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. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ? An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH AbOUNA. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER !, .?] 14 PAGES? 2 SECTIONS SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR.? NO. 17 KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS THE ORDER CHANGETH John E. Brown Jr. was succeed ed Saturday a4V postmaster by Lyle Cook, college graduate, Marine Corps combat veteran, and more recently a teacher, marking the first change in the pestmastership here since Janu ary 1943, when Mr. Brown took over the job from Wiley G. Hart ?qg . . . And as the patrons greet tbe nfw executive, and also shake bands with the retiring veteran at the postal service, there seems to be the Reeling t^at a good job has been finished, and that ??other siitcessful career is start - mf ... In looking back over the record we find that the Boone pwtoffice is now starting out with its ninth postmaster during (he present century . . . The vet eran Republican politician and pcrchant, M. B. Blackburfe, took care of Uncle Sam's mail during tbe early part of the century, having the office in the left hand corner of fcis big store opposite tbe courthouse ... He was suc ceeded in 1914 by Mrs. Robert C. livers (our mom) who held forth *tor some time before Murray P. Crilcher was commissioned. John E. Brown, Sr. came next, follow ed by W. D. Farthing, swept in by the Harding landslide. Mr. Farth iag gave way after a while to A. W. Smith . . . Mr. Smith held un til the Roosevelt sweep and gave way to Wiley G. Hartzog. John E. Brown Jif. took over from Kim and held until the end of the week. RECORDS OF GOOD 8 Ell VICE And u we look back jrti Mm yean to the days whan Manlay BlackbuWt or Miu Jen ?ia or Miu Mattie would band tha mail to a gangling kid in tha corner of tha ga naz al store. wa find a racord of high service to tha paopile . . . Mr. Blackburn would paaa out One's mail at any hour of tha* day or night in tolarably good humor . . . "Mist Sallie" Rivers brought continuad good service, and tha first postoffica build ing ? that ii tha first structura usad axcluiiraly as a postof fica . . . Murray Crltchar pre sided "down at tha Coffay stora room, and wa* good to ovary body. whila John E. Brown continuad tha racord of fina sarvica . . . Mr. Brown. Larna Bingham. Ban Watson, and mayba othars. for mad a com pany which aractad a postoffica building (whara tha Building and Loan now operates.) .... Dudlay Farthing and Abnar Smith prasidad thara. and aach took cara of tha buainass in exemplary fashion and with tha approval of tha patrons . . Wiley G. Hartaog was in tha top spot whan tha present postoffica, built at Government expense was constructed, and worked faithfully to that and ... Ha also pioneered lp the highway postoffica promotion ! . . which was completed un der Mr. Brown's leadership. " AND TIME GOES ON . . . and so do pojitSfcsters, as politi cal change moves these officials, BUt we have had a sort of special selfish interest in the segpice of lit. Brown, since we happened to M Democratic chairman and re commended him to the post a- , We feel that the quality of The service he has rendered justifies our action, and comes af a sour? of satisfaction to us ... On Mon day Mr. Brown proudly exhibit ed a handsome gold watch which the postal employees had given htm at the end of his tenure . . . We wish Mr. Brown all good luck ft his future activities, and Mr. Cook continued success in his Aew position. IV V BERRY TIME * Mrs. Ed Quails brings us ? dish of walnut-siaed strawber 'ri?s that she picked from her garden Monday ^ . . We had never known of any berries to "grow around here so late . . . ' with more attention Mrs. Qua 111 said she could have had tho late fruit in abundance . . . We 'appreciate her kindness, which tell on our birthday, and fit la "Just right with the dinner . . . Wo haven't lost our fondness for those observances, which v, might indicate there's life in the >.old dog yet . . . But, aa when .someone mention* tho length iiof our belt, we wince a mite i when a well-wisher asks lor tho < vital irtHittn O .. O Dougherty Named On Advisory Group At Carson-Newman Jefferson City, Tennessee, Oct. 30 ? Dr. B. B. Dougherty, presi dent of Appalachian State Teach ers College, has been chosen to | serve On the Advisory Board of Carson-Newman College. Tlje Board composed of approxi mately one hundred business and professional leaders who are no minated by the Trusteeseto co operate with the President and the Board of Trustees in planning and furthering the development of the college. 