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An Independent Weekly Netospape
MOCRAT
VOL. LXI. NO. 45.
in the Year 1888
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949.
FIVE CENTS A COPY
KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
CENTENNIAL TICKETS go
on sale around town Monday,
and indications are that the
folks are right eager to secure
the cardboards for the historical
pageant which is to be develop
ed .. . Season tickets now cost
five dollars . . . will be higher
later on . . . Rotary Club sells
more than hundred of the ad
missions right off the reel . . .
If other organizations do as well,
the goal of one thousand sales
will be .reached pronto . . . Fire
department does fide job in pre
venting the spread o tSne flames
which destroyed a small frame
dwelling on Howard Street at
about 4 a. m. Friday . . . Many
residents climbed out and went
sleepy-eyed to the scene of the
disaster, and as usual, motor
ists had to be pleaded with,
yelled at, and all but cus
sed by the laboring firemen, in
order that the vehicles might be
kept off the hose lines . . . It's
all right to watch a fire, but it
is to be hoped that some day the
folks will learn that the work of
our loyal fire-fighters who are
rendering a superb public ser
vice, without suitable reward, is
not to be hindered.
BYSTANDER observes one
of the influential citizens of
Ilia area, one of those fellows
who's supposed to be able to
"square tou" with any local
ntfnrtil, die Governor, or Har
ry himself, and in a pinch,
maybe keep you in the church,
after it had already been de
cided to turn you out . . .
'Just wUch him," said the ob
server. "to hear him tell it he's
OS * the power . . . "pull" they
call it . . . matter of fact he
couldn't pull a greased string
out of a cat's earl"
HAVING JUST PASSED
through National Doughnut
Week, during which time we
were downright unpatriotic, and
net one time dunked one of the
tasty circlets, and now we are
heading into National Hearing
Week, National Raisin Week,
National Packaging Week. Na
tional Cotton Week, and Silver
Parade Week Have no idea
o4 course, what one is supposed
to do to observe all these events
in one seven day span, but
thoee with the time ana yen for
"observing" are approaching a
My day of special events . . .
Met a chum the other morning,
and as a matter of greeting, ask
ed him "how goes it" . . . The
man's countenance took a nose
dive as he recounted his various
ills . . . Seems that he was beset
by all the ailments that the
medical profession has named
(or .a generation, and he was a
bit- short of the patience tradi-j
tionally associated with Job . . .
he's been to all the medical men,!
and went into detail about the;
treatments they offered . . . he'd
taken about everything in the ]
pharmacists' book, and nad even;
swigged a few bottles of patent i
iflfwcines . . . but he was just'
"shot". . . Both of us were late
to work, (the patient was a rug
ged man), and we vowed we'di
never again ask a man how he!
felt, lest he take an easy chair;
and tell us ... by the hour . . .
Later on. however, we met a
fellow who was genuinely ill . . .
we know his time is short, he's
just holding on by a slender
thread . . . we wanted to know
whether he was improving . . .
"Peeling pretty good today,
thank you. Think I'm going to be
all right" . . . and the desperate
ly 111 man smiled, and went on
his way, ... He was reconciled
and cheerful . . . the first,
genuninely happy everytime he
could find a patient soul, who
would listen to his tale of woe
. . . The zeal of these folks who
make a profession of being sick
is ... it would be amus
ing if it didn't get to be so dang
ed aggravating to those of us
who are trying to carry on, and
expect a few tortures of the
flesh, as a matter of course.
? ? ?
THE RADIO cotnmerdalist
working himsdblf Into
lather over the hardship* of
wash-day. and as wt wnrioa
ad the lady of the house stoop
ed ow the St? ming tuba and
the wash board, our back be
gan to hurt . . . Wa quit*
agreed thai one of tb* finest
things would be for this bur
dan to be nul?asaaHy peeeed
o-ror to the washing wia chinas,
and the iron kettle, the wood
en tabs and the board with
the wary surface go the way
a 4 the. ben* and buggy ? ? ?
we we#e all for it. and rooting
for the? women for dear life,
whan the own behind the dial
reached his climax . . . "Don't
kill your wife? let the? Wash
er do the dirty jobl"
? ? ?
