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AUGA DEMOCRAT THUWDAT ST UVCK8 PRINTING COMPANY ,fpfl| A« Independent Weekly Newspaper i kl 1MI. Published lor 46 yuan by the late Robert C Siren, Br. In Watanfla County; One peer, *2.00; aix aillw. ft Umt a<oatfc«, lltto, Chitalde Wataufa County: On* yew, $3JO, si* Matte* |1T», few i i III, I1J0. 4 it the pwtotUee at Boom. N. C , m aeeoad rtaaa mail matte*, aader the aet W Concrete «rf », art. ~rySjB"'- • . ■ , ■ "SMP'r's'l BOONS, NORTH CAROUNA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1957 fiPi|ppp|IWM|ippBWip^WMMpP||li ^Congratulations In Order ■SSKfis F Appalachian High School studsnte, who have long, been noted for their academic accomplishments, are alao doing well In athletic circles as is evidenced by their wrestlers having gone to Burlington lost Saturday to take the State championship, In competition with a number of tndch largo institutions. Not only that, but the netfsot compe titor, from Greensboro, tallied only 82 |>oints, against the hefty 05 taken by the Apps. I 4 And to complete the story of Saturday'; activities, Coach Dancy's boys also took six first-place awards to place beside the cham pionship cup in their display at the high school. Of course the lads had been used to win ning. Fact is' thiy fiadn't met defeat in dual meets in the five years of their his tory. They had been gunning for the State trophy right along, and that they had been properly trained for the big chance is shown by the spectacular results they achieved. , The Democrat takes occasion to felici tate these fine youngsters for their prow ess as gladiators of the mat. They have acquitted themselves superbly,.won the top honor, and at the same time brought high credit to their school, the town, and to themselves. Coach Dancy and the other coaches before him have shaped the boys into a competitive unit which doesn't tol erate defeats. We've contended right.along that Boone has some of the finest, moat capable youngsters we've ever seen. And we're In clined to the belief that their participation and interest in the field of competitive sports have done a good deal toward thj development of their wholesome attitudes. We share the community's pride in their continuing accomplishments. Might Happen Anywhere • * The tragic fire at Flat Rock School last week left eleven badly-burned victims hos pitalized, four of them hovering between life and death, and one child dead, thus emphasizing how quickly a scene of child ish laughter can be transformed into an inferno of agony. Teachers and pupils, seared and blister ed, still don't know Just what happened to make the one-story building go up in flames like a box of match sticks, but Principal Phillips said the hope of the peo ple is that their school disaster would lead .to adequate fire protection in other schools. We hope so too. Mr. Phillips said the Flat Rock School wasn't regarded as any at £11. "It was a one story structure, had plenty 'of exits, and no one would have dreamed it could burn so fast." He added that the fire apparently started on the stage and that, in spite of claims of suppliers to the contrary, the curtain flamed at "terrific speed." Which all adds up to the fact that a lot of our children are getting in their aca demic work in an atmosphere of personal danger. In Watauga county, where many of our structures are new, there should be less ened pupil peril, certainly, but as in other systems, some of the older structures are far from fireproof, and in some instances methods of escape are not adequate. We should have learned a lot from the Flat Rock disaster, such as the life-giving concern of a good teacher for her pupil, the horrors which can befall a neighbor hood in the wake of a blaze, and the im portance of eliminating the school fire danger to the greatest possible degree. No doubt school officials will be doubly careful for a while at least, and the janitcft-j should be painstakingly briefed on sound safety measures. The man who stokes (he furnace and those who clean the building^ are actually more important to the physical safety of the children than many others. Their intelligence and devotion to duty should be unquestioned. Pipelines Are Booming Pipelines are big business—«nd big transportation The long cylinders which snake now above the earth, now under it, criss-crossing the United Statu, now rank as the third largest freight movers in the country. The story of this extraordinary growth is told by Alfred Lansing in the March Reader's Digest in an article condensed from Collier's. Since World War II, our pipeline mileage has increased from 355, 000 miles to more than 680,000. That's close to three times the U. S. railroad trackage. Pipelines have unusual advantages: They're ^economical. They're almost en tirely automatic. There are na empties to return nor unloaded vehicles to deadhead back. A pipeline operates around the clock, every day of the year, and almost always at peak capacity. It can get into—and out of—places that stop most other conveyances. Maximum grade on a freight-carrying railroad is three