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I ; vol. Lxm? no. 44. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1951. ]KIM STREET BY ROB RIVERS I LAST WEEK one of our best friends, and one of the coy f munity's moot saintly characters laid down the. cares of life, bid adieu to a harassed world, and smilingly went away into the twilight, leaving behind an in delible * impression on those whose trouble? and joys she had shared along the long road, and an example of forthright cheer fulness, unselfishness .and right eousness which shall be 'a last ing joy to the ones of us who are still plodding along the way. ? ? ? ONE or THE LAST of tb* good neighbors and friends who lived in this section of Boone, when we toddled un certainly about the place in our blue duck dresses. Mrs. F. A. Linney knew us a mighty long time, and our earliest recollec tions include her smiling face, her kind demeanor and her un failing patience anu under standing of the youngsters who frolicked about her home and made merry all about the countryside . . . and as we and our good .friend came to. the parting of the earthly ways, our sadness was tempered by the remembrance of the hap py associations of the days gone by. and Mrs. Linney's un failing anxiety for the welfare of her neighbors, their children and all the folks of the neigh borhood. KIND, GENEROUS and un selfish, Mrs. Linney exercised a tremendous influence for good upon those of us who knew her intimately during the unfolding I years, and the teen agers as well as those of us whose shadows are ' lcnghtening, made regular visits to her home to enjoy her cheer ful conversation and marvel at her wholesome and generous at titude toward the people of the town . . . the folks she loved and lived with for more than half a ? century . . Endowed with a rare love for people, all sorts of people, her home was a gather ing place and a mecca for the people of the city, and for those who had "been away" . . . On many occasions we've had our sagging spirit and weakening morale bolstered, and the way made smoother by her kindly and genuine interest in our per sonal welfare, and by her abili ty to make the problems of liv ing in a complex and harried era, appear less perplexing, and our delinquencies seem smaller. ? ? ? MRS. LINNEY, who often referred to us as "on* of my I boys", never lost an oppor ] tunity to encourage us along the way . . . She wanted the Rivers** to g*t along all right, 'along with all th* other folks, and sh* added a lot of flowars to our pathway . . . We shall sorely miss h*r ch**ring words, h*r fri*ndly coun**l and her sound philosophy of 111*, but shall b* for*v*r thankful that we knew her, and was h*r friandl LOCAL HOUSEHOLDERS be coming increasingly concerned over the high price of beef and beef products while livestock dealers admit in some cases they "don't know what to offer for a cow." . . . The price of the animal on the hoof would make the price of the steak or roast plumb high, even though the re tailer did no more than break even on the transaction . . . Bar nard Dougherty, incidentally tell* of Appalachian College hav ing sold an aged Holstein bull ;>n the local market for $617.00, which might be the highest Figure ever received here for a beef animal . . . The big bovine, whose final impact on the econo my will be in the form of hund reds and hundreds of pounds of bologna, frankfurters and the like, fetched $31. SO per hundred, causing a good many eyebrows to lift around the sales ring. I Uim Taylor Moves | To New Office* ? Jim Taylor, local attorney, has Imnounccd he will move to new | ffice# over the Watauga Build ing and Loan office on Main treet Mondny. May 7. Mr. Tay or has maintained offices in the Wade E. Brown building since M9, when he came to Bo6ne ipon graduating from the Uni versity of North Carolina School >f Law. He is making this move wcau*c of the need lor more of Jce ipacc. ? Price Tells Of Plans To Provide Phones For Rural Residents New Facility Should j Be Available Soon. By Joe Minor Mr. Gwyn Price, head of the Rural Electrification Administra tion in North Carolina, which in eludes both electrication and tel ephones for rural areas, head quarters at Raleigh, spoke to a large group of rural folks last Thursday, and explained to them the situation concerning telephones for areas in this county not served now by tele phones. The meeting was in the county courthouse. A movie, "Waves of Green," on agricul ture, and sponsored by the Wink ler Tractor and Equipment Com pany, was shown proceeding the telephone discussion. Mr. Price gave a brief history of the movement to obtain tele phone service in .the rural areas of this and adjoining counties. Definite action was taken in the last month of 1950, when the "Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation" was formed by peo ple from Ashe, Alleghany, and Watauga counties, and a move