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BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1948.
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KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
HOWARD STREET gets the as
phalt treatment, as work goes on
in the biggest street improvement
program since the days when the
late WPA poured the cash down
to the states, counties and towns
. . . Never has a city administra
tion, so far as we can recall, ac
complished so much "on -its own
steam" . . . that is, without Fed
eral grants or municipal bond is
sues. . . . All the streets which
had been surfaced in the past,
have, been saved from further ruin
by retreatment, others have been
fixed . . . water mains have been
extended to relieve those suffer
ering from shortage in the Dan
iel Boone Park area and in east
Boone . . . other extensions are in
prospect . . . two wells have been
drilled and an expensive pump
ing system has been installed to
replenish the gravity water sys
tem as needed . . .worn-out trucks
have been replaced . . . and a
great many smaller improvements
made ... A record of progress is
being made by the town council,
which we believe that the folks
appreciate . . . particularly since
busy business men are giving
their time . . . only a sort of tok
en payment is made to compen
sate them for their efforts in the
interest of the town . . . 'Course
there are many more streets that
need fixing ... No town, county
or state has a completed street or
road building program . . . but a
great big start has been made,
and plans are to continue the
work next year, in an even big
ger fashion . . .
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THIS NEWSPAPER has of
fered many suggestions to the
city fathers in tha days gone by
. . . has at times been critical of
tbe municipal administration . .
but the boys are really getting
down to business . . . and we
heartily congratulate and thank
them for their progress and
their interest in improving the
town and its facilities, as rapid
ly as is possible . . . the job will
never be finished in a thriving
community ... if it could be.
twgieM would have ended . .
At any rale the city council is
determined to keep step with
tfc m growth of the community.
... much has been done, much
remains . . . but we are well1 on
the way toward haviilg the kind
of town we want . . . for our
municipal government is re
spansive to our needs.
ALONG THE WAY: Big dog
takes bone from little canine . . .
Lad, with sense of fair play, re
trieves the morsel for bitzy dog,
and chases big mongrel away . .
Boone folks in considerable num
bers go to Chapel Hill Saturday
to watch Carolina down Texas on
the gridiron . . . Democrats go to
Asheville to hear Alben Barkley
officially launch the party's cam
paign in the State . . . fires built,
as first chilly evenings , appear,
and Jack Frost's arrival pends . .
contracts let for big chimney at
power plant, the first step in ex
panding the production of electric
power . . . children rush home
from school, full of vim and vi
tality to report on first day's
work . . . lad, preferred a drink
of firewater, refuses the flask . .
"Enjoying being sober at the
present . . . might see you anon."
. . . the folks on Saturday, visit
ing along the street and exchang
ing views about local matters and
national affairs . . . presidential
contenders, other speakers, get
respectful hearings in news-reel
appearances here . . . Reflects
credit on populace in this year of
heightened political passions and
prejudices . . . Daresay, Henry
would be heard here, with small
danger from vegetables and hen
fruit . . . women swap news about
improved kitchen gadgets , . men
only interested in dishwasher . .
van loads of food arrive at local
groceries Monday, to replenish the
shelves and bins emptied by the
week-end forays of the house
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MRS. J. L. GOODNIGHT
Mads us has* bunch of fall
flowm, containing many of the
ipltth of color cooiMtrtblt
joy into'the o Met and bom* . .
hundreds of atw {km about the
college campus, as fall term gats
undar way . . . heating stores
replace lawn- mo wars and gUd
ars in hardware store windows,
as cold rainy days, bring talk of
coal and of oil and of wood . .
as thoughts turn from the glor
ious evenings under the trees to
the cosy warmth of a biasing
leg . . . Can't be too long! . . .
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READY FOR AN EMERGENCY
They look relaxed, perfectly at ease, but these American military
policemen were right on their toes as they awaited whatever might
come out of the big communist rally staged in Berlin by way of a
reply to the anti-communist demonstrations in the western zone.
