WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 ?
VOL. LXI, NO. 50.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUnVy, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1949.
FIVE CENTS A COPY
KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
THREE PLANES land Sunday
at the Blair airstrip near the city
which was developed two years
ago for the convenience of tiie
firing public ... Mr. H. Neal
Blair has put the field in fine
shape, it is well grassed, and eigh
teen hundred feet of runway
space is provided . '. . wholly ade
quate for the smaller craft . . .
so now tourists, and others, in a
hurry to get a "breather" may
set-down their^prlvate planes
... Mercury shoots skyward, as1
lawns and vegetable gardens
show the need of showers . . .
Cooling breezes however, belie
the thermometer, and the weath
er is just right under the favorite
shade tree . . . Sheriff John W.
Hodges, almost recovered from
his recent illness, occupying an
easy chair at the Farmers Hard
ware and talking to his friends
. . . Gives up his comfortable
chair as an unusually talkative
fellow arrives, who couldn't
quite "get to the point" . . .
WATAUGA COUNTY gives
top-heavy vote to the Scott
road and school bond program
. . . more for the roads than for
the schools, for soirfe cause . . .
Speculation along the streets
the first of the week as to what
the Scott "surprise" package is
likely to be . . . Some believe
the legislature is to be called
back into session, while others
aver the administration is ssek
ing a divorce from the contrac
tors and that the State will go
into the road building program
. . . We don't know, but it
would appear that the folks
are in step with the Scott pro
cession of progress.
? ? ?
TOMMY OSBORNE, who is
working deligently at his job of
fish and game protector, catches
his breath under a tree over on
our hill, as he tries to figure out
where the rifle shooting is tak
ing place . . . had a call that
some lads were shooting down
the song birds, along Watar
Street, and not finding the of
fenders thought he had bfeen
given the wrong locality . . . Calls
attention to the Tmrt; MM iPBtt
generally known, that the robins
come under the Federal migra
tory bird law . . . and Tommy
says whenever he can get the
evidence on someone drawing a
bead on the red breast . . . right in
to Federal court he goes . . .
We're all for it, and will be cer
tain -to give down any informa
tion we can gather along this
line . . . However, it is to be
said, that one stray house cat
will put more robins Out of busi
ness in a season than a couple of
lads with twenty-twos can slay
. . . Should be a bounty placed on
the heads of the homeless feline
predators.
SUMMER RESIDENT from
tl>* State of Florida, (ays
Vocal opinion wmi to be that
real estatata in the Ticinity has
"hit tha tilde" . . . that demand
is off, and tha great big prices
of last year can't be command
ed for just any kind of land,
with or without just any sort
of house . . . "Don't you ever
believe this." said the Floridlan.
"I bought some land near
Boone last summer for two
dollars per foot and sold it this
spring for ten . . . which, ac
cording to my way of thinking,
is a fair profit, and indicates a
healthy condition of the local
realty market."
e ? ?
GREER HODGES, passes out
the stogies as news get around
about tne birth of a son Monday
. . . Greer allows that since he
now has two boys and two girls
he has a balanced family, and
when Queried as to the name of
the new-born, said, "Thinking of
calling him "Nomore." . . . City
workers busily engaged in paint
ing new parking lines on the
pavement for the convenience of
motorists, who in turn, could
render a public service by keep
ing their parked vehicles within
these lines, particularly at show
time down at Appalachian . . .
some times an. extra space is
wasted every three or four;
vehicles . . . Carl Teague, valu
able city employee, who has
worked for years, through
everybody's administration, off
for a few days with a lame back, |
and complaining cause time goesj
so slow when he's off the job . . .
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hodges, Jr.,|
back from a week-end fishing
trip down at Lake Hickory with
Mr. and Mrs. Ronda Younce of
M abei . tell of the insolence of
the big -baas in the Catawba . . .
leap right out of the water and
slap at the plugs with their tails
. . . ignore every sort of delicate
morael and are downright aller
gic to the frying pan . . . Chig
gers, however, admittedly friend
ly, and a number of the affable
little red bugs came back to
Boone, much to the discomfort
of the anglers, who at every new
wriggle, nave to explain to those
present the cause of the sudden
gyratioaa . . . Womefolks about
the town clean house for days on
end, . . . and centennial ballot
boxes catch a lot of illegal vote*.
