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VOL. LXXX— NO. 39
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Eightieth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1968
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DORMS GOING UP—-Two residence halls, each of which will
house 300 male students, are taking shape at the south edge
of the campus of Appalachian State University. Located ad
jacent to Conrad Stadium, the dormitories are expected to
be completed by the opening of the faJi quarter in September.
Each structure will cost about $1 million.
CpL Roberts
Meets Death In
Vietnam War
Lance Corporal William C.
Roberts, age 20, died March 18
in the vicinity of Quang Tri,
Republic of Vietnam. He was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar
vin W. Roberts, Route 1, Boone.
Military services will be held
In Watauga County, arrange
ments pending arrival of the
body.
The family was notified by
Leonard F. Chapman Jr.,
General U. S. Marine Corps,
who said Roberts “sustained a
gunshot wound to the abdomen
from hostile rifle fire while'
engaged in action against hos
tile forces.”
A graduate of Appalachian
High School, L/Cpl. Roberts
was enlisted for a four-year
tour of duty. He had been sta
tioned in Iceland 13 months and
left Boone in August on as
signment to Vietnam.
In addition to his parents,
Mr. Roberts is survived by
three sisters, Miss Lillian
Roberts of the home, Mrs. Ned
VanDyke of Route 1, Boone
and Mrs. Frank Wilcox of Vir
ginia Beach, Va„; and a bro
ther, Charles Marvin Roberts
of Charlotte.
WILLIAM C. ROBERTS
Dr. Karan To
Lecture At ASU
Dr. P. P. Karan, a native
cf India who has written two
books and several articles on
Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan, will
present an illustrated lecture at
Appalachian State University
Tuesday, April 2.
Dr. Karan, now chairman of
the Department of Geography
at the University of Kentucky,
will speak to the university’s
geography students the follow
ing day.
His Tuesday lecture will be
“Geography of the Himalayas.”
The talk will be given in Room.
263 of Duncan Hall at 7:30
P.m. The public is invited.
More Schooling Enhances
Income In Watauga County
From the standpoint of life
time earning capacity, the
average male resident of Wa
tauga County is worth more than
he ever was.
Because of the changes in re
cent years in wage scales, edu
cation, employment and eco
nomic values in general, the
average young man in the local
area who is just setting out to
earn a living can look forward
to a lifetime income of no less
than $178,000.
The figure, which assumes
a continuation of present con
ditions, is based upon the latest
studies by the Department...Qf
Dog Dies As Poison
Plague Continues
A five -month-old Bassett
Hound last week was added to
the list of malicious poisonings
in the Woodland Drive area.
The Humane Society of Char
lotte has posted a $50 reward
for the person responsible.
In the 700 block of Howard
Street, Sam, family pet erf Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Martin and their
children, was playing in their
fenced-in-yard. It was the
after noon of March 19 and the
Martin children and several of
their friends were playing in
the driveway.
When they were through play
ing with the basketball, Mrs.
Martin said they threw it inside
the fence where Sam was. When
the youngsters came in some
time later, they noticed the ball
was missing from the yard. The
young mother then said she sent
them out to see if any of the
neighborhood children had bor
rowed it and Mrs. Martin left
the house for about five minu
tes.
Sam was in the yard while
she was gone, but as she re
turned she saw him swallow
something. Just as she got in
doors, her son called to her and
said something was wrong with
The dog had eaten poison and
quickly died in convulsions.
For some 16 years, accord
ing to Dr. John Martin, DVM,
pets in the Woodland Drive area
have been poisoned. More than
30 dogs have died from stry
chnine.
While the family did not con
nect the missing ball with the
poisoning right a way, Mrs. Mar
tin said it was back in their yard
the next morning, almost as if
it were a decoy to draw her and
the children away from the
house.
