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Independent Weekly Newspap er ? Established in the Year 1 888
BOONE, WATAUGA COU^T*, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1951
VOL. LXIU- NO. 35.
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BY
ROB RIVERS
RECENT WARM WEATHER
brought a tinge of green to the
brown lawn gran, and warm
rains literally "floated' 'hundreds
of fish worms from the topsoil,
where they had come as the good
earth warmed. . . . Early robins
[plentiful about town, pin point
ling the fine judgment of the
[birdies which are still in the deep
Kouth. . . . Miss Crettie Bingham,
yvho resides out in the Ruther
ivood neighborhood, tells of a
flock of eighteen wild geese bat
tUng the gale last Wednesday,
heading North ? an old sign that
spring is near. . . . Farmers tell
of | the almost impassable condi
tio!^ of the rural . roads, as the
first furrows of the planting sea
son (are turned many weeks late,
BACK IN DEPRESSION
DAYS it was customary for
destitute daddies to rob, or
moit politely, to "borrow"
small sums from tbe baby's
piggy bank, in order that the
amoynt needed (or week-end
groceries might be rounded
out, ^ut in these days of plenti
ful currency, tbe pennies of the
bitsy tpnes hare been, as a rule,
plumblsafe. for after all. it is
tomeilAng of a chore to get tbe
coins back through tbe' slot. . . .
The peri.on, however, who en
tered Mrs. T. M. Greer's home
the other day. was more ruth
less than these pilferers of the
panic . .. be (or she) just took
the piggy bank, in toto. and
vamoosed. . . . The coin con
tainer rested beside the family
Bible, and the Book, which con
tained all the admonitions
against wrong-doings, wasn't
molested at alL . . . The culprit
needed the Divine teachings,
obviously he did. but it didn't
occur to him to take the vol
ume . . . which besides the
gems of Christian doctrines,
coateiaed a material value la
tbe ferae of a crisp twenty-dol
lar bill, which Mrs. Greer had
deposited within the covers oi
tbe Holy Book.
A GROUP OF THE FELLOWS I
were discussing the weathej*, that
topic which saves the day along |
the Street, and which can draw I
more interest than the Korean
war, the economic situation or
current political gossip They
were trying to decide at what
point the rain commenced to {all
on the evening previous. . . . One
suggested it had rained practical
ly all night, another introduced
the information that the stars
were bright at 2:30 with not a
cloud, north, south, east, or west.
. . . The "third said that the wind
quit blowing at 3:38 a. m., while,
the other one said, near as he
could tell, the rain began pepper
ing down about four o'clock. . . ,
The mooted question was "check
ed" to us, and we had to "pass"
since we didn't know until along
about daybreak that it was rain*
ing at all. . . . We couldn't quali
fy for we had been asleep . ... but
as we walked away from the
weather discussion we meditated
upon the subject . . . Five men
had been together, and four of
them appeared to know just what
tht> weather was at any given
hour during the night in ques
tion. . . . Neither of them had
sickness in the family, nor a new
baby with the -colic, nor' the
toothache, they were no doubt
just lying there trying to find
out whether there would be rain,
wind, snow or froet. . . . And it's
always that way, anybody you
meet will tell you when the rain
or the snow started, leading us
to believe that this community
has established a record for in
tomniacs. or that wc just have so
much curiosity about things in
general that we prefer to stay
awake the whole night through
lest wc miss the timing of a
zephyr, or loec out on the minute
the rain changed to sleet and to
snow, and the hour the moon
found the rift in the clouds
BALMY WEATHER of the
?Mk-tnd brings touch oi
spring ftvat. and general pre
dictions that 'sine* the early
part of tha winter waa so
rough, spring may bt bars." -
. . . Russell Hodges is of tha
sound opinion that you'd bet
tor nsrsi tar Tour money down
on March bebarin'. and <rkh
at this distance we can't say
whether she came in Uke a
lion or a lamb, generally
speaking she's unpredictable,
and quite often dishes ?p tha
w?t weather of thy feaaen
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DIRECTS CAROLINA ORCHESTRA
DR. BENJAMIN SWALIN
Little Symphony Slated
T o Appear At College
Eleven Men Are
Called To Colors
The following Watauga coun
ty men left Monday for Char
lotte for induction into the army
under the selective service law:
Joe C. Wood
Ralph E. Hodges.
