BOONE Home of Appalachian State Uni versity, in Boone, Blowing Rock and Ldnville Scenic Triangle. watauga democrat An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Eighty-First Year of Continuous Publication nwnis WEATHER 1968 Hi Lo Snow Pne. '87 HI Lo Sept. 24 78 45 81 Sept. 25 75 48 Sept. 26 70 57 Sept. 27 70 52 42 Sept. 28 71 41 Sept. 29 72 45 Sept. 30 71 45 VOL. LXXXI— NO. 14 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1968 10 CENTS PER COPY 22 PAGES—2 SECTIONS 8:68298; Added Personnel, Equipment Is Needed University Asking $4,348,210 More For Biennium Appalachian State University last week presented requests to the state’s Advisory Budget Commission seeking an addi tional $4,348,210 during the 1969-71 biennium. The bid for additional oper ating funds, listed in order of priorities, includes employment of more personnel—both faculty and administrative, purchase of equipment, and salary increases for all academic personnel. The first priority request was for $2,992,020 ($1,296,307 in 1969-70 and $1,695,713 in 1970 71) for improvement and enrich ment of the instructional pro gram. It includes $366,110 the first year of the biennium and $780,480 the second year to pro vide for a 10 per cent salary increase for academic person nel, $80,000 each year for four administrative deans, $308,300 each year to provide addition al faculty positions, a director of intramurals, a co-ordinator of F ederal Programs and a di rector of continuing education. Priority No. 1 also asks for $60,000 each year to increase the proportion of faculty hold ing the Doctoral Degree, $48, 000 per year to increase sal aries of teaching fellows, $165, 000 the first year and $90, 000 the second year for in structional equipment, $20,000 each year for instructional sup plies, $54,316 each year to pro vide sub-professional person nel to assist the faculty, $7G, 000 each year to match Federal grants, conduct a modest re search program, provide hon oraria for visiting lecturers, and provide for travel by aca demic personnel; and $5,439 the first year and $12,831 the second year for additional sup plements for the demonstration schools. The second priority seeks $131,944 in 1969-70 and $154, 658 in 1970-71 for enrichment of library services and hold ings. Priority No. 3 requests $136,109 the first year and $136, 612 the second year to insure comparable quality of instruc tion during the summer quar ter. Updating campus data pro cessing services, for which $86,395 is needed the first year of the biennium and $86,410 is needed for the second year, was listed as the fourth prior ity. A total of $100,402 for 1969-70 and $87,001 for 1970-71 for upgrading erf maintenance services is the fifth priority. Priority No. 6 asks for $10, 000 each year for the engage ment of professional planning services, while the seventh pr (Continued on page two) GROWING HOBBY—Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Ayers of Boone bought a tree tomato plant in Charlotte before the 1967 growing season began and enjoyed raising it so much that they bought two plants this year. This season’s crop to tomatoes has numbered more than 130 on each tree. The trees measure 11 feet high and according to Mr. Ayers, this is taller than usual for a tree tomato plant. Last year’s single tree reached nine and one-half feet. The unusual tomato trees are just a hobby for the Ayerses, who eat some of the tomatoes, give some away and can the rest. Mr. Ayers notes that this type plant must be protected from the elements as it will not grow in an exposed area. Although the plants are not rare, these are the only ones in this area, according to Mrs. Ayers. (Staff photo) WAMY Starts New Year As Grant Proposal Approved Tuesday, Oct. 1, was the start of a new year and a new pro gram for WAMY Community Action, Inc. The Office of Economic Op portunity has announced that the WAMY proposal for 1968 69 has been approved and that the agency programs will be funded for $564,526. Vito Stagliano, field repre sentative for the district, said it was the first time in his district, and probably in the state, that a proposal has been approved “without any chan ges.” In preparation for carrying out the new program, the WAMY ASU To Provide Official Data After Election The political science depart ment at Appalachian State Uni versity is currently planning a project to supply governmental information to municipal and county officials of Northwestern North Carolina. The project, aimed primarily at making resources readily available to the newly elected officials following the Novem ber elections, concerns duties to the state and to the general pub lic. Seminars will be staged with Appalachian professors and government officials serving as consultants. Heading the project will be Dr. Francis M. Rich, chairman of the political science depart ment, who says that the new service consists of two parts: research and teaching. The first step is to gain data by what Dr. Rich calls a “basic governmental data survey.” In volved in this data gathering is a cataloging of all municipal and county governments in Northwest North Carolina. The political science depart ment is working closely with the Institute of Government at Cha pel Hill to bring this service to the Appalachian area. The first seminars will be held in mid-November. staff participated in a two-day workshop Sept. 18 and 19. The first session was held in the auditorium of the old Crossnore High School in Av ery County. The directors of each project briefly explained their part in the new program and then answered questions from the group. The session closed with a panel discussion of criticisms that have been leveled at WAMY in the past. A1 Marble, administrator of rural programs for OEO, at tended the workshop and com mented on the fact that much cf the discussion