MODERATE drinker tells us
of finding a jug of rare old pop
corn Ukker in his basement, and
beamed with joy as he told of
the re-discovery of the errant
decanter . . . "Mellow as moon
light," quoth he, "Just a spot of
the mild liquid will make one
young again. . . . We admitted
to a passing acquaintance with
the bathtub gin of the frec
( Continued on page 4)
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JR. OFFICERS - FLAG PRESENTATION
? Photo by Palm?r Blair
Abort are the nnrlr-cUclfd officers of tha third district Jr. O. XI.
A. M. Rddiag from left to right they arai Albart Parkins, insido
sentinel: Ed Young. Chaplain; Howard Hodgas, outside sentinel;
C. E Roes. asst. secretary; Clyde R. Greene, trustee: Edward Colo,
secretary; Nad Morris, wardaa; Bill Hodgas. conductor; Jack Sto
ria. rica -councillor; I. S. Ayors. councillor. Lower picture shows
tha Juniors prosonti&g a flag and Bible to tha public school at
Valla Crucis. Pictured, left to right, are: Howard Shore. I. 8.
Ayars, Forest D. Shearin. Judge Pur cell. Mrs. Howard Edmistan.
W. H. Gregg. (Sae story on page eight.)
Duke Foundation Will
Give Hospital $10,000
LYON WINS AT !
BLOWING ROCK
J. P. Lyon was elected May
or of Blowing Rock in Tun
day's voting in a three-coi mud
race foe the top position in the
gowranwat of tha mountain
top resort town. Mr. Lyon re
ctind 172 rotes. to 102 receired
by D. P. Coffey, former mayor.
L. H. Smith. Blowing Rock at
torney. polled 22 ballots.
J. D. Jones polled 17S rotes,
as high man in the race for al- I
derman. Also elected were
Ralph Andrews with 137 rotes
and F. W. Rainey with 1M
rotes.
Losing candidates and the
rotes they received ware: R.
B. Hardin 12t> Joe N. While
124; B. H. Moody 112; A. M.
Critcher 54.
Blowing Rock nominates her
carvdidates^tar town ^ officers^ by
and there are mo poHtlrsI des
ignations on tK* ballot.
Walking Blood
Bank Started
At the request of the local
medical association the Red
Cross is initiating a Blood Bank
program. On account of the dis
tance to the Red Cross Blood
Bank centers and the time which
would be required to obtain
from them when needed the
doctors decided to make this a
"Walking Blood Bank." Volun
teers will be accepted whose
blood will be typed and when
that type is needed the dono.
will be called upos to donate
blood.
The Red Cross will keep on
file the names of those who are
willing to be typed and notify
them when the local hospital Is
ready to type them. All who
wish to volunteer are asked to
contact the Red Cross, telephone
U3R and leave their names.
TOO FAST FOR HER!
Bingham ton, N. Y. ? Receiving
a call from a housewife for a
taxi, the cab company used its
radio system to notify a driver
whose car happened to be next
door to the woman's house. She
had barely hung up the telephone
when the driver arrived- Thie wo
man was so surprised, she told
the driver, "1 won't ride with
you, you drive too fast, young
man." She went back and callM
another taxlrah company.
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Conditional Grant Made by
Duke Trustees to Expansion!
At Watauga Hospital.
At the last regular meeting ot
the Trustees of Duke Founda
tion an appropriation of $10,
000.00 was made to Watauga Hos
pital, Inc., upon condition that an
equal amount be raised locally
for the purpose of enlarging and
reequipping the kitchen and ov
erhauling the boiler and install
ing a stoker plus some other ad
ditions and improvements in the
equipment in other parts of the
hospital. '
The original equipment pro
gram, launched about January 1,
1949. with a goal of $20,000.00,
has been reached in subscriptions
and $17,586.27 has been paid in
cash. All this $20,000.00 has
been expended for equipment
which has now been installed and
is being used for better service
to the people of Watauga coun
ty.
