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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT *? '"tela.*-"' EVERY THURSDAY Xalilliln I in 1888 and published tor 48 yean by the late Robert C. Rivera, Sr. B. C. RIVERS, Jr. - Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN WATAUGA COUNTY One Year .$2.00 Six Months 1.50 Four Month* 1.00 OCT8XDE WATAUGA COUNTY On* Year 9X80 Six Months 1.75 Your Months. 1.25 NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS In requesting change ol address, ft ia important to mention the OLD. as well as the NEW address Cards of Thanks. Resolutions ol Respect, Obituaries, etc., are charged for at the regular adver tising rates. Entered at the postoffice at Boone, N. C., as second clan mail matter, under the act of Congre? of March 3, 1879. The basic of our imrannt bains Sm opinion of tho people. th? voir mat objective should be to keep that rlcbt, and war* It laf t to ma to declda WD ether we should have a sovem mant without newspapers, or newspa pers without government,' I should not Malta te a monment to choose the let tar. But I should mean that every man should receive i these papers and be capable of reading them."? Thomas Jefferson. THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1949. THE CELEBRATION I aJhLVUnt/ hM Uken appropri "ote ot its one hundredth, tion dep'ictini?W1hk i0ng celebra ocpictinc the progress of the It has been a great occasion Sfc-gw-raasS; a cert?in?ty ? since all the bills are not in, but had the weather g,ven us a break ther2 would no doubt have been a con I siderahle surplus 0n"l .,i^rever- when the books are' there h?n celebr?tion, should there be a deficit, we feel that we should make up the loss uncom v?3Jm> thlnC? l,he advert"ing LiL .^he centennial is far beyond dollars and cents reckon a iew wX 'T been done ln 7 icw weeks to promote t h?? tiMnVh?Unly' and their possibili ties, than could have been done through routine methods in many decades. Daily the centennial ??Wd3,. mc'uded newspaper men "?nnd V'de * ' ? never have we known of so much publicity be ing accorded an event, which was so nearly local in character and ? million dollars could have aP ctlve Promotional job have been done. Hundreds of ??i""2"s ^ type matter, scores of pictures, editorial matter without end ... so much the Democrat cannot undertake the job of^re printing the comments* . . . have been published and gone out to hundreds and hundreds of thous SStfon readers throughout the U2uw ?? Thc Publicizing of the whn hn CD,?tlnues' and those Who have worked so diligently in ?T?ing the different phases of the celebration, should take a particular pride in having thus contributed to the further promo tion of the welfare of the town the county, and the people. Stanley A. Harris, centennial director, should be singled out for especial commendation for fhe marvelous j?b he has done Me h!rthH0m0ll0n of the county's ?illb^d?y Party. He has lab ?h? g.y *nd effectively, d?r hi? V or^nized un oforonah 2?adershlp 'n the most thorough- going manner. His ser !^h,,n % regard are of"n?l culable public worth ^wland of the John B. tfogers Co., wrought wonders in ?f ,be historic," pageant, Echoes of the Blue which has been widely h??'m Pe0Ple from 'all over" commented favorably on the Product, on. The actual partici ! KZC! th" .i! i Pageantry should fv iV ? harks of the communi ty, likewise, for carrying on night after night, solely for the pur Zw of fth?ntribut,ng to the sue \5f. . occasion. .speakers, committee chairmen, business men general Jf' 8ave liberally of their thne and money, and all the folks feel Drrnly' ?Lho aided- should men! accomplish , The crowds have gone away thp "? I188 gone down on the centennial scene, but genera yth unb<?"1 wi'l reap value .p"bhc,ty which has been accorded our country. We JPJ~ ^ forever grateful to all waT t^W?K? contributed in any way to the , remarkable promo DON'T COUGH Your Head Off! Ask for Mentho-Mulsion If tt fail* to stop your cough due to colds, ask for your money back. BOONE DRUG CO. The HEXALL Store Education Day of the County's centennial celebra tion attracted a number of State officials and leaders to Boone to honor Appalachian State Teachers college and its president, Dr. B. B. Dougherty. Dr. Dougherty responds to the tributes paid him by Senator Frank P. Graham and others, on the left. Center, Senator Graham, State Treasurer Brandon P. Hodges, D. Hiden Ramsey, of Asheville, vice chairman of the State Board of Education, *and President W. E. Bird of Western Carolina Teachers College, Cullowhee. At right is former Governor R. Gregg Cherry with Stanley A. Harris of Boone, director of the celebration. ? (Photos courtesy Asheville Citizen-Times) Above pictures show activities during Watauga County Centennial celebration. The cut at the left shows a group of women marching in the Ti )s day atternoon ( parade. They are dressed in bon J nets and hoop dresses typical of the dress of 1849. Queen of the Centennial Mickey McGuire is shown on the night she was crowned the leading lady, of the celebration. Beardless culpits are shown as they awaited trial in the Kangaroo Court. Police man Edwin C. Greene is shown guarding, left to right, Ralph Mast, Jack Edmisten, Charlie Byrd and Lawson Greer. ? (Photos courtesy Asheville Citizens- Times) ? IHW ntll i ESBHi Residents of Watauga County 'are shown as they be gan the celebration of Watauga County's 100th birthday. Top left, a photo of parade participants as they marched along King street to officially open the celebration last Tuesday. Right, a group of youngsters from nearby Camp Yonahlossee ride in a covered wagon. Bottom photos, leit: Cecil Miller, Mrs. Nell Linney and B. W. Stallings, of Boone, who were participants in the historical spectacle, "Echoes of the Blue Ridge." Center, Mrs. Louise DeLima and Kent Brown who were cast as Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Boone, arid their hound dogs. Right. Lt. Goverpor H. Pat Taylor, speaking during Governor's Day festivities, shortly before the presentation of the pageant, with Watt Gragg and Wade E. Brown, seated behind him. ? (Photo courtesy Asheville Citizen-Times)
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