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PRICE PARK CAMPERS.? Mr. and Mn. J. C. Adams and grandaon, Nikki take it eujr after (upper on I their camp aite at Price camping grounda, near Blowing Rock Saturday. From Enka, the three were nearing the end of a week there, and were bemoaning the fact they could only apend one week camping at the park thia year. Laat year they spent two v.-aeka. The lower camping area or older part of the grounda waa opened laat month to campera, and the upper grounda were opened Saturday by Park Rangera. There are a total of 106 camping and trailer aitea in the park, and campera were moving into both area* Saturday night. Last year only SS aitea were' available. Experienced campera, Mr. and Mrs Adama aald the Price camp ia the "niceat and prettieet" they have ever camped in, and their camping experience! have carried them ai far as South Dakota and Wyoming. Staff photo Joe Minor. Tweelaie (continued from page one) U rolling down the tracks to share the load. Many adult*, and children, too, have arrived at Tweetiieville ex pecting to tee a miniature rail road, aimilar to thoae uied in amusement parka. They are aa tonlahed to find Tweetate ia a genuine, full-aixed engine, though ita tracka are a bit cloaer together than the standard uaed (or today'* traina. But all have been thrilled when the train la attacked by Indian* at Deadman'a Gulch and later 1* held up by outlaws to make off with the Well* Fargo gold shipment. Outlaws and Indians are college students but their make-up is so realistic that many youngsters rip at the Indians' clothing and shoot at them with cap pistols. Success of Tweetaie aa-a nation al attraction has caused Robbins to build another narrow-gauge line, this one at Gatlinburg, Tenn., and named "The Rebel." Court (Continued from page one) Dishman, Dewey C. Trivett, Ray mond F. Warren. Elfc ? Charlie Wheeler, Emory Miller; Fred J. Triplett, Ralph Hayes. Laurel Creek? Spencer Watson, Huston Mast; Howard Glenn, Fred Edmisten. Meat Camp ? John Haye*. Marvin Proffitt; Odell Moretx, Rufu* 8. Jonea. New River? Cecil Miller, Ray V. Brown, Jr., W. L. Hardin; W. Ralph Winkle", Jr., C. P. Calloway, Wilson Brown. North Fork? W. A. Potter, Har rison Shelton; Charlie Wilson, Lloyd Miller. Shawneehaw? T. T. Shook, Fate Townsend; D. S. Oliver, Fred Michael. Stony Fork ? James Parlier, Odes Watson; Lawrence N. Greer, A. N. Welch. Watauga ? Harrison Townsend, L. F. Hayes, Troy Ruppard; Calvin Church, Lloyd O. Bentley, Charlie Tester. , Parkway Blooms (Continued from page one.) Bluffs, North Carolina ? (Mile 217 to 305) ? Visitor! this month, 108,136; Visitors same month last year, 119,828. Asheville, North Carolina ? (Mile 308 to 488) ? Visitors this month, 180,789; Visitors same month last year, 127,700. Totals; Visitors this month, 490,881; Visitors same month last year, 498,010. Calendar year 1081?1,347,048 visitors to date. Calendar year 1080?1,040,375 visitors to date. Calendar year 1081 compared with same month last year, in crease 7.4%. Total number of visitors is fig ured on basis of 3.3 persons per vehicle. Horn Rehearsals (Continued from page one.) the past seaaons are again east in their favorite roles. Bill Ross, a leading member of the cast since the play's beginning, will again be seen in the role of Dr. Geoffrey Stuart. Charles Elledge, one of the best loved and certainly the most well remembered person in the play, will continue his duel roles as play narrator and as the unforgettable Preacher Sims. Everyone currently working on this year's "Horn in the West" agree that a warm and exciting production is in store for viewers this summer. Advance ticket sales are already the highest in the his tory of the drama. Golf Tourney (Continued from page one) . ham of Greenville, S. C., 80, to lead the amateurs. Estel Wagner, from Boone, shot the first hoie-in-one in his four years of golf. He aced the 171 yard 18th hole with a 5 wood. British expect passage of bill on trusts. Clip This Ad for ? FREE ? LUBRICATION WITH OIL CHANGE PHONE AM 4-3924 For Pick Up & Delivery We'll Pklt Up Your Car ? Service It , And Return It To You THOMAS SINCLAIR SERVICE BLOWING ROCK ROAD COMING HOME The Rev. John Gibeon will be flown from Lexington, Ky., to the Baptiit Hospital in Winston-Salem Friday, and the Rev. Marshall Har grave will return home Thursday, according to word received here Tuesday. The Baptist ministers were injured in an accident