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Ahead In Carolina The Democrat led all N C. weeklies in 1985 Press Assn, contests. It won first place In General Ex cellence, Excellence in Typography, Local News Coverage, Want_ and Second in Display Advertising. DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Ninth Year of Continuous Publication BOONE WEATHER UN HI U Snow Free. » An*. 30 73 55 Aug. 31 76 58 Sept. 1 78 59 Sept 2 77 43 Sept 3 78 53 Sept 4 73 61 .16 Sept 5 72 63 VOLUME LXXIX— NO. 10 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1966 10 CENTS PER COPY 28 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS assaaasa sfifesssssr Within a few weeks, the Deep Gap Fire Station will be com pleted. Standing in front of the partially-built structure is James Watson, chief of the Deep Gap Volunteer Fire Depart-' ment. (Staff photo) Deep Gap Fire Department Is Tribute To Civic Pride The Deep Gap Volunteer Fire Department, which or ganized little more than two years ago, already has equip ped itself and is very well on the road to completing its fire station. James Watson, fire chief, Civitan Club Plans Project For Hospital The Civitan Club soon will announce a project, through which it hopes to raise enough money to furnish a room in the new County hospital. The Club meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, at 7 p. m. at the Gate way Resturant. Officers are Phil Smith, president; Paul Winkler, treasurer; and Mar vin Storie, secretary. The club now has 29 members. C i v i t a n s throughout the state have mentally retarded children as their chief pro ject, although the local club has assisted many area groups, most recently the County 4 H Clubs and the Watauga High School Band, who received the proceeds from the Civitan Pancake Jamboree held last spring. says the Department has a fire truck, a tank truck and a panel truck—all fully outfitt ed and paid for. By Saturday, after five working days, the firemen and other men had the walls of the station up, and were waiting for the steel beams which will support the ceiling and floor. Watson says the building probably will be completed within 30 days after the steel arrives. Chicken Dinners It all boils down to a lot of bar-b-qued chicked dinners. The Fire Department has been serving the dinners per iodically since it organized, and proceeds have been ap plied to the needs of the fire department. In addition to the equipment, says Watson, all firemen have uniforms. But the work won’t end with completion of the sta tion. The next item on the docket is an alarm system. Currently, firemen are al erted through a private tele phone system. Last year, they answered 27 calls, and Watson estimated that the volunteers have been out 16 times al ready this year. Open House Upon completion of their building project, Deep Gap Firemen plan to have an open house. Their new facility will house their trucks, uniforms and miscellaneous equipment, offices, bathrooms and a kit chen. The station is being built of concerete blocks with a brick veneer. It faces a rur al road half a stone’s throw from Highway 421 in front of Watson’s Garage. The trucks still are stored in the Garage. Meanwhile, Watson says chicken dinners will be served during the fall. And, any do nations to the community cause are welcome. Boone Receives $1 Million During 4 Months Of EDA Twelve North Carolina Pub lie Works applications involv ing loans and grants of Sit'. 600.000 were approved during the four months of Economic Development Administration processed proposals in the fis cal year ending June 30. 1966. only in two other states—Cali fornia and Michigan—was this total exceeded. Thirteen ad ditional projects are being pro cessed and as many more be ing prepared for submission. These applications originat ed in counties of high unem ployment or low median in come and are having directly to do with the creation or con tinuation of several thousand identifiable jobs in the towns and areas involved. Approved North Carolina public works projects include PIONEER CHEERLEADERS—L to R, Janet Payne, OUie Jackson, Janice Fox, Becky Holi field, Martha Stacy, Melinda Robinson, Monty Blanton, Jane Dougherty, Ann Gilestrap, Bar bara Baird. (Weston photo) Cheerleaders Work Vigorously The Watauga High cheer leaders, elected in the spring of 1908, have been working ‘Vigorously" throughout the summer. In the early part of the summer, these girls sponsor ed a car wash, from which the proceeds were used to buy pom-poms for each cheerlead er. ■ The girls also underwent a sewing project to make new uniforms for basketball sea son. Through hard work and diligent practice, the girls hope to boost school spirit at WHS and cheer