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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
Section B
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1M3
PRICE TEN CENTS
Talking as they arrived at the Parkway
School Thursday lre delegates to the World
Food Congress from eight countries, includ
ing Japan, Australia, Napel, Africa and
Spain. Their bus-tour of Watauga County
wu part of a 3-day tour of Rural Area*
Development (RAP) activity in the south
east.
Fifty-One Foreign Visitors Have
Look At Farming, Industry Here
Fifty-one visitors represent
ing 29 foreign countries got a
first-hand look Thursday at
what the people of Watauga
County have done to improve
their economy through develop
ment of agriculture, industry
and tourism.
The foreign delegates, who
had attended the World Food
Congress in Washington, D. C.,
for two weeks, discussed vr*y?
of combating world hunger,
particularly in the developing
nations. V
A delegation of local people
I
Applauding Mayor Wade E. Brown is Miis Rajat Tridiv Roy,
of Pakistan who was especially interested, as was Miss
Malla of Nepal, in Southern fried chicken and other foods
served at a picnic lunch at Parkway School.
met the buses *s they arrived
at noon, Thursday at the Park
way School for a picnic lunch.
The Rev. E. F. Troutman of the
Lutheran Church in Boone,
gave the invocation and during
the meal, Mayor Wade E.
Brown, James Harsh and coun
ty 4gent L. E. Tuckwiller gave
short welcomes to the visitors.
Dr. Plemmons also was on hand
to entertain the group.
Later they visited the Boone
Golf Course, Tweetsie Railroad,
the International Resistance
Co. and Shadowline, Inc.,
plants and Appalachian State
Teachers College.
They inspected purebred cat
tle and sheep at the Robert
Shipley farm at Vilas and prize
cattle at the Grady Farthing
farm at Perkinsvllle.
A highlight of their touf^rw
an informal evening program,
featuring folk music, at the Dan
iel Boone Inn. Hostesses at the
Parkway School picnic lunch at
Deep Gap were Mrs. Roby Vin
es, Mrs. Earl Petrey, Miss Roris
Perkins, Mrs. Martha Jenkins
and Mrs. Asa Reese.
Need For Elbow Room Started Boone's Travels
By JOHN COREY
In 1773 Daniel Boone Itched
for more "elbow room."
At the time he lived in Wil
kes County st the foot pf the
Blue Ridfe Mountain! near the
present village of Ferguson.
The hunter and Indian fight
er fixed hit eye* westward to
ward Kentucky and decided to
settle his family in that rich
region.
To reach the blue grass coun
try, the Boones had to cross the
rugged Blue Ridge Mountains,
a part of the Appalachian chain
that blocked westward expan
sion for years.
September 29, 1773, was
push-off day for scaling the
Blue Ridge.
Daniel Boone and his family
consisting of his 34-year-old
wife Rebecca and eight child
ren and five other families re
leased the brakes on their cov
ered wagons and headed for
"Kentuck" with a full comple
ment of horses, cows, chickens
and dogs. i
The expedition went up Elk
Creek, a Yadkin Raver branch.
The stream passed the present
deserted village of Darby. As
the wagon train climbed up the
Blue Ridge, whips cracked and
the oxen dug their hoofs into
Fund Approved
Boone Home
Raleigh ? A bill appropriat
ing $10,000 for the maintenance
and restoration of the Daniel
Boone homeplace in Davidson
County passed the Senate last
week and became law.
In explaining the bill Sen.
Thomas White, chairman of the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee, said that the appropriation
wu contingent on approval by
the Advisory Commission on
Historical Sites. This commis
sion, crated earlier hi the ses
sion, has the purpose of weigh
ing the merits of requests for
state aid.
Sen. Adam Whltey of John
ston objected to the bill, saying,
"I ha# been reliably informed
thai we already have spent
more money than we have avail
able. Is that correct?"
Sen. James Johnson of Ire
dell informed Whitley that "as
of last evening" the legislature
has over-spent to the tune of
*4, 178,908.
ANNOUNCEMENT
RUSS HENDERSON, nationally known teacher, will
open hii new rammer studio at Little Switzerland,
June 29th. Private leaaona ? piano, organ, harmony
and theory. Beginners, all ages, a* well aa inter
mediates and advanced.
25 branches piano technic, equal coordination, spe
cial courses for teachers, including the famous pop
course, taught for the late Guy Maier.
Write to: Box 133, Little Switzerland, N. C.
FIRST P4AC5B
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WATSON'S GARAGE ? Route 421 ? Deep Gap, N. C. f J|
Dealer License No. 2100
tile inclining terrain.
The wagons inched past the
crossroads of Triplett in Wa
tauga County and slowly hump
ed the Blue Ridge crest at
Cook's Gap. The last wagon to
pull over reportedly carried a
barrel of whiskey.
The Boone-led pioneers, af
ter catching their breath, nosed
their train down the north
slope to New River and across
the plateau valley where the
town of Boone now stands.
