WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
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Congress of March 3, 1874
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Quarter Century Of Senk::
This is anniversary year in these
parts, in a manner of speaking.
Boom and Watauga county will par
ticipate in the celebration of the
State's tercentenary, the sixtieth an
niversary of Appalachian College
will be observed, and the Watauga
Democrat, the patriarch of all local
businesses comes 75 years old. There
pr? others who are reaching import
ant milepo^ts, like the Boone Drug
Co., 4$ years old, Winkler Motor
Co., older than that perhaps, the
Farmers Hardware which dates to
19^4, and the Todd & Higgins Esso
Station which came along in the
twenties. There are many others of
these old and trusted businesses, and
we will have more to say about them.
But there's another anniversary
coming up this week. It doesn't
mean another business has reached
a ripe old age, but that a citizen of
the community has reached an
epochal milepost in his long record
of service to the people.
Down at the Lutherart Church
nejt Sunday, our good friend, the
Rear. Edwin F. Troutman, is to be
honored on the occasion of his
REV. MR. TROUTMAN
twenty-fifth anniversary as pastor,
and the imprint he has made upon
the community has been greater than
that made by most any of the men
we have known.
"Bd" Troutman, as he is referred
to by his friends along the street,
an^ his good wife have labored to
gether through thick and thin to
Further their church and its people
|nd in the time of it have educated
two sons who have followed their
distinguished father in the Christian
ministry. . . Their efforts have
teen jointly made, the successes
yhfeh have been achieved should be
jjointly credited to a good man, and
his faithful and devoted wife. . . The
froutman ministry, man and wife, is
reflected outwardly by the miracu
lous growth of their church, and the
Unnumbered friendships they have
Required.
By the nature of things, Mr. Trout
if an is more widely known through
ojut the area. A man of quick step
apd smiling demeanor, he can walk
about the business district and pay
bis respects to half of its people in
an early-morning stroll, and his min
istry has attained a universality, in
that one does ?ot think of him as
a denominationalist at all, but as a
minister to all the people. And that
is what he has become insofar as
time and his physical resources will
permit.
The Troutmans minister to their
friends and neighbors without re
gard to their church affiliations, and
when sickness and death stalk the
community, Mr. Troutman has fre
quently hoed the gardens of non
members and mowed the lawns,
while Mrs. Troutman has taken
charge of the inside work during the
emergency.
Mr. Troutman wears his religion
and his faith in the Eternal Lord of
us all ? not like a mantle of gloom
and of sorrow ? but like a badge of
joy and an opportunity of service and
fellowship with his fellow man.
In Boone and throughout the
county, he visits the sick and spreads
his radiant faith among those whose
loved ones have gone away, and those
who have been otherwise smitten,
and the road is smoothed and the
way made brighter for those who're
depressed and can't find the way.
It is noticeable to all, we are sure,
that in the death notices which are
carried in the newspapers, Rev. Mr.
Troutman's name is more often men
tioned perhaps that that of any other
local minister. He appears at the
lest rites for Methodists, Presbyter
ians, Baptises, Adventists and all the
rest. People of other denominations
than his own feel perfectly free to
ask his aid when the wheels of the
hearse crush the gravel, and when
the tearing away of the spirit from
the flesh has brought distraction and
a strange aloneness. He can't stay
the hand of the Reaper, but he can
ease the cares of those who are go
ing intp the long evening.
We offer our hest manners to Rev.
Mr. Troutman on this anniversary of
his and Mrs. Troutman's ministry.
. . . We shall wish for them all the
best In their remaining years. The
value of their ministry in this com
munity cannot be measured. Mr.
Troutman is an exponent of the
Christian faith, like few men are.
The words he speaks to us at the
postoffice or at the office are ser
mons, and gems of faith and of love
and concern. ... He goes about do
ing good, and his religion has rubbed
off on a lot of other folks. It was
not given to us to judge, but we
think Edwin Troutman keeps with
diligence the great commandment,
"Thou shalt love the Lord Thy
God . . .*
If we could ever get around to
writing some volumes which we had
promised ourselves years ago we
would pen, we think one of them
could well be titled "The Selfless
ness of Edwin Troutman."
