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it Weekly New?pa] NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1950 town get* ready for the gala cele bration which starts Friday . . . The historical pageant "Echoes of the Blue Rid<?V the featured attraction, ? 'relieved by many to be better than was the caae at the centennial a year ago, many additional entertainment features have been provided, and the sponsors of the mid-cummer event feel that a record number of visitors will be present to en joy the varied programs which have been arranged ? . . Fourth of July vacationists will likely contribute materially to the at tendance. . . C. H. KIRK MAN. telle of lb* 4-H club house at WaynesvUle. which has bMa constructed by fha boy* and girls of western lforth Carolina . . . Cabins aad swimming pool, will ba com pleted during July . . . 4-H groups in Watauga and other counties in the western section of the State raised the money for this regional project through various entertainments. <V>ny>n?tw ^^Tff r food j||f. contests, etc . . . The 4-H boys and girls deserve the commen dation of their elders for their .constructive activities, and our hats axe off to them for being able to swtog a big project without button-holipg every body in this section tor direct - -? ?-?? --*? r? ? camn ctnuricuiiOBS e ? ? rWMl some of us adults aleog the street should seek some advtoe ? ? ? WILLYS SMITH upeets the poUtiaal apple cart by taking the Senatorial nomination from incumbent Senator Frank Gra ham, and local politicians of all grade* are offering many rea sons for the unexpected behav ior of the voters last Saturday . . Many opmioiis art! oeing acr? vanoed as to why Mr. Smith is going to Washington, as 4b why his organisation was able to disb up a resounding defeat to the State and National Democratic organizations, but we like the trite answer a mine run jroter, when ?u?tied as to why Mr. Smith won. . . . Said he; "ap votes! . . i Crn AfMl giving all-over wash tub bath to mangy and unwilling pooch . Large crowlk. on main highways Sun day headed for the Grandfather mountain singing . . . Lady feel ing bod, tells of lively party the night before ? . . "Course to heck, I h4vf a hangover, you know I have . . . jnst learned that Td driven all the way to Boone with the emergency brake on." . . . THIS EDITION of the Demo crat comM forth undar idrtn* circumstances. and if it biIhii mow of the malls. U wUl due to a ganaral taar-up is ttk composing room, as ipaca la made for our new newspaper press, which is to be installed in tba next two or three weeks . . . In the einaigeucf the old praas has been torn down and reassembled in the old shop ?em the creek.* where Mr. Jams' shoe ihop Is VMTfnfj m9kA the Democrat U befog printed in its old haunts, while the beae for the new machine is poured. PROMINENT FARMER who lives in one of the most beautiful section* of Watauga county com plains that visitors to hi* section are cluttering up the highway and the adjacent land in many instances with picnic boxes, papers, tin cans, and ail manner of gartNgftgand wishes the folks who come to the hills would be a little mare consider ate in where they dump their tM . . . Says he wants to ex tend every courtesy to the peo ple yho visit Watauga, but would like for them to leave the THE WINNER , . . Willys Smith. Raleigh attonwr, who an Satur day ?rob tb ? Democratic nomination for United Stat** Senator, de feating tha Incumbent. Senator Fkank Groham, by a majority of ' around 20.000 Tolas. Graham, Beaten in State Increases W atauga Lead i ...... r.ta . . EDUCATION DAT SPEAKER . . J Shown iben fa Dr. Haacy HJ Hill. PiwIdMl of GMtgt Paa-j body College for Teach art, who will ip?ik at a ipacial maul moating honoring Dr. Dougherty 1 the ASTC lowar alhlaiic field Sunday afternoon. July 1 In ad dition to Dr. Hill'* (peach there: will bo music by a number of! jhoruse*. choirs, and quartettes from western >. C. and aaatara Mrs. Parker Leads As Echoes Queen At the tint tabulation of vote* in the queen of the Blue Ridge contest, Billie Badgett Parker is leading the field of 16 candidates with 