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VOL. LXIV? NO. 4?.
? BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUgE 5, 1?52.
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KING
STREET
BY
ROB RIVE1RS
REFLECTIONS ON AN
ELECTION
Saturday the folk* went to the
polls to elect themselves a new
set of State officials, and we al
ways marvel at the treat num
ber of well-informed, otherwise
patriotic citizens who absent
themselves from the polling
place when there's voting to be
done . . . But in Watauga there
are always several hundred of the
faithful ones who will be pre
sent, come hail, or high water,
and we always make our best
manners to those who are willing
to take an interest in matters
political, whether they be Demo
crats, Republicans, Dixicrats, or
enfranchised mavericks . . . We
especially like the folks who can
tell you right off the reel who
'hey favor, and have, always
looked a bit askance at the con
siderable numbers who never
seem to have bothered to find out
who's running, "what for, etc . . .
At any rate the voting is over, a
New Governor is in the cards,
maybe some second primaries are
on the horizon, and the great
American game of who get's
elected is in high gear . . . caus
ing us to reflect a bit on the
situation, and to take notice of:
The fellow who is against
wearing a campaign button, or
displaying a political placard,
'cause it's bad business, but
we've always doubted that it
would hurt to take a stand and
thus help uphold the freedoms
which we pretend to cherish.
The campaign cards, and the
folders, and the folks whose
candidates lost . . . And the big
pictures on the trees and the
gate posts, and the barns and in
the windows . . . We've always
imagined that the defeated ones
looked just a little sadder the
day after, and that there was an
extra squaring of the jaw, and
an added degree of confidence
reflected in the prints of the
winners.
The tension whyn the State
election returns were coming in,
and the vote was varying back
and forth, first in favor of Olive,
then of Umstead ? at one time
being only four votes apart, and
the fellow who is always for
which ever man shows up the
winner.
WHAT RANK NEXT?
There's been a lot of talk u
to whtlhtr or not the country
is hNdiag toward a military
Stat* or at least toward a ta mi
military itatus, . . . With tba
war still going on in Korea. and
th* nation's r*sourc*s b*ing
mustered against a possibla
all-out conflict . . . With Gen
eral Eis*nhow*r back from th*
wars, staking out ? claim on
tha Pr*sid*ncy . . . with th*
Universal Military Training
Maasur* not d*ad. just taking
a legislative nap, it's littl* won
der that a lot of folks ar* won
dering how long a civilian ex
ecutive d*p*rtm*nt is likely to
last . . . Th* littl* child prob
ably wond*r*d too. and askad
perhaps a perfectly logical
question: "Pop. when does Oov
?rnor Umstead get to b* a Gen
eral?"
THAT SNEAKING LOOK
Small town newspapers, gen
erally speaking, come in for i
good deal of razzing about the
pictures of the folks which ap
pear with fairly consistent re
gularity, and the belief amon|
many that you shouldn't have
the picture of the structure, bul
of the man who talked about il
... At the same time, we get ar
awful lot of compliment* aboul
carrying the photographs of peo
ple who have wrought outstand
ingly in their chosen fields, whe
have distinguished themselves ?
governmental and civic activi
ties, and who have ended lon|
and useful careers . . . All in all
it's pictures, and names and hap
penings in the community and
county which make a good coun
try newspaper, and -we welcorm
them . . ? But the other day I
fellow showed us a letter he had
received sometime ago, withou'
a signature, which oontf imx
unique and caustic reference h
? picture carried In the Democrat
? long time ago. We think th<
following thoroughly original
and amusing:
"I seen a picture of ? it
the Watauga Democrat Did you
(Continued on page two?
O
Six Lose Lives In Series Motor Crashes
? ?
Rites For
Goodnight
Child Held
Janice Goodnight, six years
old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Goodnight of Boone was in
stantly killed by an automobile
Saturday afternoon at 6:10 as she
attempted to follow her dog
across highway 421, near the
Goodnight home in suburban Per
kinsvillc.
