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BOONE 1?M POPULATION im North' CotSI?1 """ ? W"? ' an parte at mm nation Modm I a? dlrtrtct A pnod pi? ? t? WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year WM WATAUGA COUNTT IM POPUU^nOH IM41 Uvotodi, Of ptfimounl Pmrimy tra% VOL. LXIV? NO. M. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CABOUNA, THURSDAY, MARCH ?, 1S52. nVE CENTS PER COPT Red Cross Group Starts Campaign On- Monday JL KING STREET BY ROB RIVE1RS CLEARS CONSCIENCE If anyone has been tending the fire in Diogenes' lantern, he may now douse the flame, for the honest man has come to light . . . R. G. Cox, manager of the Crest Storu, was approached the other day By a fellow who had some thing on his mind, and a load on his conscience ... He tendered Mr. Cox 25 cents for a debt he had contracted 14 years ago, but the Crest records carried no tab on the account . . . The stranger said that he came into the store, wanted some candy and chewing gum, and had no money, so he took without leave, three bars and three packs of Wrigley's, and went away, to stay through 14 Christmascs . . . Mr. Cox took the tendered coin, without in quiry into the man's name . . . The fellow who wanted a bit of candy and gum, in his day of destitution, turned away, with a springhtlier step, bought himself some stuff and merged into the throng on the dime store corner. THE PICTURE ON THE BILL Bart Ellis, who uHd to do a lot of banking, bafora ha want into tha grocary business in Boona. gives u> an axplanation of why tha bank tallar invari ably turns tha pictura oi Lin coln. of Jefferson or who have you. faca up. whan ha's count ing tha pila of bank notas . . . Bart tays that Is looking lor countarlait greenbacks. ? da fact can ba saan quicker in tha pictura than any placa? tha illegal engravari find it hardar to duplicata tha facas than any othar part of tha nota. Thus bankars are taught to kaap an aya on tha man. whan flipping down tha Federal lettuce! FLIVVER FRAMS FOX Mrs. J. G. Bardcn was driving home the other day from Green Valley School, where she teach cs, when some sort of animal darted in front of her car . . . Feeling the jar of an impact, she backed up and found a big fox, his heels pointed upward, and dead as the proverbial door nail . . . Mrs. Barden loaded the once sly creature into the auto and fetched him to town, and his fur will be used to make a neck piece for the successful Nimrod, a la automobile! . . Pretty young thing taking a lot of band boxes down from a high shelf . . . "Got a lot of hats today," we offered, in our best hill-billy style, hilling time by calling attention to the obvious, "Yes," she said, there's lots of hats . . . but there seems to be such a woeful shortage of good heads." . . . The row of oil lamps in Smithey's window, re calling the long hours the house wives used to spend in washing and poljshing chimneys, filling the bowls with oil, and trimming the wicks, so there'd be light to cook supper by, and to have a glance at the Atlanta Constitu tion 'fore bed time . . . Mr. Walsh says he sells a lot of lamps yet . . . many of them being used for conversion into electric table lamps. IN GLADDER BINDING We had alprays wondered why the Holy Bible had been bound for all time. in iha sombrt black of sorrow and despair. and had hopod to see the tima whan we'd find the Holy Word in a gay color, and the choir in bright costume . . . We mw part of it the other day . . . The book was lying in the pew. as the hymn was sung . . . It was one of these ripped- up volumes, and the binding waa snow white, with lettering of gold . . .amuch more appropri ate dress for the volume of hop*, and of )oy and of promise . . . ft looked a lot more invit ing than the conventional black morocco, and we would sup pose it gets more reading than 4 the somber volumes. A. KINDLIER CLIMATE We held to the belief that the (Continued on pace kur) DR. HERMAN STEVENS Dr. Stevens To Appear In Revival The Baptists in this area have invited Dr. Herman Stevens to conduct a county-wide revival the week of April 7-11 in Boone church. Dr. Stevens will be remember ed as Stale Evangelist of North Carolina several years ago. Until he retired recently he had been pastor for 15 years of Orcutt Av enue Baptist Church in Newport News, Va. Watkins Talks Of Red Cross To Rotarians " President L. E. Tuckwiller presided over .the regular meet ing of the Boom Rotary Club at the Skyline Restaurant on Thurs day, February 29. Mr. Bob Hardin, president of the Blowing Rock Rotary Club was in attendance at the meet ing The Blowing Rock Club and the Boone Club will hold a joint meeting on April 10 to honor the 280th District, Rotary Interna tional, foreign student. Mr. R. W. Watkins, instructor in physical education and coach of wrestling at * Appalachian State Teachers College addressed the club on the American Red Cross. Mr. Watkins discussed the local, National, and international aspects of the Red Cross, inform ed the group of the county's quo ta for the coming Red Cross drive and encourage the club's support of the drive for 1952. Reverend Everett Ransom, minister, and member of the Boone Rotary Club announced t^at he was terminating his membership with the local club. Reverend Rahtom plans to move to Bear River, Nova Scotia, a maritime province of Eastern Canada. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p. m. Farm Problems Topic Meeting A special program on farm management problems, farm leas es, and father-son agreements will be given at the Courthouse on Monday afternoon, at 2:00 o' clock, it was announced by Mr. L. E. Tuckwiller, county agent. Dr. Brice Ratchford. in charge of farm management extension, State College, and D. D. Brown, extension farm management spec ialist, will assist with the meet ing. Mr. Tuckwiller said, "This promises to be one of the best farm programs that we have been able to secure this year, so we hope you will make a spec ial efort 1 6 attend." Howard Foster New Fire Warden Howard Foster of Boone ft. F. D. 2, wai appointed county for est fire warden at the meeting of the Board of County Commis sioners held Monday. , A number of township wardens will be appointed soon and their names published. Expert finds opposition to com pulsory retirement at 65. Breakfast Sees Kick-Off Drive An enthusiastic group of vol unteer Red Crow workers met Monday morning for a kick-off breakfast at the Skyline Restaur ant and set plans for the 1952 roll call campaign in motion with the hope that this year's quota of 2415 can be reached within the week. send their contributions in to Charlie Wilfong, roll call chair man, originated his early morn ing broadcast from the Skyline, and during "Coffee Time" inter viewed members of the campaign committee. Dr. G. K. Moose in a short radio appeal expressed the hope that people would respond liberally when called upon by the volunteer workers and urged those who were not called on to send their contributions in to Red Cross, Boone, N. C. Dr. Moose recalled the disastrous flood that struck the Deep Gap area in 1940 when the Red Cross spent more than $12,000 in re placing houses lost in the flood, rehabilitating the people who escaped the flood with their lives but with all their wordly possessions lost in the waters, and in giving aid to all who need ed it in the stricken area. Dr. Moose, who accepted the post of chairman of the Watauga County Chapter of the Red Cross last year, has been a champion of its cause for more than ten years during which time he has served on the county board of directors of the organization. He is lending his help untiringly to Mr. Wil fong and his staff in the 1952 campaign., Mrs. Dick Allen, chairman for the town of Boone, anouneed the following list of house-to-house workers who are making the rounds this week in an effort to round out the drive: Mrs. J. H. Councill, Mrs. Charlie Wilcox, Mrs. D. L. Wilcox, Mrs. Gordon Taylor, Mrs. Hale Vance, Mrs. George Greene, Mrs. Perry Greene, Mrs. Elsie Erneston, Mrs. James Leek, Mrs. Harley Watson, Mrs. A. E. Hamby, Jr., Mrs. Van Noppen, Mrs. Jerry Coe, Miss Mary Huff, Mrs. Bill Spenser, (Continued on page two.) G. L. Bobbins Dies In San Diego By MRS. LUCILE LETT Blowing Rock, N. C. ? March 1. ? Mr. G. Lee Robbins, native of Blowing Rock, died at his San Diego, Calif., home Wednesday of last week. He had been in ill health for some time. Mr. Robbing held the rank of chicf warrant officer when trans ferred to the fleet reserve to fin ish out his 30 years of service be fore retirement. He would have served 30 years in September of this year. He entered the armed services September 26, 1922. when he en listed in the Naval Air Corps. He served as aviation machinist mate aboard the USS Saratoga and the USS Lexington. He was at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese at tack, at which time he was pro moted to chief petty of iter. At the time of his death, Mr. Robbins was employed by Ryan Airplane factories as inspector of faWic. Funeral services and burial for Mr. Robbins were held in San Diego la?t Monday. Memorial services for Mr. Rob bins were held here last Monday at 2:00 p. m. at First Baptist Church, with Rev. J. L. Thomas Jr., pastor, in charge. The hour coincided with th?j hour of bur ial in San Diego. Combined choirs of Blowing Rock churches rendered special music with Mrs. J. L Thomas as soloist. Mr. Robbins was the son of Mr. Lee Robbins and the late Mrs. Carrie, Austin Robbins of Blow ing Rock. Survivors other than the