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*. * f a *.•••• - • Bine Ribbon Winner ' ‘, V - - ’*>r» “ - i - • . s , •. (. •«*».* the Democrat I* Drat place win- &«<) ■ aer in State Press Ann. General . Excellence Competition this year—the third time in lour BOON* WKATHKE ma Btotaeimia Mar. 28 83 SI JS Mar. 26 46 28 m Mar. 27 87 22 tt M. Ml Mar. 28 SS 17 Mar. 20 86 30 Mar. 30 46 32 J2 Mar. 31 81 21 d«tla9999 ■ 55*88888 .TENDER LOVE AND CARE is whst > newborn foal received last week bom its owner. Jack Norris of ftione. While die youngster happily got Us hourly feeding from Norris, it bad been In jured by its ill-tempered mother and quietly died Friday morning. VYoridiv to keep the rejected Pinto alive, Norris took it into Us cabin home near N.C. Iflghway 105 and tried three days and nights to nurse it back to health. The story and other pictures are inside. Future Boone Councils To ft ^Wliiii.ij 1 v m .t.,n -a..<'-■.*.y ...^ ..j*r** Contain ;5 Rather Than & Or the authority granted in - House HOI No. U19, Section 2, which was ratified in June at |967, the Board of Alderman Of the Town of Boone ham adopted a resolution to ‘In crease the number of Alderman from three to On members effective at the regular elect ion next following this action.” In special session Thursday nig Id, Alderman Junes Graham presorted the motion which was seconded bv Gwyn Hayes. Prior to voting on the re solution, Mayor Clyde Greens said that registration for the Tuesday, June 17, municipal election in Boone will be eon ducted between 9 and S Sat urdays May 24 and 31 and June 7 at City Hall. Voters may register at the home or busi ness place at the registrar other days excluding Sundays during the two-week period. The registrar and tan Judges will be named at a later meet ing. Saturday, June 14, will be challenge day. i;’ The Board fcck no action ; declaring the municipal ball. 'oting as non-partisan. Dr.Gn ham commended "It would be V.S good mom to make,” provid ing the two parties would a grse to it. The Mayor suggest ) ed calling together the 1 seders of the Democratic and Republ ican parties in Boone and die ?' cussing the prospect withtbem, Ctty Manager Neal Blair Jr. received approval for bis sug gestion that the voting booths and tables be set up in the near Are station, rather than in' . . the small City Hall quarters. When the Board voted to up t. the number of Aldermen, tt was with the understanding that the Aldermen would not each t be In charge of a city depart. Firnd Meeting | Next Thursday c. Th0 minal »niw<m> at the ■ V Watauga County United Fund will ' to bald «t nooo Thursday, Ajsfl 18, st the Holiday In of Boons. According to president Jerry Moretx, the purpose of tbs meet ing le tn report of the peer's activities sod elect officers tor the coming peer. « Contributors, directors sod others interested ere urged to attend lbs Dutch treat tanebeon meat. Tide duty MU suggest ed last month by Alderman Hadley Wilson who eould not be preeent tor last week*> (Me lon. Tbs Mayor said a meeting would be held at 7:30 Wed neaday night, April i, at which time two change* at ion* neat at town will be conaldered. K the parti e* agree to a non parti* an election, a regiatratloo will be required forallelilgihle voter*. Will Attend Nixon Dinner North Carolina'! (tat* Republican chairman, Rap, Jim Holahouaer, and his wife will attend a formal Whits House dinner next Tuesday, Republican state headquarters said Thursday. The dimer will ha lbr Prine Mnlster John Gorton of Australia. Republican headquarters said the Holshousers are the first North Carolinians lnrltedto the White House with the exception of members oTtbe administration and Congress, “My wife, Pat, and I are delighted with the imitation and look forward with great aitlclpstlon to seeing the President and First Indy again," Holsbouser said. Music Shop Burglary Yields Less Thau $10 Thieve* escaped with leu than W and almost miked Into the arm* of the local police when they broke lido the DU* Music Shop In Boon* esrly Sudsy morning, Jarrell Little, owner of the (hop. said that entrance ms gained hy breaking a glass 1* the front door. Be said that no merchandise appeared to be toothed but that a small amount, of change totaling “lass than ten dollars'* ms taken. Town Police Officer Warren Reedy ms on routine patrol in the alley behind the store when he said he beard nolau within the bulldli*. Be said be determined that someone wag trying to exit the atore from the hack door. Reedy said ha returned to the petrol car to radio for assistance. He said that whtta In ths car, ha uw someone open the rear door of the build log and look out. “As soon as they saw tbs patrol car, tbsy took off,” ho said. Ready said ha could not aaa the person who looked oat tat did uy that there was more than on* parson ha ths tv’ ■ . ^ V' ’» Folk* utmM ■ non on ln formation and ballet. Baedy eaid a “good set at prints" m found In tbs scene but did not say K these matched those at Moby Smothers, It, Boons, who was arrested in con nection with the Incident. Chief EM Harmon said that Investigation is continuing. Dream Contest Will Feature Many Area Stars The 5lh Aimal North-South .All-Star basketball game, which waa staged previously In the Charlotte Coliseum, will be played in Appalachian State Ltal. vanity's new 7,500-seat Var sity Gymnasium Tuesday, April 15. . Operation Sports, sponsor ed 'Vthe dream contest which will feature many of the south’s outstanding senior collegiate players, announced today that Appalachian has been picked to host the 1969 event. ^ The 20 players to perform In the game will Include Ap palachian 's Allan Price, Bill Butting and Rusty Clark of ACC Champion Davidson, All-Ohio Valley Conference guard Harley Swift of East Tennessee State, Chris EUls of Virginia Tech, Jerry Montgomery of Wake Forest, and two NAlA first team Alt.American choices— Gene Littles of High Point and Dwight Durante of Catawba. f' The ten other players will he tamed next week. Appalachian State’s head coach. Bob Light, trillcoachooe of the all-star intis while an Appalachian graduate, Lenoir Rhyne Coach Melvin Rugglas, will tutor the other team. The top 10 high school play ers In North Carolina,as select ed by Operation Sports, villi attend the contest and be honor ed at halftime ceremonies. The North-South game per formers are selected by Nation al Basketball Association sc outs. Marty Blakei general man ager of the NBA Atlanta Hawks, (Continued on page two) Henson Again Heads Watauga Hereford Assn. At the annual meeting of the Watauga Hereford Aaaoclatlon . held Friday night In the County Agent's Office In Boone, Council Henson was re-elected pres Ideal* Ha supporting officers also ware renamed: vice-prealdeit, Lonnie Issaes; and secretary treasurer, Jay Teeme, Direct ors Isaacs and Teems ware Joined by a new director, Dean Wilson of VUaa. They will serve three years. The association's 27th sale and show was planned for Wed nesday, Sept. 17, with the show beginning at 10 that morning and the sals starting at U Thirty Ore females and 15 bulls will he catalogued for this sale. For the FFA Judging contest to be held the previous after noon, Will-Via Hereford Farms ot Moores villa will sponaor the t trophy. W, U Teeter at WUl-Vla Farms and rice-president of the N, C. Foiled Hereford Asso ciation spoke to the group on . the eattls industry, : l . Watauga Hi Singers l Appear At Festival y Sii«era from Watauga High School Music Department at. tonded the annual AU-SteteCho Ml Festival held Friday art!;: Saturday on the campus of UNC In Greensboro. The festival features two choruses of 500 voices each and Is sponsored by the Choral Section of the North Carolina thisic Educators Conference. The musicians presented a pit*. Us televised concert In Ajcoek Auditorium Saturday evening. Guest conductors for the IMP All-State Choral Festival wan. Dr. Kithard Cox, dfractor of choral activities at UNCjG and Donald Plot*, chairman of tbs1 Male Department at Davidson College. i Studsnta attending from Wa- ' tauga High sere lym Autrey, Chris Blackburn, Tans Black. horn, David Bollek, Keith Chip man, Brett Day, Cecils Flowers, Dlatxa Greer, Sarah Hayes, Ollla Jackson, Sandra Kirk, , Amanda Kluta, Bandy Marsh, Daphne Martin, Bichard Mast, Hobart Me Neely, Hobart Mai. ton, Mark Hssvis, Teresa Rob.,,C lnson, Tarry Taylor, Loci Wat. ' ton and BUI Winkler, V ,*■. v/., ,..'.■RrSj.'i/.v Trout M U How And Where? ~T0, »ea»on open* a half hour before eenup Saturday with "" **< rtreeme well docked, according to Wildlife Protector Tommy Osborne. In deelgnatod public mountain trout ■treame, it shell be unlawful to use shaft or lure other one dpitaped with a single hook. All waters lying within the Blue Bldge Parkway lands are classified as designated pihH teout waters with the exception of Trout Lake In Moses H.‘ Cone Memorial Park, Bowing Rockj Boone Fork Hirer, Cold Prong Branch, Laurel Creak, Price Lake, Slna Creek and Sims Bond in Julian Price Memorial Park; and Can® Creek and Unrllle Hirer In the Llnrllle Falls Recreation Aree. Osborne says In waters designated as public mouidaln trout waters, each natural and artificial halt shall be equipped with only one single hook. On all other waters, the use of a bait other than an artificial lure haring one single hook is prohibited: Prodded that on Basin Creek and its tributaries anion Boone Fork Hirer fknm Price Lake Dam down to the Parkway property boundary, the use of a halt other than an artificial fly hark® one slivle hook Is prohibited. Youicsters under It are not required to hare a license. After opening day. Ashing can be enjoyed at any hour