Another IRC Expansion
It is a happy thing for us to note
fiat the International Resistance
$o. is still doing well in Boone, and
}as another expansion program on
fie drawing board for this year.
Speaking to a luncheon gathering
Qf business and civic leaders, press
fnd radio representatives, Mr. Ed
ward L. Ni^og, 1,RC Director ?f Op
?ratioRs, outlined the plans for a 29,
foo foot addition to the present
fiai wMwt* W Graeaway
$oalL This 1 nurst will mult in
fdditional jobs, but the IRC execu
Mve pointed that no applications
for employment will be received at
fiis time since plans for the new
pcilities are not completed. It was
?ointa*?Ht that tfct addition will ba
mtig v&tmj Ijr n?*?**?-.
la
A goal of a payroll in Bone of 400
people by 1968 was presented.
Mr. Nung said that of five million
dollars set aside by IRC for expan
sion this year, the Boone plant is
getting 15 per c?nt, although it rep
resents only 12 fer cent of the total
company employment.
Mr. Nuag expresses his high re
gard for Boone tnjd for the workers
who hav? been recruited here, as
veH as their staff members.
Wa ara glad that IRC is doing so
well here. Their added expansion
shows that Boonf fcs a good place for
industry, that our citizens readily
make skilled industrial workers, and
that the community cooperates la
whola-haartad fashion with her man
wrjjgl
Russia's Creative Twist
^ II
From Early Democrat File s
Sixty Years Ago
April 30, 1903
Frank A. Linney'g law office
is nearing completion.
Miss Julia, daughter of J. H.
Hardin of Sutherland, is visit
ing relatives here.
Mrs. B. F. Hargett is off for
a visit to her mother and other
relatives at Davidson College.
Miss Ella Blair left yesterday
for a visit of some weeks to
relatives at Huntersville, North
Carolina.
Rev. E. F. Jones writes inter
estingly from Washington and
we are glad to learn that he is
well pleased with his new loca
tion.
Another heavy frost on Tues
day morning, but the sun is now
shining warm; in fact, it appears
that belated spring has at last
arrived.
A little load of lumber has
been delivered with which to
floor one of the small "dens"
in the court house. A little
more of the county's money
worthlessly expended.
iaorry are we to learn that
Mrs. David Adams, of Brushy
Fork, is critically ill, but we
hope she may again recover and
live many years to bless the life
of her aged husband.
The bustling town of Blowing
Rock is now getting a hustle on
itself getting ready for the vast
throng of summer boarders that
is expected at that famous re
sort this season.
T. F. Coffey, who has been at
Manning, S. C., since last fall,
engaged in the stock business,
returned yesterday. Of course
we are all glad to see Fin, and
hope that many sheckles came
his way while he was gone.
J. W. McGhee is in town this
week completing a few unfin
ished jobs preparatory to going
to Jefferson in the near future,
where he and his father have a
contract for the erection of a
handsome brick church this sum
mer.
Thirty-Nine Years Ago
May 1, 1934
Mr. W. R. Gragg who has been
having some neat improvements
made on his home, is now hav
ing the job completed by giving
the entire building a thorough
painting. The home will be very
attractive.
Mrs. A. E. South and little
children are off for a visit to
relatives in Gaatonia.
Mr. George Adams and a Mr.
Miller with their families, are
now occupying the little brick
house on the lot owned by the
Advent church.
The bridge crews have arriv
ed and work on the bridges be
tween Boone and Blowing Rock
has begun. This is one of the
big jobs on this piece of road
construction, as there are, if we
mistake not, eleven bridges on
this important line of road.
Mr. Howard Gragg, who has
been in Detroit, Mich., for sev
eral months, has been very ill
with pneumonia. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Gragg, how
ever, received a letter from the
hospital Tuesday stating that he
was much better.
