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KINGSTREET
BY ?
ROB RIVERS
RED AND WHITE flowers in
?evidence everywhere Sunday, as
the folks followed the simple but
beautiful custom of observing
Mother's Day . . . Folks who nev
er wear a ? posy any other time,
and wHo seldom go to church,
do both on this one day . . . and
sometimes there is a trace of sad
ness on the faces of those who
pay this simple maternal homage
. . . feel a tinge of it ourselves
when we pull the stem of the lit
tle white flower through the but
ton hole . . . then quickly think of
something else . . . for all good
things must of necessity end in
this vale of tears, and of laugh
ter and of toil.
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AND MANY TIMES during
the day wt think of ihe kind
ly inowy- Haired lady who pre
sided so many years over the
destinies of our household, and
wonder just what she would
think of the problems we are
facing today . . . whether she
would just exactly Uke the
way we axe handling the per
plexities of living in a world
of machines, and of speed, and
of money, and of power politics
and international chaos . . And
we wonder how she'd like our
improved mode of housekeep
ing, and our training of the chil
dren. and our general outlook
on life .... and we might be
a good deal better off if we
would ask ourselves along the
way ? once In a while? "what
would mom do? ? how would
she meet this situation?" . . .
Those of us who cast off the
withered white blooms Sunday
evening, are being guided to as
great an extent perhaps by that
toil-worn and unseen hand as
those who are so fortunate as
to have been privileged to
wear the blood-red symbol of
life . . . We know what mom
would think about all these
matters, and that she would
face the complexities of today
unafraid, and with a positive'
and courageous attitude . . . It's
well to look back occasionally
... it makes the long road seem .
a bit smoother and the course
of action a bit clearer.
ELOISE ROBERTSON, viva
cious daughter of Britt Robert
son and Mrs. Alma Hodges Rob
ertson, old friends of ours, was
in town from Bristol, Tennessee
last Sunday, and knowing of our
penchant for pets, brought along
three pet grey squirrels to add
cheer to the house on the hill.
. . . Britt had doubtless captured
the frisky little animals, while
canying out his engineering ac
tivities . . . We appreciate the
kindness of Mr. Robertson and
that of EUoise, . . . and if we and
friend Rufus Greene can contin
ue to keep the pot hunters off the
hill, hope to have plenty of
squiirels in the cherry and hick
ory trees about our place in the
days to come . . . The Missus,
however, shared our disappoint
ment that Eloise and her girl
friend failed to show up for
lunch, as they agreed they might
. . .and we conducted a sort of
double-barrelled hunt for them
after church services . . . Any
way, thanks again ... no gift
could have pleased us more.
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SOMETIMES SEEMS that the
little creatures of field and for
est are making a last-ditch
stand in this country, against
man, and hit organised program
of disrupting the balance of na
ture. . . . Trout streams grtw
warm and unfit when the tim
ber was cut . . . lumbering took
food and shelter from the forest
creatures . . . birds find it well
nigh impossible to survive the
winters, due to the scarcity of
cover and of food ... to say
nothing of the shotgun and the
pointer and the seller . . . And
to cap the stack, most folks like
the looks of a squirrel in the
stew better than his antics on
lh* hickory t rear . . they can't
hear the whistle of the quail
without thinking of the whir of
wings, the wham of the shot
?bb and the thump of a tiny
body caught in mid-air by a
load of bird shot . . . We can't
see a trout in the brook with
out associating him with bacon
grease and the skillet . . . Yes.
we like to hunt and fish . . .but
we can't have our cake and eat
it.
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STATE TREASURER Charles
M. Johnson week-ended in Boone
in his race for the Governorship,
and talked with old friends ar
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REPORTS RADIUM SUBSTITUTE
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David E. Lillienthal. left, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commis
sion. and Carroll Wilson, general manager oi the AEC, are shown
at the While House afetr reporting to President Truman on the
progress of scientific research developing from the perfection of thr
atomic bomb. Lillienthal disclosed al the conference that atomic
energy research scientists have discovered that cobalt can be used
as a substitute for radium in treatment of cancer.
Nettles Will Preside
At June Court Term
FOR GOVERNOR
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Charles M. Johnson. Stat*
Treasurer, and Democratic can
didate for Governor, who week
ended in Boone, and conferred
with supporters, looking to the
primary of May 29. Mr. John
son's local campaign U being
managed by Austin E. South,
former Superior Court Clerk
The Burgaw man appears rath
er confident of victory, and be
lieves there is a possiblity of
his gaining the nomination in
the first primary.