After an investigation, Police
Chief Red Lyons said “We are
powerless to act unless we have
evidence and a warrent. I hate
this sort of thing as much as the
people involved and have by no
means given up trying to find the
person responsible.**
Neighbors of the Martins were
in touch with the Humane Society
in Charlotte and a representa
tive will be in Boone in the near
future. The neighbors also are
helping raise money to add to
the $50 reward offered.
Residents are greatly con
cerned that small children might
ingest a harmless looking ploy
and suffer the same consequen
ces as their pets.
Chief Lyons plans to be
touch with the State Bureau
Investigation.
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SANDRA COOK
Sandra J. Cook
Winner Hankins
Scholarship
Sandra Joy Cook, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Billy J, Cook of
Route 4, Boone, is among 41
high school seniors who have
been awarded George Foster
Hankins Scholarships at Wake
Forest University.
Twenty-eight boys and 13
girls were selected following a
series of tests and interviews.
All but one are from North
Carolina.
The scholarships range in
potential four-year value from
$1,200 to $8,400. The program
was started in 1955 through in
come from an estate of more
than one million dollars left
the university by Col. George
Foster Hankins of Lexington.
The winners were announced
tv William G. Starling, direc
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Commerce and other agencies.
Taken into account, in esti
mating the earning power of the
average young man locally,
during the 40 to 45 years of his
working career; were the
amount of education he has re
ceived and the prevailing level of
income in the area, as compared
with incomes elsewhere in the
United States.
As to educational attainment,
the latest official figures show
that some 12.2 percent of Wa
tauga County’s male population,
age 25 or older, are elementary
school graduates, that another
17.1 percent have completed
four years of high school and
that 7.3 percent are college
graduates.
uiai is inui c atwuuwig utai
is acquired in many parts of the
country.
Solely from a dollars and
cents consideration, the studies
incidate that education pays off
handsomely. The investment of
time, effort and money that is
required to obtain additional
schooling yields highdividends.
According to the latest sur
vey of earning power, compiled
by the Institute of Life Insur
ance from government data, the
average high school graduate
will earn about $84,000 more
than a person with only an ele
mentary school diploma. By the
same token, the college grad
uate will end up with about $141,
000 more than the high school
graduate.
In Watauga County, the earn
ing prospects are good because
the level of education is rela
tively high and is getting high
er.
Locally, the median years of
schooling for male residents
has now reached approximately
9.0.
In 1960, by way of comparison,
it was 8.0 years.
Correction Is Made
In Candidacy Story
We regret an error in our
March 21 story on the candidacy
of William E. MiUer for the
County Board of Education. The
statement in the continuation of
the story should have said/‘Mr.
Miller is presently employed by
Vermont American as a cost
accountant. He was formerly
employed by Kohler and Cmp
bell Piano Company for nine
years in a similar position.**
Board Education Favored
List County Candidates
Swells As Filing Ends
Complete List
Of Those Asking
Public Office
Candidates filing Friday
morning at the last minute swel
led the list of Wataugans wil
ling to assume the duties of
County office.
Eighteen assorted Democrats
and Republicans have indicated
their desire for membership on
the Watauga County Board of
Education in the non-partisan
balloting provided in the last
session of the General Assem
bly.
Three Democrats, two of them
incumbents and six Republicans
have filed for the Board of
County Commissioners.
The full list of candidates
now in the field for the May
4 primary follows:
Board of Education: Hugh
B. Hagaman, James P. Marsh,
John H. Hollar, Lawrence A.
Heavrin, Beniamin F. Strick
land, Larry A. Campbell, S. C.
Eggers, Sr.; John R. Herman,
Howard Lawrence, I. W. (Bill)
Carpenter, J. B. Ragan, William
E. “Bill” Miller, Mrs. Hazel
H. Greene, Mrs. Laura Ruth
Williams, Henry W. (Hank)
Greer, Dennis O. Greene, Ed
sel Cook, H. W. Mast, Jr.
House of Representatives,
44th district (Avery, Mitchell
and Watauga Counties):
M. Randolph (Ranny) Phillips,
Democrat; J. E. Holshouser,
Jr., Republican.
