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VOL. LXXXI—NO. 16
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 196?
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■THE SCARLETT OF THE MAPLES can shake me like a cry of bugles going by.”—Carman. (Staff photo)
WHITENER TO LEAD CARAVAN
DemocraticRalIy,DinnerFriday
Bob Scott To Be In
Boone Next Wednesday
Lieut, Governor Bob Scott will be at Democratic
headquarters on West King Street, Boone, Wednesday
October 23 at 10 o*clock a.m.
The Democratic candidate for Governor will hold
a press conference during his hour-long visit which
could very well pin-point his policies;.
Noted News Analyst
To Be ASU Speaker
Kenneth G. Crawford, a noted
author, news analyst and Wash
ington columnist for Newsweek
magazine, will speak at Appa
lachian State University Wed
nesday, Oct. 23.
Crawford, who has known per
sonally every President from
Coolidge to Johnson, will lec
ture on MPolitics—1968’* in
the I.G. Greer Auditorium at
8 p.m. His visit is to be spon
sored by Appalachian’s Artist
and Lecture Series.
Renowned for his “inside”
news sources in Washington
circles, Crawford first estab
lished himself as a journalist
during the Chicago gang wars,
prohibition enforcement battles
and the great Mississippi flood
of the roaring twenties.
After running United Press
bureaus in Chicago, St. Paul,
Detroit, Indianapolis, Colum
bus, Milwaukee and St. Louis,
(Continued on page six)
Prior to the Watauga County
Democratic dinner and rally
Friday night, the Hon. Basil
Whitener, Congressman running
for re-election in the 10th Dis
trict, will lead a Caravan of
county Democratic candidates
through Watauga County.
According to Jerry M. Perry,
co-ordinator for the caravan,
the group will make its first
stop from 8 to 8:30 a.m. in
Blowing Rock to meet voters
from that precinct and also
Blue Ridge precinct. Other
times, locations and precincts
involved will be:
9 to 9:30; Mast’s Store, Valle
Crucis to welcome voters from
Watauga and Shawnee haw.
9:45 to 10, Vilas Post Office,
Brushy Fork precinct.
10:10 to 10:30, Sugar Grove
Post Office, Laurel Creek and
Cove Creek voting districts.
11 to 11:20, at Bethel School
in Beaver Dam precinct.
11:45 to noon, the 421 Pure
Oil Station in Cove Creek.
12:20 to 12:30, North Fork
Voting Place, North Fork.
12:45 to 1 p.m., Winebar
ger’s Store will be the center
for Meat Camp#1 and#2 voters.
1:20 to 2, lunch at the Holiday
Inn of Boone.
2 -.20 to 2:30, Simmon’s Store,
Elk township.
2:45 to 3, Deep Gap Post Of
fice, Stoney Fork.
KENNETH CRAWFORD
Citizens For Better Housing
To Have Community Meeting
The newly-organized Boone
Citizens for Better Housing will
hold a general community-wide
meeting starting at 7:30 Tues
day night, Oct. 22, in the Appa
lachian Elementary School audi
torium.
Featured speakers will be
C. N. Huggins, ececutivedirec
tor of the Hickory Public Hous
ing Authority, end Jim Barker,
chairman of the Hickory publi<
housing agency.
The public will be given ai
opportunity to ask questions
according to Carl Bredow. act
ing chairman of Boone Citizen
for Better Housing.
| Parkway Colors Expected
To Peak During The Week
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Western ' North CerolIns’s
famous autumn color season,
already in evidence at higher
elevations along the Blue Ridge
Parkway, is expected to reach
a peak during this week.
Drought conditions in the
mountain region as elsewhere
across the State are expected
to have little effect on the leaf
coloration.
"This probably won’t be one
d our better years, but we are
expecting a very satisfactory
fall color season,’’ reported
John H. Davis, assistant super
lntendent of the Blue Ridge
Parkway.
Davis pointed out that while
frost is required to bring about
proper coloration, severe cold
and wind during the peak of
the season could cause de
ciduous trees and shrubs to shed
their leaves '‘almost over
night’’. He explained, however,
that with ideal weather condi
tions the fall color season
should last a couple of weeks.
Highland forests along some
sections of the Parkway areal
ready beginning to show bril
liant hues of crimson and gold.
Early coloration along the
Parkway can be seen between
Blowing Rock and the Virginia
line; between Mount Mitchell
and the Craggy Mountains, Just
north of Asheville; and in areas
above 5,000 feet west of Ashe
ville. Popular high-altitude
vantage points for viewing the
(all color parade include Mount
Pisgah, Richland Balsam,
Grandfather Mountain, New
found Gap andClingman’s Dome
in the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Roan Mountain,
Wayah Bald Mountain and Mount
Jefferson.
