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BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963
Honoring The Lowly Pone
This is com bread week in North
Carolina, and as a matter of fact,
id properly organized Southern kit
chens every week and every day, as
fir that matter, finds the browned
product of the stalk and the ear at
the dining board.
Governor Sanford in proclaiming
cftrn bread week, says:
"Italy is famous for its pizza,
Prance is renowned for its crepe
stzette, the Orient has its chow
mein, Latin America has its tortilla,
tike ancient east had its barley loaf,
Germany has its pumpernickel and
England has its crumpet. But above
all these ranks North Carolina's corn
bread.
"In a multitude of varieties, Tar
Heel corn meal ranks at the top. It
eta be baked, fried, steamed, boiled,
broiled. It is known in such forms
a! corn muffins, corn bread sticks,
hush puppies, hoe cakes, spoon
bread, and corn bread, to mention
just a few of the tasty and tempting
table delights."
Of course there are a heap of
wrong ways to make corn bread, but
properly fashioned a golden pone is
better than cake to a mountain man,
who's had a hard day. The observ
ance actually should not be corn
bread but in honor of corn ? the
grain which powered the horses and
mules as they built the railroads,
the first of the improved highways
and moved the dirt for our buddings,
which supplies the mush and the
grits and the big hominy, and fetches
the fat cattle and hdgs to the mar
ket; brings the succulent roasting
ears, the fluffy pop corn, the moun
tain dew and the fodder for the
feed lots.
Pass the corn bread.
The Many Costs Of Fire
Although fire cost more than $1.5
billion in losses last year, its most
terrible cost is counted, not in dol
lars, but in human misery.
Fire claimed 11,800 lives in this
country last year. Of these, over
oie-third were children. Many hund
reds of fire victims are still recover
irtg from serious, often disfiguring,
injuries.
Countless thousands of Americans
hid payless paydays w hje n fire
interrupted their jobs, and other
thousands saw jobs permanently
g*ne when fire wiped out their em
ployers' businesses. Still others will
ntver recover fully from the finan
cial disaster of a home or business
fife.
These are heavy costs to pay for
ad act of negligence or ignorance.
Tlirough knowledge and care, de
structive fires can be virtually elim
inated.
In a program to curtail fire losses,
the President of the United States
and the Governor of North Carolina
have asked local governments, var
ious organizations, and the people
generally to join in observing Fire
Prevention Week, October 6-12.
The handling of matches and in
flammable materials, absence of
fire safety efforts in the home, busi
ness place, or about the farm, bring
untold damages by fire.
At the same time, in this dry
fall weather, it is important that
We also take care lest our forests are
needlessly destroyed. The proper
handling of matches and cigarette
butts on the part of those who are
enjoying the October colorama, are
important, lest the source of the
fantastic beauty is consumed by
flames.
Parkway Compromise Turned Down
The National Park Service's re
fUsal to Accept the North Carolina
Slate Highway Commission's com
promise proposal in a controversy
oier a Blue Ridge Parkway route
aiross Grandfather Mountain, still
ldaves the question of the missing
lilik ill the "scenic" up in the air,
where? It has been for a number of
y4ars.
Commissioner Clifton Benton of
daleigh, in calling attention to the
fcJct that National Park Service Di
rector Conrad Wirth "does not
a|ree with our recommendation
aid says he cannot go along with
it/' said this leaves the road loca
tion in a stalemate, and adds:
"I'm certainly sorry they won't go
albng. The Parkway should be com
pleted; this Highway Commission
tiled to do everything it could to
arrive at a fair solution."
He said Wirth "hasn't given us a
rtel good reason for his refusal, ex
cept that the Park Service thinks
the proposed route would be better
for the Parkway and the public."
The State Highway official added
that the Commission "plans to stick
with our guns" and that the location
controversy would have to be set
tled later "by somebody besides us."
