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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1951. KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS JERRY COE, who handles' In surance, real estate, etc., tells us of an unusual suit brought ag ainst one of his clients . , . Jerry had the liability insurance on a truck owned by - the ..Farmers Hardware & Suply Co., which, while in Bristol, Tenn., about a year ago, had trouble with a dog . . . The truck didn't strike the dog, or anything of that sort, but it seems it just worried the canine a heap, perhaps caused him to lose some sleep and some weight, and all ? so his owner brought suit, and of course the insurance company was the tar get of the fellow, and ? Fido. Jerry says that Turner Storie was driving the truck and that in manipulating the big vehicle at the end of the run, a piece of piping protruding from the truck almost grazed the side of an auto occupied by the dog . . . The dog, described as just an ordinary kind of long legged perp, didn't like the looks of things, and jumped through thf open win dow, taking off as if he were in quest of the last cat on earth . . Turner, says Jerry, tried man fully to catch the dog which had gone berserk, but to no avail . . The dog, the story goes, traipsed around over Bristol and vicinity for a couple of weeks and re turned, footsore and weary, to his owner . . The man, in turn, immediately instituted suit, ask ing damages on behalf of the pup, and the insurance company, after rather extended litigation, "coughed up" $250 for "mental anguish" suffered by the dog as a result of his fright and en suing absence from the family circle, which, we respectfully submit, is a brand new gesture in behalf of man's best friend. ? ? ? BILL RUSH, approaching the and of a hard day in the Democrat's composing room, wearily reflected on the State of the Union, with particular emphasis on the cheapening of the dollar, which it is alleged, ii beginning even to perplex the eagle and laid. "Instead of j giving two dollars for a bushel of taters. time's coming when we'll be giving two taters for I a bushel of money 1" ? ? ? CITY WORKERS moving the snow from the curbs Monday morning. Warm rain and streams of water from the hydrants rap idly carried away the piles of snow left from last week's heavy fall . . . Friend of ours who is gifted at mixing in forceful but rather unorthodox words in his conversation, says he's trying to quit swearing . . . "Have been doing pretty well lately," he con fides, "by trying not to get too mad ? am now just cussing by dribbles.'" . . . That embarassed feeling as we seek to pass some one on a wide sidewalk, and both turn the same way .... Both become confused and finally a close passage is negotiated. ? ? ? REV. J. N. ATKINS, a good friend of ours, and a constant reader of the Watauga Demo crat for more than forty years, has our thanks for telling us of a grave error which occur red in this column last week. In calling attention to date on 1 which Easter falls, we stated that il was determined by the Nicene "creed" rather than the Nicene "council" . - One of the perplexing errors which can get by in the presstime rush. The Nicene Council, drew up the Nicene creed, also tatting the dale for Easter back In the year 325. hence the confusion. ? ? ? THE ACQUAINTANCE who , persists in calling us Mr. Water*/ . . . Have never bothered to set him straight, rincc he's fairly closc . . . Took a fall the other day in the presence of some good I friends, the beet of whom was plumb sorry we had taken the skid . . He said so, and to prove it, laughed and laughed! . . Ano ther came forth with the time honored, dcuble-barrcled query: "didn't hurtcha did it?" .... Spring officially ushered in to day with cooler temperatures, and retarded blossoms . .1 .Bun ny rabbits, colored eggs, and brand new clothing in the lime light as the folks prepare for Easter and the gay parade . . . and look forward to the balmy spring days which will soon be here . . . about a dozen or so of ich arc ample pay for the Us and the inconveniences of tha long hard winter. 