Trouble was feared, but none materialised, for the big rally was
a flop.
College Enrollment
For Fall Term is 964
BEFRIENDED
Robert Nishiyama, 23. who train
ed to b? a kamikaze pilot but u*
no action, will *tudy liberal arts
it Lafayette College under a
scholarship provided by a U. S.
soldier who was killed in the
Phillipines. He said: "The people
of Japan want U. S. troops to
stay."
Homecoming
Set For Friday
The annual homecoming festi
vities at Appalachian State
Teacher* college will get under
way Friday, October 1, at 8:00
p. m. when the Ambassador Male
Quartet and Bell Ringers will
present a program in the college
auditorium.
The alumni tea and business
session will be held in LovilL
Hall Assembly at 4 p. m. Satur
day, October 2, and the annual
homecoming football game ?
Appalachian versus Elon ? will
be played at 7 o'clock.
At 9:30, following the football
game, the homecoming dance
will be held in the woman's gym
nasium.
James Glover of Bailey is pre
sident of the association. The
other officers are Donald Thomp
son of Boone, first vice president;
Carmen Stewart, Winston-Salem,
second vice president; Mrs. Fred
Smith of Raleigh, third vice
president; Henry Shannon, Gas
tonia, June A yen of Burnsville
and Mrs. Nathan Cooper of Mor
ganton, fourth, fifth, and %xth
vice presidents respectively.
[Thompson, Shannon and Mrs.
Graydon P. Eggers of Boone are
members of the executive com
mittee.
All Appalachian alumni from
Watauga county are cordially in
vited and urged to attend the
homecoming festivities. Stan
Stacy of the Appalachian social
studies faculty is local alumni
secretary, and reservations can
be handled through him.
Luckman urges need of pre
paredness to assure peace.
Appalachian State Teacher's
college enrollment has reached
a total of 964, according to
figures just released. There are
554 men enrolled, and 410 wo
men.
The enrollment represents 71;
of North Carolina's counties, and :
there are students from twelve ^
other states, Puerto Rico and {
Cuba. 38 counties from the other
states are included in the re
presentation.
The students come from as far
away as South Dakota and
Indiana, and from Florida to
New York.
Although the enrollment falls
short of last fall term by three
students, the freshman class is
larger and the year's enrollment
is expected to surpass last year's
totals.
Health Office
Lists Services
To better acquaint the people
of the county with the work be
ing done by the local Health De
partment, the following schedule
of services rendered on Wednes
day and Saturday mornings from
9 to 12, is given:
* I. Vaccinations and immuniza
tions recommended.
Diptheria. Immunize all chil
dren between six and nine months
lof age with alum precipitated dip
theiria toxoid, either plain or
combined with whooping cough
vaccine.
Reimmunlze aU children at 12
months and 5 years.
Whooping Cough
Immunize all children prefera
bly before the age of three
months.
Reimmunize all children at six
months, one year, and five yeare
with a booster dose, either plain
or combined with diptheria.
Typhoid F*r?r
Immunize children, as soon as
sterilized feedings have been dis
continued, and adults.
Reimmunize annually with a
booster dose.
Smallpox
yaccinate all children prefera
bly before the age of one year.
Revaccinate children and adults
svery three years.
Veneral diseases will be treated
and contacts examined.
Food handlers and domestic
help may receive examinations.
Methodists Go
To Conference
Rev. S. B. Moss, pastor of the
'Methodist Church here, left Mon
day for High Point, where he Is
'in attendance at the Western
North Carolina Methodist Confer
ence. Others from Boone who are
at conference include: Dr. J. D.
Rankin, Dr. D. J. Whitener, H. O.
Farthing and Willys Chester.
I Conference ii being held at the
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church, and will close Friday
with the reading of the appoint
ments.
BARNETT NEW
HEAD COUNTY
FARM BUREAU;
400 AT MEETING
Congressman Redden Speaks
at Annual Meeting: Other
Officers, Directors Named;
Resolution Favors Rural
Health Council.
