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An Independent Weekly Newspaper .. . Eighty-Second Year of Continuous Publication
VOL. LXXXH—NO. 12
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 25, 1969
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School Bond
Group Will Meet
On Wednesday
Members of theCoontjr Board
of Education and head! of corn*
mlttees tar the county school
bond issue to be voted Nor. 4 *
were to meet at 8 Wednesday
night (Sept 24X
• T,le *“»ion was scheduled h*
Swanson Richards, School
Superintendent «t the Board of ‘
Education hulVling on US Cl
' west of Boone,
| Broyhill Will
Meet Citizens
Of Watauga Co.
Congressman James T. Proy
hlU announced in Washington'
today his schedule of office <
hours next weekend to Watauga
County. The Congressman will
be present at the Watauga Coun
ty Court Bouse (Room 103) In
Boone Friday, September 20,
from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m.
. Congressman Broyfalll ex
'■ plained that he will welcome
discussions with individuals and
groups concerning their rlews
on legislative matters or prob
' lems they are encountering with
the Federal government. No
prior appointment la neces
»ary.
It was pointed out that since
I the long session of Congress
is expected to last throughout
the year, the Congressional
schedule limits the Congress
i man’s formal office hours to
; | weekends. ’’Although I am in
' some part of the District si most
every week,” Congressman
Broytdll said, ”1 have set aside
five weekends In September and
. October to visit with residents
of the eight counties on a regu
larly scheduled basis.” During
. this time, the Congressman will
S take his office to 33 commund
, ... ties.
In making the announcement,
*■ Representative Broyfalll declar
ed that he will welcome the op
portunity to meet and talk with
v,.local residents, ’’B Is my hope
j», that I can offer advice and
assistance to persons having
* difficulties with various Fed
eral programs.”
CONGRESSMAN BROYHIX
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the LEAVES on tba ground arentu nottceablebefore autunn settle! In. That will ben couple Ik
iveeks from now, but last week this term road on Route 3-Boone wu already flanked with crackling'
leaves. Autumn in the mountains is the big start into winter. Weekend travel becomes heavy as
lowlanders drive into the northwest mountains to view the color spectacle and choose their two*
rite motels and restaurants. They'll probably be back during the ski season. Staff photo)
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2 Named To Adjustment Board
m.
Activity In
The Boone Town Board served
notice last week that It will re
activate zoning powers within
a one-mile area outside thetown
limit*.
The town's decision followed
the recent appointment by the
Watauga County Board at Com
missioners of five county repre
sentatives to serve on the zoning
hoard.
lltader the state law which al
lowed the zoning board to be set
up. the one-mile area outside
town must have an equal num
ber at represenMtvee with
Boone members an the soring
board to make the ordinance ef
fective.
The town board called on Town
Attorney John Bingham to set
the date tor the required public
hearing on the re-establishment
of the ordinance pertainir^j to
the one-mile zone around Boone.
Bingham said be must com
plete preliminary research In
Raleigh on the local ordinance
before he can give the green
light to the procedure. He said
he expects to be in Raleigh
the first week In October on the
matter.
The present town board was
No Opposition To
School Bonds Heard
‘ No opposition to the proposed
$1.4 million school bond Issue
appeared Monday site moon inn
mooting called by the Watauga
Couigy Board ol CommUaion
ars.
The meeting, a formality In
[reparation for Its official call
for the Issuance of bonds, mas
bald at 4 p. m. in the com
missioners' room of the court
house, as advertised In last
week's Democrat.
The commissioners proceed
ed with the call for the Issuance
of $1.4 In bonds to finance ad
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Chairmen, vice-chairmen and
third regular members of Wa
tauga’a 10 ASC community com- ,
mittees will be delegates to the
county convention Thursday
when termers are elected to
fill vacancies on the ASC coun
ty committee. ,
The convention will begin at ,
1:30 Thursday afternoon (Sept.
219 in the ASCS office over The
Northwestern Bank on East King
Street.
After the county committee'
men are elected In secret bal
lot by the termer-delegates,
the delegates will select the
chairman andvice-chalrmanfor
the coming year.
Alternate committeemen are
alternate delegates to the con
vention. &
Results of the election of
Dr. Miller Named
f To Textbook Group
Governor Bob Scott hu an.
nounced the appoirtmaota totbe
: North Caroline Textbook Com.
minion. The appointment* were
made by the Governor upon the
’ recommendation of the Superin
tendent of Public InetrueUoo.
Hie member* of the Com.
minion muat tail into one of
f Red Cross Blood
Supply Low
t1 summer vacation and Hgbwajr
ncldmti tend to put a tremeo.
'dona * train on the Red Cron
Hood supply. Therefore, the
■ ■ steady flow falters.
Blood Is needed very badly,
say* Ron Whittaker, blood pro.
gram chairman for the Watauga
County Chapter American Bad
Cron. Ha says, "Why not Join
wSU other* and mnke ture that
the lifeline of Hood will be
f strong enough tor all our
if' naada."
