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PTVE CENTS PER COPY ATAUGA DEMO An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY It, 1?51. KING STREET ? ? ? BY ROB RIVERS COLDER WEATHER shows leading some of the citizens to remark about the "short sum mer" we had, while we fret a bit ubout the chances of our string beans surviving the chill . . . Apple blooms supply gorge ous displays about the town, while the dogwoods bring rare beauty, and the warning that its corn planting time . . . Rob Hayes who lives atop the hill, near the old Masonic picnic ground, wants us to add to the signs of spring, the renewed and stifling odor of the refuse on the city dump, near the heart of town , . Rob says the thing's stench reachest its foulest height with the blossoming of the flow ers . . . Grapevine information is that the time is not far off when something's going to be done about the civic nuisance . . . Of ficials are wrestling with the problem, and it is to be expect ed that a solution will be forth coming before too long. ? ? * WE WOULD LTKE to join in felicitating Mr. and Mrs. T. Len Cooke on their fiftieth wedding anniversary . . . These fine folks have contributed a full share to the well-being of the county and community, and we hope they may find in creasing contentment along the way ahead, and enjoy many more happy anniversary celebrations. COMMENCTMENT at Appala chian College and the mass exo dus of the hundreds of students from the campus , . , Always a bit of sadness attaches to these farewell parties ? both on the part of the students and the townspeople . . . We shall miss the cheery smiles of the rela tively small number of these young folks whom we know, and likewise the presence of the many we did not know . . . We shall look forward to their re turn* for a good bit of the life goes out of the old town when a College term ends, for after all education is in fact the basic in dustry of the community ... To those who graduate, this corner extends sincere good wishes for their succcsses in the days ahead. Those who think we still have a long ways to go, are reminded that, after all, the young men no longer parade about in the springtime with bouquets of spring flowers tuck ed in their hat bands! SMITH HAGAMAN. former State Legislator. Watauga County school superintendent, and starter-upper of the Fed eral welfare activity here, more recently a resident of Winston-Salem, drops by for one of his hurried visits with the Democrat, and as usual, we square away and garner some of the low-down on mat ters of public concern from our good friend, who makes it a point to keep well informed on what happens, from the grass roots to the international realm of war and rancor and political intrigue . . . We always enjoy immensely these chats with Mr. Hagaman. and invariably gather some bits of priceless wisdom from his discourses . . . We shall continue to hope that one day he will again establish residence in his old home town, and mix daily with the folks along the street, where his friendships are so deeply estab lished. ? ? ? NON - DAILY NEWSPAPERS ore more conccrncd with the m'ws ol the home neighborhood and the country roundabout, with the small-time doings of the homefolks, than with the cavort* ing of the leaden of the Nation. . . . "Country" newspapers should insist on their readers taking one of the good State dailies, for de tails of the national and inter national news, and should con tinue to contain themselves in the local field, fprithout trying to offer even token competition to the metropolitan press In this connection an item from the Dahkwega, Ga.. Nugget is of in terest and found itself on the AP wires. lYiblinhcr Jack Parks op erates in a town of 1,300 and as might be suspected, Yahoola and Krogtown are nearbyby hamlets. At any rate the Nugget says' ? * * "WE HAD PLANNED to write ? thunderous editorial this (Continued on paf* lour) THE NEW REFUSE LOAD-PACKER truck r?c?nl y placed in operation by the City of Boon* to cut garbage collection costs. and eliminate unsanitary conditions. The new maebine. through hydraulic pressure, compresses the waste Into the smallest po sible space, and collectors may now take away all the refuse in less than half the number of trips required by the old open truck method. Fully en closed. the refuse cannot be spilled in streets, and it la believed that the cleanliness of the town will be further promoted by the use of the new equipment. Watauga Teachers Will Hold Final Meeting Next Friday Taylor To Head Defense Effort JIM TAYLOR Because Watauga oumity is comparitively small in area and population, civic leaders of Boone and Wctauga county feel that civil defense work for the area should be put under one director. Therefore, Mayor Gor don H. Winkler of Boone has ac cepted the resignation of R. E. Agle, recently appointed civilian defense director for Boone, and Mr. E. Z. Jones, state director, has accepted the resignation of Mr. H. W. Vv'ilcox, county direc tor, to make way for the appoint ment of Mr. James Taylor who will head "the effort for both the town and county. Mr. Taylor, one of the promin ent young lawyers of Boone, has his office over the Watauga Building and Loan office, having recently moved from the Wade E. Brown building on West King Street. His new office will make an ideal headquarters for the civil defense work as it will be within easy reach to all who have business in this connection. Mayor Winkler has expressed gratification that a. man of Mr. Taylor's ability has acccptcd this responsible position, and Mr. Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, also expresses his happiness over the appointment, and states that his organization will give Mr. Taylor its full co-operation. Mr. Taylor came to Boone in 1949 and has become widely known for his work with the annual March of Dimes of which he was chairman in both 1950 and 1951. DR. W. M. MATHESOlf. promin ent Boon* dentut. who hat bMD ?IkM a member of the North Carolina Board of Denial Exam iners. Thar* ara fix members of tha board Bad they will terra for lhree yean. taking office in Jul r IMS. Art Workshop Will Feature Gathering Of Tutors. On Friday evening. May 11, the Watauga Unit of the NCEA will hold its final meeting of the school year. All members, and all county teachers who may not be members, are invited and urged to attend. A short general session will be held, beginning at 7:30, in the Appalachian High School audi torium at which time officers will be elected for the ensuing year and other business taken care of. Following the general session an art workshop will be given, sponsored by the local ACE. ?? The following six phases of art will be offered, with the fol lowing designated leaders and meeting places: Finger Painting: Leader, Mil. Grace Counclll. This will be held in Mrs. Councill's classroom, which is on the ground floor of Boone Demonstration School. block Printing: leader, Miss Katheryn Smith. Miss Smith, who heads the College Art De partment, will conduct this di vision of the workshop in the College Art Department, loeated (iver the college Book Store. Metal work: leaders, Mrs. Bet ty M. Edwards, Watauga County Home Demonstration, and her assistant, Miss Mary Helen Neil1. The actual work will be done with aluminum bracelets and il lustrations of cr per and silver will be available. This is one of the art activities that few, if any of our schools are employ ing, and we feel that at least one member of each faculty will want to take advantage of this oppor tunity to become acquainted with this process. This will be held in room No. 301, on the second floor of the Demonstration School. Weaving: leaders: Mrs. Dare Strother and Miss Elizabeth Lord. In this division each par ticipant will have the opportun ity to create a design and weave that design into a finished pro duct. Handlooms will be furn ifhed by the Cove ?Creek Indus trial Arts Department and the Watauga Handicraft Shop. Ma terials will be furnished by the ACE. This group will meet in the Library of the Demonstra tion School. Display arrangements, includ ing bulletin board, library, sub ject matter projects, etc.. lead ers: Miss Clyde Mae Goodman ind Mr. Everett Newell. Several display arrangements will be shown and studied. .Arrange ments will also be worked out by those participating. Mr. New ell's and Miss Goodman's class rooms. on the second floor of the Demonstration School Will be used. Papier-Mache: leader. Miss Mary Ellen Glbbs, room 101, basement floor of Demonstration School. Miw Gibbi will help in the actuab use of both paper and sawdust products and 'all per sons participating will have an opportunity to model with these products. A display of finished products will be provided. With such a wide variety of offerings we feel sure every teacher and principal can find an activity he will be interested in and from which he- will profit. Tom turkeys grow larger than the hens from the same setting of egg*. U Ayers New Head Of Lions Club Mckinley ayers ' McKlnley Ayers was elected president of the Boone Lions Club at the regular meeting held Tuesday night. May 1. Paul A. Coffey was elected first vice, president, L. K. Pritchett, second vice-president. Dr. John G. Mar tin, third vice-president, Rich ard E. Kelly, secretary, O. K. Richardson, treasurer, W. W. Williams, lion tamer and Wade E. Brown and Guy H. Hunt, tailwisters. S. Grady Tugman and T. Milton Greer were elect ed directors. Ayers, the new president is a native of Boone. He has worked for New River Light At Power Company of Appalachian State Teachers College for 28 years. He is active in civic and religi ous affairs of the towi., and was a member of the * 'itan Club. He replaces Rev. J. K. Parker as president. The new officers will be in stalled June 19. Corriher New Farm Agentj CLYDE F. CORRIHER Clyde F. Corriher, native of Rowan county, entered upon hi* duties us assistant farm agent in Watauga county, succeeding Woodrow Richardson, who had been recalled to army duty some time ago. -V . ? Mr. Corriher. who i? 25 years old, was born and reared on a dairy farm, and attended elemen tary and high schools at Landis. N. C. He graduated from N. C. State College, where he major qff in animal industry- He spent one year with the army in the Pacific area. Dulles says U. S. policy in Japan news to MacArthur lines. Plans For War On Vermin Are Being Pushed Continuation of the clean-up campaign in the planning for eradication of rats and insects is moving forward satisfactorily. Mr. Stanley A. Harris reports that his contacts with the city aldermen were most satisfactory. This group agreed to finance the spraying of outside areas of the residential section and the busi ness section once, and a continu ous program at the city dump for the summer, along with one complete poisoning for rats throughout the city with con tinuation at the garbage dump. The consultant engineers from the State Board of Health will furnish some equipment in the form of a pickup truck equipped with spraying