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- 1 • v< rT ** Blue Ribbon fPinner ®a Democrat is first place win- ? », ? ■er in State Press Assn. General . Excellence Competition this year—the third time in four ^ ~ years. . ■ "-v : ' - % 7... js . ■,*, democrat An Independent Weekly Newspaper... Eighty-First Tear of Continuous Publication BOONE WEATHER 1M9 Hi Lo PK& f June 10 72 58 .88 June 11 78 58 .U June 13 77 80 June 13 75 81 38 June 14 78 60 .75 June 15 75 60 131 June 16 75 58 SSeiilettiSg 8268888? GORDON WINKLER ... Sue. , MMftd In He bid to return to Bxwe’s highest elective of ’ ficq, »F':'f;.; Race For IWn/vnr former Boone Mayor Gor don Winkler regained the town'* top elective office Tuesday as he defeated Town Alderman Dr. Hadley M. Wilson. Winkler received 5S6 votes as against 383 east for Or. wuson. Boone voters also elected ' five aldermen to serve on an enlarged tom board which . heretofore had only three mem bers, plus the mayor. , The aldermen and their votes ; are: A. E. McCreary. 6H5 Dr. Leo D. Hagaman, 803; Crater Marsh* ***s Howard J. Cot trell,. SIS- and B. Clyde Wine «*»e»p»s«e«e«e»cseiieilgi,gi Burger, 4*9, Otter candidates and their (? vote-get are: Charles H. Black burn Jr„ 3*2; Dr. Junee B. Graham, 400; Gwyn Hayes, 2 54; Here Bodges, 104; James F. 'Jones. 1*1; Earl L, Patrey, 224; aad Dr. Robert L. Ban dall, 310. Ubder a bill passed by both bouses of the state legislature, the two candidates getting the highest number of votes will serve four-year terms. The remainder will serve two-year a According to the bill, the seats held hy the three can V dUatee receiving the lowest «m*«r of votes In Tuesday's election will be up tor election In 197U The bill specifies that the tan candidates receivii* the highest number of votes lnl>71 ■hall serve tour years, with the low candidate serrilg tor only tan years. The bill calls tor this pattern to be repeated every tan years, with the two candidates with the highest number of votes ienriiy tor tour years and the third can. didata serving tor only two ■f jeara. Thua at each biennial elec. Hon, voter* Mil clue three «naUtate». two at them for ftwr Tears and one for two Tsars, thereby Maaring the election of a majority on the hoard each two years, Mayor Greene said there would not be a runoff election in event the five top candi dates failed to receive a ma jority of votes. He said elec tion trill be declared for the top five vote getters. Of noon Tuesday, a total at ao voters had cast ballots. Indicating that ballotli* might reach Into record levels. In the 1967 election, In which re tiring Major Greene uveeted incumbent Major Wade Brown. 1,180 ballots were voted. The bill letting up the five, man board and apeclfjlrg the ■teggered terms, contained the tallowing directive CortheTown of Boone: "The Board of ^Aldermen of the Town of Boone shall have five members elected tor stag, gered terms. In the regular municipal election to be held In the Town of Boone In 1969, there shall be electedfivemenw ben to the Board of Aldermen. The two candidates receiviig -- ■ the highest number ot rotes ■bell be elected for e term at four years and tbe three candidates rec string tbe next' highest umber of rotes shall be elected for a term of tee years. At tbe regular municipal election held in 1971 and Men. nelly thereafter, three menw ' hers at tbe Board at Aldermen shall be elected and the ten candidates receiving the high est umber at votes shall be elected for a term of four years and tbe candidate receiving the next highest number at votes shall be elected tor a term at two years." - :/ . ■ ’}' ;■# . M' WGHTON HO ME—Ti-eas urea at the put will be available tor enjoyment during the Watauga Mime and Carden Tour £TT“ home <rf Mrs. Sarah Scbenck Blgbtoa in Btowhw “OB*, ine White clapboard house wu built in the 1880’s by Major Scbenek. The original handmade treat door opens Into Ugh celliaged, chestnut panelled rooms, where the original pine Door* are now covered with Oriental and haul hooked rugs. • <vv, . Member* of the Watauga Co unty Council at Garden ClUba •re completing final arrange . manta for tneir annual bome and . .garden tour acfaeduled for Sun day afternoon. <. .» | Uing the theme, “ Wanderii* in Watauga," the oouneil ‘win Present five homes in Boone, Blowing Rock and Houn) Ears in public display from 2 to 6 P.m. The tour also will Include the Denial Boone Native Gardena »t s - & ft ... and exhibits lo a horticulture division on display at the Worth while Woman's ClubtouseatlOO Cherrybrook Lane. Proceeds, of the mrentt will be used by the council for the Und •ceping projects on the grounds Bill To ! Be Higher The Next Time &' When you get your 1970 state A aunt of county taxes inSeptem. | bar, you’ll find a low “tax 1 rats” tat a Uttar tax oo your f real property* l Given Honor By English Majors Or. Graydon P. Eggers, re c tiring chairman of tte English ■ Department of AppalachianStatf ' "iMrersity, mi honored on eommeneement day, June S, In Chapel Wilson Hall by the grad, luting English majors, who pre sented Mm a plaque. Tta gold scroll on eood was Inscribed with Dr. Eggers* oun near the top, in tta center with the closing lines of Alfred Lord Tennyson's " Ulysses,” and at the bottom with an lndlcstioci that the English majors presented It. In sorpresslng the class es teem and appreciation tor Dr, Edgars, Jerry Fancier, as sptassman, quoted Tennyson's words Inscribed oothaplaqeat ’*110 (trite, to seek, to Ond, and not to yield.” In addition to hating taught these graduating studacts Ut sreturs and grammar. Dr. Edg are had bean ttoiradtlsorglnoa ttalr sophomnea year. For Instance, the tune $20,. 