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BOONE 1*M POPULATION U71 IX. educatleoal.MDUr of WW< Worth Carolina- mm at AMtlvklM ?tat? Twchtn Coll ft. wtuch attracts hundrtda of itudwb annually Iron all parts of th? nation Modern bud- 1 district. A good place to liv? WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 WATAUGA COUNT* 1150 POPULATION lfcMl Leading agricultural and tourist Livestock, dairying and truak tai of paramount Importance ?hoe Parkway traverses county, and touensa flowing Rock, on* of the principal Sum mar raaorts of Eastern America. VOL. LXIV? NO. 43 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 24, 1952. FIVE CENTS PER COPY KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS CHECKING THE METERS The city has placed a new patrolman on the King Street beat, who is checking the meters with diligence, to the end that all those who park their cars along the avenue, must in turn plunk a speck of money into one of the hungry little gadgets, or get ticketed . . . For a long time the meters have been used only by the more| generous, or gullible, and the most of us have been just parking, like in the old days . . . Hard as we've tried, we've never been able to work up any affection for parking meters, but since they have be come one of the accepted nuis ances of the motor car age, we would subscribe to the action of the town fathers in their recent1 determination to have the folks slip the silver into the slots . . . Otherwise the contrivances levy a tax which applies to only a small segment of the population. ON THE HUSTINGS Luther H. Hodgei. of Leaks ville. candidate for the Lieu tenant - Governorship, visits with tha party faithful in tha community, as tha day of tha springtime voting draws nigh . . . Mr. Hodges, who has al ways adhered to the party of Jefferson and Jackson, has never before offered for public office, but as a newcomer to the hustings, he is attracting considerable attention ... In this day when some folks claim the capacity of some public of ficials is a little on the light side. Mr. Hodges' race brings new blood and recognised abili ties into the May marathon . . . The story of his riae from an office boy and a mill hand to the vice-presidency of Marshall Field fc Co., and general mana ger of the Fieldcrest Mills, is a saga of success, in line with the cherished stories of Horatio Alger . . . Mr. Hodges has crowded into his 54 years a series of fruitful activities sel dom found in the career of a man . . . The most critical voter would have to agree that Mr. Hodges has the capacity for any governmental post to which he might aspire. ABOUT THE TOWN Home gardeners get out the spade the hoe and the rake, and putter around the back yard, en tertaining visions of luscious vegetables in the days to come . . . We lay in a store of seed Saturday afternoon, enjoy the brief contact with the warm black soil, and rub our cramped muscles during the evening . . . We grow even more unhappy when we recall that we didn't look at the trusted "Ramon cal endar" to see about the moon, and the signs ... So since we missed Good Friday by a wide margin, we're not going to look about the signs now, and enjoy the suspense and uncertainty of growing fine taters, nice cab bages, and tender greens . . . moon or no moon. Mark Goforth, candidate for Congress, come up for the first Monday of court, on his rounds of the vineyards where the votes grow in clusters . . . Having a conference on Various matters of personal and private concern with Andy Greer and Troy Nor rus on the court house lawn, and gathering therefrom, a good deal of information and a consider able sum of sound logic and philosophy . . . One of the old cherry trees at the McD. Little homcsite, dead except for the tip end of one limb which sports a fair quantity of bloom . . . The trees on courtyard long gone . . . The Daniel Boone marker, placed there many years ago by W. L. Bryan Esq., and John Preston Arthur, historian . . . The big chunk of stone wa/ taken from the hillside<bn the present R. C. Rivers homcplacc, and the great and the near great of Tarheelia have histcd a leg over the round ed lop of the boulder during the past forty years, and the old rook has