WATAUGA COUNTY
In the Heart of the Northwest
ern North Carolina winter and
summer tourist resort area.
Art independent Weekly Newspaper
VOL. LXXXI—NO. 25
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH
democrat
. Eighty-First Year of Continuous Publication
CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1968 10 CENTS PER COPY
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SANTA'S STOREHOUSE probably is lined with all sorts of toys
and Joys for youngsters and oldsters alildfe just as the shelves
of this local store. In just a few days the merry old gentle
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man will be winging his way across the country and is sure to
make a stop in Watauga. (Staff photo)
Variety Of Local Grafts Items
To Be Displayed Until Saturday
Crafts made by members at,
the Blue Ridge Hearthsid
Crafts Association will be <
display in -Appalachian,.
University's Old Cducatj
Building until Saturday,
21.
Because of inclement Weath
er, not many people attended the
annual crafts bazaar Die. 10
14 and there is stUl;4 com
plete stock of most Items.
The display-sale will be open
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.nj. on Tues
from 9 ajn. to 6p.qi. onThurs
day and Saturday/and until 9
a.m. on Friday, f
_ For sale are fabric crafts,
woodcrafts including candle
sticks, chairs, stools and spice
racks and other crafts forms
such as candlemaking, cera
mics, basketmaking, metal
working and bark and husk
crafts.
According to R. Dale Moretz,
director of the Crafts Associa
tion and co-ordinator for WAMY
Community Action, Inc., ‘This
Association began as a pro
gram of WAMY to help local
craftsmen market their pro
ducts.”
He said organization was be
gun about a year ago and in
- April, the . Articles of incor
poration at BRHCA were reg
istered with the N.C. Secre
tary of State, “but not until
August f ... were they regis
tered with the Register at
Deeds.”
The Association is a legally
chartered co-operative with 35
paid members. Said Moretz,
“As of Jan. 1, it will begin
operating as a true business.
Prior to that, it was completely
subsidized.”
Wholesale price less 10 per
Decorations f
Will Be Judged
Next Friday
Outside Christmas individual
decorations will be judged Fri
day, Dec. 20, by 12 Judges,
two from each of the six garden
clubs of Boone.
- The judges will ride through
the streets of Boone between
6:30 and 7:30 selecting the
decorations which most nearly
depict the spirit of Christmas,
In both sacred and see ular cate
gories, and in1 the children's
<8 vis ion.
Winners will be announced in
the post-Christmas issue cfthe
Democrat. f
The Mountaineer GardenClih
is in charge of the arrangements
this year. The Watauga Council
cf Garden Clubs sponsors the
annual Christmas project. j ,
'cent will be paid members sell
ing goods through the Associa
tion. The organization will re
Mrn the 10 per cent id, defray
operating expenses. Non-mem
bers who sell through the As
sociation will get wholesale less.
20 per cent (or their goods. The
extra 10 per cent "will be ap
plied toward the purchase of a
share of stock to make them a
member," Moretz said.
Governed by officials elected
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James Phillips
Gets Doctor’s
Degree At Tenn.
James T. Phillips of Sugar
Grove received his doctorate
in physical chemistry Friday
at the University of Tennes
see.
He was a National Honor
Society graduate of Cove Creek
High School and received his BS
in chemistry Cum Laude from
Appalachian State Teachers
CoUege (now University) in
1964. He also was given the IRC
Scholarship Award.
While at the University of
Tennessee he received sup
port from the Petroleum Re
search Fund and the National
Science Fouidation. In 1966
67, Phillips authored articles
(or the Journal of Chromato
graphy and the Journal of Phy
sical Chemistry,
With strong background in
theoretical spectroscopy, Phil- 1
lips’s research involved low
temperature separation of light
gases, preparation and vapor
pressure measurement of iso
topic acetylenes and computer
calculation of the isotopic effect
temperature curves.
He has accepted a post doc
torate research position at the
university in Rochester, N.Y.
JAMES T. PHILLIPS V V
Christmas Week Edition
To Come Out On Saturday
The Watauga Democrat’s presses will roll next
Saturday December 21 on the Christmas week edition.
This early edition came about partially because it
is necessary to meet the needs of some important ad
vertisers and also to provide the employees the usual
brief holiday vacation.
