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VOL. LXXX— NO. 9
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1967
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THE ITALIAN MARBLE SCULPTURE, known as "The Good Samaritan", which stands in the
Mount Lawn Cemetery, was placed there in the latter part of 1960 by the developer, J.D. Boone,
of West Jefferson. The statue was imported from Cararra, Italy by Pompeian Studios of New
York and is hand carved. The artist is Mr. Bernard Zuckerman of New York and Italy.
"Antipodes And The Lion’’ To
Open Tonight At Blowing Rock
Sunday afternoon Gay Moun
tain was the scene of great ex
citement. The savage lion which
had been spotted in the vicinity
the previous week, was cap
tured by Gay Williams, owner
and developer of the popular
residential community.
About four o’clock, Mr. Wil
liams was making one of his
routine tours about the moun
tain, when he spied the lion
asleep. The huge shaggy
quadruped was curled up atop
WADE E. BROWN
Wade E. Brown
Goes To Raleigh
For New Duties
Former Mayor Wade E.
Brown, a Boone attorney for
36 years, moved to Raleigh
this week to assume duties on
the State’s three-man Board
of Paroles.
Mayor of Boone from 1960
to 1967, Brown will serve on
the Board until July 1, 1970.
Gov. Dan Moore announced the
appointment last Tuesday.
Brown says his secretary,
Mrs. Pat Anderson, will keep
his office open through Septem
ber and he will be back to attend
to his cases in the September
term erf court. In October, Mrs.
Anderson will open a business
services office in Brown's office
building in Boone , he said.
The Boone man will be sworn
in Friday morning in a ceremony
to which the Governor and one
of the Supreme Court Justices
are invited. The Paroles Board
is housed in a building near
Central Prison and also contains
the offices of the Board of Pro
bations and the N. C. Depart
ment of Prisons.
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one of the stone arms of the
gates to Gay Mountain. Mr.
W illiams cautiously approached
the sleeping lion, prodded him
awake, and lured him into his
big white Oldsmobile.
When interviewed, Mr. Wil
liams was asked how he, an
unskilled trapper, could have
brought about this capture, he
modestly said, “Well, the poor
fellow appeared to be all tuck
ered out from eluding the skill
ful hunters, and I felt sorry
for him. I just sweet-talked
him into taking a nice com
fortable ride into town. He
seemed grateful, and hopped
into the back seat, and just sat
theee grinning majestically.*’
The lion will be turned over
Brown Bros. To
Do 12 Miles Of
Parkway Paving
The National Park Service
Monday approved a contract
with the Brown Brothers Con
struction Company of Zionville
for road construction in con
nection with the Blue Ridge
Parkway.
The construction involves
12.188 miles of hot bituminous
concrete pavement and other
work on the Parkway from near
Deep Gap to near U.S. 321 and
the Linville River, and/or the
Linville Falls Road, in Avery,
Burke and Watauga counties.
The amount of the contract
is $214,005.
The office of Congressman
James T. Broyhill released de
tails of the Park Service action.
to Blowing Rock Community
Theater to take the part of
the Lion in “Androcles and the
Lion”, the Labor Day week
end presentation of George
Bernard Shaw’s famous play.
Mr. Williams receives a season
ticket for capturing the lion.
The play will open Thursday,
Aug. 31, for a five-day run.
Evening performances will be
gin at 8:15 and Sunday’s per
formance will be at 2:30 p. m.
The director of the play is
Michael Vetrie, a resident of
Boone and teacher at Appa
lachian State University. Vetrie
notes that several Boone people
and college students are taking
part in the community produc
tion.
Ken Lankford is cast as
Caesar; Bill Moretz, call boy;
Jim Jenkins, the lion; Fred Lee,
gladiator; Martin Bright and
Gill Ott as soldiers; and John
Wilson, a university teacher,
works with the technical crew.
Court House Group
Are Selecting Brick
The Court House Committee,
composed of James Marsh,
George Ragan, Mrs. B.W.Stal
lings, Mrs. Carrie Winkler and
Mrs. Paul Coffey are going
to Lenoir Wednesday, Aug. 30,
to select the brick for the new
courthouse.