0 "In my opinion," says Dr. Har Igy Fite, president of the college, in speaking of the newly-formed Board, "this is the most important forward move of the college in recent years." Rev. G. C. Cox I? New Pastor Church At Blowing Rock Asheville. ? The Rev. G. Carlton Cox, pastor of Merrimon Avenue Baptist Church for more than 17 years, Sunday tendered his resig nation to become pastor of the Blowing Rock Baptist Church. The Rev. Mr. Cox announced his resignation to the congrega tion at the morning services. He will remain with the church here until November 30 and begin his work with tlw Blowing Rock Church December 1. The Rev. Mr. Cox came to the Merrimon Avenue Church July 1, 1936, after serving as pastor of the #Weaverville Baptist Church' six years. A native of Pitt County, he was educated at Mars Hill and l^kt Forest colleges and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. L He headed the English depart ment of Mars H1U H>8h School during the year 19*7-28 after his graduation from college and prior to filming the seminary. When th? Rev. Mr. Cox became pastor of the Merrimon Avenue Church it had \ membership of 120. It was the old North Ashe viUe Baptist Church at that time. By 1948 the membership had grown to 983. With the increase in member ship, the church was^xpanded ? a new church building and educa tional building was erected at Merrimon and Annandale aven ues. The old church was located at Merriihon and Hillside Streets. The Rev. Mr. Cox has been ac tive in the Buncombe Baptist As sociation and has held a number of officcs in the organization. Book Bazaar Begins Nov. 9th A book bazaar or exhibit, spon sored by the Library Science De partment of Appalachian College, will be held In the basement lob by of the College LWrary Novem ber 9 to 21, 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Five hundred books will be aAilable for purchase, an other volumes may be ordered, it is said. Children and adult* are wel come, and there is no obligatiAi or admission charge. Richard Chase will present his *ack in the Beanstalk puppet show Monday November 16 in the high school auditorium at 1 p. m. His books will (Monograph ed and offered for sale at the book bazaar. Watauga 4H Group Goes To Asheville Five 4-H club members from Watauga County attended the Second Western District 4-H Rec ognita Day held 'In Ashevillf sfturday in the Battery Park Hotel. Atyut 160 club members, local leaders, business men, farm and home agents and district agents attended the meeting. Helen Harbin from the Boone Senior club gave the response to the welcome. Evelyn Matheson rendered a piano solo during the program. Mr. O. H. Phillip*, assistant State 4-H Club leader, gave cer tificate* of achievement and rec ognized Glenn Reese and Bobby Gene N orris a* the State winner* in iheep (hearing. Ann Farthing and Evelyn Matheson were rec ognized at winner* in the DUtrlct Dairy Food* Demonstration. Plane *pceda are seen limited tor the next tea year*. NEW POSTMASTER? Lyle Cook, above left, is shown receiving the congratulations of John E. Brown, Jr., whom he succeeded as Boone's postmaster. In the background is postoffice inspector Heffner, who administered the oath to the new official. ? Staff photo by Joe Minor. Lyle Cook Sworn In As -Boone Postmaster; Succeeds Ed Brown Lyle Cook, 31, was sworn in Saturday as Boone postmaster, succeeding John E. Brown, Jr., in the first local switch of politi cal appointees since the Eisen hower landslide. Postmaster Cook, a Republi can. a son of Sheriff and Mrs. E. D. Cook, is a native Wataugan, was educated at Appalachian State Teachers College, where he received a BS degree in 1950 and an MA in 19S3. He enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps January 3, 1944, where he served until April 3, 1946. He spent 21 months in the Pacific Theatre, and was in action *at Layte and the Philli pines. Prior to his Marine career he had attended business college at Roanoke, Va. He taught school at Rockingham (or one year and Happy Valley two years. Mr. Brown, a Democrat, was appointed Postmaster January 1, 1943. During his tenure the of fice moved from second to first class rating. He started his postal career in 1935 as substitute vil lage mail carrier. The establish ment of the highway postoffices between Boone and Greensboro, an Boone and Charlotte, came about during his term, and were