facilities and some boxes fpr the poisoning in the rodent control program. Further cooperation is noted in that the shop classes in the schools will help with construction of other boxes to meet the needs for the area and the Boy Scouts are be ing asked to aid in the spraying for insect control. Home owners are urged to continue the spray ing and poisoning to keep down the pests. The city's efforts are geared primarily towards rid ding the area of the present fly and rat population, but unless we the citizens continue waging the war against these pests it will be a futile effort. One rat or fly escaping the initial pois oning would be sufficient for seed for. a new crop of the pests. The sanitarians of the local health department will aid in this program along with the State Consultant Engineers in providing supervision of the work in the campaign. The Chamber of Commerce is spon soring this effort as a continua tion of its clean-up campaign. Rats and flics uxe unclcan areas for breeding; thus, the cleaner the premises, the better the garbage is cared for, the less poisoning is necessary. If rats and flies have no plice td breed and no food to eat, we will have no pests. Through the continued co operation of all the citizens, the Chamber of Commerce, the city officials, the health department and the State Boar J of Health, we can have a city free from these pests and a more desirable and healthy place to live. Police Chief Gives Parking Warnings Police Chief G. D. Richardson calls attention to the fact that the parking spaces in town have been re-marked, and asks motor ists to cooperate by parking their vehicles within these lines, and to avoiding double parking. Chief Richardson also asks that coin* be placed in the met ers. and states that more strict enforcement of the parking laws may be expected. He would ap preciate the cooperation of the public in these matters. Bake Sale Saturday from 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. in. the Fldelis Sunday School class of the Baptist church will hold a bake sale at Edmisten's Furniture Store, West Main St. and at Joine's Furni ture Store on Main St. Delicious home made cakes, pies and candy will be offered. Get your Mother's Day cake from us. Legion Meeting There will be an important meeting of Watauga Post Amer ican Legion af the Legion hut in Boone Friday May llth at 7:30. Officers will be elected and oth er important business transacted. Cemetery Working Those who have relatives buried at the Gragg cemetery near the W. W. Gragg home place on Route 2, are asked to gather there on Saturday May 19, to clean-off the cemetery and beautify the premise*. At Scout Meeting Dr. Lec Reynold*, It. Grady farthing, Stanley Harris and Craytc Teague attended the WUke* - Watauga Boy Scout training couric held at Oxford Lak^in Wilkes county Sunday. More than 10 million pound* of organic fungicides were uaed In the United Statu* in I MO. Recreational Program For City Seems Assured "CRAIG'S WIFE" WILL BE STAGED The senior play, "Craig's Wife," is to be presented in the college auditorium on Wednes day and Thursday evenings, May 9 and 10, at eight o'clock. An admission price of fifty cents for adults, and twenty-five cents for students will be charged. Nina Annas and Carl Clarke will play the leads, as Mrs. Craig and Walter Craig, respec tively. Other members of the cast are Jackie Craven, Miss Austen; Joan Wheeling, Ethel Lambreth; Eugene Nelson, Billy Birkmire; Sue McGrady, Maizie; Bobbie Joynes, Mrs. Harold; Be.ty Prestwood, Mrs. Frazier; Jack Idol, Joseph C a t e 1 1 e; Claude Holcombe, Hairy; and Clayton Swicegood, Eugene Fredricks. The play is being produced un der the direction of Mr. Cratis Williams. Local Lads At Shearing Feie Boys from Watauga county made a grand showing in the State 4-H sheep shearing contest held at Laurel Springs on May 2. Watauga county was well re presented at the contest with around 28 youthi and adults at tending and five Watauga county 4-H club boys entering the con test. In the finyl placing Vance Vines, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Vines of Sugar Grove, won first place, Glenn Reese, son of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Reese, won third place, and Bobby Gene Norris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Nor ris, won fourth place. Joe C. Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Robinson and Larry Sher wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sherwood, participated in the preliminaries. The event at Laurel Springs was an all -day affair with a sheep shearing school held in the morning under the supervision of Mr. Ed Warner, representative from the Sunbeam Corporation. The 4-H contest began at 2:00 in the afternoon. Vance Vines, along with Wal ter Jones of Alleghany county, will represent North Carolina in the national 4-H sheep shearing contest held at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago in November of this year. The 4-H sheep shearing pro gram has meant much to the farmers of Watauga county in getting their sheep sheared and has meant much to the 4-H boys through experience. PTA Meeting A PTA meeting will be held at the Green Valley School Thursday night May 10 at 8 o'clock. All interested persons arc asked to attend. THE BIG 9Wc--Bon Roaonbolm. Jt- 12 y?an dd. U shown hold inn the mammoth brown trout bo caught from tho w atari of Now RW#r laat wook. tha big tUh waa 24 'i lachoa in longth and woighod fira and throo quartan pounds. to Mi ?ooMtblnf of a racord in local troA-fiahiag cir claa. ? (Photo Palaaar's Photo *pnto.) Duke Professor To Address Grads Dr. Malcolm McDarmott. protes tor of law at Duka Untoaraliy. Durham, who will dalivar tha addrasa to tha graduating clanat at Appalachian Stala Taachan collaga Friday morning. May 11, at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. McDarmotl. formar Daan oi tha Collaga of Law at tha Unlvaraity of Tannai ?aa, wai visiting lacturar at tha Univaraiiiat of Krakow and War law. Poland, in racant yaars. County Singing Plans Are Made The county singing convention will be held at the Gospel Tabernacle in Boone on June 3, starting at 11 a. m., according to an announcement by S. C. Eg rets, chairman. All choirs, quar tets and ?oioi*ta m?