Monroe M. Redden, member ot
Congress from the twelfth Caro
lina district spoke at the court
house in Boone Saturday after
noon to approximately 400 mem
bers of the Watauga County farm
Bureau and their families.
The annual meeting of the
local Farm bureau marked the
close of the membership cam
paign, which has been in progress
for some time, and featured the
election of a new slate of officers
for the organization.
Mr. Redden spoke on the im
portance of the farm in the nat
ional economy and of the neces
sity of an extended federal farm
policy, which would enable thel
farmer to receive his rightfulj
share of the national income.
New farm bureau officers werei
named as follows:
G. D. Barnett, president; W. W.
Mast, vice-president; Stewart
Simmons, secretary-treasurer.
A board of directors was nam
ed, composed of the following:
Fred Krider, Lewis Norris, Vance
Keller, Burl Greene, I. B. Wilsfcn,
A. J. Wheeler, Howard Edmisten,
L. E. Wilson, Victor Farthing,
Henry Taylor and Hayes Well
bom.
The organization adopted a res
olution approving the rural health
council sponsored by the medical
association and appointed a com
mittee to co-operate with the
health council. W. W. Mast, W. R.
Vine*, and Clyde R. Greene were
named as members of the com- ,
mittee.
Campaign On For
Benefit Children
The Crusade for Children" cam
paign in Watauga county is now
under way, with the view to rais
ing the county quota of $1024 as
quickly as possible, in order that
the funds may be used immedia
tely to aid in the relief of suffer
ing throughout the world.
Mrs. F. E. Warman is chairman
for the campaign in the town of
Boone; Mrs. Councill Cooke for
the town of Blowing Rock, and
Miss Betty Matheson for the ru
|ral areas. Mr. Alfred Adams is
general treasurer, to whom all
funds are payable by the various
groups cooperating in the solici
tation.
Organizations assisting in the
effort in the county are: Chamber
of Commerce, Junior Chamber of
Commerce, Junior Order, Busi
ness and Professional Women's
Club, Order of the Eastern Star,
Rotary Club, Worthwhile Wo
man's Club, Friday Afternoon
Club and Women from the
Churches.
PurpoM of tha Campaign
The following statement is is
sued by officials of the local cam
paign:
"A steady flow of money must
go to the National office for the
reason that it is spent immedia
tely by the International Child
ren's Emergency Fund of the Uni
ted Nations for food and medi
cines. These supplies are bought
in the United States and shipped
immediately to the various areas
being served by the participating
relief agencies. These agencies are
keeping alive millions of children
on a 1200 calorie daily diet. If we
in the United States do not con
tinue to provide the money for
supplies during 1948 the relief
work will stop, and millions of
children will starve.
"The 'Chest' we are working for
is not the sort that can hold funds
for contemplated Expenditure*. It
must raise money and spend it
NOW, here in the United States,
where larger quantities are av
ailable and bulk buying saves
money. Not only is our gift mon
ey saving the lives of children ev
erywhere in the world BUT it is
buying American products. Thus
|it is playing a part in the stabil
ization of our economy. The same
thing is taking place in the other
55 nations in our "World Commu
nity Chest" I
qommp unun rn
Rear Admiral Albert G. Noble,
chief of the Bureau at Ordance,
recently predicted that the Navy
will arm its warships with their
first guided missiles u within twb
DEWEYS QUALIFY TO VOTE
- rV i v. s i
Gov. Thomas E. D*?ir and his wit* cam* to Niv York City to
register for the Norembtr elections at the election board. Hare is
the Republican standard bearer, and Mrs. Dewey, smiling and
cheerful, as they deposited their ballots in the ballot box.
REA To Build 486.5
Miles Of New Lines
?.<>?!, for the construction of
486.4 miles of electric distribu
tion lines to serve 1734 new con
sumers were received at the of
fice of the Cooperative in Len
oir, at eleven o'clock Tuesday
morning September 22. R H
Boulingny, Inc. of Charlotte,'
submitted a bid of $865,025.90.
