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IA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, KING STREET - *Jt n 11^ &ROB RIVERS INFLUX at ?aote ISO high pchool football players down at Appalachian causes unusually ; heavy drain qp college water supply . . . Hoae stretched by, | college book (tore, down past library and across campus drive, I carries aqua borrowed from city ! in the emergency : . Two prac tice periods per day? dirt and grime of daily scrimmaging, two showers per day . . . add up to a demand for a heap of extra water . . . Mrs. Mary Harris brings the Democrat about a dozen and a half of beautiful , roses from her own gardens, in cluding such varieties as Peace, ] Butterscotch and Eclipse . . gorgeous blooms which we en joyed so much . . . Says she would have brought us a few Herbert Hoovers but that they haven't been doing so well for the past few years . . . A^ any rate we greatly appreciate these poaias whiph are passed along to us while we can see and smell . . . Thanks! ? ? ? A LOT Or THE WORM we use around these parts in every day conversation probab ly wouldn't make too much sense to one from another part of the land,' and on second thought many of them don't sound to 900d to us, ' even though some are taken right from the Mag's own vocabul ary . . . The words which we frequently hear used to denote quantity or degrde. including gobs, mulligans, pinches, squirts, smidgens, pastels and scads, frequently confound strangers in oar midst, to say nothing of "fight smart" mean ing a considerable quantity, rather than a degree of percep tion ... We hear these expres sions right along, and perhaps , find that some of them say exactly what we personally want said on occasions . . . Will WalMsr however Is the otty word "punctillium". to denote a high degree of accuracy . . . "It's 7:30. son. . . . that's the correct time, right to a punctil lium, "is apt to be the reply of the ieweler if we it^eei him along the street fust ahead of working time, when our watch is overdue for a winding . . . and while it seems that the word in this exact form, hasn't found its way in*o our copy of Webster *, we think it's a good one. and should likely be de fined. "to a gnat's heel." "right to a hair:" or "to a cat's whisk erl" TRAILWAYS MAGAZINE carries a feature in current edi tion entitled "Daniel Boone Lived Here," which carries the story of Watauga's summer-time pageant, of her year-round college, of her tourist attractions, her legends and charms . , . Herman Wilcox, Chamber of Commerce president, hands us a copy of the magazine, which is the house organ of Trail ways Bus System, and which' has a circulation of some five hundred thousand, and Boone is fortunate in having secured such a widespread bit of publicity . . . The story reviews the uncertain history of the town as regards the time of Daniel Boone, and the still more uncertain legend of the Indians in these parts, be fore getting down to the meat of the story, that is, to what has been accomplished in the little valley to the south of Howard's Knob . . . The story is entertain ing and beneficial to the town, even if some of the information is short oq (actuality . . . But -at any rate the community has again been effectively publici zed. % % ? ? ; ? ; DR. DAVID R. HODCIW. of the English Department at Ap palachian. sands as a copy of his latest van*, entitled. "The Baited of Tall To* Wolfe." tba Asheville author ... Dr. Hodgia's production is thor oughly enjoyable. uniquely written, and we appreciate the jSj ? ? * FROT W. L. WINKLER has bought the Boone Trail Cafe ami taken over the management of the business from Ralph Hartley, the former owner . . . This y?M will be the first time in pretty near forty years that Prof. Wink ler has failed to take hie place in the school room, and he te welcomed to the business life of the Street . . . Builders going (Coottnued on page fcur) '"1 S&.vtf.v %' 'Wkft A* ? -ti: up Democrats!