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Aug. Aug. 37 Ang. 28 Aug. Xt Aug. 30 BOONS WEATHER am Bupiminwaiio 38 78 57 75 56 75 53 70 48 77 48 71 40 79 47 73 38 79 48 . IS 39 73 51 71 45 72 61 .13 6354 JVOL. LXXXII—NO. 9 * •• - .''***.i*+^ ‘-■ ’ , j .. - • * ' ^ .- .. -.h„ r: . NET PRESS RUN • • Eighty-Second Year of Continuous Publication * i BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1909 24 PAGES—2 SECTIONS 10 CENTS PER COPY ^ r-,r;», f ' ' ~ ' ‘ . ~ ~ ' ‘ ' * . I ■■■■/.-■( Hie old Majalew Manor In Blowing Roeh is to be reconditioned and opened as the Tweetsle Grand Hotel. (Rich tbrton photo) led Mayview Manor To Be Restored • y.-' '-'i*1 %'J •ins Brothers •iutor, far decade* the maun- ■, ■ tain mecca of aristocrat*—be fore a decline In recent year* forced her Into a lonely re tirement in 1966—will be re stored to the gay life in the Summer of 1970. Get-Acquainted Cookout To Be JGiven Faculty 1 A get-acquainted cookout tor faculty anil friends of Appalach ian State University will be held at 5 p, m, Sunday in Conrad Sta dium. They will be guests of the college. . t,’ m 5 Roy Clogston, interim ath letic director, said the brief remarks will be made by Dr. •Herbert Wey, new president of ASU, and by football coachCari Messere who will Introduce the staff and team, * Clogston said, “So often dur ing the strenuous pre-aeaaon training period, the team and .coaches are necessarily busy and they do not get to know the faculty members and fens in 'town who support them so well. This occasion will haring them Oloser together/' •’ 6,000 To Register ; Osar 8,000 studceta will flood the Appalachian Stats UdversHy campus for registration Monday, and Tuesday as the Institution ""totally opens for the felt quarter. if. ; Expected are approdmatsly .1,760 freshmen along with some 62$ transfer students. Added to these are approximately 4,000 returning students who push the institution’s total utictpcted enrollment over the 6,000 mark, Appalachian’s official opening is scheduled for today CThurs day) when some 340 members of the aeedeadc staff will eon. Teas tor the first faculty meet. big. .. Duradtorlee wlU open tor freshmen and transfer studsaCs at f a. m. on Saturday and regi stration tor all students begins on Monday momtng. Ossses wlU begin at Oa-fo, Wednesday, < .. ’.isyiSUPW—■ * ■ ' ' Skehaa been bought by Tweet ate Railroad from Henderson BaUr Enterprises of Charlotte at an undisclosed price. The Mayvlew will then be come the Tweetaie Grand Hotel catering to tamillea In the sum mer. skiers In the winter and conrentlons at other ttmea. “Nobody wanted to see the Mayriew go,” said Tweetaie Vice President Harry RobUna, "but nobody could figure out how to modernise her and make her dance again. We’re sure we know the answer. 1 “There will be no modernis ing in the aesthetic sense,” be said. “Instead, we’ll take ad vantage of the era to which she and Tweetaie originally belong ed. We intend to utilize a decor at the 1890s through the early 1920s and currently we’re talk ing to two or three of the coma try’s top decorators about the project” Robbins said the aim is to re tain some of the nostalgia tor those with a sentimental at tachment to the Mayvlew but that “there will be a new Iden tity with a wider appeal,’ Nightly entertainment will he provided In the old ballroom where a visitor now leaves foot prints in a film of dust and Us voice echoes through the emp tiness. "Unfortunately," Robbins add, “somebody beck there did away with the old furniture and installed something like Grand Rapids modern which Just doesn’t fit Initially, we’ll Just try to antique it The bathtubs with legs are priceless. We’ll keep those.” The rambling, 188-room structure with s spectacular CM a »,.r.vsrs«r* t • ! flew "at JotaV Hirer Gorge' and the mountains beyond is •“sound”, he said, but some renovation will be required, es pecially to a deteriorating chestnut bark exterior and bal conies. :1, ;:(j. The huge, hlgh-c ailing ed din ing areas will otter famlly-atyle food service and the great stone hearths with their Daniel Boone VI andirons will blase again as centers ot after-ski parties. “We’re thinking about ac quiring a double-decker view bus for shuttling parties to Tweetsie and ski slopes," Rob-. bins said, “and maybe some limousines of the Twenties for atmosphere.” Today, though, the heated Swimming pool is empty and only the ghosts of white-haired women and black-tied men walk the parlor rooms, halls and lobbies. Here and therein leath er chairs are yellowed copies >«f newspapers, open to the so ciety or financial page*. ' Grand pianos are covered by blankets and their keys, touch ed timidly, are embarrassingly cut ot tune. The call bell at the desk rings to a thumping command but no bellhop re plies end one wonders why n Ur. Deermon never picked up his mall, a picture post card (Continued on page two) » * Or. Dugger Is Named To Archives Position Governor Bob Scott hu an nounced the reappointment at Dr. Edward W. Phifer Jr. at Morganton and the appointment Jt Dr. Gordon Dugger of Chapel B1U and Watauga county to the eocecutlve board of the State Department ad Archive* and History. / i;.