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Burley Pours Onto
Warehouse Floors
, ®y Monday afternoon more than 800,000 pounds
of buriey had been placed on the Big Burley
Warehouse floors to fill the sprawling house to
- capacity.
_ ,Tu<?day rooming tobacco was being received
■ Boone fl00rS °f the- Farmers’ Warehouse in West
u ^oe Coleman, R. C. Coleman Jr. and Mrs.
Harriet Sikes, warehouse owners and operators of
Tabor City are here and say the quality of the
tobacco they have examined appears about
average.
The first auctions will be held at Big Burley and
when the weed there has been sold, sales will be
moved to Farmers Burley in west Boone.
Sales will be held the 23rd, 24th, 25th and 27th,
with sales thereafter the first four days of each
week. A market recess will begin at the close of the
sales December 17 and immediately thereafter the
committee will determine the reopening date.
BY LEWIS GASTON
An eight-year, $8 million
development campaign, the
first in the institution’s history,
began Tuesday at Appalachian
State University.
Appalachian president Dr.
Herbert Wey cited 17 specific
needs for which development
monies will be used and an
nounced the chartering of an
ASU Foundation, Inc., to ac
cept and administer gifts from
the campaign.
Carrying a moon rock bound for a showing at Appalachian State University,
this Piper Cherokee 250 was landed in a pasture near Independence, Va.
Sunday a week ago. (Photo—Larry Chambers, Galax Gazette)
2,200 See Moon Rock
In Couple Of Days
One of only five or six moon
rocks available for tour in the
country was being flown to
Boone Sunday a week ago when
pilot Joe Cain of Riverdale,
Md., switched to a reserve fuel
tank, the fuel system
malfunctioned and the single
engine stalled.
He brought the plane, its
rock and three passengers
down in a field a couple of
miles west of Independence,
Va. At the end of the
r The rock was brought the rest of the way by Dr..«
Prank McKinney, seen here during the showing at
-tbeuniversity. (Staff photo—Armfield Coffey) ■>
emergency landing, it was
reported, the plane's wings and
landing gear were destroyed.
But the journey wasn’t over
for the precious rock. Dr.
Frank McKinney of the
geology, faculty of Appalachian
State University drove to
Virginia to get it and it was a
subject of excitement and awe
in Rankin Science Hall until 5
last Wednesday afternoon.
‘Liked Us’
During the day, the 2.58
billion-year-old rock was under
guard and at night it was in a
vault.
By noon on Wednesday, more
than 1,000 schoolchildren saw
it, said McKinney, there
having been some 2,200 there in
the first two days. The display
(Continued on page two)
"In recent years,” Wey said,
“it has become apparent that
state-assisted institutions must
seek private support if they are
to fulfill their responsibilities.
“Appalachian could
probably operate indefinitely,
though modesty, with state
funds and student fees alone.
But programs that make the
difference between service and
mediocrity have to be sup
ported in other ways,” he said.
Tax monies now represent
49.8 per cent of Appalachian’s
total operating budget with
another 30 per cent coming
from student fees. The
remaining 20.2 per cent comes
from grants, gifts and
auxiliary services of the
university. ASU’s current
endowment totals some
*300,000.
The needs to be met with
expected income from the
development campaign were
listed by Wey in categories of
current operations, plant
expansion and endowment.
His requests, totaling
*2,200,000, for current
operations include:
—*l,ooo,ooo for additional
books, ' manuscripts, special
collections and media equip
ment in the university’s Carol
G. BelkLibrary.
—*400,000 for scholarships,
specialized equipment and
endowments for ASU’s College
of Business.
—*350,000 for non
duplicating need of Ap
palachian’s five colleges and 24
academic departments.
—$250,000 for additional
student financial support in
cluding athletic scholarships
and recruitment.
Six needs in the area of
physical plant additions totaled
12,300,000. The specific
requests are for:
—$1,000,000 to supplement
$2,000,000 in available monies
for the construction and
operation of ASU's new center
for continuing education.
—$400,000 for the con
struction of a planetarium.
—$500,000 for an Ap
palachian Studies Center
which would research and
record the history and culture
of the Blue Ridge section of the
Southern Appalachian chain.
—$100,000 for a center
honoring university founders.
—$200,000 for a student life
building.
—$100,000 for campus paving
to provide minimum parking
areas and walkways beyond
those furnished by state ap
propria tion.
Under his largest category,
Wey listed needs of $3,500,000
for endowment of three
programs for students and
three for the faculty of the
institution.
(Continued on page two)
Santa Coming To
Boone Nov. 27th
The official opening of the
1970 Christmas season In Boone
haa been aet for Friday, Nov.
XI, by the Merchanta
Association of the Boone Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Association chairman John
B. Robinson announces that
Santa Claue will be in town
from 4 to 6 p. m. that date with
goodies far the children.
AO stores are being asked to
remain open Friday nights
until« starting Nov. XI and to
be open each night until 9,
except Saturday, beginning
Monday, Dec. 14.
