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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1980 i0 CENTS PER COPY
BOONE WKATHE* .
1969 HI to Pm. Snow *66 Hi Lo
Oct 28 52 32 SO 33
Oct 29 48 38 37 31
Oct 30 S3 21 51 23
Oct 31 49 47 85 26
Not. 1 53 47 1.51 69 53
Nov. 2 64 50 1.76 70 49
Nov. 3 55 44 tr. 65 41
22 PAGES—2 SECTIONS
wmauga ooutay voters Tues
day passed the $1,400,000
school hood Issue and the one
cent local option sales tax.
The overall vote on the school
issue was 2,533 for and 2,011
•gainst. The tax question tal
lied 2,314 for and 2,211, op
posed.
The school money will be
spent for Improvements at the
seved county elementary
schools and $900,000 of the
Mu toll go for a new elemen
tary echool In Boone.
The North Carolina General :
Assembly this year earmarked
$1,250,000 to assist the county ■
in proYiding a school lor stu
dents in Boone. The present
building and land are owned .
by Appalachian State UniTersity
and are to be withdrawn (Tom
the county system tor univer
sity use.
The Watauga Count) Board '
fc .V ■ , : . :&■:,i
t Education had optioned tome
10 acres of the Grady Farthing
tan in east Boone and lad
creed to pay (8,000 per acre
lending the Me of the bond
iseue.
The condition of the state
{lit of one and a quarter mil.
lion dollars was that unless
the Boone school were under
contract by Dee. 31, 1070, the
money would remit to theStete
* North Carolina.
The school hoard is on record
pledging the following expendi
tures at the county schools:
Bethel, *60,000; Blowing Rock,
*15,000; Cove Creek. *65.000:
Green Valley, *20,000; Mabel,
*60,000; Parkway, *00,000; and
Valle Cruda, *35,000,
For these schools, the board
also pledged *100,000 In Im
proved plumbing, heating and
electrical systems, *30,000 tor
additional equipment and
$23,000 to upgrade toiletlacili- ,
ties. '
The sale* tax Issue m voted
statewide la North Caroline, as
called (or by the Legisla
ture. Presstime was delayed
Tuesday night tor Inclusion of
local election results, but there
was not tlmo to tabulate the
results county-by-county for
this issue.
The local option tax, where
applicable, will mean anaddl
:■ ■ ' / . r>:\ ; i
tlonal penny on each dollar
spent by tin consumer. The ,
plan allows the county to re
ceive nearly all the tax it pays
In this maimer.
, Baaed on current figures,
the amount to be returned to
Watauga—eren If no other N.
C. county passed the tax—was
to be sufficient to pay the prin
cipal and Interest on tte school
bonds.
Unofficial Returns
BALD MTN.
BEAVER DAU
BLOW. BOCK
BLUE RIDGE
BOONE 1
BOONE-2
BRUSHY FORK
COVE CREEK
ELK
LAUREL CREEK
MEAT CAMP 1
MEAT CAMP 2
NEW RIVER 1
NEW RIVER 2
NORTH FORK
SHAWNEEHAW
STONY FORK
WATAUGA
TOTALS .
, SCHOOL BOND
For Agaioct
28 20
28 153
103 232
1<» 138
408 52
360 a
217 201
105 - 210
28 , 22
29 203
88 ,131
1* 9
628 U7
229 82
8 32 '
23 83
«7 143
89 157
2.533 2.011
ONE CENT TAX ‘
Far Against
31 IT ]iiV'
3* MX
: 339
133
, 394 03 > *
3is a •
199 339
■ 97 •' 319 :ft;
^ 33 37
- » ' 197 •.
• u w
19 19
• 991 179
300 109 B
• 34
■ 3s a
b ia sag
a ia.
3.314 ; 3,311
AT THE POLLS early Tuesday, voting ma moderate tut reported to be heavier In tbe first hour
lnso™ precinct* than in previous county elections. This scene was at tft Brushy Fork Town
■Up voting place where Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hodges wait their turns as Mr. and Mrs. B. J
get their ballots. Seen at tbe table'are Tom Brooks and Dallas Bodges (right). h~^h«i.*i
registration figures put total registration at about7,050of which 2,M» registrants were reported!
to be from tbe two Boone and two New River precinct*.
-$ H, Leon Norman, a native of
Avery County, was to begin Us
work yesterday (Wednesday) as
, director of the Watauga County
Department of Social Services,
Norman auceeds Dave P, Mast
- who retired In December IMS.
Mrs. Amelia C. Greer served
,,as interlum director until the
appointment of Norman. She will
resume her former position as
Social Worker H.
S The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bulletin!
Processing for replacement
of Social Security cheeks stolen
in Sunday Ugtt’s burglary at
Si«ar Grove post office was be
gun Tuesday morning at the post
office.
Blchsrd Gibson of the Hick
ory Social Security office was
at the post office Tuesday to
help recipients flle claims tor
new checks to replace those
lost in the robbery.
