BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1951.
KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
CARL GOEHCH. publisher of
the highly esteemed State maga
zine, who know* more about his
adopted State than any native
born ion we can recall, has just
found out about polk "sallet",
which delicacy he now aligns
with the ramp* of the south
western part of the State and
the chitlins from all over, but
vows abstenance from the deli
. ciousness of the laA named . . .
At any rate, we fell to reading
Carl's discourse on poke, and
memory went back to the savory
kitchen of long ago, and after
supptr, we wandered away, and
picked a pot of polk to grace the
table at high noon ? dinner to us
. . . And right now we are con
isderably strengthened by this
"mess" of poke, a he-man type
of greens, which was popular be
fore we found out that sallet
could be bought in a store . . .
Another item which graced our
table some time ago was branch
lettucc. and we recall many a
happy trip up on the side of Rich
Mountain, in the vicinity of the
old Collins place, where we
pickefl this delicious greenery
from the banks of the ice cold
spring branch, the first edible
substance the good earth brought
forth . . . And we've also had
rather more than a passing ac
quaintance with dandelion
greens along about the time the
M?rch winds began to carry on
. . . You can tell something of
how old a man is, and what per
iods of scarcity he inhabited, by
his knowledge of the various
"weeds" which conceivably can
be used for "sallet" greens . . .
But back to the start, polk really
supplies the vitamins, \ye'd for
gotten just how good the stuff is
till Mr. Goerch reminded us . . .
and we want him to kno?( he
doesn't have to go to Eastern
Carolina for his first mess . . .
Nowhere does this lusty plant
thrive in all its tender goodness
as it does in the rich coves and
hillsides of Watauga, where for
all time the youngsters have us
ed the pinkish red juice from its
many berries to put on the war
paint of the Shawnee or the
Creek, and to make a gory
splotch where the bad man of the
plains was supposed to have
laid a bullet with the capshoot
er.
? ? *
THOMAS MILLER says h?
bought a ledger down at Will
C. Walker's on* day. (lid the
bill, and Mr. Walker added
that tha book was sold under a
positive guarantee . . . When
questioned about the warranty,
Mr. Walker said: "Son, if you
take this boo* and use it long
enough, and it don't break you
up. I'll gladly return every
cent of your money!"
SAM TRIVETT, 87 years old,
one of the comrrf unity's old tim
ers, who can be seen about the
streets mofct any day, rests on
the fender o[ an automobile and
picks a lively tune on a banjo of
his own creation . . . "Uncle"
Sam was a fine mechanic and
gunsmith, and still manages to
produce a banjo now and again
. . . Increasing number of tele
vision aerials take their places
on the chimney tops about town,
as well as on business houses, as
residents turn to this new med
ium of enlightenment and enter
tainment . . . Grownups and
children alike sit for hours
around a set, conversation is ta
boo, and visiting friends in the
community is becoming a for
gotten grace with those wlfo
watch the tv . . . It would appear
that this marvelous contraption
which funnels everything right
into the living room is liable to
change the whole social otdcr
. . , and keep the grown-ups and
the kids alike at home every
evening . . . We inquired from a
visitor the other day about u
friend he had visited in another
city ? "Oh, I visited him all
right," he answered, "but the tele
vision was on all the time, and
never did net around to saying a
word . . don't have any idea
how he's getting along, but he
looks fresh!"
? ? ? I
SARAH REBEKAH RIVERS
just back from Paris, when
shi had spent a couple of
years, visits ear house, end
talk* entertainingly of the Eoro
peane. their trials and tribula
tions. their hopes and fears . . .
The information she brings is
heartening, for some of us
through the years, have liken
ed the Euro peane to so many
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NEW FRONT BELK'8 STORE
Belk's Store Celebrates Finish
Of Handsome Building Front
W. H. BELK
* Pr??id?nt Balk'a Star**
IITM? ? ? ?
W. W. CHESTER
Manager Balk'i Store in Boon*
Riles Held For
Mrs. J. E. Young
Blowing Rock, May 14. ? Mrs.
J. E. Young, 69, died at her home
here on Monday night at 5:45 o'
clock, following an illnesi.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at two o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon at the Blowing Rock Re
folded church. Burial was in the
church cemetery. Rev. Mr. Mills
of Charlotte and Rev. Mr. Eu
gene Nichols of Beckley, W. Va.,
conducted the services.
Surviving are her husband, ex
sheriff J. E. Young: two daugh
ters, Mrs. Leona Hartley and Mrs.
