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BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1957 Catch The Drag Racers Thirty youngsters were picked up In Union county the other day for drag rac ing, and a newspaper account of the hap pening states that the arrests climaxed Several weeks of quiet observation by State patrolmen However, the one thing that caught our fye in the news dispatch, 4ere the words, "residents of the Fairview area aided officers in breaking up the races." And that's right In line with what a Highway patrolman told us the other day. He said that citzens would have to lend a bit of cooperation before the officers could hope to break up the radng In Watauga county, which Is apt to cause more trouble as more and more of the youth of the area, anxious for some fun, Join In the hazardous ; pastime. The officer pointed out that there are two highway patrolmen in Watauga county, with six thousand automobile* to ride herd on. The racers find it a lot easier to keep tab on the two patrolmen, than for the Utter to keep tabs on the thousands of motorists, many of whom take part in the racing at two or three different spots. With the highway toll mounting in most areas, with the racing mania just hitting its stride, it certainly does behoove the people who live along the road where these racers operate to get with the State and local officers to the end that the practice may be effectively curbed. Those who hate to tell on the racers, should consider that maybe aiding In get ting them caught, could easily enough save the lives of some of the hoi-rodders. End Of Stormy Career When Senator McCarthy died, those of us who'd found occasion to disagree to a greater or leas degree with the conduct of the fiery solon from Wisconsin, true to human nature, hav ^reexamined our po sition and reaasesaed the career of on* of the most colorful figures to raise his voice on capital hill during the current century. When the Senator's crusade against Communism had served its political pur pose to a large degree, many of his former friends in top government positions turned their guns on McCarthy—his investigations were taking in too much territory, and there was every indication that the wrong ox might someday be gored. But Senator Jot, with a courage per haps sharpened by Marine Corps combat, ■ couldn't be aatlafled with anything leas than soma sort of victory, and hia fight went on, until he waa rendered impotent in his crusade against the Red menace. Never has the futility of party politics aa a career been more fully demonstrated than h) the undoing of thla fellow, who had perhaps aa much courage as %ny man we've M^n in modern timea, and maybe aomething more than the uau*l degree of ability. When hia activities no longer aerved the beat intereata of those who'd espoused him they quit him cold, and hi* voice was silenced. We'ye had occaaion to disagree violently with the man from Wisconsin. Moat every body else has at some time. But it should be said to his undying credit that he waa willing to carry the fight againat Com muniam right on down the line, regardless of which political party might have Buffer ed. And many of thoee who couldn't abide his gloves-off method of conducting his inquiries, somehow feel less secure, now that no one in the Senate is spearheading any attack against th? influences which are forcing the draining of our economy in a huge defenae establishment. A Good Mayor Like Boone, Blowing Hock has • food Mayor—that's what the folks up there tell us—«itd they demonstrated their ap proval of his adminstration Tuesday by electing him, without even having an oppo sition candidate's name on the ticket. Which speaks well for Mayor Hardin! The business of being Mayor in Blowing Rock, even to » greater extent than in Boone, maybe, is a hard job. Not only if the offical faced with the leadership of the council and of the business aspects of the government, but at the same time, Is up against the Job of being a full-time public relations agent for his community. In Blowing Rock, where the tourist in dustry is all-important, it is a high compli ment to Mayor Hardin that he gets along so well with everybody that he has no op position st the ballot box. As this is written we don't know which three of the seven good citizens will com pose the Board of Commissioners, but who ever it is, it is certain that there will be ^ continuation of sound and progressive government in Blowing Rock, to the end that the community will keep on growing and prospering. Congratulations The Winn-Di|ie Storea are celebrating their 38th anniveraary, calling to mind that the manager of their local store started his career with the old Carolina Storea, the first so-called chain grocery to operate in Watauga county. At (hat time aome of the folks here thought that chain atores were a bad thing for the country, but that notion waa quickly diapelled, following the introduction of better