AWARD WINNER *“ 1997 °*e Dsnoerat won 10 State Press Assn, awards for General Excellence, Excellence in Typography, Local News, Adver tising, Columns and Photographs. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT 'i An independent Weekly Newspaper VOL. LXXX— NO. 23 Eightieth Year of Continuous Publication BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1967 BOON! WlATBBt N«e.”5 3 3 Nov. 20 45 20 26 19 Nor. 30 48 30 31 41 29 } »» i a 41 29 Dee 2 82 27 tr. Dm. 8 40 29 M Dee. 4 56 28 JH 30 20 84 9 47 10 10 CENTS PER COPY 24 PAGES—2 SECTIONS The City Industrial Council has written its by-laws and started to work under the auspices of the Boone Parks & Recreation Commission, Pictured (from* left, standing) are John Barr of Vermont-American; Richard Price, representing IRC; Russell Winebarger of Blue Ridge Shoe Company; and Hubert Matheson of Shadowline, Inc. Seated (left) is Mrs. Betty Austin, with Miller Industries, and Miss Gertrude Perry of Northstate Can ning Company. (Staff photo) City Industrial League Adopts By-Laws For New 5-Point Program Members of the City Indus trial League, selected by their employers and the sponsoring Boone Parks & Recreation Commission, have adopted by laws to govern their five-point program. Commission Director Jim Hastings says bowling is al competing each Wednesday night. This week or next, the basketball program is to start and other- sports will be ski ing, golf and softball. “In essence, we’re trying to promote good, clean compet ition between industries in the city limits,” Hastings says. Referring to the Council: “These people are sincere, glad to be involved, and there is more interest being stirred up by having them as the Coun cil, rather than having members of the Commission exclusive ly.” Dennis Greene serves on the Council as the Recreation Com mission's representative. Hastings adds that other bus inesses are welcome to join the city league. .^Articles of the by-laws spec ify that “Members eligible for participating on teams shall be left to the discretion erf spon soring concerns with the under standing that professional athr letes will be excluded from "* participating teaffilt; “Anyone participating or as sociated with team or teams must be 18 years of age. High school and college students are ineligible for competition. . . . It is desirable and strongly recommended that all partici pating members of team ac tivities wear uniform and shirt that identify him with the spon sor by name, numeral, etc. “Any ruling set forth by the Council may be appealed by sponsoring firms.” Additionally, by-laws may be amended by a majority vote of the Industrial Council. Meetings shall be called as the need arises and three fourths of the Council will con stitute a quorum. Regular meet ing dates are to be set later. Bowling, the first activity organized by the Council, is the Wednesday night men's lea gue. Each sponsor pays $25 to cover team expenses for handi caps, schedules, averages and 4 ! -'"W i-* trophies. Bowling teams comprise four members and two alternates, who must be contacted 24 hours in advance by the team captain. Each team member pays for his own game, three per week at 50 cents per game for 24 weeks. WAMlTKFo^am Is Making Area Opportunity Loans WAMY Community Action an nounces that its Business Eco nomic Assistance Program, formerly the Small BusinesE Development Center in Spruce Pine, continues to help Watau* ga, Avery Mitchell and Yancej counties; businessmen appl> for economic opportunity loans, WAMY says businessmer have received $196,900 to starl new businesses and expand existing businesses. Eighty Local Scouters Will Attend Annual Appreciation Banquet The Rev. Ed Smith, Watauga District Chairman, will head a delegation of local Scouters to attend the annual appreciation Goodwill Clothing Collection Is Held Much appreciation is ex tended to the superintendents, Principals, teachers, students, parents and citizens who help ed in the recent school dis card collection. The discards make possible vocational training and em ployment for many handicap ped people of North Carolina. Goodwill Industries Rehabili tation Center is located inWin ston-Salem. The Watauga Coun ty School System participated in the collection. Air Mailing To Vietnam Must Be Before Monday Postmaster Ralph Beshears this week re-emphasizes that airmail packages bound (or Vietnam may be sent prior to Monday, Dec, 11, in time for Christmas receipt at destin ation. The surface mail deadline waa Friday. The Postal Service urges early shopping and mailing stateside and use of zip codes on all packages and envelopes. banquet of the Old Hickory Coun cil, Boy Scouts of America. Scouters' wives also are in vited to the Thursday, Dec. 12, event in Winston-Salem. Expected to attend are Stan ley A. Harris Sr., past Dis trict Chairman; Dr. Lawrence Heavrin, District Commis sioner; and Paul N. Campbell, secretary of the District Com mittee. Reservations must be made in advance by other Scout ers planning to go. A feature of the banquet will be the annual Silver Beaver Award for distinguished service to boyhood. This is the highest award in the Council and is held by Harris, B. W. Stallir^s and Mayor Clyde Greene of the Wa tauga District. Col. Hugh Turner Jr., director of military science at Wake Forest, will be prin cipal speaker. 