Mary Helen Ford, both of Blow
ing Rock; (our sons, Fred A.,
James A., and Roy W., all of
Blowing Rock, and J. & Young,
Jr., of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two
sisters, Mrs. Effic Bradshaw of
Lenoir, route eight, and Mrs. El
sie Knight, also of Blowing Rock;
a brother, Charles Trexler of
Baltimore, Md. . 29 grandchildren
and 15 great grandchildren.
The body was removed to the
late residence Tuesday afternoon
from Greer Funeral Home at Le
noir. '*?
She was boin September 6,
1881, the daughter of David F.
and Charlotte Hokhouscr Trex
ler of Rowan county. Her maid
en no me was Sally C. trexler.
Health Of fice -Closes
Due to the necessity of the
staffs at lord inn tile Western
District Public Health Confer
ence, the Health Department will
close Thursday, May 24 at 12.-00
noon and will be closed Friday,
May 25 and Saturday. May 36.
Belk's Department Store i> to
day celebrating the completion
of its new store front, marking
another step forward in the life
of the popular establishment,
and further enhancing the ap
pearance of the down-town busi
ness district.
The remodeling project which
has been underway for some
time, by the B. G. Teams Con
struction Co., is now completed.
The masonry below the show
windows, and on each side of the
entrances have been faced with
Virginia green stone, while an
attractive marquee has been
built the entire length of the
building. Above this the brick
work has Been stuccoed and the
snow-white surface divided into
squares. New plate glass doors
enhance, the attractiveness of the
entrance.
In commenting on the new im
provement Mr. W. W. Chester,
store manager states that Belk's
opened their store here in May
1935 and have grown with the
community, taking part in move
ments calculated to build up
both the community and the
county. '
"It is with great pride," says
Mr. Chester, "that we formally
open this new store front and
thus keep pace with Boone and
Watauga in their forward move
ment We have great faith in the
people of Watauga and are al
ways striving to make our store
a batter store to meet the needs
of our trading area.
"It is the policy of Belk's to
employ local personnel, and the
goods for the Boone store are
bought by the people who work
here, to meet the needs of the
trade.
Belk's is managed by W. W.
Chester, who is secretary and
treasurer of the Boone store, as
well as a stockholder. Mr. W. H.
Be lk of Charlotte is presid?nt
and W. H. Belk, Jr., vice-presi
dent.
Nail Service to
Elk Improved
Mail service was extended
from Boone for 7 miles beyond
Triplett, N. C.. to the Wilkes
County line Monday, May 21st
giving patrons in that area their
first mail deliveries on the road.
Prior to this time they have had
to walk the 7 miles for their
mail.
Along with this extension a re
arrangement of the star route
was made for the mail to leave
Boone at 10:15 a. m. and go to
the Wilkes County line via Trip
lett and return to Boone by 3 p.
m. This gives patrons in that
area the advantage of receiving
their mail 24 hours earlier and
giving an advance of a dispatch
by M hours.
$456,000 Contract
Let for Parkway
Washington ? The Interior De
partment said this week it has
awarded a $456,260 contract for
paving 27 miles of the Blue
Ridge Parkway to Sam Finley,
Inc., RoanSke, Va.
The three sections of paving
will be part of an 80-mile unit of
the Parkway from Beacon
Heights, near Linville, N. C., in
to Asheville.
At Lions Convention
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Crawford and
Mr. and Mrs. Leo K. Pritchett
attended a part of the Lions In
ternational Stfte Convention in
Winston-Salem Sunday and Mon
day. One of the affairs they at
tended was the Tailtwisters
Breakfast on Monday morning.
Mr. Crawford and Mr. Pritchett
served as Teiltwisters of the
local Lionl Club during the past
year.
Newsmen,' Others From
10 States Tour Parkway
Parkway Tour Personnel
Thomas J. Alien, Regional Director, National Park
Service, Richmond, Va.
Alec Bearov, Field Reporter, National Touring Bureau,
Ameiican Automobile Association, Washington, D. C.
Tom Broughton, Editor, "Go" Magazine, Carolina Motor
Club, Charlotte, N. C.
Mi.-s Vera Bull, Branch Manager, Carolina- Motor Club,
Fayctteville?N. C.
J. B. Burns, Executive Secretary, Georgia Motor Club,
Atlanta, Ga.
Jack D. Cabe, Patrolman, State Highway Patrol, Bre
vard, N. C.
