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NO. 32
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1970
10 CENTS
Snow Queen To Be
Crowned Saturday
Four of the 11 contestants
in the current Snow Queen of the
South competition were named
finalists Sunday at a luncheon
in Holiday Inn.
They are (alphabetically)
Marilyn J, Bennert, a co-ed at
the Udverslty of Georgia; Linda
Braswell, a Boone resident now
attending UNC-Greensboro;
Barbara Ford, a speech and
drama major at East Tennessee
JUNIOR QUEEN—Evangeline Roberts of Route 4, Boone, the
current Junior Rhododendron Queen, will be among the beauty
titlists participating in Snow Carnival activities this week. A
seventh grade student at Appalachian Elementary School, she is
12 years old and has participated in a number of local theatrical
productions.
Ski Report
Excellent skiing conditions were reported at Watauga area
ski centers as the area prepares for an all-white Snow Carni
val weekend.
All slopes were reported as open.
Up to 14 inches of natural snow was reported at some
centers Tuesday morning by the Snow Carnival headquarters
ski reporting service in Boone.
Low temperatures and heavy bases of snow on all slopes
indicated that the conditions would be good through the entire
Snow Carnival week.
At Appalachian Ski Mountain, a 15-inch base on the beginner
and irtermediate slopes was covered by three inches of natural
snow. The events slope had an additional five inches of man
made snow. Temperature was 20 degrees.
All slopes at Beech Mountain were open with an 18-inch
base plus ten inches of natural snow. Temperature was 18 de
grees.
At Seven Devils, a 12-18 inch base was covered with 10
12 inches of natural snow. Temperature was 20 degrees.
All slopes were open at Hound Ears to members and guests.
The base was 24 inches with four more inches of natural snow.
Temperature was 22 degrees.
Sugar Mountain reported all slopes open with the mile
lor^ chair lift operating. Beginner and intermediate slopes re
ported a six to 20-inch base plus 10 inches of natural snow.
The advanced and expert slopes had a 15-30 inch base plus
10-14 inches of natural snow. Temperature was 19 degrees.
$198,659.50 Is Allotted
For Secondary Road Work
A total of $198,659.50 In secondary road Improvements will be
umiertaken this year In Watauga County by the District Highway
Departmert.
Of the amount $50,000 will be used to “stabilize 13 miles of
school bus routes," according to Gilbert Mast, district engineer.
The largest slice, $97,677.11, will be used to grade, drain,
base and pave the following roads:
From US 421 to dead end CBud Teams Road) for one-fourth
mile; from State Road 1559 N.- W. (Church Road at Foscoe) for
seven-tertte of a mile; and from State Road 1524 to State Road
1514 (Holiday HU1 Road) for a distance of one mile.
For engineering and rigig-of-way work, $25,736 has been al
lotted locally.
Listed for gradlig, draining, stabilizing and structures Is
$7,159 earmarked for the following roads; Hicks, Big Branch,
Spice Creek, Wlllet Miller, Smith Isaacs and Grandfather Moun
tain.
For pavlrg programs, $18,087.39 in additional funds is avail
able and will be used on the Howard’s Creek Road, Clint Norris
Road and to oomplete Rainbow Trail, the old Hartley Road, Hamp
ton Road, Coffey Road, Big Branch Road and Spice Creek Road.
State University; and Becky
Harrill, a student at Appalach
ian State University,
The contestants and their
chaperones from the Boone Jay
cettes met the judges Saturday
at a luncheon held at Hound Ears,
Afterwards, the girls went to
Holiday Inn where they were in
dividually interviewed by the
judges.
The final decision will be de
rived next Saturday, after the
judges have lunch with the fin
alists. At the Snow Ball at Sev
en Devils that night, the 1970
Snow Queen will be crowned.
The first runner-up will get
the title if for any reason the
new Queen is unable to serve out
the year.
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Miss Bennert, 20, is being
sponsored by the Ski Club of the
University of Georgia in Athens.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam H. Bennert, she is secre
tary of the organization and has
been skiing since the age of six.
Her parents moved to the South
from New Jersey six years ago.
Marilyn's special interests,
in addition to skiing, are writing,
reading and working with chil
dren.
Miss Braswell, age 19, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Char
les C. Braswell of Route 1,
Boone,
In High School, she served on
various committees and was a
class officer. Now in her sec
ond year at UNC-G, she is plan
ning to transfer to Appalachian
in the fall.
During Christmas, she was
employed at Beech Mountain.
She lists among her hobbies and
special interests golf, tennis,
bridge and music.
Another finalist who was
backed in the competition by a
ski club is Miss Barbara Ford,
19, daughter of Mr. Clarence W.
Ford of Morristown, Tenn.
Barbara's sponsor is the
Mountain Empire Ski Club of
Elizabethton, Tenn. In addition
to her interest in skiing, sheen
joys tennis, bowling and travel
ing.
A member of Sigma Kappa so
rority, she was a semi-finalist
in the Miss Johnson City beauty
pageant for 1970 and was select
ed Campus Sports Queen of ETSU
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KUUULrH OK C, JUNE,
Bell Employees
Get Promotions
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Telephone growth in the Boone
and Blowing Rock areas has
brought about new job assign
ments for two Southern Bell
employees in this area.