Vaughn H. Carroll.
John C. Pitts.
Jerry B. Coffey *
James M. Moretz.
J. B. Norris
Bobby Greene.
James L. Matheson.
Paul E. Shepherd.
Lloyd H. Johnson.
ACE MEETING IS
HELD FRIDAY
The local unit of the Associa
tion for Childhood Education held
a dinner meeting at the Skyline
Restaurant Friday evening. The
guest speaker was Miss Carrie
B. Phillips, who is state ACE
president Miss Phillips holds a
position as principal of the
Brooks School in Greensboro.
The theme of Miss Phillips'
massage centered on the child,
urging teachers and parents to
avoid bringing too much pres
sure on children. Understanding
should accompany information.
The child can best face his prob
lem! if he is taught to feel rhy
thm of poetry, and to sec the
beauty of nature.
Officers for the ensuing school
year were submitted by the nom
inating committee. They were
elected. Mrs. Lucille Wallace
was elected president; "Mrs. Des
sic M. Edmiften vice president;
and Miss Mary Ellen Gibbs secre
tary.
Joe Moody Is
Taken By Death
Joseph Ernest Moody, 42, resi
dent of Vilas, died suddenly last
Wednesday in Lenoir, where he
had been employed. Death was
attributed to a heart attack.
Funeral services were held Fri
day at the Brushy Fork Baptist
Church by Rev Victor Trivett
and Rev. A. C. Moody and in
terment was in the AdatrJi cem
etery.
The widow. Mrs. Hazel Moody
of Vilas, survive*, with two sons
and two daughters: Leonard and
Joseph Edward Moody, Zora and
Linda Moody, all of the home.
Quaker Town. Pa. ? Valentine
Day had a special meaning for
Mrs. Emma Smell and Mrs. Ida
Weikcl, 79-yrar-oM twins. They
celebrated their sixtieth wedding
anniversaries. The sisters and
their husbands, Ashcr Weikel, 82.
and Frank Smelt 83, entertained
at a family gathering.
Longer work-week" is author
ized by General Marshall.
Lyceum Series Secures
Appearance Noted
Orchestra.
The Little Symphony of the
North Carolina Symphony Orch
estra is scheduled to appear in
concert in the Appalachian State
Teachers college auditorium,
March 8, at eight o'clock in the
evening. The concert will be a
presentation of the lyccum series
of the, college for the curtent
season.
All students of the college will
be admitted upon presentation of
their student registration cards,
each student bearing his own
card, until 7 HO p. m. At that
time, any vacanj seats in the au
ditorium will be open to anyone
who- wishes to attend. The col
lege administration states that,
due to the fire hazard, no chairs
will be placed in the aisles of
the auditorium. There is a very
limited amount of standing room.
The orchestra is under the di
rection of Or. Benjamin Swalin.
who has nfany personal friends
in Boone. It has been through
the energy of his personality that
the orchestra has grown into one
of the best known music groups
in the country. The only state
supported orchestra in the Unit
ed States, it now makes a tour
of more than eight thousand
miles a year, and has earned for
itself national recognition and ac
claim.
The program that the orches
tra will give at its concert in
Boone is a most appealing one.
The concert is a musical event of
major importance each year at
the college.
Samuel Greer
Dies Monday
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Samuel W. Greer, 95, resident
of Brownwood, died February 28
ut the home, following a long ill
ness.
Funeral services were held
February 28 at 2 o'clock at the
home, with Rev. E F. Troutman
in charge and burial was in the
family cemetery near the home.
The widow, Mrs. Minnie Greer,
survives, with one son, M. H.
Greer, of Greensboro.
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Dr. Perry Attends
Memphis Meeting
Dr. H. B. Perry, Jr.. attended
a three-day National Conference
on Rural Health in Mr'mphi.-.
Tenn.. last week. The conference
waj attended by more than six
hundred people, many of whg*n
were national figures in the
fields of modieine, public Viealth.
farm groups and related organ
ization!". Dr. Perry was accom
panied by Mr*. Perry.
Dt-. Perry state* that the work
done in Watauga County in or
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3 -Year Optional
Course Is Being
Given Ai College
Appalachian State Teachert
college will continue its policy of
offering Accelerated courses to all
students who wish to graduate
within three years, it has been
announced by the administration.
