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VOL. LXin? NO. St. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1M1. nVE CENTS PER COPY
KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
THOSE WHO LIKE to keep
up with the special observances
of the different days and weeks
in the year may be interested to
know that the current week is
flag week, national bow tie
week, father and son week, lug
gage and leather goods week, 4-H
Club camp week, and that next
Saturday is a new one to us ?
expectant Father's day, Sunday
being observed as father's day,
expectant or not, pop's day just
barely getting out of the way
of Swim for Health Week, and
in time for the Droper observance
of the final two weeks of rag
weed control month, which
could conceivably be of para
mount importance to the mil
lions of allergic papas in the
land ... At arty rite next Sun
day the folks will take note of
the old man and we are interest
ed in the suggestion of some or
ganization that the -dandelion
should be used as the offical
father's day flower, 'cause it con
tinues to grow, come, what may,
and has the "staying" power of
the normal sort of dad, its color
suggesting the gold he craves for
the family, and the quantity of
the pestiferous plants measuring
the abundance of most dads' af
fection for the members of their
households . . . The Masonic
"Trestle Board," incidentally,
publishes a gem in the form of
the definition of a happy man,
which might , be apropos of the
occasion:
"THE HAPPIEST MAN in
the world is the common,
everyday guy who makes his
own living, pays his bills, has
a little monay as he goaa along,
but doesn't strive to get a cor
ner on the local output, and is
a slave neither to ambition nor
society. He loves his God and
his fellow man. never has to sit
up nights to poultice his consci
ence. believes in the doctrine
of live and let live. and. when
he encounters one of the needy,
he doesn't stutter with his
pocketbook. His kind of chap
is happy to be satisfied, and
does not spend the best years
of his life yearning for things
about four sixes too large for
him."
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STARS AND BARS of the
Confederacy flutter from both
ends of car parked on the street,
as a final reminder that the last
reunion of the men who followed
Lee has passed, and that no
Civil War soldier of the South
now resides in North Carolina
. . . Passerby queries us: "Got a
watch on ye?" ... We did and
dispensed a reasonably accurate
estimate of the time of day . . .
Lady waiting for service in
Boone store, flips "loafer" to
floor, stretches forth shapely bare
leg, wiggles toes and cools tired
ioot . . . Leaves of apple
trees dying in some sections . . .
Rumor has it that an insect of
some sort has laid hold of the
clusters of leaves about the
young apples . . . William A.
Cessna, from the editorial de
partment of the Chicago Tribune,
pays the Democrat a visit . . .
Mr. Cessna has bought an inn at
Blowing Rock, and commutes
from the windy city, folding
down his desk at the Trib and
looking out after his interests at
the Rock all at the same time
. . . Fellow standing on the cor
ner greets us, and gives us a fish
hook, the sort upon which a red
worm is impaled and sept diving
for suckers . . . The man per
haps thought that a session on a
creek bank would help us a bit,
and of course it would . . . Mack
Luttrell, Boone's last active rail
road man, still working for the
East Tenncsjpc Railway, whose
lines now reach only to Eliza
bcthton, and which is a stand
ard guage set up. gives us the
news of the former narrow guage
road . . . Mack says engine 9,
which hauled the trains into
Boone mo*t of the time for
twenty years, was "cut up" last
week and hauled away to the
scrap dealers.
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'AND WE SHARED MACK'S
SADNESS in lb* knowledge
that the faithful Uttto locomo
tive, which provided our only
dependable transportation fat
so lone, was on the way back
to the fiery crucibles of the
foundry to be reborn into a
gun. a tank, a printing press, a
flying machine, or something
. . . Engine nine labored man
fully in hauling the bricks and
the stool and the cement which
(Continued onp* three)
I
140 Spanish War Vets, Wives
At State Encampment Here
HOPEWELL METHODIST CHURCH
Four Churches Being
Dedicated Same Day|
WINNER? Mi.i Patsy Ann Dow
ling .the winner of the Boon*
Lion's Club Qumu contest, held
in connection with the organiza
tion's annual talent show. Sha
is a daughter o i Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Dowling of Boon*,
and was winner over contestants 1
from all the elementary and high 1
schools in the county. (Photo by 1
Palmer's Photo Serrice.)
Greer To Speak
Ai Noted Singing
Dr. I. G. Greer will be the
principal speaker at the twenty
seventh annual singing on :
Grandfather Mountain June 24.
The singing, which draws great
crowds every year, takes place
on the Yonahlossee Road, High
way 221, at the foot of the
Grandfather Mountain. ?
