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THE DEMOCRAT ? your beot an< ? mlcal medium or ad l ? IbliU With mora than 1.500 paid-up. aaah aubacriptions. your sw universally ova raadars to An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 VOL. LX, NO. 42. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1948. A ? I Ml I , .. ' ' ?R - ' > Y'i": label shows the date ?cripttoa win ? data your paper Democrat la operating' Itri In advance baaia. FIVE CENTS A COPT KINGSTREET BY ROB RIVERS 1 ALONG THE WAY: The new construction work along the road to Blowing Rock . . . the beatui ful pools in Middle Fork, from which we used to entice some big brook trout . . .'the profusion of dogwood blossoms on the south side of the mountains . . . The fresh greenery of the weeping willows along the water courses . . . the beautiful new section of roadway between Blowing Rock and Lenoir which had been closed due to a slide . . . The almost per pindicular walls of the deep cuts give promise of others . . . Pick-j ing out the spots when three toll gates used to demand a fee when the road all the way from Boone to Lenoir was owned by a private company . . . the same negro habitats at Warrior Gap which ?were there in the horse and bug gy days . . . the thriving metrop olis of Lenoir, with its fine bus iness buildings and magnificent homes . . . recalling a Boone youngsters visit to Lenoir many years ago shortly after the streets were paved ? said the town was built on a solid smooth rock . . . Morganton's attractive business district, and its handsome old courthouse . . the beautiful homes ? and of course the mimosa trees . . . the big carbon plant up no. 70 a ways . . . new construction going on everywhere . . . the peaceful village of Glen Alpine, and a visit with the Bud Heff ners . . . folks we would have stopped a minute with in Mor gantun doing a little preliminary politicking in connection with the May primary . . . didn't have time enough to sit in. ? HURRIED TRIP or?r th* Poplar Grove road ... a good rural highway through a good section . . . farmers putting in their crops . . . Good Hertford cattle in evidence along the way . . . the Wilson Maltha mill dam site . . . dam long since gone, was filled with rainbow trout of unbeleivable size . . . the old Masonic picnic ground ? scene of Mg annual gather ings a few years ago, all grown up in ivy and second growth timber . . . Governor Alf Taylor of Tennessee spoke at the lest picnic ... an Inveterate fox hunter, his excellency's speech Included tales of "Old Limber" a noted hound of the Taylor peck. LIEUT. HORTON GRAGG, ar my air pilot, and the Mrs. back from Okinawa and glad to vacate the pacific outpost, where they had resided for so long, and where they managed to survive a full grown typhoon . . . Horton look ing fine, and getting a big kick out of hob-nobbing with his many friends along the street . . .A long time ago we sat with Horton in an open cockpit plane of early vintage on his first flight . . . a five minute trip over Greens boro . . . Saw Sid Malloy take off with the mail that night for Rich mond in one of the old open bi planes . . . soon thereafter he was broken to bits against a radio tower in the vicinity of Atlanta . . . Horton has always had flying in his bones . . . and will likely stay with the air force. 1 OIL SHORTAGE again take* proirity in the realms of domes ticity . . . householders ? some of then planning to put back the ? token which they threw out with such distain a few months ago . . . others buying new ones figuring that John L*. will let *em have a little coal again one of theee days . . . the btrbm shop goeaip . . . Bill Rush seek ing some aid in figuring out a gag he heard at the Lions Club minstrel . . . we couldn't help. .Joe Huffman sells out grocery Interests, but don't intend to quit the town . . .Mrs. Poly Wyke sending her two daugh ters in Knoxrflle the home town paper . . . quite agreeing with her that it was the "ideal gift." XRNIST BOLICK of South - part says "Your King Street is a tfe of the best columns to be read in any paper ? it gives an in i ?