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VOL. LXIV ? NO. X I BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOETH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY IS, INI. I ? 1 WATAUGA DEM An Independent Week*/ Newspaper ? Established in the Year KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS ' CARL TEACUE has returned to hit first love with the town of Boone's Sanitary department, after a few months absence, dur ing which time he worked with the State Highway Department . . . Carl worked for the city for 22 years before casting his eyes toward fields which looked greener, but says he's glad to be back with the city, where he labored for so long . . . Carl has ? toiled diligently in making the town cleaner, has hauled gar ' bage, shoveled snow, cleared away the refuse left by cloud bursts, swept the streets, cared for the fire department equip ment, done odd jobs for the peo ple of the community in off hours, and his contribution to the welfare of the town has been substantial . . . We are glad for him to be back on his* old job. A NEW STOP LIGHT has been erected at the King and College Straat cornar. whara iha traffic it almost hopelessly marled on Sundays . . . Tha traffic signal will doubtlass prevent many accidants. and serve to failitata tha move mant of traffic as wall . . . Maantima other traffic lights ara getting a new coat of alu minum paint, which makas them mora noticeable, and adds to tha appearance of tha street . . . Neighbor W. B. York, honor student at tha Univer sity of North Carolina, and member of tha Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, re turns from summer cruise in Car rib* an waters. ? ? * E. C. COKER, down from Blowing Rock the other day, says he's been spending summers on the mountain top for forty years and never has he seen the weather so warm in this area . . . Mrs. Naomi Tugman of Meat Camp township calls at the Democrat office on her 81st birthday . . . Has taken the coun ty paper continuously for 46 years . . . Says she subscribed just as soon as mail service al lowed her to get mail from Boone within a, reasonable length of time . . . Standing out in the middle of King trying to find an opening in line of traffic .. . . Salvation army vehicle, not too much impressed with speed, stops, and waves us on across the avenue . . . Stranger and lady "feeding" parking meter . . . Man looks up and down and ( says: "Have a growing suspicion that these things are not being used." . - . Look up Northwestern Bank number in telephone book, place call, and get a wrong party . . . Wind up to yell at operator, and discover that we have given the number of the bank at Blowing Rock J . . Doubtless others arc inconveni enced by the two towns 'being in the same book, in both Boone and Blowing Rock . . . They should be separated for the good of the service . . . Red rooster running like mad up the center of the street, without even be ing pursued . . . Mrs. Wilma Conderman hands us this defini tion of a small town, which she clipped from a Miami newspap er: "A community where every body knows whose check is good and whose husband isn't." ? ? ? PROSPERITY NOTE: Neat ly-dressed colored woman pasa m up itrn! by the bank corner, fumbling with puraa . . . Loud clink a* a coupla of coins hit the sidewalk . . . Two business men. almost in one voice re mind her she's losing her money, but she kept going . . . "Makes no difference." she lays, with a glance over her shoulder, "they're Just pen nies!" ? ? ? WARREN SALMONS, who left Boone back in 1918. renews his acquaintance with some of his schoolmates in this vicinity . . A resident of Memphis, Warren hasn't been here since he lived on the site of the present Rivers home with a brother. Dr. E. Glenn Salmons ... We enjoyed his visit and the backward look ?crosu the years . . . Mr. Salmon* is the last survivor of the family of Mr. J. frank Salmons, who lived in the Virgil neighborhood, and we recall the slender graying gentleman, and the gold-beaded I cane he carried on I lis trips to 4l Boone ... As a barefoot lad, we \ vowed we'd never give up Ull ,1 we secured for our own a walk X-RAY SURVEY PERSONNEL ? The personnel of lh? X-ray survey pictured above In front of tha moblla unit on Main Straat in Boon* ara. toft to rijht: Mrs. Elisabeth Lam. Clark for the moving units; Miu Madeleine McCain, health educator for this d strict: Mrs. Alfred Chiswell. chief