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VOL. LXXXU _NO. 4
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 31,1969
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Bloodmobile
At Greenway j
Church Tuesday
The Red Cross Blood mobile ;
will be at Greenway Baptist
Church Tuesday, Aug. 5, from
U to 4:30.
? One-hundred-flfty pints will
he needed to meet the local
quota.
lbs. Goldie Fletcher, ex*
eeuttve secretary of the county
chapter, says that in the month
at June, 65 pints were used by
residents here. This Is the
largest monthly usage the Wa.
tauga chapter has recorded,
Newland Man
Killed In War
The Defense Department an
nounced Friday that another
North Carolina soldier has been
killed in action in Vietnam.
He was Ffe.RonnleG.Greene,
son of Mr. and Mrs. RheniEan
C. Greene of Rt. 1, Newland.
REGISTER TO VOTE—Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Watkins of Grand Boulevard take their oath as they
register In Wat»«a's new registration program. They are taking their oath from Mrs. Kenneth
Wlnebarger, clerk in the Watauga County Board at Elections office. Persons may register there
duriiK the week. Saturday is the last day for registration at colling Dlaces during the special
registration. All voters must re-register In foe new registration which hss been ordered by
state law. (Staff photo)
Work On Four-Laning Link Of
421 On Mountain To Start Soon
North Wilkesboro—Five
miles of U. S. Ifighway 421.
Immediately west of the Wil
kes boros soon will become a
Ibur-lane highway.
Also programmed for early
construction la four-laning of
TJ. S, Highway 421 a distance of
1.7 miles extending from tbs
Wilkes County line west lido
Watauga.
Highway Division Engineer
James E. Doughton discussed
highway construction plans In
this area with a representa
tive of The Journal-Patriot.
He said preliminary surveys
are now under way for making
the 0. S. Hghway 421 tour lanes
from a point near Curtla Bridge
extending about Ore miles west.
This project, the dirlsion
engineer said, should be ready
tor bids In 1970.
Meanwhile, surreys have been
completed (or making 421 tour
lanes tor 1.7 miles west o( the
.Students And Faculty To i
JBeWclcomedTo ASU, Town
*v. Several projects to welcome
. Students ttod faculty to Boone
“end Appalachian State Uni
versity were planted by the
Community Campus Relations
Committee at its monthly meet
ing Friday night.
The Rev. Bob Young, chair
Community Is ?
Invited To ASU
Dedication
Officials at Appalachian State
University have Issued a cordial
imitation to the entire com
munity to attend dedication
ceremonies of Sanford Hall this
Sunday afternoon.
Scheduled to begin in I. G.
Greer Hall’s auditorium at X
pa m, the dedication will be
presided over by Dr. W. H,
Plemmons. Gov. Robert W,
Scott will deliver thededicatioa
address, and Mrs. Terry San
ford will respond on behalf of
her family.
$ An open, house of Terry and
Margaret Rose Sanford Hall
will commence immediately
after the proceedings in Greer
Hall.
htoalc lor the event will in
clude “Rhosymedre,” a Welch
S hymn by Ralph Vaighn Win.
lams and J. S. Bach's “Jesu,
Jay at Man’s Desiring,” both
. performed by the Cannon Music
Camp Orchestra under the dir.’
action of Dr. Nicholas Eroecton.
Tbs Cannon Music Camp
Choir n, directed by Dr. Joseph
Logan, will sing G. F. Handel’s
Verdant Meadows and Schu
bert’s Kyrie Elelson, Mass in
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nan of the aub-comraittee to
welcome students and faculty
announced flat Sunday, Set*.
14, baa been designated as the
day when the families of Boone
and Watauga County will be ask
ed to take two or three fresh
men students to limch or dinner
spend some time with them and
show them the community In
which they will be living during
the coming months and years.
As the freshman enrollment at
Appalachian will be around
1,600 students, approximately
800 families will need' to vol
unteer so that no new student
will be overlooked.
