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FOR BEST RESULTS * ' - - > ' ■'•"' ■ /> ~i "'. < , - - advertisers invariably use the col umns of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, intensely covering ihe local shopping area, it to the heat advertising medium available. An Independent Weekly Newspaper ... Seventy-Seventh Year of Continuous Publication ...^ ; ■ * BOONS WEATIIIvR 1565 HI Le nee. m 75 50 78 50 73 58 67 51 74 54 76 51 70 55 VOLUME LXXVII— NO. 50 .. ■ __1_ CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED 19SS RIVERS PRINTING CO.. INC. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1965 10 CENTS PER COPY 24 PAGES—3 SECTIONS SSKl h ' ' ■ V j '• ' • ' Contracts Signed By Horn Cast The Southern Appalachian Historical Association announc es a number of contracts sign ed for positions with the “Horn in the West” outdoor drama this summer. Mrs. Mary Lawrence Jelii* corse, daughter of Dr. Ray Lawrence, will portray the In dian princess, Nancy Ward. She has formerly played Quaker Mary Martha Stuart and Nancy Ward. She is a graduate of Mars Hill College and the Uni versity of North Carolina. She is married to John Lee Jellicorse, who has played Geoffrey Stuart, and they live in Evanston, 111. Mrs. Jelli corse’s father is a member of the executive board of SAHA, comptroller of the drama. Daniel Boone is a leading character in the drama, which begins its 14th season on June 25 and will play nightly except Monday through Aug. 28. A special performance will be given on Monday, July 5. Daniel Boone wiir again be played by Glenn Causey of Arlington, Va. The veteran ac» (Continued on page two) Richardson To Tate Part In Boys’ State Larry Richardson has been selected by the Committee for Boys’ State; to be a participant in this year’s Boys’ State Pro gram on the Campus of Wake Forest College in Winston-Sa lem, June 20-27. Candidates for Boys’ State are ■ carefully screened, the high School principal recommending -* only those with outstanding Qualities of leadership, char acter, scholarship and service. Larry, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Richardson, is a rising senior at Appalachian LARRY RICHARDSON High School. During his junior year he has been a member of the Student Council, Quarter master and head of the percus sion section of the band, where he was voted by fellow band members to receive the award for the most valuable member of the marching band. He was elected “Class Fav orite” of the Junior class, and also elected to serve as band president for next year. Larry will also be a member of the annual staff during his senior year. He is being sponsored by Hie Watauga American Legion Post : 13a ■ The New Winn-Dixie Store which opened this week is 5,000 square feet larger than the original store, destroyed some seven weekt '' \ ' *fo by fire; “ . ■ ; . • */•J With record breaking speed Winn-Dixie has cleared the burnt remains of their former store and today at 8:30 A. M. opened a new larger, and more modern supermarket. The former Winn-Dixie was destroy ed by fire approximately seven weeks ago. This completely new and modern food center is located on the original site at Hardin Street and Blowing Rock Road. The interior of this beautiful new Winn-Dixie Store is mo dern throughout. Completely air conditioned, attractive tile floors, acoustic ceiling, wall painted with soft colors for a warm and pleasing atmosphere. Attractive 3-dimensional wall morale end soft back-ground music are extras that add to the customer’s shopping pleasure. Newton’s To Have Formal Store Opening Newton’s Fashion Shoppe on Thursday, June 17, will cele brate its formal opening at the location formerly occupied by Caudill’s, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Newton have two stores in Boone, the other being the long-established Newton's Department Store on West King Street. They went into the department store bus iness 25 years ago in Galax, Va, Their enterprises have now spread to West Jefferson, Le noir, Sparta, and Hilisville and Stuart, Va., in addition to Boone. W. S. Tatum Dies In Calif. William S. Tatum, 72, retired school principal, former resi dent of Watauga County and brother of L. T. Tatum, died Thursday in San Diego, Calif. tie is survived by his widow, Helen Tatum; brother, L. T. Tatum; two sisters, Mrs. Ora Norris of Todd and Mrs. Annie Watson of Bluff City, Tenn. Funeral services were held Tuesday in San Die g o with burial there. The production of" Christmas tree# in Watauga County has become of increasing import ance due to its potential as a source of income. The mountain counties of Northwestern North Carolina have a distinct advant* j age in growing Christinas trees due to climate, soii and rainfall. Fraser fir, white pine, Norway •pruce, Colorado blue spruce, and Scotch pine ran be grown here when other areas are re stricted to loss desirable spec s'': ies. - C i Even with these advantages,, f there are certain practices that flpnst be carried out firodue*; &; W'-i'' ' ■- v' -v. . ■ \ c- ■ >., •; ; ■ ' .. -I A . S !