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WATAUGA An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 BOONE, WATAUGA COmm?TNORTH CAROLINA, THUrSaY^AUOU^"i7T BOONE VOL. LXIII? NO. 7. KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS ODDS AND ENDS: Man feed ing coins into parking meter, us his lady companion hands him penny after penny from purse, inquiring each time, "Want more?" . . . Housewife bemoans the rapid rise in the cost of vit tels in the raw, and says there's no sense in such . . . "Just plain hellishness, 'twould appear to me.'',. . . New display rooms of the Winkler Motor Company taking form, as strollers watch the work . . . Another patient group of sidewalk engineers hangs out right regularly at the Building and Loan building which is undergoing extensive remodeling . . . Group of child ren play in Boone Creek, as oth ers engage in wrestling and even a touch of fist fighting, as the glorious insitution of childhood carries on, a wholesome and un changed carrypver from a less harried era . . . Boats of most every description seen to pass through town this summer as Watauga dam provides a mecca for boatmen and fishermen . . . Lots of these little outboarders are seen trailing motor cars, some smaller ones are inverted over the tops of the sedans, but the other Sunday a huge trailer pulled by one of those mighty Mack moguls dragged through a beautiful little ocean going cruis er, being shipped from the build ers in Detroit, to Eastern Caro lina . . . Earl Norris and other highway workers repair the Poplar Grove road at the old laundry corner, and bridge crew re-floors the crossing of Boone Creek nearby . . . Both these im provements are of more than passing importance to one who regularly uses this stretch in his saunterings to and from work . . Slightly nearsighted one plumps into plate glass door dewn at C. K. Marion's Cafe, . . . a rare tribute to the lad who does the glass polishing down there. www "UNTO THESE HILLS" con tinues to draw large numbers of Boon* folks to the Cherokee Indian reservation . . . The spectacular outdoor pageant of the sufferings and tribulations of the Cherokees is good, deci dedly so. and the stadium in which native stone is used pre dominantly, and the backdrop is the Great Smokies, enchances the worth of the stage presen tation . . . Local folks are par ticularly interested because the cast contains a Boone boy . . . Blanton Miller is one of the stellar performers with his professonal portrayal of Te cumseh, fiery Shawnee war rior . . . Those who haven't seen the show should make a trip over that way . . . There is no more spectacular ride than from Boone to Cherokee . . . Incidentally, we find thai a number of Piedmont and east ern Carolina people are mak ing the trip to Cherokee via Boone, on their return com pleting a sort of grand circle tour, which includes the noted parkway. IN THE OLD DAYS it was considered that when a man wore "Sunday clothes" on week days he had definitely "arrived" in so far as economic security was concerned ... In later years the status of his wealth came to be measured by what sort of automobile he piloted along the pavement, or how many gadgets his home contained, . . . We have fouud however, that a man's financial troubles are most cer tainly over when he takes to writing his signature, deliberate ly, so that no man on earth can decipher it . . . Trucks loaded with coal, parked along the street, while out of state vendors stop passcrsby and try to make sales, . . . Onlookers try to fig ure out whether the standard six ton load is nearer four than five . . . Staccato bark of rifles Sunday afternoon at city dump, right smack in town, despite the fact there's always been an or dinance . Need for truck lane around town gg-ows greater as commercial traffic through the place increases . . . "'.eartening to know that such an artery is in the planning stage. ? ? ? BOB AGUE, who la Ma capa city a* district executive for the taw noTH aatarpriaas, is mm at the town's moat consis tent buyers of space in the Wa tauga Democrat sands us this highly appreciated note! "Hay t take this opportunity to cod grililitt yon on your ntw (corttunied from page four) LOCAL YOUTH IN CHEROKEE ROLE ? Blanton Millar (righi) talks with Robart Wahnatah. Charokaa Indian youth, and W. P. Covington oi Winsion-Salem backstage as they prepare to go on in the drama. "Unto These Hills." Mr. Miller has one oi the laad rolM of lha outdoor dram*, playing the part oi tha warlika Tacumaah. Mr. Covington ia cait aa a mountainaar and tha Charokaa lad ia ona oi tha dancar*. Tha drama ia now playing ?lx nights a waak and will run through Labor Day. Anderson To Speak To Grads The commencement address at Appalachian