The churches and civic dubs
of Boone and Blowirvs Rock will
be asked to solicit their con
gregations and membership for
families who will sign up to take
Appalachian students home or
out to dinner on Sept. 14.
As each family is assigned
their students, the Community
Campus Relations Committee
suggests that they write them
prior to their arrival at Appa
lachian and then contact them
when they arrive on campua.
Any family in the comnamlty
who would like to participate in
tola and Is not contacted by
fhwtr church or a civic dubs
can call James Marsh at Wa
tauga Savings and Loan Asso
ciation and their names will
' be added to the list to which
students will be assigned.
Flans were also discussed for
sn outdoor barbecue to be held
at Conrad Stadium honoring Dr.
W. H. Piemmons, Dr. Herbert
Wey, the faculty of Appalachian,
the Board of Trustees, the
Board of Visitors, and town and
county officials. Approximately
1,000 people will be Invited to
the barbecue which will be
.Grandfather Home
Sunday, Aug. It, will be the
Slat conaecuttae annual Grand
father Home Day at Rumple Ma
norial Presbyterian Church In
Blowing Rock.
Collection lor the eeratee will
go to the oijtaumge located ui
The worehl„ eeraiee will be.
conducted by the tutor, the
Bar. Richard flhlehnneer, aa-.
elated by the Bee. D. Edward
The featured guest apeaker
«rOI toe Brown Patton, a pmtor
at East Tennessee State OnU
treraitp who Is s candidate tor
tha Gospel Ministry. He win re
late what the home meant to Urn
when be was a child growing
UP In the home.
An open house will he held
at tha horns that afternoon from
I to S p, n. the facility cur
rently la tha boms tor M chll
catered by Hall}' Farms of North
Wilkes boro. A special program
and entertainment Is also
planned.
The third partot the Welcome
■ Campaign will be a giant water
melon cutting and pep rally tor
the entire student body to be held
Sept. 19 at 0 at the practice
field on campus. Special enter
tainment for the students is also
planned for this evert.
The Community Campus Re
lations Committee has already
commissioned five billboards,
which will be put up around
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Assn. For Retarded
To Meet On Tuesday
The WStauga County Associa
tion for Retarded Children will
meet Tuesday night, Aug. 5, at
7:30 In Room 144 at Edwin
Duncan Hall on the ASU cam
PUA general business meeting
will be conducted and all mem
bers are urged to attend and
bring other Interested guests.
Ashe . County Leader Is
Named To Highway Post
Robert G. Barr, Wert Jef
ferson insurance sod real
estate dealer, was one of the
23-member Highway Commis
sion appointed last Wednesday
by Governor Robert W, Scott.
Mr. Barr, long prominent in
Democratic party stairs and
former member at the Ashe
County school board is in tbs
present 11th Division composed
of Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga,
Wilkes, Yadkin and Avery coon,
ties. However under the near
setup the new Commissioners
will be assigned their counties
St the swearing-in ceremonies
today (WednesdayX
Among the new appointees la
Jack Kirks ey, Morganton lum
ber broker who was 11th Di
vision Commissioner during
Governor Sanford’s tenure.
There is speculation locally
as to whether Mr. Barr or Mr.
Kirkiey will have Watauga
Courty. ' • " • ■ ;©
Other Commission members
■ are:
R. Gwyn McNeil at Jones
villa, wholesale auto parts deal
business man.
Joseph W. Nowell Jr. of Win
fill, Perquimans County fir
mer.
Carroll Gilliam of Windsor,
Bertie County farmer.
Arthur Tripp of Greenrille,
tobacco warehouseman and far
mer,
James M. Smith of CUnqua
pin, DupUn County merchant
farmer,.
' Bill Williams of Middlesex,
Nash County farmer.
. William G. Clark II of Tar
boro, president of a term sup
ply firm.
Charles Dawkins, Fayette
ville businessman.
David Parnell, merchant-far
mer and mayor of Parkton in
Robeson County.