, The BioodmoUle comes hare
» Thuraday, Oct. a. B will be a*
the Plammona Student Center
from 11 e. m. to 1:30 D. m.
three categories: one school
superintendent, the Ugh ichool
division, and the elementary
division. The twelve member*
named to four-year terma are:
Dr. Robert Nelson, Aaalatant
Superintendent, Burke County
Senoola, Morgacton, North
Carolina; Mr. M. W. Weaver,
Associate Superintendent and
Director at Instruction, Nkab
County School*, Naahvlll*; Mr.
Dudley Flood, Principal, T’nthal
Union School, Bethel; Mr*. Irla
Hunslngar, Teacher, Page High
School, Greene boro; Dr. N. A.
Millar, Principal, Watauga High
School, Boone; and Mra. Ruby
Smith, Taneher, Aaheboro City
School*, Aaheboro were named
.to the High School Division.
• Named to the Elementary
Division were Mr*. Mary Sharp*
Owen, Elementary Supervisor,
Kinston City Schools, Kinston;
Ur. Robert W. Gammon,
principal. Forest City Ele
mentary School, Forest City)
Mm, Dorothy Steele, Teacher,
Allaabrook Elementary School,
Charlotte; Mr*. Louise "forth
«y, Teacher, Mary W. Bow*
Kismet* ry School, Wilndattno)
OCocdtaucd on page two) ■ •
ASC community committeeman
tor Watauga County are an
nounced by M. L. Shepherd,
chairman of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
County Committee. '
The election was heldbymall
and ballots were tabulated pub
licly by the ASC County Com
mittee at the ASCS office last
Thursday.
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The ASC community oommtt
teemen elected In the 10 We.
tauga County eomminttlee were
u follows In the older named:
first, chairman; second, vice
chairman; third, regular mem.
her; fourth, first alternate, and
fifth, second alternate.
,, Beaver Dam: LinvtUe Norris,
Clide Cornett, Howard Cable,
Dennis Creed and Smith Hen.
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| Part Of Boone Went To Moon
| By Transistors From IRC
I While the world watched the moon landing, man's
1 greatest achievement to date, It must have beenasuper
frond moment for folka at the IRC Boona Division of
■ TRW, Ine,
The local TRW division made some of the resistors
necessary to the operation of the United States space
j vehicles. So In the aftermath of the three-man trip to
| moon orbit, the two-man landing on the orb, the redock
! ling, and the successful return to earth—Boone dtixeos
can honestly say that a part of Boone want to the moon.
| A congratulatory message to IRC from the General
| Electric Company In Apollo Park, Daytons Beach, Fla.,
read in part "As a representatlveaftbeGenaral Electric
Apollo Team, I sincerely congratulate your firm for lta
| dedication In making this mission overwhelmingly sue
; cessful/'
•on.
Bruitqr Fork: A. Y. Howell,
L. A, Henson, Joe McNeil, S.E.
Anderson and Forrest Wilson.
Core Creek: J. C, Wlnebar
ger, Audio PresneU, Jack Han*
aon, Burl Lawrence and Dewar
laurel Creek: Ned Glenn,
Frank Cable, Charles Glenn,
Ben Tester and Leonard Ward.
Meat Can®: Glenn. Howell,
Clyde S. Jackson, Willard D.
Norris, Janies L. Pettier and
Harold D. Holman.
New River: H. E. BrookaUre,
F, R. C rite her, Collls Austin,
Join F. Cook and Edward S.
C rite her.
North Fork: Loyd Miller, Ed
gar Eller, Argus Wallace, Mack
Thomas and Claude May.
Shawnee haw: Russell Farth
ing, Will Byrd, Clyde Eggers,
Amoa Lee Ward and Howard
B. McGuire.
Stony Fork: J, L. Coffey,Sr.;
W. B. Day; AlUe T. Watson;
W. H. Stanberry and M. D.
Brown.
Watauga: Jeff Shook, George
Byrd, Arlie B. Hodges, Claude
, Garland and Don C. Cook.
County committeemen are ■
elected tor three-year stagger
ed terms and the service ot each
coiady committeeman la limited
(Continued on page two)
dtttOQS or HVW«flA«Hnn^ gf fKm
county’* (even elementary
schools in the county and tbs
construction at s new elemen
tary school in Boone.
The Monday meeting was call
ed specifically to hear any oppo
sition to the bond proposal.
The board namd five men who
reside within the one-mile son-'
ins area of Boone to the Boone
Zoning Board of Adjustments.
They are Estel Wagner. Arm.
Held Coffey, Howard Brook
shire, McDonald Greene and
Vernon Castle.
School Bond Issue
To Be Topic PTA
The Appalachian Elementary
School PTA will meet at 8:30
p, m, Monday. Sept. 29, for a
covered dish supper In the
school cafeteria.
After the meal, there will be
opportunity for discussion of the
proposed school bond Issue and
the new elementary school
building. Dr. Swanson Richards,
Superintendent of Schools, and
all members of the County
School Board will be present.
