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BOQNE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOKTH CAROLINA, THUMDAY. JANUAKY 31, IMft
DRAMA SITE ? Scene taken at the site leased for the presentation of the outdoor drama, "Horn in the West." Arrow
points to the approximate center of the principal stage. The location is on the Jim Winkler farm in East Boone, and in
cludes 35 acres, which will give ample rooui for the stage, th e seating arrangements and for the parking of some hundreds
of automobiles. ? Photo by Palmer's Photo Service. _
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KING
STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
CHIX AND RETIREMENT
Have often wondered why it is
that raising chickens seems to' be
the ambition of so many folks, if
and when the ship comes in< and
they are retired to the fields ol
clover . . . It's a fair even money
bet that more than half the folks
one meets, if questioned on re
tirement, envision the little house
in Ihe country, alongside the
colorless chicken coop . . . Fact
is, we've heard this prescription
for old-age happiness So often
that we even catch ourselves
peering into the costal ball and
seeing a dominecker rooster
staring^hs in the face ... A few
years ago we set to wondering
whether this anxiety to raise
chickens when the days of toil
are gone, is peculiar to mountain
men, so we fell into conversation
with a merchant in ott of the
g/feat cities ... He hacT always
sold stuff . . . contributed a shoe
store to the depression, and had
made his way slowly back up the
rungs of the economic ladder . . .
"Am setting right pretty now,"
he said, "Jfever got my business
back, but have made good work
ing for the i^her fellow . . . Have
a pretty good backlog of< social
security benefits coming some of
these days, and have an eye on a
little patch of God's good earth
down in the southern pajl of the
State . . . When my step falters,
and the goiftg's too tough, I'll hie
away to the cottage on the farm,
and just monkey around . . . and
probably raise a few chickens."
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FROM DARK CONTINENT
A fallow in Nigeria. has
hatfM of us and writes from
Africa to Boon*, so lhaA ra may
publish same, and maybe gat
for him a European friend
The message comet from Motes
? Adeyemi Jones. 24 Omididum
St. Lagos. Nigeria. B. W. A.
and although our European
readers are a bit on the scarce
side, we glady publish the let
ter:
? ? ? .
"DEAR VENERABLE EDI
TOR. Your name and?ridrcsf> was
given me bt one of my best
friends in LFgos and he told me
that you *re a good Editor. So I
quickly made up my mind and
set up my table to write these
Jew lines . . . Hope you will for*
reive me my writing, and hope
tny letter will be considered . . .
fl am very sorry to tell you that
since when I have been in Lagos,
I have never had an English
friend ... I want you to help me
by putting my name and address
in your newspaper. So perhaps
by that method I can get an
European friend, whether boy or
girl ... I shall be wating for
your own good reply, for I know
that you will help me by pub
liahing^toy name in your news
paper ... 1 want you to make
your subjection on my letter be
greatful answered." . . So, Mos
es, there you are .<? . Your beat
bet is that some of the kids from
the States will write you . . . And
they might find out about it in
Europe since, . . . After all, you
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'Horn In West' Drama
Have Premiere June 27
Scout Week Program
Begins If tore On Sunday
App Cagers In
Win Over' A. C.
The Appalachian State basket
ball team, fllL?up^ver a close
Iom to Western Carolina, moved
back into North State Confidence
title contention with a convinc
ing, 93-60, victory over Atlantic
Christian College here last
ThursdM night.
Preston Collins directed Ap
palachian's dazzfrig scoring par
ade by whipping Tn 25 points. The
Francisco pivotman bagged eight
field goa4? and nine foul tosses.
Jimmy Mast of Cove Creek and
John Pyecha racked up IF and 12
points respectively. Joe Hunt and
Len Stokes hit 10 counters apiece
to share in the scoring act,
' Appalachian piled up a bulgftg
22-11 advantage at the end of the
first quarter and they coasted the
remaining distance. The Moun
taineers, losers to Western Caro
lina 84-80 last week, held a 42-34
margin at intennission. ?
The Mountaineers seared the
nets for 28 points in the closing
quarter to climax the rout. Coach
Hoover substituted freely
throughout the contest and his
reserves obliged by burning up
the nets.
George Shiffner, towering A.
C. C. center, led the Christian
scoring with 20 points before
fouling out late in the third quar
ter. -
A total of 57 fouls were called
in the rough contest Three of
Atlantic Christian's starting five
foulded out in the late stages.
N. C. Press Meet
At Blowing Rock
^Thc North Carolina Press As
sociation. at it* closing session in
Chapel Hill Saturday, voted to
hold its summer convention at
Mayview Manor, Blowing Rock,
July 17-19.
This is the third time that the
press group has met in Blowing
Rock. Sessions were held at May
view in 192% 1930. and 1988. The
policy of the association is to
rotate the sessions between the
mountains and the sea coast.
