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: >v : J f ' : >-. -■ . ■ a ••: Blue Ribbon Winner The Democrat is tint plan win ner in State Press Assn. General fcmllwM Competition this ' peer—tlie third time in four v An Independent Weekly Newspaper... Eighty-First Tear of Continuous Publication WATAUGA DEMOCRAT BOONS WEATHBB ' _HI vm Free. May 13 60 31 May 14 70 43 May IS 72 43 M May 16 82 51 .13 May 17 68 84 D4 May 18 61 84 M May 18 88 68 IM 'mIS 77 83 77 86 73 88 88 86 84 83 88 81 VOL. LXXX1—NO. 48 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MAY 22, 1969 10 CENTS PER COPY 24 PAGES—2 SECTIONS The central (table at Brojblll Pails—headquarters for the algfat of dames at unknnwn origin. (Burns photo) annual Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show—was victim Friday Arson Causes Horse Show Fire Arson has been determined as tte cause of the fiery instruct ion Friday night of the central barn at the Blowing RockHurse Showgrounds. The non-profit Blowing Bock Horse Show Association plans to meet Saturday to lay plans lor replacing the structure which was valued at $40,000 but Insured only for $17,000. The city’s volunteer fire de partment was summoned to the about 9 that night, only Tr-;. minutes after Blowing Rock Policeman Elmer Wood had pat rolled the horse show area and found no sign of fire. The State Bureau d Investi gation. the District Fire Mar shal and Insurance company In vestigators studied the ruins at the barn and attributed the loss to arson. No one has yet been apprehended In the case. The barn was vacant since a private riding stable nas not due to arrive until June, The facility had been headquarters tor private enterprise In tbs summers. Hone* tor the tour day show, held annually the first weekend In August start arriv ing at Broyldll Park about a week before the show opens. Temporary stalls are set up to handle the more than 400 horses exhibited there each In 19M, exhibitors In the 43rd annual Blowing Bock Horse Show camd •‘home” to BrojMU Park to And a 3100,000 tgcpsflr Ion completed. The barn housed dormitory space for grooms and offices for the show secretary and manager, plus large box stalls. Other faculties In the ex pansion were double-decker box seats, a second show ring, per manent stalls and a grandstand seating 1,222 persons. C, V. Henkel was show association president during the 1968 ven ture. The project was financed fay private iBidwwrtttng and do New Postoffice May Be Built On Site Of Burley Warehouse , ' .U. , , ■■ ■ ■■ . The may was expected to be Opened this week tar the local* ion of a new Boone post office on the Faculty street site of the Mountain Burley tobacco ware house. State Rep. Janies Holshouser is planning a three-package local Mil that would Include town authority to dispose of the property at private sale, it The bill, which was expected fo be asked for formally at Tuesday night’s town board meeting, would set a floor on the price the town could cell the property for—$75,000. The General Services Administration, which handles real property for the federal government, has been eyeing the old warehouse site for some time. Discussions have followed with Mayor Clyde R. Greene and other board members about acquiring the site. Hols ho user said the town has had at least three appraisers set a price on the site. Holshouser said that state 4 “Boone Helpers” In 800 Can Croup In Gty Cleanup Four members uf Miss Nancy Doble’s fifth grade at Appalachian Elementary School have collected more than ' 800 cans apiece in a clean-up campaign that started tm> weeks ago. Stewart Fenfck, Jana Hogan, Ronnie Greer and Betty Stereos are tbs over-800-can collectors in the 28 member class, but Miss Doble expects there will be more. Already, several of the children are In tbe 600-can rsturrr and the drive will continue until the end of school. Whan their teacher suggested the after-school pro ject, the class readily agreed and attacked the local litter problem under the name, Boone Helpers. loss Doble noted that some cf the areas which received bar pupOa* attention are tfcward's Knob, tfar Worn In the West grounds, an area adjacent to Appa • uuf* Conrad Stadium and a place near the Blowing Bock Hoad. One youngster "made a killing," in Miss nous's words, whan be lucked onto a construction site osar Highland Drive. V’V'.hf sS The can count has been verified by parents, atm / than dispose of tbs mass of mess In the method originally imandad. Some of the fifth graders have worked in groups while others bare been accompanied by their