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Population Watauga County 22,660 10 Year Gain 29.27% Boone 8,566 K) Year Gain 132.39% WTO Preliminary Census Report VOLUME LXXXIII—NO. 13 WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent'Newspaper Serving The Northwest Carolina Mountain Area 82 Years BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 1970 10 CENTS ■ s>: Boone Weather W70 HI Lo Prec. Snow '60 HI U ' sept 22 7t S3 St 50 Sept. 23 79 S3 M 4t Sept. 24 71 59 67 57 Sept. 25 7t SO 70 55 Sept. 26 7t 52 71 47 Sept. 27 74 4t 72 42 Sept. 3t St 38 .49 69 50 28 PAGES—2 SECTIONS School Site Being Prepared Some 20 acres of the H. Grady Farthing farm in east Boone are being prepared for the impending con struction of the Hardin Park Elementary School. This view, showing heavy equipment at left, is from US H Highway 421 (East King Street). Access to the new school, which is to be built within 18 months, will be from NC 194, to the right of this show. The land cost $160,000. The entire school project, worth $2,150,000, comprises $900,000 c' the school bonds approved here last year and $1,250,000 received through Appalachian State University. (Staff photo) Bloodmobile To Be In Boone 9th Every minute, 10 units of blood are needed in hospitals across the nation. Mrs. Goldie Fletcher, executive secretary of the American Red Cross here, urges “This minute, decide to be a blood donor.” Friday, Oct. 9, the Blood mohile will be at the Hall of the FEST Baptist Church between 11 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. Site notes the demand for blood and blood products is constantly increasing. “Are you and your family protected for blood needs? You can easily overlook this insurance ... if you haven't given blood in the past year, or have less than two gallons to your credit.” She lists the following most common excuses for not giving blood. 1. "No one has ever asked me to give blood.” _Xoij|id|i_yourself invited. nBWwjffics onlv IrSm people ItcaiPt bfc manufactured. Your gift could mean life for a sick child, an accident victim, or an elderly person facing surgery. 2. "Frankly, I’m scared of giving blood.” Nearly everyone feels that way the first time. Donating Fall Color Peak To BeWeekLate GRANDFATHER MOUN TAIN—The peak of fall color will be a little bit later than usual this year in the North Carolina mountains, due to unusually warm weather Saturday First Day To Register This Saturday will be the first of four consecutive Saturdays on which eligible persons may register to vote in the Nov. 3 General Election. On week days during this period citizens may register at the homes of their precinct registrar. Details may be had from Dayton Winebarger, chairman of the county Board of Elections, at 264-9259. On the four Saturdays, books will be open at the voting places. The last Saturday in October is challenge day. through September. Faint traces of the autumn color spectacle are beginning to show in the mountains, but oldtimers say it is running at least a week later than normal. In the Grandfather Mountain area, excellent fall color is usually apparent by Oct. 5, and runs through Oct. 25. But Robert Hartley, manager of Grandfather Mountain, believes it will be at least Oct. 10 before the most brilliant autumn color is really evident. Fall coloring begins each year at the higher elevations, so Grandfather Mountain, Mount Mitchell, Clingman’s Dome and the other high peaks in the Blue Ridge, Black and Great Smokies ranges are the first to offer the color. Plent - of rainfall in the mounts’ in late summer assures a good fall color season, when it arrives, even though it is running about a week late. The chilly weather in the mountains this week was the first real sign of autumn during September. Deep Gap Infant Has Record 12 Grandparents One often hears of a couple who are grandparents “12 times over,” but seldom of a baby who is a grandchild to that many people. Todd Randall Phillips Is Just such a grandchild. He was born Monday, Sept. 21, at Blowing Rock Hospital. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Randall Theodore Phillips of Deep Gap and Dr. Charles Davant Jr. was the attending physician. Hie baby’s 12 grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Fairchild of Deep Gap; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ray Phillips of Fleetwood; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Fairchild of Deep Gap; Mr. and Mrs. W. Albert Miller, Deep Gap; Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield Phillips of Kannapolis; Mrs. Wilma Baskins of Kanapolls; and Mr. Slim Baskins of Statesville. , ; blood has become a habit with most people. A few regulars have become 15-gallon donors. 