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WATAUGA DEMOC An Independent Weekly Newspaper? Established in the Year I 888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROIJNA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 17, 1952. i i LINVILLE FALLS, already one of Western Carolina's top scenic attractions, is destin ed to attract even more visitors under National Park Sedvice administration as a Blue Ridge Parkway recreational area. The falls, where Linville River dr4>s a dis tance of 150 feet, is to be given the Park Service by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. ? (Photo Asheville Citizen-Times.) ? 0 Linville Falls Is Given To Blue Ridge Parkway kIng STREET BY ROB RIVERS PENNIES VS. POLIO NICK IE WILLIAMS, four and a half years old, of Shulls Mills, had been saving pennies for a whole year, dropping them, one by one, in a quart fruit jar . . . The other day when the. Lions Club was conducting 1he coin board down at the Bank corner, Seeking money with which to fight polio, here came the little boy with pretty near a quart of pennies ? 800 of them ? which he flunked down to swell the March of Dimes total. The little lad says he prefers to put his > "candy money" in the' fight against the grim crippler ? a mighty fine decision on the part of a mighty fine youngster! A LOT OF GROWN UPS might take not* of this acfcof g?n?rosltr on the part oi a Ut ile child. Maybe it will tend to loosen them up a bit on this infantile paralysis fight . . . 'It's going to take a heap of pen nies and of dimes and dollars to swell the fund over the na tion to the point that it can cope successfully with the in crease in the disease, which tragically enough, strikes in finitely more children than adults . . . Some of our own Watauga county children are still being treated by the In fantile Paralysis Foundation, others may be stricken, and if only foe selfish reasons, it should be relatively easy to raise the local quota . . . Let's make our March of Dimes con tributions now . . . ahead of all the other gifts we intend to make . . . Ifs ? preferred obli gation. or rather we should say. privilege. ? ? ? A FINE RECORD Mr. Fred Hatley, of Shulls Mills, who hauled milk for Coblo Dairies till the business was taken over by the Yadkin Valley Dairy Cooperative, and who continues gathering up the lacteal fluid tor the new concern, was in town the other day, and tells the Democrat that he has rounded up the milk cfens from the head of Watauga River to Cove Creek for nine loaf years (Continued on page two) Roanoke, Va., Jan. 12 ? Plans to add Linville Falls, one o( North Carolina's biggest drawing scenic spots, to the Blue Ryjgc Parkway were announced here today. The announcement was made by Sam P. Weeds, superinten dent of the parkway. He said the acquisition of Linville Falls by the National Park Service, which administers the parkway, is be ing made possible through the donation of about $100,000 by John D. Rockefeller Jr. The world famous New York financi er has given millions for the development of national parks throughout the country. His five million dollar gift was a major factor in the establish ment of the Great Smoky Moun tain National Park in. North Car olina and Tennessee where the scenic parkway ends. The gift was made in memory of his mother, Laura Spelman Rock feller. Weems said the donation for Linville Falls was made after Rockefeller drove over the park way "a year or so ago." He ex plained that Rockefeller "was impressed by the beauty of this area and with the desirability of adding the 150-falls near Table Rock and Hawks Bill, well known landmarks that tower majestically on the east rim of Linville Gorge to the parkway." Weems explained that in the early days of planning the 500 mile Blue Ridge Parkway that connects the Shenandoah Na tional Park in Virginia with the Great Smoky Park the "striking scenic and recreational aspects of : both Linville Falls and Linville Gorge were recognized." Since then, the forest service of the Department of Agriculture has acquired part of the Gorge and designated it the Linville Gorge Wild Area. Linville Falls and a "very scen ic part of the Gorge, however, remained in private ownership until Mr. Rockefeller donated the funds to the federal govern (Continued on page two.) Many Buy Bonds To Aid Cause Of Outdoor Drama Thirty local firms and indivi duals have agreed to buy one thousand dollars each in bonds of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association, as