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VOLUME LXX1X— NO. 4
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BOQNE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 28,1966
10 CENTS PER COPY
24 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
UNDERGROUND WIRING?—Not right away, hut at least the
conduits are under a segment of sidewalk on West King Street.
Grant Ayers says the long-range plans of New River Light &
Power Company are to put all power cables under the side
walk on King Street. This would make way for “ground-op
erated” streetlights, with walk and don’t walk signs to assist
pedestrian travel. The elimination of all overhead lines down
town, said Ayers, should be a great improvement in the ap
pearance of the Town. While three businesses were doing
sidewalk work last week, the power company seized the op
portunity to put in conduits. This was accomplished without
cost to the Town of Boone. (Staff photo)
Miss Sherrill, 10, Wins
Tweetsie Disneyland Trip
Miss Debbie Sherill, age 10,
must feel as though she is one
of the luckiest girls in the
world. Herr iUtMi was drawn
from alihost one hundred thous
and entries who registered at
Tweetsie Railroad for an all
expense paid trip to world
famous Disneyland in Cali
fornia. Debbie and her family
will be the guest of Tweetsie
Railroad from the time they
leave home until their return.
Debbie’s eight-year-old bro
ther has decided he likes girls,
and especially his older sister,
since he gets to tag along with
“Sis” to Disneyland, and make
his first plane trip by jet.
The family will fly jet from
Charlotte to Los Angeles, Calif.,
and helicopter to Anaheim,
where the famous park is lo
cated. They will stay at the
beautiful Disneyland M o t e I,
which is just across the street
from Walt Disney’s exciting
Disneyland. They will enjoy
two fun-filled days at Disney
land, then return by jet to
Charlotte, and home to 400
Louise Ave., Belmont, N. C.
The Sherrills have not de
cided as yet when they will
take their trip—they are still
trying to get over the shock of
winning.
Boone Rotary
Club Auction
Will Be Held
The Boone Rotary Club will
conduct its second annual auc
tion during the next four to six
weeks, according to publicity
co-chairmen Phil Vance Jr. and
G. C. Greene Jr.
Daniel P. Lee and I. Joseph
Sherwin will again handle the
sale. Greene and Vance said
this week that further details
will be announced as plans are
finalized.
' This event was well received
last year and plans are being
made for a bigger and better
sale this year. Printed pro
grams will make possible great
er selectivity by the patrons and
wide public acknowledgement of
donations.
All proceeds from the sale
will be used for charitable and
community projects. Gifts from
last year’s sale have been made
to Watauga County Hospital,
United Fund of Watauga Coun
ty and assistance to crippled
children. The last project has
been for years an important
fMton a( Ha dufe’i activities.
FRED KIRBY, the famous Tweetsie Railroad cowboy, is shown
presenting the free family trip to Disneyland to Debbie Sher
rill, age .10, of Belmont, North Carolina. Looking on with
approval is Debbie's 8 year old brother, and Mrs. Sherrill.
Bloodmobile Is
Coming August 4
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be in Boone Thursday, Aug.
4,' according to announcement
by Mrs. Goldie Fletcher, execu
tive director of the local Red
Cross chapter.
The Bloodmobile will be sta
tioned at the First Methodist
Church between the hours of
11 a. m. and 5 p. m. It will be
located at the Fellowship Hall.
Potential blood donors are
urged by Mrs. Fletcher to make
a donation.
“There is a constant need for
donated blood,” said Mrs. Flet
cher, “that continues day after
day and month, after month. If
everyone would make it a habit
to donate four or five times a
year, the somal Deeds would
be met and there would be am
ple blood on hand to meet any
emergencies.”
The need for blood in Viet
Nam has been great, but Mrs.
Fletcher emphasized that there
continues to be a need for do
mestic use.
During the fiscal year 1964
63, the Red Cross collected a
total of 2,775,200 units of blood.