In order that we may meet this advanced press
timet all contributors and advertisers are advised that
the deadline will be Friday noon. All routine organiza
tion announcements , and reports as well as advertisliK
must be in hand by that time.
The mechanical section of the Democrat will be
closed Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The busi
ness office will be open the usual hours next week ex
cept Christmas day.
It had been planned some time ago to publish the
New Year’s Edition on the 28th. This has been changed
and the issue dated January 2, 1969 will be primed at
the usual time.
Dr. Heavrin To Take Up
Private Practice At Galax
Dr, Lawrence A. Heavi in,
i physician and Director at
itudent Health Services on the
Appalachian State campus, will
save the university at the end
it December to return to pri
vate practice.
He, Mrs. Heavrln and their
ion Larry *rill relocate In Ga
ax, Va.
Dr. Heavrin’s immediate re
dacement is Dr. William Der
rick who has begun work In
he University LJirmary on a
jart-time basis. Dr. Derrick
ilso will operate a private prac
Ice In Boone.
Although Dr. Heavrln has been
issodatad with Appalachian
grandfather Home
[Contributions Asked
Contributions are again being
sought by local businessmen tor
a Christmas contribution to the
Grandfather Home at Banner
Elk.
Those willing to contribute
to the happiness of the orphan
children are asked to do so at
once. Contributions may be left
with Guy Hunt, W. W. Chester,
James Marsh or Bob Rivers.
only 15 months, university of
ficials were quick to point out
the advances made in medical
services to students since his
tenure began.
Three registered nurses op
erating in shift offices compris
ed the student health service be
fore Dr. Heavrin Joined the ASU
faculty in 1967. Since then, the
Health Service has occupied a
new infirmary, has a staff of
y DH. HEAVRXN
Blowing Rock Activates 2
Violent Winds Blamed
For Delay Ski Openings
All Slopes To
Be Open During
This Weekend
High winds prevented area
ski lodges from making snow
this past weekend and forced
all but one to postpone their
scheduled openings.
Blowing Rock Ski Area got
the jump on the other three
lodges by opening two slopes
this weekend. Officials there
report that by this weekend all
slopes should be ready for use.
The beginner and intermed
iate slopes were put in use and
Blowing Rock is preparing its
advanced slope. There also are
advanced and expert trails.
Blowing Rock is under new
ownership and Grady Mor
etz Jr.f one of five owners,
is manager.
At Beech Mountain near Ban
ner Elk, a spokesman said “It
looks like the 21st for us.”
This year Beech has added the
first triple chair lifts in the
South, increasing lift capacity
to 9,000 skiers per hour. Also,
slope area has been extended
to more than four miles.
Seven Devils near Boone re
ported that some skiers were
on hand for their planned open
ing last weekend but high winds
prevented snow making. Laden
Withtiatural snow, the beginner
slope was in use however. In
this case too, all slopes are
expected to be ready this week
end.
.< ihe high-range facility is
opening a 350-foot teaching area
with a slow-moving rope tow for
the season. There also will ^e
a snowmaker in this area.
Hound Ears Lodge and Club,
which is south of Boone on High
way 105, is shooting for its
season debut Friday.
North Carolina has three
other ski slopes. High Meadows
Inn and Ski Lodge near Roaring
Gap also is tuning to a weekend
opening and reports it plans
night skiing.
At Cataloochee Ski Slopes
above Maggie Valley, a new
base lodge, a 3,600-foot ad
vanced-intermediate slope and
1,000-foot novice slope have
been added. “We have had some
delay due to construction and
weather,” said a speaker from
the area. “We hope to open by
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six registered nurses and an
X-ray and laboratory technician
as well as a supporting staff.
An alumnus of die University
of Illinois, the University of
South Carolina and the Medical
College of South Carolina, Dr.
Heavrin and Ms family live in
Tarry Acres, Blowing Rock.
Watauga Schools Usually
Lose 14 Days Due To Snow
Watauga County schools an
nually lose some twelve to
fourteen days a year because of
snow, according to Guy Angell,
County School Superintendent.
