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BOONE 1*M POPULATION UT1 ul Alter NcJth'cSJlSS*1 Konv.1"* ** ttiarsr-sss ?f Appalachian WATAUGA DEMOCRAT * An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 WATAUGA COUNTY ISM POPULATION 11.141 L?a<ltng agricultural and tourist ?m Livestock, dairying and truck farming of paramount I'rvportanoa. Bluo wfi Parkway traveraea county, and to way traveraea county, mowing Rock. OM pi tha Summer iiairti of Eastern VOL. LXTV? NO. 46. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY%MAY 15. 1?52. FIVE CENTS PER COPY KING STREET . BY ROB RIVE1RS TV PROMOTION TV viewers in this area are de lighted that both Boone and Blowing Rock are now being promoted in the' "station-breaks" on WBTV . . . The Boone post office is shown on one film, while the Blowing Rock ? the rock it self ? a beautiful view, makes a commanding scene for the other . . . The Democrat, having start ed the effort to get some local recognition on the TV a year ago, is delighted that the thin# has been followed up . . . Anoth er piece of valuable publicity for tlje Boone-Blowing Rock coun try .. . THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE THING Mod of tin youngsters in the community are considerably helped up over commencement down at the high school . . . Some of them are getting all in readiness for the trip to the college or university this fall, and there is an air of high ex citement as school days whoop into the home stretch with sev eral hundred children looking for a passing report card, and a long, well-earned vacation per iod . . . The little girl from the fourth grade, however, who talked to us the other day, wasn't too heated up over the situation . . . "Yes. fm in the fourth grade." and nonchalant ly. "if I don't pass I'll be in the fourth again next year . . . Can't tell about my teacher . . . Don't know what's going to happen . . . She gives every sort of mark from sero to sixty-ninel" . . , And we admit ted there was a lot of room for only tolerable grades in such a wide numerical span . . . And another youngster who had moved to Tennessee, and drop ped by to see us of a Saturday . . . The eight year old didn't have a fish hook in his pants, and the blue gills and the bass and stuff were biting . . . We obliged the lad. invited him back, was all pepped up over his friendship . . . "Come back to see us," we beamed on the slightly tattered lad . . ? "Sure will . . . that is. whenever I need something!" THE ROOT OF THE TROUBLE A mas had imbibed a little too freely, had driven his auto while he was slightly mellowed by John Brandywine . . . Somebody was peeping, and he fell into the toils of the law . . . The court dealt rathpr harshly .with the fellow, and his driving license together with his privilege of shoe-leathering around, were gathered up by the man who passes the judgments . . . We fell to expressing our sorrow that the fellow had fallen into trouble, and mentioned the fact to a rela tive . . . "Oh, it's all right I guess . . . suppose his folks will get along some way or another . . . wish thcro wasn't any liquor . . . but locking up the guy who drinks the stuff is a mite like cut ting off the top of a jimson weed and leaving the roots strongly embedded in rich, black, dank soil . . . There being relatively fewer bottleggers than drinkers, looks like the flow of alcohol might be more handily checked than to try to round up the thou sands who imbibe . . . Just won der." . . . And of course, folks al ways wonder about such things, and wish, that since we have prohibition laws all over the place, they would prohibit a lit tle more at the source, to the protection of the human by-pro ducts of the traffic . . . the fel lows who mouth on the street, whip their wives maybe, or per haps just can't quite focus a Liz zie on the wide pavement. AH OLD BUT POTENT POTION A good many folk* around the city han bad trouble with tha measles of late . . . Tha kids ha re tham right and left and ?ohm of tha adulti have fallen pray to tha uncomfortable and smelly ailment ... A man WW remarking tha other day about tha failure of on* of his caaaa to break out. whan a bystander, who had b#en around theae parts for many yoars. and who'd >aen a lot. no doubt, in ( Continued on page eight) WILLIAM DUDLEY FARTHING Last Rites Held for W. Dudley Farthing Funeral serviced were held at the Boone Baptist church Mon day afternoon at 4 o'clock, for William Dudley farthing, 76, re tired Boone banker, former post master, Legislator