Robert F. Campbell, "Asheville Citizen," Aaheville, N. C.
Earl Crawford, "Charlotte Observer", Charlotte, N. C.
Mrs. Genevieve Cross, East Tennessee Automobile Club,
Bristol, Tenn.
E. M. Dale, Chief Ranger, National Park Service, Roan
oke, Va.
Mrs. Ruth Donegan, Alabama Motorists Association,
Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Lucille Dragoo, District of Columbia Divisibn AAA,
Washington, D. C.
Mike Frome, Public Relations Department, American
Automobile Association, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Nina Gills, Autombbile Club of Virginia, Roanoke,
Va.
ft. W. Hakanson, South Florida Division AAA, Miami,
Fla. - *
Mrs. Mary Hale, East Tennessee Automobile Club, Knox
ville, Tenn.
John pemmer, Photographer, State Advertising Bureau,
Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Ji'm Howard, East Tennessee Automobile Club, Gat
linburg, Tenn.
Allen Jeter, Automobile Club of Virginia, Richmond, Va.
Art Johnsey, "Greensboro Daily News," Greensboro, N. C.
John Laurino, Automobile Club of Virginia, Richmond,
Va.
Hugh Morton, President, The Linville Company, Wilm
ington, N. C. '
Charlie Parker, Director, State Advertising Bureau, Ra
leigh, N. C.
T. Ed Pickard, Jr., Vice-Presidcnt-Gencral Manager, Car
olina Motor Club, Charlotte, N. C.
Jack Priedeman, President, Smoky Mountain Tour*,
AsheviUe, N. C.
Paul Radford, Smoky Mountain Tours, Afhevilla, N. C.
Mrs. Thclma Ryan, Branch Manager, Carolina Motor
Club, High Point, N. C.
A1 Starger, Automobile Club of New York, New York.
Mrs. Ruby Stuckey, Branch Manager, Carolina Motor
Club, Columbia, S. C.
E. J. Velenovsky, Managing Editor, "Waynesboro News
Virginian", Waynesboro, Va.
Lou Weber, Cincinnati Automobile Club, Cincinnati, O.
Sam P. Weems, Superintendent, Blue Ridge Parkway, ,
Roanoke, Va.
Miss Marie White, Travel Counselor, Carolina Motor Club,
Charlotte, N. C. .
Dave Wilkinson, Branch Manager, Carolina Motor Club,
AsheviUe, N. C.
Conrad L. Wirth, Associate Director, National Park Serv
ice, Washington, D. C.
Miss Margaret Stubbs. Bluefield Automobile Club, Blue
field, West Virginia.
Farm Loan Group To Hear Ballentine
The annufll stockholders' meet
ing of fhe North Wilkesboro Na
tional Farm loin association will
be held in the town hall in North
Wilkesboro, Tuesday May 29, at
10 a. m., Mr. S. C. Eggers, presi
dent of the organization an
nounced yesterday,
Hon. L. Y. Ballentine, Com
missioner of Agriculture, will
deliver an address on the pro
blems confronting the farmers
and what is expected of them in
solving those problems. He is a
forceful speaker and is thorough
ly familiar with his subject.
Mr. Eggers states that all
members of the association as
well as the general public arc in
vited to hear Mr. Ballentine.
Summer School Enrollments To
Tax Facilities At Appalachian
By EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT
Advance enrollments at Appa
lachian State Teachers college
indicate that the summer school
for this year will tax all avail
able accommodations and facili
ties again this year. All the col
lege dormitory rooms have been
reserved for many months, and
it is understood that available
rooms in the town 'are rapidly
filling. In addition, several hund
red teachers ami students will
plan to drive in from the near
by towns and countlcs. The first
t*rm opens June 12.
Last summer there were 2416
enrollments for both summer
terms, represented by 1591 dif
ferent individuals from sixteen
states, one territory, and two
fhreign Countries. The npjority
of them were in-service teach
ers, studying to improve their
classroom procedures and techni
ques.
Several additions have been
made to the curriculum for this
summer which will be of parti
cular interest to teachcrs. The
college is offering sufficient
work in guidance and counsel
ing for a teacher to obtain a
graduate certificate in this field.
At present these courses in guid
ance and counseling are offered
only on the graduate level. There
aru certain courses on the under
graduate level to be offered,
however.
Another important addition to
the curriculum if the offering of
the master's degree in the field
of music. This covers the field
from the fundamentals of music,
music for children, individual
lessons in various instruments,
many music education courses,
on through the more advanced
courses in arranging, conducting,
music workshops, and others.
