Section B
VOL. LXXXI—NO. 11
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1968
Section B
PRICE: TEN CENTS
•Soil Fertility
Goals Are Set
For Watauga
The North Carolina Agricul
tural Extension Service will an
nounce plans Thursday, Sept,
12, for its special “Lime-Pro
fit Hiker” program.
According to County Exten
sion Chairman L.E.Tuckwiller,
the state's 100 counties will be
united in the effort to meet
soil fertility goals and increase
farm income by at least $40
million annually.
“Most Watauga soils that
have not been limed within 10
years have a Ph of 5,0 or low
er,” Tuckwiller explained.
“This is too low for all crops
except blueberry, native shrub
bery and white potatoes.
“Burley tobacco likes a Ph
of 5.5 to 6.0 and most crops
that we grow like a Ph of ap
proximately 6„0 or higher.’’
The Chairman added that even
a small increase of one ton of
corn silage per acre will pay
for a ton of lime and give a
profit in addition. “But most
acres will yield 5 to 10 tons
more per acre and therefore
give a feed value increase of
10 to 50 dollars more per acre.”
The Doctor’s Building located on Doctor’s Drive of Deerfield
Road has been designed to match the Watauga County Hospital
in the background. It will house the offices of four doctors and
Father Smith To Tour Latin
America, Do Documentary
According to Michael Ahern,
vice-president of the Blue Ridge
Shoe Company and Chairman
of the Advisory Board of St.
Elizabeth Catholic Church, his
pastor has been chosen for a
remarkable jaunt.
Father Ed Smith, the pastor
of the three Catholic Churches
in Watauga and Ashe counties,
is being sent by the Glenmary
Home Missioners to do a doc
umentary of all the countries
in Latin America. He will study
especially the vast slums of the
large cities while giving some
attention to the problems of the
rural poor.
Father Ed, who recently cele
brated his 25th anniversary of
his ordination to the priest
hood with special masses of
thanksgiving and receptions in
Boone and Cincinnati, Ohio, says
that the extended tour is a sort
of sabattical, a bonus after
25 years erf parish and public
relations work.
The Glenmary Home Mission
ers with national headquarters
in Cincinnati, Ohio, have a pilot
project in Columbia, South Am
State GOP Chairman
Says Money’s In Sight
State Republican Chairman
Jim Holshouserwasonthemove
last week visiting the Capital
on money matters and travel
ing down-country to help de
cide plans for Dick Nixon’s
trip to Tarheelia.
He reports funds are forth
coming from the Washington
based Republican Congressional
Committee and “They don’t give
money except when they know
when they will win.”
To that point he said North
Carolina has suffered some cri
ticism because it is so favored
by the national committee. He
said quite a bit of financial sup
port is to be given Republicans
throughout the State.
In Raleigh Holshouser was
helping plan the visit to Char
lotte today of Richard Nixon,
Republican candidate for the
Presidency.
Thursday the State will wel
come Texas Senator John
Tower, who is to visit Char
lotte, Hendersonville, Waynes
ville, High Point and More
head City, Holshouser said.
Asked for an indication as
to how Republicans will handle
last week’s turncoating events
in five counties, the State C hair
man suggested that not all the
reports had been Confirmed and
that no action has yet been
erica. Father Smith,s research
will help Gleamary to determine
the type of association which
would work most effectively in
the slums of Latin America.
One unique difference in Glen
mary*s manner of approach is
that native Latin Americans will
be encouraged and trained to
handle their own problems, to
raise their own funds among
the wealthy of Central and South
America and to form self-sub
sisting, autonomous organiza
tions to attend each country’s
greatest need.
The itinerary for the docu
mentary reads like an Atlas
at Latin America. It includes
a complete coverage of Mexi
co with an intensive, advanced
Spanish course in Cuernavaca,
a route through Central Ameri
ca from Guatamala through Pan
ama and on to Columbia, Ecua
dor, Peru, Chili, Argentina,
Uruguay and Paraguay, Bolivia,
Brazil, British Guinea and
Venezuela.
taken.
The situation involves five
county chairmen who report
edly switched their allegiance
from the Republican Party to
the third-party George Wallace
campaign.
