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BOONE ltM POPULATION 2.?73 educational canter of orth Carolina. Home of Appalachian State Teacher* Collaaa. which attract! hundred* of atudenu annually from all parta ut the nation. Modarn buil ? dtatrict. A good place to ttva ssr, WATAUGA DEMOCRAT , An Independent Wfeekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 WATAUGA COUNTY 1950 POPULATION 11.341 I^adms agricultural and louruti ftraa Livaptock. dairying and truck far rain* of paramount import*? ylut R?d<? Parkway trivvw county, and louchw Blowing Rock, one of tK? principal Rummer reaortn of Faatam Amar.cn 1 VOL. LXIV? NO. ?. BOONE, WATAUGA CgUNTY, , NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1851 FIVE CENTS PER COPY KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS THE ELC1PSE OF THE SUN focuses attention on the North western North Carolina Parkway area, where the shadow starts, causing us to think of other rclipses in the days gone by . . . One time there was a fairly deep shadow on the sun which had been predicted for some time by the Atlanta Constitian (widely read here at that time), and the residents of the neighbor hood assembled in groups along the street to watch the antics of the celestial bodies . . . Mrs. Etta Horton, who in Civil War days had seen an eclipse so dense, "that the chickens all went to roost during the heat of the day," gave U3 a lot of information about eclipses in general, and patiently smoked broken bits of window glass over the flame of an oil lamp, so that we "young uns" might gaze with safety into the fiery face of Old Sol. ? ? ? WE LOOKED WITH SUS PICION and apprehension in those days upon the misbehav ing* of the planets, and there were always a lot of tales going the rounds as to the probable meaning of the eclipses. which invariably were reasoned out by the wiseacres in terms of the "end of time." . . . When Halley's brilliant comet flashed across the heavens, mountain folks, or at least a great many of them, bolstered by informa tion gathered from publications of dubious authenticity, vowed and declared that the world was going to catch fire . . . she was coming entirely too close for comforl. and all creation was going up in smoke ... Of course the informed people of the day laid no store by these superstitions. On occasion some dimwit would tell of seeing writing in the skies, also hav ing to do with the end of it all. and frighten the children with V his nonsense. Tales of this sort '* are unknown in this era of edu cation and progress. SCHOOL DAYS DRAW NEAR, and the youngsters along the street look to the return to the realms of backboards and chalk, and the teacher's neat desk, with mixed emotions . . . Some of our friends of the snaggle-tooth age are a little reluctant to start the long trip back to the classroom . . . They are having a mite of trouble laying away the fishing pole, the BB gun, the marbles, and the long adventures through flower-decked fields and emerald forests . . . Summer has been too short ? as one youngster express ed it, "Didn't get started to play in' "... But the teen-agers, our friends of the high school brack et, as well as the upper elemen tary classes, appear decidedly more eager to take on the res ponsibilities of another year in school, and talk to us of their plans for the future, of happy anticipations of college careers, and of taking their places in the various professions and sciences which are seeking the youngs ters who demonstrate needed ability and enterprise in their school and college careers. ? ? ? THESE BIGGER YOUNG STERS. the ontt who ui mak ing th* plans for way out yon der, im in th* return to th* school room. a sort of home coming. and a reunion with th*ir good friends, from whom th*y have b**n at toast partial ly separated for thr** months . . . Sine* th* children ar* at school far mora days than at hoc v. th*ir interests ar* cen tered at th* school, and that's wher* th* teachers comes to "mold th* nation's future." These p*opto. who ar* taking unto themselves the large share for developing the lives of our children, tn due the fultost cooperation and gratitude of th* folks, and salartos in keep ing with their responsibilities and worth to our civilisation. ? ? ? THE STEREOSCOPE, which used to provide enjoyment for the family and visitors through the winter months, and which with a basket full of those doublc-faccd picture cards, was to be found in most all Ihe bet ter homes, is coming back, so we learn, after an absence of more than a quarter of a century ... A manufacturer is to feature a streamlined model with color pictures, improved leans, and (Continued on cage four) Sun Eclipse Dinner Draws Astronomers, Other Leaders to City Representative Robert L. Doughton, Or. 1. G. Greer and Paul W. Stevens, the latter from the Astronomical League, Ro chester, N. Y., are among those ? who have accepted invitations to the Chamber of Commerce-spon sored eclipse dinner August 31, i 7j00 P. M., at the Skyline Rest aurant. Kenneth A. Shepherd of the i Forsyth Astronomical Society, Hugh Morton, Gwyn Price and i George C. Ross of the Department of Conservation and Develop ment, and Roland Potter and Doris Brown of North Wilkesboro, owners of station