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NOBTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1951.
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KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
ONE OF TIIE THINGS wnich
has always cemented us to a
small town, is the (act that the
folks don't (eel obliged to spend
all their time talking about in
ternational intrigue, the arts
and sciences, and other topics
about which we know little . . .
We are apt to be discussing tater
bugs, tomato blight, or the pro
per time to wean a calf so
there'll be no bawling in the
barnlot . . . We enjoy releases
from the tensions of the worka
day world by discussing matters
of small consequence . . , The
other day some of the local
householders set to talking about
crickets, and to speculating on
why there are so many more of
the insects this year than usual
. . . and why these musical little
bugs enjoy rare privileges about
the house, while other insects
are swatted and pizened and
stepped on and cussed through
out the summer . . . The cricket,
which has (ound Javor mongst
the poets and the p r o s i s t s
throughout the centuries, multi
plies and replenishes and chirps
his way through life in compara
tive safety, while other insects
meet mass extermination . . .
We have quite a crop of the agile
little musicians around the house,
and when their chirpings get a
bit monotonous, we sometimes
contrive to catch one and carry
him to the lawn ? There'll be
another one in his place tomor
row . . . The only time a cricket
finds himself behind the eight
ball, is when some lad with a
wide knowledge of angling,
snatches him from neath a rock
in a new ground field, impales
him on a hook, and sends him
diving (or the big trout which
lies where the creek turns and
eddies, and which has grown (ar
too wise (or the (eathered lures
. . . Generally speaking, he's a
privileged character, and draws
more praise than the average
human being, and maybe de
serves it.
? ? ?
"My faithful cavalier,
At dusk he draweth near,
v To wait outside my wicket;
I hear him draw his bow.
He playeth soft and low,
My dusky little cricket"
? ? *
LABOR DAY finds most of the
business folks of the town at their
Usual posts of duty ... In a town
where there is scant payroll and
no organized labor, the holiday
which means so much in the cen
ters of population is all but ig
nored . . . School starts and the
youngsters begin the long trip to
their classes, and the grownups
gieet September with adieus to
the picnics and the week-end
trips into the scenic spots, and
the vacations and the good time*
of summer, at the same time cast
ing a weather eye to the coal bin
or the fuel oil tank, and wonder
ing just how much more stress
the family purse will stand . . .
as inflation bears down with
tyrannical force on our way of
life . . Charles H. Mebane, edi
tor of the Newton Observer, vis
its with us . . . Our dad and
Charles' dad were friends back
in the old days of country news
papering, before the typesetting
machines and the automatic
presses moved into the small ci
ties of the land . , . and we sec
ond - generation fourth - cstaters
enjoyed comparing notes on our
increasingly complex problems,
and talking of the policies of our
elders ? many of which have been
proven dead right in the light of
our continuing experience.
NEWSMAN'S LEXICON
With Apologies, to the Aiheville
Citizen:
LUXURY YACHT? More than
14 feet long, needs no oars, and
isn't used for shrimping.
YOUNG MATRON ? Married
woman, probably this side of SO.
ATTRACTIVE BLONDE? Has
moat of her teeth; "blonde" fits
the headline count .better than
"brunette."
SOCIALLY PROMINENT? In
the phone book.
QUALIFIED OBSERVERS
SAY ? The writer says.
SHARP CLASH ? Something
moved. We fired.
SHOWDOWN ? Use when
"crisis" has been overworked.
CRISIS? Used when "show
down" has been overworked.
HOLIDAY TOLL? The usual
week-end slaughter plus over
time.
VIRTUALLY ? Almost; We
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Work Starts Lenoir,
Blowing Rock Road;
Traffic Is Detoured
Lenoir, Aug. 31. ? Work was
started today on preparation (or
the grading of approximately six
miles of the Lcnoir-Blowing Rock
road ? Highway 321 ? and begin
ning next Tuesday this section of
highway will be closed to traffic
until next spring.
State Highway Engineer Zeb V.