A Boone attorney, Holshouser
also is on the ballot as candi
date in the 44th district for
the State House of Represen
tatives.
also the Deerfield Pharmacy when complete in early October.
(Staff photo)
FATHER ED SMITH
When asked if he looks for
ward to such a trip, Father
Ed replied: “I know I'll see
some magnificent scenery and
meet some wonderful people
but I also know that I’ll get
terribly tired of dirt and dust,
strange food, extreme cold In
the Andes and extreme heat be
low the equator and poverty
which would make our Ameri
can slums look like paradise.
“So I think I’ll be truly glad
to return to my people here
and to the Blue Ridge, the
most beautiful and restful spot
I've yet found.”
SIGNS HIGHWAY BILL
President Johnson has signed
the controversial Highway Bill
although he conceded he did
not like some of the provisions.
The President said that he
believed the good in the bill
outweighed the bad.
Pearson begins job as head
of World Bank panel.
Lions Club Starts
Calendar Campaign
The Lions Club’s annual
birthday calendar drive is now
taking place and will run through
October.
During this time, members
of the Lions Club will be work
ing to have as many area resi
dent’s birthdays listed on the
calendar as possible.
Heading up the drive are
Dr. Lee Reynolds, Dr. Ben
Strickland and George Thomas.
These or any other Lion can be
contacted for more information.
In the July Eye Clinic spon
sored by the Lions Club, 31 of
51 people were found to need
glasses. The Lions paid half
of the examination expenses
which totaled $555.
The Lions raise money for
their eyesight programs through
the calendar drive and their
annual broom sale. The next
Eye Clinic will be in October.
J. PAUL WINKLER
Doctors’ Building Will Be
Ready By First Of October
Construction on a building
to house four Boone doctors and
a pharmacy is expected to be
completed by October accord
ing to Dr. Hadley M. Wilson
who will occupy one of the
offices.
The Doctors Building, as it
will be known, is being constru
ted by the K-H C orporation of
Boone, and work on the one
story structure is being done
by Cook and Hodges Construc
tion Company.
The building is located on
newly named Doctor’s Drive
off Deerfield Road and directly
across from the Watauga Coun
ty Hospital. It was located here,
Wilson says, “because the cur
rent trend is to congregate
around the hospital.” It will
also give the public better medi
cal service,” he added. Dr.
Lowell Furman, local surgeon,
is already located on State Farm
Road, near the hospital.
In addition to Dr. Wilson, Dr,
Len Hagaman and Dr. William
Derrick will occupy offices in
the Doctor’s Building. Dr. Der
rick has just been discharged
from the Army and is expected
to return to Boone by Decern
Nurse Trainee
Takes Course
Mrs. Mary Nell Marsh of
Boone, N. C., Public Health
I Trainee at Watauga County
Health Dept, is attending a six
day course at the University
of North Carolina School of
Nursing.
The course is designed for the
professional improvement of
registered nurses workir^j in
local public health agencies in
North Carolina. In a joint ven
ture with the N. C. State Board
of Health and the Continuing
Education Department, the
course will be taught by Cleone
Hill and Margaret Brown, pro
fessors of nursirK at U.N.C.
School of Nursing.
ber. He practiced briefly with
Dr. Wilson before entering the
service.
Another office in the building
has not yet been filled.
A pharmacy will be located
in the Doctor’s Building and
will be operated by the same
partnership owning and opera
ting King Street Pharmacy and
the Boone Drug Company. It
will be called the Deerfield
Pharmacy and will provide the
same serivces and merchandise
as the downtown drug stores
except that a soda fountain will
not be included.
Wayne Richardson, one of the
owners, described the phar
macy as “small but complete.”
He said that it will have about I
1,600 square feet. It will be ;•
carpeted and in Dr. Wilson’s j
words will be “real plush.” i
The offices will feature the j
latest and most modern equip- :
ment.
The facility was designed by •
Foy and Lee Associates and was j
made to match the Watauga '
County Hospital as closely as ‘
possible. The same style brick ;
was used in both buildings. Dr. \
Wilson mentioned that this was
done so that the Doctor’s Build- j
ing would appear as part of the
medical complex.
Landscaping will be done by .
Aiji Tashiro and will include '
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