Blue Ribbon The Democrat ii lint pi Her in State Pmi Assn. Kraillrace Competition year—the third time in •f- ** Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Eighty-Second Year of Continuous Publication July 8 Ally 9 July 10 July 11 July U July U July 14 BOONE HI Ix> 81 65 73 60 81 63 74 63 70 81 80 61 80 81 VOL. LXXXH—NO. 2 ■ As4 .r .. BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JULY 17,1989 10 CENTS PER COPY 26 PAGES—2 SECTIONS Isa&urasr 8398888?; TWO AFTERNOONS IN ROW without rain brought * «dwd luger than erer before to the IBghland Games et Grandfather Mountain Saturday and Sunday. The gathering la shown witness ing a performance of the famed Black Watch of Canada Bagpipe ^ ’ v ’ , , Bud. The 1869 gathering ot the Scottish Clue ms consid ered s complete success by the sponsoring Scottish societies. Hugh Morton photo. Be Speaker As ' > .i 450 Get Degrees At University Dr. Graydon R>e Ifcgera, the retiring chairman of the De partment of English at Appa | lacUan State University, will : deliver the graduation address at ASU’s summer eommenee “»ent enercises- Saturday Aug... is.. s 1 , Scheduled to retire at the end at Appalachian's summer ses sion, Dr. aggers will culminate a 42-yearteachlng and adminis trative career at Appalachian. XStn senior faculty member tor tar part several years. Or. Eggers came to Appalachian in 1927 aa an Instructor In Eng lish. He assumed chairmanship of the department in 1946. Dr. Eggers, 49 yean ago, coached the institution's first Mrs. Harvey Ayers Named March Dimes Chairman Mm. Harvey Ayers of Eagle Drive, Boone, has become chairman of the Watauga County Chapter, The National Foundat ion. March of Dimes. Mrs. Ayers succeeds George ; C. Thomas, who has been chair. ; man for the last five years. : As a volunteer, Thomas has ' been named director of The Blue Ridge Council of Chapters which | he will assist in fund-raising ‘ programs, recruitment and motivation of volunteers. The new chapter chairman, states she Is gratified that she was chosen to take "such a responsible position with the March at Dimes. We have children and look forward to having grandchildren someday. I hope that by the time this day comes, we will have sufficient knowledge so that we can anti-, cipste the ‘Messed event* with out any great tear." Mrs. Ayers continued, "Over 700 babies being born each day with Mrth delects ... should ' cause us great convent. Even today, we know the causes of * number of Mrth defects and most of these can be preveii-^ "The history of The Nationals Foundation la one that we all; can be proud of,” she said, "First, the Foundation sup-' plied the respiratory equip ment, braces and other nec essary equipment to make life more bearaMe for those strick en with polio. Then came the Salk Vaccine and later the pral vaccine for the prevention of this great destroyer of out young. 'k "Now in the fight against Mrth defects, over 105 Birth Defects Treatment Centers are in operation,” Mrs, Ayers said. “Only last year a vaccine ms developed to prevent Rh blood disease In babies born to Rh negative mothers. Now we have just last month had the Rubella Overman measles) vaccine licensed. With proper use of this vaccine, expectant mothers can have no real concernaboutcon tractlng this virus that could kill or cripple her unborn child.” Jon A. Kalgler m. Held rep. resentative for Western North Carolina, said that Mrs. Ayers brings to the organisation a wealth of experience, having served as Mothers March Chairman, teen advisor and chapter advisor. “R is devot ed volunteers like Mrs. Ayers Oat makes the March of Dimes the great voluntary health, organisation that it Is.” he said. In Ms new post, Thomas also will direct the public edueat-' ton on birth defects while con tinuing to handle all aid re quests and referrals to centers for Watauga. football team, and In 1845 be beaded the Mountaineer basket ball team. He prefers to be remembered, however, as a teacher of English, and as a department chairman who ana. phaslsed high academic stand ards and effective eeaeMn^ , He remarked nben he an nounced bis retirement last fall: •this has been a most re ward ing career for me because I believe that teaching Is one of the great professions. I have said before that It Is on a par with the ministry and with medi cine. If you have taken care of a person's mind, body and spirit, you have done Justice to him.’