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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Weekly Newspaper
Eightieth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE WEATHER
_ 19«8 HI Lo Snow Free. '91 HI Lo
Feb. 20 40 25 tr. 43 30
Feb. 21 33 12 Vi .07 43 30
Feb. 22 25 3 tr. 30 15
Feb. 23 36 13 30 14
Feb. 24 40 9 30 7
Feb. 25 34 19 tr. 11 -7
Feb. 26 45 13 33
Snow given to nearest half-inch.
220 UNITS GOING UP—With an obvious endorsement for the
growth of the town and Watauga County, Larry Maher of Boone
is putting up a huge apartment complex adjacent to Appalachian
South, his 16-unit apartment house seen at right. This second
building project, which will add 220 units to Maher’s holdings, is
considered the largest rental business in the County. (Staff photo)
Industrial Mediators Hear Good
Reports On Factory Relations
Watauga Developers and Wa
tauga Citizens, Inc., met jointly
at noon Friday, Feb. 23, at the
Holiday Inn of Boone.
The organizations are busi
ness mediators for the Ver
mont American Corporation on
State Farm Road and the Blue
Ridge Shoe Company of Green
way Road, respectively. Both
were provided through the
industry committee of the Boone
Chamber of Commerce and The
Northwestern Bank.
As advised in the charters of
the two groups, the Boone Cham
ber of Commerce appointed
their boards of directors for
1968-69. Watauga Developers
elected Glenn R. Andrews
president, Gordon Taylor vice
Sgt. Lowell Smith
Dies In Bomb Blast
LOWEI L V. SMITH
Tech. Sgt. Lowell V. Smith,
34, died in active duty in Viet
nam Saturday, Feb. 24, when a
barracks he was occupying was
•truck by a bomb.
.Sgt. Smith wrote a letter
which was carried in the Demo
crat last week headed: “Sold
ier Asks ‘What Price’ For His
Love of Country.” Considering
the difference in time the letter
was likely published the same
day its writer was killed in the
Vietnam war. (See editorial to
day.)
Funeral arrangements are
incomplete, pending the return
of the body to Watauga County.
The soldier is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Ann Perry
Smith, children Kim 4, and
Gregory Lowell, 2, and his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W.C.Smith,
all of Route 2, Banner Elk; and
eight brothers and sisters, Mrs.
Ruth Welch of Banner Elk, Mrs.
Velma Dobson of Atlanta, Ga„
Hade Smith of Banner Elk, Mrs.
Victoria Yates of Vilas; Byrd
Smith and Mrs. Helen Romin
ger, both of Route 3, Boone;
Hoover Smith of Route 5, Lex
ington and Mrs. Doris Bliss of
Banner Elk.
Mr. Smith attended Cove
Creek High School and Appa
lachian State University.
He was enlisted in the United
States Air Force 16 years.
Mayor Greene
Is Running For
N. C. Treasurer
Mayor Clyde R. Greene has
announced that he will run for
state treasurer in the fall e
lections. He will oppose the
winner of the primary run-off
between Rep. Sneed High erf
Fayetteville and veteran treas
urer Edwin Gill.
Mayor Greene has served as
secretary of the state’s Re
publican party from 1940 to
1952. He was acting State Chair
man for the Republican party
in 1954, and made unseccessful
bids for a seat in Congress in
1946 and 1948. He is present
ly serving his first term as
Mayor of Boone.
This is the first time since
1960 that the Republicans lave
offered a full slate for the seven
Council erf State positions. Re
publican State Chairman Jim
Holshouser said, “This is a
really significant effort to pre
sent a full slate that will pro
mote and help the over? 11 fall
campaign.”
Alvin R. Church
Victim Viet War
Spec. 4 Alvin R. Church. 22,
of Deep Gap, was killed last
week in Vietnam. The family
was notified Feb. 21.
The telegram said Church
was killed when a gun acci
dentally discharged while being
loaded.
He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. James R. Church of Deep
Gap. He was a graduate of
Beaver Creek High School.
Surviving are his parents; a
■later. Mrs. Pansy Bare of
Fleetwood; a brother, Alfred
Church of Fleetwood; and hia
paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley Church of West
Jefferson, Rt. 2.
Dr. Heavrin Goes To
Asheville Meeting
Dr. L. A. Heavrin, director
at student health services at
Appalachaln State University,
attended a regional workshop on
comprehensive health planning
in Asheville last week.
This workshop was a follow
up session to the Governor’s
conference on health
Chas. Martin
Named Rotary
Boy Of Month
Charles Raymond Martin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde J. Mar
tin of Boone, represented Wa
tauga High School as Rotary
Boy of the Month in February.
Charles attended Needham
Broughton High School in Ral
eigh for two years and is now a
senior at Watauga High. School
activities over the four-year
period include Science Club,
Chess Club, German Club, the
Ski Club, Art Club, wrestling
and swimming.
