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rhl 1* Pm. MWBU. Rot. 18 SO 35 MtT Not. IS MM M 28 not. ao as ao ui n « 36 PAGES—a SECTIONS Co. New Way ,:ki0r\% nuKuga county U in tbepro MM ot comrerttng to the per centage method tor Mating *•*■<*■1 property taxes. The now plan wUl go Into f *®*e* with the Uattag at per *onal property durti* the Jan v nary ilating period. Tta Supervisor J. C. Lyon Mid abstracts will be mailed1 i to taxpayers the laet weak in § December. He Mid the forms will (foe toansjws the choice between the “percentage" method of ilst • ■ ‘ \ ■ , ; lug or a full ltemiiattoa of per* aooal property. Ljon* eaM tbe extern la tbe “trend” among Tar Heel couiw Itaa and already la in uaa in 40 par cant of the eountiee. The ayatom baa bean need for three jean in Caldwell County, be aaid. Lyons explained that tfaesya* tun makes it easier for taxpay er* to list their property sines they will not have to appear be fore a lister. Instead at the traditional listers, the county *iti employ •■helper!” In the various townships for a one week period in January. Lyons said the helpers’Job will be to assist any taxpayer who may hare trouble with the new forms. Names, addresses end dates the helpers will be in sendee will be published la ter, he said. Each tax lletlnc form will ■ be accompanied by a pre-ad dreesed envelope and stnuld be mailed back to the county ne later than Jan. 31,1970, Lyons Mid. -v, f U Individual property owners should choose to nee the sim plified percentage plan, they would simply accept ss the value of their personal household property a figure equal to 10 P*r cent of the assessed value at their house. Or, where, they rent their living quarters, the percentage method would be figured on personal property value at ten times thetr monthly rent. Where a taxpayer chooses not to use either -of the percentage toctiejUs, he nay list his prop erty end Us value on the lack side of the form. At the seme time, he agrees Oat Us listing Is subject to a check by the coun ty tax supervisor’s office. Lyons said the county will nal] some 17,500 forms out in De cember. He said Ids office will furnish additional forms where they are needed. Lyons said the basic purpose of the new plan is that it “equa lises personal property taxes according to what s person’! Cot, It's been a haphazard sys tem in the pest This way. It’s tee fairest to everybody.” IMU listings are tala dated steer tee' listing period, it will not be known how much effect tee system will hare on revenue from Individual property taxes. Lyons said, “some taxpayers will pay more and some will pay lees than before.” Lyons said tee new system is not expected to eoet tee county any more than tee old lilt taker system which em ployed a lister tor eechtownshlp during the month of January. ' Forms also will be seat tor . listing ot business properties. Where individual property taxpayers select the “percent age” method, the seli-listlng In volves only six steps. In event a taxpayer should choose to list household end other personal Property, a worksheet la provid ed on the reverse side. B lists 80 specific Items, bom furniture, clothing, hottj aad yard equipment to wig*. In addition, there Is provision to lump all ether personal prop erty Into an additional Unto There ere spaces tor listing livestock, term machinery, sawmill equipment and motor vehicles separately. The form explains the per* centage method thusly: “H the appraised value ct your house la $10,000, the tax (Continued oa page two) ' mock Agency Bryce Durham Bryaa Durham, a Wilke* I County native and graduate U : Appalachian State Udveraity, | haa acquired the local Bulck. j Pontiac agency and will operate '.It under the firm name ot | Modern Bulek-FootUcComs : For the laat alx year*, Dur :* ham baa operated the MU Aliy Ante Loan and Sale* Finance $ Company. Prior to that be naa aaaociated with Home Finance Company for IS year*. ■ The new dealerahlp became ■ effective November 18. The local fraochlae waa formerly held hy G, C. Greene Jr. and >- -operated aa the Greene Buick> Po dlac Company. A native of Wilke* County, e Durham la the aon ot Mr, and Mr*. Coy Durham, Ha waa graduated from Appalachian ■ State Udveraity In 1941 with a : degree in hlatory and phyaleal education. He taught one year at Mount PleaaantSchoolln Wllkac County after World War H. Mrs. Durham 1* the former Virginia Church of Wllkac County. They havetwocbUdreo, Jinny, a a color at Mt. Airy High School, and Bobby, 18, a defwaive guard on the Mt, Airy vaxeity. ; ■ . ■-=*;> Selee manager for tfodera Bulck.Pontiac wlU be Kelly Surratt, a Mt. Airy native who will join thettrif on December 1. Roy Marion ot Mt. Airy will be perta manager. Boone’a Bulck dealerahlp wee granted 31 years ago when Ralph Winkler opened the Watauga Salea and