Stewart said today that the sec
tion of highway running from
about Dr. Clyde R. Hedrick's cot
tage to the Green Park hotel
would be closed until paving of
the project was completed next
spring.
Kiker and Yount, of Reidsvillo,
were low bidders on the project
at a reccnt letting held by the
State Highway commission and
this contracting firm will be as
sisted by the Macon Construction
Company of Franklin.
During construction of the
highway, traffic from Bfowing
Rock to Lenoir will be routed by
North Wilkesboro, the engineer
' stated.
1,500 Gather To Watch
Annular Eclipse Of Sun
Edmisten Heads
Farm Vole Plan
Howard Edmisten of Sugar
Grove has been named tempor
ary oounty chairman for the cam
paign to acquaint farmers with
details of the special "Nickels for
Know-How" referendum to be
held on November 3, according
to E. Y. Floyd of Raleigh, chair
man of the Referendum Sub
committee of Agricultural Foun
dations, Inc.
The temporary chairman will
preside at a county-wide meet
ing on the night of September 7,
when a permanent county or
ganization will be set up.
In the "Nickels for Know-How"
referendum, held under author
ity of an act passed by the 1951
General Assembly, farmers will
vote on a proposal to contribute
five cents per ton on all feeds
and fertilizers they buy. If ap
proved by ? two-thirds majority,
the plan will be effective for
three years. Proceeds, amounting
to $125,000 or more annually,
will beu sed for expanding agri
cultural research and the flow of
research information to farmers.
The North Carolina State
Grange, North Carolina Farrti
Bureau, and the Agricultural
Foundations, Inc., are charged
with tbe responsibility of con
ducting the balloting. All per
sons who buy feeds and fertili
zers, including husbands and
wives, will be eligible to vote.
Meetings will be held in all
counties on the night of Septem
ber 7. An Intensive educational
campaign designed to reach
every farm family will be con
ducted from then until the refer
endum is held.
By LAURA JUDY
An expectant crowd of approx
imately 1500 sun watchers gath
ered on Elk Mountain Lookout
on the Blue Ridge Parkway long
before dawn on Saturday morn
ing to view what astronomers
said was the only annular eclipse
visible for the rest ?f the century.
A cloud bank piled up in the
eastern part of an otherwise clear
sky prevented viewers from see
ing the beginning of the eclipse.
The clouds parted just in time to
reveal the climiix of the spoctaclc,
as the moon's shadow blotted out
all but a thin halo of sunlight.
An ever-growing crescent of
sunlight then became visible as
the moon continued along its
path in front of the sun, before
the clouds again closed over the
view.
Parkway rangers counted 300
cars from ten states in the mile
long string of vehicles which
stretched from the lookout to the
Deep Gap information center.
The Chamber of Commerce
eclipse dinner held Friday night
attracted approximately 70 per
sons, ranging from astronomers to
politicians to parkway rangers.
As Mr. Herman Wilcox, president
of the Chamber, said, "We'll be
the first on earth to see the
eclipse. We're here tonight to see
that it gets off to a good start."
Mr. Wilcox opened the program
by reading letters from such
widely varied sources as Gover
nor Scott, Senators Hoey and
Smith, Look and Quick maga
zines, Lowell Thomas and Ted
Mack, all of whom had been in
vited. They expressed regret that
they could not be present for the
event.
Principal speaker for the din
ner was Representative Robert L.
(Continued on page seven)
Ten Game Football Schedule
Will Open At Lenoir Sept. 7
Coach Bob Nolan's Appalachian
gridiron squad opens a ten game
schedule at Lenoir on September
7th. The first game finds the 32
man squad of Blue Devils relying
heavily upon ? nucleus of seven
returning lettermen who will be
led by Co-Captains Jerry Trout
man, senior, and Harbin Moretz,
junior. These leaders of the 1951
football squad were chosen by
the team before the Hudson pre
season practice game on August
31. Lettermen returning to the
Appalachian High School squad
include co-captains Jerry Trout
man and Hartoin Moretz, Charles
Taylor, Donald Lyons, Bob Ray,
Armfteld Coffey, and Elton
Greer. Nolan stated that the
most promising newcomers to
the squad aro Wade Miller, Har
old Ragan, Jim Idol, Milton Bar
den. and Tony Winkler.
