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VOL. LXXXII—NO. 41
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16,1070
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PETER BROWN, actor featured on several of the television network Western shows and who made
ETnoS ®1»e?fanc“ Tweetsle Railroad summer before last, Is shown beh« welcomed back
toNorth Carolina at the Azalea Festival In Wilmington by Mary Selene Duncan (right). Rlndo
JktfdTMortonT1* and Bonlto ^ George, North Carolina Blueberry Queen QefW—(Photograph by
Program Details Given
Scott Will Officiate
At Wey Inaugural
Jforth Carolina’schief execu
tive will conduct the investi
ture of Dr. Herbert Walter Wey
as Appalachian State Univer
sity's fourth president, accord
ing to Bob Allen chairman of
the Central Inaugural Commit
tee, who today announced final
details on the April 24 cere
mony.
At the end of Gov. Bob Scott’s
inaugural address, John P.
Frank, chairman of ASU*s Board
of Trustees, will call to the
podium Dr. Wey and president
emeritus Dr. W. H. Plemmons
who will bear the university's
mace, a symbol of presidential
authority.
Gov. Scott will then direct Dr.
Plemmons to pass the mace to
Dr. Wey and will charge the
new president with the responsi
bilities of his office.
The order of the academic
procession which will begin the
inaugural ceremony was also
confirmed today by the Inaugural
Committee.
Eight student marshals,
selected on the basis of their
academic standing, will lead the
procession followed by the dele
gates and other visiting digni
taries.
Registrar-emeritus of the
university, Herman R. Eggers,
will lead the ASU faculty next
in the procession followed by tte
university's Board of Trustees.
Last in the procession will
be the platform party led by
Dr. Plemmons carrying the
presidential mace. Following
him will be the Rev. Edwin F.
Troutman, Dr. Paul Sanders,
Provost erf the university, Ava
Creech, president of ASU*s stu
dent body, John P. Frank, Gov.
Scott, Dr, Hugh Daniel of the
Board of Trustees, Mark Davis
president erf the Alumni Asso
ciation, James Marsh erf the
Community-Campus Relations
Committee and Dr. Wey.
Dr. Wey will bear the mace
and lead the recessional at the
end of the inauguration.
Music during the ceremony
will be provided by the Uni
versity Band under the direc
tion of Charles Isley, Dr. Max
Smith at the organ, and the com
bined University Choirs who will
sing W. A. Mozart's Laudate
Pueri under the Direction of
Dr. Joseph Logan.
Preceding the ceremony, an
11:30 Inaugural Luncheon will
be hosted and conducted by the
iniversity's students, and fol
lowing the ceremony, all doors
at the Plemmons Center will be
open for a faculty-hosted re
ception following the ceremony.
(Continued on page two)
WADE WILMOTH
New President
Boone Jaycees
Wade Wilmoth, this year’s
recipient at the Distinguished
Service Award, was elected
president of the Boone Jaycees
Monday night.
Those elected to serve with
Wade for the coming year are;
Bon Hester, Internal vice
president; Stuart Tug man, ex
(Contlnued on page two)
Spring Democrat Rally To
Hear Gates County Leader
Hep. Philip Pittman Godwin
<rf Gates villa, N, C. will be the
featured speedier Friday nlgW
at the Spring Democratic Rally
at Holiday Im of Boone,
For further information and
reservations. Democrats are
urged to call 267-2648. The din
ner meeting will begin at 7Frl
day night and local Democrats
who are up for election this year
are expected to be there.
Representative Godwin was
elected lnl961totheN.C.Hous<
of Representatives fromG a tea
County and has served in the
General Assembly since. The
counties of the First House Dis
trict which he serves are Cam
den, Chowan, Curtttuck, Gates,
Pasquotank and Perquimans
(two representativesX
Last July, Godwin was elect
ed interim speaker of the House
and presently la co-chairman at
the Legislative Research Com.
nUaalnn and co-chairman of tbs
Legislative Services Gommis
akm.
