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THE DEMOCRAT fta roar beat ud most ecaao medium or ?ilu?llptiH more dun UN paid-up. pubecrlptlona, your ?an bom to I9.0M peepli the universally mid bMto ot five rwdm to VOL. LX, NO. 52. An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1948. ?A ' " v* t Xr' Pf IMPORTANT Tho dAtt ob your data your paper will unlets wontr ran. _ Democrat u optratixgr strto on a cash In advance ria?f five CENTS a COPY ? MJTRECT BT ROB RIVERS '< WITH THIS EDITION, The Watauga Democrat completes its sixtieth year of continuous ser vice to the people of the area . . and at each anniversary the pub-1 lisher always feels particularly grateful to the folks for their continuing support of the county paper, which for a large part bf neighborhood far small to provide an adequate livelihood for the publisher, and half-time farming in those olden days fill ed in the fiscal gap, and the pa per lived on, while others in towns of comparable size went "by the board throughout the years . . . Yes, we're happy for the patrons and the friends who have stuck by two generations of the Rivers family in their journalistic ef forts . . . Time has a healing ef fect on frayed nerves, and only the pleasant occurrences of the long years are recorded in mem ory's diary . . . Boone's oldest business institution greets its ma ny readers with the hope that the Watauga Democrat will be here, rendering an increasing measure of service to the community and the county for another three score years. ? ? ? THE PRESENT PUBLISHER who was weaned on printer's ink. and who cut his teeth no doubt on type metal . . . learn ed the alphabet and began to reed before school age from playing with busted letters of type in the old "bell box" . . . was a fair typ? at the age of six, and rather (Misted on bang ing around old print shop, wbeu it wasn't fishing weather, has had a pretty good time all along . . . He has enjoyed the evolution of the town from a tiny neighborhood built ar ound the courthouse, to the best ! small city to be found in the area . . likewise ho has token 1 a pride in the growth of the Democrat . . . He was around a good many years, before the old Washington hand prees gave way to the first power machine . . saw the advent of the whee zy gas engine ... its fuel bad to be imported from Lenoir by wagon . . . He aided to wearing out the new machine, and ne gotiated for the present ma chinery ... he helped ship aw ay the old hand type to the smelter, and unboxed the first linotype machine . . . He's still seeing new equipment going on the floer, and feels a quicken ing of the pulse whenever a new gadget take* Us place in the modern weekly newspaper plant . . . Yea. we've been ar ound here for a good while . . . but not for the sixty years! "WATT GRAGG gets off to G. O. P. convention, happy as a jay bird, and the hosts of the Grand Old Party are busily engaged in the city of brotherly love in put ing a presidential ticket before the country . . . The party sees the green light for the first time in sixteen years. . . . the party faith ful from the vineyards whqre the ballots grow are naming the man who likely will be the next President of the United States . . That's the general opinion . . . a few however, insist that you'd better not lay down your money at the pari mutuel window till you see the guy who is going to jockey Jumbo in the fall sweep stakes.. . . Orthodox Democrat al lows there's one bright spot on the political horizon ? he will be able to cuss the Washington gov ernment again . . . something he hasn't been able to do for six teen years . . . Democrats going to make another pass at naming a candidate for Governor Satur day . . . Candidates Johnson and Scott trying to warm Up an ap athetic electorate . . . Many see a smaller vote than wbsn the ballots were cast four weeks ago . . . Republican campaigning for Scott , another saying that wn't hflp him . . . still wish the] f?lks woultd get out and vote . far somebody! CROWDS gather at occupy!** his new stead on De pot Street . . . WktMm getting a bang oat of giving Pop a tok en of their esteem on Father's Dty. ... BuiinMi nitt building blocks into rear of Ms auto . . . Snooks Unney look lag after the pruning of the trees en Ma apacieaa lawn ... (Contnued on page 4) IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS ....At U. S. Military Academy graduation txtrdMi at Watt Point. William C. Buckner, ton of the lata Ganaral Simon Bolivar Buck nar, received hi* commiuion at a aacond lieutenant in tha army from Major Ganaral Maxwell Taylor, Academy Superintendent. Tha fledgling officer's father died in tha Pacific in tha laat war while leading American troop* against tha Japa. 1,525 Local Vehicles Pass State Inspection YOUTHFUL HEROjInspe<:tion **ne *? Relurn t0 Boone Later in The Year Joseph Fiiher. 