and court clerk, who died at his home early Sunday morning, following a long illness. Rev. J. C. Canipe, former pas tor of "the church, conducted the rites, and burial was in Mount lawn Memorial Park. Active pallbearers were: Al fred P. Adams, Russell D. Hod ges, James P. Marsh, Guy Hunt, John Howell, Clyde R. Greene. -Mr. Farthing was born in Wa tauga county, a son of the late Whitfield and Mrs. Farthing. In his early days he taught, school for a time and lived in Oklahoma for several years, where he en gaged in postal work. Returning to Watauga County he was elected Clerk of Superior Court, where he served for twelve years. He was Boone post master for several years and I served two terms in the State ? Legislature. He was cashier of ' the Northwestern Bank in Boone | for 20 years. Mr. Farthing was a Mason and a Shriner, and was a - past master of the old Watauga i Lodge here. Mr. Farthing was a member of the Boone Baptist Church and was a leader in religious activi ties in the community. Surviving'are the widow, Mrs. Beulah Edmisten Farthing; three sons, Charles of Mocksville, Ralph of Tryon and James of Boone; four daughters, Mrs. Elsie Morgan of Colonial Beach, Va., Mrs. Freida Sasser of Golds boro, Mrs. Rena Mae Graybcal of Warrensville and Mrs. Dorothy Parker of High Point. CAP Official Speaks To Civic Gathering Major J. Toms Dover, Jr., or ganization inspector on the staff of the North Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol at Charlotte, out lined the organization, purpose and aims of the C. A. P. at the regular meeting of the Boone Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, May 13. He told the gathering of ap proximately fifty persons that the Civil Air Patrol was born of war and is the only organization of its kind ready to function in case of enemy attack or other emer gency. It has the peacetime mis sion of aiding in such disasters as floods, fires and explosions, and finding lost persons, he said. In advocating a landing strip for the local Cj. A. P. unit, he de clared that Boone is surrounded by so-called "hot spots," or vital defense industries, pointing out that directed missiles with a range of 1200 miles are now in use. If the Boone unit had a landing strip, he said, a plane would be rotated among several such units. He added that the C^ivil Air Patrol could, if the need should arise, place a mobile sta tion every five miles of the 400 miles from Manteo to Murphy. I Fishing Rodeo At Stallings Farm B. W. Stallings, local jeweler, who also engages in widespread (arming activities, is sponsoring a Fishing Rodeo at his private lake at Diamond S. Ranch, in the Poplar Grove neighborhood, open to boys and girls under 10 years. The fishing contest will take place Wednesday, May 21, at 3 /i clock, and the youthful anglers must be accompanied by parents. The lake is well stocked with bluegills and bass, and the kid dies should have unusually fine sport. Those expecting to parti cipate in the fishing contest arc asked to register at once at Stall ings Jewelers. The following prizes are to be awarded: First prize.' fishing reel, for the biggest fish; second, tac kle box, sportsmanship; third, casting line, first bag limit. Some 300,00 strawberry plants have been set out in North Car olina this spring as a p.1rt of home gardens and as 4-H Club projects, according to horticultural spec ialists at N. C. State College. W. M. U. Opposes Sunday Showing "Horn In West" The Women's Missionary Soc iety of the Three Forks Baptist Association, in sessiort at Laurel Springs Church May 3, voiced unanimous opposition to the showing of the historical drama, "Horn in the West," on Sundays, as is presently planned. In a letter to Dr. I. G. Greer, President of the Southern Ap palachian Historical Association, the WMU said that the Sunday showings "would be a desecra tion of the Lord's Day and con trary to the teachings of Jesus as to how that day should be spent. It is our prayer that enough op position be brought to bear on the officials uittil there will be no showing on Sundays." The letter is signed by Mrs. C. J. Farthing, WMU president, and Mrs. Blanche Perry, secretary. Chas. Wilfong Goes To Army Mr. Charles E. Wilfong, who has been program director for radio station WATA in Boone, since its establishment in 1950, has resigned his position and has received a commission in the army air force. He will leave Boone May 20, and on the 29th will report to Donaldson Air Force Base, Green ville, S. C., for temporary