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VOL. LXTV? NO. 8.
An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1951.
KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
J. MONROE MORETZ, passing
the time of day with old friends
down at the Bank . . . The aged
citizen, former prominent Boone
merchant, was reared in Watauga
county and has lived in Boone
more than fifty years ... A for
mer Mayor and Elections Board
Chairman, 'Mr. Moretz has con
tributed a full share to the
growth of the community, but
his most signal contribution
came about thirty years... ago,
when he piped the water down
from the old Troy place on the
slopes of Howard's Knob, and
single-handed, gave Boone her
first water supply. For a good
many years the sparkling spring
water, amply supplied the needs
of the town, and ushered in a
new era of domestic convenience
and progress, as the springs and
the old oaken bucket gave way
to the faucets . , . Few men can
be found who have made so
great a contribution to -the
growth of the community, and
we wish for the fine citizen in
creasing happiness as the years
go by.
? * ?
"I JUST CANT LET IT
HAPPEN TO MEI" writes Doc
Abraras from down Roily way.
"The Democrat is my crutch
and came in time of trouble . . .
Enclosed you will find a check
for two years' subscription . . .
Don't count me out ? include
me int" . . . Prof. W. M. Stead
man. from Moncure. who was
one of our tutors down at Ap
palachian Training School some
thirty years ago. and whom we
hadn't seen since, drops by and
renews old acquaintance . . .
Prof. Steadman is amazed at
the growth of the city . . . and
the progress of the Watauga
Democrat . . . John Farthing
leaves his mail on desk at post
office. His first class mail, and
his favorite magasines and
daily newspapers were left, but
the Democrat was taken by
some passerby.
HERE AND THERE . . . Some
of those disagreeable, mouthy
sort of drunks aggravate late
travelers on the street Saturday
. . . City employees who are do
ing a jood job of cleaning up the
town, are proud of their new
garbage truck, and spend couple
of hours Sunday washing it in
side and out . . . Pennsylvania
man drives nonchalantly through
red light, and interstate bus, be
lieve it or not, does likewise . , .
Mr. R. F. Greene says "he has ap
pointment to gather blackberries,
and that the fruit is most plenti
ful in the spot where the biggest
blacksnake has his being . . . Will
Carroll, from down on Elk
Creek, tells of his bumper corn
crops, and of the old bear pens
and bear traps of Luke Triplett
and other Elk township pioneers
. . . Says he plans to give the
Democrat the information for
some feature stories of the old
days on Elk . . <
OUR VISITOR looked at us
sadly. and (hook hit head . . .
"Was it you " he said, "who
passed down by the bank cor
ner this morning?" . . . We ad
mitted that we perhaps had
ambled by the financial institu
tion earlier in the day, as had
perhaps several hundred other
folks ... 1 thought so." he
continued, "and in the sunlight
your hair looks so white . . .
what's the matter? . . . You
look older than Rip Van Wink
le. and nearly as aged as Santa
Claus?" ... We allowed as how
we had no pains, wasn't both
ering the physicians of the
town, and felt rather gay about
our physical condition .. . The
Cheerful one went up the street
and we went down, meeting a
happy young thing as we went
?long . . . "Hey Rob . . . how's
it going . . . What you doing to
yourself . . . You look young
er than you did in tha T- modal
days . . . Something's really
brought you out of the kinks!"
? ? ?
COUPLE or CHOIR SINGERS
from two different congregations
happened to mention to us in the
last few days, how come their
vestments of the vocal lofts had to
be of such heavy material. Just
why it I tad been considered
sometime way back, that a sing
er should be made uncomfortable
before he or she could come forth
with a sacred note. . . . And we
wondered too, and also gave some
thought as to why the robes
(Continued on page tour)
Judge Phillips To Preside Over1,
Fall Term Of Superior Court
SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA. ? Sister Elisabeth Kenny. M (lett). who won '
ItiM helping other* light polio. disclosed she U treating herself for
a disease tho daacribod as Incurable. Sha U pictured here visiting
an unidentified polio victim.