the teams on to victory. public works projects include: Sparta. Alleghany County. $123,000; Spruce Pine, Mit chell County. $100,000; Boone. Watauga County. $1,003,000 Eligible North Carolina counties have decreased to 20 plus the Cherokee Reservation, and the specific purpose of EDA is to aid. via its various programs, in stimulating the economy of the remaining des ignated areas—just as fast as possible- to the point they and the other 800 eligible areas throughout the country no longer qualify for such as sistance. and the purpose of the agency is successfully con cluded. While the Economic Devel opment Administration is not an industry locating service, it does have limited loan funds to aid in initiating or expand ing industry in designated areas. Under no circumstan ces are loans made when these requested funds are available from private sources. Most business loan applicants are referred to the EDA State Off ice by private agencies, the in dustrial commission, or other corresponding organization in the county and town involved; or. in most states, by the ap propriate State agency. Six North Carolina business loan requests are being processed, two of which are now in final stages. Six others are being prepared. Two technical assistance pro jects are presently being spon sored by EDA in North Caro lina. One resulted from an ap plication bv the Carteret Coun ty Board of Commissioners for the purpose of extending utili zation of the vast seafood po tential on North Carolina’s coast. The second such pro ject is being implemented by the Development Institute at (Continued on page two) Area Towns Aided \ - ■ ~ . ■ , : v- ■ "<■ > . • ■/ : i g§ y' Boone, Blowing Rock Get State Street Money Other Towns In Region Get Allotments Boone, Blowing Hock and other towns in the northwest ern Carolina mountains came in for a considerable cut of State Street Aid allocations under the provisions of the Powell Bill. More than nine million dol lars will go to qualifying towns and cities in North Carolina this year. State High way Commission Chairman J. M. Hunt, Jr., said last week. Of this sum, Boone will get $24,088.01 based on its census status, and its certi fied non-system street mile age of 29.94; Blowing Hock comes in for $10,882.91 for 18.13 miles; Banner Elk, with 3.70 miles gets $3, 240.95; Newland’s share is $5,002.65; Spruce Pine, $14, 526.70; Jefferson, $6,646.16; West Jefferson, $7,740.11; Sparta, $7,546.63. Hunt said that 420 North Carolina towns and cities will receive proportional cash al lotments amounting to $9, 322,714.20. Checks will be mailed from Raleigh the lat ter part of September in order that they will reach the municipalities by Oct. 1 The funds, equal to the amount produced by one-half cent of the regular six-cents per gallon motor fuel tax lev ied by the State, are returned annually to participating mu nicipalities in proportional shares based on the relative non state mileage and the relative populations of each of the municipalities. Towns and cities qualify for participation under the Powell Bill by submitting to the Highway Commission each year data concerning ad va lorem taxes, other source* of revenue, budget ordinances and municipal elections. There are some legally incorporated towns and cities which do not participate since they do not perform municipal functions necessary to qualify under the Hunt noted that the S9. 322.714.20 returned to the 420 municipalities this year is nearly twice the amount re turned to 386 participating towns and cities at the be ginning of the program in '51 During the 16 years the Powell Bill has l i en in effe'd. a total of $108,299.284 64 has been returned to the munici palities for use on I o c a I streets. Auction Sale For Benefit Of Children Arrangements have been completed for the Auction Sale sponsored by the Boone Rotary Club and conducted by Daniel P. Lee and I. Joseph Sherwin, assisted by the Cot trell Twins. The sale will be held in the auditorium of the former Ap palachian High School build ing at 7:30 p m. on Thursday, Sept 8. Refreshments will be on sale and free door prizes will be provided. There is no admission charge and the public is invited to attend. Local businesses and indivi duals have responded gener ously to the appeal for sale able merchandise. The club wishes to publicly acknow ledge these gifts and express its appreciation for them. All proceeds from the sale will be used for assistance to crippled children and other service projects of the club. CECIL VIVERETTE (left), president of Tar heel Electric Membership Association, pre sents a “certificate of recognition” to Henry S. Parker. Lenoir, staff member at Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, Lenoir. Others