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? BOONE WEATHER i IMS Hi 1* prec. f64 HI L* May 4 79 40 1 71 43 May 5 76 54 ' ■ — — May 6 77 54 ■ 72 40 May 7 74 54 .03 f 75 40 May 8 75 51 .11 82 47 FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably Use Hie cob umns of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, intensely covering fl»e local shopping area, it is the beat advertising medium available. An independent Weekly Newspaper Seventy-Seventh Year of Continuous Publication VOLUME LXXVII— NO. 46 16 CENTS PER COPY BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 13,1965 18 PAGES—3 SECTIONS THE WATAUGA UNIT OF THE NCEA Thursday elected these educators for the 2965-66 school year; Secretary, Glenda Evans; vice-president, Mrs. Margaret Gragg; president, Everett Widener, Jr.; and treasurer, William Edmisten. (Rivers photo) The Watauga County Local Unit of the North Oarolina Education Association held its annual luncheon meeting Thurs day evening, May 6. This was the final meeting of the school year. This luncheon meeting closes another successful year of the Watauga NCSA Unit and the meeting was highlighted by a talk by John Tansy, prominent iMason and lay speaker of WBTV. The topic of his talk was “Focusing Your Light” Piano music was provided during the dining part of the Vv luncheon by Mira. Morris Casey, ahr. Steven D. Austin, soloist, accompanied by Mr. Clark Rus sell at the piano provided the special music in the form of three songs. Guy Angell awarded a certi ficate of merit of appreciation to Mrs. Sarah Horton who is retiring from the teaching pro W. G. Sherwood Wiley Gordon Sherwood, 62, an electrical contractor of Su gar Grove, died Thursday at Watauga Hospital. Mr. Sher wood was born in Watauga County to Edmond Foster and Ella Glenn Sherwood. The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Willowdale Bap tist Church with the Rev. L. A. Talbert and the Rev. James Branch officiating. Burial was in Cove Creek Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bernice McCloud Sherwood; two sons, Gene Sherwood of Zionville and Bobby Sherwood / of Durham; a daughter, Mrs. Linda Osborne of Greensboro; his mother of Vilas; two bro thers, James Sherwood of Vero Beach, Fla., and Glenn Sher wood of Cleveland, Ohio; and four sisters, Miss Annie Mae Sherwood of Vero Beach, Mrs. John Yount of Columbia, Tenn., Mrs. Mary Madron of Vilas and Mrs. Homer Stalcup of Moun tain City, Tenn. William Glenn William David Glenn, 46, farmer, of Sugar Grove, died Aiay 8 at his home. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Glenn of Sugar Grove; the widow, Mrs. Lucille Hannon Glenn; three sons, Linney Glenn and David Glenn of Boone, and Bob Glenn of Lexington, N. C.; one daughter, Miss Cheryl Glenn of Sugar Grove; three brothers, George of Lexington, Charles and Art us of Sugar Grove; two sisters, Mrs. Leotard Ward and Mrs. Rayner Matheson of Sugar Grove and two grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted Monday at Antioch Bapt ist Church. Burial was in the Willow Valley Cemetery. Of ficiating were Rev. Carl Wilson and Rev. Rayner Matheson. ' ■ ' ' : i. ■■ gg fession after 39 dedicated yean of service* Hr, William Ross installed the new officers for the 1WS 66 year and they are: President, Everett Widener Jr.; vice president, Mrs. Margaret Gragg; secretary, Mrs. Glenda Evans; and treasurer, William Edmis ten.'. . ■ The unit is looking forward to another successful year un der the able leadership of these four officers. William S. ‘ Green© of Bre-1 vard, lormer Blowing Rock| resident, win be director of Science and mathematics in the high school and college divis ions at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem , Mrs. Rob Rivers, Wa tauga representative of the school, says. Greene has B. S. and ML Ed. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a candidate for a doctor ate there. He attended the Uni versity of New Zealand at Auck- j land and Cambridge University! at Cambridge, England. He has taught mathematics' and science at Blowing Rock Continued on page 4, Sec, C) Tugman Coes To Press Seminar Staffer Ralph Tugman re presented the Democrat at a two-day newspaper seminar in Chapel Hill tost week. The event, sponsored by the non-dailies of the North Caro lina Press Association, was un der the auspices of the School of Journalism at UNO. High lights of the seminar included a breakfast address by Univer sity President William Friday and a special clinic on local newspaper advertising. > Sister Of Mrs. ... Hodges Dies Mrs. Annie Hobgood Pruitt, 71, wife of Joe K. Pruitt and sister of Mrs. John W. Hodges, Jr., of Boone, died April 29 at her home on West College Si, Oxford, N. C. Mrs. Pruitt was a native of Granville, N, C., a daughter of the late Willie P. and Julia H. Hobgood. Surviving in addition to her husband are four sons, James K., Garland R. and Austin C. Pruitt of Oxford, and Capt. Joe R, Pruitt, Jr., of the U. S. Air Force, Colorado Springs, Colo.; six sisters. Mrs. V. W. Pruitt, Rt 1, Oxford; Mrs. W. L. Fra sier, Rt. 4, Oxford; Miss Jane Hobgood, Oxford; Mrs. Reuben Watkins, Rt. 2, Oxford; Mrs. John W. Hodges, Jr., Boone; and Mrs. H. L. Taylor, Sr., of Oxford; two brothers, Lt Col. Clarence E. Hobgood, USAF, Weisbaden, Germany, and Fred die W. Hobgood of Oxford; also 10 grandchildren and One great grandchild,' : ; The funeral was conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at Hester Bap tist Church with the Rev. Les lie Giles and Rev. L. W. Smith officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. ■'“' ■ :• :''V •■ :" - ■■■. ' f .