The function of the committee
will be to work with the archi
tects, engineers and commis
sioners in selection of materials
for the interior and exterior
of the new courthouse.
Members of the committee
will also offer advice on items
that would look best, be most
beneficial and give the greatest
amount of service, says Marsh.
Continuation, Revision Sought
WAMY Community Action
Asks $637,313 Of O.E.O.
Jury List
Released
The list of jurors drawn for
•Vatauga County Superior Court,
o be held Sept. 25, has been re
eased by Orville H. Foster,
"lerk of Court.
Foster says cases to be tried
In the temporary court house,
Junaluska Heights, are pri
marily traffic offenses and pre
siding judge will be the Hon. B.
T. Falls Jr.
Listed are: Houston Mast,
George Rowe, Rex Taylor, Mack
H. Brown, Bruce Higgins,
Richard Steve Gabriel, Elmer
Wood, Rhonda B. Keller, John
G. Ward, Jerry C. Harrison
and Clay Vern Greene.
Joe McNeil, Jave E. M<ba,
Avery L. Jackson, Jack Todd,
Eddie Terrell Stewart, Mrs.
Margaret R. Watson, Thomas
Carlisle McCartasy, Fred Tur
ner Greer and Mrs. Treva
Norris Nichols.
Conley Hicks, Fate Warren,
Mack Rominger, Buford Stamey,
Marvin Combs, Max S. Norris,
Carl R. Critcher, Billy Thomas
McNeil, Walter Lusk, Blaine
Stanberry, Ralph Sherwood,
Herbert Greer, Toy Ruppard
and Thomas J. Banner.
Edd F. Jones, Conrad M.
Yates, Frank Effers, Stewart
B. Brown Jr., Rhonda Hartley,
Vernon N. Shelton, John L.
Davis, J. Allen Gragg and
John R. Hampton.
William Winebarger, Mack
Thomas, Wade Lookabill, A. D.
Norris, Aud Ward, Robert L.
Banner, Conley W. Church, Roy
Wallace and Thomas M. Fair
child.
Tom J. Mast, Bruce Wallace
and Hensel Stokes.
Fire Dept To
Have Dinner
Deep Gap’s Volunteer Fire
Department will put on its third
barbecue chicken dinner of the
summer Saturday at Parkway
School.
Boxes and plates will sell
for $1.50 each between 4:30and
8 p. m. and buyers will get
one-half chicken, potato salad,
slaw, hot rolls, homemade cake
and coffee or tea for the price.
The home-cooked dinners are
held for the purpose of raising
money for fire department pro
jects. Chief James Watson says
firemen are now working for an
alarm system.
Most Businesses
To Close Mon.
A Chamber of Commerce poll
reveals that the majoirty of
businesses in Boone will be
closed Monday, Sept. 4, for
Labor Day.
C of C Manager FredMcNeal
says the District Health De
partment, city and county offices
and financial institutions are
among those closing.
The County Commissioners,
who meet monthly on the first
Monday, will convene Tuesday,
Sept. 5.
READY FOR CRAFTS EXHIBIT—Mrs. Elsie Trivette of Beech Creek, seen with her spinning
wheel, will be among 15 to 20 mountain craftsmen who will be demonstrating their skills and
selling their wares at the First Mountain Folks Craft Exhibition, The Saturday Exhibition, to
be put on in Blowing Rock’s Municipal Park, is an effort by Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wiland, VISTA
Volunteers, who want to help create a local crafts market for the artisans. Dewey Harmon will
be whittlin’, John Ward will be raising the roof on his bark bird houses and R. T. Patrick will
be “building" a banjo. Other exhibits will feature stuffing dolls, sewing quilts and hooking rugs.
Woodcraft, bedspread knotting, making of dolls clothes and jewelry also will be featured. The
Boone Trail Playboys will present country music at the co-op venture. The Wilands arranged
the Exhibition through the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce.
New Section Parkway
Will Be Opened Friday
A new section of the Blue
Ridge Parkway, most popular
of all attractions administered
by the National Park Service,
will be opened September 2 near
Asheville.
