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VOL. LXII, NO. 7
An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1949
KINGjpCT
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... ROB RIVERS
SCHOOL OPENINOS set for
Tuesday and moms and pops and
their kiddies all in a stir, getting
.ready for the opening day. . . .
Shopping district reflects the
back-to-school movement, a s
barefoot boys reluctantly try new
shoes on their calloused feet, and
the teen-age girls finger through
the racks of dresses and skirts,
and try to find just the kind of
sweaters they will need for the
chill days ahead . . . and the bitzy
ones, who are journeying forth on
a strange new venture in a land
which, fortunately, is uncontroll
ed by their parents, getting their
pencils and tablets, their blue
jeans, shirts and what-not as the
big day draws near. . . . Crowded
conditions at local school said
to preclude enrollment of more
rural children in the first three
grades. . . . They will be left
at neighboring schools through a,
re-routing of the buses. . . . New
building program at college slat
ed to take care of urgent need
of the kiddies before long.
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PEARS . . . countless bushels
of big, smooth Barileti. fresh
? from sunny California, arrive
through the generosity of Uncle
Sammy, to be used in the lunch
room programs of the schools
of the county, and the women
folks gather down at the com
munity cannery to peel, pare,
and place the fruit in tins, to
provide variety for the diet of
the youngsters during the
school year. . . . About fifty
took part in the pear-canning '
on Monday, hundreds of gallon
tins were laid away, and the
work continues, with a gallant
team of both town and rurah
people energetically participate
D. C. COFFEY visits news
paper office to get land posters,
in an effort to nalt the destruc
tion of wildlife on his farm dur
ing the approaching open season
on upland game . . . Others do
likewise, as farmers protest the
loss of the squirrels which visit
the corn cribs, and of the birds
which gathered the insects for
them during the growing season
.... Halted by tne line of traf
fic, and waiting for about five
minutes to cross over to Dm
postoffice, as the number of auto
mobiles multiples, and the
amount of public property avail
able for their use is static . . . Bob
Agle assisting us in the solution
of some of the most pressing pub
lic problems . . . Jim Brown, who
is a man of many parts, volun
teering his services to the wo
man's club rummage sale Satur
day and auctioning off every
thing from men's suits to tin
whistles . . . Pedestrians detour
around group of men engaged in
synthetic sort of fisticuff, only!
to have to give the run-around
to a dozen or so gossipers, who
used even' inch of the side
walk's width . . . unmindful of
the incovenience experienced by
those who were in a bit of a hur
ry .. . Spud Whitener pursuing
graduate studies, and uncertain
as to whether to settle for a
master's degree, or lengthen his
stride in pursuit of the elusive
doctorate . . . and that unwanted
feeling, when we are caught in a
group of our friends who are en
joying bad health . . . we know
little of the current ailments,
know about as much of the
peoperties of B-l as of the in
nards of a B-36 . . . just don't fit
in . . . about like a sober qnan
hedged in by a dozen or so all
limbered up on Old Grandpap, or
vice versa.
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ADD TO THE THINGS
which we wouldn't hin txped
ed to happen on King Street,
but which actually did: Former
Sheriff John W. Hodges. gtrtno
a bull parp hit exercise. and
greeting hit friends along the
way. Mindful of the canine'a
comfort, visits with him by the
tide of a telephone pole, and
walks sedately on. holding the
leash and looking fairly un
comfortable.
ROE GREENE, who has fol
lowed blacksmithing for a great
many years, has developed a fly
swatter, which, it would appear,
will contribute handsomely to
the control of the pestiferous
house fly, and dish up sudden
death to the insect pests for
years on end without replace
ment . . . Roe has received a pat
ent on the device which he says
may be manufactured easily and
economically, and we hope his
invention brines in the sheckela
in boipteous quantity . . . Harry
' Hamilton reports the purchase of
an outstandingly fine Hereford
bulL which lays claim to right
cloee kin with last year's inter
national grand champion . . .
