WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
ESTABLISHED IN 1888
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY RISERS PRINTING COMTANY, INC.
ft. C. RIVERS, JR, EDITOR AND MANAGER
JEAN RIVERS, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
An Indepenteat Weekly Nempaper
Publi?ln< for 45 Ye?r?" by Robert C. Riven, Sr.
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Entered at the poatoffice at Boone, N. C., as second class matter, under the act of
Congress of March 3, 1879.
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NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION
"The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first objective
should be to keep that right, and were it left to me to decide whether we should have
a government without newspapers, or newspapers without government, I should not
hesitate a moment to choose the latter. But I should mean that every man should
receive these papers a*4 be capable of reading them."? Thomas Jefferson.
Year-Round Tourist Area
Used to be the Democrat was con
stantly troubled by the fact that the
travel season was so short ? that
when school time came Blowing Rock
summer residents, or most of them,
returned quickly to their down-the
country homes, and there seemed to
be no way to stretch the short sum
mer season.
We had suggested long ago, a fes
tival of the falling leaves ? some sort
of activity to bring the people back
when the forests colored. But travel
was slow in those days, and the
autumn didn't bring too great a
splurge of travel.
But now with shorter work weeks,
with more people having more
money than then, and with good
roads on every hand, and two-car
and even three-car families preva
lent, our dreams of other days are
being fulfilled.
During the current display of au
tumn's finery, week end travel rec
ords are being established. Sunday
the roads were filled literally, with
travelers, motel operators couldn't
fill the demands for their services,
and many went home during the
night, who would have been glad to
stay over to Monday. And with con
tinued dry weather, and the color
holding up well, this week is ex
pected to be another tremendous
travel period.
When the good fall weather is
done, and the leaves are gone, it will
be almost time for the ski slopes to
be opened, and it is reasonable to
suppose that greater groups of win
ter sports enthusiasts than ever will
come to this section. So we're on
the golden edge of a year-round tour
ist business in these parts, the ex
tent of which we couldn't have vis
ualized a few years ago.
Industrial Progress
The new factory of the Blue Ridge
Shoe Company is nearing comple
tion and some of the firm's manu
facturing divisions are to begin mov
ing into the new building next week,
it is said.
Watauga Cilia^ng jvnip mitt PBS
started out Monday, after a xiek-off
breakfast, to get subscriptions for
the bonds, which need to be made
in the co-operative financing plan
which was worked out. These se
curities draw 4% per cent interest,
as explained in the prospectus, are
completely secured, and represent a
good investment, while at the same
time providing funds for a needed
industrial expansion. It is expected
that Watauga County people, in
characteristic fashion, will rally to
the call, and that the bonds will be
subscribed within a reasonable
length of time.
The shoe factory, which is con
structed on Greenway Road on a
part of the J. S. Winkler old farm,
marks another big step on the part
of the community in securing pay
roll calculated to halt the exodus of
local citizens to industrial regions
in the north, and also to aid in keep
ing the qualified youngsters at home
when they finish their schooling.
A large number of young men and
women are being trained in two
buildings on the Street to take their
places in active production positions
as aoon at the big plant opens.
Thus, another firm step has been
taken in the community, for the well
being of everyone, which will add
tremendously to the economic health
of the community.
CARE Food Crusade
The 1963 CARE Food Crusade
opened last week with an appeal to
Americans to send food gifts that
will serve to promote lasting bene
fits for the world's hungry people.
Goal of the drive is to deliver
6,000,000 food packages, at a con
tribution cost of $1 per package, as
part of a year-long CARE plan to
h?lp feed 35,000,000 people in S3
countries. Foods are mainly U. S.
Food for Peace donations of farm
abundance. The feeding program is
the largest in CARE's 17 years of
operation.