State Teachers col lege on August 23 at eight o'clock in the evening, will be delivered by Jesse Thomas Anderson, State Superintendent of ' Educa tion of the State of South Caro lina. Mr. Anderson, a native of Tim monsville, holds the B. A. degree from Furman University, the M. A. degree from the University of , South Carolina, and has done ad ditional graduate work 3t the the University of Chicago and George Peabody College for Teachcrs. He was principal and superintendent in South Caro lina schools from 1914 to 1918, and was county superintendent of education in Florence county, South Carolina from 1929 to 1947 when he became state superintendent. Mr. Anderson is past president of the South Carolina Education Association, . and of the county superintendents. He is secretary of tlft State Board of Education, and member of the school book commission. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Uni versity of South Carolina, the Citadel, Winthrop College, and the South Carolina Medical Col lege. In addition he holds mem bership in the South Carolina Education Association, the Amer ican Association of chief school officers, Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Phi Kappa, Delta Sigma Phi, the Lions Club, the American Legion, the Forty-and-Eight, and is a Mason and Shriner. Mr. Anderson was a private and a second lieutenant in World War I. 18 Year Youths Asked To Register Youths are now required to reg ister under the military draft law, upon reaching their eigh teenth birthdays, and Joe Todd, chairman of the local selective service board, itates that some of these have reportedly failed to comply With the law. Mr. Todd insists that these youths register promptly, as it is not the desire of the local office to invoke the severe penalties of the l?w, unless It. bccomes abso lutely necessary. Full cooperation of the people is asked by Mr. Todd. Boone Fire Department To Sponsor Show Soon The Boone Fire Department wilf sponsor a hillbilly show in the courthouse Thursday night, August IT; at 8 p. m., featuring Cur ley King and hit Tennessee Hilltoppers. Proceeds will go to ward buying new fire hose and other needed equipment. The public is invited to participate in the upkeep of their volunteer fire department by attending this bhow. m U& College graduates having larg er fsmfflsa, research shows. Blanton Miller Featured In Pageant Of Cherokees Blanton Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Miller of Oak St. and a veteran of numerous high school and college dramatic productions during his high school years at Boone, is cast this summer in what is perhaps the most color ful role of his career. Chosen by Director Harry Davis to play the part of Tecum seh in Kermit Hunter's Cherokee drama, "Unto These Hills," he has fulfilled the role of the fiery Shawnee chief to perfection, ac cording u> Davis. Tecunweh It* was who conceived the idea of a great Indian confederation reach ing from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico about the time of the War of 1812. His visit to the Cherokee country, where he tried to persuade the southern Indians to join his plan for driv ing out the whites, is one of the highlights of the pageant-drama playing all summer at the Moun tainside Theatre at Cherokee. Miller first attracted attention at Chapel Hill last year with his fine work as Jason, in Robinson Jeffer's "Medea," and since go ing to Cherokee he has more than justified the confidence placed in him by Director Davis. His colorful costume and hideous war paint are impressive, but most stirring of the moments in scene two of the drama comes when Junaluska asks Tecumseh to tell his plan. The blazing Shawnee drives his tomahawk into the council stump and shouts, "There is Tecumsch's plan!" Director Davis has used this quiet and hard-working actor in several other places in "Unto These Hills." After he has finish ed his early scene and his taken a quick shower to get rid of this mass of Indian war paint, he changes to the coetume of a -Wtlltr settler til ttit Great Smok ies during the 1830's, and ap pears in several scenes. Ohce, when the aging Wilani is killed by white soldiers, he helps to carry her body from the stage in one of the most moving scenes of the play. Later he is seen in the various crowd scenes as one of the friendly whites who tried so hard to see that the Indians were treated with decency and respect during the stirring days of the removal. Boone audiences will remem ber Miller for outstanding perfor mances with the Appalachian Playcrafters under the direction of Antonius Antonakus. Parti cularly impressive were his in terpretations of Dr. Haggctt in "The Late Christopher Bean," Dr. Spender in "Post Road," and