They rolled on to Zionville at
the Tennessee line and thence
to Kentucky.
Boone'a crossing of the Blue
Ridge was really the first prong
of the famous Wilderness Road,
later cut by the pioneer into the
Kentucky hinterland.
Significance of the mountain
scaling, says Dr. D. J. Whitener,
dean of Appalachian State
Teachers College and professor
of history, was that it consti
tuted the first important break
through to the West.
And North Carolina frontiers
men did it.
Dr. Whitener calls the Tar
Heel pioneers who went with
Takes Position
'Economics Dept.
Roger M. elites, associate
professor of economics at Ca
tawba College, Salisbury, has
joined the faculty at Appalach
ian State Teachers College as
assistant professor of econom
ies.
A native of Argos, Indiana,
Mrs. elites is a graduate of Mil
ligan College and the University
of Tennessee. He has done ad
ditional graduate work at
Wayne State University.
Daniel Boone the "first Amer
icans." They were men condi
tioned by rugged frontier life
vith blood lines blending from
iturdy Scotch-Irish German and
English strains.
The "first Americans" pos
lessed insatiable passion for
freedom and independence un
:ontaminated by dominating
Influences of the aristocratic
English on the coast. Their
frontier isolation helped mold
them into the so-called "Ameri
can" prototype during the
1730^775 era, Dr. Whitener be
lieves.
In honor of these early Tar
Heels, a wagon train manned
by natives of Wilkes and Wa
tauga Counties will re-enact
"Boone's Crossing of the Blue
Ridge" June 27-28 as an observ
ance of the Carolina Charter
Tercentenary.
The train, just like the one
on television, originates near
Wilkesboro on Thursday, June
27, and winds up two days lat
er in Boone, coinciding with
the 12th season opening of
"Horn in the West" outdoor
drama.
Hen and women making the
30-mile trek will dress in pion
eer clothing and weapons of
that day.
Despite ruggedness of the
Daniel Boone trail, thousands
are expected to view the wagon
train trek. Stops are scheduled
at special points along the way.
These are recommended places
for sightseers to obeervi.
The schedule:
Wagon Train leaves early
Thursday morning, June 27,
from Tom Ferguson farm near
Ferguson. It follows Elk Creek
Road for 13 miles.
Train circles for night at
camp near Darby. Special pro
gram planned at the lumber
ghost town by John Dawson and
the Reverend Bill Chapman of
Ferguson. Includes a talent
show, chicken barbecue and In
dian attack.
Train leaves Darby Friday
morning for Cook's Gap, still
following Elk Creek. Passes by
village of Triplett.
Train spends Friday night at
Cook's Gap, located near Bam
boo on Blue Ridge Parkway.
Clyde Greene of Boone will
lead an old-timey hymn ling
around campfire. Buffalo stew
will be cooked in a huge iron
pot.
Train departs Cook's Gap
Saturday morning and arrives
in Boone in time for all-day
celebration.
Events include a parade
through Boope, endinc at Con
rad Stadium on the campus of
Appalachian State Teachers
College.
Address by Secretary of Com
merce Luther H. Hodges, 2 p.
m.
Dedication of Daniel Boone
Botanical Gardens, 9 p. m.
Public picnic on "Horn in the
West" grounds, 6 p. m.
12th season opening of "Horn
in the West" outdoor drama at
Daniel Boone Theatre, 7:45 p.
m. Special prologue address by
D. A. Greenhill of the British
Embassy.
Wilderness Road
The Wilderness Road that the Wagon Train
will follow is illustrated above. The train
will assemble at Ferguson and go by way of
Darby, Triplett, Cook's Gap, Bamboo and
Perkinsville into Boone. During the entire
trip the wagons will travel only a short
distance on Highway 421 at Perkinsville.
rr THE
IMPORTANT |
THINGS IN v
LIFE g
Some of tho most important things In lift jS
cost monoy . . . a homo of your own, a *
toll* go odueotion for your ehildron, tho
assurtd prospoct of happy rotiromont
yoors.
Regardless of what your own goals in life
may be, you can be pretty sure that they
will require money. And you can be
equally sure of this: the couple that PLANS
ahead GETS aheadl Systematic saving is
basic to happy, successful living. It is also
important to put your savings where they
can grow faster because they EARN more
money for you with complete safety. That
means herel
per annum is (he
cgrreil rate at
which dividendi are
paid on systematic
savings here.
D a home of your own I* among "the moat import
ant things In life" to yon, aee as. Once you have
accumulated the neeesaary down payment, we will
arrange a low-coat mortgage for balance on con
venient terms.
Officers and Directors
H. Grady Farthing, President
K. C. Rivera, Jr., Vice-President
James Marsh, Secretary-Treasurer
Walter Greene
H. P. Holahonser
Guy Hunt
Howard Mut
W. M. Matheaon
Wayne Richardson
Watauga Savings & Loan
Association
OPPOSITE POST OFFICE BOONE, N. C.