3. “My insurance covers the blood I’d need”. Many insurance companies covers the cost of blood and its administration, but dollar bills can't, .be transfused. Blood must be available when patients need it. Fringes Are Offered ASU By Resort A local resort has given Appalachian students, faculty and staff members a chance to enjoy some of the fringe benefits of living in the Holiday Highlands. From now until the end of the fall golf season, all persons affiliated with the university can play the 18-hole cham pionship golf layout at Seven Devils for a green fee of $1. The new course is part of a plush resort complex off N. C. Highway 105 just south of Boone. An ASU ID card or other positive identification is required to qualify for the special offer. 1520 Steers Sold For $300,581 BY L. E. TUCKWILLER A total of 1520 steers were sold for 5300,58100 in the second Boone state graded steer sale for 1070. Sixty-four per cent of the steers graded choice and good and sold for an average of 130.55 cwt., or 1208.35 per head. Thirty per cent graded medium and sold at an average price of 529.28 cwt., or 5188.07 per head, and the six per cent that graded common sold for an average price of 827.03 or 5188 per head. The cattle averaged 530.00 cwt. on all except a few that were graded short. The steers in the September 23 sale averaged 85 pounds lighter than the cattle in the September 9th sale, but the average price per head was about 5100 In both sales. A third state graded sale for yearling steers will be held October 14 at the Watauga livestock Market. 4. “I already gave blood this year”. Many donors give four and five times a year. 5. “Other people must be giving enough blood”. The demand for blood and blood products is constantly increasing. The needs of patients must be met by more donors, people like you! 6. “I don't have any blood to spare”. The average adult has about 10 to 12 pints of blood in his body. Doctors say that a healthy person may give regularly. 7. “My blood isn't the right type”. Every type is the right type. Even rare types are needed all the time. 8. "They wouldn’t want my blood because of the illness I've had.” If you have some doubts, check with your physician. ;'/ ' c. , . . \ ••• •• . ‘ -• . . ; • -f?'. . K ’" 'V'h "-'. _ : :V' : ^ $3,125 Property Damages 7 Vehicles Crash On Foggy,*Smoky 421 | Only Minor Injuries Of People Six automobiles sustained $3,125 in damages in two separate wrecks Friday morning on US Highway 421 east of Boone. Three of the four vehicles involved in one of the accidents about 9 o’clock were headed for the North Carolina Association of Educators meeting at Ap palachian State University. Trooper Richard Harris placed the accident scene three-tenths of a mile from Bamboo Road turnoff and one and one-half miles east of Boone. Ceiling was zero and vision severely hampered in a combination of fog and smoke from the nearby dump yard, located on property owned by the Town of Boone. The four cars piled up due to a two-car accident just ahead. Harris reported that vehicle number one, a 1999 Dodge operated by Willie Lambert, 46, of Route 2-West Jefferson, stopped in the westbound lane. ' Vehicle number two was a 1966 Mercury driven by Billie Ann Carter, 24, of Route 2, Laurel Springs, slid sideways in the road as its driver at tempted to stop. The Mercury then was hit in the rear end by a third car, a 1967 Ford operated by Maybelline Richa Choate, 41. of Sparta. The car, belonging to Mrs. Choate’s husband, then was hit by car number four which was operated by Theodore Calvin Hayes, age 35, of 1201 Hinshaw St., North Wilkesboro. All except the Carter car carried passengers, but Harris (Continued on page two; Grid Fans Are Asked To Gather Hour Early Appalachian’s athletics department officials are recom mending that everyone planning to attend the Elon game Saturday night arrive at Conrad Stadium at least one hour before the 7:30 kickoff. A capacity crowd is expected for the first football game to be played on artificial turf in the Carolinas, meaning full parking lots and a last minute rush to get into the stadium before kickoff. The gates will open at 5:30 p. m. and special pre-game ceremonies are planned. The demand for opening game tickets has been 100 per cent greater than at any ASU opening game, according to ASU of ficials. Trooper Richard Harris fills out his accident report. (Staff photo) Jury Says Woman Dies In Jump From Vehicle A jury was convened Saturday morning by County Coroner Barney Hampton to weigh evidence surrounding the Sept. 7 death of Mrs. Faye Whited Parker, 34, of 1716 Lakeview Dr., Statesville. Mrs. Parker either fell or jumped from a pickup truck being driven north on US 221 Girl Injured In Fall From Dorm Window A Rock Hill, S. C., girl was listed in satisfactory condition Monday afternoon after sustaining spinal fracture and a broken ankle in a fall from an ASU dormitory window early Saturday morning. Barbara Garlinger, a student at Winthrop College, was standing atop a radiator in Appalachian's Cone Hall when she reportedly lost her balance and fell backward through the top section of a partially opened window. She dropped one story onto a paved walkway. A hinged portion of the windc.. was evidently torn off in the 1:45 a. m. accident. The co-ed, who was visiting friends at ASU during the weekend, was taken to