Coach Nolan begins his second
year as football mentor of the
Appalachian Blue Devils, and he
wants to better the 3-3-2 record
of 1950. Since graduating from
Guilford College in 1M2, he has
obtained hU M. Ed. degree at
Springfield .College in Massachu
setts, and he was a member of
the physical education staff at
Guilford College before entering
the Marine Corps in 1942.
Player* that Nolan will miss
moat from the 1950 squad are
backfield men Paul Richardson,
who ia a paratrooper, and Joe
Edmisten, a member of the
Teacher's College squad at Ap
palachian. Other graduating sen
ion ?f the 1990 squad were Bill
Crawford, Bill Danner, and Leo
nard Greer.
Assisting Nolan with the Blue
Devils' squad are Vernon Felton
and Carl Greene. The entire
coaching staff work purposefully
for the development of sports
manship, character, and leader
ship among boys on the football
squad. Nolan said, "Athletics are
an integral part of education,
and we try to develop all the
athletic talent that a boy has,
but winning is now subordinated
to other values such as sports
manship. character building,
development of leadership, and
the values of mass participation
in a well-rounded physical edu
cation pitogram." "If we had
every boy in school out for foot
ball, the winning would lake
care of itself while all boys
would benefit from our athletic
program at Appalachian High
School."
The Boone Quarterback Club
sponsored the Appalachian-Hud
son pre-season game on August
31. The receipts of this game are
shared by the participating
teams. The ficst home game for
the Blue Devils will be on
September 21 with Flat Rock at
8 p. m. on the Appalachian Col
lege field.
The roster is as follows:
Jerry Troutman, Wade Miller,
Jimmy Johnson, Graden Greer,
Harold Ragan, Charles Taylor,
Bob Ray, Donald Lyons, Harbin
Moretz, Armfield Coffey, Mac
Wellborn, Charles Winkler, Jim
Idol, Bill Jones, Elton Greer,
Gene Reed, Milton Barden,
(Continued on page seven)
College Gives
Degrees To 172;
Honor Students,
?
On Tuesday evening Appala
chian State Teachers College pre
sented diplomas to 79 who re
ceived the bachelor of science de
gree, and 93 who received the
master of arts degree.
The e< mmenccment speaker
was Dr. Homer R. Greenholt,
professor of history and govern
ment at Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Hickory, who was a member of
the visiting faculty at Appala
chian this summer. Dr. Green
>-olt told his audience that
throughout the ages man has
*ecn busy erecting all kinds o'
barriers to the pos-ib'e enterpris
es of each other. "1 hope vou will
oedioate yourselves," he told the
graduating class, "wherever you
find barriers and wherever you
are. to overcome these barriers
and to building bridges."
Some of the barriers to be ov
c-rcomc in the world today, Dr.
Greenholt said, are those of lan
guage. religion, color, occupation,
oolitics. physical handicaps, pov
eity, ignorance, fear, national bar
riers, and international under
standing.
To be bridge - builders. Dr.
Greenholt continued, you should
keep in mind that you must have
certain attitudes: First, you will
need a great deal of patience; sec
ond, you will need a spirit of co
operation; and, third, you will
need historical perspective ? the
knowledge that truth will come
back and reassert itself. You will
also need to remember that you
will have to change your design
occasionally, to fit the occasion.
Don't try to solve all your prob
lems by the same technique, but
use new and different methods, he
said.
In building these bridges,
which he referred to as "spiritual
bridges," Dr. Greenholt indicated
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Annual Meeting
REA Announced
Members of Blue Ridge Elec
tric Membership Corporation
will meet at Lenoir in the
American Legion Home for their
14th annual meeting on Satur
day, September 8.