Extending 10.9 miles from
Oteen to Bent Creek, the new
link connects the spectacular
stretches of Parkway motor
road north and southwest of
Asheville. It curves around
the city through a heavily
wooded area, passing through
a portion of the famous Bilt
more Estate and crossing six
major bridges.
Motorists traveling the new
section of Parkway are ad
v vised to watch out for deer,
which are abundant on the
12,000-acre Biltmore Estate
and unaccustomed to staying out
of the way of automobiles.
Longest of the bridges on the
new section is a curving 995-foot
span across the Swannanoa
River, Southern Railway, and
the Interstate 40 right-of - way.
The Parkway bridge over U. S.
191 and the French Broad River
is 930 feet long, and the one over
Interstate 26 is 80 feet high.
The bridges are of native stone
and pre-stressed concrete
blending gracefully with the
landscape.
Access between Asheville and
the new stretch of Parkway is via
U. S. 70, U. S. 25 or U. S. 191.
Construction of the new Park
way link began in 1964. It brings
the total completed Parkway
mileage in North Carolina up to
246.5 miles. When a 5.5-mile
section of Parkway is built
around Grandfather Mountain
near Linville, North Carolina,
the Parkway motor road will be
completed along its entire 469
mile right-of-way in North
Carolina and Virginia.
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Use Care With Gasoline,
Suggests Boone Fire Chief
The explosive power of a teacup of gasoline is equal to eight
joints of dynamite, according to R. D. Hodges Jr., chief of
Boone's Volunteer Fire Department.
Chief Hodges this week issues a request of individuals and
business firms thay they not use gasoline for cleaning purposes.
In cases where gasoline must be stored, he said, it should be
kept outside buildings. He urges that homemakers be aware of
the danger in gasoline kept in basements or other areas erf the
home for powering such home-use equipment as lawnmowers
and saws.
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Drinking Drivers Warned
Troopers Prepare For Busy Weekend
State Highway Troopers are
preparing for a heavily traveled
weekend, as North Carolina and
the nation celebrate Labor Day.
From the Department of
Motor Vehicles came a re
minder that excessive speed
and drinking drivers usually
have an unwelcome part in
holiday traffic accidents.
Officials pointed out that last
year 19 persons never returned
from Labor Day trips. They
were killed in accidents re
sulting from speeding, reckless
driving and other violations of
the law.
This Labor Day weekend, says
A. Pilston Godwin, Jr., Com
missioner of Motor Vehicles,
the Department of Motor Ve
hicles and the State Highway
Patrol will be doing everything
possible to stem the flow of
blood that traditionally accom
panies this holiday.
Mr. Godwin said that the
Patrol has been issued “stan
dard holiday orders.** This
means a maximum of number
of patrolmen on the roads work
ing maximum hours to detect
violations and protect motor
ists.
Commissioner Godwin em
phasized the fact that patrol
cars will be equipped with
modern radar to detect and
identify high speed cars.
“Breathalyzer/1 chemical test
equipment will be used, he said,
when driving under the influence
is suspected.
Colonel Charles A. Speed,
Commander of the State High
way Patrol, when interviewed
in Raleigh, said, “In my opin
ion, the Drinking Driver is the
greatest menace to safety on
our highways.*'
He pointed out that half of
the fatal crack-ups last year
were the result of combining
drinking with driving.
“If you DRINK," he urged,
“DON'T DRIVE!’»
Both officials urged the co
operation and support of all
motorists in helping to save
lives and prevent injuries this
Labor Day weekend.
The Parkway, designed and
naintained for leisurely va
cation travel, is a scenic route
>etween Shenandoah National
Park in Virginia and the North
Carolina entrance to the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park
near Cherokee. The toll-free
motor road and its high, wide
ind handsome right-of way form
an elongated park which is a
vacation adventure in its own
right, and can be used in combi
nation with connecting highways
to a host of other attractions
and to resorts throughout the
mountains.