This policy has been in effect at
the 'college since 1929, by giving
a full summer quarter every
year.
The program, which offers
freshman, upperclass and grad
uate courses for every quarter
of the year, alro makes it pos
sible for honor students to grad
uate with only eleven. quarters of
residence .instead of the usually
required twelve.
Students who are finishing
high school this spring will be
able to enter summer school on
June 12 and will complete one
quarter's work by August 27.
Appalachian also will continue
to offer courses designed parti
cularly for student* who plan to
transfer to technical schools af
ter one or two years of work, and
for students who are taking pre
paratory courses for the healing
arts, such as medicine, dentistry,
and the like.
The college administration
stated that it would urge all stu
dents to remain in college and
to continue their studies as long
as possible, so that, if they are
called into military service, they
may take up their work again,
when they re-enter, at the same
place the studies were interrupt
ed.
ACCEPTS CALL TO
BLOWING ROCK
Reverend Sam S. Cappell has
accepted a call to become pastor
of the Rumple Memorial Pres
byterian church at Blowing
Rock. Rev. Cappell with his wife
and nineteen months old daugh
ter^ will arrive March 5.
' Rev. Cappel is a 'native of Lou
isana. and' received his A. B. de
gree from Louisiana School ' of
Technology. A veteran of World
War II, he spent almost four
years in the Navy. He will re
ceive his B. D. degree from Co
lumbia Seminary, Decatur, Ga.,
on March 1.
Mrs. Cappell is a graduate of
Erskine College. Due West, South
Carolina, where she majored in
Bible, For three years prior to
her marriage in 1948 she taught
Bible in the Asheville City
schools. She is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Dendy of
Weaverville,' N. C.
Bank Get% New
Coverage in FDIC
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president
of the Northwestern Bank, today
announced receipt from the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corpora
tion, Washington, D. C? of a new
certificate of membership giving
effect to the recent increase in
Insurance coverage to $10,000.
The local bank has been a mem
ber of the FDIC since 1937.
Dr. Dougherty pointed out
that thin insurance docs not cost
depositors of the bank a single
penny. The surplus of the Feder
al Deposit Insurance Corpora
tion which now exceeds $1,300,
000,000, in addition to all deposit
insurance losses and operating
expenses of the Corporation has
been paid in by the 13,090 insur
ed banks of this naton in the
form of annual assessments bas
ed on their total deposits.
"Under the leadership of its
chairman. Maple T. Hard, and
his predecessors," Dr. Dougher
ty said, "the Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation has made a
great contribution to the sound
ness and solvency of our banking
system and to the safety and se
curity of bank depositors. It has
been seven years since any de
positor of an insured bank suf
fered a loss, a new record of de
positor safety in this nation."
HaTLuTof^rWho
Are Ninety or Over
Prof. W. L. Winkler, who*ls
engaged In cataloguing Watauga
residents who are ?? or more
years old, says he now has a list
of SI of these oldsters, and wants
other in tjiis age (roup to write
him at Boone.
Tentative plans are bing made
to fete these aged people at a
banquet m Boone at some later
date .. yg' - & -1* ?i'C;:
Dog Quarantin
Curb Spread
VOCALISTS MAP ANNUAL SPRING CONCERTS
APPALACHIAN COLLEGE A CAPPELLA CHOIR
Choir To Start Concert Tour
Local Red Cross Chapter
Starts Campaign Monday
Rev. J. K. Parker Is
Chairman Annual
Effort.
The Watauga Chapter of the
American Red Cross will launch |
its annual fund-raising campaign i
next Monday,' to get its share of i
the amount needed for next
year's operations, and the effort
is to be continued throughout
the month of March, the prelim
inary announcement indicates.
-The Reverend J. K. Parker, Jr.
is chairman of this year's cam
paign and has enlisted the aid of
a number of the county's leading
citizens, including Mr, ? W. H.
Gragg, Rev. E. F. Troutman. and :
Mrs. Betty Mathoson Edwards.
The campaign will get under way
Monday morning at eight o'clock
when the key members of the
campaign committee meet at the
Skyland Restaurant for a kick
off breakfast.
"For many years," says Mr.
