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LOCAL AFFAIRS J- A. Loven, of Detroit, M^igan, isspendmg a vacation at his home in Blowing Rock. ??y M Brown of Lnapel Hill arrived late last to spend the summer at their cabin on Route 1, Boone. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Glenn Far thing announce the birth of a son o"n' Jr " June 2- Phila delphia, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Norris spent last week-end in Crewe Va Norr1*' brother Mr.' Todd McGhee and family. ? ?; Hoover of Towson, Maryland, is the guest of her c?Lr .k1*- W" M" Cook and Mr. t-ook this week. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Eddy, sons Jun and George of Frenchtown, ?. J. are visiting relatives in and near Banner Elk. , Huth Farthing, instructor in. the Concord High School is spending the summer at hef home m Boone. Mrs. Ruby T. SherriU and daughters Judy and Mary Vir ginia are visiting Mrs. Sherrill's sister Mrs. G. H. West in Wheel ing, West Virginia. . Cfirie Adams and daugh ter Hazel have returned to their Home here after spending the winter in Danville and Coehoc ton, Ohio. . Mrs. E. H. Moore, has returned from Roanoke, Va., where she visited for a few days at the home of a son, Mr. James H. Moore and Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Ruth Rankin Rutherford and sons Paris and James will arrive Wednesday to visit with Mrs. Rutherford's parents Dr and Mrs. J. D. Rankin. Rev. Linney Barnes left on Friday of last week for Coshoc ton, Ohio to spend two weeks at the home of his son, Prince Barnes. Joe Michael and Earl Penick attended the regular June meet ing of the Junior Chamber of Commerce on Monday evening in Winston-Salem. Mr. Olen Clell Cook of Blowing Bock was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree at Wake Forest Colleges' recent 114th annual com mencement exercises. Mr. A..L. Gross of Adams, has been a patient at the Veterans' Hospital in Johnson City for the past two weeks. His condition is reported as improved. Mrs. Francis McGhinnis and granddaughter, Sherry Shull 0f Washington, D. C., are spending a few weeks with relatives in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lewis and daughter Alice of North Wilkes - boro, and Miss Louise Lewis, Cove Creek, spent the week-end ?t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Rivers. , Paul DuPre of North Wilkes boro, Miss Irene Lequeux or Taylors ville, and Miss Thursa Steed, Physical Education In structor of Eastern Carolina Teachers' College are guests of Mrs. M. P. Critchei. Cpl. Robert R. Greene, who en listed in the U. S. Army last March, is now located in Austria, and advises homefolks he expects to be there for his enlistment period. Mr and Mrs. W. M. Cook of Carolina Ave. had as their guests last week their daughter Mary Elenor of Washington, D. C and their nieces Miss Carolyn Miller of Pineola and Mrs. Frank Ange} of Elk Park. Mr. John W. Hodges, Sr. re turned Sunday from a ten day visit with his daughter Mrs. Kay Boatright and family in Rich mond, Va. He also visited several points of interest, including Thomas Jefferson's home, Mon ticello. Mr. and Mrs. Finley Hodges of Boone, Rt. 2 had as their guest over the week-end, Robert D. Hodges of State College, Raleigh N. C. and Miss Emma -B < >dges Mr. Howard Wilford, and Mr! Denver Wilfong of Meadville Penn. ?*r?. L. H. Byrd and Joann Byrd of Valle Crucis spent last Monday in Winston-Salem. Joann had a check-up at Baptist Hospital. En route home they stopped to visit reJatives in Hid denite. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Barrs of Miami, Fla. spent last week at Horton s Camp. Mrs. Barrs is the former Miss Wanda Ruth Horton. Win?tn W" *??? ot cS and Mr "nd Mn Claude Watson of Deep Gap w?re in Indianapolis over Mem orial Day, attending the auto Mr MlJSZi O. H. Haynes, Sr., an^twStCuul children of Min den, Lax^aijfspending this week with their^Iaughter Mrs. Jack Hodges and Mr. Hodges. Miss Ethel Whitener of Wash ington, D. C. arrived yesterday to spend the summer at her cot tage on the Blowing Rock Road. Miss Johnsie Shelton of David son, N. -C. is her guest at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Farthing from Fort Wayne, Indiana spent the past week with home folks. They were accompanied home by Miss Carrie Lee Farthing who will visit with them for a shoit while. Mr. R. S. Bushnell and sons Roswell and Francis of DeLand, Florida, will arrive Wednesday to join Mrs. Bushnell at their summer home, Seventh Heaven, near Boone. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hodges, and son Mark, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hodges, Jr., and Olivia Hodges were in Winston-Salem Saturday Attending the funeral of Mrs. J. N, Young, mother of Mrs. Fred Hodges of West Palm Beach, Fla. Mrs. Esther S. Boone and Miss Rebekah Boone were in Durham Monday, where they were pres ent for the graduation exercises at Duke University. Mrs. Boone's son, John A. Boone, received a Bachelor of Arts degree at the finals. Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Wagoner, were in Sparta Wednesday where they attended the funeral for a nephew, Bryan Wagoner, who died in his sleep from a heart at tack. The rites were held from the Sparta Baptist Church and in terment was in the family ceme tery. The late Mr. Wagoner, who was employed by the Farmers Hardware Co., of Sparta, is sur vived by the widow. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Greene of Jackson, Calif. are spending several weeks with W. H. Greene, Boone, Route 2, and other relatives in Watauga county. Mr. Greene, a native of Watauga county and a son of the late Richard Greene has made his home in the west for many years. He is thoroughly enjoying his first trip back to the Tar Heel state in 59 years. Miss Mab?l Bingham Is Mazri?d To Horatr L. Brown Miss Mable Bingham, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bingham was married Wednes day after, June 2nd, at 4 o'clock at the Boone Methodist church to "Homer L. Brown, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Freeling Brown of Boone. , The Rev. S. B. Moss officiated, using the double ring service. The church was decorated with white peonies, gladiolus and ever greens and was lighted with candles. A program of wedding music was presented prior to the ceremony by Miss Lois Town send organist, who played "Al ways" and "I Love You Truly." The traditional wedding marches were used as the processional and recessional. The bride wore a suit of white gabardine with navy accessories, white hat with navy blue veiling, and a pink orchid corsage. There were no attendants. Mrs. Brown attended Appala chian State Teachers' college and for the past 10 years has held a position with the Watauga Build ing and Loan corporation ? in Boone. Mr. Brown was recently retired from the United States navy and is now connected with Appalachian State Teachers' col lege. Mrs. Ralph Moretz, sister of the bride, entertained at her home with an informal cake-cutting on Tuesday evening. Sands Horn* Club Meats With Mrs. Jo* Morris The Sands Home Club met with Mrs. Joe Norris, May 28, with eleven members and two visitors. The group joined in singing, "Lead On, Oh King Eternal, and in repeating the col lect. During the business meeting plans were made to send a box of clothing to a needy family in Holland. Miss Betty Matheson discussed "Uses and Care of Electric Appliances." The mem bers and their families plan a club picnic and get-to-gether, Saturday night, June 12th. The committee appointed to assist in entertaining are Mrs. C. G. Hodges, chairman; Mrs. Stand ford Story, games; Mrs. Bill Dixon, Mrs. Glenn Brown, Mrs. Clyde Williams and Mrs. D. W. Cook, food and serving. Mrs. Norris, assisted by her daughter served refreshments at the close of the business meeting. The June 25th meeting of the club will be with Mrs. Etta Brown. CARD OF THANKS I w ish to thank all my friends and neighbors for their helpful ness and many expressions of sympathy during my recent be reavement. ? ? L. L. Critcher. CAMP fOyHDPPLED KIDDIES TO MTNEAR HERE JULY 1 By DIXIE HUNTER (Winston -Salem