WATA1
>AY, APRIL 13,
HER comes and foea, with
? in? weather eood
?ehl?g[ splendid music,
* on the tables, and
Easter Parade . ' ?
The pageantry of the bast dressed
men and women in all the world,
... the day when the glad rags
may or may not be the principal
thought in the minds of most
people . . . And the man and wo
man, seen now and then among
the throng, who Just amble along
with what was their Sunday's
best last year . . . Just as happy
as the traditional Jay bird in
June, and absolutely unmindful
of the contrast between their
costumes and the more colorful
trappings of their neighbors . . .
Always sort at admired these
rugasd individuals of Mvledom
. .TURm* of the stores of the city
are closed down Meaday, as
owam and employees take
Easter holiday . . . Wade Brown
walks about town in striped
overall suit and talis of the hard
work he must get done while
away from the office . . . Busi
sfAirs ?*??
while your county newspaper
gets down to business right on
the dot, same as other days . .
High school kiddies ride pickup
through the town Saturday,
gathering old newspapers and re
port a bountiful supply contri
buted by householders . . . Fish
ing season opens next Saturday,
and game wardens say that they
placed large numbers of trout in
the waters of the county . . .1
which should provide good ang
ling for the time Joeing at least . .
TOWN WORKERS busily
first of the week,
away debris from I
alleys, thus getting
?eali start on cUan-op week
. . .Pete H age man who does a
loft of building in we Hon.
fan btilldina materials iaka
jump in last few days, as iadi
mount thai 1150 will be
year in the ooostruet
. . Spirals si Una
various s
BOBBY MeCONNELL re
trieves his dog from Jerry Coe,
some days ago, and the canine
Who went (on his own) to Doc
tor Martin's home to get his
broken bones mended, is well on
the way to recovery . . . Inci
dentally the dog tale found its
way into the channels of the na
tional press, and one reader call
ed our attention to its appearance
on i page one of a metropolitan
newn>aper . . . Incidentally, Mr.
?. D. Farthing, cashier of the
Northwestern Bank, says that
dog tale fixed us right up with a
title ... a spank-up good one . .
We had visions of being called
"Colonel", "Sfluire," or some
thing of the sort, when the genial
banker, concluded, "You art
without question the most gifted
liar in the - community ! " . . . Mr.
Farthing allowed aa how the
place of the best tale-teller had
been vacant for a good long
time, and that he, personally, ia
glad that the matter has been
settled conclusively ... So are
we . . . had always wanted some
sort of a title . . . one that didn't
carry along any great degree of
responsibility . . and at the
same time hinted at accomplish
ment . . . Tbinkwe've been fix
ed up!
? ? ?
TALK Or THE MAY PRI
MARIES lkat indication that
Oat ^jTup'hb
sleeves and take to the great
like the tradl
v ? Hly L
Folks are beginning to
la thm
IP* Vol ?
thai Bob Rey
5r-\~r~
DISCUSSIONS are
interesting
day we heard a
sae round table
.9m
stration in particular, and talk
ed to several individuals in be
;?safe&5g!ss
would have been expectjd to ba
a devotee of th<, New Deal,_tha
Fair Peal, and Pn
man ... Just didn't
on
ABRAMS CITES
PBOGHESS OF
EDOCATlOlpH
NO. CAROLINA
JS'-, ' ?? ? <1I? I
Educational Leader, Speaking
. At Cdbft, Says Ignorance
I |s M?at Deadly Disease Now
Known; Many problems Tet
Remain 1*0 Be Solved.
Dr. Amos Abrams, associate
editor of the NCEA Journal,
Raleigh, was the speaker at the
junior-senior banquet held at
Appalachian State Teacher* col
lege on Saturday night Before
taking his present position. Dr.
Abrams Was for fourteen years,
the head of the English depart
ment at Appalachian.
Speaking on progress and pro
blems of public education, Dr.
Abrams said, "Ignorance is the
most devastating disease which
today afflicts our people. The
?>?* severe epidemic we have
ever had in North Carolina. You
and I have seen men and wo
men, through ignorance, subject
to superstition and slaves of
quick remedies. We have seen
communities divided by some
rumor which had no foundation
in truth. We. have witnessed
juvenile delinquency and crime
directly retraceable to ignorance.
We know that when ignorance
prevails you can drive a people
and enslave them. When educa
tion prevails you can, lead them,
but you cant drive them, be
cause education makes them free.