The Board of Trustees of the
hospital met and voted unani
mously and enthusiastically to ac
cept this donation from Duke
and to raise locally the $10,000.00
to match the Duke gift. When
this is done the hospital will have
a kitchen which will be ample
according to the State Health of
[ficials to care for 100 people ef
ficiently and economically.
Representatives from Duke En
dowment have made several vis
its to the hospital recently and
are quoted as being highly pleas
ed with the business organiza
tion and the high type of pro
fessional work being done by the
medical and nursing staff.
Baptist Association
Meeting Set for 13th
The Spring Session of the Three
| Forks Association will meet with
the Bethel Baptist church Friday,
May 13. The following program
has been planned:
10-10:20 ? Devotional, Rev. By
num Trivette. '
10:30-11? Sunday School Wit
nessing for Christ ? Rev. R. C.
Eggers.
11-12:00? The Church Witness
ing for Christ ? Rev. Horace Har
iris.
12-1:00 ? Picnic lunch brought
by delegates.
1-1 :30 ? Devotional, Rev. Fred
Hagaman.
1:30-2 :0fwOMf-ssage by Rev. W.
D. Ashley.
2:00 ? Individuals Witnessing
for Christ, Dr. W. G. Bond.
Brannan kees reduction of food
costs in his farm plan.
MRS. COTTRELL
NAMED HEAD
LOCAL N. C. E. A.
ON SATURDAY
Boone Teacher Heads County
Unit of Educational Asso
ciation; Dr. Greer Brines
Message to Tutors; Makes
Plea for Children.
Mrs. Raleigh Cottrell. of Boone
Demonstration School, was in
stalled Saturday as the new
jtftgident ?? the. Watauga Coun
ty Unit of W. C. E. A. at the final
meeting of the school year, held
in the high school auditorium.
Mrs. Cottrell succeeds Herbert
Wey, who presided until the end
of the business session. Other
officers for 1949-50 are vice
president, Eugene Koone, princi
pal of Blowing Rock school;
secretary, Earl Greene, principal
of Rutherwood school; and trea
surer, Mrs. Annie Laurie White
ner of Blowing Rock school.
Dr. I. G. Greer, executive
secretary of the Business Foun-j
dation. University of North Caro-,
lina, Chapel Hill, spoke on "Bet
ter Human Relationships for
Chil4ren." Dr. Greer, who for
sixteen years was the superin-i
tendent of an orphanage, was
well qualified to speak from ex-!
perience on the needs of children;
and how the teacher can help!
meet those needs.
Dr. Greer spoke of the birth i
Dean J. D. Rankin of the college,'
who was presented by Miss Mary
Walker, president of the Wa- '
tauga County Unit of ACE, who'!
invited the speaker.
"Every ten seconds there is !
presented to the home, school
and society a new-born baby," |
Dr. Greer said. In stressing the
freedom and opportunities that
teachers have in a democracy, he
cautioned the group to remember
that "Communism is no gtrong
er than democracy is weak." If
teachers leave weaknesses in
teaching, communism is going to
take advantage of it and step in
and fill it in.
Children must learn to live in
four worlds, the physical, social,
spiritual and the world of their
own creation, the speaker ex
plained. With 54,000 people killed
by accidents and 5,500.000 in
jured last year, someone has
failed to teach people to live in
the physical world. Many intel
lectual folks fail, he said, be
cause they have not learned to
live with folks.
Dr. Grrer spoke of the girth
land teaching of a child as a
great adventure." He deplored
the fact that in North Carolina
there are approximately 786,000
families and there were 272,000
couples without a single child.
He then stressed the recognition
of each child as an individual
and said, "If we do not accept'
children as they are, we are not
giving them a chance to use what
they have. Normal people do not
fail becausc they do not have,"
he stressed. "They fail because
they do not use what they have."1
Every child is entitled to par
ents and teachers who act upon
truth and justice instead of pre
judice. All teachers "should be
able to see that there is enough
good in each man and woman,
boy and girl to ultimately domi
nate their lives."