>* . -A . ers are to be successful In growing desirable trees. Some plantations will require fertili zation, most will require the control of grass and weeds, but all will require shearing to give the trees the best shape. It is difficult to make gener al recommendations that would apply to each plantation, but anyone interested in growing Christmas trees can get on-the ground advice by contacting Crsyte Teague, N. C. Forest Service, located at the Soil Con servation Service office in the Library Building is Boost, i Everything was planned from the shopper’s viewpoint for com fort • atmosphere * and shopping ease. Emphasis was placed on the needs of today’s modern family. The design, layout, and equipment are the results of years off research and success ful operations. The 15,972 square feet of floor space affords this new Winn-Dixie wide, spacious aisles and sufficient display area for the more than 6,000 items off ered throughout the store. Space is allocated to various de partments according to their needs and customer acceptance. Having served the people of Boone and the Carolina’s for years. Winn-Dixie ts thorough ly familiar with the eating ha bits and desires of its people. Even the family with the most discriminating tastes, Will find this store a more complete food center, Winn-Dixie believes there is an adventure in sup plying the varied needs of Mr. and Mrs, Customer, and that | there is romance in gathering bargains from around the world I to match the customers appe tite. It is with this feeling that Winn-Dixie stores are stocked with such a wide variety front everyday staples to the fanciest gourmet food. Blended with the adventure of supplying the usual and the {Continued on page two) Bloodmobile Coining 15th Citizens of Watauga County are reminded that the Blood mobile will visit the county on June 15 from 10:30 a. m. to 4:30 p m. by Mrs. Goldie Flet cher, executive secretary of the Watauga Chapter of the Amer ican Bed Cross. The Bloodmobile will be lo cated at East Hall on the Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege campus. The goal set for the visit is 125 pints of blood, but it is hoped that this goal j will be exceeded. ■ ' - "'■ * • . . • - ’: ■* _ ; ■ » Matthews One Of Sixteen In Governor School Roger Hardin Matthews, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Roger Mat Mews of Greensboro, a rising senior from Grimsely High School, is one of sixteen stu dents from Greensboro and Guilford County who has been invited to participate in the 1968 Governor’s School for gift* ed students. Mr. Matthews’ mother is the former Jackie Hardin from Boone, daughter of Mrs. Honda H. Hardin and the late Dr. Ronda H. Hardin from Boone and Banner Elk. Matthews’ activities include band saxaphone, first c h air, head librarian, trip to World’s (Continued on page two) " • , *, :.. - ' • „ ■_■ .«- . ._ ' - —" ••■•■"■"" ■— ■ - — ••-*- -- • - <~u' 1 »t i ‘ '‘J ■Fi' - v: US: 1, ^ h>-: V^vD-i-M ' ■n -/: ■ ^ - ’ ' ". ■'v^. - '. ■: ' '■■ ’:' ■ > ;' ; ■ ■■ ' r r ’ • , ■ ■ “' * i;.. ■■ • : : ■' -' •jm *r* *V^ V ■ a M ^ 'W ; . /\//^/ysf #< f/\/t W1 A* ' t^r m/% ' ' iMear ts lowing kock , <-7 . :• . ■ *. Second Man Is Critically Hurt In Accident Roy Aston Widner of Route 3, Abingdon, Virginia was kill ed instantly Friday night at 9:45 when the 1949 Chevrolet he was driving sideswiped a truck and wrecked on U S, 321 about one mile north of Blow ing Rock. Patrolman W. D. Teem, who investigated, said that the 1949 Chevrolet in attempting to pass a car on a curve met the truck owned by Royal Crown Bottling Company of Hickory sideswip* ing it, traveled about 200 feet out of control and landed on j its side near the edge of a | steep embankment. Hie driver, Widner, and two occupants, Kenneth Adams, 29 of Damas cus, Virginia and Dewey Lee Morrison of Holston, Virginia were thrown from the car. Widner was killed instantly and Adams and Morrison were taken to Blowing Rock Hospi tal. Morrison’s condition was listed as critical and Adams was released with head injur ies, cuts and abrasions. Hie driver of the truck, Boyd Leroy Lynn, 38, of Hickory was not injured, but consider able damage was done to the truck, approximately $350, ac cording to Patrolman Teem. The Chevrolet waa completely demolished. It was reported that the three men were enroute from Hickory to Virginia for the weekend when the accident occurred. No charges were filed, accord i ing to Patrolman Teem. Only 7 Participants In UF Attend Budget Gathering Only aeven of the fourteen organizations who regularly participate in the Watauga Chapter of the United Fund ap plied Thursday. According to Sam Dixon, treasurer, all agencies were no tified two weeks ago that the Wednesday meeting at the Wa tauga Savings & Loan Associa tion would be held on Thursday instead, The budget committee adjourned from the Board Room sharply at 6 p. m. These organizations, repre senting $5,950 of last year’s budget, were not present: Em ergency relief, Appalachian High School Band, contingency fund, blind work, empty stock ing fund, mental health and : crippled children’s fund. Being an operational resource of the Watauga United Fund, the contingency fund will be set at a later meeting. , Organizations represented at the deadline meeting were Red Cross, United Fund State Pack age, Boy and Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Watauga Rescue Unit, 4-H and the Agriculture Work er’s Council or the County Council of Community Club*. The Budget Committee re ceived these requests, some of them by mail, and is preparing a report to the officers and board of directors of the United Fund. The Watauga County Rescue Unit was represented by George Flowers and Earl Keller, who requested $400 more than last year’s $000 — “hoping for $1,000,” Flowers explained, ‘‘most of which would be alloc ated to equipment.” The squad reports having do nated 4,000 man-hours last year to rescue and emergency man (Continued on page two) THE BLOWING BOCK ROAD, from tue June* tioa of King Street to the intersection of 106. w*f Iw* WM r*wf*c*d, fl». . Z- i ' t V.