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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY .AUGUST 7, 1969
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LANDMARK GOES—The old elementary echool building, loan
- hmUlar to the Appalachian Untvermity scene, Is being swept
!rom the campus by wrecking crews. The building, whose doors
** sere first swung open to Boone ares students in 1925, housed
the ASU student book store Just prior to Its demolition. It
mi abandoned by the university u a trade ichool In 1954
When the present Appalachian clemerdary School was built.
The last principal to serve In the ichool ms John T, Howell
who began fall service In 1937. The university plans to initially
utilise the kit for parking. (Staff photo)
Watauga’s School Program f
To Be Expanded This FaU
Watauga County"* acbool pro*
gram will be expanded this fall
along with the total acbool en
rollment.
Dr. Swanson Richards, the
new superintendent of schools,
pointed to the 8,000-aquare-foot
vocational addition at Watauga
High School and crossed Us
w#4UHI> -T.' s *•
"They’re saying we'll be in
ffie addition hy Sept. 1 but we’re
». hoping everything will be ready
fay Oct 1," he said.
The addition will be the Ug
shot In the arm for vocational
educational programs St Wa
tauga High School. Its com
pletion this fall will mean the
; school can add cosmetology,
graphic arts and vocational of.
flee education to its curriculum.
And when the acbool bells
ring at all the county's ulna
; schools on Wednesday, Aug.
20, another record number at
students Is exported to file
Dr. Richards predicted that
it will be well above the total
aoroUmeot of 4,004 for the
1968-6* school year. The coun
ty*» enrollment haa risen an
average of 40 students a year
Since 1965-66.
Dr. Richards expects the stu
dwS bubble at Appalachian Ele
mentary School to get even tight
er tbls year. Last year the
school's student body hod climb
ed to 905 studeits. An additional
95 boys and girls this year would
not surprise the school office.
Two additional mobile class
room units are due this month
for the school. They will help
ease the student load tor teach
ers.
Other algos of growth are seen
for Mabel and Greeo Valley
schools where new space is
being provided. A new broiler
is being installed now at Mabel
(Continued on page two)
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500 To Get
sAtASU
A total of 530 students are
; candidates Iter fire different de
i grees to be emrded at the com
mencement exercises Saturday
Aug. 16, on the Appalachian
State Udreraity campus.
Bachelor of science degrees
will be coigerred on 217 sen
• lore, and 24 will recelre the
bachelor at arts degree. Mas
ter at arts degreea will be aw
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Blue Laws To
Be Considered
Changes In Boone’s Sunday
- Blue Law will be considered
Monday night, Aug. 11, at a
called meeting of the Boone
Board of Aldermen.
Mayor Gordon Winkler an
nounced that the 7:30 p, m. meet,
lng will be open to the public.
The announcement at the
V. meeting noted that the board
: is being urged to consider chan.
gas in the ordinance
| Powderhorn Drama
The Lesson, the modara
French drama byEugenelonas
co, will be presented at the Bow.
j derhom Theater Friday and
i Saturday nighta, Aug. g and
A I, following the regular Boa*
in the Went production.
Tbs later productions nor
mally start at 11:30 p, m.
The drama will be eccompan
lad by an original script. The
* Long Interlude, by Tom Tout.
Ilnaou
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arded to 381 graduate students
and one student will graduate
under ASU*a new master of
science program.
Seven others will be award
ed Certlficatee at Advances
Study In various Helds.
Commencement ceremonies
are scheduled for 6:30 p. m. In
William J. Conrad Stadium on
the ASU campus. Appalachian's
senior faculty member, retir
ing Chairman of theDepartmeid
of English, Dr. Graydon Foe
EggerS, will present the ad
dress to the graduating class.
Dr. W. C. Strickland, Dean
of the College of Arts and
‘ Sciences, Dr. Ben Horton, Dean
Ct the Collage at Education, Dr.
Nicholas Emeston, Dean of the
College of Fine and Applied
Arts, and Dr. Cratls Williams,
-Dean of thsGraduateSchool wilt
present the candidates for the
. various degrees.
The retiring preelderd at the
adversity, Dr. W. H. Plea,
moos, will confer the degrees
and the a wards to the graduates.
Mary Elisabeth N. Norris,
candidate for Master of Arts
degree will present the open
ing welcome and remarks. The
Have rand Robert Bond, Pastor
of St. Elisabeth's Catholic
Church of Boone, will give the
Imrooetfoo, and the benediction
will be offered by toe Reverend
J, K. Parker, Jr., Pastor of
the Firet Presbyterian Church
of Boone.
The processional end racas
slonal will be played by toe Som
mer fisiewi Bend under s—
dbwMon of Charles Islay.
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3rd Grader Talks
With Governor .
;i. h fletogthirdfrederntBtew.
log Rock Elementary School
took a aery apodal ride Sunday
afternoon with a eery special
man—the Governor of North
Carolina.
It me early April when Philip
Dotson, 7, wrote the Watauga
Democrat thta letter: “Dear
Scott—get your men out here or
I will kua some more. I’ll get
every Idd on hue 46 60 and my
bua too to kua with me, ao get
out here and get to work*—
Philip.