All singing classes in western
North Carolina, Virginia, Ten
nessee, and South Carolina arc
invited to participate.
Mr. J. L. Hartley is chairman '
of the program and Mr. Jack
Cook is secretary.
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Meat Camp Cemetery |
There will be a gathering to
clean off the cemetery at Meat
Camp Church next Friday morn
ing beginning at 8:00. All who
are interested in helping will be j
welcome. The cemetery will be | i
decorated next Sunday, June 16, ,
at two o'clock.
Band Courses
All persons interested in tak
ing beginner'* band, high school
band, or concert band work this
summer, please import to the
bandroom at the Boone Metho
| dist Church on Thursday morn
ing, June 14th, at ten o'clock a.
m.
Defense mqbilizer is doubtful
of an all-out war.
Bishop Harrell Will !
Be Present Sunday
On Todd' Charge
Dedication services will be
held for (our Methodist churchcs,
Hopewell, Blackburn's Chapel,
Stephens Memorial, and Calvary,
on June 17 with Bishop Costen
J. Harrell officiating. Reverend
Ernest Stephens is the pastor of
these churches.
The schedule of services is as
Follows: Hopewell, 9:45, sermon
by Reverend Cecil W. Robbins;
Blackburn's Chapel, 11:00, ser
mon by Bishop Costen J. Har
rell and a picnic dinner on the
{round; Stephens Memorial, 3:00,
sermon by Reverend Joseph S.
Hiatt; and Calvary, picnic rup
pCT at 7:00 and sermon by Rev
erend John Hoyle, Jr. at 8:00.
These four churches are mem
bers of the Todd ( Charge which,
in 1944 had eight churches. The
pastor's salary was $900. &>n-e
of the buildings were fifty years
old or more: all were one room
frame buildings in neel of re
pair. The estimated value of all
the buildings including the par
sonage was $8,800.
At the annual conference in
1944 Reverend Ernest Stephens
was appointed Supply Pastor.
Deciding that pot much progress
could be expected with just one
service a month at each of ,the
churches, he began to preach
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City Recreational
Program In Stride
With the opening of the pre- ]
school playground and the begin
ning of the ten -team adult soft
ball league, the Boone Recreation
program entered the second week.
Equipment for the' play ground ar
rived and has been installed.
Summer School and other sum
mer visitors who may not have
read earlier information arq re
minded that they may participate
in the Softball games by appear
ing at the fields back of the high
school or in front of the high
school at 6:15 p. m. each day
Monday through Friday, and in
Forming the manager of one of
the two teams of his availability
for play. The playground is open
to all pre-school children of
Boone and Watauga county.
The great lack, according to
Joe Shackford. chairman of the ,
Recrcatlon Committee of tlje
Chamber of Commerce, which is
sponsoring the program, is regis- '
(ration of the school age Softball ,
teams. Mrs. Charle;. Wilfong is
in charge of the girls' teams, ages
3-12, 13-18, but so far only one
or two teams have been enrolled.
All teams must have adult sup- ,i
ervision in order to qualify in i
the program. ,
Mr. Shackford announced that ]
Horace Felton, Appalachian State ,
Teachers College student enroll
ed in Summer School, has volun- j
leered for supervision of the
school age bays league. Teams,
however, for these leagues are to
be enrolled with Mr. Shackford
by phoning 22. Teams afc sought |
for the boys, agea 6-8, 9-11, 12-14. |
So far Only teams enrolled for <
these group* are ages 8-11, Meth
odists. Bob Agle, sponsor; 11-14, i
Methodists, Jack Melton, spon
sor.
In the playground area, Mrs. i
James ^ylor, supervisor, an
( Continued on pag? three)
Dfficers Are Elected
As Veterans Hold
Final Session.
Approximately 140 veterans of
the Spanish-American War and
their wives met here for the 28th
innual encampment of the Unit
ed Spanish War Veterans on
June 11 and 12.
Delegates from both veterans
and auxiliary o^anizations
throughout the state made the
Daniel Boone Hotel their en
:amp*ment headquarters for the
two day convention. Also re
presented were Spanish-Ameri
:an War Veterans organizations
From Virginia, Georgia, South
Carolina, and Tennessee.
The chief business of the en
campment was the election of
new officers. This waj done
ruesday morning aftcf nomina
tions were made at a meeting on
Monday. The new officers of the
Department of North Carolina
ire: State Commander, C. J.
Satterwhite, Granite Falls; Sen
ior Vice Commander, J. V. Gris
ivold. Charlotte; Jur.ior Vice
President, L. C. Sevier, Ashe
ville; Chief of Staff, Thomas A.
