An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888
BOONE, WATAUGA roUN^ToRXH^SoLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1950
Red Cross Campaign Is
Postponed Until March 8
KING STR
BY
ROB RIVERS
A HUMAN FLY, one of thoee
fellows who scales perpindicular
walls for the amusement of a
group of onlookers and for the
tew dimes, nickels and quarters
contributed, came to Boone Sat
urday, and climbed to the top of
the courthouse, as a sizeable
crowd of us curious ones gather
ed . . . About half of the folks
plunked a coin into the collection
basket, improvised from a cigar
box, but everybody stayed to see
whether the fellow could actu
ally perform the feat . . . Adver
tising the new Chevrolet auto
mobile, and tying in various tor
tures of his performance with the,
qualities of the new vehicles, the
climber proceeded in reaching!
the dome of the building . . as
he kept up a running conversa
tion. with William Carter, care
1 1 the building, who chid
"fly" repeatedly about the
loose coping and!
shingles . . . Comments among
the onlookers: "Nothing to it, as,
I can see." . . . "lust c matter of |
practice." . . . ?'believe I could
do It myself." ... "I just stave
him a brown^" ... . . "He didn't
get anything from me." . . . "Well,
ne did it," said one resignedly,
after the performer had stood on
his head atop the building, greet
ed the spectators and gone away
. , . Apparently hoping the fel
low wouldn't make it ... A few
yean ago, a great /crowd watch
ed a man scale a wall in one of
the big cities . . . He fell several
stories . . . there was pink splotch
on the pavement, and the folks
went away . . . Many had watch
ed these performances for years
and had finally seen it hi
. . . and some of them, at
were gratified.
SPICE OF LIFE* The .
who takes tfane out of a busy
sihsdnls and calls our house,
to say something nice ... To
appreciation far
of to compliment one
of the youngsters . . . When the
telephone, traditional conveyor
of bad news, brings along
inssssBs of friendship, and of
cheer and of Iranian warmth,
we p)?co a higher value 'M
humanity, and wonder far . a
moment if the telephone folks
are charging qfuite enough far
bringing
which ad
add a spring to i
the road ahead ap
pear smoother and straighter.
GROUP OF THE WOMEN
FOLK telling of their experience
with a troop of. magazine sales
men who recently visited the
community . ... "Such a nice kid,'*
said one, nte talked of his spinal
ailment, which needed correc
tion, of the lack of money for
the operation and of his need for
so many thousand points In the
subscription campaign." ... I
bought the Saturday Evening
Post, ant helped the fallow
I bought the Ladies
al, and helped along a
cause." . . . One of the husbands,
who had built up an almost
feet sales resists nee, chimec __
. . . "The guy who called on me,
had no ailments . . . physically
fit, and a bit on the sassy side
... I said "nope" ". . . Roberta
Critcher, back from Draper
where rite works in the school
library, tell* of the apartment
she occupies with some other
school ladles . . . "Specious," six
says, "Four rooms and a path,'
The Watauga County Chapter
of the American Red Croat has
postponed until March 8 the be
ginning of its annual campaign
for funds to carry on its services
for the coming year. The chapt
er's quota is $1553. Of this
amount 62.7 percent or $973 is for
the national Red Cross program
the balance of $580 is to carry on
the work of the local chapter.
The Red Crow offers many
services to the people, emergency
financial aid, operation of Blood
Banks, production of clothing
for the needy, claims service for
veterans and their dependents,
instruction in First Aid, home
nursing and related subjects and
many others. Wherever in the
United States there is a disaster
involving more than five families
the Red Crgu is there with food
clothing and shelter for the
needy aad homelesp. The Red
Cross is the o??$y organization ap
proved tav the liwrnmnt as a
contact iiwUMnU?.Jfclwaen the
military authorities and the fami
lies of the members of the aim
ed forces. This service alone
costs the organization hundreds
of thousands of dollars annually
for telephone and telegraph com
munication between the military
and the local chapters. All these
services are free to the recepi
ents. Only once a year does the
Red Cross ask for help in financ
ing its many programs.
The chairmen for the I960
drive are as follows: general
chairman. Rev. J. K. Parker;
county chairman, W. A Smith;
"hairman for Blowing Rock, Rev.
J. Oscar Harris; chairman for
Boone, Dr. W. G. Bond and Rev.
E. F. Troutman. Your help in
this great cause is earnestly soli
cited.