Wirth and the mountain's owner,
Hugh Morton, have been in a dis
pute for years, which has stopped
the building of the Grandfather
Mountain link of the Parkway. The
State purchased the right of way for
the so-called "low route" a long time
ago. The Park Service has held out
for a "high route" which Morton
contends would spoil the scenic
beauty of the massive mountain.
Morton agreed to accept a compro
mise between the low and high
routes, which appears fair to us. It
should have been accepted, So that
the Parkway could be completed,
with resultant benefits to everyone.
TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
Not By Bread Alone
A new dimension has beeri added to
tlfc practice of medicine. This happened
at the most recent annual meeting of the
American Medcial Association, when the
fitst program on medicine and religion
wis presented.
This is a direct result of the rapid
aivance of medical science. New prob
lems and new needs demanding cooper
atton by the medical fraternity and
cfturchmen have been treated. It Is rec
o|niied, nowadays, that health Is affected
bf physical, spiritual, emotional and so
dU conditions, and that ideal treatment
stould be directed toward the whole man.
lie AMA began Ks efforts to make this
ideal of health care realistic by estab
lilhing a Department of Medicine and
Rtligion. Ten physicians and ten clergy
mffl were flatted u proviae comma.
Pilot programs followed, and now this
Department is prepared to offer its ser
vices to hundreds of state and local
medical societies.
The need was spoken in the 17th cen
tury, by John Dotine, poet, preacher, and
patient: "I observe the physician with
the same diligence as he the disease; t
see he fears, and I fe*f wttB him ... I
fear the more . because he disguises his
fear, and I see it with the more sharp
ness because he would not have me see
it. He knows that his fear shall not
disorder the pMfctice and exercise of
his art, but he knows that my fear may
disorder the affect and working of his
practice."
So we return to the ancient injunction
?man does not live by bread alone.
'If Any Man Can Show Just Cause...'
From Early Democrat Files
Sixty Years Ago
October 8, 1908
School opened at the Acad
emy Monday.
Another baby girl at the
home of John S. Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Linney
have been on a visit to Taylors
ville for the past week.
J. C. Fletcher was at Moun
tain City, Tenn., this week on
legal business.
Mrs. Lelia Winkler is off on
a visit to relatives in Caldwell
and Catawba counties .
Mrs. Sallie Reeves and little
daughters of Blowing Rock
spent Saturday night in town.
It is really amusing to see
what "slick" advertisers some
men are when it costs nothing.
Miss Lily, daughter of Thom
as Greer, of Middle Fork, had
the misfortune to break her arm
last week.
Mr. W. C. Coffey has pur
chased and is removing the
heavy plank fence from around
the public square.
The weather permitting, Mr.
Henry hopes to finish moulding
the bricks for the new school
building this week.
There will be a teachers'
meeting at Storie's Barn next
Saturday, for Blue Ridge and
Blowing Rock townships. Let all
that can attend.
Mr. L. P. Greene of Sugar
Grove, and Miss Sallie, the
beautiful daughter of Mr. Cal
vin Long, of Adams, were mar
ried this week. May their lives
be long and prosperous.
Thirty-Nine Years Ago
October 9, 1924
Mr. W. H. Gragg has Installed
a radio receiving set, the only
one in town, in his beautiful
bome. It is working charming*
Iy. The most entertaining thing
to Mr. Gragg so far was a
speech Tuesday night by a
Congressman in Washington
(he got to the instrument too'*
late to catch his name) on
"Americanism," which he says
was the finest thing he has
ever heard.
During the fine fall weather
the building program in Boone
is being pushed to the utmost,
and with a few more pretty
days, all the brick buildings at
least will be enclosed and work
Just One Thing
By carl goerch AFTER ANOTHER
AH of us make mistakes in
our grammar from time to time.
We beard a very learned man
say something recently about
"the present incumbent in of
fice." "Present," of course, is
superfluous.
Then there are other people
who will insist upon referring
to "mental telepathy," instead
of just saying "telepathy."
You, yourself, may be one of
the large number who calls at
tention to "the consensus of
opinion," instead of just saying
"the consensus. "Consensus"
means "consensus of opinion."
