AGRICULTURE SECRETARY AMONG FINE CATTLE
Agriculture Official
Has Home In Watauga
(The Blowing Rocket)
L. Y. Ballentine has been
North Carolina Secretary of
Agriculture under four gover
nors. He was appointed to the
post ill IMS after working his
way up the political ladder. He
came as close as Lt. Governor
to the Governorship.
He grew up on a dairy farm
just southwest of Raleigh. De
spite his State position, he still
lives there . . .on week days,
that is.
Come Friday afternoon, Mr.
Ballentine and his wife, Bess,
hop in the car and don't stop
until they reach their second
home, about seven miles east of
Boone.
This is Ur. Ballentine's third
year in his home here. He and
Mrs. Ballentine come up every
weekend they can get away
from Raleigh, except during
the coldest part of winter.
To get to his mountain home,
you turn off U. S. 421 and go
up a narrow dirt road under the
Parkway. Then on the left you
see his red brick house at the
top of a wind-swept hill. On
the hillside below the house you
may se**is 18 steers graxing^
nr. tsauentine sarn ne <m
this spot near the Parkway be
cause of the view (of 360 de
grees), because it is close to
civilization (to please his wife),
and because it is a place where
he can keep some cattle. (He
wants to see how cattle will do
on rich mountain grass).
Mr. Ballentine said he and
his wife were "intrigued by
this area. We will probably
spend more time here" in the
future he said. "We enjoy the
people and the weather. This
is a relief from my busy life."
(Besides being Secretary of
Agriculture, a full time job in
itself, Mr. Ballentine is also
acting director of the N. C.
State Fair which will be held
October 14-19, this year.)
Mr. Ballentine is a firm be
liever in farm people staying
on the farm. "We are in danger
of having our farms lying idle
when the economy won't justify
it," he said.
He believes that agriculture
and industry must go together.
He said, "North Carolina cant
reach its industrial potential
unless it can bring in or deve
Matney Club
Honors Aged
Residents
Hie members of the Matney
Community Club held open
home Sunday, September 8, in
honor of the senior citizens of
the community.
Those over seventy years of
age who attended were Mrs.
Anna Guignard, Mrs. Emma
Mastin, Mrs. Bertha Baird, Mrs.
Stella Edmisten, Mrs. Frances
McGinnis, Mrs. Libby Cannon,
Mrs. Ethel Triplett, Rev. and
Mrs. O. H. Logan, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Garender, Ben Farthing,
and Greene Michael.
The oldest among this group .
were Mrs. Bertha Baird, 83, and
Lee Carender, 89.
Refreshments were served
by members of the club.
DESIGNS BRIDAL GOWN
Rochester, N. Y ? Ignoring
the superstition banning a P re
wedding peek at the bridal
gown, Ferris Hage, the prospec
tive bride-groom has designed
and is making the gown for his
bride-to-be.
Hage, a native of Beirut, Le
banon, and an expert tailor is
?Ik making the gowns for the
six bridal attendants. The wed
ding is t? take in August.
lop industry that processes
farm products." North Carolina
presently has to import about
$223 million of processed food
each year.
He farseea a "tremendous fu
ture" for Watauga County. Q?
just hopes that the people will
not be dependent on the vaca
tion travel period.
"Many areas are ruined by
working on the same thing too
much," he said. If you have a
natural advantage, use it as a
nucleus to develop everything
you can on a year-around bas
il"
L. Y. BALLENTLNE
You don't buy a Maytag; you adopt it
(A Maytag bat a way of Incoming a member If the family)
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to your home, a few object* be
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K certain famllf in West
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to fed much that wajr about their
Maytag. There were five boys,
agrt 13. 11. 10. 8, and 2 ? and
one Maytag Automatic, age 9.
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cold. Mother thought, with all
the wear and tear her otd washer
had been given. It might be be
yond repair.
Her serviceman thought other
wise, however, and two hours
later her 9-year-okJ Maytag was
"operating as though it was a
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making May tags m ine ruiure as
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School . . Is A Book
By LAUSA I. LHUKtH
You w* (facial , . .Mather
leade you a helping hand when
tba going get* rough and en
couragea you to do your beat
-? . . you open your rwader and
?how teacher that you are
learning your lesson ... you
appreciate the guiding hand,
the patient and kind way in
which teacher shows you that
you ace special . . . school is
seeding help and setting U . . .
School ia a book satchel to
sling across your shoulder . . .
made out of overall goods and
made to last is long as there
are younger hrothers and sist
ers to use U, too . you put
two books and your tablet and
pencil ia one end and three
books and a big apple in the
other end ^ . . the books are
yours to keep because you paid
(or them . . . they will be used
by all your brothers and sist
ers, and this is why you trea
sure them . . . books . . . proud
of yours? , . .