11, of Washington joins Bob F slier, of the Cleve land Indians in ? bit of r*fmh imeni afier taring the life of a youngster by pushing him out of tha path of an aato. Feller pre; tented Joseph ylth a U. S. tar ings bond, a citation, a gold med al, and a popsickle! Dairy Foods Contest is Slated !' ? ' > ? \ '? . ? r i The first Dairy Foods Demon stration contest ever to be held lin Watauga county will be held June 30, 2 KM p. m. in the. Home Economics Department of Appa lachian High School, according to Miss Norma E. Dillingham, as sistant home agent. The winners of this contest will go to Asheville July 15 to com pete in the district contest. There' are two teams entering, one from Bethel 4-H club, it's members are Maude Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Wilson, Reese, and Betty Reese, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Asa L. Reese, Reese, N. C. The other team is from Boone Sr. 4-H club and it's members are Joyce Norris, daughter of Mr. Cloyd Norris, Rt. 2, Boone, and Rita Lee Nor ris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Norris, Rt 1, Boone. The judges for the contest are Miss Madgen Ryan, Mrs. Mar jorie Pittman, and Mrs. Eileen Goodnight, all from Appalachian State Teachers college. Miss Dillingham urges anyone who is interested to attend the contest. To Give Instructions At Frozen Food Plant Miss Nita Orr, extension home economist in food conservation, will give a demonstration on preparation of fruits and vege tables for the Locker Plant on Friday, June 2Sth at 2:00 p. m. The demonstration will be held at the Frond Foods Plant and will begin promptly at :00 In stead of 10:00 a. m. as was an nounced in last weeks paper. Prior to her recent appoint ment as extension economist in food conservation and market ing, Miss Orr served at home demonstration agent in Tennes see for fourteen years. She also spent two and one half years a* a frozen foods consultant with -a large commercial concern in Bristol, Tenn. i Roy Phillips, manager of the Motor vehicle inspection lane, which closed here last week, tells fhe Democrat that 1,525 of the 2, 683 cars registered in Watauga county, have been inspected, and that of the number going through the lane, 1,385 passed inspection Snd were given blue stickers. Mf- Phillips states that the lane will return to Boone later this! ye** for a short period, so that the* temaining cars may be in spected. Notice of the new dates wUt Deaiven later. Mr. Phillips expressed his ap preciation to local motorists and other residents of the county for their courtesy and cooperation in helping enforwithe provisions of th?. new inspection law. Ladies l^gbl Al C. of C. Planned The ladies night meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held in (he Baptist Church base ment Tuesday evening-June 29, when President H. . W. Wilcox ita&s thegroup will arrive at a decision op whether or not the proposed centennial celebration will be promoted here for 1949. Special entertainment will fea ture a travel movie reel, in tech nicolor, entitled "Shortest Way Home," giving 35 minutes of sightseeing through the moat sce nic regions of America. Other matters ? to take the at tention of the meeting will be the possibilities of building a mo dern tourist court, issuing a new folder, preparing articles for tra vel magazines, and the best way of advertising Boone during the remainder of this season and next winter. Members of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce are invited to attend. Reservations should be made by turning in your reserva tions to Mrs. Pearl L. Bingham. The Secretary's office is being moved to the Linney building on Main Street. Legion Takes Two Victories Last week Coach John Hollars American Legion boys won two out of three games to remain at the top of the standings in the area. Monday night under the light the fast moving Boone team lost the. first game of the season to The next day in Asheville us ing their ace flrebeller Carlock Greene, who struck out 17 men the Boone boys won a ten in ning thriller from the AsheviUe Juniors. Last Thursday the locals de feated a weak New land team by the score of 16 to 0. J. D. You nee a good baseball prospect, provid ed the fireworks by driving a| homer over the center fiel<ttence. This Wednesday the Juniors take in the strong Hendersonville boys at the coljege field at 3 o' clock. As all the Boone stores will be closed at the time, a large crowd U expected to witness the game. COLLECETOTAL F OR SUMMER TOPS RECORDS Enrollment at Appalachian One Thousand and Forty Eight as Institution Has Its Most Auspicious Opening of Summer School Term. college opened its summer ses sion this past week with the largest beginning summer school enrollment in the history of the college. The total number of students enrolled now stands at 1048. A number of students who will report Monday to enroll in the practice teaching courses, and those registered for the two weeks course beginning July 6, will swell the total for the first term to well over 1100, it is esti mated here. Appalachian is offering a master's degree this summer for the first time. 186 students are taking the graduate work, and 862 are enrolled for undergradu ate courses. The enrollment includes th^ largest number of tforth Carolina students ever enrolled in the summer school, with a total of 880. However, eleven other states and one Territory are represent ed in the student body by the additional 168 students. 