the Boor in "The Boor." More Than 400 Spectators Hail Flower Show As Best Ever The Boone Flowej' Show, con sidered by many this year to have been the best in the history of this annual floral exhibition sponsored by the Worthwhile Club, was witnessed by over 400 people Thursday in the Boone First Baptist Church. Over 277 entries ? typica lof the beautiful flowers grown in Boone and Wa tauga county ? were counted. The sweepstakes ribbon for the outstanding entry of the show went to Mrs. Ed Hall for a floral arrangement in a Victorian tea pot to suggest memories of an old fashioned garden. Mrs. Ed Quails was second with her Peace Rose arrangement, Mrs. Ed Hall, third, with a kitchen arrangement in shades of gold, rust, ana brown, and Mrs. Mae Miller, fourth, with a waterlily arrangement. Mrs. Mae Miller received the most points in the show, with Mrs. D. L. Wilcox, second, and Mrs. Julian Ragan, third . r _ In the men's entries, R. W. Wat kins placed first, W. C. Greer, second, and GUI Phillips .third. Mike Dent placed first in chil dren's entries, Bobby Reynolds, second, and Nancy Quails, third. The complete list of placing!) follows in first, second, and third order: Dahlias, giant? Mrs. D. L. Wilcox, Mrs. Ralph Greer, Mrs. A. E. South; specimen, Mrs.> Ju lian Ragan, Mrs. Ralph Greer. Mrs. Russet Hampton; cactus, Mrs. A. E. South; ball, Mrs. R. W. Watkins, Mrs. George Greene, Myrtle Romingcr; three blooms, Mrs. Floyd Hagaman, Mrs. Ralph Greer. Gladioli, 1 color? Mrs. Hale (Continued on page four) Pic. Louis Hayes Missing In Korea Pfc. Louis R. Hayes, 25 ' year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rqby Hayes of Sugar Grove has been reported missing in action in Korea since July 25, according to a telegram received last week by his parents from the Secretary of the Army. Enlisting in service in the spring of 1948, young Hayes took basic training at Ft. Jack son, S. C., returned home on a shbrt furlough, and then was as signed to the 5th Cavalry com pany in Japan. The last letter received by his parents had been written from Japan and was dat ed July 12. Grandfather Home Get* Big Sum Money Blowing Rock. ? Almost $10,000 was given to Grandfather Home for Children in Banner Elk dur ing the 31st annual Grandfather Home Day program at Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church ?here Sunday morning. The offering totaled $9,486.11, and additional contributions are expected to push the amount over the $10,000 mark. The traditionally generous of fering followed an appeal for the orphanage by David Ovens, Char lotte business man and Blowing Rock's 1949 "Man of the Year." Ovens traced the 36-year his tory of Grandfather Home and recognized Dr. C. G. Vardell Sr., president emeritus of Flora Mac Donald College who first insti tuted the orphanage day program in 1919. Three of the Home's children were introduced. John Baker, Metropolitan Op era 'baritone; Ernest McChesney, tenor; Miss Genevieve Rowe, so prano; and Mifts Helen Olheim, contralto, presented the program of sacred music. Stewart Ross, nationally known pianist, was accompanist, and Miss Margaret Vance of Blowing Rock was org anist. , Dr. W. M. Tate, president of the Edgar Tufts Memorial Asso ciation of which Grandfather Home is a part, and the Rev. Fletcher Nelson, president of Lecs-McRae College, participated in the program. Ovens, in making His annual COUHTY FAIR IS SCHEDULED TO BE BIGGER SAY OFFICIALS Classe* for Qrada Bm( B?U ?uri and Grid* pairy Heifer* Are Added; A List of the DepartiMnta and Superin tendents. Plans were completed at meet ings held Saturday and Monday for the 1950 Fair, and official! state that the fair will be ex panded to include classes for grade beef heiferv and grade dairy heifers to be shown at halt er. The departments of the fair, and the superintendents of each, were released as follows: Preparation of exhibit space: Stewart Barnes, chairman. Department "A' ? Garden and Field Crops. Ned Glenn, Milton Moretz, Zeb Farthing. H. J. Wil liams. Department "B" ? Farm and Garden display: Johnnie Greene, Billy Cook, J. B. Robertson. Department "C" ? Fruits: D. T. Brown, Albert Watson, Dennis V. Ensley. Department "D" ? Canning: Mrs. Dean Beese, Mrs. I. B. Wil son, Mrs. Cecil Swift. Department "E" ? Pantry and Dairy: Mrs. George P. Edminsten, Mrs. A. E. Vannoy, Mrs. Clint Miller. Department "F" ? Flower Show,: Mrs. Odes Wilson and Mrs. B. W. 