been the center of many discussion* of great moment, and doubtless many a tear has damp ened the stone as relatives of men on trial behind the grim facade of the house of justice, (Continued <Ml page IHre) Lad Cleared In Mother's Death By Inquest Jury A Watauga County coroner's jury Friday absolved a 15-year old boy of blame in the fatal shooting of his mother at their home near here last Tuesday. Coroner Richard E. Kelley con ducted the hearing. The coroner's jury was composed of Orville Perry. James Austin, L. E. Day. M. P. Miller, R. I. Hodges, and W. G. Hartzog. After hearing the case for an hour, the jury returned a verdict of "accidental shooting." The youth, Clyde Coffey, claim ed he was holding a 12-gauge shotgun in his lap when it dis charged. His mother, Mrs. Glenn Coffey, 40, died before the arri val of an ambulance. "I don't know what happened," | the boy told the jury. "I didn't j mean to shoot anybody. I don't know how the gun went off. I had my hand on the guard, and I don't know whether the ham- : mer was pulled back or not," he testified. Mrs. Coffey had warned him | about the gun only moments be fore the shooting took place shortly after the noon hour. Sheriff A. J. Edmisten told the jury that the youth and his bro ther, Jerry, 18, had been quar reling during the morning, with Clyde joking several times that he was going to shoot the older boy. Sheriff Edmisten and the boy described the following events leading up to the fatal shooting: ' Clyde was sitting in his bedroom with the shotgun on his lap and : Jerry was in the kitchen. Mrs. Coffey had come down the hall and was standing near Jerry. The gun suddenly went off and Mrs. Coffey, the mother of seven children, was struck in the stomach by the blast. The youth, Clyde, informed the jury that he then ran out the door and phoned from a nearby store for an ambulance ? but that his mother was dead before the ambulance arrived. Musical Events For College Announced Mr. Gordon Nash, chairman of the Department of Music at Ap palachian State Teachers College, announces the following coming events of the Department of Mu sic and Art at the college. The events begin prior to National Music Week observance and con tinue through the observance. Thursday, April J4 ? 10:10 a. m. ?College Chapel, High Point High School band, Mf. Lillard Luttrell. director. Sunday, April 27 ? 8:00 p. m. ? Fine Arts Building, senior voice recital, Mr. James Blanton, tenor. Monday? 8:00 p. m. ? Fine Arts Building, student recital. Tuesday ? 8:00 p. m. ? Fine Arts Building, concert by the Lenoir High School Band, Capt. James C. Harper, director, George Kirs ten, assistant director. Saturday, May 3 ? 8:00 p. m. ? Fine Arts Building, senior voice recital, Miss Helen Cole, soprano. Music Week Sunday, May 4 ? 3:00 p. m. ? Fine Arts Building, concert by the Appalachian High School Choral Ensemble, Mrs. Elsie Ern eston, director. Monday ? 7:00 p. m. ? Fine Arts Building, concert by the ASTC Choir, Mrs. Virginia Wary Lin ney, director. Following concert open house sponsored by music ! and art departments. Reception in choral room. Art displays, Miss Catherine Smith and Mrs. W. W. Williams, sponsors. Tuesday ? 7:00 p. m. ? Fine Arts j Building. Concert by the Appa lachian High School Band, Mr. I Roy R. Blanton, director. Open house following concert. Art dis play*. Wednesday? 7 :3Q p. m. Fine Arts Building. Concert by the Octet and Double Octet. Mr. Hoyt Saf^it, director. Lecture and demonstration by Dr. Arnold Hoffman, state suprevisor of mu sic. This program is primarily for the Watauga NCEA chapter. Open house following program. Art displays. Thursday ? 7.00 p. m. ? Fine Arts Building. Concert by the ASTC Band, Mr. Gordon Nash, director, and. the String Ensem ble, Mr. Nicholas Erneston. Open house. Art displays. Friday, May 9 ? 