TAUGA DEMOCRAT
-JBm, EVERY THURSDAY BY MYEU EWNTINCCOMEANY
? "to* , *? C WVEM, JR.. PUBLISHES
An Independent Weekly Newai*f>er
Established la 1888 Published tor ? r?in by Hi* tote Robert C. Una, Sr.
*? wcmvtoH rates
to WaUaet County: On* year, W.90; ilz montbi, <1 30; (our month*. 91.00. Outside Wctauf*
County: One year, (3.00; tlx months, 91.79; four months, $1.28.
Entered at the postottkc at Boon, N. C, aa second ctoaa mail matter, under the act of Congress
of March S, 1879. '^HgjU
Election Next Tuesday
The city election which traditionally
is held on of/ years and by special en
actment occurs in Boone in June, will
be beid next Tuesday.
Only one Incumbent is offering for
office on the Democratic slate, Mayor
Howard Cottrell, who doesn't fe?rl he
has the time for the top spot, but who
accepted the nomination of his party
to go back to his old job on the Board
of Aldermen.
Senator Gordon H. Winkler resigned
as Mayor to take up his work in the
Legislature which is still holding forth,
and Dr. Wayne Richardson and Mr.
Grady Tugman did not stand for re
nomination.
Attorney Wade E. Brown, who has
never held city office, but who has
served in the House and Senate, heads
the ticket for Mayor, and Messrs Harry
Hamilton and Con Yates finish out the
Board.
. All these men are able and patriotic,
else they wouldn't be willing to assume
the responsibilities oi running the affairs
the city, which 4oe? require > good
deal of time, a fair amount of worry,
we understand, and of coarse the critic
ism which invariably goes with any
elective office.
The Republicans haven't fielded a
ticket, so there hasn't been the element
of personal competitive campaigning,
and except for the unlikely and futile
organization of some sort ef write-in
effort, this election will hinge on some
voter going down to city hall and mark
ing a ballot.
Since neither money nor appreciable
prestige is at stake in the holding of
city office, since a fairly high degree
of patriotism and civic responsibility is
needed to go on the ticket, it appears to
us that the least the voters should do
is to come out in appreciable numbers
and give these men a solid vote of con
fidence, and to (how them that their
willingness to perform a fairly thankless
task Is appreciated.
Summer Term Opens
It is a happy thing to note the opening
of summer school down at the college
and to )oin in extending a welcome to
the teachers who are converging on the
campus.
During these few days between the
commencement for the regular term and
the opening of the first summer term,
things are slow along the Street. One
can tell that school's out by the absence
of the crowds of collegians and the di
minished traffic in the public places of
the community.
In the churches, and in every organ
ization, in every business activity the
absenoe of the faculty and students pan
be quickly noted, not alone from an
economic standpoint but from the loss
of the good fellowship which has tra
ditionally prevailed between the mem
bers Of the college community and of the
town.
Summer school is a pleasant experi
ence for many of the teachers who take
advantage of the facilities offered at
Appalachian, in a section literally atf
conditioned by nature. Away from the
huctle and bustle of the larger cities, the
student can have the twin experience of
enjoying vacationing during pleasant
cool evenings, while taking advantage
of the peerless educational advantages
offered on the campus.
As usual, enrollment is expected to
reach or surpass previous r?cords. As
the fame of the college spreads through
out the country, and the delight of the
summer seasons in the blue hills is re
lated in educational circles, more and
more people continue to register at
Appalachian.
The building program at the College
is going forward as rapidly as seasonal
showers permit, and our understanding
is that the growth of the college will
continue in exact proportion to the
growth of its physical plant. There
seems to be no end to its growth poten
tial Happily for all concerned, the
State senses this, and the current ex
pansion program is expected to continue
far a long time.
w 1 "? a _ a
Vacation edition
The State Magazine, which has filled
.such an important mission in promoting
the State, her many industries and tour
ist attractions, issued its annual vacation
guide last week.
The edition is particularly interest
ing here in view of the fact that a con
siderable space i? devoted to Watauga
county.
A list of the attractions in Blowing
Rock and Boone is spelled out, includ
ing the Rock itself, Twectsie Railroad,
and pioneer village, swimming, riding,
golf in both towns, Cone Memorial Park
with fishing lakes, riding trails and crafts
center in the Moses H. Cone old mansion.