Following his speech. Dr.
Greer favored the group with a
folk song, "Single Gal." He was
accompanied on the piano by
Mrs. Greer.
Rev. J. K. Parker opened the
meeting with prayer. Mr. Wey
then recognized Mr. Stanley A.
Hartis, chairman of the Centen
nial Committee, who made an
nouncements concerning the
celebration to be held here dur
ing the summer.
Health Problem* Are
Discussed in County
During the past week Watauga
citizens met in five different
communities to discuss neighbor
hood health problem* Bad wea
ther roads, lack of telephone ser
vice, and sewage disposal prob
lems continue to be listed as the
main problems affecting health
conditions in Watauga county.
Several community discussions
have centered around the tremen
dous lack of doctors throughout
the state. Stream pollution prob
lems have also been one of the
main topics of conversation.
The Farm Bureau reports that
interest continues to grow aa
more and more dtimu are be
coming aware of their own abili
ty to find and solve personal and
community health problems.
Chairmen were named to rap
resent their communttkn at the
county-wide health meeting to be
held durihg the last week of May.
The schedule of meetings next
week is as follows:
Monday, May St Miller churdl
Tuesday, May TO, Rich Moun
tain school.
Wednesday, May 11, Perkins
ville store.
Thursday, May IX Willow Val
ley church.
Friday, May 13, Blowing Rock
school
Citizens of these communities
are urged to attend theee meet
ings.
SENIOR RECIT AL1STS
vi^.
Pictured from loft to right ara Loom Am Oft, Batty Cornalta,
and Marl ha Crass. sanior music majors who will ba prasantad in
racilaJ In tho college auditorium Friday. May 6. at 1:00 p. m.
Miss Amoa and Miss Cross ara studwis in piano with Mr. O.
M Hartsall; Miss Go rat tie studios Toioa with Mrs. Virginia Linnoy.
? MOoctlons in piano
and solo work In Toica. -"-"V
Voters May Register
Bond Vote Saturday
Heavy Fines In
Liquor Cases
Judge Rousseau set unusually
heavy fines in cases involving1
the possession of liquor for the
purpose of sale, in Superior
court last week.
Tom Bumgarner was fined
$2,000 and the cost, and given an
eighteen months suspended sen
tence, having entered a plea of
guilty to possession for the pur
pose of sale. He was placed on
probation for three years, and
his driving license revoked.
Howard Thomas, pleaded guil
ty to transporting and possession
for the purpose of sale, and was
fined $1,000 and the cost, and
given an 18 months suspended
sentence. He was placed on pro
bation and a car valued at per
haps $850 confiscated. His driv
ing license was revoked.
T. Gross, who was sentenced
to 4 months on similar charges,
filed notice of appeal to the
Supreme court, while Joe Tri
vett was called and failed.
Capias was issued and amount
of bond set at $5,000.
DirorcM Granted
Divorce decrees were signed
by the court in the following
cases:
Sherman Thomas vs. Lena,
Wilson Thomas.
Helen Reese Triplett vs. Claud
Triplett.
Ruby Trivett Presnell vs.
Bynum Presnell.
L. W. Beach vs. Fronia
Beach.
Beulah Moretz Wheeler vs.
Simon Wheeler.
Mass Meeting To
Aid Bond Vote
A mass meeting is soon to be
held for the purpose of launch
ing the Watauga phase of thei
campaign for -Governor Scott's]
two hundred million dollar rural
road bond proposal, it was learn
ed through Frank Baird, manager
of the Scott forces during the last
primary and leading citizen of
Valle Crucis Mr. Baird states
that Mark Goforth, new highway
commissioner, is to be asked to
address the gathering.
Considerable interest is devel
oping in the election here, and it
seems safe to assume that the
county will be pretty well united
in behalf of the Scott program.
Three Wataugans, W. R. Winkler,
R. T. Greer, and W. G. Hartzog,
signed the incorporation papers
for the State organization which
will push the campaign.