Gibson said the entire pro
cess should . quire only seven
to tea days. He was to have
left forms St the post office
for use by any recipient who I
might not have filed a claim,
Gibson said Us work was
speeded after foe Sugar Grove
rural carrier contacted most
of foe Social Security recipients
to inform them about the burg
lary.
He said that the Treasury
Department will stop payment
ao the cheeks as soon as tt>
learns which checks are miss
ing as noted In foe claims filed t
by recipients. . ;v ^
And, additional help will be
forthcoming from foe Social
Security office In Hickory, sc-,
cording to Don Marsh, manager
of foe Hickory regional office,
Marsh also said represents,
fives of Us office will be In
Boone Wednesday, Nov. 12, to
assist persons In filing forms.
The visit will be from 10 s. m,
for the remelnder of the day In
a basement office of the Wa.
tsogs County courthouse.
"No recipient will lose any
money" as the result of the rob.
bery, Marsh said.
Itorsb Issued s warning to u
persons who cash Social Se
curity cheeks to be extra cart
fig shoot securing Idcndflsn.
fine of strangers when they pre
sent Social Security cheeks. The
Treasury Department will net a
honor such checks and tbs party
, font ess has a stolen shack wilt .
hlM to make It good, he aald.
i - > . , l,
3. C. Norman, the new dlraet
or attended Banner Elk School
for two yean, the family moved
to Cuter County, Term., when
he was nine yeara old. They
moved to Burke County Inl952.
Norman wee graduated from
Glen Alpine High School and
from Western Carolina College
with a degree in business ad
ministration and social science.
In 1965 he joined the McDo
well County Department of
Public Welfare.
In 1967 Norman received Ms
master’s degree in social work
from the University of North
Carolina. He returned to the
Burke County department in
1968 as supervisor of the child
welfare division.
Norman is married to the for
mer Wanda Ledford of Morgan,
ton, a graduate of Pfeiffer Col
lege. She is a former director
of religious education in Metho
dist churches.
A Civttan, Norman la a for mu
Jaycee, Mr. and Mrs. Norman
: an members of tbs Uitted
Methodist Church. He la a staff
aerseant In the U. S. Armr Re
serve. He also is a memher of
the North Carolina Social Ser
vice Association and a charter
member of the North Carolina
Juvenile Probation Association.
Movers Erect
New Building '
Fox Brothers Moving and
Storage Company at Boone is
constructing another storage
building. Max Fox says the move
Is being made "due to demand.”
Begun a month ago, the con
struction Is expected to be oonw
plated In the next 30 days. Tha
two-story building la of Mock
and brick and will provide tha
firm an additional 4200 square
Unlisted Inventories c , ‘
County Uncovers
$350,000 More
Watauga County tlx nffVriala
me tmcoverad motor $350,
XXI In unlisted business Ineen
Drlei following ■ check with
he tote Department U Ren.
ue.
The inventories would gene
rate an adrllttonel (3,500 In
wunty taxes, according to Wa
Eauga Tax Supervisor J, C,
Lyons.
Lyons made to report to to
Watauga County Board ad Com
missioners at its November
meeting Monday.
The hoard instructed Lento
to notify the firms and sat to
board's December meeting for
appeals to be heard. The board
•rill meet on Monday, Dec. 1.
Lyon* wa> In Raleigh last
weak where ha checked Imran,
to rise listed in state Income
tax returns against to list
Inge ot to same firms for
couto tax purposes as aflast
January 1. '
A similar cheek test May re.
reeled Inconsistencies amount,
fog to some $1 million. They
checked tax returns on 33 Wa.
tonga Cooatg oorpnateksw, •
compute* and partncrtldp*
than. Lyona reported disc repan
•to* in 90 per cut at the 11st
1«P.
As they did test May, com.
mtesionars declined to list tbs
name* of the taxpayers in
tMectian.
to ether matte;*, th* board
named a irtna-man county
recreation commission and ap
proved a petition tor th* par*
ini at O mites of tha Tama
rack Road in northwestern Wa
tauga County. A id-mu dele
gation (Tom the area presented
the petition. The delegation was
lad by VISTA volunteer Lloyd
Tarveetad,
Th* board agreed to transfer
$500 from the AFDC tund lttthe
Department ot Social Sarricaa
Udo a new toad Jot child wel
fare. The board, however, re
a erred a final decision fbr
fima to check out tbs procedure.
Not on th* agenda waa a
formal request from thu Wa
tauga County Pluming Boardfar
approval of a flvo-pola pUnefng
etady lor Wattage Ceuta,7, -I,
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At Sugar Grove Sunday Night
rh >
Sheriff Gets
Call At 6:55
Last Monday
By blowing up tbs safe In tbs
Sugar Grove (N. CJ Post Office
burglars made off with $11,000
in Social Security checks,about
SO money orders, $4,180.66 in
stamps and $11.43.