He recently was appointed to
a special commission to study
the Democratic Party In North
Carolina. Also, he has served
on the executive committee at
PHILIP GODWIN
the State Democratic Party from
Gates County.
Rep. Godwin baa been a Dea
con of the Baptist Church In
Gatesvllle where he was born.
From 1943-45 he was a Staff
Sergeant In the U. S. Fifth Air
Force, serving In the Pacific
Theatre.
He and Ms wife, theformer
Anita Thomas Freeman, are the
parents of Philip Pittman God
win Jr„ age 17.
The Representative received
Ms higher education at Wake
Forest Law School, IT,R. de
gree.
His memberships include the
North Carolina Bar Association
and the First District Bar of
which be is president.
Godwin has served on the
State Judicial Council and on the
N, C. Tax Study Commission.
Registration Activity Light
Republicans To Slate
Board Ticket From 8
Democrats In
No Contests
In May Voting
The chairman of Watauga's
Board of Elections Tuesday re
ported that registration for the
Saturday-May 2 primary
is “very slow."
This Saturday, the 18th, is
the last chance for registration
and the following Saturday will
be challenge day.
Two of the five Democrats
who tiled for the Board of Com
missioners have withdrawn, by
passing the primary. Running
next fall will be Hayden Fitts
of Blowing Rock, Jack E.
Williams of Boone and J, D,
Sboemake, also of Boone.
But the primary will offer
Republicans a choice of three
from a slate of eight candi
dates tor commissioner.
Sunning with the Incumbent
board whlchcomprlsesG.Perrj
Greene as chairman and Gene
Wilson and Kenneth Wilcox are;
James M. Cole of Route 4
Boone; David Bingham of Route
X, Sugar Grove; Robert K. Moort
of Route 1, Vilas; B, K. Dorsey
of Boone; and Randal J. Fostei
of BlowiiK Rock.
The present Commissioners
all have Boone addresses.
Incumbent Sheriff Ward G.
Carroll, a Democrat, faces no
opposition. But three Republi
cans will vie in the primary for
the spot opposite Carroll in next
toll’s election. They are Tur
ner Storie of Boone, Howard
R)indexter of Route 4, Boone
and Ralph Hayes of Triplett.
A primary will not be held
for the Board of Education,
since fewer than 10 filed. The
election is held on a non-parti
san basis for two-year terms.
The five current board mem
bers filed for re-election. They
are James, Marsh, Hugh Haga
man, S. C. Eggers Sr., John
Hollar (chairman) and Edsel
Cook. Also filed are John H.
Williams of Boone, Joe Hart
ley of Route 4, Boone and Eddie
P. Norris of Vilas.
State Rep. Jim Holshouser
who is seeking re-election in the
44 District (Watauga, Avery and
Mitchell) will face Republicans
Wood Hal Young and Mack S.
Isaacs in the primary. The win
ner then will oppose Democrat
M. Raimy Phillips of Boone in
the November election.
Two Democrats will do battle
in the state primary May 2
for the office of Judge of Court
of Appeals. They are R, A.
(Fred) Hedrick and Harry C.
Martin.
A Republican primary also is
being held in the 2 5th Senatorial
District of Watauga, Wilkes,
Yadkin and Davie counties, Mur
ray Coffey of Route 1, Blowing
Rock, will oppose former Rep^
Donald R. Binham of Davie
County,
Other elections in the fall will
be for Clerk of Superior Court,
with Republican 0, H. Foster
seeking his third term and
Democrat G. C. Norris of Route
2, Boone, having Hied for the of
In the Tenth Congressional
District, incumbent Congress
man Jim Broyhill, a Republi
can, and former Congressman
Basil WUtener are pitted
against each other.
And R, Howard Coffey of
Blowing Rock has filed for re
election in the county's only
constable race.