26,400 votes to her credit Runner-up is Rebecca Mooee with 9,800. * . Five more days pf voting re main, the polls closing imme diately after the curtain rises tar the Monday's nights performance of Echoes of the Blue Ridge. Dur ing the performance all ballots win be counted and the winner determined in time for the crowning by Charlie Justice at the Coronation Ball, immediate ly following the pageant shoW tof- ' 'r-'M Z Queen chairman. Watt Gragg, requests that voter* refrain from placing slips of paper and other ious boxes alloted for voting. The only acceptable ballot is the stub ten each admission ticket or book of tickets to the Echoes pageant. A $3 00 purchase of four tickets entities the holder to 000 votes; a single ticket is worth 100 votes. Complete standings on votes cast thus far place the contest ants in the following ostler: Bil lie Badgett Parker, 26,000; Re becca Moose, M00; Martha Council!, 2.400; Jean AMridga, 1,800; Barbara Jones, 1,800; Mar tha QualM, 900. Moscow budget reveals plans Contrary to the general trend throughout the State, official fig ures show that Watauga county increased its majority lor Sena tor Frank Graham over Willys Smith in the second Democratic primary June 24. Added to this is % fact that. 1*8 more voters turned out to swell the total vota to 1931 ?s compared to the 1783 ballots cast May 27. Graham, diminutive former University of North Carolina head, carried 14 of the 18 Wa tauga precincts, amassing a total of 1834 votes to the 487 of his Raleigh opponent, a majority of 347. Following is a record of Satur day's vote by individual town ship: nk Graham Smith Bald Mountain 19 14 Beaver Dam 1 287 8 Blowing Rock 64 62 Blue Ridge *. 1 II Boone ? =.. 297 V 112 Brushy Fork 118 3J Cove Creek 19S 10 Elk 10 C Laurel Creek 121 1 Meat Camp No. 1 77 IS Meat Camp No. 2 10 0 ?New River ? 56 189 North Fork 13 <1 Shawneehaw 42 2 Stony Fork 55 8 Watauga 89 23 TOTAL - ?.1434 487 First Primary Totals: Graham 1 1217 Smith : 514 Reynolds ' 18 Boyd TT., 4 Red Cross Names Hew Set Officers ~ Th^ annual meeting of the Amenean Red Cross was held in the Daniel Boone hotel recently. K review of the work for the past year given by the executive ^Mtetaiy showed that some of lie Red Croaa services which had been inactive since the war had been revived and others had Men enlarged. All officers i were re-elected far the coming year. The president, Mrs. Mae Miller, has reappointed also all commit ter chairmen who Ijnve served for the past year. These are: Rod Croaa, Mrs. L. U >; ProductiJftprs. Wylie Canteen, Miss Elizabeth ;S(Bome Service, Rev. J. Parker; Disaster, Mr. Kuaaell Hodges; Home Nursing, Mm E. T. Glenn; Safety Services,' Gen eral Chairman. Mrs. Jack Hodges; Pint Aid. Mr. R. W. Watkins, Water Safety. Mist Gail Clay; 1 UndI^0tS*WadCT?hip of the shove chairmen {he officials con fidently expect a further enlarg ed program of Chapter Red Croat (continued on page tan) #"?*? i LOCAL FOLKS JOIN THRONGS Two Watauga citizens played prominent tolea in the twenty sixth annual "Singing on the Mountain," held Sunday at the foot of mighty Grandfather Mountain^The Rev. S. E. Gragg, eighty-nine, of Sholla Mills, made his twenty-sixth appearance as preacher and singer in the event, while former state senator Wade Brown introduced the principal speaker, Gov. Kerr Scott Governor Scott praised events such as Sing on the Mountain and the Cherokee drama. Unto These Hills, saying both are fine contributions to North Carolina's number three industry ? tourists. The governor said all in the mountains should do their best to show tourists to the State every courtesy in order to further de velop the tourist business. He spoke briefly on electrifica tion, telephone and other im provement programs. More than 50 singing groups irom as far away as Beckley, Va., took turns rendering Gospel songs of the mountains. Seventy-nine year old Joe L. Hartley of L,ii}ville, founder and chairman of Singing on the Mountain, termed the program a complete success. One of thp, musical highlights during the beautiful summer day was provided by Hillbilly Head liner Arthur Smith and his Crack er jacks from 'the Columbia Broadcasting System and Radio Station WBT, Charlotte. The group gave several relig ious selections and instrumental, numbers that made them popu lar. The noted Cherokee Indian Quartette, under the driection of Vice Chief McKinley Rom ot Cherokee, sang several religious ???"