169 To Receive Degrees
At Appalachian Finals
Appalachian State Teachers
college expects to graduate 93
with the degree of Master of
Arts, and 76 with the degree of
Bachelor of Science at its sum
mer commencement exercises on
the evening of August 28. The
program will be held in the col
lege auditorium.
To receive the master's degree
are the following: Helen Ray
mond Abbott, Columbus, Ga.;
William Fred Adderholdt, Len
oir; Mayme Frances Askew,
Falkston, Ga.; Frank L. Austin,
Concord; Ruth J. Barnard, An
drews; Howard S.- Barringer,
Maiden; Eva Borom, Perry, Ga.;
Frank Terman Braswell, Ncw
lahd; Grace Young Buckland,
Boone; Clarence Marion Butler,
Jr., Winston-Salem; Elizabeth
Guy Calhoun, Harmony; Wayne
C. Church, Wilkesboro; Jean
Thelma Clyburn, Miami, Fla.
Katie Lee Conley, Charlotte;
Annie Mac Corn, Lexington;
John Prank Crawford, Hickory;
George Cushaw, Roxboro; Nel
le Darracott, Clover, S. C.; Ro
bert Davis, West Jefferson;
James Monroe Dry, Stanfield;
Charles C. EUedge, Rutherford
ton; Lina Flynt, Hamlet; Worth
Elijah Frady, Rutherford ton;
Paul Harvey Garland. Buladean;
Nannie Mae Gilchrist, Troy;
Louisa Gillum, Winston-Salem;
Nadine Gragg, Boone; Frank B.
Greer, Boone; Paul W. Gregory,
Hays;
Ruby River* Hall. Roseboro;
Eleanor S. Harllee, Tampa, Fla.;
Charles Everett Harris, Norfolk,
Va.; John Hampton Harris,
Rutherfordton; Nettie Cornell
Harris, Rutherfordton; James j
Newell Hawkins, Suit; E. W.
Hopper, Jr., Rock Hill, S. C.;
(Continued oxi page seven) |
FARM BUREAU LEADERS HOLD
DISTRICT MEET HERE TODAY
Farm Bureau leaders from
Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, Cald
well, Mitchell, and Watauga
Counties, are holding their an
nual district meeting today
(Wednesday) at the Watauga
County Courthouse, Boone, at
10:00 a. m. C. A. Clay, Vilas,
president of the Watauga Coun
ty Farm Bureau, is presiding
during the day-long session.
Among the outstanding speak
ers appearing on the program
arc: R. Flake Shaw, Greensboro,
executive vice-president of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau:
Will H. Rogers, Greensboro,
Farm Bureau director of organi
zation: Mrs. Irby Walker. Sum
merficld, administrative director.
Farm Bureau Associated Women;
E. Y. Floyd, Raleigh, chairman
of the Agricultural Foundation's
Enabling Act committee; L. L.
Ray, Raleigh, director of founda
tions. ' N. C. State College; Dr.
James Hilton, Raleigh, Dean of
the School of Agriculture. N. C.
State College; and George G.
Farthing, Asheville. Fajm Bureau
field representative.
President Clay said that the
purpose of this meeting is to or
ganize county Farm Bureau
groups for the 19S1 membership
drive which is scheduled to be
held this fall. Each county pre
sent is to be presented a tenta
tive membership quota which
will go to. make up the State
wide membership goal of 80,000
farm family members "for 1051.
The principal address, "Who
Will Speak for Farmers," is be
ing delivered by Farm Bureau
Vice-President Shaw.
Director of Organization Rog
ers will explain Farm Bureau ob
jectives and accomplishment! to
the county delegates present,
along with overall membership
plans for the fall drive.
Mrs. Walker is speaking on be
half of I be Farm Bureau Associa
ted Women, and is expected to
outline plans for the women's
part in the Faim Bureau pro
gram.
Representatives of the Agricul
tural Foundation of State Col
lege wiU explain the Enabling
Act Referendum to the delegates,
and will act up temporary work
ing committees to help with the
educational programs on the
counties.
This act was passed by the '51
session of the N. C. General As
sembly, and permits each farm
er in the State to vote an as
sessment on himself of 5 cents
per ton on the feed and the fer
tilizer he uses. The proceeds
fiom this referendum, which
will be held Nov. 3, will go to
the Agricultural Foundation for
research.