technician; Mrs. R. O. Hodges Jr.. member of the Business and Professional Women's Club which is ? sponsor of the survey; Mr. Tony Hinnant. operator at Deep Cap; Miss Iris Turlington; Mr. Malcolm Lam; and Mr. William Greene, technicians. The survey continues through August ( Photo Palmer's Photo Service. Boone's Official Census 2,973; Watauga Population Is 18,341 Corn, Hay First in 1951 Farm Crops In Watauga Farm Census Gives Data On Crops In This County. Corn and hay will be the most important harvested crops in Watauga -County in- 1951, accord ing to the preliminary 1951 coun ty farm census. The census which is compiled by the North Caro lina Federal-State Crop Report ing Service each year comes from information contributed by the farmers cf the county themselves in cooperation with their Farm Census Supervisors and Town ship Listers. The preliminary census for this year shows that there are 157,808 acres of farm land in Watauga County, while the num ber of acres of harvested crop land comes .to 23,009, or IS per cent of the farm land. Idle crop land accounts for 8,127 acres, and plowable pas ture land takes up an addition al 53,307 acres. Wooded and all other land, which has increased by five per cent in the last year amounts to 73,365 acres. Compared to the 1950 survey there is a decrease of three per cent in idle cropland, a two per cent decrease in plowable pas ture land, and no change in culti vated land. Meat Camp leads the county in the acreage of corn grown with 633 acres out of a county total of 4.849. Corn averages to gether with the 10,830 acres of hay cut in the county comprises 68 per cent of the total cultivat ed land, making these two the leading crops. Tobaoco takes up 759 acres tor its cultivation, which is just a little less than three times the acreage which is given to wheat grown for grain, the total being 254. Oats grown for grain far out strips wheat with 1,623 acres be ing used for its cultivation. (Continued on page two) Hereford Sale Dates Are Given ? The date for the 1951 Watauga purebred Hereford Breeders sale has been set for Friday, October 28. at Boone. Purebred Hereford cattle breeder* in adjoining North Carolina counties are in vited to nominate cattlc for thi.* sale with the Watauga breeders. All nominations from both coun ty and out of county breeders should be in by August 1st so that a selection committee can inspect the cattle nominated early in August Please send your nominations to the County Agent, Boone, jiut as early as yxm can. Farthing Named To Stale Body The appointment of H. Grady Farthing of Boone to the newly created State stream sanitation committee was announced by Governor Scott on July 11. Mr. Farthing, a former State senator, is a realtor and farmer as well as a former employee -of the Department of Conservation and Development as a district game supervisor. The committee includes five members from the present State stream sanitation and conserva tion committee which was creat ed by the 1945 Legislature. These are: Mayor Scott B. Berkeley of Goldsboro; R^p. J. Vivian Whit field of Burgaw, sponsor of the 19S1 stream sanitation bill; Mrs. G. W. Cover of Andrews; W. P. Saunders of Bobbins; and Carroll Rogers of.Tryon. The act passed by the 1951 General Astern bly required that all members appointed by the Governor to the initial board be from the membership of the pre sent sanitation and conservation committee with the exception of one member who must be ex perienced with wildlife activi ties. Mr. Farthing who will repre sent wildlife in the state is this sixth member. This committee was crcated under the new law within the State Board of Hea|th. It has the chief engineer of the State Board of Health and the chief engineer of the water resources and engineering division of the Department of Conservation and Development as ex-office mem bers. The new body is empowered to curb stream pollution in the state; the Legislature defined the rules and power under which it would operate. The sanitation issue was one of the major items before the 1951 legislature. The 1947 und 1949 Legislatures beat down at tempts to invoke a stream sani tation law. Tar He* I industry endorsed the sanitation bill as finally adopted by the 1951 General A? i scmbly. New Teacher The County Board of Educa tion has approved Mr. Buford Dixou as teacher and athlctk coach for Bethel High School (or the 1011-52 school term. The Board also accepted the resigna tion of Mr. W. Paul Bingjuun, teacher at Appalachian nigh School. 