Cline Construction Company of
Raleigh, submitted a bid of $842,
785.45. Rockingham Construction
Company of Harrisonburg, Va.
submitted a bid of $798,717.96
Mr. W. A. Kurtz of B. O. Van
nort. Engineer, handled the bid
opening. C. E. Viverette, general
manager of Blue Ridge Electric
Membership Corporation, Harold
Beach, general superintendent
and the board of directors were ?
present as the bids were read;
After analyzing each of the bids,
the board of directors met, late
in the afternoon, in a special ses
sion and awarded the contract to
Rockingham Construction Com
pany, the low bidder.
The Blue Ridge Electric Mem
bership Corporation is at the
present time operating 1900 :
miles of line and serving 8712
consumers. This new work will
take electric service to 166 new
consumers in Caldwell county,
256 in Watauga county, 982 in
Ashe county, 190 in Alleghany
county and 150 new consumers
in Wilkes county. As the con
tractor is doing this work, the
Co-op crews expect to build 125
miles of new line to t*ke electric
service to another 1000 new con
sumers.
The contract for $789,717.96 is
the largest contract ever let by
the Blue Ridge Electric Member
ship Corporation. At its comple
tion, nearly all homes within its
service area will be receiving the
benefits of electric service.
Rockingham Construction Com
pany is at the present time com
pleting a 44000 volt transmission
line for the Cooperative from
Boone to West Jefferson. They
will begin this new work as soon
as the Rural Electrification Ad
ministration has approved the
contract.
Rotary Club is
Granted Charter
The newly organized Rotary
Club of Boone has been granted
a charter by the Board of Direc-j
tors of Rotary International, it
was announced today at Rotary's
headquarters i i Chicago. The
Boone Club is n<^r a member of
vast Rotary organization
Which has 6.614 club. with .
membership of 320,000 business
and professional executives -in
It countries and geographical
regions.
Rotary membership today
stands at an all-time high. In the
last fifteen months, 414 new Ro
tary Clubs have been organized
in North, South and Central
America, Europe, Asia, Africa
and the Islands of the South Paci
fic.
President of the new Rotary
Club of Boone, which has IS
charter members, is Stanley A.
Harris, agent for the Provident
Mutual Agency and a former
g*mtTT of Rotary Clubs of
Memphis and Chattanooga, Taxm.
Wayne R. Richardson, a co-part- 1
- ^^JBoone Drug Co, is
"HINDSHAKE"
A curioui im! pup hara gats a
"hindshaka" from an aganl of lb*
fadaral fish and wildllia service,
on Prlbilof island. Anlarlica. Tha
protactad hard hara now numbers
over fiva million seaL
Apps In Victory
Over W. Carolina
Asheville ? Two extra points!
booted by Co-Captain Tom Boy
ette gave Appalachian State
Teachers college a 14-13 victory
over Western Carolina Teachers
college here Saturday night as
the two North State foes battled
in the rain before 4,500 specta
tors.
The Mountaineers came from
behind on Tom Murdock's 67
yard scoring punt return during
the third quarter after the Cul
lowhee Catamounts held at 13-7
margin at the half.
After a scoreless first period
the Cats hit paydirt early in the
second quarter on a pass from
Pee Wee Hamilton to Bob Tate,
left end. Appalachian came back
and scored four plays later, with
Bryson bucking the line from
the seven.
Appalachian Lineup
Ends.Cashey, Felton; tackles,
I Lyons, Grisson; guards, Alford,
(Boyette; center ? Hunnycutt;
backs, Murdock, Ragan, Akins,
Mills, Bryson.
R. J. Millsaps
Dies at Age 64
Robert Jones Millsaps, resident
of Beaver Dam township, died at
the home September 22, at tha
age of 64 years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Bethel Baptist Church
at 2 p. m. last Saturday, the rite*
being iu charge of R^v. E. J. Far
thing and Dr. Wiley Smith.