From this was produced 55,600
units of serum albumin, 1,186,
200 milli tiers of gamma glob
ulin, 1,616 5-milliliter units of
vaccinia immune globulin, 60,
000 units of frozen anti-hemo
philic plasma, and 53,1000 units
of packed red cells.
"Many regular donors are
(Coetinned w page three)
Governor To Be
Speaker For
BREMCO Event
C. E. Viverette, general man
ager of Blue Ridge Electric
Membership Corporation, an
LuoilhCes that the date for the
dedication and open house of
the corporation’s new head
quarters facilities in Lenoir
has been set for Aug. 6 and 7.
The Honorable Dan K. Moore,
Governor of North Carolina,
will dedicate the building in a
brief ceremony at 1 p.m. Sat
urday, Aug. 6. A number of
local, state and national govern
mental officials and special
guests have been invited to
attend.
After the dedication, the fa
cilities will be open to guests
and the general public.
The new facilities are located
on a 20-acre I "act at the inter
section of the Zacks Fork Road
and the New Blowing Rock
Highway, U. S. 321, at the
northeast city limits of the City
of Lenoir.
Blowing Rock
ABC Store Sales
Total $419,000
Gross sales of whiskey at the
Blowing Rock ABC Store for
the period since the establish
ment of the store on Oct. 1,
1965, to the end of the fiscal
year, June 30, 1966, were $419,
980.10, according to an audit re
port made public Monday by the
ABC Board in Blowing Rock.
The report indicates that pur
chases for the period totaled
$358,816.70. Deducting the in
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Station House
Goal Deep Gap
Fire Department
The aroma of barbecued
chicken will be thick at Park
way School Saturday when the
Deep Gap Volunteer Fire De
partment once again puts on a
feast that keep folks pleasantly
pleased and enables the depart
ment to increase its services.
Diners may eat at the school
from 4 to 8 p.m. or order a
dinner box to take out.
James Watson, Fire Chief in
Deep Gap, says proceeds of for
mer chicken dinners have help
ed purchase a fire truck and a
tank truck, and that proceeds
from the July 30 dinner will
go toward building a fire sta
tion.
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Fess Parker Coming
Daniel Boone TV
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To Visit DB
Noted Actor
To Appear On
Horn Stage
And what more likely place
for Daniel Boone to visit than
Daniel Boone Country itself?
So it is that on Thursday,
Aug. 4, Fess Parker, lanky star
of television’s Daniel Boone
series, will arrive in Boone for
a guest appearance at Horn in
the West. Announcement comes
from Herman W. Wilcox, gene
ral manager of the drama, who
adds that Parker will be flown
to Boone from Charlotte and
alight on pioneer soil around
S p.m.
The 20th Century Fox celeb
rity will appear at the Daniel
Boone Amphitheater, home of
the drama which begins at 8:15
p.m. He will remain in Boone
Friday morning for a meeting
with the press. As a matter of
fact, motelers in the Boone area
are each supplying a room, free
of charge, for the visiting press.
After a Thursday night din
ner in honor of Parker, a photo
session is scheduled for the
theater, and photographers from
three states will be aiming at
a f 100 award for the best pub
lished picture of the television
“Father of the Year” during
his stay in Boone.
Parker will be accompanied
by his secretary and two rep
resentatives of 20th Century
Fox. His visit to the Horn is
to be televised by NBC affiliate
stations of the Carolinas area.
Parker was born in Fort
Worth, Texas, and is an A. B.
graduate of the University of
Texas. As a college history ma
jor and a trumpeter in a dance
band, he never anticipated a
theatrical career until urged to
do so by the late Adolph Men
jou.
His claim to success was con
creted by his portrayal of Davy
Crockett in a Walt Disney tele
vision series. Since then Parker
has done extensive television
work and starred in 15 motion
pictures.
His long-range plans are to
star in a Broadway musical.
He is currently studying voice
with opera star Mario Chamlee.
