Population
Watauga County 22,660
10 Year Gain 29.27%
Boone 8,566
10 Year Gain 132.39%
1970 Preliminary Census Report
VOLUME—LXXXIII—NO. 12
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Newspaper Serving The Northwest Carolina Mountain Area
BOONE WEATHER
34 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1970
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The Barnett Building on East King Street has been
offered to the Town Board of Aldermen. Board
members along with Mayor Gordon H. Winkler
Friday inspected the building, which has apart
ments upstairs. They also took a look at a house and
lot for sale on Queen Street. The price of the
building would be $90,000 and the house and lot
would cost $20,000. (Staff photo—Armfield Coffey)
Town Board Considers
Buying Business House
The Town Board of Aider
men is considering purchasing
the Barnett Building on East
King Street and a house and lot
also offered by Dewitt Barnett.
United Fund
Breakfast Is
Next Friday
The kickoff breakfast of the
Watauga County United Fund
will be held at 7:30 Friday
morning at the Holiday Inn of
Boone.
In its campaign, which starts
next Wednesday and will last
until Friday, Oct. 16, the Fund
will seek $26,500 for 13 par
ticipating agencies, and this
includes a sum for the cam
paign or contingency fund.
The second property is
located on Queen Street.
The discussion arose last
Thursday at the board’s
monthly meeting.
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler
said Appalachian State
University has an option on the
tobacco hurley warehouse on
Faculty Street.-Adjacent to the
expanding campus, the
warehouse was purchased
several years ago for 140,000,
said the Mayor.
If Appalachian choses to
exercise its option, it will get
the property for some $75,000.
But the town would be out of a
place to store its heavy
equipment and trucks.
He said Barnett is asking for
a down payment and the
balance over 10 years with six
per cent interest. The $90,000
building has a heated garage,
loading docks in the back, a
basement, concrete floors and
apartments upstairs. Rental
Now We’ve Got It
This picture, which appeared in the last issue, was
the answer to a picture above it which asked if the
reader could spot anything wrong with Police Chief
Clyde Tester’s uniform or cap? Then this picture
supplied the answer—that the pen in Chief’s shirt
pocket actually was a .22-calibre pen- type pistol,
here displayed by Officer Larry Keesee. That’s
where we goofed. We said he was Officer Zane
Tester. We apologize to these men for this mistake
and appreciate the patience and understanding
shown by them.—Editor.
income is some $800 a month,
said the Mayor, suggesting
“we would be in better shape to
buy the building than to start
from scratch ... a good in
vestment for us to consider ”
The Queen Street property
would cost $20,000 and part
would be used for additional
parking:
Of providing additional
parking, the Mayor said the
board should investigate and
promptly reply to Barnett’s
offer and “not let the uptown
area dwindle away by our
inaction.”
The board is continuing
negotiations and has made no
further announcements con
cerning the proposed purchase.
Other Action
The town is adding a Demp
ster Loadmaster garbage
truck to its sanitation depart
ment.
In entering the motion to
buy, Alderman Howard Cot
trell reiterated that the budget
this year included enough for
the purchase of the truck. The
price is a little more than
$20,500.
The truck, which picks up
large containers from the front
and can work in more
restricted areas than the
present truck, will pick up a
tank in an average three
minutes, according to
Alderman Mac McCreary. And
he said it averages only three
trips per day to the dump,
resulting more service and
comparatively less travel
time.
Council approved the action
of the Town Planning (Zoning)
Board which has denied a
request to operate a trailer
court near Greenway Baptist.
The request was for a tract less
Dr. Miller To
Be Pie Target
WHS will not only prosper by
the magazine sale which has
been going on, but it will get to
witness as Bob Denton,
president of the student body,
throws a pie into the face of Dr.
Miller, principal.
The goal of 111,000 was met,
which will make this event
possible.
The last day of the magazine
sale, most people thought it
impossible to bring in the over
92,000 which was needed to
meet the goal. Surprisingly
enough the final total was 911,
535.00.
