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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Weekly Newspaper
Eightieth Year of Continuous Publication
VOL. LXXX— NO. 42
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1968
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Watauga High School student body officers for 1968-69 are (standing, left) Jackie Henson,
vice-president; Paul Miller Jr., president; Susan Lawrence (left), treasurer; and Sharron
Johnson, secretary. (Staff photo)
1,121 Students At Watauga
Hi Name Officers In Vote
Watauga High School's 1,121
students named their 1968-69
officers in student body elec
tions last week.
They chose Paul Miller presi
dent, Jackie Henson vice-presi
dent, Sharron Johnson secre
tary and Susan Lawrence as
treasurer.
In charge of the school-wide
balloting were John Rainey and
Jerry Hayes. Seventy-five per
FIRST PRIZE WINNER—In a poster contest sponsored by the
Health Careers Club for the Watauga County Crippled Children
ind Adult Society (Easter Seals), Miss Karen Isaacs won first
with her drawing entitled “Please Give To Easter Seals.’* Con
testants made the posters on their own and found a location in
which to display their work. Miss Isaacs will receive her award
it the next meeting of the Health Careers Club. Her poster is
lisplayed at the Hill-Top Drive-In west of Boone.
Beaver Dam Club Gets
Funds For Civic Work
The Beaver Dam development
organisation met April Mh at
Bethel School and named the
following officers:
David Glenn, President; Ted
Tester, Vice-President; Mrs.
Bawlelgh Hodges, Secretary;
Mrs, Lucille Glenn, Treasurer.
A grant of 91,000 was ap
plied for and 9430 has been
received thus far.
This monar is being used for
recreation facilities, garden
clubs, and a small business.
The remainder will be used for
small improvements on homes,
such as inside painting, repairs,
etc.
Twenty members were pre
sent. The next meeting will
be held May 7 at Bethel School.
All members are urged to at
tend. . • *. ,-V
cent of the students registered
to vote. On the first ballot, 65
per cent of the registered voters
participated and 60 per
cent voted on the second ballot.
Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul E. Miller of Boone, is
a member of the Student Coun
cil, the Beta Club, the foot
ball team and is current vice
president of the junior class.
Having served his freshman
class as president, the new vice
president of the student body has
been a member of the Student
Council two years. Jackie's par
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Jack E.
Henson of Route 1, Vilas.
Secretary Sharron Johnson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal
Johnson of Boone, is a member
of the student council, the Health
Careers Club and the National
Beta Club.
Treasurer for 1968-69, Susan
Lawrence is a member of the
Future Teachers of America,
the National Beta Club, and
has been on the Student Council
two years. Her parents are Dr.
and Mrs. Jack D. Lawrence of
Boone.
Other candidates for office
were: For president, James
McGhee, Gray Wilson and Mark
Wilson; vice-president, Kim
Carpenter and Malinda Winkler;
secretary, Beth Dixon, Sandra
Kirk and Emma Young; and
treasurer, David Bolick, Debbie
Bryant, Gary Ledford, Daphne
Martin and Susan Miller.
James Gardner
In County Today
Repbulican Gubernatorial
candidate Jamea Gardner has
announced he will tour Watauga,
Avery and Buncombe counties
Thursday, April 18.
While in Watauga County his
schedule will be as follows:
He will be at the Holiday Inn
In Boone from 12 to 1 p. m.,
on the University campus from
1 to 1:30, at the Triplett Post
Office in Q k Township at 1:45,
the Trading Post at Deep Gap
at 2:15, the PhiUipe 66 Gro
cery and Service Station at
Meat Camp at 2:45 and in Blow
ing Rock at 3:15.
All interested persons are
invited to attend these informal
meetings with Congressman
Bulletin
Boone Police Chief Red Lyons
informed the Democrat at dead
line that a fourth ASU student
turned himself in Tuesday in
connection with the burglary of
Steele Rulane Gas Company in
Lenoir. Lyons identified him
as Kenneth Lee Clark, 20, of
Hudson. Lyons said he took the
boy to Caldwell County where
he was charged with grand lar
ceny and breaking and enterir^j
and later released on bond.
The Chief says all four boys
are now out on bond.
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Democrats To
Have County
Convention
The Watauga County Demo
cratic Convention will be held
Saturday, May 25, at the tem
porary courthouse in Boone.