With the completion of the new
music building, which is expect
ed to be ready for occupancy
near the latter part of July of
<his year, it is thought that the
music department will grow in
to one of the moot outstanding
and most important at the col
lege.
Graduate work is gl%-cn in
library sctem-e, biology, social
studies, English, mathematics,
and music, as well as in primary,
elementary and high school edu
cation. Undergraduate work is
given in many other fields, suf
ficient for a bachelor of science
degree.
In addition to the regular oul
l<%e faculty, some of the coun
I try's best known teachcrs will be
visiting professors at Appula
cbiaa during the summer. Among
these arc the following:
Dr. W. Amos Abrams, associ
ate editor of the NCSA Journal;
Dr. Ernest J. Ashbaugh, dean of
the school of education, Miami
University, Ohio; Dr. Joseph M.
Wilson, head of the department
of music. High Point college; Dr.
Philip J. Green, professor of
history at Queens College; Dr.
James William Moffitt, professor
of history at Furman University;
Dr. Lilian L. Stevens, elemen
tary tcachcr in the Lincoln
School and the Horace Mann
School; Miss Doris Davis, pro
fessor of speech at Culver
Stockson College, Missouri; Miss
Shirley Cox. professor of physi
cal education, Washington State
College; Dr. Henderson Grady
Kincheloc, associate professor of
English, North Carolina State
Teachers; Mr. Bernhardt H.
Wcstlund, professor of music,
Milton College. Wisconsin; Miss
Frieda M. Heller, associate pro
fessor and librarian, department
of Univcrsitv Schools, Ohio
State University: Miss Helen A.
McLaughlin, assistant professor
of education. New York State
Teachers college; Dr. Homer R.
Green holt, professor at history,'
Lcnoir-Ithync college;
Miss Martha G. Johnston,
?uptrvlsor, Salisbury city schools;
Mr. Victor B. Danek, head of the
music department, Judson col
lege, Alabama: Mi** Ethel M.
Wood, librarian in the Oak
Ridge (Tcnn.) nchools; Richard
W. Farrell, guidance expert in
the Rocklund County <W. Y.)
schools; Miu* Barbara Koesjan,
supervisor o ( music in the
Amarilla. (Texa*) city schools;
Dr. Elva E. Knight, professor of
education at Hunter college.
New York; Dr, J. W. McCutchcn,
professor of English, Davidson
college; Dr. Ellison M. Smith,
director of tcacher education and
certification, South Carolina
State Department of Education;
Miss Mildred Herring, librarian
of Central high school, Greens
boro; Walter B. Shcppurd. direc
tor of the Psychological Services
Center, Syracuse University;
Miss Ruth Robinson, supervisor
of the Mcchlenburg County
Schools. Charlotte; Dr. Grace A.
Peterson, 'issistunt in the botany
department. Ilutgcrs University.
There arc alsq a number of
uthcr visiting faculty members
who will participate in the var
ious college programs and cur
riculums during the summer.
The first term of the summer
school open* on June 12 and ex
tends through July 80. The'second
will be Jul/ U through Aug. 29.
BRUCE ANSEL, ton of Mr. and
Mm. C. B. Angtl of Boon*,
who** death w?? r*port*d In ih*
last *ditlon of ih* Democrat.
Several Gifts
Are Received For
Recreation Fund
Interest is growing in plans
for a recreation program for
Boone, according to Rev. Joseph
T. Shackford, chairman of the
Boone Chamber of Commerce
Recreational committee. Already
several donations of money tow
ard the estimated minimumi fund
of $500 have been subscribed to,
and work is progressing on
clearing space for the smaller
children's playground between
the local Baptist and Methodist
churches, with Scouts from
Squadron 109 helping with the
work. '
A fo tbull game between the
Rotary Wheels and the .Roaring
Lions was scheduled to be play
ed this afternoon (Wednesday), on
College Field, at 3:30. Members
of the Lions Club and Rotary
Club each predict a win by their
respective teams. Proceeds from
the game will be turned over to
the recreational fund.
Youngsters under 20 years
have issued a challenge to the
winners of this game to be play
ed the following Wednesday ? if
the winners have recuperated
enough to play.
Donations from civic clubs
have been listed as follows,
through Tuesday noon: Lions
Club $50.00; Business and Pro
fessional Women $50.00; Vet
erans of Foreign Wafs $35, or
more. The Rotary Club, prohibit
ed from makinp a club donation
by its constitution and by-laws,
will give, through individual
members, at least $90.00. Rev.