When a better Hereford is bred,
Harry is pretty apt to find him
. . . Cessation of the rain Tuesday
morning . . . One of our most
trusted spies says " 'Course it
quit . . . the moon 'newed' this
mornin' "... Typical lad, of Tlx
summers, exhibit* glass Jar in
which are carefully husbanded
a couple of baby bull froga, a
number of tad poles, and a liz
< aid or so. . . . His companion ex
hibit* a snail and a vast-pocket
model turtle.
OFF-RECORD PACT DISCUSSION
yiV ? k" '
Two who opposed Atlantic pad plaad thair points with bi- partisan
co-pilolt of tha pact. Left to right arc San. Arthur V. Watkins
(R. Utah), who joinad minority lMdw W harry in raquast for ridar
that would fraa United States of arms obligations. Sanators Tom
Connally (D. Tax.), Arthur Vandanbarg (R., Mich.), and Kannath
Wherry (IU Nab.).
Record Enrollment
Expected at A.S.T.C.
MARINES LAND
I
Situation is wall In hand. Mis.]
Susanna Perrin, Haw York, who
?a??ad ia iha Marina corps' Ro
man's raaarva. is engaged to wad
Rap. Franklin D. Rooaevelt Jr.
Rivpr Road Bid
Asked By State
The State Highway Commis
sion last week called for bids on
the construction of a three-mile
link in the Watauga River Road,
being the second lap of the much
Idiscussed highway to be built in
'the last few years.
The road >rhich leaves high
way 421 at Sugar Grove and runs
down the river to the Tennessee
line, has been advocated for many
years by political leaders, Cham
bers of Commerce and individu
als, as one of the most important
interestate routes, and besides,
opens up an important section' of
Watauga county, which has hi
therto been handicapped by lack
of all -weather highways.
Bids will be received on grad
ing, traffic-bound macadam, bi
tuminous suface treatment and
structures from a point one mile
west of Sugar Grove (at the
Johnny Walker farm) to a point
7.7 miles east of ihe Tennessee
line, a total distance of three
miles.
The Watauga project was one
of 29 put up for bids to be open
ed August 30 and awarded Sep
tember 1. The projects cover 235
miles of construction and better
ment in 28 counties, and repre
sent the largest number of pro
jects advertised in one lot in
more than a year and half.
Father of Mrs. Cline
Dies at Grassy Creek
Gordon D. Sturgill, 77, retired
merchant and prominent resident
of ' Grassy Creek, died Sunday
evening following an extended
illness.
Funeral rites were conducted
Tuesday at 2:30 at Grassy Creek
Methodist Church, and burial
was In the church cemetery.
The widow, two sons and three
daughters survive: Bradley E.
Sturgill, Grassy Creek; G. F.
Sturgill, Christ iansburg, Va.;
Mrs. W. G. Little, Jefferson: Mrs.
J.- C. Cline, Boone; Mrs. S. O.
Osborne, Mouth of Wilson, Vs.;
There are twelve grandchildren.
Todd Will Be Visited
By Grange Officials
The Todd community will hold
their second meeting to consider
the organization of a Grange Fri
day night, August 28, at eight
o'clock at the school building. All
Interested citizens, both men and
women and the youth are asked
to attend. A representative of
the North Carolina State Grance
?
All Dormitory Rooms Engag
ed Before the Close of Last
Spring Quarter.
Appalachian State Teachers
College is expecting, in Septem
ber, the largest student enroll
ment in its history. Every room
in the dormitories has been filled
since before the end of the spring
term, and rooms are coming to
be at a premium in the town.
The year will begin with the
meeting of the .acuity on Mon
day, September 5, at 7:30 p. m.
Freshmen will report at 10:00 a.
m., Tuesday, September 6; trans
fer students will report Thurs
day, September 6, at 10:00 a. m.;
and former students of Appala
chian will report at 8:30 a. m,
Friday, September 9.
There are few changes in the
faculty this year, due mainly to
the fact that most of the faculty
members serve over a period of
years. However, there will be
additions to the departments of
English, social science, biology,
library Science, music.. Home Ec
onomics, and physical education.