James Dugger, chairman of
the Democratic Execuf .e Com
mittee, says county leaders will
be named at that time and dele
gates chosen to attend the State
Democratic Convention, Thurs
day, June 5, at the Municipal
Auditorium in Raleigh.
County delegates will be
named May in precinct con
ventions conducted at the vot
ing places.
Vaughn Roten
Buys Burgess
Boone Store
Vaughn Roten, manager of
the Burgess Furniture Store,
announces a change of the
firm’s name to Roten’s Furni
ture Store.
The owner bought out the
Burgess partners in an agree
ment sealed at 7 p. m. April
10.
Roten’s Furniture Store has
21,700 square feet of showrooms
and warehouse storage, em
ploys 14 people and runs seven
vans and trucks. Mr. Roten
says the business will continue
under the same management
policies and with the same per
sonnel as in the past. And “our
biggest goal is to give the best
service possible.”
He said he wishes to express
appreciation for the public’s
patronage in the past and looks
forward to continuing this pleas
ant association with “as good,
if not better, service in the fut
ure.”
The company opened March
17, 1957, at its present loca
tion and was burned out three
years later. In 1965, an annex
to the furniture store was opened
across the street.
Bloodmobile
Coming To City
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be in Boone April 29 and
30.
On the 29th it will be sta
tioned at Greenway Baptist
Church and will serve industry
and the local people.
The location for the blood'
mobile on the 30th will be an
nounced at a later date. It will
serve primarily the university
students.
The Bloodmobile will be open
from 11 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. both
days.
Dr. Williams Has
Articles In Book
“Language and Culture,’’ a
book newly published by the
Charles E. Merrill Company,
contains two articles written
by Dr. Cratia Williams, Dean
at Appalachian’s Graduate
School.
. Ha two essays concern
mountain speech.
Edited by Patrick Gleeson and
Nancy Wakefield, the book also
Includes the writings of George
Orwell, Earnest Cassirer, Otto
Jeeperson, Bertrand Russell,
Helen Keller and Boh Dylan.
Hearing In Johnson City
Three Students Arrested Here
On Charges Burglaries In Area
Police Chief Red Lyons and Officer Hobart Watson inspect stolen goods they recovered last week
after arresting three Appalachian State University students on charges of breaking and enter
ing and grand larceny. The open suitcase on the chair in front of Lyons contains burglary tools
confiscated from the residence of one of the students. (Staff photo)
Health Council To Form
Plan For 3-County Area
Boone Police
Recover
Merchandise
More than $3,000 in stolen
merchandise was recovered by
Boone police officers last week
after three Appalachian State
University students were ar
rested on charges of breaking
and entering and grand lar
ceny.
Police Chief Red Lyons said
he served warrants issued by
the Johnson City (Tenn.) Po
lice Department in connection
with the April 1 robbery of
$1,750 in saxophones and elec
tric guitars from Cate’s Music
Store in that city.
He identified those arrest
ed as Cary Smith, 18, of Greens
boro, a resident of Justice Hall
on the university campus; Frank
Lanning, 20, of Richfield, resi
dent of Bowie Hall; and Tilden
McNielly, 19, ofSpindale, whom
Lyons said lived in an apart
ment on Clement Street, Boone.
Lyons stated that the three
also are charged on the same
counts by Caldwell County of
ficials investigating the March
11 theft of three television sets,
six radios, a record player
and a stereo tape player from
the Steele Rulane Gas Com
pany in Lenoir, “'they have
confessed to everything,*’ he
said, adding that Wilkes Coun
ty Sheriff Hoke Wilkes may
press charges on a March 6
break-in of the Discount House,
west of North Wilkesboro on
U. S. 421.
Of the last, Lyons said only
two of the boys said they were
involved, but did not say which
two. The Discount House was
robbed of rubberized boots, the
worth of which would not con
stitute a charge of grand lar
cency ($200 plus).
Meanwhile, the three await
trial scheduled for late April
*n Johnson City. Lyons said he
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A health council has been
organized to prepare a com
prehensive health plan for the
Watauga, Mitchell, Avery and
Yancey County area. It is the
Blue Ridge Health Council and
its incorporators are Mrs.
