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BOONE 1M? POPULATION urn ??? education*! cantar a i Waatarn North Carolina Horn, of Appalachian *>ata Taadtan Collate. whfcfi attracu hiiwiri4i of students snnusUy from sU parts of the nattoe. Modtrn bust a?ss district. A food place to live. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 v WATAUGA COUNTY It 50 POPULATION 1M41 Laadtnf agricultural and tourlat ana. Live* lock dairying and truck (arming of paramount Important Blua Rldgc Parkway travaraaa county, and touchn Blowing Hock, ooa of tha principal Summer raaorts of Eactern Amarica VOL. LXIV? NO. 50. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12. 1*52. FIVE CENTS PER COPY .KING STREET BY ROB RIVE1RS NO VITTELS Our visitor had money coming, no doubt about it . . . He had worked on a farm down the river for a day, was to work some more, and the man was coming after him next day . . . But pay day was still some distance off, t and funds were short . . . We suggested to the laborer that his friend from down the road would be around town no doubt, during the day, and that he should wait around for him . . . "But you don't understand," he lamented, "we ain't chawed yet today at our house!" . . . and that ap | peared to be good and sufficient reason for wanting a buck on the barrelhead. GOOD GARDENER Red Angel, so fur as we have been abl* to observe. is about the most mbticulous vegetable gardener in the city, and ha sant us some strawber ries the other day about the iiu of partridge- eggs to bolster our faith in his abilities to coax good things from the good earth . . . Red, who lives at the old Coffey brothers home, a beautiful place over near the bus station, gvdens with all the painstaking care a house wife uses on a living room, when there is evidence that somebody's going to use the place, and we often stop along the street to aiknire the clean "balks" . . . not a weed, or even a sprig of Johnson grass show ing between the rows . . . Red not only finds entertainment in his hobby, but a lot of good things to eat. LEAVES THE LAND George Greene, who was rear ed in Meat Camp township and who for many years has been a leading citizen of Boone, where he engaged in the restaurant business for many years before purchasing the Buick automobile agency, started out to be a farmer, says his brother Clyde ... A long time ago, it seems, the Greene brothers, bought them selves a farm, a portion of the Jont Brown place, from Arney Foster . . . The land upon which the Greene brothers planned to do most of their farming, had grown up in blackberry bushes, head high, locust sprouts, choke cherries, and most everything else a farmer would find un welcome . . The fences were gone, lines dimly established, and the youthful farmers went into the forest to make chestnut rails wun wnicn to xence inc place . . . The blight hadn't come then, and the towering chestnuts stood thick and green, and one after another fell as the pile of fence posts grew and the weather grew hotter . . . The trees were sawn into rail-length, the bark peeled, and wedges and mauls were used in Abraham Lincoln style, as visions of bumper corn yields, punkin-sizc tatcrs, and fat cattle danced in the heads of the em bryo farmers . . . But one day, it was particularly hot on the side of the hill, the sun beat down with sclctenless fury and not a twig stirred in the edge of the woods . , . As the Greene broth ers pulled the saw back and forth across the base of a chestnut, George grew pensive, it is said, and talked little when they stopped to rest ... At length the great tree came crashing down with a resounding wham, George straightened his crampcd back, flexed his strained muscles and sat upon the stump of the tree . . . After a while, his brother related, George cast his eye toward the far horizon, shim mering in the July heat, and murmured: "I'm going to quit this farming business right now . . . if I ever hit another lick in the direction of the soil, there'll be a snake snapping at my breeches." . . . And so far as we know, George never went back to the chestnut stump and the fallen tree, and to the dreams of cabbage and corn, and cattle which Would have to be restrin cd with rail fences , . . The peace he made with the soil that torrid day. so Clyde