4 Final Plans Mapped For Sunrise Service * . Choir Rehearsals For Easter Services In Final Stages Rehearsals are now in their final stages (or the Easter sun rise service which wil be held at the Manor House in the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park near Blowing Rock. The massed com munity choirs, under the direc tion of Mrs. Virginia Linney, are now fn practice and the Apalach ian high school band, which will play the antiphonal music under the direction of Roy R. Blanton, also is practicing the full pro gram. An impressive service, depict- ' ing the brilliantly-lighted tomb, has been worked out by the par ticipating ministers. A figure, clothed in whit?, Peter and the other disciples, declare "Christ the Lord is Risen," and the con gregation responds, "Christ the Lord is Risen Indeed." The mu sic to be used, both the anthems and the hymns in which the con gregation will take part, fit into this theme of the risen Lord. Dr. W. G. Bond of the Boone Baptist Church, and the Rev. Jo seph Thomas of Blowing Rock, will lead the responsive reading and the prayer. The last musical number will be the "Hallelujah Chorus" by the choir. Rev. E. S. Ransom of the Boone Advent Christian Church will pronounce the benediction. The detailed program for the Sunrise Service will be found on page one of the second sec tion of this edition.' Local Collegian Gets High Honor ri*?./une R?chel Davis of Z*t i ? ;e"ior at APP?lachian 7 Colle?'- has just received word that she has been granted a graduate fellowship by the Danforth Foundation of ^t^0' Th* lettcr stated that Miss Davis was chosen from ?n exceptionally large number of apphcant,." It is understood that hundreds of students rep resenting dozens of colleges and universities over the United States competed for the honor, ?nd that Miss Davis is one of the sixteen chosen from the en tire nation. The Danforth Foundation has 88 lts main objective the foster ing of religious values in the schools, colleges, and universi tics. The qualifications for a Dan forth Graduate Fellow are very J>"gh, among them being the fol lowing: Being a Christian and a church member; of unquestion ed intellectual and moral integ rity, having a creative, imagina tive sensitive alert, adaptable personality; and possessing the ambition to promote the Chris tian religion. Miss Davis is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will W. Davis of Route 2, Charlotte, She is a gra date of Sharon high school. fna/l T*1** her dc?rcc in at Appalachian^''0?1^ John Hodges Is Taken By Death Mr. John Wesley Hodges, 80 the AH died 81 hU homc " 18 nclflhborhood Marui 18, follow, ng ? short illness. Oak r?' K'r^iCC' were he'd "t Oak Crove Baptist Church on March 19, and burial was in the He"0 rT rCrV W Hod8" ?cv. R. c. Eggcrs and Rev. C O Van? conducted the services. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Polly Adams and Mrs. Let-' bmth T," ?f Bwne- and one bother Mr. Jim H(jdgftI n?f "re 'iX grand children. nU1C ?reat * *raiid E*?ter Cantata enAhL*^LULf!,,U,t* WUJ ?'v -chool iT ???0nB Demo|utration j? " tb* ^Ptwt church Sunday evening at 7;30. Pate11 iTtlL fr"dC" W,n Pu pate m th* program, and the PuWic is cordially invited to at Ofiicials warn 63,000 nurses needed in United States. MISS FRANCES FARTHING Miss Farthing On State Nurse Board Miss Frances Farthing, daugh ter of Mr. Ben W. Farthing and the late Mrs. Farthing of Valle Crucis, was recently elected a member of the State Board of Nurse Examiners. Miss Farthing is educational director at Cdbarrus Hospital School of Nursing, Concord N. C. and is a graduate of Cornell Un iversity-New York Hospital School of Nursing, New York City. Other members of the board are: Miss Miri.-im Daughtry, ed ucational director for Schools of Nursing in North Carolina, Ral eigh; Miss Ethel Fay Burton, ed ucational director at Memorial Hospital in Charlotte; Dr. Moir S. Martin, Mount Airy; and Or. Louten C. Hedgepeth, Lumber tOD. This board passes on all appli cations for state board examina tions for practical and profess ional nurses and is responsible for evaluating the results of the tests. This board also meets once a year with the Joint Commit tee on Standardization of School of Nursing in North Carolina to compile a list of approved schools in North Carolina* as judged by the perfomiance, per sonnel, and physical setup of each school of nursing. At the present time there are forty professional schools of nursing in North Carolina giving the three year course and quali fying each person who passes the state board examinations to be come a licensed practical nurse. Ashe-Watauga Road Contracted A combination road project in Ashe and Watauga counties is in cluded in the State Highway Commission's letting of March 29. The project will be financed un der the $200,000,000 bond issue program. It calls for the grading, paving and structures of 8.98 miles from the edge of pavement on US 421 approximately 0.2 mile southeast of Deep Gap thence north to US 221 approximately 0.5 mile north cast of Baldwin. Low bids received at the let ling will be . .eviewed by the commission at its next regular meeting on April 3. Attack Is Fatal To Mrs. Reece ^Irs. Opal Robinson Rccsc, 20 years oM. of Clevland, Ohio, for merly of Zionvillc, died of ci heart