While emergency aid will be giv
en as needed, most of the food sup
plies will be used in programs to
help people feed themselves in the
future, Frank L. Goffio, CARE ex
ecutive driector, explained. He cited
these examples:
? School breakfast, lunch or milk
programs, to advanee the health and
education of undernourished chil
dren. ?
? Food as wages for villagers,
while they build farm-to-market
roads, irrigation systems, fishing
boats and similar facilities to in
crease food production and earnings.
? Food as a stake for refugees re
settled on new farmlands, to sus
tain them until their crops come
in, or for unskilled workers while
they train for better-paying jobs.
Contributions sent to CARE, 660
First Ave., New York, N. Y.10016,
or its local offices, may be marked
for Food Crusade gifts to any of
these destinations: Afghanistan, Co
lombia, Cyprus, Oreece, Haiti, Hong
Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Ko
rea, Macau, Mexico, Pakistan, Pol
and, Sierra Leone, IHirkey, Vietnam,
Yugoslavia.
KANNAPOLIS INDEPENDENT
The Ubiquitous Hot Dog
The ubiquitous hot dog is as American
as apple pie. If a person had a penny
for every hot dog that graced the picnic
fare during the summer, he would be as
rich as Croesus. But just because the
hot dog is a popular picnic item and is
easy on the pocketbook, don't underesti
mate its nutritional or flavor value. Ia
? double-page color spread, a recent Issue
of Look magazine suggested a diet of
three hot dogs a day for weight conscious
readers. Three-quarters of the bottom of
the spread is illustrated with ? mouth
watering, full-color photograph of a hot
dog on a bun. The upper quarter of
the two pages contains smaller pictures
of hot dogs being consumed, including
a woman happily spreading mustard on a
hot dog she had been served for break
fast in bed.
Omiiidiag to Leak, "Coapact, iitMi
k
ing and priced to please, it (the hot dog)
appeals to all ages and appetites any hour
of the day, can even satisfy as a meal in
itself. This diet regimen offers an easy,
no nonsense way to keep your figure
under control or to trim it down to size."
The hot dog is just one of the product*
that come from a neat producing, pack
ing and distribution industry that has en
abled Americans to enjoy the privilege of
becoming among the top meat consumers
of the world. And it is interesting to
note that the meat industry, from the
farm to the packer to the dinner table
i* strictly a competitive free market op
nation.
So, whether your taste and budget call
for hot dogs or T-tones, you can easily
find them at the nearest market ? and it
seems the hot dog is coming into its own
From Early Democrat Files
Sixty Years Ago
October 15, IMS
Dr. Cottrell tells us that he
has two typical cases of Scarlet
Fever in the home of Mr. Mar
ion Story at Sands.
W. L. Bryan has been in Cald
well and Wilkes for several days
oo- s business trip. '
T. J. Sullivan is now putting
the last coat of paint on the
residence of John F. Hardin.
The weather continues as fine
as can be, and our farmers are
making good use of it.
Capt. Lovill raised this year
89 bushels of buckwheat from
four bushels sowing.
The demand for houses in
Boone is far in excess of the
supply.
Thirty-Nine Years Ago
October 16, 1924
Mr. Ira Ayers wis operated
on for appendicitis at the Ban
ner Elk Hospital Sunday night
and is getting on well. His sis
ter underwent a rather serious
operation there before he went,
and is also improving. Their
uncle, Mr. W. R. Gragg and
brother, Mr. McKinley Ayers
of Boone, have visited them dif
ferent times since they were
taken to the hospital.
Miss Jennie Coffey is pre
paring for a big improvement
on her store property. The
building will be wideaed nine
feet, raised aaother story, the
space on the second floor to
be used for living rooms which
Just One Thing
By CARL GOERCH AFTER ANOTHER
There are times when my
wife comes forward with some
sound, common-sense advice.