Some changes in curriculum
are being made, in agreement
with the requirements of the
State Board of Education and
Certification for Teachers, and
also in conformity with the
North Carolina College Confer
ence. Two major changes include
those in the departments of psy
chology and education, designed
to make these courses more pro
gressive and to eliminate undue
duplication.
All graduates of Appalachian
are fully in line for Class A cer
tification under the rules of the
American Association of Colleges
for Teacher Education, and also
thoroughly standard for liberal
arts under the organization of the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools.
This year, for# the first time.i
the college will offer graduate'
work during the regular year:
Such work has been given in the
summer terms since 1942, but a
full program of graduate work
will now be a part of the regular
nine months terms also.
Watauga CROP
Meeting Slated
A county CROP meeting for
the organisation of Watauga
county for the 1940 North Caro
lina Friendship Food-Train will
be held on September 6, at 1:30
p. m., in the First Baptist church,
[according to, an announcement by
|G. D. Barnett. acting as conven
or for the meeting.
Rev. Walter Jones of Lenoir,
CROP district director who is in
charge of CROP organization in
Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Mitchell
land Watauga counties, will speak
[about plans for the- "Friendship
Food Train in the state and in
the nation.
A CROP film, "Operation Mer
Icy," will be shown, picturing the
[overseas distribution of food and
farm commodities contributed
last year. County officers for
1949 will be elected and plans and
igoals for the county for the com
ing year will be set.
Grange Meeting Be
Held at Deep Gap
The people of the Deep Gap
community will meet Thursday
night, August 28,. at eight o'clock
at the school building for the
purpose of organizing a Grange
for that community. All inter
ested citizens are asked to at
tend. Women and youth art es
pecially invited.
A representative of the North
Carolina State Grange will be
jpresent for the occasion.
Hagerstown, Md^City labor
er* under authority of an ordin
ance, cut down dense gpovth on
Henry Holiapfel, Jr*s lot and the
dty sent him a bill for $S0. It
was returned unpaid, accotn
Knied by a bill from Holzafel
r $1M. those "weeds," 1m said,
[were valuable peony
County fair
PLANS UNFOLD
AS OFFICIALS
ARE SELECTED
Agricultural Exhibition If
Feature of Coming Mofctkt
Superintendents of Varioi||l
Department Are Named as
Organization Is Completed.
Plans are rapidly taking shape
for the Blue Ridge Fair, which is
to be held in BoOne September
21< 22, 23, 24, and superinten
dents of the various departments
have been chosen.
These people, whose names
follow, will work with the officers
of the fair in making entries,
keeping records, displaying and
showing of the entries, and the
awarding of prizes.
Dept. A? Garden and field crops.
Ned Glenn. Milton Moretz. Zeb Farth
ing. W. C. Richardson
Dept. B ? Farm exhibit. Johnnie
Greene. Billy Cooke. W. A. Smith
Dept. C ? Fruit* ? Albert Watson and
D. T. Brown.
Dept D ? Canning ? Mrs Dean Reese,
Mrs. Stanford Storle. Mrs. James Mil
ler.
Dept E ? Pantry and Dairy ? Mrs.
Geo. P. Edmisten, Mrs A. E. Vannoy.
Mrs. Geo. Harmon.
Dept F? Flowers, Mrs. B. W. Stal
ling. Mrs. Odes Wilson.
Dept. G ? Veterans Farm Exhibit.
Barton Farthing and Hayes Wellborn
Dept. H? Beef Cattle, R. G. Shipley.
Lynn Norris. Flnley P. Hodges. Don
ley Hagaman.
Dept I ? Sheep. Howard Edmisten.
J. W. Norris, Lewis Norris -
| Dept. J ? Swine. Ralph Wilson. Tip
ton Greene. Fred Greene.
L Dept. K Dairy. Paul Nave. John K.
perry, W M. Winkler. Ed Love
Dept. L ? Horses. George Wilson.
Grady Perry1. Earl Miller.
I Dept. M ? Poultry. Hayes Wellborn.
Dean Bingham. Ernest Hillard, J. J.
Wellborn.
Dept. N ? Junior. C. H. Kirkman. Jr..
