WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
Published Every Thursday by
SgjRIVERS PRINTING COMPANY .
BOON*, NORTH CAROLINA
L C. RIVERS, JR - Publisher |
EmE An Weekly Newspaper
Established In 1M and published for 46 yean by
| the tote Robert C. Rivers, Sr.
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without government, I should not hesitate a moment to
moose the latter. But I should mesn that every man
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Ihem." ? Thomas Jefferson.
New Elementary School
Is Splendid Plant
A trip through the new Appalachian el
ementary school building is a treat, and a
genuine eye-opener to those who don't know
too much aboat the modern educational
plant.
Recently Prof. Chapell Wilson took time
out to show us through tiie huge plant, antl
we were -amazed at what we saw. Those
who haven had the opportunity of visiting
the Boone school should do so next time
there's an open house event.
From the handsomely appointed offices
for the principal, back through the class
rooms and on to every department, the build
ing is as fully modern as can be built.
Perfectly lighted and beautifully furn
ished the classrooms are particularly inter
esting to the parents of the little fellows,
along with the commodious lockers for the,
clothing, and self-contained sanitary facili
ties. Some of the rooms are provided with
annexes which are used by observers, who
can watch the newest trends in elementary
teaching practiced, while the members of the
class are unable to see them through the one
way glass.
The elaborately furnished auditorium,
with comfortable seats and adequate stage
facilities, fills ? long-felt want in the grades.
A big rumpus room where the youngsters
may work off their excess energy on bad
days is an innovation, but of principal inter
est to most of the visitors is the modem caf
eteria, which will take care of both the ele
mentary and high school groups. With floors
of marble, and with kitchen fixtures of stain
less steel, the cafeteria represents the last
word in mass preparation and serving of
tasty meals. The equipment alone in this
department cost more than $30,000.
Time being of the essence in school ac
tivities, as elsewhere, it is interesting to note
that one can never be out of sight of an elec
tric clock. All these instruments are syn
chronized daily from the main office of the
building.
An elaborate communications system has
been installed, whereby the office is in con
stant touch with each classroom. Likewise
a program being rendered in any one room
may be heard by all the other departments
of the school by the flick of a switch.
In every department convenient offices
have been arranged for those responsible,
and every possible convenience has been add
ed to make the plant serve the needs of both
faculty and students.
in tne decorations, color has been used
to the degree that the interior presents a gay
appearance, rather than the drab look usu
ally associated with school rooms and their
corridors. This should add immeasurably to
the efficiency of the teaching staff and to
the happiness and interest of the students.
While the school is a department of the
College, the city and the people of the sur
rounding area derive the benefits of the
plant, as their children get the advantage
of the very finest instruction under the most
modern conditions to be provided anywhere.
However, one of the benefits of the plant
to the College and the community will come
when teachers from over the country will
be attracted here in increasing numbers,
where they may observe 4he most modern
teaching practices being carried on in a
building which is as thoroughly modern as
educational leaders and architects know how
to build tt.
We are indebted to Mr. Wilson for show
ing us through this fine new educational es
tablishment. It's two and a half acres of floor
apace provided us with our best look, so far,
into modern elementary school development.
It comprised a visit into a veritable wonder
land, where no expense has been spared in
providing the best for a fortunate few hund
red youngsters. 0
Again, when the building is reopened
tor public inspection, don't miss (he trip
through ? ,-s !
H.AUI
STRETCH'S
SKETCHES
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"STRETCH" ROLLINS
Fluff, Guff, And Stuff
It's" time to clean off the pad again, *o have
a few "?ummer" itema ? aome 're oura, tome 're
other people'*.
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?An anonymous editor comet up with the fol
lowing wail: "Otting out this newapaper it no
picnic. If we print Joke*, people say we are silly;
if we don't, they *ay we are too aeriout.
"If we (tick cloae to the office all day, we
ought to be out hunting material; if we go out
and try to hustle, we ought to be on the job in the
office.
"If we don't print contribution*, we don't ap
preciate genius; if we do, the paper i* filled with
junk. ,
"If we edit the other fellow'* copy, we are
too critical; If we don't we're asleep.
"If we clip thing* from other paper*, we're
too lazy to write them our*elve*; if we don't, we'ra
?tuck on our own ituff.
"Now, like a* not, somebody will aay we
(wiped thl* from *ome magazine."
Which we did.
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Heard a man *ay laat week that the audden
cold weather would probably cauae an epidemic
of *ore (hroata and headaches among the hogs
around here. You figure it out, he had to explain
It to us.
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Although it's a bit difficult to recognize from
the weather we've heon having, the fall season is
now bfficiak "I Love Lucy" and Jackie Gleason
have returned to the television screens.
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Somebody has figured out that the height of
the correctly proportioned human figure la six
times the length of the right foot. There will be
a brief pause while everybody measures his right
foot. (We're supposed to be eight feet tall.)
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The person who says, "I can't be lived with
until I've had my morning cup of coffee," is
probably no ray of sunshine the rest of the day,
either.
