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VOLUME LXXrV? NO. ?
WATAUGA DEM
An Independent Weekly New pa per . . . Seventy -Fourth Year of Continuous
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST II, 1M1
WATER ROAD. ? A Toad, in the Silverstone section, looked like this
after the flash flood in the western part of the county Thursday.
Other roads were under water at places, and caused motorists some
inconvenience. ? Photo Flowers' Photo Shop.
Members Of State Grange Meet Here
And Lay Plans For State Convention
Members of the Executive Com
mittee of the State Grange met in
Boone Saturday to complete ar
rangements for the thirty-third
annual convention to be held here
October 22-25.
Conference were held with re
presentatives of the Chamber of
Commerce, Motel Association and
Appalachian College, regarding
housing and meeting facilities, and
the committee found ample facili
ties available for all convention
activities.
Those present were State
Grange Master Harry B. Caldwell
and Mrs. Caldwell, Greensboro; T.
W. Allen, Creedmoor; W. Lee
Meredith, Liberty; Norman Ran
dall, Leicester; W. E. Johnson,
Harrels; Robert Scott, Haw River;
Miss Pearl Thompson, Salisbury
and Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Ferguson,
Ferguson.
Supper At Cove Creek
The committee members were
guests of the Watauga County
Grange at a supper meeting at
Cove Creek School Cafeteria. Jer
ry Adams, County Grange Deputy,
was in charge.
Mr. Caldwell spoke, outlined con
vention plans and called for the
full support of local people in
making the gathering a success.
Robert Scott, assistant to the
State Grange Master, outlined the
duties of each of the local com
mittees on arrangements.
Details of the convention pro
gram are being completed.
About 900 visitors and delegates
are expected to attend the meet
ing, according to Mr. Caldwell.
All business sessions will be held
at the Elementary School Gym
nasium, while the ritualistic ses
sion will be held at the new col
lege gymnasium.
The vesper service Sunday, Oct
ober 22 will be held at the Metho
dist Church.
Scroggs Wins
N.Y. Vacation
Mr. and Mr*. G. W. $crogg? are
enjoying an all-expense paid vaca
tion in New York City this week.
The trip became possible when
Mr. Scroggs, manager of the Wa
tauga FCX Service Store in Boone,
led bis store to the number two
position among all FCX stores in
the two Carolinas.
The two state competition was
based upon results of a 90 day
period, May through July, in a
sales promotion of automobile and
truck tires.
Mr. Scroggs expressed grati
tude for the response and patron
age of local people that placed his
store in the winners circle.
Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Bozard spent1
the week end at Greenville, South I
Carolina, visiting Dr. Board's sis
ter, Mrs. F. U Fowler, and Mr.
Fowler.
HOWARD HURRY
"Salt 'O Life " Title
Book Mountain Tales
Howard Slurry, a lennessean
who choee the North Carolina
mountains for hi* home, hu com
piled a book of humorous stories
entitled "Salt 0' Life" to be pub
lished August 26 by John F. Blair,
published, of Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mr. Murry is a landscape painter
who has lived among and become
friends with the hard - working
mountain people of western North
Carolina, and with keen apprecia
tion he convoys the subtle humor
and descriptive art of their story
making. The tales, some of which
are written In authentic mountain
dialect, were told to the author as
he traveled in the mountains paint
ing the scenery. Returning home,
he wrote them down as accurately
as possible, and after several years
he accumulated enough material to
make this volume possible He be
lieve* that the mountaineers' ability
to laugh at themielve* and their
predicament* I* their laving grace
?their "salt of life"? and give*
them added rest for living.
The sage character* give an In
sight into their uncomplicated,
quiet phiioaophy ? eoneern for
themselves, their neighbor*, ani
mals, vtoitors, and the simple in
cident* of daily living.
A North Carolina citizen by
choice, the author (pent thirty
years in me cuiion Dullness Dciurc
retiring to a mountain cabin in
Valle Crucis, to give full time to
hii dominant interest of painting.
His watercolor landscapes, some of
which appear in "Salt '0 Life," are
in many private collections scatter
ed over the United States.
He is now engaged in the writing
of another work, "Under the
Round Collar." This will be an ac
count of bis and bis brother's lives
and activities in boyhood, of tbe
escapades and devilment they got
into uQder the rule of their min
ister father.