With the money from the
magazine sale, WHS can buy
many things that otherwise
they couldn’t afford. The
support of the surrounding
communities was greatly
appreciated.
than the two acres required for
consideration by the board.
W. R. Richardson, Dr. G. T.
Buckland and Deorman
Thompson—ail residents of
Cherrybrook Lane—appealed
for an enlarged water line to
serve their homes.
Richardson said when the
line went In, there were only
three houses where 10 now
stand. And three of the 10
houses have apartments, he
said. They also appealed for a
fire hydrant. The board
pledged to take care of both
requests
Thompson made a separate
request that the city cut back
growth on the “blind comer”
at the Cherrybrook Lane in
(Continued on page two)
3 Arrested
In Ashe Co.
Drug Raid
WEST JEFFERSON—State
and Ashe County officers
seized 14 bags of marijuana
and arrested three men in a
raid near here Saturday
morning. It was the largest, if
not the first raid, in this region,
officers said.
Agents of the State Bureau of
Investigation said the men
arrested are Steven Randall
Grubb, 21, of Todd, Rt. 1;
Charles B. Phillips, 21, of
Jefferson and Larry Dean
Edwards, 23, of West Jef
ferson.
The SBI agents, George
McSwain and Davis J. Beal,
said that 13 bags of marijuana
were found concealed in an
abandoned trash dump near
the home of Edwards, off U. S.
221 south of West Jefferson
The Ashe County Sheriff's
Department and State High
way Patrolman Lloyd M.
Burchette had assisted in the
case.
The SBI said that a sur
veillance had been made for
some time. The arrests were
made when the three men
arrived at the home early
yesterday
The agents said they found
what they identified as the 14th
bag of marijuana on Phillips
They said they found two
unidentified pills on Grubb
which will be analyzed.
The men are being held in
Ashe County Jail. Bonds were
set at 310,000 each, pending a
preliminary hearing later.
Officers said the 13 bags
were placed in a larger plastic
bag and was tucked uder
burned debris. The 14 bags
weighed eight ounces, the
officers said.
Democrat Campaign Kickoff
Broyhill Record Is
Target Of Whitener
| 325 Gather
! For Rally,
Luncheon
BY RACHEL R. COFFEY
Former Congressman Basil
L. Whitener told some 325
persons Saturday “My op
ponent says that he is con
cerned about the problems.
Can you name one suggestion
he has made to lighten the
burdens of unemployment,
high interest rates, inflation, or
the cessation of the war In
Southeast Asia?”
In Boone for the Democratic
kickoff campaign rally held at
Appalachian Elementary
School, Whitener struck out at
his Republican opponent,
Congressman James Broyhill.
Referring to Rep. Broyhill's
speech at Mabel School the
previous Saturday, Whitener
quoted his opponent as saying
he fought for “urgently needed
changes in government,” in
cluding inflation and deficit
spending.
The former Congressman
. asked “Where has he been in
the past 20 months while deficit
spending is rising to an
estimated >13 billion—the
highest in years?" In the past,
said Whitener, he and Broyhill
had both voted “against in
creasing the debt celling," but
said Broyhill had changed his
mind under the Nixon ad
ministration, apparently.
“What has he done to halt the
interest rate increase to the
highest level since the War
Between the States?" Whitener
asked. “I'll tell you where he
has been He has been sipping
tea at tea parties and embassy
social events," and he charged
that this has left the people of
the Tenth District “deafened"
by his silence on the important
issues of the day
Whitener, who was a
member of Congress for 12
years, referred again to
Broyhill's speech here, asking
“Are you satisfied with his
allegation that the press
'buried the story' of a message
(sent to Congress) by the
President and his statement
that he supports Nixon 100 per
cent?"
"lam sure that the people of
our district expect more than
this from a person in a
leadership role . . While I
was not sure I was always
right, I believe that the record
shows that I’ve never worn the
(Continued on page two,
Road Funds
Allotted To
Two Towns
Allocations totaling more
than $11.9 million will go to
North Carolina cities and
towns that qualify under
provisions of the Powell Bill,
Lauch Faircloth, Chairman of
the State Highway Commission
announces.
