The shady cove once nestled beside the Daniel Boone Monument has fallen to logs in the shadow of progress. The Monument was felled by Tuesday, making this likely the last photograph of it. (Staff photo) Holshouser “Tar Heel Of Week” In Newspaper Series ine i\ews ana uoserver of Raleigh featured Boone attorney Jim Holshouser, who is N. C. Republican Party Chairman, as its “Tar Heel of the Week” in the Sunday edition. Staff writer Russell Clay be jJLns: tThe Republican reawak ening North Carolina is con sidered to date from early1 1960s, when a band of 'young lions' came on the legislative scene." j The writer contends that the names of Osteen, Clark and Holshouser stand out in the list of men who "reshaped the image of the typical Republican .in North Carolina." Holshouser went to the Gen eral Assembly in 1963 and re • turned to the 1965 session as House minority leader, Clay writes. It was in March of MC63 that he became minority chairman for the state. He was 31 then. •; ; GARDNER Clay continues, "Holshouser Who Knows? 1. Who created “Huckleberry F$nn»’? 2. Where would you find the line “Lord, what fools these mortals be”? 3. What is a bibliophile? 4. Which is stronger—steel, wire or nylon thread? 5. What is considered the chief cause of forest fires? 6. Who composed the oper etta, “Babes in Toyland*’? 7. When did the United States purchase Alaska from Russia? 8. By what name is the trans action known? 9. How much did the United States pay for Alaska? 10. When was the first bicycle invented? ANSWERS TO WHO KNOWS 1. Mark Twain. 2. In Shakespeare’s “A Mid summer Night’s Dream.” 3. A lover and collector of books. 4. Nylon thread. 5. Man’s carelessness, 6. Victor Herbert. 7. October 18, 1867. , 8. Seward’s Folly. 9. Two cents an acre or 200,000. 10. About 1700—called a walk along. JIM HOLSHOUSER assumed the party chairmanship from (J im) Gardner, a former Democrat and leader at a new GOP breed, who was about to launch a successful campaign for Congress. Gardner . , . followed through in the spring of this year with a victory in the first meaningful Repub lican primary for governor in modern times. “Through the buffeting which political growth and primary fights produce, Holshouser has steered the party with a gentle firmness which is part of his nature. “Last January, as Gardner’s gubernatorial primary battle with Charlotte’s Jack Stickley was warming up and the State Republican Convention was at hand, Holshouser approached a personal crossroads. He had a mind to step down as pdrty Democrats (Continued from page one sent. A party caravan will visit each precinct on that date. De tailed plans will be announced later. Plans are to have the head quarters open full time by Oc tober 1. Literature and placards from various State candidates were distributed. Placards for Vice-President Humphrey and other materials are expected soon. Refreshments were served during the afternoon by Demo cratic women. . > A New Lease on life for Your Furniturel • Free Pick-Up ul Dettnry • Free Eatieutee • AD Werk GoarutecA • lerje SelecGee si Seaftae , Lloyd’s Upholstery Shop Nnr Omts* WOmb M. — Bmh, N. C — PImm HUM chairman and run for lieutenant governor. "To do so, though, would have led to what he called a divisive bloodletting in which the Gardner and Stickley forces would be fighting for the va cant chairmanship. Thus, Hols- - houser stood for a second two The lengthy treatise included Holshouser’s personal back ground. Son of James Eubert Holshouser Sr. and Virginia Dayvault Holshouser, he follow ed his father’s route through Davidson College through then the University erf North Caro lina Law School. At Davidson, be was sports editor of the student newspaper and worked in the sports department of the Charlotte Observer on week ends. Journalism, rattier than law, very nearly became his life’s work,” Clay reported. “He moves easily in newspaper cir cles and enjoys what is some times called ‘a good press.* ” Between Davidson and UNC, Holshouser was sidelined for a year by a kidney infection. When be graduated from the Univer sity in 1960, he was president of his senior class. He married the former Pat Hollingsworth, daughter of the Rev. L.H. Hal lings worth, chap lain at Wake Forest University. The couple have a daughter, Ginny, 5, and expect a child early next year. The State chairman attends the Presby terian Church in Boone where be is in the choir, is a deacon and has been church treasurer and a teacher of Sunday School. While Holshouser is basically conservative, Clay quoted him as saying: “At the same time, society has gotten so complex a person just can’t be blind to the problems this country faces today. While there’ll be differences in approaches to a solution, people in public of fice are coming more and more to realize that these problems have to be dealt with.’’ Letter To The Editor Concerning A Grove Of Maple Trees Those who, almost fifty years ago, happened by the spot may have wondered what a handful of men had in mind as they dug holes and planted young maples just below the Daniel Boone monument, on the Appalachian campus. Not long before, WW1 had ended and Watauga ns were mourning the loss of her young men who had given “their last full measure of devotion” in that great conflict. No one seems to know just who originated the idea of sett ing out the young, promising saplings as a memorial to these Dock Watson (Continued from page one) first National Folklife Festival in Washington, D. C., in 1967. Film excerpts from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival were used to make the documentary film “Festival”, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1968. The dancers will be accom panied by their leader-director, James Kesterson, of Hender sonville. Watson, a native of Watauga County, is recognized as one of the nation’s leading folk sing ers and guitarists. He has per formed at folk festivals through out the country and abroad, singing the ballads and folk songs of the mountain region. He is accompanied by his son, Merrill, who is also an accom plished folk musician. men, but the late Professor D. D. Dougherty, who alive to all good action, saw to it that they were planted and took a hand in the work. He shared the sorrow of those who had given up their dear ones and felt that the uwler taking had great meanir* and value. These lines, written by one Henry Ciiyler Bunner, are fitting: , What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants the friend of sun and sky; He plants a flag of breezes free; The shaft of beauty towering high. Those who recently have passed along Faculty street saw Volleyball Results For Thursday Given In Industrial Vollyball play Thursday, IRC topped Vermont American twice, 15-11 and 15 1. Vermort American took the final match 15-3. Independent #1 was edged by Independent #2 17-15 in the first round but #2 came back to wim 15-8 in the final two games. RAY WITNESS FREED Memphis—Charles Q. Steph ens, a key witness in the trial of James Earl Ray accused of the slaying of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been released from jail where he had been held under bond since July 22nd. bedroom guest Latta Johnson Realty Co. Open & Confidential Listing of Property Real Estate Sales — Rentals Property Management 400 EAST KING STREET — DIAL 204-2492 BOONE. NORTH CAROUNA WE NEED LISTINGS M . . No. 1 TWO SUMMER "cfat^fciES