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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1966
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FIRST BRICK BUILDING on the Appalachian College Campus
was known as the Administration building and is pictured
above. Erected perhaps 60 years ago, the structure contained
administrative offices, an auditorium and perhaps half a
dozen large classrooms. Now known as the alumni building,
the structure is soon to yield its space to a modern, new
Administration Building, as the burgeoning growth of the
College continues. Staff photo.
Floyd Tester Being Held
In Slaying Wm. Presnell
(continued from page 1, sec. A)
fatal shot, he thought it had
missed, bat he turned and saw
blood running down Presnell’s
neck. Harmon was not ques
tioned, pending a preliminary
hearing. Cheek said he did
not think Harmon had been
drinking.
The Sheriff said it had not
been ascertained where Tester
was seated in the four-door car
at the time of the shooting. He
also said it was not ascertained
where the shot was fired,
whether near the Health Cen
ter, ihf tar was pujvtijg,
■ or in front of Cov».Creefc-8t0W
where Presnell’s body. . was
found. However, Cheek said no
one ipside the Store reported
hearing the shot
The six-shot -22-calibre pis
tol—is German make—still had
two ballets in the chamber
when it was confiscated as evi
dence. The Sheriff said Sat
urday he was not sure how
many shots were fired, al
though three shots were re
ported at 10:38 and the fourth
could conceivably be the death
shot He said the pistol may
have been reloaded, but that
he found only one shell in the
car and it was on the front
seat.
Tester did not have the gun
when he was arrested. The
Sheriff said it had been moved
from the back seat and was in
side the Store.
Cheek said Tester stated, af
ter the arrest, that he shot Pres
nell and that the jailer had lat
er asked Tester “why” he shot
Presnell and Tester had replied
that he just wanted to get him
(Presnell) “out of the way”.
Later Saturday, Tester re
tracted his earlier statement and
s*i4 thst he did not kill Pres-.
1 he'll,according to the Sheriff.
The two men lived together
in Sugar Grove.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Monday at Antioch Baptist
Church for William McKinley
Presnell, 41, of Sugar Grove,
who died Saturday of a gun
shot wound.
He was the son of Valentine
and Bertha Love Presnell.
Surviving are his parents; his
widow, Betty May Parks Pres
nell; two sons, Kenneth and
Troy of the home; four broth
ers, James Presnell of High
Point, Johnny Presnell of Av-1
ondale, Pa., and Linzy and Char
lie Presnell of Boone; two sis
ters, Mrs. Ann Owens of Ashe
boro and Mrs. Lay Fairbrother
of Sexton, Vermont.
Burial was in the church cem
etery.
Traffic Toll
Raleigh—The Motor Vehicles
Department’s summary of traf
fic deaths through 10 A. M.
Monday, March 7:
Killed to date .237
Killed to date last year ....236
Mists Dixon Makes
Honor Roll At UNCG
Miss Jane Dixon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dixon, made
the honor roll during the first
semester at UNCG at Greens
boro. Her average was 3.1.
Wealthy Pooch
Worchester, Mass.—When the
will of Mrs. Laura Navaroo was
read, her pet dog named Bege
was her sole heir. The entire
estate of $8,000 will be put in
a trust fund for "the comfort,
and support of my beloved dog
Bege."
League Women
Voters To Hear
Holshouser
Most North Carolina citizens
can tell you the name of their
Governor and how long his term
of office is, but there are many
questions about our state gov
ernment not so easy to answer
—questions like: who levies my
state taxes? does the governor
have veto power? what is the
highest court in the state? how
is a citizen chosen for jury
duty? when is the next state
wide election? who represents
you in the legislature? who
fixes the “chuckholes” in the
state highways?
The League of Women Vot
ers is focusing attention on
sfgtp government this month
apd the A B C’s of-state gov
(ittiment SriH be the program
subject at both unit meetings
with experts on hand to answer
the questions.
The morning unit will meet
Tuesday, March 8 at 10 a. m.
with Mrs. Edward H. Gibson III
on Blanwood Drive. Dr. Paul
Campbell, formerly professor of
political science at Limestone
College, will lead the discussion.
The evening unit will meet
Thursday, March 10 at 8 p. m.
with Mrs. Cratis Williams on
Reynolds Road. Rep. James E.
Holshouser, will lead the discus
sion and answer questions.
