H. Walter Horton, Civic
Leader, Dies At Age 95
Henry Walter Horton, 95, of
Boone, Route 3 and Miami,
Fla., a retired real estate brok
er, died Thursday at the Blow
ing Rock Hospital, where he had
been a patient at the Extended
Care unit since May.
Funeral services were held
at 2 o’clock Friday at Greenway
Baptist Church and burial was
in the Boone cemetery.
Rev. C. 0. Vance conducted
the services.
Mr. Horton was born on New
River near Boone July 4, 1873,
a son of William and Rebecca
Blair Horton. He was the founder
and owner of the Horton Tele
phone Co., the first telephone
company in North Wilkesboro.
He was one of the first auto-"
mobile dealers in Boone and
founded the Highway Motor Co.,
which dealt with Maxwells and
later Nash automobiles and
erected the Horton building in
downtown Boone, the most mod
ern business structure in town
at the time. He was one of the
first to see the value of tourist
courts to the area, and built
the Horton tourist facility on
Winkler’s Creek and established
a housing development in the
same area.
Mr. Horton dealt in real estate
in both Boone and Miami, living
in Florida during the winters.
He was an early-day good roads
promoter, one of the founders
erf the Boone Civitan Club and
a life-long promoter of tourism
in the Boone area. He was a
member of the Three Forks
Baptist Church near Boone.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Charity Susan Usher Horton;
three daughters and a son: Mrs.
Sarah Horton Kennedy, Mrs.
Rebecca Horton Bachelor, Mrs.
Wanda Horton Barrs, Henry
W. Horton, Jr., all of Miami.
There are four grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
William Glenn Shook
William Glenn Shook, 43, of
Route 6, Lenoir, died at 9:30
a.m., Friday at his residence
following an extended illness.
Shook was bornFeb.23,1925,
in Watauga County, the son of
the late David A. and Josie
Hamby Shook. He was a mem
ber of Grandview Park Bap
tist Church, and was last em
ployed at Bernhardt Furniture
Co., Plant No. 2. He was in
the U.S. Navy during World
War H.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Ruth Parlier Shook; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Eugene Story and
Mrs. Eugene Perkins, both of
Lenoir; two sons, Kenneth Shook
of Route 6, Lenoir, and Larry
Shook of the home; two sisters,
Mrs. Ted Bumgarner of Hud
son, and Mrs. Clara Mae
Ramsey of Rhodhlss; three
brothers, Jeffrey Shook of Ban
ner Elk, Wayne Shook of Len
oir, and Amos Shook of the
U.S. Air Force in California;
and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at
Grandview Park Baptist Church
by the Rev. C. R. McFelea and
the Rev. R. B. Burnett. Burial
was in Blue Ridge Memorial
Park.
Lumber Inspected
To be sure it’s properly grad
ed and used, framing lumber is
inspected at least four times be
tween manufacture and its en
closure in a house wall: at the
mill before shipping, by the
lumber wholesaler or retailer,
by the home builder, and the
city or county building in
spector.
Ray’s lawyer asks case be
dropped.
H. W. HORTON wears his grandfather’s Revolutionary War
uniform in the first Daniel Boone Wagon Train in 1963. He made
the entire trip from North Wjlkesboro to Boone.
Miss Ida M. Kinsley Penny Carol Hartzog
Miss Ida Mary Kinsley of
Blowing Rock died Wednesday
at the Blowing Rock Hospital
after a period of declining
health.
The funeral was held in Boone
at Saint Elisabeth’s Catholic
Church Friday at 9 a.m. Fath
er Robert Shey officiated and
burial was in Floral Park Ceme
tary in High Point
Born in New York, she had
lived in High Point until she
moved to Blowing Rock nine
months ago.
The only survivor is a sister,
Mrs. William Mayer of High
Point.
West Jefferson—Penny Carol
Hartzog, infant daughter of
Jacob H. and Brenda Miller
Hartzog of Todd, died Friday
in the Ashe Memorial Hospital.
The funeral was held Sunday
at 2 p.m. at the Zion Methodist
Church and burial was in the
Riverview Cemetery in Ashe
County.