The 1961 meeting was held at
Wrightsville Beach.
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State Tax Man To
Be Here Feb. 20
Mr. W. H. Lee, State collcctor
of revenue, will be in the grand
jury room in the courthouse Feb
ruary 20 and 21 for the purpose
of assisting income taxpayers in
filing their returns. He will be
assisted in this work by Mr. W.
A. Hood.
Ramey asserts F-M Jet is sup
erior to Russian M1G-1S. ?#.,
The annual observance of Scout
Week in Boone will begin Sun
day night with a union lervice
of churches in the First Baptist
Church at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. E.
T. Trouttnan will ft the speaker
and Dr. C. Ray Uwrwee will,
emphasize the "Campaign Among
the Churches."
Highlight of Scout Week, which
is to observe the 42nd national
anniversary of Scouting it\ Amer
ica, will b% a banquet Friday
night, February 8, in Fellow
ship Hall at the Methodist
Church, to which all Scouts, their
parents and friends are invited.
A movie will be shown following
the banquet, which will be *of
particular importance to all those
in Boone interested in the Scout
ing program.
At the Sunday night service,
Dick Lavendar, program chair
man, will preside. Russell Hod
ges, Sr., will ask for the offering,
which will be applied on the lo
cal Scout hut enlargement pro
gram.
Order of the union service has
been announced as follows: ^
Processional by Jody Shack
ford; Hymn by the congregation.
"Star Spangled Banner": Candle
abra service l3y the Scouts; con
gregational hymn, "Lead On, O
King Eternal"; Scripture by S.
C. Tugman. Jr.; Prayer by Billy
Rush; Meditation by Rev. Trout
man; Explanation of church loy
alty campaign, Dr.T^awrence, of
fering emphasized by Mr. Hod
ges; and Taps, for benediction.
Parker Speaks
To Local MM C
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A joint meeting of the Boone
Chamber of Commerce and the
Merchants Association was re
cently held in the basement of
the Fiixt Baptist Church here in
Boone with the main speaker
Mr. Charles Parker, director
North Carolina Department (0
Conservation and Development,
from Raleigh. N. C.
Mr. Parker indicated to the
gathering of the tremendous pos
sibilities afforded the people of
this area through which nation
wide publicity could be achiewd.
His remarks regarding the future
outdoor drhma "Horn In The
West" were most encouraging, aa
he said, "it will be one of the
greatest assets to Northwestern
North Carolina."*
Mr. Watt Gragg directed the
installation of the new board of
directors of the Chamber of
Commerce with inspiring words
to work together in building a
better community.
Hens on U. S. farms made ?
good record in 1051. They aver
aged 170 eggs each during the
year. The rate in I960 was 1>7,
and the average rate is ISO.*?
Definite Date Set For Open
ing; Pledges' Reach $46,275.
The date for" (he presentation
of the outdoor drama, "Horn in
the West," has been definitely
let at June 27 to August 31, it
was announced Monday, follow
ing a meeting of the Southern
Appalachian Historical Associa
tion.
Kermit Hunter is engaged in
preparing the script, and work
on the theatre is to start as soon
is WMther conditions will fcr
mlt.
$46,275 Pledged
MondaJ evening at the meet
ing of the finance committee, it
was revealed that $46,275 had
been pledged to the association
for (ne production of the drama,
and that 121 members are now
on the rolls of the association.
Those who have recently sign
ed thousand dollar pledges are:
Daniel Boone Hotel, Linville
Co., by Hugh Morton, Wilming
ton; McCoy Moretz, Charlotte;
Mrs. J. F. Cannon, Concord and
Blowing Rock; Mrs. Robert Gar
vey, Bluing Rock; J. E. Broy
hiH. Lenoir; Jerry Coe, Boone.
Mr. Stanley A. Harris, chair
man of the finance committee,
has set a got# of $50,000 for the
meeting next Monday evening.
State Tax Blanks
At Democrat Office
The iftmocrat has on hand a
supply of State income tax forms.
These will be gladly distribute^
to those needing them as a pub
lic service.
Doughton Will Run
For Congress Again
Congressman Robert L. Dt
the House of Representatives t
Means Committee, will staud t
the Democrat Wednesday mor
which was "reached reluctant)
ing prepared statement:
l "Responding to numerous in
quiries and requests, I make the
following announcement of my
political course for the immediate
future:
"My intention at present is to
give the people of the Ninth
Congressional District of North
Carolina an opportunity to re
flect me to Congress. I have
reached this decision .very reluc
tantly after careful reflection and
deliberation.
"As I have disclosed to a num
ber of friends over the past sev
eral months, it has been my
earnest desire and firm intention
to retire from public life at the
end of my prrwnt term. A very
large number of people, however,
both from the District and else
where in North Carolina ? as
well as many from outside the
State? have by letters, telegram,
and personal visit, urged that I
stand for re-election. They hav?
