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VOLUME LXXIX— NO. 11
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Weekly Newspaper
Seventy-Ninth Year of Continuous Publication
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1966
THE GEORGE WILSON ROAD is nearing completion. It is one
of four secondary roads in Watauga County which presently are
being hardtopped at a cost of $59,792. Highway Engineer Tom
Winkler says the grading on the roads was done by the State
Highway Commission and contractor for the paving is a Mt. Airy
firm. One and a tenth miles has been worked on the George
Wilson Road, which connects with U. S. 421 West. On Brown’s
Chapel second road, 7 10 mile is being surfaced; on Rush
Branch Road, 4/10 mile; and on Castle Ford Road, 6/10 mile.
(Staff photo)
$3,199,900 NOW AVAILABLE
City Gets $96,400 More For
Upcoming Water, Sewer Deal
Chamber, Merchants Assn.
Laud Newspaper Service
September 6, 1966
Mr. R. C. Rivers
Rivers Printing Company, Incorporated
Boone, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Rivers:
The Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Associ
ation extends to you and The Watauga Democrat our
congratulations on the installation of your new equipment.
We believe this installation is a very tangible evidence
of your faith in the continued growth and development
of our town and area, a faith which we certainly share
with you. We also welcome this indication of your efforts
to add to your ability to serve your customers and pledge
to you and the community our best efforts toward the
progress of Boone and W'atauga County.
We appreciate the many services you have given to
our organization, and we extend our best wishes for the
years ahead.
Sincerely yours,
BOONE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Stanley A. Harris, Jr., President
BOONE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
G. R. Andrews, President
Youth Corps Enrollees
Have Field Day Program
iiciguuui nuuu iuuin thorps
Enrollees took part in soft
ball, volleyball, horseshoes,
sack racing and foot racing at
a Field Day held recently at
Camp Broadstone.
WAMY Community Action,
Inc., sponsor of the Field Day,
activities said that Watauga
County merchants had gener
ously given merchandise,
which was awarded as prizes
to winners of the sporting
events. Winners were J. D.
wara, Marsnan Kstep, »ud
Auton, Bobby L. Ward, Har
old Wayne Trivette, Hal
Moody, John Greene, Larry
Noblett, Danny Hobson, Wil
ma Jackson, Linda McCurry
and Susie Wilson,
Also the Youth Corps pre
sented awards to the enrollee
of the month for the months
of July and August. These
awards went to Johny Shook
for July, and David Jones for
August.
The Federal Government
has made a grant of $96,400,
in addition to a grant of $1,
003,500 made April 29, to as
sist the Town of Boone in its
overall water-sewer project.
Mayor Wade E. Brown re
ceived official notification
Monday morning. The notice
arrived from the United States
Department of Commerce, the
Economic Development Ad
ministration. and brought to
$1,099,900 the total received
Dr. Perry’s
Memory To
Be Honored
The late Dr. H B. Perry,
Watauga County doctor for 50
years, will be honored by a
memorial in the new Watauga
County Hospital. Friends and
former patients are making
donations for the purpose of
furnishing a patient room in
his memory.
A native Wataugan, Dr.
Perry received his training at
Davidson and the University
of North Carolina He prac
ticed medicine in this area in
the “horse and buggy" days,
often making calls when it was
necessary to ride horseback,
or walk, in order to reach the
patient.
He was married to Doris
Taylor of Valle Crucis, and
they had two children — Dr.
H B Perry, Jr., who is now
an obstetrician and gynecolo
gist in Greensboro, and Miss
Gertrude Perry, formerly a
teacher in the Greensboro city
schools, now a resident of
Dr. Perry was one of the
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200 will Face Trial
At Fall Court Ter
II
More than 200 will face
trial in the criminal term of
Watauga Superior Court which
convenes September 28th,
with Hon. Hugh B. Campbell
of Charlotte being the presid
ing Judge.
Most of the cases are mis
demeanors, according to Court
Clerk Orville Foster. Speed
ing and other traffic violations
make up the most of the
docket
Following are the names oi
those who have beeen sum- '
for jury duty:
James R. Greene, Marvin
Spencer Norris, J. M. South,
Charlie C. Wilcox, Thomas J.