Note is taken of Price Memorial Dam
on the Parkway, its fishing advantages
and camping sites.
Rich Mountain, Tater Hill lake, Fiat
Top Mountain, Howard's Knob, Daniel
Boone Scout Trail, Antique Auto Mu
seum, and stocked trout lake next to
Blowing Rock Country Club are pointed
out.
Mention is made of the numerous
seenic drives in the county, of Watauga
Industries, Blowing Rock Crafts Shop,
riding facilities and fishing in the var
ious streams and lakes of the area.
Picnic sites are pointed out, roadside
parks mentioned, and places where pic
nic lunches may be secured.
Among the annual events listed are
Horn in the West, Field Day and Pet
Show at Blowing Rock, Blowing Rock
Homes Tour, Blowing Rock Horse Show,
Grandfather Homes Day and the Na
tional Antiques Fair at Blowing Rock.
fUe State has been an important pub
lication in many ways, but particularly
in letting North Carolinians know more
about their own State. Ita circulation
has spread over the country and people
in other regions are taking advantage
of the attractions the State points out
in Carolina.
The Bubble Reputation
(Oracnaboro News) _
Ip ? capital commencement speech it Cha0el
Hill, North Carolina born Editor Lenoir Cham
ban of Norfolk made one among man/ food
points that beari emphasis. It will >ot do.
he auggeated, for any Sou then university or
school system at any time, to congratulate
itseU on merely leading a pack when the
sta/idarda of the pack itself may tot laggard
or dehdnt.
The Idea on which Mr. Chambers casta doubt
fcaa ? particularly tenaciooa grip on North
CafaliiM. which often bowta that It "leads
the South" in this of that. It waa Dr. Ein
stein wtio suggested ttft vanity of riding in
the front wagon of a train that is many hours
off ai In dadtfi.- ;
To Mr. Clumbers' thought, pertiapa another
could he ad dad in exteiMw. Almost any aca
demic rating system has Ua hazarda Moat
yardsticks are warped k some way, and ter
taiirty they am arbitrary. There la more and
more pressure in Amtridin education to ann
form to vague norma without any Marching
look at the validity of those norms.
Pin an abstract word like "ercelleona" en
Mote stanuaro* ana universities ana coneges
will stumble all over themaelva* grouping
behind Uke banner. If the racing form men
tality ia bad far any educational system, it
ia doubly bad vrben the standards rat MMe
fleah are act regionally and even nationally
? and not by the great tradition*.
. Standards Ipr good acheol* may be helped
by standards laid down by the Council for
Baaic Education or the National Education
Aasoci?tl?n or regional bodies of univertiUee
and cottage*. But the real (tandarda ware
aet a long time ago by the waaMng schtfan
who founded the oldest Western uahrenw,
The true staadard It the diatinction of the
mind which ia produced by the ayatem ? ami
4>metimea not aU' the lab* and degreea aaaure
auch diatinction. ^
Fundamentally, then would aeem to be one
aura moaaurament for tovtherq Institutions to
follow/ They should be In competition with
their own capacities. Edueat tonally apeaklng,
the bubble reputation may stiff be la the
cannon'* moaU.
"Admiral! Spare Hial Ship!"
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SOME LOCAL HISTORICAL SKETCHES
From Early Democrat Files
Sixty Years Ago
June 20, 1M1.
Professor B. B. Dougherty left
yesterday morning on a business
trip to Tennessee.
Sorry It learn that Adolphus W.
Penley, ia very unwell. He is one
o f our oldest landmarka, and we
hope to hear of his speedy re
covery.
Mr. and Mrs. I. 8. Rambo are
still in town. Their little son, Jus
tin, has mease Is, and they will re
main here until he la able to be
moved.
Fried H. A. Deal, Of Amantha,
was in town this week, and Hid
the roads up Cove Creek are now
worked out and ia fairly good
condition.
Beg. May has a new boarder at
his home, s little daughter.
Many of the cottagers and a
?umber of summer boarders have
arrived at Blowing Rock, and the
jrospetts are good for a large
crowd later oe.
The stock law, we are told, is
being ruthlessly violated by a ma
jority of the people in Mitchell
comity. In our opinion, a harvest
of indictments will be the mult.