"You ought to be proud of the
progress we have made in North
Carolina. You will enter the
teaching profession at a time
when the state is spending more
monev for public education than
ever before in its history? when
teachers are receiving the high
est salary ever p^id in North
Carolina, when the teaching load
is the lowest it has ever been,
when the state, by legislation,
having a vote of the people, is
helDlnf to build school buildings
for the first time in North Caro
lina, and ?t ? time when the state
has set up a program of supervi
sion and a program of school
- "At the same time, in spile ot
this progress, we have not solved
many of the vicious proh|ems
which confront public educa
tion." Dr. Abrams listed as some
of the problems still facing pub
lic education as follows: Teach
ers salaries will buy but little
more than the salaries received a
few years ago; the teaching load
is still so heavy in certain- schools
in certain counties that both
teacher and child are frustrated;
retirement benefits are too low
to compensate those who have
given their lives to public edu
cation: in spite of inspection and
some improvement in bus trans
portation, we are still packing
children into many of our buses;
in spite of an extensive building
program, there are still thou
sands of children whose educa
tional opportunity is determined
by their place of birth (such as
counties where teachers are hir
ed and fired by local politicians.)
The banquet, held in the col
lege cafeteria, was . one of the
most beautiful held at the col
lege. Decanted by tall white
columns, topped by maroon jars,
with a profusion of white and
maroon gladiolus, and lighted by
tall maroon tapers, the, cafeteria
bered. Professor O. M. Hartsell
was a setting long to be remem
was sponsor for the junior class
who gave this outstanding enter
tainment for the seniors.
Judge Frank
will preside at the spring t?jrm of]
Watauga Superior Court which
will convene Monday. April 24,
and one hundred and sixty-fir*
cases have been docketed for the
one- week criminal term.
The following have boas sum
moned for Jury duty during Iha
term:
Bald Mountain, Russell Van
nay, Carl Davis and Frank Greer;
Beaver Dam, George Smither
man, Frank B. Wilson and Dud
ley Greene; Blowing Rock, H. K.
Coffey, Kent Church, Clyde
Clawson, Wiley Greene; Blue
Ridge, Arnold Triplett, Allen
Beach and Hugh Hampton;
Boone, C. C. Wilcox. J. C. Cited
and Karl D. Cook: Inuby FwfcJ
Mack Norru, ML J. WUUan* anffl
foe McNeil.
Cove Creek, Dallus IWM
Alvin Dishman and Enoch Isaacs;
Elk. Virgil Greer and Mariod
Hodges; Laurel Creak. E. Y. Ed
misten and Sam Cable; li??t
Camp, John F. Greene, Milton
Coffey and Luther C. Moretz;
New River, Newton Barnes, Ro
bert Shull and Frank Bolick:
North Fork, Dan South and
Mack Thomaa; Shawneehaw,
Harston Coffey and Calvin Yates:
Stony Fork, Wade Tugman and
Arthur Moretz; Watauga; George
T. Tester, Joe Gragg and J. B.
Reid.
FARTHING, B & L PRESIDENT;
NEW QUARTERS ARE BOUGHT
ft. Grady Farthing was re
elected president of the Watauga
Building and Loan Association,
A. W. Smith, vice-president and
W. H. Gragg, secretary and trea
surer at a recent meeting of the
hoard of directors.
Mrs. Mabel B. Brown, was
elected bookkeeper for the en
suing year, as the' directors re
viewed the progress of ths as
sociation during the closing year.
It was reported' that the Associa
tion is in fine condition and has
done a good business in the past
twelve months, aiding people in
the construction of their homes,
as well as in repairing and
modernization programs.
Information was released con*
cerning the purchase by the
Building and Loan of the J. N.
Lyons building on the principal
street generally referred to as
the old postoffice building, which
is to be used by the Association,
following remodeling operations
which will start on May 1.
Mr. W. H. Gragg, Secretary of
the Building and Loan says the
Association will use the space on
the street floor, which will be
thoroughly redecorated and
firnished to meet the needs of
the Association, a new front will
be provided, and that the second
floor offices wQl be re finished
and offered as rental property.
MAYOR ASKS FULL SUPPORT
IN CLEANING UP THE CITY
by Margaret E. Agle
In proclaiming May 1-4 u
Clean up-Paint up- Fix up Week
in Boone Mayor Gordon H. Wink
ller Mid, "This U the call to all
the people who live in this com
munity to share in the responsi
bility of making Boone a dean
Because I am certain that you
appreciate living and doimg busi
ness in a, town like ours and be
lieve you want Boone to look
and be clean, I am asking each
of you to give your full cooper
ation."