1 i Cortitnpe production from Mcxcian yams declared a sue Census Bureau Gives Out First Set Of Official Figures. The official population of Boone is 2,973, according to an official report of the Bureau of the Census, made public Mon day. Boone's unofficial census had been placed at 2,864, follow ing the enumeration last year. Boone's growth from a popula tion of 1784 in 1940, placed it in the highest bracket in the State in percentage of growth. Only Albcrmarle chalked up a greater growth in the ninth congression al district Watauga county's population was officially set at 18,342, a slight gain over the 18,114 of 1940. Blowing Rock's current popu lation is 661. Charlotte Still Leads Charlotte remains the biggest town in the State with a popula tion of 134,042; Winston-Salem has 87,811, while Greensboro takes third place with a count of 74,389. Populations of other major North Carolina cities were: Asheville, 53,000; Durham, 71,311; Raleigh, 65,679; Wilmington, 45, 043. and High Point, 39,973. Forsyth County stayed the third largest in North Carolina. Mecklenburg, with 197,052, and Guilford with 191,057, were the only counties with larger popu lations. Other northwest Carolina counties, with their official popu lations, are as follows; Alleghany 8,155, Ashe 21,878, Avery 13,352, Wilkes 45,243. Other towns in this area and their population figures; Banner Elk 462, Jefferson 359, North Wilkesboro 4,379, Sparta 820, Taylorsville 1,310, Todd 89, Wil kesboro 1,370, Yadkinville 820 and West Jefferson 871. Mrs. Hodges, Cook At Crafts Meeting Mrs. C. G. Hodges and Mm. Daniel Cook of Boone were chosen t* demonstrate tied fringe and knotted spreads at the Craftsman's Fair held in Asheville, N. C. at the city audi torium July 10 through 13. Also chosen were Mrs. Blanche Fos ter and Mrs. Nellie Miller, bas ket makers: and Mrs. Harry Webster and Miss Pansy Kin caid, weavers, also of Boone. These people were chosen to demonstrate their crafts because ?I their skills in them. More than urn: hundred crafts men demonstrated their various crafts during the Fair which is sponsored annually by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The Guild is a non-profit organization of craftsmen and others who arc interested in pre serving the handicrafts of the southern mountain area. East and West Germans initial new trade agreements. ui Bids Received For Deep Gap Sckool Building Plan* lor the new Parkway elementary school building are progressing rapidly, and it the State Board of Education ap proves the bids which were awarded July 10, construction will begin immediately. To be located on Highway 421 between Grant Greene's and Wiley Day's, in the Deep Gap area, the new plant will include IS regular and lwo) primary classrooms, a library, lunchroom, kitchen, storage room, principal's office, and rest rooms. It is hoped that the building will be ready for use by the fall of 1952. Children from the first through the eighth grades will attend the new school, which will effect a consolidation of Deep Gap, Stony Fork, Mt. Paron, Rutherwood and Bamboo schools. The total cost of this project will be approximately $235,000 including the cost of water sup ply and sewage disposal. The Green Valley School now being completed which is as large as the new project except for having five less class rooms cost of a total of approximately $122,500. The controversy over the site of the Parkway school which de layed its construction has rais ed its cost in the form of increas ing building costs, according to Mr. W. H. Walker, county super intendent of education. State Aid Funds are re sponsible for both these new buildings. After their construc tion the county will have a re mainder of $11,000 of state money. Low bidders on the Parkway project were: general contract, Taylor Construction Co., Lenoir, $181,500; plumbing contract, Mooney Plumbing and Heating Co., Lenoir, $6154; heating con tract, Mooney Plumbing and Heating Co., Lenoir, $19,471; electrical contract, I. S. Ayers, Boone, $9435. Merchants Name Slate Officers Dr. O. K. Richardson was re elected president of the Watauga County Merchants Association at the annual meeting of the as sociation on July 10. Roy Fufty was elected vice president. Stanley Harris was renamed manager and Roberta B. Ray, secretary. The meeting took place at Camp Yonahlossec. Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Kephart, camp counselors, and campers were hosts to the group. Speakers for the evening were G. Wesley Williams, executive secretary of the Raleigh Merch ants Bureau, and Thompson Greenwood, secretary of the North Carolina Merchants As sociation. W. R. Winkler At Park Gathering Mr. W. R. Winkler, spent Tuesday in Waynesville, at a' reorganization meeting of the North Carolina National Park, Parkway, and Forest Develop ment Commission, at which time a new slate of officers was to be appointed, and other business transacted. Mr. Winkler, pioneer automo bile dealer of Boone, and one of the leaders in the political and civic life of the community, was recently appointed by the Gov ernor to a six-year term on the board. He had previously served for two years on the important commission during the admini stration of Governor Cherry. At the Waynesville meeting were all the members of the' com mission, together with a number of Parkway %nd Forest Scrvicc officials. ' Democrat Ad Moves Many Refrigerators | Mr. J. C. Clinc o 1 the Western i Auto Store, hnd some Wizard re ! frigerators, which he advertised in the Democrat two wo ks ago at a special price of $179.9$. On the following Saturday he sold 9 of the machines, and in the two week period has disposed of a total of 20, which he believes sets something of a record for dircrt advertising results from a i>w?h medium. Rachel Ann Vance Gets High Honors In Miami IN RADIO QUEEN PAGEANT MISS RACHEL ANN VANCE Boone Flower Show To Open July 26th Rules Are Given For Annual Garden Exhibition. On July 26 at 3:30 p. ra., with the cutting of the ribbons to ad mit the public to view the array of beautiful blossoms and ar rangements, the annual Flower Show will officially be under way. Mrs. Frank Payne will give, the welcoming greetings as the show opens at the First Baptist Church. Prior to this all judging will have been completed and plac ings will be marked. Prizes will be awarded at 8:00 p. m. The outstanding entry of the show will receive the tricolor award and also a prize. The sweep stakes prizes will go to the per son receiving the most blue rib bons. Conard and Pylc, rose grow ers, will contribute a prize for the rose section. A total of twelve prizes will be given in the children'* classes. A silver tray wiU be awarded by Stallings Jewelry Company for the out (Continued on page two) Spencer T. Ashley Succumbs Tuesday Service* for Spencer Tivie Ashcly. 48, of Boone Route 1, who died July 1J, were held July 18 at 11:00 a. m. at the Mid dle Fork Baptist Church. Burial wai in the cemetery there. Rev. Robert Shores and Rev. A. C. Moody officiated. Survivor* are: his wife, Bessie, of Boone: three children, Greene, Judy Lee and Bessie Jean of Boone; and four brothers and one sifter, Vcnton of Boone, Grady of Eliza bcthton, Tenn.. Dayton of Boone, Roger of Boone, and Mrs. Arthur Austin of Ches ter, S. C. ? Must Get License Those who expect to operate threshing machines in the county this year are asked by Miss Helen Undcrdown, Register of Deeds, to come to her office and gel the necessary operator's license. Square Dance A square dance will be held at th?: Valle Cruets Mission School Saturday, starting at 7:30 p. m. Proceeds will be used for school purposes. * Legion Meeting There will be a regufar meet ing of Miller-Wagner Post, American Legion Saturday July 21 at the Deep Gap School. Re freshments will be serfred and A new slate of cttiotri iuUllrd. Adam Monroe Greene Funeral on Thursday Services for Adam Monroe Greeqc, 89, of Shuii? Mill* were held on July 12 at 11:00 a. m. at Poplar Grove Baptist Church. Rev. A. C. Moody and Rev. Grady Hamby officatcd at the services for Mr. Greene who died July 10. He is survived by his wife, Estie, of Shulls Mills; five chil dren, Mrs. T. M. Shook and Mrs. Frank Austin of Boone, Mrs. Vilas Greene of Hudson, Mrs. Ro bert Keller of Lenoir and Mrs. Donald Greene of Shulls Mills; two brothers, Z. T. Greene of Granite Falls and Bert Greene of California; and one sister, Mrs. Cliff Story of Bluff City, Tenn. Boone Singer Second in Pageant; To Get Radio, TV Tests. By LAURA JUDY Charming and talented Rachel Ann Vance, Boone's representa tive in the annual Radio Queen Pageant in Miami Beach, Fla., went to the finals on Sunday night to be named runner-up to the queen. Miss Vane*, who wa* only on* vote behind the winner, received a trophy, and