Hobinion sayi . the
■sioclation encouragei
merchant* to be ready for thia
official opening with each store
doing Its own promotion. And,
be said, "We want to em
phasize friendly, courteous
service in all stares for the
holiday season.
“We hope the stores will
offer the best possible values.
That, coupled with good ser
vice and convenient hours,
should make Boone the most
desirable place in western
North Carolina to do Christmas
shopping,” Robinson con
cluded.1
THE CHORAL ENSEMBLE
Watauga High Choral Ensemble
To Stage Annual Fall Concert
The annual fall concert of the
Choral Ensemble of Watauga
High School will be presented
in the school auditorium at 7:30
p. m. Thursday, Nov. 19.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend by choral
director Eugene Wilson.
Selections from the
Renaissance, Baroque,
Classical, Romantic and
Contemporary periods will be
conducled by Wilson and his
assistant director, Michael W.
Morgan. Soloists are Bill Agle
and Danny Whittington and
piano accompanists will be
Parkway
Travel Up
More than eleven and a half
million people have visited the
Blue Ridge Parkway during
1970, according to National
Park Service calculations.
In 1969 10,770,865 people
toured the scenic highway as
against 11,549,033 this year, an
increase for 1970 of 7%.
In October 1,522,965 visited
the Parkway for a loss of 5%
from the 1,608,498 tallied last
year.
T*ie October count fo* the
four Parkway divisions
follows, the first figure in each
case being for 1970, the last for
1969:
James River, Va., mile 0 to
105, 200,538; 191,696.
Rocky Knob, Va., mile 105 to
217, 347,361; 358,855.
Bluffs, N. C., mile 217 to 305,
231,066 ; 253,176.
Asheville, mile 30G to 369,
744,000; 804,771. I V
Janie Ray and Elate Ernes ton
A portion of the program will
be sung by the Octet, consisting
of members from the En
semble.
The program includes
"Suddenly There Came A
Sound From Heaven” by
Aichinger; “Exullate Deo” by
Scarlatti, “Lacrymosa” by
Cherubini; “Let Nothing Ever
Grieve Thee’ by Brahms,
“Cantique de Jean Racine” by
Faure; and “Song of
Exaltation" by Beck.
The Octet will sing “Dancing
and Springing" by Hassler;
"Ciecho-Slovakian Dance
Song”, a folk song; “On
Saturday Night” by Rowley;
and "Christmas Song” by
Torme.
The Ensemble concludes
with “Six Folk Songs” bv
Brahms; ‘‘The Turtle Dove”
by Vaughan Williams; and “I
Got A Key” arranged by
Robert Shaw.
The Choral Ensemble,
earning the rating of
“superior” yearly in North
Carolina district and state
contests, was organized four
years ago to give outstanding
singers and accompanists an
opportunity to develop their
musical potential to the fullest
through study and per
formance of great ensemble
music of the past and present.
The group also participates
in the All-State Choral
Festival, the Mars Hill College
Choral Clinic, area school,
church and civic programs.
Past performances have in
cluded Pergolesi’s
Magnificat; Bach’s Cantata
No. 142; Vivaldi’s Gloria; and
Mozart’s Regina Coeli.
Members of the Choral
Ensemble are Bill Agle, Danny
Ailey, Junior Allen, Tena
Blackburn, Jenny Cole, Deryl
Danner. Elsie Erneston,
(Continued on page two)
Letters
To Santa
Mr. Santa Claus of the North
Pole has received messages
from two Watauga County tote,
and they are herewith printed:
“Melissa Lynn Cook has
been good. Santa Claus.”
And. “Debra Ann Cook has
been good. Santa Claus. Debra
is 5.”
Boone Area Chamber Of
Commerce Passes Goal
Membership Chairman Lee
Barnett announced Thursday
night at the Farm-City Dinner
that the Boone Area Chamber
of Commerce reached and
surpassed its goal of 500
members.
He stated there are 904
members, including the 157
new members, a 45 per cent
increase in membership. The
membership fees increase is
53,225, a 33 per cent in cash and
pledges.
The success of the campaign
was due to the hard work of
many Chamber Board
members and other Chamber
members, he stated. Thanks
and special recognition go to
Velma Burnley, publicity
director; the Watauga
Democrat, WATA Radio,
president Harold Rice,
Chamber Manager Fred
McNeal, Team Captains Frank
Auten, Grant Ayers, Barney
Hampton, Ranny Phillips,
David Spainbour and Nick
Stakias for their outstanding
work.
The Barney Hampton and
Nick Stakias teams sold the
most memberships . with SO
each, he stated.
Hesaid, ‘I especially want to
thank our new members who
had the faith in our
organization to want to become
a part of this ACTION
Chamber. Our membership
drive hasn’t ended, we have
Just reached a plateau, wo
want everyone, we need
everyone to be a part of the
Boone Area Chamber of
Commerce. If yon haven't
joined, see a Chamber member
tonight or call the Chamber
office tomorrow and be a part
of the ACTION."