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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Eighty-First Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1968
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VOL. LXXXI— NO. S
10 CENTS PER COPY 26 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
SCENE AT FATAL CRASH—The fatal collision occurred
last week on 105 South near the New Grandfather Country
Club and Golf Course, so Hugh Morton was there quickly with
his camera. This is one of the several shots he made of the
scene of the tragedy.
Old-Time Music Show 1 o
Become Annual Affair
When the last string was
plucked and the last word sung,
the judges began deliberating
which of the 15 groups would
take away the $100 first prize.
About 650 persons were in
the Watauga High School gym
nasium Saturday night for the
Boone Jaycees first stab at an
Horn Admission
Figure Stands
At 6,847 Total
Paid admissions at Horn in
the West outdoor drama climbed
to 6,847 through Sunday night,
although late-afternoon rains
cut the crowds several nights
last week.
For 14 performances through
Sunday, the per show average
has been 489 paid. The 6,847to
tal represents a 27 per cent in
crease over the first 14 dates
of 1967 when only 5,286 attend
ed—an average of 378 per night.
A total of 4,103 witnessed
the drama’s first seven per
formances, while 2,744 saw the
next seven shows.
Rescue Squad
Has Opening
The Watauga County Rescue
Squad is accepting applications
for five positions on its vol
unteer force.
From Sunday, July 7, to Sun
day, July 14, the Squad put in
a total of 193 man hours of
work in service to the public.
Involved were a dragging at
Lake James, a search for a
missing man in Deep Gap, stand
by and active duty at the annual
Watauga Horse Show and work
ing traffic for the Jaycees at
the Fiddlers Convention.
Application blanks are avail
able from any member of the
Squad.
old-time music show. Proceeds
are to aid their broad-scale
hospital beautification pro
gram.
Finally the judging panel of
Bob White, Dr. Cratis Williams
and Sgt. Stan Little turned in
results which placed Larry
Campbell and the Country Play
boys in the top slot and named
ROBERT BINGHAM
Robt. Bingham
Seeks To Head
Carolina YDC
Robert Bingham of Boone to
day announced his candidacy for
the presidency of the North
Carolina Young Democrats
Club.
A veteran campaigner, Bing
ham gained the respect of party
regulars in 1966 when at age
27 he was the State’s youngest
Democratic Congressional
nominee in 100 years. In 1966,
he ran for the United States
Congress in the Ninth District.
In the same year, he was
chosen by the Young Democrats
Clubs of North Carolina as one
of the 10 outstanding young Dem
ocrats in the State.
Presently director of real
estate sales at Grandfather Golf
and Country Club, Linville,
(Continued on page eight)
No New Alma Mater
For Appalachian U.
Appalachian State University
will not have a new Alma after
all.
For the past five months, a
committee appointed to choose
a new song (or the Boone In
stitution has been studying many
entries.
However, according to com
mittee chairman Dr. Nicholas
Erneston, the general quality
at the entries was dlsappolnt
iig, It has been decided, there
fore, to keep the current Alma
Mater with the exception that
the phrase "Teachers College”
In the first verse and the chorus
will be changed to ‘ 'Alma Mater,
Appalachian.”
The committee, consisting of
two students and five faculty
members, also has recommend
ed that the university’s fight
song, entitled ” Hail to the Brave
Hearts,” be revived and be
come the official school fight
song.
“We are now in the processes
restoring this fight song for
band use,” Dr. Ernes ton stated.
This song was composed by
two Appalachian alumni, Zsb
Dickson and Paul Mahoney.
the Linville River Boys as win
ner of the second prize, $35.
Jaycee Jim Hastings said an
interesting group were the Wil
son Brothers, two boys 14 or
younger who were assisted by
their sister, age 11, who played
the bass fiddle. The judges
picked them for the $15 third
prize,
Hastings said the Jaycees
tried to repay radio announcer
Grady Cole for his services as
master of ceremonies by pre
senting him a ham, 4‘but he
turned around and raffled it
off ... He did a wonderful
job of emceeing and attracted
as many people as the Fiddlers
Convention did.”
Because of time limitations,
the Jaycees had to turn away
three or four groups who came
that night to enter, but because
of the public’s acceptance of
this initial event, “We think
we’ve hit on something here.”
The Fiddlers /Convention is
expected to be held annually
and there is talk of a similar
project for the coming fall.
Several door prizes were given
away during the evening.