Registration will begin Bt QtC1
a. m. with the program beginning
at 10:00 a. m.?
The first event of the day will
be a cooking party sponsored by
a local electrical appliance deal
er. At 1:30 p. m. a local talent
contest will get under way with
contestants from all districts of
the cooperative competing, both
professional and amateur*. Pro
fessional will compete with pro
fessional and amateur with ama
teur.
Dr. James. H. Hilton, Dean of
Agriculture, N. C. State College,
will be the speaker for this oc
casion. Dr. Hilton is one of the
most outstanding men in the
state. %
Another highlight of this an
nual membership meeting will
be a beauty contest. Beauty win
ners from all districts of the co
operative will meet for the
grand final where one contestant
will bee hosen for the title "Miss
Blue Ridge Electric." This win
ner will go to the stale meeting
this fall which will be held in
Raleigh to compete for the state
title.
A brief business session will
be held and members will elect
directors for the coming year.
A deluxe electric range will be
given as a grand prize and a
score of smaller prizes will be
given to members holding lucky
numbers.
All members of the coopera
tive are urged to attend.
Split Squirrel
Season Planned
There will be a split Mason on'
squirrls in Watauga, Ashe, Alle
ghany, Surry, Forsyth. Davie,
Yadkin, Iredell, Alexander, and
Stokes. Other counties not listed
in the western part of the state
have the same season. Informa
tion on these counties can be ob
tained through the local game
protector.
The first season opens Septem
ber 19th and closes September
Mth. The second season opens
November 22nd to January 15th
with a daily bag limit this year
of ? per day and 75 per season.
Blue Ridge Fair Begins
Sept. 12; Program Given
THREE FORKS BAPTIST LEADERS? The 'a nit rorks BaptUt Association, which includes forty-four
church*! in this area, concluded it* 111th annual session last weak. Leaden oi th* association are
(left to right, front row) the Rev. R. C. Eggers, moderator; Mrs. Blanche Perry, field worker; and
Wade E. Brown, vice-moderator; (back row) Clyde R. Greene, clerk; and S. C. Eggcrs. member of the 1
executive committee. ? (Photo Winilon Salem Journal.)
Blowing Rock Hospital!
Fund Is Given $30,000
Hartsell Gets
? ?
Montana Post
DR. O. M. HAHTSELL
Dr. O. M. Hart-sell has recently
returnrd from New York City
where he completed the degree
of Doctor of Education at Colum
bia University. While studying
at Columbia he was awarded a
graduate fellowship In music
and was elected to membership
in Phi Delta Kappa and Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia. He was also
president of the Music Education
club.
Dr. Hartsell will leave soon
for Missoula, Mont., where he
has accepted a position in the
School of Music at Montana
State University. He was former
ly a member of the music staff
of Appalachian State Teachers
College.
Final Softball Game
Is Set for Friday
Rev. J. T. Shackford announ
ced Tuesday afternoon that the
final Men's Softball game of the
season will be played Friday af
ternoon at 4:30 on Up0br Field
when the All-Stars of the two
divisions will vie for the cham
pionship.
Immediately after the game a
picnic will be held on the
grounds adjoining the field for
the flayers, their families, and I
any others in the community
who cSrc to join. The wives of
those attending the picnic will
furnish the baskets of food for
the supper. Time i? 6:00.
At 6:45 a general meeting of
all players and recreation offici
al! will be held review the
past season an<^ make plans
for next year.
Rev. Shackford urges everyone
in the community to tum out
for thia event, especially for the
picnic. ?
Air Force R. O. T. C. seeks to
enroll 23,000 freshmen.
Blowing Rock is well on the
way toward the construction ol a
now hospital1, with a pledge of
$30,000 (or the purpose having
been mode by Mrs. Anne Reyn
old* Tate.
The gilt will comc when the
community matches her gift with
$30000 of their own.
Trustees of the hospital have
already launched a drive to raise
the additional funds necessary to
tuild and fully equip the propos
ed modern twenty-bed hospital
which would meet the year round
needs of the community.
