KING STREET
I 1 V
BY
ROB RIVERS
HOMECOMING DAY down
at the college draws large crowd
of folks who started their care
era fresh off Appalachian cam
pus, and many stayed over to
view the colored foliage on Sun
day as spring time temperatures
prevailed in the land of the most
elegantly painted forests . .
Sunday afternoon the baseball
fans stayed by the radios while
the Yankes banged out a
fourth victory over the Dodgers
to culminate ? the current world
series . ; . and the folks settle
down to steel strikes, coal dittos,
and perusal of the news regard
ing the atom bomb, which we
have always contended was
without the realms of the reason
of mine-run minds ... so we've
consistently refused even to wor
ry a mite about the day which
some seem 'to foresee, when the
planet will be laid waste . . .
Anyway we just can't do much
about the thing, and in this con
nection got a kick out of an AP
story by Hal Boyle, parts of
which are quoted:
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"NATURALLY, everyone to
day is wondering what he
should do about the atom bomb
. . . The best advice to follow
is? don't buy one now on a ris
ing market . . . Why have one
around the house at all? . . .
You can't tune in a baseball
game on it like you can a tele
vision set . . . It s too heavy to
throw at a cat and too big to
fire at a burglar . . . And the
resale or trade-in Value of a
used atom bomb is practically
zero . . . Nope you might as
well turn the whole thing over
to the United Nations, whose
theme song isi 'You show me
? your stockpile and 111 show
you mine.' ... I think the
average man will be glad to
let it go at that, for he has be
came bored to death with the
atom bomb . . . He is annoyed
at seeing what was to have
been the century of the com
mon man turiHed into the cen
tury of the big firecracker.
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"FOUR YEARS AGO I toured
stricken Nagasaki, a black scar
in the hills. Room by room I ex
plored a shattered concrete and
steel modern hospital, in which
every patient had been killed.
But the dead had been carted
away by then, doused with
gasoline and burned . . . What
impressed me most were the
windows ? the glass had melted
and run like dribbles of candle
wax . . . There is much wise
talk about how to protect your
self in the event of atom war
fare. The experts agree that dis
persal is fine . . . but they don't
explain how a man who owns a
delicatessen store off Broadway
cam move it to a cow pasture in
Wisconsin and still sell enough
sandwiches to make a living . . .
Actually about all the ordinary
citizen in any country can do
about the atom bomb is dislike
it ? and pray that nobody blows
a bugle!
PUREBRED HEREFORD
SALE draws lira* number of
buyari from wide am and
animal* command good price
. . . Exhibitor* wash and curry
and win th* hair of the royal
bloodad bovine* btfon tha auc
ttooMr begins Ui chant ? . .
Motorist doing a fail of cussing,
whan b? finds a coupla of cars
parked behind his, so that if*
impossible for him to leave
whan his shopping is don* . . ?
Elderly lady puffing her cigar
ette as she strolls down the
street, the long holder held be
tween clenched teeth at an
FDR angle . . . Rambler roaes
bloom a second time as the
family vegetable garden tfill
yields succulent string beans,
despite three or four heavy
frosts . . . Like the "jay walker '
of the (big cities, the ?ight-*ee
ing motorist who ere e p s
through town at about five
miles per hour, holding back a
stream of traffic a mile long
... is a menace to public safe
ty and to the religion of the
ones behind, who are likely to
be in a hurry . . . Cigar sales
man. with brand name of well
known Havana shining on the
side of his auto, puffs conten
tedly on a Camel or Lucky or
something . . . and Stat* patrol
BMB CVSptiQB
the "dickey birds** which some
consider indiipsn
flhlf ? of Ihs
windshield.
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?THE NEW ARMY RESERVE
CORPS is an important addition
to the life of 'the town and the
veterans of the army are to be
congratulated on the occupancy
of their new home in the Wink
ler building, and It is to be hop-'
ed that the membership of the
Corps will be rapidly expanded
. , . These reserve units are a
good thing for the men, are a
vital link m the national defense
system, and of course contribute
to the monetary welfare of thej
boys and their community . . .