Of this amount Blowing Rock
will receive $13,253.80 and
Boone is to get $29,997.87.
Checks will be received by
October 1.
This year’s total is almost
$700,000 larger than last year's
allocation, which was
$11,224,494.
Because the 1970 census has
not yet been certified,
population figures used were
baaed on the I960 census.
Congressman Basil Whitener, Democratic candidate for re-election to the
Congressional District which includes Watauga, is seen with Mrs. Edie An
drews, a co-chairman of the Whitener campaign in the county, and with State
YDC President Bob Bingham (right), who is co-ordinating the campaign
throughout the Tenth District. (Staff photo)
Advisory Budget Commission
Hears Requests University
A request for $250,000 to
support a new program of four
“specialist” degrees in higher
education was Appalachian
State University’s top priority
among 26 items presented
Wednesday to the Advisory
Budget Commission.
Already approved by the N.
C. Board of Higher Education,
the programs would award a
degree between the master’s
and the doctorate for the
preparation of two-year and
four-year college teachers.
Appalachian asked for
$125,000 in 1971-72 and for the
same amount for 1972-73 to
launch the specialist degrees in
biology, higher education,
elementary education and
educational leadership.
Other items brought the total
of requests to $2,702,184 for
Contracts
Let For
City School
The Watauga County Board
of Education signed contract
documents Sept. 10 with the
low bidders for the Hardin
Park Elementary School in
Boone.
The contract allows 18
months to complete the new
school, which is being financed
with *900,000 of the school bond
money approved in the county
last fall and with $1,290,000
secured toward the project by
Appalachian State University
The university owns the
present Boone school building,
Appalachian Elementary, and
announced last year its need
for ' facility.
General contractor is Foster
Sturdivant Company. Total
contracts came to *1,539,750
and architect fees were *87,788.
Swanson Richards, superin
tendent of schools here, says
the bidding allowed sufficient
overage for purchase of
necessary equipment and
furnishings not covered in the
five contracts.
The acreage, located on the
Grady Farthing farm in East
Boone, was being graded this
week.
1971-72 and $3,424,142 for 1972
73:
The university petitioned by
categories for:
-$1,986,234 in 1971-72
$2,690,960 in 1972-73 for
improvement of teaching
(Continued on page two
“Its.
Jane Fonda, activist and actress, will speak
Thursday, Nov. 5, at Appalachian.
Jane Fonda Will
Appear At ASU
Activist Jane Fonda and
journalist James J. Kilpatrick
will headline a list of fall term
Artist and Lecture Series
speakers on the Appalachian
State University campus.
Kilpatrick, whose syndicated
column, ‘‘A Conservative
View,” established its author
as one of the South’s most
gifted journali ts, will keynote
the lecture series here Oct. 14.
His topic will be “The Death
of Liberty.”
Miss Fonda, who is
scheduled to appear here
Thursday, Nov. 5, will speak on
“Alternatives Arrested four
times by military police, she
serves as the national coor
dinator of Vietnam Veterans
Against the War.
The fee for her lecture is to
be donated to the G. 1. Office in
Washington, D. C.
Betty Friedan, feminist
leader and president of the
National Organiiation of
Women (NOW), will lecture on
the campus Tuesday, Dec. S.
Author of “The Feminine
Mystique,” she will review the
history of her eight-year-old
movement.
A fourth speaker in the
series, North Carolinean Frank
Graham Jr., will appeal here
Jan. 21. In his lecture, as in his
forthcoming new book
"Politics and Pollution”,
Graham will discuss the
dangers of world-wide con
tamination through the use of
chemical pesticides and other
air and water pollutants.
All lectures begin at I p. m.
and are open to the public. No
admission will be charged.
Jane Fonda’s appearance ts
scheduled for Broome-Kirk
Gymnasium on the campus. All
others will be staged in I. G.
Greer Auditorium.