WATAUGA DEMOCRAT Publiahed Every Thursday by RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY BOONS. NORTH CABOUNA a An Independent Weekly Newipapcr Established in 1(88 and published for 48 yssrs by the lata Robert C. Riven, Sr. R. C RIVERSrJR Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Watauga County One Yw *XM Six Month* iM Four Months 1.00 Outside Watauga County One Year $190 Six Month* ? I 75 Four Mooths 1.25 NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS In requesting change of address, it la important to mention the OLD, a* well ai the NEW addresa. Entered at the pottoffice at Boone, N. C., at aec*nd claw mall matter, under the act of Concrete of March J. 1870. "The bun of our government being th? opinion of the people, the very first objective should be to keep that right, and were It left to me to decide whether we should hove s government without newspapers, or ntw^aperi without government, I should not hesitate s moment to choose the later. But I should mean that every men should receive these papers and be capable of reading them."? Thomas Jefferson. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1952. The Parent Of REA In the passing of G. Finlcy Mcssick of Caldwell county, it is truly said that the fa ther of the Rural Electric Cooperative in this immediate area is dead. Back in the mid-thirties, when electric lights and motors could be seen revolution izing the farm life of northwestern North Carolina, Fin Messick, who used to go to school down at the "Training Schocen making poems about our helpers. Terry Edminsten's father came to see us. Eva Danay Erncston's father came by to see her before he left on a trip. Mrs. Bashaars' Second Grid* Wc were all pleasantly surpris ed last Monday. March 17, when Mr and Mrs. Calvin Hagcr and son Bany dropped in our room tor a birthday party for their daughter, Elaine. They served ice cream and cookies to the class. Elaine was#clebrating her eighth birthday. ? Jimmy Aglc has given Uf two ! surprises this week. First, he brought some maple sugar can dy for us. Wc had read in our i "Weekly Reader" how the maple tree gives us the sap and how it j is boiled until it became candy. It was very good. His other sur prise came on Saturday morning ; when he brought his radio to | school so that we could hear the Children's Hour over WATA. Wc all hope that Robert Stev^ ens will be well and back to , school soon. We misa him very much. We hojp; that Willard Presnell will be back with us aoon too. 0 Most of our seed packages have been aold. Those selling the most eeedi arc: HillUrd Shackford, Linnaeus Derrick. Jimmy Cook, and Larry Gragg. They suld for ty packages each. The entire room ha* sold nearly $22.00. Bctte Broome brought her record player Thursday and we listened to some records. We en . joyed that very much. We are happy to have with us these next few months Miss Faye Setzer of Dallas. N. C. and Ap palachian State Teachers College. This week she is helping us make a farm scene on our bulletin board. Mrs. Crawford's Cobb back in school. Wc sold candy this week to buy a book on "Good Manners." These children brought candy and cook ie* to sell; Jane Hodges, June Hopkins, Joe Minor, Linda Mast, Maxine Brown. We hope we can buy another book. We arc beginning a Science Corner in our room. The chil dren volunteered to bring plants and insects. Maxine Brown made a lovely plant garden. Joe Minor will bring leaves, Wanda Cooke is to bring pictures of fish. Lana Turner and Jackie Town send will bring pictures of birds and butterflies. We are learning new words from a science list. Mary Wey told the group an interesting story during story hou^ Mrs. Buckland's Fifth Grada Everyone is looking forwarpi to playing out on the playground again. Jimmy Hayes, Kenneth Hollars, Dayton Teaguc, Bruce Bumcarner and Ben Teaguc have dlreHy been busy organizing baseball teams in the room. All winter long many of our students have been absent due to sickness. Even now Margaret Parrott, RoOTrt Braswell and Ralph Cornell are sick. We hope they will be well soon. Mr. McDaniel, our practice teacher, has been teaching us many things about the Philippine Islands. Next week wc will stu rdy Canada. Wc arc preparing our bulletin boards for Easter now. The boys will give the Easter party. Mr. Loti'i Stxih Crada We are very glad to see warm weather again. The ofcys have a well organized baseball team and the girls are all set to begin