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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1949
KINGSTREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
FORMER SHERIFF A. J. Ed
mist en, who does police duty
down at the college, and finds
time to mix with his friends
about the town, drops by to
transact some business and to in
quire as to our well-being . . .
we were well enough, thank you,
and the whole-souled visitor in
answer to our query, broke
through the rule book of modern
behavior and admitted that he is
fit as a fiddle ... in tine shape
thank you . . . He said 'Tm not
rich, never will be, but I'm get
ting along . . . Have never had a
fight with the wife that couldn't
be straightened out without cal
ling in the neighbors . . . My
health is good . . . can eat hog
jowl, turnip greens, onions, or
anything else, in copious
amounts, lie down and sleep the
sleep of a baby . . . Never worry
about anything, knowing that
worry is of greater damage to
man than physical ills . . . Yes
sir, Tm doing fine . . . The Lord
has been good to me, and shared
generously with me from His
abundance." . . . and we would
say off hand that "Sheriff Abe"
has found out something some of
the wisest men of the land have
never learned . . . He knows how
to live!
YOUNGSTERS, caught in
lb* rain, en route from school,
gather up p?per boxes, sic
from itom along the itmi to
shield thai from lb* down
pour. while ioim wni paper
bags drawn down over tbair
haada . ? ? and the rain con
tinues, wilb abort interruptions
to mark on* of tba wettest sea
sons we resqember . . . Couple
of times the wind and the signs
bare been just right for a snow,
and we convince our chums
that about a knee-deep fall is
In prospect, whan lo and be
hold, It warms up ud con
tinues to rain . . . that deliber
ate. persistent soaking sort of
rain, which continues hours on
end, mildewing our morale,
and knocking all our careful
weather predictions into the
traditional cocked hat.
JERRY COE, whose name ii
most often pronounced as 'i th?
name of the walled city "Jeri
cho", moving hi* real estate and
insurance agency down to the
Appalachian Theatre building
. . . Attending a dinner given in
honor of a group of the "oldsters"
of the town at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Linney last
week . . . We shard the delight
of the old-timers at the genuine
hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Lin
ney, and enjoyed the conversa
tion of the men who have been
around so long . . . Most of them
up in their seventies
wh&C it few had passed the four
score mark . . . About fifteen
were present, white four who
had been invited were unable to
attei.d . . . Coal trucks continue
to bring in fuel from the non
union mines in nearby Virginia,
and folks in this immediate vici
nity are in no great danger from
the strike . . . Federal man drops
into town to straighten out some
of the employers on the provi
sions of the new wages and hours
law . . . Blind man stands pati
ently in front of the postoffice,
as the crowds hurry by in the
rain . . . When our dime hit his
cup, we took a peek ... it was
alone . . .
HALLOWEEN comes and
go?, th* pruktton being del
ated graally in their Monday
night activities by a cold rain
. . . Bees on of lb* wttchM and
gobliaa got under way last
w??k at the high school. with
lb* annual Halloween party,
featured by fortune tailing,
houu o < horror*, appla bob
bing. and a big dance for tba
youngsters . . . Several motor -
lata find thair tiraa flat aarly
Monday evening . . . Howard
Col trail smilingly waiting for
? sarriea man to bring aoma
air, racalli bia Hallowaan acti
vttiee of a faw yaara ago. and
stays in good humor . . .
Dun't bothar much with
aulomobila tiraa," ha conclud
ed. "but I did balp turn over a
lot of thoaa tiny littla back
yard buildings, with lha dia
mond and craacanl-ahapad ven
tilators."
? ? ?
P. T. A. MKETING brings out
the largest crowd yet, as Bob
Agle's advertising campaign be
gins to bear fruit, and as more
and more parents are coming to
realize their responsibilities to
their cl)|ldren and their school
. -.-Open house was observed
and parents visited the home
rooms of their kiddies and
found out what* s going on, at the
same time gathering up a consid
erable portion of good sound
philosophy having to do with
the younger generation . . .
Principals Wey and Howell grac
iously mingling with the parents,
and creating a home-like atmos
phere . . . Our two chips off the
traditional block being well
spaced (one in the first grade,
the other in the first year of
high school) we spent consider
able of our time in Mr. Tripp's
home-room at the high school
(Continued on page four.)
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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
Haa Boa Analyzed and Awarded a Racing of
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Giving this Publication die Designation of
One .of the Better Weekly Newspapers of America
After a Comparative Evaluation Study of the Newspaper,
Its Circulation, Advertising Race and die Market Covered
Community research Bureau
r York, N. T.
