Gems, Flowers, Frails And Folks
Featured In Place Names In N.C.
By MIRIAM RABB
Omm, tree*, flower*, fruits
and people are honored tn
North Carolina'! place names.
From mountain! to coast in
the Variety Vacationland, these
and other categoric* have given
fascinating name* to imall and
large communities, making the
Variety Vaeationland State a
postmark-collector's delight.
The names range from the ex
otic. like Oriental and Carthage,
to the folksy, like Pleasant Oar
dan, Welcome and Sandy Bidie.
Prospect Hill might be ? like
ly point of departure for a
tour of places reflecting North
Ca(dUna's wealth of mineral re
sources: Brasstown, Marble,
Gold Hill, Micaville, Mineral
Springs, Sapphire, Hiddenite,
Tungsten. Irfon Station, Zir
eonia, and Goldsboro,
Beginning in Forest City or
Woodland, and winding up in
Lumber Bridge, Stomp Point or
Wild wood, the naturalist can
take his pick of tree-names.
These art "the pines: Southern
Pines, Pinehurst, Pine Bluff,
Piney Creek, Pine Level, Pine
tops, Pinetown, Pine Hall and
Spruce Pine. Oaks are White
Oak, OA Ridge, Oakland, Oak
City, Red Oak, and Oakboro. Ev
ergreens (and there is a com
munity named Evergreen in Co
lumbus County) include Bal
sam Grove, Cedar Mountain,
Holly Ridge, Cedar Island, and
Tamarack. Then there are Hic
kory, Chinquapin, Elm City,
Poplar Branch, Ash, Walnut
Cove, Maple, Woodleaf, Maple
ton, Maple Hill, Locust, "Poplar
Mountain, Willow Springs and
Maenolia.
The menu of names is varied
when it comes to fruits, offering
a choice of Cranberry, Fig, Lem
on Springs, Peachland, Plum
tree, Cherryville, Cherry Point
and Apple Grove. Despite the
optimism indicated by the name
Supply, other foods are repre
sented only by Toast.
Quite a wardrobe could be
assembled in Variety Vacation
land, after a visit to Cash Cor
ner, by collecting Bandana,
Tuxedo, Coats and Suit.
Without leaving their own
State, Tar Heels can Journey
to Minneapolis, Dallas, Denver,
Frisco, - Nashville, Pcnsacola,
Washington, Wilmington and
Providence, taking care to slow
down for Speed and nt>t over
look Spot.
Foreign travel Is also offer
ed within the State ? to Dover,
Hertford, Bath, Raleigh, Salis
bury, Gloucester, Leicester and
New London for a touch of
Merrie Olde England; Shannon
and Dublin for a bit of Ireland;
and Scotland Neck and Aber
deen for a highland fling. Cont
I mental names include Naples,
Verona, Warsaw, Cordova, Lit
tle Switzerland, New Bern, and
New Holland. Other faraway
places are represented by Spar
ta. Troy, Bolivia, and Bahama.
There's a name for every sea
son, except autumn, for those
who visit Summerfield, Winter
ville, and Spring Hope.
Big game hunters U *e Ban
nar Elk, Bear Creek, Bear Pop
lar and Elk Park, while lovers
of the sinister and mysterious
prefer Bat Car*, Panthertail
Mountain and Rattlesnake
Mountain.
The people who named many
North Carolina places paid gal
lant tribute to the ladies by
choosing such names aa Stella,
Maggie. Mamie, Sophia. Aurora,
Olivia, Charlotte, Maiden. Mar
ibel, Marietta, Elizabeth City,
Elizabeth town, Macgarettsviile,
Selma, Henrietta, and Florence.
' ' ? "
Explorers and heroes are re
membered with lUlejgh, Boone.
Fapetteeville, and Lake J una
luaka? the latter named for a
great Cherokee chieftain, whose
deacendeats live in the Great
Smokies today. j;
Birdwatchers could begin
their tuor with Birdtown on
the Cherokee Indian Reserva
tion, and continue te Kitty
Hawk, Eagle Rock. Eagle
Springs, Turkey, Swansboro,
and Swanquarter.