Shackford stated that other clubs
are showing pn interest in the
program and he hopes to be able
to announce next week donations
from these groups and individu
als and business establishments
in town.
Softball Deadline
Deadline on Softball Enroll
ments hu been announced by
Rot. Joseph Shackford. chair
man of tho Boon* Chamber of
Com marc* Recreational Com
mittee aa Maf 21. Each team
mutt have an adult sponsor.
The team division* are for boys,
ages l-l. Ml. 12-14, IS and upi
girls 1-12. 13-11. Thoae intend
ing to enter should notify Rar.
Shackford or Howard J. Wil
liams immediately so that
games may be scheduled.
Insert pest* arc causing dam
age to ornamental plants in some
sections of the State. Informa
tion on control measures may be
obtained from county agents.
Civic Leaders Boone,
Blowing Rock Are
Host* to Group.
By Joe Minor
Boone and Blowing Rock en
tertained travel and Parkway of
ficials and newspapermen (rum
ten states and the District of
Columbia Monday night and
Tuesday morning, while ' they
were on a four-day inspection
tour of the Blue Ridge Parkway
jnd its facilities for the traveling
public. Approximately 40 per
sons were making the tour.
The tour was sponsored by the
Carolina Motor Club and the
Blue Ridge Parkway Associated
Chambers of Commerce.
The Blowing Rock Chamber of
Commerce entertained the group
at a dinner Monday night at the
Wagon Wheel Grill, with Grov
er C. Robbins acting as master
o< ceremonies. R. B. Hardin,
president of the chamber, wel
comed the group, with response
by T. E. Pickard, Jr., of the Car
olina Motor Club.
A tour was made of various
scenic spots in this section, In
cluding the Cone Estate, the Rock,
Grandfather Mountain, Mayview
Park, and other places in the
two towns. Joining this tour from
Boone Chamber of Commerce
were Watt H. Gragg, H. Grady
Farthing, Lovtis Smith, L. T. Ta
tum, W. R. Winkler, Herman Wil
cox and Stanley A. Harris.
Part of the group spent the
night in Boone and ate breakfast
as guests of the Boone Chamber
of Commerce at the Skyline
Restaurant Tuesday. They spent
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Miss Holshouser
Given Honor
Milt Mary Holshouser, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hol
shouser of Blowing Rook, has
been awarded a fellowship
through the World Council of
Churches, to represent the
Southern Presbyterdan at the
Gossner Mission and training
center in Mainz, Germany this
Summer.
A rising senior at W. C. U. N.
C. Miss Holshouser is on the
Westminster Fellowship Council,
Inter-faith council, Inter-Collegi
ate council, and is secretary
treasurer of State Westminster
Fellowship council and is on the
Y-State Conference planning
committee.
She has served as Junior
House president this year, is on
the dean's list, the corriculum
committee of executive council
and chairman of the delegation
of the student council of the
Greater Universities of North
Carolina and has recently been
tapped for membership in Gbl
den Chain, honor society in Wo
man's College
Health Program
The regular 1:30 Health De
partment program for Monday,
May 28, will present Mrs. Reka
Shocmake's first grade from
Deep Gap School and uccom
I plishmcnts of this year's school
Polio Suspected
Miss Sallic Brendall, 17, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brendall,
was taken to the Orthopedic
Hospital in Ashevillc Tuesday
for an examination. Local doc
tors suspccted polio.
MOBILE X-RAY UNIT TO COME TO
COUHTY; FUNDS ARE SOUGHT
A mobile x-ray unit from the
State Health Department is to
be In Watauga county for two
month* to make free cheat
examinations, if ' plana of the
Business and Professional Wo
men'* Club and the County
TubcrctiloaU Association work
out
Mr*. Kathleen Hodges, chair
man of the special BPW commit
tee, and al?o chairman of the
last Tuberculosis seal campaign
in the county, state* that the
?ucctts of the x-ray effort will
depend upon the cooperation
secured. If the wry ice is to be
made available for two months
and every person in the comity
given the chance for an exami
nation. about 1350 will be need
ed, Mrs. Hedges says. TWa
money is to be used to pay for
two stenographer*. who arc
neecnaary to make the record* offcM
the examinations. Those willing
to make contribution* mny leave v
same with Mis Hodges at Ult W
Farmer* Hardwire * Su?iy Co.