toft ball. Mary West has beer* sick for several days, but we hope that she will soon be back with us. We have started som^ new and interesting projects in our His tory Class. One of the projects will be a three-act play written and directed by the students. Mr. Luun'i Sixth Grid# Our rag doll project in art is now complete. We made 37. The making of rag dolls is a new pro cedure in our handicraft work thip year. Health Council Holds Meeting The regular quarterly meeting of the Watauga Coynty Health Council was held in the Perkini ville Baptist Church on Thurs day, March 20, at 7:30 p. m. Dr. John G. Martin, President, pre sided. A discussion of some of the county heulth problems fea tured the business session. A re view of clinics in the Health De partment available to all county citizens was given by Madeleine McCain, secretary of the council. A discussion of school health pro blems followed, with some ex planation of the work that has been accomplished during the year. Dr. Martin appointed Stewart Simons and Mrs. Sherman Hol lars us a nominating committee. He instructed the committee to present a slate for election of a vice-president and four members at large of the Executive Com mittee at the June meeting of the council. The representatives from Bethel extended an invitation to the council to meet in the Bethel School in June. This in vitation was accepted. The program consisted of two original one act plays that were written by a class at the college during the* winter quarter and presented by a group of college stftdents. The plays depleted the correct and incorrect procedur es ill selecting and using a family doctor. The cast was as follows: Sara Torrencc. Mrs. Do Wrong; Jimmy Westbrook. Mr. Do Wrong; Lawrence Oldeker, Their son "Puny"; Lorene Shore, Aunt "Know-it-AU"; Dwight Haigler, Dr. Penicillin; Claire Mae Broome, Mrs. Do Right; Don Harris, Mr. Do Right; Lawrence Oldeker, Their son "Healthy." Both families live m Deep rreeze, but their procecdures in using and selecting a family doc tor were quite different. Those attending the council meeting re solved to belong to the "Do Rifht'Ufamily from now on. z&WtjpS Celebrate 55thoWedding Anniversary Mr. and Mr*. William C. Lyons celebrated their fifty-fifth wed ding anniversary with their chil dren giving ther a surprise din ner Sunday, March 16. The din ner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Lyons. A bountiful dinner was served on a beautifully appointed table, with a gold and white annivers ary cake centering the table. The family consists of six chil dren, twenty grandchildren and ?even great grandchildren, moit of whom were present. The children are Mr. Hardie Lyons of Hickory, Messers Leslie, Clarence and Earle of Boone, and Mrs. Earle Norris of Boone, Route 2, and Mrs. Jake Moretz of Deep Gap. The Rev. E. F. Troutman and Mrs. Troutman were invited guests. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lyons wish them many more years of happiness. HARRIS Continued from page onei area and the road from the Oak Street entrance was almost com pleted at the first of the week. Also nearing completion is clear ing of ground on the theatre site and the moving of the large rho dodendrons where necessary to permit building of amphitheatre and stage. Casting for "Horn in the West" and the hiring of technical assist ants is also proceeding on sched ule. A crowd estimated at 300 gathered at the men's gymnasium at Appalachian State Teachers College last Wednesday night to try out for roles in the play, fill out applications and be inter viewed by Director Samuel Sel den. Associate Kai Jurgensen and Stage Manager Gene Graves, who were here from the University of North Carolina. Decisions as to tnosc cnosen lor pjiris or iecnr.1 cal work have not been announc ed. Rehearsals for the drama be gin June 3 and selection of sing ers and part of the stage crew will not take place until then. Mr. Sclden expressed deep appre ciation of the interest and en thusiasm evidenced by the large group present for the try-outs. In announcing that Mr. Harris had accepted the business man agership for "Horn in the West," Dr. Whitener, executive vice president of the historical associ ation, praised the work which Mr. Harris has already done as chair man of the finance committee. Under his ledership this commit tee has secured bond subscrip tions amounting to over $S7,000. He will continue to supervise the sale of bonds in