* "M,*<fcrek" Highway patrolmen reported that during one period around noon, the highways leading to the convention were crowded by cars bumper to bumper, stretch ing four miles in one direction and three in the other. - A considerable portion at the afternoon's events was filmed and seund-recorded by staff members of the Washington (D. C.) Times-Herald* for. television presentation in the CapHol city. Parade Plans For i Celebration Made Floats and marching group* are now proctially completed for the opening day parade, June 30, in connection with the Echoes of the Blue Ridge celebration. The following organization* and business places have notified the Rev Sam Mom, general parade chairman, that they will have entries in the Friday cavalcade: Lions Club, Rotary .Club, Amer ican Red Cross, Watauga Indus tries, Junior Order, Echoes of the Blue Ridge, Inc., Parkway Hard ware, Bare's Fair, Colvard Ser vice Station, Arcady Feed Store, Vanee Re-Capping Service, West ern Auto Store. The various automobile agen cies in Boone will furnish trans portation for the queen as well as for the dignitaries and various guests present for the celebra tion. - f The parade will ?saaiwblu at 1 p. m. under the direction of local police and patrolman on the old Bristol rood, with the children's section joining the procession alt the courthouse. Late entries may contact eith er the parade chairman or law officialsjtot a designated spot in Blowing Rocket Will Appear During Week Blowing Rock. ? William Lid die, Jr, of Woyneaboro, Va., <nd Roocoe Pu?kett Jr., of Richmond, have anumed editorship of 1W Blowing Rocket, weekly newspa dot published .here duriiMC t be summer vacation settson. The flrrt issue of the tabloid is sched uled to come off the praas /use ?jiI5 & Both mafUMKnied school at journalism student. Liddle served Full f Echoes" Keadmess 0 or : ' V'liKl iJ. ' *Wll: Opening Day CROWN FITTER . . . Charlie Justice hai forsake* his All-Ameri ican football duties at the University of North Carolina far sen responsibilities with the North Carolina Medical Foundation. Mon day night he will stop into still another rote aa he uuwns the winner of the Queen of the Blue Ridge contut at the Ofrimattwi BalL ' ~ Minor Building Boom Seen Along City Streets -Photo Palmer's Studio DH. B. B. DOUGHERTY Friends To Honor College Prexy Friends of Dr. B. B. Dougher ty will honor this outstanding schoolman with a dinner Friday, June 30, at 6 p. m. at the C.' K. & M. Gateway Cafe. The attendance will be limited to 100 people, and it is urged that those wfho would like to attend make reservations without de lay. Dinner tickets may be pur chased at the ASTC business off ice and book store. Lon^riew Motor Court To Be Open Saturday Boone newest tourist facility; the Longview Motor Court, locat ed two mile* east of Boone on the Blowing Bock road, will be open for buainea* next Saturday; according to Messrs R. B. Shu 11 and W. A. Shull, owner* Of the new development. -I The building is of brick con -VICTIM- POLLS SURPRISE 1 Middletown, Ohio ? When the (cellar of a house, Harold Heath jwa* building caved in, it wm be lieved that Heath was buried junderJjM^debrls ^Hi? wtw Various BpOde business estab lishments are now undergoing re novations, and several new eon-' to experience a minor boom. The J. E. Joins* Furniture Company, formerly Burgess Furniture Company, is now in Jie process of extensive front re modeling, designed to improve the display facilities of the store, Complete renovation of the building recently occupied by Lyons Thrift Shop is now under way in anticipation of its use by the Watauga Building and Loan Association. It will feature one of the most modern fronts in this section of the state when completed. C. K. Marion has now almost completed the elaborate improve ments and