says, has endured, with never another mite of his meddling with na ture's primitive plaiu. COOLING SHOWERS , Tb? Mid of the week brought cooling showers to Boom sad immediate environs, but Mon day farmer* from the weetern (Continued on page four) WORK PROGRESSES ? This photograph, taken a few days ago, sh ows workmen busily engaged in construction at the Daniel Boone theatre, where rehearsals are now in progress for the "Horn in the West." ? Photo by Palmer's Photo Service. "Horn In W est" Rehearsals Being Held Daily; Members Of Cast From Ten States With rehearsals for "Horn In The West" being held morning, afternoon and evening, a check of the cast list reveals that 20 persons who wUi take part in the outdoor drama are Boone resi dents, while an additional 13 are students, alumni or teachers of Appalachian State Teachers Col lege. North Carolina and 10 other states are represented in the company. Director Kai Jurgensen lists the full cast for "Horn In The West" as follows: Geoffrey Stuart, Sam Greene, Mooresboro; Toby Miller, Robert Thomas of Ashevillc; Michael Holt, Robert Hailey of Lynch burg, Va.; Governor William Tryon, Hansford Rowe, Rich mond, Va.; Martha Stuart, Louisa Cartledge, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; John Stuart, Arthur Greene, Bumpass, Va.; Colonel McKcn zie, William Rots, Boone; Jessie Howard, Jean Stephens, Raleigh; Amos Howard, Charles Elledge, Marion; Betsey Howard, Nancy Lang.ston, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Daniel Boone, Ned Austin, Boone; John Sevier, Irvine Smith, Bata via, N. Y.; Jack Stuart at the age of 10, Gerry McCracken, Boone; Jack Stuart at the age of 20, Carl "Ace" Clark, Belmont; Nancy Ward, Louise Lamont, Chapel Hill; the cobbler, James Blanton, Shelby; Sam Phillips, John Miller, Signal Mountain, Tenn.; Evan Shelby, Guy Hunt, Jr., Boone; John Carter, Robert Gilley, Boone; Mrs. Adams, Jean Hillman, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Samuel Doak, Herman Coble, High Point; Mary, Jane Walton,! Salisbury; Messenger, John Mil-' ler, Boone; Abner Hughes, John j Van Noppen, Boone; William i Morris, Edgar Daniels, Raleigh; Mrs. Morris, Nancy Smith, Bata via, N. Y.; General Tarleton, Ted Barnett, Boone; Atakulla, Stan ley South, Boone; Medicine Man, | Harry Coble, High Point (also choreographer). Chorus; Nancy Smith, James Blanton, Alene Queens of Shelby; Jean Hillman, Washington, D. C.; Roberta Jones, of Columbia, S. C.; Barbara White of Greenville; J Nell Norris of Boone; Margaret ' Ray of Ncwland; Bill Hamilton, | Fairmont; Jim Woodward of Rock Mount. Indian Dancers: Yates Forbis, Matthew^ John Calloway, South ern Pines; James Gold, Appala- i chian, Va.; James Haddcn, Cliff side; James Whittington, Moun tain City, Tenn.; Jack Neal, Fort Mill, S. C.; Morris Branch, Hick ory; F. P. Bodenheimer, Jr., Granite Falls; Donald Dixon, Gastonia. All arc students at Ap palachian State. Pioneers: Ann Wilson, Dayton, Ohio; Nancy Smith; Jane Gillctt, Davidson; John Van Noppen; Harold Cole, Dickie Hunt of Boone; Elizabeth (Mrs. Cratis) Williams, Boone; Shirley Linger felt, Athens, Tenn.; Marcia R. Johnson, Boone. Children: Anne Van Noppen, Keith Phillips, Phil McGuirc, Tommy Owsley and David Culler, all of Boone. Study traces school failures to unhappy homes. Summer Term Of Hi School Starts The Summer session of Appa lachian High School will open June 17th for any pupil who wants to make up work or earn a unit and a half of credit in a different field. The Appalachian Elementary School will open on June 23rd for pupils who wish to attend in grades one through seven and will continue for a period of eight weeks. Outstanding teach ers have been secured to teach in the summer session. These teachers come from outstanding school systems in different parts of the United States. The Ele mentary school will be in session from 8:50 until 12:30, Monday through Friday. Buses will operate during the summer as follows: From Stony Fork and Deep Gap to Boone. From Green Valley and Per kinsville tp Boone. From Cove Creek and Prison Camp to Boone. From Shulls Mills and Oak Grove to Boone. A bus will be sent to other places if fifteen pupils are available. Fred Councill Gets Commission Frederick Moore Council), son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Coun