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VOL. LXXX—NO. 11
watauga democrat
_ An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Eightieth Year of Continuous Publication
_BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1967 10 CENTS PER COPY
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Sept 5 71 41
Sept 8 72 48
Sept 7 70 45
Sept 8 88 47
Sept. 9 68 57
Sept 10 87 54
Sept. 11 55 54
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Inn On 321 Destroyed
Flames shoot skyward as the former Troubadour Inn on the
Blowing Rock Road is consumed. The fire departments of Boone
and Blowing Rock were called shortly before 2 a. m. Thursday
morning and found the large three-story frame building en
gulfed in the blaze when they arrived. The building was owned
by Mrs. Virginia Burgess and was then under lease to the
Candlelight and Silver Restaurant. Boone Fire Chief R. D.
Hodges stated that the blaze was erf undetermined origin. The
fire reportedly was spotted by a young couple en route from
Columbia, S. C., to Virginia. They were said to have re
ported it to a nearby resident, who phoned fire-fighters
immediately. Pumping water from a nearby stream, fire
men were able to contain the blaze and prevent it from
spreading into a wooded area near by. The building and its
contents were leveled. (Burns photo)
Also Heads Youth Corps
Moretz Named To Serve As
Interi
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Director Of WAMY
Cottrell New
Keeper Watauga
County Jail
After more than 13 years on
the Boone Police Department,
W. Raleigh Cottrell has resign
ed to become Watauga County
jailer with the Sheriff's De
partment.
Officer Cottrell resides with
his wife, Velma, at 406 E.
Howard St., Boone. His wife is
a member of the faculty of
Appalachian Elementary School.
They have one daughter, Ann,
who with her husband, J. C.
Boone Jr., is a member of the
faculty of Wingate (N. C.)
Junior College.
Mr. and Mrs. Cottrell have
two grandchildren, Kathy, 6, and
David, 18 months.
Asked about his plans, Cot
trell said he is looking forward
to the day when he and his wife
W. K. COTTRELL
can retire and travel, play poll
and fish, but for the immed-ite
future he would be working for
Watauga County.
Most of his years of service
in the Police Department con
sisted of duties as desk ser
geant and advice and work with
young people.
The Cottrells attend the First
Baptist Church of Boone.
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Bill Gregg To Play
Part In “Green Beret”
Hollywood’s John Wayne, television’s David Janssen
(The Fugitive) and Bill Gregg have something in com
mon.
It’s the movie, “The Green Beret’’, now being filmed
at Ft. Benning, Ga. Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen
Gregg of Boone, Gregg has been assigned as an extra
in the film, which is being directed by Wayne. He will
play in various Navy scenes concerning the role of the
United States Special Forces in Vietnam.
Later this month, Gregg will enter Auburn Univer
sity. He is from Tuskegee, Ala.
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District Gathering
NCEAIn Boone 19th
Increased attention will go to
associational affairs when more
than 1500 educators convene in
Boone for the 45th Northwestern
District Convention of the North
Carolina Education Association.
During the General Session,
Dr. A. C. Dawson, NCEA Exe
cutive Secretary, will preside
over a panel which will discuss
sanctions, legislation, progress
toward merger with the NCTA,
and other association activities.
The day-long meeting, sched
uled for Tuesday, September
19, features as a highlight of the
General Session an address by
Dr. John Harris,Superintendent
of Nashville, Tennessee, city
schools.
Thomas Hartley, Crossnore,
will furnish organ music.
Mrs. Nancy Stroupe, of New
land, will preside over the Gen
eral Session. Other district
officers are: AlexanderF. Nee
ly, Morganton, Vice-President;
D. Reece Shugart, Jonesville,
Secretary; and Herman R. Grif
fin, Pilot Mountain, District
Director.
The Northwestern District in
cludes the counties of Alex
ander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery,
Burke, Caldwell, Surry, Wa
tauga, Wilkes and Yadkin.
In addition to the main pro
gram scheduledfor Appalachian
Sate University’s Brooke-Kirk
Gymnasium, the six NCEA dis
trict divisions will hold ses
sions. Thedivisionsare:Class
room Teachers, Supervisors
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al-D Governor
Of Lions Clubs
Coming To Town
L. Neil Summers of Hiddenite,
member of the Taylorsville
Lions Club, was elected Dis
trict Governor 31-B Lions In
ternational at the State Con
vention in Charlotte June 6,
1967. As Governor, he will be
serving the 42 clubs in the
District and will visit the Boone
Club at its next Tuesday even
ing meeting.