(Continued on page 4)
I
LiojasTo Sell Brooms
For Benefit ol Blind
I
Pioneer Candidate
Ski
Mi. J. M. Morals. pioneer Boon*
merchant, who has been nomi
nated for Cwtennlil Pioneer
by the local Lions Club.
? Photo by Palmer Blair
BANNER YEAR
IS SEEN AS
TERM STARTS
AT COLLEGE
Reservations Made in Large
Numbers for First Summer
School Term at Appalach
ian; Twenty New Faculty
Members; Home - Owners
Cooperate.
Everything is in re^AnML for
the opening of the first fo miner
session at Appalachian State
Teachers college on Thursday,
June 9. An unusually large group
of teachers frorn the . .southern
states have reservations for en
rollment. Indications are that
there will be a large increase in
the number of graduate students
here this summer over past sum
mers.
The Appalachian faculty has
been strengthened by twenty
visiting faculty members from
the best public school systems,
colleges and universities over
the country.
The home owners in Boone are
opening their homes to take care
of all who wish to come to Boone
for one or both of the summer
sessions. The college furnishes
meals for all persons who room
in the town.
The strong faculty provided
for the summer session, the wide
variety of courses offered on
both the undergraduate and gra
duate levels, the low expenses,
and the fine summer climate,
have combined to make Appala
chian one of the largest summer
schools of the south.
Last summer there were 1407
different people attending the
summer school, with 1109 from
North Carolina and 298 from 15
other states. 274 of those enrolled
were in the graduate school.
Civil Service Exam
For Zionville Carrier
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an
examination to fill the position of
rural carrier at Zionville. The
examination will be held in
Boone.
Receipt of applications will
close on June 23, 1949.
Farm supply dealers should
take extra precautions in hand
ling 2, 4-D chemical weed killer
in stores and warehouses if con
tamination of seeds and other
materials is to be avoided.
Queen Candidate
Mima Kali* 8uia Farthing, dtugb- .
tar of Mr. and Mr*. R. A. Far
tlilag, who has bun choaan a
candidal* for conlttwial qu**n
by iha Valla Crucia community.
Local Lions To Make' House
To House Broom Sale To
Augment Blind Fund.
Final plans for a broom sale to
be conducted here Friday and
Saturday of next week, June 16
and 17, have been completed by
the local Lions Club, which is
sponsoring the sale for the pur
pose of expanding its program of
aid to the fclind, and to those
whose vision is impaired.
? The brooms which wttl be'sold
by members of a c&jons club
committee, on a house to house
basis, are made by the Guilford
Industries, which employs only
blind people, and conducts a non
profit institution. The brooms,
mats and other articles manufac
tured are said to be superior to
those ordinarily offered the pub
lic, and since the proceeds of the
sale go into such a worthy chari
table interprise, it is felt that the
people of the community will
cooperate fully with the Lions
when the brooms go on sale.
The sale serves a two-fold pur
pose, in that it creates more
work for the blind employees at
Guilford Industries, provide ad
ditional jobs, and at the same
time replenishes the Lions Club
blind fund, which is rendering
such outstanding service to the
people who have lost their sight
or who need treatment for visual
deficiencies.
Finals Are Held
At Cove Creek i
The annual commencement ex
ercises at Cove Creek began on
Friday evening May 27 with a
piano and voice recital given by
the pupils of Mrs. R. L. Tait and
assisted by the choral groups
directed by Miss Cynthia Stiles.
The baccalaureate sermon was
delivered by Rev. W. C. Leach on
Sunday night May 29 at Henson's
Chapel Church.
At a chapel program on Fri
day morning the following spec
ial awards were presented:
Home EmnojnlfSi Bonnie
Ward; Citizenship, Pat Mast;
Agriculture, Sherwood Bingham;
Athletics, Pat Mast and Junior
Danner; Atletics, girls. Merle
Johnson; Typing, Macie Town
send; Handicrafts, Cline Ward
and Macie Townsend.