Service Company, Along with It went the GMC fraochlae. He later added Ford to the operation in partoerahtp with hi* brother, Stewart Wink ler. They later aepareted the two ftunetdaea, with Stewart Wink ler taking the Bulck daaler (Cootl nued on page tm>) BOUND FOB TARRYTOWN—Another hug* Watauga County balsam la being loaded for ahipmant to the bustling Tarrytown Mall stRocky Mount. This is the third successive year that the Eastern North Carolina shopping center has come to the county to select a Yule tree for the mall. Tarry tom manager George W. Braswell made several trips about the Watauga countryside before ha picked this year’s tree—and from the yard of Dr. L. D. Hags man's home on Cherry Drive. The boom of a truck belonging to Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. supplied the leverage to place the tree on a truck for shipment. Local Help in the rigging operation cams from Franklin Norris, Maynard Goea, Galea Scroggs and Dennis Hicks. The next picture of the Hagaman balsam hopefully will beafteritlsdecoratedlnChristmas finery, tbs focal point of Christmas shopping in Tarrytown. Staff photo) New Teaching Degree At ASU ; : '.v; - 1 ■ i’ The astlon’s fastest growing state collage* and regional uni versities must make nutted changes in the preparation of college teachers it they are to meet public expectations tor mass higher educations, leaders of these institutions were told last week. And those radical changes could possibly include such innovations as a unique doctoral program at Appalach ian State University. A report urging changes in college teacher preparation was released in Atlanta. Ga., to 200 presidents of state colleges and regional universities attending tbs annual meeting of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. President Herbert Way and president-emeritus W. H. Flemmona represented Appa lachian State Uni vanity at the conference. Alden Dunham, executive as sociate of the Carnegie Corp oration and author of the re " port, said the hugo axpanelou now underway in these schools —with average enrollment ax ' pected to double in the not decade Itss tempted them to engage in the "emulation of . Harvard and Brr'teley,” with amphaaia on graduate statist * and research leading to the tv PtoD. "They won't make it, their factdttee will betructratad,aad * ■ tMr students wlU sttffsrlfthay ■oths PtU>. routs,” be warned. ■ re.-v. C ;■ ■ ' Dunham proposed Instead a major Innovation In the prepara tton of college teachers thet would lead to a new teaching • degree, in contrast to the re search Fh.D. The new degree, called the "Doctor of Art!" OD.AJ, would be aimed at the preparation of undergraduate teechen tor both Junior colleges and four-year colleges, "There Is a growing gap be tween what the students and their parents want from higher education—-primarily under graduate education .-end the perspective of the profee slocals who are mostly Interested In the advancement of knowledge," Disdtem explained. "Clearly this f call* for development of a mw kind of profesalonal devoted to what the public tfalifce lfe pay. lug for.*’ The new D. A, degree pro poned for Dunham would enipba •lie teaching rather than re ■eareb and cut across all fields In the arta end sciences. It would contain both broad aca demic training and aupenrlaad teaching plua related aemlnar work In education. It would repreaant three yeara of grad uate work, and would be Intend ed to carry the name atatua and nreatige In the academic 00m (Qoattnued an page two) Will Close For Thanksgiving tinunagivuK uubu^b navi beta announced by local gov enuuobl ageoeies and buel nesses In Boone. All courthouse offices, ex cept the maglatrate’a office will be closed Thenlcaglvlni Day. eloMd. No garbage will be picked up Thursday. Offices at Appalachian State University will be eloaad. - - Moat business eatabUlb manta In Boone will be closed ' for the holiday. Appalachian Ski Mountain “New Outlook” Spreading AnnalaeMaa au *- ! "Nsw Outlook" has ipmdMO to the food sendees division at the growing aid arse bits si mowing Rock end Boone. Chester Jendrlck, a veteran (W at Stowing Rock’s Green. Sark Hotel, has Joined the SU Mountain staff as hand eM and manager of the lodge's ■M* m made Monday fajGrm tr MOnta JrvmnlnoiKr Other eontrlbutione to ttto •New Onllook" include ■ new touble chair lift, a new anew saodtttoning machine which as. litres perfect skiing surfaces, sew rental aids and boots, and i redesigned Alpine ad Shop, The Alpine amp. located in the Main lodge, opens on Sat. ■naqr, Nor, Sly with new Unas 4 tM totut dd fuldoa Ud «T-<rm*,*i eutom ltd jiwilry, aiding eonnaUci, ud irirjr tblng iU« to utirty tt» •Idar'i ■lighted wUm. Mnnet Him ttckm, with mrings up to |3t it purdaud bdore Chriitnaa, go on ull It Hu Sid Mountain lodge, opal . liondiyi through Fridiyi, t n. m, tu 4 p, n« tagbakn as ThuiUglrlnf Oto. '••V' .. 