At the time, Charles is a
finalist in competition for ad
mission to the United States
Military Academy. He was
nominated by Congressman
James T. Broyhill as one of
six candidates to participate
in final examinations for the
appointment. If he is not se
lected, he will attend North
Carolina State University’s
school of engineering.
CHARLES MARTIN
president and Stanley Harris Sr
secretary-treasurer.
Watauga Citizens named
Boone Mayor Clyde R. Greene
to the presidency; Kenneth Wil
cox as vice-president; and Stan
ley Harris Sr. as secretary
treasurer.
As Watauga Developers own
the building rented to Vermont
American, Alfred Adams re
ported that monthly rent of $2 ,
535.18 is paid regularly and
credited to the note of The
Northwestern Bank.
Jack Cronin nd, manager of th$
corporation, reported total
employment of 140 and said work
is going full steam. He ex
pressed satisfaction with the
building and relations with Wa
tauga Developers.
The board of directors are
Glenn Andrews, Mack Brown,
Harris Sr., D. L. Wilcox, Neil
Faries, Adams, Mayor Greene,
Paul Smith, E. F. Coe, B. W.
Stallings, Stan Harris Jr., Gor
don Taylor, Michael Abram and
Jimmy Holshouser.
Watauga Citizens, owners
erf the building the Blue Ridge
Shoe Company occupies, heard
a financial report by Alfred
Adams which reflected a rental
last year of $55,005.50 paid to
the bond holders and to a note
of The Northwestern Bank.
Michael Ahern, managing di
rector of Blue Ridge Shoe, re
ported employment of 400 and
an annual payroll in excess of
$1^00,000. He expressed satis
faction with Watauga Citizens,
Inc.
The board voiced delight with
the progress of the Blue Ridge
Shoe Company, but regret at the
result of last week’s Union vote,
which if it stands up will effec
tively block any additional
industry in this community, ac
cording to the businessmen.
By a vote of company per
sonnel Monday, Feb. 19, the
Teamsters Union was voted in
188 to 154.
Directors of Watauga Citizens
are Mayor Greene, Ralph
Winkler, G. R. Andrews, O. K.
Richardson, D. L. Wilcox, Alf
red Adams, E. F. Coe, Neil
Faries, James Marsh, Kenneth
Wilcox, James E. Rhoades, Col.
Clyde C. Miller, Stanley A. Har
ris, Sr., Jack Cronland and J. E.
Holshouser, Sr.
Current Ski Report
Ski reports for the weekend
are excellent.
Blowing Rock reports that
conditions are excellent on all
slopes. They have 2 to 5 feet
of snow made and had a capacity
crowd for the weekend.
Hound Ears reports excel
lent conditions on the begin
ners and intermediate slopes
with a 42-inch base of packed
powder and 2 inches new snow.
At Beech Mountain skiing is
good to excellent. The beginners
slope records 0 to 40 inch
base with one inch of powder,
the intermediate slope has the
same base as the beginner slope
with two inches of powder. The
advanced slope ranges from
good to excellent skiing with
packed hard snow and no new
snow.
Conditions at Seven Devils
are excellent. They have a
packed base with good powder
on the beginner and intermed
iate slopes. There is no new
snow on the advanced slopes.
At Blowing^ Rock, Boone
PortsExpansion InN.C.
SaidToAffectThisArea
Imports Vital
To Boone And
Blowing Rock
L. C. Bruce, Public Re
lations Director of the N. C.
State Ports Authority, will be
the featured speaker at a Mon
day night meeting of the Blow
ing Rock Rotary Club and at
a Boone Chamber of Commerce
meeting next Tuesday.
His first address will be
given at a 6:30 p. m. meet
ing at the Carriage House in
Blowing Rock.
All members of the Boone
Chamber of Commerce have
been invited to attend the noon
luncheon meeting at the Holi
day Inn Tuesday. Also invited
have been representatives of
all men’s and women’s civic
clubs of Boone, officials of
the Blowing Rock Chamber of
Commerce, Boone Mayor Clyde
R. Greene and other public
officials and special guests from
Appalachian State University.
Bruce, a native of Winston
Salem, will speak on “ports
expansion and its effect on the
mountain area of North Caro
lina’’ at each of the meetings.
He will use slides to illus
trate portions of his talk.
“Contr ary to popular opinion,
ihmrtt Mr a. nanny industries in the
Boone-Blcwing Rock area which
are directly affected by imports
and exports,*’ Bruce said con
cerning his visit here next week.
“And consequently, the daily
lives of many individuals are
involved with the activities of
the state’s ports.’’
Harold Rice is program
chairman for the meeting of
the Boone Chamber of Com
merce, of which Stanley H.
Harris Jr. is president. Louis
H. Smith is serving as pro
gram chairman of the Blowing
Rock Rotary Club, of which
Walton C. Allen is president.
Bruce earlier this month was
the recipient of a top award for
Public Relations excellence
during 1967. He earned the first
place award, presented by the
Raleigh Public Relations So
ciety, for a special tour of
members of North Carolina’s
congressional delegation of the
state’s port terminals in Wil
mington and Morehead City.