Distinction List for Ysar
Eighth grade: Melvin Fletcher, Jes
sie Lee Harmon. Virginia Ward, J. C.
Tester, Bobbie Greer, Patsy Ann
Swift, Coy Isaacs, Harlene Main,
Kathryn Thompson, Ruby Watson.
William Ralph Townsend, Louise
Mitchell. Johnny Horton, Sarah
Frances Davis, Gepeva Pennelf. Linda
Townsend, Tommy Sluder, Eva Nell
Teams. Mary Sue Walsh. Joan Welch
Ninth grade: John Thomas Bingham.
Herndon Mast, Freddie Young. Emo
*ene Harmon, Peggy Henson, Kathryn
Clay. Peggy Stokes. Doris Vance.
Be mice Brewer. Evelyn Greer, Vir
ginia Cook. Dorothy Ha tie v. Helen
Hodges. Ruth Minton, Faith Town
send.
Tenth grade: Jack Billings. Nancy
Kay Cooper. Bobby Lou Heneon.
Doris Love, Carolyn Mast, Ruby Mast.
Reda Miller, Mildred Saunders. Lottie
Stout. Martha Jean Henson, Anne
Henson, Betty Jo Kohnle. Marjorle
Mast.* Marietta McCauley, Kathleen
Michael, Betty Jean Minton, Lucy
Saunders, Sue Vance.
Eleventh grade: Dexter Byrd. David
Horton. Ka>y Sue Farthing. Eugenia
Luttrell, Hugh / Hagaman. Jean Her
man. Merle Johnson. Bonnie Ward.
Twelfth grade: Pat Mast. Zola John
son. Audrey Proffltt, Violet Watson.
Josephine Greer, Janieve Mast. Macie
Townsend, Jlmmie Webster.
Perfect Attendance Lost For Year
Louise Mitchell. Nancy Colvard.
Lawrence Love. Dexter Byrd. Cennon
Ward. Carleen Perry, Bill Townsend.
Feggy Henson, Benny Mast. Hugh
Hagaman. Blaine Wilson. Joan Step
hens. Sylvester Byrd. Mary Sue Love.
Edward Norris, Baxter Hayes. Eugenia
Luttrell, Bower Thomas. Gloria Wil
son. Nancy Cooper. Ray McGinnis.
Rabecca Thomas, Patty Baird. Ruth
Minton, Anne Henson. Blaine Ward.
3ennie Watson.
At the conclusion of the gra
duation exercises on , Friday,
night which centered around]
the theme, "America ? The
House I Live In." Principal
S. F. Horton presented diplomas
to the following:
William Howell Cook, Oscar
Danner, Jr., Max Adams Fox,
Herman Carlock Greene, David
Patterson Mast, Jr., William Car
son Perry, Donald Reed Thomas,
Harold K. Townsend, Cecil Waifl,
Clint Edward Ward, L. B. Wat
son, Thomas Russell Townsend,
Peggy Ann Bingham, Janice
Marie Bumgarner, Blanche NJae
Combs, ? Sarah Josephine Greer,
Sally Kate Greer, Margaret Bob
bie Grogran, Geneva Pauline Hol
man, Zola Lee Johnson, Janieve
Elizabeth Mast, Audrey Shook
Proffitt. Ella Marie Norris, Bon
nie Ruth Reece, Mildred Doris,
Mi'dred Doris Smith, Anna Mae
Stephens, Wilma Pauline Steph
ens, Macie Ann Townsend, Mary
Geneva Wallace, Violet Tester
Watson, Jimmie Webster, Vir
ginia Ann Wilson.
Centennial' Folders
A new folder, designed to pro
mote Watauga county, and the
centennial Jubilee, has been de
livered. and Stanley A. Harris
suggests that they be used as
envelope enclosures. Anyone de
siring these folders may secure
them by dropping by Mr. Harris'
office.
HEALTH GROUP
TO HOLD FIRST
COUNTY MEET;
GREER SPEAKS
r
First Gathering of Neighbor
hood Health Chairmen Will
Be Held with Dr. Greer Ad
dressing Group;. County in
Demonstration Group.
