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VOLUME LXXV1I— NO. 51
CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED I9S5
RIVERS PRINTING CO.. INC
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1965
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Is June 27
Grandfather Mountain — The
June 27 program for “Singing
cm the Mountain,” oldest and
largest religious singing con
vention in the mountains of the
South, was announced here this
week by its chairman, Joe L,
Hartley of Linville,
Featured among the musical
performers will be Arthur
Smith and the Crossroads Quar
tet from Charlotte, as well as
Jesse Alee and the Christian
Heirs Quartet from Cleveland,
Ohio. Other musicians well
known in the mountain region
who are expected to take part
are Appalachian folk singers
Bascora Lamar Lunsford and
Virgil Sturghill, both of Bom
combe County.
Always held on the fourth
Sunday in June, “Singing on
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Mrs. W. W. Gragg
IMrs. Marjorie Billings Gragg,
88, of Boone, Rt. 3, widow of
William W, Gragg, died Tues
day morning at her home.
4 She was born in Alleghany
§ County but had lived in Wa
if tauga County for 80 years.
I' Surviving . are three sons,
I Howard Gragg of Boone, Rt. 2,
! Jack Gragg of Boone, Rt. 3, and
| Russell Gragg of Tucson, Aria.;
four daughters, Mrs. “Grace
Flick, Mrs. Harold Henson and
Mrs. A. H. Hodges of Boone,
Rt. 3, and Mr$, Mary Cox of
Washington, D. C.; a brother,
Aud Billings of llizabethton,
Tenn.; and two sisters, Mrs. J.
R. Johnson of Elizabethton,
Tenn., and U, M. Bradley of
. Creeneviile, Xenn,j:j,'~;--r::4-i • -<**»****
•**».. The funeral will be held at
11 a. m. Thursday at First Bap
■,' list Church. Burial will be in
| Gragg cemetery. The body is at
I Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home
I and will be placed in the church
I at 10 a. m. Thursday,
Wilson To Get
God And Country
Scout Award
GRAY WILSON
Itxpiorer ocoui uray wuwn,
son of Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Wil
son, will receive the Boy Scout
of America "God and Country”
award at the 11 a. m. worship
service at the Presbyterian
, Church on June 20. r
The award will he presented
by the Rev. J. K. Parker who
will be assisted by the officers
and members of Explorer Post
111, including Guy Hunt Jr.,
post adviser, and Paul Camp
bell, district committee mem
ber. This is one of the highest
national awards in Scouting.
That’un on the left is Perry Presneli. Hie
barefooted boy next door is his brother
Hoover. They hope to put their wagon in
the Daniel Boone Wagon Train, which will
parade through Boone on Saturday, July 3.
Notice the muzzle-loaders. And the hound
dog. Hoover farms in the Beech Mountain
community, and Perry, who used to run a
grocery store, runs a fishing pond on the
Beech and travels as far North as New York
on odd jobs. They plan to have the canvas
top on the wagon before long.
Boone and Triplett are get*
ting lined up for the Daniel
Boone Wagon Train, Inc.
Corporation President Clyde
Greene has donated several
acres of property, lying north
and east of Perkinsville proper
for the final campsite. Wagons
and horsemen will move north
ward from Bamboo, cross High
way 421 at one point, pass
Bynum Greene’s house on
Grove Street and go straight to
the earn?,- **
Green, said he will grade
and gravel a road into the prop
erty for easy passage. The
grounds will be lighted and ar
rangements for food are being
made through the Woman’s
Club.
A representative of each
community along the original
route of Daniel Boone’s Wild
erness Trail has been appointed
to: Handle recreation at the
campsite, camping arrangements
and food for the participants.
These communities are Fergu
son, Darby, Triplett and Boone.
Parade Route
The Wagon Train will assem
ble in North Wilkesboro on
June 28, moving into Fergu
son, June 29; Darby, June 30;
Triplett, July 1; and Boone,
July 2.
Participants, who will wear
Registration through June 9
for the first summer term and
quarter at ASTC totaled 1,751.
This number includes gradu
ates and undergraduates, but
does not include those enrolled
in institutes on the ASTC
campus.
This summer’s institutes are
in the areas of foreign langu
age, biology, library work, dis
tributive education and politic
al science. "S
Indications are that more!
than 200 entiles will parade
before judges C. T. Gillispie
and “Bud"’ Britton of Jones
boro, Tcnn., in the Cove Creek
Horse Show Saturday, June 19.
The show begins promptly at
it:dQ p.m. „ >
Eighteen classes are on the
schedule, and entries will be ac
cepted until 11:30 a.ro, on the
day of the show. Classes are
listed in the June 10 issue of
the Democrat
For each animal being ex- ;
hibited, the owner will pay $1
entry fee and the rider will be
admitted free. 1
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Roy Islcy, Dick Farthing and
Bobby Winkler, the “String
Mates,” will be op hand to
entertain Horse Show goers
■With popular music.