R. L. Tait. Mary Helen Nelll. Mrs.
Joyce Davis.
Dept. O ? Home Demonstration
Booths. Mrs A. E. Moretz, Mrs. I B.
Wilson, Mrs. Hattle Lewis.
Dept. P ? Handicraft, Miss Elizabeth
Lord. Mrs. Myrtle Hollars. Mrs
Stewart Barnes.
Dept. Q ? Needlecraft. Mrs. Glenn
Brown. Mrs. Cecil Swift, Mrs Mae
Greene.
Dept. R ? Baby Show, Barnard
Dougherty. W. H. Gragg.
I '
Hospital Fund
Progress Cited
Watauga Hospital Board had an
encouraging meeting Friday and
received reports of nearly $2,
500.00 in advanced gifts toward
the $10,000.00 which amount is
in addition to the $250.00 Club
which hopes to have $5000.00 in
gifts of $250.00.
Chairman Ralph Winkler of
Building Committee reports that
plans for the kitchen are com
plete and are ready to begin
work just as soon as the money
is available, and he was delight
ed with the substantial progress
made by the advanced gifts com
mittee toward securing the. $10,
000.00 in advanced gifts. The
S10, 000.00 from the Duke Foun
dation is ready just as soon as
our $10,000.00 is in the bank. The
solicitors reported a splendid in
terest on the part of the people.
One 'man who had a substantial
number of subscribers said, "Ev
erybody I saw gave cheerfully
and talked with enthusiasm about
the progress made by the hospital
since the reorganization." In the
campaign last winter he said they
gave questioningly, now they give
with confidence.
Another meeting of the advan
ced gift committee is scheduled
for Friday noon at the. Skyline
Restaurant.
Watauga Has Eight
In Corn Contest
College Station, Raleigh. ? A to-j
tal of 423 North Carolina farmers1
have entered the 200- bushel corn
contest for 1949, Dr. E. R. Collins,
in charge of agronomy for the
State College Extension Service,
reported. Eight contestants are
from Watauga county. July I
was the deadline for filing entry
forms with local county agents.
Haywood county leads the list
with 136 applications, and Wil
son follows closely with 135.
Northampton is third with 40.
Halifax has 16 entries; Pitt 13,
Union 12, Cherokee nine, Ashe
and Watauga eight each, Wayne
six, Hoke five, Wake and For
syth four each, Lenoir and Mar
tin. three each, and several other
Counties have one or two each.
Fourth Local Lamb
Pool Sold on Friday
Seven hundred sixty - four
lamb* were shipped in the fourth
Watauga county lamb pool held
st North WUkesboro oti August
19 for a total of il4.6M.TT. fal
lowing is a breakdown by grades:
Grade Head Price Total
Chofce 346 $24.75 $7 .*42.04
Good 282 22.73 5,130.23
Medium ... .108 19.50 . 1,389.80
13 1C00 106.20
...... 15 107.M
The lambs were told to Swift
and Company.
New unification law does uotj
insure savings in aimed (areas.
Common
Others
LABORATORY SCENE
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? a? ? ? ? ? ? tin i hi ?ii?M?
Laboratory Technician making microscopic examination of ipeci
m*n in n?wly equipped laboratory at Watauga Hospital.
Bruce T ucker V ictim
Of Highway Robbers
Manager of Sportsman's Club
Is Robbed on King Street
Monday Night.
Muffled with a bed quilt and
overpowered by unknown as
sailants, Bruce Tucker, manager
of the local sportman's club, was
divested of his billfold, contain
ing about $40 in a bold streetside
robbery Monday, evening.
Mr. Tucker, en route home
from his work was attacked at a
point near the former IE. S. Cof
fey house, in mid-town. His as
sailants stepped from the dark
ness, enveloped him in the bed
quilt, snatched his billfold, and
made their getaway before he
could recover from his dilemma.
Police Chief Verne Greene
was soon on the scene and an in
vestigation is in process. Indica
tions were that the robbers had
been lying in wait in the tall
weeds on the vacant lot. A hat,
presumably worn by one of the
highwaymen, and a shoe were
found at the scene of the strug
gle.
