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VOL. LXII, NO. 6 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1949
FIVE CENTS
KING STREET
ALONG THE WAY : Fresh pav
ing on Blowing Rock highway
oozes road oil in the heat of the
day and bespatters the vehicles
which zoom along the straight
ened artery . . . New road by
passes town of Blowing Rock,
which takes the through traffic
off the crowded main street of
the resort town . . . Boone in
urgent need of such an arrange
ment . . . truck loaded with
furniture, bedding, etc., and the
family cow contentedly chewing
her cud amongst the plunder . . .
Lad sits in parlor chair, with
head of Shepherd dog in his
lap, both gazing sadly backward
toward the old home . . . Groups
of tourists having picnic lunches
along the highways . . . The site
of the old watering trough on
the old section of highway oelow
Green Park, where we used to
give the flivver her last cooling
draught, before chugging over
the crest of the mountain . . .
three kids on a bicycle . . . and
huge loads of cabbage making
their way to the local kraut fac
tory.
? ? ?
SALISBURY MAN (mtrgM
from Charlotte ABC store. with
hi* short quart in ooe of those
long slim paper bag* . . . Say*
hell be buying at borne by late
fall since his county has voted
to set up the alcoholic dispen
saries . . . "Incidentally," quoth
he, "1 guess I carried Rowan
county . . . You see, an election
always goes contrary to my
way of voting ... so I. the
wettest man in the county,
casts a
goes . .
for the stores the prohis won
. . . I began voting the Repub
lican ticket about twenty years
ago . . . you should know what
sort of luck I've had with that
. . . I just can't be on the win
ning side if I follow my natural
inclinations . . . Wish Pete Mur
phy could have lived to see me
win."
SALESMEN whom you
couldn't even reach on the tele
phone back in those hectic days
of scarcity, come around right
regularly, and plead for a small
order . . . Visitors cool* in the
shade of the old maple tree, near
the Democrat, and tell of the 100
degree readings down below the
hills . . . Rows of cars with the
Blowing Rock stickers, others
with signs indicating the oc
cupants had journeyed through
the Linville caverns . . . Cars
from five different states parked!
side by side down town . . . I
Katydids chiry at eventide, their
cadence interrupted by the plain-'
tive quivering note of the dim-,
inutive screech owl . . . Solici-|
tors busily engaged in chasing
up another ten thousand for thel
expansion program down at the
hospital . . . The holly trees at
the postoffice, thriving, despite
the fact that they are not sup
posed to live here . . . Crowds
gather at local show windows in
evening and watch television
program, which comes in clearly
. . . and the new Buick, displayed]
at Watauga Sales and Service,]
being viewed by the motor-mind
ed.
BT
ROB RIVERS
A GROUP of local politics ns
had gathered to ditcuu a
momentous matter .... The I
proper person was being select- j
ed to influence another who
could pull the desired string
... '1 don't think he can in- '
fluence the man." quoth one,
. . . "He may become influenc
ed .. . IH tell you a story" . . .
"Once a man was poised on the I
Brooklyn bridge all ready to
make the fatal jump Into the
murky river ... A policeman
grapped him by his coal tails
and drew him back to safety
. . . 'You can't do that, my good
man . . . Come over here, and
tell me your troubles . . . there's
always a better wayl' The cop
and the suicide-minded one.
went into a huddle for about
fn minutes, then tAok their
places side by side and both
jumped from the bridge."
BRADLEY WELFARE, head of|
the circulation department of thej
Winston-Salem Journal, who has
been in the newspaper business!
for 52 years, smelled the ink atj
the Democrat office yesterday]
and dropped in to renew old ac-l
quaintance, and to gossip a bitj
over the little things that are!
