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BOONE 1W POPULATION UN all parti at Um nation. Modwn bud Ma dttrict. A good plan Id ttv*. WATAUGA An Independent Weekly Newspaper? Established in the Year 1888 VOL. LXTV ? tNO. 3>. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 24, IKZ. FIVE CENTS PER COPT RE A Renews Efforts To Build Watauga Dam KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS SHERMAN PIPPIN, veteran locomotive engineer, who pulled the throttle on the narrow guage engines which plied the East Tennessee and Linville River lines (or 45 years, and an old friend of ours, came to see us last week, for the first time since that fateful day in 1940, when he took the train out of Boone to Johnson City in a downpour of i?n . . . Sherm and his train stayed gone, for the torrential rains took away her tracks while the train was in Tennessee, and the ICC later gave the company "the right to abandon the line, which had been such a boon to the people of the area, especially in the days before good roads and dependable automobiles had come into the hill country . . . The gray pated engineer, who recently returned from New a YorlC where he attended the Imperial Council meeting of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, speaks wistfully of his long tenure in the crowded steamy carfl of the lurching locomotives which hauled the freight and the pasqpngers across the Mountains, and took away the iron ore, the lumber and Ruff exported by the mountain people. * "NUMBER NINE? You know ? my favorite engine . . . she's gone the way of the flesh . . . They .cut her up a while back and made tie plates out oi her boiler . . : Engine eleven ha* been scrapped too, and only 1 ? number ft remains of thg fleet which once numbered up to 14. 4 excluding of course. 13." . . The narrow guage only does service out to the rayon plants at Elisabeth ton and the stand ard guage facilities are used . . . Her rails have been taken up from that point on this way . . . and a story gf mountain railroading, and of high service to an isolated region is fast go ing into the limbo of forgotten thing!. ? ? ? SHERMAN speaks softly* of the going of the narrow guage lines, and there's sadness in the eyes which had gazed so long down the narrow tracks ... He admit ted that it was a mighty fine train he hauled into Boone back in the time of World War I, when four steel coaches and a brand new engine, straight from the boiler works, made a round trip from Boone to Johnson City daily . . . The rear car was a handsome parlor car, labeled "Azalea," and for a small extra n heavily comfort the big roads offered at the time . . "And, funny thing . . . everybody marveled at it . . . We hauled those 50,000 pound coaches, four of them, over through Linville Gap to Johnson City and back to Boone on four and a half tons of coal . . . Other railroaders couldn't understand how we did it!" . . . Course, we figured that casting four and a half tons of coal into a firebox in one shift, was a good deal of coal, and a hasty calculation showed that some 73,890 tons had been fed the fires during hi* career at the throttle . . . And we were forced to agree with the veteran of the coughing engine, that when a railroad leave* a town it make* a void which isn't filled right easily . . . We look back with fondness on the days when the high wail of engine nine was heard at Hodge* Gap, and the people of the community gathered at the Station, to sec who came and to get the word from down the line . . . Lota of times Sherm had brought us in some stuff we needed from town, and always bad fetched a good sum of information on what was going on at the other end of the line . . . We enjoyed hi* viiit and the memories of the many happy frips down the narrow guage track* . . . a c ruts the mountain, along the Watauga, into the town, and back again, as twi light came. all the FRED CHURCH, feaial (Continued oa pag? four) President Chamber Commerce To Attend Knoxville Meeting; REA Ready To Act If TV A Will Give Go-Ahead Sign. The movement to construct another power dam on the Watauga River in Watauga county, has gained impetus, ac cording to word from Herman Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber of Comtnerce, who states that he is to attend a regional meeting in Knoxvilie, Tenn., next Friday, which will be attended by Mr. Clapp, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority. At this meet ing the REA, through the local Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, will seek to pur chase power from the TVA. If this request is turned down, the REA will renew its request for a go-ahead sign, so that it may constructits own dam on the Wa tauga. ? I Some time ago the REA made application for a permit to build an electric power dam on the Watauga, in line with the re quests of the Boone Chamber of Commerce and other interested persons. 