Watauga County Hospital. toward Blowing Hock that day. After hearing witnesses, the coroner’s jury vowed through their foreman, J. D. Shoemake, “We have come to the con clusion that she committed suicide by jumping out of the pickup truck.” An inquest scheduled earlier had to be postponed until the autopsy report was received from Dr. John C. Reese, District Patholigist. The primary cause of death, Hampton told the jury, was listed as a fracture of the skull with laceration of the brain. Three witnesses—William Bishop of the N. C. Highway Patrol, Lawrence Holton, 36, of 438 Koolidge Ave., Statesville, and Everette Greene of the Watauga Ambulance Ser vice—were called. Holton, who was driving the pickup when the accident happened, told the jury he, Mrs. Parker and three of her four children had been cam ping at Buffalo Camp and that on Sunday night, Sept 6, he and Mrs. Parker sat up talking. “I knew she was in a depressed state, but I didn’t think anything was actually wrong,” Holton said. Monday, after they had left the camp, he said she insisted Holton was angry with her, and when he replied he was not, she repeatedly asked again if he were not mad. He said when they were on the highway, she said “ ‘If you Town Ahead Of Requirements In Alleviating Garbage Problem BY RACHEL R. COFFEY "We almost didn’t come,” said Theodore Calvin Hayes of North Wilkesboro. But he and a passenger had a list-minute change-of-mind and were en route to Appalachian State University last Friday when his became the seventh vehicle involved in a series at rear-end collisions about a mile and a half from Boone. Their destination was the District 3 Convention of the NCAE. Suddenly blindfolded by fog and smoke, be drove into a Ford operated by a woman from Sparta. Estimated damages to the Hayes car were MOO. Looking Back There were parallels bet ween this Friday and the one exactly four weeks ago to the day when a motorcyclist cracked up at the same place. The accident scenes were on US 421 east of Boone and ad jacent to the countywide dump yard, located on municipal property and comptrolled by the Town Board of Aldermen of Boone. Fog had moved In the night before, mixing with smoke rising from the smouldering trash nearby. But there was much more fog than smoke the second time around. Friday, Aug. 28, it was the other way around. Both times it was hazy at the New River Bridge and sunny enough uptown to make a report of a fog-bound highway seem nigh impossible. People stand around discussing the smog. Motorists lean out of car windows to find out what happened and how long they are likely to be delayed. Visibility is so poor that a wrecker being inched through the fog by Robert Swift almost runs into one 01 the wrecked ca-1. Back down Uie lugnway, car tires squeal as motorists narrowly avoid getting in A bell-bottomed young man with a strand of beads around his neck asks one of the Troopers why they don’t put up flares to warn on-coming motorists. "You can’t see headlights in this ’’ says Patrolman Richard Harris. “What good would flares do?” He resumes making notations on his pad. Sardined into waiting trucks, leary cattle start bawling a little and one of the accident (Continued on page two) don’t tell me what you’re mad about, I’m going to jump.’ ” He said she reached over to the door of the pickup, adding the door sometimes would open and sometimes not. "First time she hit the handle, it opened,” he said. '* ‘If you don’t tell me, I’m going to jump,’ ” he quoted her as having said. Holdon told the jury he looked back to the road (Continued on page two) Arthritis Gifts Still Coming In Donations to the Watauga Chapter, of the Arthritis Foundation of North Carolina are continuing to come in. Armfield Coffey, a co chairman of the newly organized chapter, announced this week “Apparently, many people have saved their return envelopes which were sent out in the mail campaign this summer, and remember the Foundation's call for help in researching the causes and treatments of arthritis." He said the chapter hopes others will also remember the current slogan, “Do Something! "—keeping in mind that 446,000 Tarheels, 16,800,000 Americans and about one in every 11 Watauga Countians is afflicted with some form of arthritis. The local chapter organized last spring under the honorary chairmanship of Mrs. Edith Tester of the Bethel Com munity. Mrs. Tester's neigh bors and friends addressed several hundred envelopes and the appeals for funds were mailed out in the county. George C. Thomas played a large role in bringing in the first-year receipts of (493.58 by getting addresses of residents of Boone. The income resulted strictly through the mail drive it was pointed out. No business solicitation was made by the Watauga Chapter. “The first campaign was even more successful than we hoped," Coffey said. “I* is extremely gratifying to all of us that people are continuing to help In the fight to alleviate suffering and death at tributable to arthritis.”
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