A 1935 graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Bruce
attended Law School at the
Chapel Hill institution in 1936.
Prior to joining the State Ports
Authority in 1960 as Director
of Public Relations, he was
secretary and general manager
of Chatham Broadcasting Com
pany.
Bruce is a member of the Ral
eigh Rotary Club, the Raleigh
Public Relations Society, the
Twin City Club of Winston
Salem, the U. S. Rivers & Har
bors Congress, the N. C. Coas
tal Historyland Association and
the Public Relations Society of
America. He also is a director
of the N. C. Travel Council.
Married to the former Mary
Miller of Winston-Salem, Bruce
is the father of four sons and a
daughter. He is a member of the
Hayes Barton Methodist Church
of Raleigh.
L. C. BRUCE
LEAD ASU SINGERS—The four officers of the AppalachianState University Singers, who will give
six performances on a 500-mile tour during the first week of March, are: Standing (1-r)Sandra
K. Bullington of Pilot Mountain, secretary-treasurer; Glenn Wall of Raleigh, business manager;
and Paula Joyce of Kernersville, vice-president; and seated, Bob Phillips of Graham, president!
The ASU Singers will launch their 1968 spring tour March 3 with two performances in Raleigh.
ASU Singers, Symphony To
Appear In Concert March 8
PATRICIA ROTEN
Career Girl Of
Month Named
At Watauga Hi
Patricia Ann Roten, daughter
of Mrs. Mollie Roten, was elec
ted Career Girl of the Month
for February at Watauga High
School. Both were guests of the
Boone Business and Profes
sional Women's Club Feb. 27.
An honor student at Watauga
High School, Pat is a member
of the National Beta Club. She
is a member of the High school
chorus, the Spanish Honor
Society, the Future Teachers of
America and has served three
years on the student council.
After graduation, Pat will at
tend Appalachian State Uni
versity to prepare for a car
eer of teaching in elementary
school.
Firemen Have
A Busy Week
The Boone Volunteer Fire
Department was kept busy the
past week with various brush
fires.
Saturday they answered calls
with brush fires, one near Tate’s
Motel on the bank across from
the motel. The second was at the
Beaver Dam Baptist Church
and was also a brush fire.
Monday they answered a
call on a brush fire at Rich
Mountain.
With the weather having been
so dry lately '■esidents d the
area are warned to be extre
mely careful with flammable
materials.
The University Singers of
Appalachian State University
will return from a state tour
March 3-5 to appear in I. G.
Greer Auditorium in a joint
concert with the Appalachian
State Symphony Orchestra on
March 8 at 8 P. M.
The 77-voice choir will com
bine with the orchestra to per
form the Harry Simeone arran
gement of Tchaikovsky's Nut
cracker Suite.
Other compositions to be per
formed by the University Sing
ers include: The Island, Rach
maininoff; Laudate Dominum,
Mozart; Ave Maria, Bruckner;
Five Songs, Opus 104, Brahms;
Two Negro Spirituals arranged
by Fela Sowande; and Hush-a
bye, an arrangement by Georgie
Henson, graduate student from
Waynesville. Miss Henson will
conduct her arrangement. Other
students conducting will be
Landa Collins and Mary Mc
Gregor.
Dr. Joseph C. Logan is di
rector of the University Sing
ers, assisted by Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Norris, accompan
ist. Dr. Nicholas Erneston is
director of the UniversitySym
Hollar Files
In Primary For
Bd. Education
John H. Hollar erf Poplar
Hill, Boone, has filed for the
-Vatauga County Board of Ed
jeation, subject to the May
arimary.
He is married to the former
Theresa Payseur and they have
two children, John Jr, and
Terry,
A former professional foot
ball player for the Washington
Redskins, Hollar says he be
lieves in a full program of
athletics in all Watauga schools
and adds “I want the best pos
sible application at the lowest
cost for education.” He also
says he believes in “fair play
in all matters concerning the
public.”
Manager-appraiser of the
Federal Land Bank of B^onefor
13 years, Hollar served on
the school board in 1964,
JOHN HERMAN
John Herman
Files For Co.
School Board
John R. Herman of Route 3,
Boone, has filed for the Watauga
County Board of Education.
He says Watauga County is
entitled to the best educational
program possible and the peo
ple of Watauga have the right
to expect the highest standard
erf educational systems that can
be achieved for their children.
Herman said “This requires
much thought and study to bet
ter the educational needs in our
school system. I will endeavor
to see this is made possible
for our children.”
He, his wife and three chil
dren reside in the Brushy Fork
community. He attends Moun
tain View Baptist Church where
he serves as treasurer on the
building committee.
He has been employed by the
Blue Ridge Electric Member
ship Corporation for 20 years
and is construction supervisor
for the Watauga District.
Herman attended Valle Cru
ets and Cove Creek schools.
He also studied electrical en
gineering at I.CJS. School In
Scranton, Pa.