Cancer Drive
Sets Record Here
Watauga and Stanley counties
led all the counties of the State In
the recent cancer fund campaign
according to Mrs. Ruby Ellis, lo
cal chairman, who states that Wa
tauga county topped its goal of
$300 by one third, contributing
$392.50, with one neighborhood
yet to report.
The campaign here was spon
sored by the Worthwhile Wo
man's Club of Boone. Committee
members from the club who
worked to collect the funds were:
Miss Cora Jeffcoat, Mrs. Lee Rey
nolds, Mrs. Julian Yoder, Mrs.
Bert Ellis, Mrs. Dempsey Wilcox
and Mrs. F. E. Warman.
Others who helped with the
campaign were Mrs. Francis
Greene, Miss Betty Matheson,
Mrs. Allen Gregg, Mrs. Tommy
Greene; Rev. Mr. Harris, Blow
ing Rock; Mr. Marion Thomas of
Zionville.
The high school in Boone con
tributed $27.00 and the elementa
ry school $22.00; Blowing Rock
elementary school $3.20; Boone
business houses $301.40. The coin
boxes placed in cafes and stores
in Boone and the county yielded
the sum of $13.00.
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS
SElflORfTY BILL PASSED
Washington ? The Senate this
week passed and sent to the White
House a seniority bill for rural
mail carriers.
It provides among other things,
that promotions shall be based
primarily on seniority, and that
new routes or vacancies shall hf
awarded to applicants on a senior
ity basis. New carriers would au
tomatically be assigned to the
less desirable routes.
Only Civil Actions Will be
Tried at Two Weeks Term;
Sixty Cases are on Calen
dar; Jurors Are Drawn for
Summer Session.
The June term of Watauga Su
perior Court, will convene on
Monday June 7, with
V Nettles of Asheville presiding
The court is expected to last for
Itwo weeks, and only the civil cas
es will come up for trial. Court
'Clerk Fred M. Gragg. states that
60 cases have been slated for trial.
Following are the names of
those who have been selected for
^Finr^Weck Paul Penley. Thos.
|C Proffitl, Clarence N. Greene,
Arthur Triplett. Fred Cox L>n
ville Aldridge. Lewis Norris,
Ralph Andrews. A. R. SroiUv
Fred Critcher, Frank Greene, C.
G Lewis, Walter Hollar, James
e' Miller. D. T. Brown, Coy Yates
J. R. Holman, Will P?"?r- J?h.?
Cox, S. S. Gragg, W. H. Shull,
Gilliam Mitchell. -Hugh Burleson,
Dave Bentley.
Second week: Raymond Isaacs.
Hamp Blackburn, Walter Phillips
Giant J Miller, Carter Finley,
Judson Hodgson. Fred G"*r^,
Jones Triplett, Chappell W?lson,
David M in ton. Crater L. Marsh,
J C. Shook. Arlie B. Eggers, W.
C Lentz, William N Brown,
Clyde Eggers, David Presnell.
David W. Hodges.
Riles Held For j
Mrs. Roby Greenel
Mrs. Junita Norris Greene,
wife of W. Roby Greene of
Brownwood passed away at Wa
tauga hospital May 6 after an
illness of about ten days. She was
bom July 3, 1872.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Howards Creek
Baptist Church at 2:00 p. m. Sat
urday, May 8, with Rev. Payne
and Rev. R. C. Eggers in charge.
Burial was Jont Brown ceme
tery.
She is survived by her hus
band, three sons: Murray of
Boone, Rt. 1, Frank and Jack of
Brownwood, four daughters. Mrs.
Mollie Norris, Boone Route 2;
Mrs. Loretta Lane, Fresno, Ohio,
Mrs Mattie Greene of Cleveland,
Ohio; Mrs. Nora Hodges, Boone,
Rt. 1; one step-daughter, Mrs.
John Bolick, Adams; one brother.
Jack Norris, Boone Rt. 2, and a
sister. Mrs. David Trivette, Beaver
Dam, Va.
Mrs. C. H. Garland
Succumbs at 76
I Mrs. Nannie Elizabeth Garland,
76 years of age, died at her home
in Shulls Mills, April ^3, after a
long illness.