as signment. From there he will go to Houston, Texas, where he will engage in some flying ard com munications work. Mr. Wilfong, a veteran of two years Naval servicc in the last war, has been a leader in local civic affairs, and has made many friends during his residence here. Mr. Shackford At UN Seminar Rev. J. T. Shackford, pastor of the Boone Methodist Church, is spending the week in New York City, where he is attending a United Nations Peace Seminar, arranged for the three North Carolina conferences and the Detroit conference. Rev. Mr. Shackford was chosen a delegate by the Western Caro lina Conference, to attend the Seminar, which is sponsored by the peace Commission of the Methodist Church. Miles Jones Is Given Promotion State Highway Vatrolman Miles Jones, who formerly resid ed in Boone, but who now ljves in Statesville, has been promoted to the rank of Corporal, and will move to Lenoir, where he will be in charge of District 1, including Watauga county, under Sgt. Frank Kennedy of Morganton. Mr. Jones served in Boone for eight years. Mrs. Bradley Taken By Death Mr. Grady Bradley of Vilas, has been notified that hi? step; mother, Mrs. A. T. Bradley of Tempc, Arizona succumbed on the 10th at her home. Mrs. Bradley, who was 82 years old, visited relatives in Watauga last summer. She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Joe Ramey, Tempe, Ariz.; Mrs. Robert Hicks, Minkle man. Ariz.; and Grady Bradley, Vilas. Historian says Franklin was not first in lightning test Civic Leaders Spoiisor Building Atomic Plant Dr. Phillips T o Speak at College ! Commencement Here Friday | Dean Guy B. Phillips, of the School of education at the Uni versity of North Carolina, will be the speaker at commencement exercises to be held at Appalach ian College Friday, May 16, at 10:30 a. m. One hundred and seventy-six will receive BS de grees at that time, while 26 will be given MA degrees. Th# Graduates Students receiving Bachelor of Arts degrees are William D. Akin, Eugenia Alley, Martha J. Austin, Mary J. Austin, Agnes Baldwin, C. E. Barrett, Laura Beck, Betty Bell, Harold R. Berthold, Pansy Biddix, Dean H. Billingsley, Wil liam Paul Blackburn, Peggy L. Blanton, Mona Lee Boljack, James R. Bowles, Marvin Ken neth Bradshaw, Charles L. Brady, Joseph Paul Bray, Maynard H. Bridges, Clara Mae Broome, Dor othy Jean Brown, Virginia Buff, John Bunch. Robert V. Caldwell, Estelle Carpenter, Jean Carpenter, Al bert W. Catlet. Effie Lou Cheek, Mrs. Betty Christenbury, James K. Christenbury, Jr., Carl L. Clarke, Agnes Cloer, Bobby Coe, Suz anne Coffey, Helen Fay Cole, Glenn T. Collins, Ma* G. Cotten, Jesse Leon Coulter, William R. Craig, James Crawford, Mrs. Ruth A. Cuddy, Blanche Daniel, | Joseph C. Davidson, Betty Davis, j Joel Derby, Elizabeth Ann Dev- 1 lin, Jack B. Duncan, Marjorie ! Dwiggins, Carolyn Eaton, Mary Edwards, Leroy English. John Farthing, Horace Felton, Jimmy FerrelL N. Carolyn Fesp erman, Michael N. Finger, Doro thy M. Floyd, Thomas A. Fore man. Jr., C. S. Foster, Jr., J. Clyde Fox, Hoyt Freeze, R. Steve Ga briel, Jessie Giles, Robert Gillis, Mrs. Martha Roe Gosi, Bobby Jean Gragg, Melvin S. Griffith, Doris Lucille Grill, James F. Hall, Walter H. Hanks, Dan A. Harrington, Mrs. Kathryn B. Harris, Joseph Hartley, James Hartman, Charles Hathaway, Annie Kate Hauscr, George E. Hemrlck, Betty Jo Henderson, Earl H. Hendricks, John R. Hest er, Paula Mae Higgins. Charles Herbert Hodge, Mrs. Blanche Marie Hodges, Alvin Hooks, Thurman Horner. Grace A. Huffman, Shirley M. Hughes, Hershal Ray Hunt, Joe H. Hunt, Betty Jo Hutchens, Kenneth Jack Idol, Sylvia Jaynes, Marcia R. Jenkins, Emogenc Johnson, Hal Ray Johnson, Nathaniel S. Jones, Lorine Kanoy, Mrs. Betty B. Kendrtck, Alma Joyce Kirk land, Robert Glenn Kiscr, Guy B. Lail, Jessie Lambert, Sybil Lam beth, Mi-S. Marian Jo Lassiter, Robert Ell Link, Bradie Lowd er. Lewis Mack, "Sue Ann Marion, James B. Mast, Jr., Mary Lou Masters, Edward Lass McCurry, William H. McEntire, Mrs. Betty (Continued on page eight) Kelley Honored By Funeral Ass'n RICHARD E. KELLEY Richard E. Kellcy, Boone fur ' oral director, was installed, last | Friday as tenth district director | of the North Carolina Funeral j Directors and Burial Association. The honor was conferred upon Mr. Kelley at the annual State I meeting of the organization held in Charlotte. judge Olive In Boone Today Hon. Hubert Olive of Lcning ton, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, will be at the Daniel Boone Hotel this (Wednesday) afternoon