Such was the case the other
evening when I was bewailing
the fact that I was getting
worse and worse at remember
ing names and faces. Here's
what she had to say:
"If a stout woman greets you
and then censures you for not
remembering her, tell her that
you failed to recognise her be
cause she has lost so much
weight. And if the same thing
happens with a skinny woman,
tell her that yoa weren't exact
ly sore about her identity be
cause she has put on eight and
looks so much younger."
Sounds as though it ought to
work.
The names of towns in North
Carolina are always inquiries
to our desk. This week Mrs. G.
A. Link of Lenoir writes in
and wants to know where the
two towns Conover and Maiden,
located between Lenoir and
Charlotte, got their names.
No otae seems to know exactly
how Conover got its name. A*
I recall, however, there's ?
town in Europe, either in Spain
or in Italy, which is known as
Conova, and I've heard the
name of Conover comes from
that.
Maiden was named for the
Maiden Iron Forge which was
located there many years ago.
The iron forge was named for
Maiden Creek. At the headquar
ters of the creek lived two
maiden women? old maids in
our modern way of expressing
things ? and they're the ones
who gave the name of the creek,
to the oron forge and later to
the town.
Little tidbit w information
you might not have heard: At
Salisbury, in the National Sold
iers Cemetery, are buried llr
700 federal soldiers who died
in Salisbury prison during the
Civil War. Among them lies
Robert Livingston, a son of
David Livingston, whom Stan
ley sought in Darkest Africa."
Ever wonder what the best
sellers were of a few years
back?
We came across an advertise
ment placed in the Rowan Whig
k Western Advocate on June
29, 1859 by the J. H. Ennis
Book Store there and the fol
lowing books were listed as the
"TOP TEN."
1. Life of P. T. Barnum, writ
ten by himself, in one volume.
2. My Courtship and its Con
sequences, by H. Wikoff, a most
interesting book.
S. The Lamp Lighter, or
Uncle True k Little Geity. This
is the most original, interesting
and entertaingly told tale that
has lately appeared!
4. Alone, by Marvin Hailand,
of Richmond,. Va.
8. Fashions * Famine, by
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens!.
8 May k December, a story
of wedded life in two volumes,
$1.79.
7. Nellie Bracken, by Ann
Chambers Bradford.
8. Few Nights In a Bar Room
and What I Saw There, by T.
S. Arthur.
8. Miss Leaslle's Lady's House
Book, a manual of Domestic
Economy.
10. Life of Lafayette by Head
ley.
One of our friends In Dur
ham posed this little problem
the other day:
"You've got a certain mm
ber of dollar bills in your pock
et, and I've got a certain num
ber of dollar bills in my pock
et. If I were to give you ene of
my dollars, you would hive
twice as much aa I have. On the
other hand, if foa were to give
me one of your dollars, we'd
both have the same mot of
money. How mock aaoaey have
we got?"
k
(he will rent for light house
keeping. W. G. Hartzog #10 do
the work and when he Is
though Miss Coffey will have
a modern and sightly building.
Hie postofflces at Hodge*
Gap and Horton have been dis
continued indefinitely. For the
prgsejltf, fhe mail for both of
these" Will be handled through
ihiUtftme postoffices.
Fifteen Years Ago
Octeber IT, 1948.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sapp of
Raleigh were week end visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. McGuire.
Mr. Sapp graduated from the
University of N. C. In July and
has recently accepted a posi
tion with the advertising de
partment of the News and Ob
server.
Mr. Jim Councill, district
highway engineer, is a patient
at the North Wilkesboro hos
pital, where he underwent an
operation last week. Hit con
dition is reported as satisfac
tory, and he will likely return
home within a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Teague
and daughter, Peggy Joyce, vis
ited last week with relatives in
Oak Ridge, Tenn. While away
they enjoyed a tour through
the Smokey Mountains and
spent a day at the Cherokee
Indian Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Williams
of Asheville, Mrs. E. S. Coffey,
and Mrs. Nell Linney spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Black of Staunton, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reece and
son, Freddy, spent last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Cochrane of Newton, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Moody of
Route 2, Chapel Hill, announce
the birth of a son, John Rich
ard on October 7, weight 8 lb. 1
01.