The critical eye of public In
spection is moving over the town
this week, spotlighting places
where improvements may be ex
pected during the next two and a1
? ? u i . wrig*
half weeks proceeding Clean up
week. On the inspection commit
tee are local town people and out
of-towners who will form the
judging committee when the
ferr sa?srb8s^
school, government and public
property will be surveyed this
week andrffcshr aftfee end of the
campaign when prizes will be
awarded to persons having
wrought the greatest improve
ment on their property.
Vacant lota, lonar a source of
concern to beauty lovers, are be
ing chosen by civic organisations
with an eye toward Beautifies -
tion and use for rest and recrea
tion grounds; many business
houses have voiced an interest in
placing benches in areas that can
be made usable for porks.
Robber Enters
' Smithey Store
Mr. Arlie Walsh, manager oil
Smithey1* Store, tells Of his place
of business being broken into,
early in the evening, while both
he and Mrs. Walsh occupied the
building, and a radio was going
full blast.
The entrance occurred before
9 o'clock, a window in the rear
of the store being broken. When
Mr*. Walsh went to the tele
phone to call police the would
be robber fled.
New radar sight guides Jet'*
guns; does ail-but fly plane.
E. C. A. is ready to cancel all
Atlantic Gulf contracts.
PARKWAY FACILITIES WILL
OPEN SATURDAY. APRIL IS
Child Hygiene Is
Theme of Display
v , ? %/ L'*
The combined classes of Child
Hygiene, under the direction of
Mrs. Cleon Hodge*, of the De
partment of Health and Physical
Education, will present a display
in connection with a class project
in the Women's Gymnasium on
the campus of Appalachian State
Teachers College on April 19,
from the hours beginning at 8:20
, chil
? ?, food, furniture,
and toys, will be found on the
main floor and balcony of the
gymnasium. AD articles and
equipment lor the display will be
furnished by the merchants of
Boone. Students and townspeo
ple are invited .to
V. F. W. Meeting
The V. r. W. wUl meet T hurs
tne club room, au
bjlll are asked to
a BMb?nt v. r. w.
S'SSSrSHKSi
rS.'.8t Has- * mm-'
The National Park Service
again opens the recreational faci
lities of the Blue Ridge Parkway
for the use and enjoyment of the
public on April loth.
The Blue Ridge Park, at top of
the ridge road through Virginia
and North Carolina, has been
designed to permit the visitor ?
leisurely trip along the high
country. Here you will not' con
tend with the truck and boa
traffic, or the scurring taxi for
your placemen the road. You will
meet and see other* intent on
drilling in the beauties of our
southern highlands. Here you
will move ? along through the
forested mountain, cetch glimps
es of the "Hill Culture" aee the
herds of dairy and beef cattle
that are becoming a big in
in the local of
the
motor road. Here ana may look
out over Mm IMML patches of
woodland, roads and streams to
the cities lying ha the valleys be
low. Hie views from many of
the overlooks an outstanding
their beauty is such that the vlaf
tor^ Wig to^ rjtturn
Jf yvu have succumbed to that
old southern custom of carrvtag
a picnic Imich you will wish to
make a longer stop at one of the
Jackson Quits
School Board
Tom Jackson has tendered hia
resignation as member of the
county Board of Education, and
Mr. Troy Norria ot Meat Camp
townahip has been appointed to
fill the vacancy.
Mr. Jackson, who states that
he resigned his position due to
personal business considerations,
taught school in Watauga for sev
eral years, was a member at the
Legislature, and has served on
the Board of Education since
September IMS.
Mr. N orris, who has always
shown active interest in the
cause of public education, ' has
been a member of the Qreen Val
ley district school committee for
a number of years.
The Freshman Class ot Appa
lachian High School made its ini
tial paper collection last Satur
day, and it was a huge success.
Approximately two tons of paper
was collected. The class would
like to thank the townspeople for
showing so much cooperation.
There will be another drive cn
April 22, which will be- carried on
in much the same way as the
preceeding one. Those who have
not already done So are asked to
have their old magazines and
newspapers ready by the 22nd.
LIOHS CLUB IS
TO CLOSE VOTE
m QUEER RACE
OR APRILS 20lh
? gPSE.
of Candidates Giv
en as Organization Se?b To
Name Queen; Proceeds of
Talent Show and Contest To
Go To Aid of the Blind.