from 1 to 1:30, for the purpose of meeting with his friends and supporters. Sponsors of Mr. Olive's candi dacy are hopeful that many citi zens will come out to meet the well known Carolinian. According to the Internal Reve nue Bureau, 1 ,255 gamblers re gistered and bought betting tax stamps in March, bringing the nation's total of admitted gamb lers to 18,913. The (50 stamps and the 10 per cent tax on all bets have netted the Government $2, 796,000 in the five months they have been in effect. Three New Men Are Added to Business Staff 'Horn' Drama Robbers Enter Bus Terminal The bus depot in Boonc\ was entered and robbed some time Thursday night, May 8. The un known thief or thieves apparent ly removed the screen from the rest room window to gain entry, according to Mr. H. W. Wilcox, bus station manager. Between $50 and $60 in cash and an undeter mined quantity of merchandise was missing, he said. The cash had been left in the drawer to start the next day's business. The building also houses the office of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Parkway Book Is Off Press The third edition o( a 16-page booklet, bearing maps and lists of accommodation*, services, re creation and other activities of the Blue Ridge Parkway route, was published in Ashcvillc Fri day. The Blue Ridge Parkway As sociated Chambers of Commerce will be in charge of distributing the several thousand booklets Capt. Gragg To Go To England Capt. Horton Gragg, recently of Langley Field, Va? spent the week end with his family here,' and will leave next Tuesday for England, where he will serve with the Air Forcc for the next three years. Capt. Gragg's family will re side here until arrangements arc made for their residence in Eng land. James Marsh, assistant chasicr at the Northwestern Bank; Wil liam Fulton, secretary of the Blowing Mock. Chamber of Com- , merce, and James T. Thompson, i teacher at Appalachian State Teachers College, h?v? been named to the business staff of the outdoor drama "Horn in the West.1' All three men are popular and well known residents of Watauga County, and are now actively aid ing the drama on a volunteer basis. They will assume their new duties June 1, Mr. Marsh as bookeeper; Mrs. Fulton as house manager for the Daniel Boone Theatre; and Mr. Thompson as box office manager. Mr. Marsh, a native of Boone, attended Appalachian High School and Appalachian State Teachers College before joining the Army Air Force in 1943. Af ter air force training at Ypsilanti State Teachers College, Ypsilanti, Mich., he went overseas as a top turret gunner on a B-24. Follow ing his honorable discharge as a (Continued on page eight) Lions Officers To Be Installed The ncwiy-elccted Lion* Club officers will be installed at a meeting of the organization to be held in June. Those elcctcd at last week's meeting were: , Dr R H. Harmon, president. Leo Pritchett, Joe Crawford, Herbert Wey, vice-presidents. Russeli D. Hodges, secretary. 0. K. Richardson, treasurer. J. B. Winkler, J. E. Joines, tail twisters. 1. S. Ayers, lion tamer. J. E. Holshouser and Frank M. Payne new members of the board of directors. Wilcox, Hodges Attend Meeting In Bristol, Tenn. Herman W. Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber of Com merce and Russell D. Hodges, re cently attended a meeting in Bris tol, in the interest of the estab lishment of an Atomic energy plant in the Shady Valley be tween Mountain City and Bristol. The proposed site has been tent atively approved, it is under stood. A government announcement recently stated that an atomic plant would be constructed in the Ohio River Valley, due to the bountiful water supply, and availability of coal for steam rlectiic plants. This section of Tennessee, 35 miles from Boone, Is considered in the Ohio River Valley. Mr. Wilcox says the proposed plant would require 37,000 em ployees for construction, and 5, 000 to operate the enterprise. The plant would occupy a space two and a half square miles, and would use 1.800,000 kilowatts of electricity, or enough for a city of 2,500,000 inhabitants. It was stated that the plant would be no more dangerous than any other large industry. Representatives from Elizabeth ton, Mountain City and Shady Valley also attended the meeting which was sponsored by the Bris tol Chamber of Commerce. The Shady Valley delegation opposed the industry on the grounds that all their land would be required. In the event the plant is con structed, it is stated that several large steam power plants would