'Stall ings. Department "G" ? Veteran Farmer Department: Hayes Well (Continued from page one.) YDC To Hold Meet Saturday Night The regular August county wide meeting of the Young Democratic Club of Watauga county will be held on thla Sat urday August 19 at the court house. The speaker of the even ing will be Mr. Marcellus "Buck" Buchanan, attorney and presi dent of the Jackson County Young Democratic Club. Mr. Buchanan attended Western Car olina Tecahers College and the University of North Carolina, re ceiving his Bachelor of Laws de gree from the University in Jan uary of 1949. Buchanan is in out standing Democratic leader of Western North Carolina and a public speaker of note. In addition to this outstanding address, committees will be nam ed and final arrangements made for the Ninth District Young Democratic meeting in Boone on (Continued on page two) D. M. Edmisten Is Surveying Housing D. M. Edmisten, local business man and director of the 1950 cen sus for this county, has now be tjun his duties as Statisticcal Clerk for the survey of residential financing, Watauga and Avery counties, recently instigated by the United States Census Bureau. Mr. Edmisten returned to Boone last week from a week's training period In Ashcville. His work will consist primarily in aiding designated home owners in' filling out census bureau questions iron designed to offer a cross section of the housing situa tion in the two counttaft. BIT. Ed misten expects to camptete the survey within thirty days. appeal to the overflow audience, urged continuous support of wor thy institutions and causes, stat ing that the only thing that man can carry with him in death U the satisfaction of his generosity to his fellow man. Coffee Query: To Raise or Not To Raise? , By Spud Whitener Ten cents for that cup of cof fee? Well, maybe. That's the problem facing local restaurant and soda shop owners these day*, what with prices on America's favorite beverage ranging from Tii to BO cents per pound and poising for another- advance. Most restaurant proprietors re port that the hope of realizing any profit on coffee disappeared inooths ago with the first up surge of the Brazilian market, they being content simply to break even on each serving since that time. But ev?h this status quo cannot be maintained in the face of iccertt price hikes, ac cording to several operator!, lit tle red figures appearing on ac count books each time the pot gurgles forth its precious fluid. Statistics tend to bear out such a statement allowing 7? to 80 cups per pound of coffoe at prevailing prices, each mug of the liquid blark costs the server close to two and a half cants. But this is only the beginning. Sugar, cream, aati various overhead items jnu* be added to the debit (Me of tlL ledger ?nd multiplied by two, tince the average cus tomer is a two-cup consumer. Then there arc always those ec centric souls who love coffee in their sugar instead of the other way Around, and by the time such an individual 'gets through shoveling the twm sand (mixed with generous quantities of ex tract of bo viae) another good restaurant owner has determined to become a' good farmer. Go up. then, to eight or ten cents per cup? Hater ticklish business when tfag customer may already be taulN)fig enter having just paid a simitar s mount for that "food five edit cigar" at yon. Most owner*, therefore, have played things safe by lift ing (lightly th? overall prices on meals, cotton remaining at Ave cents?a move that the general public seem* to have accepted without protest. Soda shop*, where coffee al ready cme* "extra." mv holding fast for the meet part on both coffee add sandwich item*. One operator, when asked about the powitylUy at an lncreaae, replied, "It all depend* on market price* from here on out. We'll (tend pat if col lea doe#-- another price jump and we'll have to jump with H." Like your coffee ten cents worth? ??. v.'&akA&i? Sheriff DiesiatflH Funeral Is fH ' C M. WATSON GOP Convention Next Saturday The Republican* of Watauga county will hold tneir nominat ing convention at the courthouie in Boone Saturday, August 19, according to a call issued by the chairman, Mr. I. B. Wilson. The primary purpose of the convention is to name candidates for the various county offices, and Mr. Wilson states that there will be no outside speaker for the occasion. The chairmen of the various precincts are asked to hold meetings Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock for the purpose of nam ing delegates *to the county con vention. Walter J. Ragan Is Cwne Creek Coach Walter ? Ragan of BMftte has been selected athletic coach at the Cove Creek High School, by the school committee and dis trict principal. Ragan finished at Appalachian College last spring asd was awarded his BS degree in phy sical education and social studies. He has an outstanding record in' athletics, having played basket ball, baseball, Softball, football and engaged in boxing in both high school and college. Mr. Ragan served three years in the army and is a member of the American Legion