Goes to Purdue
Lawrencc Barden, son of Dr.
and Mrs. John G. Barden, of
Boone, will be among the 5,000
delegates cxpected at the fifth
quadrennial National Convoca
tion of Methodist Youth to be
held at Purdue University, La
Fayette, Indiana next week.
High school and college stu
dents are coming from 48 states.
Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and
Cuba, representing their local
church youth fellowships or state
and regional chapters of the
Methdist Student Movement.
150 Cases on Docket;
Names of Those
Slated For Jury
Judge F. Donald Phillips of
Rockingham will preside over
the superior court term schedul
ed to begin September 17.
Approximately ISO cases are
on the docket for trial during the
one week term. Mislmeanors
form the major portion of these
cases with violations of the pro
hibition laws and drunken driv
ing leading the list.
The jury list for the term is as
follow;:
Bald Mountain: Leslie F. Nor-1
rig.
Beaver Dam: Dean Reese, Roy
E. Brown, Mack Johnson.
Blowing Rock: Charlie Fostefr,
Mrs. Carrie Johnson, Jarvis
Greene.
Blue Ridge: Stokes Miller,
Conor Triplett.
Boone: J. C. McConnell, Crate
Teaguc, Fred C. Wilson, Marvin
R. Russell, Gordon Taylor.
Brushy Fork: Roy F. Williams,
J. Wilson Norris, Doughton L.
Greene.
Cove Creek: John P. Combs,
Vernon Castle, Wlllard Eller,
Estil F. Greene.
Elk: Henry Triplett.
Laurel Creek: Ned Glenn,
Mack Tester, Albert Watson.
Meat Camp: Lee South, Frank
Winebarger, Harvey Trivette.
New River: Stewart J. Barnes,
Gurney Norris, Willie F. Miller,
Lee Greene.
North Fork: David Main.
Shawneehaw: John Stanley, D.
S. Oliver.
Stony Fork: Rosseau Watson,
Billy Wellborn, Elbert B. Shirley.
Watauga: J. C. Shook, 'Letcher
Byrd, Claude Byrd, Thurman
Gragg.
Boone Schools To
Open Sept. 4th
Tuesday, September 4, at 8:40 ^
o'clock the Boone Elementary
and Appalachian High Schools
will open their doors for the
school term of 1951-52. The high
school has at the present time
enrolled 469 students with a few
more being expected to enroll
before the fall quarter opens.
Young people who have moved
into the community since last
spring arc urged to call by the
high school- office and work out
their schedules for the coming
year. It is very important that
this be done as soon as possible
so that each new student may
get the courses In which he is
interested.
The schedules of all students
who registered last spring have
been completed except for a few
who have conflicts. These stud
ents have been notified to come
by the high school office and if
they have not done so already
should attend to this at once.
Other students who arc interest
ed in checking the choices made
last spring may come by the of
fice at any time and chcck on
these.
Maw Science Laboratories
When the high school opens
this fall, it will have both a ,
physics and chemistry laboratory
and a biology laboratory com
(Continued on page four)
Farming Leaders
Schedule Series
County Meetings
Wataiga county agricultural
leaders met Monday, August 13,
and made plans for a county
wide review of agricultural pro
grams in the county Administer
ed by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Those at the meeting, called
by Dwight Cable, chairman of
the county agricultural mobiliza
tion committee, said the study
will find out how well the de
naitmrnt programs are serving
farm families. The answer to
this question will be obtained in
communi y ' meetings to which
all farmers will be invited.
The fallowing meetings have
been scheduled for communities
in the county:
Upper Beaver Dam, Com
munity Hall, Monday, August 27.
Lower Beaver Dam, Bethel
School, Tuesday, August 28.
Upper Cove Creek and North
Fork, Mabel School, Wednesday,
August 29.
Lower Cove Creek and Laurel
Creek, Cove Creek School, Thurs
day, Aug. 30.
Watauga and Shawneehaw,
Valle Crucis School, Friday, Aug
ust 31.
^Slowing Rock and Blue Ridge,
Bamboo School, Tuesday, Sept.