The driver of the automobile
was Trfccy Triplett of Triplett,
who was arrested by investigat
ing Highway Patrolmen Baker
and Parker on charges of driving
while intoxicated and operating a
motor vehicle without a license.
At a hearing conductcd Monday
afternoon before Deputy Corner
J. G. Wilson, an inquest jury
found probable cause and Trip
lett was held for the Superior
Court Appearance bond was set
at $5,000 He was returned to jail
upon failure to post bond, and
a warrant was issued for man
slaughter.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday at 11 from the Boone
Methodist Church. Rev. J. T.
Shackford was assisted in the
rites by Rev. E. F. Troutman of
the Lutheran Church and inter
ment was in Mountlawn Memor
ial Park.
Surviving are the parents, and
one brother, Jimmy Goodnight.
JANICE GOODNIGHT, 6, who
was killed Saturday when struck
by an automobile near her home
in Perkinsville.
Miss Helen Noyes
Succumbs in Miami
Miss Helen Noyes died sudden
ly in Miami, Fla. recently, ac
cording to word reaching friends
in Boone.
Mrs. Noyes used to reside in
Boone, where she made her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Champ
ney.
New cheap loudspeaker gives
high fidelity for F. M.
Lenoir-Blowing Rock
Road To Open Today
Lenoir ? The Lenoir- Blowing
Rook road. Highway 321, will be
opened to traffic Wednesday at
4 p. m., Zeb Stuart, division en
gineer of the State Highway De
partment, announced Monday
night.
The asphalt topping has been
completed and the road will re
main closed for "cuiing" until
Wednesday (today). The five
mile stretch of highway just
south of the town of Blowing
Rock was built at a cost of $100,
000 per mile. The contract called
for the road to be closed last
Labor Day, and for the job to be
complete^ by June 1.
Recent rains caused a delay of
several days. The division engin
eer said that it was the shortest
time on record that such a moun
tainous and rocky stretch of
highway had been completed.
The road will not be closed
again after the Wednesday open
ing, the engineer said. Finishing
touches to shoulders will be
made with the road open.
Typhoid Clinic Dates
Are Set For County
It is time to hold the typhoid
clinics lor this year and vaccina
tions (or whooping cough, diph
theria and smallpox will also be
offered. Because most pcqplc are
now talcing their typhoid shots
once cach year instead of taking
three doses every two or three
years, each point on the clinic
schedule will be visited only
once. If anyone needs to be vac
cinated more than one time he
can get his second and third
doses by coming to the health
department in Boone on a Friday
afternoon or by attending one of
the other" clinics. We suggest that
you clip this schedule and post it
so as to remind you not to miss
the clinic in your community.
The schedule for clinics will be
as follows:
t June9 ? Bamboo School build
. ing, 1:30-2:30 p. m.;
Triplett Post Office. 3:00-4:00
p. m.
, June 10 ? Vilas, Glenn's Store,
I 9:00-10:00 a. m.
Cove Creek, Moody's Store,
11:00-12:00 noon.
Jim Mast's Store, 1:00-2:00 p.
m.
Silvcrstone, Wilson's Store,
2:30-3:30 p. m.
Mabel School Building, 4:00
5:00 p. m.
June 11 ? Poplar Grove Church,
9:00-10:00 a. m.
Shulls Mills Postoffice, 11:00
12:00 noon.
Foscoe Store ? 1:00-2:00 p. m.
Grandfather, Fox's Store, 2:00
3:30 p. m.
June 12 ? Rich Mountain
School Building ? 9:00-10:00 a. m.
Wincbarger Methodist Church,
11:00-12:00 noon.
Green Valley School, 1:30-2:30
p. m.
Sands, Tom Jones Store, 3:00
4:00 p. m.
June 17 ? Rutherwood, Mich
ael's Store, 9:00-10:00 a. m.
La xi in Postoffice, 10:30-11:30 a.
m ,
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Health Council Meets
The Executive Committee of
the Watauga County Health
Council met in regular session
Wednesday, May 28, at the Sky
. line Restaurant, to complete
, plans for the Quarterly meeting
' of the County Health Council on
I June 24, at the Bethel School.