ment was made to get a loan of $1,060,000 from the Rural Elec trification Administration to help finance their operation?. Mr. Price compared the work of getting the suppori of pros pective members with the early (Continued on page four) Plans Complete For Lions Show t>r. John G. Martin, chairman of the Boone Lions Club Annual County School's Talent Show and Queen's Contest, has announced that plans are completed for the program to be held Friday night at the college gymnasium, begin ning at 8 o'clock. Thirteen dif ferent school groups will parti cipate. The event is sponsored each year by the local Lions Club to promote the deyelopnjent of tal ent amonf the school children and to help the club raise funds to carry on their work among the sight handicapped in the county. Trophies will be awarded to the winning group in each di vision of the show, and a com plete outfit of clothing will be given by Hunt's Department Store to the winning queen of both the elementary grades and high school division. Groups participating in the tal ent show include, from the ele mentary division: Mabel, Watau ga Consolidated, Boone Demon stration, Blowing Rock, Green Valley, Deep Gap, Winebarger, Valle Crucis, and Cove Creek; in the high school division: Watau ga Consolidated, Appalachian, Cove Creek and Blowing Rock. Scout Training Courses Friday Boy Scout training courses are to be conducted from 4:30 to 6:30 and from 7:30 to 9:30 next Friday at the Boone Methodist church, and all troop leaders as well as those interested in or ganizing Scout units arc parti cularly invited to attend the classes. It is said that a special teain of instructors will be here from North Wilkesboro, along with 15 or 20 other leaders from the neighboring town, and that they, along with a Boone con j tingent will go to Lake Oxford ! aear Lenoir Saturday, where the I courses are to be continued. Those interested in taking part in the training course!) at Lenoir are asked to get in touch with either Stanley A. Harris or H. Grady Farthing for transpor tation. To Burley. Growers 1 i All Burley tobacco combina tions and divisions must be on file in the office of the county PMA committee before May IS. No combinations or divisions for the 1051-tt marketing year will be approved after this date. Last Riles Are Held Thursday For Mrs. Linney MRS. F. A. LINNEY Funeral services were conduc ted Thursday afternoon at 2 o' clock at the Boone Methodist Church for Mrs. Frank A. Lin ney, 71, prominent Boone resi dent, who died in a Charlotte hospital Tuesday evening, follow ing a long illness. Rev. J. T. Shackford, pastor of the church, was in charge of the rites. Rev. Sam Moss, of Flet cher, former pastor, and Rev. J. K. Parker, pastor of the Presby terian Church, assisted in the services. Interment was in the city cemetery. Active pallbearers were: Rob Rivers, J. E. Holshouaer, Russell D./ Hodges, Gordon Winkler, Barnard Dougherty, Bill Lovill, Dr. H. B. Perry, Jr., G. K. Moose. Mrs. Linney was born in Tay lorsville February 12, 1880, a daughter of William Bogle Math eson and Mrs. Mary Ayers Math cson. She was married January 24, 1900, to Frank A. Linney, who became one of the State's lead ing lawyers, and who had been United States District Attorney prior to his death in 1928. The family established residence in Boone in 1901. Mrs. Linney had been a mem ber of the Boone Methodist Church for about thirty years, was a charter member of the Woman's Missionary Society and had been given a life member ship in that organization. She was the first Worthy Matron of the first Eastern Star chapter or ganized in Boone, and was a charter member of the Friday Afternoon Club. Mrs. Linney is survived by one son and two daughters: Kenneth Linney, Boone; Mrs. Paul A. Cof (Continued on page four) Commerce Group Awards Prizes For Clean-Up The annual clean-up, fix-up, paint-up campaign, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, came to an end last Saturday with the awarding of prizes, and belief is that the campaign was one of the most highly effective in the city's history. The first prize for a residence went to Mrs. James Carter, for a vacant lot to Mrs. R. K. Bing ham, and for a place of business to Watauga Hospital. Honorable mention went to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Troutman for their work on a vacant lot, and to the Collins Body Shop and Cozy Corner business estab lishments. In the parade, Earl Greene's sixth grade was given the award, which was received by Jody Shackford; Miss Isabell Mason's fifth grade won a prize, which was received by Molly Agle: honorable mention went to Mrs. Joe Crawford's third grade, the award being received by Mar garet Len Hagaman. At the close of the campaign Mayor Winkler expressed his appreciation for "one of the most successful clean-up campaigns in our history," praised those who won the awards, and told of (Continued