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BOONE WEATHER
1968 HI Lo SnowPrec. "67
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Presidential Choice Is Undecided
Republicans Sweep Watauga County Offices
Watauga County voters made
a surprise swing to the Repub
lican viewpoint in Tuesday’s
election and named Perry
Greene, Kenneth Wilcox and
Gene Wilson as the new Board
of County Commissioners.
Greene received 4,905 votes;
Wilcox got 4,630; and Wilson
was credited with 4,616.
Totals for the Democratic
slate were 4,251 for Dr. Len
Hagaman, 4,070 for Glenn
Hodges and 3,877 for R. Clyde
Winebarger. Hagaman and
Hodges were incumbent Com
missioners who had been elect
ed in 1966 in a county-wide
swing to the Democrats. This
year, Winebarger was running
in place of retiring Commis
sioner Tom Jackson, who had
been chairman of the board.
The Republican candidates
picked up blocks of win-binding
votes in Blowing Rock, Blue
Ridge, Cove Creek, New River,
Stony Fork and Watauga pre
cincts notably.
Jimmy Holshouser, Republi
can candidate for the State
House of Representatives, 44th
District, defeated Democrat
Randolph Phillips by 5,176 to
3,515 locally. Watauga was
needed in Phillips’ effort to
overpower the large Republi
can vote typical of Avery and
Mitchell, the other counties in
the District.
Uncontested in their bids for
District Court Judgeships were
Republicans J. E. Holshouser
Sr. of Boone and J. Ray Bras
well. Thomas Rhudy Bryan Sr.
was returned to the State Sen
ate’s Republican membership
while Miss Helen Underdown
was uncontested in her bid to
continue as Watauga County’s
Register of Deeds. She is a
Democrat.
Tabulations used in today’s
local news stories were com
piled between 7 p. m. Tuesday
and 3:30 a. m. today (Wednes
day) for special election cov
erage. These unofficial figures
were telephoned to the Board
of Elections.
Thursday morning, the Board
will meet with precinct regis
trars and other selected offi
cials to make a complete ex
aminations of all returns and
prepare to file the officials
election results with the State.
By *K5n-partisan balloting,
Wataugans selected James P.
Marsh, Hugh B. Hagaman, John
H. Hollar, Edsel Cook and S.
C. Eggers Sr. as the new Wa
tauga County Board of Educa
tion.
Computations of the returns
from the 16 precincts gives
Marsh 5,268 votes, Hagaman
4,757, Hollar 4.271, Cook 4,
222 and Eggers 3,644.
Others on the ballot were
Dr. Ben Strickland, John R.
Herman, J. B. Ragan, Dennis I
O. Greene and H. W. Mast
Jr.
PERRY GREENE
Broyhill Is Easy
Winner In Tenth
Republican Congressman Jim
Broyhill was victorious Tues
day in his race for a fifth
term in the House of Repre
sentatives. His opponent, Con
gressman Basil Whitener, con
ceded defeat at 2 a. m.
Wednesday as election returns
were amassed across the Tenth
District.
Re-districting pitted the in
cumbents against each other
leading into this election. Both
had campaigned extensively in
the territory.
Broyhill’s lead was ex
pected to reach more than 15,
000.
In Watauga County, unoffici
al returns credited Congress
man Whitener with 3,421 votes
against 5,474 for Broyhill.
Congressman Broyhill was
first elected over Representa
tive Hugh Alexander when Yad
kin and Davie counties were
added to the Ninth District.
Later he had easy going and
saw a Democratic Legislature
give him Wilkes County to make
his position solid. Then when
the courts required further re
districting, Broyhill came into
the new Tenth District retain
ing only Caldwell and Watauga
of his former counties.
In the race for United States
Senator, Sam J. Ervin Jr. was
declared winner long before
all the ballots were in hand.
His unofficial total was not
available at presstime.
In Watauga County, however,
Sen. Ervin’s vote count was
4,045 as compared to 4,578
cast for his Republican chal
lenger, Bob Somers.