common to all newspapers, daily, I
weekly, and otherwise . . . Wej
reminisced a bit on the timet
when Boone readers receivedl
?their daily newspapers the day]
.following publication, and bothj
recalled the Journal having been
the first to put a fresh news
paper at the breakfast tables in
Boone . . . Others quickly fol
lowed suit, but Trie Journal
paved the way . . . The Democrat
at the time lauded the progreasi
veness of the daily of the tobacco
city, and has always maintained
an especial interest in the news
paper, wich has worked so man
fully and fruitfully for the
northwestern tier of counties,
which had formerly been known
as the Lost Provinces . . . It's a
good newspaper published by a
good bunch of folks, and the
(Continued on page 4)
UNC CAMPUS SEASIDE CAPERS
Dancing U a popular count at the Roanoke Island fin* arti cantor
of the University of North Carolina at Manteo. The unique school,
with classes held mostly outdoors, provides youngsters a chance to
have their vacation and learn too. Courses include painting and
composition, music appreciation, sight singing, voice training and
dramatics. Courses give regular credit toward a degree.
Baptist Association
In 1 09th Ann ual Meet
MODERATOR
TV* : t" ? T-~ --5
REV R. C. EGGERS
Wey, Wilson On
School Panel
Mr. Chapell Wilson and Mr.
Herbert Wey have been appoint
ed as members of the State sur
vey panel board to investigate
and approve county and city
building plans.
The State Superintendent,
Clyde R. Erwin, appointed a 25
man committee to meet in sec
tions all over the state and re
view the county and city super
intendents' building plans. Plans
must be approved by the panel
before any of the fifty million
dollar state building aid can be
received. Members of this com
mittee will also be on call to help
out on county surveys which will
be necessary before the building
plans can be made.
Harold Quincy Resigns
As Athletic Director
Mr. Harold Quincy, after si*
years as physical education
teacher and athletic director, has
resigned to accept a position in
Miami, Florida. Employed to re
place him is Mr. Bob Nolan who
received his B. S. Degree from
Guilford College and his Master's
Degree from Springfield College.
Mr. Nolan was an outstanding
athlete while at Guilford starring
in football and baseball. He re
ceived the best all around athlete
award during his senior year at
Guilford. He was serving as as
sistant coach at Guilford when
he went into service and there
he continued his coaching ex
perience. Mr. Nolan's graduate
work at Springfield College was
in health and physical education
and he is well qualified to con
tinue the outstanding program of
health and physical education
that Mr. Quincy has built up at
Appalachian High school.
James Leak Appointed
Assistant to Mr. Wey
Mr. James Leek who taugh
Georgraphy and commerce last
year will serve as assistant prin
cipal during the coming year. He
[will assist in the supervision of
teachers and help with the guid
ance program in relation to the
student body. Mr. Leek has his
Master's Decree in Administra
tion and Guidance from Indiana
University and is well qualified
to handle this position.
PIE THIEF
Pittsburgh. Pa. ? A thief stole
a delivery truck loaded with
about 500 pies in assorted flav
ors. The truck and the pies be
longed to the Pittsburgh Pie
Company.
Church Gathering Represents
44 Churches with Member
ship of 7,379.
The one hundred and ninth an
nual session of the Three Forks
Baptist Association will be held
with the Forest Grove and Zion
ville churches on August 30 and
31, it was revealed by Clyde R.
Greene, association clerk.
Organized in 1840. the Three
Forks Association embraces 44
churches, with a current mem
bership of 7,379. Of interest is
the fact that six of these churches
were organized more than one
hundred years ago. Three Forks
Church, from which the associ
ation derives its name, is 159
years old. Others founded more
than a century ago are Antioch,
Cove Creek, South Fork, Stony
Fork, and Zionville.
Rev. R. C. Eggers is moderator
of the Association which holds
its first day's session at Forest
Grove, with the annual sermon by
Rev. Ronda Earp.
On the second day the sessions
will be held at Zionville church,
where the sermon will be deliver
ed by Rev. C. O. Vance. Dr. L
G Greer, native of the Zionville
section, and former superintend
ent of the Baptist Orphanage, is
also expected to appear on the
program.
REA To Hold
County Meeting
The Blue Ridge Electric Mem
bership Corporation will hold a
county meeting in the Watauga
County Courthouse in Boone on,
Thursday, August 25, at 2:00 p.
m.
