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Section C
VOLUME LXXV ? NO. SZ
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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOKTH CAROLINA, THUK8DAY, JUNE VI, 1X3
Section C
PRICE TEN CENTS
Meet Federal
Land Bank On July 6
S. C. Eggers, president of the
Federal Land Bank Association
of Boone, announced this week
that D. M. Dowdell, Jr., presi
dent of the Federal Land Bank
of Columbia, will be the fea
tured speaker when stockhold
er* of the local aaaoriation hold
their annual meeting in Boone
July 6.
Dowdell has been connected
with the Federal Land Bank
since 1933, Eggers said, first aa
an appraiser. He was elevated
to assistant chief appraiaer, and
then, in 1SS5, to vice president
of the land bank. He became
president of the lending associ
ation in 1962 upon the retire
ment of Rufu.s R. Carke, who
had held the position for many
years.
John H. Hollar, manager and
appraiser of the local branch,
said the meeting will begin at
10:30 a. m. Saturday morning
(July 6) in the Boone Elemen
tary School auditorium. Plenty
of off-street parking will be
available, and he expects a
thousand or more stockholders,
their families and friends to
attend.
The Boone association has a
record of having the greatest
percentage of stockholders at
tend the annual meeting than
any other (roup In the lystem.
Report! of the association's
financial standing and aima will
be fiven by Hollars, and direct
on will be elected. Hollar* (aid.
T. E. Haigler, aasistant Wee
president of the Federal Land
Bank of Columbia, will again
be on hand to conduct the pop
ular quia program in which
cash and merchandise prises are
awarded. This part of the pro
gram gets much attention, Hol
lars said, and many firms in
the area have contributed to
making the program a success.
The Federal Land Bank As
sociation of Boone serves Al
leghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell,
Mitchell, Watauga, and Wilkes
counties.
Riles Held For
Matheson Child
Graveside services were held
at 4 p. m. June 22 for the in
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Len Matheson of Route 1, Sugar
Grove. Rev. Raymond Matheson
officiated and burial was in the
family cemetery.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are three brothers, Jer
ry, Douglas, and Rickey; one
sister, Judy; all of the home.
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U?- jlHI I'flQLLAft ? '1
A Dream Come True
Mrs. B. W. Stalling* of Boone admires rho
dodendron blooms in the Daniel Boone
Native Gardens, adjoining the "Horn in the
West" outdoor theatre in Boone. Mrs. Stall
ings conceived the idea of the garden and as
chairman of the local garden committee has
directed its construction. Dean Ogden of
Asheville designed the garden.
Ted Pease Gets 30 Year
Award From Park Service
Theodore (Ted) K. Pease
vii presented a 30-year pin by
Coordinating Landscape Archi
tect Edward H. Abbuehl of the
Eastern Office, Design and
Construction, National Park
Service, Philadelphia, Pa., and
Assistant Superintendent of
Blue Ridge. Parkway, Glen Bean,
on their recent trip through the
Blue Ridge Parkway.
Pease, a native of New York,
received his degree in Land
scape Architecture from the
University of Florida. Thirty
years ago, he started work with
the National Park Service as
tha first landscape foreman for
'tyro CCC camps doing Emergen
cy Conservation Work in the
Great Smoky Mountains Nation
al Park.
Five years later, Pease was
transferred to the Blue Ridge
Parkway and has been stationed
at Galax, Virginia; Marion,
Asheville, and Boone.
Pease has played a very im
portant part in supervising
much of the landscape work in
connection with trails, roads,
camp and picnit areas, roadside
improvement, planning and the
land leasing program between
Asheville and the Virginia
North Carolina State line. He
served for two y?*rs with the
245th Infanty overseas. Except
for this period, he has been
Pvt. Dougles N. EIrod
Assigned In Germany
U. S. Forces, Germany. ?
Army Pvt. Dougles N. Elred,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronard E.
Elrod, Route 1, Blowing Rock,
was assigned to the 3d Infan
try Division in Germany June 7.
Elrod, a rifleman in the 1st
Battle Group of the division'!
7th Infantry, entered the Army
in December 1962, completed
basic training at Fort Knox, Ky.
and was last assigned at Fori
Polk, La.
The 19-year-old soldier is i
1962 graduate of Blowing Rock
High School.
busy as the representative ol
the National Park Service East
em Design Office, in the Boom
area ol the Blue Ridge Park
way.
Daniel Boone Gardens To Be
Dedicated During Observance
The Daniel Boone Native
Garden, sponiored by the wo
meni garden club* of North Car
olina, will be dedicated Satur
day at 4:30 p. m., in a ceremony
at the garden adjoining the
"Horn in the Weat" outdoor
drama amphitheatre.
It will be a feature event of
Isom S. Miller,
Taught School
For 40 Years
Isom S. Miller of Boone, re
tired school teacher, died Fri
day at Watauga Hospital after
a long illness.
He was born in Ashe County
to Lee and Polly Greer Miller.