on page six) Court Adjourns Last Friday The spring term of Watauga Superior Court adjourned Fri day afternoon, after having dis posed of 155 eases on a criminal docket which contained 191 in dictments. Judge Allen Gwyn of Reidsville presided. Forty-six defendants were charged with driving motor vehi cles while intoxicated, each was assessed with the cost of the ac tion, and his driving license re voked for eighteen months. Nine were tried for violation of the prohibition laws and as sessed with the costs; a number were charged with non-support, while speeding and reckless driving constituted the remaind er of the docket. Marketing Problems Topic Of Dairymen More than a hundred dairy farmers met at the courthouse in Boone on Friday night to hear the leaders in the industry dis cuss marketing problems. Mr. R. G. Lytle, manager of the N. C. Milk Producers Federa tion, Inc., gave a review of milk marketing in North Carolina. He pointed out that during world war two the demand for milk caused the milk buying com panies to expand and seek milk from all sources either far or near, and many grade A daries were developed in Watauga county. In recent years the base use-plan for buying milk has been used, with deductions for hauling that has seriously re duced the check to the farmer. These deductions have caused farmers to seek other markets and try in other ways to main in or increase the returns for the sale of milk. A group of farmers in the Yad kin River valley have proposed to form a farmers organization (Continued on page four) Eight Watauga county residents, with an anrigt age ot mora than M raaxa. were honored at a party laat Thursday, ha Id at tha Skylina Cafa. Tha old iolka ware brought togethor by W. L. Wink ler, Boone, and the businees men of the town financed the party in their honor. Dr. J. D. Rankin, and Superior Court Judge Allan Gwyn made abort talks at the luncheon, following which aotne of the guests went to the moral, while others enjoyed a tour of 'the College camous. Pictured are: First row, left to right: K A. Hartley, 111 Mr*. Rebecca Tester. Ws Mrs. Callie Frances. Mi Mrs. Martha Bo lick. ' c. /; - . - - Sit back row, lafi to right) Mr*. Sarah Parry. AS: Mrs. Lawraaa *Broyhill, ti: A. E. Wellborn. t2; Jaroma PramalL 1*1. Mr. Winklar* ?ur?*y indicate* that ihara art II raiidant* of Watauga, who ara mora than *0 yaar* old. Tan oi lhata. howavar, ?ant word thay could not coma, bacauia of illnaa*. Thay uat Mr*, Si* Elliott of V1U*. N; Zab Mabary of Boona. M: Mr*. Ballia Jana Dari* of Boona. Hi Lilly Tidball of Booaa. Ni J. O. Morat* of Mabal. S3; Jalca Morrt* of Boona. Hi Mr*. M. B. "Ma" Black burn of Boona. ill Mr*. Pop* of Baaaa. 100: Fin Moody of Vila*. SO; Ala* Daria. 11. j > - '?;?] , i/ ?Photo by Palmar Blair. Palmar'* Photo Barrio*. '? ,3T 186 To Get Degrees At College Finals On May 1 1 ? College Band To Appear In Concert The music department of Ap palachian State Teachers college will present a program by the Concert Band, under the direc tion of Gordon A. Nash, in the college auditorium, Thursday evening at eight-fifteen. The public is invited. Numbers which the band will perform will include "El Cabal lero." a Spanish march by J. Watauga River Is Closed to Anglers The Watauga River from C. M. Shore place to the mouth of Beech Creek will be closed for game fishing May 1 to June 30, during the spawning period, it is announced by Tommy Os borne, district game protector. Olivadoti; "Poet and Peasant" Overture, by von Suppe; "In a Persian Market" by Albert W Ketelby; Funiculi, Funicula, by Luigi Denza; "Pavanne" from the Second American Symphonette by Morton Gould; "George Ger shwin Selection!" arranged by David Bennett; "An American Week End" bw John J. Morris sey. Solo features will be Miss Helen Winkler, in two marimba solos , "Caprice Viennois" by Fritz Kreisler, arranged by Mrs. Dorothy Kemp of the Appala chian music (acuity, who will conduct this number; and "Par ade of the Wooden Soldiers" by Leon Jessel. arranged and con ducted by J. W. Williams, Jr., a member of the senior class maj oring in music. Fly Control Program Is Planned With Rat War\ Paper Drive Set Next Saturday The Sophomore Clas* of Appa lachian High School will spon sor a paper drive on Saturday, May 5, beginning at 8:00 o'clock in the morning. Townspeople are asked to bundle their old newspapers and magazines if pomible and leave them in plain view so they may be collected. The class would like to thank the townspeople for their won derful cooperation in previous drives. Proceeds from the drive will I be used to finance class projects. Valle Crucis PTA The Valle Crueis PTA will meet Monday May 21. at 7:45 p. m. This meeting was originally scheduled to have been held May 7. General Pest Eradica tion Effort Seen For County. Following through on the clean-up campaign an effort is being made to rid the town and county of pests alfo. To