0 Since, however, the TVA controlled a good deal of the watershed involved, it balk ed the deal. However, it is und erstood, TVA had expressed a willingness to build the dam on its own, but that tort of action would not' be expected for several years. Subsequently the REA is re newing its requests for authority to build a dam, if power is not ^available to them, and under standing is that if permission is given by the TVA, the coopera tive is ready and anxious to start the big development. The people of Boone and Wa tauga, who are greatly Interested in this proposed project, will watch this latest development with renewed cpncem. Band Clinic Is Held In Boone The North Carolina Band Clinic for the.Western Division was held at Appalachian St4b Teachers college on Friday j^d Saturday of last week. was sponsored by the North Caro lina Bandmasters Association, and EarFSlocum, director of the University of North Carolina band and orchestra, was Given Highest Scout Award 'ODY SHACKFORD Joseph (Jody) T. Shackford, Jr., 12 year old son of the Rev. Joseph T. Shackford and Mrs. Shackford, has received the Boy Scout's* highest award ? that of Eagle Scout, Troop 109, Boone. Dr. Lee Reynolds was the award ing Scoutmaster. Jody began %>is Scouting on his eleventh birthday at Calvary Methodist Church, Greensboro, under the leadership of Mi-. Edwin Sharpe, who was Scoutmaster fit his troop, and after he moved to Boone in October of 1950, con tinued and Dr. Reynold. The public award w sra made at a court of honor during the morn ing service of the Boone Metho dist Church recently. His father is pastor of that church. His mo ther is the former Miss Virginia Johnson, daughter qt A. S. John son' of Lexington. Business in 1951 reported lit tle changed from 1950. fne musical director of the clinic. Gordon Nash, head of the Appa lachian States Teachers college music department, and Roy R. Blanton, director of the Appala chian High school band at Boone, were clinic chairmen and official hosts. There were 95 students at the clinic, representing 33 schools in the Western Division. Partici pating directors and schools in cluded the following: M. T. Cou sins, Morganton; Ted Orr, Elkin; Charlie Johnson, Mount Airy; Bernard Hirsch, Marion; Claude Jarrett, Wilkesboro; Kathryn Siphers, Drexel; David Price, Cul lowhee; A. L. Luttrcl^ High Point; Joseph Denardo, Asheville; ba Bingham, North Wilkesboro; Sammy Beck, Franklin; Landon Walker, Hickory; Edison Day, Hildebran; Martha Thomasson, Glen Alpine; Roy H. Milligan, Mineral Springs; Charles" Bal lance, Forshyth County; D. C. Cole, Rutherford County; Ralph Walker, Hanrs High, Winston Salem; Robert J?yer, Reynolds High', Winston-Salem; E. L. Row ley, Gray High, Winston-Salem; B. V. Wagner, Lexington; Roy Blanton, Appalachian High, Boone; Gaorge Wilson, Valdesc; JohirC. Rae, Foijyth County; C. J. Mannle, Canton; Bob Ingram, Jamestown; Joshua Tyler, New ton-Conover; Earl Martin, Hend ersonville; and Charles Isley, Waynesville. Assisting Mr. Slocum as direct ors were Joseph Wilson of High Point College, Nicholas Erneston, William Spencer and Dorothy Kerns, all of the Appalachian Stat* Teachers college music faculty. The climax of the clinic came on Saturday night when a con cert was given by the 9S students attending, with Mr. Slocum di recting. A large audience, from over Western North Carolina,- was in attendance. Milk Suppliers Are Given Grades By Health Dept. All milk suppliers ill the coun ty have been graded by the Wa tauga County Health Depart ment in accordance with the grade specifications of the milk ordinance and code governing ?a mo. AU consumer* are urged to purchase milk, on the basis of grade. These grades appear on each bottle cap and placards arc posted in every restaurant, soda fountain, etc., where milk is sold, stating the grade of milk sold. Qrade A pasteurized milk is the safest milk available to Watauga county consumers, and Orade A raw milk is aa safe aa can be SS3RSSSB ? Consumers are urged by the