82% Increase In Parkway Travel The Blue Ridge Parkway had 689,092 visitors during Novem ber, according to figures re leased Saturday by the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior. This is an 82 per cert in crease over the figures for the same month last year. The largest Increase was in the Asheville area, which had 320, 397 compared with 106-887 dur ing November 1966. Visitors for the calendar year totaled 8,772,092 up to the first of December, a 12 per cert in crease over the 7,854,074 for the same period lest peer. The Thursday night meeting of the District Committee dealt with reorganization of Explorer Post 111 of Boone and Cub Pack 100 and Troop 110 of Blowing Rock. There are now seven active units with 160 Scouts with 85 men are registered as lead ers. Dr. N. H. Shope was intro duced as the new vice-chair man of the District. He will assume office the first of the year, continuing as chairman of advancement. Other District officers were re-elected at the November meeting. Rotary Gub Ladies Night Is Planned The annual Christmas Ladies' Night Party for the Boone Rotary Club will be held Thursday night, December 14, at the Holiday Inn at 6:30 p. m. More than 75 Rotariana and their wives and guests are ex pected to attend, L. E, Tuck wilier is chair man of the arrangements com mittee which includes also Eric DeGroat, Harold Rice and Dr. "Nick” Erneston. Jack Groce, former Rotarian and member of the ASU coach ing staff, showed pictures of the Guilford football game and commented on the team at the meeting at the club last week. seven per cent of all appli cations have been approved since January, 1967. Very ,ww inquiries have come from Wa tauga and Yancey counties, the release states. Interest rates are 4 and 3/4 per cent for Avery and Yancey; and 5 and 1 /2 per cent for Wa tauga and Mitchell. Fifteen years is the maximum maturity for loans under the Small Busi ness Administration. Program Director Vann Wil son says he will welcome in quiries. He is available all day Wednesdays at the WAMY office in Boone; from 9:30 to 11 a. m. Tuesdays at the Newland office; Mondays at 102 School St, in Spruce Pine; and from 9:30 to 11 a, m. Thursdays in the Burnsville WAMY office. Catholics in U. S. hear canon in English. Council Of Garden Clubs ~—^ 'r: ,v■ ; ■- ■''' ■: * ■;.C • 'i , %?' a T ft; '/■ < Christmas Decorations Contest Stirs jit t 24 Categories Will Be Judged Starting Dec. 17 Twelve outdoor and 12 in door categories will be judged in the annual home Christmas decoration contest sponsored by the local Council of Garden Clubs. Judges from the six garden clubs of Boone will begin work at dusk Sunday, Dec. 17, They will attempt to judge all outdoor displays, home owners are advised to call in advance and enter the contest. If notified erf unusual or inter esting displays outside the city limits, the judges will consider them too. Those having interesting and unusual indoor decorations are urged to contact the judges so that these may be judged. Awards will be ribbons for first, second and third place in each category and winners will be announced in the Dec. 20 issue of the Watauga Democrat. Deadline for entering will be 6 p. m. Saturday, Dec. 16, and numbers to call are 264-8274 and 264-8430. * pm jAjac ui uie contest is to provide personal pleasure from and appreciation of seasonal decorations done by the individual and to promote dress ing Boone in the holiday mood. ... _be elaborate nor expensive itb be appealing and appropriate to the season. Simplicity could make an entry a winner and no set rules are required for deco rations entered. Categories in the outdoor decorations division are: Growing lighted trees—large, small; front doors—traditional door, religious, secular; mod ern door—religious, secular; garage doors; entrances; rocf and/or chimney displays; lawn displays—religious, secular; lamp posts; overhanging eaves; stained glass and other religious windows; secular windows; and outdoor decoration done by chil dren under 12 