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VOL. LXII, NO. 4. ? BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH .CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JULY 28. 1949 " FIVE CENTO
KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
HOT SUNNY DAYS with an
occasional shower supplant the
rainy weather, which some of
the more almanac-minded had
declared wouldn't end until
"dogs days" were gone . . . but
the rain went away and so far as
we know dog days are still here
. . . The period, of from four to
six weeks, occuring between
July 1 to September 1 were
named from the ascent of the
dog star Sirius, and constitute
the most sultry part of the sum
mer time, when dogs, some think,
are most likely to go mad, . . .
The ancients thought the con
junction of the dog star with the
rising of the sun brought a wide
assortment of illnesses to hum
anity, and that all might have an
outside chance of survival when
dog days were over . . . we mod
erns don't take note of the
period at all 'cept when it hap
pens to be a wet summer . . .
SEpMS thai nowdays. a
large percentage of the folks
are ill, physically or otherwise,
awl the man who isn't taking
any shot* or swallowing any nos
trums is something of a rarity
... In this Connection, was in
terested in a caller we had.
about whose health we were
concerned . . . 'I'm only toler
able today . . . just tolerable . . .
been ailing since corn-plantin'
time . . . had the summer com
plaint. and haven't et a good
meals' Tittles for a long time
. . . old woman biled down
some goose grass 'tother day.
and I been using on that and
am mendm' . . . took on a
couple of rashers of side meat,
and some more stuff this
mornin' and I'm a right smart
better than I have been, thank
yOu
ONE OF THOSE EXASPER
ATING MOMENTS in the life of
a country newspaper publisher,
comes when the paper is out, and
a faithful reader sits down to
digest the home town journal,
while we are trying to arrive at
some kind of a set of figures
which will justify our business
existence, reads a few scattering
lines here and there, and we
have to explain and rehash the
printed word, defending it line
by line .... and all for just a
nickel . . . Large numbers of
tourists stop by the Democrat
office and buy a paper, look it
over . . . Most of them express
wonder that a small town can
afford such a standard type ofj
weekly newspaper service . . .!
"Don't know how you make it,"j
they venture, while others equal-;
ly compimentary, but l?ss in-!
formed on newspapering, say we
should squirt out a daily, right
off the reel.
PASSING A COIN to a dis
abled p?ncil peddler, while we
axe reminded of an old tramp
printer, whom we used to ex
pect from time to time during
good traveling weather. . . He
carried a crutch, but wasn't
much crippled . . . juit a bit on
the "washed up" tide of the
hill . . . The venerable disciple
of Gutenburg always dropped
by our place, mooched a dollar,
and in the evening perched on
the pavement down at the
Theatre . . . He had a way of
sitting on his pedal extremities,
which belied tneir existence . . . j
and offered pencils . . . One <
evening he only had four and
he. couldn't well expand his
slock and still get his bottle, so
he decided to trust to luck
"Hope I do all right" he said,
"but 111 be out of business in a
helluva short order, if tome of
these folks who buy pencils,
actually take '?ml"
FLORIDIAN drops by from
Banner Elk, and told of spending
a few days at the Pinnacle Inn
. . . Highly pleased with the
hospitality and service of the;
mountain-top hostelry . . . Ro-[
tary club square dances design- j
ed to put some of the crippled j
kiddies in the beef cattle busi
ness . . . Child is given heifer
calf for his own, returns to club
the first heifer calf born, which
is to be passed on to another
handicapped youngster . . . Cy
Crumley, veteran narrow guage
railway conductor, recent visitor
. . . Cy brought the first train in
to Boone 30 years ago, and was
conductor of the last train to
leave back in 1940 . . . flood rip
ped up the road bed that day,!
and the train never returned . . .
Community Cannery
It Open in Boone
The Boone Community Cannery
is now operating on Tuesday and
Friday until further notice. The
cannery is located in the Agri
cultural Building at the High
school and is open to anyone who
wishes to do canning. It is hoped
that the people in the patronage
area of Boone will do their can
ning here.
This is a community project
and a sufficient amount of can
ning in the plant is necessary to
keep It operating.
FIRST ROTARY CLUB CALF AWARDED
Bobbie Dancy of Vila*. U ihovn u he U presented a Hereford calf
by the Boone Rotary Club, in line with the club's program of aid
ing crippled children. At the right is shown F. T. Wagoner, chair
man of the Rotary calf committer and Lester CarrolL another
member of the committee. Proceeds from the weekly square
dances at the Farmers Warehouse axe used to further the calf
project. ? Photo Palmer's Photo Service.
