Blue Ribbon Winner The Democrat it fii*t ner in State Fran Ann. Zaeelleace Competition year—the third VOL. LXXXI—NO. 51 An Independent Weekly Newspaper... Eighty-Fint Year of Continuous Publication , BOONS WEATHER ten BUR»lnr« Jane 17 n M ML Jane 18 74 48 lone 19 75 88 A1 Ann X) 77 83 June 21 81 81 Jane 22 79 H Jane 22 71 «1 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JUNE 26,1969 10 CENTS PER COPY 32 PAGES—8 SECTIONS 8368388 S' WAGON TRAIN'S COMING—Tbs famed Dudel Boom Wagon Tnln trill arrive la Friday afternoon for the final overnigt* (top at Ha four-day journey from North Wilkes boro. The train •dll make the Optimist Park its Boone campsite. Saturday morning at 9:30 the train trill start its parade through downtown Boone, marking the end of Its trek. The train will beat Darby Wed nesday nlgtt and at Triplett on Tbursthy night. Members of the train will be served dimer at the Optimist Club grounds by dub members Friday. The above scene is typical of the parade throiKh Boone last year. #■' : .. . ... Kays Gary Makes Plea For Preservation Of Beauty - Director* of the Northwest North Carolina Development Association, meeting last week In Boone, beard a plea for the preservation of “tbe beautiful things we have.” Tbe plea to preserve the , natural beauty of the area came ) ed cars are piled. And he added, “We alio need development of sell-destructtng beer cans” to eliminate anoth er roadside eyesore. Gary related some at the thinking behind such booming resorts aa Beech Mwmtaln, Hound liars and the Island de velopment of the Carolina Car ibbean Corporation. “People everywhere have more leisure time and they're trying to find some way to use It,” Gary said. Their pri mary heed, he said, is to find an outlet where something is ot tered tor the entire family. ....-Noting the growth dfBeech Mountain, Gary said that al ready 200homes have been com pleted in the area. Fifteen con struction companies are at work on others. He predicted that within five years, the Beech MnniVein area would see 3,000 new homes. Gary stressed the need tor complete planning such as that around Beech Mountain. There will be 25 miles of paved road, 14 miles of water and sewer. lines, three disposal plants and four golf courses when the area concludes its development. And inthe process of develop ment, the key to planning will prevent destruction at the na tural beauty of the area. NNCDA President Kennedy Sharpe of Hlddenite presided at the directors’ meeting. A highlight of the committee re ports included plans for pro moting low-cost housing in the area. Town Of Boone Offers ASU Warehouse For $75,000 The Town of Boone U at* taring to aall its buriejr to bacco warehouse property on Faculty Street to Appalachian State University for 975,000. The offer, with s 90-day op tion, was made by the Boone Town Board Monday night dur-. lag a special budget meeting. This is the second offer from the town Ins matter of days. Last Thursday night, the board of fered to sell the property to tbs adversity as part of a land It offered to sell the ware house property for $SO,OO0 plus a deed to the old State Highway Commission Shops on Winkler's Creek Road. Revision of ths earlier offer followed we abend consultation between Mayor Clyde Greene and ASU President Dr. W. H. Plemmons. tbs collage Inn ten approval Selective Service Office To Be Closed The Selective Service Local Board No. 9( in Boons will be Closed ths weak of Monday, June 10, through July 4. The office will reopen the fol. towing Monday, July T. from Raleigh to purchase the warehouse property for 175,000, Dr. Plemmons advised against a land swap involvement. How ever, he did indicate that the old highway shops could be come subject of a future trans action between the university and the town. Transactions by the univer sity involving land are handled, through the Council of State in; Raleigh. Trustees only recom mend to the council. The offer wai mule under a local statute passed by the cur refit legislature giving the town authority to sell the property at private sale for not less than 975,000. And it nay be some Urns In August before the town will know the university's feelings about the offer. ASU President Dr. W. H. Plenum!