Blue Ribbon Winner Ike Democrat is tint place *in ner in State Press Assn. General Excellence Competition this year—the third time in four r, WATAUGA DEMOCRAT « * An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Eighty-Second Tear of Continuout Publication BOONS WEATHER joa VOL. LXXXU _NO. 4 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 31,1969 July 22 80 SO July 23 75 M July 24 76 63 .07 July 25 79 SO j81 July 28 82 61 July 27 81 81 M July 28 79 62 JO 10 CENTS PER COPY 24 PAGES—2 SECTIONS 322B8BBB 8888288? 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 £."A Hrai'-t: . . t'\ •* .. , -r-tSL . 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 (Continued on page two) 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 (Continued on page two) ' '■ ■ .; ' ■■■ ■ 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, **£■&<* 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. i ■; ft f, ■ 'fifths 4,000,000 Gallons A Day '■ ‘