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VOL. LXXX— NO. 43
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1968
10 CENTS PER COPY
32 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
Director Is
Named WAMY
Crafts Plan
Bill Stark, who calls himself
“a native of the whole Appa
lachian region*’ became Direc
tor of crafts for WAMY Com
munity Action, Inc. April 1.
Though Bill was born in Cor
bin, Ky„ he has lived or worked
in Tennessee, Georgia, Ala
bama, Florida, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, West Virginia and North
Carolina.
Before coming to WAMY he
was Community Development
Supervisor for AAY Commun
ity Development, Inc. in Char
leston, W. Va. In that position
he did extensive work with the
AAY Crafts Program.
Mr. Stark received his edu
cation at Berea College and the
University of Pittsburg. Before
he entered the field of com
munity action, he worked as a
supermarket manager, quality
control technician, and invest
ment counselor. His primary
interest in the Community
Action Program is economic,
“creation of financial oppor
tunities for the underemployed
and unemployed.”
Mr. Stark did not move to the
WAMY area as a stranger. He
worked in Yancey, Wilkes and
Rutherford Counties on a sur
vey of high school drop outs for
Berea College in 1964. “I start
ed thinking about moving here
then,” he says. He not only was
impressed by the natural beauty
which he found “always inter
esting,*’ but felt that the people
had “a different attitude, an ele
ment of pride” that he has found
nowhere else.
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BILL STARK
While petite Adrienne Moore takes a brief recess from her reading at Watauga County Library,
the Boone Junior Woman’s Club makes a gift to Charles Abel, director of the Appalachian
Regional Library. Women (from left) are Mrs. Ann Campbell, Librarian Jo Ann Payne and
Mrs. Dorothy Barker.
Watauga Library Grows
Despite Skimpy Income
Some-of the shelves are war
ped, sagging with the wealth of
books entrusted to them. On
the whole, this sector of the
Watauga County Public Library
is a drab place, likely to lure
only the most steadfast devotees
of reading.
This is the children’s divi
sion. which contains a surpris
Union For State Workers
Is Seen By ASU Official
“Within the next few years
North Carolina will be faced
with the labor union problem
for its state employees,*’ claims
Lynn Holaday, director of per
sonnel services at Appalachian
State University.
The growing problem of labor
unions for non-academic school
personnel was the theme of the
Southern Conference of College
and University Personnel Asso
ciation meeting which Holaday
attended in Biloxi, Miss.
“We were presented all sides
of the issue at the meeting,*’
said Holaday. “Penn State Uni
versity, for instance, has just
signed a three-year agreement
with the Teamsters Union, and
Duke University is currently
faced with an attempt by die
AFL-CIO to organize the non
academic personnel on that
campus.
“Of course,’* he continued,
“it is against the law for a state
employee to join a labor union
in North Carolina; however,
most representatives at the
Biloxi conference thought that a
good personnel program will
not keep a union out, even though
it may delay union organiza
tion.**
LYNN HOLADAY
Boone FT A Will
Meet On Monday
The Appalachian Elementary
School PTA will meet Monday
evening, April 29, at 7:30 in the
school auditorium.
A program of music will be
presented by the two choruses
of the elementary school,
Chorus I and Chorus H.
All PTA members and the
public are invited to attend the
meeting.
University Now Has
Enrollment Of 5,486
Undergraduate enrollment
fell by 163 but gains in the
gradiate, extension and Satur
day class enrollments have In
creased Appalachian State Unl
verslty’s total enrollment fi
gure for the spring Quarter
to 5t486 this is 315 more than
enrolled during the winter quar—
The undergrad late enroll
ment for the current qiarter
stands at 4,081. Graduate stu
dent* number 463, ■ Jump of
82 over the winter quarter.
Saturday class enrollment Is
now 192 compared to 144 dur
ing the past quarter.
Extension anrollment, which
was 526 for the winter qw
ter, leaped to 942 for the spring
quarter.
The total enrollment figure
for the spring quarter Includes
3,228 women and 2,258 mao.
Out-of-stats students number
811.
ing 8,800 volumes, but after a
gift was made Thursday by the
Boone Junior Woman's Club,
there'll be some changes made.
Charles E. Abel, director of
the Appalachian Regional Lib
rary, says the book cases need
to be replaced and the wood
floors carpeted to brighten the
surroundings of young readers.
Toward this end, the Junior
Woman's Club Thursday gave
$150.
Back in January, the Boone
Business and Professional Wo
man's Club gave a $100 dona
tion, which all adds up to big
money.
BIG JOB
Perhaps the most economi
cally-run public facility in Wa
tauga, the library subsists on
an annual budget erf $5,400.
Abel says it’s been that way for
Fire Breaks Out
In Fire Station
There was a fire in the fire
station.
It happened April 17, when a
Triplett’s Garage pickup truck
caught fire from an acetylene
torch accidentally triggered
while the safety plug was out.
It was on the construction site
of the Boone Fire Station.