Based on the interest and at
tendance last year, more then
1,000 people are expected at the
show Saturday. The sponsors,
the Future Fanners amt Moun
taineer Raritan Cluh, feel the
show fills a long-felt need for
this type of activity for the
local horse people,
A printed program will be
distributed free through the
generous cooperation of the
business men of the county
with their advertlMsg. 1
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pioneer costumes and travel up
the Blue Ridge in covered wa
gons, will stay at the Boone
campsite the night o£ July 2
and will be allowed to remain
the night of July 2.
Passes to the “Horn la the
West” will be given to those
who registered and paid to be
on the train.
The parade will begin at 1
p. m. on Saturday, July 3, com
ing up Highway 421 from Perk
insville, continuing along East
King Street through town; turn
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The Democratic mate of
; candidates for Mayor and
: three members of the Board
of Aldermen will have what
! precinct politicians used to
call a “free ride” when Die
voters go to the polls next
Tuesday, since the Republi
cans failed to slate an oppos
ing ticket.
The election wil be held at
City Hall from 6 a. m. to « p.
m. June 22.
The Democratic candidates
are:
For Mayor: Wade E. Brown,
(Incumbent),
For Aldermen: Howard Cot
trell (incumbent), Robert I*.
Randall and Hadley M. Wil
son.
Convocation For First
Summer Term Is Held
Convocation for the first
summer term at Appalachian
State Teachers College was
held at 10 a. m., June 10, in
the Health attd Physical Educa
tion Building on campus.
The Invocation was given by
Dr. John Barden of the educa
tion department and Dr. W. H.
Plemmons, president, gave the
welcoming address, H. R. Eg
gers, dean of student affairs,
presided and introduced mem
bers of the administration.
Dr. Cratis Williams, director
of graduate studies, spoke eon*
cerning the graduate school at
Appalachian. He stated that
more than 800 graduate atu
dents had completed registra
tion for the first summer term
—this figure being approxi
mately 100 over the first term
last year.
He said that by the end of
August last summer 706 stu
dents had made application to
the graduate school and he has
already received 895 applica
tions this year with two months
left before the fall quarter be
gins.
Dr. Gratis Williams director of graduate studies at Appa
lachian State Teachers College, speak* §t the Convocation
. the first ainnsr term at ^hT*0,
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Showing Being
Set For Locals
All employers and employee!
of Watauga County who servi
tourists and visitors ip the arer
are invited to be guests at i
special showing of the Horn ir
the West, June 23 at 6:30 p. m
This performance is beinj
staged for the purpose of ac
quainting these persons witt
the “Horn" so they will be bet
tor qualified to tell othen
about it.
Gene Wilson, director, ha;
planned this pre-season specia
end Bill Hensley, Director oi
State Travel Information Offict
In Raleigh will be the special
guest of the evening.
F. W. Von Canon,
Avery Leader,
Frederick W. Von Canon
Banner Elk died June 10 at the
Cannon Memorial Hospital oi
Avery County and was bom ir
Banner Elk, October 21, 1888
the son of the late William ant
Maty Von Carton, early settler;
of that community.
Mr. Von Ca nqa was a mem
ber of the Banner Elk Presby
terian Church and served ai
elder for many years. He was a
past president of the Banner
Elk Bank, the first chairman
of the Avery County A.S.C. of
fice, holding that post for over
25 years, and past president oi
the Western North Carolina
Hereford Association. He was a
lumberman, livestock breeder,
fanner, civic leader and an ac
tive Republican.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Margaret Mae Abernathy
Von Canon; four sons, Douglas
Von Canon and Chester Von
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Ralph Greer
Dies Sunday
Ralph Graydon Greer, 69, ol
Boone died at 4 p.m. Sunday
at Watauga K^pital. He was
born in Watauga County and
had been employed by the W.
T. Rawleigh Co. for 40 years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Elma McGuire Greer; five sons,
Harold Greer of Hampton, Va.,
Edwin Greer of Sylva, William
Greer of Columbia, S. C„ and
Owen and Ralph G, Greer, Jr.,
of Sumter, S. C., two daughters,
Mrs. Cedric Hunter of Bangkok,
Thailand, and Mrs. Kathleen
Taylor of Winston-Salem; five
brothers, P. W. Greer of Old
Fort, Richard Greer of Todd,
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NEW ADDITION TO CHURCH PLANT.
Rep. J. E. Holshouscr, Jr.,
announce* that the North Caro
lina General Assembly has
given approval to Appalachian
S t a t e Teacher* College ap
propriations o£ almost $9 mil
lion.