340,868 Pounds Sold Monday Quality Of Weed Expected To Improve Later The Boons Burley Tobacco Market opened Monday with •alee averaging »73.Mperhun dred pounds. Total tales for the opontnc day was 340,868 pounds for a total of <247,234.03. The openlnc day average waa Just two cents leas than tbe sea son average for the 12(8-89 season. ^^i^burWniAertti eludes ' **- '■ -rriffian»« Mountain Burley, Big Burley and Farmers Burley, the latter was the scene of the openliy sale. All of the warehouses were operated by a partnership of R. C. Coleman, Joe Coleman and Mrs. Harriet Sikes. said this year’s early offerings are off a bit In quality, •It’s hard to tell how quality will run as the season advances. We think It will Improve, ami prices with it.” Hie Boone market sales were tor tobacco that began piling Into tbs warehouse at 12:01 a. m. Friday, Nov. 14. The Boone market serves farmer* in Wa tauga and surrounding counties ot North Carolina and Ten nessee. Both the Wednesday and Fri day sales this week will be at the Big Burley Warehouse, Coleman said. The market will he closed for Thanksgiving. Frank Coffey Will Appear In Opera In Boston Frank L, Coffey, son ot Mrs. Paul A, Coffey at Boone,andthe late Mr. Coffey, will appear for four days neat month In Boston on the educations!' TV Con temporary Opera, "My Heart’s in the Highlands," by Beeson Saroyan, The opera will be perform ConUnued on page two) THE FOIST THANKSGIVING, celebrated at Plymouth In 1621 wan a harvest festival, a gathering of family, friends and neighbors and a time of games and feasting. About half of the 102 Pilgrims had survived the first winter, they had labored hard to build the village and plai* crops. When their harvest ms gathered they celebrated. City Board Postpones Action On Zoning Law The Boone Tom Board post poned action on the proposed outside soiling ordinance until a special mooting Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p. m. in tom hall. The board's decision to delay again its action came last Thursday night at the regular Noremher meeting. The board held a public hear ing on the question on Thurs day, Nov. 13. At that time, the board postponed further con sideration until after It heard from an attorney representing a group of citizens whooppoaethe ordinance. The attorney, Stacy Eggers, appeared last week and argued that the tom should annex the areas in which they wanted to have soiling Jurisdiction. It would give the necessary pro tection and give the people the right to have a voice In the city government, he said. Several people expressed thair disapproval and approval to the board. Mayor Gordon Winkler stated that the tom officials were attempting to have an orderly growth In casein the Debbie’s Cup - * Is Yet Filling Debbie*! Cup got a Mg swell this week with a donation of 9t71.0> from members of the Watauga Rescue Squad. Mrs. Jake Jones of Blowing Bock, treasurer of the fund, said the total now stands at 9M21.17. Tha contrlbMfcme are desig nated to finance corrective eur (Coottnued on page tta) ' near future they wanted to ex tend the city limits. A 168 name petition was given Mayor Winkler a*king that the board vote against the change. Requests for water rate ad justments were made by local managers of two Industries, Jack Crooland of Vermont American and Lee Propat at VBC. Both men explained tlwt ■ their plant* were he ring to turn to town water supply for much of their water. The board voted to give town employees a fXS unrotma* bonus. It will be included In the December 15 check. In preparation for enow re moval. the board called for no parking on King Street between 11 p. m. and 7 a. m. Moore Named To Supreme Court Former Governor Don Moore, » brother to Mre. James H. Couoclll of Boone, was appoint ed to the North Carolina Su preme Court last Thursday. Moore "Is eminently quali fied to assume the bench of North Carolina's highest court,"Got. Bob Scott said In announcing the appointment. Scott pointed out that Moore, (3, had served 10 yean as a Superior Court Judge, and also as a member of the General Assembly before becoming gov ernor. Moore will fill the associate Justice's seat Mt vacant hy the promotion of William H, Bobbitt to chief Justice. Bobbitt r*. placed B. Hunt Parker, who died last week of a heart attack. Moore’s middle-of-the-road philosophy that marked Ms term as governor will replace Park er*s staunch eooservatlsm. The former chief executive, whom Scott succeeded last Jan-' nary, will Join a court to width be appointed half the ewrrert awtenUh t During Ha tarm of office Moore named to the aereo memtwr court I. Beverly Lake, Joaeph Branch and Frank Hua klna. ({Continued on page tap) '■M
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