7:00 p. m. ? Fine Arts Building. Concert by the ASTC Orchestra and String Ensemble, Mr. Nicholas Ernest on, director. Open house and art displays. Home Agent Named Miss Mary 'Helen Neill, former assistant home agent in Watauga County, hat been named home demonstration agent here to suc ceed Mrs. Betty M. Edward who has resigned effective May 1st. The announcement of Miss Neill's appointment was made by Miss Nell Keniet western district home agent with the N. C. Ex tension Servicc. % Miss Neill has been home agent in Yancey County for the past 12 months. She attended Western Carolina Teaehcrg College for two years and East Tennessee State College from which she graduated in 1949, receiving her B. S. Degree in Home Economics. Miss Neill's friendly manner, genuine interest in the progress of rural people and untireing ef forts have won for her many friends during her two years as assistant home agent in Watauga County. The number of farm tenants in North Carolina has been decreas ing during the last 20 years. fraud and deceit are always in haste. ? N. G. Bohn. Lions Assume Share of Recreational Program On a budget of proposed recre ational activity for the summer totalling $575 as submitted by newly elected recreation direc tor, Floyd Wilson, the board of directors of the Boone Lions Club voted at theii*last meeting to un derwrite the cost of the program to a total of $250. This was the amount estimated for a full pro gram of softball. The Lions Club thus became the main sponsor of the recreational activities, volun teering to underwrite more than the combined total subscriptions of the other civic clubs and groups ? importing the program. Main cost of the program had previously been underwritten by the Town of Boone Board in pro viding the salary for the direc tor for the three and a half months program. Coat oPequip ment for the recreational activi- 1 tic* is dependent upon the vol untary support of civic and pro fessional groups and interested individuals who may carc to as sist in that support. Groups presently indicating their support in addition to the Inrag help of the Lions Club are: Business and Professional Wo men's Club, $20; Chamber of Commerce, insurance coverage, $25, Merchant's Association, $29; Woman's CI?), care for mowing lawn area between churches and $25 for mowing of playground; and the VKW, $50. Director Wilson announced this week that formation of Softball leagues is well under way. Of ficii! opening of the adult^aguc will be on May 19. Other opening dates will be announced as leagues are completed. STORIE NAMED TO POSITION IN 'HORN' PROJECT JAMES L. STORIE Appointment of James M. Storic, principal of the Blowing Rock High School, as assistant to Business Manager Stanley A. Harris for "Horn In The West" was announced this week by the Southern Appalachian Historical Association. Mr. Storie will as sume his duties June 1, and will be in charge of refreshment stands and concessions at the Daniel Boone Theatre. Mr. Storie is well known in Watauga County, having receiv ed B. S. and M. A. degrees at Appalachian State Teachers Col lege, Boone, after graduating from Boone High School. He served for four years in the U. S. Navy as a welfare and re creation director at various Naval bases. One phase of his work was to arrange, manage and direct stage shows for Navy personnel. Following his honor able discharge with the rank of lieutenant, senior grade, he was for three years athletic coach and assistant principal at Central School in Greensboro. Mr. Storie Is married to the former Mis* Elizabeth South of Boone. Mr. and Mrs. Storie and their two daughters, Pam and Julia, reside in Blowing Rock. Lions' Talent Show To Be Held Friday The annual Lions Club Talent Show will be held in the College Gymnasium Friday evening at 7:30 and nine elemental^ schools will prevent seven-minute acts as a part of the well-rounded pro gram, which is expected to be even better than in former years. A high spot of the evening will be the selection of a Queen from each of the high schools partici pating, and a Junior Queen from each of the elementary schools taking part. The talent show will consist of acts by the following schools: Boone, Rutherwood, Green Val ley, Deep Gap, Blowing Rock, Valle Crucis, Cove Creek, Bethel, and Mabel. Queen candidates have been chosen by the following high schools: Appalachian, Bethel, Blowing Rock, Cove Creek. Elementary school queen can didates arc being offered by the following schools: Boone, Ruth erwood, Green Valley, Deep Gap, Stony Fork, Blowing Rock, Val le Crucis, Cove Creek, Bethel, and Mabel. A panel of out-of-town judges will