Holshousrr said that slights
; over $4.6 million will be grant
ed for continuation of current
program* and that almost $500,
000 will be available for new
or expanded programs. Included
are stseable sums for increased
support of the summer school
and extension programs and
$285,819 for Increases In faculty
salaries. .
The state appropriation also
provides funds for supplements
for 12 additional critic teachers
in local demonstration schools
in the amount of $32,400.
Holshouscr stated that the
General Assembly has approved
approximately $3,9 million for
ASTC building projects other
than dormitories. Construction
of four new dormitories has
been authorized on a self-liqui
dating basis, at a total cost of
$3,800,000.
Boone’s Sewage System
The legislature granted att
Father 01 Dennis
Greene Dies ■
North Wilkcsboro—Mansfield
Greene, 79, a retired fanner of
Ferguson, Rt. 1, died Tuesday
night (June 8) at Wilkes Gene
ral Hospital. He was fcarn in
Watauga County to Harvey and
Martha Greene and was a mem
ber of Mount Pleasant Baptist
Church.' -
Surviving are five sons, Berl
D. Greene of Jonesboro, Tenn.,
Olin M. Greene of Millers
Creek, the Rev. Macon P.
Greene of Oakboro, Richard C.
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It was announced here today
by Or. W, H. Plemmoiw, presi*
dent of Appalachian State
Teachers College that Dr. Paul
Sanders, professor and chair*
man of the department of
mathematics, will become Dean
of Academic Affairs at the col
lege beginning July I, 1905.
Dr. Sanders is a native of
Oklahoma. He bolds the B. A.
degree from Southeastern State
College, and the M. S. and Ph.
D. degrees from Oklahoma
State University. He served
with the United States Army
from 1943 to 1946,
He has been a member of the
faculty at Appalachian since
Juna, 1962. Prior to to aw*
to Boone be bad been employ
ed in industry, had been a high
(school and an elementary teach
er. and held college teaching
and administrative positions at
Arlington State College, South-:
eastern State College, Okla
homa State University, Univer
sity of Arkansas, Louisiana
Polytechnic Institute, and Har-1
din-Simmons University.
Dr. Sanders has published a
large number od books and
articles, the last being a text
book in mathematics. He is a
member of the Mathematical
Association of America, the
American Mathematical Society,
and the Texas Academy of
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Appalachian request for $30®,*
000 to be used for the college’*
contribution to the new Boone
sewage system to be constructed
in the near future.
The capital improvements
budget also includes funds for
additions to the Industrial Arts
and Fine Arts buildings, along
, with $310,000 needed to guaran
tee sufficient funds for the ne-W
college library. Hie 1963 legis
lature had already appropriated
$890,000 for library construc
tion, ■
Also approved was a new
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Governor To i
Attend First
Horn Showing
The State’s most celebrated
official Gov. Dan K. Moore, will
attend the opening night per
formance of the ’’Horn in the
West” on Friday, June 25. The
drama wili begin its fourteenth
season at 8:15 p. m. at the
Daniel Boone Ampitheater.
Wataugans are urged to at
tend the Governor’s night per
formance.
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Sunday, June 20, marks home*
coming and open-house at the
First Baptist Church of Boone
with the completion of a $400,
000 construction program.
Three former pastors of the
church will return for the oc
casion. The three to receive
special recognition for their
ministerial services are Dr. J.
C. Canipe, retired, of Boone,
N. C. and Winter Beach, Fla,;
Dr. George Bond, present pas
tor of the Brookland Baptist
Church, Baltimore, Md.,* and
Dr. Leon H. Hollingsworth,
chaplain of Wake Forest Col
lege, Winston-Salem.
The worship service, begin
ning at 10:45 A. M., will also
include the dedication of me
morial gifts, recognition of those
baptised into the fellowship of
the church, special music under
the direction of Hoyt Safrit, and
recognition of those church
couples married by the pastors
being honored.
The congregation will picnic
in the Fellowship Hall after the
worship service and tour the
newly constructed facilities be*
tween 3 and 5 P. M.
Including the new addition ta
the church plant, the facilities
of the First Baptist Church ee» I
cupy approximately 17,55« ef
the 57,550 square feet of church
property.
The remodeled sanctuary
seats 865 persons including the
choir loft. The new chapel, in
cluding choir, seats 225. The
educational facilities provide 14
assembly rooms for various de
partments, nursery through
adults, with class room space
for 807 if attendance of various
age groups is in keeping with
calculated estimates.
The church office, pastor’s
study, officers for minister of
education and minister of mu
sic are located on the street
floor of the remodeled old
building. A spacious new li
brary with many books is also
provided. The church parlor,
to be used for receptions and
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