Trout Fishing
Is Ended Today
Trout fishing season will close
in Watauga county August 31, ac
cording to Tommy Osborne, fish
and game protector, except in
these streams, where fishing will
continue through September:
Watauga River from Foscoe to
Valle Crucis, Big Laurel Creek,
Boone Fork, Price Lake to Wata
uga River; Middle Fork from Che
tola Lake at Blowing Rock to
Boone Dam.
Seventh Fleet heighten! pre
paredness In Pacific.
Something New
Added By Local
Hereford Group
Something new has been added
this year by the Watauga Here
ford Association, with the hopes
of molding a stronger organiza
tion and at the same time give
the consignors an insight into what
to expect at the nineteenth annual
Hereford breeders sale which if
to be held October 7th.
Beginning at 8 a. m. today
(Thursday, August 31), all breed
ers who have cattlc consigned to
the sale will assemble at the
county agent's office where the
tour will begin.
This year's consignors are: B k
M Land and Cattle Co.; James
Marvin Deal, Diamond S Ranch,
Clint Eggers, H. Grady Farthing,
H. M. Hamilton, Jr., Council Hen
son, H. H. Hodges, Dave Minton,
Double J. Hereford Farm, Joe
Warren, Howard Walker, Gordon
Winkler and R. G. Shipley.
Valuable prizes and good food
are in store for all consignors who
make the tour.
Horn Closes
Good Year;
Attendance Up
Horn in the West ended its cur
rent season last week with an at
tendance of 21,500 to reflect a
considerably improved situation
from a year ago, despite the un
favorable weather which has per
sisted for most of the season.
The attendance is about 7 per
cent above the 1960 figure, but
the net profit column will likely
show little or no improvement due
to a larger budget this season,
brought about by the purchase of
new costumes, stage equipment
and the like. The exact figures
will not be kvailable for two or
three weeks, it is said.
There is general agreement that
the drama was well received. Re
marks from those who had seen
the show in other seasons indicat
ed they liked it better ? that it was
faster, shorter and snappier.
Other compliments the new
music and costume* and the im
proved battle scenes, while all
tend to agree that the Jiorn car
ries greater appeal this year to
the children and the teenage
groups.
Plans arc to be undertaken at
once for the 1962 season run of
Horn In the West.
Randall, Shook
Go To Purdue
Dr. J. Frank Randall of the Ap
palachian State Teachers College
Biology Department and Mr. Zob
Shook of the Appalachian State
Teachers Collage Library are at
tending the annual convention of
the American Institute of Biolo
gical Sciences on the campus of
Purdue University August 20-31.
BURLEY CROP IS HARD HIT
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Flash Flood Damage May
Total More Than $60,000
Cove Creek Is
Hard Hit By
Raging Waters
A flash flood last Thursday af
ternoon did extensive damage to
crops on farms located on Cove
Creek and its tributaries. Roads
and bridge approaches were dam
aged also, and some of the people
traveling in that area had to find
different routes to reach their des
tinations or wait until the water
subsided. Heavy rains fell in other
sections of the county, but Cove
Creek and closeby areas were the
only sections reporting flood con
ditions.
Howard Edmisten, who keeps
rainfall records for the TV A in
Cove Creek, reported that 2.41
inches of rain fell between 7 a. m.
Thursday and 7 a. m. Friday. The
better part of this fell in just a
short period during the afternoon.
The day before he had reported
1.14 inches and before that .93
inch.
L. E. Tuckwiller, county agri
cultural agent, said Monday fol
lowing a meeting of agricultural
workers to appraise the damage
to farmers, that losses were placed
at about $60,000, with tobacco, the
main money crop, suffering the
brunt of the loss. This figure may
be revised upward $30,000 to $40,
000, if the crops do not straighten
up and tobacco does not ripen.
Fences and water gates were
damaged and considerable creek
bank cutting was noted. Some hay
sta'cks were damaged with water as
it rose above their base, but none
had been reported washed away.
Vegetable gardens and corn crops
also were hurt.
Some basements were reported
flooded, and one house near the
bridge at Sherwood was reported
damaged considerably when debris,
caught on the bridge, caused wat
er to get into the house.
One resident reported taking a
lawn mower and small garden trac
tor from the creek near his home
which had been washed there by
the flood. The owner, who lived
about a half mile up the creek,
claimed the items next morning.