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And was it an error the lawyer's secretary
made in typing out the monthly statement to a
client, reading: "Bull rendered ? $50."(?)
Our Early Files
Sixty Years Ago
October 11. 1194.
Capt. E. F. LoviU, who is on duty for Uncle
Sam at Thief River Falli, Minn., has returned and
will remain until after the election.
Married at Trade, Tenn., on the 4th, Mr. Jos
eph Hodges to Miss Belle Presnell, both of Wa
tauga County.
Married at Foscoe on the 4th, Mr. John Fox to
Miss Jodie Shook, Rev. Monro# Gragg officiating.
The following attorneys from other counties
are attending the court here this week: Folk and
Wakefield of Caldwell; Todd, Bower and Black
burn ot Ashe and Linney of Alexander.
Thirty-Nine Years Ago
October 14. 1(15.
Miss Florence Reid, one of the faculty of the
A. T. S., is with home folks In Morganton for a
few days rest.
Or. Dula of Lenoir filled his engagement In
Boone last Monday and he reported a good bus
iness. ?
Contractors Ed G. Farthing and Joe C. Hodges
began tome considerable changes on the residence
of Attorney Frank A. Linney Monday.
The Industrial School at Valle Crucis opened
last week with splendid prospects for the year,
there being a number of new students and many
former students returning. Miss Allison of S. C.
and Miss Coates of Ga? are new teachers, while
Miss Holmes and Miss Hickok have both returned
for the. year.
Fifteen Years Ago
October 12. IMS.
Harry Hamilton*! Watauga 4-H boys again
took top honori in Asheville's fat stock show last
week, claiming the grand champion steer, the
reserve champion and gathering in 31 of the 78
prizes offered in the different competitions.
The stores of the city are V> close Friday
afternoon when Western Carolina's football aggre
gation comes to Boone to engage Coach Flucie
Stewart's Appalachian Mountaineers in the sec
ond home game of the season.
Harry C. Martin, former newspaperman and
operator of a resort hotel at Blowing Rock, died
there Friday morning of a heart ailment. He had
been ill since Monday.
Adolph Hitler last Thursday asked for Euro
pean peace, but added if the Allies rejected hi*
"outstretched hand, this statement will have been
my last." "Then we shall fight," he went on, and
pictured the new war as on* certain to bring
unprecedented horror to the world.
Letter To Editor
Woman's Club Says
Newspaper Aid Vital
Dear Mr. Rivera:
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Boone Junior Woman's Club there was quite a dis
cussion concerning the many ways you and your
fine paper have helped the club. I would like to
take this opportunity to pass on to you the appre
ciation of the entire club for your generosity, not
only in publicity space, but for donations and
other support you have always given us.
We are certain that the projects which we have
undertaken could never have been successful with
out your wonderful cooperation, and we want you
to know we are very grateful.
Very truly youri,
ELSIE ERNESTON
cffreapendtag secretary, Jr. Woman's Club.
Garden ?
Time
By ROBERT SCHMIDT
Our commercial ero? of straw
berries is planted In late winter or
mrtjr sprinp so that the plants set
will develop a good bed of run
ner plants during the growing
teuton which will produce next
yeai^i crop of berrie*. However,
for the home garden it ii practic
able to plant strawberries in the
fall. By fall planting you will get
berries only from th$ plants you
*et; they will not make runner
plants lhi? late. For this reason
the plants should be set much
closer together ? not ^'more than
12 inches apart ? and it will take
a great many more plants than
for spring planting. You may
have difficulty obtaining plants
this early, but plants jet now
will become established and give
you better plants and a better
crop next spring than from plants
?et later. The Albritton and Mas
aey varieties have been very
satisfactory, especially in Eastern
and Piedmont, North Carolina. Do
not plant everbearing varieties
except in the mountain areas.
They have not been generally
satisfactory In the eastern areas.
ii you nave an esiaoiisnea
strawberry bed and have not fer
tilized the plants this (all, do so
at once. Use any good garden
fertilizer at the rate of 3-4 gallon
to one gallon per 100 feet of row,
depending on the fertility of the
?oil. If the rows are narrow, the
fertilizer may be drilled in on
each side of the row. If th? beds
are wide, broadcast the fertilizer
over the planU at a time when
the leaves are dry and Immedi
ately brush the fertilizer off of
the leaves. This fall application is
very important for Piedmont and
mountain areas because it is the
lost fertilization during this sea
son. In the Coastal Plain areas
another similar application should
be made in December or early
January.
If you are growing Boysenber
ries or other types of dewberries,
the grass should be cleared out
of them and the vines straighten
ed out on the ground so that they
can be easily gathered up and
tied to stakes or wires in the
spring. If any new plants are de
sired for spring planting, throw
a shovelful of soil over the tips
of the vines. They will form
roots and buds during late fall
iand may be cut from the vine
'and planted in the spring when
the vines are tied up.