Dana Tugman Takes
Farm Agent Position
DUKE DIVINE
Dr. Gilbert T. Rows, of the Duke
University Divinity School, who
Will preach Sunday at the Boone
Methodist church. Each evening
next week. July 31-August S. he
will conduct a course of study pn
the theme: "The Message of Je
sus." The public is invited.
Rites Held Fbr
k
S-Sgt. Calloway
Funeral services were held
Monday from the Foscoe Christ
ian Church for S-Sgt. John H.
Calloway. 25, who was killed in
action in the European theatre
of operations during the last war.
Rev Robert Shore wai in charge
of the rites and burial was in
the family cemetery.
Sgt. Calloway was a son of
Mrs. S. B. Calloway and the late
Mr. Calloway of Matoaka, W. Va.,
and was reared in the Foscoe.
neighborhood. He was a member
of the 80th division, General
Patton's third army, and w?S
killed in the fighting at Luxem
burg, Germany April 10, 1945.
Surviving are two brothers
atjd five sisters: A. C. Calloway,
Johnson City, Tenn.; Roy Callo
way, Matoaka, W. Va.; Mrs. Ray
mond Wilson, Boone; Mrs. Paul
Rhyne, Coopers town, W. Va.;
Mrs. Ollie Ezell, Burlington, N.
C.; Mrs. Louis Fisher. Matoaka,
W. Va.; Miss Shirley Calloway,
Matoaka, W. Va.
Optometric Society
Meets In Boone
The Catawba Valley District]
Optometric Society held its reg
ular monthly meeting at the Dan-'
iel Boone Hotel July 20.
Mr. Wade Eller, district health|
officer, was guest speaker. Saidi
Mr. Eller, "We must and are de-j
termined to do more toward the:
visual health of our school chil-i
dren."
A visual survey has already!
been initiated in Watauga and
Ashe counties, directed by Dr. C.
Ray Lawrence of Boone and Dr.
James E. Rhodes of West Jeffer
son. The survey will progress
more rapidly when additional
visual instruments can be secur
ed. The visual screening method
being used is a complete diag
nosis of defective Vision.
Mr. ?EUer also stated that in
numbers of cases defective vision
is the cause of retarded progress
in school children, and that much
progress can be made through
proper visual care.
Guests at the meeting were
Dr. Lang of Concord, Dr. Reed of
Hickory, Mrs. Smith, Watauga
county nurse, and Mis. Owens,
Ashe county nurse.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. G.'
Tugman of Boone, is Grad-j
uate of State College.
West Jefferson, July 25. ? Dana
F. Tugman has been named as
sistant county agent here and
will work with H. D. Quessen
oerry, agent, and C. E. Gardner,
assistant agent .
Mr. Tugman's work will be
primarily with livestock and to
bacco programs, it was announ
ced.
A native of Watauga county,
the new assistant is a graduate
of State College, where he maj
ored in the field of animal hus
bandry. While in school he was
a member of the Animal Indus
try Club, F. F. A. Club, student
honor council, secretary ot the
Ag. Club and a member of the
meats judging team which rep
resented N. C. State at the Inter
national Livestock Exposition in
Chicago last December. He is
also a member of Alpha Zeta hon
orary agricultural fraternity and
Alpha Gamma Rho, social-pro
fessional agricultural fraternity.
County Agent Quessenberry
;aid he felt fortunate in secur
ing Mr. Tugman, who was selec
ted over a number of other appli
cants.
Mr. Tugman is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Grady S. Tugman of
Boone.
Watauga County Has
School Supervisor
Through special allotment by
the State Board of Education a
county supervisor was allotted
for Watauga county schools. Mrs.
Dessa Mae Edmisten, who has
been principal of the Valle Cru
cis school, was elected by the
County Board of Education for
this position.
Mrs. Edmisten fully meets the
qualifications of a county super
visor. She holds the Master's de
gree from Columbia University
and has had more than five years
experience teaching in the ele
mentary schools and had a num
ber of years' experience as prin
cipal of an elementary school.
Her duties will be to assist the
county superintendent with re
ports, supplies and books, and
assist the teachers throughout the
county with their teaching.