merchandising of food, and now that other chains have joined the initial store, which is now Winn-Dixie, they are all do lag well, and the town they have helped to develop Is supporting a number of inde pendent grocery stores, which are doing thriving businesses. We congratulate Winn-Dixie Stores and Mr. Greer on their birthday, and on their contribution to the welfare of the com munity and county. We wish for them con tinuing good fortune. Spaghetti Eater's Dilemma (Changing Timet) The thing that make* ipsghetti baffling to eat if it* length. Novicet confronted by their flrat plate of the terpentine itringt (the name la the Italian plural of ipaghetto, which it the diminutive of tpago, meaning "cord"), are likely to view the proapect of devouring it with deapalr. Getting the enda of a few ttranda Into the mouth and tlurping the ipaghetti from the plate If obviously noisy and metty For one thing, the tauce tpltttw*. especially .a the last few leches of apafhettl whip out of light through the pursed lips Holding the ttraoda high on a fork above the face and lowering the endt into the mouth pre sent! other ppntpUeatlMS. The aauce Is likely to drip—either «ver yen pr over the tablecloth Besides, the hM must ba tilted beck at aa un comfortable *0 degree U#e. and. If your band wavers in the dqigllqp process, you tie suae to to be readily chewable. With practise, however, even the tyro vlll quickly learn how many itring* will roll into a ball of Just the right die. The difficulty ia that thi* procedure If frowned on in some section* of society Amy Vandorbllt's "Complete Book of Etiquette" endorses the spoon method as "the only satisfying way" to eat real Italian spaghetti, hut F.mtly Poet declares that this "la correct neither here nor in Italy, where only peasants use a spoon." "A few pieces," say* this latter authority, "are held against the plate with a fork, which la then twisted to wrap the spaghetti. If necessary, this cgn be done against the curve of the plate, which will substitute for a spoon." . _ Pressed for a decision, the Italian embassy ia Washington gives the nod to Miss Poet, al though it sdmita that often in Italy one may see diners using a spoon with the spaghetti and •tovtoqaly enjoying themselves. Moat Americans use the spoon method, so If that's your style, you'll have plenty of company. t The only thing that really distort* a resUu ranteur £ to aee a customer chopping his gpag i« pieeea with knife and Amy and Emily to* IN A UNION PILLAR K* H ■ Stretch's Sketches By "STRETCH" ROLLINS % -• i m - • • • >.;■ v. v.* An Old Sttyln' of Mother's THOSE WHO AHE privileged to wear • red flower oo ltotfcer'i Day can count one more blcuing is this life than the reat of ua. ■ 9ut memories ara priaeleaa, and even occurrences that seemed unpleasaat at the time became part and parcel of our hallowed remembrance of the one who gave ua life and at tempted to guide us through our formative years. There is one trait that has characterised each succeed ceeding generation of small ( boys, and it is doubtful that any great tmpnwenjent has been, or will be, wrought in this respect. That trait is an almost universal abhorrence «f soap and water. A yellowed clipping containing a few lioee of verse, found in an old file, immortalises a period relating thereto in the childhood of most men. I do not know when or where it was first pub lished, or the author, but he called it "An Old Sayin' of Mother's." and it went likf this: The older that a body gita, The better, aeems to me He recfcolects the folks and jokes An' things that uaed to be; Like t'other night, whilst settlo* there An' rompin' through the years, An' driftin' on the back'urds way, I rwan, I heerd my mother say: "Go wash yer neck an* cart!" It took me beck fer forty yean. Ad' 1's a boy again, With same dislike fer water that Was natural to me then; I seemed to feel my speerit rise, An' feel my boyish tears A-rollin' down in same ol' way, Like when my mother used to say: "Go wash yer neck an' ears!" Clean neck an' ears, you reckolect, Was purty nigh disgrace— There wa'n't no sense in washin', 'cept Perhaps a body's face! We used to think that mas was made To add to boyish keers, An' stand around in bosain' way When boys was tired est, an' say: "Go wash yer neck an' ears!" An' yit 111 warrant that tonight You'd like to go to bed In same ol' room with locust bloom A-droopin' overhead On shingle roof, an' hold yer breath With all yer boyish fears. An' hear yer mother softly creep Upstairs an' ask ye, "Gone to sleep?