Ji
rat A?l
The ibor* certificate of rating for the Wiituga Democrat from the Community Research Butmu
U awarded the local newspaper following an Impartial rating of the Democrat by a disinterested
research organization. Among the points considered in giving the newspaper the coveted rating
were local news coverage, advertising, circulation, and fairness of advertising rate. Measured
with a yardstick of news value, as well as the cost of advertising per number of families reached,
the Democrat stands up in statewide and national competition.
POLIO LEADER
OR RALPH McDONALD
McDonald Leads
Polio Campaign
Dr. Ralph McDonald, promin
ent Winaton-Salem educator and
civic leader, has been appointed
North Carolina State Chairman
of the 1950 March of Dimes,
Basil O'Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis, announced recent
ly. It is Dr. McDonald's eighth
consecutive year as head of the
fund raising drive in North Caro
lina.
As ' chairman. Dr. McDonald
will be in over-all charge of
planning and organizing the an
nual polio drive, and will coordi
nate activities of all city and
county campaign directors in the
state.
The March of Dimes is con
ducted each January by the Na
tional Foundation and its 2,800
county chapters to finance the
nationwide right against polio in
the fields of patient care, scienti
fic research and professional
education. The 1950 appeal will
be held January 16-31.
Dr. McDonald, a top official of
the National Education Associa
tion, was previously associate
director of the extension divi
sion of the University of North
Carolina. A resident of Winston
Salem for the past 20 years, he
has organized and directed sev
eral statewide educational and
civic movements. He has served,
in the state legislature and is a
former faculty member of Salem
College. In addition to his pro
fessional activities. Dr. McDonald
is president of the National Com
mitted on Atomic Information
and has also served as a member
of the board of managers of the
National Congress of Parents
and Teachers and as chairman of
the committee on World Citizen
ship.
125 Hew Members
Oi Farm Bureau
One-hundred and twenty-five
members have been secured in
the current Farm Bureau cam
paign in the county, it is announ
ced, and for the tost time, every
township in the county is rep
resented on the roster of the or
ganization. i
Cove Creek stays out front with
a membership of 34, and G. D.
Barnett, president of the Bureau,
observing that only about a third
of the goal of 350 members has
been secured, calls for renewed
activity on the part of the so
licitors to the end that the goal
may be reached soon .
The standings of the various
(continued cm page eight)
Democrat Awarded" A A"
Rating By Researchers
Louis Clement To
Speak To C Of C
Mr. Louis H. Clement, manager
of the Salisbury office of the So
cial Security Board, will be the
speaker at a special meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce to be
held at the Skyline Restaurant
Tuesday, November 8. The meet
ing will be held from 12 noon
to 1:15, rather than in the even
ing, as has hitherto been the cus
tom.
Mr. Clement will explain how
the new wage and hour bill af
fects Boone business, and also
give information on the revised
Social Security legislation.
Since the subjects to be discuss
ed are most important, it is felt
that there should be a large at
tendance. Mr. Clement will be
glad to answer individual ques
tions.
Those desiring to attend the
luncheon should call the Chamber
of Commerce, telephone 200, for
reservations.
Queens Crowned
At Cove Creek
Halloween was celebrated on
Friday night with a party in the
gymnasium by the Cove Creek
School. Balloting for senior and
junior queen of Halloween con
tinued until 9:30 at which time
Nancy Kay Tyner was declared
senior queen and Jeroline Mast
junior queen. Mr. Charles Clay
crowned the winners. Fortune
telling, stunts and bingo were
enjoyed during the evening.
Cove Creek met Lees-McRae
College junior varsity Friday af
ternoon in perhaps the hardest
fought game of the season. The
game ended with a score of 6-0
in favor of Lees-McRae. Heavy
drill will be the order of the day
for 'this week in preparation for
the game with Boone Friday
night, November 4.
The names of Phyllis Edmisten
and Em c> gene Hollars were in
advertently omitted from the di
stinction list printed in last week's
^ee additional cheer leaders!
were elected by the student body,
Patsy Ann Swift, Mary Sue
Walsh and Carolyn Hayes.
Mrs. Mattie L. Wilson and her
class in Dramatics gave a show
er to two members of her class
who were married two weeks
agp, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tyner.
BURLEY GROWERS
ATTEND HEARING
Asheville. N. C.? Wdtem Car
olina tobacco growers left Moo
day to attend a hearing at the
Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C., on Tuesday after
noon The hearing was called la
regard to the hurley allotments
for 1990, particularly of hi tat est
to the small grower* in this sec
tion.