Price, Charlotte; Adjutant and
Quartermaster, J. R. Stradley,
\sheville: Chaplain, S. E. Roch
elle, Durham; Historian, J. D.
Wagoner, Asheville; Inspector,
Julius Rudolph, Wilmington;
Judge Advocate, J. Sprunt Hill,
Durham; Patriotic Instructor, M.
2. McLaurin, Asheville; and
Marshal, D. S. Sykes, Charlotte.
These new officers were in
stalled immediately by L. L.
Merchant, the former depart
nent commander.
New officers elected by the
auxiliary were Mrs. Mary Elium,
President, and Mrs. Georgia Nes
jitt, Senior Vice President.
The only Spanish-American
War nurse In North Carolina,
Mrs. Alice Perry, who meets
with the veterans and has the
same status as one of them, at
tended the encampment
Sunday night a memorial ser
vice fpr veterans who died dur
ing the year was held in the
Boone Methodist Church. A
sanquet and dance Monday
light followed the meetings of
the day. After the installation
)t officers on Tuesday the en
campment came to a close.
The delegates expressed their
thanks to the people of Boone
tor their friendly reception. One
of the group remarked, "I've met
some of the finest people here
in Boone that I have met any
where, and this is the best re
ception we've ever had for a
convention."
Funeral For Roby
Biggs Held on Third
Funeral services for Roby W.
Biggs were conducted Sunday
June 3rd at the home church,
Miller's Gap in Avery county.
He was 62 years old and was a
World War I veteran. He died
in an Ashcville hospital Friday
Following a short illness.
He was the son of the late Mr.
ind Mrs. James B. Biggs of
Avery county.
Surviving are three brothers
ind five sisters: Mrs. John Ald
ridgc, Boone; Mrs. Bill Fisher,
Toledo, Ohio; Albert Biggs Bart
ley, W. Va.; Will Biggs. Nora.
Va.; Ambrous Biggs, Newland;
Mrs. Ettle Johnson, Newland;
Mrs. Henry Ra*h. Newland and
Mrs. Emmet Tester, Newland.
Rev. Millard Lambert, Rev.
lames Cornett and Rev. Pugh
were in charge of rites. Burial
was in the home cemetcry.
Memorial Service
Annual memorial services are
to be held at Meat Camp Baptist
Church next Sunday at 11
o'clock. The pastor. Rev. R. C.
Egg cii will be assisted by Rev.
A. E. Moretz.
Kindergarten Classes
To Be Conducted
Kindergarten classes will be
field for nine weeks this summer
Front June 26 to August 29 in
connection with the summer
term at the Demonstration Ele
mentary School. Mrs. Elizabeth
Austell will conduct the classes.
(Parents of p re-school age chil
dren who are interested may con
tact Mrs. Austell by phoning
288- J.
City Election To
Be Held Tuesday;
Qne Slate In Field
Local Republican!. Thug Far
Have Failed to Nominate
Municipal Ticket.
The biennial election of muni
cipal officials of the town of
Boone will be held next Tuesday,
June 19.
Thus far orfly the Democrats
have placed a ticket in the field.
At press time no announcement
had been made concerning Re
publican nominees or a possible
date for a Republican conven
tion.
At the Democratic convention
held June 4 Gordon H. Winkler,
four times mayor of Boone, was
renominated. Guy Hunt and
Grady Moretz, both incumbents,
and Grady Tugman were nomi
nated for aldermen.
Twin City Man In
Jail Dope Charge
Clarence Tickle, 129 N. Spruce
Street, Winston-Salem, was
brought to Boone Saturday to
face State narcotics law viola
tion charges.
Police Chief Richardson, and
Watauga Sheriff A. J. Edmistcn
went to Winston-Salem for
Tickle, who was arrested at his
home late Friday night. The
warrant charged that Tickle, al
legedly a deliveryman for
Waughtown Drug Store, deliver
ed a quantity of paregoric to Lee
Teague, of Boone, on about May
24, his arrest having followed in
vestigations by local officers.
Tickle is being held in the Wa
tauga jail in default of a $2,000
bond. Information from Winston
Salem is that Tickle has served
two terms in Federal prisons for
narcotic violations.
The owners and phramacist of
the drugstore in Winston-Salem,
for which Tickle allegedly work
ed, have already been bound ov
er to federal court on narcotics
charges.
Tri-Couniy Lamb
Show Held Friday
The Tri-County fat lamb siiow
was held Friday, June 8th, at
the Livestock Market. Although
the weather was bad, a good
number of interested persons
turned out to see the 4-H boys
and girls from Ashe, Alleghany
and Watauga counties show
their fat lambs.