>ughton, veteran of 42 years in
ind Chairman of the Wayi- and
or re-election this year, he tells
ning. Mr. Doughton's decision
iy," ii contained in the follow
I
ROBERT L. DOUOHTON
(trmed that my txpenence from
mora than forty years in Con
(Continued on ptga eight)
5 Children Hurt As School
Bus And Tractor Collide!
Nail Service
Being Extended
City ma A delivery service is to
be exten<red on February 1, on
Blowing Rock Road and Faculty
Street to the city limiti in the
aoutheaitern section of the city,
and on Junaluska Road to the
city limits in the northwest sec
tion.
In announcing the news ser
vice, Postmaster Brown slates
that mail delivery has f>een ex
tended from time to time through
-the years to include all areas
meeting the minimum require
ments (or this service. He adds
that patrons of theae areas desir
ing to receive their mall by the
delivery service may do so by
providing suitable house num
bers and mail receptacles and
advising their correspondents
and publishers of their street and
number.
R?T. Olives, 68,
Dies In Fresno
?
Mr. R. T. Olives of Fresno,
California, father of Mrs. Greer
Hodges, of Boone, died at a
Fresno hospital Saturday night,
January 26. Mr. Olives, who was
68 years old, had been in declin
ing health for several months.
Survivors include the widow
and the following sons and
daughters, Milo of Fresno, Calif.,
Roland of Merced, Calif., Tom of
San Francisco, Calif., Bill of the
U. S. Merchant Marines, Jimmy
of Seattle, Wash., Bobby of Santa
Rosa, New Mexico, Mrs. Blair
Wallaoe of Fresno, Calif., Mrs. R.
R., Brandt of San Diego, Calif.,
?pd Mrs. Greer Hodges of Boone,
N.^C.
ivfrg. Aileen Taylor
At Tennessee U.
Mrs. Aileen Taylor of Watauga
county department of public wel
far# is one of 27 public welfare
workers from 24 counties in
North Carolina who has been
ghoscn for an educational leave
grant under provisions of the
State Board of Public Welfare
and is now taking graduate study
in the University of Tennessee,
an^ approved school of ?ocia!
work, according to a report on
matters affecting public interest
from Dr. Ellen Winston, commis
sioner of the State Board.
"There are thqpe times as many
vacancies for qualified personnel
in these departments over the
state as the total number of
workers now on educational
leave," declared Dr. Winston.
"We are trying to meet that
need."
The pec* is the only nut pro
duced commercially in North
Carolina. m
MOONSHINE PLANT ? Sheriff Edrrvisten, right, and Deputy
Perry are shown beside some of the equipment used in a 250
gallon moonshine still they captured recently in the Sampson
section.
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r?i
i wo liquor nants
Arq Seized By.Sheriff
Bush Transmer
Sells Lines
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The Buih Transfer Co., of Le
noir, has sold most of its intra
state lines to the Overnight
Transportation Co., of Richmond,
Va., the Democrat is advised by
Mr. J. Clai/d Bush, owner of the
system.
Mr. Bush states that no equip
ment was involved in the sale,
which covered franchises on all
intrastate lines, except the one
L-owi Lenoir to Boone, which the
company has operated for the
past six years. *
Mr. Bush states that his com
pany will now stXcialize on loQg
distance hauling.
Attends Meeting of
State?Art Teachers
Miss Catherine Smith, head of
the Art Department as Appala
chian State Teachers College, at
tended a meeting of art teachers
of the State, at Greensboro, Wo
men's College, Saturday, January
19.
The meeting was to plan art
work shop for NCEA art meeting
in Asheville in March. Miss
Smith was appointed tkairman of
a committee to re-writ&Ahe state
course of study in art. This study
will take a boot two years for
completion before submitting to
the State Board of Education.
Sheriff A. J. Edmisten and
Deputy Pe#y have in the last few
days confiscated two illicit dis
tilleries in thi* lection.
The first, a 250 gallon fleam
outfit, was cut in the StmpMn
section. Sheriff Edmisten states
tftt therfc was one thousand gal
lons of mash on the premises, and
that g)e still itself was a "dou
ble steamer" with twin condens
ers. A car radiator was being
used for a worm, and to prevent
the tell-tale smoke, the boiler
was being fired with coke.
The sheriff, at the same time,
gathered information on another
still on Buffalo, across the
Wilkes county line. He gave the
information to the Alcohol Tax
Unit, and another 250 gallon dis
tillery was taken. There was su
gar, coke, barrels, and other
equipment. Neither of the stills
was in operation, and no aigtsts
were made.
Ed Waugh To Play
For President's Ball
Ed Waugh's Orchestra will
supply the music for the Presi
dent's Birthday ball, which will
be held at the Boone High School
gymnqyum Saturday evening
February 9, starting at 8:30
o'clock.