Those attending include: George
Farthing, field representative of
the Firm Bureau; Zeno Pander
of Madison Count/, price chair
man of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau tobacco committee; L. A.
Weaver, representing Buncombe
County; and Oral Yates .trsatliet
of Haywood County Farm Bu
reau, representing Cur ley grow
ers of Haywood County.
U. S. experts highly praise
British Jet nghter
Local Newspaper Gets Cov
eted Recognition In Im
partial National Survey
The Watauga Democrat has
been adjudged one of the "Better
Weekly Newspapers in America,"
according to information receiv
ed this week by Publisher- Hob
Rivers from the Community Re
search Bureau which has just
completed an analysis of the
weekly newspapers of the state
for American Weekly Newspaper
Publishers Council.
This newspaper was given a
rating of "AA, one of the high
est ratings given weekly news
papers, after a careful and im
partial analysis of this newspa
per along with other weekly
newspapers of the state.
The newspapers were rated by
an approved formula which con
siders four basic quality factors
of the newspapers. Local news
and editorial content were evalu
ated as an indication of potential
reader interest. The volume of
local advertising was measured
to show acceptance of local ad
vertisers. The newspaper's cir
culation was weighted for accu
racy and included in the analysis
as it indicates the coverage ana
acceptance by local people. The
advertising cost per thousand
families reached is considered a
basic factor in determining the
newspaper's rating as an adver
tising medium.
The weekly newspapers of the
state were rated as part of a
program to evaluate the nearly
ten thousand weekly newspapers
of America. Papers in several
states have been rated and work
is continuing in the other state*.
This is one of a series of state
weekly newspaper continuing
evaluation studies being made as
a part of the weekly newspaper
research program of the Ameri
can Weekly Newspaper Publish
ers Council, an independent or
ganization of representative pub
lishers of the better weeklies of
America.
Conference At
t Advent Church
The Advent Christian Church
of Boone was the gathering place
Sunday of the Piedmont Advent
Christian Conference of North
Carolina. There were 130 per
sons present throughout the ses
sion. in the morning at It k m.
Mr. Fin German of Granite
Falls spoke to the congregation
on "Present Conditions of our
Conference and Future Possibili
ties." He was the first layman
ever to speak to the conference
session in the fifth Sunday
meetings.
At noon a bountiful meal pre
pared by the ladies of tike local
church was entered by all. At
1*0 the ladies of the conference
met for ? hwrtnw meeting o t the
W. H. F. M. society. At ths m
time the ministers and executive
board met to discuss hmtnsss
At 1M p. m. the pastor of the
Boone Church, Everett S. Ran
som. Jr. was set apart to the
Christian ministry by the laying
on of hands by the ministers of
the conference. The Ordination
sermon was delivered by Rev. S.
t Thurlow of ' Charlotte. The
charge to the candidate was by
Rev. Willard Presslar of Lenoir,
and the ordination prayer was by
Rev. R. L. Isbell of Lenoir. The
candidate is a graduate at the
New England School of Theology
in Bruofiine. Mam. r
LOCAL 4H BOYS,
GIRLS, RALLY
BEHIND PLANS
FOR NEW CAMP
Clubs in Different Neighbor
hoods Organise To Raise
Local Quota for Regional 4
H Club Camp; Sale To Re
Held 12th; The Committees.
The 4-H Club boys and girls
of Watauga are continuing their
efforts toward raising their share
of funds for the new 4-H camp
at Waynesville. As one of their
projects for this they are plan
ning to haVe a miscellaneous sale
to which the public is invited, on
Saturday, November 12. Cakes,
pies, eggs, chickens, vegetables,
and canned things will be sold
at 10:00 o'clock with an auction
sale of the other articles immedi
ately following.
The officers in the various
clubs are serving as the club com
mittee in charge of raising funds,
and also for the collection of ar
ticles for the sale. These are:
Boone Sr. Girls ? Betty Joyce
Norris, Aretta Cooke, Fave
Cooke. Olive Moretz, Faye Crit
cher.
Boone Sr. Bovs ? Milton Mor
etz, Douglas Clawson, Leonard
Greer, Milton Barden, Tom Greer,
John Jackson.
Bethel Sr. ? Clint Reece, Er
selle Farthing, Bob Wilson, Glenn
Reece, Janice Ray Swift, Maude
Wilson.
Cove Creek Sr. Girls ? Dolly
Teams, Margaret Welch, Carolyn
Tester, Joyce Minton, Faith
Townsend, Betty Tester, Joan
Eggers, Polly Sue Gravley.