4.
Stony Fork and Elk, Deep Gap
School, Wednesday, September 5.
Meat Camp and Bald Mountain,
Green Valley School, Thursday,
Sept. 6.
Brushy Fork and New River,
Courthouse, Friday, Sept/7.
On this same date, September
7, a county-wide meeting will be
held in the courthouse wllich
all farmers, business men, re
presentatives of farm organiza
tions, agricultural leaders,
preachers and teachers are invit
ed to attend. All meetings will
begin at 7:30 p. m.
It is cxpccted that all com
munity committeemen, agricul
tural leaders, business men,
members of civic and farm or
ganizations will inform their
neighbors of the meeting in their
community and insist on their
attendance. The basic idea of
these meetings is to get the
thinking of everyone in the coun
ty interested in agriculture about
how our farm programs and poli
cies can be improved in regard
to service to the family farm.
Merchants To
Hold Picnic
The Boone Merchant* Associa
tion's annual employer-employee
picnic is scheduled (or August
29 and is to be held at Camp
Yonahlossee.
A recreation program has been
planned to provide soft ball,
horseshoe pitching, tennis, swim
ming, volley ball and hiking, as
suring ample entertainment for
those attending the picnic.
The menu committee is plan
ning to serve watermelon during
the afternoon. The picnic sup
per to be served at six o'clock
will include fried chicken, baked
beans, corn on the cob. potato sal
ad, sliced tomatoes and cucum
bers, iced tea or coffee, and ice
cream.
The association hopes that ev
ery merchant will make arrange
ments for his employees to attend.
Red writer denounces Churc
hill for liking English language.
Vet Farmers Make Annual Tour
The veteran farmers of Appa
lachian High School, under the
rupervision of Mr. R. L. Tait,
conductcd their fourth annual
farm tour Wednesday, August 19.
One hundred fid fifty veterans
were on the tour and saw farm
programs set up on eight farms
operated by veteran farmers.
It was stated by many that the
tour was the most interesting and
educational of any the school has
ever conductcd.
A picnic dinner was served at
J. C. Stsnbery's farm.
The tour started at Robert
Henderson's farm, Shulls Mills.
Robert is growing two acres of
Kennebec potatoes for seed certi
fication, and is clearing >140 per
month above feed cost from his
103 laying hen*. He sells hatch
ing eggs through the Winkler
Peed Service Agency of Doone.
The second stop was made at
the farm of Hiram Brooke, Jr,
at Vilas. Hiram grows tobacco
for hi* principal cash crop and is
developing a beef cattle herd, in
addition to carrying out an inter
esting demonstration with 16 dif
ferent need mixtures for cover
crops. The seeding* went made
July 26. Since all the veteran
classes are emphasizing the im
portance of cover crops on all
cultivated land, this demonstra
tion rhould reveal some import
ant information regarding suit
able cover crops for this area.
Grant Cook of the Bamboo sec
tion has sotne of the best West
Virginia 1103 hybrid com seen
this year. Grant is a potato farm
er and Is growing one acre of
Kennebec for seed certification.
Veterans planted between 300 and
400 bags of certified Kennebec
seed this past spring. The Ken
nebec is an exceptionally good
eating potato and Grant estimates
that his acre will produce 500 bu
shels this dry season.
Troy GreeiVi has a show farm
on IS acres of land. During his
training program he established
himself in the farming business
and lias definitely proved that
one can make a good living on a
1} acrc farm. With eight differ
ent crops growing on the farm,
Troy'* main income ii from his
1090 laying hens from which he
sells hatching eggs. He has 1
built all his poultry houses since I
he started training.
J. C. Stanbery has built a new
home with all the modern con
venience*. He has some of the
finest rolling land in the county,
and a good portion of it which
is In woods is being clcarol. J.
C. recently purchased one-third
interest In a modern sprinkler
irrigation system.
Blaine Stanbery is doing an ex
cellent Job (arming his own farm
which he purchased last spring.
He is growing extensive truck
crops and is building up a farm
dairy herd by artificial inaemina
i
tion. He also owns one-third in
terest in the irrigation system.