Rudolph C#- Greene has been
promoted to Service Foreman
and W, E,~ Rucker, former Plant
Foreman, has been appointed
Central Office Foreman.
In their new assignments,
Greene will be responsible for
the installation and maintenance
of all telephones in this area
and Rucker will have the re
sponsibility for the operation
and maintenance of switching
equipment in the Boone and
Blowing Rock central offices.
A native of Blowing Rock,
Greene was educated in the
Blowing Rock schools. A grad
uate of Blowing Rock High
School, he served in the U. S.
Army Training Command in
Hawaii for three years prior to
joining Southern Bell.
He is quite active in Blow
ii^ Rock community and church
affairs. An elder and trustee of
the Rumple Memorial Presby
terian Church, he also is a mem
ber of the Snow Lodge Masonic
Order and Blowing Rock Ruri
Un Club,
Greene resides i n Blowing
Rock with his wife, the former
Daisy Brown, and daughter Ella,
a sophomore at Watauga High
School.
MAK1LYN BENNERT
LINDA BRASWELL
BAKA r UHU
BECKY H Ait RILL
Early Church
Hours Sunday
In connection with the Snow
Carnival of the South, some
churches will have early ser
vices Sunday morning.
According to the Rev, J. Boyce
Brooks, the following Boone
churches have submitted a re
vised schedule for this week.
Grace Lutheran Church and
First Baptist Church will hold
an 8 a. m, service with a fellow
ship period—coffee and dough
nuts—-before and afterwards.
The first Presbyterian
Church will hold its 9 a. m. ser
vice as usual.
Boone United Methodist
Church will hold its early ser
vice at 8;30 a, m. rather than
8:45.
All others are as listed.
Todd Soldier
Killed In War
Sp/4 Jeff Miller, 21, of Todd,
was killed in action Sunday, Jan
uary 25, in Vietnam.
He was born in Watauga Coun
ty to Mr, and Mrs. William D.
Miller.
Surviving are his parents of
Todd; four sisters, Mrs. Mar
tha E. Winebarger and Mrs.
Grace Proffitt, both of Todd,
Miss Lola Miller of the home,
and Mrs, Lucy Eggers of Route
2, Boone; two brothers, Luther
Miller of Todd and Charles H.
Miller of Route 2, Boone; his pa
ternal grandmother, Mrs..Sarah
Miller of Todd; and his mater
nal grandfather, Harrison Shel
ton of Todd.
The Rev. Archie Clawson and
the Rev. Noah Johnson conduct
ed the funeral at 11 o’clock
Tuesday morning at Proffitt’s
Grove Baptist Church in the
home neighborhood. Burial with
full military honors followed In
Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Governor, Ty Boyd Marshals
Carnival Parade To
F eature 7 Queens
Winter Sports
Celebration
Climax Friday
A gala 37-unit Snow Carni
val parade, featuring Gov, Bob
Scott and a bevy of beauty
queens, will highlight activities
of the winter sports celebra
tion Friday afternoon in down
town Boone,
Governor Scott and TV per
sonality Ty Boyd of Charlotte
will be grand marshals for the
parade which begins at 4 p, m.
The procession will begin on
East King Street at Horn in the
West Drive and travel westward
along King Street to Water
Street,
Other highlights of the parade
will be the Snow Carnival Float
featuring the reigning snow
queen, Miss Pat Mozingo, and the
four finalists in competition to
succeed her and Parade Marshal
PntlAn
Among the beauty queens will
be Rhododendron Queen Mary
Selene Duncan, and her junior
queen, Miss Evangeline Rob
erts of Boone, Tobac coland
Queen Miss Martha Kosmahly
and Miss Cheryl Johnson, Miss
Southport Fourth of July,
The parade line-up follows;
Police car,Sheriff Ward Car
roll, Fred Kirby, Watauga High
School Band, Governor Scott and
Ty Boyd, Chamber of Com
merce Float, mayors, Rufus
Ed mis ten, Gail Horton and Roy
Sowers, Conservation and De
velopment Board, Avery Cham
ber of Commerce Float, Eller
vending train float, Tobaccoland
Queen float, Beech Mountain
Float, Tobaccoland Queen,
Sugar Buggy, Seven Devils float.
Also, WATA float, Queen of
Hearts, Junior Miss Rhododen
dron, Charlotte Drum and Bugle
Corps, Miss July Fourth, Miss
Blueberry Queen, Broyhill float,
Joey the Clown, Tweetsie Float,
Avery County Jaycees, beauty
shop float, First Baptist float,
Rhododendron Queen, Swiss Ski
school float, snowmobile, car
dealers, Ski patrol, Appalettes,
Snow Carnival float, ASU Band
and Watauga Rescue squad.
ALL SET TO SKI—Participating ski resorts are celebrating the Snow Carnival at the South with
half price skiing and equipment rental through Thursday, Feb. 12, and again next Monday. (Staff
photo)
Harry C. Robbins New
Head Caribbean Corp.