health department to uae o ejy these grades. More information is given about milk in an article, "What Every Person Should Known About Milk," copies of which may be obtained from the (Continued on page eight) 4-H Council The 4-H County Council meet ing will be held on Saturday, January 2a, at 10:00 a. m.. in the Legion Hut. Mr. Oacar Phillip*, aaaiatant State 4-H Club leader, will be guest speaker. Recrea tion will follow the meeting. All 4-H Club officer! are urged to be present. Scout Groups Make Plans For Local Events Work has begun on plant (or celebrating National Scout Week in America by local Scouting of ficial!. Scoutmasters who are mapping out the events for the week February 3 through Febru ary 10 are Dr. Lee Reynolds, of the Methodist sponsored group, Crayte Teague of the Explorer group, and Jimmie Greene of the I Baptist sponsored group. February 3 will be Scout Rec ognition Day in the churches, climaxed by a union service in the First Baptist Church of Boone that night at 7:30 o'clock. An offering will be taken at this service to be used in enlarging the Scout Hut, which is located to the rear of the Baptist and Methodist churches. Highlight of the week will be the celebration of the birthday of Scouting in America with a ban quet in Fellowship Hall at the Boon? Methodist Church. Scouts, their parents and friends will at tend this supper Friday, Febru ary 8 at 7:30. At 8:15, all the Scouts present at the banquet will rite and repeat the Scout Oath ? a ceremony which will be shar ed with Scouts all over Amer ica at the same time. Proceeds from the supper will also be used for the Scout^puild ine fund. OTher programs for the week of celebration are being planned but details have not been com pleted. These are expected to be released by next week. Mrs. W. E. Shipley Dies In Bristol Bristol, Tcnn. ? Minnie Woodic Shipley, 73. a native of Watauga County, N. C. died Sun- . day afternoon at her home here after a lingering illness. She was the only child of the 1 late James Alexander and Cardis Wood to of Watauga County. She was a member of the Methodist Church an* Bristol's firat Gold Star Mother of World War II. Surviving are the husband, W. E. Shipley of Vilas, N. C.; four daughters, Mrs. T. A. Belli of Mount Holly, N. C.; Mrs. James , B. Ward of Neva, Tenn., Mrs. Claude S. Perry> of Columbus, ; Ohio, and Mrs. Foster W. Bryant of Chatham, Va.; two sons, James E. Shipley of Reidsville, N. C., and Robert G. Shipley of j Vilas. - | Funeral services were held , T uesday jt 2 p. m. in the chapel , of Akara Funeral Home here. The Rev. Carroll Skeens and the , Rev. W. F. Blackard will officiate and burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were W. B. and Rfl j L. Austin, *fadd Woodie, H. P. j Gates, Castle Page and Frank ? Logan. , Women To Conduct Mother Polio March Under the auspices of the Junior Woman's Club, the Moth er's March on Polio will be con- ' ducted in Boone from 7 to t ' o'clock p. m. Wednesday Janu- 1 ary 30. In the rural areas the ' March will be at the same hour under the sponsorship of the ' Veterans of Foreign Wars. A member of t^? volunteer ' army of marching mothers will 1 call at every home where a ' lighted porch light bids her wel come and signifies that the home . has a contribution to makctln the fight against polio. Corporal Buchanan Injurea in Tokyo Corporal Wm. R. Buchanan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Buch anan of Boone, has suffered a broken jaw and is now in a hos pital in Tokyo, Japan, his par ents have been advised. The cause A>f the injury was not given. Corporal Buchanan was en route to Korea when he was in jured. His return to the States tJ) now expected. Football Banquet The annual football banquet honoring the 1951 squad is to be given at the Skyline Restaurant tonight (Wednesday) at 7 o'clock. Coach Preston Mull at A. S. T. C. will be the guest speaker. . Sponsors for the affair are the . V. r. W. and the High 8chool , Athktic association. \ Outdoor Theatre To Be Built On Winkler Farm MAKE PLANS FOR DRAMA . . . Oficials of t he Southern Appalachian Historical Associa tion are shown as they met Monday to announce the site for the new outdoor theatre, and to make other plans for next summer's drama. 