-- . * -- . ii • : ■3'-< is Highway 105 extension to Highway 421 sow being resurfaced by tits State, dims photo) gpt •v* -■> -V, j /•v'W) uV',,'V SsS^sfeiS®? Remains of the 1849 Chevrolet which took the life of Roy Aston Widner and injured two othet Friday night on US 321 between ' . Boone and Blowing Rock. RONALD SMITH Smith Assumes On Europe Trip Franklin Ronald Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Smith of 110 Blanwood Drive, Boone, will assume the role of a per sonal diplomat this summer when he travels to Europe un der the auspices of the People to*People University Student abroad program. A sophomore at Ohio State University, he will be among 330 students from colleges and universities throughout the country who are going abroad primarily to meet. other stu dents and families so they can become fully acquainted with the countries they visit. Mr. Smith, a People-to-People member, was chosen to make the 10-week trip by the People (Continued on page two) Member-owners of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corpora tion, North, Carolina’s largest electric cooperative, will gather in Sparta Saturday, June 12, for their mutual membership meet ing. This is a highlight of the locally-owned drganilation's ac tivities for the year because the member-owners gather to hear j reports on the operations of their business, plans for the fu ture, and to elect directors to guide the operations of their business for the coming year. The theme of this year’s meet ing is “Pacemakers in Prog ress.” The program will have no feature speaker; instead, re ports from the officers and management will be illustrated by slides taken within the co operative’s area. This pictorial presentation is designed to bet ter inform members about areas of their business operations with which they do not have day-to-day contact. It will also show how the members, the employees, and the cooperative as a corporate citizen have all worked together for the total development of Northwestern North Carolina and in doing so have become "Pacemakers In 'Progress/* Over |78,000 will be returned to 11,286 members. This many .people will'share this amount,,, of margins which accrued in 1956. "By owning their own business the members share in any money left after all ex penses are taken care of. This is the benefit of cooperative ownership of an electric utility. The same people who work to do a job for themselves are too ones who should share in the services provided and any sav ings realized,” a spokesman stated, An attendance contest is be ing conducted in which cash prizes will be awarded to or ganized communities. Three ma jor door prizes, a 17 cubic foot freezer, a refrigerator - freezer combination, and clothes dryer, . will be given to members hold ing lucky registration tickets. Every tenth member will re ceive an electric dock. (Continued on page two) ‘ Continue To Come In One hundred thousand, live hundred dollars has recently been awarded toward construct ing and equipping the new Wa* tauga County Hospital, Wade E. Brown, chairman of the Hospital Board, received a $500 check from the Dickson Foundation with this note by A. W. Bell, vice-president: “We sincerely hope that your drive for funds is a success, as we think a fine hospital in this area is most urgently need ed. . * : From the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc.: “We are pleased to enclose herewith the Foundation’s check for $50,000 in payment of the grant made by the trustees at the meeting held on May 14. We wish you every success in your new en* deavor. L. S. Staples,, secretary treasurer.” Brown said “We had previ ously announced a personal gift of $30,000 from Mrs. Venue, chairman of the Found ation, making a total from that Foundation and the family at $100,000. Mil «■ . ■ IIIMI ... ■ Only, two classes In the sec ond annual Cove Creek Horse Show will be limited to Watauga owners this year. The big show will begin sharply at 12:30 p. m. on Sat urday, June 19, at the Cove Creek High School. 01 the 18 classes planned, the 3-gaited limited and the 8-gaited limited wiil be restricted to Wataugans. Other classes planned are: Open 3-gaited; open 5-gated, Tennessee Walking claass, pony class, boys’ 3-gaited, girls’ 3 gaited, pleasure class, western pleasure class, western working class, pew not, ouSe nee, p» jrtde class, barrel race and jumping class. Entry forms may be obtained from R. G. Shipley of Vitas, who is show manager in the event’s second y e ar, Entities should be in a week before the show, in order that the Horse Show Committee may prepare a program. There will be an entry fee of |$1 for each horse and pony, i The animal may be shown in as j many classes as desired and the (one) rider will be admitted free. Shipley states that ponies are 46 inches or under and that admission into pony eiisstw «iB i \ ' . ■ •" v. 'V ^, j .' • - ; be determined by tbis measure ment. The show will be sponsored by the Future Farmers of Amervce and the Mountaineer Ruritan Club. Ribbons will be awarded in each class. The show is being sponsored pri marily for county horsemen and horse lovers, although, due to increasing demand, classes have bad to be extended to horsemen in adjoining areas. , a>¥ There were more than 125 entries in last year's show. The June show is expected to judge ms more aAtrieau m
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