Hereford Breeders
To See Movie Friday
A special meeting of the Wa
tauga Herefor4 Breeders will be
held in t!v. '.ourthouse Friday
night, July 21), 8 o'clock, to see a
new movie of the Hereford busi
ness. The movie has just been
released recently by the Ameri
can Hereford Association.
J. H, Crossingham, Mt. Airy,
director of the State Hereford As
sociation, is bringing the movie
over and will discuss very briefly
the Hereford business in this sec
tion of the state.
The movie will be of special
interest to the commercial as
well as the purebred cattlemen.
All cattlemen are cordially in
vited to the meeting.
The Watauga Breeders will be
host to the State Hereford Asso
ciation annual meeting here Oc
tober 6 and will hold their an
Inual sale October 7.
WHEAT FOR 1850
A 1950 production program
calling for less wheat but more
meat animals and dairy products
wan recently laid before the na
tion's wheat farmer* by the De
partment W Agriculture. A de
clining foreign market makes it
Advisable that termers plant 14,
000,000 fewer acres to wheat for
1950 harvest than the nearly 83,
000,000 seeded foe this years
crop*.
AIR SHOW WILL
BE HELD HERE;
BLAIR FIELD IS
NOTED BY CAA
Aerial Demonstrations Twice
Interferred with by Rain;
Steps Are Taken To Have
Blair Field Placed on Maps
And Listed in the Airman's
Guide.
Announcement has been made
that the air show twice scheduled
during the last three weeks and
both times postponed . due to
weather conditions has now been
re-scheduled for the coming Sun
day, July 31. The planes parti
cipating in the show are schedul
ed to arrive at the Morganton
Lenoir Airport Saturday even
ing and barring the event of
more drastically inclement wea
ther will arrive in Boone Sunday
morning. The field is expected
to be in good condition both for
the use of the planes and for
parking.
Persons in charge of the show
have a4ked that as many people
as can please start as early as
possible to minimize the prob
lem of handling the large volume
of traffic that will be on hand.
Mr. H. C. Sisk, Jr., manager of
the Morganton-Lenoir airport,
has stated that he and other par
ties responsible for the event re
gret the dissappointment already
caused a large number of people
who have been on hand for the
previous dates. Also that they
particularly regret the inconven
ience caused a surprisingly large
number of the section's more el
derly persons who have been on
hand both dates with the expec
tation of competing for the free
plane ride over the county with
the $50.00 prize carried by the
|event.
Mr. Sisk has further stated the
Civil Aeronautics Authority has
exhibited considerable interest in
further developing the Boone
airport.
Mr. Wilbut Spsague, head of
the C. A. A. district office with
headquarters in Charlotte, has on
request of Mr. Sisk, made a spec
ial trip to inspect the local strip
and his conclusions were most
encouraging. Among the recom
mendations, Mr. Sprague sugges
ted steps be taken at once to
have the field placed on air maps
of this section and to have it
listed in the "Airman's Guide."
It was also learned a represen
tative of the C. A. A. has been
on hand for the air show on both
previous occasions, having in
both instances spent the proceed
ing Saturday night at the Daniel
Boone hotel.
Bus Drivers
Are Given Cut
The State Board of Education
has taken off the 20% raise given
to bus drivers and the salary
paid by the State will be $20 per
month for this year, as it was at
the beginning of the last school
year, it is explained by W. H.
Walker, county superintendent
of schools.
It is further stated by Mr,
Walker that the county board of
education, being short of funds,
has had to take off the supple
ment the county had been pay
ing to high school student driv
ers.
"While the county commis
sioners," says Mr. Walker, "did
their best for the schools without
raising taxes and gave the
schools five cents more of the
levy, actually the schools will
have less money than they had
last year. The five cents will
yield about $3,700, but will be
much less than the $13,000 re
ceived last year from the State
as the county's share of the beer
and wine revenue."
Building Plans To Be
Studied by Board
Raleigh ? The State Board of
Education will meet here on
August 3 to make further plans
for putting into operation a $50,
000,000 program of State aid in
building schools.
Paul A. Reid, Board of Educa
tion controller said that the
board's building committee would
meet here on August 2 to make
recommendations for presenta
tion to the full board.
The committee is expected to
make recommendations regard
ing details of the disbursement
of the $90,000,000 fund.