Witnesses guessed that the
blaze resulted from sparks
dropping from the ironwork
overhead. Workmen had just
begun laying the metal sheeting
and the fire-fighting began about
1:30.
One of the fire trucks was
driven out of the present garage
and parked in the street while
volunteers unloaded the hose.
Attempts to start the water pumj
at first failed and white smoke
drifted through the steel beams
as the truck's windshield begar
to weaken and crack out.
The fire was drowned less
than 15 minutes after it began,
Local Partisans To
Attend Scott Rally
A number o< Watauga County
supporter* are expected to go
to Haw River Saturday for the
Statewide Bob Scott Rally to
be held at hia Melville Farm
at 5:30 p. m.
The gathering will feature
a free barbeque and delega
tion* from every county in the
State ar* Invited.
1U years.
“No oneanywherejn the coun
try would attempt to open this
library on that sum,” which
accounts for two employees.
The State supplies new books
and several local citizens have
given single volumes, a few
books-or even whole collect
ions, such as that of the late
Dr. Roy Brown.
The library has 18,000
volumes catalogued and the
number steadily grows. Church,
civic and school groups last
year requested and got 400film
strips from the Appalachian Re
gional Library and as library
usage picks up, still another
change may be made.
Abel hopes it will come ir
the form of a new building;
explaining that the location it
the courthouse annex provide*
limited parking space, a situa
tion made even more hectic b;
the construction of the count;
courthouse next door. As exe
cutive advisor of the outleti
in Ashe, Watauga and Wilkei
counties (which comprise th<
Regional Library), Abel sayi
Watauga’s library “needs loca
support badly.”
Tables, chairs, shelving am
the like must be p&Ud througl
appropriation as the budget ai
ready is too little to adequatel;
carry on the big job at hand
So on Monday the director me
with the Board of County Com
missioners to ask for an ap
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Hardware Has
New Section
Farmers Hardware & Suppl
Company opened its Depc
Street Level with a two-day sal
, last week.
Manager Cecil Greene sai
the sale received excellent re
sponse. Dozens of valuabl
prizes were given during th
event.
The new level, which is acce*
sible by a new entrance, add
1,500 square feet of mer
chandising space to the 7,50
square feet of stockroom spec
adjacent to the lower sales are*
Since the first of the yeai
the corporation moved part (
its stock into the former Cit
Hall, a two-story brick struc
tore directly behind the hard
ware store.
Farmers opened on Christ
mas Eve, 1924, in what wa
known as the Smithey's Depart
ment Store where Boone Taste*
Freese now Is. It has been *
102 West King St. since 1932
Attack On Unsightliness
Maze Of Utility Lines To
Go Underground ASL
Quarter Of
Million Cost
Vital Project
The maze of utility poles
and electrical power lines which
stretch across the Appalachian
State University campus will
disappear during the next few
months, under the terms of a
contract awarded this week to
Bryant Electric Company of
High Point.
All electrical service equip
ment is to be placed under
ground over the entire campus,
including the poles and lines
along Faculty Street and to
Conrad Stadium.
The High Point firm gained
the contract by submitting the
low project bid of $258,135.
89. Work is to commence im
mediately, and the project is
to be completed within 150 days
prior to the start of the fall
quarter in September.
The underground electrical
system was designed by South
eastern Consulting Engineers,
Inc., of Charlotte. The sum
of $300,000 was appropriated
for the project by the 1967
General Assembly.
“This job, naturally, will re
quire a lot of digging since
conduit must be placed in con
crete underground,” said Ned
Trivett, Director of Business
Affairs at ASU.
“It will mean more bar
ricades and torn up walkways
and Streets. The end result,
however, will be the elimina
tion of the unsightly maze of
power lines and poles,*’ he
added.
Founder’s Day
Being Observed
Belk’s Department Store of
Boone this week commemorates
its annual Founder’s Day cele
bration with a sale starting
Thursday and running through
Saturday, May 4.
Belk’s is announcing the big
merchandising event with seven
pages of advertising in this
i week’s issue. Money saving
values are being offered in all
departments.
This is the 80th year of the
I nation’s Belk’s stores.
■ Bob Scott To Be
: In Boone Today
Lieut. Governor Bob Scott
will bring his candidacy to Wa
tauga this (Wednesday) after
noon, meeting with interested
citizens at the Scott headquar
ters on West King Streetfrom3
to 4:15 p. m.
r
t Everyone is invited. Refresh
j merits will be served.
I The Young Democrats Club
will give a reception for the
5 Democratic gubernatorial can
i didate from 4:15 to 5. Univer
sity students, faculty and ad
ministrators will be welcome
* to the informal Scott gathering
in the assembly area of W. H.
J Plemmons Student Center on
9 campus.
i Eric Hoffer Will
[ Speak At University
- Longshoreman, author and
social philosopher Eric Holler
- will be on the AppalachlanState
s University campus Tuesday,
- May 7.
. He will talk on “Leisure
t and the Masses" starting at
. 8 p. m. In I. G. Greer Hall.