Dr. John G. Martin, chairman
of the Lions club talent show
committee, announced this week
that the voting in the queen's con
test for the show would end at
noon, Thursday, April 10. No
money will be accepted after that
time and no votes after that time
will count toward selecting a
queen. Hie date of the show has
been set for the night of April 21.
and the place will be announced
|next w 4.
The voting, as it stood early
this week is as follows, in the
grammar grades:
Valle C rue is Public School ?
Laura Milton Church, 2nd grade,
2,810 votes.
Boone Demonstration ? Betty
Brendle, 8th grade, 2819 votes.
Deep Gap school ? Susie Hamp
ton, 4th grade, 2500 votes.
Cove Creek Elementary ? Syl
via Robinson, 8th grade, 2478
votes.
Mabel ? Betty Bell Mitchell,
6th grade, 1820 votes.
Green Valley? Virginia Greene,
1st grade, 1084 votes.
Stony Fork ? Lo veils Greene,
8th grade, 820 votes.
Bamboo ? Marilyn Triplett, 8th
grade. 5M votes.
High Schools:
Cove Creek High ? Norma Lee
Townsend, 12th grade, 3446 votes.
Appalachian High ? Shirley
Msst, 10th grade, 700 votes.
Blowing Rock High ? Martha
Herring, 11th grade, returns in
complete.
From the group two queens,
one for the grammar grades and
one from the high schools, will be
selected to 'be the Lions club
queen. The winner in each
groyp will be given a complete
new outfit of clothing.
Proceeds of the queen voting
and the talent show #111 be used
to carry on the work of the local
Lions club among the. Wind peo
ple and their aid to children and
grown people needing glasses.
Cove Creek 4-H Club
To Present Program
The Cove Creek 4-H club* are
planning a very interesting pro
gram (or the 13th of April at the
Cove Creek High ichool at 7:80
p. m.
Other schools in the count;
have been asked to take part on
the program. Those who have ac
cepted the invitation are Appala
chian and Bethel High schools.
The program consists of a one
act comedy, given by Cove
Creek senior 4-H Club, A dialo
gue, special music, and othei
numbers of interest The Elemen
tary school has several very in
teresting things to present Ap
plachlan will have a quartet and
Bethel senior club will do some
tumbling, and a sheep shearinj
demonstration will be put on bj
Clint Reese, the National Sheet
Shearing Champion for 1990.
President tells officials to 'ig
nore loyalty subpoenas.
1 P*:-'
~m *mvmS SSfitmm
Electid
zation.
. It ww verted that primary and
general election registration
book* would be consolidated by
copying the nanus rather than
by holding a new registration.
Tlie choice, was left with the
local board in a law passed by the
lsst Legislature.
In the absence at a state- wide
Republican contest only Demo
cratic officials wiQ participate
in holding the May primary, and
another Democratic Judge will be
named later for primary duty
only, it was said.
? Following are the names of the
election officials, the first in each
instance being the registrar, the
second the Democratic judge and
the last the Republican judge:
Bald Mountain township: Jfr
"'ftwit Speneer War
Cook, George Keller.
Boone: Howard Cottrell, J. C.
McConnelL Perry Greer'
Brushy Fork: fear
Bert Mart, D. I. Church.
Elk: Clay Hodges, Gcrdie Trip
le tt, V. C. Cox.
i Laurel Crsek: J. L. Shull, Mrs.
hBJTSSl i&SSi t j.
D. Wine bar ger, Clint Lewis.
Meat Camp no. X: Horace
Moretc, Honda Ragsn, Wads
MoreU.
New River: Grady Greer, Jack
Edinisten, W. C. CarrolL
North Pork: W. C. South, Ssa
South, Jack Wallace.
Shawneehaw: Fate Townsend,
Dale Henry
Fork: Max Hardin, C. D.
? v <mii
Stony FOrk: Max Hardin, C. D.
McNeil, F. L. Wilcox.
Watauga: Richard Olsen, Arlis
Hodges, Stanford Coffey.
OVER TWO THOUSAND GATHER
AT SUNRISE EASTER EVEHT
The Easter sunrise service at
Blowing Rock's lovely Con* es
tate was attended by a crowd
estimated at between 2,000 and
2,500 persona. This was toe first
if what is hoped will become an
tnnual traditional Easter service
For this area.
The xirogram was directed by ;
Rev. Oscar Harris of Blowing:
Hock and committees from Blow- 1
;ng Rock and Boone. Churches
From the 'entire county partici
pated. Music was supplied by
the Appalachian College band
and chom from the various chur
ating. Musical ac
? for
the choirs was
electric organ
? Paul Weston
of Todd.