Davis pointed out that daily
autumn color reports may be
obtained from the Blue Ridge
Parkway office in Roanoke,
Virginia.
Visitor centers along the
Parkway will remain open until
November 1.
3:20 to 3:30, Mrs. Bill Kri
der’s home, Bald Mountain.
At 4 p.m., the caravan will be
treated to a reception given by
the University Y.D.C. at the Stu
dent Center at Appalachian State
University.
At the dinner and rally that
night at Watauga High School
Congressman Whitener will join
other special guests Pat Taylor,
candidate for the Lieutenant
Governorship, and Mrs. Bob
Scott, wife of Lt. Gov. Scott
who is candidate for Governor.
The dinner will begin at 7 p.m.
Entertainment will be presented
and short speeches heard.
Registration
Books Will Be
Open Saturday
Last Saturday was the first
day to register for the Novem
ber election and while J.D.
Winebarger, County Board
of Elections Chairman, does
not have the information from
all the precincts, he says that
registration appears to have
been heavy in Boone.
Mr. Winebarger points out
that there is no general new
registration but that those quali
fied who have not heretofore
registered will be able to enroll
next Saturday andSaturday, Oc
tober 26, until 6:30p.m. when the
books will close.
The Watauga ElectionService
feature carries list of Regis
trars in this edition.
Saturday November 2 will be
observed as challenge day.
AT WATAUGA HIGH
There has been some mis
understanding where residents
of New River Township are to
register. They will appear at
the regular polling place at Wa
tauga High School.
Boone Artists Will
Exhibit In Twin Gty
The Gallery of Contemporary
Art in Winston-Salem, held it*
twenty-ninth jury Saturday,
October 5. Tony Bower, editor
of “Art in America,” selected
223 works from among 600
works submitted by 158 artists.
In commenting on corgem
porary art, Bower pointed out
that the general public is "en
gaged in art appreciation more
than ever before. And theartist
is much more aware of the gen
eral public and of appealing to
the general public."
James L. Burton of Boono re
ceived honorable mention.
Work of Mr. Burton and John
Antirlkopoulos, also of Boone
was selected to be shown at the
Gallery beginning October 10,
□ass Of 1943
Will Observe
Anniversary
A record number of alumni
activities have been planned to *
entertain a record number of ■
returning students and friends
at Appalachian State Univer
sity’s 1968 Homecoming this
weekend.
"We expect 4,000 alumni to
return to the campus,” said
Bob Snead, Director of Alumni
Affairs. "The prediction is es
pecially high because of the
football team’s 4-0 record, the
big win over Lenoir Rhyne last
week, and because of the fine
rivalry we have with Catawba,”
he added.
"Special honor classes for
the weekend event are 1928, |
1938, 1948 and 1958. In addition
the class of 1943 will celebrate
its silver anniversary,” Snead |
commented.
ine aiumni omciai aiso an
nounced a series of alumni ac
tivities for Homecoming:
The Mountaineer Kickoff
party will be held Friday night
at the Chalet Restaurant at 6:30
p.m. “It will be an informal
party with talk, dining and dan
cing—no formal program or
speeches,” Snead said.
Alumni registration follows
in the lobby of the B. B. Dough
erty Administration Building
Saturday morning from 8 to
11:30.
After they have registered,
alumni will be taken on open
house tours of five new campus
buildings: the new library, Var
sity Gym, the Dougherty Admin
istration Building, Kerr Scott
Hall’s new addition and the new
wing of I. G. Greer Hall.
ine annual nomecoming par
ade which will honor the Home
coming Court, Appalachian's
trustees and j alumni officers,
will begin at 10 a.m.
At the noon Alumni Luncheon,
Jim Whittington of Salisbury
will be installed as the new pre
sident of the Alumni Associa
tion. Mark Davis of Hickory will
assume the office of president
elect and Harold La wing of Len
oir will be installed as vice
president. Carolyn Harmon of
Raleigh again will be installed
as secretary-treasurer of the
alumni group.
The biggest crowd in the his
tory of Conrad Stadium is ex
pected for the Homecoming
football game against Catawba
at 2:00 Saturday afternoon. Ca
tawba is Appalachian's oldest
rival, and the Apps, undefeated
through four games, will be
head hunting after their 18-17
loss to the Indians at Homecom
ing two years ago.