The committee on Better Health
for Watauga County announced
this week that plans have been
completed for the ftrstT?unfip
wide meeting of Community
Health chairmen to be held Wed
nesday, June 15, in the County
Court House in Boone at 8 p. m.
Doctor I. G. Greer, president of
the North Carolina Good Health
Association, native of Watauga
county and prominent North
DR. I. G. QUEER
Carolina citizen, has accepted the
invitation of the committee to
be the main speaker of the even
ing. As long as then is room in
the Court House, citizens inter
ested In the Better Health pro
gram are invited to hear Dr.
Greer discuss some of the out
standing health pnHilems in the
state.
During the past few weeks,
health chairmen, elected at the
recent thirty-six community, mass
meetings held in Watauga, have
been engaged in surveying the
different health problems of their
communities. Completed com
munity health questionnaires are
now being returned to the
Health Department. The facts
are being compiled and the total
health situation in Watauga
County will be presented to those
present for the June 15th meet
ing.
It is planned that county-wide
health problems will be discussed
at this meeting and plans made
to begin work toward their solu
tion.
Since Watauga County was se
lected this year along with three
other counties by the State Medi
cal Society and Good Health As
sociation as a demonstration
county in the Rural Health pro
gram, many of the county health
chairmen have expressed _iheir
interest in forming a county-wide
Good Health Council.
The community health chair
men number up to 81 community
representatives. If every com
munity is represented, a large
crowd is expected to attend this
first county-wide meeting in the
interest of Better Health for the
[communities of Watauga county.
Registrar H. R. Egers
Releases Honor Roll
Registrar H. R. Eggers of Ap
palachian State Teachers college
has iust released the honor roll
for the spring quarter, which re
cently closed. Honor roll stu
dents are those who make an
average grade of "B" with no
grades below "C." Those from
Watauga making the honor roll
were as follows:
William Alexander, Shulls
Mills; C. H. Blackburn, Jr.,
Boone; Homer Brown, Boone;
Annie Mae Carroll, Boone; Enid
Carroll, Boone; Betty Lou Claw
son, Boone; Eula Mae Coffey,
Blowing Rock; Lyle Cook, Boone;
Robert C. Day, Boone; John
Farthing, Boone; Lenore M. Fis
cher, Boon*; Verdola Keller,
Boone; Eugene Lyons, Boone; Ra
chel F. Lyons, Boone ;Erma Nor
ris, Boone; Jean Quincy, Boone;
Kent Robmson, Reese; John W.
Scott, Boone; Clara Mae Shep
herd, Sugar Grove; Mary Lee
Stout, Boone; Carlton Swift. Su
gar Grove; James Templeton,
Boone; Rachel Ann Vance, Boone;
and William Wilson, Boone.
Civil Service Rum
For Shulls Mills Route
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an
examination to fill the position of
rural carrier at Shulls Mills.
The examination will be held
at Blowing Rock.
Receipt of applications will
close on June 23^949.
Watauga Gives Top-Heavy
aj ority For Scott Program
OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS The County of Watauga is fast ap
proaching the One-Hundredth Anniversary of its
Founding and Proper Celebration of this event is a
natural necessity for all Residents therein, especially
those living in the city of Boone, I hereby officially
announce and proclaim:
THAT, in suitable commemoration of our Pioneer
Trail-Blazer, Daniel -Boone, ALL Male Residents who
have attained a semblance of Manhot*!, shall HERE
AFTER, from this date until July Tenth, 1949, inclu
sive, wear either a Beard, Side-Burns, Mutton Chops,
Goatee or any other Whiskery Growth of sufficient
length and covering area as to acceptable to the Cele
bration Judges.
FAILURE to sport such Hairy Appendages and
Adornment will call for such Clean-Shaven Gentry to
obtain an official "SHAVER'S PERMIT," which must
be obtained from a duly recognized Member of The
Brothers of The Brush.
All Officers of Celebration Committees, City Po
licemen and Barbers are hereby invested with the Au
" thority to report any violations of this Mandate and
to immediately issue such Permit to such Smooth
Cheeked Offenders in return for the established Fine
of One Dollar.
(Signed)
? GORDON H. WINKLER
Mayor of the Town of Boone
North Carolina.