86 of North Carolina's one hundred counties are represent ed. There are 96 counties in other states with students enrolled. Following North Carolina's 880 students, South Carolina Is second with 65. Florida haa 33, Virginia 25, Georgia '24, Tennes see 7, Maryland 5, Kentucky 3, Pennsylvania 2, and one each from Mississippi^ M i c h i g an, Indiana, and Puerto Rico. !n the number ; of <zraHn&?. students enrolled North cSSS SL ^ ^ U2> *>Uow?Lta 16. Rorfda^thG^aMh9a v'"* ***** 6. Kentucic^*S TeJf^ ?eck, history professor at Mary Baldwin college, History; D? enneth J. Fr as lire, assistant! Pfincipil, Univecaity high school I Champaign, Illinois, Edu^tf? * ? fiToifissf1 tta Sm5,% ^versify, g4 * ag-s. 'head of Montgomery. Modern L^uaJ^SS! , ?f gMh school, Oklahoma, Critic'^ WH?k) !nd SpanUh; Dr. Mike! right, head of department of Biology, Tugculm college Rut %%?*? K&V"ss; &^.X??XSrsX r SKf EduSon;^00} =r itond ^8dt *' Burri* ??nonstra "?n school. Ball Stat* T..1 college, Wrltin?;DSrUMa?retT jWalraven, instructor tor the ex l^zJTr ,ot ?2^? University, children's ?2,.?^ ot the Dmllta Timet "mid. author of "Library Guid ance for Teachers" and "Teach - SeTi nnTVu!!?1 *he ?*mentary School Llb?ry", Library Ed?Z u? ^ ,ral?Ven U th* "?? "Xj^L8^00! UWW*0^" to^rcB.?^tyo,? CoMeryatory ' from Cincinnati Conserv. who will teach violin ?0mrMKeev?.> b!d. JSm ?tfachT1^ UnJvanity and fes &?? <* -???ninar 8?*de education. th* rooming facilities of SLST cu- not -u nudenU to live on the campus a ? .' ? 2; ? f. ? '? ?f j* ?- , ' LAYING DOWN RULES TO MARSHALL General George C. Marshall. Secretary of Stmt*, who more often had a voice in laying down the rules, lends an ear to Packr Doyle, member of the Sun Valley staff, explains the rules before the statesman entered into a gam* of Softball. Mrs. Marshall Joined the General in his vacation at Sun Valley. Idaho. First Band Concert To Be Held Next Friday PREMIER Appalachian Band to Appear in Scries of Six Summer Concerts Here. Dr. Wong W?n-H?o. notad gaolo: gilt and chairman of tha national raoourcM commission. who ..baa baan namad pramiar of China, ia ?howa abora. Aa praaidant Chiang Kal-Sh*k'? compromise choica. tha 51-yaar-old Dr. Wong was confirmed by tha lagislatWa yuan ?3? to 14. Singing on the Mountain Sunday The twenty-fourth annual pen tescostal tinging on the moun tain will be held the fourth Sun day in June, the 27th day, on the Yonahlossee Road at the baie of the Grandfather Mountain. Mr. J. L. Hartley of Linville, chairman of the singing, invites all singing classes in western Car olina, Tennessee, ? Virginia and South Carolina to attend, and says "there will be plenty on the ground to feed a multitude." All Star Game Creates Interest - i v Much interest is being shown as the time draws near for the big July 3 all-star game between tw0 hand-picked teams from the east and west of the county. Manager John Hollar states the teams are battling right down to the last for the standings that will enable them to place more men on the honor team. Bamboo has already aewed up first place and Blowing Rock tec ood In the eastern half. Dor man Cook popular playing mana ger of Bamboo will pilot the eas tern team. In the western part a first place team has not been decided yet. Bert's and Ward's being tied with 7 wins apiece. If both teams win or both teams lose this Saturday there Is a possibility that a play off might be staged Sunday be tween Bert's and Ward's to de cide the leader. The low point in meat supplies! for IMS probably will be readied between July and September. I The Appalachian Summer School Band will preaent it's first in a series of six iumme( outdoor concerts this Friday! evening at seven o'clock. Thl concerts will be prdwnted on the college campus . adjoining the fountain in front of the Ad ministration building. The public is cordially invited ta attend these outdoor programs. The band consists of ffyfty members ranging from grammar grade students to graduate stud ents in college, \ all of whorp participate purely for the enjoy ment of presenting light popular music as will be presented on all the programs. Concerts for the summer are scheduled for the following Fri day evenings: June 2&. July >9) July 23, August 8, andf August 20. Community Sing At Blowing Rock Blowing Rock, June 22. ? A community ling will be held here Sunday July 4 at 8 o'clock on' the green of the city park, or if the weather is rainy, in