Editor R. Don Laws of Mo
ravian Falls was in town a few
hours Sunday. He is preparing
to write a history of Wilkes
Just One Thing
By CARL GOERCH
The Bible is a great book ?
not only because of its religious
association but also because of
the many interesting and un
usual items that you find there
in.
Nowadays it it very seldom
indeed that you find five gen
erations living at the same time.
It happens, of course, but the
occurrence is so unusual that
it's always good for publicity in
the newspapers.
Five generation^, however,
didn't mean much in early Bib
lical times. When Adam was liv
ing and had attained the rip*
old ag$ of 930 years, his great
great- great- great- great- great
grandson was 58.
That's nine generations, all
living at the same time.
We've got plenty of reckless
drivers on our highways today:
all of them descendants of one
Jehu, who is mentioned in Sec
ond Kings, . . and the driv
ing of Jehu, the son of Nimshi,
for he driveth furiously."
St. Paul didn't hare ? vary
high opinion of young widows,
for in First Timothy he says:
"But the younger widows . . .
withal they fcaru to be idle,
wandering about fro* house to
house; and not only idle but
tattlers also, and busy bodies
speaking things which they
ought not"
How many children did Adam
?nd Uive?
AFTER ANOTHER
Usual answer is two ? Cain
and Abel.
Better informed people say
three ? Cain, Abel and Seth.
As a matter of fact, nobody
knows, because the Bible saya
of Adam: "And after he had be
gotten Seth, the days of Adam
were eight hundred years, and
he begat sons and daughters.
There are 773,746 words in
the Bible, and if you don't be
lieve it, you can count them (or
yourself.
Jesus had four brothers and
at least two sisters.
Solomon was the first king to
have a navy.
The book of Esther is the only
book in the Biblt that does not
contain the same of God.
The Book of James calls at
tention to the fact that man
can guide a horse by placing a
small bit in his mouth; can
steer a ship tty-ough fierce
winds by turning it about with
a very small helm; can tame
every kind of beast, bird and
MTMnt, "hut the tongue can
no man tame; it is an unruly
?vil, full pf deadly poison."
Our women-readers won't like
this;
I Corinthians 14; 34-35: "Let
your women keep silence in the
churches, for it la not permitted
thew to spefk- And if they will
learn anything, let them ask
thfir huibindi it hami."
4
County and we are told, may em
brace some of the early history
of Watauga in the volume. He
ii expected back the last of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Phillips
and Mr. and Mrs. Grady Cor
nett, all of Johnson City, Tenn
essee, passed through Monday
on their return home after a
Visit to relatives and others in
the Rutherwood section. Mrs.
Cornett is a daughter of our
friend and former county man
Mr. Kimber Johnson now resid
ing near Eliza bethton, Tenn.
The residence formerly own
ed by Mr. J. S. McBride near
the Baptist Church, has been
moved to a lot on the old Blow
ing Rock road, opposite the
home of Mr. Ed Culler, the Bap
tist parsonage will be moved
to it?- former sito and. the newu>
I cptaoUdated school building will
I'l'kxtttfpy the lot from which it
is being moved. Work on the
new building will begin in the
near future.
Fifteen Years Ago
April 29, ltM
Mr. and Mrs. John Parlier
and Mrs. Fleta Turner were vis
itors in Mifflinburg, Pa., last
week.
Miss Edna Thomas of Wom
ans College, Greensboro, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Joseph A. Wil
liams.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira W. Day and
family of Raleigh, spent the
week end with friends and re
latives in the county.
Mrs. T- M. Greer left Monday
for Lewiston where she will
spend a week visiting her fa
ther, Mr. W. W. Clarke.
Mr. M. W. Beach of York, S.
C., was a week end visitor with
his brother, Mr. Tom Beach and
Mrs. Beach at their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Wellborn
are visiting this week with their
son, Mr. G. T. Wellborn and
family In Asheville.