select the queens. As formerly proceeds from the queens contests will go to the schools, and the Lions admission receipts will be used to further the club's program for the bene fit of the blind in this county. Count Rabbit Contest Starts The Craven Furniture Com pany in Boone this week an nounces a big 'Count the Rab bits" contest culminating in the awarding of three big prizes. First prize will be a big L & H refrigerator, ' second prize a ladies' 15 jewel Bcnrus wrist watch, and third prize a man's 15 jewel Bcnrus wrist watch. Other prizes will consist of credit certificates valued at $5.00 to $15.00, and a free watch will also be given with the purcha?c of each*L & H range or refrigera tor during the contest. There's a "Jwoby" prize, too? a pair of rab bits. All you have to do, says Mr. Clifford Craven, manager of the store, is count the rabbits in their advertisement appearing in this issue. The contest closscs at midnight, May 16, and prizes will be award ed on Saturday, May 17. Waco, Texas ? Wclstcin Smith, Baylor University professor, was introduced as main speaker at a fraternity banquet. Mr. Smith rose to his feet, pointed to his throat, sal down, took a drink of water, pushed a button and sat back while his recorded speech was heard over loud-speakers. The professor was ?' victim of laryngitis and could not speak above ? whisper. Sky-Vu Theatre To Run Daily The Sky-Vu Drive In Theatre, announces its opening on a seven day a Week schedule next Friday, and two shows will be held nightly, starting at dusk. The drive-in has operated dur ing the winter only on Saturday and Sunday evenings. The mana gement states that first class pic tures are being shown daily. Mayor Asks Clean-Up For the General Welfare WHEREAS, the general health and welfare of our citizens de pend upon wholesome surround ings arising from good cledn liv ing conditions, and WHEREAS, the lives and pro perty of our people are endang ered by fire caused by the clutter ed conditions in homes, business places, alleys and streets, and WHEREAS, the Town of Boone will be on display to increased thousands ol visitors this summer due to the ^rsentation of the drama "Horn in the West," and WHEREAS, unity of effort is required for the future develop ment of our community. THEREFORE I, Gordon H. WiHkler, Mayor of the Town of B'K>n< ado hereby designate April 20. 1032, us official openihg day of the Clean Up, Paint Up, Kix Up Program, sponsored by the Boono Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Boone, and call up on all departments of the city, its commercial organizations, civ ic clubs, schools, churches, ?oys' and girls' clubs, and all other as sociations, and our p^-jple in gen eral to take an active part in this constructive program for com munity improvement to insure its success. This, ?he 18th day of April, 1M2. ? GORDON H. WINKLER, Mayor Town of Boom. Parade To Mark Climax Annual Clean -Up Effort Spring Term Of Court Starts Here On Monday The spring term of Watauga Superior Court convened Mon day morning with Judge Hoyle Sink presiding and at noon Tues day splendid progress was being made in clearing away a large criminal docket. Most of the cases involve driv ing vehicles while under the in fluence of intoxicants, violation of the State prohibition laws, larceny, and some cases of abandonment. Town Buys Warehouse Here The town of Boone has closed a deal with Mr. R. C. Coleman, of Tabor City, for the purchase of the large tobacco warehouse near the bus terminal. In commenting on the pur chase of the' valuable property, Mayor Gordon H. Winkler states that the building was bought sub ject to the lease bejng held by the Watauga Farmers Co-op store, and that the more than one acre of floor space will eventually perhaps, be used to store automo biles, as the parking problem grows progressively worse. For the present the town will use a portion oL the building for the storage of surplus pipe, other supplies ind city vehicles. Mr. Coleman reserved the right to use the warehouse during the tobacco season, if needed. 