The boy’s mother, Mrs. Jeaae
Dotaon of Route 3, Boone, ex
plained that the problem was that
the aeeood grader waa having
to walk aome dlatance because
the school bus could not navi
gate the muddy road to the Dot
aon house.
It was April 8 when Gov. Bob
Scott wrote Philip he had seen
the letter In the Democrat, and
’Til tell you one thing: I don’t
want all the kids on busses
Noe. 40 and 60 'kusaing* me.
ao I’ll get the Highway Depart
med to check and see what can
be done to Improve the situa
tion.’’
Sunday, the Governor waa in
Boone tor the dedication of an
PHILIP DOTSON » $ }•:*
Appalachian State Udverslty
building for former Gov. Terry
Sanford and Mrs. Sanford. That
afternoon, he took a state car
to the Dotson home to [*ek up
Philip for a ride over Unques
tioned road—and perhape a little
precinct politics talk.
Mrs. Dotson says that when
the Governor bad returned the
boy home and was driving away,
Philip quipped, "I think he'd
make a good president."
Police Training
Plan Is Approved
Boom will participate with
the Wineton-Salem police de
pertmert in a plan for in-depth
training of the local police de
partment beginning in Sept
amber.
Boone aldermen approvedtfae
plan at a called meeting Tbura
daj, July 31.
The propoeal war preaented
by Dr. Franc la Bich rt Boone,
chairman of the Governor’a U«
Enforcement Agency.
Ubder the plan, the Tain City
department alii tend a police
training officer to aork with the
Boone department for 12 weake.
The Boone departmert wllleend
■ a member rt the local force to
Wlnaton-Salam for a aindlar
period.
Sixty per cent of the coat, or
18,560, will be borne by the
abate. The remaining 40 per
cart, or $1,860, will be paid b#
the Thwart Boone,
Mayor Gordon Winkler ap
pointed Alderman B. C. Wlne
■■ -Gvift'
burger to handle the special
fund.
The boenl announced that
Alderman Crater March haa
been named superintendent at
Boone’i water and itreet de
partment. The appointment fol
lowed the resignation at Town
Manager Neal Blair.
Horn In West *
Ahead Of 1968 '
Although Horn In The West
suffered Its first ralnout at the
season Sunday night, attandenee
is Mill better than 16 per cant
ahead at last year's box office
A total of 19,506 vacationers
and local patrons have attended
the outdoor drama through its
first 33 performances, and, if
good weather bolds during the
remaining west ends in August,
attendance should lop tbs 30,000
m
Bond Issue To Be Considered
ion
Perkinsvifle
Property Is
Likely Site
A gently rolling 20-aere «ite
In ewt Boone i» being proposed
for the site of s new elemen
tary school for the Boone area.
The Watauga County Boarded
Education has secured a two
year option for the property
from H. Grady Farthing and
Hs wife, Lucy A, Fartldng.
Selection of the site answers •
the Drat question In the problem
of replacing the Appalachian
Elementary School.
The board next will consider
seeking a bond issue to finance
construction of the new school.
It would be the first elemen
tary achool ever bulltfor Boone
fay the board of education. Ap
palachian State University,
which own the present build
ing uaed for Boone Elementary
cMldren, la planning to uae the
facility for college actlvltlee
In the near future.
The board has paid Farthing
$500 for the option. Total pur
chase price will be $160,000
If the option la exercised.
The option Included an agree
ment to name the new school
The Laey-Grady Farthing
School.
The site la located behind
Farthing's resldanee on US 421
East. The 20 acres ne west
of NC 194 with 366 feet fronting
on the state highway. The re
mainder of the eastern boun
‘ary is a operated from the high
way by the Clawson property
frontage of 686 feet. This strip
(Continued on page two)
THE SANFORDS AND GOVERNOR SCOTT pose in the shadow at Terry and Margaret Bose
Saztford Hall which was dedicated on the Appalachian campus Sunday afternoon.
Governor Praises Sanford
At Dedication Ceremonies
Go*. Bob Sco* praised one of
North Carolina’s most popular
former governors andthrewout
a word of caution to all state
institutions of higher learning
as he delivered an address Sun
day at the dedication of Terry
and Margaret RoseSarfordHall
at Appalachian State University.
“Wherever you go," Scott
•aid, “you meet this name, and
you find it is associated with
enlightened government and ed
ucational reform. In recent
years, the name of Sanford has
become associated throughout
Highway Chief Barr Has
Watauga In His District
' Robert G. Barr, prominent
Wert Jefferson business man
and political leader was assign
Alleghany, Ashe , Watauga and
Wilkes counties when he and 22
other members at Governor
Scott’s enlarged State Highway
Comndasion were sworn In last
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* ROBERT G. BARR
Wednesday In Raleigh eeremon.
ft hadn’t been known for cer
tain locally whether Mr. Barr’s
aailgned district would Include
Watauga, or 11 It would be la
Jack Klrksey's district.
