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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JUNE 11.1970
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BEAR IS DINNER GUEST—George Flowers, Boone photographer, • napped this picture of Brad
Wagner, eon of Mr, and Mrs. Estel Wagner aa he has just passed a honeyed slice of bread to t
sizable bear that showed up Just in time tor dinner last Tuesday. Sheriff Ward Carroll looks on.
Mrs. Wagner was looking out a picture window when she saw the bear looking In, Sheriff Car
roll was called. Finding the bear friendly Mrs. Wagner fed It a oouple of plates of scrambled
eggs, a plate of baked ham and the children of the neighborhood supplied a wart of honey to
spread on bread slices to finish the sumptuous meal. The bear went Into the woods. The Sheriff
called the Wildlife Commission officers who caugtt the bruin late In the evening and placed it In
the federal refuge area In the Globe section. Hie refuge, the likely home of the bear, is 15 miles
from the Wagner home on lOllcrest Drive In Boone.
Bequest Of $76,348 To
Honor Memory Of Lovill
a
A bequest totaling $76,348*8
has been given to Appalachian
State University for the estab
lishment of a scholarship fund
honoring a co-founder of the
Institution*
The gUt was provided in the
will at the late Margaret lovffl
Brawley of Greensboro to create
the Capt, E. F, Lovlll Fund in
memory ct her Otter.
Lorlll, co-author of lie Gen
eral Assembly bill wUch estab
lished Appalachian as a state
Institution In 1903, served as
chairman of the Board of Trus
tees here from 1903 until Us
deatliln 192\
He ms a graduate of the old
SUoam Academy In Surry
i
Cow*y and served as a Coated,
erate Captain in the Civil War.
Hla life included exciting epi
sodes aa a cowboy on the Texas
frontier, a collector of federal
taxes and as a Commissioner d
Tint! mi Titles in Minnesota.
Aa a lawyer and aetata sena
tor, he led a battle in the Geo
QContlnued on page tw>)
Four-Laning Of
321-421 On Way
The future flaw of the State
Highway Commission Include
the widening and four-latdng of
U. S. 421 from Winston-Salem
to the Tennessee line and the'
widening and four-lairing of 321
from Gastonia to Boone, ac
eordlrg to Arch Laney, Public
Relations Director for the Stats
Highway Commtssloa,
Laney addressed the Boone
Rotary Club Thursday night.
There are 73,500 mUea of
roads under the state system
which Is 1,500 miles more
than the combined state road
systems at South Carolina, Ten.
nessee and Georgia, Laney said.
These roads represent some
10% of all state maintained roads
In the nation and North C arollna
maintains these roads with 3%
of tbs total money spent In the
ration*
Watauga County will receive
$430,000 to pave 30 miles a
seoondary roads, the Urectoi
jyVteH,
Maintenance coat on an mv
paved secondary road Is $501
a mile while maintenance cos
on the same road that is pavei
(Continued on page two)
ARCH LANEY, Public Relatione Director of the State Highway Commission U seen the
Boone Rotary Club, At the left la Stadey Harris, Jr„ Rotary Club Treasurer and * tbe right U
Tom Winkler, Are* Maintenance Engineer with the Highway Department. Staff photo)
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Prelimimary Census Figures
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In Watauga
Watauga has chalked up an
impressive population gain in
the past decade, according to
preliminary figures announced
Monday . by District Manager
Harry Carpenter, who super
vised the taking of the 1870
census of population and hous
ing In this area.
The figures indicate that the
county now has 22,660 Inhabi
tants as compared to 17,528
in 1860. The growth was pin
pointed with accuracy some time
ago by the Imputation Center at
the University in Chapel HU],
The Watauga gain of 5,131
represents a growth of 28.27%.
