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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1947 'FIVE CENTsTcOPY ROWER SHOW AGAIN BEING HELD IN CITY Worthwhile Club Announces Flower Show (or Aug. 14; to Promote the Growing of More and Better Blooms in City's Gardens The annual flower show, spon sored by the Worthwhile Club is to be held at the Daniel Boone Hotel Thursday, August 14th. the purpose of the annual exhibition being to promote t the growing of more and better varieties of flowers in order that the homes of Boone and Watauga county may be made more attractive. A fee of twenty-five cents will be charged for each arrangement exhibited up to four, and all ar rangements over four will be free. No admission charges are made and refreshments will be served. Any silver offering will be ap preciated and proceeds will be used by the club for the further beautification of the town. Following is a list of the classi fications under which the flow ers will be exhibited: RULES 1. Allowed one entry in each] arraiujement class. 2. Flowers do not have to be grown by exhibitor. 3. Entries not confined to club members. 4. Awards will be ribbons: 1st, blue: 2nd. white: 3rd. red. 5. A prize for person receiving the highest number of blue rib bons, and one for the most out standing exhibiet. All entries must be in by one o'clock. 7. Judges to be finished and awards on entries before shoWj opens at 3 p. m. The judging to be done by qualified persons. | 8. Request that all entries be left until 8 p.m. . 1. Dahlia DlvtiloiV 1. Large ? (a) one bloom; (b) three blooms or more, one color: (c) three blooms or more, mixed colors. 1 2. Medium ? same as above. 3. Miniature ? same as- above. 4? Cactus ? same as above. 2. Gladioli Division 1. One spike; (a) one color; (b) mix ed colors. 3. Rose Division 1. One bloom; 2. Arrangements ? ( a) three blooms ,one variety; (b) three blooms, three varities; (c) any arrangements with four or more blooms; 3. Miniature ? same as above. 4. Aster Division 1. Arrangements ? (a) one color; (b) mixed colors. 5. CHHYSANTHEMUN DIVISION 1. One bloom; 2. Arrangement#? (a) one color; ib) mixed colors. t. AZALEMUM DIVISION 1. Arrangements ? (a) one color; (b) mixed colors. 7/ Shasta Daisy Division 1. Arrangement. / t. Painted Daisy Division 1. Arrangement. 9. Delphinium Division 1. One spike; 2 Arrangement 1". Larkspur Division 1. Arrangement 11. Snapdragon Dlvlnon 1. Arrangements ? (a) one color; (b) mixed colors. 12. Lily Division 1. Any variety 13. Zinnia Division t. Giant; (a) arrangements? (1) one color; (2) mixed colors. 2. Medium; (a) arrangement ? (1) one color; (2> mixed colors. 3. Miniature; (a) arranggement ? (1) one color; (2) mixed color. 14. Nasturtum Division ? 1 -Arrangements ? (a) one color; (b) mixed colors. 15. Petunia Division 1. Arangements ? (a) single; (a) double; (c) ruffled. 16. Marigold Division 1. Arrangements? (a) large; (b) dwarf. 17. Cosmas Division 1. Arrangements ? ( a ) one color; (b) mixed 6olor. It. Potted Plant Division I. Blooming plants; 2. Foliage plants. g II. Mlacallaneoua tO. Table Arrangement DivUlon 1. Breakfast; 2. Luncheon; 3. Dinner 21 .Porch Arrangement Division 22. Tray Arrangement Division 21. Miniature Arrangement Division 1. Any variety arrangement not tol be more than three inches tall. 24. Sweet Pea Division 1> One color; 2 Mixed colors. 23. Pansy Division 1. One bloom; 2. Arrangements; (a) mixed. 26. Verbena Division 1- Arrangements ? (a) one color; (b) mixed colors. 27. Childrens Division 1-12 Year* 1. Any arrangement of any variety Selecting and arrangement to be done by the child, Age of child to be noted Prize will be given. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson To Visit Blowing Rock Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of| World War I President, will be in Blowing Rock for the annual horse show August 1-2, as the guest of Mrs. Charles A. Cannon. Following the horse show, Mrs. Wilson will be guest of honor at a tea to be given for members of the North Carolina Antiquities Society at the home of Mrs. Can non, who is president of the so ciety. The tea will be held Aug. 4 from 3 to 6 p. m. Life mem bers of the society are to receive with Mrs. Cannon and all con tributing and annual members are invited to atten4 the tea. PIAJVO CONCERT Appalachian State Teachers College will present Mrs. Ruth Rankin Rutherford in piano con oert on Saturday night, July 26, In the college auditorium, at 6 KM o'clock. The student body ?ad the public are cordially in vited. Mitzi Panion (left), who was found in a hotel room, alleg edly abandoned, and Susan Cook find temporary refuge and happiness with a nurse at St. Vincent's Orphanage in Chicago. Police charge that the mother of Susan left the child too long in a railroad slation nursery. FARMPROGRAM MAY CONTINUE Another Year of Life for Crop Benerfil Payments U Virtu ally Auured Washington, July 22 ? Powerful bipartisan Senate support today virtually assured another year of life for the government's long range farm program with its benefit payments to farmers. Senator Brooks, Republican of Illinois, reported that a previously deadlocked Senate-House confer ence had agreed to continue the frogram for 1948 crops with a 150 million fund promised to meet benefit payments and other cost". These include pay for farm er committeemen at state, coun ty. and local levels. Agreements to continue the "conservation and use" program on a reduced basis next year ? with maximum individual pay ments reduced from the present $10,000 top to $500 ended a stale mate that threatened to delay congressional adjournment plans. The house previously had vot ed twice to eliminate the bene fit-payment program in 1948 and sharply cut back payments on this year's crops. Brooks, as chairman of the Sen ate conferees, won unanimous Senate backing on disputed points yesterday on roll-call votes. He carried this into conference to day and prior differences were adjusted in about an hour. The conference agreement still is subject to House and then Senate approval. This usually is forthcoming on a conference re port. The farm bill is one of the last five major measures to finance operation of government agencies this fiscal year remainiiu; to be passed before adjournment. Seven others have cleared Congress. Navy Recruiter Is On Weekly Schedule Commencing. July 21, a navy recruiter will be in Boone at the postoffice building all day on Monday every two weeks. Young men between the ages of 17 and 31, interested in enlist ing in the navy, are urged to con tact the navy recruiter at that time. ? Ex-service men interested in the naval reserve may fill out the required forms with the re cruiter and be sworn in here in Boone by one of the volunteer naval reserve recruiting officers. FIND FRESH WATER DROWNS MORE QUICKLY THAN SALT Galveston, Tex. ? Fresh water lis more deadly than salt water, resuscitation experiments at the University of Texas school of [medicine have shown. Anesthetized dogs were used in the experiments. The victim of drowing in fresh water is dead after from three tp six minutes' submersion because the blood ab sorbs fresh water rapidly. Salt water in the lungs tends to draw water out of the blood. The victim is dead after six to eight minutes' submersion. The experiments are being per formed under a grant of $10,000 from^he Army Air Forces. "COAST TO COAST" IN 10 MINUTES Wichita, Kansas ? The home of fice wrf puzzled when Pilot Bert Briney wired, from Santiago, Chije, that he had flown coast to coast in ten minutes and six seconds. Explanation revealed that Briney had piloted a Beecfc Aircraft plane over the Panama Canal, from acean to ocean, in that time, - while delivering the plane to a South American customer. HORSE SHOW NEXT WEEK South'i Oktoii Horta Show at Blowing Rock Bids Fair lo Surpass Former Exhibitions Blowing Rock ? Plans for the Blowing Rock's 24th annual horse show went into the final stages this week with indications that this year's event will sur pass all previous years in the number of entries and in the brilliance of the accompanying social whirl. While Mrs. Betty Custer, sec retary of the Chamber of Com merce. has been busy supervising the mailing of entry forms to prospective entrants, other de tails have been worked out by J. Luther Snyder, president of the Blowing Rock Horse Show Association, Inc., and