15 Of 20 Finish Hard
Highland Games Run
To The Grandfather
Of a field of 20 starters, IS
finished the difficult Highland
Games Marathon Rim which be
gan in Boone Saturday morning
and ended at McRae Meadows
on Grandfather Mountain that
afternoon.
In charge of the run, which
was organized by Fred Hurd
and Explorer Post ill, were
Jim Hastings and BUI Winkler.
Trophies and medals went
to Ed Hereford, who finished
first with a new record of 3:13:—
33.6: George Phillips second
with 3:22:36.5; and David Mar
lin, who was in third spot with
3:27:37.
Trophies went to the follow
ing in order of finish: Kennedy,
3:28:52; Forrester, 3:30:20;
Hurd, 3:40:08; Bruce, 3:45:52;
Jenkins, 3:49:47; Jereld, 3:52:
32; and Wallin, 3:53:16.
Hastings said an interesting
point about the run was that
Jenkins, who is 59 years old,
finished in eight place.
Officiating at stations along
the route were Sonny Tugman,
LJ>. Hagaman Jr. Gralg Rig
sby, Steve Sanders, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Davis, Bob Clayton,
David Gaston, Mike WUllams,
Eugene Hereford and Claude
Norman Williams.
Temperature was 84 degrees
whan the race began and was
72 dagreea at the finish line,
DR. JERRY WEST
Jerry L. West
Gets His PhJD.
Jerry L. West, son of Mrs.
Rex West of North Wilkes boro
and the late Rev. West has re
ceived the doctor of philosophy
degree from N. C. State Uni
versity in Raleigh.
An assistant professor at
Western Carolina University at
Cullowhee, Dr. West was award
ed the Ph. D. on completion of
studies in the biology depart
ment. He completed the B.S.
degree at Appalachian State
Teachers College in 1962 and
the M.S. at N. C. State in 1965.
While pursuing his studies,
he was recognized in Who’s Who
in American Colleges and Uni
versities.
DR. PAUL SANDERS
Dr. Paul Sanders
Named Provost
At Appalachian
Dr, Paul Sanders, who has
served as Dean of Academic
Affairs at Appalachian State
University for three years, has
been given the title of Provosl
by the institution’s Board oi
Trustees.
The title, now widely used foi
the administrative officer tc
whom direction of the instruc
tional program is delegated, has
never before been evidencec
at Appalachian,
Dr. Sanders, who joined th
ASU faculty as professor o:
mathematics in 1962, isagrad
uate of Southeastern Oklahonu
State College, He earned his
(Continued on page eight)
Mormon Missionaries
Two Are Killed As Cars
Collide On 105 South
1968
Iwo Others Are
Hospitalized;
Critically Hurt
Two were killed and two
Dthers critically injured last
Thursday in a two-car col
lision on rain-slick 105, two
miles this side of Linville in
'Wery County.
The dead were two young
missionaries, identified as Val
Gene Hendrix, 19, of 311 Blaine
Avenue, Filmore, Calif, and
Darrell V, Edwards, 19, of
Route 1, Hopper, Utah. They
were identified by Arthur An
derson, president of the Atlan
tic States Mission, as elders and
missionaries for the Church of
Jesus Christ of the Latter Day
Saints.
They were driving an auto
mobile registered in the name
of their church and Anderson
said they were working in the
mission field at the time of
the accident. ■**
Paul Sluder, 27, and Nancy
Sluder, 19, of Newland, Route
2, were injured. They were
listed in critical condition at
Cannon Memorial Hospital in
Banner Elk.
Highway Patrolman Edward
Burris is quoted as saying the
car driven by Hendrix apparent
ly went out of control, skidded
across the highway and col
lided with the Sluder car, which
was traveling in the opposite
direction.
Both cars were said to be
a total loss. Burris was con
tinuing the investigation.
WAMY Area
Given Grant
For Bus Plan
Watauga, Avery, Mitchell and
Yancey counties have received
a federal grant of $6,793 for
a three-month community
transportation program.
The announcement is made
this week by Leveo V. San
chez, Director of the middle
Atlantic region of the Office
of Economic Opportunity.
The applicant agency is
WAMY, and the local share
of the grant is $1,461.
This grant will enable WAMY
to establish a co-operative to
deal with the acute problem of
transportation in the four-coun
ty area, Sanchez commented.
The component specifically
funds the downpayment and first
two months * rates of three buses
while the co-operative is trained
to become operational.
It also funds a co-ordinator
for the project and maintenance
costs for three months, he said.