fa ther ineludc the widow, Mrs. Ger trude Larscn Robbins, and a son, Walter Lee, of San Diego; four sisters. Mrs. Paul Klutz, Mrs. Randall Foster, and Mrs. F. W. Rainey of Blowing Rock, and Mrs. Tom Beach of Boone; two brothers. Edward of Blowing Rock, and Charles of Boone; and a number of nieces and nephews. CANCER GROUP LAYS PLANS FOR FISCAL EFFORT Ways To Improve Cancer Educational Program Made; Movie To Be Shown. Beef Cattle Producers Map '52 Feeder Calf Sale * The executive committee of the American Cancer Society met Thuriday to lay plans for the 1952 campaign which begins April 1. Ways to improve the can cer educational program already in progress in Watauga county were made. The committee is composed of Miss Madeline McCain, Mrs. Len D. Hagaman, Mrs. W. G. Bond, Mrs. Connie M. Phillips, Mrs. John D. Davis, Mr. Oave Mast, Dr. O. K. Richardson and Dr. Lawrence Owsley. Wednesday, April 2, 10:30 a. m. is the time set aside for the showing of thjee cancer films at the Appalachian theater. These films will be shown to women only and all women of the coun ty are urged to attend. Cancer is the second highast cause of death each year and there were 17 reported deaths in Watauga county last year. This county turned in $322.00 to the American Concer Society last year and received from them for patients in our county $518.00. It is hoped that Watauga county will become better informed and more conscious of the danger signals of cancer. A program can be arranged for P. T. A. groups, clubs, schools, or any organizations interested in cancer by contacting Mrs. John D. Davis, 308 E. Main Street, Boone. Dr. W. M. Owsley Dies In Alabama Dr. W. M. Owsley, of Eclectric, Ala., father of Dr. L. H. Owsley of Boone, died suddenly Sunday morning from a stroke of paray lals. Dr. arvd Mrs. L. H. Owsley left Boone soon after they received the message. The widow, two sons and three daughters survive. ? Staffs of two Congress groups condemn 25 per cent tax limit idea. Boone Band Leaders Get Top State Rates Eight members of the Senior High School Band won top rat ings at the state contest (or solo's and ensembles at Davidson Col lege Saturday, March 1st. Jimmy Holshouser entering the soloist division (or the (irst time won an "Excellant" rating. Jimmy played a clarinet solo "La Fastasia" accompanied by Miss Reba Smith. Harry Farthing, baritone soloist won a "Superior" rating. Harry played the "Grand Russian Fantasia," accompanied by Misff Beth Eggers. A brass quintet composed of Martha Councill, cornet; Jimmy Johnson, cornet; Evelyn Mc Cracken, french horn; Harry Farthing, baritone; and Guy Hunt, Jr., trombone, won a "Superior" rating. The quintet played "In A Happy Mood" by Busch. Of more than three hundred band students participating in the contest less than seventy re ceived superior ratings. Saturday Night Sing Ls Slated The regular Saturday aight singing, which has been held for several months, will be held at the Stfiny Fork Baptist Church Saturday night March 8, at 7:30 p. m. All singers ire cordially in vited to a'ttend and be prepared to render at least aix gospel numbers. The listeners also have a very cordial invitation to at tend and help us to make this the best singing yet. Civic And Farm Kindergarten To Open On March 24 A community sponsored kin dergarten will open on Monday, March 24, at 8:4$ a. m. Registra tion day is Friday, March 7, from 3 to S, and from 7 to 9 in the vestibule of the Methodist Church. Additional information concerning the kindergarten may be obtained by contacting Mrs. Bob Conglcton, phone 446-W, Mrs. William Spencer, phone 189-R, or Mrs. Max Raines, phone 212jJ. ? Leaders To Meet People interested in communi ty program*, community leaden, civic leaders, town officers. Chamber of Commerce, and oth er* are especially invited by the County Agent'i office to meet wtfh the agricultural worker* of the county at 7:30 p. m . Monday, at the County Courthouae to con sider possible community organ- i Izations. # The County Agent's office ex pressed the hope that all leaders will comc to the meeting to as sist in the discussion and hear Mr. D. D. Brown, an experienced leader, discuss the possibilities of community organization. West Europe nations ease taxes on U. S. defense purchases. 