Governor Scott told the Com.
mission that when his adminis
tration ends 3 1/S year* from
BOW, "1 want us to hays under
way one of the moat far-roach -
liB and ambitious highway con.
ftructkm programs In North
Carolina’s history.’’
The Governor added:
•1 want you to get out and
ace the people, listen to them
aol when that telephone rings
lata at nlgld 1 want it answer,
ad,”. ^ „ '
Scott said the revamped com.
mission will do a better job be
cause each commissioner will
have less territory to serve. The
revision which expanded the
commission from 14 to 23 mem.
bars, gives some of the com.
missioners authority In more
than one division. The lines of
the 14 existing divisions will
be maintained for engineering
purposes.
Jack Kirksey, of Morganton,
who had Watauga County in his
district when he was Commis
sioner under Governor Sanford,
has the other counties adjoin
ing Watauga, Caldwell and
Avery, along with Buncombe,
Burke, McDowell and Ruther
ford.
United Fund
Budget $23,000
The budget committee of the
Watauga County United Fund
Monday met to set a record
budget of 123,000 tor tbe up
coming campaign. Twelve agen
dea will participate.
The proposed budget mu at
now be considered by the direct
ors of the United Fund who will
be called into cession by the
president, Bay Minton.
Dr. Robert Randall conducted
the meeting in tbe conference
room of the Watauga Savings & '
.Loan Association. After re
quests were beard, the com
mittee recommended the fol
lowing allotments:
Parka and Recreation Com.
mission, *3,000; 4-H Council,
*340; Girl Scouts, *1,824; Boy
Scouts, *4,000; Red Cross,
**,000; Emergency Relief Fund,
*800; Watauga County Rescue
Squad, *1,620; Agricultural
Workers Cotatcil, *200; Empty
Stocking Fund, *460; Carolines
United Fund, *2,000; Costing*
ancy Fund, *1,4*6; Little Lea.
gue, *1,000; and the Manana
Society of Watauga County,
*300.
Three of the original re
vests were shaved down. Bed
Cross had asked tor *M7 more
:.r* -i-Cy-•■Ar.-1’’
than (ranted. The Boy Scouts
had asked a total of *4,570.71
and Carolines United had wanted
*3,288.05. Wade Wilmoth am
ended hie motion that Caro
lines United receive *2,000 to
that If the campaign goes over
Its goal, the additional *288.08
will be allotod.
While the Boone Optimist
Club and the Watauga Ugh
School Band made no requests
this year, two new agencies are
the Humane Society represent
ed by Mrs. Velma Burnley and
the Watauga County little Lea
gue whose spokesman was Bob
Snead.
BrplaWng that the Society
will begin construction on ani
mal shelters the middle of the
month, Mrs. Burnley asked for
*300 needed to put diseased and
unclaimed animals to sleep. She
said Dr. John Martin, DVM of
Boone, estimated he could db
the work for an average of *3
per dog. Stating that at least
100 dogs will wind tm In this
pentieament, Mrs. Burnley
added, "and I’m afraid that’s
conservative.’’ ;
Snead told committee that
In 1070, the third year of or
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the country with the idee thttt ,
state and local governments
should be strengthened and of
necessity must be revitalized.**
^ He continued, ''Sanford has
been trying to find ways of mak
ing our state government so
lively and so responsive to the
needs of the people that there
will be very few areas and very
few fields of endeavor when and
where we should go to the fed
eral government to seek the sol
utions of our problems.*’
The governor’s word of caut
ion was directed to ‘‘every in
stitution In this state, and par
ticularly to those institutions
that are growing very rapidly
in slxe.'*
He warned, “As you grow,
never lose sight of your real
objective, that objective being to
educate, in the broadest sense,
to die best of our ability, and
with all the resources available
to our young men and our young
women,
"We must never succumb,”
he said, “to the easy rationali
zation that because we have
twice as many students as we
did a few years ago, that we are
somehow better.”
To Appalachian officials, he
commented, "Keep jour eyes on
the objective, keep asking your
selves about the quality of the
educational experience on tide
campus. If you do, then the fut
ure of this institution will be
bright as it enters into a new
ears.**
Responding to the dedication
address on behalf of his family,
former governor Sanford said,
"We are grateful, indeed we are
grateful to the president, to the
trustees of Appalachian State
University for piecing our
names 'in residence* on this
campus of learning, growth,
development, and accomplish
"I think it has been the
strength of character, the hope
ful vision, the sacrifice, the
ftitfa in ita own capacity to
achieve that have brougtd
progress to tth university.
Thee* are the samaeharae
terisUce that merit the peat at
North Carolina and that hold the
promise for her future la our
contl ntdng «m*t for excel,
lance,” be concluded.
Located inthecentarof ASIPe
ca cents, the new Saidord Bell
I, . mammniti flea etniTfleiB*
room building of brick andpre
cast Itonu. B houses all clauses
In English, mathematics, for
eign languages, and philosophy
end religion. The structure coat
In encase atone and a half mil
lion dollars.