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Seventy-Eighth Year of Continuous Publication
VOLUME LXXVIII—NO. T
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1965
10 CENTS PER COPY
24 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
Series Of
A series of accidents oocuring
this weekend on highways in
and around Boone kept the
Stale Highway Pafroi and in
vestigating officers busy
throughout the day.
At 1:40 p.m. on U. S. 221, a
1963 Ford driven by Crawford
Kennington ot Great Fails, S.
C., was struck from the rear
by a 1964 Oldsinobile driven
by Thelma Miller Meyer of 403
Howard Street, Boone, when
the Ford stopped in a line of
traffic. Patrolman G. L. Morgan,
who investigated, said no one
was injured and no charges
were filed against either driver.
Damages to the vehicles were
minor.
At 2 pjn. about three miles
south of Blowing Rock on the
Linville Road, a 1962 Olds
mobUe driven lay Eva Taylor
Conway of Winston-Salem went
out of control and struck a 1963
Ford driven by James Edward
Champion of Clifton, S, C. There
were no injuries, and Mrs. Con
way was charged with driving
to left of center line.
At 2 p.m. on U. S. 221 about
erne mile north of Blowing Rock
I a 1960 Dodge driven by Mrs.
I Ruby Ellis went out of control
in a line of traffic and slid
I into the side of a 1962 Pontiac
I driven by Alfred Eugene Aber
| nethy of Lenoir. Mrs. Ellis was
i admitted to Blowing Rock Hos
> pital with facial cuts and
| cuts and bruises. Mr. Aber
| nethey and four of six children
| who were traveling with him
I suffered cuts and bruises and
| were admitted to the Blowing
| Rock Hospital. Patrolman G. L
| Morgan estimated damages to
I the Dodge at $400 and to the
Pontiac at $1,000. Mr. Aher
nethy was charged with driving
to left of center.
At 3 p.m. on U. S. 221 near
the Hereford Barn Restaurant
four cars were involved"TiT T
rear-to-rear collision. Sgt. Miles
Jones of the Highway Patrol,
who investigated, said that Joe
Owings of Route 1, Millers
Creek stopped his vehicle for a
Car in front of him to make a
left turn and was struck by a
1964 Ford driven by Roy Allen
Fagg of Rt. 2, Kemersville,
who in turn was hit in the rear
by a vehicle driven by Harry
James Townsend of Valle Cru
ets, who was then struck by a
1965 Chevrolet driven by Gor
don J. Dugger of Hickory. There
were no injuries, and damages
to the four cars were estimated
at $1,000. Fagg, Townsend and
Dugger were charged by Sgt.
Jones with following too closely.
Patrolman Morgan investi
gated an accident on U. S. 221
about 11 miles east of Boone at
4:30 p.m. in which a 1961 Ramb
ler driven by Mattie Rush Wal
ker of Route 2, Hillsboro, N. C„
bad gone out of control, knock
ing down some highway guard
posts. Damages to the Rambler
were estimated at $100. Mrs.
Walker was not injured, and
no charges were filed.
At 6:40 p.m. about .1 mile
south of Boone on U. S. 221,
(Continued on page 5, Sec. C)
Parkway Has
Big Increase
Laurel Springs — The Bluffs
Division of the Blue Ridge Park
way, extending from the Vir
ginia line to Blowing Rock, had
a total of 308,307 visitors dur
ing July, the second highest for
tne Parkway.
The parkway office at Roan
oke, Va., said the Bluffs Divis
ion’s 88 miles had 269,153 visit
ors in July 1964.
' The Asheville Division’s 164
miles drew the greatest number
erf visitors—581,018, compared
with 532,645 last year.
The James River Division,
which covers 115 miles, had
250,531 last year. The Rocky
Knob Division's 102 miles in
Virginia had 299,959 visitors,
compared with 201,053 last year.
The parkway office said 4,
061,101 have visited the scenic
highway during the calendar
year compared with 3,721,599
during the same period in 1964
This was an increase of 9.12 per
wait. The increase for July was j
18-94 per ceftt over 1984.
TEN JUMP-OFFS WERE REQUIRED SAT
URDAY before a winner was declared in the
Puissance Open Jumping class at the Blow
ing Rock Horse f,•■■>*% Here, Dear Brutus
of Black Ac”* Si*ote, Austin, Tex., clears
the giant seven-foot brick wall in the center
of the ring. Finally Sure Thing of Chance
Hill Farm in Greenwich. Conn., took the
trophy. Rodney Jenkins rode the champion
and took third place in the seme class on
another horse. The seven-foot wall came
within two inches of being the record at the
local show. Mi's. Mary Ann Tate Garde re
ported a record of 7 feet, two inches estab
lished several years ago by “Timber Rider*’,
ridden by Bill Tate, and “Lady Durham”,
ridden by Mrs. Moss of Southern Pines,
Col. Frank D. K. Huyler of Hendersonville,
steward of the class, reported that he had
shown jumpers in a number of big shows,
Tokyo included, and had never jumped more
than 6 feet, 8 inches. Jumper Judge Mrs.