the auditor ium of the high school. There will be 'songs by quar tets from Watauga county chur ches, and the Blowing Rock Ro tary Club, also colored groups will contribute spiritual and spe cial numbers. The invitation to the general public to attend concludes with: "Let us worship the Lord in song and praise. Let us praise Him with music for His wonder ful works for the children of jnen." presidentialT VOTING TONIGHT The program of the Republi can National Convention in Phil adelphia, calls for the start of the balloting on a presidential nom inee tonight, although it is ex plained that voting may actually be deferred to Thursday. The first two days of the con vention were devoted to speech making. drafting of a platform ?ad routine ofguittUoa bHslu* ness. Thomas E. Dewey appears to be the lading contender for top honor*, and hi* cause got a boost when Senator Edward Martin, Pennsylvania's favorite son candi date, withdrew Tuesday ^and an nounced he would place the New York Governor In nomination. Wildlife Group to Name New Officer* The Watauga Wildlife Club will hold a picnic supper Wed nesday evening, June 30, on the lawn of Mrs. F. A. Linney in Boone at 7:00. In crfse of rain the supper wil be held at Legion hut. Officers for the coming year will be elected at that time. ? " i . LOCAL VOTERS LACK INTEREST III STATE VOTE Johnson and Scott Go into Fi nal Lap of Gubernatorial Race; Light Vote is Seen in Next Saturday's Balloting Johnson Carried Watauga. veloped locally In the Demorcrat ic primary, next Saturday, when Charles M. Johnson and Kerr Scott go into the finals of a long and bitter fight, with the Gov ernorship of the State constitut ing the winner's purse. In the first campaign six can didates were in the field, and Johnson had a lead of something over 8,000 votes. Since party rules call for a majority nomination. Candidate Scott asked for the sec ond primary, and both candidates and their friends have been try ing to arouse an apathetic elec torate during the intervening four weeks. Some of the more political minded folks in the State doubt that any big turnout of the voters will result from this last cam pagn ? some even predicting that the total may be as much as a hundred thousand short of the tal ly in the first. At any rate, Saturday is prima ry day again, and all qualified Democratic electors are entitled to vote for one of the two candi dates in the field. Watauga county cast 1232 votes in the first primary, which was considered something near a nor mal turnout. Some of those inter ested in the voting say the vote will be larger Saturday ? others look for a shrinkage, but it may be expected at the last minute there will be some kindling of {interest in the forthcoming battle of the ballots. Johnson carried the county handily in the ffrst go-round, gar nering 766 as against 441 for [Scott. Only 23 votes were cast for khe other candidates. Of these Albright received 21, Barker 3, and Stanley 1. Heirs Elizabeth Perry Being Sought in State Chicago, 111., June 24. ? Mr*. Elizabeth Perry Ben bow, who would be 87 years old, if living, and therefore, \more likely her children or grandchildren, are be ing .sought in tforth Carolina to claim a $10,000 estate to which they are unknowingly ttrehetrs. This became known here today when Walter C. Cox, ptobfete gen ealogist, 208 S. LaSalle St.,1. Chi cago, who specializes in tracing missing relatives to settle estates, assumed charge of the hunt with scant clues on which to proceed." "Mrs. Benbow, whose maiden name wa* Perry," Mr. Cox said, "was bom in New England in ab out 1809. When a young woman, she married Benbow, whose first name is unknown, and the couple went to somewhere in North Car olina to live, "Under the laws and circum stances applying, only Mrs. Ben bow, if living, or her children or grandchildren, are entitled to claim the estate. There is reason to believe that she or her de scendants are still located in North Carolina." Three Local Men Enlist in Navy The following local men joined the navy at the local recruiting station Monday: Dolphus Ned Lyons, Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Lyon of this city. Honie William Lunaford, son at Daniel Lunaford at Sugar Orove. Wiley William Danner, son of Mr. aad Mrs. Oeorge Banner of Boone. The three men will go to Hun tington, W. Va. tor their final physical testa. If they are approv ed they will go to Greet Lakes Naval Station tor their basic training. SAVES BAST, DBS Newark, N. J, ? Minding the baby while her mother was out shopping, the dress of Barbara Da Couae, 7, caught fir* from the kitchen gas range. She roll sd on a bed. extinguishing the flames, setting fire to the bed. Barbara snatched her two months -old sister, Paula, from bar crib and ran to the home of a neighbor. She saved the baby, but died in a hospital aa a result of her bums. msSHBMK
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