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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
_An independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Eightieth Year of Continuous Publication
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VOL. LXXX— NO. 37
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1968
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ofTe^ew attleti ? t SHAPE-™s »• an interior view
tte cL^us ?CtUrc6 rapWly aPProaching completion on
for uST by ^r ?i r m?18 Universi‘y- Expected to be ready
y unel, the building will seat more than 8,000 fanr
for basketball games next season. Spectators will walk upwards
to the upper tier and downwards to the lower seats from the en
trance level. The project is costing over $2 million.
SAHA Directors Give Green Light
To Building Horn Jtehearsal Hall
Directors of the Southern
Appalachian Historical Asso
ciation accepted their executive
committee’s recommendation
to start construction of a re
hearsal hall.
The building on the Horn in
the West grounds is described
as a “shell** which cast mem
bers have agreed to finish. The
Association agreed that a con
tractor’s estimate erf $8,000
will be the amount it will pro
ceed with on the 40 by 40 struc
ture.
Prime supporter of the pro
JfKP
ject, Horn director Ward Haar
bauer wrote production chair
man H. R. Eggers Friday say
ing a weekly salary differen
tial of $20 between Boone's
outdoor drama and others is
hampering his attempts to
upgrade cast quality.
Contracts Are Signed For
Renovation Old Hospital
Contracts have been awarded
for the renovation of the Old
Watauga County Hospital which
is to become an annex to the
new administration building on
the campus of Appalachian State
University.
The project, which will cost
$120,000, is to be completed
by September, according to Ned
Trivett, ASU*s Director of Busi
ness Affairs.
The low bid for the general
contract was submitted by Pen
nel-Haigler Company of Lenoir.
The bid was $54,932.
Holshouser Again
To Run For House
Former Watauga County Re
presentative Jim Holshouser
announced this week that he
will be a candidate for the
State House of Representatives
from the legislative district
composed of Watauga, Avery
and Mitchell counties.
Holshouser was first elected
in 1962, when he received the
largest majority ever given a
candidate in a Watauga County
legislative race. He was re
elected in 1964 and served in the
1965 legislative session and a
special session in 1966.
He served as vice-chairman
of the House Judiciary Com
mittee in 1965, and was also
Gets Grant For
Heart Research
Dr. Teunis Vergeer, pro
fessor of biology at Appalach
ian State University, has re
ceived a $2,000 grant to con
duct research on factors con
tributing to heart disease.
The grant was awarded March
4 by the N. C. Heart Associa
tion.
Dr. Vergeer, who joined the
Appalachian faculty in I960,
received his A. B. degree at
Calvin College and the M. S.
and Ph. D. degrees at the Uni
versity of Michigan.
Watauga YDC
To Meet Mon.
The 1968 organizational
meeting of the Watauga Young
Democratic Club will be held
Monday, March 18.
All former member* are
urged to attend. The meeting
begin* at 7:30 p. m. in the
temporary Quarter* of the
Watauga County Courthouae.
House Minority Leader. He
was also a member of the
select Joint Appropriations Sub
committee.
Holshouser did not seek re
election in 1966, when he was
elected chariman of the North
Carolina Republican Party. At
31, he was the youngest chair
man in party history.
The attorney is a native of
Watauga County and attended
school here, serving as presi
dent of the senior class of
Appalachian High School. He
also graduated from Davidson
College and received his law
degree from the University of
North Carolina where he was
president of his graduating
class.
He has also been active in
community affairs. He is a
deacon and former treasurer
of his church, also having been
an active Sunday School teacher
for several years. He is a
member of the Advisory Board
for the local mental health au
thority, is a former member of
Mountain Scenic Economic De
velopment Commission and is
former chairmanof the Watauga
County Heart Fund. He is also
a member of the Boone Jay
cees.
He is married to the former
Pat Hollingsworth, and they have
a daughter, Ginny.
Holshouser said he talked with
Rep. Mack S. Isaac of New
land Saturday and learned the
incumbent does not plan to seek
re-election in the three-county
district of Avery, Watauga and
Mitchell.
The party plan of organization
should not prevent Holshouser
from seeking elective office,
“especially if the House seat
Is uncontested in the May 4
primary,” he said.
The State Chairman said Isaac
is undecided as to whether to
run for the Senate.
The plumbing contract was
awarded to Tomlinson Plumbing
& Heating Company also of Le
noir, for a bid of $5,846.