*he iim are invited to participate. Negro Severely Cut In Encounter Here Albert Anderson. Boone negro, received severe cuts -bout the body and face, in an affray in which he and Ronda Horton of Vilas, took part, according to Policc Chief Richardson. Anderson war taken to the hospital where a number of stitches were required to close the gashes. Horton is under bond for appearance at Superior Court on a charge of alsault with deadly weapon. Hospital Open House Event Is Scheduled Sunday, May 13,' from 2 p. m. until 4, will be observed at open house at Watauga Hospital. This event is in observance of Na tional Hospital Day on May 12. This community will remem ber the very fine reception giv en last year and it is felt that a better one will be had this year. Many improvements have been made which should prove of interest to everyone. The Hos pital Auxiliary will conduct groups to each and every depart ment of the hospital explaining the function of each one. This year marks the 31st con secutive year that the birthday of Florence Nightingale has been commemorated by the nation's hospital*. The trustees of Watauga Hos pital cordially invite everyone to make a tour of their community hospital. Refreshments will be served. Johnson Co. Papers Have Been Merged Mountain City, Tenn., May 3 ? The two newspapers published in Johnson County have been combined and today is the first issue of the combined new paper, the Johnson County Ncws-Bu) le iin. The combination came about through the purchase of the Johnson County News by Mac Wright from D. M. Surgeon, who has published the News for the last nine years. Wright is the publisher of the Johnson County Bulletin, which he founded two and a half years ago, and which is being combin ed with tne Now*. Wright will be editor and publisher of ths new newspaper. i Plant Announced By Chamber Commerce Committee. Boone is soon to have a well rounded recreational program if plans announced by the Chamber of Commerce this week are car ried out. Joe Shaekford, chair man of the Chamber's Recreation committee, reported that efforts are being made to achieve a pro gram including all age groups and all the natural recreational interests of this mountain resort area. The program is to get un derway immediately. The program, to be successful, will require the co-operation of a number of persons who will be responsible for oversight of spe cific interests. Mr. Shaekford made an urgent appeal that any one in Boone who will partici pate us an cverseer of a specific phase of the program, to contact him immediately or communicate with the Watauga Democrat or radio station WATA. The several phases of the pro gram for which Mr. Shaekford states limited supervision will be needed are: Softball, horseshoes, ping-pong and other indoor games, swimming, hiking, photo graphy, fishing, scenic tours, cro quet. children's playground, and others as they develop. Mr. Shaekford pointed out that there are no funds available for carrying out this program, and that business establishments and individuals will be solicited for the funds necessary to acquire essential equipment. Softball leagues urc in process of formation. It 1* hoped that leagues can be organized for ages 6-8, 8-11, 12-14, and 15 and up for men, and possibly 10-15 and 15 and up for girls. Churches, civic clubs, and other groups desiring t(J enter teams are asked by Mr. Shackford to notify him this week or at the earliest possible time. The Young Adult Class of the Methodist Church is the first to enlist a team in the adult league. Mr. Shackford also stated that permission has been granted by the Dougherty family to use the lot between the Methodist and Baptist churches as a playground for prc-school children. As funds are made available, sand-boxes, and light playground equipment will be placed in the area en closed by a sccure fence able to contain the children. The Air Patrol of the Boy Scouts under Mr. Crayte Teague has chosen the cleaning up of this area as their clean-up project which they expect to begin this week. LARRY KERLEY Kerley Voted Student Prexy Larry Kerley was ctoctcd last week to serve as president of the student body at Appalachian High School for the year 1951 52. A member of the rising senior class, L.irry has been active in student council work and in oth er school activities during the past few years. He had been elected by the council to serve as a continuing member for the coming year. He had been elect ed by the faculty to member* ship in the National Honor Soci ety. He is a son of Mis. Bina K. Kerley, Route I, Blowing Rock. The opposing candidate in the race for the presidency wu? Jerry Troutman, also a rising Senior, a Student Council mem ber, and a member of the Nation al Honor Society. ??? ..Jk i