'Horn in West ' Leaders To Gather This Week The schedule for construction of the Daniel . Boone Outdoor Theatre and production of "Horn in the Wert" will be completed this week end when tho author and director of the play and the designers of the theatre arrive here for a series of conferences with the oficers, board members and committees of the Southern Appalachian Historical Associa tion, Inc. Here from Chapel Hill will be Dr. I. G. Greer^persident of the association; Kermit Hunter, au thor of the play; and Samuel Sel den, who as general supervising director will stage the play with the Carolina Playmakers. From | State College, Raleigh, will come Professors L. A. Enersen and F. G. Thurlow of the school of de sign of the Department of Land scape Architecture, with three of their students who are assisting with the amphitheatre design lit cooperation with Charlotte land scape architect John B. Lippard. Cprol White, general manager of the Cherokee drama "Unto These Hills," is expected to be present in an advisory capacity. Preliminary planning and pre parations completed by the asso ciation's building and production committees in cooperation with the above will make it possible (or construction of the theatre to begin next week. Building ma terials and equipment are now being assembled and surveying of the site for grading and construc tion begun. Otters who will, confer with Messrs. Hunter and Selden are the finance, public relations and ? publicity committee chairmen. "Horn in the West," North Car olina's third majo^ outdoor his torical drama and the first pro ject of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association, opens June 27 and will be presented six nights weekly through August 31. District GOP Meeting To Be Held March 17th Lenoir ? The convention of Republicans in the Ninth Con gressional District will be held in Statesville March 17, District Secretary Frank L. Smith of Lenoir announced last week. He said the convention was called by District Chairman Clyde R. Greene of' Boone. It will be held in the Statesville City Hall, begining at 2 p. m. The district includes Caldwell, Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Alex ander, Irdell, Rowan, Stanly and Cabarrus counties. Nomination of a candidate for Congress, election of two dele gates and two alternate delegates to the Republican National Con vention, and matters in connec tion with the state convention in Charlotte are scheduled an mat ters of business for the district convention. Bishop Harrell Will Preach Here Sunday BT8HOP COSTEN J. HARRELL Farthing Again Heads B. & L. Mr. H. G. Farthing was re elected President of the Watauga Building & Loan Association at the directors' meeting held Fri. day evening. Mr. A. W. Smith was elected vice-president, and W. H. Gragg. Secretary-Treasurer. Miss Mabel B. Brown was re elected bookkeeper and Mrs. Pearl Bingham, Assistant Book keeper. i .I Chamber To Meet On Tuesday The Boone Chamber of Com merce will hold its monthly meeting at the Skyline Restau rant at 12 o'clock noon Tuesday. 9everal importnat matters of business will come up for dis cussion and there will be reports from some of the recently ap pointed comrtiittecs on their ac tivities. A representative from the Blue Ridge Membership Corporation will discus* further plans on the Watauga River Dam project All members are urged to at tend and to present any additi onal information relative to tour ist accommodations for the sum mer. Bishop Costcn J. Harrell, pre siding Bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference, of Charlotte, will spend the week end in Boone. ^Bishop Harrell will be the guest of the local Methodist church and of its pas tor, Rev. J. T. Shackford. Bishop Harrell's first public service will be in conncction with the morning worship Eft 10:55 on Sunday when he will lead the worship and bring the morning sermon. This service will open the Week of Dedication in the Methodist Churfch held each year early in Lent. The local church will observe the week by further services on Sun day night, Wednesday night at 7:45, and Sunday morning, March 16th at morning worship, when the pastor will preach on "The Mind of Christ" and an offering will be received fir overseas re lief and support of the Methodist chaplains work in the several camps of the armed services. Bishop Harrell will also be the speaker when the Watauga-Ashe Sub-District of the # Methodist Youth Fellowship assembles in I he Boom; Methodist Church on Sunday night at 7:30 for its monthly meeting. The Boone Youth Fellowship will be in charge of the worship service and the Wesley Fellowship Choir will provide special music. Miss Sara Lind Dowling will also rea der a vocal solo during the ser vice. On Monday morning, Bishop Harrell will be the speaker at chapel at Appalachian State Teachers College, at 10:10 a. m. Everyone is invited to hear Bishop Harrell at any of these services. During his stay in Boone, Bishop Harrell will participate in several less formal gatherings also. He will be guest at a buffet supper given in his honor to all Methodist preachers and work ers and their wives at the Meth odist parsonage on Saturday night. The Wesley Fellowship will entertain Bishop Harrell at supper, on