Incumbent Otticials
Are Given Party Nod
ELECTED
Dr. C. Ray Liwrinca, local op
tometrist. elected to the Ad
ministratis* Council of tba
North Carolina Stat* Optoma
trie Society.
Rev. Gragg Leads
In Pioneer Vote
The first tabulation on the
votes cast for centenial pioneer
and gueen, was released Monday
by W. H. Gragg, chairman of the
special committee, and it is stated
that the balloting closes at 6
o'clock June 30, and that all
nominations must be made by
next Saturday June 17.
Mr. Gragg states that a num
ber of ballots were writ
ten on plain paper and dropped
in the boxes and of course had
to be discarded. Ballots can only
be cast by filling in the stubs on
centennial tickets, and all other
forms of ballots are discarded.
Rev. S. E. Gragg appears to be
in the lead as candidate for
pioneer with Miss Barbara Jones
ahead in the race for queen. A
relatively small number of bal
lots from the seven hundred
tickets have been voted, and Mr.
Gragg insists that the stubs be
deposited at once.
The standings of the candi
dates for pioneer are John W.
Hodges. 12,000, J. M. Moretz
5,000, S. E. Graige 31,000, W. W.
Mast 1,000, B. B. Dougherty 8,000.
For queen: Barbara Jone 22,000,
Mickey McGuire 21,000, Re
becca Shomake 2,000, Anna Mae
Carroll 8,000, Mrs. Jennie White
head 7,000 Katie Sue Farthing
2,000, Mrs. Dorothy Norris 8,000.
Recent candidates are as fol
lows:
By Beaver Dam home demon
stration club: Narvie Rominger,
pioneer; Janet Farthing, Queen.
Boone Junior Chamber of
Commerce: Jak? Norris, pioneer;
Mrs. M. B. Blackburn, queen.
Cove Creek home demonstra
tion club has nominated for
queen of the centennial, Shirley
Max Swift and for pioneer, Mr.
Dan Mast
The Blowing Rock Rotary Club
and American Legion have Joint
ly nominated Miss Virginia
Moody for the title of centennial
queen.
Mayor and Present Board of
Aldermen Get Unanimous
Party Endorsement.
A representative group of
Democratic voters met at the
courthouse Monday evening, and
gave united endorsement to the
present city administration, by
renominating all four members
of the city government by a
unanimous vote. ?
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler was
renominated by the ? Democrats,
along with Guy Huat, Council!
Cooke, and Grady Moretz for
aldermen. Mayor Winkler has
served three terms while the
members of the board of alder
men were elected two years ago.
In the absence of municipal
Democratic chairman, E. Ford
King, who is ill, Mr. T. B. Moore
presided over the short nominat
ing session.
The city election will be h?ld
Tuesday, June 21, and the
Republicans haven't as vet out a
slate of candidates in the field.
The registration books closed
Saturday, and Mrs. W. G. Hart
zog, the registrar points out that
registration of new voters was
rather spirited, and 149 were en
rolled. Of this number, 121 in
dicated Democratic affiliation, 10
Republican, while 18 Identified
themselves as independent.
Centennial Hat
To Be New Rage
A feature of the Wataugh Cen
tennial celebration that promises
to be the most popular novelty
yet to be introduced will be the
Official Centennial Hat.
These hats will soon be on sale
at principal points in Boone and
its environs. The complete en
semble comprises an Alpine felt
hat, shaped somewhat in Robin
Hood style, turned out in various
attractive colors, with a lone,
laily tinted feather to accompany
each head-piece.
Since the wearing of the offi
cial hat will be piandatory dur
ing the celebration, the public is
"warned" by Centennial officials
to spend "half a buck" for one
of these characteristic "Mountain
Chapeaux" before being fined for
not donning this colorful head
gear.
Jerry Coe and his stalwart co
horts are busy on the plans for
construction of a wooden stock
ade, to be erected in the center
of the business district. This
"hoose-gow" will be known as
"The Kangaroo Court," where
"arrested" offenders against the
various celebration statutes
will be fined and incarcerated for
such violations as appearing in
public without a beard or an ac
companying "shaver's permit,"
or failure to wear the official hat.