cil! of, Boone, graduated from the University of North Carolina June 2, with a degree of Bach elor of Science in business ad ministration. On the same day, Mr. Coun cill was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force Re serve. He will report for active duty following sixty days leave. ? Bike Safety Club Is Being Formed Here Mayor Cordon Winkler, Police Chief Clen Richardson, and oth er community leaders will be on hand (or short talks Wednesday afternoon at 2 p. m. when the Boone Bike Safety Club is or ganized in the basement of the Boone Methodist Church. All boys and girls, ' whether bike owners or not arc eligible for membership in the new club and are urged to attend. In bike handling as in automobile driv ing, safety training should pre cede rather than follow the op crating ownership of the vehi cle, it was pointed out by Gill Phillips, chairman of the Safety Committee of the Lions Club, sponsoring body of the Bicycle Club. Mr. Phillips in announcing the plans for formation of the safety group, pled with parents to re cognize the value of this school, which will meet for five succes sivc weeks on Wednesday after noon at 2 o'elock, in protecting and preserving the life of their children, almost everyone of whom rides a bike on occasion . whether owning one or not. We have been only too sadly remind-1 ed of the danger lurking upon the highways in recent days, he' said, to neglect so exceptional an opportunity to increase the safe ty of our children's lives a.s this training school will provide. Actual direction of the training will be under Mr. C. E. Jones, Lenoir, of the State Highway Safety Department who will meet weekly with the club. At the first meeting Wednesday, June 11th, following the talks to the prospective club members, Mr. Jones will address the meet ing and will present a safety film. Safety tests will be issued for home study and completion, (Continued on page six) GRADUATES? Three Boone graduate* from the University of North Carolina. Left to right, Mini Laura Judy, who received an AB de gree in Journalism; W. B. York, bachelor of science, and Fred Coun cil!, bachelor of icience. On graduation day Mr. Council! was com missioned a second Lieutenant in the Army Air Force, ai^ Mr. York an ensign in the U. S. Navy. All three are temporarily with their parent* in Boone. . Lyceum Series Starts Tuesday Appalachian Slate Teachers college will begin its summer lyceum series on Tuesday even ing, June 17, with a lecture by Dr. P. G. Krishnayya. Dr. Krishnayya is a distin guished editor, publisher and < business executive of India. He I is considered the greatest auth- j ority on the Americas in his na tive India. His American dis- 1 patches appear in leading pap ers in his home, including "The National Herald" of Lucknow City, founded by Prime Minister Jewharlal Nehru. The public is invited to come to the college auditorium on Tuesday evening at eight o'clock, June 17, to hear Dr. Krishnayya talk on the very pertinent sub ject of affairs in the Far East. "Horn" Tickets Now On Sale Tickets for "Horn In The West" arc now on sale at the box of fice of the new Daniel Boone Theatre. The box office opened Tuesday. James Storie, box office mana ger, announces the following hours for the box office: daily until June 20, 11 a. m. until 6 p. m.; Sunday, 11 a. m. until 6 p. m. After June 20 box office hours will be II a. m. until 9 p. m. on weekdays and 1 p. m. un til 0 a. m. on Sundays. Assistant box office manager is Mrs. R. D. Hodges of Boone I All persons who want tickets for any performance of "Horn In The Welt" are urged to go directly to the theatre box of fice. Out-of-town* vicltori may arrange overnight accommoda ?t the same time they purchase (Continued on page tour) College T erm May Break All Records ? Death Of Robert Shull Brings Toll To Seven Robert Bryan Shull, 55, pro minent local businessman, who was injured in a truck-motor cycle collision in Wilkes coun y May 30, died Friday evening in the Wilkes Hospital. Mr. Shull suffered a spinal in jury in the accident which killed Mrs. Elizabeth Payne of Blowing Hock. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p. m. in Three Forks Baptist Church near Boone. Rev. B. R. Holbrook, Rev. Raymond Hendrix and Rev. H. C. Kincaid officated and interment was in the family cemetery near Perk insville. Mr. Shull, a native of Watauga county, and son of the late An drew and Mrs. Shull, was engag ed in the laundry and dry clean ing business in Boone for a num- i ber of year*. Two years ago he I built the Sky-vue Motel on the ' Blowing Rock Road, which he \ had been operating. He was well known and held in high regard i here. Mr. Shull's death marked Wa tauga's seventh Memorial day traffic fatality. The others were: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson of Boone; Mr. and Mrs. Vann Farth ing, six-year-old Janice Good night of Boone, and Mrs. Eliza beth Payne of Blowing Rock. Surviving are the widow; two sons, Byron and Rufus of Pulaski, Va.; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Lee Edmisten, Mrs. Ruby Mich ael, Mrs. Nancy Danncr, and Miss Delia Shull, all of Boone. Lenoir-Blowing Rock Road Officially Opened By MRS. LUCILE LETT Mr. Mark Goforth, former dis trict highway commissioner, as sisted by Miss Peggy Robbins, jut the ribbon officially opening highway 321 between Blowing Rock and Lenoir in impressive ceremonies at 4 p. m. Wednesday of last week. Delegations from Blowing Rock and Boone met those from Len oir, Hudson, Granite Falls, and Hickory some 6 miles from Blow ing Rock where the ceremonies took place. Mr. Gene Gosch, manager Len oir Chamber of Commerce, mas ter of ceremonies, introduced the speakers. Dr. A. A. McLean, pas tor First Presbyterian church of Lenoir, asked the invocation fol lowing which Mr. Gosch intro duced Mr. R. B. Hardin, president of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, who spoke of the im portance of the road opening to people of Blowing Rock and Boone. Mr. Earl H. Tate, mayor of Lenoir and president of Lenoir Chamber of Commerce, next speaker, also brought to mind the importance of the opening to people of Lenoir and points south. Other speakers for the occasion were Mayor Gordon Winkler of Boone, Mayor R. Mcnzies' of Hickor^, and highway depart ment officials. Mr. Gosch introduced Mr. Ed Allen, and Mr. C. D. Gowcn, for mer highway commissioners; al so Mr. Zeb Stuart, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Justice of the highway de partment; Mr. L. A. Davis, pre sident Hickory Chamber of Com merce; Mr. Frank Ruutell of Granite Falls; Mr. Herman Wil cox of the Boone Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Max Steelman of the Hickory Chamber; Mr. Bill Fulton of the Blowing Rock Chamber; and Miss Jane Walton, Mrs. Miriam Rabb, and Tommy 1 Owsley of the "Horn in the ' Wort" drama. Musical selections were render i id by the Lenoir High school band under the direction of Cap tain James C. Harper. Regrets were sent by Mr. Paul Taylor, new state road commis sioner, who could not be present. Betty M. Hicks Dies On Sunday Betty Mae Hicks, daughter of Mrs. Lena Hicks, Boone Route 2, died at the age of 13 on Sunday, June 8, following a lifelong ill ness. Funeral service* were held Tucvday morning at 10 o'clock front the home, conducted by the Rev. W. C. Payne. Interment fol lowed in the Jont Brown ceme tery. Surviving besides the mother are three brothers and one sis ter, Bynum, Dennis, Colvard, and Lula, all oi the becne. Error Cited In Election Count The Democrat s attention la callad to an axror which ap paarad in the a taction raturna in tha laat adition. Hub art Olive's rota was giran at 353. wharaaa tha Lex ington Juriat received IN, ? dif ? faranca of axactely 100, which occurred whan tha flgurea wara addad in tha Democrat ofiice. The vote atandt locally: Urn ?taad 134$. Olive 243. Majority for Umatead, tha winner, of 1.0*2. Regional Group To Aid Area Is Suggested Ed Linton, cxccutivc secretary of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce told the Boone Chamber of Commerce at its re gular lunchcon meeting Tues day that plans arc being discuss ed in Winston-Salem for the or ganization of a 14-county region al council, to be devoted to the upbuilding and promotion of in dustry, tourist attraction, and agriculture in Northwestern North Carolina. He said that each of the four teen counties comprising this section of the state would be re presented on such a council, and asked the Boone Chamber to give serious thought and consi deration to the matter. The guest of honor at Tuesday's meeting was Paul T. Taylor, new highway commissioner of the 9th district, who succeeded G. Mark Goforth. Other guests included (Continued on page four) A. E. Hodges, Jr. Given Degree Richmond, Va., June 8?