WATA, will be present. Representatives of daily I newspapers and leading national magazines have been invited. Invitations have also been ex tended to the governors of North Carolina and Tennessee. Dr. Greer and Representative I Doughton are slated to appear on the program for the dinner, which will be open to all members of the Boone Chamber of Commerce and their wives. Reservations should be made as soon as pos sible. Residents of this area have i practically a once-in-a-lifetime chance to view the eclipse, since Northwest North Carolina and Southeast Virginia are the only places in the United States in which the total, or annular, phase of the eclipse 'Will be visible. The annular phase, during which the moon will almost blot out the sun and leave only a thin halo of sunlight, will occur at 5:57 A. M., and will last leu than three minutes. The path of the shadow wil! cover a rectangular area approxi mately 280 miles long and 95 miles wide. The center of the shadow will pass through Deep Gap, Elkin, and Danbury, N. C? and Danville, South Hill, Lawrenceville, and Norfolk, Ya. The northern edge will pass through Pulaski, Ap pomattox, and Richmond, Va., while the southern limit will pass through Salisbury, Chapel Hill, Scotland Neck and Elizabeth City. Kenneth A. Shepherd, who is in charge of the Astronomical So ciety of Forsyth County, says, "The observers who come to Boone will have the exceptional opportunity of witnessing the birth of this eclipse; they may count themselves among the few people on earth who have seen the very birth of a solar eclipse." Watauga River Dam Is Sought By Civic Leaders More power for Watauga coun ty has become the battle cry of the Boone Chamber of Commerce and a group of Watauga leaders. In an effort to have the Tennes see Valley Authority develop a new dam an the Watauga river near Boone, this group has en listed the aid of Representative Robert Doughton. Representative Doughton agreed to investigate the possi bilities and to recommend to Mr. Gordon R. Clapp, chairman of the Board of Directors of the TVA, that the authority sponsor the project. , Mr. Herman Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber of Com merce, believes that the Watauga Gorge, located just west of Sugar Grave on Highway 603, offers several excellent sites for such a dam. ' Interest in the project stems from the fact tni?t it would in crease the county's power sup ply, making it more attractive to industry, which in turn would increase the county's population by keeping high fchool graduates at home who now leave in search of jobs. In addition the dam would furnish a lake, another oppor tunity for increasing Watauga's tourist trade. County leaders believe that the shortage of power has crip pled both big an<j small business. Industries which might locate in the county are scared away by the limited power supply and the higher rates. It is believed that the dam would provide -all the power which the county would need, with a surplus to help ease the power shortage in Ashe, Cald well and Avery counties as well. Water Shortage Is Acute The water shortage in Boone has become so acute that filling stations were asked Friday to dis continue washing cars temporari ly, and householders w<ye warn ed against watering lawns dur ing the emergency. Mayor Winkler states that the water shortage is the most ser ious perhaps, in the history of the water system here, and that the supply from the reservoir is practically nil, nearly all the wa ter being supplied from a well. The Mayor states that the rain (all during the summer, or near ly all of it, mined the watershed upon which the city depends. The official says that he be lieves water can be supplied for all essential purposes, but urges the people to economize in its use, so that a reserve may be built against a possible fire. Health Office Closes The District Health Depart ment will be closed Monday, September 3, because of I^abor Day. Farm Bureau Is Seeking 80,000 Members In N. C. Farm Bureau leaders from Wa tauga. Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, Caldwell and Mitchell counties were on hand today (Wednesday) at the Watauga County Court house in Boone for their Annual District meeting. C. A. Clay, Vi las, President of the Watauga County Farm Bureau, presided during the day-long session. President Clay said that the purpose' of this meeting was to organize the membership work in the County Farm Bureaus for the fall drive, which calls for 80,000 North Carolina farm families for 1951. Among the outstanding speak ers who appeared on the pro gram were: R. Flake Shaw, Greensboro, Executive Vice-Pres ident of the North Carolina Farm Bureau; Will H. Rogers, Greens boro, Farm Bureau Director of Organization; Mrs. Irby Walker, Summertield, Administrative Di rector, Farm Bureau Associated Women; Dr. James Hilton. Ra leigh, Dean, the School of Agri culture, N. C. State College; and E. Y. Floyd, Raleigh, Chairman of the Agricultural Foundation's En abling Act Committee. (Continued on page eight) < Mrs. Joe C. Mast Dies in Lincolnton Mrs. Joe C. Mast, of Valle Cru cis died in a Lincolnton hospital August 6, following an illness with a heart ailment. Funeral services were conduct ed at Mount Gilead