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Wagon Train Will Retrace Route Taken By Boone Over The ‘Ridge’ In 1773 Daniel Boone itched for more ’‘elbow room." At the time be lived in Wilkes County at «»e toot of the Blue Ridge Mountains' near the present village 61 Ferguson. The hunter .and Indian fighter fixed his eyes westward toward Kentucky and decided to settle his family in that rich region. To reach the blue grass coun try, the Boones had to cross the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains, a part of the Appalachian chain that blocked westward expansion for years. September 25, 1773, was push off day for scaling the Blue Ridge. Daniel ,Boone and his family consisting of his 34-year-old wife Rebecca and eight children and five other families released., the -brakes on their covered wagons and heded for "Kentuck” with a full complement of horses, cows, chickens and dogs. The expedition went up Elk Creek, a Yadkin River branch. The stream : passed the present deserted village of Darby. As the wagon train climbed up the Blue Ridge, whips cracked and the oxen dug their hoofs into the in clining terrain. The wagons inched past the Crossroads of Triplett in Watauga County and slowly humped the Blue Ridge crest at Cook’s Gap. The last wagon to pull over re portedly carried a barrel .of whiskey. . The Boone-led pioneers, after catching their breath, nosed their train down the north slope to New River and across the plateau valley where the town of Boone now stands. They rolled on to Zionville at the Tennessee line and thence to Kentucky. Boone’s crossing of the Blue R'dge was really the first prong of the famous Wilderness Road, later cut by the pioneer into the Kentucky hinterland. Significance of the mountain scaling, says Dr,. D. J. Wliitener, dean of Appalachian State Tea chers College and professor of j history, was that it constituted the important breakthrough to the West. And North Carolina frontiers men did it. Dr. T Whitener calls the Tar Heel pioneers who went with Daniel Boone the ‘‘first Americans.” They were men conditioned by rugged »»»» +++++++~****** AUTO LOANS loans THE NORTHWESTERN BANK ! •- j HqMIBM » o. Monthly Payment Plan FOR THE BEST I IN I MO»'OR TUN’S UP. BODY & FENDER REPAIRS E FRONT END ALIGNMENT. WHEEL BALANCING MAJOR * MINOR AUTO REPAIRS, UNDER COATING. WINTERIZING, WITH RADIATOR REPAIRS BY FACTORY TRAINED A*JTO ft BODY MF'V JAMES See Roberts Chevrolet-Buick INC. DOKWriIU, N c. FRANCHISED DEALER NO. 1019 frontier life with blood lines blending from sturdy Scoteh- Irish German and English strains. The ’’first Americans” possessed insatiable passion for freedom and independence unoontam mated by dominating influences of the aris tocratic English on the coast. Their frontier isolation helped mold them into the so-called “American” Prototype during the 1730-1775 era, Dr. Whitener be lieves. In honor of these early Tar Heels, a wagon train manned by natives of Wilkes and Watauga Counties will re-enact "Boone’s Crossing of the Blue Ridge” June 27-29 as an observance of the Carolina- Charter Tercentenary. The train will originate near! Wilkesboro on - Thursday (June 27) and wind up two days later in Baone, coinciding with the 12th season opening of “Horn in the West” outdoor drama. Men and women making the 30- ■ - - • -V*- ' • * • ' ..... r. m mmi Hmmm! Yancey Grass Is Good Old Sun Marks Can Still Be Seen In Mitchell j BY HARVEY J. MILLER RELIEF—In pioneer days in the backwoods section of Pigeon Roost old-timers had sun marks on their door sills to tell time by. They had no clocks. When they were out in the fields at work they had certain spots on hills and when the sunshine hit this level they knew that it was six o’clock and time to quit work and go home. At least one of these sun mark spots of the days can still be seen on Pigeon Roost, where the land was cleared up to a densely, cov ered wooded area. This place can [be viewed from many ridges in | this hilly country and, it is said j this mark proved to be one of the best in the. section for ac curacy. This sun mark spot that yet can be detected is at a Place called the "Old Rye Field”, and it can be viewed as far away as towering Fork Ridge Mountain, i ..., . mile trek will dress in pioneer | clothing and weapons of that day. Despite ruggedness of the Daniel Boone trail, thousands are expect ed to view, the wagon train trek. Stops are scheduled at special points along the way. These are