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VOL. LXXXI— NO. 14
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1968
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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
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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
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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."