Two mistakes I made myself
in hurriedly dashing off copy
were:
"It was from the top of the
original Mount Plsgah that
Moses obtained his view of the
Promised Land ? a land which
he never was permitted to see."
"Tryon's Palace was built in
1767-TO at a cost in excess of
more than 16,000 pounds."
A number of years ago we
were broadcasting the Demo
cratic State Convention from
the stage of the Memorial Audi
torium in Haleigh. I had gotten
Senator Hoey, Congressman
Bonner, Miss Beatrice Cobb,
Dr. J. Y. Joyner, Stag Ballen
tlrie and several otben to say
a few words.
Soon as they got throngH
with what they had to say, 1
waved them to go on oat, know
ing that they wanted to listen
to the proceeding*.
Stag was the last one with
me. I asked him what he
thought about the convention,
and he ga?te ? nice little talk.
Then he said:
"And it conclusion, Mr.
Qoerch, I'd like to My just on?
more word. I want to toll you
that lt'f a pleasure and an hon
or for me to be assodrted on
(M Stifle program with a man
who knows North Carolina and
who loves North Carolina. (Oh,
Stag; there was no need for
you to say that.) A man who
has the respect, the admiration
and the esteem of every true
North Carolinian. (Really, Stag,
that's putting it on just a little
bit too thick.) A man who has
served North Carolina as few
men have served this grand
state of ours. I refer to that
splendid old gentleman whom
you hetfd Just a moment ago,
Dr. J. T. Joyner."
I swallowed hard a couple of
times bat managed to sign off
and retnrn the program to the
studio.
There ought to be many more
words in our dictionary than
there are. The other day a
friend of ours told us about
telling the cook to go out on
the front porch and bring in
the morning paper. She return
ed in a moment and said: "Boss,
I went out on the po'ch to git
the paper, but it's uncome."
"Uncome" is a good word in
anybody's language. .
Riding on i train oat of W?W
York for Raleigh recently, I sat
aefoss the aisle from a man and
a little My. The yowgster waa
six or seven years old. He w#a
intensely interested hi the
bustle of departure, the trip
through the tonnel and other
features of Ort jotrney.
lust as the tratfl started mov
ing out 6f the Pennsylvania
atation, he art in a most at
tentive aftitod# and, for a mtn
ute or two didn't say anything.
Then, turning to hi* daddy, he
a?id: "Daddy, is this 4 choo
elloo train?"
"Yea, Tommy."
"Daddy, I don't belief# tt k."
"Whv dutf"
"'Caua# I don't hear any
choo-choo."
can proceed on the inside with
out interruption.
Hiss Bernice Cook left last
week for Surry County where
she has taken the principalship
of a achool near Mount Airy.
Here's wishing for the young
lady ? successful year's work.
Mayor Hahn and family re
turned Tuesday from a few
days visit to their former home
in Gastonia and other towns
beyond the Ridge.
Mr. S. F. Moody of Roan
Mountain has moved back to his
old stamping ground at Vilas.
We welcome him back.
The H. M. Lewis property,
consisting of a large lot with a
12-room house on the Blowing
Rock Highway just east of the
Training School property, has
been .aold by Mr, H. W. Horton,
the jocal real estate dealer, to
4tfr?fni&0iia Cook of Blowing
Rock, RFD. Mrs. Cook expects
to move to Boone some time
this winter or next spring.
Miss Virginia Coffey visited
Miss Edna Davis at Todd last
week!
Mr. Grover Walters and fam
ily of Blowing Rock visited his
sister, Mrs. J. D. Coffey, Sun
day.
Fifteen Years Ago
October 7, 1948
Mrs. Charles Lewis is visiting
for a few weeks with her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. James O. Hill of Lan
sing, Uich.
Miss Carrie Lee Farthing,
who has been teachng English
at ASTC, has entered Duke
University where she is work
ing toward her doctorate.