The Cooperative's president,
Mr. J. C. Goodman, will preside
at this meeting. Your county
directors and personnel of the co
operative will also be present.
The purpose of this meeting
is to five all members of this cor
poration an opportunity to gather
locally and discuss the affairs of
their cooperative along with mak
ing other nominations by peti
tion for county directors.
Reports will be made of the
progress the cooperative has made
in the past year.
Every member is urged to at
tend. especially those who have
important matters concerning the
improvement of the cooperative.
Those members who have re
quested electric service and have
as yet not been connected are
also given a cordial invitation to
attend the meeting, as the Co
operative feels it will be of great
benefit to them in the future.
Hodges Reunion Is
To Be Held on 11th
A reunion of the Hodges and
Greene families will be held at
the home of W. B. Culler of How
ard's Creek on September 11.
,Rev. E. C. Hodges of Hendrix
jwill speak. All members of the
Greene and Hodges families are
cordially invited to attend.
Halstead To Coach
High School Team
Mr. William Halstead, all-star
end on Appalachian State's foot
ball team last year, will serve as
head coach in football for the
coming year. Mr. Halstead will
take over the reins the last of
this month. He will be confront
ed by the loss of some of the out
standing members of the squad
of last year but be is still looking
forward to a successful season.
Seasonal changes In the rtpply
iof eggs are reflected in the price
[of eggs.
I
MOBILE X-RAY
UNIT CLAIMS
ATTENTION OF
HEALTH GROUP
County Health Council Meets
Saturday, and Discuss Ben
efits To Be Derived from
X-Ray Service: No Cost To
Get X-Ray Test'_>.
The Watauga County Health
Council met Saturday afternoon,
August 13th, in the courthouse in
Boone for the purpose of plan
ning the work for the council
members.
Mr. Clyde R. Greene, presi
dent, called the meeting to order
and stated the purpose of the
meeting. Mr. Wade E. Eller of
the local health department
commented on the service of the
x-ray to the people of the county
and explained that this service
is possible through the coopera
tion of the Tuberculosis Control
Division of the State Board of
Health. Miss Madeleine McCain,
secretary of the council, distri
buted posters and bulletins to be
used in all the communities. The
schedule for x-raying by com
munities was explained and the
importance of following the
schedule to balance the work of|
the mobile unit and get as manv
people x-rayed as possible in
the allotted time for Watauga
county was pointed out to the
representatives attending. The
x-ray unit will operate from
10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. daily,:
Tuesday through Saturday, be
ginning in Boone August 26th.
It will be possible for approxi
mately 350 persons. 15 years of
age or older, to receive their free
chest x-ray each day. Your com
munity chairmen will call on
you or make an announcement as
to the day assigned for your
communities x-rays. This survey
will be successful in proportion
to the response that citizens of
every community make to the
announcement of the date for the
x-ray. Every citizen who is old
enough should avail themselves
of this opportunity and have a
free chest x-ray made and be
sure of the absence of tubercu
losis. It will only take a minute
or two to be x-rayed. You do not
have to undress to be x-rayed.
It is free. Every person x-rayed
will be notified of the results of
the x-ray.
Hospital Drive
Meets Success
Members of the advanced gifts
committee. Watauga hospital, had
an interesting meeting Friday,
August 12. They were greatly
encouraged that fifteen units of
the $250.00 club have been se
cured. They are now preparing
to solicit a large number of peo
ple listed as able to give $25.00
or more, and it is hoped they may
secure at least $7500.00 toward
he $10,000.00 required to match
the Duke Endowment by Friday,
August 19, when they will meet
again for report.
Letters explaining the hospital
program have been sent to a large
number of people, and those al
ready solicited show very fine
interest and generous response,
according to a committee mem
ber's report.
Vance and Whitener
To Appear in Recital
The first student recital of the
Appalachian Summer School will
be (heard Thursday evening, Au
gust 18, in the college auditorium
as Miss Rachel Ann Vance, so
prano, and Rogers Whitener, bass
baritone, offer a program of light
classical and musical comedy se
lections. Both duets and solo#
will be heard on the evening's
program, with the music of Friml,
Youmans. Kern, and Gershwin
being featured.