Lloyd M. Tate, vice-president and mana ger. The horse show, oldest in the South, will be held on August 1 and 2 at Broyhill Park. Per formances will be given at 2 p. m. Friday, and at' 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. Saturday. J. Frank Horton Is Taken by Death at Pennsylvania Home Belated information reaching the Democrat tells of the death of J. Frank Horton, 62, Watauga hatwa. which occurred at the Horton home in Bridgeton, Pa.. July 7. Mr. Horton died suddenly from a heart attack, while spend ing his vacation at home. He was employed in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Horton was a son of the late James W. and Mrs. Horton and was reared and lived in Wa tauga until five years ago, when he and his family moved to Pennsylvania. He was held in high regard in this section. Funeral services were con ducted July 9, from Prospect Methodist Church in Bridgeton, and linterment was in the ceme tery near the churdh. A brother, Don J. Horton, of Vilas, and Robert Horton attended the rites. The widow, six sons and two daughters survive: Robert Hor ton, Sherwood; Jim Horton, Glade Springs, Va.; Joe, Taylor, Dave, Mary Sue, Bridgeton, Pa.; Mrs. Rom Campbell. Dorset, Ohio. Charlie Keller, 64, Dies This Morning Charlie Keller, 64 years old, Boone farmer, died at his home near town this morning from an illness with a heart ailment. Funeral services will likely be held Thursday but details have not been arranged. Interment will bo in the Winkler cemetery, it is said. The widow, Mrs. Bessie Coffey Keller, survives, with one son and two daughters: Ronda B. Keller, Mrs. Marvin Roberts and Miss Verdola Keller, of Boone. There are two brothers. Roe Kel ler, Boone, and Arthur Keller, whose address is not known. A WHITE-SHIRTED RAILROADER New York ? When Charles E. Onderdonk stepped aboard a New York Central railroad train forty-eight years ago to shovel coal into the engine, he was wearing a crisply laundered white shirt and white collat. On June 30, when he ended his rail roading career at the age of 69, he was still wearing a white ihlrt and collar. Fellow workman de clared he was the only railroader they kn^w who, as a fireman, steam engineer and electric engineer, reported to work each day in a clean white shirt. REPUBLICANS OF DISTRICT PLAN PICNIC Boone to Be Scene of Gather ing of GOP From Congres sional District; Band Music, Sheriff Helsabeck of Stokes to Speak More than five hundred Re publicans pt the ninth congres sional district will gather at the H. W. Horton tourist resort, on Winkler's Creek, near Boone, Saturday July 26th, to participate in a huge picnic dinner sponsored by the Young Republican Club of Watauga county, and to hear addresses by different leaders in state party councils. The program is scheduled to get under way at 4:30 in the afternoon, with a concert by the Appalachian High School Band. Watt H. Gragg will act as Master of Ceremonies, and Clerk of the Court Fred M. Gragg will wel come the visiting Dartisans. The response will be by Worth Little, Clerk of the Stanley County Court, and S. C. Eggers will introduce 12 of the 15 Re publican members of the last legislature. Brief remarks will be made by Sim DeLapp, Lexington, state chairman; Chas. A. Jonas, national committeeman, Lincoln ton; Fate Beall, secretary of the State Republican committee, Lenoir; Dave Randleman. chair man of the congressional commit tee. Salisbury; Frank Smith, secretary district committee, Lenoir; Hobart Morton, attorney of Albemarle. Perry Greene, vice-president of the local Young Republican Club, will introduce the princip al speaker of the occasion, Sheriff Joe Helsabeck of Stokes county, the president of the State Young Republican Club. . A special committee is prepar ing an elaborate menu for the big picnic which will bring the gathering to a close, and the food will be varied and plentiful. Cordia Will born Dies in Knoxville Mrs. Cordia Wellborn, pro minent resident of the Deep Gap section, died in a Knoxville, Tenn., hospital Sunday. She had been in the hospital for three weeks, and failed to rally from a serious operation. She was 72 years old. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday afternoon from the Laurel Springs Baptist Church, with Rev. R. C. Eggers officiat ing. Interment was in the church cemetery, Reins-Sturdivant being in charge of the details. The husband, Mr. A. E. Well born survives, with 3 sons and 2 daughters: O. D. Wellborn, Los Angeles, Calif., Andy Wellborn, Lenoir; Bill Wellborn, Deep Gap; Mrs. J. A. Lucas. Johnson City, Tenn.; Mrs. J. H. Williams, Knox ville, Tenn. A step-son, R. A Wellborn of Deep Gap, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Albert Hamp ton of Lenoir, also survive. There are five sisters: Mrs. P. L. Hamby, Lenoir; Mrs. James Triplett, Akron; Mrs. T. D. Hendrix, Bir mingham, Ala.; Mrs. Lewis Broy hill, Laxon; Mrs. Ben Miller, Deep Gap. Two brothers survive: Wade Hampton, Triplett and A. F. Hampton, Lenoir. Bob Broome To Coach at A.S.T.C. Rocky Mount, July 19. ? Bob Broome, head basketball coach and assistant in football here last year, has resigned to accept a coaching position at Appalachian State Teachers college. Superin tendent of Schools R. M. Wilson announced today. Wilson said he understood that Broome would be head baseball coach, assistant in football and basketball and instructor fa physical education at Appala chian. No successor to Broome has been ' named here. Wilson said. Knocker Admins is head coach. Broome is an alumnus of Ap palachian. A. R. Smith Goes to Lions' Convention Prof. A. R. Smith of Boone left Saturday for Fayetteville, where he Joined a group of Lions Club Members en route to the Lions International convention in San Francisco. Stops are to be ma^e for sight-seeing trips en route, and Prof. Smith does not expect to return to Boone before* August 7th. 26,000 Lions from 18 nations are expected to be present at the convention. SHEEP DIPPING CHANGE The schedule for Monday July 28 has been changed to Tuesday July 29, as follows: Roby Greers '8:30-9:30; E. W. Moretz, Deep Gap 10:30-11:30. The vat will be at Ben Farthing's 2-3:30 on the same day. Rain interfered with this stop last week. New Hospital, Costing $300,000, Is Being Planned For Boone; Federal-State Money Available CREDIT CURBS I MAY BE ENDED Houw Would Strip Admlnlitia lion Of all Authority Our Credit Buying Washington, July 22. ? The House voted today to strip the administration of all authority to control installment buying. The measure proposes to end immediately the restraints on credit purchases of such things as automobiles, refrigerators and radios. The Senate had approved a bill to continue the controls in modified form to December 31 but the House rejected this and sent its own measure to the Senate. Since President Truman has ad vised Congress he will lift the controls imposed in wartime ? unless Congress gives him peace time authority ? today's House action pointed directly toward an early end of all installment buy ing regulations. The House action was by voice vote. There was no roll call. The House vote brushed aside Mr. Truman's request that he be given peacetime authority to con tinue the installment buying curbs as a check against infla tionary tendencies. The controls (known as Regulation W), were instituted by executive order under authority of the trading with the enemy act. They require one-third down paymepts, with installments run ning no more than 15 months, on automobiles, cooking stoves and ranges, mechanical dishwashers, ironers, refrigerators, washing machines, room unit air condi tioning, radios, phonographs, sewing machines and suction c?:aners. FARMlROUP MEETS FRIDAY Farm Bureau to Elect New Slat* of Officer* at Third An nual Gathering The third annual meeting of the Watauga Farm Bureau will be held at the courthouse Friday evening, July 25 at 7:30, at which time the principal business will be the election of a new slate of officers for the coming year. President Clyde R. Greene will make a report of the work done by the organization during the past year, while the nominating committee qomposed of Don Shull, G. D. Barnett and H. E. Greene, will precede the election of officers George Farthing, field representative of the Farm Bur eau in Western Carolina, will speak, as will Flake Shaw, execu tive vice-president of the State Bureau. The George Farthing band will supply music during the course of the meeting. The local Farm Bureau now has 350 members and the goal members and the goal for the .membership drive in September is set at 600. Aged Beech Creek Citizen Succumbs James Roby Trivett, 88 years old, retired farmer and life long resident of the Beech Creek section, died at Banner Elk Hos pital last Saturday from a long illness. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the Zion Hill Baptist Church by Rev. C. Payne and Rev Law rence Hagaman, and interment was in the church cemetery. Two daughters survive: Mrs. Lewis Harmon and Mrs. Willie Palmer of Beech Creek; one brother, Joe Trivett, and a sister, Mrs. Dave Reece, of Beech Creek. I CABBAGE APHIS CONTROL Members of the Farm Veteran Training class of Appalachian high school are controlling cab bage aphis with 3% nicotine dust. This preparation is made by mixing 15 pounds of lime, 1 pound Black Leaf 40, 1 gallon small stones, put in a barrel and rotated for ten minutes. The small stones are screened out of dust and dust is used to spray on cabbage. Should be applied in heat of the day. WIN nsmifd TRIP Mf. Ivy Wilson, owner of Wil son's Feed Store, . Clyde Wilson, Lawrence Wilson and Jim Harr, employees, were at Cherokee Lake, Tenn., for a week-end fishing trip through the courtesy of the Purina Co. The trip was won by the local firm for having sold their large quota of Checker tabs. "Mr. Vice-President" I When President Truman signs the new presidential succession act, Joseph W. Martin, Jr., speak er of the house of representa tives, will legallv be next in line for the Presidency should any thing prevent Mr. Truman from completing his term. Here, answering the telephone in his hotel apartment. AAATO RESUME LIME ORDERS Grass S**ct Phosphate May Again B? S*cur?d. According to Funds Available The Watauga county AAA committee is now* in position to approve orders for lime and grass seeds, also phosphate which will be available in the near fu ture. These orders will be ap proved to the extent of the money available for each farm. Farmers who have not receiv ed any materials during 1947 should contact the county AAA office for information. As soon as the exact amount of money is allocated to the county farmers will be notified of the amount of minimum - assistance available (or their farms. Deliveries of lime orders which were suspended temporarily have been resumed and will be com pleted in the near future. Ad ditional orders will be accepted and deliveries will be made at the time the farmer wishes .is I near as possible. Farmers who have bought materials and used them in carry ing out approved conservation practices, should make their re port at the county office for proper credit. Bills and receipts for the materials bought should accompany this report. Payment will be made to the extent of the money that is available for that purpose at the end of the year. To Start Issuance Of Drivers' License Mr. Marvin R. Warren, state license examiner, will be in the grand jury room in the court house each Friday from 9 to 5 o'clock, to start taking applica tions for drivers' licenses under the new State law. Drivers whose surnames start with the letters A and B will be examined between now and Jan uary 1, and those who have not had drivers' license previously may apply with this first group. Mr. Warren will also issue chauf feurs' license and learners' per mits. AMERICAN CHURCHES AID CIVILIANS ON OKINAWA New York ? Church World Ser vice, with a shipment of 35,000 pounds of foodstuffs, clothing and other items, has become the first relief organization to send supplies to Okinawa. The shipment was set abroad the SS. Contest from San Fran cisco. Okinawa is the 30th country to which American churches have sent aid through Church World Service. Robertson M. Fort, traffic man ager for the interdenominational relief and reconstruction agency, said Ihe supplies will be used "for general distribution, with creed no factor." CATCHES BIO TtSH Mf. G. O. Brown landed the biggest trout of the season, so far as we know, last Thursday from the waters of New River. The hig fish, of the rainbow variety, was