parents. Monday of this weak through Saturday la Clean-igr Week tor tbs Town of Boons. County residents will have tbs help of the N. C. Highway Department this weak and next Monday <jpsr this issued ' Meanwhile Boone Helpers—a non-profit group cf gmhfttous ewiiwew-- -*11 "*». thMrapai • <1— vtgU unto June 5, tbs begtmdng cf cummer vacation. statutes provide the sale of publio property to other govern meutsl units without public suc tion. But he said the General Services Administration has requested the legislative action since the government’s present policy is to lease post office properties from private enter Holshouser said the govern ment has indicated that it would seek an option for up to a year on the property to allow time for planning a new federal focllity for Boone. The ojrtion presumably would be trans ferred to the low Udder for erecting and leasing the focllity to the General Services Administration. Other features of the Hol shouser MU would call for staggered terms of members of the Boone Town Board of Aider men and the de-anoexatioo of a portion of the town located in the southwestern area. The UU would sat four-year Says All Uty I Candidates To File For Office June 1 has been sat ss final filling date for candidates In the June 17 mwtelpel election, according to Major Clyde K, Since there la no provision tor a general convention, each candidate must file lndlvlduaUj even though he Is party affllla ted. This means that the nets at candidates nominated by the Democratic Party Saturday will have to file Independently. Then ' Is no mention of party affilia tion on the filing notice. This procedure allows a can didate, who for example wee not nominated at the Democratic eomentton, to still ran tor of fice if ha to deslraa. Filing forma are at Towi Ball. Than has been no figure r.ottoned aa a flllag tom term* for the two Ugh vote getter* in the June 17 tom election. The other three mem. her* would serve only two years. Thereafter terms of these three spots will be for four years. Some 40 people live in the area to bede^umexed.The area was annexed two years ago by legislative action. Since then, the town has not found it feas ible to provide water and sewer service Into the area. %: The area Includee some 4^00 feet along both sides of the Lin. villa Road tromtbe Intersection with Poplar {Oil Drive out to (Cootliaisd on page tm> ‘l - Gordon Winkler For Mayor Of Boone Candidates For Connell Are Nominated Gordon H. Winkler, Boom , businessman, who bod served nine terms «s Major of Boom, again roc el red the nod of the Boom Democratic nominating convention Saturday night and trill head the ticket as a can didate tor Major in the Jum 17th election. Dr. Kay Derrick, city Demo cratic chairman, naked D.Grn dy Mo rets to place In nomi nation a elate recommended by a party committee. Mr. Moreti proposed Dr. Robert Randall, ASU professor who had served as a member of the Board of Aldermen, commenting "we want to go forward not back ward". Nominations from the floor were asked by Chairman Derrick and Bob Agle responded by placing Mr. Winkler In nom ination. Agle cited Mr. Wink ler's long service to the com munity as well as the county as State legislator. Dr. Randall's votes tallied 80, as against 137 for Winkler. Mr. Moretx offered a elate for the Board of Aldermen com posed of Crater Marsh,Dr.Len Hagaman, A, E. McCreary, Howard Cottrell, Fred Mast, R. C. Wlnebarger and Dr. Ran dall. BIU Rush placed Bryan Tucker In the voting from the floor. - - ■* ■ . nr. Kamuui wnnuruw ui» name saying. ‘1 would like to withdraw; the croup has already spoken.” Fred Mast was not a candi date, and In tbs bub-bub of the meeting didn't understand his name was before the meeting. Otherwise he would hare with drawn. When the votes were tabu lated the following were the win ners, their respective votes be ing indicated; Marsh 180, Dr, Hagaman 179, McCreary 175, Cottrell 144, Wlnebarger 130, Fred Mast got 120 and Byran Tucker 24. Mr. Winkler accepted the nomination with a brief review of Ms accomplishments as May or, and promising, when elected to do his best, giving personal attention to “the little things.” He said: "We are going to have it bard ... we will have lots of things to do.” Mrs. Fred Mast served as Secretary due to the absence of Mrs. Rob Rivers. Ballots were distributed and collected (continued on page two) '■ "VTf i .5 'V .