Figures tor Watauga's two
towns, Boone and Stowing Hock,
haven't been released, but pre
sumably tha principal growth has
been In Boone where the Dri
vers tty has attracted Increasing
numbers vt people to the
vicinity, industries have
brought others and slowed the
migration from the county to
northern Industrial centers. Re
tirement families have also
moved Into-the county In con
siderable numbers. The exclus
ive residential eeriers and
tourist facilities have upped the
Preliminary figures (Jett
column) for the oounUes In the
local census area as compared
to the 1960 official figures (right
column), together with those for
principal cities in the census
area, follow:
PLACE 1970 1960 ]
COUNTY fPrellmJ (Official) ,
Alexander 18,599 15,625 1
Alleghany 7,815 7,734 i
Ashe 18,768 19,768 '
Avery 12,154 12,009 i
1 Burke 57,398 52,701 c
Caldwell 55,769 49,552 0
Catawba 86,853 73,191
Cleveland 71,349 66,048 I
Lincoln 31,940 28,814 ]
Surry 50,112 48^05 I
Watauga 22,660 17,529 j
Wilkes 47,494 45,269 1
CITY t
Lenoir 14,422 10,257 >
Morganton 12,907 9,186 i
Hickory 20,236 19,328 a
Shelby 16,094 17,698 ,
Mr. Carpenter says the
Census Bureau will commence
this fall to publish official
population figures for all areas
in the United States—States,
counties, cities, towns and vil
lages.
The District Managers ex
pressed Ms own and the Census
Bureau’s thanks to the residents
of the area, to officials, the
newspapers, and the broadcast
ing stations for their coopera
tion In the taking of Census
•70 here.
DRAWING OF PROPOSED TRAV-L-PARK
Travel-L-Park Newest
Blowing Rock Project
MEMPHIS, TENN. June 2—
lollday I me, Inc* today en
ounced the locations edits first
ve Trav-L-Parks, one of which
111 be located at Blowing Rock,
'no others will be opened In
dd-June as the tore-runners
F a proposed nationwide chain
F outdoor camping Facilities,
The first Holiday Inn Trav
-Parks will open near Angola,
nd., and Destln, Fla,, said
avis Smith, director at the
rogram for Holiday Inns, Ind^
iemphls-based parent company
ir the world’s largest motel
>tel system. Three other parks
111 open later near Home
Bad, Fla., Jamestown, Va*
ad Blowing Rock, and others
Watauga Wool
Pool Is Sold
The sheep producers of Wa
auga County and nearby areas
■old a total of 12,638 pounds of
mol through the Watauga Wool
Pool Wednesday, June 3, Eighty
te-ee per cent graded dear,
hvelve per cent burry and five
ler cent tags. The sale amount
id to $5,849.45, Approximately
25 farmers sold wool In this
ale.
will be announced later, be said.
“Trav-L-Parks are designed
to provide comfort and con*
verdence to families who bring
their own rooms, on wheels,**
said Mr. Smith. “Everything
else they need will be avail
able in the parks; water, elec
tricity, sewer hook-ups, and
pull-through drives which
eliminate having to back in or
out. In a central building there
will be laundry faculties, cera
mic-tile showers, a country
store, a gift shop, and a large
recreational room. Each indi
vidual rental space in the parks
will have its own grass-covered
front yard area with picnic
tables."
The Angola, Ind* Trav-L
Park wUl be near Pokagon State
•Park and Lake James, on 80
acres of land adjoining the An
gola Holiday Inn. The lake-stud
ded area, in northeast Indiana
near the Michigan border, is
a year-round haven for outdoor
sports enthusiasts. The park
site, with 300 rental spaces,
will be easily accessible to
motorists traveling on the
Indiana Toll Road (Gate 12),
and Interstate 69.
Campers there will And full,
year-round recreation facili
ties for the entire famUy, in
eluding swimming, fishing,
boating, water skiing, horseback
riding, golf, and miniature golf.
During snow seasons the An
gola area offers siding, ice
skating, a toboggan slide and
other winter sports. A large
recreation center with e dance
tall Is also being constructed
In the Angola Trav-L-Park.