000 home that coat you $110.70 lu taxes for 1969, wUl coat you $143 In 1970 tana. Yet the 1969 rate la $143 while the 1070 rate; will be $U«, y <■- : Kay to the lower rate but higher tax tor the new year ia the aeaeaement ratio applied to the Hated true value of your property. The county eommla. doners have r&iaed the aaaeaa. meat ratio from 4S per cent to 63 per cat* for 1970 taxea. TUa meane that the aaaeaaed value of your $20,000 home for 1909 real property taxea naa 45 per cast of <20,000, or $9,* 000. Baaed oo the rate of $143 par $100 valuation, you 1900 tax waa $110.70. For 1970, the 65 per cent aaaeaa meat ratio meane you'll ha paying taxea on $13,000 at the rate of $1.10 per $100 val uation. making $143 thstaxduu. And the aame statement will Show a reduction in your per sonal property tax. (Mil the aew tax year, the county baa landed paraanal property taxae on 100 par cent of personal pso perty values you’ve listed each But North Caroline law for bids such a differentlel. There in re, the oommuaioners this ' year are folio wing the law and assessing both real and pare •anal property at thnaamepaaw"'; centage—65 per cent* The new, record county bud (et la built around thia property tax rate of $140. Formal ap. prowl of the budget, and tbe tax rate neceeeary to meet It, U expected at tbe July 7 meet, log ol r county eommUafon. are. The oodget me given ten. tatlre approral at the board laatlng on Monday, June 2. On real property, tbe new rate repreeenta a 20 per cent tereaee over real property taxae for IBM. •' at Watauga Ugh School. Tickets and brochure* In dicating the route and mileage point* of the tour will be avail able at the clubhouse, at Stalling* Jewelry Company and from members of the Garden Club Council. Tickets will be $2 each. Mrs. Lee Reynolds is general chairman of the tour. Homes to be seen are those of Mrs.Sarah Schenck Righton of Blowing Rock, Miss Gertrude Perry of Boone, Mr. and Mrs. W. Guy Angel of Boone, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Littleton of Boone and Mr. and Mrs. R, H. McKaughn of Hound Ears. The Righton home was built in the 1800's by Major Schenck. The original handmade door opens into highcelllnged, chest nut panelled rooms, where the original pine floors are now covered with Oriental and hand hooked rugs. Priceless antique French, English and native handmade furniture adorns the (Continued on page two) >| 12 Acres On 321 South 1 . ■ ~;.v. fewtfa Boone Shopping Center Will Cost $1.5 Million School Lunches To Cost More Coming Session If U coat the Idde five cents 'more lor lunch when schools open this fell. The across-the-board in creased was approved by the Watai«a County Board of Edu cation this month after addition, al employee retirement costs were outlined fortfaenewechool Tear. ■ —— s—* — '-Kwrr ■ Tbs county school system Is being required by the stste to put its cafeteria employees under the state retiremeotays tem for the first time. The county will have to contribute 8.95 per cent of each cafeteria employee’s wages to the retire ment system. An additional five per cent will be contributed hy employees. Also contributing to the lunch increase is the rising cost of labor and food, the board was, told. Preston Greene Is New Legion Head Preston Greene at Route 2, Boone, hie been elected com. mender at the Watauga Post 130 at the American Legion. Greene, retired from the U.S. Marine Corpa and from tbe Vir ginia Employment Commission, was elected Friday night at the post mooting held in the Ameri can Legion ball. CONTINUING EDUCATION—Jane Watson and Robert Melton are among the many recent graduates of Watauga High School who are continuing their education after high school. They are shown during a class break at Appalachian State University. (Staff photo) 41% Watauga Hi Graduates Plan To Enter Colleges In a surrey of educational and vocational plana of seniors at Watauga Ugh School, It has been found that 54 per cent of the class will continue their ed ucation. Of the 252 graduates (includ ing summer school), 103 grad uates or 41 per cent, will en ' *. t . < ' . Plemmons Is Honored " '• " -Hi:'4 * && ■. V'0' 4 By Assembly Resolution Appalachian president Dr. W. H, Plemmons nerind a nr* honor last weak aa tfaa North Carolina Legislature paaaed a Joint resolution honor ing him upon hla retirement aa president of the Institution. The complete text at the Ugh tribute, which was passed unani mously the House ot Represon tattrea and by the Senate last Thursday, follows below. Dr. Hammons