Blue Ribbon Winner The Democrat U fint place win ner In State Prua Aon. General Excellence Competition tail rear—the third time In tour An Independent Weekly Neicspaper .. . Eighty-Second Year of Contimtout Publication BOONS WEATHER T »• nteR»tanr« July IS 79 S3 ♦ i July IS 80 53 § July 17 82 Sd July 18 81 80 July 19 80 80 J7 July 20 79 82 July 21 78 89 M VOL. LXXXn—NO. s ..BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 24,1869 10 CENTS PER COPY 24 PAGES—2 SECTIONS 83333888 S888S88P men Walk, Place Flag On Moon’s Surface i.» * tolif';.: l:5-t« : gHS America's moon pioneer*. ft>_, thatr country** flag placed on the itnfkc* of the moan were ■pending toward earth Tuesday for * victorious spUsdown In the Peclflc Thursday. The dramatic opsavttons to remove Nell A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., (ram the alien world of the moon began at l(h30 a. m. Monday when ground controllers awakened Michael Collins, circling the moon alone in the command ship Columbia. Armstrong and Aldrin, weary from their exploration of the airieea, arid surfacethatturned blue apace boota cocoa colored, were allowed to sleep .. aa long aa poaaible in the Eagle » before being called to begin pre- , ; paratlona ter their blastoff (ram , ' the moon, Aldrln and Armstrong were Anally awakened about 11:15 ' ' a. m. EOT. When capeule conk municator Ronald Evans aakad them; “Howla the resting stand ing up there? Did you get a - chance to reat?” . "He's been lying on the engine cover and I’ve beencurled upon the floor, He's rigged op > sort • ot hummock,” Aldrin reported. But no metter whstlayahead, they already belonged to hia - tory. Their walk on the moon, their collection of lunar aoil samples, their planting of the American flag, and tbelr talk with the President in the White Bouse, ushered in a new era ot man’s conquest at the uni verse. Millions ot viewers the world over watched as Aldrin and Armstrong eetabllshsd that base : when their spidery lunar module Mttled in i swirl of dust and Armstrong took the first human - atop on the moon tlx sad a half hours after the landing. During their walk over the lunar surface—fine grained and strewn with a wide variety of rocks—Armstrong sod Aldrln - gathered about SO pounds of rock and dirt samples. They were calm, deliberate and encountered no troubles during the time outside Eagle —2 hours, 11 minutes for Arm strong and 29 mlnutss less tor Aldrln. ,, Th» TV pictures they beamed back (hawed them moving easily to their (tut, bulk; spacesuit(. The moon's gravity pulled only ooe-eixth as hard astheearth'e and Armstrong and Aldrln look ed like two slow motion dancers In an underwater ballet. The Eagle crewmen apparent ly were not eo comfortable during their 10 hour rent period inside the lunar module after the moonwalk. Flight surgeons reported that Armstrong, the only one wired to send biomedi cal data back to earth, sleptonly fitfully through the night. It may have been lack of com fort aa much as excitement. In side the lunar module, the pilots have to sleep by leaning up against a bulkhead in the ma chine that they fly standing up, Mission control commenta tor Terry White noted as Collins went behind the moon and lost communications on Ms 23rd orbit of the moon: “not since Adam has any human known such solitude as Mike Collins, with no one to talk to except Ms tape recorder,** V But with half the mission still left, there wee no doubt about the piece history would eeaiga a. Dr. Thomas Paine,heed of the National Aeronautic* and Space Administration, said the flifbt proved the poosihility of travel "between the earth and other. bodies." “The heavens have become pert of man'* world,” Presi dent Nixon told the astronauts from the White House, 250,000 miles away. FRANK PROFWIT JR . at home on tbe stage of the Newport <R. O Folk FeetHali amplify! n* the strains at tradltiooel music to more than 10,000 who attended the Young Performer* Concert Sunday afternoon, (Staff photo) ' BY BACHEL RIVERS Who: Frank Proffitt Jr. . What: Tht NewportFolk Fes tival. Whera: Festival Field, New port, H. I. When: Wednesday 0uly 16) through Sunday. -- Why: To promote for thou 1 sands of Festival fans the tra ditional folk music of the South. •„*, era Appalachians on a program featuring Theodore BIkel, blue ■ grass star BUI Monroe, song writer-television star John Hartford, Pete Seeger and blues singer Big Mama Thornton, How: By invitation of New : port Folk Foundation Director '<i Frank Warner, called