AS U’s Homecoming Court
(Continued on page six)
Gay Parade Saturday Morning
4,000Alumni Expected
For Homecoming Event
APPALACHIAN STATE’S MAJORETTES—These prancing majorettes will be leading Appa
lachian State University’s marching band in ceremonies surrounding the Mountaineers’ Home
coming weekend Oct. 18-20. They will perform in the annual Homecoming Parade at 10 ajn.
and at the ASU-Catawba football game slated for 2 p.m. in Conrad Stadium. They are (left to
right) Vicki Yeargan, freshman of Cumberland, Md.; Sharon Morris, freshman from Hampton,
Va.; Nancy Stacy, freshman of Boone; Debbie Webster, sophomore of Miami, Fla.; Diane
Cater, freshman of Charlotte; and Margaret Wright, freshman of Bristol, Va.
Boone Water Situation Is
Said To Be Improving
As of Tuesday, City Hall
still was advising residents to
boil water before consuming it,
although this precaution may not
be necessary by the end of the
City Manager H. Neal Blair
Jr. said he should know by
Thursday whether State health
authorities will release the
town from the mandate.
The bad water problem dates
back to the last Saturday in
September when Boone resi
dents began calling city head
quarters for an answer. The
situation was two-fold: heavy
Vilas Man Editor
Ark. U. Newspaper
An associate editor of The
Herald of Arkansas State Uni
versity is Harold Perry of Vilas.
Perry is one erf 125 students
on the staff of the weekly news
paper issued by the Division of
Radio-TV, Journalism and
Printing at the university. Ar
kansas State U. is located in
Jonesboro, Ark.
The Herald’s permiere edi
tion appeared after the start of
the fall semester.
algae growth in the city re
servoir and rainless skies.
The drought sharply reduced
the water level in the 39-mil
lion-gallon lake and com
pounded the algae situation.
“Now the algae have settled
down to within two or three
feet of the bottom,” Blair said.
The algae spread was curbed
by chemicals added to the wa
ter.
Augmenting the lake supply
with three wells, the city last
week installed a new pump in
the largest producing well,
which is located in the South
Depot Street area.
The Town owns a well on
the Horn in the West property
that has never had a pump in
it. Blair says the well is be
ing checked for production and
may be added to the city sup
ply.
Tuesday morning, Richard
Pease of the State Water Re
sources Commission went with
Blair to the reservoir to con
sider the prospect of drilling
a well there to tie into the sys
tem. The drilling would be done
below the lake because “We
can pump into our system from
up there without having to
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pump against pressure.”
In the Boone Valley, he said
well pumps must push water
into city lines containing 130
to 150 pounds of pressure.
Therefore, ‘‘The advantage up
(Continued on page six)
890 Calves Sold
For $104,293 In
Feeder Event
A total of 890 calves were
sold in the 1968 Boone Feeder
Calf sale for $104,233 for an
average of $117 per head.
The 506 steer calves weigh
ed an average of 475 pounds
each and sold for $66,577.12
or $131.39 each.
The 384 heifer calves weigh
ed an average of 428 pounds
each and sold for an average
price of $98.06 each. More
than 100 Watauga farmers sold
calves in this sale.
More than 66 per cent of
the calves gradedgoodor better.
This is 4 per cent better than
the total of all the 1967 State
Sponsored Feeder Calf Sales.
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Watauga County supports a greater number of busi
ness establishments—small, medium and large—than do
many communities of its size.
And they have been showing sturdy growth, as evi
denced by the number of people they employ and by the
bigger payrolls they are carrying.
The findings are from a new government survey, re
leased by the Department of Commerce, it is based upon
data compiled by the Department of Health, Education and
Welfare from tax reports filed by employers for 1967.
Presented, for every county in the United States, are
comparable figures on employment and payroll for firms
er«aged in retail and wholesale trade, manufacturing,
finance, services and other fields.
In Watauga County, the report shows, there are some
304 separate businesses that employ one or more people.
A breakdown of this total reveals that 173 of them
tave from 1 to 3 employees each, that there are 60 with
from 4 to 7 and 48 with from 8 to 19. The others are
larger.
The great majority of these businesses are well
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established and of long standing. In addition, a certain
number of new ones start up each year as well as some
that discontinue for one reason or another.
The payrolls of these local establishments reached a
new peak in the year of $10,560,000.
The figures cover all persons gainfully employed
in private, non-farm jobs subject to social security. The
total so-employed in Watauga County is given as 2,971.
This is exclusive at members of the armed forces, of
domestic workers, theself-employedandciviliangovern
ment personnel.
Business establishments in the local area with fewer
than 20 employees continue to thrive despite the com
petition of big business, the report indicate.
As is the case in moat communities across the coun
try, they far outnumber the larger ones. Currently, in
the county, they constitute 92 percent of the total.
Elsewhere throughout the nation, by way of com
parison, 89 percent at ail businesses operate min teas
than 20 employees.