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VOLUME LXXVIII—NO. 28
An Independent Weekly Neumpaper . . . Seventy-Eighth Year of Continuous Publication_
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY g, 186610 CENTS FEE 1
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Dec. 28 48 25f
Dec. 29 51 18
Dec. 30 60 25
Dec. 31 58 31
lan. 1 61 44
Jan. 2 S3 47
Jan. 3 50 35
24 PAGES—* SECTIONS
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Young Man
Of The Year
Since 1*38 the United States
Jaycees have been honoring
America’s Ten Outstanding
Young Men of the year.
The list of past winners b a
Who’s Who of U. S. leadership ■
in art, business, politics, sci
ence, sports and almost every
other conceivable field of end
eavor. Fast honorees include
Boh Mathias, John F. Kennedy,
Orson Welles end Leonard
Bernstein.
Hie Boone Jaycees are non
taking nominations for Boone’s
outstanding Young Man of
1968. Any young man between
the ages of 21 and 33, of good
moral character, who has made
an outstanding contribution to
the community welfare during
1968 is eligible for this award.
Hie nominee need ’not be a
member of the Jaycees, end the
young man of the year will be
chosen by a panel of judges
not associated with the Jay
cees.
Application blanks are now
available at the First National
Bank, The Stone, Watauga Sav
ings & Loan Association, Hie
Northwestern Bank and WATA.
These nomination blanks must
be received by Jen. 12, eqd tile
award will be presented at the
distinguished service award
banquet Jen. 17.
Ski Lodge Gets
Publicity Thru
Flowers Effort
Through the efforts of George
Flowers, owner - manager of
Flower’s Photo Shop in Boone,
the Blowing Rock Ski Lodge is
given a boost in the December
Kodlk Dealer-Finisher Mewslet
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A page in the newsletter is
devoted to Flowers’ promotion
of Kodak equipment at the
Lodge, and points out interest
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ing facts about the area.
' The feature shows pictures of
tile interior of the Lodge and
Ski Shop and of Flowers giv
ing skiers information about
the area on his Citizens Band
Radio.
The Newsletter is a supple
l ment to a tegular publication
by Kodak and is distributed to
Kodak dealers throughout the
country.
Women’s Clubs
To Be Feature
Of C. Of C. Meet
The women’s civic clubs of
Boone will present a resume of
their projects and contributions
to the community for the Jan
uary program meeting of the
Boone Chamber of Commerce.
The membership will meet
at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at
the Daniel Boone Inn.
Mrs. Lee Reynolds will be in
Charge. Mrs. Herman Wilcox
will speak in behalf of the
Worthwhile Woman’s Club,
Inc.; Mrs. Roy Ialey, for the
Junior Woman’s Club; and Mrs.
Robert Cody, for the Garden
Council.
The BPW Club also will be
represented on the program,
Mrs. Reynolds said.
Atkinson To Head
First National
Frank Richard Atkinson, of
Greenville, N. C, tan beta
named vice president of First
National Bank of Eastern North
Carolina, and appointed man
ager ot the system’s Boone of
fice. Announcement cornea from
U. F. Allen it., president
Hie Boone facility, formerly
First National Bank of Boone,
recently merged with First Na
tional Bank of Eastern North
Carolina.
Atkinson entered die bank
ing profession in 1038 in Pitts
burgh, Penn., and since 19S7
has served as. a directing offic
er in North Carol in* banking
institutions and systems Before
joining Firat National Bank oi
Eastern North Carolina, be
•acred «- « etftta* Thu
president in bank relation
contacts for Service Plan, Inc.,
and affiliate of General Ac
ceptance Corporation. In that
capacity, be worked with banka
in North Carolina and sur
rounding Southern states coun
selling bankers regarding the
diversification of loan port
folios.
In his capacity an a banker,
Atkinson, bit - officer service
included, direction Of person
nel, operations, commercial
aid credit loans supervision,
bond investments, purchasing
officer end branch administra
tion, among others. He has al
so been a National Bank Ex
aminer, Fourth Federal Re
serve District, headquartered
Mrs. Addie Clawson receives a certificate of
merit from Boone Postmaster Ralph Be
shears cm New Year’s Day. Mrs. Clawson
retired from the postal service on Dec. 30,
after 30 years as a mail carrier for Route 1,
Boone. She began her career on a snowy
winter day. in 1935, later riding a horse to
deliver the mail on the long route. (Staff
photo)—Story on page three, section C.
1966 Heart Crusade Begins
Atop Grandfather Mountain
BY RACHEL RIVERS
Grandfather Mountain rang
with the salvo of a 105-iran
Howitzer on New Year’s Day
when grandfathers, great-grand
fathers and representatives of
the state Heart Association
heard the three-blast count
d»v*n for heart research, educa
tion and community service.