Journal) High up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Boone and Blowing Rock, two Winston j em m?n have been laboring day and night for more than a jear, building a Summer camp that is to be unique in the camp ing field in this part of the na Ition. The men are Jack B. Sharp and Marvin T. Culbreth. Their c*n>P. which opens July 1, is to be run exclusively for crippled or handicapped, children. It is called Camp Sky Ranch, Inc. A few years ago Mr. Sharp and Mr. Culbreth (both connect ed with the Greyhound Bus Company at that time) were va cationing in the mountains with their families. The idea struck them that this would be a good location for a children's Sum mer cam#. Nothing was done aljout it then. A few months lat er, Mr. Sharp was severely in jured in a traffic accident and was kept in a hospital for sev eral weeks. He underwent a se rious operation which was to de termine whether he would ever walk again. During his convalescence he idea? this time in a different light. He wondered if there were any camping facilities for crip pled children. An Ida* Grows This speculation struck sym pathetic accord with Mr. Cul breth, who since early childhood had helped take care of a broth er who was left crippled by in fantile paralysis. Mr. Sharp's operation was [successful, but he was unable to return to his old job with the bus company. After months of consultations with the medical profession and with professional campers, the two men learned that such a camp was very much needed and that it would receive the active support of several persons and organizations, including the North Carolina League for Crip pled Children. Pion?*rs Start to Work The project was on. Like the pioneers they are, Mr. Sharp and Mr. Culbreath tramped over tanountain after mountain around Blowing Rock and Boone until they came upon the ideal loca tion. It is a 160-acre tract of land with a small scooped -out spot of green meadow complete ly surrounded by mountains. It is four and one-half miles north east of Blowing Rock. A clear stream called Flannery Fork Creek runs along one side of the meadow, which has now been turned into a campus, and on the side of one mountain is a big spring from which the water has been piped to the camp. From the earliest stages of their project, the two men have had the constant advice and sup port Dr. and Mrs. W. Lawrence Grimes and their family, of Winston-Salem. Mrs. Grimes soon became a partner in the project and' is now acting as vice president. Their son, James E. who has just graduated from the University of North Carolina, is to be boys' counselor at the camp this Summer. Their daughter. Miss Mary E. Grimes, is expect ing to join the staff as arts and crafts counselor. Road Is Built The first task before building the camp was to construct a passable road along the mountain sides so the camp would be easily accessible from the Boone-Blow ing Rock Highway. This was done with the help of a bulldozer and a few men, including Henry, Bobby and Johnny Welfare, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Welfare of Winston-Salem. Meanwhile, timber was cut from dead chestnut trees, pop lars and hemlocks on the newly acquired land. A two-mile pow er line was constructed and the camp gradually began to take shape. Mr. Sharp sold his home in Wins ton- Salem a year ago and moved to Blowing Rock, where he would be near his work. As soon as the first, building was completed at the camp site, he and his family moved in. They have now completed three build ings for campers, sleeping quar ters, a 50 by 28-foot dining hall with large porch and kitchen, aif office building and an infirmary, which they will call the health building. All of the buildings were constructed of stone and lumber taken off the property. The dining hall and infirmary both have huge stone fireplaces, and in front of the dining hall is a rugged stone fountain connect 1 ed with the mountain spring. The insides of the building are finish ed in wormy chestnut boards eight to 18 inches wide. While Mr. Sharp supervised most