*! o | Hold District Rallyplere 1 &12?wi MM J 1 i xjEFx* pre. LOUIE R. HATES. U. of Sugar Ortfre. who U mining in Korea. according to information recently received by the parents. Mr. and Mr*. Roby Hayes. from the Sacratary of tha Army. Pfc. Hayes had been in the army for mare than two years. and the last letter received from him by his parents, came from Japan under data of July 12. Democrats Set Convention Date The Democrats of Watauga county are asked to gather in convention on September 2 at 2 o'clock for the purpose of nam ing candidates for the various county offices. W. R. Winkler, chairman of the Democratic executive com mittee, asks that precinct meet ings be held in the various pre cincts of the county on Friday September 1, for the purpose of naming delegates to the county convention. .. ^ Dr, Perry Waters Taken by Death Mooresville, Aug. 1? ? Rev. Dr. Perry Waters, 80. retired Meth odist minister, died at his home here early, this morning. He had been ill for several weeks' Born in Rutherford county. Rev. Mr. Waters was graduated from Rutherford College. During his 29-year active ministry he served churches in western and Piedmont North Carolina, in cluding the Watauga charge at Boone, and churches at Shelby, New London, and Winston Salem. He was pastor of the Moores ville circuit from 1921 until 1925. He returned here after his retire ment in 1932. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Effie Walker Waters; three sons, Claude, of Woodsman, Vs., Shir ley of Pittsboro, ahd Perry, Mooresville; four daughters, Mrs. J. S. Blackwelder and Mrs. E. F. Belk of Mooresville, Mrs. Char les Murdock of Wargram, and Mrs. John Edmiston of Mt. Ulla. Funeral services will be held at 4 p. m. today at Ceittral Meth odist church, and burial will be in Glenwood Memorial park. Value of farm real estate .lit North Carolina declined 2 per cent from March to July of this year. Throughout the nation as a whole, land values rose 2 per cent. Doughton, Smith, and Other* Ait Scheduled to Speak ',,7* Here September 1 Jim Taylor, president of the Watauga County Young Demo cratic Club, ahmftmced thia week that the Ninth Congressional Dis trict Rally will be held in Boone on Saturday, September X. .This program will be the largest one 'et staged by the local club. All YDC membesk in this Congress ional District have been invited ind it is expected that a siseable delegation will be present. Invited speakers for this pro gram include U. S. Senatorial nominee. Willis Smith; Congress man R. L. Doughton; and Secre tary of State Thad Eure. A bar-1 becue supper will be served in conjuntion with the rally. Taylor added that although thia program is being sponsored by the Wa tauga YDC, everyone in Watauga County is cordially invited to at tend both the supper and the speaking. There will be no charge to anyone attending the meeting. The supper is scheduled for 5:30 p. m. with the speaking to follow immediately thereafter. This will be the last YDC funct ion of statewide interest before the State Cosventlon which will be in AsheviUe on September 14, It, and 1#.' G. N. Watson Is New Co. Sheriff Marshal Watson, deputy sheriff for more than sfven years, was named Sheriff of Watyuga coun ty by the board of commissioners in session last Monday, succeed ing Sheriff C. M. Watson, deceas ed., + The new sheriff started his law enforcement career following (he election of the late officer Ul 1942 and has served steee that time. He has been chief deputy sheriff and 'jailer since the first of February 1850. Sheriff Watson will serve un til his elected successor takes of fice on December -4, 1950. Amos Stanberry, 91, Succumbs on Sunday Amos Stanberry, 91 years old, resident of Boone, R F. D. 1, died at the home on Sunday .and fun eral service* were held at the Tabernacle Baptist church Tues day afternoon. Rev.