Both Miss Vance and Mr.
Whitener are graduate students
in English, Miss Vance holding
an assistantship at Appalachian
and Whitener a similar position
at the University of Florida, and
both are voice students of Mrs.
Virginia Linney of the Appala
chian College music faculty.
Rummage Sale Set
For Friday Afternoon
A rummage sale will be held in
front of the Pastime Theatre Fri
day, August 19, by the musk and
art club.
Articles to be sold will include
clothing, hits, shoes, dishes, etc.
All will be sold at below cost.
AUTO COSTS
As if you did not already
know it, officials come out with
the information that the over
all cost of bttjftpg and operating
a new automomle today has just
about doubled since prewar
days. The biggest single factor
in increased coats is the higher
selling price of cars. However,
repair costs, gasoline prices and
auto insurance premiums also
have risen substantially.
NEW EQUIPMENT AT HOSPITAL
The picture above ihowi the Hawley Table at Watauga Hospital
in use for application of cast in spinal condition. This heavy piece
of equipment is necessary in the successful treatment of fractur?
of the spine and larye bones as well a a in other major orthopedic
work.
Mrs. Miller Takes
Top Prizes at Show
Hi School Has
Bigger Faculty
Appalachian High school will
open its 1949-50 term with its
largest faculty in the history of
the school. Three additional
faculty members have been add
ed to last year's teaching staff.
The new members are Miss Bly
the Hampton from Asheville, who
has her Master's Degree from the
University of Kentucky, will re
place Mrs. Smyre in the langu
ages department; Miss Theo
Wells from Columbia, S. C., who
received her Master's Degree
from the University of South
Carolina, will replace Miss Turn
er in the English department;
Mr. John F. Randall from White
ville. who will complete work on
his Master's Degree at the Uni
versity of Michigan at the end
of this summer, will be added to
the staff to teach Biology: Mr.
Fred T. Hollis from Gold Hill,
who has his Master's Degree
from Peabody, will replace Mr.
Snyder in the Social Studies de
partment: Miss Charlotte Adams,
from Columbia, S. C., who has
her Master's Degree from Ohio
University, will teach Social
Studies and Commerce: Mr. Ed
gar Beaty from Smithville. Tenn.,
who has his Master's Degree
from Peabody College, has been
added to the staff to teach Math
ematics and Social Studies; Miss
Mabel Brister from Jackson,
Mississippi, who is completing
her graduate work at Appala
chian State Teachers College
this summer, will replace Miss
Barber as librarian; and Mr.
William Ross, graduate assistant
from Appalachian State Teach
ers College, will handle the
work in dramatics.
In all, the faculty will include
nine new teachers. In addition
to the three new teachers there
will be six who will be replacing
teachers who have resigned.
The members of last year's
faculty returning this year are
Mrs. Margaret Gragg, Miss Van
Orsdell, Mr. Golden Buckland,
Mr. Hillard Tripp, Mr. Paul
Bingham, Miss Flora Alexander,
Mrs. Mary Hamby, Mrs. Martha
Hawkinson, Miss Kathleen Mc
Donald, Mr. R. L. Tait, and Mr.
Herbert Wey.
[CROP Organization
Slated in September
A county CROP meeting for
the organization of Watauga
county for the 1949 North Caro
lina Friendship Food Train will
be held on September fl, at 7:30
p. m., in the Fint Baptist Church,
it was announced this week by
G. D. Bamett, who is acting as
convenor for the meeting. Spec
ial invitations for the meeting
have been sent out to leaders of
church and farm groups through
out the county.
Mr. Barnelt will preside over
the meeting, and will introduce
Reverend W. Walter Jones, of
Lenoir, CROP district director,
who is in charge of CROP organ
ization in Ashe, Avery, Caldwell,
Mitchell and Watauga counties.
Mr. Jones will praent plans for
the Friendship Fooa Train in the
state and in the nation. A CROP
film, "Operation Mercy," will be
shown, picturing the overseas dis
tribution of food and farm com
modities contributed last year.