two weeks ago as they were returning from the Southern Baptist Conven tion in St. Louis, Mo. i New Poetoffice Will Be Built Banner Elk ? SeniU>r? Everett Jardas and Sam Ervin, called Avery County Democratic Chair man. Ralph Gwattney Friday night advlaing that a lot for a new pott office (wilding here hat been ?elected nnd . pproved. The lot it located on Flrtt Street 190 feet South of Center Street. It haa 100 feet frontage nnd ft 160 feet deep. The bulldiDg will be constructed with private capital and leased to the Pott Office De partment. Tho pott office now thares a building on' Main Street with ? reataurant. Poetmaiter It Auburn Andrews. John Lawrence Dies In Ohio John Dallas Lawrence of Cin cinnati, Ohio, former reaident of Watauga County died ?n Cincin nati Hay 29. He wat 90 yeart of age. Funeral tervicet were conduct ed at Bethel Baptist Church nt 2:00 p. m? Friday, by the Hev. J. H. Crisp. Burial was in Bethel cemetery. He Is survived by the widow, Mrs. Emma R. Lawrence of Cin cinnati; two daughtera. Mrs. Max ine Murdoch, Cincinnati, Mrs. Carol Smith, Bladenburg, Md.; one son, Douglaa Lawrence, Washing ton, D. C.; three step-sons, Frank, John and Candy Doyle, Cincinnati, Ohio; three brothers, Raymond and Douglas Lawrence, Cincin nati, Howard Lawrence, Sugar Grove, and by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Lawrence, Sugar Grove. There are seven grand children. Continued progrets reported in steel industry. Gets Degree At East Tenn. William L. Edmisten, above, son of Mrs Maxie G. EdmUten and the late Claude EdmUten, who re ceived hla B 8. degree in Indus trial Arts at commencement at East Tennessee State College in Johnson City, Tennessee Friday. He was a member of Mu Delta Kappa fraternity, and has accepted a job teaching Industrial arts in Parisburg, Va. Graduate At Mars Hill Mars Hill ? Among the 236 per sons graduated at Mara Hill Col lege on May 29 were two coeds from Watauga Couity. Frances Catherine Greer, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Char les Greer of RFD 1, Vilas, and Hannah Rebecca Greene, daugh ter of Mrs. Jennie Greene of RFD 1, Deep Gap, received "Associate in Arts" diplomas from the Bapt ist Junior college for the comple tion of two-year courses in ele mentary education. John R. Greer Dies Friday John B. Crxr, 78, of Deep Cap, died at Blowing Bock Hocpiui Friday. Funeral service* were held Sun day at Laurel Spring Baptist church, conducted by Be*. E. 0. Cor* and the Bev. Roncoe Greene. Surviving are ton* Lawrence of Deep Gap, Jake of Helien, W. Va., and William Greer, Boone; three daughter!. Mi*. Zora D. Dillard. Lenoir. Mr*. Cora Greene ind Mr*. Parlee Carroll, both of Deep Gap; two brother*. Jo e of Deep Gap and Lennie Greer, Parlier; two half-brother*. Tom Y ounce. Lenoir, Fred Younee, Miller* Crack; three (iater*. Mr*. Ida Wat ion, Mr*. Nettie Trivette, Lenoir and Mr*. Hattie Trivette. Fleet wood. There are S3 Grandchildren and 34 nreat grandchildren. Walter Ward Rites Tuesday Graveaide aervice* were held for Walter L. Ward, Tueiday In Ward cemetery, by the Bev. Carl Wilson. Mr. Ward died in Bel Air. Md., Saturday. He wa* 76 year* of nge. He if turvived by the widow, Mr*. Gertrude T. Ward, Bel Air, Md., by ions Howard of Denver, Colo., Frank, Walter, Jr., John and Fred Ward all of Bel Air, Md.; two daughter*, Mr*. Jeaaie Morri son, Port Depoiit, Md., Mr*. Mary Helen Cooper, Fort Riley, Kansaa; one brother, Aud L. Ward Sugar Grove; one sister, Mrs. B. M. Ward, Sugar Grove. There are 13 grandchildren. More than three billion seed lings have been supplied by the pulp and paper industry for plant ing in the South since the end of World War II. Benjamin Taylor Dies May 30th Mount Airy ? Benjamin Ward Taylor, infant ?on of Harold and Margaret Jean Cook Taylor of Mount Airy, died at 3 a. m. May 30 at Northern Surry Hoipital. Surviving are the parents; hitl grandparents, Mr. and Mr* Ben 1 Tajrlor of Valle Cruets and Mr. I and Mrs. Tom Cook of Mount Airy. I Cwwifc aarvieea wars con ducted at PiM Ridge Baptist Church wmetery by the Rev. It- L. Kirer and the Rev. Fred Hoyt. IVuVf..?8lj P3IIU coior MM gjAL v' 1OT sNBH WIH tMckBoq ';{ Wishing will pmk? knlOwm "Dutch Boy" TOTAL COLOR Paial Syttm produce* practically rmy talae ...Hi. orange, yellow. greea. Mm <* violet -end ill thadee in between And all la famous -Dutch Boy" flnuhes for both interior or Com ia today. 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