of the actual building of the plant, Mr. Culbreth has been getting the organization ready for ita opening in July. Trained Parsonnal Imported Since there is no other camp operated on this basis in North Carolina, he has had to go out of the State to acquire some of the trained personnel that will be in charge of camp activities. Miss Dorothy E. Bizzel, in structor in physical education of the Memphis, Tenn., high schools, will be program director. She has been connected with organi zed camping since 1938, serving as unit , counselor, waterfront director, canoeing special st, athletic director, and program director. She has also had ex perience with handicapped child ren, working at Camp Farr, a University of Chicago settle ment camp. Camp mother will' be Miss Mary E. Bricker, teacher of special classwork (for exception al children) in the Benton Har bor, Mich., public schools. She has worked for many years with handicapped children: has serv ed as nurse, housekeeper,, and cook at several Summer camps in that section. Arthur J. McLean who has been training in the Roosevelt School for Exceptional Children, Miami, Fla., will be boys' coun selor. Mr. McLean himself is physically handicapped, Mr. Cul breth said, and should be able to offer to the children certain psychological assistance that an able-bodied man or woman would be unable to do. Wirei lo Aid in Work Mr. Sharp's wife, who is a graduate of Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, will be the camp nurse. Mrs. Culbreth will be office secretary. In addition to his regular du ties concerning the business end of the camp, Mr. Culbreth will take part in the Summer pro gram. He was assistant director in charge of recreation for the North Carolina League Summer Camp Clinic in Chapel Hill last Summer. The camp builders, having studied the situation from all an gles, are aware that a majority of the handicapped children come from the lower income groups and are unable to afford the cost of going to camp. For this reason, they are contacting civic clubs and charitable insti tutions in a wide territory in* an effort to interest them in spon soring or helping send children from their localities to camp. Mr. Culbreth has spoken to a number of organizations, includ ing the Rotary Club at Blowing Rock and a club at Greensboro. The Blowing Rock club immedi ately voted to sponsor a child for the first session this Summer. Other clubs have requested in formation about the camp, Mr. Culbreth said. REVIVAL SERVICE Revival services will begin at South Fork Baptist Church at Todd, June 13. Services to be gin at 8:00 p. m. every night. Rev. Bud Estyc will assist the Pastor Rev. Raymond Hendrix. Everyone is invited to attend. SELLS MARKET Messrs S. B. Howell and W. H. Brown have purchased the Frien dly Market at 131 King Street, from Mr. Howard Hodges and are now managing the popular groc ery establishment. V _ __1. " 1 SUNBEAM i COmE -MASTER | 1 FARMERS FEDERA1IM I POLICY LOST? ...SO WHAT * No need to worry or acurry when fou'll insured through thia agency ? your protection goes right on! We keep a complete and accurate record of the in - aurance of .11 oar policy holder* ? whether they can locate their policie* or not, they're covered. WATAUGA Insurance Agency E. F. Co#. Manager Box -12. Boon*, H. C. i Ktuui m iMtaain c Ml MKT Baseball League Bert's, Bamboo and Ward's re main the only undefeated teams in the county baseball league as Blowing Rock feU by the way side in a fourteen inning thriller 3 to 2 with Bamboo. Wards' and Oak Grove played to a 4 to 4 tie and the gdme will take up exact by where they left off next Sat urday on the Boone diamond, ac cording to a ruling from John Hollar, League president. I Last Saturday results: Mabel 10, Elk 3. Ward's 4, Oak Grove 4 (tie). | Bert's 9, Rich Mountain 1. Bamboo 3, Blowing Rock 2. Foscoe 12, Cove Creek 0. This week's schedule Saturday June 12th. , Mabel at Elk. Oak Grove at Ward's (Boone diamond). Boone (Bert's) at Rich Moun tain. Bamboo at Blowing Rock. Foscoe at Cove Creek. League stannings W L Bamboo 5 0 1000 Boone (Bert's) 5 0 10<W Ward's - * 0 Blowing RocVi 4 1 80W Foscoe - ? 