The heating contract went to
Charles Ham Associates, of
Wilkesboro, for a $5,400 bid,
and the electrical contract was
awarded to Duncan Electric
Company, of North Wilkesboro,
for a bid of $23,894.
The rest of the funds avail
able for the project will be used
for equipment and contin
gencies. The architects for the
renovation job are Clemmer
Horton-Bush of Hickory.
The university’s Computer
Center will be moved into the
annex structure as soon as pos
sible so as to free its cur
rent space inSmith-Wright Hall
for academic functions. The
institution’s printing depart
ment plus additional adminis
trative offices are to be housed
in the annex which is adjacent
to the B. B. Dougherty Adminis
tration Building nearing com
pletion.
Eggers Seeks
Place On County
Bd. Education
S. C. Eggers, Boone realtor
and former State Legislator has
filed his candidacy for the Wa
tauga Board of Education in the
May primary.
Mr. Eggers was born at For
est Grove in Beaver Dam town
ship, where he attended school.
He also attended Cove Creek
High School and Appalachian
Training School (now ASU). He
has been a farmer and merchant,
taught in the Watauga school
system four years, has been
chairman of the Board of Co
unty Commissioners and United
States Commissioner 32 years.
Mr. Eggers is a former
Moderator of the Three Forks
Baptist Association, member
of the Board of Deacons of Boone
Baptist Church, Secretary
Treasurer of the Boone To
bacco Board of Trade and Secre
tary-Treasurer of the Boone
Federal Land Bank Associa
tion. He is also a member of
the Advisory Committee of the
Federal Land Bank, Columbia,
S. C.
Mr. Eggers was elected four
times to the State Legislature,
In view of the directors’ de
cision Monday, Haarbauer
should be provided the incentive
needed to attract, increasingly
better players. Speaking as a
past manager of the drama, Carl
Fidler told the directors “I
think the caliber of the drama
is dependent on the quality of the
people in it.*’ He said the pro
posed building should help in
cast recruitment and quality by
providing players a rehearsal
area in poor weather. Num
erous outdoor rehearsals are
cancelled because of rain.
Mrs. Constance Stallings, who
headed the committee that re
ported to the executives Mon
day, March 4, recalled Haar
bauer’s plan to conduct eight
classes in seven weeks for
cast members and townspeople.
An objection was raised by
Mayor Clyde Greene, who said
he understood housing was of
prime concern. Mrs. Stallings
reported Haarbauer’s senti
ment that the cast would pre
fer the rehearsal hall to ac
commodations.
Next Mayor Greene said “A
good many bond holders are
looking for their money,” and
Mrs. Stallings cited the build
ing of a $7,000 office building
without opposition. She also
noted that the State had allotted
$10,000 for this season and that
a State auditor had shown in
terest in the project.
Miss Jane Smith, public re
lations director, then told the
meeting that as a former drama
major she feels “Students who
go into the study of drama are
extremely dedicated.” Here
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S. C. EGGERS
has been a candidate for Lieu
tenant-Governor and State
Treasurer of North Carolina,
is Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the First National
Bank of Boone and has been a
real estate broker in Boone
for more than 30 years.
Mr. Eggers is married to
the former Miss Nora South.
They have one son and two
daughters: Stacy C. Eggers,
Attorney at Law, Boone; Mrs.
Christine E. Simons, teach
er, New Jersey and Mrs. Marg
aret E. Perry, Boone. Another
son, Lieut. Morris Eggers lost
his life in the last world war.
Entries Asked By 15th
Science Fair At ASU To
Reach Into 11 Counties
Auto Stolen
In Utah Found
In Watauga Co.
A case of auto lease-theft is
being investigated through the
Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff Ward Carroll said he,
Deputy Harry Suddreth and Cor
poral Ray Wicker are co-oper
ating with FBI Agent Boyce
Crocker and B. E. Clure of
Lenoir who is auto theft
investigator in this area.
Carroll said Deputy Suddreth
found a car abandoned on Long
Hope Road in the Meat Camp
section last week. When the car
was not claimed, a four-day
search ensued and Monday turn
ed up the owners in Salt Lake
City, Utah.
The car had been leased from
Continental Leasing Company
of that city and brought into the
Southeastern United States after
the lease expired. A Detective
Farmsworth is working on the
case from Salt Lake City, Car
roll said.