Goforth Named
To Highway Post
Mark Goforth. chairman of
the Caldwell county board of
commissioners, and prominent
Lenoir business and civic leader
has been named highway com
missioner for the eighth district,
succeedinK J. Raymond Smith of
Mount Airy.
The division headed by Go
forth embraces the counties of
Alleghany, Caldwell, Davie, Wa
toura, Forsvth. Stokes, Surry,
Wilkes and Yadkin
Johnny Payne Hart
In Fall from Car
Johnny Payne, four-year -old
ton of Mr. and Mrs. Prank M.
Payne, sustained a slight concus
?ion Monday afternoon when he
fell from a moving car that was
making the turn at the stop light
'n east Boon*'. It is believed that
the child reached for the door
handle in order to brace himself
and stumbled against the door.
Although his condition is not
thought to be serious the doctor
has advised that he be kept in
bed for observation for several
Books To Be Open for Three
Saturdays for Election
Schools, Roads.
The registration books will be
open in the various precincts of
the county next Saturday for the
registration of qualified voters
for the Governor Scott rural road
and school building program,
which is to be decided upon at
the ballot box in a statewide elec
tion Saturday, June 4, it is stated
by R. T. Greer, chairman of the
board of elections for Watauga
county.
Mr. Greer states that the regis
trants will be at the polling places
in the precincts for three Satur
days, May 7, 14, and 21, and that
voters who are not registered on
the general election registration
books, must appear to be eligible
to vote in the special election.
The general election and party
primary books will be used, and
those registering will be enrolled
in both, and thereby qualified to
vote in next year's state prima
ries.
The voters will decide on the
issuance of $200,000,000 in bonds
for rural road construction, with
an increase of one cent per gal
lon in gasoline taxes, and also as
lo whether $23,000,000 shall be
provided for the repair and con
struction of school buildings in
thfe state.
Moss President
County League
Rev. S. B. Moss was named
president of the Watauga Cit
izens' league at a meeting of the
organization held last Wednes
day at the courthouse. Other
officers elected were: Clyde R.
Greene, vice-president; Rev. Ben
Wood, secretary.
Director? were elected from the
various townships as follows:
Bald Mountain ? Wade Norris,
Mrs. Glenn Howell
Beaver Dam? Dallas Wilson,
Mrs. W. W. Wilson
Blowing Rock ? K. K. Brown,,
Mrs. Howard Holshouser
Blue Ridge ? Rev. W. D. Ash
ley, Mrs. S. C. Foard
Boone-*-Dr. W G. Bond, Mrs.
W. G. Hartzog, Rev. Ronda Hor
ton
Brushy Fork ? Rev. Ronda
Earp, Mrs. L. M. Hodges
Cove Creek ? Rev. R. C. Eggers,
Mrs. Stanley Harris
Elk ? V. C. Cox, Jud Hodges
Laurel Creek ? Orayden Haga
man, George Lawrence
New River ? Rev. G. M. Wat-j
son, Mrs. Mollie, Adams
North Fork? Sam S. South,
Mr-.. Lloyd Miller
Meat Camp No. 1 ? Grady Wil
son. Mrs. Earnest Moretz
Meat Camp No. 2 ? H. C. Beach,
Mrs. Tom Eggers
Shawneehaw ? Victor Farthing,
Mrs. John Smith
Stony Fork ? J. J. Welborn,
Mrs. Ernest Greene
Watauga ? W W Mast, Mrs. J.
E. Harbin.
The League, it is explained, is
organized for the purpose of pro
viding support to the law enforce
ment agencies of the county.
There will be a meeting of the
officers and directors of the
league Tuesday, May 10, at the
Skyline Restaurant, at 7 o'clock,
to which officials and law en
forcement officers have been in
vited. Invitations have been is
sued to the following:
Mayor Gordon Winkler, Verne
Greene, Coy Greene, Guy Hunt,
Grady Moretz, CounciQ Cooke,
Sheriff C. M. Watson, Deputy
Walter Terrill, Tom Miller, Grov
er Robbing , Patrolman Roberta,
Patrolman Parker.
