AWARD WINNER In 1988 and 1967 the Democrat won 10 State Press Assn, awards (or General Excellence, Excellence in Typography, Local News, Advertis ing, Columns and Photographs. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Ninth Year of Continuous Publication BOONS WKA’ US7 HI Lo Jan. SI 80 36 Feb. 1 61 39 Feb. 3 49 36 Feb. 3 60 41 Feb. 4 SO 30 Feb. 5 49 38 Feb. 6 48 30 .14 Snow given to nearest half-inch. 39 14 36 19 36 19 30 14 39 9 43 18 VOLUME LXXIX—NO. 32 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1967 10 CENTS PER COPY 22 PAGES—3 SECTIONS I Job Survey | To Start In I Area Friday |r A survey of jobs available | and job training needs in Wata | and job training needs in Wa v tauga, Avery, Mitchell and Yan i cey counties will begin Friday, according to J. B. Robinson, | chairman of the Manpower De i, velopment and Training Com | mittee for Watauga County. I The survey is being made | by WAMY Community Action at the request of the N. C. Em | ployment Security Commission. It will be used by WAMY and the Commission in determining how many unfilled or potent | ial jobs there are in the four / county area, and what kind of training programs are needed to help employers fill these jobs. V The technical institutes in p Caldwell and Buncombe count ies will provide some of the training courses. The survey is part of a new effort on the part of the Employment Se > curity Commission to place the || hard-core unemployed into jobs - in this area, n % The Commission has asked j WAMY to help find recruits and ■; motivate the unemployed to use the training, counseling and job v finding services offered by the M Commission offices i n North | Wilkesboro and Spruce Pine. | The survey information will | be used in developing a state 8f plan for Manpower Development | and Training. It will also be used by WAMY in planning for I an On-The-Job Training project that will pay small business men for training new employees in their businesses. Approval of the Job Training program is expected any day from Wash ington. All local employers are asked by Robinson to co-operate with the survey in supplying the in formation requested. Young Educator To Be Selected In Watauga Co. Plans to select the outstand ing Young Educator of Watauga County have been announced by Otis Strother of the Boone Jaycees. This is a part of a nation wide Jaycee program to spot light the achievements and ded ication of professional edu cators, male and female, be tween the ages of 21 and 35. Teachers of the first through the twelfth grades will be con sidered and names for nomi nations will be received from principals of Watauga schools. Nominations will be judged locally by a panel of civic leaders and the winner will be announced at an awards ban quet February 27. A scholar ship covering expenses for a summer course of study will be presented. County winners will be eli gible to enter State competition, when contestants in the national young educator program will be chosen. Anyone interested in having a teacher nominated is asked to contact the local school principal. STATTS UP IN THE SKY—Painters put the finishing touches on the cupola of the Boone Post Office. The $22,000 face-lifting being given the Fed eral structure should be finished in mid-March. (Staff photo) Ashe County Man Is Killed In 421 Crash An Ashe County man was dead on arrival at Watauga Hospital Saturday morning after he was involved in a wreck east of Boone of Highway 421. Investigating Patrolman Gary Morgan said the deceased, Phleat Fender, 49, of Jefferson, was driving a 1967 Ford pick up truck, traveling east on 421 Rescue Squad To Appear At C. Of C. Meet The Monthly Meeting for the Boone Chamber of Commerce will be Feb. 14, at the Gateway Restaurant. The program will be given by the Watauga County Rescue Squad, and will give information on the many benefits, and con tributions of the organization to the community. It will also include safety precautions to (Continued on page two) about 6:05 a. m. when a 1959 Pontiac, driven by Thomas Ed monson Jones, Route 1, Boone, pulled from the Moretz Trailer Park into the path of the pickup. The driver of the Pontiac and his wife, Blanche Jones, were admitted to Watauga Hos pital, Morgan reported. Mr. Fender was employed by the Greensboro Daily News to deliver newspapers in Ashe County. Part of his route brought him through Watauga County. The Joneses, residents of Moretz Trailer Park, were re ported to have suffered multiple injuries. Morgan said he has charged Jones with failure to yield right of way, however, he is con tinuing his investigation. Assisting at the scene of Watauga's first traffic fatality of the year were members of the County Rescue Squad. They directed traffic and used their ambulance in the emergency maneuvers. Richard Randall Chosen For World Scout Jamboree RICHARD RHODES RANDALL ! Official announcement will be made Monday of the selection