Parents of Appalachian Ele
mentary School children, as
well as other interacted people
in the community, ere invited
to attend.
The second meeting of the
PTA wlU be on Oct. 20 with
classroom visitation aa the
feature of the evening.
advised alter It took office In
July that the ordinance per
taining to the one-mile area was
invalid since the zoning board
did not have the five member*
who resided within the extra
territorial area followiig the
last town annexation.
Thus, until the town board
goes through the legal proce
dure of a public hearing, there
will be no zoning authority with
in the one-mile limit. The pub
lic hearing may be held no less
than IS days after notice of
the bearing is first advertised.
Bingham advised that he will
have completed atfaoroughcbeck
at legal requirements for the
zoning before the board pro
ceeds.
At its September meeting last
Thursday, the town board indi
cated that It will set up seeing
within the one-mile limit Just
as it was on the zoning map
this summer when it was learned
that the extraterritorial zoning
was not on sound legal ground.
In asking Bingham to wwfcw
arrangements for the hearing,
the board accepted a recom
mendation from the enlarged
zoning board that the zoling
map be re-adopted.
Joe Maples, secretary at the
zoning board, told the town board
that Ms group had met also last
Thursday night and had adopted
its recommendation.
Dr. Lee Reynolds, chairman,
presided. The following other
zoning board members were
'Continued on page, two)
HOAD CLOSED—The Highway Department abut down travel on
South Water Street beginning early last week to replace what Dis
trict Engineer Tom Winkler termed “an undersized culvert.”
Five or six years ago, he explained, the bridge across Boons
Creek was taken out and replaced with the pipe. Since then the
manager of the FCX Service next to the creek complained the
inadequate pipe had backed water into his building causing damage
to a motor during one freshet. The FCX asked for a drainage sur
vey and when the Hydrographic Department in Raleigh investigat
ed, Winkler said they agreed. (Staff photo)
Democrat Qualifies As •
Blue Ribbon Newspaper
One hundred and fifty-two
daily and weekly newspaper*
tbit week received notice they
have qualified as National Blue
Bihbon Newspaper! in a pro
gram Inaugurated by the Nation
al Editorial Foundation, Wash
ington, D.C.
The Watauga Democrat was
awarded the total number of
points in 19 of 25 division*
measuring its service to its
community against a national
standard. Of the total 208
points, the judges awarded 193.
Announcement of the local
newspaper's inclusion, came
from the Foundation president
George Wortley HI who said
publications from all sections
of the United States and from
Canada entered the competition.
The Foundation, established in
1956 to further journalism and
journalism education. Is ad
ministered by the National
Newspaper Association.
Of the 153 designated for
1968-70, wortley said "We ere
proud to hare these fine news
papers carry the blue ribbon
emblem. We hope that many
more publishers will avail
themselves of the opportamfty
to be judged against a national
standard when the Foundation
accepts new eidries next year.
Soda Pop... That Is
Residents of Watauga County
are pouring soft drinks down the -
hatch at a greeter rate Ann
•ear. • *
According to a treakdnen of'
national and regional figures,
sales ot the bubbly beverages
hanks all previous records in
the past pear.
It la estimated from the re
ports that local people consum
ed soda pop at the rata at HI
rlght-onee bottle* per person.
■v By way of comparison, the
United State* average ™ SSI
par capita. In ttw South Atlantic
State* it IMS 4701,
' AS tor the Watauga County
population a* a whole. It downed
approximately 11448,000 hoU
tl** and can* at soft drink* in
the year.
mom than au coneumad tnttan
local ana a daeada ago. Tha
total Own wu 5,9M,0~> bot
tlaa.
The data wee dnrirnd from the
annual reporta laauadtgrtbaaoft
drink lnduatry and from De
partment at Commerce (fearac.
Thar a how that It now taken
morn than M btlUon Qbtiltou la
comet) bottlaa of aoda popper
ymt to alaketbe American
Bint tor aolt driafea, •$ii',j&ySj
Throughout the country, peo
ple nrj greatly la their uee oi
theee thlret queue here and In the
preierence they ihowfor certain
flavore.
.
lathe South, tor example,
cole type drlnke ere much more
popular then la any other
eection. They repreeeot 70 per
cent oi the demand, ae compar
ed with about 40 percent In the
Eaet. On the other hand, more
people go for fruit drinka and
ginger ole in the Beet. *■
The else of the aoft drink
Industry In Wateug* County la to
he seed in tbs dollar figures.
They show that local residents
spent an estimated $1,203,09"
tor soda pop last year, as com
pared with $t76,000 tan years
*60, ..■Vliv'-"
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Part of this Jump IMM due to
higher prices. Other factors
that contributed to It ware the
Increase in the number of toast*
Htn, who i
drink* then ur otters, the
rising level of lneome sal tte
greeter variety of beverages oh
•
.
calorie soft drinks tea alee
bean a major factor la their
rising use. It has amde them
more attractive to the nSIllnes
of people who are aelght sue