JAMES E.
BROYHILL
Burley Warehouses To
Start Auctions Nov. 25
Burley Auction Warehouses
in Boone and throughout the
belt, will open their 1968-69
sales season November 25, it
has been decided by the Bur
ley Sales Committee.
Sales will be held November
25, 26, 27, and 29.
A marketing recess will be
gin at the close of sales Decem
ber 18 and auctions will be
resumed January 6, 1969.
The Committee passed reso
lutions, among which are these:
All warehouses are placed
on a basket-selling basis and
shall not sell more than 1260
baskets per day per set of buy
ers (that is. 360 baskets per
hour for 3 1/2 hours.)
The Burley Sales Committee
is interested in having tobacco
delivered in proper order to
the warehouses to prevent fat
stems and excessive short
weights; and,
It is now a provision of the
contracts between cooperative
associations and warehouses
that tobacco that is weighed
prior to ten days before the
opening of the market will be
ineligible for price supports;
and,
It is also a provision of the
Standard Buyers’ Conditions of
Sale that tobacco cannot be of
ficially weighed prior to ten
days before the opening of the
market;
The Burley Sales Committee
recommends and urges all
farmers not to deliver and all
warehousemen not to receive
and officially weigh tobacco
prior to November 15, 1968.
The Burley Sales Committee
respectfully requests the Com
modity Stabilization Service of
the United States Department of
Agriculture to have the ASC
Committees ask their warrant
writers on each market to re
port the daily sales of each
warehouse to the Head Inspector
erf the Agricultural Marketing
Service on that market.
EUGENE WILSON
KENNETH WILCOX
Paul Miller Is
Elected Rotary
Boy From WHS
Paul Miller, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul E. Miller of Boone,
represented Watauga High
School as the first Rotary Boy
of the Month for 1968-69. Paul
and his father were guests of
the Boone Rotary Club Oct. 24.
To be eligible for selection
for this honor, a senior at
Watauga High School must have
a “B” average for three years
and be an outstanding student
in extracurricular activities.
Paul is president of the stu
dent body; a member of the
National Beta Club, the Let
termen’s Club, and Interclub
Council; and a member of the
varsity football team. In 1968
he served as a junior marshal
and was a delegate to the 1968
Boys' State at Wake Forest
University during the summer.
After graduation, Paul will
enter the University of North
Carolina to study political sci
ence and law.
PAUL MILLER
Contracts Awarded For $2,640,000
Addition To ASU Science Building
Contracts for the construc
tion of Appalachian State Uni
versity’s most expensive buil
ding, a $2.6 million addition
to the Rankin Science Building,
have been awarded to seven
firms which submitted low bid'
for the project’s different pha
ses.
The general contract of
$1,334,419 was awarded to Hic
kory Construction Company,
Inc., of Hickory. Tomlinson
Plumbing and Heating Comp
any of Lenoir won the plumb
ing contract for a low bid of
$1(7,429.
A $273,334 bid for the mec
hanical work gained the con
tract In this category for C.
A. Thomason & Son, lnc„ of
Hickory, Duncan Electric Com
pany of North Wilkes boro,
claimed the electrical contract
with a bid of $118,085.
An electronic contract for
$6,771 went to Long Engin
eering Company of Winston-Sa
lem. The $18,101 elevator con
tract was awarded to Southern
Elevator Company of Greens
boro, and the Southern Desk
Company of Hickory bid $336,
469 to achieve the laboratory
equipment contract.
Contingency costa and the
fee of the architect, Clemmer
Horton-Bush Associates of
Hickory, will hike the total costs
of the project to $2,640,000—
the amount appropriated for
the building by the 1967 Gen
eral Assembly.
The four-story structure,
which la to provide 83,000
square feet of Door space, Is
to be ready for occupancy prior
to the opening of the fall quar
ter of 1970. The contractors
will have 480 days from next
March 1 to complete the high
ly technical building. Some pre
liminary work is to commence
immediately, but major con
struction will not begin until
the spring.
