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VOLUME LXXIX— NO. 36
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1967
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Smithsonian To
Show Watauga
County Crafts
(Picture on page 8)
The first time Ralph Rinzler
visited Boone, he brought with
him national fame for Doc Wat
son, Frank Proffitt and other
Watauga County folksingers.
Now he is trying to bring
similiar recognition for local
craftsmen by placing their work
in the Smithsonian Institute’s
folk craft exhibit in the nation’s
capital city.
Rinzler, crafts consultant to
the museum and an official of
the Newport Folk Festival, vi
sited more than a dozen county
craftsmen during a recent day’s
tour of the area, and purchased
products from half a dozen
for exhibit in the museum’s
crafts show.
He also took more than $1,
000 worth of crafts products
with him for sale in his Cam
bridge, Mass., crafts shop,
which serves as a non-profit
retail store for craftsmen from
all over the country.
At the end of his day’s tour,
Rinzler said the area around
Boone is “one of the unique
areas of the country where
traditional crafts products are
still being .. ade by hand.”
He also said the WAMY crafts
program is performing an out
standing service by helping
craftsmen market their pro
ducts and thus insuring that
traditional American crafts
products will continue to be
produced.
Rinzler is also an exper
ienced photographer and spends
much of his time recording the
faces and work methods of lo
cal people on film.
For the Smithsonian exhibit,
Rinzler selected Mrs. Sue Tri
vette’s hooked burlap rugs and
Mrs. Elsie Trivette’s crocheted
burlap rugs. The women are
from Beech Creek. Mrs. Tri
vette’s rugs also have been
selected for an exhibit In the
United States Department of
Agriculture building in Wash
ington.
Corn shuck dolls produced by
Fairy Moody of Sugar Grove,
Raggeddy Ann and Andy Dolls
produced by Mrs. Donald Town
send of Valle Crucis, and child
ren’s toys made by Dewey Har
mon of Beech Creek were also
included in the items selected
for exhibit.
Rinzler also renewed his ac
quaintence with the Watson
family by purchasing wood
carvings from Willard Watson
and quilts from his wife, Ora.
JIMMY DEAL
James Deal, Jr.
Is Recipient Of
U. N. C. Award
James Marvin Deal Jr.,
(Jimmy) son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Deal Sr. of 111 Woodland
Drive in Boone, has received
a Morehead Award to study
at the University of North Ca
rolina at Chapel Hill.
The announcement is made
by Norman A. Cocke of Char
lotte, chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the John Motley
Morehead Foundation.
Deal is a student at Wa
tauga High School. He is one
of 99 boys to receive the a
wards this year. The awards
are worth $7,000 to North Ca
rolina residents for four years
of study.
As a student, Deal’s activi
ties include being president of
the Student Council, chief mar
shal, member of the Beta Club,
president of the Debate Team,
varsity basketball and baseball.
The Morehead Awards were
first presented in 1951. They
are presented on the basis of
outstanding merit as reflected
in academic ability, character
and leadership. Need is not
considered.
ICE SCULPTURE—The fountain at the
home of Boone Mayor Wade E. Brown
was still covered with ice Friday, even
in 61-degree weather. Tree limbs were
completely covered earlier when the
temperatures were sub-zero. The foun
tain is fed from a spring some distance
from the house and the water froze on
the limbs around the fountain as it rose
and fell in the cold temperatures.
(Staff photo)
City- Wide Project
Expert To Give Views
On Area Beautification
Banquet Tickets
Are Available
At Many Points
Stanley Harris Sr., ticket
chairman for the community
improvement banquet Tuesday
night, says “March 14 should
be a big day for all of us who
are interested in more beauti
ful surroundings/*
Tickets for the dinner are
$2 each, he said, and should
be secured in advance. Tickets
are available from the Cham
ber of Commerce, Stallings
Jewelry, Watauga Savings &
Loan Association, First Nation
al Bank, the Northwestern Bank,
Flowers Photo Shop, Harris's
office or from any garden club
or woman’s club member.
The dinner will be served at
6:30 p. m. at Holiday Inn.
rue Tatgenhorst talk will get
underway about 7 p. m. At
noon, a few leaders will meet
the Sears Foundation man at
an informal luncheon.