-y Dr. Dugger la a son of Mr. John Dugger and the late Mrs. Dugger of Vilas. The two men have been ap pointed to six year term* on the board. Ttda wilt be Dr. Phifer’s aecond term of office. Dr. Dug ger aucceeda Ralph P. Hanee of Winaton Salem. Dr. Phifer la a Morganton physician. Dr. Dugger la cur rently chief of the department at aurgery at the University of 1 North Carolina In Chapel Hill. The State Department of Ar c hives and Ifistory operates (Continued on page tno) Winkler Motor Co. Sells Ford Agency || The Ford Motor Company franchise for Boone fau been mM to a new concern, Johnaon Cook Ford Inc., by W. Ralph Winkler, owner at thefranchlae since 1942, t'\\ The sale was affective Friday, Aug. 29. The new firm is owned bytwo former West Jefferson busi nessmen, J. Wayne Johnson and John D. Cook. Johnson!* pres t dent ind Cook is vice president. They said no changes are con | templated in personnel at the agency. The sale included parts, equipment and new ears, they said. The agency win continue In the present location with no ini. mediate plans tor a new location. ... Johnson, who plans to more in October to a new home being buDt In New River Heights, formerly was general manager at the West Jefferson Ford dealership, Ashe County Motors, for six years. A native at West Jefferson, he previously was In the retail furniture business for 10 years. He was graduated from West Jefferson High School and from Clevenger Business College la (Continued on page two? Gigantic Community Barbecue To Honor New ASU President % V .vx? «3£fc Some 1,000paogia a*# axpaat ad Tburaday idgit for the bar bacoe being aponaorad in Ccaw rad Stadium at ASUtptbaCo&k-: muntty-Canyua Relatione Com Tba event will ba baldtowal eoma Dr. Herbert Way, who la lnaomlng preaideatof Apcnlaeh ian State Uiivenity, aa wall aa all .aaw ^uujveratO faeulty wb«. ■ ;:u jmj Invited gueeta are the ASU ■ Board of Truateee and Board of Vlaitora, the county Board , of Education, Dr. W, H. Plant ' moot and official# of Boone, Blowing Bock and Watauga County In addition to the booor eee. The a lx o’clock dimer will be moved logo Vanity Gymnaelum t,* weather diottae. Holly Farm* Poultry of North Wllkaa boro will ten| «-ri jjMfai JbutocSt will be given by the String Party and the aquare dance taamfrom Avery County Ugh School. The gala event, cat in Con red Stadium, ia one of the mam moth projects of the CCRC which la working hard to foatar bat ter understanding within the community through better com munication of Ideas and pro grams wUeh attest all gsogie -'X vf • • • ;-Y; •' - ;■ b» the art*. Another project 1* * Urge-, ecele "Watermelon Cutting-.. Band Concert— Pep Rally and Folk Sti«" which wlU be held on the university athletic field Friday, Sept. 19. On band wUl be area folk artieta, the ASU. Marching Band, Appalachian's Cheerleaders and a truck load watermelons tram Goodnight 'feather* Produce.. ■■»n t*’ ' ' ■ To Vote On Bond Issue vyd ■r-typW :*'$> r/C'v* •- 'ilk $1.4 Million To Bond Monies To Be Added To Grant Of NX Watauga County niton will be aaked to approve a $1,4 million ' tend Issue Not. 4 to finance public school expansion and Im provements In the county. Formal request lor bond monies to be added to a $1.25 million state appropriation was adopted Monday night at the September meeting of the Wa tauga County Board of Educa tion. The request was forwarded the next day to the Watauga County Commissioners who planned to call the Issue at the meeting Tueaday afternoon. County Attorney James Hol shouser Jr. met with the school board Monday night to coordi nate details of the request. The school board specifically requested $500,000 for ■•top priority” renovations and im provements at the county's seven elementary schools and high school and $900,000 to augment state funds for con struction of a new elementary school for the Boone area. v» the $1,25 million state ap propriation to-supplement local funds for the new elementary school was made hy the 1969 General Assembly, However, the appropriation carries the stipulation that the project must be under contract hy Decem ber 1970, the school board said. in earmarking the half million dollars for the present seven elementary schools