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Centennial Tickets
General admission tickets for
the pageant are now
available at the office of Stanley
A Harris, centennial president.
Single admission tickets are one
dollar, while a strip of three
tickets may be purchased for
$2.00.
Road Bond Proposal Carries
County by More Than 5,000;
Slightly Fewer Favor
School Building Program;
Results by Townships.
Watauga county shouted en
dorserrtent of Governor Scott's
road and school bond program in
the special election held last Sa
turday. votb>3-.in lavor of the
road Issue by a majority of 5,075,
and tor the school building fund
by 4,840.
On the road proposal 8,344 vot
ers voted affirmatively, while
269 voted no. 8,168 favored the
school bonds, while 328 turned
thqmbs down on the proposal.
Two townships, Elk and North
Fork, cast every , vote for both
proposals, while Bald Mountain
and Meat Camp No. 2 voted
unanimously for the road bonds.
Beaver Dam and Laurel Cnek
cast one vote each against the
road bonds, and one resident of
Bald Mountain registered his op
position to the school proposal.
The road bond issue carried in
the State by about 50,000, while
the school bonds had a two-to
one victory with a lead of more
than 140,000. Watauga reversed
the state-wide trend in casting
more votes for the road than the
school bonds.
The official vote by townships
follows:
Bald Mt.: for road bonds, 175,
against 0; for school bonds, 174,
against 1.
Beaver Dam: for roads 632.
against 1; for schools 587, against
5.
Blowing Hock: for roads, 118,
against 58; for schools, 128,
against 30. ,
Blue Ridge: for roads, 121,
against 31; for schools, 108,
against 40.
Boone: for roads, 678, against
89^ for schools, 710, against 57.
Brushy Fork: for roads, 338.
k^ainst 15; for schools 323, against
Cove Creek: (or roads, 061.
against 4; for schools, 647, against
Elk: for roads, 175, against 0;
for schools, 175, against 0.
Laurel Creek: far roads, 414,
against 1; for schools 392, against
Meat Camp No. 1: for roads,
374, against 5; for schools 339,
against 26.
Meat Camp No. 2: for roads, 74,
against 0; for schools, 72, against
2.
New River: for roads, 462;
against 16; for schools, 438,
against 30.
North Fork: for roads, 104,
against 0; for schools, 104, against
0.
Shawneehaw: for roads, 239,
against 5; for schools, 222, against
Stony Fork: for roads, 319,
against 30; for schools 302, against
37.
Watauga: for roads, 460, against
14; for schools, 447, against 14.
Talent Sought
For Celebration
W. R. Cottrell, of the Centen
nial talent committee, has issued
a call for talent who wish to
play in the spectacle, Echoes of
the Blue Ridge." Any persons in
terested in appearing in this pro
auction, which is to show "the
founding and progress of Wa
tauga county, are asked to meet
with Mr. Cottrell and other Cen
tennial officials Friday night at
8 o'clock in the local High School
auditorium. No costumes will
be needed as they will be furn
ished by the production com
pany.
The rehearsal will be a short
one. Mr. Cottrell said.
Below are the types of persons
needed in the production.
Attractive high school girls 15
to 17 years ox age. Some will
appear as pages, attendants, do
drills, etc.
High school girls who are good
dancers, as will participate in
one of the spectacular ballets.
Attractive young ladies about
20 years of age. They will act
as special attendants.
Ladies 20 years of age and up
who will perform in the histori
cal scenes as villagers, Indian
women, pioneer women, Gay 90's,
etc.
Older high school boys who
will appear as Indian braves, sol
diers, etc.
Men 20 years of age and up.
These men will appear in the va
rious historical episodes as In
dian chiefs, early asmy officers,
pioneer men, early settlers, Gay
BO period and others.
Girls ? to 19 years of age who
will appear In historical scenes.
Boys 8 to 12 years old, who will
appear in historical scenes as In
dians, pioneer boys. etc.
Boys Scouts, Girl Scouts or
Campfire girls.
World War (and II veterans.
Girls 8 to 11 years of age, who
will appear is U. S. A. girls.
Flag Drill, attendants to natta
Queens.