The trustees report that the
new building would cost approx-'
imately $70,000. A bequest of
$10,000 by the late Mrs. Moses
Cone plus Mrs. Tate's pledge
leaves $30,000 to be raised by I
February 15,' 1052.
The truttees believe that the
remaining amount will be pledg
ed before the closing of the cur
rent season.
The present capacity of the
Blowing Rock Hospital is ten
beds with no reserve capacity,
the building is small and does not
permit efficient functioning of
the staff. This was pointed out
by the trustees in their report to
the community.
The new building with twenty
txds and a reserve capacity of
six beds would also provide an
emergency room, an operating
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Baptist Group In
111th Session
The 111th annual session of the
Three Forks Baptist Association
was held last week at Poplar
Grove church.
The session closed with election
of officers, reports from associ
ational committees and talks by
"(rnominational representatives.
Rev. R. C. Eggcrs of Zionville
was re-elected moderator of the
association; Wade E. Brown of
Boone was named vice-moderat
or and chairman of the executive
committee. Clyde R. Greene was
re-named clerk.
In the opening day's program at
Beech Valley Baptist church, the
Rev. A. C. Moody preached the
Annual sermon. The Rev. C. H.
Kincaid delivered the concluding
sermon Tuesday.
Representatives from agencies
-ind institutions of the Baptist
State Convention appeared on the
two-day program. They were Dr.
M. A. Huggins of Raleigh, gener
al secretary: Dr. L. L. Carperttcr
of Raleigh, editor of the Biblical
Recorder; Dr. W. K. McGee of
the Baptist Hospital in Winston
Salem; the Rev. James M. Hayes,
superintendent of the Baptist
Home fcr the Aged In Winston
Sulcm; Marsc Grant, editor of
Charity and Children, publication
of the Baptist Orphanage at Tho
masville; and W. H. Kendall of
Mars Hill College.
Next year's meeting will be
held at Union and Mable church
es In the western section of the
county.
Sixty-Five Hopefuls Scamper
Forth For Football Practice
By BILL CARVEY
Sixty-five hopefuls scampered
into the September 1 dawn to
begin football practice at Appa
lachian State .Teachers College.
The Mountaineers, defending
North State Conference champ
ions. do not have as many candi
dates to ehoos# from as in recent
years. Since the war, opening
day has found as many an 115
men ready fur the campaign for
honors, but the draft has found
its way to the hilltop campus and
has trimmed the field consider
ably.
Fifteen lettermen return to the
Appalachian fold ? nine linemen
and six backs. The line will not
be as potent ax it sounds, how
ever, because both first string
tackles and offensive ends arc
either victims of graduation or
Uncle Sam.
The beginning of Preston
Mull's collegt coaching career
leaves him with a big problem in
replacing these ends and tackles.
The biggest loss to the squad was
suffered last week when all-ron
ference center Mac Smith enter
ed the Army. Line reserves with
vaiaity experience are also at a
premium, although experienced
guards are on tap. Newcomers
must fill the gap and boar the
load or Appalachian must take
her lumps.
The backfield shapes up as
just a little better than la.st year.
Jack Groce, shifty right half
back from Wilkesboro is ready
for the race this year and he has
his weather eye cocked at laurels
that will surpass his 1000 yjrd
rushing total and the state's high
scoring mark. Lester Hardin and
Ray Triplett a restated for duty
at fullback and left half, with
Alvin Hooks find Steve Gabriel
alternating at the quarterback
slot. Capable backfield reserves
art- in abundance. /
A scant twelve days of prac
ticc is all the mountain boys
will have at their disposal before
their opening contest. Condition
ing drills will occupy much of
the ^cning week of practice
with work on offense and de
fense coming the second week.
Appalachian open* with Guil
ford in Winston-Salem on Sept- 1
ember 1J.
Cove Creek Cannery
The Cove Creek cannery will be
open only the 7th, 18th and 28th
of this month. It will close for the
season alter September 28th.
battle, Canned Goods,
Other Exhibits To
Be Displayed.