Parker, "the Red Cross has been
regarded as both the symbol and
the source of aid to the distress
ed in great disasters of peace or
war. But never in its long his
tory has it faced a larger'test of
tts responsibility than it does to
day."
WILSON MAKES PLEA
The nation has chosen to seek
peace through strength. The
American Red Cross is the sym
bol of the strength and unity of
a free people. When we give of
our strength to help the weak,
the sick, the homeless, the hun
gry, the wounded, we actually
grow stronger thereby. The Red
Cross ii the ?ymbol of the dig
nity and the value of the human
life. It is part of the American
strength. ? Charles E. Wilson.
Director of Defense Mobiliza
tion.
HOME CLUB MEET
BEING PLANNED
Future plans for the District
Federation meeting of the Home
Demonstration clubs will be dis
cussed at the County Council
meeting to be held tn Boone at
the office of the honie agent, on
Friday, March 3, at 3 o'ctoclc ac-j
cording to an announcement by
Mrs. Betty M. Edwards, home
agent
Mimi Nell Kennctt. Western
Distrk-t Home Agent, will also at
tefid the meeting. All officers of
the cluha in the county are urged
to attend and all other club mem
ben arc invited.
Dairy specialist* at State Col
k>ge say that cows ft<t liberal
amounts of good-quality rough
age need not be given large
amounts at bulk in the concen
trate mixture.
Red Cross Leader
REV. J. K. PARKER
Rites Held For
Dr. Robt. Garvey
Winston-Salem. ? Funeral serv
ices for Dr. Robert R. Garvey
of Stratford Apartment* and
Blowing Rock were conducted
Saturday at 2 p. m. at the First
Baptist Church by Dr. Ralph A.
Herring and the Rev. James M.
Hayes. Burial was in the Forsyth
Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were Santford Mar
tin, Luther Bagnall Sr., Charles
Siewers, Harry Dennix, Wade
Gilliam, W. G. Weaver, Clyde
Hardy and Charles Linville.
Members of the Forsyth Coun
ty Medical Society sat in a group
at the church.
Dr. Garvey died at a local hos
i pital at 11:35 p. m. Thursday
after several year* of declining
health. He had been seriously
ill 10 days. t
Born November 23, 1838, in ]
Ashe Cifcinty ,he was the son of !
I William It nnd Sarah HoWcIl
Garvey. He spent his early life
in Ashe Coupty.
He graduated from Appalach
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John M. Lyon
Dies at Age of 90
John Mitchell Lyon. 90 years
old. n resident of Burnsvillc,
died at the Blowing Rock hos
pital last Wednesday.
Funeral service* were held Fri
day at 2:J0 at the Burnsvillc
Presbyterian ' Church and burial
was In the city cemetery there.
Surviving urc two sons and
two daughter*: J. P. Lyon. Blow
ing Rock; R'. B. Lyon, Knoxvlll*,
Tenn. ; Mr*. R E. Burton, Wcav
erville; Mn^W. C. McNew,
Home Concert Will Be
Given Saturday
Evening.
The Appalachian a cappella
choir, under the direction of Mrs.
Virginia Wary Linney, will begin
its annual Spring concert tour
the first week in March.
They will open with a home
concert on Saturday night,
March 3, at 8 o'clock, in the col
lege aiNMtorium. * ?
The choir has had invitations
for return engagements at a
number of places where they
have sung on previous tours.
This season's tour has been
planned through Eastern Tenn
essee, and Western North Caro
lina, though due to the crowded
schedules in various colleges the
engagements will Hot all be fill
ed in one trip, but will be broken
up into shorter trips.
The touring choir will be made
up of 40 members selected from
the choir personnel.' *
The choir has held membership
in the student division of the
North Carolina Federation of Mu
sic clubs for the past several
years, and have had the stimu
lating experience of singing at
the State meeting in Asheville
two years ago this Spring; and
last Spring they sang at a Dis
trict meeting at Mars Hill where
the Federation sponsored a Col
lege Festival.
The program this year consists
of racrcd, secular, modern and
traditional numbers. A special
feature of the program will be a
folk ballad, Tom Dooloy, arrang
ed by Mr. Jan P. Schinhan of
the Music Department of the Un
iversity of N?rth Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Tom Dooley is a typical out
law ballad which comihemoratei
the tragic death of Laura Foster,
the daughter of a hill farmer in
the Yadkin Valley section of
Wilkes County in North Carolina
and the hunging of Tom Dooley.