CLERK AND JUDGE IN ONE—As Clerk ol Court and Juvenile Judge for Watauga County,
Orville H. Foster is a man of records. There are the court dockets, transferring of thousands
of papers, the day to day business of dealing with lawyers and the public. And there is the
Juvenile Court which will be lifted from Foster’s jurisdiction and put in the hands of the new
District Court System the first Monday in December. In his six years in office, Foster says he
has had to deal with an average of 15 juvenile offenders annually. But the serious offenses, he
observes have been few. And only a couple of youngsters have been committed to training
SThool in the last several months. Charges usually are breaking and entering, petty theft and
truancy, the last being a popular favorite among the youngsters. And then there is the uncon
trollable child with whom the parent turns to the Court for discipline. “It’s always amusing,’
Foster says, “to see a 200-pound man bring in a little nine-year-old boy and ask me to do
something “ The charge is ungovernable behavior and comes about much more frequently than
one would' suspect. In some families, there seems to be a thread of delinquency, with brothers
and sisters winding up in juvenile court as soon as they are old enough. But asked about any
at-home difficulties, the children’s parents usually deny that any unfavorable situations exist.
Itowever training school, when it is required, is not a “prison” for youths but a center in
which education is continued and skills are taught in a well-rounded program. Foster’s wife,
Phyllis, who is his assistant, mirrors the woe that befalls the man who has to make the decisions.
“Some of them—you just want to take home, to see if you can help them. ' The Juvenile Court
often finds that probation is the most reasonable penalty and Watauga County Welfare Director
Dave Mast acts as probation officer for the youngsters. (Staff photo)
Dr. Plemmons Named To
Advisory Group AASCU
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, presi
ient of Appalachian State Uni
versity, has been named to the
DR. PLEMMONS
Public Welfare Office
Gives Data For June
The Watauga County Public
Welfare Office reports the fol
lowing figures for June, 1968:
Total obligations incurred for
Public Assistance recipients,
lncludirg medicine and hospi
talization were $13,301 for Old
Age Assistance, $13,017.60 for
Aid to Families with Depended
Children and $8,100 for Aid to
the Permanently and Totally
Disabled.
Total expenditures for medi
cal vendor jayments were
$224,25 for Medical Assistance
for the Aged, $2,009.83 for Aid
to ramllles wiui oepemem
Children and $887.71 for Aid
to the Permanently and Totally
Disabled.
Forty dollars was spent for
General Assistance.
One hundred and sixty-one
special services were given to
the 306 children in AFDC fami
lies.
There werel96servicecases
carried by caseworkers during
the month, cases receiving ser
vices only.
Three hundred thirty-nine
households, 1,280 persons, re
ceived Surplus Commodities.
advisory committee of the new
Consulting Service of the
American Association of State
Colleges and Universities.
The service, directed by John
R. Emens, president of Ball
State University, recently com
menced operation, offering ex
perts to advise and counsel
member institutions on a wide
range of situations such as
administrative organization,
reorganization from college tc
university, move from bacca
laureate to graduate programs,
long range planning, studen
and faculty affairs, closed cir
cuit television and data pro
cessing.
In addition to Dr. Plemmons
a past president of the AASC U
others on the advisory com.
Pet Show To Be
Held Thursday
The Boone Parks and Recre
ation Commission will spon
sor a children’3 pet show a
3 Thursday afternoon at th
Boone Playground.
All children with pets ar
asked to apply with Tony Adams
playground supervisor, any tin
this week. Prizes and ribbon
will be awarded to all.
The playground is adjacei
to the Daniel Boone Native Gar
dens with access from the Blow
ing Rock Road, Boone.
mittee areUlenni\enaau, presi
dent emeritus of Chico State
College; John E. King, pro
fessor of higher education at
Southern Illinois University;
and Herbert D. Welte, president
of Central Connecticut State
College.
Campus 1 rathe
Nearing Normal
As Wires Buried
Pedestrian and vehicular
traffic across the Appalach
ian campus will return to nor
mal by the end of this week as
a current project to place all
electrical power lines under
ground draws to a close.
“The final phase of the pro
ject was begun this week,” said
ASU Director of Business Af
. fairs Ned Trivett. “Several
t streets and walkways have been
5 blocked due to the nature of the
job, but we expect to have most
passageways reopened this
i week.”
» The $258,000 project being
conducted by Bryant Electric
^ Company of High Point is eli
minating the maze of utility
1 poles and electrical lines
stretching across the campus.