Frances Rowe stated that the Puissance
class was the best she had ever judged*
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Appalachian State Teachers
College has been designated as
a test center for administering
the National Teacher Examina
tions on Oct. 2, Dr. William E,
Fulmer has announced.
Doctor and Mrs. Joe lvester pose before their trailer at the j
Daniel Boone The*tie parking lot. Ivester is president of the
WCCI (Carolines Unit) which held one of their frequent rallies |
in Boone last weekend.
The Daniel Boone Theater;
was the scene <:X. a three-day I
trailer caravan rally last week.'
'Cue hundred fifty units of the j
Wally Byam Caravan Club |
homesteaded in the theater;
parking lot.
Self-contained Air Stream!
trailers housed 400 members of
the club’s Carolina** Unit who
have attended rallies through
out the nation and in Mexico.
The members of the Caravan
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dub rallying in Boone were
from a five-state area. Profes
sional callings of the travelers
ranged from medicine to farm
ing.
Dr. Joseph Ivester, chiro
practor from Albemarle and
president of the Carolina’s
chapter of WBCCI, stated that
the mobile home units contain
everything from bath facilities
to a power supply for heating,
cooking and rafrigerathau
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College seniors preparing to
teach and teacWs applying for
positions in school systems
which encourage or require ap
plicants to submit their scores
on the NTE along with their
other credentials are eligible
to take the tests. The examina
tions are prepared and admin
istered by Educational Testing
Service, Princeton, N. J.
The designation of ASTC as
a test center for these examina
tions will give prospective tea
chers in this area an opportun
ity to compare their perform
ance on the examinations with
candidates throughout the coun
try who take the tests, Dr.
Fulmer said.
At the one-day test session a
candidate may take the Com
mon Examinations, which in
clude tests in Professional Edu
cation and General Education,
(Continued on page 5, sec, C)
Bloodmobile
To Be Here
August 13th
Today the American National
Red Cross has 3,300 chapters
and 2,000,000 volunteer work
ers. It provides such services
as serving the armed fo. es at
home and abroad, helping vet
erans, working on the job in
disasters, teaching first aid and
providing training in swim
ming and life-saving.
Other services include a pro
gram of small Craft s a f e t y
(boating), providing nursing
services, providing international
services, and collecting blood.
Each year the Red Cross col
lects over two and one-half mil
lion pints of blood for 4,200
hospitals to save lives.
The Watauga County Unit of
the American Red Cross has
set as its goal to collect at
least 150 units of blood on Aug.
13, when the bloodmobile will
again visit the county. The
bloodmobile will be at the
Boone Methodist Church As
sembly Room iron 10:30 to
4:80 fun.
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Exercises To
Be Held Next
Tuesday Night
Robert W. Scott, Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina,
will deliver the principal ad
dress at the August 17 com
mencement exercises at Appa
lachian State Teachers College.
Commencement will be in the
Health and Physical Education
Building at 7 pan.
There are 96 students ex
pected to receive degrees from
the state institution at the
summer exercises. Of this num
ber, 170 are undergraduates
and 226 are graduate students.
Previous to his election as
Lieutenant Governor at age 35,
Scott had been State Chairman
of United Forces for Education,
Master of the North Carolina
State Grange, Chairman of the
State Board of Conservation and
Development Paries Committee,
President of the U. S. Poultry
and Egg Producera Association,
member of the North Carolina
Seashore Commission, Chair
man of the North Carolina Con
sumers Committee for Low Cost
Power, and President of the
North Carolina Society of Fanil
Managers and Rural Appraisers.
He was National Chairman of
Rural Americans for Johnson
Humphrey in the recent general
election. In earlier Democratic
party service She was a precinct
chairman, county vice-chairman
and a State Solicitorial District
Executive Committeeman.
Robert Scott is a ruling Elder
itt Hawfields Presby t e r i a n
Church and has been chairman
of the Board of Deacons.
His wife is the former Jessie
Rae Osborne of Swepsonville.
The couple has five children:
Mary, Margaret, Susan, Janet,
and W. Kerr Scott.
Continued on page 4, Sec. C)
ROBERT W. SCOTT
Pull For The British?
Four clergymen surround “Widow Howard”
backstage at the Daniel Boone Theater.
Rev. Boyce Brooks of the First Baptist
Church of Boone hosted two fellow pastors
from London, England at a recent perform*
ance of “Horn in the West”. Although the
visitors felt a slight tendency to pull for the
British in the drama’s Battle of Kings Moun
tain, all enjoyed the show. Left to right are
Rev. Brooks, Rev. Irving Barnes, Charles
Eliedge of Marion, Carolyn Starnes of Lan
caster, S. C., and Rev. Wilfrid H. Jones,
guest minister at Burlington’s Grace Meth
odist Church this summer.