Assembly Asked To OK
$1,776,943 ASTC Funds
Appalachian State Teachers
College Wednesday requested
that the Joint Appropriation
Committee of the General As
sembly approve allocations of
funds totaling $1,776,943 which
were not recommended by Gov.
Dan Moore and the Advisory
Budget Commission.
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, ASTC
president, other administrators
and members erf the Board of
Trustees appeared in Raleigh
to present the requests for the
additional funds wanted for the
1967-69 biennium.
This week’s requests in
cluded $864,943 for educational
and general purposes, and
$912,000 for capital improve
ment projects.
The re-submitted requests
were as follows:
$171,496 In 1967-68 and $117,
906 In 1968-69 to cover 17 po
sitions needed to reduce the
teaching load of the graduate
faculty.
$120,000 in 1967-68 and $128,
000 in 1968-69 to provide sup
port for hours delivered during
the summer school program
on an equal basis with support
for the regular year.
$25,000 in 1967-68 and $75,
000 in 1968-69 to provide books
and back files of journals for
the library.
$29,600 in 1967-68 and $50,
000 in 1968-69 for radio fa
cilities for the speech depart
ment, continuation of the col
lege’s closed circuit tele
vision system and equipment
for instruction in voice science
and remedial speech.
$46,656 in 1968-69 to pro
vide salary increases for all
academic personnel.
$5,520 in 1967-68 and $9,
660 in 1968-69 to provide ad
ditional supplements for demon
stration school teachers at an
average amount of $690.
$12,209 for 1967-68 and an
identical amount for the next
year for additional rents for
updating the operations of the
computer center.
$800,000 during the biennium
for the renovation of the Appa
lachian High School building.
$112,000 for completion of
Cove Creek Horse Show
Planning Session Is Held
The planning session for the
fourth annual Cove Creek Horse
Show attracted 60 people to the
elementary school in that com
munity F riday night.
Recommendations were made
to R. G. Shipley, moderator of
the meeting and manager of the
show. Shipley will report to
the board of the Mountaineer
Ruritan Club, one of the spon
sors of the show. Co-sponsors
are the Future Farmers of
America, of which Shipley is
advisor.
The show again is planned
for a Saturday — June 17,
with the majority voting for
Saturday afternoon and Saturday
Parkway Visits
Are Increasing
Visitors to the Blue Ridge
Parkway during the month of
February increased 64.9% over
February 1966, a National Park
Service survey indicates.
February 1967 brought 140,481
visitors, the report shows as
against 49,302 the year before.
For the 1967 calendar year
to date 318,648 visitors are
reported as against 178,596 for
the comparable period of 1966,
for an increase erf 43.9%.
The number af visitors Is
figured on a basis of 3.3 per
sons Der vehicle.
night performances. Some op
position was afforded this plan,
on the basis that night-riding
on poorly-lit grounds would be
dangerous for horsemen as well
as wandering spectators.
Shipley said the board will
make its decision after finding
out how much lighting can be
arranged,
NO MOVE
At the close of the vigorous
discussion session, the group
unanimously decided to keep
the show (xi the Cove Creek
school grounds. The facilities
at Broyhill Park near Blowing
Rock have been offered for local
shows other than the Blowing
Rock show held there each
August.
The only objection to the Cove
Creek grounds was the crowded
conditions and a suggestion was
made to move the grandstands
back to the road in front of
the school. No vote was taken.
In case of rain the 17th, the
show will be held the following
Saturday. If either morning or
afternoon performances, or
both, are cancelled, a part or
the whole will be held over.
TOO MANY CLASSES?
It remains to be seen whether
too many classes have been
recommended for the one day
show.
Several closed classes, lor
Watauga riders only, are cal
culated to keep professional
circuit riders from copping all
the prizes and closing local
pleasure riders out of the win
ners circle.
If the board of the Ruritan
(Continued on page eight)
One Injured In
3-Car Accident
Three cars were involved
in an accident shortly after
noon Monday at the intersection
of East King and Hardin
streets. Policeman Lloyd Bent
ley, who investigated, estimated
total damage at $800.