largely a . result of his i tireless promotion. The city mail delivery service Was expanded from 200 family units to 500, and there were extensions of RFD service from Boone. At his behest Postal Savings accounts were establish ed here. New Office Hours Given , At Health Deparment It has been decided to have the Health Department offices closed on Saturdays beginning with No* vember. As only one worker has been staying in the office Satur day morning, Dr. Mary Michal, health officer, said it has been found that the time of the staff can be used to better advantage with a full staff on the regular working day* Monday through Friday. The Health Department is open on these days each day from 8:00 in the morning to 5:00 in the ev ening, except for the lunch hour taken by workers. Each Monday morning S gen eral diagnostic clinic is held, at tended by Mr. Michal. Beginning with November there win no longer be held the special clinics that have been held on the sec ond Mondays. This will be chang ed from a Monday afternoon to two Wednesday afternoons each month, the second Wednesday and the fourth* Wednesday, which in November will be the 11th and 25th at 1:00 o'clock in the after noon. This clinic provides (ot the examination and supervision of mothers, infants, and p re-school age children. ? Deep Gap Grange To Meet Friday There will be a meeting of the Deep Gap Grange at the Park way School Friday night, No vember 8, at 7:30 o'clock, ac cording to an announcement by ; Mr. T. W. Ferguson, field repre sentative of the North Carolina State Grange. - ? : There are many in the county who rfre either not able to afford the services of a private physician for this well supervision, or phy sicians who are so busy with the care of the sick, that for lack of time they would like to refer pa tients to a clinic for well super vision. These two clinics a month will be held by Dr. Hadley M. Wilson of Boone. Mrs. Martha Lyons Succumbs Sunday . Mrs. Martha Victoria Lyons, Route 3, Boone, died Sunday, No vember l,*at the age of 76. Fun eral services were held Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church in Boone by the Revs. Edwin F. Troutman, J. K. Parker, Jr., and C. O. Vance. The body lay in state for an hour Prior to tVie services. Survivors include her husband, W. C. Lyons, four sons, H. L. Lyons of Hickory, L. M., Clar ence M., and Earl J. Lyons, all of Route 3, Boone; tjvo daughters, Mrs.*H Earl Norris, Route 2, and Mrs. Jake Mqiret# of i^pone; two brothel's, B. F. Hodges and P. H. Hodges of Route 3, Boone; three sisters, Mrs. R. W. Hartley of Linville, and Mrs. Cleo Love of Boone; twenty 'grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. North Carolina brrtfcer product ion continuft to rise. The 32,4 12^ 000 chicks hatched' in the A-st six months of this year represent a 9 per cent increase over the same period a year ago. Miss Edna Holiday New Member Staff Of Health Dept. MISS EDNA HOLIDAY A recent addition to the sta'f of the Watauga County Health ?>epartment is Miss Edna Holiday. She comes to Watauga Irom Den ver, Colorado, where she was em ployed as instructor in the out patient department at the Uni versity of Colorado Medical Cen ter. She is a graduate of the University of Minneflbta School of Nursing and holds a degree in Public Health Nursing from the University of Michigan. Miss Holiday has had several years' experience in public health nursing in the state of Michigan and was senior public health nurse of Jackson County, N. C., for two years. . ? The United States total wheat production this year is estimated at 1,169,000,000 bushels, 7 per cent above the average. ? J 4f ? HHH Prospects Bright For County Health Center Miss Underdo wn Heads '53 Christmas Seal Sale Appointment of Miss Helen Underdown as chairman of the 19S3 Christmas Seal Sale was an nounced this week by Mrs. Carl Prancis, executive secretary of the Tri-County Tuberculosis As sociation. The seal sale, which will be conducted throughout the county by mail from November 16th through December, is <he only source of funds for the tubercu losis prevention and control ac tivities of the association. The local campaign will be a part of the 47th annual Christmas Seal Sale to be held throughout the country by the 3,000 voluntary associations affiliated with the National Tuberculosis Association. "Tuberculosis causes great suf fering right here in our county," Mrs. Francis said, "so the tuber culosis association is working twelve months a year to prevent this dreaded disease. It