- R C. Egg ers and Rev. W. J. Cook were in charge of the rites pnd inter ment was in the church cemetery. Survivors include the widow, seven sons and three daughters: Loyd, Glenn and Don, Boone RFD* 1; D. L. and W. H. Stanberry. Laxcm; Ray and Avery Stanber ry. Canton, Pa.; Mrs. Connie Brown, Sylva; Mrs. Mary Paul, Comer, Oa.; Mrs. Maud Bartol, Elmira, N. Y. Number Telephones in Boone Shows Increase H. M. Inabinet .manager for the Bell Telephone company, said that there were 787 telephones in service in Boone today, as com pared wiht 345 at the end of 1945. There arc 11 long distance circuits as compared with five .Ive years ago. Republicans Pass .Resolutions Lauding Life Oi Late Sheriff ' jMl- i ? . *W*v ? Watauga County Republican*, meeting in convention Saturday at the county courthouse, adopt ed th<? following resolutions in honor of the late Sheriff C. M. Watson: WHEREAS. C. M. Watson serv ed the people of Watauga county for almost eight years as sheriff In a very worthy, satisfactory and outstanding manner, and WHEREAS, during this time he was courteous to high and low, rich and poor alike, and , :< WHEREAS, he served ail pap ers placed in hie hand* with tifi ci?;ncy and promptn<jsa? Jtnd WHEREAS, he served the peo ple of our county above laid be yond the call of duty by his readihesa to answer the call of distress on the part of any citizen, even at great personal sacrifice, chance in that he often advised a boy who appeared to be headed for trouble tc change hit way. now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV ED, that Watauga County in the. of Sheriff Watson, has lost one of its most outstanding citizcns and most faithful public servants; the Republican Party, of its most k>yal and effec tive Worker*, and ij BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we siipcess to the femily of Sheriff Watson our deep sj pathy and that a copy of these resolution* be spread upon the minutes , of this convention and published in the Watauga Den o Cinte f, ' ' These resolutions adopted by the Republicans of Watauga County in convention assembled this the 19th day of Aojust, IMC. "ehSs^T C Eggers, Jr. SLj MRS. HAGAMAH IS COURTESY WIRRER1FOR NORTH OF JULY Merchants Aworulion Picks Winner* in Courtesy Con test; Nantes of Entrants; The Rules Recounted. Mrs. Mickie McGuire Hagaman of the Boone Drug Company, was Judged the most courteous em ployee in the Merchants Asaoci aticn, (or the month of July, win ning the coveted recognition by only*' five points in the spirited competition. Ethel Teams, of the Boone Drug Company, was a close sec ond. Mildred Tugman, Bare's Department Store, was third and Velma Brumley, Northwestern Bank, ' was fourth. Others with high scores were: Mrs. Jack Gragg, Newton's Department Store Mrs. Dean Carrol, Dixie Home Store; Coleen Bolick. Sta Uings Jewelry Company; Mrs. J. R. Brendall, Belk's Department Store; Juanita Norris, Crests 3 & 10c Store; and Mrs. Anna Mae Hodges, Belk's Department Store. The prize for the monthly se lection is to be given by Belk's Department Store and Mrs. Hag aman may purchase- anything she wants and receive $10.00 credit. All who have, been nominated and have not won an -award are eligible for the August award, and a like prize will be given by Hunt's Department Store to the winner. The winner will be an nounced about the middle of Sep tember. Each month three shoppers, whose names are not evfen known to the secretary-manager of the Merchants Association, turn in their report scoring each nomi nee on: (1) First approach; (2) knowledge of merchandise or bnsiness; (3) loyalty to the firm; (4) neatness for the job; (5) sug gestions after sale and farewell Impressions. The total scores are added, and the winner announced by the committee Ti.e co mmittee is composed of B. W. Bulling*, chairman; Fred Church and Frank Newton, but they have nothing to do with selecting the winner. All they can do is tabulate the scores sent, by the secret