*? >aiy exile from Boone a look back into the faces of his friends ... It incites a new inter eat in the progress of the city." . . . Thanks . . . Motorists grate ful for the freshly marked park ing spaces . . . one can now tell ^rhat he's doing . . . Democrats along the street beginning to talk primary a. Johnson, Scott, Um stead ana Broughton names heard more frequently day by day . . . Doc Mooae entertaining the rather vain hop^that Tom ? Dewey will put jumro over Uie hurdles this year . . . anti-Tru (Continued on QUADS' BIRTHDAY > The Zarief quadruplets of Manhattan Beach. Brooklyn. New York, serenade themselves on their fourth borlhday with a coconut top pod cake for each. Brother Benjamin la .playing the violin, and giving out with songs, axe. left to right, Elaine. Iiadore and Ellen. A large group of well- wishers were on hand. Mrs. Bingham New C. oi C. Secretary Wade E. Brown Resigns Post With Organisation He Had Held For Years. Mrs. T. E. Bingham has been 322.*?*" oI the noone Chamber of Commerce,, succeed. d!ie E' Brown- who resigned business ?' his privat* ofMCn^rman WUcox- Chamber of Commerce president, in an noncing the official change, takes occasion to express on behalf of the organization, appreciation for Mr. Brown s many years of fruit "Ul service to the organization, th. ?ln?ham, will maintain at 5n^Are a?'',,?"ice her h?me '2?7 Appalachian Street for the rnLw ere her Phone num ber is 300-J. Mr. Wilcox asks that all calls concerning rooms and houses, or other rentable space, go directly to her. Mrs. Bingham t^tJ0r the Present, calls be made during the morning hours a? she will be away during the arternoon. Mr. Wilcox says it is especially desired that those in the Vilas, Cove Creek, Valle Crucis and oth er nearby points keep the Cham ber advised as to how many tour ists they can care for. Every ef fort will be made to fill all avail able space. Legion Baseball Team Plannedj . P1.anfJare rapidly taking shape1 to field an American Legion 1 Junior baseball team this year 1 ??*?? ,to J- E , Huffman,' pj'1?11 of?the Legion BasebaU , Committee. Coach John Hollars' J"1"- 8ecuured to take charge ! of the team this year. Treasurer 1 of the committee is R. D. Hodges, ' Schools of the county are be ing contacted to line up all pos sible eligible players for the county wide team that will com r??l Witt 0ther Legion Juni?r Clubs in Western North Carolina Last year was the first for the local team, but with a years ex perience behind them, and a lot of new boys becoming eligible, this year prospects for a team are good. Coach Hollars asks 'that any boy m Watauga county born , since January 1, 1031 contact him if he wants to play baseball this summer. This team will be co-sponsored by the Winkler Motor Co, local, Ford dealers and the Boone Merchants Association. The sche dule will be announced shortly | and seasons tickets will go on *?le this week for all home games. Bank's Capital Now Half Million The Northwestern Bank lias in creased its capital structure to $500,000 effective ai of April 1 rJ notv1^w D cashier of the Boone unit of the 1 Bank. This represents an increase C8P'**l^et-up of $120,000. The surplu^fund has been in K f^>,W00-000 to *1.000. "r0; .."ffthing says, and adds that undivided profits as of April J, were $407,491. with the reserve ?nd capital structure well over two million dollars. Deposits in the Northwestern system were $34,393,725 as of last M "*ain?t $32,478, 689 87 at the same time in 1946 ON NA^lL CRUISE Lieut. William H. Walker, of the Naval Rasarras. and super intendent of achooU In Watau ga county, who waa ordarad to report to tha Charleaton Naval Base yesterday for 14 days Na val training cruise. Riles Held Sunday For Mrs. Moretz Mrs. Poley W. Moretz, 65 years }ld, died at the Watauga Hospital ?arly Saturday from a brief ill ness. Mrs. Moretz had been' in ier usual good health until Mon iay afternoon, when she suffered 3 stroke at her home here. She lever rallied from the attack. Funeral services were held at .he Grace Lutheran Church Sun Jay afternoon at 2:30. The pastor, Rev. E. F. Troutman, was in :harge of the rites, and was is sisted by Rev. Mr. Speagle and Rev. Ernest Moretz. Interment was in the family plot in the cemetery at Old Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church in Meat Camp township. Reins-Sturdivant