recommended places for sight seers to observe. The schedule: j —Wagon Train leaves early Thursday morning (June 27) from Tom Ferguson’s farm near Fergu son. It follows Elk Creek Road for 13 miles. —Train circles for night at camp near Darby. Special pro gram Planned at the lumber ghost town by John Dawson and I the Reverend Bill Chapman of Fer ! guson. Includes a talent, show. Chicken barbecue and Indian at tack. —Train leaves Darby Friday morning for Cook’s Gap, still foi- ( lowing Elk Creek. Passes by village of Triplett. I have checked this six o’clock sun mark several times and found that it tallied exceptionally well, especially during summer. There was no such thing as day light-saving time in those days. Polks got up at three o’clock in the morning and went to bed at! seven, unless it wis applebutter-1 making time. Then they stayed up to around eight. There is an amusing story told here that was said tos-have hap i pened in the olden daysrtt- is about a manpeculiar-acting who CROSSWORD _____ 1 ACROSS 4. Metallic 22. Distress BttlSiXiDHiiafjßfil 1. Courageous rock , call Ihlvl rivltJl'i'vUpl^l man 5- Made up of 25. Guido s klflUl^Brifllglvlalg 5. American 6. 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Winglike ‘,-55 77/ **> 43. Blackens 1 Zsj 44. Listen! %?. **■ ymwN 1 />> ore robust 77? ZT _ , ‘c»ted jtzd — m* , lower - I —Train spends Friday night at Cook’s Gap, located near Bamboo on Blue Ridge Parkway. Clyde Greene of Boone will lead an old timey sing around campfire. Buffalo stew will be cooked in a huge iron pot. —Train departs Cook’s Gap Saturday morning and arrives in j Boone in time tor all-day celebra tion. —Events include a parade thro ugh Boone, ending at Conrad Stadium on the campus of Ap palachian State Teachers College. —Address by Secretary of Com merce Luther H. Hodges, 2 p. m. —Dedication of Daniel Boone Botanical Gardens. 5 p. m. —Public picnic on “Horn in the West” grounds, 6 p. m. —l2th season opening of “Horn in the West” outdoor drama at Daniel Boone Theatre, 7:45 p. m. ! Special prologue address by D. A. iGreenhill of the British Embassy. was hired by a farmer to go up on a mountain and hoe along in a patch of com. He was directed to come to the house for dinner when the sun was straight over the top of two certain trees. This had long been | the fanners 12 o’clock sun mark. I The man came to the house much earlier than he was expect ed, long before dinner was pre pared. He was accosted by the the cook. Why the rush? The man hastily replied. “I waited and waited tor the sun to get over the " 4 &(£ • fllfll IBP Bl T* -jpi McELVEEN • SMITH Two Girls To Serve Church Here LAKE JUNALUSKA Eleven college girls have finished a spec ial training course here and are now working as summer assistants In churches of the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference. Included are Nancy Smith, 21, of Denton and Miss Brenda McElveen, 21, of Maoresvlle who will work in the Biimsville area, Mss Smith graduated this spring from Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone. Miss McElveen is a rising senior at Pfeiffer Col lege at Misenheimer. The Student Summer Service Program of the Conference \s Town and Country Commission is in the seventh year and provides a two fold benefit: a ready supply of summer workers for the churches, and on-the-job training for the girls, who often continue * their careers in church-related fields of work. Co-sponsors of this program are he Conference Woman’s Society A Christian Service and the Wesleyan Service Guild. The teaming directed by the Rev. Garland Stafford of States ,-ille. executive secretary of the Town and Country Commission. ,as concentrates on work with >hildren and youth in local churches. The girls were taught how to conduct programs for kindergar ten, primary, juniors and junior h'gti age children. Instructors were Miss Laura ( Wells of Hayesville, Miss Vir ginia Mile* of Franklin, Miss Carolyn Thorne of Denton, Mrs. irthelia Brooks of Burnsville and Mas Shteley McDaniel of Kings Mountain. tree tops and when it seemed it never would I decided the sun had got hung in the trees and would never go fairer. Sc I Y' a quit work and come in for 1 thought it was way pass 12 o’clock.” The farmer, after examining the field of corn to see how much com the hired hand had hoed, decid ed the man had watched the move , ments of the sun more than he had hoed corn. So he fired the I man. We wonder if the man was paid wages