Mystery Hill Museum Opens
One month after fire destroyed a large frame
structure at Mystery Hill, between Boone
and Btowing Rock, another building has tak
en its place, and owners, Rt J. Underwood
and Buford Stamey of Boone are again hi
business. Lost in the July 21 disaster were
many irreplaceable mountain curios. Under
wood said that Paul Winkler of Boone lent
him many similar curios to use until others
can be located. ? Rivers photo.
Mystery Hill Opens;
Burned 3 Weeks Ago
Three and one-half weeks
ago Mystery Hill was almost
completely destroyed by fire.
It began regular operations Fri
day.
When the fire had burned
out over three weeks age, only
Mystery House was left stand
ing. The museum, souvenier
shop aid the snack shop were
burned to the ground.
However, the next day, work
men were unloading cinder
block with which to build a
foundation for the new Mystery
Hill building.
Work crews have been work
ing on a new building day and
night for the past three weeks.
Some nights they were on the
job until midnight. The men
helping rebuild Mystery Hill
include Glenn Bodenheimer,
Chester Trivette, Dwight Brown
vid' Beuford Stamey.
Mystery Hill, which i* own
ed by R. J. Underwood ?tnl
Stamey, is noted for its mys
terious gravitation phenome
non.
In Mystery House, visitors
can stand on the walls, see
water run uphill and see a ball
roll uphill. The owners say
the force of gravity is such at
that spot that everything is
pulled toward the north.
Also, visitors are shown
trees which lean toward the
Mrs. Meador
Dies Aug. 14
Mrs. Sarah Mattingly Meador,
78 years old, of 1628 Duffosset
Ave., New Orleans, La., died
August 14 at Blowing Rook Hos
pital. She had been in Blowing
Rock for a month.
A native of Lexington, Ky.,
she was the widow of Henry
Meador, former president of the
Gulf Oil Co.
The body was taken to New
Orleans for funeral services and
barial.
north while all other trees in
the area lean toward the south.
Another phenomenon is a
rock on which people seem to
grow or shrink before your
eyes. Also there is the "spvoky
spigot" from which water flows
but none enters.
The new Mystery Hill will
have a new antique museum
and souvenier shop. The mu
seum will include old looms,
spinning wheels, side saddles,
old waffle irons and other
things.
Girl Scouts From Eight Counties
Enjoy Encampment In Draco Area
Eighty-one Girt Scouts from
throughout the 8 county area of
the Catawba Valley Girl Scout
Cooncil participated in the first
encampment held on the estab
lished campsite,. Located in the
Draco section of Caldwell Coun
ty, the 320 acre* recently pur
chased by the Girl Scouts
through their Annual Cookie
Sale project, will become a per
manent established damp for the
E- Jlrta In the Council.
S-wetk sessions and o.ie
session, under the direc
tion of Miss Mary Leach, Camp
ing Administrator of the Council,
provided outdoor living in small
units for 81 girts from ages 13
through 17. _
Assisted by 11 adults and 6
program aides, the camp includ
ed sessions for white and Negro
Girt Scouts.
Staff members included: Mrs.
Rena Stroupe. Lenoir, business
Manager and Purchasing Agent;
Mrs. Ruel Hunt, Hickory, and
Mrs. Jean Ervin, Troutman,
Health Supervisors; Mrs. W. T.
Wall, Food Supervisor, Morgan
ton; and Mrs. Matilda Dula,
Food Supervisor, Lenoir. Unit
Leaders were Mrs. Joyce Up
shite, StatesviUe; Mrs. Hazel
Lowman, Glen Alpine; Mrs. Paul
Crutchfield, Jr., Morganton, and
Aft*. Sarah Gantt, Morganton.
Unit Counselors were Miss
'Betty Graham, Hickory, and
Miss Patsy South, Moooresville.
Program Aides were; June Ros
tan, Valdese; Gayle Long, States
viHe; Phyllis Hunt, Shelby; Kate
Avery, Morganton; Rachel Mi
col, Valdese; and Joyce Childers,
Glen Alpine.
Specialists assisting with spe
cific program interests were Mr.
Paul Crutchfield, Morganton, who
conducted sessions on "rooks and
panning" in the camp's beautiful
minerah, including tome "gold
creek; Mr. Ralph Monday, Clare
mont, who conducted a session
on Short Wave Radio, making
contact with several ham oper
ators as he showed the girls the
operation. Art seasions were ogor
ducted in the out-of-door* tf
Mrs. Lyn Pollard, Lenoir, and
judges chose winning art work
from the display on a clothes
line.