was in charge of the detaife. Mrs. Moretz w*s the former Miss Alice Virginia Winebarger, n daughter fit the late Caleb and Mrs. Winebarger of the Meat Camp section. She was married to Mr. Moretz 47 years ago, and they had made their home in Boone the greater part of the time Tor more than twenty years. She joined the Old Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church jnore than 50 years ago, and was a charter nember of Grace Lutheran church in Boone. The large ? number of friends who gathered to pay their respects and the profuse, floral of fering were evidence of the high regard in which the deceased was ield in the county. Th husband, Poley W. Moretz, md five sons survive: Vilas Mor st z, Ralph and John Moretz, of Boone; Clayton Moretz, Sanford; Luther Moretz. GrXnsboro. Five brothers and four sisters also sur vive, as follows: Grover Wine wxger, Lenoir, Waller Winebar ger, Hickory; Roby, Lloyd and Clyde Wineberger, Boone; Mrs. R. D Winebarger, Coburn, Vo.; Mrs. J. H. Miller, Boone; Mrs. C. Vf. Proffitt, Zionville; Mrs. Harve Brown, Zionville. RED CROSS FUND Mr. W. C. Richardson, chair man of the 1948 Red Cross cam paign, reports the following re :ent contributions: Mrs. Pearl Cowles $1.00, Miss Helen Trexler 1.00. Howard Hodges 1.00, Staple Collins 1.00, Rominger School 2.00 Mrs. Vera Church 1.00. Russell Henson 2.00. APPALACHIAN PLANS TO ADD 1 A. DEGREE Master's Degree in Education To Be New Feature at Lo cal College; Three Summers Required to Finish Gradu ate Course. A Master of Arts degree in j education will be offered by Ap palachian State Teachers College beginning with this Summer school, President B. B. Dough erty announced Saturday. "It will be a teacher's degree, and is planned for teachers in service that are college gradu ates," Dr. Dougherty said. "The new offering is based up on the philosophy that no amount of training, without experience, will make a tip-top teacher; that after experience further study is most profitable. "It will do away with the 'deadend street' in Summelr schools." The Appalachian president said that the work would be done on the graduate level, admini stered by highly trained teach ers with successful experience. Mar Build Up Credits "The teacher-student may Ido the work to renew a certificate, and at the same time build up credits for a higher certificate leading to a better salary," Dr. Dougherty said. The new program will be to prepare people for positions as city superintendents, c o u nit y superintendents, high s clh o o 1 principals, elementaryl -school principals, county supervisors, supervisors of student teachers in colleges, school librarians, high school teachers, and elementary school teachers, he said. The teacher-students must ma jor in education and minor in some other field. It will take three Summers to finish the course for the master degree. Dr. Dougherty said. Excallcni Opportunity "The demonstration school will be operated in conjunction with the college," he added. "This will give an excellent opportunity for teachers to observe the best of teaching. 'The real intent of this new program is to improve the teach- < ing in the public schools of North Carolina, both city and rural. ' "There will be many distin- ' gunished educators, coming from ' many colleges and universities ' and public school systems in the I United States. j "The child will be studied; the j process of learning will be stud-, ied; the best methods of teaching will -be studied! and a greater movement for more competency in the teaching profession will be inaugurated. Many Ttichin Exp?ct?d "There will be many student teachers ? as there have been heretofore ? from many colleges and universities in the South. Every state and every city, it is believed, will feel the impress of this new movement in the years to come. "While the Summer school is connected with the college, at the same time it is different from the regular year in the school. It will be financed by a low tuition rate, endowment funds, and some State aid." Dr. Dougherty said that many reservations already ihave been made for this Summer school. County Diamond League Arranged Tentative plan* were drawn up (or a county-wide baseball league |in a