of Richard Rhodes Randall to attend the Twelfth World Jam boree of Boy Scouts in Far ragut State Park, Idaho, next August. He is one of only nine to represent Western North Carolina’s Old Hickory Coun cil. Son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Frank Randall of Boone, Richard will be among 15,000 Scouts from 100 free nations taking part in the Jamboree. He was selected after a one and one-half hour interview be fore a five-man panel in Winston-Salem. A freshman at Watauga High School, young Randall last sum mer received Scouting’s highest rank, the Eagle Award. He was a member of Troop 132 at the time and now belongs to Ex plorer Post 114. Only one per cent of all Boy Scouts in the United States achieve Eagle Scout rank; more than 5,750,000 Scouts are listed in this country alone.. At WHS Randall is a member of the Debate Club and has gone out for the wrestling team. An honor student, his interests include piano, organ and auto mechanics. He is rebuilding a Model-A in his spare time. ROBERT BINGHAM Robt. Bingham Put In Top 10 By State YDC Robert Bingham of Boone has been named one of the top ten young Democrats in North Carolina for 1966. Announcement comes from Charles H. Smith of Charlotte, chairman of the awards com mittee. Bingham was the only Demo crat from the mountains of Northwest North Carolina cited by the 1966 Young Democrat Awards Committee. He won the honor by carrying his party’s banner through the 1966 Ninth District Congressional camp aign. Bingham was unsuccessful in his first bid for public office, although only two other Demo crat candidates in the state's 11 Congressional districts out polled the youthful Boone man. They were Congressmen Roy Taylor and Basil Whitener of the Eleventh and Tenth dis tricts. The 28-year-old Boone busi nessman recently accepted the position of sales co-ordinator for the Beech Mountain Ski Resort. Bingham, a bachelor, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bingham of 214 Pine St., Boone. Aid To Cattle Industry Livestock Market Is Being Organized Year Kound Operation Is Planned Agriculture leaders and cattlemen Monday night organ ized Watauga Livestock Market, Inc., which is designed to op erate on a weekly basis, year round, including special sales in fall. The move is calculated to stimulate interest in the cattle industry, afford the farmer a way to keep abreast of live stock marketing and hike in come from cattle sales. Twenty-eight men met in the County Agent’s office to climax discussions about the venture, which, according to A. T. Adams, elected secretary treasurer of the organization, had been going on several mon ths. Adams says Watauga Live stock Market is selling stock at $25 a share, and land at Rutherwood will be procured for the operation. Several hundreds of dollars in stock was sold at the meeting. SPACIOUS SITE Adams said the decision is based on “a general need for such a facility for the stock growers in Watauga." This will be the first time in recent years a stock market has been operated on a 12-month basis. While Mack Brown, president of WLM, is working on papers for incorporation, speculation is that veteran cattleman Fred Greene will be operator of the market—either by hire or lease. The site for the market is 16 acres owned by Thompson Enterprises of Fayetteville. Adams says the Rutherwood property is easily accessible from Highway 421 and will have good loading facilities. There is a barn on the site, but additions will be made to it and a second structure put up. The market is expected to open this spring. A board of directors is be named and Adams says innoc ulations connected with mass sale of cattle are to be under the supervision of the State veterinarian. Stock subscriptions may be given to F red Greene at Sugar Grove, Mack Brown at Brown &. Graham Motor Company or A. T. Adams at Northwestern Bank. At 7:30 Monday night, a sec ond meeting will be held at the County Agent’s Office. All interested parties are asked to attend. Scout Leaders To Be Dinner Guests The annual Appreciation Din ner fpr Scout leaders in the Watauga District will begin at 7 p. m., Monday, Feb. 13, at the Boone Methodist Church. Leaders of Scout and Ex plorer units and their wives will be complimentary guests of the District. All other Scouters are urged to attend, and in this way ex press their appreciation for the many hours of devoted service given to boys by their leaders. Parents erf Scouts and Ex plorers, as well as others in terested in the program, may also show their appreciation by their presence. Tickets for the dinner ($2 each) may be had from the Boone Drug Store, King Street Pharmacy or from Father Ed Smith, District chairman, or Paul Campbell, District sec retary. Reservations must be given to the ladies of the church by Thursday, Feb. 9. A feature of the program will be a narrated, color film on American Scouting. GETS FIRST LOT—Judge J. Braxton