Watauga county 4-H boys and
girls entered 16 lambs in the
show and made a good account
of themselves taking the entire
class of registered ram lambs
and coming out in second place
in the county group of five and
the pen of three lambs.
An auction sale was held after
the show in which many of the
fat lambs were sold. Harry M.
Hamilton, Jr. was the auction
eer.
The Tri-County show will
be held next year at Sparta in
Alleghany county.
This county's part of the show
was sponsored jointly by the
Boone Chamber of Commerce
and the N. C. Extension Service
with the American Hampshire
Sheep Association contributing
120.00 for registered ewe lambs.
Boone Club Wins State
"Model Mile" Award
NEW YORK ? Pictured above is put of the cargo of American lux
ury merchandise Included in the baggage of Alexander Panyushkin.
Soviet ambassador to the U. 8.. which he took with him (June >)
when he sailed for home. The New York "mice war" was respon
sible for many of Penyushkin's purchases. One can only speculate
as to the effect of these capitalistic luxuries on the victims of Mos
cow's enforced poverty.
Judge Susie Sharp Is
Holding Court In City
Former Scout Leader
Given Bronze Star
JOSEPH D. EDWARDS
Mr. Joseph D. Edwards, Senior
Field Executive of the Old Hic
kory Council, Boy Scouts of
America, has been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for meri
torious achievement in Ground
Operation against the enemy in
the European Theatre of Opera
tion.
Mr. Edwards, then Lt. Edwards
of the Parachute Infantry, re
ceived the Citation and Medal
this past week at his home in
North Wilkesboro. He is widely
known throughout the Council
area, having served as Field Ex
ecutive in this area for some two
and one- falf years. Scouts and
leaders have enjoyed the camp
ing sessions at Camp Lasater
where he has been camp director
for the past two years and where
he will sorvp again this summer.
Mr. Edwards gives direct field
service to Ashe, Alleghany, Wa
tauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and part
of Surry counties.
United States surplus falls be
low $3,000,000,000 level
Watauga Conservation Efforts Being
Mobilized in Interest of Defense Plan
Through rcccnt consolidation
of the U. S. Department of Agri
culture's soil and water conser
vation programs * in Watauga
bounty, conservation efforts arc
being mobilized to meet the de
fense needs of the country, says
Dwight Cable, chairman of the
county PMA committee.
According to the chairman,'
services of the Soil Conservation
^Service and the Production and
Marketing Administration having
to do with soil and water conser
vation are now being concentrat
ed on meeting current defense
needs and at the same time
maintaining farm p r o*d u c t i o'n
plants in good condition for
continued high level production
in the future.
Under PMA's Agricultural
Conservation program assistance
is provided in the form o<
materials,, and financial aid fa
help farmers carry out approved
conservation practices.
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The Soil Conservation Service
aids with technical assistance in
developing and preparing speci
fications for locally adapted
practices to encourage the most
efficient use of each acre of land.
The county agent and the coun
ty representative of the Farmers'
Home Administration are also a
part of this conservation and de
fense production team.
In the chairman's words: "This
consolidation has served to for
malize 'o working relationship
that has been developing through
the years. It has strengthened
this relationship and made it
possible to more directly apply
available services to the needs
of the county, state and nation."
Agricultural exports account
ed for 13 per cant of the total
cash farm Income of the United
States in 1M*.
Less than half the farms in the
United States have telephones
First Week Of June
Court Being Held
By Woman Jurist
Judge Susie Sharp, the first
a>d only woman judge in North
Carolina is presiding over the
first week of the June C(vil Term
of the Watauga Superior Court
which began Monday.
Judge Harold G. Goodwin will
preside the second week begin
ning June 18.
There are 37 eases on the
docket for the first week. The
calendar for the second week
will be published at the end of
this time.
Of the 37 cases only one is a
divorce case.
The jury list for the first week
follows:
Bald Mountain: James Castle
Beavef Dam: Will D. Harmon,
Willard Dishman
Blue Ridge: Frank Fork
Blowing Rock: Randall Foster,
W. W. Austin
Boone: J. Allen Gragg, Fred
Hayes"
Brushy Fork: Spencer Miller,
Jack Hicks
Cove Creek: Tom J. Banner,
Dawson Fletcher
Laurel Creek: Dave P. Mast,
Talmadge Watson
Meat Camp: Lloyd Winebar
ger. Grady Beach
New River: William P. Norris,
JV. C. Downs . ?