refurnishing for the C- K. & M. Gateway Restaurant and expects to have a new front within a matter of days. He has been re-opened for business for over two weeks. The management of the Appa lachian Theatre, seeking to fore stall any possibility of another disastrous fire, has built a fire proof building to the rear of the theatre in which will be housed the machines for preparing pop corn. The Dixie Home Store is laying plans for utilizing a 59-foot ex tension of the present building, which will create badly needed storage space and making pos sible the addition of several new departments. The new section is expected to be available by July 15. Dr. R. H Harmon will soon be moving into the completely re designed building formerly oc cupied by Hillard's Market. Of fices and laboratory space fori his Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic will occupy the first floor, while the second floor will be reserved for two apartments. Ira Biagham has made excava tions for a combined store and apartment building next to ? the Boone Flo,wer Shop and ill ex pected to ' ! begin construction within a short time. H ? -Mm Tsague is now operating his taxi service from a new stand constructed within recent weeks; directly across from the bus ter ^ . JSIjBKS ."IVA All butt*** programs have! sought to comply with the town building and zoning laws in all respects. i fas , And VUtar. Await S ocoad Wataa*a Historical CeU Interest in and enthusiasm far the pageant "Echoes of the Blue Ridges" U mounting as the time for the first performance ap proaches According to Pat Ald erman, director, dress rehearsals were heldon TuSiJay sndWed nesday nights, and all is in read iness for the opening perforaaaaca on Friday night, June SO. The pageant is expected to draw a large attendance, not only from Boone and Watauga coun ty, but from the whole Blue Itidge section, including southwest Vir ginia and east Tennessee. All the performances will be staged at the lower athletic field of the Appalachian State Teach ers College. Preliminary Events begin at 7:15 with the pageaat performances beginning at 3:90 o'clbck. The five-day celebration will include the following events: Friday, June College Day Special day honoring Dr. B, B. Dougherty, president and co founder of Appalachian ? State Teachers College ? The Carolinian of the Half Century. Opening pa rade, 1:00 p. m. . V , First performance of the pag eant, with special events pro gram, 7:15 p. m. Square dance. Boys' gym, 10 to 12 p. m. Sat. July 1? Farmers' Day Great agricultural parade, spa rial events, band concerts, 2 p m. Second performance of the pageant Mother Goose night Special preliminary program pre tented by the elementary schools preceding pageant, 7:18 p. m. Square dance, boys' gym, 10 to 12 p. m Sunday , JWy (tank* Day Attend the church of yew nhAlM Great inter-faith worship with Crowning of Junior Quean. Circus Jamboree, Clown* ae ro baU. copedians, banda, tr?- ? peze artists, tumblers, bataa whirlers, special features, 1i1$ p. "Herman Joseph," naWittally knoyn clown and comedian, wfll be a feature on the program. Jo seph was leading cloyn with the Ringling Brothers and Barman Bailey circus for over twenty years. Tueadar. July 4? Patriotic and Tri -Stale Day Big patriotic and hobby pa rade, 2 p. m. Scout shows, con certs. ? Final performance of the pa geant, preceded by "The Parade of the Nations," staged by various nigh school groups, 7:18 p. m. Gala Street Dance At Blowing Rock Blowing Rock. ? A gala street dance, one of Blowing Rock's favorite fosms of entertainment, will climax the fourth annual Blowing Rock Field Day sched uled for July 4. The dance will be held along Main street and will close the day's activities. A baseball game between Blow ing Rock and Purlear will get the day off to a start at 10 a. m. on the local field. At 2 p. m., the annual gymkhana, featuring novelty games on horseback and pet show, will be held In Broy hlU Park, and. recreation, includ ing horseshows, shufflcboard. tennis, and checkers, will be pro vided in Municipal Park.
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