Sunday night at 5:45 in Fellowship Hall. An the Sub District wjll hold an informal reception in Fellowship Hall for Bishop Harrell following the Sunday evening meeting. Pcnsacola, "Annapolis" of air, direcls training of men. 25 Unit Test Farms To Be UsedlnExperimen t Mr. D. F. Greene, chairman of the Watauga County Unit Tost Demonstration Farm Committee, announced this week that up to 26 unit teat farms will be ap proved by the Fertilizer Testing Division of T. V. A. There if an allotment of ST tonifef calcium metaphoaphate and enough fused trlcalcltfrn phosphate to supply the other farms not able to get the calcium meta. I* selecting farms for the teat ing program, the committee se lected the small farife to use the calcium mcta phosphate and the larger farms will get the fused tricalcium phosphate. All farm and home applications with less than 09 acres of cleared land in the farm will get calcium meta, and those with (19 or more acres of eleared land will get the fused tricaldum. These farms will test the ma terial in the following ways: They will uk 90 poundi of cal cium met* per acre on ladino clover and 240 pound* of fused tricalctum per year. On perma nent punturc the rate will be 80 poiwds calcium met* and ISA povmd* fused tricalclum per acre per jrear. Mr. Greene report* that enough of these materials have been or dered to supply the farm* that they approved. Raleigh Leaders Approve Rules ? Beet cattle producers from Wa tauga, Avery, and Wilkes coun ties met with the Animal Hus bandry Extension Specialists from Raleigh Thursday, February 21, and approved the following rules for the 1952 Boone Feeder Calf Sale, which will be held Mon day, September 29. J. Only calves of strictly beef breeding wi|l be accepted for the sale; both steer and heifer calves will be included. ? 2. Calves sold through the sale must be accepted by the sales committee prior to the date of sale. , 1 3. Calves will be sorted into official grades at the market on day of sale by an official grader and will be sold in lost of such size as is deemed advisable by the sales committee. 4. 'Actual sales management, advertising, and other details of the sale will be left entirely to the sales committee. a 5. Producers will agree to have their calves mixed with those of other producers according to grade and sex, but lots will be made up of calves of approxi mately equal weights, and each producer's calvcs will be weighed and the producer will be paid ac cording to the weight of his calves in the lot. 6. All calves entered in the sale must be vaccinated for Blackleg, and vaccinated for Hemorrhagic Septicema (shipping fever) at least 10 days priod to the date of the .sale. T. No bull calves will be sold. AH calves will be dehorned. All precaution must be taken to as sure that older heifer calves are not bred. 8. At the time calves are en tered for the sale each producer will be required to sign an agree ment. Actual sale and advertis ing expenses will be pro-rated on a per head basis, total expenses not to exceed ) 3.00 per head. 9. No yearling cattle or calves under 300 pounds in weight will be accepted. 10. A closing date for consign ments will be September IS, 1952. 11. Calves which, in the judg ment of the sales committee, do not meet the qualifications of the sale may be reflected on the day of the sale. 12. All anima^ entering the sale ring must be sold. No con signors will have a "No Sale" privilege. 13. Each producer will be re quired to bring his cattle to the market to be weighed and grad ed by 11:00 a. m. the day of the sale. 14. The sale will start promptly at 1:00 p. m. Calves will be selected for the sale from Watauga and adjoin ing North Carolina counties. Fanners should dehorn horned calves and castrate bull calvcs now. Jacob Norris Dies At Age 93 Mr. Jacob Alexander Norris, 93 years of age, of Boone, Route 1 died at his home February 28th following a short illness. Mr. Norris was a native Wataugan, a retired farmer, and had contri buted generously to all commun ity activities. I Funeral services were held March ,1st at Fairview Methodist church and burial was in the church cometery. Rev. Charles McKinncy, Rev. Ernest Stevens and Rev. Charles Taylor conduct ed the services. Surviving are two sons, Mr. Claude Norris of Boone, Route 2, Mr. Elbert Norris of Boone, Route 1, two daughters, Mrs. Emma Carroll of Boone, Route 1, Mrs. Grace Gentry of Laxon, one brother, Mr. Ben Norris of Boone, Route 1, and two sisters, Mrs. Mack Wagner of Brown wood and Mrs. M. B. Blackburn. Blucfield. W. Va.? The robber who recently broke into the base ment of M$? It. E. Gerdetz's home must have been a fastidious man. All he stole, she said, was a new electric iron. I
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