Eloise Briggs of Burnsville,
Dr. James McRae of Spruce
Pine, Mr. Joseph Hartley of
Boone and Dr. H. C. Evans,
Jr. of Banner Elk.
Briefly the other plans and
objectives of the Health Coun
cil are to coordinate existing
and planned health programs
Attend Asheville
Rotary Conference
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ahern
and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Har
ris Sr. left Boone Tuesday for
Asheville to attend the District
767 Conference of Rotary In
ternational. The conference, is
being held atthe Grove Park Inn.
While at the meeting, the Har
rises and the Aherns attended
the Fellowship dinner held in
honor of past Rotary Club of
ficers, of which Harris is one.
Wednesday evening they will
attend the Governor’s Banquet
at which Charles Tennent, past
president erf Rotary Interna
tional, will be the principal
speaker. Current president of
Rotary International is former
Gov. Luther Hodges.
The Harrises and Aherns will
return to Boone following the
banquet Wednesday evening.
Membership Open To
Boone Fire Dept.
Applications for membership
on the Boone Volunteer Fire
Department are available at City
Hall.
Fire Chief R. D. Hodges Jr.
says there are three vacancies.
its 24-member board has 6
representatives from each of
the four counties.
The Board has just completed
incorporation proceedings and
Speech Event
Slated At WHS
Watauga High School will be
host Monday for the Forensic
Tournament of the Western
North Carolina High School Ac
tivities Association.
Six students have been in
vited from each of 45 schools
to compete in four divisions:
Extemporaneous speaking, im
prompty speaking, recitation
and drama presentations.
Four places will be awarded
in each category about 3 that
afternoon.
The competition will be held
in the High School auditorium.
services, manpower and faci
lities; to conduct a public edu
cation, health education and pub
lic relations programs to ac
quaint the four counties with
health services; to continue the
development of a strong par
ticipating and involved Board;
to establish advisory commit
tees; and to establish Board
committees in each of the four
counties.
Bob Scott Will
Be Here On 24tb
Lieut. Governor Bob Scott will
visit Boone Wednesday April 24
and will greet the voter sat Scott
headquarters, West King St.
from 3 to 4:15 p. m.
The YDC will sponsor a re
ception for Governor Scott from
4:15 until 5. This will beheld
in the assembly area of the Uni
versity Student Center. All stu
dents and faculty members are
invited.
G.O.P. Rally To
Be Held Sat. In
Avery County
Republicans from three
mountain counties will rally in
the Newland Court House at
2 p. m. Saturday to hear fea
tured speaker Congressman
Charles R. Jonas of Uncoln
ton and several Republican can
didates from the area.
Wataugans will join Con
gressman Jonas at the Holiday
inn to form a motorcade to
Newland where they will join
Republican from Mitchell areJ
Avery counties.
F. C. Miller, Watauga Coun
ty GOP Chairman, says quite
a number of people from here
plan to join the caravan April
20 and that any wanting to go
should be at the Holiday Inn
before 1 p. m., departure time,
Saturday. The group will arrive
in Newland about 1:45.
Stickley Says He ’ll Face
Scott In November Voting
Jack Stickley predicts he will
face Democrat Bob Scott in the
election and “1968 will be the
year of a sweeping Republican
victory in North Carolina.”
Addressing “fellow Republi
cans and concerned Democrats’*
in an informal luncheon Thurs
day in Boone, Stickley talked
about the state’s foremost pro
idem, analyzed the validity of
certain popularity polls and re
capped campaign plights and
practices.
“My heart Is saddened to
day”, he said. I feel a sense
of frustration, I feel a sense
of anger ... an inability to
cope with the problem when I
think that the Congress of the
United States has displayed a
degree of cowardice I never
thought possible ... in run
ning through this reprehensible
civil rights bill.
‘‘I am proud to say that the
North Carolina delegation-tooth
Democrats and Republicans—
stood firmly against it, but
others had no starch in their
back bones and gave up much
too easily. . . I can see Old
Glory crumpled in the dust at
the foot of the flagpole."
The Republican candidate said
his campaign began with an ex
ploration "to see if there was
any demand for a change.*'
He said there was and be learn
ed "The thing uppermost in the
minds of the people In our
state is law and order,** adding
this also is uppermost in the
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