Sheriff Ward G. Carroll said
he was called about 6|5S Monday
mbrHngsnd arrived at fee scene
about 7:20. He termed the burg
lary professional and said tbs
safe was blown expertly With
dynamite or TNT.
The main door on the north
aide of the building was forced
open "with a large obJeeV* he
sadd, “such as a crow bar or a
large wrecking bar.” An Inside
door to thecubiclecontaining the
safe was opened In the same
way.
The Sheriff said the burglars
used the high explosives “as If
they knew exactly where to put
their charge Just to blow the
door open.” IBs office reported
.they had received no report in
■the surrounding community
about a loud noise during the
sight.
The Social Security checks
were to have been delivered
Monday morning.
Foetmaater of the Sugar
Grove Post Office Is Cannon
Ward. Clerks are Mrs. EdnaG.
Shepherd and Mrs. Dora Dean
Lawrence.
and a poat&I inspector from
Charlotte were called In to as
sist In the Investigation.
The Sugar Grove burglary fol
lows upon two recent poet office
robberies, one In Greer, S. C„
and the other in Bandtoman,
N.C.
B was Halloween In Randle,
man when the postmaster, Mrs,
Audrey H. Caabatt, returned to
the Post Office to gat her son’s
(Continued on page two)
Weed Marl
Auctions
Start 24th j
LEXINGTON, KY,—The Bur
ley Sales Committee set the
dates of sales at more than
200 tobacco auction warehouses
In the eight-state burlay belt
region last week.
The committee, an industry
wide group whose membership
Includes growers, warehouses
and dealer Interests, set Noe,
24 as the opening date with
sales to be held See days a
weak until Dec. 17. (\;
Following a Christmas re.'
cess, salsa will resume Jan. t
and coidlnue at various locations
until the crop la sold out. Most
markets will conduct sales for
J1/2 hours dally.
Ike committee said snrs^
. , tCoattnaed on page tiro) ■ < ,
Examining the exploded safe In the Soger Grove Poet Office
are Sheriff Ward G. Carroll (wearing bat) and Cannon Ward,
Poetmaater. The large aafe wae (bund in thla condition early
Monday morning. Mora than >1,000 north of ■tamps, $11.34 In
cash, 50 money orders and $11,000 In Social Security checks
were listed as missing. (Flowers photo)
Basic Values At Stake, Says
Fortas, In Social Revolution
BY CHARLIE HAMILTON
The United States Is In a
"social revolution" with the
"basic values” of the nation
at stake, an ASU audience was
told last Tuesday night.
The speaker was former Su
preme Court JusttceandPresl.
dentlal advisor Abe Fortes.
The social revolution "al
ready has had some success,"
he said, "and whether you like
It or not, America will never
he the same."
But he added, the nation "may
be even greater" for the trials
tt Is going through.
Speaking to some 1,200 stu
dents, faculty members, and
local citizens, Fortas delivered
the Last In a three-lecture series
entitled Dissent and Disorder
on the American Campus,
The series was sponsored by
the ASU Artists and Lecture
Series with a (2,000 grant from
the S&H Foundation of the Sperry
and Hutchinson Company.
Previous lecturers were Dr,
Joseph Katz and Dr. Sidney
Hock. '
Fortas, Introduced by ASU :
President Dr. Herbert Wap, Is >
a native of Memphis, Tenu. He
was graduated by the Yale Uhl.
varsity School at Law In 1932
with a record so outstanding '
tttfft be Ml MUBlfl A monthly
cf the faculty.
EH <*•!
Fortas later opened a law office
in Washington, D, C. and
became one at President John
son’s closest advisors. Be later
was appointed by Johnson to the
High Court and subsequently re
signed smid a flurry of charges
that he bad accepted a consul
tant’s fee from a foundation
whose president had an appeal in
JUSTKE ABE FORT AS
tbe Court system.
Apparently Impressed with
the absence of zealous student
disco rSent and tension at ASll,
Fortas said, “Youareforhmat*.
Here, all tiie tension can be
devoted to study and teaching/’
He described the lecture ser
ies topic aa a “subject of ut
most urgency and Importance In
tide country,”
And Fortas lent no support
to the alma of student activists.
Instead, be cautioned preseat
college activists that their rf.
forts could tall If their goals
are beyond the tolerenee of the
nation.
But ha assured them of bis
Qrnntlcncd on page tsm)
ASU Symphony
To Give Concert
Hie ASUSymphooy Orchestra
aider the direction of Leo Rey
nolds will present thatr tan con
cert at 3 Sunday afternoon In the
1, G. Greer siwUSaHum,
The program will Include
compositions from Ayd\
Khachaturian, Prohoflat, Vau
ghn Williams and Eoy Harris.
Rogers V. Wblteoer, EngUch
professor, will bs aarraCor lor
the Protaflaif “Peter sad tee
Wolf". ■ - - ;«*
No admission sill beetarged.