Surviving are the parents;
the paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. K. Hartzog of Fleet
wood; and the maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Miller of Todd.
School Completes
Its 10th Course
The North Carolina Outward
Bound School, located on the
slopes of Tablerock Mountain
in the Pisgah National Forest,
announced the completion of
its tenth course on August 4.
Fifty-five young men from
seventeen states participated
in the course. The youngest
was fifteen and the oldest
twenty-eight.
Two teachers participated un
der scholarships provided by
DeWitt Wallace, Publisher of
Reader’s Digest and a member
of the Outward Bound national
Board of Trustees. Mr. Wal
lace is responsible for at least
fifty secondary school teachers
attending Outward Bound
Schools this summer to study
the applied concepts of Dr.
Kurt Hahn, founder of Outward
Bound and headmaster of famed
Gordo ns to un School in Scotland.
Twelve young business men,
all in training to be store man
agers, were sent to the course
by Jewel Box Stores, Inc., of
Greensboro, North Carolina.
Over fifty of that firm’s man
ager trainees have attended
NCOBS this year.
Other members of the July
course were high school, prep
school and college students.
Among activities undertaken
by students during the rugged
Outward Bound course were
an overland expedition of forty
miles to Mt. Mitchell, a two
man rubber raft run in the
Unville Gorge, and a thirty
five mile expedition to Grand
father Mountain. AH expeditions
are made with forty pound back
packs. In addition to the ex
peditions, the students made
dramatic climbs up the steep
walls of Tablerock and the
Chimneys.
The North Carolina Outward
Bound School is a private, non
profit educational institution de
voted to develop self-confi
dence, compassion, and initia
tive among its students. Among
its prominent Board of Trustees
are three candidates for public
office in North Carolina. Lt,
Gov. Bob Scott, who is a candi
date for Governor; State Sena
tor Robert Morgan, who is a
candidate for Attorney General;
and Judge Richardson Preyer,
a candidate for Congress.
Fence Foil
Flower beds need a goo<
backdrop to set them off. /
white-painted fence can be ex
quisite if the condition of pain
is kept immaculate. But weath
ered cedar and exterior stain,
in natural wood tones are equal
ly good, and require little main
tenance.
Daniel Boone Inn
FOR SALE
Sale Must Be Approved by Property Owner
IF NOT SOLD, WE WILL
Remain Open 'til Nov. 1st
Daniel Boone Inn
> Blowing Rock Road — Boone, N. C
KELVIN TUCKER
C.E. REILEY
Melvin Tucker Plant
Manager Sou. Bell
Melvin W. Tucker has been
named Plant Manager of South
ern Bell Telephone Company
for the Morganton, Lenoir,
Blowing Rock, and Boone ex
changes.
Tucker succeedsC. E.Reiley,
Plant Manager since Decem
ber, 1966 who has been appoint
ed Division Plant Supervisor
with headquarters in Atlanta
Georgia. In his new position
Reiley will supervise and co
ordinate activities in the Atlan
ta Suburban Division of Bell.
Educated in Coca, Florida,
Tucker joined the telephone
company in June, 1948, at Coca.
He served as a specialist in the
Medical Corps of the UJS. Army
from October, 1954 to October,
1956, and returned to the tele
phone company when his mili
tary duty had been completed.
After holding various positions
with Southern Bell in Florida,
he transferred to Asheville as
Storeroom Foreman in Septem
ber, 1966.
Tucker is married to the
former Nancy Sullivan of Coca.
They and their five children,
Kathleen, Michael, Sharon, Pat
rick, and Melvin, Jr. are now
residing at 14 Hawthorne Drive.
While in Morganton, Reiley
was active in the community,
serving as a football official for
the Western North Carolina con
ference and as an advisor fer the
Boy Scouts of America. Inaddi
tion, he is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce, Rotary
Club, and Mimosa fill Golf
Club. He has also served as
youth advisor of the First
Presbyterian Church.