owned by the county, the board of edu cation officially adopted the fol io wing schedule: Mabel School, new multi-pur pose room, $60,000. Bethel School, new multi purpose room, $60,000, Core Creek School, moveCaf eterla to old agriculture building and renovate space for class rooms, $65,000. Valle Crucls, renovate audi torium for library and work space, $35,000. ' l Parkway School, library and toilet Improvements and ex pansion, $90,000, Green Valley, library reno vations and provide a class room, $20,000. And Blowing Rock, library renovations, $15,000. These allocation proposals (continued on page two) - 1 yTt" ~ * NAMED PRESIDENT EMERI TUS—Dr. W. H. Plemmons, by unanimous vote at the Board at Trustees, was named President Emeritus ot Appalachian State University at Saturday's meet ing at the trustees on the ASU campus. The late Dr. J. D. Rankin, who served as Appa lachian's president In 1055, to the only other person eyor to held the President Emerttue title. Gifts of appreciatlonfrom the Trustees to Dr. Plemmons Included a shotgun and fltHSR CATHLEEN ELIZABETH WONSAVAGE shown In costwne for a scene In “The Nutcracker” 196S. Ballet Star Will Be Bach At Arts School Mss Cathleen Elizabeth Won savage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JohnP. Wonsavage of Win ston-Salem mill return Sept 15 to the North Carolina School of the Arts there for her fourth year as a dance major in classi cal ballet She has been awarded a scholarship to the school for the second year and, at sixteen, will be In the eleventh grade. Cathleen is returning from a successful summer of dancing Annual Rotary Auction To Aid Hospital Project Boone Rotarians are asking residents to canvass their homes tor usable items to con tribute to the club’s Sept, 13 suction at Watauga High School. Proceeds from the event will benefit the J. B. Hagaman Memorial Cardiac Unit at Wa tauga Couity Hospital, crippled children, ASUeollege scholar ships, Cannon Music Camp scholarships, international stu dent scholarships, Little League Baseball, Midget Football and other beneficial community projects The Watauga Savings t Loan Association and Boone Post Office are serving this week and next as the collect ion points, according to Lee Barnett, who baa charge of notary's finance projects over all. A past-president of the club, James Marsh says donors may call fata, Barnett or Dr. Frank Randall to arrange for pickup of heavier itema. By "cleaning house," Marsh says many may inn furniture and other sale able itema they no longer need. Commenting especially on the Dr. J.B. Hagaman Cardiac Care Center, Marsh said a community event for its benefit "gives ua an opportunity to be involved with all the people who have heart trouble." He understands that with the proper eqidpmert, "the Center can be one of the finest in western North Caro-, Una.” ' -v~ Jr The 44-member club will a mass Itema worth from t> W ,«a> flDeattnuad on page two), : (4 in the Kermlt Hunter outdoor drama of “Unto These Hill*” in Cherokee. She has performed for the past three years in the North Carolina School of the Arts* annual Christmas presentation of Tchaikovsky's “The Nut cracker'*. This production—al ways a sell-out in Winston Salem—will probably be taken ; £ on tour to several other cities ^ in the state. Last year, accom panied by the North Carolina Symphony, it toured Raleigh and Durham. Cathleen's mother is the for mer Chloe Ann Greer of Boone, who for several years was t j secretary In the business office of Appalachian State Univer sity. Her father, a graduate of J| Appalachian, is employed by the Western Electric Company of Winston-salem. Ditty Bags To Be In Mail By Monday, 15th ■ ? The Red Cross Ditty Bags from tbe Watauga County chap ter must be in the mail to Viet nam service men and women by Monday, Sept. IS. , According to Mrs, Mae Autrey, project chairmen, the chapter filled its quota the last four years and expects todo so again this year. But items for inclusion, money sad volun teer help are needed. , Mrs. Goldie Fletcher, Wa tauga’s ARC executive secre tary, paints a grim picture at , being in Vietnam on Christmas Day. “It is grim,” she says, whether it be the OrstC hristmas away from ho me or the fifteenth. In Vietnam, there is ho Christmas at all, at least for some who don’t get gifts from back boms... until Red Cross arrives with red and green bags tilled with useful Items.’* Contents of the begs include ballpoint pens, pocketsise games, chewing gum, writing paper, hand soap and othsr things that might be shared with small Vietnamese children. Helpers are asked to call foe American Rid Cross office la iMMi
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