shoppers. At the close of the year in Decem ber, the most courteous employee of the year will be chosen. The awsrd for July will be pre sented to Mrs. Hagaman at the Merchants Association picnic at Camp 8ky Ranch this (Wednes day) afternoon. All members of the Merchants Association are urged to see that their employees 'attend the picnic. Police Chief Called To Navy Policy Chief Coy Greene, mem ber of the Naval reserve since the war, was called last week ( back to the service and reported today to the Great Lakes Naval , Base, , as Hospital Corpsman third class, being the first of the local reservists called back, so ! far as has been announced. ? Mr. Greene has served the city well in' the capacity of both patrolman and police Chief, -and I the admjniatration regretted his resignation. I Patrolman Walter Jo'hnson was immediately named Chief, but no other patrolman has been named. Bonnie M. Johnaon Diet at Laxon Monday Miss Bonnie Mae Johnson, 30 years old, died at the home at Laxon Monday . ,? Funeral renders were conduc ted Wednesday at 2 o'clock at the Laurel Spring* Baptist church by Rev. R. C. Eggers and Rev. Vic tor Trivett. trSH Interment was in the church cemetery. Surviving are the mother, Mrs. Doris Johnson, two sister*. Miss Ann Johnson, Laxon; Mrs. Lucy Wagner, Boone; on* brother. CI?- , ment .Johnaon, Milter's Creek. ' j,. tfy; . v< M- f vUf WAR DEAD ARRIVE HOME - Th. bodiM of wound* autfarad M lba Koraan w, at* tow two American loldiari who dted in Japan of wr?d from a Mbtt ?hip in a California port. G. O. P. M antes Full Slate For JSiovember Election ? ... ? . . .... .... , Coach Francis Hoover Re-Appointed Ifatercollegiate Basketball Chairman Francis Hoover, Appalachian basketball coach, has (or the third lurcesaive year been named chairman a i Diatrtrt 28, the tfa tional Aaacclation of Intercollegi ate Basketball, according to an 'nnouneement by Lee Prather, association pretident. Districct 26 is 'composed of affiliated college* and universities in North and South Carolina. Named as committee members sy Coach Hoover were C. Q. Smith, director of athletic, High Point College; Earl Ruth, coach, Catawba College; Gene Alexand er, coach, Frskine College; and Coach Doc Mathis, ?lon College. The committee Will handle all official matter* pertaining to th-: N. AT I. B. in North and South Carolina during the year and will officially select's ttam to re present 'the district in the aaaual tournament to be held ita KahUs City March H-JT. An October -*att hfts been set (or the first mmittee meeting. ? ; ' Coach Hoover's own Moun taineer courtmen have twice' re presented the district with the la*t four year'. Journeying to Kansas City in 1M6 and again in March of 1950. Official designa tion came last winter only after the Mountaineers had walked away with the North State Con ference Tournament at States villc and then 'Walloped Erakine. the South Carolina aspirant for the N. A. I. B. tournament bid. BAPTIST ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD Tuesday, Wednesday, auq. 29-30 The 1950 session of the Three Fork* Baptist Association will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday August 29 and August 30, and will be presided over by Rev. R. C. Eggers the moderator. Tuesday's session will be held it the PerkinsviUe Church, while the Wednesday meeting will go across the hill to nearby Three Porks Church. The first day's session will be featured' by the address of the moderator, report* of various committees, the annual sermon by Rev. Raymond Hendrix, and routine activities. The second day will be high lighted by the election ot officers, various reports, find a sermon by Rev. Bynvun' Trivett. Various committees will be named, time and place of the next association slated, and a memorial service held. Grid Enthusiasts To Have Full Hi School Fodtball Program Local football enlhuiinti should have no -complaint! over the grid fare