Pfc. Dale H. Hampton, form
erly a student of Appalachian
High School, is now taking ?
twelve weeks administrative
training course in Denver, Colo.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Her
man of Vilas announce the ar
rival of a daughter, Linda Sue,
oa April 19th at Watauga Hos
pital. Mrs. Herman is the form
er Miss Mildred Hayes.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Miller
a?d son, Ronald, of Spruce Pine
spent the week end with Mr.
apd Mrs. Clarence Watson at
Cove Creek. Mrs. Watson re
turned home with them Monday
where she will visit for a week.
Mr*. U. Z. Youngblood and
small daughter have returned to
Houston, Texas after an exten
sive visit with Mrs. Young
blood's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. Neal Blair, Sr., of Boone,
ty-s. Young Wood's husband is
employed as an adjuster in
Tfxas of the Tennessee Pipe
life C*
Mr. and Mrs. Wed Farthing
of Wythevilie, Va., were recent
guests here of Mr. and Mrs.
Cfnt Winebarger.
Mrs Howard Miller haa re
turned from fort Bragg where
sMa spent a week with her hus
band. Cpl. Howard Miller.
h^> W. A. Stephens and W.
K. Wilson are recovering from
tonsil operations performed at
ttje Jonea Hospital in Johaaon
C*rv T?aa-. last week.
EKMte
KING STREET
BY mm mVERS
? ? " " ? ?? 1
A robin red breast will stew up in any sort <4 wea
ther, and fly right in oa the wings of the stem from Ms
warm weather habitat in the deep south . . . One of
the most lovable of all the songsters, he Ufces people,
and people like him, but he has *t all
about when it's time to come Uecfc and go m jpakiog for
a place around the house where mama rafaia can build a
nest for her eggs. . . . Oftentimes he's here ahead of
the time when the ground warms and has a hard time
of it getting enough food until the early worm gets in
reach. v
* * *
But A Catbird . . He Knows
But a catbird is liferent,
and we formed a better wsa
tier patina k when we m the
first one out of the kitchen
window early Friday. ... He
wasn't making with much ma>
ale, bat he was hart, aad we
have regarded him aa the fare
maat prognosticate ? it is vary
seldom he's caught in the Mils
in bitter eold weather. . . .
This slato-colered bird, who's
allied ta the thrash, aad
who's a double cousin to the
mockingbird, can do a remark
able Job of singing when he's
in the notion His miml
-ery is less perfect than the
mocker, but' we like him bet
ter. . . In the first place be
cause he abides here, aad sec
ondly because he can get his
singing caught up with with
out carrying it into the dead
watches of the night. . . . And
the night bird songs are haz
ardous, as witness a mocking
bird which happened on our
hiH a few years ago, and pereh
ed himself ia a tree tap in our
yard, and when we got home
from work he was singing his
heart out, beating every other
bird with his own tane, and
carrying oat the different
strains in regular repetitive
order. ... We hastened in
the house to tell the Missus
we had a mocker, snre as sin,
but her glee subsided Just a
little when she found he aimed
to sing all night too. . . . He,
or she maybe, stayed around a
week or two. . . . Finally one
night, the bird was in a law
tree trying ta entertain as,
when his aang abruptly ended.
. . . Next morning a faw feath
ers were left where the Muse
eat had stopped the mask, aad
never again have we heard ef
a mocking bird on the MIL
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Here And There
? Dave Ragan allows as bow
there are more people on the
road now than there were the
first of June last year, and
envisions a record business
summer.
? The building of motels,
homes, apartment houses and
business structures is said to
have the contractors swamped,
and many developments are
biding their time, until the
work slackens. Mountain boys
have traditionally shown skills
in mechanics and in the build
ing trades. .? . . It would be a
good time for a lot of them to
go into carpentry and building
so they may stay at home and
share in the prosperity of the
area.
? Henry Hagaman, calling
sttention to the slogan "Every
body Likes Boom," says he's
found a lady who doesn't and
she explains: "There's at place
In town where a-fcody can
'didy1 a baby." . . . Which re
minds that we are behind with
??r comfort station campaign,
which didn't mack good.
Some still trying to find
comfort in aa automobile, or
behind the jlmson weeds. . . .