Optimism and confidence are
reflected ia the names of Wel
come, Wj:, Advance, Candor,
Harmony, Merry Hill, lfount
Plea Tt, raith, Liberty. Pleas
ant Hill and Horse Shoe.
Theres' ? choice of salt or
fresh water in other place
names: Gulf, Atlantic, Sea Le
vel, Hot Springs, Watervllle,
Seven Springs and Rainbow
Springs.
Portable Electric Gadgets
Boon To New Homemakers
The bride ia in a quandary.
She has her heart aet on a cer
tain kitchen range ? but its
price would be a strain on the
budget. Should she go ihead
and strain the budget, or settle
for a lower priced model?
Perhaps there is another so
lution, says U. S. Department
of Agriculture researchers.
There may be enough portable
electric cooking appliances
among her wedding gifts for
her to get along quite well
without a range until she can
afford to buy the one she waata.
With an automatic electric
frypan, 3-and 5-quart automatic
sauce pans, and a portable oven
?plus a bit of talent for plan
ning and management? a home'
maker can put meals on the
table that would never expose
the fact that there ia no rang*
in the kitchen.
There is a limit, of coprsq,
to the number of dishes and
the amoufat df food that call be
prepared for any one meal with
these appliances But Agricul
tural Research Service housing
specialists have found in kit
chen tests that these four ap
pliances can be used satisfac
torily to ctok all types of foods.
Far the homemaWr inter
ested in coat comparisons, the
Department provides these fig
ures:
A set of portable electric ap
pliances ? the frypan, two sauce
pans, and a portable oven ?
could run about 9114. Three
similar utensils for on-top-of
the-range use, plus the coat of
a 30-inch range, can run any
where from $165 to $275. Prices
vary with quality, features, and
product brand
News Of Our
Servicemen
ENLISTS IN NAVY
Barton L. Harmon, son. of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harmon of
Rt. 3, Lenoir, enlisted in the
United States Navy on Jan. 17.
He is In basic (raining at the
United States Training Cedter,
San Diego, California.
He would be happy to hear
from his friends in Watauga
County. His address is BA-ton
L. Harmon, 6824065, SB. USN,
Company 040, Recruit Naval
Command, U. S. Naval Train
ing Center, San Diego 33, Calif.
HEIGHT, WEIGHT INCREASE
Young men and women aim
?boot two inches taller than
those In the same age SO years
ago. Their weight has increas
ed on an average of 20 pounds.
What Could Be
More Touching I
Or Better Say '
"BE MY j
VALENTINE"
Than To Give Her '
(or Him) a Record
of Your Special
Song!
We Have the Most
Complete Record Shop
In Northwest North Carolina
Heart Warming
Valentine 'Gifts
? Musical Instruments
? R?cord Players
? Jewelry
? Watches
Miller Goes
To Sturdivant
DAN G.
MILLER
Stanley A. Harris, general
agent for Sturdivant Life In
Dan G. Miller of Boone has
joined the insurance company's
stalf.
Miller is the son of Joseph
H. and the late Ada C. Miller,
both native* of Watauga coun
ty. Born on May 6, 1938, Miller .
worked for a time on his fa
ther's farm in the Meat Camp
section and attended Green Val
ley School until he entered the
army in January, 1096.
He served in Korea for one
year before being returned to
Fort Bragg for the duration of
his term. Miller is married to
the former Miss Betty Jane Mc
Neil, and has two children,
Danny, three and a half, and
Mary Jane, eight months.
The Millers live about three
miles out of Boone on the West
Jefferson highway.
Miller joined the local branch
of the insurance firm January
13, according to Harris.
HERO 'S SON TO GRADUATE
West Point, N. Y.? The son
of America's first flying hero of
World War II, Colin P. Kelly
III, will graduate from the Unit
ed States Military Academy in
the spring? completing an order
issued in 1M1 by the late Pres
ident F. D. Roosevelt.