percent, on a highway it rarely exceeds 12 percent. For a pipeline, a 70 percent grade is considered easy. To ship a 42-gallon barrel of gasoline from Philadelphia to New York costs $1%05 by rail, eight cents by pipeline. But, contrary to p9pular notions, pipe line shipping is npt limited to gasoline and oil. You can ship anything in a semi-liquid condition. There are even small exclusive pipelines that carry nothing but antibiotics or fruit juice or ammonia or milk. » Foreign Aid On The Hoof (CMeag* Tribune) A news story reports the shipment of 37 registered Holsteln and Jersey cattle to Turkey This gift, handled by Heifer -Projects, Inc, is from Monnanite churches in Kansas and United Brethern churches in Indiana to Turkish citizens, with the Turkish government paying transportation costs. This is foreign aid in national and religi ous traditions that were old and honorable before government lend-lease or foreign aid programs (consisting largely of inedible munitions) were ever proposed. By the end of World War II, big government had mov ed in a big way into the field of sending dollars abroad. Such dollars are raised by the tax collector, administered by powerful and sometimes corrupt officials in foreign governments, and received by the private citizen depersonalized, diminished, and ay too sterile, insofar as they reach him at all Concurrently, Heifer Projects has been sending breeding animals, raised and paid for by private persons as gifts, often trans ported at the charge of the foreign country to which they w*rt Mat, and received by indivduals as warm, mooing, Daaing-, ciuck ing, or grunting live stock—tangible, re producing evidence of Americans' good will Forty foreign countries have received shipments from Heifer Projects. Germany, Italy, and Japan have had the most, as populous countries hard hit by the war. Moat of the creatures exported have been cattle, goats, and chickens, the last often still in the egg. It was estimated not long ago that half the chikens and almost three fourths the eggs in South Korea are de rived from these voluntary gifts. And, per haps best of all, the people who received an animal in the first instance are urged to pass on the gift—as they can, since animals reproduce. Hundreds of poer Ital ian farmers, for example, have thus learn ed the dignity and joy of giving after re ceiving. Foreign aid of the sort represented by the XI cattle just dispatched to Turkey is foreign j^kl that merits universal approv al aa a blessing to hire that gives and him tttftt tilHM / SHOWDOWN COMING By Pa»l Berdanier Stretch's Sketches By "STRETCH" ROLLINS At The Coffee Clutch, A Crisit NEXT TIME SOMEBODY asks you to have a cup of coffee, better say, "No, thankf, I'm driving." Or, "I belong to Caffelnlata In cognito." Say anything, but don't touch the (tuff! The doctor-editor of a medical magazine says it produces nervousness, in somnia, even palpitations of the heart, headaches, or ag gravated high blood pressure. "You lash your body re lentlessly when you give It coffee," he writes. "Every day millions of Americans are bombarding their brains with this powerful stimulant." With those words (and more) he strikes a blow at one of America's best-loved institutions, thji friendly "coffee break." To say nothing of the steaming cup as a prime requisite for starting any day properly. But he's fighting a losing battle. Might as well forbid an Englishman his tea as try to deprive an American of his coffee. In its stead the doctor advocates warm milk or fruit juice. If this heresy is taken seriously, the cheery, mid-morning greeting, "Had your coffee yet?" will be replaced by, "Well, let's go get that slag of warm milk." Ugh! But perhaps we owe the good doctor a vote of gratitude for pointing out the evils of strong drink. Perhaps in our ignorance we didn't re alize that indulging in this seemingly inocuoup picker-upper is in reality an act of debauchery. Or maybe I've been drinking the wrong brand of coffee. IN NEW GUINEA, according to the National Geographic Society, a groom has to pay $600 for a bride, and la Assam the swain must givt the parents a' bottle of liquor. If he is accepted, he must work as a servant for three years before and two years after marriage. Among the Urdus of Mongolia (because there aren't enough men) every fifth girl marries a doromat. In some countries, they're honest about these things. • SIGN OF THE TIMES—Quick and decisive action was taken by officials in a California town when library patrons complained about the noise from the saloon next door. They evicted the library. ONE FOR THE ROAD—"Winters ain't what they used to be," remarked the old-timer, as he backed up to the red hot stove and unwound his heavy wool muffler. r From Early Democrat Files Sixty Yearn Ago February M. 1997. Dr. C. J. Parlier, who hill been visiting his parent* in Wilkes for the put month, has re turned. Walter CoanciU is in feeble health but we hope he will soon recover. Mr. W. L. Bryan has returned from a visit of several days to Washington. D. C. He says the inaugural preparations at the capital city are