deservi-j the wholehearted support of the entire community." "Preparations for the sale have already been started by the MISS HELEN UNDERDO \$N members of the Business and Professional Woman's Club, who sponsor this drive," Miss Under down said. Hardy Reports On Plans For Promotion Of Horn The board of directors of th? Southern Appalachian Historical Association met Monday and heard a report from William Hardy, general manager of "Horn ' in the West," on work and plans for promotion of the drama dur ing the off yason months. Mr, Hardy reported that the exhibit on the drama had been seen . by pver 400,000 persons at the fairs in Durham, Hickory, Winston - Salem, and Raleigh. I Thousands of pieces of literature i were distributed at these fairs and j the overall response to the exhi j bit was very favorable. > In addition, Mr. Hardy has also ; starft'd work on the school pro , gram to be sponsored again this year by" the Association. He re : vealcd that this program which started last year would be ex panded to include assembly pro > grams dealing with the drama in | as many schools as possible, tast year ?nearly 10,000 North Carolina school children participated in the program. Dr. D. J. Whitcner, executive vice-president of the association, stressed the fact that one of (fre primary purposes of the associa tion and of the dumi was to do everything possible to further the interest in the history of this region both in the schools and with the general public. To ac complish this, a special commit | tee headed by iQra. B. W. Stall i ings has been appointed to con sider special projects other than the drama *to be undertaken by the association. Dr. Whitcner and Russell Hod ges, chaignan of the publicity committee, stressed the fact that the most important work facing the association was effective and intensive promotion and public relations work foj^lhe coming sea son which opens on June 25, 1954. "Bity A Mile" Theme Of Campaign To Send* College Band To Tampa Game ? ' "Hj|y ? Mile to Tampa" tickets are now available in five Boone business places, and may be pur chaspd in blocks of four for $1.00. representing a mile of transpor tation, or separately for 25c each. The tickets are being sold at Boone Drug Company, Carolina Pharmacy, Gateway Restaurant. Boone Trail Restaurant, and Kirk's Bar-B-Q. and will be placed in other stores as well for added convenience of piuchascrs. A box for contributions nas also been placed in the lobby of the Appalachian Theatre. The slogan and the tickets are part and parcel of a project to i provide funds to send the Appa lachlan Slate Teachers College band to Tampa, Fla., for the No vember 21 football game between Appalachian and the Uni\qysity of Tampa. The project is spon sored by the Chamber of Com merce, the Merchants Association, and other interested groups. The plan is to charter two Queen City Cdach Company buses to transport 48 band mem bers and five cheerleaders to the Tampa game, which will coat in the neighborhood of $1,000. ^>out $300 of this amount has been re alized from donations by the Chamber of Commerce, the Sou thern Appalachina Historical As sociation, the Bounc But Tcnni* nal, the Queen City Coach Com pany, and the Quarterback Club. Parade Saturday ' A parade by the band is sched uled Saturday, November 7, at 1:30 d. m., which will culminate in iftoncert at the main business comer of King and Depot streets. Following the concert, the band members will disperse and scli tickets. ? A table attended by a member of the band will be located under theTnarquce of the Boone Druf Company this Saturday and next Saturday for the sale of the tic kets. This method will also b< utilized on other days at such tunes a* personnel are available. Contrary to a previous an nouncement. there wHl be no prizes awarded in connection with the tickets. It has been minted out, however, by project sponsors that contributions will 'tot only help to provide trans portation for the band, but will also buy publicity for the out door drama, "Horn in the West," and this mountain area as a va cation spot. The buses wil?) carry banners ind stickers publicizing the dra na and other tourist attractions n the area, and the caravan will make stop* along the way, in cluding a band concert at Jack sonville, fla. ' James Storie Is Head Of N. C. E. A. Legislative Body JAMES M. STORIE B'owing Rock, Nov. 2 ? Infor mation has been received of the appointment of James M. Storie, principal of Blowing Rock school, to the chairmanship of the Legis