Colin was just one year old
when his father, Capt. Colin P.
Kelly Jr., gave his life to crash
his plane into a Japanese war
ship.
President Roosevelt ordered
? reservation at the Academy.
President Eisenhower offered
an appointmnt, but young Kelly
turned down Eisenhower's offer
and made it dnJhis own.
Variety Vacationland
Guide Is Off Press 11
specific information with 88
colored pictures and maps of
vacation attractions from moun
tains to coast to make it a use
ful guide both to planning a
North Carolina vacation and se
lecting a vacation or retirement
New features include descrip
tions of major festivals and
fairs and a listing of principal
privately operated touriat at
tractions.
Outdoor recreation la empha
sized with a new map locating
state and national parks, for
ests, parkways, historic sites and
rest areas.
New highways and bridges
(all toll-free in North Carolina)
are shown, offering easy acces
sibility to all areas of the state
and connecting with new high
ways leading into North Caro
lina that bring it within a day's
drive of more than half the
population of the United State*.
Emphasizing things to do as
well as see in North Carolina,
the 1M3 edition of "Variety Va
cationiand" is off the press and
being distributed free on re
quest by the Travel Informa
tion Division of the Dept. of
Conservation and Development,
Director Charles Parker of
the Travel Information Division
Said the new book combines
COEDS ARE REQUIRED
TO CARRY WHISTLES
Elmlra, N. Y.? Coeds at El
mira College must carry police
whistles for protection when
they go out after dark from
now on.
The whistle rule was put in
to effect Thursday by J. Ralph
Murray, president of the wo
men's school, because several
coeds have been molested re
cently.
When the going is the roughest
quality of materials and workman
ship are reflected 1b performance
Our recapping stands the test whes
the going I* really rough. Give m
a trail.
"Finally darkness came ...
. . ? and we turned on the clear bulbs. As we sat
down to supper, Mama could tell whether we had
washed our hands and you could see well enough to
tell if the bowl was filled with collards or turnip
greens. I looked up to the dangling light and said
to myself, 'Now we are almost as good as town
people.' "
That's how a 36-yeor-old Eastern North Caro
lina mon 'rtsmewbers the 'beginning of REA and the
iirst night with lights. Only three out of 100 rural
North Carolina homes had electricity then, so you
may hove a similar memory.
Remember the long years of waiting . . . and
the refusals of the existing power companies. And
then the decision of rural people to organize and
do the job themselves.
Today, nearly 98 out 100 rural homes have
electricity. They do because Of o basic American
freedom: The freedom to organise to provide our
selves with a service on a nonprofit basis.
This freedom Is just at jjrttjtkxis as the free
dom to organize and invest for the purpose of prof- |
It. Our rural electric cooperatives believe in both
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rreeaoms.
'62 Pontiac 4-Dr.
STARCHIEF SEDAN. Power brakes, power steer
ing, automatic tranmission, one local owner, 8,?00
actual miles, light blue, radio, heater.
'60 Corvair 2-Dr.
Radio, heater, standard transmission, very clean.
'60 Pontiac 2-Dr.
CATALINA SPORTS SEDAN, radio, heater, auto
matic transmission, one owner, clean.
'60. Ford 4-Dr.
V8, radio, heater, automatic transmission, extra
clean.
'59 Buick Wagon
Radio, "heater, automatic transmission, very clean.
'59 Ford Custom 300
4 DOOR, V8, standard transmission.
'59 Plymouth 2-Dr.
Standard transmission, radio, heater, very clean.
2? '57 Buicks
Power brakes, power steering, automatic transmis
sion, radio, heater. 1 two door; 1 4 door.
-TRUCKS -
'58 Internatl 2-Ton
t speed axle, bed, very clean.
'59 GMC Tractor
Air brakes, Z speed axle, high speed transmission,
good rubber, extra clean.
'55 Ford 2-Ton
Dump bed.
3/4-ToII
Durcii-Pontiac, Inc.
1115 E. King St. ? Boone, N. C.
' Dealer No. ftM