meeting held at the Gateway Cafe last Saturday with John Hollar. Much interest is being shown as is evidenced by the fact that twelve teams have already filed application with Mr. Hollar for entrance into the league, these 'being: Bamboo, Blowing Rock, Boone, Aho, Elk, Oak Grove, Fos coe, Ben Ward, Rom infer. Cove Creek, Bethel and Mabel. A com mittee was appointed to work out the details and will meet at the College Book Store Wednesday evening April 14th. The meeting of all managers for next Saturday to elect the president and directors of the league has been postponed until April 24, at the Gateway Cafe at 10:30. Babies born from 1949 on will] have serial number*. WHEN ITS CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME P*flUT Bos tad. wcntuy to the Senate's myMnl-il-UBM. nImn for * mom*nt to idnin th* JtptntM cherry Wmiwm la full bloom on th* south grounds of th* capitol. Cherry-blossom Ha* In Wash ington draws many thousands of visitors to th* grounds *ach y*ar. Wildlife Survey Is Being Made Here POWER HUNGRY Luigi Lingo. second ranking 1m i?r of the Italian communist par ty. in' a campaign tp**ch at Bol ogna, Tolctd a threat that the Communists would seise powar by fore* if necessary. in tha ev ?nt tha tha communiiiti a^a vic torious in tha April lith alaction. Ra accusad tha government of plotting to rafusa to surrandar powar. even if tha communists ?rin. Resource-Use Workshop Plans During the past week Appala chian State Teachers college has had two educational experts on its campus, making further plans for the workshop in Resource Use Education to be held at Appalachian June 10 to July 17. Dr. Ira N. Childs, area education officer, and Miss Virginia White James, educational specialist, both from the Tennessee Valley authority, conferred with the local Resource-Use committee and held conferences with Boone high school, Valle Crucis school and Cove Creek school, all par ticipating schools. The workshop in Resource Use Education will be under the direction of Dr. John H. Work man of the social studies depart ment of the college. A number of experts in this field will be on the campus to participate. The purpose of the workshop will be to study to discover the possible local problems in the field of natural, human and social re sources, with an exploration of these problems directing appli cation at the Undines to the liv ing experiences of society. Members of the local Resource Use Committee include: Julian Yoder of the college geography department, chairman; Dr. John H. Workman and Leo K. Prit chett, of the social studies de partment; Dr. John G. Bard en and Dr. Lee Reynolds of the education department; Starr Stacy and T. R. Derrick of the science department; and Miss Helen Burch of the geography department ' Mr. Paul Hoffman at bead of ERP is seen giving continuity to plan. Malcon Edwards Delivers Ad dress to Members of Wildlife CIukv Thursday evenin0rtlBM0ht&uga Wildlife Club heard an informal adrdess by Mr. Malcolfta Edwards, who is now making a survey of wildlife in Watauga county under the auspices of the Pittman Robertson project. Mr. Edwards urged the club to launch an education progress. ior both sportsmen and. fanners so that the Quail, trout, grouse and other species of wild life in Wa tauga county may propogate. His recommendations were highlight ed by the plan to enlist 4-H clubs throughout the county to plant |fc>od strips and provide cover for quail. For this projectpj^* .Wild life club will furnish aSgrain and extend to the 4-H cluTSSrhe ser vices of Mr. Ted Mitchell, of the N. C. Wildlife Commission, in an advisory capacity to furnish in formation and instruct boys and farmers how to make use of non usuabte land for the strips and cover. Mr. Edwards stated, "that only through the cooperation of farm er and sportsmen will game in Watauga county become abun dant again." The club heartily endorsed Mr. Edwards proposals and President :A. E. Hamby appointed commit tees to begin concrete work to ward the club's aims. Some of the committees appointed includ ed education and publicity, de puty warden committee, and a deer stocking committee. The club also passed a resolution to enlist the aid of deputy wardens and to make any boy