? Members of the nominating com*
- mittee presented a tentative
1 slate to be presented to the en
I tire council for election of next
1 year's officers. The June meeting
' marlui the third birthday of the
1 County Health Council. High
1 lighting the meeting will be a
' review of accomplishments and
' a planning for future activities.
A very fine film "Preface To a
1 Life" will be presented for group
I discussion. AU citizens of the
oounty arc urged to take put In
the council'! work toward bet
terment of daily living in Wa
tauga county.
Hunt Buys
Store Building
Jerry Coe, local realtor, an
nounced yesterday that Guy
Hunt had purchased the building
occupicd by Hunt's Department
Store rtn Main street from Rufus
W. Colvard. The transaction was
cloned Tuesday morning, Mr. Coo
said.
Baltimore, Md.? Thieves broke
into a safe in a local Catholic
rectory and took $700 contained
In three collection basket*.
Umstead Is Easy Winner In Watauga
Kelley Gets
Top Post In
Lions Club
Richard E. Kelley, of Boone, a
charter member of the Boone
Lions Club and a leader in the or
ganization (or 15 years, was nam
Governor of District 31-B at the
State Convention of Lions Inter
national, held at Wrightsville
Beach last week.
Mr. Kelley will take office at
the International Lions Conven
tion in Mexico City June 25. Mr.
Kelley has named A. R. Smith
cabinet secretary and treasurer
for next year. Mr. Smith, Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Kelley Will ac
company Mr. Kelley to Mexico.
Mr. Kelley has held all offices
in the Boone Lions Club. He has
been zone chairman, deputy dis
trict Governor, and has a 15 year
record of perfect attendance at
Lions Club meetings.
At the State convention the
local club was given a cup for
the best attendance in the district
and one for having sent more del
egates to Wrightsville. Also the
local club was rated second in
blind relief activities.
Those attending the State meet
ing from Boone were: Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Kelley and daughter,
Kathryn; Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cline,
Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Harmon, Dr.
D. J. Whitener.
Mr. Troutman
Will Be Feted
Next Sunday
Grace Lutheran Church will
celebrate ? the twenty-fifth anni
versary of Pastor Troutman's or
dination to the Christian minis
try and the closing of fourteen
years of ministerial service in
this community Sunday June 8.
Sunday School will be held at
10, and morning worship service
at 11, with Dr. V. R. Cromer,
president of Lenoir-Rhyne Col
lege bringing the anniversary
message.
A Fellowship dinner is to be
held at 12:30, there will be an
organ concert at 1:45-2:00 and at
2:00 Meditation: "Walking With
God," by Rev. Mr. Troutman.
Everyone is invited to attend,
to bring a lounch and enjoy the
fellowship of the occasion.
I - -
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Payne
MRS. LUCILE LETT
Blowing Rock, N. C. June 2. ?
Funeral services for Mrs. Liz
zie Payne, daughter of Mrs. J. W.
Penncll of Blowing Rock, who
was fatally injured in a truck
motorcycle accident on Friday
morning, were held on Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock in Cool
Springs Baptist church ? with
Rev. Roc Payne and Rev. Bynum
Trivette officiating.
Burial was in the family plot
in Lenoir. Rcins-Sturdivant Fun
j oral Home had charge of arrange
ments.
Mrs. Payne died in a hospital
in North Wilkesboro about 2
o'clock p. m. after being injured
about 9:30 a. m.' Friday just out
of North Wilkesboro when the
motorcycle on which she and Mr.
Robert Shult of Boone were rid
ing was in collision with a pick
up truck driven by James Wal
ter Johnson of Roaring River.
Mr. Shull was injured critically.
Surviving Mrs. Payne arc her
itiother, two daughters, Mrs.