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Employment Official Says Jobs
Are Going Begging In Locality
The North Wilkesboro Man
ager of the North Carolina
State Employment Security
Commission addressed the
Board of Directors of the Boone
Chamber of Commerce at noon,
Tuesday, March 1, at the Dan
iel Boone Hotel.
Troy R. Perry told the group
that since his personnel had be
gun working with local indus
try—when IRC came here in
the 1950’s—thousands of apti
tude tests had been given to
determine which persons were
suited to the industry type of
work.
“Now things have changed.
We’ve been running ads beg
ging people to come in for
jobs. For a test last week, 35
to 40 were scheduled. Only
about 20 reported.”
Perry said quite a few job
applicants have come from the
surrounding areas—the edges
of adjacent counties and Ten
nessee—but that part of the
local job shortage could be the
people who are working in ad
joining counties, such as Le
noir in Caldwell County.
Perry explained that many
Wataugans have been working
out of the County for several
years and possibly would not
consider leaving their estab
lished positions for local em
ployment at starting salaries.
Although Perry said the Em
ployment Security Commission
is still managing to meet the
demands here, he said “It’s a
struggle to fill the positions."
The division manager said
the Commission does not have
a lot of surplus on file, or 400
or 500 applicants to draw from,
as it did when industries were
getting underway here. In Wa
tauga, he said aplicants are
screened, and a list furnished
to employers. He said the
screening tests point up the
strong and weak, features of
many persons, For example,
manual dexterity alone may be
required in one jok, and anoth
er job may demand niimual
visual co-ordination.
Many person* are adept in
mathmatics and employers get
in contact with them if posi
tions are available in their
firms.
Perry said tests may be ar
ranged for students who are
graduating from Watauga High
School who do not plan to go to
college. He said he feels this
may be a partial solution to
the local job problem.
Asked whether the Security
Commission might set up of
fices in Boone or have person
nel here for two days a week,
rather than one, Perry said
that his North Wilkesboro of
fice covers a five-county area,
and that funds for salaries and
rent in a divisional office coo*
from Federal taxes allotted
back to the state of North Caro
lina for operation of the Em
ployment Commission.
However, he said he would
report to his supervisor the
needs and wants of employers
here and get in touch with the
Chamber in the event addition
al personnel can be stationed
in Watauga County.
Burley Growers Are Given
Another Election Reminder
Watauga farmers who grow
hurley tobacco got a last-min
ute reminder today about the
vote to be held on the new
proposed acreage-poundage quo
ta program Thursday, March
10.
All farmers 18 years of age
or older who engaged in the
production of the 1965 burley
tobacco crop are eligible to
vote in the special referendum.
The new acreage-poundage pro
gram would go into efefct if it
is approved by more than two
thirds of the growers voting.
Clint Eggers, Chairman of
the Watauga ASC County
Committee urges growers to
consider carefully the facts
about the new program and
then to vote their convictions.
Mr. Eggers points out that
tobacco growers in Watauga
County throughout the years
have demonstrated their will
ingness to maintain a sound
program. With few excep
tions, they have voted over
whelming approval of the use
of quotas in marketing their
crop In an orderly manner,
even though that often meant
keeping their acreage within
smaller and smaller farm al
lotments.
In recent years, however, in
creased yields per acre—fre
quently obtained at the ex
pense of quality—have more
than offset the reduced acre
age, to the end that excessive
supplies have accumulated and
costs to the Government have
increased. During the S years,
1986-60 hurley yields averaged
1620 pounds per care. During
the most recent 3 years 1963-65,
yields averaged about 2150
pounds per acre for the whole
hurley belt, an increase of
about one-third.
Price support under the
new acreage-poundage pro
gram will be available in
1966 on up to 120 percent of
the farm poundage quota
(and on 110 percent in sub
sequent years) if the harvest
acreage on the farm is within
the farm’s new acreage allot
ment. Any marketings above
the farm’s poundage quota
will be deducted from the
farm’s quota for the following
year. If less than the pound
age quota for a farm is mar
keted in any year, the dif
ference will be added to the
farms quota for the following
year.
If growers do not approve the
acreage-poundage quota pro
gram on March 10, the present
acreage quotas (approved by
growers in February 1965) will
continue in effect for the 1966
and 1967 crops of hurley.
Legion Post Plans
Celebration Friday
The American Legion and
Auxiliary Watauga Post No.
130 will celebrate the Legion’s
47th birthday Friday, March 11,
at 6:30 p. m. with a covered
dish supper. All members and
their friends are invited to at
tend. An interesting program
has been planned.
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