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VOLUME LXXVIU— NO. 49
An Independent WeeklyNetcspaper . . . Seventy-Eighth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1966
^ 19 CENTS PER COPY
THE DANIEL BOONE BOTANICAL GARDENS, Adjacent
to the Dahifet Boone Amphitheater, sooit will be open to the
public, and a") great deal already has been done toward-ready
ing-the grounds for-the enjoyment of thousands wLo visit
it each year. (Staff photo)
Face Of
Progress
A 14-unit addition, 26’ by
100’, is being built onto the
Cabana Motel on Blowing
Rock Road. Owner Estel
Wagner says each unit will be
equipped with a refrigerator,
and the brick veneer complex
will feature a sauna bath and
swimming pool.
* * •
An open-hearth restaurant
is being constructed adjacent
to Gwyn Hayes’ Cardinal Mo
tel, also on the Blowing Rock
Roiad. Hayes says the public
facility will seat 104 people.
It Is S3’ by 82” and will be
all-masonry construction.
8. Allan Lulhn Is adding
four efficiency units to his
Red Shingle Motor Lodge on
Blowing Rock Road. Also un
der construction are two cot
tages adjacent to the Lodge
and a carry-out food establish
ment known as Kentucky
Fried Chicken. Lulhn says
the second floor will be an
indoor picnic area, and floor
space in the building will be
2,000 square feet. A swim
ming pool Is being completed
at Red Shingle, and a public
picnic area Is being built on
the grounds.
Harold Coffey, owner of the
Hill-Top Drive-In, Is con
structing a new building, W
by 50’ on Highway 421, a mile
West of Boone. The drive-in
restaurant is being built on
the site of the former Hill
Top Drlve-ln;
Jordan Wins
Senator Jordan won an easy
victory Saturday in the only
State Democratic primary race.
In unofficial returns Jordan
had 356,548 as against 03,401
votes for Hubert Seymour.
It appeared the Senator car
ried ail 100 counties and that
his official majority should be
•boot 4 to L
'. : vc,;ttrrt:t' -jiUn^jr-;
RICHARD RANDALL
Randall Gets
Coveted Eagle
Scout Award
Richard Randall of Boy
Scout Troop 132, recently re
ceived the badge for the high
est rank in Boy Scouting, the
Eagle Award.
In a service at the First
Methodist Church in Boone, the
Rev. Richard Crowder, minister
and also an Eagle Scout, made
the presentation. Dr. Larry
Heavrin, Scout Commissioner,
outlined Richard’s Scouting
background. Richard is the
son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Frank
Randall, 116 Blanwood Drive,
Boone.
Only one per cent of all boys
in Scouting in the United States
achieve Eagle Scout rank. Rich
ard is 13 years old and earned
the Eagle Award in two and a
half years.
Others In Boy Scout Troop
132 are: Paul Miller, Michael
Miller, Joe Wilson, David Cot
trell, Gales Scroggs, Edward
Scroggs, Richard Hester, Brant
Hodges, Charles Rhyne, Ron
nie Cheek, Brantley Hayes,
(Continued on page six)
IRC give* twe $1,00*
scholarshipe t# W. H. 8.
sealers, flee peg* five, eec
tise C.
Blossoms On
Parkway Soon
To Reach Peak
This week, the Catawba rho
dodendron and flame azalea
have started to burst into bloom
along the Blue Ridge Parkway
from the Virginia-North Caro
lina line to Grandfather Moun
tain.
Although the bloom has a
good start, it is not expected
to reach peak bloom until the
weekend of June 4-5. The pink
azalea, however, is in full bloom
at the present time.
For those who come to enjoy
these beauties of nature, it is
requested that you look and
take pictures but do not pick
the flowers. Leave them for the
many people that follow you
to enjoy.
Stolen Car Is
Wrecked Sunday
On 421 West
An automobile stolen, from
East Bend, N. C„ was wrecked
on Highway 421, a mife^VfeM
of Boone early Sunday morS
ing. It was believed that two
men, who escaped the prison
unit at Yadkinville, near East
Bend, were driving the car.
Patrolman Gary Morgan said
the crash was reported about 4
a. m., and a caller reported see
ing two men and two women
get out of the car and walk
away. Morgan said there was
no indication of injury to pas
sengers in the car.
Morgan found several un
opened cans of beer in the
1962 Chevrolet. He said the car
was traveling west, went onto
the right-hand shoulder of the
road and knocked down eight
guard rail posts before coming
to a stop.
Primary In
Watauga Is
Uneventful
COMPLETE UNOFFICIAL
PRIMARY RETURNS
PAGE 1, SEC. 2
Some three thousand Wa
tauga County voters turned out
Saturday to name their candi
dates for county offices, and re
turns which are published in
the Democrat today indicate
that the Republicans didn't take
nearly so much interest in the
primary as did their Democratic
neighbors.
Complete unofficial returns
indicate that on the Democratic
side Robert C. Thomas was nom
inated as candidate for Clerk
of Superior Court, gathering
1217 votes as against 919 for
Robert Hodges. Republican in
cumbent Orville Foster had no
opposition for the nomination.
In the Sheriff’s race Democrat
Ward G. Carroll was nominated
with 1593 votes. Emmit Oliver
got 618.
Incumbent Sheriff Dallas
Cheek, Republican, won his
party’s nod with 628 votes.
James C. Lyons tallied 329,
while Ernest Blake came along
With 57.
For Board of Education the
results are:
Democrats: H. W. Mast, Jr.,
incumbent, 1032, Gene L. Reese
711, Mack D. Brown, incumbent,
1452, Hugh B. Hagaman 1381,
John R. Herman 926, R. E.
Agle 867. Messrs Mast, Brown
and Hagaman, the three highest,
will no doubt be recommended
for appointment by the Legis
lature.