County officers for 1949 will be
elected, and plans and goals for
the county for this year set.
TOO FISHY
Calcutta ? Convinced there
was <fcomething fishy about a
customs officials here opened his
bag, found it contained a large
fish. When they opened the fish,
they found tt contained about
$750 worth of illegal Indian cur
rency.
Worthwhile Woman's Club
Holds Annual Flower Show;
A List of Winners.
Mrs. Mae Miller received top
honors at the flower show spon
sored by the Worthwhile Wo
man's club which was held last
Thursday at the Daniel Boone
hotel. Mrs. Miller's lily was
judged the outstanding item in
i. he show, for which she received
ihe $5.00 award given annually
oy Mrs. Charles Sykes of Blow
ing Rock. Second outstanding
item was a fan shaped arrange
ment of mixed gladioli entered
oy Mrs. Floyd Hagaman, while
third place was given Mrs. Jack
tlodges for a bowl of Peace roses.
Mrs. Miller also received the
most points of any exhibitor in
ihe show with second place going
to Mrs. Jack Hodges. Mrs. C. ?
Ulery received first place on ar
tistic arrangement, and Mrs. Her
bert Adams second. In the chil
dren's arrangement Imogene
1'riplett placed first, Janie Cline
second, Donna Perry third. Stan
ley South, R. W. Watkins, A. E.
South and C. H. Kirkman were
winners in the men's exhibit.
Prizes were donated by the
following local merchants. Dixie
Home Stores, Stallings Jewelry
Store, Farmer's Hardware, Boone
iDrug Store, Home Jewelry Store,
Watauga Hardware, Newton's
Dept. Store, Boone Tire and Bar
gain. Belk's Dept store. Western
Auto, Crest 5 and 10c, and Hunt's
Dept. Store.
A complete list of placings fol
lows, with first, second, and
in some cases, third, listed in or
der:
Dahlias ? giant: Mrs. D. L. Wil
cox, Miss Mae Greene; cactus:
Mrs. A. E. South, John Barden;
hall: Mrs. John Horton, Mrs. Em-i
ily Maxwell; pompon: Mrs. Stall
ings, Mrs. John Horton.
Three blooms of one kind ?
Mrs. Kirkman, Mrs. D. L. Wil
cox, Mrs. John Horton.
Single specimen ? Mrs. D. L.
Wilcox, Mrs. John Horton.
Gladiolus ? arrangement one
color: Mrs. Moose, Mrs. Cicero
Greer; mixed colors: Mrs. Floyd
Hagaman, Mrs. Watt Gragg; sin
gle specimen: Miss Carolyn Blair,
Rebecca Chamberlain, Mrs. A. E.
South.
Zinias ? giant: Mrs. A. E. South,
Mrs. Lee Reynolds; pompon: Mrs.
Lee Reynolds, Jack Luttrell.
Marigolds ? giant: John Barden,
Mrs. D. L. Wilcox: dwarf: Mrs.
J. L. Goodnight, John Barden.
Roses ? Arrangement, mixed co
lors: Mrs. Cicero Greer. Mrs. Jack
Hodges; one color: Mrs. Jack
(Continued on page eight)
Mi** Hardin Wins
Magazine Contest
Miss Jo Ann Hardin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hardin,
won (52 in prize money, by vir
tue of having placed first in the
contest conducted by the Pro
gressive Farmer, wherein con
testants submitted 25 words or
less on the greatest need of the
nation. ,
Miss Hardin claimed first
place with the following: "Seeing
the cortdition of the world, I
think the nations should unify.
Our greatest need, therefore, is
for a federated world govern
ment."
Advance Grid Tickets
Off Sale September 1
Advance sale of season foot
ball tickets will go off sale Sept-j
ember 1. Persons interested arw
urged to purchase these cut-rate,
reserved seat tickets as soon as
possible. Sales have been heavy
for the past week and it is not
known how long the present sup
puly will last. This offer will not
be reopened when all tickets are
sold. Contact Howard Cottrell,
Book Store.