The Children's Day Service at
White Springs last Sunday was
well attended, but, we are told, a
considerable fuss arose among
some youag men on the grounds
during services that created quite
a riffle of excitement. We have
none of the particulars, who (he
young men are or what was the
nature of the fuss, but at religion?
worship is the wrong place for
brawls and wa hope the good peo
pie of that community will see
that they are as severly punished
by law as the magnitude of their
crime demands.
Strawberries are ripening.
Mr. M. H. Cone of Blowing Rock,
is, we are told, shipping com to
Lenoir, having it hauled down the
mountain and is selling it to the
laboring people at absolute cost.
This is indeed a praise worthy act
of that wealthy, yet charitable
gentleman.
There will be an Old Fellow's ""
picnic at Vilas on July the 4th.
Some good speakers will be pre
sent, a good dinner will be served
and an enjoyable time is expected.
Thirty-Nine Years Ago
Jnne 22, 1922.
Mr. Edgar Payne, son of Mrs.
J. M. Payne, of Boone, was Har
ried to Miss Blanche, the cultur
ed and popular daughter of Mrs.
John C. Brown, of Route 1, last
Saturday night. The marriage was
solemnized at the Baptist parson
age, the Rev. F. M. Huggins per
forming the ceremony. Many con
gratulations to the happy couple.
Mr. T. J. (Uncle Tom) Sullivan,
who has been suffering for some
time with a badly diseased eye,
had it removed entirely, at the of
fices of Dr. Peaveler in Bristol,
last Monday. No man has more
friends in Watauga than he, all of
whom would be glad indeed to
hear of his speedy recovery, and
a safe return to his home.
Miss Annie Stanbury, teacher at
Wilson, has arrived at her home
in Boone, and will remain here
daring her summer vacation.
Just One Thing
B, CARL goerch AFTER ANOTHER
D. P. Topping, an attorney In
Belhaven, uyi that ha ran acroaa
a nine-dollar bill th? other day.
It waa issued by the Bank W
Wilmington and was dated Sept
ember 10, IMS. Mr. Topping found
It in an old trunk belonging to
hit ill Hied another. The Mte ro
cites that "The Bank of Wilming
ton, North Carolina, will pay I#
the bearer on demand Nine Dol
lars ( 90.00)" It waa signed by S.
Stewart. CsaftMr, and Joh* M?
Rae, rraalihat.
Mr. Topping wants la know
whether we hava evar heard of ?
nine-dollar bflt before. We have
Christian Girl, of Florida, regis
tered at the Sir Walter Hotel In
Raleigh last Monday night. How
evar, Girl Isn't ? f'rl; he's a man.
And we dent knew whether he's ?
Chrlatiaa or net. either. Come te
think of M. we ?M t know orach
about hia rata* that Ms nana is
Christian Girl.
%
AM AMWI gkiia In ? con
tribution which recently a ip eared
i in a New Mexico paper:
"Would yqu he so kind a# to in,
sert the pMtoWtng In yo?r tort
and phouni letnam:
"Loet the cph pJkrota toy type
wfttor. ffcow 4*HaW fprard ll?or
return oyh MID* aa I phind it very
unhandy and phor that matter a
little undigniphied trying to make
out without tt.
Phrank Phuller."
There's a gentleman in San
ford ? we'd batter not mention his
naiM ? who ia alwayi getting en
dorsements from everyone in tawn
for everthing that turns up.
If there's a vacancy on the
atbool board, he Immediately pro
Mods to aolicit endorsements for
the job. If he aeei a chance of
tending tone political Job. he seta
as Many endorsements ^* time will
permit. It's the same with practi
cally everything else.
Some time ago. some of hia
friends got together and called
him up.
"Sony you got left out," they
told Mm.
"Left out? What do yoa mean?"
"We jutt read in the papers
about the flaction."
"What election?"
?T?? new fepa."
"What do I care lhaQt the elec
tion of tlx new Pope?"
"Why." aaid hia frieada, "do you
meaa to tell aa that you didnt
adtiail esdorseaaants far that Job,
toT" ?*
Ka bang up on em.
a
Mr. John Whittington, who,
when a boy, more than thirty
yeari ago, held a case in The
Democrat office, dropped in to
*ee us Monday for the, first time
in fifteen years. John has followed
the trade ever since he left here
and bears all the ear marks of a
typical journeyman printer: He
says he has worked the country al
most over but has found no spot
hiTn mountain
h* was bom He
tfMs'ttom here to visit his moth
er who lives at the home of her
daughter Mrs. Frank Grayson
near Trade, Tennessee.