The Appalachian Choir is
proud to present this number in
this, its premiere performance.
Another ipccial feature of the
choir program will be the collcgo
male octet under the direction
of Hoyt Sofrit.
Members of the octet are: Ted
Burnett. Jimmy Blanton, Clifton
Boyd. Lawrence PhOlips. Hal
Vennoy, W. C. Tomlinson, Bufort
Wid< (house, Ben Cornell.
Soloists will be selected for
each performance from the fol
lowing:, . ? rfffl
Soprano: Lc Etta Lippincutt,
Jutta Mey forth.
Baritone: Hoyt Safrit, Hal
Vannoy, John Witeoti, Gilmer
Wcatlicrtyt*!
Alto: Alice Pago. Nell N orris,
Martha Quails, Doris Ovticash.
Accompanists: Bob Coc, Reba
Smith. Wofford lluskry.
The public if cordially invited
to attend.
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Burley tobacco markets in
A?hc county haadlod IMMi sales
of over one and a third million
dollar*. |3.k. ? ? 3&>%.Ssk ;
Health Department In
Statement Refers to
Situation A?
"Serious"
Dog s continue to go mad In
different lections of Watauga
county, according to information
from the health department, at
least seven dogs having been
found to be rabid since the start
of the current epidemic.
A dog Killed in Perkinsville
Monday was believed to have
been rabid, but it was shot, and
the head couldn't be examined.
The same day the head of anotb
er do,; was sent to the State lab
oratory
The quarantine of all dogs
in the town, including the
town of Boone, will bo con
tinued through the month of
March, on order of the county
health officer. Dr. Mary Mich
aL This moans that all dogs
must be confined on the prem
ises of the owner except when
on leash or under the control
of the owner or other respon
sible person. By this time, says
Dr. Michal. no dogs, owned by
responsible people should bo
at large within the county.
The health department state
ment quotes chapter 100, article
34, part 7. section 106-378, State 1
laws, in the matter of the quar
antine:
"When quarantine has been es
tablished and dogs continue to
run at large, uncontrolled by the
owners or persons responsible
for their control, any police of
ficer or deputy sheriff shall have
the right, after reasonable effort
has been made on the part of the
officers, to find their owners, to
kill said dogs and properly dis
pose of their bodies."
The law is further quoted as
saying that every animal having
rabies or known to have been
bitten by an animal having rabes
shall be killed immediately by
its owner or police officer, unless
It has recently been vaccinated,
when he shall be confined in
quarantine until released by the
veterinarian or health officer. A
sick dog should be seen and
diagnosed by the veterinarian,
and if he has rabies, killed, and
the head sent to the Laboratory
of Hygiene at the State Board ?f
Health.
The health department adds:
"This is a serious situation that
endangers the lives of our citi
zens and children. Protect our
children by reporting stray dogs.
Call for help if your dog is sick.
Do not handle sick dogs and ex
amine them about the mouth but
keep closely confined. Rabies is
a deadly disease. Pet cats are a
serious mcnace. Kill all cats."
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"Queen for a Day," a new mo
vie feature based on the Mutual
radio program of the same name;
will have ita world prrmiere In
Boone, tf the efforts of the Cham
ber of Commerce, WATA, and
the Appalachian Theatre are
^fruitful.
Card* have been distributed
through the various school* c t
the county, and those
them are asked to sign, and
dress to '*Aiprn for a Da
Hollywood >20, Calif. The
span ?e to this appeal will
mine largely the chances
has of betting the initial
trig of the film, which Is t
to be released about the
of April.
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Big Four U
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' Blowing Rock Acts
In Rabies Emergency
Miles Forbes, chief of police,
Blowing Rock, tells the Demo
crat that the dog quarantine Or
der of the health department is
being enforced in the neighbor
ing town, and is insisting that
all the people cooperate in com
plying with thix important edict
Chief Forbes states that ar
rangements are baing made by
the city council at Blowing Rock
to have a general vaccination of
dogs there at the earliest possi
ble time.
Movie Premiere
Asked For Boone