Joe Hartley of Grandfather
community took the prize for
oldest grandfather. The 96-year
old roountainman shared his
case of honey with other old
sters who entered the competi
tion. Monroe Honeycutt, 59, of
Forest City captured the title,
“Youngest Grandfather” dur
ing the ceremonies, and he al
so was given a case of Grand
father Mountain jwa
Hugh Morton, owner of the
mountain — renamed Great
Grandfather Mountain for the
occasion — and former combat
229 Businesses Are
Operated In County
There is a total of 229 busi
nesses in Watauga County, ac
cording to statistics released by
R. C. Adams, district manager
of the Charlotte Office of Dun
It -Bradstreet, Inc. This total
is based on a physical count of
the January, 1966 edition of
the Dun & Bradstreet Refer
ence Book.
Mr. Adams noted that this
month Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
is sending requests for finan
cial statements to almost three
million tousmtesses listed in the
Reference Book. These state
ments are essential to the cre
dit reports issued by the busi
ness information agency. The
requests are sent to oil busi
nesses regardless of size, from
the corner grocery to the mil
lion dollar manufacturer.
Because of the constant flux
in the American business com
munity, nearly 6,000 changes
are now occurring daily in Ref
erence Book data. Thus the
mammoth volume must be re
issued every two months tc
keep up-to-date credit facts in
the hands of manufacturers ant
wholesalers. The credit re
port which stands behind each
entry in the Reference Book
contains such information as
the firm’s current payment rec
ord, history, ownership, oper
ation, financial stability.
The youngest end oldest grandfathers — and a prospective
grandfather—who attended ceremonies on Great-Grandfather
Mountain Saturday pose in the Visitor Center where- black-eyed
peas and hog Jowl were served to a crowd of 100 persona.
Left is Monroe Honeycutt, 58, of Forest City. Beside him is
Joe Hartley, 98, of Grandfather Community, who captured the
title “Oldest Great-Grandfather.” The two-year-old bojr hold*
the Hop* far KmtU symbol (Sufi photo) _
photographer, publicly thanked
Lenoir’s National Guard Unit
jf the Old Hickory division for
.heir participation in the state
wide salute.
Just after 10 a. m„ units at
High Point and Leaksvilie re
turned the salute that signaled
the . .beginning of the 1988
‘ttfope for Hearts Crusade”. At
the same time, the U.S.S. North
Carolina, docked at Wilming
ton, fired a 25-round salute of
40-mm guns in honor of the
crusade for public health.
Morton told the crowd of
more than 100 that they ..com
prised the greatest number of
people ever to be on the moun
tain on Jan. 1, and that Jan. 1,
1966 was the warmest New
Years Day recorded atop the
rugged peaks.
Lt. Russell Clark of Jonas
Ridge, wa6 executive officer of
the first Battalion, 113th Artil
lery squad. In formal ceremon
ies in the visitor center, Lt.
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To Add Needed Space
S & L Start!
Expansion
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Association
Resources Are
Over $13,000,000
The Watauga Savings & Loan
Association announced Monday
a $100,000 expansion program
taking in the Dougherty pro
perty occupied by the Western
Auto Store on West King Street.
Savings & Loan, Watauga
County’s oldest financial insti
tution, also reports another
banner year for 1965. For the
12-month period ending Dec.
31, the Savings & Loan made
520 loans for the construction,
purchase and remodeling of
homes in the County and re
corded a total dollar volume of
new loans at $3,720,OM — aU
first mortgage loans an first
class properties.
To expand its office quarters
and rental properties, the in
stitution has employed Foy and
Lee, Waynesville (N. C.) archi
tects, and Greene Construction
Company of Boone, contractors.
upuii vuiuyickiv u, */|Wvw
square feet of additional rental
>pace will be available. Offices
-e-located during the expan
sion are Sturdivant Life Insur
ance Company, Mount Lawn
Memorial Park 4 Gardens, the
American Red Cross and the
law office of John H. Bingham.
In providing 5,000 square
feet of additional working space
for the Savings 4 Loan, build
ers will tear out and refinish
the interiors of the present of
fices and the former Western
Auto. A new vault will be built,
additional area for tellers and
new quarters for the officers
of the Association.
The office front and inteirioi
is to be one of the most moderr
in Western North Carolina
Wade Manufacturing Coropanj
of Charlotte will supply fix
tures.
Completion is scheduled lor
early spring ait which time a
grand opening will be held for
the public.
75% Total Loans
The Watauga Savins & Vxin
Association has led the field in
home financing in Watauga
County since 4921, and accounts
for about 75 per cent of all new
home loans.
In 1965, assets of the Associ
ation increased to $13,375,151,
or a yearly increase of $1,261,
358. Reserve accounts were in
creased to $913,078.16 and dis
tribution of dividends for the
year amounted to $422,108.
This amount is the largest ever
paid and added to the economy
of the County by going into
almost every borne.
Effective in 1966, the As
sociation will pay an even more
liberal dividend. The Board of
Directors has announced an ex
pected dividend rate of four
and a quarter per cent per an
num, payable in June and Dec
ember. This rate will be paid
on ail savings from $1 up.