Mr. J. Young Love, while haul
ing lumber on Rich Mountain last
Saturday, was most painfully, If
not seriously hurt by hi* team
running away. The Democrat has
not heard from him since soon af
ter the aecident occurred, and
hopes he is not as badly hurt as
was first thought.
Daily improvements are being
made on the golf links. The fame
of the Green Park golf course is
spreading Tar and Wide.
Mr. E. C. Holt and family ire
up for the summer.
Fifteen Years Ago
June 28, 1946.
Rev. Adolphus Millard Brown,
76 years old, retired Baptist min
ister and fanner, died at the home
Friday after a long illness.
Mr. A. M. Kennedy of Key West,
FT*-, is spending some time with
Mrs. Kennedy in Boone.
Miss Rebecca Boone 1* visiting
with Mrs. F. T. Downs in Wash
ington, D. C. She will return to
Boone on Friday.
Mrs. F. A. Linney, Mrs. Paul A
Coffey and son, Frank Linney Cot
fey, were In Taylorsville last Tues
day, where they attended a reun
ion of members of the Matheson
family, held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. Coleman Payne.
Mr?. P. O. Brewer and daugh
ter, Olivia, of Washington, D. C.
?re at the home of Mrs. F A t.ln
ney, where they will spend the
summer. Mr. Brewer, who is' sec
retary te Senator Bailey, accom
pained his family here and spent
the week end.
Mr. Lester Deal, Seattle, Wash ,
recently visited with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. H. E Deal of Sftet
wood. On his return to the north
west he w as accompanied by his
father, who will spend m tim?
in Seattle visiting with him, and
wKh another son, Marvin Deal.
Miss Mary Proffltt, oirty <f,ugV
*7,?' Mrl/nd Mr? J*?? Proffitt,
of Vilma, became the bride of Carl
Wilson, son W Mr. aad Mrs. Carl
Wilson, of Reese, in a beautiful
ceremony at Heom* Chapel
Methodist Church on June lit, at
4 o'clock in the eftemoon. Rev ij.
K. MhMleton officiated
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Greene are
?P*?dlB? a ahort vacation at the
?j001* ?* Mr. and Mn Clyde R.
<"**?? Mr Greene was a Lieut- 1
?nam in the NgVf, prior fo his re
?*ot dtMtiarge and had recently
been located at Miami B each, n??
following a long tour of duty in"
PtHle wtten
KING STREET
By ROB RIVERS
Picnics . . Watermelons And firings
Picnic time has descended on the hill country and the
convenient little tables along the highways are being occu
pied, as householders carry their families to the lofted areas
for the coolness and for the fun of eating out. . . . Some don't
bother with the conventional tables, and eat from the tail gate
of station wagons, or spread their lunches right on the ground,
amsngst the ants, which add a tangy taste when they sneak
into a noggy sandwich.
Sometimes we note the differences of judgment in regard
to the choosing of a place to spread the contents of the baskets
and boxes. . . In our picnicking days we leaned to a cool
spot where some water trickled from beneath the floor of
th? forest and where we used to chance the slight danger of
a reptile or two, to escape the sunny discomforts of the wide
open areas. ... Some, however, eat their sandwiches and
chicken, their deviled eggs and pickles and pies and the like
right in the hot sun, which maybe after all seems cool to
them in comparison to the torrid temperatures of the lower
country.
We've never known a child who didn't like a picnic, or
a cookout, and in our time of hunting and fishing, we could
always enjoy a skimpy lunch better along a stream or beside
a great tree on a hilltop, than a sumptous banquet in proper
surroundings. . . And quite often the youngsters would settle
for a watermelon, carried to some secluded nook and haggled
with a dull knife or sometimes cracked open by smashing it
against a rock.