the nucleus of the fund which is being raised with which to pro duce Kermit Hunter's outdoor drama, featuring the life of Dan iel Boone, and the history of this mountain region. The auspicious start of the financial campaign was revealed at a meeting of the organization held Monday evening, and the names of the thousand dollar subscribers were released, as follows: H. W. Wilcox, Boone Drug Co., Estcl Wagoner, Farmers Hard ware Sc Supply Co., Ralph Wink ler, Appalachian Theatre, G. C. Rohbins, WAT A, Watauga Build inflSt Loan AssociatMn. Colvard Chevrolet Co., George Greene, Northwestern Bank, Guy Hunt, Grady Farthing, Stanley A. Har ris, a Friend, Gordon Winkler, Dr. W. M. Matheson, Belk's De partment Store, Dr. Lawrence Owsley, Charlie Wilcox, Cottrel! & Cottrell, Drs. Glenn and Har mon, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Sel lings, James Storie, Gwyn Gam bill, Dr. Len Hagaman, Frank M. Payne, Boone Tobacco Board of Trade. Solicitors were busily engaged the first of the 'week, contacting other likely investors, with a view to meeting the financial needs of the organization as quickly as possible. Dimes Singing Prospects Gopd Mounting interest is being shown in the county-wide March of Dimes quartet singing to be held , here January 26, and indi cations are th^) this year's event will draw a larger attendance thall the record-breaking number which came out last year. Since large numbers were turn ed away test year, present plans are for holding the singing at the courthouse and at the High School Auditorium simultaneous ly, starting at 7:30 o'clock, and the vocalists will rotate between the two places, so that everyone attending the songfest wjll hear all the numbers, whether he goes to the courthouse or the school. Information is that all the quartets of Watauga county will be on hand, with many other counties in the State being repre sented, from as far away as Bun combe. Others from Virginia will be here, it is said. Mr. Watt H. Gragg and Mr. Al fred T. Adams will act as mast ers of ceremonies. The commit tee in charge is composed of J. Allen Gragg, John F. Cook and Richard Hodges. On the?basis of preliminary 1950 census figures, the REA estimates that on June 30, 1951, 84.2 per cent of U. S. farms has central station electricity. Music And Arts Building At College Now Being Occupied By EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT After being in makeshift quarters for five years, the mus ic and art departments of Appa lachian State Teachers college moved into the new fine arts building at the college last week. A fire, some five years ago, com pletely destroyed the building housing* these two departments, together with all equipment. The fine arts building covers 31,344 square feet, with a front age of 381.6 feet It was built at a cost of more than $300,000 and is the third in a series of build ing projects costing $3,500,000 at the college. There are sixteen practice rooms in the new building to provide for individual practice sessions. Recitals and concerts hereafter) will be given in the spacious auditorium with a seat ing capacity of 607 and a stage which is capable of seating a 100-piece orchestra or band. The special band rehearsal room and a permanent orchestra rehearsal room are provid ed in the new building. There is also a spearstr rehearsal room for the chorus. In addition, there are private studios for all MUSIC AND ARTS BUILDING member* of the mimic faculty, and adequate storage space for instrument*, music librai-y, and material*. The art students will occupy five rooms in the new building, and the new facilities will make it poasibte to add industrial arts to the art curriculum. Projection machinery, mimeo graph machines, and other need ed facilities are included in the new equipment for the building. The room* of the building have been painted in pastel colon, with spccial coloring ch'wn for c?ch room to take ad vantage of the direction of light exposure and other technical difficulties. It is one of the most beautiful buildings on the Ap palachian campus. The public is invited to inspect this latest a4 ditiou to the college's facilities. i'i . ? .iis,. ik..,: i . Hundred Band Students To Attend Music Clinic APPALACHIAN HIGH SCHOOL BAND APPALACHIAN STATE TEJACHERS COLLEGE BAND N orth wester n BankHas New Record Of Growth North Wilkesboro, N. C. Jan.