North Carolina senate, 25th
district (Davie, Watauga, Wilkes
and Yadkin): J. W. Norris,
Republican, Boone. (Others run
ning are incumbent T. R. Bryan
and Stacy Pardue, Republican,
both of Wilkes.) No Democratic
candidate.
Board of County Com
missioners: Len D. Hagaman,
Glenn Hodges, incumbents and
R. Clyde Winebarger, Demo
crats; Gene Wilson, Kenneth
Wilcox, Hill Greene, G. Perry
Greene, James M. Cole, Gwyn
Hayes, Republicans.
Miss Helen Underdown, De
mocrat, Register erf Deeds will
be unopposed.
For Constable, Blowing Rock
township, Howard Coffey; Boone
township, Glenn D. Richardson.
Three Republicans have filed,
for the two district judgeships
in the 24th district (Watauga,
Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yan
cey) as follows:
J. E. Holshouser, Sr., Boone;
J. Ray Braswell and W. Hall
Young of Avery.
Dr. Lerner, Noted Author,
Educator To Speak At ASU
Dr. Max Lerner, noted author,
educator and newspaper colum
nist who is regarded as one of
America’s outstanding political
scientists, will speak on “The
Outer and Inner World of the
American Student*’ at Ap
palachian State University
Thursday (April 4).
Sponsored by Appalachian’s
Artist and Lecture Series, his
lecture is scheduled for 8 p.m.
in the auditorium of I. G. Greer
Hall.
Professor of American Ci
vilization at Brandeis Univer
sity, Dr. Lerner is an eminent
authority on the social, politi
cal and economic life of the
nation. He has written exten
sively on law, international re
Candidates On Page Two
Due to the large number of additional candidates filing last
week, the Democrat has found it impossible to carry all the an
nouncements and pictures on this page.
The publisher regrets that he can’t follow through with page
1 coverage for all candidates. However the added announcements
will be found on page 2. Your attention is directed to the listings
of the many good citizens who aspire to county office.
Touring Western N. C. —Jack Newton, professor of music at Appalachian State University,
is shown at right rehearsing with the university’s concert band. He will be a featured clarinet
soloist in eight concerts the band will give ©rfa three-day tour next week. The band is direct
ed by Charles Isley (standing, left). <
University Band Will
Make Concert Tour WNC
The Appalachian State Uni
versity Band, under the direc
tion of Charles Isley and Elmer
White, will give eight perfor
mances on a three day concert
tour of Western North Carolina.
The 51-member band will
launch the tour Monday with a
9:30 a. m. concert at Morganton
High School. At 2 p. m. and 8
p. m. the same date, the band
will appear at Waynesville’s
Tuscola High School.
Tuesday concerts are sche
duled a^Mars Hill College at
10 a. m., at Asheville’s Lee
i Robbins Brothers Winners!
s
§ The travel Council of North Carolina, Inc., presented
5 its highest awards at its annual banquet Sunday evening
a at the Statler Hilton Inn, Greensboro.
= The Lynn G. Nisbet Award was made to the Robbins
S Brothers, Grover, Harry and Spencer of Blowing Rock for
j| their development and promotion of Tweetsie Railroad,
= Hound Ears Lodge and Club, and now the largest complex
b of its kind in the East, Beech Mountain.
5 They have pioneered in opening up this area to year
£ round travel and have attracted tourist and recreation
E dollars to all of North Carolina. They have been instru
3 mental in lengthening the season to the benefit of every
S one, as well as providing prime attractions for travel
S The Robbins Brothers also received a runner-up
5 award for their promotional Tweetsie Railroad brochure.
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lations and social theory. He
is the author of the classic
work, America As A Civili
zation, which has been termed
the finest study ever made of
contemporary American life.
Dr. Lerner’s newest book,
The Age of Overkill, deals with
the nation’s current problems.
