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VOLUME LXXVI1I— NO. 52
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTV, NORTH CARO
LtlNA,
THURSDAY, JUNE 23,1966
10 CENTS PER COPY
24 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
$3,713,020.67 Check Passed
What is believed to be the largest single financial transaction
in the history of Watauga County took place Thursday morning
in the East King Street office of Northwestern Bank. Left
to right are Ned Trivette, director of business affairs, ASTC;
Jerry Perry, budget officer, ASTC; Lynn Holaday, director of
personnel, ASTC; Clyde Martin, accountant, ASTC; Jack Bu
chanan, cashier of Northwestern; and Alfred Adams, bank vice
president. Perry handed Buchanan a U. S. Treasury Department
check in the amount of $3,713,020.67 which is in payment of
bonds purchased by the Federal Government to finance three
dormitories for women, a dorm for men and a student center
building being constructed on campus. Trivette said the bonds
will be retired over a 40-year period from rental in dorms and
student center fees. Construction projects so far have been
financed by interim loans from Northwestern Bank, the busi
ness manager said. Thus, Appalachian paid off its construction
loans, under the Federal college-housing program, through
Northwestern. Applications for these buildings were made
in 1960, Trivette added. (Staff photo)
Linda Blair Rhododendron
Queen; Patti Jones Second
MISS LINDA BLAIR
’'Elnda Jeanne Blair, ol
Greensboro, granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. Neal Blair of
Deerfield Road, Boone, and a
student at the University of
North Carolina, Greensboro,
was crowned Rhododendron
Queen at the Roan Mountain
Festival Saturday.
Miss Blair, a green-eyed
beauty, also took first place in
the swim suit competition dur
ing the three-day North Caro
lina Festival. She was crowned
by retiring Queen Jeane Rhod
es of Matthews.
Patti Jones, 19, daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. Grant Jones
of Boone, was first runner
np in the Rhododendron
Queen contest, and was also
first place winner in the
evening gown competition.
The Boone beauty received a
$100 savings bond.
Elsie Moore, 18, of States
ville, second runner-up in the
queen contest, was first place
winner in the talent competi
tion.
Paula Diane Callicutt, 20, ol
Troy, was named Miss Congen
iality of the festival.
Both Miss Blair and Miss
Jones were among finalists
Land Bank Meet
To Attract 1,500
The meeting which brought
1,000 persons to Boone two
years ago,1,200 last year, and
expects to roll out the red car
pet for 1,500 a week- from Sat
urday—is the annual stockhold
ers meeting of the Federal
Land Bank of Boone.
John H. Hollar, manager- ap
praiser, said this year’s meet
ing will be at 11 a. m. at
Boone Elementary School, right
after the annual Daniel Boone
Wagon Train parade through
town. Hollar stressed that
plenty of parking is available be
hind, the school.
Robert A. Darr, president,
the Federal Land Bank of Co
lumbia, will be featured speak
er. He is a recognized leader
in farm credit and agricultural
organizations and has served as
a member of the South Caro
■ Una Governor’s Agricultural
Advisory Committee, state chair
man of Farm-City Week, and on
other organizations, committees
so4 boards... ■,__
S. C. Eggers, president of the
Boone FLB, will give away
many prizes after the speeches.
He has been with FLB since
1933 and has been featured
speaker at many stockholders
meetings.
(Continued on page three)
m m
ROBERT A. DARK
picked by the Judges id all
three categories of the con*
test — swim suit, evening
gown and talent.
Miss Moore was a finalist in
both the evening gown and
talent competition. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam E. Moore of Statesville.
In the talent competition Fri
day night in Bowman High
School auditorium in Bakers
ville, Miss Blair gave a dra
matic recitation from Thorn
ton Wilder’s play “Our Town.”
The 22-year-old beauty is a
senior at UNC-G. Her major is
home economics education and
her measurements are 36-23-36.
She is five feet, six and a
half inches tall.
Miss Blair is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. Neal Blair
Jr. of Greensboro. Her father
is engineer for the City of
Greensboro, and her mother is
employed by the Internal Rev
enue Service there.
In rain-soaked ceremonies
on the Roan Saturday, Mrs.
James Broyhill of Lenoir, wife
of the U. S. Congressman
from the Ninth District, pre
sented the new Rhododen
dron Queen a $1,000 scholar
ship from the Broyhill Edu
cation Fund to the college or
university of her choice.
With it went the Broyhill
Scholarship Trophy. Mrs. Broy
hill told the crowd on the moun
taintop that the Rhododendron
Festival is a nationally-known
event, and that it’s beauty is a
credit to the state and the na
tion.
