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VOLUME LXXIX—NO. 32
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1967
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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
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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.
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