F. W. McCracken, manitenance
supervisor with the North Carolina
Highway Commission for the area,
reported that considerable gravel
was washed from the roads and ap
proaches to several bridges were
damaged. In the Silverstone sec
tion water over the paved road
caused cracking of the pavement.
Mr. McCracken said it will take
some time and work to get the
roads back in good shape.
In Boone a heavy rain fell on
Wednesday and Wednesday night,
and at 7 a. m., Joe Minor, weather
observer for the United States
Weather Bureau, measured 1.93
inches of waterfall. On Thursday,
while Cove Creek was suffering
its flash flood, Boone was being
pelted with 1.23 inches of rain.
The 24-hour period between Sat
urday at 7 a. m. and Sunday, an
other 1.S4 inches fell on the town.
Rev. Mr. Shore
Rites Sunday
Robert H. Shore, Sr., 74, pro
minent minister of the Baptist
Church in this area and a resident
of Blowing Rock, died Friday at
the Blowing Rock Hospital, after
a long period of failing health.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Middle
Fork Baptist Church. Rev. W. J.
Cook, Rev. Harold Hayes and Rev.
Clyde Cornett were in charge of
the rites and burial was in the
Middle Fork cemetery.
Survivors include the widow,
three sons and three daughters:
J. I,., Burmah and Bobby Shore,
Blowing Rock; Mrs. Mae Guarneri,
Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Mrs. Floy
White. Charleston, W. Va.; Miss
Belle Shore, Charlotte. There are
six brothers and two sisters: Dave
Shore, Lanoir; Claud, Fin and
Tom, Boone; William, Mountain
City; Reeves, Blowing Rock; Mrs.
Mattie Brown, Blowing Rock; Mrs.
Edna Ashley, Boon*.
"LIGHT YOUR PLEDGE FOR SAFETY" explain* Col. Dave T. Lambert, commander, State Highway Pa
trol, to featured speakers during recent annual conference of the Council of Safety and personnel of
the North Carolina Motor Carriers Association at Blowing Rock. The trucking industry's safety group
has pledged cooperation in the campaign during t he coming Labor Day week end when motorists on
Tar Heel highways are asked to turn on their lights in the daylight hours to remind others to drive
with care as they pledged to do, during this last minute rush holiday in Variety Vacationland. Shown,
left to right, are J. T. Outlaw, NCMCA executive vice president; Col. Lambert; H. S. Baucom, N. C. In
dustrial Commission, all of Raleigh; and L. F. Manneschmidt, Trailmobile, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Motor Carriers Name Officers
At Convention In Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock. ? A Charlotte
trucking industry executive, Jerry
Reid, was elected bead of the Coun
cil of Safety & Personnel of the
North Carolina Motor Carriers As
sociation.
Mr. Reid, Director of Insurance,
Safety and Personnel of Central
Motor Lines, Inc., received the
chairman's gavel from retiring
Chairman Harold Clark, Johnson
Motor Lines, Inc., Charlotte.
Other officers elected, during the
three-day annual conference at the
Mayview Manor were: Vice-Chair
man Owight Ray, Pilot Freight
Carriers, Inc., Winston-Salem; Sec
retary Calvin Michaels, Transpor
tation Division, Burlington Indus
tries, Inc., Burlington; and Treas
urer Hank Tyson, Hennis Freight
Lines, Inc., Winston-Salem.
Elected to -the Steering Commit
tee were: Harold Clark, Johnson
Motor Lines, Inc., Charlotte; Felix
Wilson, Roadway Express, Inc.,
Winston-Salem; Harry Matthews,
Bost Bakery, Shelby; Martel Beam,
Akers Motor Lines, Inc., Charlotte;
and Bob Hedrick, Maybell Trans
port Co., Lexington.
Col. Dave T. Lambert, Command
er, State Highway Patrol, keynoted
the conference. Other speakers in
cluded: H. 0. Kemp, Interstate
Commerce Commission, Charlotte;
L>. F. Manneschmidt, Trailmobile,
(Continued on page three)
Attends Meet
On Grim Issues
Dr. K. H. Harmon attended a
North Carolina Strategy Seminar
at Fort Bragg on invitation of
Governor Sanford.
The sessions were held Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday and
among the matte ri considered
were:
Danger of propaganda warfare,
danger of fifth column, and
emphasis was placed on the need
for a study of the state of the
communist mind in order to com
bat his actiona.