attack at Watauga hospital in Boone March 19. Funeral services were held at the Zionvillc Baptist church at 2 o'clock Wednesday, conducted by Rev. Victor Trivett. and in terment was in the Recce ceme tery. Survivors ihcludc the husband Mr. Lon Rcecc of Cleveland, O.; one daughter, Carolyn; the par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Landrinc Robinson, Rhouns, Tenn; Hurt* brother#, Claude, Lloyd, and Frank Robin^n: four ? is tar*. Viola, Cleo, ana Glcnda. all of Shoun.t. Tcnn., and Mrs. Wallace Leonard of Bristol, Va. Offices to Close The county offices in the court house arc to be closed Easter Monday, March 26. Work Red Cross Solicitors Slowed By Bad Weather Repoj-ts from Mr. Alfred Ad ams, treasurer for the Watauga County fund campaign in behalf of the American Red Cross, have a dark cast as bad weather in the mountains keep the volun teer workers from making their calls for donations. Campaign officials are hopefyl that a break in the slow rise of funds in the treasury will send the fig ures soaring toward the $2700 quc ta set for Watauga County. The Red Cross emblem is in evidence all over town as mer chants display the symbol of mercy; Mr. C. K. Marion, owner of the Gateway Cafe, has volunteered the fish pond in front of his cash register as a place where patrons may drop thair change to be donated to* the Red Cross. Watauga County is asked to give $2700 in the 1951 fund cam paign; it would be well for Wa tauga county to think back elev en years to August 1940, the year that is harkened to as "the year of the big flood." When flood nnd landslides laid a path of dev EStation down through the valley at Deep Gap. leaving families homeless, penniless, and without hope, the Red Cross poured more than $90,000 into a reconstruc tion and rehabilitation program that reached every family touch ed by the tragedy. Those who remember will give to this strong and merciful agent that lends its strength wherever there is tra gedy and disaster freely, with out being asked. Better Pasture Stops Erosion ! Improved pastures provide about the most efcctive protec- j tion against soil erosion, says Dwight Cable, chairman of the Watauga County PMA Commit tee. At the same time, acre for acre, they may produce as much feed for livestock as corn. According to studies made by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, there are many instances . where improved pastures have produced as much livestock feed per acre on comporable land as high-yielding corn crops and considerably more than other grain crops. On the other hand the per unit cost of production is lower. These studies showed that the cost per 100 pounds of total di gestible nutrients from improv ed pastures is less than a third of the production cost of com for grain, about a third of the cost of corn, for silage, and only about a fourth of the production cost of oats for grain. Local Dramatists Get A-Plus Rating "Smokescreen," the one-act play presented by members of the AppaUfchian High School dramatics group at Lenoir Rhyne Cologe last Saturday, re ceived an "A plus" rating in the Northwestern Carolina Drama tics Association festival. The cast includes: Dixon I Quails, Coaker Triplott, and Joan Aldridgc. Mr. Bill Ross is the ad visor of this group. Plans are now being made to present this play at the , State Dramatics contest to be held in Chapel Hill this spring. Miss Cora Parks Succumbs Here Minn Cora Park/. 84 years old. died of pneumonia at Watauga Hospital March 17. She had been been ill lour week*. funeral services were held at Boone Baptiat Church Monday at 11 a. m., conducted by Dr. W. G. Bond, and burial was in the city cemetery. SI* is survived by two broth er*, Mr. Albert Park* of H dis horn. Oregon; Mr. Thomii? Park* of Ulystes, Nebraska, and sever al niece* and ' nephew*. Mm Parks, who wai a trained nurse for SO yean in Btooming ton. 111., was a native nf Burke County. She had made her home with her niece. Mrs. W. T. Miller Sr.. for about wven years. feiigher liquor taxes will invite bootlegging, Treasury warned. ' ? ?>. . High School Band Given Top Rating at High Point APPALACHIAN HIGH SCHOOL BAND \ Baptists Map Revival Crusade Bob Agle Is Appointed As Civil Defense Director ROBERT E. AGLE Health Council To Meet Today The Watauga county health council will hold it; quarterly meeting in the Cove Creek club room, located in the Cove Creek elemenfcry school building, at 7:30 p. In. March 22. The program will feature a re port from the national rural health counicl held in Memphis, Tenn. last month. Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Perry, Jr. attended this meeting and will bring high lights from the sessions. A film, "So Much for So Lit tle" will be shown, followed by a discussion and question period. Representatives from all service agencies in the county arc ex pected to be on hand to answer questions rnd help citizcns be come informed of the services they may reccivc and how these services dre provided for and at what cofct to the taxpayer. All citizens are welccyne to this countywide meeting. Would Postpone Revaluation Here v _ ? A bill which would extend the time for making the quadrennial revaluation and reassessment of real property in Watauga coun ty, for tax purposes to the year 1953, was introduced in the State Senate by Senator Price of Rockingham county lust week and referred to the Senate fin ance committee, where it has been given a favorable report. It is understood that Senator Price acted on the petition of a large group of Watauga county citizens, who believe a general revaluation should await a more normal economic situation. < Theatre Tickets To Reward $afe Drivers Two purses to the Appalach ian Theatre are to be given each week by Mr. R. T. Aglc for safe driving in the community. Chief G. Q Richardson will observe and two license num bers will be published in the Damocnit ivury week. I The first step in organizing the town of Boone in the interest of Civil Defense was taken Sat urady by Maydr Gordon H. Winkler when he appointed R. E. Agio, Sr., to the post of Civil De fense Director for the communi ty In, making the appointment Mayor Winkler paid . it is vitally necessary that every com munity, regardless of size, be or ganized for Civil Defense. This community would be in the evac uation area, in case we had to move the citizens of the nearest ' big cities out; we all hope and pray that theje will never be a need for our Civil Defense, but if the need arises, Bcone will be ready." Mr. Agle is busy this week set ting up the committees to serve on the program and will an nounce the complete plans with in the next two weeks. FARM BUREAU TO BE REORGANIZED Greensboro. ? The reorganiza tion of the North Carolina Farm Bureau into five principal com modity branches and the appoint ment cf W. H. Rogers of Fuquay Springs as director of organiza tion were announced here by R. Flake Shaw, executive vise pres ident. The five commodity branches, set up to implement the national commodity program of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion, will include dairying, poul try, livestock, peanut and potato and tobacco. George G. Farthing of Ashe ville, formerly of Watauga coun ty, will co-ordinate livestock with burlcy tobacco along with hU usual field work. David L. Kellh of Winston Salem, who will head the dairy ing branch, will continue to nerve as Shaw's legal advisor and do field work. He is assistant secrc tary at the state heaquartcrs in Greensboro. The poultry branch will be headed by W. G. Lowory of Pincvillc. John W. Eagles of Hookcrton has beert appointed head of the peanut and potato branch, which will ajso includc field crop*. To bacco will continue to receive i prime attention from all heads. Hotel's' appointment resulted from a special meeting of the ftirm bureau's executive commit tee March 5 at Raleigh, when the reorganization was proposed. The various leaders of these commodity departments will make a special trip to the Amer ican Farm Buirau Federation commodity conference to be held March 26-27 at Chicago to get the latest information on their re spective commodities for the l?en cfil of Tar Heel farmer*, Mr. Shaw aaid. Health Office to Close The District Health office, lo cated In the courthouse at Boon*, will be closed Easter Monday. March 26. according to an an nouncement released by Dr. B. H. Michel, iluUkt health uUictr. 23 Watauga Churches To Hpld Revivals Simultaneously. Twenty-three churches of the Three Forks Baptist Association have joined in the Southwide simultaneous revival crusadc, and will hold meetings during the months of March and April. : Most of the 18,000 Baptist Churches of the Southern Bap tist convention have joined to gether in this revival effort, and this is perhaps the most inten sive evengelical effort ever at tempted by any group of chur ches. "Christ is the answer for all the world" is the theme for the revival feffort. The Three Forks Ministerial Association under the leader ship of Rev. C. H. Klncaid, is making an effort to promote the crusade throughout the Associa tion, and many other local churches are expected to join. The State organization is un der the leadership of Dr. J. C. Canipe, Secretary of Evangel ism in North Carolina. Wm. B. Graybeal Dies in Tennessee Funeral service was held at Washington College, Tennessee, on March 12, for William Bax ter Graybeal. member of a prom inent