Mr. Millsaps U survived by the
widow, the former Miss Mae
Mock, and two sons, Melvin H.
and William C. Millsaps of Sugar
Grove; three daughters: Mrs.
Lloyd Eggers and Mrs. M. H.
Smitherman of Sugar Grove and
Mrs. Jackson Eggers of Carter
ville, Tenn. There is one brother,
four sisters, nineteen grandchil
dren and two great grandchildren.
United States aid plan is urged
(or oUaaed crap*.
WORK STARTS
ON BUILDING
PROGRAM AT
APPALACHIAN
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New Stokers Being Installed
and Contract Let for Huge
Chimney at Powar Plant;
Start Made on Using Two
Million Dollar Grant.
Results from the 1947 legisla
tive appropriation for expansion
of Appalachian State Teachers
college are being seen and more
work will begin at an early data,
according to Ian announoemafll
last week from Business Mana
ger Bernard Dougherty.
During the summer, work has
been in progress in the installa
tion of three stoker replacements
at the power plant, according to
Mr. Dougherty. The Jf. E. Brew
er Company of Winston-Salam
has already irts tailed one of the
stokers and the remaining two
will be installed soon. Contract
for the three stokers was let for
$22,923.50. ,*
The Consolidated Chi m|n e y
Company of Chicago will begin
work in October on a 170-foot
chimney for the power plant. The
chimney, which will cost $11,330,
will be of radial brick and will
have a diameter of seven feet at
the top.
Bids have been let for other
power plant improvements and it
is hoped that contracts will be
n$ade in the near future. Im
provements totaling approximate
ly $87,000 will include feed water
heater, boiler feed pumps, tur
bine, and switchboard, Mr.
Dougherty said.
Laundry Plans
Northup and O'Brian, archi
tects for the college, have al
rnost completed plans for the
new laundry building, the busi
ness manager stated. The build
ing, to be located near the pre
sent plant facing Appalachian
Street, will be a two-story, 144
by-80-foot structure. The first
floor will house woodwork shops,
garage, and storage rooms. The
new laundry will be installed on
the second floor. When the ap
propriation was made over a
year ago, it was expected that
the building would cost around
$150,000, but Mr, Dougherty
stated that because of increases
in building costs, no estimate
could be given at present.
$2,000,000 Appropriation
The improvements represent
part of the 1947 appropriation for
ASTC by the General Assembly
of North Carolina. During the
session, approximately $2,000,
|000 was appropriated for im
provements and expansion of the
college. Owing to provisions of
the bill which specified the man
ner in which the appropriations
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Wey Presides at
Teachers Meet
The executive council of the
Watauga unit of the NCEA me*
at the Boone High school on
I Thursday evening September 23
land completed the organization
al set-up for the current year.
Mr. Herbert Wey, president of
the local unit, presided.
The following committees were
organized: Program committe
with Mrs. Velma Cottrell as
chairman; membership commit
tee, Donald Thompson, chairman;
legislative committee, Mr>. One*
Council, chairman; Federal Aid
committee, Robert Shipley, chair%
man; public relations committee,
Miss Mary Ellen Oibbs, chair
man and professional service
committee, Mrs. Dessa Mae Sd
misten, chairman.
Mr. Sam Horton, who is at the
present time vice-president of
the Northwestern district of the
NCSA, was nominated by the
council as a candidate for presi
dent Mr. Herbert Wey was
nominated as a candidate for
director of the district. The elec- '
tkm of these and other district
officers will take place in the
various local units before the
district meeting in High Point
on October 22. The Watauga unit
Will vote on October tth.^t the
first county wide teacheiiffneet
ing. Each teacher is urged to be '
present and support local candi
dates.
Pi re County wide meetings
have been planned. Tentative
dates are October 8th, November '
12th, January 14th, March Hffc,
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