The board already has adopted
regulations requiring each school
unit to make a survey of Ha
building needs and to present to
the State board an overall plan
of how it proposes to spend the
State funds.
Another regulation provides
that the funds shall be divided
between city and county school
units on the basis of average
daily attendance.
Week-end visitors in the homa
of Mr.and Mrs. J. M. Moretz
were Mr. and Mrs. G rover Trip
lets and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Triplett, of LenoUv
FOUR GENERATIONS
Four generations of the John W. Hodget family, (napped recently
on the street by Palmer Blair, local photographer. At the right
is former Sheriff John W. Hodges. 83. retired merchant; center, his
son. Russell D.. and Russell's son, Greer Hodges. Greer's fire
year-old daughter. Olivia, in front, is attired in her centennial cos
tume.
Annual Flower Show
Slated lor August 1 1
Woman's Club Makes An
nouncement; Open to All
Local Flower Growers.
The annual flower show, spon
sored by the Worthwhile club,
will be held at the Daniel Boone
Hotel Thursday, August 11th,
from 3:30 until 8 p. m., accord
ing to a preliminary announce
ment made Monday.
Refreshments lire to be served
during the course of the exhibi
tion and there will be entertain
ment features both in the after
noon ^nd evening.
Any flowers grown in the
county may be entered, and en
tries will be received from 9 a.
m. to 12 noon.
The classifications under which
flowers may be entered, and the
specific rules of the show will bej
the same as in former years, and
will be published in the next edi-j
tion of the Democrat.
Mrs. and Mrs. Wilson
In Toronto, Canada
i
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Wilson, ofl
Zionville, are attending the an-i
nual Top Honor Club meeting of,
the Occidental Life Insurance
Company. Raleigh, N. C., being
held at the Royal York Hotel,
Toronto, Canada.
Mr. Wilson won the trip to
Toronto for himself and wife by
attaining membership in the
Laurence Lee Club, which is
named for the President of Occi
dental. Only those agents in the
United States and Cuba who
write a specified large volum? of
quality business within the year
are eligible for membership in
this club. Doubling his qualifica
tion entitles an agent to take his
wife.
Eggeri Again Heads
Farm Loan Group
Mr. S. C. Eggers of Boone wasl
re-elected president of the Sugar!
Grove national farm loan asso
ciation at a meeting held in!
North Wilkesboro.
The association, which is ai
branch of the Federal Land Bank,
handles long-term farm loans in
Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany,
Wilkes and Caldwell counties.
Mrs. Little Dies
At Roanoke Home
? ?
Mrs. Roscoe Little died Sunday
night at the home in Roanoke,
Va., according to meagre infor
mation reaching the Democrat
Tuesday. It is understood that
funeral services and Interment
were in Roanoke.
A sister, .Mrs. Eddie Johnson
and Mr. Frank Wjrke of Boone
attended -the rites.
GOVERNOR POR GUAM
The Island of Guam will prob
ably get a civilian governor
sometime In August, according
to the Interior Department,
which has announced that
Guam's governor and military
commander of the Mariannas,
Rear Admiral Charles A. Paw
nail, is to retire on September 1.
The Navy has governed Guam
and American Samoa for almost
half a century.
SUCCUMBS
Mr*. Martha Councill Hardin. 91,
prominent Boone citizen. who died
Sunday, following a long illneea.
Non-Slandard
Tutors Sought
There are yet a few non
standard teachers in some of the
one and two teacher schools of
the county, it is said by, superin
tendent W. H. Walker, who asks
that teachers who have State
certificates in foi;ce anfl who are
interested in teaching in such
schools see him at once.
The Attorney General, says Mr.
Walker, has ruled that non
standard teachers can be em
ployed only until better qualified
teachers can be obtained, and
that the State board of education
requires "that for each teacher
so rated the superintendent must
furnish a statement to the effect
that a better qualified teacher is
not available and cannot be ob
tained."
Fifteen Farmers Make
Study of Good Patures
Fifteen farmers in Beaver Dam
took part in a pasture tour Wed
nesday, July 20.
On the tour the farmers were
shown improved pastures. Some
of these had been improved by
using lime and phosphate, others
had been improved by reseeding
Ladino clover and orchard grass.
The farmers were told the amount
of lime, phosphate, fertilizer and
see-ls to use and when they
should be used.
Assisting with the tour were
Mr. W. B. Collins, farm manage
ment supervisor, and County
Agents Tuckwiller, Richardson,
and Kirkman.