'He has two other large houses here. Lenoir Band T o Give Concert on Tuesday The Lenoir High School Band, - under the direction of Captain James C. Harper, will present a program of band music April 29, at 8 p. m., in the Fine Arts Build ing at Appalachian State Teach ers College. Captain Harper, who has been with the band since its inception, is widely known wherever school bands are discussed. He has been president of the North Carolina Bandmaster's Association and has served on its board of directors for many years. Captain Harper has served as a contest judge in many states and has written many rticles which have appeared in leading music and educational journals. The Lenoir High School Band is the oldest school band in North Carolina, having been founded in 1924 when the Lenoir Post No. 29 of the Americ?n Legion do nated a set of band instruments to their high school and suggest ed the founding of a high school band. The band has made a name for itself nationally aa well as in this State. It has participated in such events as the New York World's EISENHOWER LEADS IN PENNSYLVANIA VOTING Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ap peared headed this week toward c tremendous popular endorse ment for the Republican presi dential nomination in early re turns from Pennsylvania's pref erential primary. Althoufh the preference con test. in which he and Harold E. Stassen were on the ballot, is not binding on the state's 70 Republi can delegates, it might influence the later decision of leaders on where to swing that vote. The Pennsylvania picture (with precincts reported) looked like this: Republican, Eisenhower 105, 880; Stassen 13,199; Taft (write in) 8,133. Democrats, Truman 141; Ke fauver 834; Stevenson 29; Kem 36. Fair, the National Band contest in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Wilmington Azalea Festival, and made many concert trips through out North Carolina and nearby states. Mrs. Wilson Hollar Fatally Hurt Sunday G. M. Lawrence Dies At Age 70 George Monroe Lawrence, 70, of Beech Creek died April 10 af ter a short illness. Funeral ser vices were conducted from Mt. Gilead Baptist Church of which he had been an active member for forty-eight years. Rev. E. J. Farthing, at one time pastor of all members of the family, was in charge. He was assisted by Rev. Ronda Earp, pastor, and Rev. Crisp. Pallbearers were: O. H. Tri- j vettc, Clyde Buntan, Luther Bun ton, Dallas Bunton, Ted Recce and Jim Swift. Mr. Lawrence leaves his wodow and these sons and daughters: J. Lee Lawrence and ' Mrs. Louis Gammcter, Cincinnati, O.; Dr. C. Ray Lawrence, Dr. Jack D. Lawrence, Mrs. E. T. Glenn and Mrs. George Judy, Boone; Mrs. J. H. Sowder, North Wilkcsboro; Mrs. Louis Farthing, Argentia, Newfoundland: Mrs. Acie Mc Guire, Morganton; Mrs. Philip Farthing. Columbus, O.; George Lawrence, J*., Lenoir. There are twenty-four grandchildren. Two j brothers and one sister survive: H. L. Lawrence, Hilton Village, W. Va.; S. Grant Lawrence, Sugar Grove; and Mrs. W. C. El Icr, Johnson City, Tcnn. Dissatisfaction with nation's rearming progress expressed in Washington and elsewhere. Highmark level reached at shipyards in United States. Mrs. Wilson Hollai1, 53, Vilas resident, died at noon Sunday in a Boone hospital, at injufiM sus tained when she was struck by a pickup truck. State Highway Patrolman Roger Parker said. James Mast, 18, resident of Boone, the driver o f the truck, was jailed on a charge of man slaughter. The accident occurred Sunday about 10 o'clock an Mrs. Hollar was walking along the highway near the Willowdalc Church, on highway 421, five miles west of Boone. Information is that the truck swerved across the high way and struck Mrs. Hollar. Funeral services for Mrs. Hol lar, a well-known resident of. Vilas, were held Tuesday at 11:00 a. m. at the Willowdalc Baptist Church and burial was in the Danncr cemetery. Surviving arc the husband, Wilson Hollar; one son, Creed, of Avondale, Penn.; four daughters, Mrs. David Nortis, Vilas; Mrs. Ralph Davis, Rennet Square, Penn.; Mrs. Don Dotson, Sparta; and Miss Pansy Hollar, Winston Salcm, N. C. "Horn" Choristers Being Sought Men and women interested in auditioning for the rhoir of "Horn In the Weil" are asked to be at the main auditorium of Appala chian State Teachers College at 2 p. m. Saturday afternoon, April 28. Men over 18 to play the rolej of Indian dancers