Craven, center, of the Fourth Circuit Court of Ap peals, pauses on a ski slope at Hound Ears Club to receive congratulations from Dr. Tho mas Brigman, right, as the purchaser of the first lot in the new Beech Mountain Resort. Harry Robbins, left, looks on. Brigham and Robbins are officials of the Caribbean Corpor ation, developers of Beech Mountain. Judge Craven, who began skiing in 1945 in Seattle, Washington, has skied the major resorts in eastern and western United States. He said, “I am pleased to have this opportunity to express confidence in the future development of North Carolina as one of the nation’s lead ing year ’round resort areas.” Judge Craven did his undergraduate work at Duke Univer sity and graduated from Harvard Law School. He practiced law for 10 years in Morganton, was State Superior Court Judge for five years, U. S. District Judge, before assuming his pres ent position. The 4th Circuit Court includes North and South Carolina, Virginia, West Vir ginia and Maryland. (Staff photo) Rhododendron Queen At Fla. Travel Show A North Carolina “Variety Vacationland” exhibit staffed by experts on the State’s travel attractions from seacoast to mountains will be featured in the first annual International Travel and Vacation Show in Jacksonville, Florida, Feb. 10 12. This will be the first time the Travel and Promotion Di vision of the Department of Conservation and Development has sent a travel display to Florida. “We chose the new Jackson ville show because the dates make it an ideal followup to the North Carolina Travel Council’s January travel mis sion to Florida,” points out Director Bill F. Hensley of the Travel and Promotion Division, “and because we have been as sured of good attendance and publicity. The International Travel and Vacation Show is produced by the publishers of the Florida Times — Union and the Jacksonville Journal, and the anticipated attendance for the three days is well over 100,000.” Miss Linda Jeanne Blair of Greensboro, North Carolina’s Rhododendron Queen, and J. P. Brady, Franklin newspaperman and civic leader, will assist Sheriff And Deputy Go To Law Institute Two County law enforcement officers attended an institute at Chapel Hill Feb. 1-3. Sheriff Ward Carroll and De puty Clyde Tester studied at their own expense at the three day Institute of Government Schools. The schedule included cour ses on court structure, juris diction and reform; jail breaks and bail problems; testifying in court; laws of evidence and arrest; criminal investigation; the juvenile offender; civil duties of the Sheriff; finger printing; the law of search and seizure; and co-ordination of the Sheriff’s department with state and Federal enforcement agencies. Watauga Leads In United Fund Effort Watauga County led all North Carolina’s United Fund Cam paign in percentage of the budget secured: 120.06 per budget secured: 120.06 per cent of its $16,000 goal for a total of $19,210.48. Thus on Thursday night, Stan ley Harris Sr. and Clyde R. Greene of Boone attended the third annual Achievement Cele bration of Carolinas United in Charlotte. Greene was re presenting Wade Wilmoth, pre sident of the faU campaign, who was unable to attend due to his wife’s illness, Harris was director of the local drive. He and Wilmoth were awarded plaques “In ap preciation for outstanding com munity service”, Doug Mayes of WBTV-Char lotte served as toast master and Dr. F. W. Johnston at Davidson College was the prin ciple speaker. Hensley and State Travel Editor Miriam Rabb at the show. They will answer questions and distribute literature, and be available for press, radio and television interviews about their State. Miss Blair has traveled throughout North Carolina and to many other states to pro mote the Festival and her state’s other attractions. She recently was in California, where she rode on a float in the Tournament of Roses Pa rade and appeared on the tele vision program, “The Dating Game”. Brady, who is with the Franklin Press, is a fea ture writer, columnist and pho tographer contributing to sev eral newspapers and maga zines. He is generally credited with the first promotion of the Cowee Valley ruby fields which now draw thousands of col lectors to Macon County and the surrounding area. Eddie Winkler Is Doing Well At Miami Dade Eddie Paul Winkler of Boone, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Winkler of Winkler’s Creek Road, is attending Miami Dade Junior College which has an enrollment of 21,000 students. Young Winkler is widely known for his musical talents and at Miami Dade is a member of the college choir and was recently featured on six tele vised programs as soloist, one of a quartet and with the college choir. Clubs and bands have made him several offers, but he feels his grades are more important. He made the Dean's list tor the first semester. (Continued on page two)

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