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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 (Continued on page four) 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 (Continued on page four) 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.