Neil is a native of Iredell
County, son of Mrs. L. N. Sum
mers, who resides in the Monti
cello School Community, and
the late Mr. Summers. He at
tended Sharon High School and
graduated from North Carolina
State University. He served aa a
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H. C. Moretz Jr. of Boon<
has been named to serve as
interim executive director ol
WAMY Community Action while
the agency's Board of Directors
considers applications for the
position.
Moretz, who is also director
of the Neighborhood Youth
Corps, was appointed to the
interim position Friday by un
animous vote of a committee
composed of corporation of
WAMY’s Board of Directors,
according to Board Chairman
Dr. W. H. Plemmons.
Announcing the appointment,
Dr. Plemmons said the exec
utive committee was “ex
tremely happy that a member of
W AMY's staff was both qualified
and willing to take on the job of
directing the four-county agency
during the interim period.
“The Executive Committee
feels,*' he concluded, “that be
cause Moretz is already famil
iar with the overall WAMY pro
gram, he will be able to keep
things running smoothly and give
our personnel committee the
time and freedom it needs to find
and recommend the best man
available to fill the position."
Moretz will continue to serve
as director of the Neighborhood
Youth Corps and will receive a
salary increase to compensate
for his extra duties during the
interim period, Dr. Plemmons
No drastic change in W AM Y*s
program or personnel are
anticipated, Moretz said Mon
day.
“We will be busy for the
next two months changing over
from one program year to the
next,’* he said. “We’ll be con
centrating on making sure all
our workers understand the new
program, and are working to
gether in a co-ordinated effort.*’
William H. Thomas will con
tinue to serve as deputy director
during the interim period.
Thomas is also acting director
of the program’s planning staff.
Moretz has served as director
of the Neighborhood Youth
Corps for 15 months. During
that period, the local program
has become one of the best rural
Youth Corps programs in the
nation, according to Department
of Labor officials.
Moretz is a native of Watauga
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Fall Quarter Begins
4,600 Are Expected
At University Monday
Registration
Will Begin
At 8 Friday
Approximately 4,600 students
are expected to attend opening
classes of Appalachian State
University’s fall quarter Mon
day.
The official start of the aca
demic year was Wednesday,
when the faculty opened a two
day workshop.
Dormitories will open for
freshmen and transfer students
Thursday, while dormitories for
upper classmen will open on
the following morning.
Registration will be staged
from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. on Fri
day, and from 8 a. m. to noon on
Saturday. The university cafe
teria will open at noon Thursday.
The fall quarter convocation
is slated for next Wednesday.
Mid-term examination is
scheduled for Oct. 18-25 and
registration for the winter
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immunization
Census To Be
Held In County
Information about the extent
tc which children are immu
nized against smallpox, polio,
measles, diphtheria, whooping
cough, tetanus and mumps will
be obtained in a survey here the
week of September 18, Director
Joseph R. Norwood of the Cen
sus Bureau Regional Office in
Charlotte announced.
Local residents will also be
asked about the medical care
received by children under 13
who have not been immunized
against all of these diseases.
The information will be used
in research by the U.S, Pub
lic Health Service.
In addition, the surveyors
will obtain information about
employment and unemployment
to be used by the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor’s Bureau of La
bor Statistics in preparing cur
rent national figures.
The survey will be taken si
multaneously in other areas of
the U.S. to obtain data from a
representative sample of the
nation’s households. All ans
wers will be confidential, and
the facts obtained will be used
for statistical purposes only.
Rotary Club
Leader Likes
Local Effort
Boone Rotary Club committee
chairmen representing the four
areas of Rotary service, met
in a club assembly with Dis
trict Governor Nicholas Se
maschko Jr. of District 767
last Tuesday afternoon, pre
ceding the club meeting, to share
his suggestions on work of the
various committees.
The District Governor ex
pressed himself as well pleased
with progress that has been
made so far. Each of the some
25 committees has been asked
by Max Dixon, president of the
Boone club, to turn in a de
tailed report of plans of the
committee for the year.
The four avenues or areas
o£ local club service with the
overall director for each one:
Club service, Alfred Adams;
community service, Tom Wink
ler; international service, Hal
Johnson; vocational service, E.