The ball, which since its incep
tion, has been the highspot of the
winter socal season here, is held
this year under the sponsorship
of the Forty-Niters, local social
club, and the entire proceeds will
go to the benefit of the March of
Dimes fund.
H. M. Hamilton Join*
Cattle Association
Mr. H. M. Hamilton of Boone
hu recently bccome a member
of the American Polled Hereford
Association, according to D. W.
Chittenden, Executve Secretary.
The Association Is devoted to
the development of the Polled
Hereford breed; At this time,
there are more than 8,000 mem
bers of the Association through
out the United Stales and Cana
da.
March Of Dimes
To End February 8
The March of Dimes campaign
continue to February Bth, It was
stated Tuesday by Mr. Jack Idol,
director, who asks that those who
haven't contributed do so at
once, so that the ?>unty quota
may be reached promptly.
Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses were issued
by the Watauga Register of
l>eeds to the following couples:
Cecil W. Farthing of Boone and
Mary Carolyn Hayes of Vila*;
James D. Wilcox of Boone and
Mary Edna Abridge of RTD,
Banner Elk. , 'Mikt
Route 421
Is Blocked
Two Hours
Five children, en route to
the Cove Creek School, were
seriously injured when the
driver lost control of the bus
on the icy highway west of
the Amantha neighborhood
Tuesday morning, and crashed
head-on into a tractor trailer
combination, owned by an
Abingdon, Va., firm and driv
en by Robert Ray Moore of
that city. They were all ad
mitted to Watauga Hospital,
where it was said that the
condition of neither is criti
cal. ? k
Suffering the most severe in
juries is Victor Harmon, 14, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Harmon,
who received scalp lacerations,
and a possible skull fracture. He
lost considerable blood at the
scene of the accident.
J. D. Harmon, 10, had head lac
erations, while Dean Harmon, 12,
has a broken elbow in addition
to minor cuts. The Harmon
children are brothers.
Billy Wilson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Wilson, has a broken
leg.
John Ro#fee Hagaman, 17, >on
of Mr. and Mrs. John Hagaman,
the driver of the school bus, has
a fractured ankle, and lost some
teeth in the accident.
Lost Conliol 9
State Highway Patrolman R.
B. Parker, who investigated the
accident, stated that the truck
was en route to Cove Creek
school and that all the passeng
ers except those mentioned had
left the bus at the Mabel School.
The driver, said Mr. Parker, evi
dently lost control of the bus
when the wftels struck an icy
section of the pavement. Both the .
school bus and the tractor were
almost demolished. Neither left
the road and highway 421 w?
blocked for two and a hal^hours. q
Mr. Parker's investigation had
not been completed Tuesday ev- I
ening.
Mother's March
Ca Polio*Tonite
The Mother's March on Polio ?
will take place this (Wednesday)
evening from 7 to 8 o'clock. Par
ticipants will call for March of
Dimes contributions at each
house where the pf^h light is
burning, and the fire siren will
signify the beginning of the
1 march.
The Jr. Woman's Club is in
charge in the city. In the colored
section of town *the march is ^
sponsored by tire Woman's Chris
> tian Society of the Methodist
1 Church, under the, direction of
Mrs. Anna Bell Foster. In rural
areas the evc^t will be in charge
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Polid Singing Nets
$507; 1,000 Attend
The March of Dime* quartet
tinging wai the moat widely at
tended of any almilar event held
here, and receipt* Monday itood
at $507.7$. with a few report*
from rural ticket sale* yet to be
received. TW* la a gain of more
than one hundred dollar* over
the tinging fund of a year tko.
and the fund sort to the infan
tile paralyii* fund here.
More than one thouaand peo
ple attended the singing which
waa held ^ the High School and
at the Courthouse, ao that all
might be aeated, and therefeere
sixteen quartet* from variou*
North Carolina section* and from
other atatc*.
The singing was held under
the management of a special
committee composed of J. Allen
Gragg, John F. Cook and Rich
ard Hodge*, and they together
with Jack Idol, March of Dtmaa
director and John King, assistant
director, iaaue the following etc*
prission of thanks:
"We wish to thank each and
every one (or making%he sink
ing such an outstanding success.
To the quartets is due especial
thanks for having traveled con
siderable distances on their own
expense, and insisting on buying
tickets at double price to aid in
the fight on polio. The aid of
Messrs Watt H. Qragg and Al
fred T. Adams as masters of cer
emonies is appreciated ME
"Our especial thanks go to Mr.
Frank Tripiett for the public ad
dress systems provided, and tar
having sold more tickets tiun
any othdr person.
"We appreciate the loalfcif tl?c
|' piano by Ed Mast, and the cab
| service donated \>y Letcher Taa
guc. We hope that all those who
bought tickets had a good
and ait happy in
that they
chik
the