3eated are Mrs. B. W. Stallings, corresponding secretary, and Mr. Samuel Seldon, Director of the Carolina Playmakers, who will produce the drama, "Horn in the West"; standing: R. E. Agle, director, and chairman of the pro duction committee; Kermit Hunter, of the University of North Carolina, author of the mountain draipa; Dr. I. G. Greer, president of the historical organization, and Dr. D. J. Whitener, executive vice-president. ? Photo by Falmer's Photo Service. Dimes Quartet Singing Headlines Polio Drive Plato Moody Passes In Ohio Arthur Plalo Moody, 66, na tive of Watauga county, and for more than twenty yeari a Cosh octon county, Ohio, farmer, died last Tuesday at his home on West Lafayette, Ohio, Route 1, after an illness of five months. Mr. Moody was born August 22, 1885 in Watauga county, North Carolina, a son of the late Sheriff William P. and Martha Fletcher Moody, and was married December 20, 1913, to Miss Mat tie DaAler, who survives. He was > memhfr of the Baptist Church at West Lafayette. The survivor^ arc one daugh ter, Mrs. John Bradford, Wwt Lafayette Route 1; four sons, Austin P. Moody, Bristol, Tenn., NrtHnan M. Moody, U. S. air force, Arthus W. Moody, West Lafayette, and Paul E. Moody, West Lafayette Route 1 , eight listers, Miss Alice R. Moody, Mrs. Grady Graham and Mrs. Raymond Carroll, all of Boone, N. C., Mrs. Stewart Hayes and Mrs. Leonard Hayes, both of Vilas, Mrs. C. M. Hayes, West Lafayette Route 1, Mrs. D. F. Rogers, Coshocton Route 4, and Mrs. K. T. Odom, Newcomers town Route 2; and seven grand children. Funeral services were held last Friday at 2 o'clock at the Baptist Church, West Lafayette, Ohio, with Rev. M. F. Bellville in charge. Burial was in Fairfield cemetery. ? Mrs. Esther Reeves Dies in Albemarle ? Mrs. Esther Reeves, 74 years of age, died at the home of her nephew, Mr. Albert Palmer, in Albcrmarle, N. C. on January 19. Mrs. Reeves had been in ill health for several years. Funeral services, were held at her home in IJew London, N. C. on January 16, at 3:00 p. m., and burial was in the city cemetery. Rev. Ben Moore and ReV. S. L. Sharp** conducted the service#. She 1a survived by one brother. Mr. Shelly Palmer of Rockwell, N. C., a nephew, Mr. Albert Pal mer of Albemarle, and a niece, Mrs. Howard Cottrell of Boone. Mr. Palmer and Mrs. Cottrell, who were reared by k^rs. Reeves, had been with their aunt several week* prior to her death. Reports by the I^EA indicate that farmers are turning more and more to electric power for labor Mvings and for help it> in creasing farm production effici - - i J Vocalists From Wide Area To Take Pari; Colored Groups To Aid; Two Auditoriums To Be Used. Twelve quartets have already definitely promised to take par#in the March of Dimes quartet singing Saturday evening, January 26. and information is that the songfest, which is rapidly taking its place as the highspot in the polio campaign, will draw a record crowd this year. ? JACK IDOL ?Director, March of Dimes Valle Cruris PTA Valle Crucis P. T. A. meets Friday night, January 25 at the Valle Crucis School. Make your plftis to uttcnd and bring^a n> ghbor. Advance ticket sales have proved most encouraging to the committee members who state that tickets may be secured from business houses in Boone, from March of Dimes headquarters in the Building and Loan Building, and from various stores and fill ing stations in diferent sections of the county. As hitherto announced, the singing will be held at 7:30 at both the courthousc and the Boone High School. It is antici pated that both auditoriums can take care of the crowds. Vocal ist* from three states, and from n^any counties in North Carolina, are expected to be present, and new registrants are arriving daily. Included will be some top flight colored groups. Watt Gragg and Alfred Adams are Masters of Ceremonies, and the general committee is com posed of John F. Cook, J. Allen Qragg, and Richard Hodges. The quartets are paying their own expenses in coming here to take part in the singing and word from the committee is: "Let's don't let 'em down!" Urges Improvement Of Pasture Land In W ataqga Farmer* of Watauga County can *tep up milk production, re duce feed cost* and conserve soil and water resource* by carrying out the pasture improvement practices emphasized in th# 1952 Agricultural Conservation Pro gram, says DwightXable, Chair man of the County PMA commit tec. Mr. Cable points out that, m general, about 38 percent of all feed consumed by dairy catle now comes from pasture crops, but that, far lesa concentrated practices were carried out. Aasiatance under the 1962 ACP will be approved for farms In Watauga County