between the ages of 10-16 inclusive an honary member of the club. Boone Shop Is Damaged by Fire A fire at noon Friday in the Boone Wooodworking Shop, threatened the destruction of a row of buildings on Howard Street, but was brought under control before extensive damage was done. The fire originated In the dry kiln and Jlkely caught from the boiler. Rabies Sbois Are Required by Law Rabies vaccine is required by State law for all dogs each spring. This may be obtained from a li censed veterinarian or others trained in the administration of the vaccine, it is explained by the District Health Department. Plans have been made for Dr. J. G. Martin to hold a clinic for the vaccination of dogs at the Blowing Rock City Hall on Tues day. morning April 20, from 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. Dr. Martin can also vaccinate dogs in the Boone area at his office on King Street or by appointment RECREATION GROUP TO MAP PLANS FRIDAY Representatives o f Various Civic Organizations to Meet With Recreation Committee To Plan Project for the Summer Months. The Boone Recreation Commiss ion will meet on Friday evening, April 16, at 7:30 o'clock at the Methodist Church, for the pur pose of talcing more concrete ac tion toward the establishment of a summer-time recreartional pro gram for the community. The following representatives of civic organizations, together with all other interested persons, are being asked to attend: Rev. S. B. Moss, chairman, rep resenting the Methodist Church. R. E. Agle, secretary. Mrs. A. E. South, treasurer and representative of the Worthwhile Club. Howard Cottrell, Quarterback Club. Wade lUBrown, Lions Club. H. GraSlyTarthing, Chamber of Commerce. Grady Tugman, Merchants As sociation. J. E. Joines, American Legion. Ed Coles, Junior Order. Mrs. R. E. Agle, Tuesday Night Club. Mrs. Paul A. Coffey, Friday Af ternoon Club. Mrs. Grady Moretz, Boone FTA Dr. W. G. Bond, the Baptist Church. Rev. J. K. Parker. The Presby terian Church. Rev. E. F. Troutman, the Luth eran Church. Mrs. F. E. Warman, the Advent Christian Church. Rev. James McKeown, Epico ual Church. Councill Cooke, Town of Boone Mr. Ben Simpson, High School. Mr. John Howell, elementary school. Dr. J. G. Barden, PTA Briefly, the plan being consid ered by the committee is to begin a summer recreational program For youth and adults. It is im posed to use the playground fa cilities of the Demonstration and High School* and the vacant space to the rear of the Metho dist and Baptist Churches. In order to carry out the pro ject successfully, it will be neces sary to secure a director, it is sta ted. There are several capable and interested persons from whyn this choice may be made. It will be the responsibility of the commission to raise the nec essary funds and employ a di rector and generally supervise the summer program. The assis tance of all interested persons is solicited. Troui Fishing To Start Today The trout fishing season opens Thursday April 15 and will re main open through July 31, it is stated by Walter F. Edminsten, district fish and game protectort Mr. Edmisten states that the creel lirriit will be ten fish per day, with no specified size limit. He adds that prospects for stock ing the streams during the season are good. Clinics Planned For Local Kiddies Recently an estimate was made of the number of children who will be six years old before October 1, 1948 These children will probably enroll in some first grade when schools open in the tall. Before that time, it is the right of each of these child ren to expeat protection from the known preventable ilniM and to recognize through physical examination that he is welt enough to enter school. Parents have an opportunity to ?cure this protection and a physical enmination for their children through pre -school clinics being conducted throughout the county. Watch your newspaper for your school's clinic date. O This same opportunity is of fered in the local county health department on each Monday and Saturday morning from S to 12 o'clock. Pre-achool clinic* scheduled at this time are: Boone Demonstration School. Wed.. April 28; Blowing Rock School, Thur., April 39.
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