* said the next meeting of the ASU trustees Is expected to be called for August. (Continued on pege two) Needed Parkway Land Is Donated Grandfather Mountain—A strategic piece of land needed to complete the Grandfather |fcmtaln link of the Blue Ridge Parkway waa given without cost to the federal government last week bar the owner of this famed mountain attraction* In an unannounced ceremony^ Both Morton touted star a daad to almoat thrao «*r*» ct land on tfaa aids at Graadtathar to OramUla Ulast Bid(* Park Mr. The tract to at Beacon Heights whara an orarpaaa separation tar Intersection with U. S. 121 la under construction. Tba Grandfather Mountain link la Just a little over a even mtlea long and la the only uncompleted section of the 470 mile moimtalntnpMghnar which runa from the Shenandoah Na tional park to Virginia to the Great Smokr Mwnkalna Na JMMm^Jto Jtorth CaroUea. ,. y >> v') •'/" ‘v,. -* -?',.• . fe !Vv . ,‘ •?■?,_ ‘ V _ S'V•’ ■■ , : 5 "v .r>'> Former Boone Resident To Be President Dr. Herbert W. Wey, farmer dean of the graduate aehool at Appalachian State University, will become president of the uni versity Sept. 1. succeeding Dr. W. H. Plemmona, who U re tiring. Wey tar the laat nine year* has been associate dean of the School of Education at the Uni versity of Miami in Florida. He also directs that school’s Cuban Refugee Teacher Training Fro A graduate of the University of Indiana and a native Hoosler, Wey waa associated with Appa lachian State University from 1838 to 1958, except far a two year span in the early 1950s when he was a professor of edu cation at Miami. n pivuuv mriici, ncjuauu well known as an education con sultant. Lut year he mu a member of the National Commission on Education and Human Rights and Responsibilities. He slso was a consultant tor the Governor's Study Commission on the Public School System of North Carolina and was an education consul tant for the office of the U. S. attorney general. \ ,,,, In 1967 he directedthe Nation al Seminars on Educational In novation in Hawaii. t The announcement of Way’s appointment at Appalachian was made Friday by Or. John P, Frank of Mount Airy, chairman of the Appalachian trustees. The selection was made at a special meeting of the trustees in Raleigh Wednesday night. A spokesman for the school said the announcement was withheld until other candidates for the Job could be notified. Frank said the nominating committee, headed by Dr, Hugh McDaniel of Wayneavllle and composed of Appalachian true (Continued on page two) Friends Of Dr. Wey Along The Street Happy With the return of Dr. Herbert W. Wey to Boone ea the new president of Appalachian State many old friends and business associates are looking forward to renewing old acquaintances. Dr. Wey wae e resident at Boone from 1938 to 1958, ter. ring in various capacities both at the high school and at the university. Local druggist Dr. Wayne Richardson recalls a warm friendship with Dr. Wey and his family, saying “I think Ma ap pointment le great news. He it a real smart man and a One citizen. ..verywell-rounded.” Lawyer and former educa tor John Bingham remember* the period that Dr. Wey wee hie coach in school, “I cm de lighted to see him come back (Continued on pege two) it ■ HOW TO HANDLE A WOMAN, PIONEER STYLE—fa a icene from Kermlt Hunter’* outdoor dram* Horn fa the West, Widow Howard uaea frtendlj perauaslon and a trying pan to lead old Preacher Sims closer to matrimony. The Horn’s iatn con secutive season opens Friday, June 27, in the Daniel Boooe Amphitheater. Early American History To Live Again On Stage Of “Horn In West” One of the molt exciting stor lea from the annals of Ameri can History will come to life again this summer as Hermit Hunter’s outdoor drama Horn In The West open its 18th con secutive season Friday evening (Tune 27} In the Daniel Boone Amphitheater. A professional cast of 65 actors under the direction of D. Ward Haarbauer presents this story of the days of Dan’l Boone, his Qght against British tyranny, EVANGELINE ROBERTS Boone Girl Wins Jr. Miss Title Evangeline Roberta,' a 12. year-old Boone girl, won tin Junior Mias title Monday fright at the pre-opening of the Rho dodendron Festival at Bakers vUle. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Roberta of 107 Clement St., the also won the talent di vision of the contest. The Jun ior Mias competition was a pre liminary to the annual festival which opens Wednesday frigid, June 25. Evangeline presented an ori ginal ballet Interpretation to Scarlet Ribbons. She planned her own cboragTaphy. She la a bal let student of Mrs. Nancy Cook In Boons. The young lady was sponsored In the competion by Jerry Sud dertb’s Portrait House In Boons. je-v 4 5- , -, . M and the battle for survival aa America mores westward to ward the sound of the “horn at freedom.1' The drama, staged nightly, except Mondays, through Au gust 23, Is enhanced this sea son by a revised and more uni fied script, by needy choreo graphed Indian and pioneer dances and by technical Inno vations in scenery changes. The lead roles, however, re main In the hands of the same men who have made the Horn a favorite of outdoor theater audiences for nearly 20 years. All with the show since Its be ginning, Glenn Causey will re turn as Daniel Boone; William C. Ross will again play Dr. Geoffery Stuart, and Charles C, Elledge resumes the role of the lovable Reverend Isaiah Sima. Rightfully, Daniel Boone la the hero of this drama, pre sented In the heart of the Daniel Boone country and not too far from where historians say the frontiersman camped and later trekked Ida way Into Kentucky. Probably, he actually trod the ground where today’s actor tells his story. By tradition, Daniel Boone is known as a frontiersman, a backwoodsman. But historians say be was more than that; a substantial citizen who later be came a wealthy landowner, a surveyor, a merchant, a judge. In any caae, Daniel Boons, yielding. In Kermit Hunter's words, to "a horn of freedom blowing In the west,” guides and protects a group of early American colonists fleeing from tyranny and oppression. The story of this flight over the rugged North Carolina mountain wilderness, the story of the lusty spirit of these colonists, their great desire to be free men, makes an en tertaining, entrancing tale. Mixed in with the thread of this story are authentic scenes from the Battles of Alamance and Kings Mountain of the Am erican Revolution plus emo tional moments raiding from personal conflicts and disasters to the happy interludes when folk singers flood the outdoor stage with song. Tossed in for good measure are leaping Cherokees and a dramatic dance at fire. Perhaps there is a touch at poetic license in the story of Dr. Geoffrey Stuart and his (Continued on page two) Boone Tax Rate Is Pegged At $1.10 Boone's outgoing town board Monday night agreed to set the town tax rate at $1.10 and put all but the final okay on a new town budget. The board will meet at 7:30 p. m. today to put its final touch to the record levels of in come and expenses that will greet the new board of alder men. Unless outgoing Mayor Clyde Greene and his board change their minds, the budget will include a five per cent across the-board raise for all town em ployees except one. Recreation Commission Director Jim Hast Inga will get slightly more. All budget allocations for all but one of the seventown depart, meets will be higher than the 1968-69 fiscal year. The total budget for 1969 70 la expected to be 8527, 693.85. This la an increase at 848,316.10 over the 1968-69 budget. The departmental operation al budgets total 6425,143.85 la the proposed budget. The debt service fund accounts for 8103* 550. Based on the 81.10 tax rata, the estimated revenueforl969 CCondnued on page two) Caribbean Net Earnings Increase To $1,178,170 ’ , tu . Beech Mountain—Caroline Caribbean Corporation'! net earning! Increased $422,858, from $755^12 to $1478,170, during the fiscal year ending March 31 shareholders were told here Saturday. Despite a public offering at 300,000 shares at tbs eongsuiy's common stock in November, 1968, earnings per share still increased six cants, from $2.58 to $2.61, financial rice-presi dent Trmvii O. Phillips reported at the annual meeting. TUa was a result of an in crease of'$1,874,866 In gross revenues, from $4,008,184 In previous year to 88,883,050, he said. Carolina Caribbean's total assets meanwhile moved from $6^38,571 to 815,645,558 and stockholders* equity increased from $1,744,184 on Much U, 1968 to 87,761461 on March SI. 1989. The corporation U developing Beech Motmtelnaa* jear-roaad residential golf end ekl reeorti a rllla end hotel resort hi St, Croix, U. S, Virgin IelaodB: Lard Harbor* of America, which la a carle* of reaorta tor camper*; and two planned » realdeotlal commanttla* aear ChMtotto, H. C., 7:!.