And the old public well, now
regarded as part af the day
when conveniences hadnt come
about, was better than having
no drinking water at alL
? Jack Cobb, member of the
hospital board, talking for a
new hospital, and for a better
sewage and water systam for
the town. . . . Jack, district
Sanitarian with the Health De
partment, besides being one of
the most personable gentlemen
in town, takes his work ser
iously, and Is constantly think
ing of new avenues of service
to the people.
? Wiilard Watson co?je by
and promises to fix our daddy's
squirrel rifle whan we take it
te 1m? o^lar * few people
work with these muqle load
ers any stare, and he's on of
thrna. , . . W? alwv?
meeting him and passing the
time of day.
? Joe Todd and Bruce Hlg
?in? ?n and mixing
with friends down 91a the
Square. . . . Bi*Ut by Floyd
Ward back In the twenties,
their station is perhaps the
fi* WW fc?ut to
Prior to that time gas had been
dispensed from the general
store or in connection with 'an
automobile agenty.
?The L. D- Busbopgs re
turn from Florida and ?r?
happy U> H in the^r swumer
home at Valfc Cwtji
?Mr. J. W. Caafc o I Orlando,
ns a pleasant rlatt Hi talks of
the days when he was with the
Park Service In Cslsrais, ... .
Ninety years aid, %, CMk Is
hale sad hearty and enjoys
walking about the town and
speaking to friends. - 1
Uncle
Pinkney
HIS P4LAVERIN*8
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I see by the papers where a
feller in North Carolina sent
the state tax office a check
fer $3, said he didn't owe no
tax but just "wanted to help
out." They had to send the
check back on account of they
ain't got no legal machinery
fer the State accepting cash
gifts.
The Federal Guverament
long ago pulled the stopper put
of that jug and ever onct in a
while I see where some feller
has left his insurance money to
Uncle Sam. Anybody that
wants to "help out" in these
matters ought to ha encourag
ed, and I think ever State
should have some sort ot Oanr
t? accommodate such a gener
ous soul. Maybe they ought
to have 'wo laws, one far ac
cepting big money and another
fer having hia head examined.
And I#see where a perfessor
of chemistry in one of them
big colleges is claiming that
the worm in the apple is a
"better source of yitamina"
than the apple. Maybe, it's the
worm a day in the apple that
has been keeping the doctpr
away all these years. I tell
you, Muter Editor, life is git
ting complicated. Personal,
I may come down to tyie end of
my days a little short on vita
mins but I aim to keep on
eating the apple and dooging
the worm.
Wall, note where the post of
fices all over the Ration has
final had to destroy around
990.000,000 of thaw, old 3-ceat
post cards.
The post office folks knowed
a year ago the post cards was
going up to 4 cent, and the
was passed back in September,
4 months aiere it went into
effect in January. But they
still had hundreds of millions
of them 3-centein .on hand.
I reckon this is wh^t you would
call our usual careful Guvern
ment planning.
I brung this item up at the .
country store Saturday night
and Zeke Grubb said fer me
not to git alarmed oyer the
matter, that this was due to
our standard stockpiling per
cedure. Zeke allowed aa how
the Social Security folks, fer
i*sfent has probable got
enough printed cards already
in storage t? take fare of our
popyMtiap till 10 WT beyond
eternity. He figgers if they
would change the form real
sudden, it would take If battle
ships frw WW till ?e*t Jan
uary haulin 'em out to sea 49A
dumping 'fM.
Ed Doolltle took tides with
Zeke, claimed we couldn't git
no place without good, stand
ard percedures. Farthermore,
Ed pointed cut, Me firma like
General Motors is careleas
t?*t way, den't Stockpile a*
the ne*t ye#r, W op
Guvernment stockpiles fer thff
next aeneraiioB On account
? ? 1 ? ? -1 fW TT pjaa vHiai
of the na*t generation is go tag
* Mva to, m the bill Bd
claims the Guvernment is fol
lowing a sound pfciacal policy
in thesa matters.
Yours tririv.
.two* WNfNEY.
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