You nee, David E. Ragan, Dal
las Birdsong, Earl Tugman.
W. Howard Gragg, Stewart
Beach, Joe Idol, Max Trivette,
Mack May, Bart Norris, Char
les K. Norris, Charles Wesley
Perry, James Kermit Proffitt,
Lewis Davis, Teed Thomas,
Kenny Brown, Rodney Adams,
D. D. Burma, Pinley Watson,
1. B. Hiller, Julius Paul Hicks,
Clarence Greene II.
Collls S. Williams, Jr, Ralph
Daniel Penley, Austin Moretz,
Ellard Hollar, Homer Shore,
Floyd H. Hodges, Cecil Har
mon, Ernest L. Moretz, Eston
8. Greene, Paul Cabel Gragg,
W. E. Rush, Clarence Moore,
Paul Grimes, Virgil Cox, Jud
Hodges, Elzie Weaver, Cal
Story, Will Byrd, W. M Bo
lick, Lorn J. Harrison, Roy
Younce, Letcher R. Barnes,
Ed Reese, Jack Smith, Earl D.
Moretz, R. T. Greer, Ray
Stoat, June Greeene, Clay
Norris, Jud Goulds, Charles
E. Carlton, Ted T. Greeene,
Sam S. South, Avery Moretz.
from that agency for the pro
ject.
"With this grant added to
the remainder of the fund
from the bond issue, and the
college’s share, which came
from the State, money avail
able for the water-sewer pro
jet totals $3,199,900,” the May
‘‘This will enable us to go
on with the contracts as pre
viously submitted . . . Some
of the contractors already
have begun work on their
own, and I expect them to be
in full operation in a short
Mayor Brown said it will
be necessary to have a pre
construction conference with
government officials and en
gineers to determine the order
of the various parts of the
project: “A good many of the
sewer lines will have to be co
ordinated with the water lines,
and different contractors are
involved.”
All the work will be super
vised by engineers. Brown
added, and approved by the
proper government officials.
Bond Issue Asked f||
Citizens Will Vote
On New Courthouse
Old Building
May Give Way
To Modern One
The Board of County
Commissioners of Watauga
County is asking the Lo
cal Government Commis
sion for its approval of the
issuance of $450,000 of
bonds for the purpose of
constructing a new court
house, the bond issue to
be subject to the approval
of the voters of the county
at a special election.
An advertisement appearing
in the Democrat points out the
procedure to be followed if
any citizen has objection to
the issuance of the bonds.
Coffey & Annas, Lenoir ar
chitects, were employed by the
Board last March to make the
plans and provide the specifi
cations for the courthouse. A
topographical survey was made
of the courthouse land where
the present building is located
to aid in the initiation of the
achitects’ work.
The one-story building of
modern design will stand on
the same lot where the lofty
red brick building now stands,
but will be a little closer to
King Street than the old struc
ture. The building will be
only 83 feet wide and 100 feet
long.
The present jail to the rear
of the courthouse will remain
in use, as will the stone office
building, which was construct
ed in the thirties.
Presumably the special bond
election will be called when
the necessary legal formalities
have been complied with
Boone Youth Is
Hurt In Crash
Lenoir. Sept. 12—A Boone
youth was taken to Caldwell
Memorial Hospital by Warren
Miller Funeral Home ambul
ance after an automobile acci
dent at 11:15 p. m. Saturday
on Old Blowing Rock Road
north of Lenoir.
The youth was identified as
John Stacy Taylor. 17, of Rt
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1500 Educators Will Attend NCEA
District Convention In Boone
CiApt'i imniiduun dim 11
vations will got the spotlight
when more than 1500 educat
ors convene in Boone for the
44th Northwestern District
Convention of the North Caro
lina Education Association
The day-long meeting, sched
uled for Friday. September 23.
features as a highlight of the
General Session a presentation
titled “High Hopes,'' depicting
the dramatic changes wrought
by teachers in the areas of in
struction and curriculum and
predicting greater changes yet
to come.
Featured will be Dr A C.
Dawson. NCEA Executive Sec
retary. and representatives
from the Comprehensive
School Improvement Project,
the Advancement School of
North Carolina, the Element
ary Seconday Education Act
Coordinator, and the Learning
Institute of North Carolina
John L. McCurry, of Cald
well County, will preside
over the General Session Oth
er district officers are: Mrs.
