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32PAGKS—<2 SECTIONS qiacK reference paus in tHs aerial view of Boone U _ JW* patch at right center: the root at the hurley tobacco warehouse on the Boone Thoroughfare. The photographer was Jerry Sudderth and tHs angle toofcs eastward. The road stemming bom the center-bottom of the picture ts Highway 421.321, a state maintained road known as King Street In down town Boone, I Stand -iraiSEir $23,245.6 ^ooxr $23,000 8,500 % ,,v 8,000 7,500 7,000 6,500 6,000 5,500 5,000 4£00 4,000 3,500 3,000 , i ; 2,500 P 2,000 1,500 1,000 ;/-.vVr :v,‘: ] * * 1 Vital Local Road Projects To >; *Be Constructed Next Summer V' - Work tt expected to start I next spring on widening a i.6 mile section of US 421 west ward from the Wilkes County line. And highway rdirfiW are hopeful that monies recently al located for the widening of Blow ing Bock Road In Boone will enable the project to be under contract by neat summer. Boone United Fund Drive Is Above Goal Boone’* Uhtted Fund drive hai taliped its$23,000goelwithtota] cash and pledgecontribidlonsof f23.245.60, according to Stanley Harris Jr„ treasurer. This year’s drive was beaded by Jerry Morels and Join Austin. Member United Fund agencies in Boons and their UF budgets Partis and Recreation $3,000; 4-H Council, $340; Girl Scouts, $1,824; Boy Scouts, $4,000; Red Cross, $6,000; Emergency Relief, $800; Wa tauga Comty Rescue Swad, $1,620; Agriculture Workers Council, $200; Empty Stoddiv Fund, $450; Humane Society, $300; Carolines United Fund, $2,000; little League, $1,000; and contingency fund, $1,466. Harris said the budget sur plus probably will be allocated to the Carolines UUted Fund | which requested $2,288,86. , J. E. Doughton of Wilkes boro, dMslon engineer, said the 421 maintain road wiil be widened to tour lanes with adequate shoulders. It will be similar to the passing lanes recently completed on the Blow ing Rock-Leooir highway, he said. ■ The project will be carried out tgr highway maintenance force*. The expected cot la 9375,000, Dougbton said. The funds were appropriated from highway monies durliv the ad ministration of Gov. Dan Moore. The area involved will be from the mikes County HnA westward to the west entrance at the old Orchard Road,into Chair Go. Will Open Plant In City May 1 A firm to manufacture beach equipment, Including chairs and umbrellas, will be opened next spring In Boone. Harrison R. Todd <f Holly, wood, Fla., said the new Arm will operate under the name of HAT Chair Company, Inc. The operation will begin by May 1, he said. The firm will employ up to 10 men, he said, and will be located In the old bonding alley building oo East King Street, Harrison has operated the Take- Aloog-Trarel Chair Com pany in Hollywood tor 15 years. The firm ships its products throughout the United States, he said. And much of the framing cornea from the Appalachian area. Harrison said Us firm has purchased theoldColrard build ing tor the Boone operation. , Boone, he said, Is located rigid In the heart of a good supply of beech, birch and maple. Harrison said the H ATChalr Co. will occupy only ths ground floor of tbe building. Mr. and Mr*. Harrlaon have (pent their aummera at their Meat Camp farm for the laat five year*. US 421. Doughton >ald right-of-way problems are expected to be worked out satisfactorily dur ing the next two months. Hie Blowing Rock Road pro ject In Boone is expected to cost up to $800,000. The Moore administration appropriat ed $450,000 for the project and the Scott highway commission last month provided the $350, 000 supplement. Flans for the project should be about completed, Doughton said. The area would Include widening from a point just north of the NC 105 Intersection southward to the area of the entrance of the Boone Golf Club. Doughton said the state al ready has the necessary 100 foot right-of-way for a five lane road with curb and gutter. Funds Sought To Bring Yule Cheer To Grandfather Home As hu been the cue tor more then 30 years, the Democrat end other buslneee people elong the Street ere seeking contributions to a fund to provide some added Christmas cheer for the boys and girls at Grand father Home for Children, Banner Elk. Word is that necessary revenues to sustain the facility are not coming easily this year and generous response j,- to this appeal is asked. The Institution has been supported well by local people, since most all of the children being t ■ reared there come from this Immediate area. ' ~f ' ' . /-■; •' Those desiring to coitrlbute are asked to leave their cash contributions with James Marsh at the Savings and Loan Association. Alfred Adams atthe Northwestern Bank, W. W. Chester at Belks, Guy Hunt at Hunt's or Rob Rivera f;r at the Watauga Democrat, Victim’s Body I Bore Evidence Brutal Assault Willie McBride Jr., 32-year* old laborer, was charged Sunday with murder following the ap parent stabbing death at Mrs. Pauline Turner at North Street Sheriff Ward G. Carroll laid McBride, of 213 Church St, was being held without hood tor preliminary hearing an Monday, Dee. IS, In Watauga District Court McBride was picked up at Ms . rooming address some 20 min. utes after officers discovered . Mrs. Turner’s body. He said she appeared to have been slab bed several time* and her throat out Carroll estimated that Mrs. Turner, a widow, waa killed between 10 p. m. Saturday, Nov. 29, and 3 a. m, the next day. An autopay was performed Mon day In Morganton. Carroll was alerted when the victim's mother, Mrs. Fred Grimes at Church Street called the sheriff’s office about 0:30 - ft m. Sunday to report that her daighter bad been missing since the night before. Carroll