s Lust Duy To Register For Primury VOL. LXXXII—NO. 41 WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ... Eighty-Second Yearof Continuous Publication WO 81 LO wrm. SmtmU Apr. 7 54 82 39 Apr. 8 67 27 Apr. 9 63 44 Apr. 10 81 42 Apr. 11 68 34 Apr. 12 60 Apr. 13 61 47 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16,1070 10 CENTS 26 PAGES— 2 SECTIONS 8B8S3SdS SS5M8SC 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.

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