PAT MOZINGO, student at Appalachian State University and North Carolina Apple Queen, as
well ps Carolinas Photo Queen, is shown in the gardens at Orton Plantation in Wilmington
during the North Carolina Azalea Festival over the past weekend. —Photo courtesy of Hi^h
Morton.
Gardner Tours Watauga;
Attorney General Target
Touring Watauga, Avery and
Buncombe counties last week,
Republican gubernatorial can
didate James Gardner lashed
out at Attorney General Ram
sey Claf*k.
Gardner’s comments were di
rected at Clark’s reference to
Loses Arm In
Power Washer
A 66-year-old woman was
rushed to Watauga County Hos
pital Monday after her arm was
mangled in a washing machine.
Police Chief Red Lyons said
his department relayed the
emergency call for the ambu
lance and reported to the Coin
Op Laundry, corner of Hardin
and East King Streets, where
Mrs. Charlie Rogers of Boone
was receiving first aid.
A hospital spokesman said the
accident victim was cared for
by Mrs. Becky Parrish, a local
registered nurse, who was in the
laundry when the incident oc
curred. Chief Lyons said the
nurse may have saved the wo
man’s life by curbing the pro
fuse bleeding while the ambu
lance was being called.
The Chief said Mrs. Rogers
was washing whatappeared to be
bedclothing when her right arm
evidently became entangled in
them while the heavy duty wash
er was still on. He said the
amputation was at or just above
the elbow sometime between
12:45 and 1 p. m.
Mrs. Rogers was listed in
satisfactory condition Tuesday
morning.
United Fund To Get
New Slate Officers
The annual United Fund meet
ing will be at noon Friday at
the Gateway Restaurant.
Fund President Mark Hodges
says the directors will elect
officers and make guidelines
for the next campaign. The
session is expected to adjourn
before 1 o’clock.
Watauga YDC
To Meet Monday
The YDC will meet at the
temporary courthouse Monday,
April 29, to hear represent
atives of Democratic candidates
Melville Broughton and Bob
Scott speak on the candidates
views on major campaign is
sues.
the riots after the assassina
tion of Dr. King. Clark stated
that he felt police and troops
should be allowed to use their
weapons only in defense of their
lives, not to stop looters, aron
ists or other offenders
In interview, Congressman
GARDNER
Bloodmobile
Dates Given
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be in Boone on April 29 and
30 in order to catch up on the
needed amount of blood to meet
the quota for this region.
It will be stationed at the
Greenway Baptist Church on
Greenway Road Monday, April
29 from 11 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
accommodating the industries
and local patrons who will be
donating blood.
On Tuesday, April 30, it will
be at the W. H. Plemmons Stu
dent Center on the university
campus, from 11 a. m. to 4:30
Jerry Adams, blood program
chairman{ states that' ‘150 pints
each day is needed to meet our
yearly quota,” and urges all
who can give blood to please do
so on either of these days. “The
need is great.”
Gardner said he had written a
letter to Clark asking his resig
nation. He further stated that
Clark seemed indifferent to the
problems and that he is “playing
politics, which is not his job."
He continued, “He has not
made one mention of Rap Brown
or Stokley Carmichael."
Gardner also charged that of
the first 600 rioters arrested
in Washington, D. C., more than
100 were employed by the Fed
eral government. He said he
will introduce legislation that
if a Federal employee is ar
rested in connection with riots,
he would immediately lose his
job.
Gardner presently has before
Congress a bill that would stric
tly limit employees of the Of
fice of Economic Opportunity
from participating in demon
strations of any sort. The bill
has passed the House and is
awaiting Senate action.
In addition to his comments
on rioting, Gardner clarified
doubts as to his position on the
North Carolina Right to Work
He emphasized his opposi
tion to the Situs Picketing Bill,
and introduced legislation to
abolish a National Labor Rela
tions Board and establish an
impartial labor court.
He also stated that he has
proposed that the next session
of the legislature consider a
bill to have union members vote
by secret ballot to prevent pos
sible intimidation by labor
unions; and that he is opposed
to bringing farm laborers under
the jurisdiction erf the National
Labor Relations Board as this
would not be in the best inter-'
ests of the North Carolina far
mer.
He concluded with the state
ment that he will remain strong
ly in favor of the North Caro-'
lina Right to Work Law.
Daylight Time Will
Come Next Sunday
Daylight saving time arrives
next Sunday but the usual crazy
quilt of unsynchronized clocks
has all but disappeared.
The reason is the Uniform
Time Act passed by Congress
in 1966. Under the law, a state
must go on daylight time un
less its legislature specifical
ly exempts it from the law.
Two states—Hawaii and
Arizona—took this legal route.
Last week, the Department of
Transportation, whose Job It la
to enforce the act, said it would
not try to go to court to enforce
the law in Indiana. In rffect, it
is allowing the state a one-year
moratorium to work out its
problem. So this summer In
diana will operate on Eastern
Standard time.
Indiana is a two-time aone
state. Under the law, tbs state
should operate on Eastern Day
light Time in one sooe and
Central Daylight in the other.