Frank Robbing,
Dies In Chicago
Mr. Frank Robbtas, Jr., native
Boone citizen, who had made his
home in Chicago lor several
years, died in that dty, accord
ing to meagre information reach
ing the family here. A brother,
Mr. Max Robbins went to Chica
go, and will accompany the body
to Boone for interment Other
details are lacking, and funeral
plans are incomplete.
Further drops seen in income
and assets Of farmers.
SUMMER TERM
TO START ON
JUNE EIGHTH;
HEW TEACHERS
Thirteen Graduate Connies To
Be Offered at Appalachian
As FVuil Plans Mapped for
Summer Terms; Many Ad
ditions to Faculty Noted.
The graduate school lame of
the summer catalogue of Appa
lachian State Teachers college is
oft the press and is now being
mailed, according to Chapell Wil
son, director of the graduate
school. The first summer term
will be June 8 to July IB, and
the second July 18 to August 24.
> The catalogue shows offerings
of thirteen graduate courses in
library science; fifteen in biolo
gy; thirty-seven in education;
sixteen in social studies; ten in
English; and fourteen in mathe
matics.
The master's degree in educa
tion is offered for superinten
dents, principals, county super
visors, supervisors of student
teaching, school librarians, sec
ondary school teachers, and ele
mentary school teachers, with
minors in five other fields.
In addition to the regular gra
duate faculty, Appalachian will
have seventeen of the country's
outstanding educators on its
visiting faculty. Included are Dr.
Ellison M. Smith, director of
teacher education and certifica
tion in South Carolina; Dr. Wil
liam F. Beck, former head of the
department of history at Mary
Baldwin college; Dr. John H.
Springman, superintendent of
Glenview -(ILL) city schools; Miss
Nancy Wilson, librarian of St.
Clair county (Ala.) high school:
Miss Helen Hagan, librarian of
Coker college; Miss Ruth Robin
son, primary superivisor Bristol
(Va.) city schools; Dr. David H.
Briggs, head, department of psy
chology and education. Maryville
college; Dr. L. L. Williams, head,
department of biology, Maryville
college;
Frederick Reed, principal,
Greeley Elementary School, Win
netka, 111.; Dr. A. L. Thomasson,
principal, junior high school.
Champaign, IU.; Dr. J. W. Mc
Cutchan. professor of English
and chairman, division of litera
ture, Queens College; Miss Frie
da M. Heller, associate professor
and librarian, department of Uni
versity Schools, Ohio State Uni
versity; Dr. Lilian L. Stevens,
elementary teacher in the Lin
coln School and the Horace Mann
School; Dr. W. F. Taylor, dean of
the Blue Mountain (Miss.) col
lege; Fred Wallace, Jacksonville
(BTa.) Junior college: L. A War
rick, Bob Jones University; and
Dr. Grace Peterson, Rutgers Uni
versity.
Soil District
Is Now Ready
The Watauga County Coil Con
servation district, which was or
ganized last summer, is now
ready for operation, as soon as
personnel can be' transferred
into this district.
The district was organized af
ter approval by farm voters in a
special election.
The supervisors are D. F.
Greene, will Welbora, Henry
Taylor. The .district has been
assured of the besf poasible per
sonnel to carry oo the work, and
it is their desire to work closely
with all agencies in the county.
U. S. output dropped 2 per cent
in '49, Commerce Dept. Reports.
TRI - COUNTY BASKETBALL
TOURNEY OPENS HERE TODAY
Twenty-Eight . High School
Teams To Be Featured in
Annual Tourney.
Twenty - eight high school
basketball teams from Averr,
Ashe, and Watauga counties will
open play at the College and
High School gymnasiums here
this (Wednesday) afternoon at 1
o'clock, in the annual tri -county
basketball tournament, which
continues through Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Coach R. W. Watkins, tourna
ment director, says that the Jef
ferson boys are the favorites
from Ashe county, while Appa
lachian High School is being
picked from Watauga and Avery
counties to win the tournament
Both Cove Creek and Blowing
Rode, it is said, stand a good
chance of pulling an upset.
The Virginia-Carolina girls are
oioked by many "u the winners
of the girls' division, while the
Cove Creek girls are ceded the
no. 2 place in this division.