served up to them thi? fall if thi* week's offering is. any indication of thing* to come ?not only will they have the opportunity of seeing top flight game* at their own back door on four consecutivc nights but 'the season is being ushered In two weeks tn advance of normal ex pectation*. AOS p. m. tonight through Saturday night two representa tives of the seven high ? chool ?quad* now training on the Ap palachian College campus Will tangle each evening under the arc lights at College Field. Ob rervors who have been watching INr various teams work out pre dict plenty of excitement from the opening whistle tonight, l empctitivc rpit it being constant ly whetted among the various teams by their association on the r*mpus frrtn day to day. ,-r OjMtiing the slate tonight in what lias all the earmarking!) at ? grudge battle will be the game Iwtwemi Tom Boyettes North Wilkesbc.ro 1/ionn and Dob No &&&? deadlock at Qip, ' cloau of last uirtmar's training session. Thursday nights contest pits Coach Broome's Newton -Coo-j irv-cr elcve?i against Coach Fant Kelly's Spencer High School charts*. Training, at home this year, Spcncer replaces Art Ditt's Marion Marauders who were ori ginally scheduled to free New kiMMM if* i ? . * 5 7 J Lincoln ton Hish takes on Rod Huffman's strong Wiikesboro Rambters Friday night In what is cxpccted to be a high scoring affair. Loaers to Lenoir by a on?| touchdown margin two years ago and winners over Spencer last ym. WUke*bon? rules a slight favorite over Coach Jack Kizer's strong Lincolnton eleven. Saturday night brings the two weak summer training araaton to ?M etui m rresncU. Mull's reserve laden craw takes on Pmnk Aus tin's Concord gridders. The largest attendance of thn weak is expected to be on band at eight p. m. !td watch these weU coach- | ad team* in nation. gfcjB Club will be dpziceiei* be open a Earl Cook U Candidate far | Sheriff; Efgcri tor the ' v House; Oiheri Nunfd. Candidates for eight offices j war* nominated last week by: lo cal Republicans as the party met In conVenthm at the county i courthouse fHtufdSy, August 19, | ft JjJ- m. The may meatingfol- 1 Watauga coirnty. The ejection is scheduled tot November 7. \Ptejldod , over by Chairman Wutt Gra?*. tho convention nom >JN?t?S*' Repiewntotlye; fc C. Cflf t>iy, for another term in the State '*irlrJ|aU?ra; Trad Crag#, clerk of -ourt; g. o. Cook, sheriff; Joe "**liler, county surveyor; Willie Prefitt or Meat Camp, R. M Wprd of Laurel Creek, and Clyde ,R. fJreene of Boone, county com miiwk-ner*. The convention alio indorsed Democratic Incumbent Richard E. KeUey for county coroner. ' ? ? < Candidates Eggers. Gragg, and Ketley were nominated by accla mation. all other nominations be ing determined only after a com plete tabulation of votes from the several townships. Nominations . for sheriff per- ! hops drew mere interest- than for any other office. Five candidates were placed before the conven tion. with I B. Wilson gaining runner-up honors to the official nem'nee. E. D. Cook. Prior to the opening of nomi- i nation", the convention observed 1 r moment of silencl in honor of the Isle Sheriff C. M. Watson. A resolution in appreciation of Sheriff Watson's services to the county was also read and adopt ed. Mountain Road Work U Begun OTadlng and clearing the right of-way frcm the hard-surfaced road to Roan Mountain is under way. Workmen began first ,at the top ? Carvers Gap ? and work down twelve and a half miles to Bakers vilie. W. E. Gra ham i Sons have the half mil lion dollar contract which calls for completion In 1981. This road will open up <Jhe of the highest mountains in the East Roan is also famed for its rhododendron display and as a hay jjffrei re fuge. The new road will bring famous Roan within easy access of ttm Blue Ridge parkway through the Mitchell, Avery, Yanccy couhty ariia north of the r arm price am | The Department of Agriculture L conducting an investigation sharp rises in fan*, com awdlty prices to determine State Superintendent of Ed ' ucatlM tor South CmtoUm Commencement Speak W: ThC Gf*4U,>te*l Seventy-one Master of Art deeree* and sixty-lour Bachelor oi Science degree* will be con ferred this evening (Wednesday) in the college auditorium at ? p. m. at the annual college com mencement program. Speaker for the occasion will be Jesse Thomas Anderson, State Superintendent of Education, South Carolina. The Rev. Sam Moss will deliver the invocation, ?nd Or. W. G. Bond the benedic tion. A quartet directed by Mr*. 