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wm An Independent Weekly Nempaper . . . Eighty-Second Year of Continuout Publication BOON! Sept 30 70 38 Oct 1 BOONE, WAT. IGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1969 - 60 47 Oct 3 72 54 007 Oct 3 70 54 M Oct 4 72 43 Oct 5 00 40 Oct 0 05 40 10 CENTS PER COPY BAD CRASH, MINOR INJURY—After Me car skidded 155 feet on US 421 near Deep Gap, Leonard S. Palmer of Patrick Springs, Vs,, emerged haring suffered only a cut nose. After the skid, the automobile dug up some 50 feet of ground before coming to this perilous stopw The time was approximately 9:30 Friday . morning and Palmer was picked iq> by the Watauga AmMdaaHM Sendee. The wreck was investigated by the State Highway PatroL (Staff photo) * ' “ ' ' * V . ; \ No ‘Ridin’ Coww Could Be Found For Coach Lentz They couldn’t find a cow for Watauga High School Coach Carter Lenta to ride through Boone Saturday. But they’re attll searching. t t3. J'v r'V-g ' Lenta waa due to ride ol* Bessie, led by Assistant Prin cipal Carl Fldler, along King Street to satisfy a challenge made to the student body. Jack Henson, president of the student body, said the ride has been re-scheduled tor the Ap palachian state University homecoming parade on Satur day. Oct, 25. Lents had promised the WHS student body that It it reached its goal of |10,000 for its re cant magazine subscription sale, he would ride the cow through Boone. The students' sales amounted to $10,657. Henson said the postponement developed after students could not flnl a cow. They still are open to a donation tm the <jay,,_ V.v ■■ ■ WHS HOMECOMING QUEEN—Luci Welborn (center), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John. Welborn of Boone, reigned as queen during homecoming festivities Friday at Watauga Kgh School. Members of her court are (from left) Sharon Blair, sophomore attendant; Sarah Hayes, senior attendant; Dinah Mitchell, junior attendant, and Deborah Greene, freshman attendant. (Stall photo) Homecoming Festivities Gay Event At Hi School ' It «u l big weekend at Wa tw High School—homsoom ttf IMMKd complete Mitt Veen, football and dancing. Pretty Lud Wei born, a mem ber of the Senior Clue, reign ed over the three-day event. Memberl of her court were Sarah Hayes, senior attendant; Dinah Mitchell, junior attend ant; Sharon Blair, sophomore attendant; and Deborah Greene freshman attendant. The events opened Thursday night when the cheerleaders and their sponsors treated the foot ball squad to a steak dinner. A bonfire, reported to have drawn the largest crowd of students aver assembled, followed with the school band furnishing music. b The band again performed Friday afternoon at the pejjr Camporee At -Beep Gap : il’*' '■ 4 The Tbunderbird Scalporama, a camporee for Boy Scouts of the Watauga District, will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19, at Deep Gap. * Arvil Sale, scoutmaster of >, Troop 109, said the camporee will be one of the most unique scouting events held here in re cent years. The camporee will feature pioneer projects .. and acoid skills. Included will be bridge building and towers made from, poles lashed together. Fred Tarleton* ■-$-■» J Back From Mexico f Mr. Fred L. Tarleton end Mr*. Tarleton bare returned to their home at 200 Hunting Hoad from Monterrey, Mexico, where they had been for fire .weeks while Mr. Tarleton wee on assignment for the Interna* tional Executive Service Corps. IESC Is a non-profit organi sation which arranges for re> ' tired (and sometimes mid career) executives to share their managerial know-how with ' enterprises in developing na tions. These voluideers, exem plars of the best in Ameil. can business, are helping the tree nations to help themselves achieve economic stability. Mr. Tarleton la retired man ager, refrigerator engineer at Hot Point Division of General Electric Co* Chicago and for mer chief engineer ofthe Norge Division of Borg Warner. £ rally for the Marion game that right, A powder puff lootbaU game by the pep club was refereed by Meaaera. Greene, Atwood and Brown. The home* doming court waa presented by BUI Rosa. Mias Welborn waa crowned during halftime activities Frl day night by Jack Heueun, president ot the student body. The homecoming dance Sat urday night capped the events. Sponsored by the student coun cil In the school lobby, mare then 200 students and alumni attended. Music was provided by tte Young Company. BusmessBoom List Is Growing Four new entries are on the “business boom*’ list kept by the Watauga Democrat, and the county's total of new businesses for the five-year period to end Dec. 31 has swelled to 101. The Rathskeller, a restaurant specializing in Kosher foods, was followed by the new Orbit Factory Outlet, Lbros Coins and ^Stamps and Watsonatta West erns. Located at 103 Appalachian St., the Rathskeller is owned by a local minister and three ASU professors; the Rev. Reg inald Smith, Dr. fcflke Perry, Dr, John Fish and Dr. Jim Smith. The restaurant opened Monday. Sept. 1. Orbit Factory Outlet is lo cated at 116 Blowing Rock Road. K is operated by Mrs. Waltber Lazier and features a wide ra rlety at tbe latest woman's styles. Mr, Walthar Lazier operates tbe coin shop next door at 118 Blowing Rock Road with his brother, Moreland. Walther La zier has just retired as head of the science department of a Key West, Fla., high school. His brother has retired as comptroller of their hometown, Jamestown, N. Y. Watsonatta Westerns opened Sept. 20 at the corner of King and Depot streets. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Watson, the store features genuine West ern apparel and equipment, in cluding dance costumes. Watson is a native of Banner Elk. To Pa. U. Meeting J. Car roll Brookshire, in ternal auditor at Appalachian State University, recently at tended the 13th annual confer ence of the Association of Col. lege and University Auditors on the campus of the University of Pennsylvannia. University Plans SecondAppraisal The Stats will have a aeeoad appraisal made at the old bur. ley tobacco mrebouae property b Boone before making a de dalon about it* purchase. The property, located on Fac ulty Street, la owned by the Town of Boone which utilizes It as a warehouse for Its larger equipment. Also, during tobacoo market season, the building pro vides extra storage space tor tobacco. The Town Board recently ex tended an option to Appalachian State University to purchase the property for *75,000. The uni versity asked for the extension mUl the Council of State could make a decision about Us nur ebaae. ASU bualneas manager Ned Trlvette aald the state la baring a second appraisal made since its policy la to secure at least two appraisals before purebas The original option to ASU was granted In June tor the pre vious town board. The board decided to give ASU preference on the land since the school already owns land adjoining It, The matter arose initially after the General Services Ad ministration cast Its eye at the property tor stts of a new Fed eral hdldlng In Boone, r .. ■?*•**'*■' -.If Returns Said To Be In line Other Regions How did the average termor in Watauga Courty make out in the past year? How much progress baa be made, in terms of gross in come, in the last five years? Compared with the earnings of termers and ranchers toother parts of the country, Ms re turns have been relatively good. The figures for the period are from a national survey released by the Standard Rate and Data Service. It shows that term receipts in the local area were $1,119,000 larger in 196ft than they were five years earlier. The increase was due, in part, to better yields per acre. Farm ers were able to produce more than in former years, despite the cutback in the amount of land under cultivation, by pour ing on more fertilizer, byusing more mechanical equipment and by improved tillage practices. At the same time, the de mand for farm products was on the rise and the prices paid for them some what higher. Even though the farmer received only a fraction of this additional revenue—most of it going to the middle raaiv—4t was .9^ sodte , , •' -benefit.' In Watauga County, the fig ures show, gross farm Income in the past year came to $6, 489,000, as against the $V 370,000 reported five years ago. Those were the grosf amounts, before any deductions for operating expenses. The increase in tee period, 21 percent, compares favorably (Continued on page two) U. S. Jaycees Official wm Be Here Friday Jack L. Brantley, of Colum bia, S. C„ vice president of the United States Jaycees, will visit with Boone Jaycees Friday. President Jim Hastings of the local club said that Brantley will begin his local visit with a atop between 9 and 10 a. m. at Boone Drug Company. He will address the Jaycees Friday night at their dinner meeting at 7 o’clock at the Town House Restaurant. Brantley, a native of Ridge* land, S. C., will discuss ‘’Chal lenges unlimited in ’69,” the platform he ran on in Us cam paign for the national office. He was chosen as one of the three Outstanding Young Men of South Carolina by the state Jaycees in 1966. Hastings extends an invitation to local businessmen and civic leaders to meet Brantley during the morning visit. JACK L. BRANTLEY mi#: 1' M 'r?*r Extra Penny Sales Tax ? £f?