Pioneer Boone Citizen, Home
The El G. Farthing home, the first to be
erected in what is now the popular Highland
Park art a of Boone, and which was burned
in 1035. Inset is shown Mr. Farthing, who
recently observed his 83rd birthday.
Mr. Ed G. Farthing, life-long
resident at fioooe, wfeo recently
observed his 83rd birthday, and
who waited as a building con
tractor during his most active
years, to a son of the late J.
Watts Farthing and Mrs. Farth
ing of Boone.
He has always shown great
pride in the growth and develop
ment of the community, where
he has contributed generously to
all educational, religious, and
other activities conducive to the
welfare of the people.
In the photograph, Mr. Farth
ing is shown on the Lewis prop
erty he had bought recently,
where he spends a lot of time,
clearing and enjoying the view
of Boone, the Golf Course and
the creek to the south.
He mixes and mingles with the
tourists, and has been described
as a walking Chamber of Com
merce.
Tri-County Committee
Seeks Aid From Watauga
A planning committee for the
purpose of furthering commun
ity-tourist relations, and al
ready including members from
Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey
counties, is eager to elicit par
ticipation from Watauga citi
zens, announced Herman W.
Wilcox, president of the Boone
Chamber of Commerce.
1%e committee propoaes to
pabllsh a four-county map of
interesting regional attractions
. for distribution to visitor* in
this area; the map woaid be
maps (which are planned to
show every small road, paved
and otherwise, in the coanty
road met work) and would he of
special help in enabling tour
ists to find out-of-the-way
points of Interest which are
not located adjoining main
highways.
One such attraction, Wilcox
pointed out, is Dutch Creek
Falls, near Valle Crucis, which
have been seen by comparative
ly few people due to their isola
tion and lack of publicity.
The N. C. State Legislature
SfflBHi .
enacted legislation this term to
aid inch projects. The new law
provides Individual mantles
with the power to negotiate
mutually with landowners for
the setting aside and supervi
sion of certain areas as free
tourist attractions. If agree
ment cannot be reached in any
manner short of actual pur
chase, counties are authorised
to attempt to buy such lands
for this purpose.
A meeting to discuss the new
proposal has been set for 7:90
p. m., October 1, at the Spruce
Pine Town Hall. "We will want
representatives from the Cham
ber of Commerce, the County
Commissioners, the Soil Con
servation Service and the town
of Boone to attend this meet
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Tweetsie Railroad Will
Operate Through October
September it here and the
golden day* of October are Just
iround the corner, meaning
the beginning of the full color
seaaoa i* near at hand.
But Tweetsie will keep chug
gig around her three-mile
track, bringing thrills and Joy
to children and grownups alike
until the snow flies.
Graver Bobbins, Jr., Presi
dent of the little narrow-gauge
railroad, announced here today
? schedule for operations dur
ing the months of September
and October.
Bobbins said the week-end
operations would be on a regu
lar scale with everything going
full blast, such as the Tweetsie
Village, the Tweetsie Palace
with its can-can girls and enter
tainers, the Skliner to Magic
Mountain, and, of course, the
Indian attacks and train rob
beries on the train itself.
Week-day operations will be on
a limited scale with reduced
fares.
Bobbins said the performers,
most of whom are college stu
dents, would be in school dar
ing the week and available only
on week ends.
"Our facilities here will be
conducive to getting photo
graphs during the coloring sea
son, especially along Tweetsie's
picturesque three - mile long
track," Bobbins said.
"The fall timetable in the
Blue BIdge mountains has the
best coloring of autumn foliage
slated to be between October
S and October 25, but that is
expected to be put forward due
to the dry summer we have
had. Photography fans may be
able to get their scenery shots
earlier than anticipated," Bob
bins added.
The Tweetsie operation has
had its best season in history,
and Bobbins said the tourist at
traction had a 30 per cent in
crease in business over last
year. Last Sunday a total of
8,129 persons rode the train in
contrast to 5,061 a year ago.
Business in 1963 almost doubled
the 1961 volume.
ing to study the plan and decide
whether or not we will want to
enter into the program," Wil
cox said.
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"That increase," he said, "la
<tue greatly to the added em
phasis which the State ia plac
ing on tourist promotion, and
while Tweetaie haa stepped up
it* advertising program and
added new entertainment fea
tures, the recognition which
Nprth Carolina ia acquiring aa
a top tourist state ia the over
riding factor In our success
tlgis summer."
Mrs. Holman
Rites At Todd
Wost Jefferson ? Hie funeral
for Mrs. Mabel Holman Wilcox,
SO, of TOdd, wife of Kermit
WUoox, was conducted at t p.m.
Monday at Laurel Mountain Bap
tist Church by the Rev. Carroll
Burkette.
Burial ns la Ashelawn Me
morial Gardens.
Mrs. Wilcox died Friday in
Princeton, W. V?., in the wreck
of a Greyhound bus.
Blowing Rock Has
Cool Summer
Again this summer, Blowing Rock lived up to its
"cool" reputation, even during "hot" August.
The average high temperature from June through
August was an ideal 72 degrees. The average low for
June through August was 56 degrees.
The highest temperature registered this summer
was 86 on August 4. The lowest for the summer was
41 on June 5.
Even during the hottest month of the summer,
August, Blowing Rock remained cool and collect. The
average high temperature for August was 74 degrees.
The average low was 56 degrees.
August, 1963, was slightly cooler than August a
year ago. Last year the average high was 75 and the
average low was 60. The highest temperature in Au
gust, 1962, was 82. The lowest was 51 degrees.
The first freeze last year was on October 24 when
the temperature reached a low of 28 degrees.
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Established 1902
Cor. Elm fr Millard St*. WA 6-4194
Surviving art her husband; a
daughter, Mrs. L. M. Norrb of
Greenaboro; her mother, Mrs.
G. S. iHolman of Todd; and four
aWera, Mrs. Ruth Prince of
Shady Springs, W Va.. Mrs
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Md , Mrs. Mossie Davis of Dur
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Todd; five brothers, Freeman,
Roger, and Greer Holman. all of
West Jefferson, Joe Holman of
the army, stationed in Germany,
and Jeff Holman of Todd; and
two grandchildren.
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Thought For Week
Worry, doubt, setMistnMt,
fear and despair? Umm art
the long, long year* that bow
the head and turn the growing
spirit back to dust.
You are at young as year
faith, as old as your doubts; as
yotmg as your self confidence,
as old as your fears; as young as
your -hope, as old as your des
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