( 11 ? The Northwestern Bank reached a new high in resources during 1951, President B. B. Dougherty of Boone reported to stockholders in- annual meeting here at the home office of the bank, which has branches in 16 other northwestern North Caro lina cities and towns. Dr. Dougherty, who in addition to being president of the rapidly growing financial institution is a pioneer cducator and president of Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone, informed the well attended stockholders meet ing that resources of the bank had grown from $2,775,590.59 on December 31, 1937, to $39,009, 300.18 as of December 31, 1951. In the same period, he said, the capital and unallocated reserve account increased from $270, 652.73 to $3,145,152.81. Now, he salG, the reserve and capital ac counts are the highest in the history of the bank. He stated that the capital and reserve ac count for the bank would com pare favorably with that of any bank in the state. Stockholders elected the fol lowing directors: W. B. Austin of Jefferson. Ralph Duncan, C. A. Lowe, C. O. McNeil and N. B. Smithey of North Wilkeabnro; W. C. Berry of Bakersville; J. D. Brinkley of Valdosc; R. L. Dough ton of Sparta; D. C. Dun can of Sparta; C. E. Fox of Hickory; G. M. Kirkpa trick of Taylorsville; John C. McBee, Sr., of Spruce Pine; W. W. Mast of Vatic Crucis; R. L Prcsnell of Burnsville; C. A. Peterson of Spruce Pine; M. E. Reeves of Laurel Springs; Wade H. Shuford of Hickory; C. L. Whlsnant of Hickory; Gordon H. Winkler of Boone and Herbert M. Yount of Newton. Directors re-elected Dr. Dough erty president; Edwin Duncan of Sparta, executive vice president ; W. B. Greene of Kingsport, Tcnn., and Wade H. Shuford of Hickory, vie* presidents; D. V. Deal of North Wilkesboro secre tary. W. D. Farthing of Boone was elected a vice president; E. P. Bell o f Wilkesboro as auditor: and C. C. Roper. Jr., of North Wilkesboro, manager of the credit department. The Northwestern Bank oper ate* branches at Sparta, Boone, Blowing Rock, Baktravllle. Burnsville, Jefferson, Taylors vllle, Valdese, Spruce Pine, Black Mountain, Old Fort, New ton Maiden, Hickory, Stony Potat and Wilkesboro. 'Maj. Thomas Clear Is Taken By Death Retired Army Officer Di?s at Blowing Rock; Other News Si That Uty. ? _ O By MRS. LUCILE LETT Major Thomas Leroy Clear, re tired, died at Blowing Rock Hospital January S following a long illness. Funeral services, un der direction of Rcins-Sturdivant of Boone, were conducted from the home here in Blowing Rock on Friday ftiorning with Rev. Thomas C. Seitz charge. Bur ial was in the Clear family plot in Washington, *b. C. Major Clear was born in Washington, D. C. on February 5, 1869 the son of Robert Leroy Clear and Rose Bradley Clear. He was a graduate of Dental Surgeon of George Washington University, Washington, D. C. in the class of 1901 and resided in Washington and Chicago until 1908 when he was appointed to the Panama Canal at Panama as Collector of the Port and treasurer of the Panama Rail road. Major Clear held this ap pointment until 1918 when he was commissioned as Major In spector General of the U. S. Army, following which he serv ed with the A. E. F. in Europe from the summer of 1918 until the faU of 1920. After demobilization of the A. E. F. Major Clear returned to Panama to his former position there. He was comissioned Ma jor in the Regular U. S. Army in October 1920. In October 1921 Major Clear resigned from the U. S. Army to become treasurer United States Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation as a member of the Board, returning to Wash ington, D. C. to live. He resigned from this position in June 1924 to become Treasurer of Consoli dated Railroads of Cuba where he remain until being retired by the Consolidated Railroads of Cuba in March 1942. During this (Continued on page 3, 2nd sec.) Phone Line T o Deep Gap Soon To Be Completed Mr. H. M. Inabinet, group manager of tfie Southern Bell Telephone Co. stated thaP con sturction of a line to the Deep Gap sectidh will soon be complet ed and 70 new telephones will b? connccted soon thereafter. Mr. Inabinet declared the to tal number of telephones now serving Boone is two and one half times or 162 per cent great er than the number in use at the end of World War II. Telephone facility expansion in the community was part of a State of North Carolina program that total* approximately 23,000 telephones gained duriug 1951. There arc now 346,000 telephones in servicc which is more than two times the number in service in the state six years ago. This required an expenditure In the state of (74,000,000 during