Mrs. Rome Triplett and Miss
Ella Doxon of Lenoir visited
with Mrs. Frank Estes last
week.
Miss Mazie Jean Jones of Mt.
Airy spent the week end with
her mother, Mrs. J. W. Jones.
Mrs. Remmel Porter of Cher
ryville spent last week end with
her lister and mother, Mrs.
NeU Linney and Mrs. E. S. Cof
fey.
Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Rankin,
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley O. Hartzog
and son, Gordon, visited Mt.
Mitchell National Park last
week.
?Mrs. Myron H. Wright and lit
tle son. Hans, of Mineral, Va.,
visited Mrs. Wright's parents,
Mr. an4 Mr*. EdP Q. Farthing,
list week.
Misses Unadell and Ernestine
NMtis spent last weak end ia
AaheviUe visiting with Mia
Jessie Norris.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul DuPre of
Mt. Airy were wnek end visit
ors wit* Mrs. DuPre's mother,
Mrs. Jennie Critcher.
KING STREET
BY ROB RIVERS
Newspaper Week . . Time Of Reflection
National Newspaper Week, as is the case with anni
versaries, and other mileposts, which are generally noted
in the busniess community, is as good a time as any to
offer some sort of salute to the press generally ? speci
fically to make some comments as to our own continuing
efforts in the small-town newspaper field. ... It may
be, that with our 75th anniversary and all, we have
tended to "talk shop" too much lately. . . . This has not
been in the sense of beating one's chest or puffing away
at one's horn, but in calling attention to the part your
home-town newspaper plays in the general scheme of
things ... all in a feeling of humility and of pride in
that which has been accomplished along, our Street and
in our County, and of the part we have been privileged
to play in the magnificent cultural and business growth
of the area.
MEMBERS OF THREE
GENERATIONS have, and are
working on the Democrat ?
through thick a ? 4 thin,
through a aeries of wart, in
cluding the two big ones ?
through the Cleveland panic
and the Hoover dopreaaloa. In
the skimpy day* before the
ft rat great war; la the imagi
native day* of the New Deal,
the high prosperity of the Tru
man, Eisenhower and Kennedy
administrations, the Democrat
has carried on, as the mirror
of the town and the county,
whose growth it has paced,
along with the college and the
farm neighborhoods round
about.
WE ARE GRATEFUL that
we are carrying on with vigor
and purpose, that our product
is enjoying mounting accept
ance. and that we have been
privileged to publish for more
years than have most other
families in the area. . . . That
we have given ourselves com
pletely to the task of news
papering would never be ques
tioned by those who know us
best. . . . The tremendous
number of people who weekly
express their approval and sup
port of their local newspaper
have been a source of pride
to us, and have gently prodded
us to even greater efforts in
our continuing purpose to pro
duce at all times a newspaper
of quality, dignity and of value
to the people, and to our cir
culation area.
* * *
"Conntry" Newspapers ' i j
The Journals which havn
been historically known a*
"country" newspapers (since
mast of u had oar roots In vil
lages of a couple af hundred or
*o) aow number some 9,000,
down about three thensaad
from their high peak, and -we
the weeklies and wall dailies
published in the vast network
?f rural, urban, and suburban
communities af 25,000 and lass,
and which serve some 99, (Mr
?00 cltiiena, or mere than one
half the population of the na
tion. . . , These paaplt have
an annual Income af well over
$157 billion and acceunt for
mare than 40 per cent of the
country's total retail sales. . . .
So vital la everyday living are
the better hometown newspa
pers that they have become
cherished members of the fam
fly circle. . . . We are doably
appreciative af the many read
ers who come by to renew, or
to boy a copy at the counter,
with the words "we couldn't
do without H, It has been In
ear home always . . we love
tt." . . . And such wards carry
away the cares af the long
day, and put a new spring In
the steps af the boas and
others of the staff. ... Of
such Intangibles are woven
the fabric af content and af
business progress and af weB
belag.