Funeral rites were conducted
by the Rev. Conley Greer at 2
p m. on April 24 at the Foscoe
Christian Church and interment
was in the Foscoe Cemetery. |
She is survived by her hus-i
Iband, C. H. Garland, two daugh
ters and two sons; Mrs. i-.
Isaacs. Mrs. A. C. Williams, and
Claude Garland of Shulls Mills,
and Norman Garland of Sparta,
also 15 grand -children and 5
great-grarid-children.
HANES CHOSEN
TO MAKE TALK
AT APP FINALS
President of Wachovia Bank
& Trust Company Will De
liver Address at Appalach
ian College Commence
ment; 113 to Get Degrees.
President B. B. Dougherty of
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege has announced that Robert
M. Hanes, president of Wachovia
Bank and Trust Company, and
past president of the American
Bankers association, will be the
commencement speaker at the
college on Friday morning. May
21, at eleven o'clock.
The commencement activities
wjll begin formally with the pre
sentation of the senior play, "Sky
lark", under the direction of
Cratis Williams in the college
auditorium Thursday night, May
20, at eight o'clock. The presi
dent's breakfast will be given the
graduates, their parents and
friends of the college in the col
lege cafeteria on Friday morning
at 8:00 o'clock.
Commencement marshals are
Ralph Walters of Mooresville,
chief; Julian Rogers of Clarkton;
Robert Young of Bakersville; H.
jG. Jones of Pelham, Margaret
lAdkins of Summerfield; Rachel
Ann Vance of Boone; and Betty
Carter of Zebulon.
Mr. Hanes, the commencement
speaker, is a native of Winston
Salem, where he now lives. He at
tended Harvard University
School of Business Adminstration
and holds the A. B. and LL. D.
degrees from the University of
North Carolina. He holds offices
in a large number of nationally
known industrial firms. He was
a member of the North Carolina
General Assembly in 1929 and
1931 and the Senate in 1933. He
served overseas in World War I,
reaching the rank of major.
Among the 113 graduates to
whom Dr. Dougherty will pre
sent diplomas and degrees on
Friday, the 21st, are the follow
ing Watauga county students:
Rebekah Boone, Boone, busi
ness and English; Ruby Burleson,
Valle Crucis, primary education;
J. Carroll Cook, Boone, mathe
matics and physical education;
Roberta Critcher, Boone, library
science and business education;
Lovely Miller Danner, Boone,
grammar grade education; Jimmy
Farthing. Sugar Grove, grammar
grade; Mary Nell Farthing, Sugar
Grove, primary education; Eleene
Goodnight, Boone, Home Econo
mics and science; Joyce Gragg,
Boone, physical education and
science; L,. D. Graham, Todd,
mathematics and science; Frank
Greer, Sugar Grove, mathematics
and social studies; Ted Hagaman,
Boone, business education and
history; Anna Faye Hardin, Lax
on, Home Economics and science;
Grace Sherwood Joyce, Boone,
English and mathematics; John
|T. King, Boone, science and
social studies; Harold Mast, Sugar
Grove, grammar grade; Edith
Odom, Boone, business education
and library science; Gene L.
Reese, Boone, mathematics and
science; Jeanne Shull, Valle
Crucis, Spanish and library
science; Mildred Tunnell, Boone,
business education and history;
Thomas Ward, Sugar Grove, his
tory and science; Charles Younce,
Boone, science and history.
Mrs. Holman
Rites Sunday
Mrs. Almedia Hay Holman, wife
of the late Joseph Holrrlan, Fleet
wood passed away May 9, after
a short illness. She was born,
April 17, 1869, the daughter of
Jesse and Sally Winebarger Kay.
Funeral services were held at
the Laurel Springs Baptist
Church, May 11, 2:00 p. m. with
Rev. R. C. Eggers and Rev. Levi
Greene, officiating.
She is survived by four sons
and two daughters: Bynum and
Alex of Fleetwood, Brnest of
Creston, N. C., David of Lenoir;
Mrs. Paul Byrd, Sanford, N. C.
and Mrs. Celia Blackburn of
Purlear. One brother, Alex Ray,
Laxon; and two sisters, Mrs.
Minda Yontz, Todd, and Mrs. Rosa
Hopkins, Donation, N. C. also
survige.
During the 1947-48 gelling sea
son, the second largest crop of
flue-eiafcd tobacco ever produced
was sold on 81 auction markets
in Florida, Geofgia, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, and Vir
ginia.