Mr. aAd Mrs. James 0. Hill of
Lansing, Mich., announce the
birth of a son, Raymond Scott,
September 28. Mrs. Hill is the
former Miss Ruby Johnson of
Sherwood, N. C.
Mrs. Louise Andrews of Long
Island, N. Y., formerly Miss
Royster Barnett, is visiting for
several weeks with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Barnett. Her
husband will join her here In
two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Horton of
FarreB, Pa., are spending two
weeks with Mr. Horton's bro
ther, Don J. Horton and Mrs.
Horton at Vilas, and with other
relatives in the county. They
are accompanied by their daugh
ter, lbs. R. L. McCurdy of
Midland, Mich., and her daugh
ter, Martha Jan.
Mr. Fred Farthing and son,
Freddie Gray, of Wytheville,
Va., were guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. Clint Wine bar ger and
family.
Eddie Norris of Beaver Dam
spent the week end at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Greer.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Greer
and Harold Greer returned to
Lenoir Monday where they have
emp4oymeiit after spending the
week end with Mr. and Mrs.
HowArd Greer.
Barbara Jones, Barbara Bing
ham, Batty Barnes, Jo Ann
Hartlay, Joann Aldridge, Pa
tricia Aldridge, Neva Norris,
and Fa ft Hollars were chasm
cheerleaders in a pep meeting
bald to <*apri Friday,
KING STREET
BY ROB RIVERS
Yoa-AJl Come t * Pretty Soon
The autumn eokrr spectacle If sweeping across and
down the hazy slopes of the Blue Ridge, and those who
want to take a look at the fall fairyland should plan to
come this week end when the colors should reach their
peak There was heavy traffic last week end, and the
forests were beautiful, even though most of the oaks were
still green The maples and the gums and the birches
and the poplars supply the fiery crimson and the great
splotch, of eld gold, while the pines and hemlocks add
their evergreenery and life to the great crazy-quilt of the
dying leaves, spread in soft folds of color and brightness
over hill and dale and hedge and fencerow.
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October . . Indian Summer
?O, ran and skies and ehi*
of Jib e,
And (tower* of Ine to
Ton cannot rival for one hnr
October*! bright blae wea
ther."
Helen Hunt Jackson must
have buggied or horsebacked
Into the Blue Ridge mountains
to write these four lines. . . .
October is the bright highway
from summer into winter. . . .
The bracing days, with a sort
of smoky haze in the air,
came to be known as Indian
summer, because at this sea
son weather conditions were
uniformly favorably for forays
into the white settlements. . . .
It was traditionally a time of
good hunting and of laying in
the winter's meat from ani
mals fat from the acorns and
the chestnuts which fell like
rain onto the floors of the for
ests. . . . October brings the
golden pumpkins, and the fat
possums and the sweet taters
and the biting promise of the
snows and gales of wintertime.
.... But it brings joy to the
traveler, and late business to
the motels and shops of the
highland region, with its fleet
ing beauty.
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What The Weather's
Going To Be
Since Uncle Dick Colvard
quit his earthly travels, we've
been hard pat to get the dope
on how thick the possum's -fair;
is, and the other signs which
are supposed to give a moun
tain man a peek into what the
whimsies of the weather are
apt to be, come winter time.
.... Bat aa old and weather
ed Cherokee Indian, who lives
at a place called Salt, says
"we're going to have one of
the worst winters in years."
.... He says the ears af
cam are cavered with thick
husks, that there's a "sight of
mast," the groundhogs are
carrying aa uncommon amount
of fat, there are plenty of
hickory nuts, walnuts and ac
orns and the bark of the trees
is thicker than usual. . . . John
Parris, who writes for the
Asheville Citizen, aad who's
onr sort of a newspaperman,
says the skin of the apple and
the onion can alao give a-body
a cine to what sort of winter
is coming ap. . . . A tough
apple skin is said to be aa es
pecially bad omen, and fore
tells frigid weather in the days
to come. . . . Also when
squirrels appear busier than
usual with their laying in of
nuts, one needs to be to good
shape with the fuel man.