The building, to be erected
on the site of the old foot
ball field just west of the new
Varsity Gymnasium, will be
attached to Rankin Science
Building. 'The university’s de
partments of biology, chemis
try, physics, geography and
geology will expand from the
current science buildipg into
the new addition.
The building actually jras de
signed in part by the teachers
1.
who will be instructing in it.
Various professors worked
very closely with the architects
in planning the structure which
will contain two separate iso
tope labs.
Each desk in the building is
to be equipped with AC and DC
current. The cost of provid
ing DC current in the labor
atories will cost $42,000.
It will be the last major
facility to be erected on Appa
lachian’s “old campus” area.
Ned Trivette, Director of Bus
iness Affairs at ASU, said the
construction site was reserved
for the science building addi
tion some 10 years ago.
“It will be one of the most
modern science buildings of
its kind," Trivette stated. “Its
Scott Is Winner In
Governorship Race
In the wee hours of Wednes
day morning, NBC News fore
saw a win for Bob Scott in
the State’s gubernatorial race.
About 5:30 a.m. today, NBC
listed 94 per cent of the Tar
heel State’s precincts had re
ported and said that Lt. Gov.
Scott was the winner with 663,
783 as measured against Jim
Gardner’s 658,568 votes at the
In the wee hours of Wednes
day morning, the Associated
Press announced that Lt. Gov.
Bob Scott had been elected to
the State’s highest office.
The tally of 732,000 for Scott
and 666,000 for Gardner was
publicized about 6:30 a. m.
The race which at one point
had brought Scott and Gardner
to within 900 votes of each other
ended when Associated Press
released news of Scott’s elec
On the local scene, however,
Gardner edged Scott b> 474
(unofficial) votes. County pre
cincts contributed 4,262 votes
to Bob Scott and 4,736 to the
Republican candidate.
Late information was that
the Democrats held on to the
rest of the State ticket, with
the foremost vote-getter being
Sen. Sam Ervin with an esti
mated majority of 61 per cent.
ROBERT W. SCOTT
Artist And Lecture Series
Brings Broad Cultural Events
The gusty dance-in-the
aisles rhythum of New Orleans’
Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Columbia University’s Richard
Hofstadter discussing violence
in America. The studied ele
gance of an evening with the
Philadelphia Chamber Sym
phony. Nathan Wright, lecturer
at N.Y.C. Community College,
discussing Bla^k Power and
creativity.
AH of these and many more
are part of the varied pan
orama of experience which is
available to students of Appala
chian State University simply
for the taking, and open to
the public for a minimal fee.
The Artists and Lecture Ser
ies, which will sponsor these
events during the coming year,
extends the learning process
beyond the limits of the class
room by bringing a broad var
iety of cultural experiences
to an area which would not
ordinarily have access to such
events.
Rogers V. Whitener of Appa
lachian’s English Department
is chairman of the Series.
He also is in charge of the
selection of artists for the pro
grams. The lecturer selections
are directed by Dr. Dan Rice
of the Philosophy and Religion
Department. Art films are a
special section of the series,
under the direction of Jim
Burton and John Andrikopoulos,
of the Art Department.
“Primarily,” said Whitener,
“the Series is an extension of
the learning situation. Every
thing we do contributes to the
total picture of teaching and
learning. These are vital ex
periences in the arts and in
the subject matters brought to
us by the speakers.'1
Financing for all but the
lecturers comes from student
activity fees. The lectures bud
get is part of Appalachian’s
Academic Budget. “A portion
of this,” Whitener explained,
‘‘is allotted for an in-residence
person. The idea is that this
residenceship will be passed
around to the various creative
areas of the campus. Pre
sumably there will be someone
in music and the theater la
ter on.” Guy Owen, last sum
mer’s writer-in-residence for
a quarter, was the first per
son to come to Appalachian in
connection with this program.