T. Lynwood Smith of Hgh
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State Employees Assn. Will f y<
Meet At Appalachian Tonight *
Members at the North Caro
iiw state Employees Associat
ion In Bunco me and surround
ing counties will hold their an
nual area meeting Thursday
night at 7 at Appalachian State
Udverslty.
Area X Includes Buncombe,
Folk, Rutherford, McDowell,
Caldwell, Mitchell, Arery and
Watai«a Count!as. The NCSEA
la an organisation at state em
ployees which works to lmprore
tbatr working conditions and das
services much they render tbs
people ot the stmts.
Officers tor the coming fis
cal jeer end delegates to the
annual state convention will be
elected at this annuel meeting.
The state convention will beheld
In Durham septendter S.6.
Jerry M. Perry of Appalach
ian State University Is area
chairman. Serving as vice
chairmen is Honard O. Baker
at Broughton Hospital in Mor
ganton,
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Wllkes-Watauga line. That
stretch of highway will be about
the midway point of the grade
which scales the main forma
tion of the Blue Ridge, and will
facilitate traffic in that it will
provide an area for easy pass
Mr, DougMon said the Wa
tauga project of 421 will be done
by state highway forces and
equipment, plus leased equip
ment, and that work should get
under way there in the near
Future,
The volume of traffic on U.S.
421 in this area has mushroom
ed since the new highway was
constructed. Local traffic, com
mercial and Industrial, hafftF^P'
led in volume, plus a huge in
crease in tourist travel as many
from cities and towns of the
piedmont and costal plain flock
to and from summer resort an*
moot and coastal plain flock to
and from summer resort and
recreation areas in the moun
tain and sld resorts in winter.
Hghway 421 is an arterial high
way from Wilmington across
the state in a northwesterly, di
rection into Tennessee, and is
the most direct route, from
the piedmont cities to tbs in
dustrial and agricultural cen
ters of the midwest.
When the new sections otU.S,
Highway 421 were constructed
through Yadkin and Wilkes
counties several years ago suf
ficient right of way was ob
tained to allow space for a
four-lane highway as the need
arose. Most of the highway
west of Winston-Salem in For.
ayth County has four lanes,
equal it* Interstate highway
standards, and short sections
of 421 In Yadkin have four lanes.
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4,000,000 Gallons A Day
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First Contract
On ASU Water Plant
System To Be
Completed By
Autumn Of 1972
Wilson and Clark Construe*
tion Co. of Johnson City, Tern,
has been awarded a $74,672.15
contract for the Initial phase
of a water system expansion
project estimated to cost $24
million which was approved by
the 1969 General Assembly for
Appalachian State University.
The new system, scheduled to
be in operation for the foil at
1972, is Initially designed to
deliver 2,000,000 gallons of wa
ter a day. But a simple filter
plant expansion will double the
system’s potential to 4,000,000
gallons dally.
The present ejrftem produces
600,000 gallons a day from
wells. The campus expects to
lace a water shortage, similar
to the one suffered here last
tall, when some 6,000 students
returned to school In September.
University officials are making
arrangements under which toe
campus system may be sup
plemented during peak periods
with water from the town at
Boone.
In August and early Sept
ember, as the first stage of the
project, Wilson and Clark will
inaWH —tpi a halt mile ot
16-inch pipe through the center
of Appalachian’s campus.
Construction of toe distri
bution system is being coordi
nated with a campus develop
ment and landscaping program
to avoid duplication of construc
tion expense.
"We would have hated to
build new streets and sidewalks
and later have them torn up
to Install toe new water dis
tribution system,” said Ned
R. Trlvette, the university’s
director of business affairs.
Flans are nearing compl ebon,
Trlvette added, for other phases
of toe project which Include
construction of a 30-acre res
ervoir and Installation of a
♦400,000 filter plant.
Water will be piped from Ho
ward's Creek, the primary sup
ply source, to the reservoir on
Norris Branch. Tbs water will
then be purified and pumped
soma two miles to the campus.