Clifford Wilcox of LeAdfc- and
Mrs. Ivey Nelson of Boone; three
sisters, Mrs. Wiley Mast and
Eron Robbins of Lenoir, and
Miss Bell Pcnncll of Boone: six
brothers. Cloy of Blowing Rock,
Fred, Milt, and Dudley of Luioir,
Ira of Hickory, and Lloys of
Boone.
Mrs. Payne was owner of Liz
zie's Cleaners in Blowing Rock.
Retail sales roae 8 per cent in
April above 1951 figure.
Alexander In
Top Position
In Local Vote
William B. Umstead, who won
the Democratic nomination for
Governor in Saturday's primary
had easy sailing in Watauga,
where he polled a 992 vote
majortiy over Scott-backed Hu
bert Olive of Lexington, in bal
loting of about the usual local
number.
Umstead garnered 1345 as
against 353 for Olive. Dunaway
received 3.
At the same time Watauga De
mocrats gave Hugh Alexander a
wide majority over both his op
ponents in the race for the ninth
district Congressional nomination,
Alexander received 1122 votes,
Goforth 236, and Carlton 233.
The break-down of the Guber
natorial and Congressional vole
by precincts is as follows:
Bald Mountain: Umstead 21,
Olive 13, Dunaway 1; Goforth 4,
Carlton 5, Alexander 21.
Beaver Dam: Umstead 192,
Olive 19; Goforth 19, Carlton 9,
Alexander 198.
Blowing Rock: Umstead 98,
Olive 16; Goforth 21, Carlton 67,
Alexander 20.
Blue Ridge: Umstead 11, Olive
2; Goforth 1, Carlton 2, Alexan
der 8.
Boone: Umstead 305, Olive 63;
Goforth 87, Carlton 42, Alexan
der 232.
j Brushy Fork: Umstead 124,
Olive 13; Goforth 20, Carlton 14,
Alexander 99.
Cove Creek: Umstcd 168, Olive
23; Goforth 12, Carlton 41, Alex
ander 140.
Elk: Umstead 1, Olive 7; Alex
ander 8.
Laurel Creek: Umstead 123,
Olive 16; Goforth 29, Carlton 13,
Alexander 94.
Meat Camp: Umstead 40, Olive
19, Dunaway 1; Goforth 6, Carl
ton 1, Alexander 53.
Meat Camp 2; Um.stead 5, Olive
9; Carlton 6, Alexander 8.
New River: Umstead 157, Olive
12; Goforth 6, Carlton 11, Alex
ander 150.
North Fork: Olive 11; Goforth
10, Carlton 1.
Shawneehaw: Umstead 22,
Olive 1, Goforth 1, Carlton 5,
Alexander 17.
Stony Fork: Umstead 28, Olive
7; Goforth 1, Carlton 9, Alexan
der 28.
Watauga: Umstead 50, Olive 22;
Goforth 19, Carlton 7, Alexander
46.
Axexander High
Man In Primary
HUGH ALEXANDER
A run-off primary to select the
successor to retiring Representa
tive Robert L. Doughton in the
Ninth Congressional District hung
in the balance as Hugh Q. Alex
ander apparently failed to get t
clear-cut majority in the three
man scramble.
With only six of the 182 pre
cincts in the district to be heard
from, Alexander ? a Kannnpnlic
attorney and former state com
mander uf the American Legion
?had 22.881 votes, some 774 vote*
shy- of a majority.
Graham M. Carlton of Salis
bury , 29-ycar-old register of
deeds in Rowan County, had 16,
M1 votes. Trailing in third place
-with 7,083 vote* %r? G. Mark
Ooforth of Lenoir, a former state
highway commissioner.
Umstead Leads Olive
By More Than 26,000
Raleigh ? Scholarly William B.
Umstead of Durham held the
Democratic nomination for gov
ernor, but runoff races appeared
likely for two other state offices
? lieutenant governor and ^ssoci
.ate justice of the State Supreme
Court.
Umstead, 57, who tasted politi
cal defeat for the first time in
1948 in his bid to retain his U. S.