' 20 ACRE DEVILS LAKE FEATURES A 2 ACRE SAND BEACH, FISHING, PADDLE BOATS AND ROW BOATS.
Recreation Complex At Seven
Devils Opens For The Summer
ror Board oi Education, Ke
! publicans: John H. Hollar 849,
F. D. Baumgardner 761, Archie
L. Carroll 697, James B. Stout
425.
For County Commissioners:
Democrats: Glenn Hodges
1604, F. Ray Derrick 645, Tom
R. Jackson 1661, Dr. Len D.
Hagaman 2024. Messrs. Hodges,
Jackson and Dr. Hagaman are
the candidates.
For County Commissioners:
Republican: Hiram Brooks
772, Frederick Michael 710, H.
O. Aldridge 499, S. Bynum
Greene, incumbent, 808.
Messrs Brooks, Michael and
Greene are the candidates of
their party.
For State Senator, 25th Dis
trict, Republicans: T. R. Bryan,
Sr. 448, Senator F. D. B. Hard
ing 472. No Democrat candi
dates for Senate.
For State House of Repre
sentatives, 44th District, Repub
licans: Mack S. Isaacs 497,
George M. Harmon 473.
No Democratic candidates for
House.
For the United States Senate,
incumbent Senator Everett Jor
dan took a six to one lead over
Hubert R. Seymour, Jr., in Wa
tauga. The vote was Jordan
1847, Seymour 292.
The Southeast's newest and
most varied mountain resort
recreation complex opened to
the public for the summer sea
son Saturday with a grand open
ing scheduled in early June.
The resort, named Seven
Devils, is located on 1,288
acres in Watauga and Avery
counties midway between
Boone and Linvilie on N. C.
105. It is being developed by
a Winston-Salem corporation
at a cost of %ZVt million.
it will employ 30 the year
round. Seasonal help will swell
the staff to 100.
When all development phases
are completed, Seven Devils will
offer a variety of summer and
winter entertainment: skiing,
golfing, tent and trailer camp
ing, cottage vacationing, swim
ming, fishing, trail riding, hik
ing, nature and wildlife studies,
and dining and lodging at near
mile-high restaurant and lodge
facilities.
Golfing, skiing and restaurant
lodge facilities are incomplete,
but all others are open.
The $250,000 ski complex, de
signed by noted New Hampshire
course planners, will be ready
this winter.
A double chair lift to serve
the ski slopes will, however,
be in operation through the
summer to take visitors on
scenic rides to 5,007 feet
where one has a sweeping
view of the Watauga Valley
and its tallest mountain,
Grandfather.
Burro rides are available to
those who wish a longer, if
more precipitous, way up.
Focal point of the resort is
the Visitors’ Center, built of
native rock, where groceries,
camping supplies and laundry
service, snack bar and gift shop
are offered to sustain the visitor
while in residence, whether in
winterized cottages or in well
planned tent and trailer camp
sites with underground electri
cal and water service.
Three lakes, the largest 20
acres, provide an outlet for
water sport enthusiasts. There
is a sand beach for swimmers,
paddle and row boats, and
lakes are stocked with bass,
bream, and trout.
(Continued on page six)
Horn Auditions
Set For Friday
Auditions for the 1966 sum
mer season of “Horn in the
West” will be held at the Dan
iel Boone Theater in Boone at
2 p. m„ Friday, June 10. Any
one interested is asked to be at
the theater promptly at 2.
Auditions for male and fe
male understudies and singers
will be conducted. Applicants
must be at least 18 years old.
92 W agons,300Riders
Ready F or Annual T rip
Wagon registration for the
1966 Daniel Boone Wagon
Train has climbed to a record
92 units for the June 27 trek,
up the Appalachians. In addi
tion to the conventional horse
drawn outfits, five oxen-pulled
wagons have joined the cara
van. Nearly 300 horseback rid
ers are also expected to make
the four-day trip.
Wagon Train president John
W. Dawson of Darby reports
that participants will assemble
at North Wilkesboro June 26
and 27; camp at Ferguson June
28; at Darby June 29; at Trip
lett June 30 and conclude at the
Boone camp on July 17. The
wagons will parade through
downtown Boone at 9:30 a. m.
July 2.
Originated by the Southern
Continued on page six
National Committee Official
Speaks At Bingham Dinner
More than 300 persons at
tended a fund-raising dinner
held at Watauga High School
Thursday night for Robert
Bingham, Democratic candi
date for the House of Represen
tatives from the Ninth Congres
sional District
The Boone man will face in
cumbent Republican Rep.
James BroyhQl of Lenoir in the
general election this fait
The main speaker for the
Democratic dinner was John
Criswell of Washington, D. C.,
the Democratic National Com
mittee's executive director in
charge of the Congressional
Support Program.
Criswell pointed out that the
Democratic National Commit
tee has been highly impressed
by Bingham.
Harris Poll Cited
“You may have read a few
days ago that the Lou Harris
Poll of the South showed that
71 per cent of the voters want
to cast their ballots for the
Democrats. The voters el the
Ninth District of North Caro
lina have every reason to want
to raise that percentage. You
are in the unique position of
having a candidate who passes
the muster,” Criswell declared.
"He is young. He is articu
late. But more than this, he has
convinced us in Washington,
and I must presume that bo baa
long ago convinced you, that
he is also level-beaded and
knowledgable about the needs
of this part of the country.”
(Continued an page eight)
Talking with National Democratic Coni
mitteeman John CriaWeU after a fund-railing
dinner for Robert Bingham Thursday are ‘
(l-r) Boom hnaiMaimin Jay Goodnight art
his son, Jimmy. Bingham, Ninth district
Congressional candidate, stands at far right
(Flowers photo)