The weather favored the
ice. The morning wag clear and
the sunrise was a thing of beauty
and inspiration for all The site
of the service provided an ideal
setting for audi an observance.
The program was broadcast,
and persons who tuned in their
radios reported Ir.at the recep
tion was clear.
Special commendation was giv
en to the member* of tbe Suite
Highway Patrol and the Parte
Commission for the manner in
which the crowd was directed
and parked. The entire procedure
of bringing the participants in
and directing them from the
grounds was handled
Dairy Meeting
b Slated Here
A dairy meeting of special in
terest to all dairy farmer* will
be held at the County Courthouse,
in Boone, Wednesday, April 19,
beginning at 7:10 p. m., L. E.
Tuckwiller, county agent, an
nounced this week.'
Mr. r. R. Farnham, Extension
Dairy Specialist, will discuss
"Production of Quality Milk."
Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Perdue
from Coble's Plant , will discuss
market trends and outlook.
John Brown, Extension Dairy
Specialist, has been invited to
discuss artificial breeding.
A question period will "be held,
Mr. Tuckwiller expressed the
hope that all dairy farmers will
make a special effort to attend
this meeting. There may be very
little that can be done about the
price of milk or a possible surplus
problem, but we should know
how the milk is used.
The milk produced in Watauga
County is good quality milk, and
we want to keep It that way, the
county agent said.
CANCER CRUSADE SEEKS TO
RAISE $300 IN WATAUGA
Water, First Aid
Course* Are Given
The Physical Education depart
ment of Appalachian State
Teachers college will conduct ?
water safe ty course and first aid
course for instructors beginning
April 17 and continuing through
April 22. The water safety course
wul be held from 7:00 to U a
m. in the college pool. The first
aid course will be held from 3:3C
to 5:80 p. in. in the Men's Gym
All peraoes holding a senior
life saving card in good standing
and having attended the prelim
inary course may enter the wat
er safety course. Those holding
a standard Cr?t aid card in force
The 1990 Canoer Crusade will
seek to raise $300.00 in this
county to finance expanded pro
grams of local service and educa
tion, and research on a nation
wide scale.
The announcement by Mr. J.
Paul Winkler, local campaign
chairman of the American Cancer
Society, pointed out that, the na
tional goal this year is $14,568,000.
"We must make an extra effort
this year to raise our share of
this money," he "said JSSfforU
of past years must be exceeded to
maintain the progress we have
made toward controlling cancer."
"Some of the nation's foremost
scientists have found new clues
to cancer," the chairman said,
"which open up avenues of at
tack previously closed to cancer
Mr, Winkler said then is now
in scientific circles that new
MI
will be
detection and prompt
to save at least a tk
200.000 who are dying
cn each yaar One out at five
' pin havilBL.
of eight will die of tt.
too many. ? rS
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School Slated
For Salesfolk
A school of salesmanship la to
be conducted by the Boon* Mar
chants Association, starting April
84th, which may last for two
weeks or longer, depending upon
the interest shown in the courses.
?The classes will be held dally
at 9 o'clock at the Skyline Res
taurant, and will be> in charge of
Miss Delia K Putman, who is
sent here by the 8tate Merchants
Association. The school will be
open to all employees of mer
chants association members her*,
and will feature courses in fell
ing, courtesy, etc. No charge It
made in connection with the
school.
Wildfire Danger Is
Seen In Plant Beds
Burley tobacco plant bed*
should be treated to control wild
fire soon after the plants come
through the ground. County
Agent b. E. Tuckwiller warned
this week. In 1MB this disease
did great damage to tobaeco
Blant beds. That serious loss can
t prevented, with a simple treat
ment that does not coat much.
The treatment is as follows:
4 pounds Blue stone
3 pounds Hydra ted Lime
50 gallons water
Mix Blae stone In wooden or
earthen vessel with just enough
water to dlsolve the powder. Mix
lime In separate vessel with small
amount of water. Stir Blues tone
mixture Into barrel containing
approximately 30 gallons of wat
er; then add lime mixture into
same barrel. Add enough> water
to make 60 gallons and keep mix
ture thoroughlyi- stirred. Sprin
kle on tobacco bed through can
vass. Do a thorough job. Repeat
application in 8 to 10 days. Mix
a fresh batch for each applica
tion" ! T
Citizens Asked