and Deputy Bynum Winkler searched the Turner woman’s home and fomd no trace at her. They found her body In the coal fain outside. Apprehending McBride were Winkler and Boone officers Zane Tester and William Maltha. Carroll signed the murder warrant on "Information and belief" that McBride was in volved In the death. Cterile Whitman, special agent at the State Bureau at (Continued on page twoV QUARTERLY VIGIL MADE EASY—Ite n*istretion lines In Appalachian's Vanity Gymnaalunr were shorter thaw usual this year because of an improved system which enabled ASU aftlolala to register some 6,000 in Just two days' time. Registration Made Easy At ASU Officials in the office at the registrar at Appalachian State University seem to have solved the problem at bow to register 6000 studects lor winter quarter classes and, at the same time, eliminate the traditional long lines and the customary gnash ing at teeth. In the experlmerial program, all students paid a flat fee and picked up meal books last week. Special fees, tor such items as ski classes, will be billed to Individual students during the coming three months. And when AS IPs student body underwent regular registration on Monday and Tuesday eg this week, all they needed to do was pick up course cards for their desired clessee. The prop— took about 15 minutes at the typical atudent’a Urns, ud It enabled tbe university to register some 6000 students In two eight-hour working periods. Other improvements which (Continued on page two) Bloodmobile In Boone Today The Bed Cross Blood mottle will be at the First Baptist Church fellowship hall Thurs day, Dee. 4 from 11 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Some 125 pints are needed to meet our quota. ^ To Lonoir 321 Buslnoss To Blowing Rock *—■) TRAFFIC MOVING FROM 321 BUSINESS TOWARD LENOIR MUST YIELD TO TRAFFIC MOVING FROM 321 BY-PASS. Indicated flow of traffic IN BLOWING ROCK—The State Highway Department has almost finished tbs new intarsaotloa of Highway 321 Business and 321 Bypass. Traffic moving from 321 Bnslmvia toward Iemir aunt yield to By pass traffic and motorists coming from Lenoir must enter 321 Bypass and tarn UH to get on 321 Business beading toward Blowing Rock. Tile Dew arrangement Is said to have caused some confusion and motorists should proceed with caidion. WHS, Dr. Miller "There to itocMBcmk torn to Watauga High School ... There to a commotion with Appalachian State Itatreraitrand Appalachian Elementary School.” Thto warning wee preeatoed to the Watauga County Board of Education bfcnday night by Wa tauga High School Principal Dr. N. A, Miller. "We do bare the problem and 1. thougtt jou ahotod he aware to tt," Or. IHUertoldtbeboard. tk>water, Dr, Mlltorctrcaaed Mat the "magnitude” to the ^ ■•■fs ■ ..problem Involved "less ten three or fpor.jor cent at tbt student body.” Thai is sons 34 to 40 students, he said. Dr. Iffiler said he felt the board should bars tbs report . from Mm since so many rumors * about druse at the school are iq circulation. Dr. Miller and the board agree that he should centime to report to the State Bureau at 1 Investigation any auspecteddnv problem at the school. A small number of names aW' ready are In the bands of the 86. And Dr, Miller has Invited par ' - enfc■ at this group to hU office tor private consultation about their eblldrea’a poaelble asso. • .at; elation with druga. He deacrlb ed thla etepaa “preventative.” Moat at those pa rente left -riV'-: feeling scared to death,” he v r/said. , Dr. Miller explained tbatdrug uae la a fel pjr and la too aerU oua tor atuderta and parents to be Joking about. And tUa com r v: plicate# the problems for stu dents who feel that parents will simply “ball them out U they '►'‘gat caught,” ha said. Asked what parents should do about the drug temptations. Dr. Miller said, “Just raise pour children to hope that they do not get Involved.** Dr. Millar stressed that It is ■‘imperative” tor parents “to know where jour children are and whom they are with." Dr. Miller told the board that ha has talked with the entire student body about drug use and Its consequences. t , As tor the source at any drugs. Dr. Miller Indicates they are suspected to have come from tbs ASU campus and £rom two other M1'-; .5 r • -if- - ■ ■; . sources la the couiSy. Be de clined to specify the two other sources. Be sold the suspected la- ’ stances Involving Appalachian Elemeitary School amouid to nothing more than an older brother passing along a stimu lant to a member of the toper elementary grades. Drug use in school Is a dif ficult matter tor a school ad ministrator. Dr. Miller said, who Is not trained as a “de tective.M He said every report, or rumor, must be checked out. It steals away Urns fromsprta- . !« W--. ' T eipaTs academic duties, ha uld. He has urged students, end parents, to etop joking about using narcotics and stimulates, f Be noted that students can get all sorts ot ideas and noHoos about drug use from television and movies. ■ As a practical matter, «Ws bard to And," Dr. Mni«r ..u In describing efforts tqr Us office to locate drug proUeam. “*■» eeeUj hidden . . . odor, lass and tasteless,'’ he And seen when samples are ’ Madtotoe Sg. toelaboratory . . —- -.',y . I . : . Ijniag uhtttesaavleaagb* . ' Dr. MQlar nil than la ao correlation between the suapeet ed use U drags and rtlndak at Watauga High School ad rtnhnMfc BrlUUat itiMi «*Jbe*dM Interested te testted ths thrills as othsre. tm Kfo:' Board member Hugh a«c. »rgad that the sabre aba. dote body not be < cause of the suspected action ct thee per estd. "We're got h trust hose other 97 par seat,'' M&*fl**M*.*£
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