ASC County E
Held By Mail
lection To Be
This Year
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Vaughn Tug man, chairman
of the Watauga ASC County
Committee, has announced that
the 1966 committee election will
be held by mail.
On Aug. 6, the ASCS office
mailed each known eligible
voter on file a returnable post
card. The persons who receive
these cards should list any other
eligible voters on that farm
and return the self-addressed
card immediately, A ballot will
be prepared and mailed to these
whose names are sent In, in
addition to ballots which will
be prepared for Alt listed
eligible voters.
The slates of nominees will
be completed by the community
committees for each of the 10
communities at a meeting to be
held on Aug. 18.
Tugman says that farmers
who are eligible to vote in the
committee elections also have
the right to nominate as can
didates for committee member
ship any fanner who hi eligible
and willing to serve. Such peti
tions, each one nominating one
farmer and signed by six or
more eligible voters, may be
filed at the County Office any
time before Aug. 18. Eligible
voters may sign as many peti
tions as they wish.* Any person
nominated by petition who is
found ineligible will be noti
fied of such determination
prior to completion of the slate
of nominees and that he may
appeal to the county committee
any time prior to date set for
completion of the slate of nom
inees.
Additional nominations may
be made by the incumbent ASC
community and county commit
tees.
Chairman Tugman explained
that the committee system is the
backbone of farm programs—
those dealing with conservation
of soil and water, as well as the
price support activities for vari
ous commodities, In the last
few yean, the farmer-elected
committee system has been
studied intensively by a com
mittee of farm and public ad
Continued on page 4, Sec. C)
Raleigh—The Council of State
Tuesday (Aug. 3) approved
$53,000 from the Contingency
and Emergency Funds for land
purchased for Appalachian State
Teachers College in Boone.
The property, contained in
three lots, is across a street
I from the college campus and la
! adjacent to a site on which a
| classroom building is contem
plated.
i The state paid $19,999 to Nor
man J. Greer, $19,350 to Beu
lah Phillips Pitts and $15,500
to Charles Larry Kerley for the
property.
Within the next two weeks,
an Alcoholic Beverage Control
store is expected to be under
construction in Blowing Rock.
According to ABC Board Chair
man Louis H. Smith, the store
should he completed within the
following six weeks.
Serving with Smith on the
Board are Rhonda Coffey and
C. Stradley Kipp.
Smith said several sites for
the store are under considera
tion and that several persons
hare offered to build a store.
“More than likely," he said,
“the store will be leased on a
long-term basis."
He mentioned the possibility
that a mercantile complex
would soon be built on (he
Blowing Rock By-Pass, and that
H would house a supermarket,
service station and other stores.
U the emt the cc»j4s* Jr
boOt, the ABC store Might be
part of it, he said.
The ABC Board has employ
ed four men to handle the
store: C. Ray Critcber, manager;
Howard Powell, assistant man
ager; and 0. J. Coffey and H, F.
Custer, operators. In naming
the employees, Smith said it
trill be their duty, under the
direction of the board, to main
tain rigid law enforcement re
garding alcoholle beverages.
Louis, Coffey and Kipp were
informed of their appointments
on Thursday, Aug. 5, On the
preceding Tuesday, Blowing
Rock voters gave overwhelming
approval to the proposal to
establish an ABC store. The I
vote was 331 for, 132 against.
The proposal to allow the sale
of bear under prescribed condi
tions was approved 316 to 142.
Ob Friday, tfc* Heard mat
and, Smith Mid, “It was dis
tinctly understood that the
Board and employees of the
store are bound by North Caro-:
Una laws applicable to situa
tions of this kind, and that it la
mandatory to maintain a favor
able public image.”
lie said that beer will come
under the supervision of the
Town of Blowing Rock. li
censes wilt be Issued under
strict requirements and regula
tions, Smith said. The Town
wiU also decide upon “on
premises” sales ; ofwine by
tirade A hotels and restaurants
only, and “off premises” sales
of unrefrigerated wine by other
IlVvllhvvZU
Handling whiskey only, the
ABC store will allow no sales
to minors or to intoxicated per
sons. Smith added that the store
will bo open from 9 ia to 9
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; p.m. daily except Sundays, La
bor Day, July Fourth, New
Year's Christinas, Armistice
Day, Thanksgiving and election
: days.
There will be a one-gallon
limit for customers of the store.
The Statute permitting tho
Alcoholic Board of Control says
that the State ABC has the
power and authority to fix the
retail price of ail alcoholic
beverages — which price shall
be uniform throughout the
state.
The bill introduced in tho
legislature by Sen. Adrian Shut* ’ ;
ford, and given final approval
by local voters, states that “if
the operation of a Town Aleo*
hoiic Beverage Control Store is
authorized under the provision!
of this Act, the governing body -
of the Town shall immediately
create a Town Board of Ako
i (Continued on page 5* eec. C)