Gerald Lee Bumbaugh, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bum
baugh of Crest Drive, Boone,
was transported to Watauga
Hospital, where, according to
a hospital spokesman, he was
expected to be released Thurs
day.
Bentley said he charged one
of the drivers, John Rudolf
Schulze, with failure to yield
right-of-way. According to
Bentley's report, Bumbaugh
was driving into the King Street
intersection from Tracy Circle.
Schulze was traveling west and
his car hit Bumbaugh's vehicle,
Bentley stated, knocking it into
a car driven by Ned Bower
Little of Madison.
the first level of the octagonal
wing of Duncan Hall.
In addition, the college re
quested that $7,656 which was
recommended by the Advisory
Budget Commission for an as
sistant to the president that
$844 be added to the previously
recommended amount to set
the salary of this position at
$8,500 per year. The original
request for $12,000 for an as
sistant to the president was
not renewed.
In its request for 17 new
graduate faculty positions, the
college noted that its initial
requests asked for a total of
36 faculty positions. Only five
positions were recommended
by the Commission.
17.6 TO 1
“Of all the state-supported
Institutions of higher education
in the state, Appalachian has
the highest ratio of students
to faculty, 17.6 to 1. Thus, the
average teaching load of its
faculty is the highest,'* the
latest request for funds pointed
out.
The funds asked for demon
stration school teachers are
not to increase the amount of
individual supplements. They
are being sought to pay a sup
plement to all public school
teachers who perform ser
vices for the college.
Instruction in both radio and
television is listed as part of
the program of the department
of speech, but until provision
is made for such instruction
it cannot be offered, the latest
request states. Such funds also
would be used for remote
control video distribution ser
vices to tie the classroom build
ings together, to build up a
film library in the audiovisual
center, equipment with which
to produce custom-made teach
ing materials and equipment
for speech laboratories.
The request for funds to sup
port the summer school pro
gram stresses the fact that
quality of instruction during
the summer quarter “should be
equally as high as that of the
other quarters."
The state presently supports
the operation of the academic
phase of the summer quarter
to the extent of $4 per hour of
credit delivered to each North
Carolina resident.This amounts
to less than half the appropri
ation per hour delivered during
(Continued on page eight)
W. W. -TAT” TATGENHORST
Dr. Hoover Named
To Hall Of Fame
The National Association of
Inter col legiate Athletics (NAIA)
has announced that Dr. Francis
Hoover, golf coach and physical
education professor at ASTC
has Jfceen elected to the NAIA
Basketball Hall of Fame.
Dr. Hoover, who served as
president of NAIA during the
1960-61 school year, will be
honored March 17 in Kansas
5 Of 6 Escapees
Are Captured By
Sheriff Quickly
Five of six prisoners who
escaped the local prison unit
Friday were returned to prison
within three hours of the break
by the Watauga County Sheriff’s
Department.
Sheriff Ward Carroll said
deputies Clyde Tester, Charles
Welborn, Shuford Edmisten and
jailer Orville Perry joined him
in a chase into the woods near
the prison department.
The break was reported
shortly after 4 p. m. The five
were in custody before 7.
The sixth prisoner made it
to Boone where he stole a car
owned by Jack Ellis of Foscoe,
the Sheriff said. The escapee
drove the 1960 Chevrolet into
Ashe County where he sold
some parts from it and ran out
of gas.
He then stole a new Mustang,
which he drove to Statesville.
Carroll said he was picked up
there after the car was wreck
ed, and said to be total loss.
Deputies Tester and Welborn
recovered the Ellis car in Ashe
Sunday morning.
The Sheriff's Department has
been called in on two breaks
since the first of the year.
City, Mo., during the NAIA
Hillyard Hall of Fame luncheon
which is held annually in con
junction with the NAIA National
Basketball Tournament.
Dr, Hoover,has been active
In the NAIA program since
1948 when he was elected chair
I
DR. FRANCIS HOOVER
man of its District 26 (Nortn
and South Carolina). He was
named to the NAIA Executive
Committee in 1952. He has
served as official historian and
was one of the persons chiefly
responsible for the expansion
of the NAIA program into sports
other than basketball.