3 2 600 Oak Grove 1 3 250 Cove Creek ...- 1 * Mabel 1 * 200 Elk 0 5 000 Rich Mountain 0 5 000 Clay Folk Has Fatal Attack Clay Folk, colored, 56 years old, of Boone, died suddenly at Shell Creek, Tenn., from what was said to have been a heart attack. Funeral services are to be held! in Boone on Thursday but the de tails have not been arranged. In terment will be in the commun ity cemetery. Three sons and two daughters survive: Howard and Clay, Jr., I Boone; Will D., Philadelphia; Ir ene Folk Horton, Philadelphia, and Velma Folk of Boone. The mother, Mrs. Nelia Folk Williams of Boone, also survives. A.UTO LICENSE PLATES FOUHD BY PATROLMAN State Highway Patrolman R. B. Parker has a number of auto-l mobile license plates which have been found in the area, the num bers being as follows: 315-695,1 850,525, 804-490, 872-756, 120,585, 872 454. Officer Parker has left these! tags at the Democrat office where! the owners may retrieve them by exhibiting the corresponding li cense card. Eastern North Carolina pro duces only about half enough milk to meet its commercial de mands. 1 HOME LOAMS Loans for home construction through savings and loan asso ciations increased forty-two per cent in the first quarter of IMS over the same period of 1M7. tlie figure reached $234,000,000, as compared with $107,000,000 in the 1046 first quarter. VALLE CRUCIS WIN8 In a Softball game played be tween the Valle Crucis and Ban ner Elk. teams on the grounds of the former, Valle Crucis won by a score of 13-8. BOONE. N. C. Night 7 and li Saturday 2-4-7-9 9c and 2Sc Thursday-Friday "Red Stallion" \ ?with? Robert Paige Noreen Nash Ted Donaldson .at In Glorious Color Cartoon and Comedy ? Saturday ? "Billy The Kid Gun Justice" Bob Steele Cartoon - Comedy Chapter 2, Black Widow MONDAY AND TUESDAY "Homestretch" in technicolor ?With? Cornel Wilde Maureen O'Hara Cartoon WEDNESDAY "Narked Woman" ? With? Bette Davis John Garfield Also Cartoon Blowing Rock, fy C. MATINEE SATURDAY and SUNDAY, 3 O'CLOCK Night Shows 7 and 9 SHOWING HOLLYWOOD'S LATEST THURSDAY JUNE 10 icntlcmaift VtiriTiiiniC 2o < The Acidtmy Award Picture itarring Gregory Peck John Garfield Dorothy McGuire FRIDAY JUNE 11 "Black Bart" in technicolor with Yvonne DeCarlo Dan Duryea Jeffry Lynn SATURDAY JUNE 12 REMEMBER OUR MATINEE 3:0# p. m. (30c) Matinee 3:00 p. m. (30c) night 1:00 P. M. MONDAY JUNE 14 TUESDAY JUNE IS WEDNESDAY JUNE 10 COMING SOON: Body and Soul Man From Texas The Pirate B. F.'s Daughter Miracle of the Bells ALSO SELECTED SHORTS Horn* And CMta To Mm* With Mn. W. C. Greer The Home and Garden depart ment will meet at the horns of Mr*. W. C. Greer, Thursday evening, at eight o'clock. Mrs. Herbert Adams will have charge of the program on '^ummertine Salads." SHOWS AT J-4-7-3 Saturday 11) Saturday Night at 7 o'clock Mattnao 30c Might 35c -THURSDAY AS EXCITING AS FALLING IN LOVE CAN BEI . . . fj^iVi'nkr KKvMeetinr ? ??Mi mr*. ncn? ALSO LATE FOX NEWS FRIDAVT A GUY WITHOUT A FUTURE A GIRL WITH TOO MUCH PAST! MMERnSraShMK fit? I mm niamSi!iS^SiLmk Also Lata MGM News SATURDAY at 11 O'clock HIS GUNS WROTE HISTORY Randolph Scott Gabby Hayes "Trail Street" Also Comedy and Last Chap tar Serial SATURDAY 7 O'clock DEADLY, DANGEROUS DESTRUCTIVE "For You I Die" with Cathy Downs Paul Langton Also Cartoon, Variety, and Musical Short MONDAY s?f~ m [ A Rift of lightning action ... A Raft of racy wmm ... A Raft of heart stopping thrills /mm^ JUNE with HELENA HAVOC- CARTER ST At AIM U?*** Ai ?? Also Passing Parade and Cartoon TUESDAY SMART ABOUT EVERY THING EXCEPT MEN "Smart Woman" with Brian Aherne Constance Bennett Also Musical Short and Cartoon WEDNESDAY UNFINISHED ROMANCE UNFINISHED CONCERTS . . Also Late Fox Naws In cooperation with the City police program of Careful and Courteous Driving ' FREE TICKETS AND A FREE MEAL AT 1 PEOPLES CAFE will be given to Art tecs of cars I bearing license cumbers 321-136 I 217-906
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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