during the day had involved self-criticism and criticism from others. He said that the only community action agency he had ever had a part in “defunding” was an agency that had never had any crit icism. “When I don't hear ar\y criticism,” he said, “I start to worry, because the only way to avoid criticism is to do noth ing.” The second session of the workshop was held in Yancey County on Sept. 19. It was a general discussion, with field trips, of projects and problems in the county. The staff visited the new tomato-co-op building in Burnsville, the low income clothing store in Bald Creek and the community centers at the old jail in Burnsville and Jack’s Creek. Jim Lee, WAMY staff train er, was in charge of planning the workshop and felt that it went “very well.” The staff members were pleased with what they learned about the new programs and felt that they were “much better pre pared’ to carry them out dur ing the coming year. Blood Donors Saved $3,000 In Watauga County alone, blood donors have saved blood users almost $3,000 in ex penses this past year. Announcement is made by the Watauga County Chapter, American Red Cross, on the occasion of the blood program’s 20th anniversary in North Caro lina. The local chapter encourages residents to become “firsttime donors” in joining the regular participants each of whom save countless lives by contributing a pint of blood. The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Boone Monday, Oct. 14, from 11 ajn. to 4:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Bill To Extend Parkway 180 Miles Gets Final Passage Rep. Roy A. Taylor’s bill to extend the Parkway went to the White House Thursday for the signature of President Lyn don Johnson. The bill passed the House a few weeks ago and was ap proved by the Senate Tuesday. The Senate action gives final legislative approval to a proj ect which Taylor has worked on for nearly eight years. ft authorizes an extension of the Parkway from a point called Beech Gap on the present Park way near Mt. Pisgah 180 miles south to a point near Marietta. Gs. Land for the route not already in public ownership will be ac quired by the states of North Carolina and Georgia under en abling legislation already on each state’s books. Property will then be donated to the Na tional Park Service. Taylor said enactment of the bill means that the states can now proceed to acquire needed land before rising prices in crease further. Acquisition of rights-of-way and engineering work on the extension route will take two or three years, NFS experts anti cipate. Construction of the road it self, to cost an estimated $87 million, will be financed entire ly from regular annual NPS budgets. The project will not require any special appropria tion by Congress, Taylor said. He said this is the same method of financing which has been used to build the existing 469-mile Parkway. It is now virtually complete. Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., D N.C., a sponsor of the measure, said the work would be spread over a long period of years, per haps as many as 25 or SO. Boons Plagued By Water Shortage Municipal Emergency Is Declared By Town Board Problem At Appalachian University Being Eased A serious drought, which has caused a water shortage in Boone, prompted City Manager Neil Blair Jr. and the Board of Aldermen to declare a state of emergency here Tuesday. Blair said City Hall ordered all car washing to be stopped and added that laundries soon may be ordered to cease opera tion. Any volumn-use of water is being discouraged. Jack Cobb of the District Health Department says that the water level in the 39-million gallon lake supplying Boone Is * 'extr emely low.” The level has dropped to 10 million gallons while at the same time the supply is affected by an excessive growth of algae, which have produced a foul taste in the Blair says the limited supply is the bigger problem since it is necessary to flush water lines on the west side of town in order to pull through chlorinated water supposed to fight the algae pro blem. Meanwhile, the low water sup ply is causing problems with the city’s automatic chlorina tion (purification) system. Cobb says that untreated water has been going into the town sup ply. He also said that his De partment “recommends” that water be boiled before being consumed. He went on to say that town water had not been supplemented with water from Appalachian State University, but Blair said that water had been tapped from the school supply. * Health Department workers labored through Saturday night and all day Sunday treating the ’ake for the algae growth. He said the plan was to use large amounts of chlorine and a chem ical he did not name to “burn out” the water-plant. Blair later said the other chemical is cop per sulphate. Cobb said a regional engineer who was called in to help with the situation presented the chemical plan. One hundred pounds of copper sulphate was put in the reservoir last week end and Blair said another dose will be added in about three weeks. The city official also said Boone is not the only town fac ing the algae problem, adding that if the town had a filtering system, the taste problem would be alleviated. “We believe we know how to prevent this in the future, ’ ’ Blair said. In July, the Townof Boone suffered a foul water problem, also caused by algae, but It was cleared up in about five days. Asked for an estimate on eliminating bad odor and taste this time, Cobb said he cannot now determine how long the situation will exist. ASU PROBLEM Appalachian State University, which has its own water supply, experienced a water problem last week, but quick action and student co-operation brought the system back to normal. The Appalachian water shor tage was anticipated, according to Director of Business Affairs Ned Trivette. “We knew