have to be built. Roy A. Rufty Named Chairman For Dairy Month Raleigh. ? State Dairy Month headquarters has announced the appointment of Roy A. Rufty of Hillside Dairy, Boone, as local chairman of the 16th annual ob servance of June Dairy Month. In making the yinouncement, R. B. Davenport of Durham, State chairman, stated that Dairy Month has played an important role through the years in im proving our local and national health by causing more Ameri cans to possess the important facts of sound nutrition. "Milk docs more for the human body than any other known food and docs it more cheaply," Dav enport said. He further stated that research has shown that old er persons need to consumc the same amounts of dairy foods as do growing children since the nu trients in dairy foods so needed for growing bodies are just as necessary to fight the body de terioration of later years. "With this in mind," Daven port said, "the dairy industry chose 'Good Eating for All Ages' as the 1952 June Dairy Month Campaign theme." Hospital Open House On Sunday As previously announced in lust week's Democrat Open House will be observed on Sun day. May 18 between the hours of 2 and 4 p. m. at Watauga Hospital. The Medical and Hospital Auxiliaries plan to act as hostes ses for the occasion and conduct visitors on a tour of all the de partments of the hospital. Many rooms not available daily will be shown and the equipment and Its use explained. Mrs. Grady Mor ctz, president of the hospital auxiliary has announced that de licious refreshments will be serv ed in' the hospital dining room after the tour. Everyone is encouraged to visit the hospital and get an in side view of just what goes on ia various departments. I Parkway Is Most Popular Scenic Attraction The Blue Ridge Parkway, an enchanting dream-highway over which nearly three million mo torist! traveled last year to gaze at North Carolina and Virginia's hazy, immutable peaks and miety flower-strewn coves and valleys, has become eastern America's most popular scenic attraction. ? Designed especially for the leisurely tourist ? commercial ve hicles and road signs are banned, the Parkway represents a new conception in roads. It is not an express parkway of the American scene ? a road intended for gypsy like travel on the ride-awhile, (top-awhile basis. Blue Ridge Parkway traverses n section of the Southern High lands, the region of the Appala chian Mountains, south of the Mason-Dixon Line. These great eastern mountains, reaching from Maine to Georgia, are a broad ribbon of many parallel raphes connected by cross ranges and tumbled mountains and hills. From Shenandoah National Park for 355. milts the Parkway fol | lows the Blue Ridge Mountain*, the eastern rampart, which form the water divide between the Atlantic and the Gulf; then it windi cross country through the Black*, the Craggics, the Pis gahs, and the Balsam* to th* Great Smokies. It is a region of ancient, rug ged mountains and deep, narrow coves and valley*. Superb *cen ery and an agreeable climate lure the vacation-minded. The Parkway motorist will travel the Southern Highland*, a land of forested mountain*, ex quisite during the flower of spring, cool in the green sum mer, colorful in the red autumn. The stretches of woodland, the clustered mountains, and the views out to the lowlaftd* arc en livened by the fields and pastures of highland farms, where spli^ rail fences, weathered cabins, an gray barns compose the "hill cul ture." Not all is completed of this scenic parkway, the first of its kind to be developed by yie Na tion; but long portion* are al ready paved and are enjoyed by million* of visitors each year. Last year's 2,448,749 visitors set a Parkway record; in fact thU was the largest travel in any unit of the National Park System. Since 1930, the ye?r of the first visitor census, 12,219,881 persons have traveled over this new road through Mid-South sky*. Major Attraction* Between Aihevllle, Capital City of the "Land of the Sky ", and Buck Crock Gap, the moun tains are spectacular and jumb led, reaching their greatest height in the Black Mountain Gap, fol lows the Blacks and Great Crag gies, and then drops down to ward Asheville. , From Asheville west, the Park way will one day cross French Broad River climb and follow Pisgah Ridge close by pyramidal Mount Pisgah; crosa the Ploft Balsams to terminate In Great Smoky Mountains NationaUpark. Grandfather Mountain (El. 5, (Contwued on page eight)
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