County Singing Is
Slated For June 5th
f ? ? ? ?
The county singing convention
will be held at the Gospel taber
nacle in Boone on the first Sun
day in June, starting at 10:30 a.
m., it is stated by 8. C. Eggers
chairman. Mr. Eggers Insists
that all choirs, duets, quartets
and other vocal organizations in
the county get ready to enter the
PROGRA^^FOR
BIRTHDAY OF
COUNTY TO BE
WELL ROUNDED
Centennial Committee Gives
Out First Details of Pro
gram for Centennial Week
Observance; Season Tickets
Are Selling at Fast Rate.
Tentative plans for the Wa
tauga County Centennial have
been made and an outline of ,
| these plans was mailed' out by
the Centennial officials last week
end. The plans call for a day
honoring the Governor and past
Governors of this and other
states. Governor Kerr W. Scott
has been invited to speak on this
day.
Stanley A. Harris, Chamber of
Commerce secretary and official
of the Centennial, stated that ad'
vance sea^>n tickets to the five
day spectacle were selling faster
than had been anticipated. He
said they were "literally going
like hot cakes." One organiza
tion which is helping sell the
tickets, was reported to have sold
out their allotment before Mon
day noon, first day of official
sale. Organizations which are
helping sell the first 1,000 tickets
at reduced price include the
Lions club. Worthwhile Womans
club, Rotary club. Business and
Professional Womans club, Quar
terback club, J. C's.. and Chamber
of Commerce.
"Echoes of the Blue Ridge," a
dramatization of the founding,
settling and developing of Wa
tauga county, 'will be a feature
of the night activities during the
celebration. This show will be
produced by the John B. Rogers
Production Co., which is produc
ing similar historical shows for
Burlington and Forsyth county
during tneir centennial celebra
tions this month.
The celebration will begin here
on July S and end July 10, with
the churches of the county Join
ing together for a worship day.
Old-time songs and hymns will
be featured that day with a mes
sage from an outstanding min
ister, according to the tentative
plans.
The first day of the celebra
tion will be known as Pioneer
Day. Prizes are to be awarded
for the best beard in the county.
The Watauga Pioneer will be
selected. It is the hope of Cen
tennial officials to have every
person 75 years or older, who
was born in Watauga county, on
a stage on the athletic field at
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege.
Governor's Day is planned for
the second day, July 6.
Education Day will feature the
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege, which is half as old as the
county. Education officials from
this state and Tennessee, Vir
ginia. and South Carolina will
be invited as special guests.
A special effort will be made
for the return of those who were
born j^r have lived in Watauga
county to come back home on
Homecoming Day. July 8.
July 9 will be Agriculture
iDay, when farmers of this sec
tion will be honored.
Special speakings and other
entertainment S planned for the
afternoons with the presentation
lof "Echoes of the Blue Ridge"
| scheduled for the night celebra
tion.
Candidates for the queen of the
'festival and for the pioneer are
;to be named by the different or
ganizations. Each ticket to the
celebration will have a coupon
which is good for a designated
number of votes for the queen
and pioneer. According to Mr.
Harris.. Sands Community club
has the honor of making the first
nomination. They selected Miss
; Margaret Dotson for the queen
and Mr. Joe Norris for the Wa
jtauga pioneer.
Cancer Fund Is
Hearing Goal
3Tie cancer fund for Watauga
county has now reached $202.00,
against the total local quota of
$300, and chairman Paul Wink
ler says that a number of solici
tors have not submitted their
final reports. It is requested that
all canvassers send in their re
ports at once.
Those who have not vet con
tributed to the cancer fund are
asked to send their contribution*
to Paul Winkler or Mn. Erie
Adams in Boone.
Fire Razes Small
Frame Residence
A fire of undetermined origin
destroyed the small frame dwell
ing on Howard street, formerly
occupied by Jo* Trivett and
family early Friday morning. The
fire, when discovered, had gained
such headway that the building
couldn't be saved, although the
department prevented the ?pwed
of the flames. A nearby wtn
^ ftr*1.