He taugh school in Ashe and
Watauga counties 40 years and
was a member of Snow Masonic
Lodge 363 and Boone Presby
terian Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Maude Davis Miller of Boone;
two sons, Banner Miller of Mia
mi, Fla., and Blanton Miller of
Lewiston, Idaho; two daughters,
. Mrs. Guy Polack of Tampa,
Fla., and Mrs. Ruth Bolick of
Winston-Salem; a brother,
, Hoyle Miller, Lansing; three
sisters, Mrs. Charles Davis,
, Mrs. Walter Hartzog and Mrs.
Ophelia Baker, all of Lansing;
and 11 grandchildren.
The Masonic funeral service
i was conducted at 2 p. m. Sun
' day at Boone Presbyterian
I Church by the Rev. J. K. Park
, er, Jr. Burial was in Mountlawn
t Memorial Park.
| N. C. State Enrollment
figures Are Given
North Carolina residents in
t the N. C. State student enroll
? ment for the 1962 Fall Semcs
- ter numbered 5,416; residents
- of other states BOO; and resi
dents of foreign countries, 124.
Watauga County's Wagon Train
celebration in observance of the
Carolina Charter Tercentenary.
The president of the Garden
Club of North Carolina, Mrs.
Roscoe D. McMillan of Red
Spring, will officially dedicate
the garden. Regional director
of the state club Miss Louise
Ballard of Lake Junaluska will
assist Mrs. McMillan. U. S.
Secretary of Commerce Luther
H. Hodges and British Minister
to the U. S. Dennis Greenhill
will attend the dedication.
The gardens were conceived
by Mrs. B. W. Stallings of
Boone and were designed by
Dean Ogden, landscape archi
tect of Asheville.
Joining the state garden club
tn sponsoring the botanical gar
dens are the Southern Appala
chian Historical Association and
Appalachian State Teachers
College.
During the dedication exer
cises, Dr. I. G. Greer of Chapel
Hill, president of the Southern
Appalachian Historical Associa
tion, will present wrought iron
gate at the entrance to the gar
den to the state garden club.
The gate was designed and
handmade by Daniel Boone VI
of Burnsville, a descendant of
the famous pioneer.
The dedication will include
unveiling of a marble figure of
St. Francis which centers a
corner of the garden designated
as a "prayer retreat." The nook
is reached by a circular walk
lined with Carolina hemlocks.
Plans for the native garden
call for continual addition of
native plants. A rock garden
known as the Rockery is a fea
ture of the lower garden en
trance. It has a small stream
that falls through a weathered
boulder to form a pool mr
rounded by moss-covered rocks
and ferns.
A wide grassed alley centered
by an enormous "black heart"
cherry tree more than 75 years
old leads up the slope to a
grass plot bordered by a field
stone wall in the shape of a
horseshoe. There are also a
rustic arbor, wishing well, re
flection pool, bird area planned
especially for juniors and two
cabins of the Daniel Boone era.
Less than two years have
passed since the first grading
was done, and only one year
since the first planting, but
this spring saw lady slippers, tri
tiums, trout lillles, wild Irises
flame azaleas, purple rhododen
dron, laurel, jack-in-the pulpit
and other early flowers in
bloom.
A rustic bridge over the ser
vice road merges into the path
through the woods, and by the
site of a natural spring which
is to be built soon, to the Ta
tum Cabin above the Daniel
Boone "Horn in the West"
Theatre.
HOSTESS LOSES RING
Dothan, Ala. ? As hostess to
her bridge club, Mrs. Jane
Windham discovered her dia
mond wedding band missing
while playing cards.
When the party was over a
search was begun for the miss
ing ring valued at $1,000.
Plumbers were called and drain
pipes were taken apart, but at
the end of a six hour search the
ring was still missing.
Later, the top scorer of the
game opened her prize at home
to discover not only her prize
but the expensive diamond
ring.
FOR SALE
Wooded Building Sites, Size To Suit Purchaser.
Term If Needed. Hickory HiU Development, 2 Mi.
West of Boone. E. B. Fox, Boone, N. C. AM 4-3066.
6-27-63-tfc
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Where Folks Like To Go!
As we re-enact some scenes from early America, we are reminded of the shopping habits
of the settlers. In every community, there was always one favorite place for folks to go.
These places learned the secret of pleasing the customer, and they grew and prospered.
Some of them were called Emporiums. They sold drugs and household needs and sundries
and provided a popular meeting place for the local citizenry.
See the
Horn In The West
and
Wagon Train
SATURDAY
JUNE 29th
The entire peraonoel of our pre-World War II Store
Dr. G. K. Moote, Dr. Wayne B. Rtckardaoa, Bob A<le. Eileen Jones, Delete Moretx, Life Bentley,
Haskell Flowers.
For 43 years Boone Drug has been a place
where folks like to go to do their shopping
and meet up with friends and acquaintances
from all around the neighborhood.
/ Oar Modern Prescription Department m it appear* today
L.to ft.: Dra. O. K. Richardson, Joe C. Miller, Wayne ft. ftichardam, G. K. Nnk
Boone Drug
The REXALL Store