Estle Norri* is one of the many
veteran farmers who is doing
some c<instructivt thinking along
with hi* farming program. By
careful planning and by doing all
the labor himself, Estle has built
a stock bam and has just com
pleted a new brick silo. This silo,
10 feet In diamcU-r and 25 feet
nigh, was built at a total cost
of $298.04, and is one of the first
permanent upright silos to be
built by n veteran.
Tom Cowles is living ahd farm
ing with ,11 is father. Tom bad a
soil conservation plan made for
their farm at the beginning of his
training and is putting the plan
into operation. This veteran
farmer hat done a good Job of
strip cropping an old pasture now
planted to corn. ,Ja ?
Kxport- Import Bask loan to re
habilitate Mexican railway*.
Dr. Greenholt To Speak|
At Summer Graduation
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF Pictured ?? tha (can* u tha caakai con
taining tha body of th* lata William Randolph Haarat, iamad pub
liahar. la brought from Graca Eplacopal Caihadral batwaan llnaa
of honorary pallbaarara.
Baptist Association Will
Meet 28th; The Program
The Three Forks Baptist Association will meet Tuesday, August
28, at the Beech Valley Church, and on the 29th at the Poplar Grove
Church. Following is tlte suggested order of business for the two
day session:
TUESDAY. AUGUST 2?. 1IS1
BEECH VALLEY CHURCH
9:00- 9:20 ? Opening worship
9:20- 9:40 ? Address of Moderator R C. Eggers
9:40-10:10 ? Report on Public Morals N. M. Greene
10:10-10:40 ? Report of Executive Committee ... Wade E. Brown
10:40-11:10 ? Report on Religious Literature W. G. Bond
11:10-11-25 ? Roll Call of Messengers and Miscellaneous
11:23-12-15? Annual Sermon A. C. Moody
Noon Recess
1:00- 1:15 ? Devotional
1:15- 1:45? Woman's Work Mrs. Nora Wilson
1:45- 3:15? Report cn Missions (Associatlonal, State, Home
and Foreign) *. C. O. Vance
2:15 -3:30 ? Closing Worship
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ti. IU1
POPLAR GROVE CHURCH
9:00- 9:15 ? Opening Worship
9:15- 9:45 ? Report on Associatlonal Progress S. C. Eggers
9:45-11:15 ? Christian Education (Sunday Schools, B. T. U?
Brotherhoods and Colleges) C. H. Kincaid
11:15-11:30 ? Election of Officers and Miscellaneous
11:30-12:15? Sermon : C. H. Kincaid
Noon Recess
1:15- 1:30 ? Devotional
1:30- 2:45 ? Report on Benevolences (Orphanage, Hospital,
Baptist Home and Old Ministers' Relief . Harold Songor
2:45- 3:15 ? Report of Treasurer, Finance, Nominations, Reso
lutions and Time, Place and Preacher
3:15- 3:35 ? Memorial Service Marshal Ward
3:35- 4:00 ? Miscellaneous. Reading of Minutes and Closing Worship
Executive Committee
TRI-COUHTY BURLEY GROWERS
GATHER AT LAUREL SPRINGS
West Jefferaon ? A large num
ber of burley tobacco farmers
from Ashe, Alleghany and Wa
tauga counties, estimated at
more than 400, took advantage of
the annual burley tobacco field
day at the State test farm at
Laurens Springs this afternoon,
when they were told by tobacco
specialists and shown by ex
periments how to grow and
handle burlev tobacco in order
to produce the most profitable
crop.
James A. Graham, director of
the test farm, and head of the
agronomy department of N. C.
State college. Dr. Caldwell, ex
plained the value of experiments
underway at the test farm and
urged growers to take full ad
vantage of the result! achieved.
"It ia extremely important that
you visit the farm and know
what is going on here," he said.
He gave a comparison of the to
bacco crops produced in adjoin
ing states, Tennessee and Vir
ginia and pointed out that North
Carolina's average of 1,440
pounds per acre was far above
that of other states. He also show
ed that North Carolina's crop
sold slightly lower per pound
than other states, but that the
incr.casod poundage and acreage
value of $0B2 compared with $529
In Tenncsrce and J568 in Ken
tucky.