years of age (this will require a phone call to enter); and best overall door. Categories in the indoor deco rations division are: Inside front door, entrance halls, Nativity scenes, stair ways, mantels, fireplace walls; Christmas trees—natural flocked and permanent trees, large and small; dining room tables, breakfast, room tables, mirrors, decorations by chil dren under age 12; and other indoor decorations. WHS E GIVEN FLOOR COVER—The Boone Optimist Club last week made a formal present ation to Watauga High School of a gym floor cover. Prinicpal N. A. Miller said the school has borrowed a cover from the university in the past. Optimist President Glenn Patterson Cleft) said the Club purchased the cover for nearly $275. Pictured with him are Sareira Cook, president of the student body; Gene Wilson, Optimist vice-president and Bob Poe, WHS coach. (Staff photo) Furniture Plant For Boone May Be Sought The industrial committee of • the Boone Chamber of Com merce will study the pros pect of bringing a furniture manufacturing plant hare. Chamber PresidentStanHar* ris Jr. told the board of di rectors Tuesday that he had Nearly 3 */& Million Trees Are Planted Roy W. Is ley, ASCS office manager, says this is the time of year for landowners to be thinking about the tree plant ing season ahead. Tree planting progress in Watauga County has been en couraging; nearly three and one-half million seedlings have been planted. In spite of this, an estimated 12,000 acres of idle, nonproductive land is still in need of planting. If trees were planted on these idle acres, the landowner would begin to gain financial returns in 15 to 20 years. Foresters estimate that the average lor£ time yield of a pine plantation is about $15 per acre per year. Isley added that landowners in Watauga County now have a good opportunity to plant non productive acres to seedlings at no expense or very low expense to themselves. ACP cost-sharing for tree planting will provide assistance at the rate of $14 per acre. The cost of white pine seedlings is $8.50 per thousand plus delivery charges. With the ACP pay ment of $14 per acre, there is approximately $5 per acre remaining which can be pocket ed by the landowner for his time and labor or applied to the cost of hiring someone else to do the planting. In addition to the ACP pay ment, Watauga County landown ers can receive labor for plant ing seeldings. A planting crew will plant tree seedlings with out any charge to the land (Continued on page ten) MOUNTAIN BURLEY WAREHOUSE announced Tuesday thev have sold more than a million pounds tit burley at an average of $71.65. Mrs. Harriett Sikes says there is still plenty of floor wm and farmers can bring in their tobacco and sell it the same day. (Flowers photo) been asked by 9 representa tive of WAMY Community Ac tion to sponsor the request. Discussing the matter prior to action upon i£, A, T. Adams commented on the 'tight money situation, which has retarded construction of homes, and ad ded that “New furniture good" with new homes, paradoxical as this may seem.*' The topic came up, Harris Jr. explained, because a WAMY employee had found that sev eral Watauga ns travel each day to jobs in Caldwell County furni ture factories and many spend as much as three hours en route to and from work. Adams and Andrews said they had been in contact with two (Continued on page ten) Dr. Lawrence Is Given Honor By Optometrists Dr. C. Ray Lawrence, of Boone, North Carolina has been chosen as a co-ordinator for the 45th Annual Southeastern Education Congress of Optome try, February 10-13, 1968, in Atlanta. The Appointment, announced by the Congress General Chair man, Dr. Gerald M. Thomas,of Athens, carries with it responsibility for serving as local advisor for the Congress and liaison representative with optometrists in the area. One of the largest optometrlc educational meetings In the world, the Congress has attracted registrar's from several hundred counties in the 12-state area covered by the Southern Council of Optome trists, its sponsor, in recent years. Dr. Lawrence has been in practice here since 1948. He took pre-Optometry at Mars Hill College and later received the Doctor of Optometry degree from Southern Collie' of Op tometry. Active in his profession, he has held the offices of Presi dent of the North CaroUm State Optometrlc Society, President of the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optom etry. In community affairs, be bu served as Pres idem of the iw-y notary Club and Executive Vice President of the Appalachian Historical Association, sad on .... ' stess of Mara HfllCoilega. • ■ ■

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