the six-year period. (14,000,000 of which w?? spent in the vtate by Southern Bell during the year Just ended, Mr. Inabinet Mid. Rural expansion in the state included the installation of 10, 000 telephone! during 1951. These telephones now total M.000, which is about three times the number operated by the com pany six years ago, he said. One of the big objectives of the com pany is adding telephones for farmers, Mr. Inabinct said. "The company is aware that, in spite of good overall progress in the state during 1951, a large number of unfilled applications ff>r telephone service are on hand. This demand largely Is a result of the economic growth of the xtatc. We arc working hard at the job of meeting full telephone scrvice needs," Mr. Inabinct aaid. ' "Southern Bell'* activities In i connection with civilian tele- < phone needs were carried for ward in a year .in which tha | greatest military defense de mai <s since the war were also ] met," he added. I Thirty - Two High Schools Represented in Band Clinic To Be Held Here Friday and Saturday; New Music and Arts Building To Be Used. Preparations have now been completed for the All-State High School Band tlinic (Western Division) which will be held in the new Music and Art* Build ing on the campus of Appalachian state Teachers College, Friday and Saturday. One hundred of the finest young high school band s.udents in the state will parti cipate in the two day festivities. These students represent 32 high schools in Western North Caro lina. Roy Blanton and 'Gordon Nash, co-chairmen of the affair, are being assisted by Nicholas Ernes ton and William Spencer, of the college music faculiy, in making the clinic a success.' Also assist ing are several committees made up of college students of the music department? These com mittees are as follows: Housing, chairman, Ted Barnett; Enter tainment, chairman, Reba Smith; Decoration, chairman Tommy Hauss; Poster and Bulletin Boards, chairman Helen Wink ler; Ushers Giles Salvo; and Properties, chairman Bob Love. The following high school bands are being represented: Newton-Conover, Elkin, Waynes ville, Cullowhee, Gray High School, Hanes High School, and Reynolds High School of Win ston-Salem, Rutherfordton, For est' City, Clifbide, Harris, Caito leen, Morganton, Walkertown, Kernersville, Marion, Mineral Springs, Glen Alpine, Henderson villc, HildebrCVi, Jamestown, Drexel, Hickory, Canton, Frank lin. Griffity, North Wilkesboro, Valdcsc, Wilkesboro, Asheville, High Point, Mt. Airy and Boone. Registration will begin at 9:00 a. m. Friday morning. The stud ents will rehearse throughout most of the day until 9:00 p. m. at which time they will be trans ported to the homes or the towns people who have generously volunteered to provide lodging for them. Later that evening, the students and their directors are to be guests of the college for the evening meal in the college cafe teria. Following this meal, the (Continued on page two.) William P. Cook, 83, Die* at Shady Valley William Patrick Cook, 83 years old, a former resident of Wa tauga county, was found dead Friday January 11, near his home at Shady Valley, Tenn. He had been in failing health for several years. Mr. Cook was a native of Wa tauga county, but had resided in Tennessee for 52 years. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday at 2 o'clock at the upper Shady Valley Baptist Church by Rev. Ben Wood and Rev. A. N. BIcvins. Interment was in the Wood* cemetery. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Sarah Stone; one brother, T. M. Cook of Blowing Rock, and several nieces and nephews. Southern Supply Co. Buys Local Business The Mast Supply Co. of this :ity, was sold Thursday to the Southern Supply Company. The new ftol-e will be under the supervision of Mr. J. C. Sline, who will also continue to manage the Western Auto Store. The new catablishment, operat ing under the name of Southern Supply Co., will be. says Mr. "line, a cut rate retail manufac tures' outlet for household goods, electrical appliances, paints, etc. Mr. Clinc stales .hat the store ia ilao the authorized dealer for the General Electric line of applian :es and radios. Joseph Transou J! Mr. Joseph Transou. son of the late Mr. Will Tranaou and Mrs. rcnsic Tranaou of Greensboro. ?nd nephew of Miaa Billie Todd !>t Jefferson, died in a Richmond, Va. hospital last Thursday fol lowing a long illr Funeral services were held Richmond, Vs. burial was there
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