and Vet erans of Foreign Wars. 95th Infantry Meet Any ex-servicemen in Watauga county who were members of the 95th Infantry Division and at tached units are asked to contact Maj. General Harry L. Twaddle, 8334 31st Street, Washington, D. C. The association is reactivating, and a reunion is scheduled in Chicago for October 13 to ISth. Return self-addressed stamped envelope or return postage will be appreciated with your inquiry. Charlie 'MMtffeM Sheriff of Watauga county /or v| over aevan year*, died in a>|i StatesvilU hospital Monday. The local officer had been in poor health for the past several month*, and hit condition had been worae for several weeks. He had re-entered the hospital three weeks ago. Funeral services are to be con ducted this (Wednesday) after noon at 2 o'clock from the Laurel Springs Baptist Church. The rite^wlll be in charge of Rev. IL^R C. Eggers. Rev. Q. A. Haraby, and Dr. W. G. Bond, and burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will lie in state In, the church for an hour prior to the funeral. Survivors include /We sons: Clarence Watson, Sugar Grove; Claud, Lloyd, Allie and Guy Watson of Deep Gap. There are three brothers and four sisters: Filmore, Tom' Watson, Route 1, Boone; Richard Watson, Deep Gap; Mrs. Jeff Winebarger, State of Oregon; Mrs. Grant Miller, Laxon; Mrs. Roy Greene, Deep Gap; Mrs. June Greene, Brown wood. Mr. Watson, who was bom and reared in Watauga county, was elected Sheriff of Watauga county in 1942, and was it* -elect ed for a second four year term in tWO. He was a popular law en forcement officer, was uniform ly courteous and kind to the people with whom he came in contact, and made many friends during his tenure. He wes also engaged in the mercantile busi ness, and farming enterprises. No Successor To Sheriff Yet Named H M. Hamilton, jr., chairman board of county commis sioners told <? Democrat Tuaa day that no action' by the board In filling the vacancy caused by the death of Sheriff Watson, will be taken for the time jacing. Under the law, it is under stood, the commissioners have the power to appoint a sheriff for an unexpired term, and un til this is done Richard E. Kelley, coroner, has the responsibility of the office. Meantime, Deputy Sheriff O. M- Watson, remains in charge of tne Jail and is carrying on the work of the' Sheriffs of fice. Kenneth Perry Named President State FFA Kenneth Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Perry of Cove Creek, was last week elected president of the North Carolina Associa tion of Future Farmers of Amer ica. He succeeded Ralph Wed dington of Landis. Over 1,500 Future Farmer de legates were present in Raleigh for the 22nd. annual convention of the state organization. Appalachian College Makes Way For lis Largest Enrollment According to advance registra tion figure*. Appalachian State Teacher* college will have the largest enrollment in its history when the new term opens on September 8. Registrar H. R. Eg gers says that advance figures are running ahead of those of last year, when the largest fresh man class In history 'enrolled. A total oi 1367 students enrolled during the year. It is also expected that u large number of graduate students will register. During this summer the college had IM6 enrolled for the first six-Weeks term, 1110 for the second six-week* term, making a total of MI6 enrollments, repre sented by 1M1 diffeerent indivi duals. There were 933 studying for the master's degree. In addi tion there were 300 people with degree* studying at Appalachian, if of whom already hold tin master'* degrve. , , ?? At the graduation exercises to be held on August 33 the college Will gradual* <4 with the bache lor of science degree, and 71 with the matter of art* degNK'-" New members to be added to the faculty in September will In clude the following: Dr. AraoH Van Pelt in the department of biology, bokling the Ph. D. dagtwe ft from the University of Florida; Dr. Evan PatUahali in the de partment ul education, holding the Ph. -D decree from the Uni versity of Michigan. Returning , from a year'* atuly to complete requirements foe the Ph. D. de gree will be Carrie Lee Farthinf Dirkenon and Cratii D. Williams, both in the department of Eng lirh. Graduate assistants will in clude Miss Nadine Gragg, Boone, in Englich; Mark Arnold, Troy, Alabama, in music; John Sides, Charlotte, in mathematics; Miss Elizabeth McManua, Hamlet, in science; Miss Ruth Barnard, An drews, in library science; Ewell Hopper. Jr.. of York, a C. in physical education: 9 and * Misa Elizabeth Guy. Banner Hk. phyfSg sical educatioa. Major curriculum changes will ' include the changing music and library science to stagte-maR^
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