12 Kinds of Cabins
Seen in Booklet
Are you ready to join the
weekends-away gang with a vaca
tion cabin built on a sunny lake
shore or hidden deep in a pine
forest?
Early planning is half the bat
tle, but today it’s easier than
ever to locate good cabin plans
For example, a booklet pub
lished by a lumber trade asso
ciation offers twelve possibili
ties, some large, some small. Ex
terior and interior views of each
cabin, plus its floor plan, are
sketched.
Construction plans, at low cost,
can be ordered out of the book
let.
For a copy of “Vacation
Homes,” send 25c in coin to
Dept. 524-P, Western Wood
Products Assn., Yeon Bldg.,
Portland, Ore. 97204.
Remodel Fence
A fence built with boards
eight inches wide or more some
times looks ungainly. But it’s
easy to remodel. Remove the
fence boards and cut them into
widths of two, three or four
inches. Then refinish using a
black-brown stain for posts and
trails,, a warm golden brown
stain for the fence boards.
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Poll finds world is pessimis
tic on morals.
Latta Johnson
Realty Co.
Open & Confidential Listing of Property
Real Estate Sales — Rentals
Property Management
400 EAST KING STREET — DIAL 264-2492
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA
WE NEED LISTINGS
No. 1
TWO SUMMER COTTAGES desirable for rent by week
or month.
No. 2
2 BEDROOM SUMMER COTTAGE. 1 bedroom guest
house. 3 acre lot Priced to sell.
No. 3
GOOD HOUSE, 6 acres, 3 miles out, 2 bedrooms, heat,
1 bath.
No. 4
RUSTIC COTTAGE, 20 scree*. Owner will finance.
No. S
24 ACRES suitable for development, on paved road, S
miles out, good old house.
No. 8
i ACRE BUILDING LOT. Beautiful stream. Next to ;
Mountain Brook Motel. Priced to selL
No. 7
;: NEW BRICK AND FRAME HOUSE. Living room with :;
fireplace, three bedrooms, two baths, full basement, !
wall-to-wall carpet, central vacuum system.
No. 8
< FOR RENT — New, two bedroom apartment. By week or !
month.
No. 8
: 3 BEDROOM HOUSE, heat to each room, big lot $12,300. !
No. 10
;; 80 ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT LAND located four :
miles out and adjacent to Blue Ridge Parkway. ;
Streets made. Four bedroom furnished house with '
two baths. Entrance from paved road.
No. 11
BRICK HOUSE, 2-bedroom. Basement Priced to sell
No. 12
; FOR SALE: Four bedroom frame cottage. Wall-to-wall
carpet Bath and a half. Central heat Good to
ACREAGE LISTINGS:
36 ACRES frontage on Blue Ridge Parkway
127 ACRES Meat Camp
81 ACRES on Highway 105
18 ACRES near Hound Ears
Deadline Set For Return
Of Ballots In ASC Election
The deadline for returning
ballots in the ASC community
elections is Monday, Sept. 16,
according to M. L. Shepherd,
chairman of the Watauga Coun
ty ASC Committee.
C hairman Shepherd points out
that two envelopes have been
mailed with the ballots to all
eligible voters of record in the
county office. One envelope is
plain, and the other has a state
ment printed on the back which
the farmer needs to sign. A
witnessed mark will alsoquali
fy as a signature.
The ballot should be marked
and sealed inside the plain en
velope; voters are cautioned not
to enclose any other material.
Also, voters should not write
on the plain envelope. This
assures the secrecy of the vote.
The plain envelope should then
be put inside the envelope with
the statement on the back. This
statement is a certification that
the ballot was marked by the
farmer personally without un
due influence by any person. The
envelope should then be mailed
or otherwise delivered to the
ASCS county office.
“Be sure to sign this state
merit on the back of the out
side envelope,” the chairman
urges. “If it is not signed,
the ballot will not be considered
as a vote.”
Any person who did not re
ceive a ballot to vote in the
committee elections should visit
or call the ASCS office to se
cure one.
Johnson predicts new cuts of
$4-billion.
More stress urged on causes
of disorders.
Outlook fooidt
will show you why
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