BANNER ELK, N. C^—Caro
lina Caribbean Corporation on
Friday elected Harry C. Rob
bins as president of the company
succeeding his brother, Grover
C. Robbins, Jr., who assumed
the new position of board chair
Grover and Harry Robbins
were principal organizers and
promoters of Carolina Carib
bean, a resort and land de
velopment company headquart
ered at Banner Elk, N„ C.
Grover C. Robbins, Jr. has
served as president and chief
executive officer of the company
since its founding in 1964 and
Harry C. Robbins has served as
executive vice president. Jerald
C, Llebhart, who has been as
sociated with the Robbins bro
thers in their various enter
prises for 15 years, will move
up from his present position as
vice president for construction
and development to executive
vice president. Mr. Llebhart
Lynn E. Holaday
Gets New Position
Lynn E. Holaday, Personnel
Officer at Appalachian State
University for the past three
and one-half years, has been
named to fill a newly created
position in the office of ASU*s
Director of Business Affairs,
Effective Monday Holaday be
came the university's first Di
rector of Auxiliary Services,
and Larry Nance, assistant di
rector of the Student Center on
the campus, has accepted the
position of Personnel Officer to
fill the vacancy created by Hol
aday’s promotion.
Explaining the need for the
new position, ASU Director of
Business Affairs, NedTrivette,
said ‘ ‘The University operates
several auxiliary services with
total annual budgets of $12 mil
lion,
“These services (New River
Light and Power Company, the
University Bookstore, Univer
sity Laundry, campus food ser
vices, rental properties and
faculty housing) have grown
tremendously in the past few
years, and we have desperately
needed a position to coordinate
this phase of the university's
operation,"
Detailing the new director’s
duties, Trivette added, “He will
work closely with the superin
tendent of New River Light and
Power to gear the expansion
program of the company to the
growth of the campus and of the
community; he will be concerned
with determining future housing
needs of students on campus,
and he will be searching for ways
to finance some type of faculty
housing.
“He will also serve,'* Triv
ette continued, “to determine
the needs of students and faculty
members in the Bookstore and
will assist the managers of all
the auxiliaries in providing the
best possible service to the
university community."
Holaday will assume much of
the responsibility formerly car
ried by the Director of Busi
ness Affairs. His appointment
will relieve Trivette’s time
schedule and allow him to main
tain closer contact with the cam
pus community.
As the university’s new Per
sonnel Officer, Nance will as
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Schools Closed
Due To Snow
.Schools in Watauga, Avery
and Ashe counties were closed
Tuesday as snow made many
roads hazardous for travel.
The Tuesday closing left Wa
tauga County schools three days
behind schedule for the year.
Two of the makeup days are sch
eduled for Saturday, Feb. 14, and
Saturday, Feh, 28.
Tuesday was the fourteenth
day schools nave missed due to
weather this school year.
is also executive vice presi
dent of Tweetsie Railroad Inc,
In making the announcement
following a special meeting of
the board of directors, Harry
C, Robbins stated that while
the change in management
structure had been planned for
some time, present timing of the
change was precipitated by the
illness of his brother, Grover,
preventing him in recent months
from being active in the “day
to-day operation" of the busi
In a note read to directors,
the 50-year-old Robbins said:
“Due to a recent serious ill
ness it lias become impossible
for me to continue to be active
in the day-to-day affairs of the
company and its many projects.
As many of you know, for the
past year or so and particularly
in the last few months I have de
voted the bulk of my time to
consulting with Harry and other
officers of the company with
respect to concepts of develop
ment and planning, I have also
devoted a considerable amount
of my time to development of a
strong management team and
reconstruction of lines of
authority to best interests of
the company, I feel that it is to
the best interests of the company
that I step down and assume the
position of chairman of the
board, I shall continue to be act
ive to the best of my ability
in developing new projects and
concepts for the company.”
Harry C. Robbins stated that
the company would continue its
present developmental course
with projects at Beech Moun
tain, Charlotte and Linville in
North Carolina and in St.Croix,
U. S. Virgin Islands,
Mr. Robbins also announced
appointment of John Harmon as
vice president and director of
marketing for the company. Mr.
Harmon formerly served in this
capacity for American of Mar
tinsville,
Carolina Caribbean is a re
sort and land development
company whose primary pro
ject is Beech Mountain in West
ern North Carolina, a 10,000
acre golf and ski resort area.
In addition, the company is de
veloping a resort condominium
project in St. Croix, Virgin
Islands with the initial 101 units
near completion. More recently,
the company began developing
resorts for campers called Land
Harbors of America, the first
of which is being built at Lin
ville. Carolina Caribbean has
also expanded into urban de
velopment with the announce
ment of two new club com
munities near Charlotte, N. G.
Carolina Caribbean had sales
for the six-month period ended
Sept. 30, 1969, of $2,651,011
with earnings of 18 cents per
share.
North Carolina Gov, Bob Scott will take a major role in activities
during Snow Carnival festivities this weekend in the Watauga
area. In addition to his role as a grand marshal of the parade
Friday afternoon, he will be on hand for the meetings of the
board of the State Board of Conservation and Development at
Hound Ears,