Hospital Gets
$50,000 Of
EDA Funds
The Economic Development
Administration has approved
a $50,000 grant to help in
the construction of the new
Watauga County Hospital, the
Democrat was informed in a
telegram from Senator Ever
ett Jordan Thursday.
The grant was recommend
ed a few weeks ago by the
Appalachian Regional Com
mission.
The 80-bed hospital is being
built at a cost of about $1,
440,000 and will replace a 35
bed structure now in opera
tion.
The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare sup
plied $792,000 of the cost
under long-standing hospital
construction programs. The
additional $50,000 was made
available because Watauga
County is part of the Appa
lachia region, which is being
given special economic assist
ance under a program begun
(Mt year.
FESS PARKER, 20th Century Fox star of
the Daniel Boone Series, will appear in
Boone at Horn in the West, Aug. 4.
Birth Defects
Center Being
Considered
George Thomas, chairman of
the Watauga Chapter National
Foundation, reports that Robert
Schaeffner, who has taken the
place of Dabney Cottington as
representative for 38 Western
North Carolina counties, was in
Boone Thursday with Janet Ro
gan, medical social worker, to
discuss plans for a Western
North Carolina evaluation center
for birth defective children.
Thomas says the center will
be located at Morganton
Cottington is working with the
National Foundation-March of
Dimes in Washington, D. C.
Gifts Are Asked
For Hospital
The new Watauga County
Hospital will be completed with
in a few months—probably by
early November. Between now
and then, much must be done
to properly equip the modern
medical facility.
“The public may not be aware
that the allocation for equip
ment and furnishings for a hos
pital of this size is limited to
$120,000 of Federal funds,”
said Mrs. J. B. Winkler. Mrs.
Winkler is secretary of the
Board of Trustees and chairman
of the Special Gifts Committee.
‘‘More than any other type of
institution,” she said, “a hos
pital must have modern, up-to
date equipment and furnishings
in order to render the service
the public expects and deserves.
With present high pricess it is
impossible to secure such equip
ment for the above figure, so
for the past, several months, the
Special Gifts Committee has
been contacting manufacturing
establishments, business firms,
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Pickle,Pound Cake Contest
For Watauga Set For Fifth
The Beth Tartan’s Pickle and
Pound Cake Contest will be held
for Watauga County on Friday,
Aug. 5, at 11 a. m. in the
Home Agent’s Office.
There will be two divisions:
Junior, to interest the teens,
and a senior division.
The rules for the contest are:
—Any resident of the coun
ty in which the competition is
being held may enter the pound
cake and/or pickles contests.
The cake competition will have
a junior division for boys and
girls 18 years old or younger,
and a senior division for those
19 or older. The pickles com
petion will have sweet and sour
classes. Contestants may enter
both classes. One winner will
be selected in each of the two
cak« divUoDi and two picklaf
classes—four winners in each
county. These winners will be
invited to compete in the Grand
Finals in Winston-Salem Satur
day, Sept. 17.
—Your pound cake should not
be iced or frosted. It can be
glazed with the lemon-sugar
glazing if this is included in the
recipe.
—The pound cakes should be
brought in on paper plates and
covered with plastic wrap or wax
paper.
—The cakes will have to be
cut and the pickles opened to
be judged.
—The cake plate (disposable)
and pickle jar must be labeled
on the bottom with name and
address of the contestant
—Winners must provide com
plete recipes, and the redpse
must include their name and
address.
—Please have your cake
and/or pickles in place at the
Home Economics Extension
Agents Office at least 30 min
utes before the judging is to
begin. The date for the con
test is Aug. 3 at 11 a. m. Bring
cakes in by 10:30 a. m.
Prizes will be a $23 Savings
Bond for the junior winner in
the Pound Cake contest and the . S
same for the senior winner. A
$23 Savings Bond will be given
the winner for sweet pickles
and the same for the winner for
sour pickles.
For additional information
contact Mrs. Lillian Danner.