— Did y' wash yer neck an' ears?" From Early Democrat Files Sixty Year» Ago Mty 1J, 1197. Some very fine mountain trout have been caught by our town boys. C«lvin Shell and family have moved to the old Methodist parsonage. Dr. Wilbar and family left town yesterday for Elk Park, where they will make their future home. The colored people are making an earnest effort to complete their church hare. Miss Maggie and Master Stewart Coffey are on a visit to Mountain City, Tenn. They will attend the closing merdses of Capt. Faucett's school. ; On Friday, June 11th, there will be a Demo rest medal contest, a public debate on temper ance and a picnic combined at Elk Knob Aca demy. We learn that Luther Farthing will assist Prof. Jones the next term of school at Suther land Seminary. Our fellow citiacn, Mr. J. A. EdmUten of Blowing Rock, has again shown his progresalve ness by aecuring the agency for Putnam Fade lew Dyes. Monday, June 14th, will be dqy of much Interest to the good people of Meat Camp Town ship. On that day will be held the local option election, which will decide whether or not the liquor traffic shall be continued iq that town ship. i SjjOa last Saturday Mr. Lawrence Coffey of John's River was given the contract to erect a telephone line from Boone to Blowing Rock, and be proposes to have it in operation by June 1st. Thlrty'Nine Yeart Ago May 1, UU. and Mr*. Stodman toft Tueetfay for their homes In Wayne county, where they will spend the time on their whore the* will spend i _ __ i until the (all term o< A* g/efena. JJ of Sends, ay aged and respected citizen, after a brief ilness, died at his home on Wednesday of last week, and the remains were buried near the home the following day. At the meeting of the stockholders of the Boone and Blowing Rock turnpike company, held in Boone last Monday the following offi cers were elected: John Lentz. President; Joe S. Winkler, secretary-treasurer; T. F. Greer, J. W. Farthing, John W. Hodges, and Mr. H. McD Little, director!. After the 1910 freshet, when the road was literally swept away, the stockhold ers were forced to borrow • considerable sum of money, to rebuild the bridges and grade, and while there has not been much work done on the road since, the treasurer's report of last Monday, showed that the indebtedness had all been paid, with a small amount left to the credit of the road—no dividends, of course, being de clared. With the present officers, unhampered by debt, we can confidently expect some telling work will be done on the road this summer. At their meeting on Monday the county com missioners sold 180,000 of the (200.000 road bonds to C. W. McNear A Co., of Chicago. The bonds were sold at 6 per cent for a premium of (100. The Road Commission is preparing to begin work on the trunk road from the Wilkes line to the Tennessee line. Fifteen Yean Ago May 14, IMS. The registration of motorists for gasoline ra tion cards got under way in Watauga county Tuesday morning and will continue through Thursday, teachers Joeing in charge of issuing the purchase jx-rmiTSi at eight centrally located high and elementary schools in the county. . . . Mrs. Eunice Josephine Blair, 57, wife of A D. Blair of the Hodges Gap section, died Saturday afternoon, May 9, following a prolonged iUneat. ... The funeral was held Monday at 2:90 with Dr. S. K. McLarty In charge, assisted by Dr. i. a Rankin Burial was in the Boone ceme tery. . . The Re*. Dr. Albert F. VanDusen, aged 59 yean, Dry den, N. Y., died unexpectedly ft the home Tuesday from coronary thrombosis .. . J>r. VatDusen waa well known In Watauga county where ha had frequfftly riaited ... Hie wttvw Is the former Mies Chloe Lewis of the Cov* Creek KING STREET® By ROB RIVERS AIRPORT ON MOUNTAIN TOP . . MAYBE 80 Mrs. Claude Miller of Vero Beach, Fla., sends us the follow ing clipping from Jack Bell'* column in the Miami Herald: | "H. W. Horton. who calls Arthur Viuing Davis a young squirt, is asking me to help him finance an airport on the mountain top just north pf Boone, N. C. Y'see Horton's a native of that area, who for many years has been living in Miami from October to April. "And here be is looking into the future. 'Just think, there's no landin' field for 60 miles In any direction,' he says, 'and pretty soon—say SO years—Blowing Rock and Boone will be growed together. So I got Clyde Eggers (state representative) to give us the land. He owns the whole mountain.' "There's not end to optimism," Mr. Bell concludes. Mrs. Miller adds: "This guy needn't be so smart. . . . They'll probably do It, then all the Florida folk will flock up there to escape the Florida heat, come summer." NOT SO FANTASTIC . . COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING And before we got through with Mrs. Miller's letter, in conies Mr. Horton, who sees a vital need for landing facilities here. . . . He's la touch with Eddie Rlcken bacher on the logic of his proposal. . . Located almost on a straight line between Chicago and Florida, Tater Hill would be fine to let off mountain tourists.... And as Mrs. Miller says, "they'll probably do it." . . We might add that doing the big jobs has been character istic of Boone and Watauga for many years. ... We recall when Mr. Horton chug-chugged up the mountain In the old-time high-wheeled, solid-tired International gas buggy, and vowed we were going to have to have a good road to North