up to twelve o’clock sun-mark time. Here is another happening of not too long ago. A fanner was working some hired hands in hoe ing a field of corn. Two or three of the hired hands carried pocket watdhe.s and when it was way af ter twelye o’clock the men began to Crumble to the boss vecause he had not told them to quit for dinner. The man replied to the working men: “. . .Them time-keeping instruments you men carry are manmade. They don’t all give correct time. Here is the time to go by” he added, pointing to the sun. “It’s not twelve o’clock yet by sun time. Sun time will never vary one minute.” The working men kept hoeing. They had no reply. ’ Shrinks Hemorrhoids Without Surgery Stops Itch— Relieves Pain For the flnt time eciance bet found n new healing substance with tho as tonishing ability to shrink hemor rhoids and to relieve pain-without surgery. In case after ceee, wniio gently relieving pain, actual reduc tion (shrinkage) took place. Moat amazing of all - rosulte wer# so thor ough that sufferers made astonishing statements liko "Piles have ceased to be a problem I" The eecret 1» a new healing subetanca (Bio-Dyne«)-d}e covery of a world-famous research Institute. This substance Is now avgll • able in suppository or ointmsnt form called Prtparatio a if*. At all drug I c °untors. THE YANCEY RECORD THURSDAY, JUNE 2 7, 1963 NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF YANCEY Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a cer tain Deed ts Trust executed by Burnie Peterson and wife, Minnie Lee Peterson, to Shelby E. Horton, Jr., Trustee, and dated the 29th day of March, 1962, recorded in Book 54, page 39, In the Office of the Regis ter of Deeds of Yancey . County, N. C., default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and the said Deed of Trust being by theterms there of subject to foreciolure, and the holder of the Indebtedness thereby secured having demanded a fore ctosui e thereof for the purpose of satisfying said Indebtedness, the undersigned Trustee wilj offer for sale, at public auction, to the high est bidder, for cash, at the Court House door in Burnsville, North Carolina, at 12 o’clock noon on the 3rd day of July, 1963. the land con veyed in said Deed of Trust, the same being and lying In the County of Yancey, State of North Carolina, bounded and more particularly de scribed as follows: In Green Mountain Township, Yancey County, North Carolina, ad joining the lands of B. M. Peterson and others, and described as fol lows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southwest comer of an unnamed dirt road and a wooden bridge, and running North a distance of 201 cmmmrnmmammmmmrmmmmmmmmmmmmmDmmmamtmf SQUARE DANCING 7‘30 SAT. NIGHT AND CONTLN UING EACH SATURDAY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER ~0 COME HAVE FUN YOUR .. Mk SELF AND HELP ENTER- J«S % TAIN OUR TOURISTS! 4f 1 RECRFATION ‘ \ J CENTER * the , 1 w smartest^ Jgyswirnsuits f re here! j. The tide is in, the news is out! With the sun and swim sea son Just arriving, we’ve collected an array of the smartest swimsuits that ever flattered a figure. Come in while selec tion is biggest, best. n Anglin- Westall IHTgaragel .. .■> N - Get Your Auto Out Os The Weather. It’ll Moan A Further Stop Toward Balancing four T. Budget. Yaicey Builders Supply, Id:. feet to a spruce tree; thence run ning Northeast a distance of 122 feet to an apple tree; thence run ning Southeast a distance of 125-J4 feet along a fence row to the end of said fence low; thence running Southwest a dirfance of 176 feet to the bridge and point of BEGIN NING. Being the same property conveyed to Burnie Peterson and wife by B, M. Peterson and wife by deed dated August 31, 1960, and recorded in Deed Book 125 at page 351 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Yancey County, N. C. The sale will be made subject to al| unpaid taxes, assessments, liens and encumbrances of record. The successful bidder will be re quired lo deposit immediately with the Trustee, at tjie time of the sale, an amount equal to ten (10%) per cent of said bid. This the 30th day of May, 1963. Shelby E. Horton, Jr., Trustee SUBSGRiiMfi TO Tli# fltccrd Helps Heal And Clear Itchy Skin Rash! Zemo—liquid or ointment—a doc tor’s antiseptic, promptly relieves itching, stops scratching and so help* heal and clear surface skin rashes. Buy Extra ImittiY Strength Zemo for /Pi 111 1 stubborn cases
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