Senate seat, staged a great come
back in defeating Hubert E.
Olive of Lexington in a close
race for governor.
Umstead was being showered
with congratulations Sunday. He
received a congratulatory tele
gram from Olive, who pledged
that "you and your entire ticket
will have my loyal and active
support" in the November elec
tion.
With only a scattering of the
state's 2,017 precincts unreported,
Umstead received 283,105 votes
to 257,643 for Olive ? a margin
of almost 26,000. A third candi
date, Manley Dunaway of Char
lotto, received 4,487. Final re
turns may boost Umstead's lead
WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD
by more than 30,000.
In the four-man race for lieu
tenant governor, Luther Hodges,
retired industrialist of Spray,
held a lead of more than 69,000
(Continued on page four)
Hayes Says Communism
Enemy Of Our Freedom
"Communism is the avowed en
emy of our system of govern
ment and seeks to destroy our
free institutions by infiltration
and propaganda." Judge John
son J. Hayes, of the middle dis
trict Federal court, Wilkesboro,
told the Rotary Club in Boone
Thursday evening.
Judge Hayes related some of
his experiences as a practicing at
torney as State Solicitor and as
a Federal Judge to support his
interpretation of freedom.
"Freedom is the right to do
such wholesome things as one
wishes to do," Judge Hayes said.
"If a person wants to be a law
yer, he may do so, without fear
or Compulsion. He may become
a doctor if he has the intelligence
and paticnce. He may till the soil
at will unfettered. That is. basic
freedom."
Judge Hayes told of having vis
ited Federal court in Greensboro
as a youth. He sat on the rear
peat and watched the jurist with
the spreading mustachc, preside
over the session! He liked what
he saw and heard, decided to be
come a lawyer and 25 years later
held Federal court in the same
courthouse. He had thus followed
his own desires and worked out
his own destines within the frame
work of a free society.
Horn Rehearsals Start:
Actors Are Welcomed
The cast and production staff
for the new outdoor drama,
"Horn In The West," received a
cordial welcor .e from the citizens
of Boone and surrounding sec
tions of Watauga County as they
arrived for the opening of re
hearsals here Tuesday.
When they assembled at the
new Daniel Boone Theater Tues
day they were welcomed official
ly by representatives of city and
county administration; Mayor
Gordon Winkler of Boone, Clyde
R. Greene, chairman of the board
of county commissioners; the
Rev. E. F. Troutman, president
of the Boone Ministerial Associa
[ tion; Herman Wilcox, president
i of the Boone Chamber of Com
j merce; and Dr. D. J. Whitener,
i executive vice president of the
Southern Appalachian Historical
Association, sponsor of the -dra
ma.
Samuel Selden, head of the
department of dramatic art, Uni
versity of North Carolina,
supervised the opening rehear
sals- During the next three weeks
he will divide his time between
Boone and Manteo, where he
directs Paul Green's "The Lost
Colony," and New Salem, 111.,
where he supervises the produc
tion of Kermit Hunter's "Forever
This Land."
Kai Jurgenscn, of the depart
ment of dramatic art at the Uni
versity, is associate director of
"Horn In The West" and will be
responsible for the daily rehear
sals.
On the production , staff for
"Horn In The West" arc: choreo
grapher, Harry Coble; stage
manager, Gene Graves; music
director, Tom Nichols; costume
designer, Mrs. Helen Lauterer;
lighting director, Gene A. Wilson;
technical director, Tommy Rez
zulo; assistant technical director,
Robert C. Hailcy; and Dick Eplcr,
properties.
Mrs. Ray Gets Honor
Spccial VFW Meeting
Thursday Night
There will be a special meet
ing of V. F. W. Pout 7031 Thurs
day night at 7:30. The meeting
was called to discuss the state
V. F. W. encampment in' Char
lotte this week. There will be a
handsome door prize awarded.