We are for them . . . Leaves be
gin to tumble down along the
street and city workers seen to
do their first autumn sweeping
the first of the week . . . Wanted,
a new^word to^take the p^aoe of
20 Miles Local Roads
Are in 1st Allotment
FROM SPY TO SCHOOLMARM
Mis* Elizabeth Banllar. Mlf-ilyled Soviet spy quean. itiadi at
blackboard Instructing atudenta at Mundeleln college, Chicago. 111.
No Parking At
Graded School
The town authorities have
marked off the space on College
Street in front of the demonstra
tion school, as a no-parking zone,
as a safety measure on behalf of
the children and no parking, will
be allowed in the area at any
time.
Chief of Police Verne Greene
also points out that Appalachian
Street is open only to eastbound
trafljc, and those found traveling
west on this street will be arrest
ed. It is also pointed out that
Patrolmen as well as city police
men are on the alert for those
passing a school bus while receiv
ing or discharging passengers.
State law prescribes a fine of $50,
or this offense.
Chief Greene points out that
new traffic regulations are solely
for the purpose at affording pro
tection to the children, and nopes
the public will willingly cooper
ate.
Meeting Of C. Oi
C. Is Postponed
Announcement was made Tues
day of the postponement of the
Chamber of Commerce meeting
from Tuesday evening, October
11, to Monday evening, October
17, due to the revival at the Bap
tist Church.
The meeting will be a dinner
affair, at 6:30 o'clock, and Presi
dent Wilcox states an interesting
program is being arranged ana
that some important matters are
to be discussed.
Those not wishing to have din
ner may come by 7:15 in time for
the business session.
Burley Market Quota
Control Study Soon
Washington. ? The Government
took the initial step this week
toward continuing rigid produc
tion controls on burley tobacco.
Secretary o f Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan invited inter
ested parties to submit in writing
by October 22 their views on
whether the crop should be kept
under marketing quotas during
the 1950-51 marketing year.
The Secretary of Agriculture is
required to set quotas cmi burley
tobacco vTOen total supplies ex
ceed a specified reserve supply
'evel. The quota* must be set by
December 1, if he finds they 'are
needed.
If so, growers must- approve
them by a two-thirds vote before
the controls can go into effect
during the next marketing year.
GOE8 WITH MILLING CO.
Mr. J. Ed Ward, who for 15
years represented the Muse Hard
ware Co., of Mountain City, in
this area, has resigned and ac
cepted ? position with the C. L.
DeBorde Milling Co., of Johnson
City, Term. Mr. Ward will still
travel in the counties of Watauga^
Avery, Mitchell, Alleghany and
Johnson. , ?
Goforth Stresses Stabilization,
As One-Fourth Local Bond
Money Earmarked.
A $1,900,000 expenditure on
stabilization and some 501.9 miles
of hard -surfacing constitute the
opening phase of the Eighth
Highway Division's bond road
program. Highway Commission
er Mark Goforth of Lenoir an
nounced this week.
The Commissioner warned that
emphasis during the next six
months will be strictly on stabili
zation with paving following next
Spring. A large-scale stock-pil
ing of crushed stone is already
underway in the Division's 10
Northwest Carolina counties.
"Our first .objective is to keep
all school bus routes and other
heavily traveled rural roads open
this winter," Mr. Goforth said.
"Next we want to make sure that
all roads eligible for paving un
der the bona program get proper
consideration before final selec
tions are made. We do not ex
pect to make final decision too
far in advance since conditions in
our division are constantly chang
ing. A typical example is the
recent announcement of the re
moval of one of the Chatham
Manufacturing Company plants
from Virginia to North Carolina.
This may very well affect our
road situation in the Surry Coun
ty region."
The Commissioner announced
the following allotments of money
for stabilization and mileage of
projects in his 10 counties:
Alleghany ? $150,000, 17.1 miles;
Ashe? $200,000, 14.0 miles; Cald
well? $225,000, 22.7 miles; Davie
? $125,000, 32.4 miles; Forsyth?