‘‘This would be be same sit
uation as a specialist in any
field who would not only teach
and stimulate butalsoinspire,”
said Whitener. “It isexpecially
valuable in that the in-residence
person would not be tied down
to so much formal classwork
that would hinder him from the
creative effort. There is also
the benefit to be gained from
personal exchange with stu
dents.”
The lecturer section of the
series began two years ago. It
has been quite successful in
bringing speakers of note to
the campus, including last
year’s visits by longshoreman
philosopher Eric Hoffer and
poet John Ciardi. ‘‘The basis of
selection,” said Dr. Rice, “is
that we have tried to bring in
speakers of different persua
sions without creating an im
balance. There is no thematic
policy; we avoid that, for the
present. In the future, however,
we may try to establish a theme
and bring in three or four speak
ers to give different views on
a specific topic.
‘‘As far as I am concerned,”
continued Rice, ‘‘the basic val
ue of the program is to en
courage an atmosphere in which
the students and faculty can
hear and exchange ideas with
persons of established reputa
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Open House Saturday At
New Deep Gap Fire Dept.
The Deep Gap Volunteer Fire
Department, Inc. will hold its
first open house of the new
fire station from 2 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 9. At 3, the an
nual membership meeting will
be held. Everyone is invited to
inspect new building and equip
The Department was organ
ized in November of 1964 and
has built a modern brick fire
station that will house four
trucks. The building is valued
at about $15,000.
The equipment consists of
one Mack fire truck, one 1,000
gallon tank truck and a panel
truck, all completely equipped.
There are 16 active firemen
u 2&r\r<3G:>ia,
who are outfitted with uniforms
and have attended State-approv
ed fire schools.
Memberships have been sold
to residences and businesses in
the community and the Depart
ment has answered calls in
Boone when additional men and
equipment were needed. Money
has been raised by sponsoring
chicken bar-be-que dinners.
ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF NEW SCIENCE BUILDING
Humphrey And
Nixon In Toss
Up Standings
With the tallies from some
of the vote-rich industrial
states yet incomplete and with
77 per cent of the national
election precincts counted, the
race had evened up early Wed
nesday with Nixon and Hump
hrey each credited with 43 per
cent of the popular vote.
When the percentage of pre
cincts tallied later rose to 81,
the distribution of the vote re
mained unchanged.
Some of the big states were
yet in doubt, although Pennsyl
vania which had been given
Humphrey earlier by the com
puter service had changed to
a toss-up.
Among the incomplete states
was California where Nixon
staffers were predicting a de
ciding lead of 300,000 votes.
Major news media, print and
electronic, had predicted Illi
nois for Nixon. They also felt
that Ohio and Missouri would
belong to the GOP, but Texas
had been categorized as a toss
up.
With 70 per cent of the Illi
nois vote in, it was all even
between the candidates at 46
per cent.
Ohio returns showed Nixon
with 46 percent, Humphreywith
42 per cent—with 82 per cent
of the precincts reporting.
The Vice President was a
head in Texas with 42 per
cent while 39 per cent was
Nixon’s share. Eighty-five pre
cincts had reported at that time.
Pennsylvania reported 92 per
cent of its vote, with Humphrey
leading by two percentage
points, 47 to 45.
Forty-seven per cent of the
California precincts showed
Nixon getting 47 per cent and
Humphrey 46 per cent.
Wallace held on to his five
states with 39 electoral votes.
In Illinois it was said that
much of the Chicago vote was
yet to be reported.
The electoral count was
Humphrey 153, Nixon 178.
Watauga cast 5,031 votes for
Nixon, 2,952 for Humphrey and
1,060 for Wallace. Nixon was
ahead in North Carolina.
There have been many
Presidents who received less
than a majority of the popular
vote, but it was pointed out
at 6 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing that this will be the first
time that the winner is expected
to receive a tally of the vote
in the low 40 per cent bracket.