AWARD WINNER In 1966 and 1967 the Democrat won 10 State Press Assn, awards for General Excellence, Excellence in Typography, Local News, Adver* Using, Columns and Photographs. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ir' "'•> V: An Independent Weekly Newspaper BOONE WKATHKK „ IMS Hi La Know Pnc ft Oct. 10 59 48 .89 W Oct 11 57 43 Oct. 12 57 46 Oct. 13 63 42 Oct. 14 69 45 Oct. 15 69 45 Oct. 16 66 48 24 PAGES— 3 SECTIONS 88833S8B ssssmr NATURAL FIRE HAZARD—The autumn breezes which have brought most of the leaves to the ground and made lonely looking spots of picnic areas also have signaled the beginning of hunt ing season. Game wardens and conservationists stress the danger of woods fires at this time of year and urge hunters and hikers alike to be careful of ciagrettes and campfires “and leave it like it was * for future generations. ($taff photo) $1,000 Put Aside For Buying Yule Ornaments One thousand dollars was put aside Monday for the purchase of permanent Christmas orna ments. The Chamber erf Commerce decorations committee met Attend Area Rotary Forum Representing the Boone Ro tary Club at a District-wide Forum this week are Max Dixon, president, and club chairman Jack Cronland, Paul Campbell and Stanley Harris Sr. The four are in Montreat today(Wednesday) for a pro gram of Rotary information and instruction. The Boone Club is one of 42 in District 767, covering North Carolina from Monroe to Mur phy. A past District Governor, Charles H. Heinemann Jr. of Albany, Ga., was slated to be moderator of the Forum. According to District Gov. Micholas Semaschko Jr. of Hen dersonville, Rotary Interna tional is the oldest service club organziation in the world. Ap proaching its 63rd year, “it keeps growing at the rate of a club a day,” he said. “World-wide there are over 622,000 Rotarians in 135 countries and geographical re gions.” Monday with Mrs. Bev. Russing, chairman, to count contributions toward the project. Set aside for miscellaneous expenses and a “get started’* accountfor next year was $563. Kenneth Wilcox, Cecil Greene and John Robinson will meet Thursday night to study dis tributors* catalogues, in the hopes of decorating two additional intersections. Christmas lights will be turned on at Thanksgiving. A suggestion was made by Joe Miller that the Neighborhood Youth Corps, who will help put up the fixtures, be asked to help guard against vanda lism during the season. Adult Classes To Be Offered At Hi School Five extension classes spon sored by Caldwell Technical Institute and the County Board of Education will begin Monday, Oct, 23, at Watauga High School, Enrollment will begin at 7 P. m. or persons may call the High School for additional infor mation before the 23rd. Auto mechanics will be taught >y Bob Davis; woodworking by 1. C, Smith; electronics by Dar ■ell Ward; charm and person ility by Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Villiams; and blueprinting by loger Harwood. 1 By selecting “items that will last several years*', Mrs.Rus sing said the committee will year by year add to its stock of decorations and be able to branch out increasingly. Kenneth Wilcox received an incentive gift of deer drawn Santa and sleigh which Mrs. Russing had offered to the mem ber bringing in the most money. He and Cecil Greene together turned in $760 they had solicited. Robinson reported that Paul Smith will bring up the question of a Christmas parade at the next Jaycees meeting. “Miss Watauga” Pageant To Be Held Nov. 18th The date for the Miss Wa auga pageant has been set for ^ov. 18, and the Boone Jaycees say they are fast completing )lans for the best pageant in heir history. According to E. Ford King, >eauty pageant chairman, ten contestants have entered and leveral guests a*I celebrities lave agreed to be on hand or the Saturday night event. Bob Barnes, radio and tele ision personality of WSOC in -harlotte, will emcee the ageant again this year. i “Meet The New ASU” I University Homecoming I Is Gay Week End Feature Dance, Football, Dedications, Bright Parade Special reunions for five classes, dedications of four recentiy opened residence halls and a football game matching two ancient rivals will highlight Appalachian State University’s Homecoming festivities this weekend, Under the theme of “Meet the New AS I ”, Homecoming will be launched Friday witha 6:30p.m. social hour and a 7:30 p. m. kickoff dinner at the Holiday Inn. Registration of Alumni will begin at 8 a. m. at the W. H. Plemmons Student Center, which also will be the site of reunions of the honor classes at 11 a. m. Returning to the campus for reunions will be the classes of 1927, 1937,1942, 1947 and 1957. The annual Homecoming Parade, which will pass throi«h downtown Boone and the AS U campus, will commence at 10 a. m. Saturday. A business meeting, election and installation of new Alumni Association officers will be held in the University Cafeteria fol lowing the 11:45 a. m. Alumni Luncheon. Appalachian’s Mountaineers will clash withCarson-Newman College in Conrad Stadium at 2 P. m. to continue a football rivalry which began in 1929. A reception for all Alumni and an open house is scheduled at Plemmons Center at 4:30 and the annual Touchdown Dance, featuring music by the Jim Miller Trio, will start at 8:30 p, m. at Seven Devils Lodge. The dedication of Bowie, Lovill, Hoey and White Resi dence Halls Will be held Sun day and open house will be observed at each of the new highrise buildings after dedi cation ceremonies. Bob Snead,directorof Alumni Affairs, said he expects more than 3,000 former Appalachian students to return to the campus. First Meeting Of PTA Set For Monday The first meeting of the Wa tauga High School Parent Teacher-Student Association , will begin at 7:30 p.m. Mon- , day, Oct. 23, at the school. During the parents’ night e vent, visitors will have an op portunity to visit classrooms meet teachers and ask questions I about their child’s work. Before Oct. 23, parents should get a copy of their son’s or daughter’s class and home room schedule and room num ber. They will briefly visit each class the child meets during a regular school day. President of the W. H. s. organization is Hank Greer. Homecoming Queen and Court—Pat Mozingo, a senior edu cation major from Charlotte, will reign as Homecoming Queen this weekend. Miss Mozingo, who bears a striking resemblance to Italian movie star Sophia Loren, also reigns as Miss Watauga County, Caroiinas Photo Queen and North Carolina Apple Queen. Surrounding her (l-r)are members of ASU’s Homecoming Court: Jane Renegar, freshman from Fayetteville; Chris Park junior from Marshville; Beverly Wilson, freshman from Asheboro Penny Craver, junior from Lexington; Pam Beck, senior from Lincolnton; Sandra Bateman, sophomore from Charlotte- Sue Elrod, senior from Greenville, S. C.; and Judy McCrary, sopho more from Lexington. Watauga Farm Bureau To Meet, Name Officers The Watauga County Farm Bureau will consider recom mendations to the State Farm Bureau Resolutions Committees it its annual meeting Friday 3ct. 20. Bureau President Dewitt Bar lett invites members and their ami lies to gather at 7:30 that jvening in the auditorium of the Appalachian ElementarySchool. He and the secretary will make their annual reports )efore the membership selects lelegates to atterxl the State Convention and officers to serve n Watauga County for thecom ng year. chamber Commerce ro Close Wednesday The Boone Chamber of Com nerce will be closed all day Wednesday, Oct. 25. Manager Fred McNeal says le and his staff will beinAshe 'ille to attend the annual license enewal school. Business will •esume Thursday morning. Local Residents Buying More Gadgets, Automobiles •Judging from the number of big-ticket household acces sories acquired by Watauga families in the last few years, local residents are living it up as never before. Their outlays for re frigerators, home freezers, automobiles, dishwashers, air conditioners, stereophonic equipment and the like have climbed steadily since 1960. It has been made possible by the growing affluence of theav erage local family. The extent to which owner ship of cars and of household appliances has increased in the period from 1960 to 1967 is based upon special sample surveys made by the Department of Commerce. In Watauga County, on the strength of these findings, no less than 84.6 percent of the local families are owners of one or more cars at the pre sent time. This is an increase over 1960, when 77.3 percent had cars. state treasurer to Be Speaker 4 ASU Dorms To Be Dedicated Sunday State Treasurer £dwin Gill will present the