North Fork:' Dave Main
Shawneehaw: Lester Byrd
Stony Fork: Hayes Wellborn,
Arthur G. Moretz
Watauga: J. X. Maltba. Julius
Yates
S*cood W?*k
Bald Mountain: James J. Mil
ler
Beaver Dam: Spcncer Warren,
George Roark
Blue Ridge: Marion Ford,
Arkie Hampton
Blowing Rock: Eugene Lentz,
Ben H. Moody
Bponc: John Farthing, T. Milt
Greer
Brushy Fork: H. F. Dotson
Cove Creek: Raymond Isaacs.
, Lawton Grogan
Elk: Charlie Simmons
Laurel Creek Grady Johnson
Meat Camp: J. Frank Proffitt,
Clarence Miller
New River: Burl Hartley, Mal
com McGhce
North Fork: Archie Wilson
Shawneehaw: Spencer Watson
Stony Fork: Clyde Moretz, Joe
L. Coffey
Watauga: L. R. Earp, Linville
Aldridgc
VET TRAINING
DEADUNE SET
July 23 B the deadline for any
veteran wishing to enroll in a
training or education course un
der the O. I. Bill. Veterans who
have not had C. I. training or
who have discontinued a course
(or any reason cannot get the
benefits of the Bill after this date.
Veterans wishing to enter train
ing should see Lionel Ward,
Veterans Service Officer, al
one*
Garden Club Takes
Top Honors For
Work on 421
First prize in the Model
Mile Contest sponsored by the
State Garden Clubs of North
Carolina was awarded to the
local Blue Ridge Garden Club
at the state convention in
Wilmington last week.
Boone's Model Mile is five
miles of mountain beauty be
tween the Blue Ridge Park
way junction and the old
West Jefferson Road on High
way 421.
The prize Was awarded on the
basis of points, those especially
commended being the neatness of
the (arms and the painted houses
combined with the natural ef
fect of the shrubbery along the
roadside and the absence of any
woodpiles or farm tools in sight.
The Model Mile also has grassy
banks at the sides and no large
billboards.
Although it received first prize,
' there is need for further improve
ments such as uniform painted
mailbox stands, neater fences
and posts, and an evergreen
screen for the car graveyard just
outside the limits of the Model
Mile.
The prize money will be used
to make the Model Mile even
more beautiful, and continuing
the program, the local club will
again offer a ten dollar prize to
the family making the most im
provement this summer. Visits to
families will be made throughout
the summer months, the awards
being presented in October.
Plans are being formulated for
two wayiide parks as well as
more shrubbery and plants by the
roadside.
Residents along the road are
to be commended for the im
provement of their property, for
they are responsible for making
the most-traveled road into Boone
more attractive. If the program
could be enlarged to include ev
ery highway in the county, Wa
taugan* would benefit both ma
terially and in the pleasure of
having a more beautiful county.
HEALTH COUNCIL
HOLDS MEETING
The executive committee of
the Watauga County Health
Council met at the Skyline Res
taurant at noon, June 11, (or
completing plans (or the June
28 meeting. The meeting will
(eature the (ifm "The Tar Heel
Family" that has been produced
by the service agcncies o( North
Carolina.
Nominations will be made at
this meeting (or o((icers (or the
coming two years. A report (rom
the State Rural Health Confer
ence in Raleigh will be given.
All citizens arc invited to attend
this meeting that will be held in
the Vallc Crucis Mission School.
Attending the meeting June 11
were: Mr. Clyde Greene, presi
dent; Dr. H. B. Perry, Jr., Dr.
Jack Martin, Mrs. Mont Glovier,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edwards, and
Miss Madeleine McCain.
Rite* For Dr. Jurney .
Held On Thursday
Dr. P. C. Jurncy, 76, Iredell
county physician, businessman
and farmer, died Wednesday at
the home, following a heart at
tack. A brother of the late Mrs.
R. C. Rivers, Sr., of this city. Dr.
Jurncy was known by many
Watauga people.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at the late residence
in Turnersburg, and burial was
in Oakwood cemetery, Stateu
villc. A nephew. Rob River*, and
Mrs. Rivers of Boone, attended
, the obsequies.
A native of Olin, Dr. Jurncy
had practiced medicine for near
ly 50 years. He was a member of
.(he Methodist church, a Mason,
a Shriner, a member of the Red
1 Fez Club, and had been active ip
public affairs.
Survivors include the widow,
i the formbr Miss Uraeu Steele;
two daughters. Mis* Helen Jurtn
ey of the home, Mrs. Frank J.
, Brown of Fall* Church, Va.; two
: brothers, Sam R. Jurney of Olin
and WiUian R. Jurney of Elkjp.