WED IN CAVE
Her 1st, Pa. ? Naomi K Paiffer
and Robert C. Gilman wen re
cently married in a chapel room
in the Lost River Caverns, owned
by Gilman's father. The cer
mony, witnessed by more than
500 wedding guests, was held In
the room that Naomi and Robert
met eight years ago at a Boy
Scout dance.
MRS. HARDIN,
DIES SUNDAY;
RITES HELD
HERE MONDAY
Orte of Oldest Residents of
the Colhftiftnity Is Taken by
Death; Member of Pioneer
Family Was First Grand
Worthy Matron of Eastern
Star.
Mrs. Martha Council Hardin.
91 years of age', a member of one
of the town's most prominent
pioneer families, and perhaps the
oldest native bom lady of the
community, died at Watauga
Hospital Sunday from an extend
ed illness. She had been a pa
tient at the local hospital since
the seriousness of her illness be
came apparent several weeks
ago.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Monday at 2 o'clock from the
Boone Methodist church. The
pastor. Rev. S. B. Moss, was in
charge, and was assisted by Rer.
E. F. Troutman, pastor of Grace
Lutheran Church. Interment was
in the family plot of .the Boone
cemetery. Members of the Dan
iel Boone chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, were in charge of
the graveside rites.
The funeral was largely attend
ed, many friends of the family
from distant points coming to pay
their respects.
Mrs. Hardin was bom in Boone
September 20, 1857, a daughter
of Jacob Mast Councill and Sarah
Lewis Councill, and her entire
life was spent in this community.
She was married to the late John
Franklin Hardin October 31,
1877. An only child, Mrs. Mary
Lillington Shull, died many years
ago.
Both Mrs. Hardin and her hus
band were long and loyal mem
bers of the Boone Methodist
church. She had the distinction
of being the first Worthy Grand
Matron of the Order of the East
ern Star in the state of North
Carolina, and always retained an
active interest in the organiza
tion.
The nearest surviving relative
jis James H. Councill, of Boone, a
nephew.
Square Dance
Is Big Success
The Rotary Club square dance
held at the Farmers Burley Ware
house was attended by about two
hundred and was described as
an outstandingly enjoyable and
wholesome occasion.
All funds derived from these
dances will be used to help crip
pled children, in line with tne
general . program of Rotary In
ternational. The local clu* has
sent four children to camps and
purchased calves for other boys.
Local Rotarians are urging the
people to attend the dances being
held each Saturday evening and
help a worthy cause. Sobriety, it
is stated, is necessary.
Blowing Rock Horse
Show August 5-6
Blowing Rook, N. C. July 27 ?
The biggest horse show week
end in history is being anticipat
ed by the Blowing Rock Horse
Show Association as plans are
underway for the 26th annual
show scheduled for Friday and
Saturday, August 5 and 6.
This year's production of one
of the oldest continuous shows in
the South will again be under the
management of Lloyd M. Tate,
the man who put on the first
horse show at Blowing Rock in
1923, and who has managed each
succeeding show. The two-clay
event will take place in Broyhill
Park, owned by the local associa
tion, and is expected to draw
over 125 horses from Virginia,
Tennessee, South Carolina, Geor
gia, and Florida, in addition to
North Carolina.
A roadster division has be-in
added to this year's show and
will take up an additional half
Iday Sessions are scheduled for
10 a. m. and 2 p. m. Friday and
Saturday. More than $2500 in
prizes and trophies will be
awarded. .
The Blowing Rock Horse Show
Association, Incorporated, is non
profit and operates under state
charter. The association is one of
the few which own its grounds.
The Broyhill Park, named for
Tom Broyhill. owner of Mayview
Manor here, is valued at $20,000
and seats 800 in the grandstands
and contains 101 boxes. The
stands surround the bowl and I
cover about seven acres. A hund
red stalls are provided for
entries. ,
The show next month will fea
ture all divisions ? saddle-hones,
hunters and jumpers, roadsters,
and walking hones. More child
ren ride in the Blowinf Rock
than in any other show in the
South. The outside course of the
Broyhill grounds is one Of the
most picturesque in the United
States, consisting of two figure
8's and a natural ditch. Jumps
consist of brush, chicken coops,
poet and nil. in and out*, and
other obstacles. There are thir
teen jumps ottugMMt. ***?> >#? i*