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1970
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
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VOL. LXXXII—NO. 37
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19. 1970
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CAMPAIGN OPEtB—Mrs. Mark Hodges presents John Robinson with a membership In the Wa
tauga Association for Retarded Children In starting the association's annual membership drive,
Mrs, Hodges Is membership chairman, Robinson Is honorary chairman. Watching Is Ralph
Yates, president of the association, (3taff photo)
Will Aid Retarded Children
lhe membership campaign
tor the Watauga Association tor
Retarded Children began Tues
day, March 10, and will con
tinue through the month,
Ralph Yates, president of the
local chapter, said that Mrs,
Mark Hodges of Boone will
serve as membership chairman,
John Robinson will be honorary
chairman.
Co-chairmen at the drive will
be Mrs. Mable Bowman of Blow
ing Rock and Mrs. Robert Adams
at Vilas.
Goal this year is 200 mem
berships from parents, profes
sional people and interested
friends at the retarded. Funds
from memberships are used to
help provide programs for re
tarded children In the county*
Yates said that additional in
formation about the retarded and
local programs available for
them may be had by telephoning
267-2648 or writing the Wa
tauga Association for Retarded
Children* Box 523* Boone,
Filing Ends Friday Noon
Watauga May Not
Have A Primary
Candidates were scarce this
week as the noon Friday dead
line neared for filing for county
offices.
At noon Tuesday, there was
only one candidate for each of
the 10 spots up for election this
year.
Late filers will have until 12
Reward Offered
For Motorbiker
On Golf Course
A reward of $100 is being
offered by the Boone Golf Club
for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of persons
responsible for damage result
ing from motorbike operation on
the golf course.
The responsible person or
persons face charges of tres
passing and willful damage to
private property unless they de
sire to come forward and make
restitution erf said damage.
The announcement was made
by Joe Maples, pro of the club.
Maples said the damage was
done apparently during the
weekend. The damage was most
severe on No. 17 and 13 greens.
He said the damage would be
repaired in time not to delay
opening of the golf course.
DeMolay Names
New Officers
Charles Roy Williams, age
18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Williams of Route 3, Box 259,
Boone, was elected as Master
Councilor of J. T. C. Wright
chapter, Order of DeMolay, in
ceremonies held recently at
Snow Lodge 363 in Boone.
Charles is a freshman at Ap
palachian State University. He
has been a member of J. T. C.
Wright chapter for four years
and has been awarded The
Representative DeMolay Award,
the highest award a DeMolay can
earn. He will serve as head of
the chapter for six months.
Other officers elected were;
Danny Robinson, Senior Coun
cilor; and Jimmy Triplett,
Junior Councilor.
The Order of DeMolay, a
character-building organization
for young men 14 to 21, was
founded in 1919. Its 166,000
members in 11 countries around
the world carry on programs of
social activities, athletic com
petitions and civic projects.
Hoyle Davis Sr. is advisor
of J. T. C. Wright chapter.
o’clock noon to put in their ap
pearance at the board of elec
tions office In the courthouse.
Filed were? O. H, Foster,
seeking his third term as Clerk
of Superior Court on the Re
publican ticket.
Turner Storie, Republican
candidate for the office of
sheriff.
Perry Greene, Kenneth Wil
cox and Gene Wilson, Repub
licans seeking re-election to
their second two-year term on
the board of county commis
sioners.
And, James Marsh, Hugh
Hagaman, S, C. Eggers Sr.,
John Hollar and Eds el Cook,
ail seeking re-election for two
year terms on the Wataugc
County Board of Education. TMb
election is on a non-partisar
basis.
in addition, State Rep. James
Holshouser Jr. has filed with
the local board for re-election
to the district House seat.
Incumbent Sheriff Ward G,
Carroll, a Democrat, had not
filed as of noon Tuesday.
If no opposition appears by
Friday, there will be no pri
mary election in Watauga Coun
ty on May 2.
There would be a primary 1r
the school board election onlj
if more than 10 candidates filed.
District School Board
Meets In Newland 18 th
The Annual Meeting of the
District 15 School Boards As
sociation will be held at Avery
County High School in Newland,
March 18, with registration be
ginning at 4 p, m. The theme
for this year’s gathering of
school board members, district
committeemen and school ad
ministrators is "Schools for the
Seventies", School units in
cluded in the district are? Avery,
Burke, Caldwell and Watauga
Counties and Lenoir City units.
Following registration, the
afternoon program will consist
of workshops on "Occupational
Education" led by Dr, Charles
Law of the State Department of
Public Instruction and "Human
Relations - Involvement in the
Schools" led by Mr, Robert
Strother, Assistant to the State
Superintendent,
Dr, Herbert Wey, President
of Appalachian state University
at Boone, will be the principal
speaker for the evening
speaker for the evening session.
His address will follow a ban
quet in the school cafeteria.
These area conferences of
Ski Report
Two area ski slopes were
open Tuesday while a third
slope held off closing (or the
season depending on weather
conditions.