Trophies will be presented to
the winners and runner-up
while gold basketballs will be
Many Attend GOP
Lincoln Dinner
Among local Republicans in
Charlotte Saturday for the Lin
coln Day dinner, sponsored by
the Young Republican clubs of
the State, were:
Charles G. Lewis, Vernon
Castle, Ivy Wilson, Conley Storie,
w. H. Gragg, 8. C. Eggera, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde R. Greene and daugh
ter, Betty Ray.
Noah James Carroll
Rites Wednesday
Noah James Carroll, 76, died
at his home in the Rutherwood
neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday at 2 o'clock at the
Rutherwood Baptist Church by
Re*. R- C. Eggers, Rev. W. J.
Cook and Rev. W. D. Ashley, and
interment was in the neighbor
hood cemetery.
The widow, Mrs. Carroll,
CORN CLUB MEMBERS ? Mambar? of tho nawly ? orgtniitd Witngk eaoair 100
Club. Laf t to riqht. *b?ck row: L. E. TuckwlIUr, county agant > D. C. Cotter,
pramidanl; Don ShulL Milton Moratx. gaexatmrr. Bottom rows Ralph J. Monk.
- ? - - - vica-pnudait. (Photo by Palmar'* Photo
Laa Non-U, Lawii Morris.
Com
HUlant
Phillip*.
100 Bushel Corn Club Formed
SAYS HENRY RAGAN COULD
HAVE MET "FOUL PLAY"
The body of Henry Ragan, 67
year-old Boone man. was found
at the home near Boone Monday
morning, and Coroner Richard
E. Kelly, whose inquiry hasn't
been completed, states that "there
might have been foul play."
An autopsy revealed, says Coro
ner Kelly, that Ragan had died
from a subdural hemorrhage ? a
brain hemorrhage caused oy a
head blow. A coroner's jury is
undecided as to whether the in
jury came from a blow or from
a fall. He said an agent from the
SBI is making an investigation,
and the verdict of the jury tWl
not presently be returned.
Merchants Map
Courtesy Plan
A courtesy campaign, in which
one employee of a Boone busi
ness house will be designated
each month as the "mpst cour
teous employee , in Watauga
county" was mapped at a Mer
chants Association meeting held
Tuesday noon. ?
The plan, according to infor
mation released by Stanley A.
Harris, association secretary, is to
have eight or more nominated
as the most courteous employee
each month; then a secret shop
ping committee will shop the
stores and offices and report on
their reception. They are sup
posted to consider at least the
following items: First, manner of
reception, promptness of atten
tion, attitude of the employee,
loyalty to the firm, what hap
pens after the purchase has been
made, and any other item that
may appear to be Important
Any shopper may make nom
inations, and the reason for mak
ing the nomination should be giv
en with each nomination. Nom
inations may be sent to the Boone
Merchants Association, Wade E.
Brown Building. Boone, N. C.
There will be one person selected
each month and this person will
not be eligible after winning in
any one month. At the end of
the year the 12 persons selected
as most courteous in the monthly
contest will be eligible to compete
for a grand prize as "The Most
Couteous Employee in the Coun
ty."
At the end of the month, the
person employed will be awarded
$10.00 to \>e given, in merchan
dise by a local merchant. B. W.
Stalling^ Jewelry Store is posting
the first prize ? $10.00 toward the
purchase of any article desired
in the store; or the winner may
elect to receive his prize from
Bart's department store, if the
jewelry concern does not nave
what he wants.
A grand prize of not leas than
$25.00 will be given by the As
sociation in December. All month
ly winners will be invited to a
dinner at that time when the
award winner will be se
Mr. Harris said .
To Organize Grange
Unit at Mabel School
A meeting will be 'held at the
Mabel School on March 7, at
7:30 p. mn for Che purooee of or
ganizing a Orange untt.
State Orange workers wfil be
present to aid with the organiza
tion. All interested ? people, both
w ^ Mr*4 to **"
*pna tne gaT.nern.;g
Ragan was found by a son,
Calvin Ragan, a daughter-in-law,'
Mrs. Calvin Ragan, and a friend,!
Cecil Bum garner, on their return I
irom a trip to Lenoir. They told!
officers they left Ragan alone at
1 1 a. m. Sunday and nad not seen i
him again until their return. I
Physicians estimated Ragan had
been dead two or three hours,
when the body was found.
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs.
Jack Winkler of Boone.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday at 2 o'clock at the
Perkinsville Baptist Church,
Rev, Raymond Hendrix, officiat
ing", ainf^nterment was in toe
Sands neighborhood cemetery.