nineteen inches long, and veighed two pounds and ten ni'nces. Mr. Brown also landed t number of bass on hU fishlnp rip. Lions Club Sponsors Meeting to Start. Movement tor More Adequate Hospital Fa cilities for Watauga Coun ty; $300,000 Plant is Visua lized; May Ask County to Underwrite One- fourth of the Cost of Project Preliminary plans were made for providing the county with ex panded hospital facilities, and the expenditure of $300,000 for new hospital facilities was discussed here Friday noon, at a meeting of town and county people sponsor ed by the Lions Club, for the purpose of laying the ground- 1 work to assure this county its share of the funds provided for improved hospitalization by the Hill-Burton federal act, and by the State government. Dr. I. G. Greer of Thomasville, the president of the North Caro lina Good Health Association ex plained the working of the State Federal arrangement, which would supply about 75 per cent of the funds needed for hospitals. Under the plan, the State sup plies 41-6% of the money, the Federal government 33 1-3% and the county 25.1%, The group favored the con struction of a building of a capa city of 50 beds, Which is expect ed to cost in the neighborhood of $300,000, and it is proposed that the county contribute the $75;000 to match the State-Federal grant. It is believed likely that the people would have to vote on a proposal of this sort. A committee was appointed consisting of Wade E. Brown, chairman; Clyde R. Green, Rev. H. K. Middleton, Spencer Miller and Dave Mast, who are asked to confer with tire state authori ties as to whether the Watauga Hospital building could be en larged so as to meet require ments, and if not, to look for locations in and around Boone which might be acceptable as a site for a completely new build ing. It was the feeling of the meet ing that the local group should cooperate fully with the trustees of Watauga Hospital, with the Duke endowment, and with State and Federal officials. Be lief was expressed by some that the present building would not gain approval because of relati vely small amount of land in cluded with the building. It is stated that from 50 to 10 acres of land outside the city limits is desirable for the purpose. It is the understanding that the State and Federal authori ties will come at any time and approve or disapprove of any thing the committee may do in the matter of selecting sites for the proposed project. It is the general feeling of the people that the time is now ripe for pushing the proposal for larger hfspital facilities, while govern mental grants may be secured. To this end every effort will be made to keep the ball rolling un til sufficient hospital facilities |are provided. Teacher Vacancies Are Being Filled Some of the vacancies existing in the county school system, have recently been filled, says Superintendent W. H. Walker, who lists Mrs. Daisy A. Adams as the teacher at ? Winebarger school, Mrs. Lyle Cook at Deep Gap, and Claude Presnell at Presnell. Douglas C. Redmond has been named principal at Blowing Rock. Mr. Redmond, it is explained, was Drincipal at Ferguson last year. He is a graduate of Appalachian and has taught for a number of years, at Boone, Monticello, Clowland, Elkland, and Fergu son. He has experience as educa tional advisor of district A of the CCC, educational adviser of NYA training center and the American Red Cross. Mr. Walker states that a large number of applications have been received for the remaining vaca ncies. Williams Library Presented to College Mrs. J. A. Williams last Thurs day presented to the library of Appalachian State Teachers Col lege a valuable collection of books from her late husband'i library, covering almost every phase of the field of geography. The presentation was made be fore the faculty and studant body by Prof. J. C. Yoder, who for ten yean bad been associated with Prof. Williams in the de partment of geography. The ac ?eptance speech was made by ?rof. Leonard Fury, Head of the Library staff. Prof' Williams had ieen a member of the Appala chian faculty since 1934 until the time of his retirement a year ago.
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