Among his other books are:
It is Later Than You Think,
Actions and Passions, Ideas
are Weapons, The Mind and
Faith of Justice Holmes, Ideas
for the Ice Age, The Unfinish
ed Country and Democracy in
America.
A frequent guest on network
television programs, Dr. Ler
ner has delivered hundreds of
lectures and his three-times
a-week syndicated column ap
pears in major newspapers
throughout the U. S.
Dr. Lerner was educated at
Yale University and received a
Master’s degree from Wash
ington University and the Doc
torate from the Robert Brook
ings Graduate School of Econo
mics and Government. He has
taught at Sarah Lawrence Col
lege, Harvard University, Wel
lesley College and Williams
College.
He served as Director of the
Consumers Division of the Na
tional emergency Council under
President Franklin D. Roose
velt.
Rehearsal Hall
To Be Built
For Horn Cast
Dr. Robert Randall says the
Boone City Council has granted
the Southern Appalachian His
torical Association permission
to build a rehearsal hall on the
Horn in the West grounds.
The 40’ X 40’ building will
cost about $8,000 and members
cf the Horn cast will complete
the interior.
Dr. Randall, president of
SAHA, said he hopes to award
the contract sometime this
week an] that the start of con
struction will depend on the con
tractor. He said Dr. Ray Lawr
ence, executive vice-president,
Is obtaining a building permit.
Edwards High School at 2 p. m.
and at Lincolnton High Schapl
at 8 p. m. The tour will end
Wednesday with a 2 p. m. per
formance at Rutherfordton
Spindale High School, after a
10:30 a. m. showing at Ashley
High School in Gastonia.
The concert program will in
clude America The Beautiful,
F estive Overture, Scenes from
the Louvre, Third Suite, Danza
Final, New York Suite, Man of
La Mancha, Brother John,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
Block March, The January Feb
ruary March, The Foundation
March, The Holy City, Solo
de Concours, Concertino and
I IIUIIUCI lllg L/I U1II3,
Members of ASU’s Concert
Band are Gerrie Shumaker of
Albemarle; Doyle Wilkins of
Belmont; James Roberts, Mrs.
James Roberts., Mrs. Elmer
White, Jack Newton, James
Bingham, Mac Stroup, Herschel
Harper, Mrs. Donna Sharpe and
J. B. Hodges erf Boone; Gary
Shroyer, Clif Robinson and
Jonathan Howell of Charlotte;
Eddie Raper of China Grove;
Steve Jordan of Cooleemee; Vir
ginia Haigler of Drexel; John
Terry of Durham; Mike Rogers
of Gastonia; Gerald Peterman
of Graham; Vickie Johnson of
Granite Falls; Cary Smith, Phy
llis Shore and Dond Bowden of
Greensboro; Marilyn Snipes of
Haw River; Kenneth Clark of
Hudson; Linda Triplett and Ed
gar Whitener of Lenoir; Monnie
Wagner of Lexington; Clyde
Waugh of Moravian Falls;Steve
Rudicill, Dean Wilson, Harold
McKinney, Gene Duckworth and
Clark Craver of Morganton;
Wallace Brown and Steve Mo
wery of Salisbury; Tilden Mc
Neilly of Spindale; Tommy Smith
of Stokesdale; Georgia Ann Hen
son of Waynesville; Steve Shu
maker of Whitnel; Larry David
son of Galax, Va.; Steve Hel
ton of Newport News, Va.; Randy
Fowley of Blacksburg, Va.;
James Simmons of Gaffney,
S. C.; Carolyn Whitener at
Union, S. C.; Barbara Clough
of Annandale, Va.; and Janice
Oakes of Stockton, N. J.
REAUZES DREAM
Atlanta, Ga.—Mrs. EUa
Walker, 83, has realised •
dream she has had since she
was a little girl. Two Tears SfD
she began adult classes at Lyn
wood Park Elementary School
and learned to read. Still work
ing as a full-time housekeeper,
she has been working since she
was seven.