Angell said that in each
year’a school calendar, an addi
tional twelve days are added to
the state required 180 days
to allow for this. If school is
closed twelve days, then the
Jus closing schedule remains
the same. However, if more
than twelve days are used for
snow the school year is ex
tended into Jose. School e«de
earlier than expected It leu
tban'toe allotted number of days
are not used.
Angell and other school of
ficials share the responsibility
of closing schools It necessary.
“We drive," Angell said,
“over as man; roads u pos
sible to determine their con
ditions." lie added that they
analyse wheather reports and
also contact other school sys
tems in the region before mak
ing a decision.
Snow hits different parts of the
county at differed times, ac
cording to Angell who report*
no eree as being consistently
bed from storm to storm.
The county’s 61 school buss*
es ere all equipped with cbaiw
but even with chains the Icy
roads In outlying areas are
sometimes impassable for
them.
The local system has missed
tour days this year because of
the weather. Angell said ht re
called 1S60 as being the worst
year for snow when the school
were closed 24 days more than
a school month.
THE SINGING BELLES
Church Choir, Singing Belles
To Appear In Blowing Rock
The Adult Choi/ of the First
Baptist Church of Charlotte and
the Singing Belles also of Char
lotte will make a special appear
ance in Blowing Rock's Civic
Auditorium Saturday night.
The Choir, directed by Wil
liam E. Jarvis, will sing a
variety of special Christinas
music. The Choir recently did
a taping session for NBC for
"Voices of Christinas", the
network's annual 30-minute
choral series.
This was the only church choir
and Southern Baptist group
Town Of Boone
Sells Fire Truck
To Cove Creek
It was disclosed last week that
the Town of Boone had sold at
auction a 1962 model truck to
die Cove Creek Volunteer Fire
Department.
The truck previously had been
used as a back up truck for the
town fire department but now,
according to city manager Neal
Blair it is no longer needed.
Blair said that the truck is in
bad need of repairs and the town
officials felt that the repair
costs would outweigh the value
of the renovated truck.
The only bid on the truck auc
tioned Thursday, Dec. 12, came
from the Cove Creek group
which had been searching for a
truck to suit their needs.
Blair said that only the truck
was auctioned and the Town
would keep the equipment aboard
the vehicle.
chosen this year. The NBC tape
has been made into a Century
recording and will be available
to the public that night.
Ensembles within the C toir
are the Men's Quartet. Wo
men's Trio and the Singing
Belles, a handbell choir. These
groups visit nursing homes and
shut-ins as well as appearing
for civic clubs and on broad
cast programs.
Community caroling will be
gin the program in Blowing Rock
at 7:30, The Choir along with
the Singing Belles will begin
their special program around
8 pjn.
No admission will be charged
for the public program which is
Sponsored by the Blowing Rock
Parks and Recreation Board.
Blowing Rock Postoffice
Plans Are Made Public
Senators Sam Ervin, Jr. and Everett Jordan, in a
telegram to James A. Dugger, Watauga Democratic
Chairman, announce the release by the postoffice de
partment of specifications for a new postoffice at Blowing
Rock.
It was stated that the new building would have 4,000
square feet of floor space, while the structure now in
use has only 1,500; a platform space of 340 feet will be
provided, only 32 feet now being available.
A parking area of 8,150 feet is included in the plans,
w further details of which the Senators expect to be available
0 soon.
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Brown Heads
Paroles Board
Raleigh (AP)—Gov. D a
Moore Tuesday named Wade
Brown of Boone as chairman
the North Carolina Board
Paroles, replacing Marvin
J»a. =
Wooten.
Brown, a former legiilator
end former major of Boone,
was appointed a member of the
paroles board by Moore last
year.
Brown will assume bis post
Dec. 20 when Wooten moves over
to the State Utilities Commis
sion, to which Moore appoint
ed him Monday.
Before lus appointment to the
paroles board. Brown had parc
ticed law in Boone tor 36 years.
He served as mayor of Boone
from 1960 to 1967, was in the
state Senate in 1947 and in the
state House of Representatives
in 1951.
Brown Is a graduate of Mars
Oil College and took his law
degree at Wake Forest Univer
sity.
“I am delighted that Mr.
Brown with his unusually high
ability was available to fill this
Important position and 1 kno**
he will continue to distinguish ,4*.
himself in this area of piddle
service,” said Moor*.
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