m„
while Deep,,. Gap firemen re
mained to put out spot fires.
Large crowds congested the
residential district during the
practice session. ,
BULLETIN
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Election
R. B. Hardin, unopposed
for the office of Mayor of
Blowing Rock, was elected
Tuesday, receiving 180 votes.
For the three-man heard
of town commissioners, the
following were elected;
- Clyde L. Dula with 203
votes; William Shaheen, 183;
John 0. Goodwin,! 170.
Hayden Pitts, also running
for commissioner, get 106
votes. Ralph Andrews tallied
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Legislation authoriiing the
establishment of a liquor store
in the town of Blowing Rock
was introduced in the General
Assembly Friday, .
Sen. A. L. Sbuford of Ca
tawba County introduced the
bill in the Senate, along with a
companion measure to author
iae the wde of beer and .wine.
Blowing Rock,
. The bill to permit the estab
lishment Of a Tl«*tpr store in
Blowing Ilock Is similar to a
measure introduced in the 19(83
legislature by Rep. Clyde Har
row of Rowan County, Harriss'
bill was killed after Rep. James
Holshouser of Watauga opposed
Holshouser indicated opposi
tion to Shuford’s bill. “In prin
ciple,” the Republican legislator
said, ”1 don’t approve of local
legislation being introduced by
people from outside the local
itreai1*.-—~i 'ip^
Shuford, a Democrat, said he
introduced the bills at the re
quest of the Blowing Rock Town
Board. “It la not in my dis
trict,” he said, “but I live in
Blowing Rock in the summer
time and pwn property there.”
A liquor store would be set
up ki Blowing Bock, under the
bill, if voters of the town a$v
proved the proposal ip a refer*
endum.
The bill would allow the town
board to eati tiw referendum
if it receives a petition signed
by at least 15 per cent of the
town’s voters.
The bill provides that profit*
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Democrats lo.
Nominate Gty
Candidates
The Democratic voters of the
Town of Boone are asked , to
meet in convention at the
courthouse, May 8 at 8 p. m.
' lor the purpose of nominating
a Democratic slate of candi
dates to be voted on in the
municipal election June 22.
Mr. D. Grady Moretz, who
announced the convention,
states that candidates for May*
or and three members of the
Board of Aldermen will be
selected.
A wide arid colorful variety
•< wildfloWers are in full
hioomalong the Blue Ridge
Parkway tills weekend, accord
ing to Parkway Rangers.
Dogwood displays continue to;
be excellent throughout the en
tire Asheville district-—which
extend* from Gra ndf at her
Mountain to the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, a
distance of 104 mite*.
On the northern end of the
district, between ML Mitchell
and Beacon Heights, service
berry and witch hobble are
near peak bloom at the higher
elevations.'/ ■ ■
Frazier magnolia and Caro
lina rhododendron are both
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opening at lower elevations.
■ large numbers 'of-., /ground'
flowers are out from Me Mit
chell to Asheville.
Ait higher elevations robin j
trillhim, spring beauty, squir
rel corn and Dutchman’s
Breeches are abundant.
;: At lower and middle eleva-!
tions, columbine, showy or- j
chids, purple phacilia, wood
betony, wild geranium, dwarf
crested isis and Indian paint i
brush can be found. Flame aza
lea is opening near Oteea.
On the south end of the dis- j
trict, silverbell is opening near
Devil’s Courthouse, in addition
to all other species found along
the rest of the Parkway,
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Board Chairman
Two gift* totaling $180,000
have been received by Watauga
County Hospital for assistance
in financing the new plant,
Wade E. Brown, chairman of
the Board of Trustee*, an*
nou need yesterday.
The grants were made hy The
Duke Endowment, which gave
$100,000, and by Mrs. Gilbert
Verney of Greenwich, Conn., a
member of the Reynolds family,
whose gift was $50,000.
These funds will help greyly
in providing the new $1,850,000
hospital for the people of Wa
tauga County, Mr. Brown said
in expressing Hie appreciation
of the trustees for the gener
osity of the endowment and
Mrs. Verney. They bring to $1,*
642,000 the amount available
for the project He explained
that other foundations and
sources are aware of the need
: for additional money and he is
| encouraged over the possibility
{of their assistance.
Funds To Hel:
■ Mr. Brown • described the .
Duke Endowment as a long-time
friend of the Institution, in MSI
it appropriated *40,00® to as
sist ip building the present ho*
pital. It gave *10,00* In INI
for use in purchasing equip
ment and *10,000 more in 195*
to assist In building the nurses’
residence, renovating the heat
ing plant, and adding equip
ment, Each year it makes an
appropriation to assist in fi
nancial charity ease*. The most
recent of these, made earlier ^
this year on the basia of *1 t
day for each day of free care
in the 1904 fiscal year, was for >
*2,554.
In addition to providing funds
to aid eligible non-profit hos
pitals in the Carotinas in cap
ital expenses and charity work;
the endowment has a field staff .
which is available for counset
when assisted institutions ask
for advice on ways of jncreas
mg efficiency or on improve* ,
ment or expansion plans.
The endowment also assists
four educational institutions—
Duke University, Davidson Col
lege, Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity, and Furman University—
and in the support of orphans
and half-orphans in child-caring
institutions of the Carolina*. It v
contributes funds, too, to aid
in the construction, mainten
ance, and operation of rural
Methodist churches in North
Carolina and in the support of ^
retired Methodist ministers, and
of widows and dependent oft' '*
phan children of Methodist min
isters.
The gift from Mrs. Verney is
considered a very noteworthy
contribution, not only from the,
actual amount of money in
volved but for the very fine.
‘ spirit that she has exhibited a**««
| an interested individual. She" '
obviously recognized a need and
she was in position to da some
thing about it and the people
of Watauga should ever be
grateful for the fine friendship
of the Duke Endowment and
such worthy individuals as Mrs.
Verney has hero. *
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Gov. Ban tlioore has ac
cepted an invitation to at
tend toe opening night pro
duction of the “Horn in the
West’* outdoor drama on
June 25.
The announcement was
made today by H. W. Wil*
cog, manager at toe “Horn
in toe West”. ;
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