Vesper Services
Arc Arranged
The Boone Ministerial Associa
tion will sponsor Vesper services
at the Daniel Boone Theatre each
Sunday afternoon at 5:00, assist
ed by the college music depart
ment
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde R. Greene
and Mrs. Roberta B. Ray attend
ed the convention of the North
Carolina Merchants Associatior
which convened at the Sir Waltei
Hotel in Raleigh Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday of last week
Mrs. Kay, secretary of the local
merchants association was award
ed the President's Cup, a trophy
awarded each year to the Mer
chants Association having the
largest increase in membership,
on a percentage basis, in the
State association.
BLOOD FROM STONES
Syracuse, N. Y.? The old say
ing goes, "You can't get blood
from a turnip." but the Red Croat
aeems to know how to get blood
from Stonea ? its files include 23
Stones aa blood donor*.
Five Die
In Wilkes
Accidents
Five Watauga county people
were killed and another critical
ly injured in two highway acci
dents near North Wilkesboro Fri
day.
The dead:
William Roy Johnson, 25, of
Boone.
Mrs. William Roy Johnson, 22,
Boone.
Van Farthing, Boone.
Mrs. Van Farthing, Boone.
Mrs. Lizzie Payne, 47, of Blow
ing Rock.
Injured was Robert Shull, 55,
of Boone.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were
killed instantly and Mr. and Mrs.
Farthing fatally injured at 3 a.
m. in an automobile-trailer col
lision on Highway 421, 12 miles
west of North Wilkesboro.
Mrs .Payne was fatally injured
later in the day when a motor
cycle on which she and Robert
B. Shull were riding, was in col
lision with a pickup truck 8
miles cast of North Wilkesboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson appar
ently were instantly killed when
their car crashed into the rear
of a trailer which had been park
ed alongside the pavement. A
treacherous stretch of roadway
and foggy weather are said to
have been contributing factors.
Mr. and Mrs. Farthing and
their 14 months old son, who
suffered minor injuries, were
taken to the Wilkes Hospital,
where Mrs. Farthing died at 5 a.
m. Mr. Farthing died at 8:05 p.
m. A wrecker was required to
lift parts of the car from the
front seat before the bodies of
Mr and Mrs. Johnson could be
removed. Their child, who mira
culously escaped injury, was im
prisoned between their bodies.
The truck, which was off the
roadway, was owned by Fred
Reeves of North Wilkesboro and
was driven by Claude Sebastian
of North Wilkesboro, who was
asleep in the cab. He was rend
ered unconscious by the impact.
The Johnsons and Farthings,
members of prominent local
families were en route to Boone
for Memorial Day week-end from
Portsmouth, Va., where they had
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Paul Taylor
To Address
Local Chamber
Paul T. Taylor, new highway
commissioner of the 9th district,
will be a special guest of the
Chamber of Commerce on Tues
day. June 10 at 12:00 noon at its
regular monthly luncheon meet
ing at the Skyline Restaurant.
Other guests will includc Fred
Linton. Secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce at Winston-Salcrn
I and Archie Davis, vice-president
of the Wachovia Bank and Trust
Company of Winston-Salem.
Mr. Taylor will also bring with
him some other members of his
staff, including our district en
gineer, Zeb Stewart and our resi
dent engineer, James Council.
Other new-comers to Boone
who will be guests are Mr. Mason
Bliss, business manager of "Harn
in the West" and Mrs. Mac Day,
formerly of Savannah, Ga, who
has taken over management of
the Gragg house.
June dairy month, whose pur
pose is to promote the use of
dairy products all over the nation
during June, will be represented
by Roy Rufty who is county
1 chairman of this organization.
! W. B. York, Jr.
Is Commissioned
l Capt. J. S. Healing, Professor o(
Naval Scicnce at the University
' of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.
C., has announced that William B.
' York. Jr., received a commission
' as Ensign, U. S. Navy, June 2.
York, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
York of Boone, graduated front
the University of North Carolina
the tame day with a bachelor of
science degree. His major subject
was business administration.
I Following a short leave, Ensign
I York will report to the Naval
I Supply Corps School, Oakland,
for instruction.