Special activities for each ses
sion included trips to Tweets ie
Railroad in Boone; the Crafts
Center on the Blue Ridge Park
way; visits to Appalachian State
Teachers College Campus; the
outdoor drama Horn hi the West
at Boone; and special campfire
ceremonies on the campsite. All
trips were made by bus, with
arrangements being made by
Wilcox Travel Agency. Boone.
Girl Scouts attending from this
area were: Beth Stone and Sara
Brawn of Boone.
Your livestock, poultry and Household pets can't
tell you what the trouble l>. At Boone Drug Com
pany you'll find quality veterinary products to
match the symptom* of lllneaa or disease.
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Rings ? Westclox Clocks
Opposite Poet Office
Chamber Commerce Is Given
Reports, Shown W agon Films
In the absence of Chamber of
Commerce President Herman
W. Wilcox. Alfred Adams, as
sistant vice president of the
Northwestern Bank, presided at
a luncheon meeting of the
Boone chamber on August 13 at
the Daniel Boone Inn.
John Corey, assistant profes
sor of education at A. S. T. C.
and executive secretary of the
Alumni Association, presented
an unedited film clip aent from
a Durham television station
which covered camping scenes
from the wagon train move
ment from Ferguson to Boone
during the Tercentenary Cele
bration in June.
In addition to scenes from
the first camp site at Darhy ?
including shots of wagoneer De
Witt Barnett (and coonskin
cap) of Boone and his small
granddaughter in I860 dress-?
the film covered the wagons as
they neared Cook's Gap.
Miss Jane Smith, assistant to
the manager of WATA in
Boone, was filmed as she inter
viewed passengers on the trip.
She said later that although the
trip was "rough," the people
had been marvelous to talk to
and that she found the trek
quite exciting.
Corey told the meeting that
free publicity for "Horn in the
West" is being given very cord
ially by the Durham-Greensboro
networks and other news media.
In fact, he said the Greensboro
station had sent him a state
ment indicating that free publi
city for the drama wu worth
91,000 tor tb? month of June.
Mr*. B. W. St?llings reported
Ute success of the recent Boone
Home Tow, now in Its 20th
yew. She said there ware 427
on the tour, and that of that
number only 120 were local
people. She urged more home
support in the future.
Mrs. Stal lings also said many
out-of-town guosts had said they
came for the tour and, at the
same time, to see "Horn in the
West." Along wi(h the reports
she got were praises for Boone
and the' surrounding area.
The new architectural firm
here, Harrell * Clark, was rep
resented at the luncheon by
Beemer Harrell. Harrell told
the group Ms firm moved to
Boon* from Hickory because It
feeh an architectural firm can
play an important part in the
rapid growth of Boone.
U* mania for speed is work
and results often explains many
of the mistakes that cost money.
The people who take their work
seriously are usually the ones
who have the permanent jobs.
TRADE AT HOME
Mrs. Willie Shull
Dies In Texas
Mrs. Mildred Chureh Shull,
96, of Miami, FU.. widow of
Willie Shull, died Thursday
morning at Methodist Hospital
in Houston, Texas, after an ill
ness of two months.
She and her husband operat
ed Longvue Motel near Boone
until he died four years ago.
Mrs. Shull was born in Ashe
County to Allen H. Church and
Naomi Howell Church.
Surviving are her father, of
the Idlewild community near
Jefferson; a daughter, Miss
Corinne Shull of Miami; a son,
David Shull of Miami; a broth
er, Ralph Church of Idlewild;
and two half sisters, Misses
WIlUe Dean and Nona Church,
MILITARY FAT INCREASE
The Senate baa approved un
animously for everyone in uni
form, except enlisted men in
the three lowest grades with
less than two years of service,
to receive an increase in pay.
The increase, beginning Oc
tober 1, would include nearly all
men and women in 'active ser
vice, reserve, National Guard,
and retired.
Under the Senate hill, enlist
ed men would get boosts of $3
to $120 monthly while raises for
officers would range from MO
to $120 monthly.
both of Idlewild.
The funeral was conducted
at 3 p. m. Sunday at Greenway
Baptist Church by the Rev. W.
R. Eaton and the Rev. C. O.
Vance. Burial was in Mount
Lawn Memorial Park.
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