Carroll said his department
appreciates the help of the
people. Their co-operation
quickens the time in which sus
pects are apprehended, he said.
Watauga Lads
Held In Lenoir
Robbery Charge
Four Watauga County youths
ages 14 through 19, are re
portedly lodged in Caldwell
County Jail, Lenoir, in lieu
of $5,000 bail.
Police Chief Stanley E.Crisp
is quoted in the Lenoir News
Topic as saying that one of the
boys he has jailed also is char
ged with first degree burglary
in Boone. Two other Boone
youths are said to have been
indicted in connection with two
Watauga County incidents.
The first degree burglary
was of the Phillip Templeton
home in Boone. Cash receipts
of $345 were taken on Wed
nesday.. Feb. 28. Chief Crisp
also reported that a lodge in
the Hound Ears section was
robbed of a number of dia
mond rings and watches which
have been recovered.
Crisp listed the homes rob
bed in Lenoir as those of Mrs.
W. G. Byerly, Clarence Beach,
L. E. Dimmette and Mrs. J. A.
Marshall. Stolen were a large
amount of jewelry, rings, wat
ches, cameras, old coins, gold
pieces, pins, silver dollars,
diamond rings and necklaces,
he said.
The Dimmettes are summer
residents of the Boone area.
The period during which their
Lenoir home was robbed was
Feb. 26-29, Crisp reported.
Shoemake Will
Be Broughton
Manager Here
Raleigh—Gubernatorial can
didate Mel Broughton has an
nounced that J. D. Shoemake,
a former county commissioner
of Watauga County will be man
ager of the Broughton for Gover
nor campaign in that county.
“I am very pleased to have
Mr. Shoemake working with me
on my campaign in Watauga,”
said Broughton, in making the
announcement.
Broughton stated that he look
ed forward to a most success
ful campaign in Watauga.
Shoemake is a resident of
Boone.
Dawn Hollars Is A Fine i
Tribute To Girl Scouting j
;sas?si
Twelve-year-old Dawn Hol
lars is a tribute to Girl Scouts
everywhere.
Fittingly enough, she returned
to school Monday, the second
day of national Girl Scout Week.
Each day, she will spend a little
more time at her school stud
ies until she has regained her
strength.
It was the night of Jan. 12
that Dawn was blinded by blow
ing snow and her sled ran off
course. Wrecking against a tree,
she was rushed to Watauga Hos
pital, where exploratory sur
gery revealed she was suffering
taken to Duke Hospital Feb. 5 and DAWN HOLLARS [
two days later underwent surgery a second time. c
While she was hospitalized, the annual Girl Scout [
cookie sale got underway and in order not to be left out, C
this lively member of Troop 359 sold her cookies to [
visiting friends and others in the hospital. g
She sold 85 boxes, more than the average member, B
Because she was unable to deliver them herself, Dawn’s 8
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hollars of 136 Oak St., fc
Boone, and friends chipped in to help her get the job done. B
In her Troop, which is sponsored by the First Pres- [>
byterian Church, Dawn has earned her pen pal and house- R
keeper badges and now primarily concentrates on complet- B
ing the good citizenship, child care, safety and cooking 8
badges. B
Aside from her Scouting activities and school work B
(she is a seventh grader at Appalachian Elementary 8
School), she enjoys camping and cooking outdoors and was 5
president of the Boone Bicycle Club, which she hopes to C
rejoin this summer. [
As her mother says, “She is an outdoor girl. She [
likes to read a lot, but can’t wait to get outdoors and is B
interested in everything.” She attends Grace Lutheran 8
Church with her family. B
Perseverence in the face of such adversity is admir- B
able. For Dawn Hollars, it has won a hats-off salute from 8
her community and Girl Scout friends. J>
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Miss Watauga Visits
Rest Homes In Area
Miss Myra Davis, Miss Wa
tauga, currently a freshmen at
East Carolina University in
Greenville, was home for quar
ter break, Feb. 28 through
March 2. Two evenings she
and her business manager and
chaperone, Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Strother, spent visiting the six
rest homes in the Boone area.
After braving the snow and
wind and sometimes having to
walk up the last hill, Miss
Davis’ warm personality thril
led each and everyone she greet
ed. Myra shared with the elder
ly a poem admired by her grand
parents. It was called “The
Raggedy Man.”
After this each voice joined
her in singing a favorite hymn.
Before leaving, Miss Watauga
personally greeted and talked
with each individual at the rest
homes.
