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Blue Ribbon Winner The Democrat la Ant place win ner In State Presa Aaan. Ganaral Excellence Competition thia pear—the third time in (Mr VOL.LXXXI—N0 48. mim im An Independent Weekly Nempaper... EightyFir* Tear of Continuous Publication BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6,1968 10 CENTS PER COP Y BOONE WEATHER , y'' iww wi t») Prse. Ibsv v Map 27 72 48 Map 28 77 44 Map 28 81 53 Map 30 83 57 Map 31 80 St Jun. 1 82 S3 Jim. 2 75 SO 121 saassasaa ' AT THE LIBRARY DEDKATIOft_Mrtil«ui*hed participants In the dedicatory ceremonies of the Carol Grotness Belk Li. oraiypaused Sunday afternoon after an open house tour of the ::mw & mllUon building. I^ft to right are Mr. and Mrs. Carl -i, v • , - ‘ 1 1 ' ^ ■ C. Grotness, parent! ai Mrs. Belk, Dr. W. H. Plemmons, ASU president, Mrs. Carol Grotness Belk and her husband. Il wln Belk, and Dr. John E. Smylle, Queens College presided who gave the address of dedication. Fourteen Boone Citizens File Fourteen Boone resident! tare tiled for munlelpa] offices to be decided In the Saturday, June 17. toon election. Unveiling S'Hie unveiling of s bronze iNe commemorating Coj. Natha Bolton’s services In tile Revolutionary War ms post poned Monday because of bad weather. 'The service has been sc bed tied tor 11:30 Monday morning, June 9, at Col. Horton’s grave three miles east of Boone In the old Three Forks Chureh cemetery. i.*? As the Col. Mfljan Beall Chapter of tba Slaughters of the American Revolution as semble, Rev. Mr. Powers, pas tor of the Three Forks Bap tist Church, will assist In the service. Col. Horton helped build the original Three Forks Church, established In 1792. Members of the Boone OAR Chapter, Col. Horton’s descend ants and those Interested in Us life and works are invited. Mrs. Texie Horton Russell, Chapter t. Regent and a great-great granddaughter of the Colonel, trill review his military service end his work in Watauga and Jjsbc counties. , Two of them, former Major Gordon Winkler end Mayor Pro tein Dr. Hadley M. Wilson, are Booking the mayor’s post. The others are seeking one of the five seats on the board. The list Includes the full slate Of candidates nominated at the May 17 Democratic convention, though they will not be Hated separately since the election nlll be through a "non partisan" ballot, .. Along with Winkler, the other convention nominees are How ard Cottrell, ten D. Hagaman, Crater Marsh, A. E. McCreary, and Clyde Wlnebarger. With this election, the Boone board is being Increased from three to five members, a bill In the state legislature will put the board on a staggered basis, tilth the three top vote getters being designated to serve four year terms and the two others serving two-year terms. At the 'expiration of the latter terms, their successors will be elected for four-year terms, thus set ting up the staggered schedule. After announcing he would not be running for office this year. Dr. Hadley M. Wilson, a two term alderman and presently Mayor Fro-tem, tossed Ms hat Into the race for mayor. Wilton has served since 1965 and was the only Democrat el ected to the present board In 1967, Saturday Is Last Day To Register « *!■. > ■ ' -■a- .1-'' “ ; Boons resident* will bm antil 5 p.m. Saturday to regu lar for the tom election on Tuesday, June 17. , Tbs election will mark a Stonge in a 40-year-old local tradition In that ballots will be printed for a “non-partisan'* election. Registrar Fred Tarlton will to in town ball until 5 Satur day to register voters. Ha also Is registering Voters at Us . residence at 200 making Road tolly from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Challenge day will beSaU nrday, June 14, from l a.ni, go 3 p. m. at town hill. The will be opened on June 17 (:30 a. m. to «;J0 p. m. ' To be sliglbte to vote In the Jins 17 election, citizens must, be 31 years old or older, here! , Used In North Carolina for one year and tbs Torn of Boons tor at least 30 days prior to tbs election. V Tarlton reported Tuesday that be baa reglaterad 66 new voters, making a total of 1,560 registered voters. Bt noted that tbs Boons el action bocks are separata tromcouaty Isstion becks and revise a . separate registration. Judge* In the election Hill be Mr*. Jewel Mast and Tom L. Coundll, The town board ha* specified that Town Manager Neal Blair will sign and certify the ballot*. Mayor Clyde Green* said fiat no action la required by the town board to switch to a •‘non-Partisan” ballot. “It’S the law," be said. He added that state law does not provide tor partisan elections in Boon*. He said the matter bed been researched by Town Attorney Jim Holshooser Jr, Each of the 14 candidates who here filed, filled out a standard form without notice of party affiliation. Boone switched to partisan elections in 1929. Since than candidate* have nut tor toast board as mentor* of a party glut*. Before it was known fiat the June 17 election would be non partisan, the Boone Democratic Party held a formal nominat ing convention on May 17. Ths convention nominated five candidates for the town board .. Wilson, 46 of 113 Skyvlew Dr„ has been * Boone physician since 1953 and has done bis entire practice here. He re ceived Us medical degree from Louisville CKyJ University after attending the University of North Carolina School of Medi cine. He received bis degree in - chemistry from- the University ...Of North Carolina. He served three years In the army during World Warn. He is an elder of the Boohe Presbyterian Church and Is