a year ago that this fall would be a critical time with increased enroll ment.” He said that when the tank water level got to a low point, the level dropped faster than expected because com modes did not stop running due to the low water pres sure. Water to the dormitories was cut off at 5 o’clock one after noon but water service was re stored to most residence halls by 11 that night. The territori al drought and a delay in getting pumps for the school’s newly dug wells were blamed for the university’s water problem. Trivette said a well produc ing 80 gallons a minute was temporarily put into service and this combined with water tapped from Boone’s supply to relieve the campus problem. The Town reportedly allowed the university to get on its sys tem Wednesday of last week when university officials cut student consumption down to one-fifth of normal. Appalachian normally uses about 500,000 gallons daily. During the water shortage, the ASU Cafeteria worked through five meals, serving food on paper plates to conserve water. A new pump is expected to arrive next week to be used on the biggest of the new wells and produce some 200 gallons per minute. This will provide the university some 100 gal lons pe minute more than nor mally is required. Trivette said “The students really helped through this cru cial situation. They were con scientious in their use of what water we had and they were especially helpful in reporting water losses.*' He said that student help will be needed throughout the < duration of the drought. < The grand champion female and bull of the Watauga Hereford Breeders Show Tuesday night, Sept. 24, were Geft) JJ Vicki Misch 52 shown by Jay Teems and CH Victor Domino 31, the bull, held by Council Henson at right. County Extension Chairman L. E. Tuckwiller is in the background at left. (Staff photo) Jay Teams, Council Henson Show Grand Champion Cattle Jay Teems and Council Hen son showed the grand champion animals in the Watauga Here ford Breeders Show held Tues day night of last week at the Watauga Livestock Market. Area Household Census Data To Be Sought Here Area households will be in cluded in a nationwide survey of plans for consumer buying and home improvement to be con ducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census, according to Joseph R. Norwood, Director of the Bureau’s regional office in Charlotte. Bureau representatives will visit a sample of households in this area during the first week of October to ask questions about expected purchases of new and used cars, new homes, house hold durables, and plans for home alterations and repairs. They will also obtain informa tion about recent expenditures for all these items. The survey is conducted quar terly and is an important guide to trends in consumer spending. Since 1920, the rate of growth in consumer investment has >een more than double that of jusiness investment. The annual jivestment by consumers in lurable goods and houses is now »r larger than business in vestment in new plant and equip nent. All answers given to these nterviewers by families and louseholda are confidential and ire protected hy Federal law. Representing the Bureau in his area will be Mrs. Hilda ’. Hamrick of Lenoir. Teems showed the grand cham pion female, JJ Vicki Misch 52, and Henson presented CH Victor Domino 31, who was chosen champion bull. The Isaacs Farm showed the reserve champions. IHF Gay Victor Domino 7 was the re serve champion bull and RT Vicki Mich 24 was the reserve champion female. Other exhibitors showing ani mals were Wesley Brewer of Newland, Jack Caudle of Polk ton, Fred Greene of Sugar Grove, Diamond S. Ranch of Boone, Douglas K. Isaacs of Vilas, Meat Camp Ranch of Boone, R. G. Shipley of Vilas and R. H. Teems of Sugar Grove. Winners in the different clas ses were as follows: Junior heifer calves—first, Jay Teems; second, R. H* Winter heifers calves—first, Isaacs Farm; second, Jay Teems. Senior heifer calves: first, Jay Teems; second, Isaacs Farm; third, R. H. Teems; fourth, Isaacs Farm; and fifth, R. H. Teems. Summer yearling heifers— first, Jay Teems; second, Jay Teems; and third, Diamond S Spring yearling heifers— first, second and third, Diamond S. Ranch; fourth, Jack Caudle; fifth, Wesley Brewer; and sixth, Fred Greene. Junior yearling heifers— first, Jack Caudle. Cows calved before Decem ber, 1966—first, R. H. Teems, second and third, Wesley Brew Junior bull calves—first, Co Mar-k Farms; second and third, Meat Camp Ranch; and fourth, R. H. Teems. Winter bull s—first, Jay (continued on page two) Holshouser Says Wallace Could Aid HHH In State Charlotte (AP)—Jim Hols houser Jr., chairman of the North Carolina Republican par ty, said Sunday night the only chance Democratic presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey has of carrying the state is through George Wallace. “By siphoning enough (Rich ard) Nixon votes, Hubert Hum phrey, through George Wallace, could manage to squeeze by,” Holshouser said on the WBTV News program, “For the Rec ord.” The 34-year-old Boone attor ney said, “If the Wallace and Nixon voters, as a combination of the anti-administration vot ers, manage to split up just right, I think Hubert Humphrey could carry the state/’ Hols ho user said the strength cf Wallace's American Inde pendent party in North Caroline is sizable. "I think there are many peo ple who don't yet realise that the support that Gov. Wallace has is not all just racist votes," he said. “There are a great many North Carolinians who are con cerned about the welfare of Has country not just as far as next year is concerned/ said Hois houser. He feels, "undoubtedly by the time of the election, it's going to become more and more clear to everyone that the race is still between Hubert Humphrey tad Richard Ninon."

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