The County Elections Board
is comprised of Dayton Wine
barger as chairman and Stacy
Efegers Jr, of Boone, with Dal
las Hodges, a Vilas resident,
serving this year in place of
John H. Bingham of Boone,
VOLUNTEERS in the heart scanner program which seeks to test
some 13,000 mountain school children for murmurs were in
training recently in the fellowship hall of the First Baptist
Church of Boone. Here Paul Hlrschauer of the N. C. Heart
Association, which u sponsoring the program, explains the
operation ot the Phono-Cardlo-Scan to some of the local women
who are devoting their time to the project.
Enrollment
At University
Reaches 6,682
Appalachian State University
has enrolled a total of 6,682
students for spring quarter
classes, a 4.5 per cent Increase
over the preceding term.
Of the grand total, 5,106 are
resident undergraduate stu
dents, 537 are residents en
rolled In the Graduate School,
and 1039 are registered for
extension classes.
Some 780 of the on-campus
students are non-residents of
North Carolina,
The university saw a 13 per
cent Increase In Its enrollment
last September, and the size of
the student body has tripled In
the last decade.
Showing the proper use of the machine is Mrs. Lois E. Harrill. The test is painless, takes about
two and a half minutes and is given to children grades 1-12 only with the permission of their
parents. Some of the screening, which test for abnormalities in heart beat before serious damage
can occur, is being carried out in Watauga this spring, with the remaining schools slated for
next fail. Other counties involved are Avery, Mitchell and Yancy and Mrs. John H. RLi^ham is the
local co-ordinator for volunteers for Heart Sound Screening. CStaff photos)
Watauga Democrat Election Service
This Saturday will be the last
day for registering voters be
fore the May 2 primary election
in Watauga County,
The chairman of the Board of
Elections, Dayton Winebarger
says the books will be open in
the precincts from 9 a, m, to
6:30 p, m. on April 18,
Unless one registered in last
year’s special registration or
in the current registration
period, he will be ineligible to
vote in the primary, no matter
Variety Discount
Stores Are Bought
FUQUAY-VARINA, N. C^_
Nine North Carolina cities have
been added to the 52-store chain
of Pope Variety Stores in North
Carolina and South Carolina, the
chain announced Friday,
The chain purchased Variety
Discount Stores in Boone, For
est City, Marion, Statesville,
Newland, Spindale, Laurinburg
Star and Btscoe,
how long he previously has voted
in local elections.
Winebarger points out that the
new registration started in
North Carolina last year and
lists of voters kept up to that
time became null and void so the
state could set up its perman
ent, loose-leaf system.
A week t .om Saturday will be
challenge day and the Saturday
there-following the primary
election will be held.
In the case of a primary, only
military personnel may vote ab
sentee ballets.
ELECTION FACTS
In order to vote in the pri
mary, you must have resided
in North Carolina for one year
and in the precinct in which
you are qualified to register
and vote for not less than 30
days.
Disallowed are persons under
21 years of age, Idiots and
lunatics and anyone whose rights
of citizenship have not been law
fully restored following Us im
prisonment in the state* s prison.
(Persons sentenced to serve
prison terms also may not vote*)
The election laws of North
Carolina specify that “Only such
persons as are able to read and
write any section of the Consti
tution (of the State) in the Eng
lish language shall be entitled to
register and vote in any primary
or election held mder this chap
ter.’*
Under 163-57, entitled “Resi
dence Defined for Registration
and Voting’*, the law notes “A
person shall not be considered
(Continued on page two;
School Board Witholds
Funds From Contractors
The Watauga County Board of
Education is withholding $3,450
of its accounts due from each
of two contractors on the vo
cational wing of the Watauga
High School*
Swanson Richards, Superin
tendent of Schools, said Tues
day the board is continuing its
debate with Foster-Sturdivant
of North Wilkes boro and Elec
trical Wiring Company of Hick
ory over a penalty clause con
tained in the contract.
The vocational wing was to
be occupied last Aug. 4, but
Richards pointed out that the
opening of the new facility was
delayed until Nov. 12.
Excluding weekends and holi
days, 69 penalty days were
amassed by the two companies,
Richards reported, and the rate
at penalty is $100 per day.
He noted that delays in the
completion date has been re
quested by the firms but denied
ty the Board of Education.