addition to his new duties. Mr. Harris says that he has accepted the business manager ship on condition that the com plete cooperation between the HOME SERVICE N COMPANY PHONE 4S1-W |' WATAUCTA COUNTY'S Only Complete Home Service Establishment Bath Rooms Furnaces Room Additions Garages Attics Finished Porch Inclosure , Remodeling Roofing Asbestos Siding Tiling Kitchens Weutherstrip Insulate Storm Windows Metal Screens ? Metal Awnings Venetian Blinds Painting Tobacco Barns Utility Bldgs. Scptic Tanks Under Pining ? Water Proofing Walks, %ock WalU Scrren Porches Many, Many Others Personal Signature Loans Ri Anyone Maximum Long Ttrau Low IntciMt Rat* HOME SERVICE CO. Boon*. N. C. various committees, the board, the association members, bond hold ers and all others interested in the success of "Horn in the WeSt" would continue. From June, 1945, to June, 1946, the United States exported more than 17 million tons of food. The following year the total exceed ed 19 million tons. BOONE DRUG CO. Your Prescription Store PROMPT SERVICE ThrM Registered Pharmacists: G. K. Moose, W. R. Richardson, O. K. Richardson Store Hours: 8:30 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. Sundays: *00 P. M. to 6 P. M. If Needed after Store Hours, Call 114-M or 101 The REXALL Store Mrs. J. C. Vannoy Taken By Death Mrs. J. G. Vannoy, 80 year* old. died on March 16, after an Illness of six dayi with pneumonia. She was a daughter oi Calla way and Sarah Greene Hodge*, and her husband had preceded her in death twenty years. She is survived by seven sons and daughters: Mrs. Leon Day and Mrs. C. L. Smith of Boone, and Mrs. T. R. Thomas of Plainfield, N. J.; El : bert, Thomas and Ernest of Boone and George of Fresno, Ohio. Also surviving are twelve grand children and one great grand child, two sisters, Mrs. J. P. Hod ges and Mrs. E. M. Cook of- Boone and two brothers. H. L. Hodges and T. C. Hodges of Hodges Gap. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday at the Advent Chris tian Church of Boone of which she was a member, by Revs. S. E. Gragg and Everptt Ransom, her pastor. The large concpurse of people and profusion of flowers bespoke the high regard in which she m held in the community. Her lite had been a very beau tiful example of all Christian vir tue* and piety ? such a Ufa la ? great blessing to any community. Those from out-of-town attend ing the funeral were Mr. and Mr*. T. R. Thomas and daughter, Don rue of Plainfield. N. J.; Mr. and Mr* George Vannoy and son*. Jimraie end Bobbie, of Fresno, Ohio; Hal Hannoy from Boston, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ab sher and son, Jimmle. of Winston Salem; R. & Vannoy, Robert Vannoy and son of Damascus, Va.; and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Van noy of Glade Springs. Va.; and Mr. and Mrs. Dl J. Vannoy of Bristol, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Greene of Granite Falls, Mrs. J. R. Mast, Mrs. Vance McGuire, Mrs. Clarence Berry, Mrs. Fran ces Angley and Mrs. John Hollo way of Lenoir; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bingham of West Jefferson; Miss StelH Sherrill and Jack Hodges of Mt. Pleasant, and Mrs. J. M. Hodges, Mrs. Ben Moody, Mrs. A. I. White and J. H. Winkler of Blowing Rock. DEMOCRATS ADS PAT (Esso) FUEL OIL KEROSENE K. D. HODGES, JB. Wholesale Dealer Boone, N. C. Day Phone 1 Night Phone WW NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS Save additional interest charges by paying your 1951 Town Taxes be fore Tuesday, April 1st - 2% in terest now; 21/2% April 1. J. E. CLAY, Tax Collector Caused j^| $4,000 J DAMAGES ? DURING PAST MONTH INSURE AGAINST LOSS FROM Wind - Hail - and many other hazards Don H Delay Call 343 Today PAUL WINKLER, Manager . ' "PHONE 343 . Watauga Insurance Agency North \^?tern Bank Building Boone, N. C. Martha Spears Sucdimbs Sunday Mr* Martha Emaline Spears 88. of Lax on. died March U a her home. Funeral services were held a the Laurel Spring* B a p 1 1 a Church by Rev. R. C. Eggers ?n< interment was in the churcl cemetery. Surviving are two ions an< one daughter* Rom Speara Hayes, N. C.; Andrew Speari Laxon; Mrs. Helen Phillipa, Lax on. Glass Tops COUNTERS * TABLES DESKS HOME SERVICE CO. MwwmwwvmvwmJ BNLAIteiN* 2-DAY SERVICE on everything! Palmer's Photo Sho] 104 Depot St. ? Boone. N. C PHONE 295-R Everyone's talking $ about the^ "SHOW ^DOWN' IT ^PLAN ^for proof Brown & Gjaham Motor Co., Inc. ?IS E. Mala St. ? Boom. If. C.