$200,000, 91.6 miles; Stokes ?
$200,000, 52.8 miles; Surry ? $250,
000, 80.2 miles; Watauga ? $150,
000, 20.8 miles; Wilkes? $250,000,
107.5 miles; and Yadkin, $150,000,
82.8 miles.
"Some of our mountainous dis
tricts prefer crushed stone roads
over hard-surfacing since they
provide better traction for ve
hicles under bad weather condi
tions on the steep grades and
curves of the mountain country,"
Mr. Goforth said.
Selection of the first paving
projects and plans for the stab
ilization program were made by
Commissioner Goforth and Divi
sion Engineer John C. Walker af
ter numerous public meetings in
each county and after detailed
surveys of all eligible roads in the
division. They considered such
factors as traffic, population alone
the roads, school bus and mail
routes and roads which have a
relationship to the entire county
road system.
The program announced makes
up roughly one-fourth of the
Eighth Division's portion of the
$200,000,000 road bond program.
The stabilization and hard-sur
facing program in Watauga Coun
ty is as follows:
Deep Gap-Ashe County 1.3
miles
Green Park-Parkway, 1.8 miles
Shulls Mills, west, 1.0 miles
Hodges Gap-Poplar Grove, 1.2
mil**.
US 221 to Yonahlossee Camp,
2.9 miles
Don Hagamans'-Bethel, 1.7
milea
Vanderpool Drive, 1.2 miles
(Continued on page four.)
AUTUMN COLOR CRUISES
PLANNED FOR MOUNTAINS
Raleigh ? Oqe-day, overnight,
three-day and weekly mapped
cruises into and through North
Carolina's fall color regions are
available to the traveling public
through the State Advertising di
vision of the North Carolina De
partment of Conservation and
Development
The information packages arc
available in four categories, for
travelers entering the state from
the east, west, north and south,
and eontaln designated highways
for tour* of varied lengths, lists
and folders of accommodations
along each itinerary, and latest
bulletins of color conditions at
specified spots.
Reports from forest rangers
marshalled to provide daily re
ports on progress of autumn col
or starting now on 8,00 fact ele
vations indicate a full month of
color. Balmy weather with a
slight nip, and more of the same
forecast by the weatherman, in
dicates a slow march of color
down the mountains. AH type*
of accommodations are opan
through October.
FARM BUREAU
LEADERS HEAR
SHAW AS FALL
DRIVE OPENS
State Farm Bureau Executive
Against Bran nan Farm
Plan; George Farthing
Others Speak as Bureau
Membership Campaign Is
Launched.
The annual membership drive
of tfyp Watauga County Farm Bu
reau began Tuesday, October 4,
with a dinner meeting at the Sky
line Cafe. Fifty-one farm leaders
from thirteen townships heard R.
Flake Shaw, executive vice presi
dent and secretary of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau, discuss
the leading part played by Farm
Bureau in the enactment of agri
cultural legislation for many
years, particularly since 1932.
Dick Farthing , and his string
band entertained the group dur
ing the meeting.
Mr. Shaw explained what he
considered the unsound features
of the recently proposed Brannan
farm price support plan, and told
how the Farm Bureau engineered
the defeat of that plan in the
House of Representatives in
Washington. He described the
Farm Bureau as the most effec
tive vehicle in the United States
through which farm people can
work for the enactment of sound,
constructive agricultural legisla
tion. He told the group 91 the
amazing growth of Farm Bureau
in North Carolina from 1,120
members in 1940, to the present
membership of over 78,000 farm
families in 82 counties.
Mr. Shaw also explained that
Farm Bureau in 45 states of the
nation, and said it is the only
farm organization which has any
particular legislative influence on
membership coverage in the Sou
thern States.
Mr. George Farthing, field rep
resentative for the state organi
(Continued on page 7)
Majority Leader
Lauds Doughion
I Majority Leader John W. Mc
Cormack paid tribute to Con
gressman Robert L. Doughton
luring the debate on Social Se
:urity extension in the House of
Representatives on October 5th.