* Dr. Eggers* research has concentrated on Middle English (Continued on page two) Horn In West Far Ahead In Ticket Sales Paid attendance at Horn In The West has surpassed last season's record box office totals by 21.7 percent through the first 15 performances of the Kermit Hunter outdoor drama. Through the first 15datee last year, 7,450 mountain vacation-1 era had eeen the drama; this year the Horn has drawn 9,528 In as many performances. Nearly 3,200 persona attended the show last week ss opposed to 2,428 In the corresponding week In I960. Nightly, except Monday, per. formances of the exciting Dan iel Boone saga will continue through Aug. 23. Work To Start Immediately "* * f 7 > • v'Vr*' -, • ' ■: • A''v ' - •*x's • ;5 •••••'\ '.v. 1' j Parkway Contract Let On Grandfather Link 2.9 Mfles To Be Built For Over MUlion Blowing Bock, July 11—Su perintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Granville B, Liles, announced this week that the contract tor 2,9 miles of the Parkway, over the newly acquir ed Grandfather Mountain section has been awarded to Charles Blalock and Sons of Sevlera ville, Tenn. In making the announcement^ Mr. Liles said that this was the first of two sections over the' Grandfather area to be con tracted. The contract Includes the area from near Holloway Mountain Road south of Blowing Rock toward Beacon Heights, a total of 2.9 miles. “We also hope,'* Liles said, “to start construction soon from the other end, but I must point out that the rate of construction will depend on appropriations from the Congress.” The National Park Service let the contract tor $1,027,440. The Blalock firm has 300 days in which to complete this pro ject. The strategic piece of land needed to complete the Grand father Mountain link of the Park way was given without costto the federal government June 18 by the owner, Hugh Morton. The Grandfather Mountain link is just a little over seven miles and Is the only uncom pleted section of the 470-mile mountaintop highway which runs from the Shenandoah National Park In Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park In North Carolina. Two bridges costing In ex cess of $390,000 are now under construction at each end of the Grandfather Mountain section, at Blowing Rock and at Beacon Heights. The contractor Is Troitlno and Brown Construc tion Co. of Asheville. Liles told the Blowing Rocket that both bridges are expected to be completed by the fall of 1970 and that the target date tor completion of the road around Grandfather Mountain is 1972 when the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary. “Now that this first section of new parkway Is contracted, we have only an additional four miles to complete the entire Parkway, some 470 miles,” Liles said. Work . is expected to begin Immediately. Jack Newton Plays ", With Texas Band Denton, Tex.—Jack Newton of Boone Is playing clarinet In the North Texas State Uni versity Summer Concert Band which includes personnel from 11 states and Mexico. Made up of 73 students rang (Contlnued on page two) HOME TOUR—The Blowing Rock home of Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Newton will be one of the fire stops on the annual home tour planned Saturday, July 26, in Blowing Rock. The tour is sponsored by the Women of the Church of St. Mary’s of the Hills Episcopal Church as a fund-raising project. The Newton home was built about 40 years ago of native rock. It is situated in the midst of acres of private grounds on the highest site in Blowing Rock, with an unobstructed view across the John's River Gorge. Eleventh Tour Of Homes Is Set At Blowing Bockmmm The eleventh annual aum mer tour of homes in Blowlnj Bock will be held Friday, July 25, from noon to 4:30 p. m. The tour la sponsored by the Women of the Church at St. Mary's of the Mils Episcopal Church. Lunch will be served fay the Women of the Church in the parish hell starting at 10:30 a. m. The Democrat Recognized By Heart Assn. Chapel Hill—-The North Car olina Heart Association recent ly recognized The Watauga Democrat for distinguished journalism in the cardiovas cular field hy awarding it the Association's 1969 Willard G. Cole Award, This award, presented an nually, was named after the late Pulitzer Prise-winning Tar Heel editor, who prior to his death in 1965 issued the chal lenge that “the public and its news media should unite under the banner of education for sur vival to combat the tragic waste at human resources resulting from cardiovascular disease,'* The Watauga Democrat was one of two newspapers receiving the Willard G. Cole Award this year. The other recipient was The Zebulon Record. I” $1,166,000 Of Federal it Watauga County sharing la tha it at Faderal {unit going to itntet and to- " taUttta across the country under the grants-ln-ald ■ programs? % Or the nearly $U bUllon handed out by Washli«too ' the put year, bow much went to the local ana? -'V- ' -I Judging from flguru releued by the Nettoaal . Industrial Conference Board and from a stats-hy-ststo analysis made by the Tax Foundation, a non-profit organisation thto ioe. rueerchTpSSto spendbiS