-"V;-, -=-v ■ J SCHOOL’S OUT—No* yet, but Kelly Furr, first grader at Appa lachian Elementary School, grins thstltsoon will be. She’s point, lag to June S, thi final day of school tor students. Students will test a holiday on June 4 as teachers prepare final reports ter students. School will be out at 1 p. a. on June 5. Kelly, who says she enjoy* school, Is the daughter at Mr. and Mra. Robert E. Furr of 114East*lewDr,Sh**sastudsid in Mrs. Kate Barite's •lass. Citaff photo) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, choreographed and directed by Mra, Nancy F. Cook at Boone, will begin at S Ttairaday night In the old Appalachian High School (Chapel! Wllaon Hall) on the Appa lachian campua, Ttia memorable acena la at Monnia mantnn, daughter at Dr. and lira. Roy Blanton of Boone, who portrays Beauty. The Beast Is danced by Wayne Harp, an Appalachian student from Winston-Salem. (Staff photo) Staggered Terms Of New City Board May Be Asked The Boone Town Board re scheduled its May meeting for Tuesday night after * quorum of alderman failed to ahow up for the regular meeting Thurs day night. The meeting wee to be held at 7:30 p. m, Tuesday in the town hall* However, Mayor Clyde R. Greene and Alderman Dr. James B. Graham Thursday beard a request from two parties to look into a possible violation of soning ordinances in the Clint Lewis area north of Boone. Airport Bill Near Passage The hill to take away the pow er of land condemnation from the Watauga Airport Commis sion has passed the bouse and is expected to clear the Senate ttU week. Rep. James Holsbouaer in troducted the measure following a petition of cltlseoa seeking the action. Residents of Deerfield anl Bamboo areas have feared the commission might condemn land In the areas for use as a new county airport. The airport commission, sidestepping s stand on the Issue, left the metier up to Bolshoueer'e judgment. Mr* and Mrs. J. C. Norris of Hickory and C. D. Wiles of North Wilkesboro said they had asked town building inspector George Judy to determine if three mobile homes in the area violate the town’s zoning ordi nances. Greene assured them he would have Judy investigate the matter. Norris, who owns a three acre site in the area, said be had planned to build a summer place there this spring but that the presence of the trailers had prompted him to decide against the plan. Among the items to be dis cussed Tuesday night were re quests for Rep. James Hols bousher to introduce legislat ion relating to the sale of town property for a new post office, a de-annexation measure and a plan calling for staggered terms of the new five-man board to be ASV Professor Gets High Award ASU Industrial Arts Instruc tor David Rigsby was awarded the Golden Hammer Award In High Point last week by the North Carolina Industrial Arts Association. It was given In recognition ot Us work In the vocational instruction Held, especially in woodwork. He has been teaching at the university eight years. Pvt. Harold Beach Killed In Vietnam j im iunerai lor Army ru. Harold Dean Beach. 18, at Routs X, Boom, mi bald at 2 p, m. Monday at Rich Mountain Bap tist Church. Officiating were tbs Rev, David Austin, the Rev. Ant Greer and the Rev. Noah Johnson. Burial with bill mili tary rites was in the church ‘semcderx, t ft Pvt. Beach was killed la ac tion la Vietnam cm May lb. MB wua Dorn in nwu^awuuu ty to Stewart and Helen Perry ■ Beech. Surviving ere Us parents of Bouts 2, Boone; Ove sisters, Mrs. Tommy Brown of Vilas and Mieses Delores. Suits, Debrth and Beverly Beaeh at the home; Us grandparents, Ur. and Mrs. Clay Perry of ZloovUle; and a great grand mother, Mrs. Boss Perry of Ztaasim. elected June 17. Town Manager Neal BUlr Jr. will be In Chapel HU1 this week, finishing a course In municipal administration at the Institute of Government, DR, J. H. HAGAMAM > ,* ‘ ' Dr. Hagaman .j Succumbs To J, Heart Attack The funeral for Dr. John Bartlett Hagaman Jr* 44, Ml be conducted at 11 a. m. today (Wednesday) at the FI rat Bap tist Church by the Rot. J. Boyce Brooks. Intermei* will be la Menu lawn Memorial Park, Dr. Hagaman died Monday night at Watauga Hospital from a heart attack Sunday afternoon at Ms home on Edge wood Dries, Boone, He was born In Ashe County to Dr. John Bartlett Hagamea Sr. and Mary Ethel Graybeal Hagaman. Dr. Hagaman recetred kit education In the Boone Schools, at the Udrerattyof NorthCaro llna. Chapel HU1 and attheUd. reratty of Tennessee. Ms mem. bersbips Included the Board of Trustees, Appalachian Stale Udreralty and the Moiadalnaar Club, He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Boons, i la ftsilag the medical pro- ‘ (Continued oa page twoi
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