TENDER LOVE AND CARE was afforded this walking horse during last year's Blowing Rock
Horse Show in Broyhill Park. The 1969 edition of the acclaimed four-day show gets underway
Thursday morning with two classes being nm simultaneously on the spacious show grounds.
Several hundred entries are expected to show for record crowds this week with championships
and reserve championships being awarded Sunday afternoon. Blowing Rock normally gets a
good rain storm during the show, but this year's show date begins with July 31—perhaps a good
luck charm for spectators and exhibitors alike. <$taff photo)
Blowing Rock Horse Show
To Have Over 400 Entries
Over 400 hones from all
orer the United States are ex
pected to be shown at the 46th
Annual Blowing Rock Charity
Horse Show, Thursday, July 31
through Sunday August 3.
Mrs. Frances Hyatt, Secre
tary of the Show, told the Rock
et that for the first time in
yean, entries will remain open
until show time on Thursday.
Temporary and permanent
stalls an now being built and
should be completed by early
next week.
Over $10,000 in prises anto
be awarded in the four day
event which highlights the sum
mer season in Blowing Rock.
Long recognised as the south
east’s top sports and social
event, the four-day Blowing
Rock show attracts entries from
states all over thecountry.Soc
ial festivities are held all durlrg
"Hone Show Week" with dinner
dances, a bone show break
fast, tlje traditional hone show
ball, and hundreds of other
parties hosted by officials of the
hone show Itself.
The Show, to benefit various
clubs and charities In the area,
will Include saddle bones, 3
galted, Lne harness, walking
bones, roadsters to bike, sin
gle roadster ponies, harness
ponies, hunters, green working
iinters, green coiformation
sinters, junior huuten, ama
teur-owner bunten, small
ponies, large ponies, open
jumpen, jumpen, pleasure
bones. Western Arabian, camp
classes and saddle seat andi
hunter seat equitation.
Blowing Rock Is a member of .
the American Hone Show As
sociation and the Virginia Horse
Show Association. ’
Hone Show officials an.
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nounced that a few box seats
are still available and that the
large grandstand area Is ex
pected to provide plenty of room
for the throngs that come to
witness one of the greatest
horse shows in the United
States.
Further information as to re*
serrations and entries may be
obtained by calling Mrs, Hyatt
at 295-4541.
★★★★★★★★★★★
Debby’s Cup
As of Tuesday, Debby’s Cup—
the drive to provide plastic ■ ur
ge ry tor little Deborah Coffey
of Blowing Rock—contained $3,
435.77.
lists of contributors to this
charitable cause still are being
compiled. Please send your
cheek to The Blowing Rocket,
Box 802, Blowing Rock; Mrs.
Jake Jones, The Northwestern
Bank, Blowing Rock; or the
Watalga Democrat, Drawer 353
Boone, 28607. And please ad
dress envelopes to "Debby’s
Cup” In care at the selected
Little Deborah, age 3, «aa
severely scarred when she bit
into a television set wire while
playing at her borne near Blow
ii« Rock, Costs of lids badly
needed surgery will be quite
Ugh, and then there will be the
accompanying hospitalisation .
and transportation.
The campaign was launched
three weeks ago by concerned
citizens of Blowing Bock. And
still more money will be needed
to restore this little girl's
smile.
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Jaycees Set Tea For Those
Interested In Beauty Crown Jpf
In preparation tor their an.
nual Mine Watauga Pageant In
November, the Boone Jayceea
next week will hold a tea tor
young women Interacted In vying
tor the local crown.
Winning the county title en
able* a girl to compete tor the
Iflaa North Carolina crown.
Tb* Mate winner then gone to
the Mae America content.
The Jaycees saythebrsf 1* *
girls to put in SB eppUesdoa
will be accepted. Those fca
te res ted ere asked to attend the
tea bom S to 5 Friday, Aug.
S, at the Cardinal Restaaraotor
make arrangements through
Mrs. Bon Hester at 3S7-2MS,
Information mar also be tad
bum the Piddle ABalrs Ogtee
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