He gave some special points on
the long-range program and
sti'essed the importance of pro
ducing more and better tobacco
for the desired increase in in
come per acre.
"It is the cigarette division of
the tobacco industry that is
growing and vwe must point our
production toward cigarette in
dustry," he said.
"At least 30 per cent of the to
bacco lined in the production of
cigarettes is burley and the
cigarette cotuujnption is continu
ally growing." Dr. Caldwell said.
"It is for this reason that we
should produce tobacco with the
correct content for cigarettes,"
he said.
Following Dr. Caldwell's ad
dress. which was held in one of
the curing barns, the group visit
ed various tobacco plots where
experiments with different kinds
of fertilizer and various kinds of
tobacco were under way. Here
S. N. Hawks, extension tobacco
specialist; Dr. Luther Shaw,
USDA agronomist in charge of
tobacco reaearch at the Waynes
ville teat farm; Cecil Thomas,
State director of tost farm. ,v,:
Lenoir-Rhyne Leader
To AddreM Grads
At College.
Summer commencement exer
cises at Appalachian State Teach
ers college will be held at , the
college on'the evening of August
28, at eight o'clock. The com
mencement speaker will be Dr.
Homer Reginald Grcenholt. pro
fesror of his ory and government
at Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hick
ory.
The invocation will be given
by the Rev. Edwin F. Troutman,
pastor of Grace Lutheran church,
Boone. The college choir, under
the direction of Dr. Joseph M.
Wilson of the summer music
faculty, will sing "Surely He
Hath Borne Our Griefs" by An
tonio Lotti, and "Were You
There," a negro spiritual arrang
ed by Roy Ringwald. William H.
Zimmerman will be the pianist
Degrees will be conferred and
diplomas awarded by President
B. B. Dougherty to 76 candidates
for the Bachelor of Science de
gree. and 93 candidates for the
Master of Arts degree. The bene
diction will be given by the Rev.
Everette Ransom, pastor of the
Advent Christian Church of
Boone.
Dr. Greenholt, the commence
ment speaker, is a graduate of
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg
Lutheran Theological Seminary,
attended the University of
Pennsylvania, and holds the Ph.
D. degree from the University of
Chicago. He is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa, and Kappa Phi
Kappa. He has held his present
position at Lenoir-Rhyne College
since 1939, and this summer has
been visiting professor of history
at Appalachian State Teachers
college in the graduate school.
New Parkway
Link To Open
Waynesville ? A four-mile sec
tion of the Blue Ridge Parkway
from Soco Gap to "Mile-High
Overlook" is scheduled to open
September 1,
This will be the first paved
section of the Parkway west of
Ashcville.
The project extends to Black
Camp Gap. .Work is being finish
ed on the paving of the remaind
er of the link, and this will not
be ready for traffic until later.
The second project from Black
Camp Gap to Heintooga has al
ready received two coats of
stone, and the third is about
ready to be put down.
The entire project is expected
to be open to the public by late
fall.
Legion Meeting Is To
Be Held Here Friday
Former service men and mem
bers of the Legion Auxiliary are
invited to the Legion Hut in
Boone Friday evening to partake
of an old-fashioned army meal
prepared by a regular army cook.
The announcement made by
Lionel Ward, service officer, con
tinues:
"Let's eat together, renew our
comradeship and make plans to
tio something for our boys who
are now in service and also for
those who are disabled and need
the services of the American
Legion. All benefits for ex-ser
vice men have come through
(heir organizations and we need
to continue our fight for them.
"An expert will disc-usa the
benefits veterans arc entitled to,
and there" will be no charges."
Local Telephone Co.
Gets Rate Raise O.K.
The State Utlitifw Commission
has allowed the Watauga Tele
phone Company to raise the tele
phone rates at Sugur Grave 5(>
cents per subscriber.
Watauga Telephone has 113
customer* In thi Sugar Grove
area, tu owners told the commis
sion at a hearing last week that
th?y hud been trying to gall their
holdings but that the sate had
been delayed. .ffl
Speedy remedy for poiaon ivy
reported in dnwniuni.