Miss Blair also received
the Queen’s gold wrist watch
from the Asheville Citizen
Times Publishing Co., a $500
wardrobe from Tanners of
Watauga Red
Cross To Meet
The annual meeting of the
Watauga Chapter American Red
Cross will begin at 7 p. m„ Mon
day, June 27, in the Fellowship
Hall of the First Baptist Church,
Boone. Dinner will be served
to the public by the Worthwhile
Woman's Club. Plate dinners
are $1.80.
Those wishing to attend only
the program are asked to meet
in the First Baptist Chapel at
8 p. m. Guest speaker will ha
Hobart Keppel el Hickory. .
North Carolina and the $500
scholarship And trophy from
Blanton’s Business College of
Asheville.
Miss Blair will be official
hostess for the Miss North Car
olina Pageant at Greensboro
Auditorium July 12 through 16.
Rep. Broyhill, who accom
pained his wife to the Roan
Mountain ceremonies, and 11th
District Rep. Roy A. Taylor of
Black Mountain, spoke briefly
to the gathering.
Dovie Ann Huntley, 18,
(Continued on page three)
Wagon Train
Sale Plans
Being Made
The three ■ day Wagon
Train Days sale is nearing,
and Boone Merchants As
sociation chairman, John
Robinson, reminds merch
ants that colorful sale ban
ners are available at the
Crest Store for display.
Planned for June 30, July
1 and 2, Wagon Train Days
are expected to offer shop
pers and visitors to Boone
whole wagon loads of values
in honor of the festive
event.
Many Veterans Return
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Sprucing-Up
Contest For
Area Towns
Next Nov. 1 was set as the
deadline for entries in a new
$3,000 contest aimed at spruc
ing up small towns and villages
in the 11-county Northwest.
The program, sponsored by
the Northwest N. C. Develop
ment Association, will operate
in addition to the long-estab
lished community development
competition.
Mrs. Doris Potter, reporting
to association directors at their
meeting at the W. Kerr Scott
Dam recreation shelter said
emphasis would be on beautifi
cation projects but that “local
involvement of people in other
improvements” would also be
stressed.
Prises Offered
Prizes of $1,000, $300 and
$200 in each of two categories
will be offered for best achieve
ments during 1967. The categ
ories will divide towns and vil
lages by larger and smaller
populations.
As adopted by the directors,
the plan asks that entries de
scribe present conditions and
indicate the scope of improve
ments undertaken. Judging Will
be in November 1967. The
prizes will be awarded at the
association’s annual meeting in
December 1967.
Accountants
To Hear Mills
At Blowing Rock
Members and guests of the
North Carolina Society of Ac
countants will meet in Blowing
Rock June 26-29 for their 19th
annual convention. President
J. C. Harvell reports a full-time
day program of fun, relaxation
and good fellowship for all at
tending. He said, “‘The annual
meeting holds much interest for
our members as it is the time
they can meet together and
have time to become acquaint
ed; share common interests —
tax matters included—and gain
new knowledge through the ex
change of ideas helpful to each .
in their daily accounting prac
tice.”
Invited guest speakers hold- J
ing national and regional offic
es will bring up-to-date informa
tion on the national society’s
programs and services which af
fect state society and policies
and action programs.
Harold L. Mills, District IV
(Continued on page three)
CHARLES ELLEDGE, gifted Horn actor, lifts his eyes in
supplication as he plays the part of Preacher Sims in Boone’s
outdoor drama.
Wagon Train
Rolls Tuesday
Watauga and Wilkes counties
will take a trip back into his
tory as hundreds of mountain
citizens and intrigued out-of
staters foresake modern luxury
for the fourth annual Daniel
Boone Wagon Train beginning
June 28.
An expected 100 horse and
ox-drawn wagons and prob
ably 300 horseback riders will
participate in the four • day
event.
The Train will wind its way
Commissioner Graham To
Speak At Annual Singing
Hon. James A. Graham, State
Commissioner of Agriculture,
will be the principal speaker at
the 42nd annual "Singing on
the Mountain” on June 28 at
Grandfather Mountain.
Graham's selection as speak
er for this traditional and uni
que religious singing conven
tion in the southern highlands
is particularly appropriate. He
is a former mountain man him
self, and well-known through
out North Carolina.
He will share the program
with several prominent singing
groups who will entertain the
many thousand of visitors who
make the annual pilgrimmage
to Grandfather Mountain for
this special amt.-..,....
Commissioner Graham is
scheduled to address the throng
at 1:30 p. m., at the big rock
overlooking MacRae Meadow.