It was brought out that ther
moneuclear bombs are fatal only
to a segment of the population
and that plana are going forward
for the continuity of government
in any event.
The need for the construction
of fallout abelteri by the dttzens
waa emphasized, and it was
brought out that the people must
be alerted to danger, and unified
in action against threats.
Dr. Harmon said that intelli
gence agents and members of the
FBI w era present for the seminar.
Governor Will Speak Sept. 7
To Northwestern Conference
W. C. Shillings
Dies In Shelby
Shelby. ? Walter Clark S tailings,
69, lanitation officer for Cleveland
County Health Department aince
1944. and brother of B. W. Stall
ings of Boone, died at hia home
Friday afternoon. Death waa at
tributed to a heart attack.
Mr. Stallings was discovered by
a maid when she went to the home
at 506 Whisnant St., to begin her
cleaning duties. It is believed the
sanitation officer died about 1 p.
m., less than one hour earlier.
Mr. Stallinga, a native of Frank
lin county, attended Wake Forest
College where he played football
and saw active service with the
Navy during World War I.
During World War II he served
as assistant field director with the
American Red Croaa at Ft. Ben
ning, Ga.t and at Ft. Fisher.
Aa a member of the Warren
Hoyle Poet of the American Legion,
Mr. Stallinga wu honored earlier
this year with a 39-year member
ship pin.
In 1999 the National Red Croaa
awarded him a bronze medal for
900 hours he had volunteered in
five yeara to the Cleveland county
Red Cross chapter.
In the 1920s Mr. Stalllngs served
aa aaaistant engrossing clerk In
the N. C. Senate and for a time
waa an agent of the State Child
Welfare Commiaaion. From 1928
to 1943 he waa sanitation officer
for Guilford county aa that county's
first full-Ume employee In that
field.
He was active ill national and
state aanitation organizations and
aaaisted in the organization of the
N. C. Public Health Association
Sanitariarts' Section. He wu later
ita first chairman.
The Shelblun served ar chairman
of the first aid committee of the
Cleveland County Red Cross Chap
ter and waa extremely active In
Red Crosa work, especially phasea
dealing with first aid projects.
Survivors include hia wtdow, Mrs.
Betty Griffin StalKngs; one son,
Douglas Stalllngs of Nashville,
Tonn.; two daughters, Vickie Stal
(Continued on pi|c three)
wiiKcsDoro ? iiov. lerry aantora
will be the principal speaker at
the Northwestern North Carolina
Industrial Development confer
ence at Wilkesboro, Sept. 7, the
Department of Conservation and
Development announced.
The conference will be the
fourth of a series of six sponsored
by the C k D Department over the
State to stimulate efforts now be
ing made to oromote further in
dustrial development in North
Carolina, C k. V) Director Hargrove
Bowles, Jr. said.
Similar conferences held at Tar
boro, Clinton and Waynesville
were well attended, officials said.
Development - minded persons
from the following counties are be
ing invited to attend the Wilkes
boro conference: Stokes, Forsyth,
Davidson. Rowan, Davie, Yadkin,
Surry, Alleghany, Wilkes, Iredell,
Catawba Alexander Burke, Cold
well, Avery, Watauga and Ashe.
Gov. Sanford will speak at a
"Dutch" luncheon at 1 p. m. at the
Wilkes Central High School in
Wilkesboro.
In letters to development-mind
ed persons in the 17 counties, the
Governor said in part: 'This con
ference, the fourth of six planned
for this year by the Commerce and
Industry Division of the Depart
ment of Conservation and Deve
lopment, promises to be of real
value to all who are working to
ward economic development in the
communities and area of this sec
tion of the State."
W. R. Henderson, administrator
of the Commerce and Industry Di
vision of the C * D Department,
will preside. Staff members of the
C 4 I Division will outline ways
and means of handling proapects
as well as telling community lead
ers what they must do to interest
industrialists In their respective
areas.
Persons interested in attending
the Wilkesboro conference are
urged to contact Eugene B. Harris,
Division of Commerce and Indus
try, Department of Conservation
and Development. Raleigh, aa aeon
ay possible.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Groce last week end were Mr.
Jay Groce, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Triplett and children, Lynn and
Tony, of North Wilkesboro.
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