hy the late Carl Sandburg •‘perhaps the best singer of folk songs In ' America.'' It was Warner who uncovered the talent of young Proffitt's late father, Fra* ■g Proffitt Sr. and who collected s the Proffitt version of "Tom Dooley" (Tou Dula) that ca tapulted the Kingston Trio to ;; fame in the late fifties. - M Warner helped the elder Prof fitt fight the <mung>' of the gong, but tailed In the court action. .;*! J;‘ V. Those were the times In which folk enthusiasts were a rela tive minority and their music considered a tad. But at Fes tival-1969. some 30,096 young people hit the ocean-and-faay bordered town to hear their favorites and get In on the ground floor as young per formers like Proffitt began their starward climb, ■ .$ ■Hi MORE! MORE! * When Frank Jr. told the Sun day afternoon assembly of about Sunday Concerts At ASU Open To Public The public Is invited to a series of public concerts every Sunday afternoon by students in Appalachian’s new Cannon Music Camp. Scheduled tor Sundays at 3:30 p. m. In Greer Auditorium the weekly concerts feature the mu sic camp’s orchestra, band and two choral ensembles. Approximately 130 pre-col lege students from throughout the state are participating in tha music camp which is under tte direction of Charles Isley. Fiddlers’ Convention Is Being Sponsored By Javcees The second smuel old-time - Fiddlers Conrentloo will beheld > Saturday night, July 28, at tbs Watauga High School gym. The coorecdion is sponsored ' tgr the Boooe Jsycess. It will V start at 8 p. m. Admission trill be 81.50 for adults. CMldren under 11 years !■, at sge will be admtttsd free. Tom Slade at WATA trill be fee p master of eereasMdee. Ford King, chairman ofttts f year's eomreotioa, said teat all proceeds will go to ths slab’s community lmprovemeit Jects. First prise will be$12a.Sec ood and third prises will be *100 and $75, respectively. In addi tion, trophies, ribbons and med als will be swarded to Sop groups and Individual performers. King said the Saturday arena la ex pected to be bigger than last year. Response has been re ceived from bands throughout' the area and from other states. 10,000 that ha was from Watauga County, a cheer went up from arid-audience. The gallery im mediately in front of the stage was crammed full of news paper, magazine, syndicate ami free-lance photographers. Also on hand were CBS news people and sound crews dutifully re cording the performers. Frank started with a dulcimer tune which drew heavy applause, ’ Then be aimed a brief glance over the waiting throng! and looked do wn with a wistful smile, "Lord ’a Mercy," he saidsofU ly, "I’m nervous,” His candid admission brought on frantic clapping that dwind led as he moved Into an ori ginal dulcimer tune. Switching tc> the fretless banjo be and his lather had made, Frank then (Continued on page two) Patrons At Horn In West Also See Men On The Moon # The pioneer spirit of Deniel Boone literally bounced off the moon Sunday night before the eyes at some 300 patrons at Horn in the West. It was like a double feature, highlighting the glory at the old history along with the epic turning point in a new history of man’s exploration and adventure. Management of Horn in the West was not risking 1 its audience missing out on either Dan’fti daring or astro naut Neil Armstrong’s historical first human step on the surface at another planet. Announcement that the first moon walk would be moved back to shortly after 9 p. m. sent the theatre’s manage ment Into action. They secured three large-screen tele vision sets and hastily erected an antenna on the sec Dan’l and the entire east Joined the eudlence as the suspense mounted. The Horn's performance was due to have begun at 8:45 n, m. Only after Armstrong had demon strated to the TV world that man could maneuver easily over the grey matter of the mooa’a surface did the drama of another famous explorer begin. The audience, confident that they had seen a new era tor man opening before their ayes, turned to the nays of an earlier hero, ^ , As they shuttled out of the arena about i a. m. many may have mused that, except for the matter of 100 years, the man who first touched the moon might Just as well have been Denial Boone, the pioneer from NorthCarolina. | Cost Is Going Up . • • • 490 Watauga Students Are Going To College Number In Local Area Has Doubled In Watauga County, the pro portion of young people who will be going to college, when claasea reaume in September, will be greater