Nancy Stroupe, Crossnore.
Vice President; Grace E Whis
nant Burke County. Secretary;
and Herman R Griffin. Pilot
Mountain, District Director
The Northwestern District
includes the counties of Alex
ander. Alleghany. Ashe. Av
ery, Burke, Caldwell, Surry,
Watauga. Wilkes and Yadkin
In addition to the main pro
mam scheduled for Appalach
ian State Teachers College, the
six district divisions will hold
sessions The divisions are:
Classroom Teachers, Directors
of Instruction, Higher Educa
tion, Principals. Retired Teach
ers and Superintendents.
The 20 departments hold
morning business and instruc
tion meetings. Officers for the
following year will be elected
by both the divisions and the
departments.
HOSPITAL PRESENTS SCHOLARSHIP—Miss
Rebecca Ann Wilson, age 18. last week re
ceived a scholarship provided jointly by the
Watauga County Board of Trustees and the
Watauga County Hospital Medical staff. With
her at the time of the presentation—(left)
Mayor Wade E. Brown chairman of the Board
of Trustees, and Dr. Len D Hagaman. Chief
of Staff. Miss Wilson is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Wilson of Zionville. gradu
ated from Watauga High Schol in June and
is planning to attend nursing school at Grace
Hospital which is affi’iated with Lenoir
Rhyne College for the B. S. degree. Miss
Wilson ranked tenth in her junior class,
and graduated in 1966 in a class of 250. She
has taken summer employment as a waitress
and as an office clerk
Watauga United Fund
Effort Starts Oct. 4
me waiauga couniy united
Fund has been set up to start
Tuesday morning, Oct. 4. with
a 7 a m. breakfast at the
Gateway Restaurant. All
workers are urged to be pre
sent. as it is hoped that the
campaign, which this year is
seeking $16,000, can be finish
ed that week.
Last year’s U. F. goal was
$17,000.
The committee responsible
for the campaign is Stanley A
Harris Sr., campaign chair
man; Wade Wilmoth, presi
dent; Alfred Adams, Mark
Hodges and Jerry Moretz, ex
ecutive committee.
Other members of the cam
paign committee are Harold
Cash, Paul Winkler, John B.
Robinson. Joe Miller. H H
Hartley. Barney Hampton. Ted
Hagaman, Clyde R Greene.
Grady Moretz Jr.. Glenn An
drews, Jerry Adams. Randy
Phillips, Neal Faires, George
Smitherman, John Marsh, Mrs.
Kay Bosworth. Mrs. Louise
Hagaman. Mrs. Lilliam Dan
ner, Fred Gragg, Lewis Hen
son, Jack Cronland. Hal John
son and Mrs. Will Miller.
Among the 23 health and
welfare agencies to benefit
from the United Fund this
year are:
U. S. O.. which serves ser
vice men throughout the
world
Empty Stocking Fund,
which provides clothing and
gifts for needy families.
Florence Critteendon Home
for Unwed Mothers.
Children's Home Society,
which finds home for aban
doned children throughout a
program of adoption.
Watauga 4H Program,
which helps fit boys and girls
for responsible adulthood.
Agriculture Worker’s Coun
cil. which promotes beautifi
cation projects in rural areas,
conducts contests, and awards
prizes.
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
Emergency Relief Fund,
which aids families burned
out, assists in other emergen
cies.
Watauga County Crippled
Children Fund, which pro^
vides x-rays, artificial legs or
hands and other services to
crippled children.
Red Cross, which promotes
the blood program, helps lo
cate servicemen or lost per
sons, and gives aid during
natural disasters.
Watauga High School Band,
through which fund talented
boys and girls are able to get
musical instruments they oth
erwise could not have.
Mental Health Association,
which restores many persons
to normal life, if their mental
problems are attended to
early.
The Council on Crime and
Delinquency, the Recreation
Association, the Hearing Aid
Society and the Traveler’s Aid
Society are other agencies
served by the Watauga Coun
ty United Fund
ARCHITECT'S DRAWING 07 WATAUGA'S PROPOSED *400,000 COURTHOUSE