■ f f ’ !» t % §j| r u ' ■ 4 ^ ?j:/± m Y. w. 1 ^ ,V m ^ Federal Aid Also Sought » ( 01 ’ < 1 * * * v ' X ^" v>? 5 f1 - f < a&- f*' ‘ j)1 ' il ^ > — - ■■■ ■ ■ : # 'V; ^ v; ' : :' /■ ■:.-y ' ■■■'■' . .:- -;:: ': '■ ■; • v • ■ y ■ > : )i - nV7 i i » ^ ^ ^ ' r< ■ it ! & $1,800,000 ' ' ■ I * 1 * 1 > 'v. ' V- . Democrats Pick Candidates For Town Offices Mayor Wade E. Brown won his party’s nomination for an other term at City Hall in the Democratic convention conven tion held at the courthouse Sat urday night. Mayor Brown tallied 71 con vention votes as against 28 for Conrad Yates, incumbent mem ber of the City Council. Nominations for the Board ofj Aldermen went to Dr. H. M. Wilson who got 56 votes, Frank Randall 55, Howard Cottrell 55. Cottrell is the only incum bent alderman to be nominated. Conrad Yates got 48 votes, while Fred Mast, the other in cumbent, wasn’t placed in nom ination. For the Board of Aldermen A. E. McCreary got 88 votes, and Glenn Andrews 38. Elected to the municipal Democratic Executive Commit tee were: Wayne Richardson, Ray Derrick, Mrs, B. W. Stall ings, D. Grady Moretz, Sr., and Mrs. Rob Rivers. The convention was opened by James Dugger, Democratic county chairman, and was pre sided over by D. Grady Mor etz, Sr., chairman of the town committee. Mr. Moretz made a motion that resolutions of respect for Barnard Dougherty, Harry Hamilton and Homer Brown be prepared by the committee, Mayor-nominee and Secretary of the committee. The motion was adopted. The city election will be held June 22. Hill Is New Sears Manager Sears, Roebuck & Co. an nounces the promotion of Mr. Don Hill to the managership of its Boone store. Mr. Hill moves h e r e from North Wilkesboro where he managed the Sears store. He took his training in the Boone store and will welcome the many friends he made during this-time. He is married to the former Miss Iris Burleson. Mrs. Hill is a graduate of ASTC, and they were married in Boone. They have a son, Don, Jr. TAKE TWO MIDGET MULES, FLOYD AYERS AT THE REINS and a xabbortirad baggy lull of happy «biIdrto—and what you’ve got is a right colorful addition to King Stmt on Saturday. (Bivan photo) f " ,. •. ■ - . ■ ■■■ '« A-* “r ■' i ' , :: ' i * : ^ W: ■ :|jSi - ? ' : ' \v smmrn LEADERS AT THE DISTRICT V HOME DEMONSTRATION meeting at ASTC (1-r) are Mrs. David L. Mauney, State Record ing secretary, who gave the greeting; George Smith, associate director of the N. C. Ex tension Service, who was the speaker; and Mrs. Asa Reese, District Council Officer, who reported on the National Home Dem onstration Council. See story on page 1, Section C. (Rivers photo). Clyde Ellison, service station operator, of Blowing Rock has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with the in tent to in/Uct serious bodily in jury in the Thursday shooting of Richard Neal Davis of West Fourth Street, Lenoir, accord ing to Sheriff Dallas Cheek. The circumstances surround ing the details of the shooting as related by Sheriff Cheek indicate it occurred Thurs day when Davis and his com panion, Roger Moss, also of Le noir, were enroute to Lenoir from Columbus, Ohio, driving a furniture truck, stopped at the service station owned by Elli son on (JS 221 near Blowing Summer Term At Appalachian Will Start June 8 Appalachian State Teachers College will begin its summer quarter on June 8. A varied, challenging and extensive cur* riculum will be offered during the summer months on the Boone campus where it is said that “Springtime spends the summer.” Undergraduate programs will be offered in anthropology, art, biology, business, chemistry, ec onomics, education, English, French, geography, health and physical education, history, home economics, industrial arts, library science, mathematics, music, physics, political science, psychology, sociology, Spanish, special education, and speech. Dr. Cratis Williams, director of graduate studies, said that graduate programs will be off ered leading to the Masters of Arts degree in biology, busi ness, chemistry, elementary ed ucation, English, foreign lan guage, health and physical edu cation, industrial arts, library science, mathematics, music, so da! studies, audio-visual educa tion, school administration, sup ervision, counseling, reading, junior college training, special education and teaching the deaf. ■ , Registration for all under gradaute and graduate students Continued on 4. flee. C) :<r :* :■ : k y .