Cove Creek Sr. Boys ? Martin
Banner, Clarence Dotson, Johnny
Banner, Jacky Mast.
Cove Creek Jr. ? Alberta Smith,
Dan Sutherland, Lowel Cable,
(continued on page eight)
Miss Farthing
On Duke Faculty
Miss Madeline Farthing of]
Sugar Grove has been appointed
a -member of the faculty at Duke
University, Durham, becoming
an instructor in the department
of education.
The new Duke faculty mem
tar was a teacher of mathematics
in the Durham High school and
in the Concord high school, aa
well as a laboratory assistant
with the Tennessee-Eastman
Company at Oakridge, Tenn.
prior to her appointment at Duke
University, while at Concotd,
she was the faculty adviser to
the staff of the high school year
book, the Concord Spiderweb.
Miss Farthing received the
degree of bachelor of arts at the
Women's College of the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Greens
boro, and the master of educa
tion degree at Duke University.
She is a member of Kappa Delta,
Pi, honorary educational society,1
the National Education Associa
tion, North Carolina Education
Association, the -Association of
American University Women,
and the League of Women Vot
ers.
Her teaching duties at Duke
University are in educational
psychology and allied fields.
Local Teachers
To Meet Friday
The Watauga county unit of the
North Carolina Education Asso
ciation will meet Friday evening,
November 4, at 7 o'clock in the
high school auditorium in Boone,
it was announced Monday.
Mr. Curtis Price, superinten
dent of the Davie county schools,
will deliver an address to the lo
cal teachers.
All teachers of the county are
urged to attend and to arrive
promptly, so that there may be
time to attend the football game
at 8 o'clock.
P.-T. A. Meeting Is
Held Monday Night
The regular monthly meeting
of the Parent-Tat hen Associa
tion was held in the high school
auditorium Monday evening, with
? record-breaking attendance of
parents.
[ The roll at the flaw In both
elementary and high school was
called, and it was found that the
first grade and (he ninth ware
most largely ropraaeniad in par
ent attendance. Each parent in
these groups was given ? movie
paas through the court? y of the
Appalachian Theatre.
Following the transaction of
routine business and the addition
of about 30 new members to P.
T. A., parents visited the differ
ent classrooms and conferred
with the teachers.
MASONIC MEETING
A stated communication of
Snow Lodge No. 3773, A. F. At
A M., will be held Friday at
7:30, with work in the first de
Christmas Opening
Set tor Fri,, Nov. 25
RALPH O. GREENE
Greene Returns
To Former Work
Mr. Ralph G. Greene, who re
turned to Boone three years ago
to accept a clerkship In the local
postoffice, has secured a transfer
back to the postal inspection
service, Washington division, and
reported for duty Tuesday.
Mr. Greene, who started his
career in the postal service in
Boone twenty years ago, served
as a postoffice inspector for
seven years in the Atlanta divi
sion, and returned to Boone for
the benefit of his health. Improv
ed working conditions and shor
ter hours of service, together
with an advanced salary, influ
enced Mr. Greene in returning
as an inspector.
The Washington Inspection
division comprises the states of
Virginia, West Virginia, Mary
land, Delaware and the District
of Columbia. '*
Mr. Greene's family will re
main in Boone until the end of
the current school term.
Aeolian Trio To
Appear At College
On Sunday afternoon, Novem
ber 6, at three o'clock, the
lvceum series of Appalachian
State Teachers college will pre
sent the Aeolian Chamber Trio
in concert at the college audi
torium. The, public is invited.
The Trio consists of Herman
Berg, violinist, Cassil Grubb,
cellist, and Franz Bodfors, pian
ist. Each is a well-known concert
artist in his individual field.
The program for Sunday after
noon will open with Trio in G
Major, adagio, largo, scherzo and
presto, by Beethoven. Mr. Berg
will play Andante from Concer
to by Mendelssohn, Sicilian
Rigaudon and Liebesfreud by
Kreisler. Mr. Bodfors will play
Fantasie by Bach and Ballade in
G Minor by Chopin. The pro
gram will close with another
group by the Trio, including
Polka by Shostakovitch; After a
Dream by Faure; Scherzo from
"Trio in D Minor" by Mendels
shon; and Molto Allegro from
"Trio in D Minor" by Mendels
sohn.
Shooting In City
' Held Violation
Police Chief Verne Greene
Kys that persistent complaints
e being heard resulting from
the frequent discharge of fire
arms within the city limits, cites
the ordinance prohibiting same,
and warns that arrests will be
made when violators can be ap
prehended.