receiving certificates were (left to right) Mrs. Pauline Hodges. Boone, Mrs. Anna Rose Higgins. Sparta, and Robert T. Bumgarn er, Lenoir, all staff members at Blue Ridge EMC. The certificates, issued jointly by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Tarheel Electric, were presented to the foul' for their participation in three annual sessions of a special management develop ment seminar requiring attendance at the Uni versity at Chapel Hill in twenty-seven hours of classes covering nine subjects. Also honored but not present to receive her award was Mrs. Madge Hatley, Lenoir. The certificates were presented a a special awards luncheon on Aug. 24 in Durham. The seminar is a part of a continuing and comprehensive development program, coordinated by Tarheel Electric for the employees of its 32 member electric co operatives. Mrs. Rhoda Greer Was Born During Civil War Watauga County’s oldest known citizen, Mrs. Rhoda Teague Greer, died at her home, Aug. 30. at the age of 102. She would have celebrat ed her 103rd birthday Nov. 30. She was born in Ashe County in 1863, daughter of Elijah and Dorcus Hatten Teague. Her good health did not fail her until April of this year. Mrs. Greer had been living with her daughter. Mrs. Mar gie Michael, at 1601 Daniel Boone Drive in Perkinsville for 27 years Both were char ter members of the Ruther wood Baptist Church. Mrs. Greer was married Sept. 25. 1882, to Larkin Greer and came with him to live in Watauga County in 1896 Mr Greer died in 1940 21 Administrations When Mrs. Greer was born in 1863, Thomas Mast, politic al cartoonist, was giving form to the political donkey, the political elephant, the Tam many Tiger and a jolly, ro tund Santa Claus. She was born under the ad ministration of Abraham Lin coln. the first president of the United States to be assassin atcd. and 100 years later heard the news of President Kenedy’s assassination. She had lived under the administrations of 20 presi In her lifetime, the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam war were fought. In 1965, Mrs. Michael said that an amazing thing about her mother’s life was that “She’s never been a patient in a hospital in her life.’’ The year before, Mrs. Greer was offered her first airplane ride in honor of her 100th birth day, but cheerily declined the offer, commenting. "I’m bet ter off on the ground.” At the age of 97, she travel ed by car to Florida with members of her family. How did she reach the re markable age of 102? On her birthday in 1964, Mrs. Greer replied "I reckon by working just as hard as I can and leav ing off the medicine most folks take." She had cut to bacco and sheared sheep in her lifetime. Last year, a reporter arriv ed at her home to take her picture — only to find that Mrs Greer had left early that morning to visit her son. Ra leigh. age 79. in Deep Gap. She was survived by a daughter, a son. 26 grandchil Teachers Assn. Meets Monday The Watauga County Class room Teachers Association will meet at 7:30 p m Mon day in the auditorium of the Appalachian Elementary School. N W. Shelton, professor at ASTC. will be guest speaker. His topic will be school law. A 1 I persons interested in sohool law are invited. dren, 52 great grandchildren and 30 great great grandchil dren. The funeral was Wed nesday of last week at Ruth erwood Baptist Church, burial in the church cemetery. Among the dozens of letters and telegrams Mrs. Greer re ceived over the last several vears were birthdav congratu lations from many Senators and Congressmen. WAMY Summer Programs Are Discussed Members of the Watauga County Advisory Committee to WAMY Community Action, Inc., and other interested citizens met Aug. 29 to dis cuss WAMY's summer pro grams, the organization of the advisory committee and to elect a new chairman. Reports were given from representatives of each of the summer programs. Mrs. Jim my Mast, a teacher in the Head Start program at Cove Creek, and Mrs. Martha Greene, chairman of the Head (Continued on page two) Night Classes Are Offered At W. H. S. Watauga High School is to be the center for a wide va riety of adult evening classes beginning Sept. 26. Courses to be offered include basic edu cation, English, math, science and social studies for high school equivalency — speed reading, personal and advanc ed typing, basic welding and bricklaying Oct. 17. Upon re quest, other studies will be offered. These opportunities are be ing made passible through the cooperation of the Watauga County Board of Education, Watauga High School, Cald well Technical Institute and WAMY Community Action, Inc. For further information, call WAMY Community Ac tion, 264-8911.
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