Welfare Director
Makes Report
Watauga County Welfare Di
rector Dave Mast reports these
expenditures for February,
1968:
Total obligations for old age
assistance were $14,108 and
$1,863 of this amount went for
hospitalization and medicine.
Total obligations for aid to
families with dependent chil
dren were $13,928 and $1,330
was for hospitalization and
medicine. Total obligations for
aid to the permenantly and
totally disabled were $8,312 and
$1,648 of this amount went for
hospitalization and medicine.
Eleven persons receive medi
Three Win A
Roman Holiday
Two Wataugans and an Ashe
County man are in Rome, Italy,
this week because of their out
standing carpet sales.
Vaughn Roten and Dean Earp
of Boone departed Friday with
George Burgess of West Jeffer
son for the week-long vacation
awarded by Hafo Company Dis
tributors.
cal assistance to the aged in
the amount of $249.25 (assis
tance with medical services),
Mast said. Two aid to families
with dependent children fami
lies received Vendor Payment
Only (assistance with medical
services) in the amount of $102.
27. Five aid to permanently and
totally disabled persons re
ceived Vendor Payment Only in
the amount of $2,435.46.
There were 190 special ser
vices rendered to the 324 chil
dren in 116 AFDC families; 202
services cases were carried
(cases receiving services only).
There were 158 cases,
with 549 persons receiving pub
lic assistance, who received
surplus commodities; 172 cases
with 749 persons who do not
receive assistance received
surplus commodities.
There are five licensed
boarding homes for older peo
ple in the county. The capacity
of these homes is 104 persons
and they are filled all the time.
Watauga County has 28 per
sons in these homes, Mast said.
Total expenditures for public
welfare in Watauga County for
the year ended June 30, 1967,
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Exhibits To
Be Opened To
Public Friday
High school students from 11
counties are expected to enter
exhibits in the Northwestern
District Science Fair to beheld
on the campus of Appalachian
State University March 22-23.
Entries have been invited
from both the junior and senior
high schools in either physical
or biological categories. All
entry applications must be sub
mitted by the 15th.
Larry W. Woodrow, assistant
professor of chemistry at Appa
lachian, is serving as director
of the district fair for students
Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Cald
well, Burke, McDowell,
Mitchell, Rutherford, Watauga,
Wilkes and Yancey counties.
All exhibits are to be set up in
the display area on the second
floor of the W. H. Plemmons
Student Center between 8 and 11
a. m. March 22, Preliminary'
judging will be from 11:30a.m.
and 1 p. m.
Exhibitors and their teach
ers will tour ASU’s science
department and campus Friday
afternoon. The exhibit will be
open to the public Friday night
and from 9 to 11:30a. m.Satur
day. Prizes and awards will be
given at noon.
The top five exhibits in the
Senior High School Division in
each category will be invited to
the State Science Fair in Chapel
Hill April 5-6. The Acoustical
Society of America will present
a cash award for the best pro
ject in acoustics of vibrations.
Six medals will be presented
to Junior High School Division
winners.
Exhibits will be judged on
creative ability, scientific
thought, skill, thoroughness,
clarity and dramatic value.
The science fair program in
North Carolina is sponsored by
the state’s Academy ofScience,
on organization of scientists,
mathematicians and industry.
Pat Taylor
Here Tonight
Pat Taylor, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for
Lieutenant Governor, will be in
Boone today (Wednesday) and
tonight will speak to a meeting
of Appalachian State University
supporters.
A twelve-year veteran of the
State Legislature, Taylor is
stressing his experience and the
need for more efficient, effec
tive legislature organization to
serve the people of the State.
Pancake Sale
Proceeds Will
Aid Recreation
The annual Pancake Jambo
ree has been set by the Boone
Civitan Club for Saturday,
March 23, at the Appalachian
Elementary School cafeteria.
Hours will be 6 a. m. to 6
p. m. Adults will be admitted
for $1 and children under 12
for 50 cents. This year pro
ceeds will be presented to the
Boone Parks and Recreation
Commission.
Tickets are available from
Commission members Paul
Smith, Dennis Greene, Mrs.
B. W. Stallings, James Hast
ings and A. E. McCreary; from
the Watauga High School Stu
dent Council and Civitan mem
bers; and from Stallings Jewel
ers, Watauga Savings & Loan,
Thrift Food Store, Greene's
Furniture and the Recreation
Center.