CORDELL HULL. 13
CQrdell Hull, Secretary of State
for twelve years in the Cabinet
ofthe late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, and whom Roosevelt
once called the father of the Uni
ted Nations, celebrated his- 83rd
birthday on October 2nd. Mr. Hull
retired from the Cabinet on Oct
ober 2, 1944 for what he thought
was a rest, but he never went
back to work. He is at present a
patient in the naval hospital at
Bethesda, Md.
1-DAY SERVICE
ON
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PALMER'S
Photo Shop
?F< 'K 8 YE A Kb BOONt > LLA DINij
PIIOTf KiRAPHIC CENTER"
<7*?>ccjj JE&RY COE
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your insurance plan? Let
us check your present pol
icies and needs. There's no
obligation on your part. Sec
us this week.
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)K INSl.'RAM
TRAFFIC DEATHS DOWN
August was the eigth consecu
tive month in which traffic deaths
were fewer, according to the Na
tional Safety Council. At the end
of August. 1953, traffic deaths to
to led 24,24)6. At the i?m? time
this year they were 22,780 ? a de
crease of 6 per cent. August's toll
of 3,330 was the lowest for the
month since 1990 aft 10 per cent
less than August, 1983.
Tm a mooo CITIXIH with
? HABIT . . .
? You've been hearing
(boat the Walking Hoed
tank. Good idea. You're
all for 11. But you haven't ?
Mopped by to have your
blood type registered. Do
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SHOP AT BELK'S
FOR
SHOES
for every member of
the family
We Are Boone's Exclusive
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For Boys and Girls
Distributors for
Weyenberg Shoes for
Men
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For Men and Women
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We Carry a Complete Stock of Fall and
Winter Shoes for every member of the family
BELK'S Dept. Store
YOUR SHOPPING CENTER ? BOONE, N. C.
We Close 'Wednesdays at 12:30 p. m.
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WRESTLING
LEGION HOME, LENOIR, N. C.
Saturday Night
Hie Australian Tag Team Match, with
GINO AND CHICK GARIBALDI
vs.
AL AND JOHN SMITH
FRANK JARES vs. STEVE NOVAK
ACTION WILL START AT 8 O'CLOCK
CREDIT
A PRIVILEGE TO BE ENJOYED UNDER
The American
Way of Life!
THE
SIGNAL
CREDIT SYSTEM
as newly incorporated here
by the
MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION
of
Boone and Watauga
County
IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
YOU ...The Customer...
WITH A "TRAFFIC-LIKE" SIGNAL
WHICH MEANS . . .
When You Get the "Green Light" . . You GO
When You Get the "Red Light" . . You STOP
AND IN BETWEEN YOU GET THE "AMBER LIGHT"
AS A WARNING
WHAT DOES THE
"Signal Credit System"
offered by the Merchants Association of
Boone and Watauga County mean to you ?
the Customer?
You get tjie Green Light
when your application for
credit has been approved, a
And the Green Light re- ?
mains yours as long as you
maintain a good record of
payment.
The Amber Warning Signal
is flashed IF and WHEN P
you become tardy in your >
payments.
The Red Danger Signal is
flashed IF and WHEN you
neglect your payments.
In this manner you de
termine your own credit.
You then know, that' as a
preferred risk, you secure
the full benefits of the Sig
nal Credit System.
This marks another step forward for the
Merchants Association Of Boone and Wa
tauga County which sponsors the Signal
Credit System. It makes available to the buy
ing public, every facility for obtaining the
most satisfactory business transactions wher
ever and whenever credit is involved.
RESPECT The... SIGNALS
AND SHOP WITH CONFIDENCE
AT THESE MEMBER MERCHANTS
FARMERS HARDWARE ft SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
ANDREWS CHEVROLET, INC.
HARDIN HARDWARE? BLOWING R6CK
THE PARKWAY COMPANY
THE NORTHWESTERN BANK
CRAVEN FURNITURE COMPANY
BOONE DRUG COMPANY
COE INSURANCE AGENCY
HILLSIDE DAIRY PRODUCTS. INC.
WINKLER MOTOR COMPANY
GOODNIGHT BROTHERS
BOONE BODY SHOP
TRIPLETTS GARAGE AND MACHINE SHOP
AYERS ELECTRIC SHOP
COLVARD, INC.? PHILLIPS 66
WATAUGA HOSPITAL
GREENE BUICK. INC.
EDMISTEN FURNITURE COMPANY
BARNETT MOTOR COMPANY .
TRAILWAY LAUNDRY AND CLEANERS, INC.
NEWTON'S DEPARTMENT STORE
STALLINGS JEWELERY
CANNON'S SERVICE STATION
SWOFFORD'S
BLACK BEAR FOOD CENTER
MASTER CLEANERS
VANCE RECAPPING COMPANY
HIGHLANDER MOTOR COMPANY, INC.
RADIO ELECTRIC SHOP
A. R. SMITH? ESSO AND GROCERIES
JOE WINKLERS GROCERY
HOLLARS' GROCERY
GREENE'S SERVICE STATION AND GROCERY
Other Merchants Insuring Affiliation see
Merchants Association of Boone and
Watauga County