COAST GUARD DELIVERS MILK
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I III* coast guard has played many roles In Us distinguished history.
That of milkman was added to the versatile list when the Ohio
River moved in on Point Pleasant and made water craft the only
means of transportation. A coast guard power boat, loaded to the
gunwales with milk, is chugging up Main Street here to deliver the
morning milk.
Interest Is Mounting
In Governor's Race
Democrats To
Meet Saturday
The Democrats of Watauga
have been asked to meet in con
vention at the courthouse in this
city, Saturday May 15, by Mr.
W. R. Winkler, chairman of the
local- Democratic executive com
mittee, at which time delegates to
the State Convention to be held
in Releigh on May 20, will be se
lected and a county organization
perfected.
Mr. Winkler asks that precinct
meetings be held in the various
townships on Friday May 14, at
2 o'clock for the purpose of nam
ing precinct committees, and del
egates to the county convention.
A large delegation is expected
to be present to cast Watauga's
vote in the State convention.
Baseball League
Plays Openers
Blowing Rock and Bamboo
showed much power in defeating
their opponents by large scores.
The league standings are as fol
lows:
W L P
Bert's 1 0 1000
Blowing Rock 1 0 1000
Foscoe 1 0 1000
Bamboo 1 0 1000
Ward's 1 0 1000
Elk 0 1 000
Roch Mountain 0 1 000
Cove Creek 0 1 000
Mabel 0 1 000
Oak Grove 0 1 000
Large crowds witnessed the
opening games and according to
John Hollar, league president, the
league should have a hotly con
tested season. The May 15 sche
dule is as follows:
Mabel at Boone (Bert's)
Bamboo at Oak Grove
Foscoe at Elk.
Cove Creek at Ward's.
Blowing Rock at Rich Mountain
Game time 2 p. m.
All eligible boys are reminded
that practice will be held Satur
day morning May 16th at 9:00.
4-H CLUB BOY BUYS
REGISTERED OURNESEY
Bobby Nichols, 4-H club boy of
Deep Gap, recently purchased a
registered Guernsey heifer. The
dam of the heifer was bred at
Quail Roost Farm and the sire
bred at Skybrook, out of a cow
with a record of over 15,000
pounds milk and 000 pounds fat.
Last year when Bobby began
his 4-ft work he had a crossed
beef type-rlairy type heifer.
Since this was the best he aould
do at the time the project was ac
cepted. A short time ago he sold
this crossed heifer which he had
faithfully cared for during the
year. He took the money he got
from this heifer and purchased
the registered Guernsey.
Scott and Johrtfcon Set Up Lo
cal Organizations; Umstead
and Broughton Make No
Announcements as to Cam
paign Staffs Here.
The gubernatorial contest is be
ginning to take form in Watauga
county, and is becoming the topic
of local conversation following
the recent visits to the county of
W Kerr Scott, and Charles M.
Johnson, leading contenders for
the Democratic nomination in the
May primary, but there is little
w^, of the ra?e between Senator
William B Umstead and former
Governor J. M. Broughton for the
?eat now held by the former in
the upper house of the national
Congress.
v ?ranl{ Baird, prominent
Valle Crucis farmer, is manag
ing the Scott campaign and re
ports indicate that a formidable
organization is being set up over
the county. Former court Clerk
Austin E. South, has taken the
management of the Johnson ef
fort, and information is that his
supporters will be thoroughly or
ganized^ A sizeable vote is pre
dicted here.
So far as the Democrat can
learn, neither Governor Brough
fnUlu* Stnator Umsted have
formally launched local cam
paigns but both are known to
nave impressive groups of sup
porters in the county.
Local politicians on both sides
"i,}? gubernatorial sweepstakes
will be busy this week end, reg
u0terS for Primary.
Pv**, who. aren't registered by
Saturday night can't vote two
weeks hence.
MARTIN TO SPEAK
AT LEXINGTON
Lexington? Speaker Joseph W.
Martin Jr. of the House of Re
presentatives will address a
gathering of North Carolina Re
publicans here Saturday.
??irn UAte r, ^epubl,c*n Chairman
i 1 PeLapp, said North Car
and -Iternates to
^ cn.al ? ? P" Convention,
and the State s other Republican
leaders have been invited to the
wUl s^k.dinner Where
DeLapp', announcement de
scribed Martin as "one of the
most prominently mentioned
compromise candidates for the
presidency."