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About People
HERMAN W. WILCOX, the
aggressive Boone Chamber Off
Commerce fresideat, lias
agreed to give the Democrat
a column every week, contain
ing civic and tourist notes, and
figures, as well as timely com
ments by the popular civic
leader. ... We are indebted
to Herman for resuming his
Column, as a regular exclusive
part of the Democrat, whose
readers will enjoy and profit
from this continuing feature.
.... Herman has done a re
markable Job with his Chamber
of Commerce and Horn in the
West activities, and never
misses an opportunity to pro
mote the Holiday Highlands.
HALE r Alters happy
smile and pleasant treatment
of his customers at his recip
plng plant on North Depot
Street ... Mr. Vance's son,
Phil, has keen an Important
factor In (ha popular business
enterprise, aa?l la one of the
leading young men of the com
munity. . . . Active In ctvic
affairs aU ta orgMfeattettl
work, be Is also a good MM*
mm man. tad is a member
of the Board of Director* of
Like Mi father, Phil hat an
outgoing peraenalft jr, la gra
dm, and has dmehfN wMe
friendships la this area.
ED CULLER, meticulously
sweeping traah from the Street.
... A retired employee of
ASTC, Ed can't quit work and
la a valued addition to the
Town Street force. ... He and
the other town workers are
doing a splendid Job. . . . The
Street is consistently clean.
MAYOR BROWN, who's
ton ring Europe, aends card
from Moscow, with pletare of
Red Square. . . . "Greetings,"
he says, "trip half over ? a
great experience." . . . We're
glad Wade could make the
trip and are looking forward
to other letters for publica
tion.
Uncle
Pinkney
HIS PALAVERM'S
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
The fellers at the country
store Saturday night Was dis
cussing the changing times.
The Republicans claimed they
was changing fer the worse
and the Democrats was allow
ing as how we never hafl it so
good. Zeke Grubb, that votes
both ways, depending on how
firm prices is looking at elec
tion time, was setting the
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>,i -Ed Doolittle, that wears Abe
Lincoln's pteture fn the tact
of his pocket watch, said things
had hit the bottom and any
change afore 1964 would be
down hill. He told the fellers
even the Federal highway signs
was gitting so complicated
sinee we crossed the New
Frontier that a one-gallus man
couldn't tell if he was going or
coming. He repoftfd he went
on a fishing trip lagt week and
coming back they got on one of
them new Interstate highways
and they was a sign about ever
mile to "Keep Off The Med
ian." He said they stopped a
patrolman and ask him What
it meant and be told 'em It
meant they didn't allow no
messing around ill the middle.
Now there, claimed Ed, was a
good Republican, a feller that
give It to you so's you could
understand it.
Clem Webster, chairftian of
the Democrat delegation, argu
ed that these things was caus
ed by a population explosion
of automobiles, that politics
didn't have nothing to do with
it. Fer instant, he said we now
got drive-in banki, drug stores
and such things that makes
traffic very confusing and calls
fer a heap of signs.
Judge Zeke didn't pefnwHice
sentence either way, bttt ft
looked like he was leaning a
little with the Republicans. He
safd he was reading where a
writer feller named Burke Da
vis had s*w this sign at a
street corner:
RIGHT TURN ONLY
Except 9am* 4. p m.
Ever other Wednesday
Except during PTA Meeting
ON ODD FRIDAY, Left only
Farthermore, stated 2eke,
traffic problems didn't have
nothing to do with drive-in
banks. Zeke allowed as hoW he
waa reading that they was ill
stalled so's the cashier cotild
git a look onct in a while at
the cars the bank owned.
Bug Hookum said he didn't
know If we was going nphill
Or down hill but ever time he
come to a curve in the road
he run into more Uxei, more
red tape, and leU.ffghtl.
Personal, Mister Editor, I
didn't git in the arguement one
way or the other on account of
I ain't got ne money worries
at the moment I have m
complete eat at Money.
uncle pmsMvr