And speaking of watermelons, a merchant told us the
other day that he could leave his watermelons outside all
night, without the loss of a single one, even though it was
common knowledge or should be, that the big juicy melons
weren't taken inside. . . . And while we've inclined to the
belief that we came from a more restrained generation,
something has changed mightily when a youngster loses his
Fegard for watermelons. ?. . . We are told that most anything
else would stand a chance of getting gone, that it wouldn't
do to leave a can of beer (if the stores handled it), a crate of
chasers or anything of that sort ? that they would probably
be taken. . . And another fellow said, "The folks who park
on the street near my place at night, will throw beer cans
and bottles all around, but snitch a watermelon ? it wouldn't
even occur to those who do their socializing in an automobile
to do that."
Before the markets brought every sort of food to the
town in great profusion, and before the motor trucks made
the products of the farms available quickly to every hamlet
in the country, the kids in Boone eagerly watched for the
"watermelon wagons," which didn't look different from other
big wagons, except the driver always stopped where the kids
were playing in the road and told them of the juiciness of
his load, so that the word Would get out in the neighborhood.
. . . These purveyors of tasty delight didn't show up fre
quently, and often the melons were half ripe or had been on
the road too long, but in ejther case they were devoured right
down to, the rind, Which ,, sometimes the mothers were per
suaded to convert into spicy; pickles for use in wintertime, to
remind one of the bright red goodness that it imprisoned
in the warmth of the last summer's ripening sun. . . . One's
zest for watermelons diminishes through the years, but
we always feel better when they come around. . . Occasionally
we get the sticky sweet juice on our chin in a melon break
when we all gather around in the composing room. . . . It's
fun, sometimes, to carve a chill melon, and it forms a sugary
connection with the sweetness of less hurried days, when
the wait for a creaking wagon to cross the Ridge sometimes
appeared to be endless.
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Moose Cfclb . . Site Selected
The Moose lodge has optioned land for the construction
of club facilities, and indications are that the building will
be erected without undue delay. ... A little over two acres
have been secured from H. Neal Blair, near his . beautiful
country home, and it lies across Deerfield Road from the
number three fairway and green on the Boone golf course
? an ideal spot for the needed facility.
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Pumpkin . . Keeps A Long Time
We enjoyed some delicious pumpkin pie Saturday, which
is not Unusual, save for the fact that it was made from a
fresh pumpkin which had kept perfectly since last fall. . . .
Mr. W. L. Stanberry thoughtfully provided the golden condi
ment for the pie filling and we fully enjoyed his generosity.
Uncle Pinkney
HIS PALAVARIN'S
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
1 was lolling the fellers at the
country store Saturday night
a tout what that column writer
said it was costing the world to
git ready far war. Ed fioolittle
allowed as how maybe we better
try ana more time to aet down
with tbem Russians at the Sum
mit, ' !
Zeke Orubb was agio it, said
he couldn't figger bow it would
da any good. Zeke said he was
reading a piece last week show
in# that since w? recognized
Russia in 1933, Russia has broke
M of the 91 agrkemests they
has made with us. And Bug Hoo
*ttm Mid h# few where . Herbert
Hoover claimed that when Stalin
chltfe to f*>w?T he iMdatreatles
with 3^ countries and in 1939
broke ei|*r one of them.
I d?n't know what decision
President Kennedy will make in
this matter, but it *u agreed
M afar' adslon Satvrdny night
that we'll never git anywhere
Wtttftg down at the Summit ta
ble with them batxlits Clem
Webster just about hit it on the
barral toad when he said the
only nbfs? tti?y respect is the
hum of our missiles. It's a sad
thought, Mister Editor, but i
looks like <11 we can do is fa
us to put our trust in the A1
mighty and keep our missile fac
tories running on three shifts.
Maybe them Zoomites tha
founded that new religious 01
der at Rockport near Boston ha
the right idea. If I recollect th
story in the papers correct,
feller named Goldie was electe
the Zoom, and his followers li'
w by a code he set up. Th<
plan to stry underground .unt
1962. as that is the time th<
figger these space missiles wi
destroy civilization. Then thi
plan to come out and start
model civilization. The Zoo
says their new civilization w
be without fear, hate, vlolen
or want. Now I don't take
stock in their plana fer a mot
civilization. It wouldn't be mon
two year afore the Zoomit
would be fighting amongst thefl
selves to eloct a new Zoom I
murder the old one. But what H
pealn to me is that undorgrotfl
cellar the papers said thay
built. I have writ the head ZoH
fee so n^o literature I may I
moving to Rockport soon.