The fourth Blue Ridge Agricul
tural Fair is scheduled for Sept
ember 12-15.
The first day will find the midr
way opening and exhibi s being
entered. On Thursday, Septem
ber 13, beef cattlc will be enter
ed and all exhibits, ixccpt live
stock, will be judged.
Dairy cattle are to be entered
ar.d beef ca.tle judged on Friday,
and on Saturday, the closing day,
dairy cattle will be judged.
A baby show is also on the
agenda for Saturday.
Mi. R. G. Shipley is president
of the Blue Ridge Fair Associa
tion; Mr. L. F,. Tuckwiller, coun
ty lerm agent, and Mrs. Bet y M.
Edwards are general superinten
dents of agricultural exhibits.
- Superintendents of clepar.ments *
and exhibits arc:
Preparation of exhibit space,
Stewart J. Barnes, superinten
dent, Edgar Greene, assistant
superintendent; garden and field
crrfp.1, Department "A", Ned
Glenn, Milton More.z, Zeb Farth
ing r.nd H. J. Williams, superin
tendents; farm and garden dis
play, Johnnie Greene, Billy Cook
and J. B. Robinson; fruits, O. T.
Brown, Albert Watson ' and Den
nis V. Enslcy; pantry and dairy,
Mrs. George P. Edmisten, Mrs. A.
E. Vannoy, Mrs. Clint Miller;
Flower show, Mrs. Odes Wil
son, Mrs. R. H. Harmon, Mrs. Lee
Reynolds; veteran farmer depart
ment, Hayes Wellborn, Barton
Farthing, Billy Cooke; beef cat
tle, Henry Taylor, Lynn Norcis,
Donley Haguman, superinten
dents; sheep, Howard Edmisten,
J < W- Norris, Lewis Morris,' Edd
Love; swine department "J",
Ralph Wilson, Tipton Greene,
Fred Greene;
Dairy cattle, Tom Jackson,
Recce Perdue, John K. Perry. W.
M. Winkler, Ed Love; horses,
George Wilson, Grady Perry;
poultry, Ernest Hillard, Thomas
L. Wilton, Troy Greene; 4-H,
FFA and FHA, Clyde F. Corriher,
Kathleen Coston, R. L. Tait, Mrs.
Council Hcnson, Mrs. A. E. Mor
etz, Mrs. Hattie Lewis; home
demonstration booth, house fur
nishings and clothing, Mrs. Wade
Clawaon, Mrs. Frank Brown,
Mrs. Mae Greene.
W. H. Gragg and Bernard
Dougherty will again judge the
babies as they have for the past
three years.
Feeder Calf
Show Is Slated
The time has been extended
for cattle men to make their en
tries in the first annual _ Boone
Feeder Calf Show and Sale for
October 1, 1951. Many who have
stated that they wished to sell
calves in the sale have not sign
ed the application blank. Let us
urge you to get this entry in as
soon as possible so that we can
get the advertising started.
A class in the show will con
sist of 4 calves, "either or both sex
es, all sired by the same registered
bull, but not necessarily owned
by any one farmer. The Boone
Chamber of Commerce is spon
soring the show and offering a
total of $250.00 in prize money.
Aaron R. Coffey Rites
Held at Ml. Vernon
Services for Aaron R. Coffey
of the Mt. Vernon neighborhood,
who died August 29. were held
at Mt. Vernon ehurch on August
31 at 2.00 p. m. Rev. R. C. Eg
gcrs of Zionvillr and Rev. Will
Cooke ol^Mt. Vernon officiated.
Burial was in the Critcher
cemetery at Mt. Vernon.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Nell Critehcr Coffey; two
sons, Norman Coffey and James
Coffey of the home; and four
daughters. Mrs. Louise Junes of
Rapidan, Vs., and Miss Ethel
Mae Coffey. Miss Emily Coffey
and Miss Lanis Coffey at tito
home.
lites
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