arc also asked to be present. At the same time and place try-outs will also be held for boys who would like to play the part of 10-year-old Jack Stuart, and anyone interested in playing the same character as a 20-year old. Thorns Nichols of Chapel Hill, choir director for the drama, will audition the singers, while kal Jurgensen of Chapel Hill, associ ate director of "Horn in the West," will interview the Indian dancers and the applicants for the roles of Jack Stuart. DREAM SHATTERED Patchogue, N. Y. ? Since John Hagley lost his legs a few years ago, his only means of support i* collecting junk, going about in a pony-drawn wagon. He has managed to save a little money hoping some day to buy artiflcal limbs. However, Hagley, 37, had his dreams shattered recently, when somebody stole the wheels, worth |M, off hi* wagon. Local Campaign Now in Progress Special emphasis is being plac ed this year on the annual Clean Up, Paint Up. Fix Up campaign in Boone and Watauga County, due to the thousands of extra visitors expected here this sum mer for the drama "Horn in the West.'' The campaign is county wide. The Southern Appalachian His torical Association joins with the Boone Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Boone, co-sponsors of the campaign, in an urgent re quest that an especial effort be made to present Boone at its best for 'Horn in the West'." A big parade in connection with the event will be held on Mon day, April 2*. The high school band and the junior high school band, followed by the entire stu dent body of the Boone Demon stration School, will get under way from the comer of Blowing Rock road and King Street at 1:15 p. m.t proceeding up King Street to the traffic light at Water Street. The towyi has been divided into zones by the clean up committee, headed by Mrs. B. W. Stallings, and each member will be respon sible for his particular area. May or Gordon H. Winkler has issued a proclamation ushering in the campaign, which began on Sun day, April 20, and will continue through Wednesday, April 30. Town trucks will be available at all times during the campaign to pick up trash and debris, and all persons arc cautioned by the committee against burning rub bish in town. A telephone call to 64 will bring a truck in short order. The committee suggests that old buildings which are no long er useful should be torn down; garages and service stations should make an especial effort to keep their premises clean; land lords are asked to remind ten ants to keep their premises clean; all vacant lots should be cleaned up; and those who have had building done arc reminded that old lumber should bo carted away. And of course, a program of painting should go along with the cleaning effort. Cash prizes will be awarded by the Chamber of Commerce and the Blue Ridge Garden Club, for the most improved homes, busi ness places, and vacant lots. I Green Brown Rites Sunday Greene Fred Brown, 57 years old, died at his home in the Lax on neighborhood last Friday. Mr. Brown had been an invalid for about ten years. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Laurel ' Springs Baptist Church by Rev. R. C. Eggers, Rev. Victor Trivett and Rev. W. C. Greene, and in terment was in the church ceme tery. Mr. Brown, who was a son of the late Joseph and Mrs. Brown, was a veteran of World War I. He is survived by five brothers and one sister: Walter Brown, Laxon; Bert Brown, Todd; Am brose Brown, Armstead, Mont.; Coy Brown, Armstead, Mont.; Murray Brown, Laxon. Dale Auton Ends Own Life Dale Auton. 31. resident of Blowing Rock, R.F.D. 1, died Sun day afternoon at 6:45 of a 22 calibrc bullet wound in the left temple, which Coroner Richard E. Kelley s?id was self-inflicted. The suicide occurred Sunday at about 4:30 at the home of Au ton. said Coroner Kelley, who said no inquest will be held. Graveside rite* were held Tues day at 2:30 in the Winkler cem etery, near Boone. Rev. J. T. Shaekford, pastor of the Boone Methodist Church, was in charge of the rites. Surviving arc the widow, (our sons, Willard. Mansfield, Jarvis and William, of the home; one daughty, Beatrice, of the home; and the mother, Mrs. Fred Teague of Lenoir.
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