Excepts from the remarks by
Congressman McCormack, follow:
"Probably the proudest man,
Mr. Chairman, and justifiably so
today, is one of the youngest
minded men in the House. But
in years he is the dean of the
House, the great chairntan of the
Committee on Ways and Means,
who piloted through the Congress
the' original Social Security Act
and under whose leadership the
House passed the bill of 1939 and
under whose sterling leadership
the House will pass the bill we
have before us today ? our dear
colleague the gentleman from
North Carolina, Bob Doughton.
"As it was my purpose to call
attention to this great American,
to this great Member of Congress,
this great statesman, and what he
has done in connection with this
legislation, I will conclude my re
marks by stating that in the
great career he has had, as he
looks back he will remember as
the greatest act he has ever per
formed in the legislative field,
leading the figh< m the passage
of this Social Security Act and
amendments thereto. By doing
that he has done more to strength
en the family life of America
than any j?gislation passed in the
last 50 years.".
Teachers Meet
In Twin City
Approximately 3,000 teachers
and administrators from 15 north
western counties are expected to
attend the 27th annual Teachers
Convention of the Northwestern
District of the North Carolina
Education Association in Win
ston-Salem on October 14. The
following counties comprise the
Northwestern District: Alamance,
Ashe, Alleghany, Caswell, Davie,
Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Ran
dolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Sur
ry. Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin.
The program will include one
general session 4 dinner meetings
for the- four major divisions of
the Association and 22 meetings
of departmental and subject mu
ter groups.
The following candidates for
the Northwestern District offic
ers have been nominated and the
results of the elections will be
announced during the convention:
For president, Mrs. Dessa Mae
Edmisten of Boone and C. C. Lln
nemann of Burlington; for vice
president E. G. Bourne, principal
of Bethany High School m Reids
ville; for secretary, Gena Church,
classroom teacher, Graham School
in Graham.
iCottoo Jf ? major crop to all
the Southern states. 1
POLIO CONTRIBUTION
Postmaster General Jnm M. Donaldson ihows polio victim bow
contributions to polio fund axe addressed to "Polio, Your Local
Poitoffice" which show* where people interested in making con
tributions to the polio emergency epidemic fund aro to addross
their contributions. His interested listener is sere n-TMur -old Sail
St. Clair of Edmonston. Md., herself a polio victim. The polio epi
demic this year has surpassed in the number of cases any epidemic
of previous years.
Local Army Unit Is
Outstanding in Area
I
George Corn Is
Head Of Alumni
I i
The alumni association of Ap
Salachian State Teachers college
eld its annual meeting on Sat
turday, October 8, at 3:30 o'clock
in the science lecture room at the
college. The main item of busi
ness was the election of officers,
who are as follows:
President, George Corn of Shel
by; first vice president, Starr N.
Stacy of Boone; second vice pres
ident. Cullen Johnson of Raleigh;
third vice president, Byron Stew
art of Charlotte; fourth vice pres
ident .Marion Ward of Winston
Salem; fifth vice president, Re
bekah Boone' of Bone; and sec
retary-treasurer, Mrs. Mabel B.
Brown of Boone.
A large number of alumni and
friends attended the homecoming
dance on Friday night, the alum
ni tea on Saturday afternoon, and
the football game with Lenoir
Rhyne on Saturday night.
Mrs. Greene Is
Dead At Age 80
Mrs. Lillie Victoria Greene, 80
years old, died Monday at her
home, Boone RFD 2.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Wednesday morning at 11 o'
clock at the Oak Grove Baptist
Church by Rev. Mr. Vance, and
Rev. E. F. Troutman and inter
ment was in the Gragg cemetery.
One son and one daughter sur
vive: Ronald Greene, of Colletts
ville and Mrs. H. A. Greene,
Boone, R. F. D. 2.
Mother Local Woman
Dies In Waxhaw Sat.