WINS ELECTION
m RUN-OFF AT NEWLAND
elSZZi ST*?'* D"nW? WU
elected Mayor of this Avery
h? mTk 10 " run -off election
held this week.
He received 110 votes to 83 re
ceived by the present Mayor,
George M. Banner. In the muni
cipal flection held May 3, each
iman received 87 votes.
| P T A OFFICERS
The following officers have
been elected for the Boone Parent
Teachers Association for the en
suing year:
President, Rev. E. F. Troutman
vice-president. Dr. Lee Reynolds'
secretary, Mrs. Herman Eggers;
treasurer, Mr, Donald Thompson.
SATURDAY IS
LAST CHANCE
TO REGISTER
Voters Desiring to Participate
In Statewide Primary An
Asked to Make Sure Their
Names Are on Registration
Books; The Officials.
Saturday is the last day to reg
ister to vote in the primary elec
tion to be held Saturday May 28,
it is revealed by Roby T. Greer,
chairman of the Watauga County
Board of Elections, who states
that all those wishing to vote in
the primary should be sure they
are registered in the primary
registration book.
Mr. Greer states that there are
two separate registrations for the
primary and the general election,
and that it is likely that many
who voted in November are still
not registered in the primary reg
istration book I Unless they are so
registered, he states, they cannot
vote in the State primary.
Th* Election Officials.
Mr. Greer gives out the names
of the following officials who are
appointed to hold the primary, as
well as general election this
fall. TWfirst named, in each
case is the Registrar, the second,
the Democratic Judge and the
last, the Republican judge:
Bald Mountain: Jont Ragan,
Fred Holman, Leslie Norris.
Beaver Dam: Clayton Vines,
Orville Hagaman, Spencer War
ren.
Blue Ridge: M. O. Coffey, Em
mett Oliver, Stacy Ford.
Boone: Howard Cottrell, A. E
South, George C. Greene.
Brushy Fork: Martin Harmon,
Don Hagaman, Earl Lyons.
Blowing Rock, Parks Knight,
Bill Lentz, Fred Hartley.
Cove Creek: Paul Walsh, Bert
Mast. F. D. Bumgamer.
Elk: Ward Carroll, Harold
Hayes, V. C. Cox.
Laurel Creek, Jerd Shull, R. H.
Simpson, E. D. Farran.
Meat Camp no. 1: C. G. Hodges,
Wade Clawson, Howard Gragg.
Meat Camp no. 2: L. E. Beach,
Ronda Ragan, T. O. Eggers.
New River: Grady Greer, Jack
Edmisten, Frank Bolick.
North Fork: Walter C. South,
Sam South, Jack Wallace.
Shawneehaw: Fate Townsend,
Dale Michael, J. G. Allen.
Stony Fork: Edgar Hardin,
Fred Norris, F. L. Wilcox.
Watauga: R. A. Olsen, Arlie
Hodges, Murray Coffey.
Try Early Setting
Oi Burley Weed
An experiment in early setting
of burley tobacco plants is being
carried out on the farm of S. C.
Eggers near the western limits of
the town.
Mr. R. C. Coleman of Tabor
City came up Monday with a load
of plants grown there and set
them on the Eggers farm, in an
effort to determine the feasibil
ity of setting burley plants three
or four weeks ahead of the usual.
Farmers are asked to observe the
progress of this planting through
out the season.
Local Teachers
Go To Raleigh
Two of the local college facul
ty members, Mr. and Mrs. G. F.
Kirchner, attended an important
teacher training meeting called
by State Superintendent Clyde
Erwin in Raleigh last Saturday.
The purpose of the meeting was
to clarify and establish proced
ures related to the training of
health teachers and physical ed
ucation teachers by the 25 senior
colleges and universities in the
State. Forty-three faculty mem
bers from these institutions of
higher learning were present at
the meeting. Plans were promul
gated to further study of this
problem.
Attending the meeting and con
tributing to its success in addition
to State Superintendent Clyde A.
Erwin, were Dr. J. Henry High
smith, director division of instruc
tional service; Dr. James E. Hill
man, director division of profes
sional service, and Mr. Charles
E. Spencer, director of health ed
ucation and physical education.
JOHN DALLAS CULLERS
John Dallas Culler, of Zionville,
seven weeks old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Loyd Cullers, died at his
home May 9. Funeral service#
were conducted May 10.