-'A*'’’IKI Called “Last Best Chance” To The proposed extra penny sales tax Is being described u the “last best chance’’ for the taxpaying public to broaden financial support tor local gor enunents In North Caroline. The appraisal of the Nor. 4 rote came during a meeting in Boone last Tuesday of the 11 county northwestern district of • the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners. Jerry Elliott of Raleigh, pub. * lie relations director of the association, said the Nor. 4 1 election will not decide If there will be additional taxes. It will only adrise county offidala how additional rerenuee should be obtained, he said. The meeting was called by the association's executive secre tary and legal counsel, John Morris ey. Also on hand was Frank Lewis, who la filliig the new position of field secretary. Perry Greene, chairman of the Watauga County Board of, } Commissioners, was ro-elact ‘ ed chairman of the district. In describing the one per cent local optwn tax as the “last best chance” lor needed local rerenues, Mor $ riser and Elliott noted that if ► s, counties fall to approve tile tax ' proposal, future sessions of the f legislature are likely to turn to the tax for additional state rers nue. ,'fi Morrlaay noted that already , ' ralonim (property tax) ■ 1* producing the lsrgeet bunk | of.revenue throughout the state. Using figures for the 1997-44 ; fiscal year, be said tbs ad ,, ralonim tax Is producing 17 par cent of all revenue at ail .locals of govarnmnti In North Carolina. ■ < "C a Jj . '. And citing the growing paras aurat on cowdlea, citiea and towns for mors revenue, Mor ris ey said "It makes no sense ’far them to increase the Jmfl •once that already la produe fog the moat revenue.” MorrUey said the “federal system of government is at stake” in the local option tax, “There will be no strengthen* ing of local governments until they can get some measure of local financial independence^* Morrisey said, , j fcorrtoeijr npUigafl that Imral government* need not be to completely dependent upon Washington end Raleigh for fond*. Approval of the local option sales tax mill be a major step In affording local govern ments the means to finance and direct local programs, he said. Tbe local option sales tax Is ASU Enrollment Official enrollment total*, •how that the student body at Appalachian State University has tripled in size in the pant decade, - ASU Registrar W. Dean Mere, dlth says a total of 6,864 stu dents had registered ter tall Waiter classes at the univer sity. In September of 1951, Appalachian's full-time equiva lent enrollment was 2,277. ‘ A breakdown of the grand total shows 5,660 resident wo men and 3,204 men registered at the university. There are V 706 resident undergraduate stu . {ts* %* lx’jfc'V. A * ... •••' VKi i C .'•Ml ■>' dent* enrolled, 548 resident graduate student*, and 497gra duate students enrolled through 24 extension classes. One-hund red fifteen imdergraduates are also on the extension rolls. By classes, the undergradu ate total includes 2,185 fresh men, 1,370 sophomore, 1,204 jixiiors and 909 seniors. Special students number 38, Students from within North Carolina number 5,981 and out er-state students total 883, AS IPs enrollment includes stu dents from nlns foreign conn. V ■'■ J, --i' the flret major opportunity ever in North Caroline for local gov ernments to broaden their tax base. In counties where voters approve the additional one per cent sales tax, nearly all of the penny will come back to the counties where It was collected 'to be distributed among county and town governments. For example, based on actual sales tax collections In Watauga County during 1968-69, It la estimated that a total at $294, 180 would be returned to the county annually. The county would get a total ot $212,010, Boone $58,068 and Blowing Bock $24,313 (Including $211 (tom Caldwell County). These figures would presume all 100 counties approve the tax. Morrlaey, reviewing the background for the reeeto legi slature's enactment ot the local option sales tax, noted that strong efforts bad been made since the middle 1950’s tor legislative direction In provid (Cootlnued cm page t<fo) v 1 -V “• -> ASU Students To Get Soft Drinks Without Tax Cost While taxpayers acorn the ■Me were moaning about the new crown tax on aatt drinks Wednesday morning, itudeti at Appalachian State Uiireratty .were breathing a little easier. After computing the advan tage* and drawbacks, ASU of ficials decided to try to absorb the Increase In soft drii* coats without addMoaal 1 arias on the student body. "In other words, our teocM drinks will remain ten cants oa the campus,*’ said NadTriestte, director of huslnass alBars, •• V.V' "and we will continue using the same nine-ounce cup in nor machines.” At the ASH cafuterle where etudent* consume come 4,000 loft drinks per day, Director of Food Services John Welborn -uld that because of the new tax phis an increase in whole sale prices, soft drinks costhlia fit per cent more than they did last month. "But we are still •oing to try to lire with our dims soft drinks," be said. AwlacMan*s UMrerstty Bookstore operates mors than t.. < h ■» t ' ' • SO soft drink machine* tor the resident student body of 8,S0t end plans there ere to 1'absorb 'the cost Increase oureehree as • sendee to our students," according to manager Homed Cottrell. i In addition, an army of clga t rette machines, also owned hy tbs Bookstore but stocked sad sandeed by an off-campus con tractor, will contlisie to dis pense cigarettes tor 30 cants pat peek despite tbs new two casts tax which will erase any profit tram ton parries, ^
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