Mrs. Mary Harrison
Is Taken by Death
Mrs. Mary Eliza Harrison, 88
years old, resident of Blpwing
Rock RFD, died Sunday at the
home, following a long illness.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock]
at the Mount, Vernon Baptistl
Church by Rev. W. D. Ashley
and Rev. R. C. Eggers and inter
ment was in the family cemetery.
Survivors include the husband,
N. L. Harrison, one son, Douglas
Harrison of Blowing Rock; two
daughters, Mrs. Will Critcher,
Boone, and Miss Pauline Harri
son, Blowing Rock. >
[Last Rites Held
For Frank F. Holder
Frank Filmore Holder, age 78
years, a resident of Blue Ridge
Township, died at his >10016 Tues
day, August 16.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at the Friendship church by
Rev. Raymond Hendrix, Rev.
Earnest Moretz, Rev. Wesley Ash
ley and burial war in the church
cemetery. '
Survivors include the widow,
four sons and one daughter, Elisha
Holder of Wichita, K as , Mrs. J.
F. Mathews of Miami Beach, Fla.,
Boyce, Roy and Robert Holder,
all of Blowing Rock.
Edward Lee Jackson
Succumbs on Monday
Edward Lee Jackson, *78 years
old, died Monday at his home in
the Laxon neighborhood.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Tuesday at 2 o'clock at the
Fairview Methodist chlirch by
llev. Ernest Moretz, and burial
was in the churih cetnetagy.
The following sons and daugh
ters survive: Mrs. Kelly Triplett,
Lenoir; Mrs. Sally WinebArger,
Toms Creek, Va.; William Jack
son, Boone; Clyde Jackson. Lax
on; Mrs. Mabel Wilcox, Avery L.
Jackson, Boone; Mrs. Thelma
[Finch. Henderson.
Domestic consumption of cot
ton declined more than seasonal'
ly in June and at 600,000 bales
was 200,000 below June, IMS.
Exports through May this season
were nearly two and one-third
ttaM* as large as in the same
period last year.
SPEAKER
jSenator Owen Brewster. Republi
I "in *'n;ne, who will speak *1
the third annual bean feitWal to
?be hald at Mountain CitT. Tann..
Saptambar 1. ..Other State and
national notables will take part
in the festival.
Dr. C. C. Applewhite
To Speak at Meeting
Dr. - C. C. Applewhite, of the
division of local health admini
stration, State Board of Health,
Raleigh, will be the initial speak
er in a series of town mass meet
ings to be sponsored by the local
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The first, meeting is to be held
at the courthouse at B p. np. Mon
day August 29th, and everyone in
the town is urged to come out and
take part in the meeting.
Since Watauga county has Ween
selected as a demonstration' coun
ty in. the rural health program,
the Jaycees have decided to give
the .people of the community and
opportunity to bear prominent
speakers on health subjects. In
this manner the people can be
best informed of their needs and
how they can be attained.
Reynolds Heir Born
At Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock ? Lloyd Patrick
Tate and wife, the former Miss
Cannon Reynolds, heiress to tex
tile and tobacco millions in North
Carblina, announced Monday
afternoon the birth of a boy in a
Blowing Rock hospital.
Mrs. Tate is the daughter of
the late Z. Smith Reynolds, scion
of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco
empire at Winston-Salem, and
heiress of the famed Cannon
textile manufacturers at Kaima
polia.
Tate is well know as a North
Carolina sportsman.
Grigg To Address
Local Rotary Club
Mr. J. H. Grigg, superinten
dent of the Cleveland county
schools, Shelby, N. C. will speak
to the Boone Rotary Club at its
meethig Friday evening at 6*0.
Mr. Grigg is known as a vary
AntPrtsining. Slid Sll Ro
tarlans are urged to attend
COLUMBIA LAW
SCHOOL DEJUI
TO APPEAR At
TERN FINALS
? yffe
Dr. Young B. Smith To Speak
As Ninety Gr*dutiH.I?
ceive Diplomas; Dr. Dough
erty To Confer Degrees an
Large Group; the Graduates
Appalachian State Tspthns
College expects to confor de
grees upon ninety graduates at
the summer school commence
ment to be held at the college
August 25 at eight o'clock in the
evening. Dr. Young B. Smith,
dean of the law school of Co
lumbia University, will deliver
the commencement address.