feature address Sunday as Appalachian State University dedicates four new residence halls for men who were prominent in the founding and early life of the institution. Scheduled to be dedicated in 1:30 p.m. ceremonies in I. G. Greer Hall are high-rise dorm itories named for Thomas Con tee Bowie, Clyde Roark Hoey, Edward Francis Lovill and Ro bert Bruce White. Several members ot the fam ilies of each man will be pre sent for the dedication which will precede open-house tours of the residence halls. Bowie, who was born in 1876 and died in 1947, was largely responsible for the drafting and passing of the legislative bill which established North Car olina’s system of hard-surface highways. He was appointed to 1903 to the original Board of Trustees of Appalachian Train ing School here and served for many years as chairman of the board. _ Bowie received his prepara tory education in Wilkes and Yadkin Counties and at Mars Hill Academy. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1899 and later studied law at UNC and Vale University. Admitted to the bar in 1901, Bowie was a prominent lawyer, a judge of the Superior Court, a representative of Ashe County in the General As sembly, and Speaker of the House of Representatives during the 1915 session. Bowie's grandson, Carter L. Ress, Jr., of Columbia, S. C#> will make the dedication re sponse 4 in behalf of the family. Hoey, born in 1877 and de ceased in 1954, held a special pride in the successful fight he made in behalf of the bill es tablishing the teachers school which has become a university. Hoey began his political career at the age of 18, and had the distinction of being the only North Carolinian to serve in both houses of Congress. Among his many noteworthy achievements was his baching of the first state-wide public school support appropriation bill. He was one of the most colorful legislators of his time. Clyde R. Hoey, Jr., of Can Ion, will present the response >n behalf of the family of the former governor. Lovill, who was born in 1843 ind died in 1925, became the Irst chairman of Appalachians Board of Trustees in 1903. He continued in this capacity until his death. Lovill was co-author with Dr. B. B. Dougherty of the bill introduced in the General As sembly to establish a state institution of higher education in northwestern North Carolina. He had a varied career as far mer, cowboy, Civil War cap tain, lawyer, legislator, col lector for the Internal Revenue Service, Commissioner for In dian Claims, Masonic leader and educator. The response for the Lovill family will be presented by a grandson, W. R. Lovill, Jr. of Mountain Home, Term. White 0 8 72-1944), a member of the General Assembly, gave invaluable support to legislation which established Appalachian, a native of Raleigh, he was graduated from Wake Forest College in 1891, thence he attended law school at Wake Forest. He served as Super intendent of Schools in Frank linton, later establishing a law office in Louis burg where he was associated with the late Gov. T. W. Bickett. In 1903, White joined the State (Continued on page six) In other parts of the United States, some 78.4 percent are car owners, and. in the South Atlantic States, 77.5 percent. Similarly, more homes are equipped with washing machines than was the case in 1960. Own ership in the local area is now listed at 88.2 percent. Actually, a larger proportion of homes have washing machines than is indicated by these ownership figures, since many rental units are equipped with them. The same is true for air conditioners. In more and more rental units they are provided as standard equipment. Clothes dryers have also come into more general use in the area. The figures show a rise of 105 percent since 1960. As for television sets, there has been a marked increase in number in the period cover ed by the survey. Some 81.3 percent of the households lo cally now have one or more sets, as compared with 72.0 percent previously. Also reported, for the reg ional area, were sharp in creases in dishwashers and in radio and phonographic units. These and other high-priced pieces of equipment, which help make life easier or add to the enjoyment of living, have been coming within reach of a growing number of local families.

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