immense. The Skyland Institute at Blowing Rock was re-opened on last Friday. Married on last Saturday John Wesley Rich ardson, the carrier on the Linville mail route, to l£isi Harrison, daughter of Anae Harrison of Deerfield, C. J. Cottrell performing the cer emony. The bride and groom are now at F. M. Hodges'. Look out, boys! The Legislature has passed an act making you liable to a fine of 910 and 30 days Imprisonment for smoking a cigarette, and the merchant who sella it to you is liable to the same penalty. The church house at Poplar Grove haa at last been completed, and the church waa put up aolely by the citiiens of that immediate neighborhood, without one cent of help from an outsider. The Valle Crucis School is moving on nleety with Prof. Nicholoson as teacher. Cattle and sheep are fattened on molasses in Germany, and during 1894-85 not I eta than a hundred thousand tons were used for that purpose. Thirty-Nine Year$ Ago February tS, 1918. The cheese factory building near Mr. H. J. Hardin's has bee« let to contract to Mr. Joe C. Hodges of Adams, who Is now working there on Private Ed Hodges of Battery E retimed to Camp Sevier the first of the week, after ipead tng a furlough of flte days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hedges r Miss Mary Swift ef Amantha, a trained am of coaaiderable experience, has enlisted la the aawlwg of her country and Is now autioned at Pert Bam Heuaten, Tanaa. Mr. A. G. Grayson, who for the past twelve years has been a traveling salesman is this ter ritory, and who has made more friends than almost any man, spent Tuesday night in town. Mr. Grayson has sold his property in Mountain City, Tenn., and will move to Idaho in March. Married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Robbins of Poplar Grove, Mr. Alfred Dotson to Miss Margie Robbins. the Rev. John Eller performing the ceremony in the presence of a large concourse of invited friends. Forty-six of our brave Watauga boys entrained for Camp Jackson Tuesday morning at Shulls Mills. . . A number of the young men walked from Boone and as they got the last glimpse of vthe village from the hill overlooking it, with bared heads, they gave three yells that would have done credit to the men they will soon join. Or. Little and son Roscoe are off on a business trip to their farm in Rowan county. Fifteen Years Ago February M, IMS. Mr. June Russell, who was injured In May in an automobile accident, and who has never recovered from a severe fracture of the leg, was taken to a Charlotte Hospital Monday, wher# an operation was performed. Mi-, liortoa Graft* of Washington, D. C., la vis iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H Gragg. Horton hal resigned his position with the Ward man Park Hotel and expects to go into the armed services soon Boone's 980,000 sewage disposal plant was placed i" operation Saturday and Carson Keya, construction engineer states that the plant Will serve the town for many years to come, and eaa easily take care of the needs of a com munity of six thousand. Boone was visitod by the winter's heaviest snow Tuesday when ine and ooe4alf inches fell. The snow which began In the early morning con tinued throughout the day, with low tempera tures 4pd without wind, but eeated at even tide., Tike athletic ceuncU at AppelacfiUa State Teachers College ha* contacted Baattie Feathers, one-time all-Amertcan hack at the University of Tennessee aa head foettall coech of the Moun ts flawers. KING STREET I By ROB RIVERS | / A CHAW . . WE THANK YOU, SIR Returning to the office the other day from a sojourn down th* street, we found a generous cellopluned square of chewing tobacco, and noted that the tiny tin tags which we used to gather in t£e day of relatively scarce trinkets had been replaced by paper stickers with the Taylor Brothers label. . , We'd dis missed the possible origin of the plug from our mind, when Pete Hagaman dropped in with the information that Senator Scott had used him as a messenger to send us down the "Peach and Honey," and we thank them both. ... We don't recall having sliced a quid since we used to fish with Squire Jim Bryan and Crack Councill, who'd pass the Brown's Mule when the bamboo rods had been set up, so that there could be chew ing while the fly floated on the limpid streams and the fisher man was poised to sink the hook when the trout broke the water. . . . And there seemed to be some sort of solace in the tangy taste of the jujcy chew as we reflected on why the trout which just had to be nigh the old log where the water eddied, failed to rise to the Professor, the Hackle, or the Coachman, and why he made the old masters of the art hie away to a rocky field to find a grasshopper or a cricket to lure him into the basket . . . Chewing tobacco seemed to make for good friends in those simple <Jgys, and formed a sort of bond between fellow travelers or fishermen—like eating with a man, or staying the night with him. . . We're much obliged to the Squire of Haw River for his long-range passing of a "chaw." . . . AN OLD FRIEND . . SHE GOES AWAY In the death of Mrs. Nella Folk