Since leaving the committee,
Dr. Hoover has continued to
serve on other committees.
A basketball coach for 14
years, Hoover led his teams
to three Carolinas Conference
championships before he retired
as head coach in 1957. He has
coached the Appalachian golf
team for 12 years and his teams
have won five straight con
ference and district titles,
placing among the top six in
the NAIA National Tournament
in four of those years.
A graduate of Appalachian,
Hoover earned his master's
degree at the University of
North Carolina and his doc
torate from the University of
Indiana.
Ihree Are Jailed
On Robbery Count
Three men have been jailed
and a warrant issued for a
fourth in the robbery of Brown
Brothers Construction Com
pany Saturday, Feb. 25.
Sheriff Ward Carroll said
Monday that Boone Police Chief
Hubert Thomas and his force
were instrumental in helpii^
his department spread a three
state net to snare the theives.
Two men and a 1955 Chevro
let were seen in the area at
the time of the theft and an
identification of the license tag
number was the clue that set
law officers onto the trail.
Nearly all the items last
week listed as missing have
been returned, the Sheriff said.
Serial numbers were used to
identify the property.
Working on the case, in ad
dition to local officials, were the
sheriffs' departments of Ashe
County, Johnson County, Term.,
Washington County, Va.; the
(Continued on page eight)
Chamber, Clubs
Plan Welcome
For Visitor
Twenty to 30 civic organi
zations and representatives of
rther interests will rally Tues
iay to welcome W. W. “Tat*’
Tatgenhorst Jr. to Boone.
The Sears-Roebuck Foun
dation representatives accepted
the invitation from the Appa
lachian Garden Club in
February. After receiving no
tice of acceptance, Mrs. Yoder
headed a delegation which met
with the Boone Chamber of
Commerce to suggest the
Chamber use Tatgenhorst*s talk
at its March program meeting.
Mrs. Yoder told the Chamber
her club felt more people should
have an opportunity to hear the
community beautification and
improvement expert.The C ham
ber readily accepted the idea
of having the speaker for the
March 14 program and things
began “snowballing**.
A Garden Club-Chamber
committee met later to bring
together as many interests as
possible to benefit from the
banquet meeting Tuesday night
at Holiday Inn. Maynard Mc
Millian, manager of the local
Sears store here, will of
focially host the Tatgenhorst
visit. „ , , _..„
TO TOUR AREA
As a visitor, Tatgenhorst is
expected to have some eye
opening suggestions for the lo
cale. Touring the area after
a noon meeting Tuesday, he
will make notes and present
his views at the banquet that
night.
Mrs. Constance Stallings said
the young civic programs chair
man often presents one-year,
two-year and five-year plans.
The latter, in part, urges get
ting billboards out of the city
limits and getting electric wires
off main street.
He is credited as a speaker
who gets to the point right
away, giving credit where due
and suggestions for improve
ment where needed. Tentatively,
he will address the student
body of Watauga High School
sometime Tuesday morning.
He will be accompanied on
the afternoon tour by Mc
Millian, Mrs. Lee Reynolds,
Mrs. Yoder and a representa
tive erf the Boone Jaycees. Mrs.
Yoder said Blowing Rock is
interested in getting the benefit
of his analysis and if time
allows, the tour will swing into
the resort city.
He, his wife and five children
reside in Decatur, Ga.
After Wataugans have heard
the congratulations and criti
cisms, it’ll be up to them.
The program of the Sears
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$574,782 Grant Is
Given Gym Fund
By HEW Agency
A $574,782 Federal granthaa
been awarded Appalachian State
Teachers College for use In the
construction of an 8,000-seat
gymnasium.
The grant was awarded by
the Health, Education and Wel
fare Department under pro
visions of the Higher Education
Facilities Act.
Construction on the new gym
nasium, which will cost in ex
cess of $2 million, began last
fall. The State Legislature ap
propriated $852,750 for the pro
ject in 1965.
A loan application tor $638,
132 needed to complete con
struction has been filed.
The Democrat was notified
of the funds Wednesday of last
week by the office of San. Am
Ervin.