33 Virginia Wary Linney and com posed of. Erma Norria, Leonard Eury, Rachel Ann 'Vance, and Roger* Whitefter will *ing Han del's "Holy Art Thou" and "God I* Our Hope and Strength" by Thoma*. The college orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Nichola* Ernes ton, will play pro cestional and recessional select ion.. The list of the graduate* fol low*: Those receiving the master of arts degree "will be: Ralph A. Abcrnethy, Catherine Alley, Garrett D. Anglin, Lois Gentry Anglin, Dale Atwood, Hallie Sykes Bacelli, William Paul Bingham, Edna Staley Bivens, Oscar W. Broome, Mrs. Robert Broome, Harold Calhoun, Marita Frye Carrithers, Thclma Karene Carson, John Rockwell Caskey, A If led Norman Chadwick, Don ald Gray Chadwick, Gertrude S. Chuvis, Garnett Clark, Julia Davis, Asa Watt Deal, Andy Donaldson Dickcrson, John Fran cis Essic^ Cyrus Faw, Carl Fidler, Thomas B. Freeman, Edward James" Gomedela, Ivey Bryc* Gordon, Margaret English Gragg, Melissa Grill, John R. Hamilton, Martha Grey Hawkinson; ; Kenneth Heffnar, Denver King : Holcombe, Henry h. Houston, Craig Huff, Orville Jackson, George H. Jenkins, Robert Eu gene Jenkins, Joe T. Johnson, John L. Johnson, Walter Joyce. George Steward Kirby, John Kirk, Edith Virginia Lack ey, 'Bess Rhea Lewis, Glenn C. Marlowe, Robic O. McCoUuni, Ruth Margaret McLeod, James J, Miller, Jewell Robinson Miller, Samuel A. Molr, Albert N. Mont gomery, Arlie Earl Moretz, Dale C. Norris, James Franklin Parks, Robert Overton, Poplin, Jr., V. G. Prim, Flake William Reld, Hugh L. Reavis, Jr., Richard E. Robin son, William C. Ross, Jr., E. V. Seitz, Ralph Sinclair, James M. Storie, Ralph V. Street, William Tucker, Rachel Anne Vance, John Nathaniel Walker, Frances Walkowicz, Stanley Walkowicz, Carrie Wright Winkler. Students to receive the bache lor of science degree are: Johnny B. Albea, Doris Jacquelyn Baity, Wilhelmlna Fredericks Behlmer, Cloyd S. Bollck, Margaret I. Brown, Virginia Godin Caldwell, Julian W. Carr, Ruth Dickey Carroll, Betty Ruth Clark, Ro bert Thurman Clark, Edna Ma be Cline, Thomas Coclcerham, Evj Coleman, Ralph H. Conrad, John Arthur Co*, Jr., Hazel Glady Crumley, Frances Cary Davis, James Robert DeLaney, Joseph Moore Dixon, Irene G. Donnelly, Mattie Easterby, G. T. Dovo, Lenore Marguerite Fischer, Eve . lyn Gentle, Ruby Gordon, Reid H. Grimes, Thou. C. Hardin, Henry Douglas Hnrrelson, Car roll Howe Haynic, Hazel Huds peth Hill, William Harrison Hob son, Hiuel Holcombe, Watson Holyfield, Frances Melissa Hoov er, E. W. Hopper, Jr., Robert Hunter, Troy R. Huskey, Noah James, Gwendolyn Bernice John son, Iris Erma Lanning, Paul G. Lewis. .Lola A. Lonon. William Harold LuUier, James Alexander MacPherson, Mary A. Mast, Lela M. MeCulL Jean MrUHUti Herbert C, Moretz, Jr., Max D. Nauney, Mary Rutin" Page, Phyllis Parker, Vivian Christine Parsons, Grace Fleming Patterson. John IK j Scott. William Earl Sechler, , Cope I la Dixon Snead, Walter Thomas. E. Ruth Settle, Velle Toney, Ev* Nell Wells, ChurlietSS Mae Whisnant, Grace Whisnant, Luclie White, G. D. Wilaen. AIR FORCE CALL rc The Air Fore* recall of reierw , i*U to aetive duty include* both J officer and enlisted personnel of ?he Wfmnn'f Air Force. Open to 9 WAF reservists who are called i or who volunteer, are Jot? in eommunicaticoK, clec t r o n icia> j
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