The entire Parkway right
of-way is a botanical and wild
life sanctuary. Much of it be
tween Linville, North Carolina,
and the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park is in Pisgah Na
tional F orest. Maximum speed
on the Parkway is 45 miles per
hour, or slower as marked. No
commercial vehicles or bill
boards are permitted.
Hiking, picnicking, camping
and interpretive exhibits can
be enjoyed at many different
recreation areas along the
Parkway, and there are more
than 150 scenic overlooks for
close-ups and panoramic views.
Beautiful at any season, the
Parkway is especially spectac
ular during fall. Autumn wild
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Congressman
Comes To City
This Morning
Congressman James T. Broy
hill will be at the post office in
Boone today (Thursday) from
8 to 10 a. m. to meet with his
constituents and discuss with
them legislative and personal
problems.
Mr. Broyhill says:
“As you know it is my prac
tice to hold office hours In each
county of the ninth district as
often as possible sothatlcanbe
available to discuss legislation
and personal problems involv
ii* the Federal government with
individuals and groups. I am
devoting the Labor Day recess
period to office hours and I will
welcome the opportunity to visit
with you.”
Non-Federal
Fund To Give
$129,955 More
W. A. M. Y. Community Action
Inc. has submitted a proposal
constituting a request for con
tinuation and revision of the
Community Action Program now
in progress, to the Office of
Economic Opportunity.
This request, for $637,313
covers the period from Oct. 1,
1967, to Sept. 30, 1968.
The community action pro
gram has been operating in Wa
tauga, Avery, Mitchell and
Yancy counties since June 1965.
In addition this agency has been
operating a large Neighborhood
Youth Corps Program.
According to the CAP I Pro
posal Summary the changes in
clude the addition of some new
functions, elimination of old
functions, redirections of some
of the remaining functions and
changes in administrative
structure.
In the overall proposal sum
mary, it is stated that the total
cost of the component project
will be $767,268 for one year.
The federal government has
been asked to supply $637,313
of this total. The remaining
$129,955 will be provided by
non-federal funds.
The purposed budget involves
a cost of $102,344 for adminis
trative purposes, and a re
quested $537,495 for “Outreach
Involvement, Community Or
ganization and Group Work.**
A sum of $31,100 has been re
quested for the rural produc
tion and marketing division of
the proposal. For the community
information and group services
section the CAP purposal is
for $30,356. Under the title
of Human Resources Plan
ning, the applicant agency has
requested $65,973.
Each component of the pro
posal is subdivided. Under
administration, the Executive
Director will receive $13,500.
per year, and the deputy cor
rector will be salaried at $9,500.
Secretarial pay consists at $345
per month, while the bookkeeper
receives $425. The total per
sonnel cost under adminis
tration is stated to be $70,306.
The largest division, “Out
reach, Involvement, Community
Organization, and Group Work,**
is itself subdivided. The fol
lowing costs and categories are
given: Personnel, $392,072;
Consultants and Contract Ser
vices (no listed cost); Space
Costs and Rentals, $17,281;
Consummable supplies $2,875;
Rental, Lease, and Purchase of
Equipment, $891; the always
necessary travel, $65,496; and
Other Costs, $58,880.
This brings the total cost
for this division to $537,495
of which the federal government
has been asked to grant $471,
431. The remaining $66,064 will
come from non-federal funds.
The proposal states that the
direct beneficiaries will be the
people scattered throughout the
four-county rural area. A vast
majority of persons directly
involved will be adults.
The population to be served
will be 16,000, the proposal
states. A division of the total
money requested would give to
each county a sum of $134,
373.75. The Outreach and In
volvement component of the pro
posal will employ 4 County
Coordinators, $684 per month;
1 Crafts Coordinator, $6,120per
year; 4 Informational Programs
Developers, $460 per month;
and 4 Group Workers, $460
per month; among other staff
members.
The WAMY Community Action
Program is designed to help
those in need, the text ex
plains. In the CAP application
to the Economic Opportunity
Office, it is stated that the
community action program will
serve a total population of 57,
452, of which 6,190 are urban
and 51,262 are rural. Thara
were several statistics given
concerning the popidaftan of
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