promote this work a meeting was called ; to plan a fly control program for ] the area. Mr. W. P. Warner, con- ] Kultant on insect control from the Engineering Division of the State Beard of Health met with , leaders of the town and county on Wednesday. April 25, to ad vise as to best methods of pro cedure for lasting results. Mr. James Jones, rodent control con sultant, was back again in this meeting since the control of ro dent* and flies can be carried out simultaneously at .less expense and greater efficiency. Mr. Jones painted out that cleaning up breeding places for rats, also removed the filth from fly breeding. Cleaning up. build ing out and screening, starving i and poisoning carried as a pro gram throughout the county will relieve us of pests, but we must all work together or a rat har I borage and fly breeding place : will remain a source of menace to all, officials of the campaign warned. I The state consultants and lo- ] cal sanitarians made a quick sur- i vey of conditions in the areas be- - fore the meeting. They found ! much for all citizcns to do. In spite of the city ordiancc that i calls for all gurbage to be kept i in tightly closed containers, they reported finding many cons .with i no lids or lids that were not in pl8cc and sticky decaying foods on and in the cans providing < breeding places. (Continued on page six) Outline of Commence ment Activities Released. Appalachian State Teachers college will hold its commence ment exercises at the college auditorium on Friday, May 11, at ten-thirty o'clock in the morn ing. The speaker will be the Honorable Malcolm McDermott, professor of law at Duke Uni versity. Professor McDermott is wide ly known as a lawyer and edu cator. He is a graduate of Prince ton University and of the Har vard University Law School. He practiced law in Knoxville, Tennessee, for some years, fol lowing which he became the Dean of the College of Law -At the University at Tennessee. He has been professor of law at Duke University since 1930. He was visiting lecturer at the Universi ties of Krakow and Warsaw, Poland, in 1938. The senior play will be given, as a part of the commencement exercises, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, May 9 and 10th, at 8:00 p. m. The public is invited, and tickets are now on sale. There are ten who expect to receive the master of arts de (Continued on page six) District Legion Meeting Slated Ther^ will be a meeting of the 10th District of the American * Legion and Ladiei' Auxiliary at the Legion Hut In Boone Satur day night May 5, at 7:00 o'clock. Supper will be served by the Le gion Auxiliary, Watauga Post 130. Thirtieth District includes all posts in Avery and Watauga counties, and it is hoped each post will have a good delegation it this meeting. It is urged that all Legionnaires and their fam ilies attend the meeting. The department commander, Hugh G. Alexander, and Mrs. E. P. Rhyne, auxiliary president of Department of North Carolina, will be the main speakers for the meeting. They have done outstanding work in the Legion. Also expected to attend the ga thering are Ralph Fisher of Bre vard, and Richard Davis of the Veterans Administration office in Winston-Salem. Lenoir Road May Be Let In 51 Lenoir, N. C., April 28. ? The North Carolina State Highway Commission plans to ask for bids for the construction of the re mainder of the Lenoir-Blowing Rock highway early this sum mer, G. Mark Goforth. commis sioner, announced. The incomplete stretch of high way covers a distance of more lhan six miles, Mr. Goforth said. He said that the road would be completed by next Spring pro vided it could get underway this Summer. ? In addition to grading, blasting out rock and topping, the project [rails for the straightening of the highway In a large number of points. ? The section of the highway which has already been complet ed is regarded as one of the fin est pieccs of highway engineer ing in western North Carolina. I THREE FORKS ASSOCIATION TO MEET AT MEAT CAMP The Throe Fork* Baptist Asso- i elation will inert May 9. at the i Meat Camp Baptist Church, which thif year is observing it! ocntennial. and the principal ad dress wUl be delivered by Dr. i John Waylan of North Wilkes boro. The session begins at 10 ?. m. The Association has 44 churches with a membership of 7.944 and a Sunday School en rollment of J, 807. Contributions for all church purposes during 1950 were *106, 072.54. The nut gain in membership last year wa* ' 291. Rev. R. C. Eggurs in moderator. Wade E. Brown, vicc-modcrator and chairman of the executive committee. 0 Meat Camp Church. 100 yeurs old. ba* a memberuhip of 1M. Clyde Brown is Sunday School superintendent and church clork; W. H. Greene is church tmmur er; Elmo Moretz is training union director and Mrs. Ennis Byers, president of Woman's Missionary Union. Hp C. Eager* is
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