Watauga County's share wu relattrely large. [mated $1,186,000 In grants ware awarded tor dsu under a number at aid programs coe i needs as boosing, etdld welfare, hospitals. schools, roads, educatton and urban renewal. >•/ ' Throughout the State of North Carolina as a whole, the grants totaled *396,000^)00 as compared with the previous year’s $330400,000. The figures rater only to fraita-ln-aid and do not cover Federal spending In local areas lor goods and sarvlcaa, It Is noted. Nor do they Include the matching funds that must be provided locally to «ialtfy tor many of the grants. fH *J 1 - - ■ ■ -yi: - - , tr The cost of the benefits Is mat, la nfaole or in part, by each community through Federal Income and awdsa tame that are allocated to the grants-In-aJd programs. . Watauga Candy’s contribution to thapragramslnlha v past year was approximately $933,000, according to a . . 'I 'J-'J/-"" - ■ ' ,i.gi breakdown at the Tex Foundation*! figures. The state wide total amounted to $318,300,000. In some states, the contributions exceeded the aid that was received and, in others, the reverse was true; No attempt was made to balance the two. Awards were J made on the basis of local needs and requiremeids. The reports show that the number and the site at Federal grants to states and communities have been multiplying in receid years. During 1908 nearly $18 billion was distributed, close to three times the 1960 The biggest expansions have bean for medical care, community development, bousing, commerce ami transportation and aid to elemeiSary and secondary schools. This year's tour will in clude five visits, according to Mrs. John Gaumer, chairman erf the tour. All transportation from the church and on the tour will be furnished by the Women of the Church. Tickets, $3 each, will be on sale at the church or by con tacting Mrs. Spencer Percival, ticket chairman. Highlights of the tour will be the following: the home of Mrs. Virginia Bell Rhoades on Fair way Drive, home of Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Newton on Pinnacle Avenue, home of Mr. and Mrs. Pinckney Rankin on Rankin Road, Gorge View Condominium Apartments, and the summer shop of Montaldo’s. Two Area Students On W. F. Dean’s List Two students from Boone qualified for the second semes ter dean's list at Wake Forest University. They are Sandra Joy Cook, daughter of *Ir. and Mrs. Billy J. Cook of Route 4, and Jenny Lou Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Robinson of Route 1. Miss Cook was a freshman during the past semester. She has been elected to the Honor Council. Miss Robinson was a sopho more. She was a majorette, secretary of the Young Demo crats Club, and song leader of Laurels Society, women's so cial organization. The complete tour is expect ed to take two hours. Refresh ments will be served at the last stop. Child Is Hurt When Struck By Truck On King Seven-year-old Ronald Wayne Warren of Clawson Trailer Court was in satis factory condition Tuesday after being struck the day before by a panel truck on East King Street. Ronald was struck by the WAMY panel truck in front of Lowe's, some 300 feet from the NC 194 intersection. He suffered a fractured skull and fractured right shoulder, according to Boone Police Chief Clyde Tester. The accident occurred at 2:30 p, m, Monday, according to police reports, Ronald was struck by a truck driven by Wil liam W. Carruth, 22, of Box 96, Sugar Grove, Carruth was traveling east. He told police that be first saw the Warren youth about 20 feet away. Marks indicated that hia truck skidded 54 feet on the highway, according to police. Tester said that no chargee have been filed. Investigation to continuing. The youth was taken to Watauga County Hospital where Us condition wee reported satisfactory Tuesday. • VS-:-' &S Housing Problem Is Faced At ASU || With an expected enrollment of Just under 6,000 students for fall quarter, Appalachian State University faces its usual housing shortage. In light of this tact, the di versity officiate are asking those who bare rental facilities available to contact tbs campus housing office to register their facilities for Incoming studetes. Appalachian State University is not empowered to act as a negotiator between the rector and tenant, but ASU will avgiply the available Information to pro An active list of available touting Is kept la the bousing office. No actual listing can be by phone, but a form will be mailed to the person having, housing available if so request* ids Those desiring InformattoB on having rental housing Bated with the Office of Student Bous ti« should coiSact T. Richard Tickle. Director, it 2M-W71. 340 at the adversity. tfc*?. *K:. -1* V?a'

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