lative Committee, division of principals, N. C. E. A. Other members of this commit tee include the following: Henry C. Waiters, Long Hill School, R. 1^ D.. Fayetteviyp; Harold Mil ler, North Elementary School. Gaston la, Thomas L White, high school, Lumbcrton; Lloyd Thav er, Junior high school, High Point. Mr. Storic is president of the Watauga County Unit, N. C. E. A. and is beginning his third year as principal of the Blowing Rock school. Mrs: Winebargfr Taken By Death ^ Alvcda Z. Wincbargcr, Boone, route 1, died Thursday. October 29. at the age of 74. Funeral serv ices were held Saturday at the Fairview Methodist Church at 10 a. m. Services were conducted by the Rev. Charles McKiimey. Siub'ivors include two daugh ters, Zora Prcssley, Boone, route I; Mrs. Lcona Griffin, Rocking ham; and Mrs. Edith Castle of Canton, Pa.; three sons, Joseph Wincbarger o ( Rockingham; Charlie Wincbarger and Arlie Wincbarger of Boone, route 1; two brotheriw Calvin Morctz of Todd; and Darvid Morctz of Nor ton, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Laura Maggard of Norton, Va., and Mrs. Emmy Short of Raven Cliff, West Virginia. Adenauer plans to seek nio.v independence for West Ccruaoy. Prospects for the construction of a modern health center for Watauga county brightened last Thursday, when an enthusiastic group of fifty citizens gathered with the county commissioners to lay definite plans for the project. The meeting was called by Dr. John Martin, president of the Health Council, who had named a planning committee represent ing all sections of the county. The county commissioners, Paul A. Coffey, Leonard Wilson and Clarence Watson, took part in the discussions, and indicated they would work toward finding a way to finance such a project. To this end County Attorney Stacy Eggers was instructed to communicate with the Local Gov ernment Commission. The commissioners also indi cated that they have a possible site for the health center infeind, which will soon be inspected by a representative of the Medical Care Commission. This organiza tion administers the Hill-Burton act, and through its cooperation Watauga already has a Nurses' home nearing completion. Under the cooperative building plan provided, the county pro vides a site, plus water and sew- _ age disposal, and meets one fourth the coft of the building and equipment. It was pointed out at the meet ing that with funds raised by the yarious communities, special needs might be cov#ed, while the county would assume the ma jor cost of building. * Burlev Sorting Schools Slated TM Extension Tobacco Special ist! will assist with two tobacco sorting demonstrations in Wa tauga county on Friday, Novem ber 13, according to L. E. Tuck wilier, county agent. The first demonstration will start at 9:30 a. m. at W. R. Vines' farm near the Bethel school. The second will be held at Tom Ward's farm in th<* lower part of Watauga township. ? Both of these farms have a to bacco variety demonstration test with 13 different varieties in each test. Many farmers will want to sec how each of these varieties frade out. Magazine Drive Being Sponsored A drive for old magazines, sheet music and song books is being sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club beginning Monday, Novem ber 16, through Friday, Novem ber 20. The magazines and music col | lected will be distributed to the \ hospital, prison camp, and wel fare department. A house to house canvass will . 1 be made by members of the club and all persons having thes?*par ticles are urged to have them 1 ready to be collected. If through some error, you fail to be con tacted, please call any member of the Junior Woman's Club. Weather Tuesday marked the beginning i of a short series of rain showers, breaking the dry spell which had lasted around Boone since Sep tember 28. AlmoP one-third of an inch of rain fell Wednesday ac cording to Dr. Arnold Van Pelt, local weather observer, and about one inch on Thursday. Mild tem peratures decided with the onset 1 of the shower^ October saw little rain. Extremes of temperatures were 80 and 23. Total rainfall 0 was 1.30 inches, with most of the rain being on the 29th. Duy by day weather report: WSi Max. Min. 4 p.m. Date 61 38 47 Oct. 15 62 26 47 Oct. 26 55 41 52 Oct. 27 60 39 40 Oct. U 44 32 36 Oct 29 58 26 44 Oct. 30 67 30 48 Oct. SI Precipitation: Oct. 28 ? .30 in.; 5 Oct 29 ? M in.; Oct 30? .06 in. I i ?' | M >, Senator Walter George urj the end of economic aid to cope. ^
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