There is one exception, says
Chief Greene, in that those de
liring to shoot rats at the city
dump may get a permit to do so,
by applying at the city hall.
John Boone Given
Honors at Harvard
V
John Boone, son of Mrs. Esther
Boone, of this city, has been hon
ored by admission into the Cen
tury Club in the department of
business administration at Har
vard University, being one of fif
teen students chosen for mem
bership in the honorary organiza
tion. Personality and scholastic
achievements largely govern ad
mission.
Mr. Boone, who is *a graduate
of Duke University, is taking
graduate work in business ad
ministration at Harvard, and on
recommendation of the Dean,
was awarded the Standard OU
which is the most valuable
scholarship available at the Uni
versity.
U. S. crops to be second larg
est In the country*! history.
11
Merchant* Agree on Start of
Gala Shopping Season;
King, Queen Contest
The annual tobacco festival,
and the opening of the Christmas
shopping season in Boone was
set for Friday, November 28, at
a meeting of the Merchants As
sociation neld Monday.
Because of the many details in
volved the merchants are request
ed to meet Tuesday,* November
8, at a noon luncheon, when the
details of the program will be
explained, and 'each merchant
given an opportunity to take his
place in the pro tram. This meet
ing is to be held in conjunction
with a special meeting, of the
Chamber of Commerce when Mr.
Louis H. Clement, of the Social
Security board, will explain new
federal legislation on wages and
hours and the social security
program.
To Choeee King and Queen ?
Among the plans for the Christ*
mas opening is the choosing at
a king and queen for the moun
tain tobacco festival. Every high
school in Watauga, Avery, Ashe,
Wilkes and Johnson counties, is
asked to pick candidates for king
and queen and send them to
Boone November 25 for a com
plimentary luncheon given by the
merchants, at which time the
king and queen are to be chosen.
Dollar Day Salsa
A city-wide dollar days salas
promotion is to feature the Christ
mas opening, likely beginning an
November 25th and running
through the 28th. It has bean
proposed that coupons be given
to all customers, redeemable in
merchandise.
Clyde R. Greene was appoint
ed chairman of the decoration
committee, while Bert Ellis will
head the committee which will
purchase the candy for the chil
dren. Rev. Sam Moss, who di
rected the parade committee dur
ing the Centennial, will be re
sponsible for the parade.
The Christmas sales program
will close on December 21 or 22
with a big party at the local the
atre.
Homecoming At
Hi School Today
For the first time in the his
tory of Appalachian High schooL
Homecoming will be observed
from November 3-5. The main
event it being sponaored by the
Student Council, but all home
rooms and clubs in the school
are busy with homecoming pro
ject* and activities.
Activities planned for Thurs
day night. Nov. 3 are pep meet
ing and bonfire on the school
athletic field at 6:30 and a one
act play, "The Love Pirate," at
8:00 in the high school audi
torium. Members of the cast for
the play are Dixon Quails, Coak
er Trfplett, Jo Ann Aldridge,
Eleanor Geer, Becky Shoemake
and Guy Hunt. .
Following the play (here will
be open house, so that all visitors
may see the homeroom projects,
and a reception in the study hall
honoring the alumni and parents.
On Friday afternoon at 2:00
the high school band will parade
through town with floats decora
ted by various clubs of the
school The Appalachian High
Blue Devils will - meet Cove
Creek's Red Raiders in a football
game on the college field at 8:00
Friday nifht.
The Homecoming activities
will be climaxed on Saturday
night in a semi-formal danoe.
The dance will be held Saturday
night from 8:00 to 11:00 in the
high school auditorium with Bil
ly Mac's Combe, a five-piece
(Continued on page three
HOME EC. SUPPER '
The home economics depart
ment at Cove Creek High School
is sponsoring a supper for the
general public to be held at the
school Thursday from 8 to 8 o'
clock. Plates will be 86c.
CARE to extend parcel system
to Yugoslavia and Jordan.
To Our Advertisers
i ?
It now appears that the prin
cipal Christmas opening edi
tion of the Democrat will
come from the press Wednes
day, November 23, in line with
the opening of the Christmas
shopping season the end of
that week
Due to the fact that these
Christmas editions of the local
newspapers always entail the
printing of a great many extra
pa^es, and since newspaper
people believe this year's line
age will break all former rec
ords, solicitation for advertis
ing of this edition will get
underway next - week, flw
publisher would appreciate the
merchants giving some advance
thought to this publicity in
advance o( the arrival of the
advertising solicitor next
week. The usual fine coop
eration of our advertising pa
trons will be appreciate!, . J