- Alton Edward Hodges. Jr. of Boone if one of some 280 men and wo men who arc candidates for de grees from the University of Richmond at commencement ex tremes tomorrow night. Hodges, the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hodges, Sr., of Boone, did his major work in Richmond College, men's undergraduate division of the University. He <s h candidate for the bachelor of arts degree. SERvlcE RAISES The bill, increasing pay and al lowances in the military scrvlcc by nearly $500,000,000 a year, has been signed by President Io nian. Intended to help offset higher living costs, the raises range from $3 monthly for pri vates and seamen to >65 for two star generals and admirals. They apply to approximately 3,500,000 active, as well as retired person All Dormitories Have Been Filled; Rooms Are Sought Another session of summer school will get under way at Ap palachian State Teachers college on Thursday, June 12, wiih in dications that again the college will have a capacity enrollment. All dormitories, according to Chapcll Wilson, director of the summer sessions, have been fill ed for some time, and efforts are being made to find rooms in the town of Boone for all who wish them. It is indicated, Mr. Wilson says, that there will be more people driving in from a distance this summer than ever before. The opening of Highway 321 be tween Blowing Rock and Lenoir make it only one hour's drive from Hickory, and larger num bers of people arc expected to come in from Lenoir, Morganton, Hickory, and other points in that direciion. The college has provided the largest faculty in its summer history for this summer's work. Mr. Wilson says that applications on file indicate that the gradu ate school enrollment will sur pass that of last summer, which was the largest in the history of the college. More short term courses and workshops are being planned this summer than ever before, which will add to the over-all enroll ment. The schedule for the sum mer will include a six-weeks term from july 22 to August 28; a two-weeks term July 7 to 18; a sccond two- weeks term July 22 to August 2; and a third two weeks term August 4 to 15. A student teaching workshop, a course planned for supervisors of student teaching either in collcgc training schools or off-campus centers, will be given August 4 to IS. A music education work shop will be conducted August 4 to 16, and a health education workshop from August 18 to 28. Last year the summer enroll ment was 2524, with duplicate enrollments numbering 917. This , means that 1607 people attended the summer school. They camc from sixteen states and seven foreign countries. There were 889 people enrolled who were gra duates of other colleges and uni versities. This summer's enroll ment, from all indications, will be even larger. Miss Coffey Succumbs Sunday; Rites Tuesday Miss Edith Lucille Coffey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Coffey, of Blowing Rock, died at 4:20 Sunday afternoon in Haga man Clinic, Boone, after prolong ed illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 10 at 3 o'clock in First Baptist Church with Rev. Sam Cappell, former pastor of Rumple Memorial Presbyterian church of Blowing Rock, officiat ing. Burial was in the new Blow ing Rock cemetery on the Boone road. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral home had charge of arrange ments. Members of the Women's Missionary Society of First Bap tist church and women's auxiliary of the Presbyterian church served as flower bearers. Survivors include the parents, six sisters, Mrs. Clara Thompson of Hickory; Mrs. Ro/.ella Willis of Greenville, S. C.; Mrs. Helen Moore, Mrs. Ann Brown, Mrs. Virginia Bolick, Mrs. Luda Gragg, all of Blowing Rock; three brothers, Paul, Glenn, and Justin, all of Blowing Rock. Mother, Infant Clinic Arranged Dr. Mary B. H. Michul will hold the regular monthly Moth er and Infant Clinic on Monday afternoon, June 10, at the Dis trict Health Department in Boone. Dr. John Dewey, "father of progressive education," dead at 93. ,
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