"Model Mile"
Being Planned
The Boone Garden Club is
sponsoring a "model mile" con
test along highway 421, between
the junction of 421 and the Blow
ing Rock road in Boone, to where
the Parkway turns south from
421 toward Blowing Rock.
The members of the club will
contact all those whose property
fronts on 421 for this distance
and urge them to clean up and
beautify their yards, homes and1
property.
To give advice on how this can
(?Continued on page eight)
Bloodshed Boxscore
Killed Feb. 21 thru Feb. 23 a
Injured Feb. 21 thru Feb. 23 (7
Killed thru Feb. 23. ltSO .... lit
Kilted thru Feb. 23, IMS ... 112
Inland thru Feb. 23, 1*50.
Injured thru Feb. 23, IMS. .. MM
The one hundred bushel corn
:lub of Watauga county, recently
field its initial meeting at the
Skyland Restaurant, where, in
keeping with the corn theme,
Virginia ham, corn on the cob
and corn candy were featured.
Guests of the club wer?: L. E.
ruck wilier, county agent: R. G.
Shipley, vocational agriculture
teacher, and C. A. Clay, Farm
Bureau president
County Agent Tuckwiller
awarded 100 Bushel Club Certi
ficates to the 1949 growers who
made official yields of 100 bu
shels or more of corn per acre.
He also gave the club a brief
history of the 100 bushel corn
growers in the county. He stat
ed that Don Shull of Valle Cru
cis was the first farmer to make
an official yield of more than
100 bushels per acre.- The mem
bers discussed suitable activities
for their club and a committee
was appointed to pee pare by-laws
and program of work. Don Shull,
Chalmer Phillips and Milton Mor
etz will serve as committeemen
with the assistance of the county
agricultural workers.
The club ' urges other corn
growers to join up by making of
ficial yileds of 100 bushels or
more per acre. It is believed
that a number of farmers are
making- such yields and it is hop
ed they will have their 1950 corn
yields certified by the county
committee.
Goforih Will
Be Here On 9th
Highway Commissioner Mark
Goforth of Lenoir, will at the
courthouse in Boont on March 9,
at 10 a. m. for the purpose of dis
cussing with interested citizens
the ' road problems of the coun
ty. Those having suggestions of
complaints are asked to attend
the meeting.
MOUNTAINEERS TAKE NORTH I
STATE CAGE CROWN HONOR
: V
[Mrs. Mary Faults
Succumbs Friday
Mrs. Mary Faults, 97 years old.
a sister of Mrs. Sarah Perry of
Sugar Grove, died Friday at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. A. E.
Dave of Bristol.
Funeral services and interment
occurred in Jonesboro, Teim.
Saturday.
Those from Watauga attending
the rites were: Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Perry, Frank and Wiley
Perry, Perry Farthing and Mar
shall Edmisten, all of Sugar
Grove.
Marion C. Cornett
Is Taken by Defth
Marion Calvin Cornett,
resident of the Mabel i
died Sunday.
Funeral services were held at
the Mountain Dale Baptist
Church by Rev. Ronda Earp and
Rev. N. M. Greene, end burial
as in the Millsaps cemetery.
Surviving are two sons and
two daughters: Fred Cornett,
Rceee; Ted Cornett, Stalls Mills;
Mrs. Dflhn N orris, Trade, Tenn.;
Miss Charlotte Cornett of
?of cooperative ?
{food lockers the country over are,
[generally speaking. Increasing,
but increased income is mere
... ? ?
Eton Finally Bows to the
Rangy Locals, Said To Be
"Too Tall, Too Tough." ?
i ' ,
Stateaville ? Elon, who had
done the impossible two nights
in a row, finally had to give in
to fate as Appalachian's Moun
taineers, too tall and too tough
for the courageous Christians,
dashed to a 87-M decision in the
finals of the North State confer
ence basketball tournament.
The victory was particularly
Isweet for the Mountaineers, who
got a crack at the flag in last
year's finals Mid muffed it by
bowing to underdog Lenoir
Rhyne. But the lanky Apps, play
ing a cool, heady brand of ball
in firing away with deadly ac
curacy, made sura there were no
jslipupa this time.