Williams, colored, we are reminded of one of our old friendships, nurtured way back in the days before we had ever heard of race conflict. . . . "Aunt Nella," as she was known, was one of the older residents of the community, and was bordering on hefr ninetieth year when death came. . .. For almost a score of years she did housekeeping work at the old Critcher Hotel where she was known to everyone who frequented that friendly hostelry. . . She was particularly helpful and generous to the chil dren of the community, who grew,to love her for her un iform kindness and friendliness. . . . Many of these "youngsters" are themselves now in their graying years—at least old enough to cherish the memory of Aunt Nella, who was a good friend and advisor to them in their formative days. . . . She lived long and use fully and there Is sadness among those who knew Aunt Nella. WHEN THE BABY CAME . . THE HAT BURNED From "The Last Word" in the State Magazine we are re minded of the fact that we used to burn the papa's hat when the baby came. . . Until fairly recently, whenr in fact hats became scarce, the papa was not only supposed to give down with the cigars, but also was required to forfeit his best fedora, whether he liked it or not. . . We can recall the glee shared by Cliff Mc Connell, Sam Atkins, Lama Bingham and others when one of these street-side Stetson burnings took place. . . . We've nfever been able to quite understand why a new papa is supposed to give cigars, rather than to receive some token, but we did get some stuff on the hatburning, which "The Last Word" credits to Brown's folklore (Duke Press.) We quote: «# / "THE BURNING OF THE FATHER'S HAT follow ing the birth of his firstborn (we burned 'em also for the last born and those betwixt) is undoubtedly one of the least widespread practices. Although the Infor mation gives as the reason for the act the explanation that 'It deans the baby's road' and brings good luck to the child, we are still at a loss to discover why it should be part of the father's apparel, rather than that of the mother's which is sacrificed. In some other sec tions of the country, e. g., southern Indiana and Illi nois, the hat is snatched from the father's head and thrown away or trampled underfoot on his first ap pearance outdoors after the birth of the baby. The latter custom would appear to be merely a refinement . of the burning, which Is certainly the more primitive." So This Is New York By NORTH CALLAHAN Whenever we think we have misfortune*, Jt might be well for us to consider such letters as that recently written to a New Yorker from a young man in Budapest: "You live in New York and I in Hungary. You live In the world and 1 in a cage. For us here, evo lution of world knowledge stopped in 1039. Of course we have never stopped working in the fields of forbidden knowledge, but our thinking is often a duplication of the discovery of America." Broadway at last has come forth with a funny play. I refer ta "Visit to a Small Planet" which recently opened to a round of raucous laughter at the Booth Theater. So many plays of tragic aifc mystic mien have appeared and as - promptly folded lately that it ia refreshing to see a light-hearted offering which the public has taken to its sated heart tn this comedy, Cyril Rite hard la an en gaging visitor from another world, and Eddie Mayehoff plays an American Army general who Is in charge of the laundry department —but who feels he Is chief of staff (stuff?) Maybe be rfiould be at that. For what is more Important than clean dads la the splt-and pollsh department? With Ray A-win, t droped Into a reception at the Roosevelt Motel —or perikepe I should say t went aboard. For the congenial affair was tn anticipation of the Iatac national Nival Review to be held in early June at Hampton Roads. Virginia. At that time, the nation al government and the Common wealth of Virginia will join In an 8-months celebration of the 350th anniversary of the founding of the American colonies at Jamestown in 1607. It will be the first such review held In this country in 90 years apd with many nations par ticipating, should be larger than the similar review held at Spit head. England in IMS for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth Sitting In the Capitol Theater the other day and looking at the desk where Major Bowes used to sit whea he conducted his famous amateur hour, I though of his suc cessor, Ted Mack, and how he is trying to bring order out of would be talent chaos. Mack now has in mind a plan to separate the haves from the have-nots. Too many young people, Mack believes, come to New York with the thought egged on by indulgent friends— that they have what ft takes to make food ia the entertainment world, when as a matter of fart, they would be better off back In their father's drug store or gro cery or on the farm. It would be doing them a favor, Ted Mack thlnka, to let them know this be xore iMy wave nomt witn impot (M* dreamt clouding their youth ful eyee.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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