All slopes at Beech Moun
tain were open with an 18-30
'Inches at natural and manmade
snow. Temperature was 28 de
grees.
At Sugar Mouitaln, conditions
on the beginners slope were
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the North Carolina School
Boards Association annually at
tract over 4,000 school board
members, committeemen, edu
cators and other interested per
sons, An attendance of approx
imately 200 is anticipated for
the District 15 meeting, Mr,
Scott Wiseman of the Avery
County Board of Education is
serving as President and Mr,
W. R, Bracey, principal of Avery
County High School, is Secre
tary, Mr, Harry McGee is Super,
intendent of Avery County
Schools,
Sheriff To Be
Paid $300 Per
Month For Car
A new arrangement for the
Watauga County sheriff to be
paid $300 a month travel allow
ance was agreed on Monday
night by county commissioners
and Sheriff Ward G, Carroll,
The agreement came during
a meeting of the sheriff and
commissioners.
At a previous meeting Carroll
ted told the board that the
county*s car was in such a con
dition that it was beyond eco
nomical repair. The board indi
cated then that it was considering
changing to the travel allowance
plan.
No date was set for the change
to become effective. But it is
expected to depend on when
Carroll gets his own car. The
present sheriff’s car will be
•old.
Don’t Mail Your Forms!
Watauga Residents To
Get Census Papers Soon
Enumerators
To Start Work
First Of April
BY RACHEL RIVERS
If television says return your
questionnaire, beware.
The Bureau of the Census will
determine the national popula
tion, and assorted statistics
about it, in two ways.
In high population density
areas, census takers will wait
for the United States mails to
return the verdict. It is to these
areas that a network television
campaign is to be directed.
But Watauga is a “conven
tional* ’ area, according to Frank
Bateman, He is a regional tech
nical (keeps things running
smoothly) for the Charlotte of
uce cm me u. a, uureau oi tne
Census.
In late March, the Post Of
fice will deliver a census ques
tionnaire to every residence it
knows about, April 1 will be
census day and the 18 “census
enumerators” assigned to Wa
tauga County will begin a job
Bateman believes will be finish
ed “probably in the first two
weeks.”
They will pick up the forms
from householders who received
them in the mail and have them
already filled out, Bateman
stresses, do not mail your
questionnaire back to the Bureau
of the Census.
If you have not received one
in the mall, the census en
umerators will bring one to
you. If you are not at home
when they arrive, they will
return.
Preliminary counts will be
announced on an unofficial basis
around the end of April. Popu
lations by county and for towns
of 10,000 and more will then be
known,
“Hopefully by the end of this
year, the final counts will be
available,” Bateman says.
THREE FORMS
The Bureau of the Census is
issuing three forms in its 1970
program.
Everyone gets the standard
form. It asks “What is the name
of each person who was living
here on Wednesday, April 1,
1970, or who was staying or
visiting here and had no other
home?”
Also, how is each person re
lated to the head of this house
hold? His sex, color or race,
birthdate, marital status?
On page three of this form, the
government seeks housing in
formation. Do you have a tele
phone, kitchen, hot and cold wa
ter, flush toilet, bathtub or
shower, basement? How many
rooms? Are you owner or rent
er, are >ou one family or more?
Is any of your property used for
Dusiness:
What Is the value of the pro
perty? Or, what Is the monthly
rent?
Bateman says It takes 15 min
utes to Oil out the regular form.
It takes 30 to 45 minutes to
complete the triangle form,
which Is submitted to everyflfth
householder, or the circle form,
which is submitted to every20th
bouse the census worker visits.
They request information
they want only on the basis of
every 5th or 20th Interview.
Bateman says simply.
The triangle and circle forms
are set up to register the ans
wers with white dots which be
come magnetic impulses on s
piece of tape—'“the name does
not enter Into It*’—and the ma
terial Is fed to a computer.
All census formation is con
fidential, he says.
Bateman guesses the average
district office will handle about
tour tons of paper in carrying
out the bead-coui* next month.
"It may take the enumerator
up to two weeks to get around,”
Bateman reiterated.
But the thing he stresses most
Is not to put the questionnaire
back in the mall, no matter what
TV advises.
WATAUGA ELEMENTARY■STUDENTS HEAR THE SYMPHONY—
every third through eighth grade student in Watauga Courty’s pub
lic schools was treated to a special children’s concert hy the North
Carolina Symphony In Appalachian State’s VarsityGymnasium Frl
day afternoon. The crowd waa estimated at “more than 2.000“ to
Mrs. Otis Strother, president of the Junior Woman’s Club who
’earned with AS U*5 Artists and Lecture Series to sponsor the event,
—Story Inside.