The Christians, who had
ed into tonight's chamt
bout by bombing thira
Catawba and top-ranking High
Point, leapt pitching right dawn
to the last They matched the
Apps bucket for bucket through
out moat at the first half, but
Francis Hoots***, competent
charges saOajl away fast at the
?tart of the second half and coast
ed home easy winners.
The Christians, deary showing
the efefcts of the tough road
they had to travel to reach the
FOUR INJURED,
ONEMAYDIE,IN
WRECK OF AUTO
Lenoir road
I */? *"?'* 4 .1
Vaughn Smith Critically In
jured M Car Crakes into
Rocky Bank of Hick way,
Not . Expect ?d To
Othin Are JHur t,
Four Watauga county iu?>
sustained Injuries, one of them
hurt perhaps fatally, when the
automobile fat which they were
traveling, went out of control
and crashed Into a ledge of rock
on the Lenoir-Blowing Book
highway Sunday evening.
Vaughn B. Smith of Bocae,
suffered a skull fracture, and to
in a critical condition at the
Richard Baker hospital in Hick
ory. He has been unconscious
since the accident, and members
of the family do not anticipate
his recovery.
Less seriously hurt, but still
being treated at the hospital are
Darrell Smith, 10, brother of
uureu onuin, IV, DTC
Vaughn, who suffered
ribs and lacerations of the scalp;
Clarence Shirley. 17, broken lag
and other injuries; and Raron
Greene, cuts of the face, wrist
and chest injuries. Shirley and'
Ha von Greene are residents of
Deep Gap.
The autwhobile in which the
men were en route to Lenoir,
was practically demolished, in
vestigating flCfieers reported.
Investigating the accident were
State Highway Patrol Corporal
Owen R. Roberts, Sheriff George
D. Greer, and Deputy Sheriff
Engene Karby of Lenoir.
fiie cause of the accident was
not stated, but officers did say
no other vehicle was involved.
Relatives hold to the belief that
the car was traveling at a good
speed, and went out of control.
Riles For Mrs.
Mattnx Friday
Mrs. Ruth Dotson Mattux, 48,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Greer of Boone, died of a heart
attack at her home In flaleigh
last Tuesday evening.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Baptist Church in Boone,
By Dr. J. C. Canipe, of Hender
lonville, termer pastor of the
church, and Rev. J. K. Parker,
local Presbyterian pastor, and in
terment was in the family plot
in the community cemetery.
Mrs.- Mattux received her edu
cation at Appalachian College.
Meredith College, Raleigh, and
was a graduate of the Corcoran
School of Art, Washington, D. C.
She had taught art at A;
jhian College, Lenoir
College, Hickory, and in the city
schools, Kingsport, Tenn. She
md her husband had made their
home in Raleigh for the past
seven years. Mrs. Mattux was
leld in the highest regard by the
people of this community and
:ounty. """*??
Survivors include the husband,
j.uy Mattux, Raleigh; the par
:nts, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Greer
>f Boone; ? sister, Mrs. H. N.
Vdams, and a brother, Mr. Mack
Sreer, both of Boone.
Talenl Event
Is Slated Here
Appalachian High school will
present all of its ' Jen ted and
well-trained groups of perform
ers in a full evening of entertain
ment at its first spring talent
festival on March 10 at Appala
chian High school auditorium.
A fine program of music, dra
ma, folk dancing and other stunts
will be presented for the public's
enjoyment as a report to the
community of the type of work
done in the various classes ard
activities of the students. The
entertainment will include musi
cal numbers by the High School
Band, the Boys' and Girls' Glee
Clubs, the Choral Ensemble and
itii quartets trios and other
groups, the sixth grade chorus,
and other musical groups. There
twill be a one-act comedy present
ed by the dramatics class, an act
by the Baton twirlers and the
girls' physical education class
will give some folk-dance num
bers. In addition to these presen
tations there will be other solo
ists and comics etc. Mr. Bin Roes
will act as master of ceremonies
for the evening ^vd the S|)Stta
'tors will enjoy a fine, fast- mov
ing program of entertainment*'
?This school-wide proggun 4ft
being ^ooeored by the senior
class to rsdee lands to make it
possible for the seniors to take
the annual trip to Washington.
It is anticipated that a program
of this type will be sponsored by
seniors (MwMftPgb Wm more I
class members will be able to af
tf _ J it, _ ? ? . ? J liy n A
iora tin crana wasnington ioibi*
to which an students eagerly look ,
forward throughout all of
high school years.