Scheduled tor opening in May,
1971, is a Tray-U. Park in the
Blue Ridge Mountains near
(Continued on page two)
Assigned By Red Cross
As Asst. Field Director
Mss Mary E. Cooke, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. H. M,
Cooke of Boone, N. C„ has re
ported to Fort Gordon, Ga. as
an assistant field director tor
the Red Cross.
Mias Cooke’s duties Include
counseling with servicemen in
personal and family problems,
providing emergency financial
aid, assisting with communica
tions between servicemen and
their families, furnishing assis
tance in obtaining government
benefits and literpretlng Red
Cross services to military per
sonnel.
The Red Cross has more than
800 staff members at U. S.
military Installations In this
country and overseas. The re
sponelbility for Services to &e
Armed Forces ms given to
Bed Cross by the united States
Congress.
Serving as a bridge between
the personal and military as
pects at a serviceman’s life by
helping with problems he can
not handle alone, Red Cross
staff and voluiteers assist
nearly 103,000 military person
nel each month.
bOss Cooke was i social
worker for the State of Florida
before joining the Red Cross
staff. Last fall she was loaned
to the Red Cross as a case,
worker to assist victims ct
Hurricane Camille. She has her
bachelor’s degree from the Uni
versity at North Carolina in
Greensboro.
1 Governor Scott Acts To Improve Disputed Road
Mniiimi n of the Holy Com
munion Lutheran Church will g«*
■ disputed seeUoo of the toed
from Foscoe upgraded this jaer
Hirot^h s direct eHoouMnn «t
115,000 from Governor Scott
from the “miapproprlsted sur
plus fund.**
The Governor says the funds
muld not be sifllcietStor paring
fee M mile nwd but “etoutd
be arti?nte tor the replacing of
existing drainage pipes, pro
viding eddUtooel drainage, some
minor shaping andtheplacing<rf
adequate atone surfacing ma
terial.**
That appears to be about all
Rev. Irnrrj D. Campbell, pastor
of the church to which the road
iai ii glee tbs t*-*”-* access,
bee beta adkg tor sevsral
jm.
Campbell mu away on va
cation when the newi of the
Governor*! action we# reoatved,
but Ua parlaMooars are aadd
to be very ha»y * ttfa turn in
event*.
Scott anrawawed the ap
propriation in a June 3 letter
to the Bar. George SJaford,
editor «f the North CaroUna
Lutheran. Sbdord, who «■
tutor for the tun of ■
three church parish that in
el udad Holy Communion, has
ensadsd editorially tor lav.
prove mcnt of the road,
Scott's letter was a reply
to one shfort had written
Mm several days earlier out
lining the efforts that have bean
mads to id tti road Ibad.
Soott told Staford that ««*
maj be aome time before the
actual improve met** can be
made” because the (tala la
“new engaged In the newt
((twelve highway mgram It
baa ever known,”
“I do, bo waver, expect ttta
improvement to be made prior
to tbe 1970-71 winter mootba,”
Soott said.
Scott said be was requesting
tbe State Highway Commission
"to make this Improvement Just
as quickly as It can be worked
Into their construction ached,
ill*."
In March the Townsend Gap
Development group was oiganU
Development group was
organized irttti a ileiiknalatoi
$15,000 for private financing a
the project.
In its April 9th Issue tb
Democrat gave ln-depth cover,
apfl at the situation.
At tint time G. F. Mast. DU
trlet Mghwey engineer, waj
tooted as saying that the dis.
puted road meets no state re
tgdremente for Improvements*
it tea no houses and does no
I wm • bin or mllnd%Bi
■aid t standard road mldeat
, $50,000 to $75^)00 aod that the
total ™tr**M*mn**. ,nrilrty»«»
meot budget tor Watauga tbde
year is $230JW0.
Holy Couunadon Church, ft
aaa stated In the article, ooukd
ba reached hytheClarVe Creak
OCooUauod oo page two)