/ ?
Monroe. ? Mrs. Anna Walkup
McCain, 80, died at her home in
Waxhaw Saturday. She was the
daughter of the late Colonel Har
vey and Ellen Steele Walkup of
Waxhaw. Funeral services were
held Sunday at the Waxhaw Pres
byterian church of which she was
a member. Rev. J. R. Thackett
officiated. Burial was in the
Waxhaw cemetery.
Surviving are her husband,
George A. McCain, three sons,
Herbert P. and George McCain or
Union county, and Dr. Walkup K.
McCain of High Point.... three
daughters. Miss Ruth McCain of
the home, Miss Madelaine Mc
Cain of Appalachian State Tea
chers College, Boone, and Mrs.
G. A. McCrorey of Union county;
a brother, a sister, 10 grandchil
dren, and a great-granachild.
Lt. Robie McCollum Com
mands Local Unit; Other
Units May Be Formed.
The local Army Reserve organ
ization is considered by the De
partment of Army as the most
outstanding Reserve unit in
Northwestern North Carolina, and
according to Lt McCollum, the
personnel takes great pride in this
xact. The recently organized unit
has just moved into their new
home iri the Winkler building on
West Main street. Training equip
ment is now being secured and
it is assumed that the unit will
be full equipped within a few
weeks.
The local unit is commanded by
Lt. Robie D. McCollum. a veteran
of 25 months senfce in the Pa
cific area, and was activated June
30, this year. It is now composed
of twenty-nine active members,
and under the present table of or
ganization it is autorized to have
thirty -four members. It is antici
pated that more than one unit
will be necessary to serve the
expanding membership.
The local unit originated with
a total of three members who
were driving to Lenoir to partici
pate in Reserve Corps activities.
Realizing the obstacles to be ov
ercome in establishing a local
unit, these members presented
their program to fellow service
personnel and it has received en
thusiastic response with a con
stant increase in membership.
I As the Boone unit continued its
growth. Department of Army of
ficials realized the need of a local
unit. - From the very beginning,
the average attendance based on
the number attending per as
signed personnel has been in the
vicinity of ninety percent. It is
a logical assumption that this is
a near record for units of com
parable size in the state.
Lt. McCollum attributes the
success of the unit to the mutual
icooperation of each member of
the organization.
P. 0. Receipts
Show Gain Here
Postal receipts for the quarter
ended Septerriber 30th, at the
Boone office, indicate a consider
able gain over the corresponding
period of 1948, it is revealed by
Postmaster John E. Brown, Jr.
Receipts for the , period this
year were (8,549.75, as against
$6,951.60 for the third quarter of
1948, reflecting a gain for the
current period of $1,598.15. In
cidentally, it is pointed owt, the
September quarter was $1,674.19
over the quarter ending June 80.
I Average size of all farms in the
State in 1945 was 64.8 acres.
4-H CLUBS OF NORTH CAROLINA
TO OBSERVE ACHIEVEMENTS
More than 119,000 4-H Club
member* in North Carolina will
join with nearly two million oth
er boy* and girl* throughout the
United States in observing Na
tional 4-H Achievement Week,
November 5-13, 1. R. Harrill, 4
H leader (or the State College
Extension Service, has announced.
Special programs will be heMi
in practically all of the Stats*
100 counties, Harrill nti News
papers, radio, exhibits, and post
ers will be used extensively in
calling attention to the accomp
lishments of club members dur
ing the past year. Church serv
ices, special meetings, window
dtaplayi, stunts, and membership
drives are among the activities
which have been planned.
The three-fold purpose of the
observance is to report to the na
tion on over-all 4-H achieve
ments, recognize outstanding club
members, leaders, and parents,
and provide a basis for planning
next year's program.
Harrill said reports from State
leaders indicate that a new rec
ord has been set by 4-H members
IthW year. More than 76 per cent
of the boys and girls enrolled
have completed a wide variety of
farming and homemaking pro
jects, and achievements in tnase
projects have topped those of any
[previous year.