He has been closely identifi
ed for many years with North
Carolina at the grass roots
level, as well as serving in of
ficial capacities for several
farm organizations.
Immediately following will be
the hymn singing, featuring
Arthur Smith and the Cross
roads Quartet of Charlotte,
Jesse Rice and the Christian
Heirs Quartet of Cleveland,
Ohio, and the Spiritualaires of
Winston-Salem.
One of the largest crowds
ever to participate in the an
mjel "Singing on the Mountain’*
is expected for this year’s pro
gram. The singing convention
will memorialize the late Joe
Larkin Hartley, who served as
chairman of the “Singing on the
Mountain" for 42 years before
his death last February at the
age of 95. His son, Joe Lee
Hartley, is new chairman, and
will be in charge of the June
26 program.
“Singing on the Mountain"
annually attracts crowds ol
some 25,000 who spend the day
on the slopes of the highest
mountain in the Blue Ridge
Range to take part in the sing
ing and listen to the guest
speaker.
The largest “Singing on the
(Continued on page three)
over back-road paths from
Wilkesboro to Ferguson, Darby,
Triplett and then up the “Wil
derness Hoad” to Cook’s Gap
on the Blue Ridge Continental
Divide.
The modern-day pioneers will
traverse more than 40 miles of
mountains before ending their
journey in Boone on July 1.
A parade through Boone is
scheduled for 9:30 a m. July 2.
The Wagon Train was con
ceived by the Southern Appa
lachian Historical Association
to call attention to one of the
greatest events in American
history: the first crossing of
the great Appalachian barrier.
In authentic mid - eighteenth
century style, the Train shows
how the foundations for west
ward expansion were laid.
Chief Scout for the Train is
Ivey Moore of North Wilkes
boro. G. D. Barnett of Boone
is Wagonmaster and John Daw
(Continued on page three)
Saga Of Great
Western Push
To Be Enacted
The saga of the great west
ward movement and the strug
gle of the American pioneer for
inherent rights will be enacted
once again as Dr. Hermit Hal
ter’s outdoor drama, Horn In
the West, opens the gates far
its 15th season next Saturday,
June 25.
Having grown into a position
among the veterans in the
South’s outdoor drama family,
the Horn’s box office receipts
are beginning to reflect the
drama’s theatrical excellence.
Production director Gene A.
Wilson foresees an increase be
yond last year’s record attend
ance. He bases his optimism on
the booming development of
area tourist facilities and in
creased travel on the nearby
Blue Ridge Parkway.
Sponsored by the Southern
Appalachian Historical Associa
tion, the Horn was founded to
preserve the heritage of the
Southern Appalachians which,
in a true sense, is the heritage
of America. For it was in this
Daniel Boone country that the
hatred of oppression, the love
of freedom and private enter
prise flowered into a tradition
al national heritage.
Three stage veterans, all with
the show since its birth, return
to fill this season’s leading
roles.
William C. Ross of Boone
will again portray Dr. Geoffrey
Stuart, a British physician en
gaged in studying smallpox in
the colonies. His son, Jack, joins
the patriot regulators and even
tually forces his father into a
decision for freedom.
Glenn Causey of Arlington,
Va., returns as the gaunt lead
er of pioneers, Daniel Boone,
who captures the show’s theme
with the words: “Seems like I
wanta keep goin’ into the sun
set.”
A crowd pleaser for years,
Charles Elledge of Marion will
again play the comic old Bap
tist preacher, Reverend Sims,
who divides his time between
caring for his battle-weary con
gregations and dodging the ad
vances of old Widow Howard.
Although the Horn is an ex
cellent lesson in history, its
format contains something to
please every theater-goer from
Junior to Grandpa. From In
dian fire dances to blazing re
(continued on page two)
Free Showing
Of Horn In West
Will Be Tonight
Residents of Watauga County
are invited to a free preview
showing of “Horn in the West”,
Thursday night in the Daniel
Boone Amphitheater.
Director Gene Wilson says the
performance will get underway
at 10 p. m. Working people
are especially urged to take ad
vantage of the free showing of
the drama.
Boone Tax Rate $1.10
The Boone Board of Aldermen, in itwlea last Ihare
day, approved the city budget far the next fiscal year and ;'■>
set the tax rate at fl JO per one handred dollars vatnefiea. a ’
This is the saaw rate la farce fat ISOS.
It eras voted to give all city eaiplayeea • S par cant
salary increase, effective immediately. A *
It was stated that all tows workers an now aadar the
State retirement program.
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