Registrars And Judges Named
For May 2 Primary In Watauga
Registrars and judges for the
May 2 primary election in Wa
tauga County and the state were
announced this week by Dayton
Winebarger, chairman of the
Watauga County Board of Elec
tions,
Winebarger said that regis
tration of new voters will begin
on Saturday, April 4, in the re
spective precincts. Registration
books will be open from 9a,m,
to 6:30 p, m. that day and on
Saturday, April 11, and Satur
day, April 18, Challenge day will
be Saturday, April 25, from 9
a, m, to 3 p. m.
Precincts, registrars and
judges democratic and Repub
lican), respectively follow:
Bald Mountain—John Ragan,
Fred Holman and Leslie Nor
rls; Beaver Dam—Tracy Bent
ley, Linvllle Norris and Ray
Stout; Blowing Rock—Daniel
Klutz, Boyd Cook and Randall
Foster; Blue Ridge— R. C.
Greene, M. O. Coffey and
George Keller; Boone NO. 1_
Jewell Mast, James Stanleyand
Joe Houser; Boone No. 2_Ruth
McConnell, Vilas Moretz a«l
Phil Smith Jr.
’Copter Service Is
Being Promoted Here
BY RACHEL RIVERS
The whirly-birds are coming
to the skies of Avery and Wa
tauga counties.
They were to arrive Tuesday
tor a demonstration to county
leaders who may be interested
in supporting the Helicopter Air
Service, a proposed non-profit
corporation of which Bob Ring
ham is acting chairman.
Bingham says several were
invited to eye and ride the Al
louett No. 3, a Chanc-Balt
machine with room for a pilot
and six passengers. The
regional salesman and presi
Mass Vaccination
On Rubella Sunday
This spring could signal the first bout of an epidemic of Ger
man measles in the United States,
This Sunday between noon and 5p, m„ vacillation stations will
be set up in five county elementary schools: Appalachian, Blowing
Rock, Cove Creek, Green Valley and Parkway, Physicians hope to
Immunize all county children ages 1 through 12 against the dread
“RubeUa,”
Normally mild in its affects on the children, this form of mea
sles easily transmits to expecting women. In the 1964-65 epi
demic, more than 50,000 unborn babies were miscarried, still
born, or maimed by defects directly resulting from Rubella.
The local effort was announced last week by Doctor William
Derrick, chairman for the Boone Jaycees Rubella program. Other
civic organizations are joining the Jaycees and the Watauga Coun
ty Health Department in al .rting parents to the importance of the
vaccination program and the necessity of getting their children
Immunized this Sunday, a
Leaders of the program point out that the vaccine is given
without charge to the parent or child, *
dent of Chanc-Balt were to ar
rive here from Dallas, Tex^ ■
perhaps to remain until today. ]
Bingham has organized a £
skeleton committee: Gwyn
Hayes, president of the Boone
Chamber of Commerce; Stan
Harris, past C of C president,
and C. P. and Sam Morti
mer of the Avery Chamber of
Commerce. He was in touch
with Blowing Rock officials
Monday.
Bingham envisions a "broad
based, community effort” in
launching a local helicopter
service, which would not be tax- 1
subsidized. The idea is two or 1
three months old, he says, and
Indicated he is "still working on
transportation in general for '
the area.” (
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1
Bloodmobile
Coming Apr. 15 1
The Red Cross Bloodmobile 1
s coming to Boone W ednesday 1
ipril 15, t
The place will be announced
t a later date. 1
Two hundred pints are needed 1
> meet our quota. 6
Brushy Fork—Tom Brooks,
Eddie P. Norris and Hobert
Watson; Cove Creek—Tommy
rester, Don H. Perry and Bruce
Wallace; Elk—Jacqulin Dunn,
Iclen Triplett and V. C. Cox;
^aurel Creek—Ben Tester,
Bower Phillips and Sid Harmon;
rleat Camp No. 1—Joe Burkett,
im Hodges and William C.
tyers; Meat Camp No. 2—Ron
lagan, Odell Culler and Walter
'ester. New River No. 1—Tom
ouncill, Coaker Triplett and
*aul Miller. New River No. 2—
Jecky Barnes, Bart Norris and
larvin B. Miller.
North Fork—W. C.
outh, Daisy Laing and Edgar
Her; Shawnee haw—Ed C ha pell
Villie Rupard and Henry Mlch
el; Stony Fork—Bill \foretz,
tfdie Stewart and J.C.Greene,
nd Watauga — Arlle Hodges,
'rank Taylor and Johnny Town
end.
Schools Will
Get 2 Days Off
At Easter Time
Watauga County public
c tools will get two Easter
Dlidays, Friday, March 27, and
Jonday, March 30.
School Superintend ei* Dr.
wanson Richards said the two
ates are definite, regardless of
he number of additional school
ays that may be missed due
3 weather.
Presently the school system is
hort only one day due to
eather. Three days have been
lade up fay Saturday classes.
He said that after weather
azards are passed, the school
oard will make a decision abcx£
ow to handle the one day.
If it is made up, students will
ave their last day on Friday,
lay 29. Otherwise, students will
et out on Monday, Jime 1.