And school ia a bit of stupid
ity .. . at Temple University,
to find out how many students
read the petitions they sign,
someone circulated a petition
for an extra holiday, ending:
"We are resolved to spend the
day in nMrrymaking and lei
sure, at which time each one
will decapitate himaelf with ex
treme Joy." . . . 500 students
dumbly signed . . . stupid
ity? . . .
School is banquet night . . .
you ?r? juniors aU dressed up
in dresa-up dresses and blue
serge suits (if you are boys)
and your seat is shiny and you
are trying to act grown-up and
you wonder if anyone else (eels
as you do . . . you've got Aunt
Delie's dress on (if you are a
girl) and your papa's necktie
on (if you are a boy) and you
are dressed to the teeth aad
trying to act dignified ... no
body told you about that teeny
tiny glass of tomato juice and
when and how and what a toast
is . . . you art thirsty and you
annK tu your wwe ?t two
tiny gulps when the principal
?takes a little speech to this
year's class . then somebody
else says something and you
an supposed to raise your little
(lass and drink some autre . . .
?tor* what? . . . you soeak a
look and Ralph's is all gone,
too ... ha ww thirsty ... af
ter four more touts everybody's
Juice is gone . . . banquet night
la school . . . remember
youra?. . .
1817 . . . Prof. Greene's di
ary: "Have been discouraged
. . . had some trouble with a
stubborn boy . . . how sad that
he will not heed good advice
. . . at aight we listen to Rev.
Whitfield Farthing preach a
good aerman on "Getting Wean
ed from Sin" ... a diary is
school . . .
School is * circus . . . yes, it
ta> too, sometimes . . . remem
ber when the Haag Show came
to Valle Cruets and wanted to
pitch its tent in Uncle Billy
Mast's big bottom? . . . well,
kis bottom was the biggest field
around to hold a big circus
tent . . . and the school turned
out so's you-all could see the
elephant and the monkey and
the clown . . .and Ray and
Ralph carried forty-nine buck
ets of water to the elephant to
drink and got in free . . .and
while the elephant was drinking
bis water, Jeff Gilliam rode by
on his horse carrying the mail
from Banner Elk to Valle Cru
cis . . . remember what happen
ed when the horse saw the big
elephant standing there drink
ing water? . . . the horse drop
ped dead . . . Mr. Haag paid
Mr. Gilliam fifty dollars for
the loss of his horse . . . yes,
school is a circus . . . some
times ... or once-upon-a
time . . .
And school is a moonlight
school . . . 1012: "An interest
ing experiment bearing on our
rural education problem is re
ported from Rowan County,
Ky., where 'Moonlight Schools',
installed this summer, have
met with a surprising response.
These schools hold sessions on
moonlight nights in order that
the beauty and brightness of
the night may entice the adult
pupil from his cabin over the
rough mountain roads to the
schoolhouse. They came in
droves . . . ? great-grandmother
of K aaight be seen side by sid?
with a rosy checked lass of 20
. . . in one class not s single
! member it under 79 yean
old." . . .
Whit is school' . . the
crowds at Appalachian High
... eager boys and girls trying ,
to push their way through the
masses to get to their next
class, somehow . . . might-n
nigh impofsible to get through
i. . . teachdr landing a helping
kand to Alex with bis reading
leason . j. . a graduate student
1 * ? .
' \ T
I learning to be a reading speo
iaJlat ... a book satchel slung
| over your shoulder . . . moon
light schools . . . Unci* Whit
| field's sermons ... a "amarty"
b^ who won t listen . . . some
stupidity at times ... a tiny
glass of tomato juice . . . ?
shiny Mue-serge seat . . . school
is all this and more . . .
Maritime unions urge firmer
sanctions on Cuba.
Prettier Than A Picture
Everything around Panorama Estates deserves to be painted ... the
rolling hijls, the distant deep valleys, the Blue Ridge Parkway ... yet we
doubt if any artist could capture the beauty and charm of Panorama Estates.
We Wonder if any artist could ever tire of painting the view from
Panorama Estates. Its beauty changes with the hour, day and season.
Come up some afternoon, from 2 to 5 p. m., and see what we mean
. . . the view is prettier than a picture.
L. E. Dimmette
Dimmette Really Corp.
Telephone 264-8501
or CY 5-7155
Turn left at Aho
Four Miles Northeast
Of Blowing Rock
On the Parkway
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