1259 ENROLL
AT COLLEGE:
HEW RfcCORD
IS CHALKED
Sixteen States, Puerto Rico,
And Shanghai Represented
In Student Body; Men Out
number Women on Campus;
List of Watauga Students.
Appalachian State ? Tmrhj. _
ment'of ^ ^ lar*?*t enroll.
ss? ?ta a?Brf,?g
and" ShanBh" i Puerto Rico,
jffFSj- 111 V18 ???s> X,^
s&n?s&. .Tsr^s^
sents an increase of 27 over ?2t
j.Wx.sr&jf pwa
dente. They are: y 8 ?tu*
Hodfes'1 J F'wit?;r,H??^e4' RalPh M.
Morton. Jr lPol3r#l?M. B. H.
Hufhei. H*r?r ? ?Jl, "Slmhllli?> ?
aaps^i^s
?ornery, Aril* E Mm'i 5Srt Mont
eti. Herbert r m ret Elmo Mor
MoretT ??..Mo/,etz' Willi, a,
{fWey Alexin
Nor* Austin IirJia.n ,. rP _^ltx?n<3?r,
?hall Barlow jTXtfJ, a Mar
Barnett Em?r A' B*rne?- T?>
Ry Bebfcer 0rBC* 8 B^cli.
ham, w l5ui^r^l^fr*' Bonnie Bln|
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ton, Hoy RmSS* ^.U,dy' 8 BUn*
Cloyd BiUck. CoV Boii??0l?1* S?Uck
Broome. Erneat n nJfl?' M? Robert
Brown, Rosco* B,JSj? r Homer r
Baxter Bryant^Wm William
Annie Mae rarrllli Buchanan,
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Midler, Henry ^imf? r2J?. Carl
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Jr.. Erma NSrrtaHj2S*T^*c't ^TSEl
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Scott. ' ru>va T Scott, John W.
RcnT0 Ann aSSfe kZI,1? S"1"*
5Sa-yr "Jggt Storle^^on^Z
Talt. LoU ' V rowBMmd tBlll,i. Ht*lna
Vance, Doris L r "?chei Ann
Jon, ' Clelle M Wnkw^t* .'i. W?
&r',ry "^ Vou'nV' Arlle Jonea
Guy V i Alexander,
Vannoy. u,'nU H Luttrell, Hal
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P?*?y Ann rV*rthln?i'1BUn ^mJlUn
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Vine., Cecil Vt?tar JtaS"""**1, v?"~
SayggaSB-A. Farthing,
(Welch K. Te?t?r ' ** Hobt>r.
'*o^.ntCl^ln?^n?- Lucille John
Greene. GJacltC Wo" ALi?r*T1*' H*rl*n
?^SKCS M. Wellborn Moreti.
J a met B* *ti?N'mnn" ' Hel?" Greene,
Nottu! J<m** '? Muier L. Merrill
Hell Drivers
To Visii City
Jimmie Jones has announced
the staging of a daredevil show
at the Blair airport, Boone, next
Sunday at 2:30 p. m.t which is
scheduled to provide a round of
thrills for the large crowd ex
pected.
Jimmie Jones, the featured
performer, will show the people
just what an auto will do on the
ground, also a motorcycle. In
cluded in the acta of darlug will
be crashing through a solid wall
of 1' inch timber, jumpirtg a 1H
ton truck, and other death-defy
ing acts. Mr. Jones is s veteran
of world war n, spent six years
in the service, where he was an
instructor on motorcycles.
Theatre Men Gather
At EHrin Meeting
The theatres of Elk in enter
tained the men) ben and guests
of A. F. Sams theatre circuit last
Wednesday at an all-day business
meeting designed to plan the fall
campaign within the company.
Those from Boone attending
the meeting were: J. W. Beach.
Russell Swift, Buck Bobbins, and
R. E. Agle. Mr. Aide, who la
district manager of the Appala
chian Theatre group, acted as
master of ceremonies and spok*
on public relation. Tip