* * *
How We've Seen It
We havent, u used to be the
common thing, attempted to
run the town and county . . .
or to tell the folk* what they
should think or do, but have
reflected the news and the
aims and the purpose* of our
citizen*, and itruggled with
the need* of our people, as we
moved along together to a bet
ter and more fiscally fruitful
society. . . . We have been
treated well and fairly by the
fine people whom we lore and
serve, have enjoyed reason
able success ? and have sup
ported every civic, industrial,
religious and educational ef
fort to some financial degree,
plowing back into the newt
paper and into the institutions
of the county the products of
our toil. . . . We shall con
tinue to move forward in
serving the people of Boone
and Watauga county, as your
oldest business enterprise.
? * ? i
Good Wishes
During Rational Newipeper
Week, we greet you, our good
friend*, and those whose
friendship we covet. . . . We
are continuing to expand, and
t6 add new people to our pay
roll, to futher enhance the
well being of all. ... All of
here at the Democrat thank
you for your graciousness to
us through the Ions- years, and
for your goodwill and for your
patronage. . . . We shall look
forward to serving you in the
years ahead, and shall wish for
all of you the best, as we move
along together for the well
being of the area and of our
people.
Uncle
Pinkney
HIS PALAV ERIN'S
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I see by the papers where
Senator Symington has popped
a question to the Defense De
partment that calls fer a an
swer. I ain't expecting him to
git no answer and I reckon he
didn't figger on gitting one
when he ask it. But it's mighty
comforting far the taxpayers
back home to know a U. S. Sen
ator can still inquire about
such matters without some
body throwing him out of the
meeting.
It has been brung out Hut
the United States has now got
stockpiled what is equal lb S
tool of TN8 fer ever human
being on earth. This comes to
around 15 billion tons. Sen
ator Symington (ays we got
enough nuclear bombs to wipe
out 3,000 cities of 100,000 pop
ulation and wipe oat not onct
but 125 times. He says we've
got the bombs in storage to
destroy ever city of any size
on earth 125 times.
Now what Senator Syming
ton wants to know is why we
keep spending $2 billion a
year to stockpile more and
more bombs. It has been hint
ed by some folks in Washing
ton, brave enough to hint about
such matters, that the big rea
son is the uranium mines has
got one of the most powerful
lobby organiiations ever to op
erate in the Congress.
As a general rule, Mister Ed
itor, I don't go around with
murder in my heart, but I
might be willing to help pay
fer killing everbody on earth
onct, but I'm agin spending
$2 billion a year to kill ever
body 125 times. Fer all prac
tical purposes, when a feler
is dead onct, he is dead. It
looks like our standard stock
piling percedures calls fer
multiplying our needs by 125
and putting it in the ware
house. And Senator Syming
ton ain't going to come no
closer gitting a answer to his
question than Senator Wil
liams did a year ago when he
aak what we was doing with
that $9 million worth ?( Chin
ese feathers we w as keeping
in storage.
uuuiae of this question by
Senator Symington, they ain't
been much in the papers this
week to git a feller shook ?p
np any more than usual. They
was a couple little items I aim
to put on the agenda at the
'country store Saturday night.
Fer Instant, I was reading
where a milkman in England
waa lifted official in Gut em
inent records as a "Bovine
Produce Distributor." I'm
shore the fellers will have
some comment to make am that
one.
And I was reading where
them Americans that climbed
to the top of 1ft. Everest re- -
ported they found a breed of
lamb on the side of the moun
tain that could ran 90 miles a
hour. I was Just thinking.
Mister Editor, that In this day
and age It would take a lamb
with that speed to keep close
enough to Mary to go ever
where that Mary wnt
Your* tnQy,
UNCLE WWPfllV.
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