married to the former Kathryn McGlmsey. They have four children. After serving as Boone mayor ' 13 years, Gordon Winkler was elected to the General Assembly In 1961. It was Us second trip to the state lawmaking body. Winkler, 66, studied in the Boone school system. He wag graduated from then Appa lachian Training School. A ret ire of Watauga County, he and Ma wife, the former Iva Dean Wilson, live at 338 Blowing Rock Bond. A retired Insurance man,. Winkler was nominated by the Km The Winklers attend First Baptist Church. , . , Charles Blackburn Jr. is seeking election to the Town Board of Aldermen. It Is Us Drat try for political office. He Is 44 and a resident of MO Tracy Circle. A graduate f ASU, he la a former school teacher and Is now self-employ id as a farmer and also deals In rental properties. He and his wife, the former Ann Carroll, have two children (continued: on gage two} m O_X_ //fc x r X x"k . ■ , ’ ■ ; .■v Of $2,220,084 Gets OK Robinson Is New Partner Hunt's Store F«jr per cent of Hunt’s De partment Store In Boone mi Purchased Monday by John Rob inson, former manager of the Crest Store here. He and Guy Hunt, sole oner of tbs business tor 31 years, will co manage the operation without changing the name. Robinson says "My family and I are very, very happy to be coming back to Watauga Co unty. Boone Is just home to us; and the people around here are just our kind of people.” The Robinsons lived In Boone 15 years when news came last July of Crest’s plan to trans fer the local store’s manager. Robinson then became associat ed with the chain’s new outlet In the Town and Country Shop ping Center In Uneolnton. Two of their daughters, Mrs. Chuck Blanton and Mrs. Jimmy Deal, remained in Boone, Their other children—Dan, Susie, Mark and Cindy—made the move to Uneolnton. At that time, Robinson was president of the Watauga Co unty Association for Retard ed Children and immediate past-president of the Boone Lions Club, Both he and Mrs. Robinson were active in Green Way Baptist Church. - • A, native of York, S. lnson fs a former president of the Boone Chamber of Com merce, serving on various Chamber and Merchants Asso ciation committees. “I’ve known Guy since I've been here,” Robinson says. "I feel I couldnt be associat ed with anybody better tbanGuy Hunt.” Robinson says Hunt's De partment Store will continue Its same cordial service and name-brand tinea of marchan dlae. $153,233 Of Federal Cash Given For Center At ASU Governor Bob Scott announc ed Monday that the Appalachian Regional Commission has ap proved a $151,233 grant In federal Appalachian fundi for the construction of a continuing education Mfioratory center at ASU In Boone. The new center will be part of an overall expansion program now underway at ASU whose total enrollment this year was VI*. The proposed center/ wUl be will provide for organized con ference groups, workshops, designed to meetthfcontlnu lng educational needd .of the people of western North jCaro. llna . Programs at tbe center seminars and art* and crafts display*. The new center will have a large lecture room, smaller seminar rooms, an audio-visual production area and adminis trative office space. Total construction costs will be *502,468. Ot this anwunt *151,233 will be provided under set, *100,000 by the State ot North Carolina, *100,000 by local sources, and *151,233 in supplemental funds under Sect* ion 214 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act. ASU President Dr. W. H. Plemmons welcomed the an nouncement from Governor Scott. "We are excited over prospect* for this new center, and how It will fit into our program tor the area." be said. Or. Plenunons said the $100,. 000 from e local source that the governor's announcement included Is expected to be the private gift from an individual "who is intensely Interested in the affairs at Appalachian Uni versity." He said the donor's identity would be announced later. Dr. plenunons said that no site has been picked a* yet for the center. But he said con siderable work has already been done by the university archi tects, Baber and Wood of Ashe, villa. ALMOST GRADUATED—These two happy seniors at Watai«a High School slip the last of their graduation invitations into the mail box outside their soon-to-be alma mater, Susan Lawrence and Paul Miller Jr, will be among ^he leaders of their graduate class. Susan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jack Lawrence, is trea surer of the student council, and Paul, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller, is president of the council. Graduation exercises adUl^be at 8 o'clock tonight CThursday) at the school. (Staff Gaston To Head ASU News Bureau H. Laid* Gaston Jr., Belmont native who has worked In the Public affairs department of Appalachian State University tor the past live years, has been named Director of the ASU News Bureau. Gaston, who has served as assistant director of the bureau for the past year In addition to being an Ei^llsh instructor, will replace Dick Barkley who has submitted Ms resignation which is to be effective later this month. uanuey, who nas Headed the News Bureau operations tortile past three years, resigned to accept the position of Sports Information Director at Wake Forest University. He will assume his new duties on June Id, according to Dr. Gene Hooks, WFU Athletic Director. Gaston was born in Spartan* burg. S. C., hut was raised in Belmont where he graduated from Belmont High School. He obtained Ms B. A, degree in 1966 and earned his M. A. de gree in 1968 at Appalachian, airing Ids senior year, he was listed in "Who's Who in Ameri can Colleges and Universities.” In addition to serving as editor of The Appalachian campus newspaper durb« Us undergraduate study, he was a student assistant in the News Bureau. He was a graduate assistant in the same office during the 1966-67 and 1967 68 academic years. Gaston has been associated with the operation of Horn in the West outdoor drama for the past five years, three in pro motional work and the past two as general manager. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Gaston Sr^ are teach ers in the Gaston County School system. Barkley, a native of Asheville and an alumnus of the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was state editor of the Durham Sun newspapers for six years before joining the Appa lachian staff in 1966. H. LEWIS GASTON JR, Final Approval Of Money Bill | Due Early July A new Watauga Courty bud* get, a record-breaking $2,220, 084, was tentatively approved for the upcoming fiscal year by the Board of Commissioners in an all-day session Monday, To meet what the board con siders the basic needs of the county starting July 1, they adopted a tentative tax rate of $140 per $100 valuation on real and personal property. The ad valorum tax thus is expected to bring into county coffers a record $704,996, a $132,480 increase over ad val orum tax revenues expected for this year. Other local tax sources, to taling $211,656, combined with $1,303,432 in state and federal participation in county pro grams, bring the total budget up to $2,220,084. The new total budget repre sents an increase of $118,769 over the current budget that has operated the county since July 1, 1968. The new budget, under state law, will “lay on the table” for public inspection for 30 days. Its formal adoption will come early in July. ine new Duaget marfcs the first time in recent history that Watauga County has based its assessment ratios for real and personal properties on tte same percentage—65 percent, Watauga commissioners hare based the tax rate on 50 per cent of reaj property assess' ments and 100 per cent of per sonal property. However, state law requires that the assess ment ratio be the same for each category. Also, state law requires that county general fund revenues be limited to 20 cents per $100 of valuation. The higher assessment ratio allows the county to conform to this law. Total ad valorum tax reven ues are budgeted at $759,000for the new fiscal year, a $144,000 increase over the $615,000 ex pected for 1968-69. However, the budget is based upon col lection of only 92 per cent of the total charge, reducing the effective ad valorum tax levy to $704,966. Expenditure for the operation of the county school system continues to siphon off the lar gest share of county tax dollar. Thirty cents of the rate will be allocated to schools, amount ing to $196,006. State and fed eral grants of $721,473 plus oth er local funds, includit* $35,000 from the Blowing Rock ABC Store, swell the school budget to $1,026,929. The general fond, from which come monies for the day-to-day operation of most county depart ments, shows an increase for W69-70 from $184,328 to $2l5> (Continued on page two) Living Standards Are Rising Although the cost of living hu Boomed in Wafeug* > i Coixity In recent years, u It lu everywhere nine, tofistton bis not been tbs chlsf culprit. '* i j-i "# 80 **)» the Bureau of Labor Statistic! after com i plettag a nationwide sampling survey of family budgets, ^ and comparing them with the txxfests of previous years. | It finds, In fact, that (0 percent of the Increase in expenditures tor goods and services has been due to an upgrading of the avenge family's standard of living, over a period of 15 yean, and only 40 percent baa been due to hfUtton. ,« j, ,,» > *» Gradually, year by year, local tontliee have bean Improving their way of life—eating mon expensive foods, wearing Oner clothes, baying bettor homes and spending gftDnohtoUwegprto*.,, The n*t result, according to the BIS, mu that« percent per peer wee Invested in better living during the period despite the (set that prices were rising at an average of 2.7 percent a pear. The change Is quite evident In Watauga County, it shorn up, tor example. In the array at household appli ances and equipment In their homes and in their outlays tor goods and services generally. , ft te*l» cC a special report on purchases and ownership at durables, made by the Department at Commerce, no lees than 30.7 percent of the families ? In Watauga County now own two or more cars, as eoaw I pared with 1M percent In 1PM. ■ , ) 'i. '| V- The average elsewhere la the united States is 26.7 percent end. In the South Atlantic States, 27.3 percent. ? Similarly, more homes ere equipped with «-iesa«e dryers than ms the ease in I960. Ownership in the local area has Increased by about 13.7 percent. It la estimated. 1 'f. ■> I As tor telerialon sets, over 89.0 percent of the I households in the area base them, as a»aiw«t «0 j percent in I960, j While there has been little ehaige In the proportion * ^ of Cat dUes with washing machines, the ones now In ime i are automatic models tor the most cart, not the writer ( type that was more common then. ^ The report also points to marked increases in air \ conditioners, dishwashers and radio ami phonographic < shipment. i, ( Rising incomes base brought these coorertaaeas and 2 many others within reach af a growing wimher at iwwi j Camilles. , (
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