G. Wagner. Each has several
sub-committee chairman work- i
ing under his direction.
After the afternoon session,
Governor Semaschko spoke to
the club, outlining his objectives <
for the district this Rotary I
year.
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of thousands of North Carolina’s high school students will witness a demonstration of
This Atomic World” during the current school year during a statewide tour beii* conduct
aJ by North Carolina State University and the Atomic Energy Commission. Dr. Ralph
E. Fadum. dean of engineering at NCSU; Eugene O. Eagle of Greensboro, nuclear engineer
ing graduate of NCSU; and Chancellor John T. Caldwell inspected the atomic accelerator as
the display was readied to leave the NCSU campus over the weekend.
NCSU Atomic Vehicle At
WHS On First Lee Of Tour
Raleigh—A truck loaded with
atomic equipment rolled off the
North Carolina State University
campus last weekend to start
an educational chain reaction
that will cover Tar Heel high
schools from the Appalachians
to the Atlantic.
The truck made its first stop
at Watauga High School in Boone
Monday.
NCSU, the first university in
the nation to operate a nuclear
reactor, and the Atomic Energy
Commission are joining forces
to tell the story of atomic ener
gy and engineering to tens of
thousands of North Carolinians.
NCSU and the AEC are co
sponsoring a year-long series
of lectures and demonstrations
on "This Atomic World."
Eugene O. Eagle Jr. of
Greensboro, a nuclear engi
neering graduate of NCSU, will
present the programs in more
than 100 high schools duringthe
school year.
The North Carolina Engineer
ing Foundation, a private or
ganization which supports the
School of Engineering at NCSU,
is financing the statewide tour.
Eagle, who took intensive stu
lies in nuclear engineering and
science at the AEC Laboratories
it Oak Ridge, Term, this sum
mer, is lecturing in everyday
anguage—on the structure of
itoms, radiation, reactors and
Illustrating his lecture is spe
cially designed electronic eq
lipment from Oak Ridge which
shows the sources of radiation,
he harnessing of nuclear energy
o generate electricity and the
se of radioisotopes in medi
cine.
Following his lecture, Eagle
liscusses engineering and at
»mic energy in greater detail
>efore science classes.
Dr. Ralph E. Fadum, dean
of engineering at NCSU, said:
‘The School of Engineerit^
at North Carolina State Uni- I
versity is delighted for the op
portunity to join with the At
omic Energy Commission in
giving high school students of
this State a close-up look at
atomic energy—which increas
ngly will make the wheels of
ndustry turn and serve other
peacetime purposes.”
One erf the chief benefits erf
he tour, Fadum noted, is that
ligh school students will be
idvised of career opportunities
n engineering.
Noted Baritone To
Open Artist Series
McHENRY BOATWRIGHT
McHenry Boatwright, ac
claimed internationally as one
of America’s great bass-bari
tones, will open the Appalachian
State University Artistand Lec
ture Series Monday, Sept, 18,
at 8 p. m. in I. G. Greer Hall.
Boatwright, an accomplished
pianist as well as vocalist, has
been winner of four international
vocal competitions. He has sung
with most of the major Ameri
can symphony orchestras in
major operatic roles, appeared
on the Ed Sullivan Show
other television showcases and
has appeared in recital through
out the United States and in
foreign ccuntires.
Most noteworthy of Boat
wright's performances has been
of Carter Jones in Gunther
Schuller’s “The Visitation** an
opera based on Franz Kafka’s
“The Trial.'*
In the 1966 Hamburg pre
miere, Boatwright received 51
curtain calls and a 30-minute
ovation.
At Appalachian, Boatwright
will present selections from
Handel, Beethoven, Shubert
Strauss, Verdi and various con
temporary composers. He will
also do one group of Negro
spirituals, including “Deep
River,’* “Live A Humble,’*
‘The Crucifixion,’* and “He’s
Got the Whole World in
His Hands.*’
Other Artists and Lecture
programs scheduled for 1967-68
include the Giompi-Withers vio
lin and piano duo on Oct. 16,
he Danish Gym Team Nov, 30,
he Baltimore Symphony Jan.
U, the Yugoslav National Folk
Ensemble March 11, Jean
Marine’s “Phodre** April 1 and
poet John Ciardi April 17.
AH programs will ha open to
he public.