<, V.,. A.t*.,! _. A'tf. . \ T, ,W.. -i„: Rock, and accompanied Ellison to look at some cattle. On the return trip from looking at the cattle. Moss stated he heard a shot and heard Davis say, "Clyde, you shot me,” and no* ticed that his companion had been Injured. On reaching the service sta* tion to call the ambulance and the Blowing Rock police, a .45 revolver was found in the truck which belonged to Ellison, con taining two empty shells. Davis had been struck by a bullet just below the waist line enj the right side, traveling through his abdomen, hitting the door of the truck. He is in Blowing Rock Hospital, his con dition listed as critical. Ellison and Moss were lodg ed in the Watauga County jaH, and Sheriff Cheek says that Ellison was charged and re leased under $5,000 bond pend ing further investigation and hearing at a later date, and Moss was released under $2,000 bond as a material witness. Trivette Takes Job Held By Dougherty At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Appalachian State Teachers College held Wednes day, Ned Beeves Trivette was elected Director of Business Affairs at the college, succeed ing the late D. B, Dougherty. Trivette, 32, has been employ ed at the college since July 1, 1956, and has held the title of Business Officer. He graduated from Appalachian in May, 1955, with the degree in business edu cation. He holds the Master of Arts in business from Florida State University. Prior to ac cepting employment at Appala chian he was associated with a private business school for one year. Trivette is a native of War Continued on page 4, Sec. C) NED R. TRJVETTE } Annexation Three Areas .® Gets Attention ■. . ' ■ ■ ■■ r~J:s ~ , BY RACHEL RIVERS If Boone voters pass the $1, 800,000 sewer and water bond issue on May 22, taxes will go up 14 to 16 cents and three areas on the fringes of the city limits will be annexed, effec tive July 15, In reviewing the tax stra tum, Mayor Wade E. Brown re called that the rate was $1.25 on the $100 property evaluation when he assumed office in June of 1961. “In the next two years, increased property evaluations enable the Town Board to re* duce the tax rate 15 cents. “The present tax rate is $1.16 per $100. The 14 or 1$ cent hike of town taxes, mak ing taxes come between $!Jt4 $1.26 in the event the bonds pass, has been suggested by Moore, Gardner O Associates, consulting engineers of Ashe boro. Based on this report,” Brown said, “the consideration of the Town Board Is that the tax increase seems to be com patible with what Is coming up. “The rate, however, hi not fixed, nor will it be until the bond issu*’ is settled.** Last fall, the Town Beard voted to annex the Perkinsville, Blowing Rock Road and Poplar 1H1I areas. If the bond issue passes, the annexation will go Into effect on July 15, as sche duled. . V. SH m How So? Brown: “The state has set op a policy that since folks buikt so close to town, In order to enjoy its benefits, the town can annex outlying areas” .. to in-' crease the tax figure and better V; operate the town. “Before we can do this, though, we must show the people in the annexa tion areas that we can provide them the facilities. . by vot ing in the bonds. “Also, we’ve had numerous requests for the annexation from representatives of the areas being considered . . . be cause of heavy growth hit their areas, pollution of the ground by Individual septic tanks and the fact that many people draw water from wells in the saaM thickly populated areas. “The tax rate wlU include the general costs to be Incurred by the annexation. The police force will need to he Increased to patrol the new areas, and fire fighting equipment will need to be supplemented. The addition al population will provide In creased general funds to oper ate the town/ taking care of usual functions plus added. : functions and facilities.1* : New Evaluation The tax evaluation for the ^ Town of Boone, Perkinsvilic, the Blowing Rock Road and | Poplar Hill would come to *11, Continued on page 4, See. C> Watauga County’s 130 service j establishments had total re-; ceipts of $3.3 million in 1603, j an increase of 73 per cent from i 1058, according to a report of j the 1963 census of business just j released by the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce, The last previous census at business c o v e r e d operations during 1958. The service trades in the cen sus at business included those - &V3323fWt Jp^%\ providing: personal services to individuals, miscellaneous bust-: ness services, auto repair and other auto services, and other \ repair services. Also included I were motion picture production ! and distribution businesses, mo-! tion picture theatres, other amusement and recreation ser- j vices, and hotels and motels. j The selected service trade establishments la the county employed 211 persons (exclus ive of • proprietors) and hnd • j - ' . . • . ■ ' • ■ ' ■ • , ; \ - , . V: :W-'; payroll for the year of $875,19#. The state as a whole included 83,677 establishments with re ceipts of $597.7 million. gif] The Bureau of the Census report: Selected Services North Carolina, 1963 Census of Busi ness, from which these data were taken, may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D, G, 20402, and at U. S. Department of Commerce Field Offices fur 40 cents. i ?M | - 4’o m , > (..V a is n i >;%v v>,' ;