audi tions on Arthur Godfrey's pro gram and Tad Mack's Original Old Gold Amalaur Hour on radio and television! The run ner-up was slated to rece've only the trophy, but Miss Vanee's popularity brought the additional awards. The audi tion will be on Monday, July 30, at f:00 a. m. Ii the result is favorable. Miss Vance will ap pear on a coast-to-coaft radio and television program. Since she could not go to Cuba th!s week because of her wedding on July 21. the city of Miami Beach invited her and her husband back for an all expense-paid honeymoon. In the finals held at a ban quet at the Saxony Hotel in the Imperial Room Miss Vance again sang "III Bacho" and al so George Gershwin's "Sum mertime." Among the field of- representa tives from 25 cities was an ac cordion player from Dade Coun ty, Fla. who was named Radio Queen of the South. Miss Vance won the title of Radio Queen of Watauga County in the contest here on June 29 by singing "II Bacho" by Arditi. The winner was sponsored by the Appalachian Soda Shop, and the runner-up, Miss Pat Bolick of Blowing Rock, by the Dixie Home Store. The local contest was sponsor ed by the station WATA and the Appalachian Theater in co-opera tion with Ihe International Rad io Club, the city of Miami, and the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce. Miss Vance and Miss Bolick were accompanied to Miami by Mr. Charlie Wilfong, program director of WATA, and Mrs. Wilfong. Miss Vance, whom everyone in Boone knows from her innu merable church solos and five year's of singing the lead in the (Continued on page two) WATAUGA MAKES GOOD RECORD IN SUPPORT OF CHEST X-RAYS Watauga County inhabitants have piled up a good record iti the number of people who have taken advantage of the free chest X-rayi made possible by the survey now in progress. Of the 4,909 X-rays made in the three counties during the first six days of operation, 2,778 were of Watauga people. The re cord, however, could be better. Last Saturday 342 X-rays were made by the mobile unit in Boone, but the unit could have taken care of 400 people. Persons from many areas of the county have come into Boone to have their X-rays made. Rur al residents of Watauga County have availed themselves of the opportunity better than Boone residents, according to Miss Madeleine McCain, health edu cator for this district. College students arc to be commended, however, sincc mapy of them have had X-rays made. An X-ray two years ago when a survey was last made in this area docs not mean that an X-ray is not necessary this time. Everyone should be X-rayed every year, since tuberculosis can attack quickly and often shows no symptoms in its begin ning stages. Dr. William A. Smith, director , of the X-ray section of the State Board of Health, ? was here last Friday and Saturday observing the activity. Although he was pleased that so many rural peo ple had been X-rayed, he pointed out that undoubtedly the record could be bettered. Confidential reports of the X-rays will start being received within two weeks, although some may be ready at the end of next week. This week's schedule for the mobile units finds one stationed on the Main Streets of Boone and Blowing Rock. The one at Blowing Rock will proceed to Lansing next week. EDITORS MAKING PLANS TO ATTEND BOONE CONVENTION I Several editors have already I accepted invitations to attend the i daily editors' convention to be held -here July 25 and 16. and plans (or the conference arc pro gressing. Among those who arc already scheduled to attend the meeting are Mr. Sanford Martin, editor of the Winston-Salem Joumal Scntinel. Mr. Wallace Carroll, executive nevs editor of the Winston -8a lem Journal-Sentinel, Mr. Kelly of the Johnson City Chronicle, Mr. William Waddell, editor of the Elimbethton Star, Mr. J. P. Fritz of the Morganton New* Herald, Mr. Uaw Weem*. superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and Mr. Mark Goforth, district highway commissioner. According to Mr. Herman Wil cox, president of the Boone Rrj Chamber of Commerce, response ft. to the proposed convention has Vj been excellent. Mr. Wilcox pointed out that At only edi tors have responded, but thatH various chambers of commerce have commended the conference. There has also been eo-opttro tion from the people of both Boone and Blowing Rock con cerning accommodations for the editors during their two* day gtay. I
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