The processional and recession
al will be played by Boboy
Wayne Cox of the music faculty.
Dr. W. G. Bond, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Boone,
will deliver the invocation, and
Rev. W. C. Leach, rector of the
Holy Cross church of Valte Cru
cis. will pronounce the benedic
tion." Hoyt Safrit of China Grove
will sing "Arise O Lord" and a
quartet under the direction of
Mrs. Virginia Wary Linney will
sing "Cherubim Song."
President B. B. Dougherty will
confer master of arts degrees
upon the' following: William Les
ter Ballard. Lincolnton; Golden
T. Buck land. Boone; Emma Rod
ger Bynum, Georgetown, S. C.;
Fred O. Drummond, Kannapolis;
Robert Pershing Long. Newell;
and George Lippard Sawyer, Jr.,
Boone.
Bachelor of science degrees
will be conferred upon the fol
lowing: Allen W. Aiken, Lafay
ette. Ga.; Ray Lewis Alston,
AsKeboro; Kathryn Bryan And
erson, Mars HiU: Margaret G. Bi
shop. Hialeah, Fla.; D. B. Blalock,
Kings Mountain; James F. Blan
kenship, Fairview; James Bailey
Blevins, Bakursville; Billy Bol
inger, Morganton; J. R. Brendell,
Jr., Boone:
Georgia Littlefield Brown,
Folkston, Ga.; Tabitha Burgess,
Hamptonville; James Harlan
Cantrell, Avondale; William
""ranees Carroll, Boona: James
Walter Church, Scottville; Eula
Mae Coffey, Blowing Rock; Phil
lip Ashley Counts, Alleghany, .
Va.: Edward G. Crockett, Crfs
field, Md.; Hugh Clayton Culler,
Timmonsville, S. C.; Edna Inez
Dalton. Edneyville; Madge Cook
Drummond, Kannapolis: Elisha
Hal Edmisten, North Wilkes boro;
Madeline Harriet Edmisten, Su
(Continued on page 2)
Hi School Can't
Handle Crowds
The local high school enroll
ment has increased to the ex
tent that the building is np longer
large enough to take care of the.
number of students enrolled. Due
to this increase in enrollment it
was necessary to move one sec
tion of the seventh grade back
to the elementary school building
which was already over-crowd
ed. Until the college is able to
start the building program in
connection with the elementary
school building it will be neces
sary to re-route several of the
buses to leave off all first, second
and third grade students at the
feeder schools surrohnding
Boone. The bus from Castle
School will be re-routed so as to
'o to Rutherwood School and
Jamboo bus will be re-routed so
as to have the ending of its .first
run at Bamboo School. It will be
impossible to enroll any first
second or third grade children
at the Boone Schools who are
able to attend any of these feed
er schools.
Lawrence B&rden
Gains Scholarship
? ________
Lawrence Barden who gra
duated from Appalachian High
school in May was one of the
two high school students in the
State of North Carolina to re
ceive the National Methodist
Scholarships to Duke University.
The scholarship is valued at >400
which is sufficient to cover cost
of fees and tuition, and is renew
able for four years.
Lawrence distinguished him
self while at Appalachian High
School and was a member of the
National Honor Society and Won
school letters in football, basket
ball, baseball and citizenship. He
was student director of the
school band and also took p
such activities as the glee .
paper staff, boy scouts and
ty patrol.
WMk MMm
id aafe
BOONE MAN WINS BOND
A Boone radio listener, William
L. Bury, Appalachian State lea
chers college librarian, has been
awarded a fifty dollar United
States Savings Bond in the
"Americans Speak Up" contest
heard over Radio Station W1RC.
The program is broadcast Wed
nesday evenings at l:iS e*
add nMtures outstanding A
cans being Interviewed <m
ten of current interest
portance.