and inter ment was in that neighborhood. The husband survives, and one sister, Mrs. Grace Abernethy of Lincolnton. Among those from Valle Cru cis attending the funeral were: Mrs. Howard Mast, Mr. and Mrs. Hillary Hobby, Mrs. B. G. Leake, and Frank Baird. Proposed Co-op Dam Is Opposed Bluefield, W. Va. ? Protests from civic and business leaders have developed in this area against a proposed stream diver sion plan by a North Carolina power cooperative, The Blue Ridge Electric Mem bership Corporation has proposed damming waters of the South Fork of the New River and di verting the flow through a 13, 060-foot tunnel into treams car rying it into the Atlantic Ocean. The New River wanders through North Carolina and Vir ginia, finally joining the Gauley River in West Virginia to form the Great Kanawha River. If the plan now pending should be approved by the Federal Pow er Commission, the diverted wat ers from the fork would be turn ed into Mud Fork of the Red dies River wheret the cooperative proposes to build a hydroelectric plant. Opponents of the plan here claim the project would curtail the how of New River in neigh boring Giles County, Virginia, by about 10.6 per cent. 4,000 Children T o Begin Trek To Schools Monday School Health Is Topic Of Nurses . Nurses from Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga counties met oh August 27 af the Health Depart ment in Boone to discuss the problems of school health. Dr. Mary B. H. Michal led the discussion which centered on work in the schools and with the teachers in finding and correct ing children's defects. Coordination of the school health program in the three counties in this health district was also discussed. Howard Steeliran Gets Job on Police Force Mr. Howard S. Steelman, Jr., has been employed by the city as a special police officer, whose principal duties will be the checking of the parking meters. Mr. Steelman is giving his full attention to the regulation of this phase of the city's traffic problem, and would appreciate the cooperation of the people. Bean Festival To Occur September 6 The annual Johnson county Bean Festival scheduled for September 6 at the Mountain City Fairgrounds promises to be bigger and better than ever be fore. Included in the day's events wilt be a horse show, the annual county 4-H Club Fair, a beauty contest, and a parade which will feature nine floats and three bund*. ? A carnival and the festival ball to be held in the new tobacco warehouse will rounji put the day's entertainment. Joel B. Fort, Jr., vicc president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Ga., will be the main speaker, while Parke Brinkley, L. Y. Ballentine and Edward Jones, Commissioners of Agricul ture of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee will act as judges in the beauty contest. Mr. J. Q. Thomas is chairman of the festival this year. Fair Meeting The superintendents of the various departments of the Blue Ridge Fair are requested to meet at the county agent's office on Friday afternoon, August 31, at 1:30. This is a very important meeting to make definite plans, so try to be present. Portoffice Exam Applications for the position of Custodial Laborer at the Boone, North Carolina, post office will be received until September 12, 1951. Additional information and forms relative to this position may be secured at the local post office. North Carolina has nearly 200,000 colonies of beer.. Plans Are Made For Use Of School Health Funds Plans (or the use of available school health fundi were laid when schoftl principals, doctors and representatives from Wa tauga hospital, the Welfare De partment, county farm agencies and the Health Department met at the Demonstration School on August 27. > The meeting was called by Mr. Howard Walker, superintendent of schools, {<y the purpose of summarizing' the use of last year's funds and planning the disposition of the grant for the coming year. The legislative grant through the school health coordinating fund provides for fif.y cents per rchool child plus $1000. With ad ditional grants the total last year used for school health was $3316.42. The money was used for sup plementary nursing service in the schools for the primary pur pose of finding and correcting defects. By means of this program, 75 children had their tonsils remov ed, two had major dental work done while many had minor den tal defects corrected, eye correc tions were taken care of through school findings and audiometry testing was carried on in the schools. In the coming year most of the grant will go to continue this program. Initial receipts from the grant available for this purpose win bo $2945. Boone To Get Good Sum Under Terms Powell Bill Eclipse Viewers For Grandfather Linville. ? Astronomers and sight-seers from {11 over the na tion are expected to flock to Gran'athcr Mountain, soaring ' 5,964 feet near the Blue Ridge | Parkway, for a sunrise view of | the annular eclipfe on Septem ber 1. Towering Grandfather is the highest mountain cast of the Oreat Smokies and Black range in th? path of the eclipse, which is expected to occur at 9:57 a. m? or shortly before sunrise in the lowlands. Path of the eclipse will be northeast, swinging out to sea be tween Elizabeth City, North Car olina and Norfolk, Virginia. As tronomers say the show should last in different phases for an hour as the shadow of the moon crosses the sun. . To facilitate observers reach (Continued on page eight) Mrs. Richard Fisher Funeral in Hickory Mrs. Richard R. Fisher, 48, died Sunday morning at a Hickory hospital, following a stroke suf fered two weeks ago. The former Miss Closta Mac Hartley. Mrs. Fisher was a na tive of Boone. She was a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hartley and had resided in Hickory for 31 years. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1J o'clock and inter ment was in Bargcr's cemetery at Hickory. A brother of the deceased, Mr. Ralph Hartley, and Mrs. Hartley of Boone, attended the rites. The town of Bojne is soon to receive the sum of $9,985 from the State for the benefit of its streets, B8ys Mayor Gordon H. Winkler, as this city's share of the funds provided under the Powell bill. The controversial act, which passed the last Legislature, gave the cities a comparatively small share of the State highway funds, which will be used for general street expenses, and which funds arc in addition to the State's maintenance of city streets which arc a part of the State road sys tem. Two Boone Girls Get Nurse School Diplomas Miss Ennis Dare Drown and Miss Gladys Julia Brown of Boone received diplomas from the Davis Hospital School of Nurs ing in Statesville at the gradua tion exercises held August 21. The award of the best bedside nurse, presented annually by the Davis Hospital Alumnae Associ ation of Nurses, wha won by Miss Ennis Brown, while second best was a tie between Miss Gladys Brown and Miss Katie White of Elkin. In the address to the graduat ing class, Rev. Charles C. Holland of the Front Street Baptist Church of Statesville where the exercises were held, paid tribute to the noble profession . of nurs ing, referring to the young nur ses before him as "white-robed rngels of mercy." Auxiliary Meets ; The Auxiliary of St. Luke's Episcopal church met at the home of Mrs. Charles Smoot at Blow ing Rock on Wednesday, August 22. List Of Teachers For All Schools Given Out By Walker. It'a back to school again next week (or Watauga kiddies, and on Monday and Tuesday more than four thousand elementary and high school pupils will re turn to the classrooms. Most of the schools of the county will open on Monday, but Boone, Green' Valley, and Deep Gap schools will not open until Tuesday, it was learned at the office of County Superintendent W. H. Walker. Last year 4,086 were enrolled in the county school system, and no increase is anticipated this term. The Teachers Following is the list of teachers for the various schools: District No. 1 ? Boom Appalachian High: Herbert W. Wey, principal; Margaret K. Gragg, Theo Wells, Fred T. Hol lis, Martha G. Hawkinson, H. C. Tripp, Robert Lancaster, Robert Nolan, James F. Leek, Mabel Brister, Roy Blanton, R. L. Tait, Kathleen McDonald, Dr. John R. Shaffer, L. Leroy Rogers, Eliza beth Guy, Howard S. Barranger. 8th Grade: Mary E. Hamby, Robert Jenkins, Johrj Sides, Bet ty Sue Tilley. Supplementary teachers paid by A. S. T. C.: William C. Ross, Her bert Stallworth. Boone Demonstration: John T. Howell, principal; Carl Day, Earl Petrey, Mclvin M. Lashure, La vert Walker, Isabel Mason, Grace Buckland, Clyde Goodman, Mary E. Gibbs, Bessie S. Crawford, Leafybelle B. Broome, Ella A. Be I shears, Ennls R. Davis, Velma M. Cottrcll, Grace M. Councill. Rutherwood: Louisa L. .Miller, Ruby W. Hartley. ? Bamboo: Helen E. Trexler, Lucy H. Storie. DUirict No. 2 ? Grnn Valley Karl Greene, principal: H. C. Morctz, Jr., John Marsh, Ruth L. Winkler, Imogen? B. Barden, (Continued on page eight) Miss Carter, Teacher, Dies from Scalding Services for Miss Cornelia Carter, 70, member of the Appa lachian Summer school faculty, were held Monday at 11:00 a. m. at the First Presbyterian church in Morganton with Rev. Joseph B. Clower officiating. Burial was in the Forest Hills cemetery there. Miss Carter died in Watauga hospital August 25 from burns received four weeks ago when she slipped and fell into a bath tub of scalding water. She was a teacher in the Mor ganton schools from 190S to 1925 and served in various capacities in the Charlotte scnools from 1920 to 1950, retiring last year as supervisor of the primary schools there. Survivors include a sister, Miss Ophelia Carter of Charlotte. PATH OF THE ECLIPSE? Sun-watchers at suitable points within the shadow path? a rectangular area covering parts of the two states ? will see the annular phase of the eclipse on September t at 5:37 A. M. Only (he outer edge of the sun will be visible. The double Una on the map shows the south crn and western limits of the shadow path, while additional observation posts can be found in the area west of the shadow j path (broken line). The eclipse will begin in the Deep Gap Boone area (1), with the annular phase taking place a* the gun rises. The annular phase will occur abovt M after sunrise in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach area ( dotted line shows the centcr of the shadow which out to tea after passing through this Winston-Salem Journal- Sentinel.)
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