comment was simp* iy, ‘1 am highly gratified. Ugh. ly Complimented, and greatly pleased. ■* WHEREAS, William Bowart "Hamas, iMsttngUahed North. Carolinian, was bora In Ashe rllle, thesonof mountain people, and roared midst the peaks and hollows of the Blue Ridge Moun tains; and WHEREAS, be obtained Ms education here In North Caro lina, attending the public schools cf Asheville, Wake Forest Uni versity, Duke University and the University at North Carolina, distinguishing himself at an early age as a person with unique qualities at leadership, scholarship and character; and WHEREAS, William Howard Hammons, a descend** of the strong and self-reliant people OT the West, shaped these quel. Wee into effecttre tools to help guide the progress of his en tire satire State, especially In the field at higher education, and dedicated Us life to the proposition that the benefits of education should be arallahle to all the people; and WHEBEAS, the citizens of the State at North Carolina, home of many greet men, again hare reason to be proud when the myriad accomplishments of William Howard Plemmone are remembered upon Us retire CCoettaiedonpegetwo) :«4!' tor collages. Technical institu. tea, bucineaa schools, nursing schools and other trade schools Mill receive 33 students, or 13 per cent, of the graduating class Of those students who will not continue their education, sight will enter military ser vice, 93 will enter the labor market, four are married, and eight are undecided about fu ture plans. This number, 116 students, comprise 46 per cent of the graduates. The 54 per cent of graduates continuing their formal educa tion is in line with North Caro lina figures for 1968, when 5446 per cent entered edueettonal Institutions beyond Ugh school. The four-year colleges se lected by Watauga IBgh School graduates are the followings Appalachian State University, <2; N. C. State University, 8; UNO at Chapel HIU, 4; UNC at Greensboro, 1; East Caroline University, two; Davidson Col lege, two; Duke University, one; Western Carolina University, one; Catawba College, one; East Tennessee State University, one; Georgia Institute ot Tech nology, one, and the U.S. Mil itary Academy at West Point, (Continued on pegs two) District t-H Activity Day ; « To Be Held At WHS Today * | The Northwestern District 4-H Activity Day will be held st Wstauge Ugh School on Thursday, June 19th, Four-H Club members from | 18 counties will be competing | In Demonstrations,Talent, Pub- , 11s Speaking Contests, etc. We \ ace expecting approximately ] (00 people to attend the event. , This Is the first time the j Matrkt Activity Day ha bean Mid In Watauga County. Tba lubUe la Invited to coma to tba ill day evert or to Juat coma or a abort time. All anraota will « going ob almultanaoualy aad ' du can obsarra any evert you refer. Tba Daya Actlritlea will agin at 9:00 a, m. and will oodiuda at approximately S;00 ■* «*; ■* f# *JW> ■ ■>'- 4V . . Work Will Start On Huge Project Within 30 Days Construction of the $1,500, 000 Boone Shopping Center is expected to start within 30 days on the 12-acre tract across from Holiday Inn on the Blowing Rock Boad. A second Winn Dixie Food Store will occupy a 20,000 square foot building in the cen ter. According .to Harvey TrU vette, manager of Winn-Dixie on Hardin Street, Boone, the new store will be almost twice as large as the present store and will contain a delicatessen. A major department store will occupy some 40,000 sware feet, according to Latta Join son, owner of Latta Johnson Realty Company, who also an nounces that the Ford Broth ers Construction Company of Charleston, S. C„ own and will develop the center In Boone, Johnson said the shopping center will contain 16 stores, plus a bank and a drug store. Parking will be provided tor 1,000 ears. A construction crew is ex pected to arrive here within 30 days, Johnson said. In order to have the project well under way by cold weather. Johnson said flat snailer spaces still are available Intbe plans for the center. W. C. Dale, former manger of Holi day Into 1* now associated with Latta Johnson Realty Company, property manager for the shop ping ceiker. The realty Ann will move ita offices this week to the field office on the Ho wing Rock Road site. Also maintaining an office there will be Ford Brothers Construction Company, whose president is William Fiord, WAMY Has Job Service For Area Students A Jab clearing service tor Ugh school students sealring summer Jobs is being operated tgr the manpower program tor WAMY. Students seeking wars to earn money summer msjrflgli tar with the Teen-Age Work Es ebange by calling 267-Jltl or tgr coming to the old Core Creak school between 8 A. Kb and S pw m. weekdays. People who want lawns mowed, windows washed, help with term and domestic chores, can contact young psopto saab lng work through the WAMY cOles. Paul English, director at the manpower program tor WAMY, said no wage scales are sat be tween prospective employe end •■Wtayer*. „■' 4‘ 4 &*• a X "*■ • &■' “ v ^ V-' * ‘
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