than ever. And, at the name time, aa the parenta of theae college bound youngatere are tUacor ering, tuition costa will be at an all-time high. On tbe basin of local enroll ments and the new schedules at rates—for tuition, fees, room, board and incidentals—the par ents of these students will be shouldering a $1,372,000 load for the coming academic year, it is estimated. The Institute of Ufelnaurance finds that the cost of sending children to college for four years could amount, for some families, to the biggest ex penditure of their lives. The total could very likely add up to more than they in vested In their homes. This is particularly so in Watauga County families that have two or more youngatere to put through college. Facts and figures on college costs and enrollments have be come available through sur veys made by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, > the UUted States Chamber of Commerce and others. They show that no less than 7,000,000 Americans will be attending college this year, as against 2,935,000 in 1960, Of this total, Watauga County will be supplying approximately 490. In 1960 the number from the local area was about 230, As to cost, at state colleges and other publicly-supported in stitutions, the hill will come to about $1,600 on average, for tuition, fees, room end board. Some charge more for out-of state students and less for lo :al ones. At private colleges, the aver age will be close to (1,700 this year. To these figures must be add ed the cost of books and sup plies, is based upon half of the students going to public colleg es and half to private ones. Bloodmobile Coming Aug. 5 The Red Croce Bloodmobile will be et Greenway Baptist Church Tuesday, Aug. 5, from 11 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Ron Whitaker, blood program chairman, urges all who can possibly give blood to “pleaae do eo at this vialt,” At this time of year blood collections are very low In dost places, hut usage la higher due toeum mer accidents. TUa visit will be dependent mainly bn Industry and local ("Pi t APPALACHIAN PRESIDE*-’*' PRESENT AND FUTURE—Dr. W. H. Plemmms, right. retirlm ASU president, met last weds in Chapel Hill with Dr. Herbert W. Wey whom Appalachian trustee* selected last moith to succeed him. Dr. Wey will be arrivii* in Boone duriw the first week In September. ; ■ .M . “Sweet Charity” Weekend * • - • Feature At Powder Horn ; Sweet Charity, the musical' comedy smash that delighted New York audiences for two years, will be presented this weekend at Powder Horn Thea tre. Sweet Charity is the story of Charity Hope Valentine, a dance hall hostess who keeps giving her heart to the wrong man. “Hey Big Spender,” “H My Friends could See Me Now,” and “Where Am I Going” are included in the several hitaongs from the play. Charity is played by Donna Pennington. Her best friends, Nickle and Helene are played by Rebecca Dili and Jayne Wilkins. Her boyfriends include s movie star portrayed by BUir Beasley and a tax accountant with claus trophobia played hy Paul Gauntt. Members of the easemhle are Dayton Long, Martha Haar bauer, J. C. Mason, Steve Pen nington, Barry Bril, Happy Fountain, Lenora Kendrick, Andy Macbeth, Sybil Macbeth. Jack Muon, Jennifer Miller, Gary Pruett, Charles Simmons, Derylan Stratton, Kay Taylor and Nancy Williama. The production will be direct ed and choreographed by Mike McKee, with technical direction tr Carrie CurtU and musical ffff direction by Peggy Beaudry and Jayne WUkim. Curtain time la 11:30 p,m. on July 24-26 and admisaionla 75£ and 50C. The theatre la located the upper parking lot of Ron the West. Homes lour rriday*| At Blowing Rock | Friday will be the bt« day In Bio wine Rock for tha 11th annual aummar tour o/ faomea from noon to 4:30 p. m. Tha tour la aponaorad by tha Woman of tha Church of St. Mary*a of tha 1911a Jidaoopal Church. Lunch will bo aorrad for tha Women of tha Church la tha pariah hall bagimilns at 10:30 a. m. Tlckata, 33 each, will boon tala attbechnreh.Tnneportat ton from the church to tha thro poii*i on tba tour trill bn furnished, nccording to Mrv Join Gaumsr, chairman of tba tour. HfebUgbti of tbs tour trill bnt tbe bom* of Mn, Virginia Bull Rhoades, on Fairway Diin, boron of Or. nod lira. H. L. Newton on Pinonoln A«•» Mb homo of Ur. and lira. Pinckney Rankin on Rankin Boad, Gorge View Condo minium Apartments and tbs auauaar ahopof Montaldo's. jJ 4J,S’ ‘ : V. '*' : *s

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