CONRAD HEADS
TRUSTEES FOR
COLLEGE; AS
BOARD MEETS
New Board of Trustees for
Appalachian Meets ? New
Building Program To Be
Pushed; Confidence Is Ex
pressed in Dr. Dougherty's
Ability.
The Board of Trustees of Ap
palachian State Teachers college
met at the college on Friday.
Those present included W. J.
Conrad, Jr., of Winston-Salem;
Mrs. J. M. Lackey. Taylorsville;
C. C. Faw, Sr., North Wilkesboro;
D. W. M. Roberts, Lenoir; B. C.
Brock, Mocksville; Mrs. Harry B.
Caldwell, Greensboro; S. P. Jonei,
Statesville; and W. W. Mast,
Valle Crucis.
Mr. Conrad was elected presi
dent of the board, and Mrs. Cald
well. vice president, both by
unanimous election.
All acta of the old board were
approved, and the faculty approv
ed. The president. Dr. B. B.
Dougherty, was authorized to em
ploy teacners and fill vacancies.
The dean's report showed that
the college has had 2423 students
during the past vear, 1056 during
the regular year and 1369 in the
summer term. Of the student*
enrolled, 2021 have been from
North Carolina, 400 from other
states, and four from outside the
United States. 81 of North Caro
lina's counties is represented.
Graduates of 108 colleges and un
iversities from the United States
and Canada are studying at the
institution. 338 are working for
the master's degree.
The college will have graduat
ed 232 including the August
class. 30 of these have been in
the field of primary education, 28
it. grammar grade education, and
158 in hiuh school work.
The board considered and dis
:ussed the new building program
it length. The president wai au
thorized and directed to push the
building program as fast as pos
sible. The action of the former
Board 'in employing a landscape
architect to help lay out the new
developments was approved.
There is to be an expenditure
of $3,650,000 at the college with
in the next few years. Some of
the new buildings and improve
ments include an apartment
house, 15 teacher homes, a boys'
dormitory, girls' dormitor" laun
dry and shop building, music and
?rts building, athletic field, gm
nasium, remodeling and enlarge
ment of the demonstration school,
enlargement of the library build
ing, improvement of lighting in
all buildings, four all-weather
tennis courts, and improvement
of roads, walks, and drives.
The Registrar reported that
every room in every dormitory
has been filled since before the
close of the spring term, and all
signs seem to indicate that the
largest student Ijody in the his
tory of the institution will en
roll in September.
One member of the Board told
Dr. Dougherty that the moat in
teresting thing discussed during
the day was his statement that
the principal aim of the Appala
chian State Teachers college is to
develop better teaching in North
Carolina and the South.
By unanimous vote, the Board
passed a resolution "expressing
complete confidence in the ad
ministration of Dr. B. B. Dough
erty, its president, and his asso
ciates in the past, present and
future conduct of the institution."
The resolution further stated that
the Board "heartily approves all
actions taken by the preceding
Board in endorsing and encour
aging the rapid expansion of the
college in line with the appropri
ations now available."
Dr. Dougherty said that the
meeting, from beginning to end,
was harmonious and everyone
seemed happy and surprised at
the wonderful growth and de
velopment of the college.
Blythe To Aid
Local Airport
Senator F. J. Blythe from
Charlotte, who landed his plane
at the Blair airport last week,
expressed himself as being great
ly interested in the further
development of local airport
facilities, and promised Chamber
of Commerce officials to inter
cede with CAA officials in the
interest of its further develop
ment.
Messrs, H. W. Wilcox and Stan
ley Harris, who were at the field
when the twin-engined, seven
place plane, occupied by Senator
Blythe, landed, stated that there
is great interest in the future
development of the local field.
It is proposed to add length to
the air strip, and secure CAA ap
proval, to the end that Federal
funds may be secured for the
construction of a standard field
here.
Messrs Harris and Wilcox ex
pressed gratification that Sena
tor Blythe is using his influence
in behalf of the local develop
ment ..