James Marsh, secretary-trea
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March Of Dimes Month Is
Proclaimed By Mayor Brown
WHEREAS, each year in the
United States, a seriously de
tective baby is born every two
minutes, and
WHEREAS, birth detects
cause more physical and mental
disability among children than
any other diseane condition, and
WHEREAS, these tragic con
ditions place overwhelming
emotional and social stresses on
family life and conetitute a seri
ous community health problem,
and
WHEREAS, the full reeourcss
be mustered to meet this in
creasingly urgent problem, and
WHEREAS, the March of
Dime* is spearheading the ef
fort to bring birth defects under
pffective control, and
WHEREAS, this program of
fers the best available treat
ment for birth defects victims
at March of Dimes-supported
cent ere across the nation, and
WHEREAS, scientific re
search conducted under March
of Dimes auspices is making
significant progress tat the
I search for ways to pcovont birth
defects, and
WHEREAS, through » nation
al public education . program,
the March of Dimes is seeking
to raise the level of. preuatal
care and thereby improve chan
ces for the birth of healthy
babies, now
THEREFORE. I, W«*e E
Brown, Mayor of Bqone, do
hereby proclaim January, 1868
as March of Dimes month, ant
strongly urge all of our peopli
to con tribute generously to thii
important fight mint! bird
TAKING DOWN THE TREE . . . before
license plates go on sale. Miss Sally Miller
(left) was the only veteran of the annual
scramble to sell license plates when the
Boone Chamber of Commerce opened up at
8:30 a. m. Monday. But . Mrs. Barbara
Ragan, employed two weeks, and Mrs. D. H.
Johnson, on the payroll six months, pitched
right in to help with sales. Manager Fred
McNeal reported 330 car tags, 33 pickup
truck taga, seven farm truck tags and 13
trailer tags sold by the middle of Monday
afternoon. Total for the day came to 417
license tags. The License Bureau, located
in the Chamber offices at East King and
Hardin streets, is open from 8:30 a. m.
to 4 p. m., Monday through Friday, and un
til noon on Saturdays. Deadline for the
purchase and display of tags is Feb. 15.
Last year, McNeal said, a day’s transactions
were carried on at the rate of one license
tag handled every five-eighths of a minute
without error. (Staff photo)
Merger Of First National
Bank Given Final OK
James J. Saxon, U. S. Comp
troller of the Currency, has ap
proved the merger of First Na
tional Bank of Boone, Boone,
North Carolina, with First Na
tional Bank of Eastern North
Carolina, M. F. Allen, Jr., Pres
ident, announced yesterday.
The First National Bank of
Eastern North Carolina presi
dent pointed out that this was
the initial move of the system
into the western part of North
Carolina. He said, “We have
an application for an office in
Graham, North Carolina, which
we hope to have approved in
the near future.”
With the addition of the
Boone facility, Fjrst National
Bank of Eastern North Caro
lina now has nineteen offices
in North Carolina, with resour
ces totaling in excess of $40,
000,000 The system’s head
quarters is located in Jackson
ville, North Carolina.
“We are deligated to have
the Boone bank as part of our
system as it will add incalcul
ably to our opportunity to fur
ther serve the state through
the system's banking facilities,”
Allen said.
Allen also pointed out that
there would be no change in
the staff personnel, and that
the present local board of di
Volunteer Hospital Help
Is Asked By Red Cross
If you arc one who enjoys
the role of helping the sick and
injured in hospitals, the Red
Cross has a job for you—as a
Volunteer.
“We need new faces and
willing hands at The Watauga
Hospital”, said Mrs. Ruth Key,
chairman of volunteers for the
Watauga County Chapiter ARC.
“We pay well—in heartfelt
gratitude of sick people and
the injured, who need the lift
that a friendly visit, a smile or
a personal service can give
them. There are openings now
for 20 or 25 persons. who can
give a few hours each week to
help the hospitalized."
The duties are simple—such
as arranging flowers, deliver
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rectors would continue to guide
the operating policies of the
Boone office.
Allen said that a new man
ager for the Boone office will
be named In the immediate
future.
GLENN WALLACE WILCOX
Glenn Wilcox
Third Youngest
Rotary Member
Boone
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A native of
ducted last month into the
membership of the Rotary Ghtb
in Asheville. v\ >'
Glenn Wallace Wilcox, ton
of Mr. and Mrs. Herman W.
Wilcox, is the third-youngest
member of the 188-year-old or
ganization, and is the first
businessman to iota toe (roup
as a representative of toe travel
industry. -
He is president at ton Wfioos
Travel Agency, Inc,, otto of
fices in Boone and in Atoaville.
He married toe
Pauline Greene of Blowing
Rode, and they and their five
children now reside at 10 Moon- '
tain Brook Road In Asheville*,,
Wilcox makes trips to Boons
each week to handle hia buai
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