wcejt in federal waters where sunup to sundown in the rule, Osborne’s stocking lists meal Watauga River has 700 browns above Highway 105 and 500 browns below the road, with Boone Fork having 500 rainbows. Joe Fork has 300 brook trout; Big Laural Crook, 200 rainbow; and 200 brooks have been pit in Stony Fork and in Wildcat Creek. Five hundred brown are in Middle Fork, 400 rainbows in Goshln Creek, 500 brooks in Meat Camp Creek and 200 brooks in Norris Fork. One thousand brook trout will be waiting in Winkler’s Creek above the forks, while below the forks, there are 400. Brook trout also have been stock ed in the following numbers and locations: 1.100 Award’s Creek; 1,000 Tatar Hill Lake; 200 eachln Dutch Creek ami Crab Orchard Creek; 600 In Laurel Creek; 100 In Beaver Dam Creek; ami 300 in Beech Creek. Osborne says the average length of the stocked trout Is 8 to 9 inches and reminds fishermn that Price and Trout lakes near Blowing Rock were stocked last year after the season closed. This spring scene from the Travel Informa tion Division, Department of Conservation and Development in 'Raleigh, was made on Wilson Creek in the Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area near Unville. Community Memorial Service Held,, For General Eisenhower A community-wide memorial service for General Dwight D. Elsenhower was held on the Appalachian State University campus Monday dining a day of national mourning tor the nation's 31th president who died Friday. He was eulogised as “the man of pence" and Dr. W. H, Plata moos, retiring ASU president, said that it was "appropriate to hare such a service for this great man," Plemmoos called Die, who died at the age of 73 following a serlee of Ulneesea, a “clt isen of the world.” He lauded the World War 11 hero as a “great educator" and praised fata sendee as president of Columbia University. After the service, Dr. Plem. mans said that Elsenhower was the only man In the world who could boast the honors of win ning the war on the European front, of commanding NATO's forces, of being the top man' of one of the nation’s most re spected universities, and being the nation’s President. Also taking pert In the ear. vice was Boone Mayor Clyde R. Greene, Greene related bis first meet ing with Elsenhower at the 190 Republican convention whan Ike wee leaking the nomination lor President. The Mayor said that at tha time, moat of tbs Tar Heal delegates wars farmers end were primarily Inter sated In a candidate’s agriculture posi Greene related that Bean - lower told them be knew tklr ly little about agriculture but promlaed them he would find the beat man available tor the catdnet position In that area and would heed bla advise. The Major further told of riding the campaign train with Qsenhower from Salisbury to Charlotte and related that Ike had lmpresaed Mm as a '‘sin cere" man. He commented on Elsen hower's Inauguration prayer in early 1953 when Ike aaked tor divine guidance over Ms . ad ministration. "I believe Ms prayer was answered,” said Greene as be closed. "We knew him ae ■ hero,” ■aid ASU student president Jack Stone, wbo called the career soldier turned politician "the man of peace." Dr. Frank Rich, win present ed most c( the memorial thou ghts, said that Ike had ded icated Ida entire life to the service at Ids country. "He was a deeply rellgous man and humble man,” said Dr. Rich. He recounted a statement made by Elsenhower's aide Sherman Adams wbo said that Elsenhower was the greatest man tor peace la the world todiy* As the ASU brass quintet played “Lo How A Hose Ere In Broome-KMt Gym on flw ASU c ampul Monday *1^ seeerel hundred par non* gathered tor n special memorial sow rice In honor of former President DwigM Elsenhower, ,, * Blooming”, * lone student rose and stood In tribute to the dead leader. The program was planned by Dr. Kenneth Webb whoeonv. mented on the surprisingly large turnout tor the sendee. Some 1,000 filled Broome Klrk gymnasium. The majority of these were ASU studeids but many to unpeople also were present. Classes at ASU were sus pended at 3 to eonclde wttb the closing of state offices at that time. Slightly Hurt In Auto Crash A young driver win bent over to pick up a book while driving was charged with driving left of center after be bit another car Friday on U. S. 421. Michael D. McGuire, 18, of Route 1, Box 345, Boone, wae arrested by Boons Bailee of ficers Lowell Hodges end Boy Tugneui who reported he bed Crashed Into a I960 Ford driven by John H. Hollar, 47, of Boons. The acddect report filed by the officers, said that McGuire, driving e IMS Opal, bad bam to pick iv s book when hedrove over the cantor line and Mt Hollar. Hollar was taken to Watauga Couity Hospital tor treetaieet ' but waa not admitted. : : C 1; *3 ,:i : : $3
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