for either estab lishing or improving permanent pastures with the following pas ture seeds: Kentucky bluegrcsa, orchard gram, fescue, Korean lespedeza, while Dutch clover and ladino clover. Approved mix ture* are in the county handbook or are on file in the county of fice. To make the mtet effective uar of ACP practice*, the chairman urge* each farmer to go over hi* (arm to determine the conserva tion needs. This checkup sAoulfl provide answer! to the following questions: Arc pastures producing as well as they should? Are weeds tak ing over? Should the old pastures be plowed up and new ones established? What grass and legume mixture would be best? Will lime and phosphate increase production? How can the ACP {Continued on page eight) Polio Fund Ball To Be Held Here The March of Dimes ball is to be held on J" Tbruary Sth at the Appalachian High School gym nasium starting at 8: JO. A good orchestra will be secured and proceeds will be given to the polio fund. Further announce ments of the event will be made in the next edition of the Demo crat. s j2s.Kli.ta; Hunter Submit* Portions Of Script For Drama To Be Produced Here Next Sum mer; List of Those Named On New Committees. A portion of the James Winkler farm, a 35-acre tract, in Boone, has been chosen as a site for the theatre in which the outdoor drama, featuring the history of the Appaalchian mountain region, will be stag ed, it developed at a meeting of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association held here Monday. A five-year lease has been se cured on the land, which lie* be tween the James Winkler home on Blowing Rock Road, and the State Farm road, and which i* said to be ideally located (or the development. The building com mittee is expected to speed plans for the start of the theatre con struction early in March, if wea ther permits. The rustic struc ture will seat 2,000 persons. "Horn in the W?*i" At the same time, Mr. Kermit Hunter, professor of English at the University of North Carolina, ud noted author, gave a prevue <? sections of the dramatic script, which ha* been named "Horn in the West." The promotional sym bol will be a man. gun at side, | coon skin cap, and holding a horn to his lip*. Mr. Hunter explained that the drama was not built around Dan iel Boone altogether, but in cludes the famous trail-blazer, along with John Sevier and oth er notables of the 1770-1780 >per iod. In addition to being a dra matic record of some of the mountain history, the drama car ries a strong religious undertone, features some of the old sacred songs of the hill country, and traces the later development of the section. Samuel Selden, of the Carolina Playmakers, who will produce the drama, sa^ that in addition to the Playmakers, con siderable local talent would be used, and try-outs will be con ducted in the early spring. Dr. I. Q. Greer, president of the Southern Appalachian "His torical Association, presided at the meeting. Committees A committee to employ a bus incsunanager was appointed, and is ccSiposed of: Dr. D. J. White ner, Ralph Winkler, Kermit Hunter, Mrs. B. W. Stalling*. H. W. Wilcox. The building coihmittee is composed of Ralph Winkler, R. D. Hodges. Sr., E*tel Wagoner, G. C. Robbins, and Alfred Adams. First Reports On Dimes Fluid Reports are beginning to tric kle in to the March of Dimes off ice here and Jack Idol, chairman of the campaign, has issued the first figures, covering current receipts. He asks that churches who have taken special offerings send them in as soon as possible. The initial report follows: Perkinsville Baptist Church, $60.00; Shulls Mills Church, $10.43; Cove Creek Church. $29.21; Presbyterian Sunday School, $17.07; Middle Fork Bap tist Church, $9.00; Sandy Plat Church, $7.00; Boone Circuit Methodist Church, Rev. McKin ney. $17.20; Mt. Zion Lutheran Sunday School, $2.00. Groups reporting partial con tributions include: Green Valley School, $102.77; Appalachian High School, $67.00. Deep Gap School held a pic supper which netted $172.66 for the campaign. Lions Club Mil o' Dimes have reported $290.00 col lected at their stands. Life Purpose Week Feature at College Life Purpose Week is being ob- jfl served this week at Appalachian State Teachers college and the N First Baptist Church at Room, sponsored br the Baptist Student Union. The speaker for the series is Rev. Warren C. Carr. pastor of the Witta Street Baptist Church 'T.JJ
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