Ashe county family, and former resident of Watauga coun ty' Mr. Graybeal moved, with hi* family, to Washington (College in 1906, and made his home there until his death on March 10. He "was proceeded in death by his first wife, Maggie Austin Graybeal. His immediate surviv crs arc the present Mrs. Cora Carson Graybeal and the follow ing children of his first marri age: Mrs. Mamie D. Shull. Shulls Mills; Mrs. Lucy Lovill and Mrs. Pearl Farthing, Boone; Mrs. Gruce Rauhof, Telford, Tcnn.; Mrs. Huby Norris, Austin C. Graybeal and Roger W. Gray beal, Johnson City, Tenn.; Fred D. Graybeal, Washington Col lege; and Frank R. Graybeal, Sumter, S. C. Surviving also are twelve grandchildren, four great grand children and two brothers. Amos E. Graybeal of West Jefferson, and John M. Graybeal of Hoqu iam. Washington. Burial was in the cemetery at rieosant Grove Baptist church, near Washington College Station, of which the deceased was u chat ? ter^TK-mber. The high esteem in which he was held by his neighbors and friends was shown in the many beautiful floral offerings. Stores to Close Easter Monday Moat of the stores of Jhc city will likely be dosed EaOTT Mon day, it was revealed yesterday. The Merchants Association has recommended the closing date, and doubtless most of the mer chants will observe (fca. holiday. Shoppers arc asked to antici pate their needs, and, do their shopins in advance, so that none may ba iaeuuvaniaartti ,-V ,/J _!** V'^* .V . I S Local Musical Group Under Direction of Roy R. Blanton. The Appalachian High School Band, under the direction of Mr. Roy R. Blanton, Jr., received a Superior rating at the District Band contest held at High Point, Saturday, March 17. This is the highest rating a band can receive. The band received excellent comments from the judges. Each cf the 1 three judges rated the band superior. The band receiv ed plus ratings on intonation, tone Quality, blending, balance, expression, marks, general effect, and stage deportment. < As a result of the superior rat ing in the district contest the band will enter the state content April 0, at Greensboro. Members of the band are: Flute, Betty Raye Greene; clar inets, Dixon Quails, Jimmy Hols houser, Ann Cottrell, Betty Ann Swain, Betty Jane Calloway, Jcyce Cowles. Charles Taylor, Laura Hnlshouser, Buddie Wey, Barbara Winkler, Barbara Storie, and Dempsey Wilcox; Saxaphones, Marjorie South, Hugh Hartley, Lynn Brown, Mil ton Barden; Horns, Evelyn Mc Cracken, Joy Brown; Trumpets and cornets, Martha Council, Bobby Cook, Dickie Hunt, Jean Templeton, Sonny Keplar, Jim my Jchnson, Johnny Hodges, Tom Lawrence, James Burris, Fran kic Hamilton, and Joe Moretz; Baritone, Harry Farthing; trombone?, Guy Hunt, Bobby Watkins, Harris Greene, and J. W. Welborn, Jr.; Basses, Jerry Troutman, Armfield Coffey, Bill Jones; Tympani, Landy Brown; Percussion, Bill Crawford, Ed ward Culler, Frankie Coffey and Connie Casey. ONE HOUR VIGIL ON GOOD FRIDAY The churches of Boone will join in observing a one hour vigil Friday, commemorating the three hours during which Christ hung upon the Cross. A union service, in which all the churches of the city are to participate, will be held at the Presbyterian Church from one until two o'clock. The central theme of the service will be "The Seven Last Words of Christ," with brief meditations upon each word by one of the local pastors. Appropriate hymns will be sung and prayers offer ed during the service. Special music w lilb music will be by the Appalach ian High School choir under the direction of Mrs Nicholas Ernes ion. Green Pastures Contest Friday The winner; in the Green Pastures speaking contest from each high school in the county, will meet in a county-wide con test at the Boone High School auditorium Friday, March 23, at 2:30 p. m. to determine the coun ty winner. The public is cordially invited to attend this event. The winner of the contest here will represent Watauga county in the district contest in Taylors ville March 30. "Mr. Teacher" Chosen In College .Elections The student body and faculty of Appalachian State Teacher* College, in a scries of eliminat ion elections, have chosen two of the college's outstanding stud ents to be "Mr. and Mrs. Repre sentative Student Teuchcr," who arc to represent the college at the state-wide meeting of the North Carolina Education Asso ciation in Asheville next month. Margaret Braswell of Monroe ami James Evans of Boardman were chosen for this higher* honor among graduating sen iors. The elections wore held under the sponsorship of the Future Toachcrs of America chapter at Appalachian, whoae president is Miu Moxeik Richardson Hav ?*"? ? ' 59 \ .
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