WUkesboro and into Winston . Salem. . . . And we voted bonds and built our share, and nobody had more to do with the promotion of the Boone Trail Highway than H. W. Horton, and his broth er, Jont Horton. ■ .. We'd add that the need for a big road, for automobiles, way back then, through the county, semed less than the present need for an air port. . . Airplanes are plentiful and relatively safe now—automobiles hadn't grown up when Mr. Horton and others were pushing the good roads program. ALONG THE MOTORWAYS .. SPRINGTIME VISITORS Sunday traffic along the main highways was heavier than common, as lowlanders came to view the advent of springtime. . . . while the day was chilly enough to require home heating, the view from the mountaintop was good, with the varying shades of nature's new vestments providing fresh new color on every hand. . . . Visitation season in the hills ought to in clude more of the springtime as well as of the autumn. STAMPS IN ROLLS . . ODDS AND ENDS Wanted a couple of sheets of stomps, and Mrs. Nell Llnney, always courteous and helpful, proposed that we try a couple of the new stamp rolls. . . . They are a great convenience and we much prefer them to the sheets. . . . Incidentally the postage meters are doing ,, away with a lot of the stamp licking Band Director Perry Watson and his associates present the spring concert Thursday evening. .. . The youngsters, all the way from the beginners groups, through the High School Band, did remarkably well, reflecting high credit on their teachers, as well as upon themselves. ■ ~ Some of the residents of the Mabel neighborhood/whose postofflce has been done away with, remind that the Democrat reached that neighborhood the day It was printed ft years ago. . . . Now it takes until the next day. . . . U-turners in the middle of the block claim right of way over those trying to back away from the curb. . . . Our former good neighbor, Charles Boone, brightens the day with this note: "I honestly think * 'King Street' is the best column I have ever read." ... State Senator C. V. Henkel, who grew up spending his summers at Blowing Rock, tells us he'U be there through the season this year—for the first time In a decade. ... Business has kept CV away from the hills in the recent years. So This Is New York tty NORTH CALLAHAN Deborah Kerr, "first lady of H*117wood," who many think •hould have won the Academy Award, hai a happy home with a ion and daughter and thinks that too many parenta are not "on spanking terms with their child ren." She cite* many American teacher* as agreeing with her that responsibility as well aa freedom should ha taught youngsters. "When my daughter, Meianie. was six, she had a tantrum." says De borah, "because I would not allow her to go to the movies. She spat oa the rag. Whereupon. I Save her a sound paddling. Tt did her good and she has never given me that kind of trouble since." Folk* here who know him say that Had Sketton. the comedian, is reaUv a sad person. Which la re mlndful of the story of the man In Europe whoee melancholia be came so unbearable that he final ly went to the greatest doctor oa the continent. After questioning and examine the patient the doc tor said, "Ton need aamsement Oo and see GrlmsMI. Ha will make you laugh and that will he bettor tor you than eay medicine." The patient gasoed. "Oood heavens!" lie cried. "I am 6rimaMi!" With the passing of time snd hair, towpni have baaome mora aai mora part of many a Broad way and movie aster* make-no. Newest boost for the receding hairline b the "hutch" or "craw cut" tonprr which if really hard to detect. These, of course. mutt be worn by younger performers. It haa been well-known for a long time that Bin? Croaby wears a wig. So do Charles Boyer. Jack Benny and GeorM Jeaael. Saiffiny Kaye has a series of matching toupees, all alike, except that the length of the hair is slightly dif ferent. Seeing him over a period of weeks, his fsir thus appears to be actually growing. General MacArthur, now a re gular Mew Yorker, does not wear a wig but eombs his hair across the balding spot. He believes that "Youth is not a time of life but a state of miad. It is not a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips and sutmle knees; H la a temner of the will, a quality of the imagination, a rigor of the emotions . . . Nobody grows old by merely lhring a number of years. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and desoelr—these are the long, long wears that bow the head and him the growing spirit back to dust You are as youn* as your faith, aa old as vour doubt: aa young aa your self-confidence, as old as your fear: as young as yoor hope, as old as your despair." What Is probably America's favorite dessert Ice cream, has reached the bnodretth W*tbd*v ™t ft« existence. First started In Bal timore. Ms plants saon unread to her* and then all aver the en» (Continued on page sere?) ■
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