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BOONE 1M0 POPULATION U7} North Carolina Ham at AntlMhlu mrtrisErsSwS ?11 par* of th* utum Modem buM n?M district. A food pUct to live WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newffc>aper? Established in the ^ear 1 888 WATAUGA COUNTY 1150 POPULATION 11*41 Leading agricultural and tourist area Livestock, datrrlnf and truck farm** of paramount Imparlance Rue lUdfe Parkway traverses county, and touchee Blowtnf Rock, one of the principal Summer raaorta of Eastern America. VOL. LXIV? NO. 51. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1* 1952. FIVE CENTS PER COPY KING STREET BY ROB RIVE1RS A PLUG FOR A PAPA Those of us who apply the high pressure fertilizer in the spring, and watch the bluegrass and the white clover gain ascen dency over the dandelions and the weeds . . . who spend most of our spare time tending the lawn, perhaps pet the thing to the point that we do not enjoy the velvety carpet much as we should ? maybe defend it too much . . . On public property the "keep off the grass" signs are traditional barriers to human happiness We stood with Bob Agle at dusk the other day and watched Howard Steelman, Jr., as he pushed a sharp mower about on the postoffice lawn, and admired the smooth coat of green . . . Bob, remarking on the beauty of the Federal lawn . . . "Maybe," said he, "someday I'll have a nice lawn . . . but just now, with baseball and croquet, and hide and seek, and all the other activities of the little Agles the thing's out of the question . . It don't seem that I can have both grass and happiness among the children, so I'll have to re solve the matter in favor of the youngsters!" . . . An outlook like this, as Father's Day passes, in clines us to the belief that Bob maybe ought to be named papa of the year! TRUCE IN CHICAGO Our young**! was being ques tioned by a visitor as to wheth er the Riverses might lake a trip during the summer, and submitted the following, which may have its point, at that: ''Guess we'll go with daddy to Chicago next month , . He's going to some kind of a Demo cratic meeting ? a truce talk, t think he aaidl"'. . . Radio com mentator giving Ike credit for having dubbed FDR "the hap py warrior", when FDR really so designated A1 Smith when he placed him in nomination for the presidency. ALONG THE WAY Harold Henson brings us a few apples which grew last year and which are well preserved. Inci dentally Harold is getting green cooking apples from this year's crop . . . Herbert Foster en route to the Horn with a load of fire arms ? relics of other days . . He had muzzle loading cap and ball squirrel guns, flintlocks, dueling pictols with gold and silver in lays and the double-barreled Der ringer, the sort of gun which was responsible for the death of Ab raham Lincoln . . . Will Walker's new paint job in his jewelry store and gleaming new display eases adding to the attractive ness of the place . . . Partisans lay backs to the walls of store fronts and talk of national poli tics, particularly as regards the race between Taft and Eisen hower, most of the followers of the elephant in these parts being in favor of the Ohioan . . . Dem ocrats, some of them for Kefau vcr, some for Russell, and a sur prisingly large number still waving the flag for the man from Independence . . . Unusual ly warm weather over the week end, as old-timers in these parts seek out the shady nooks and vow they've never seen anything like it . . . Tourists from the lowlands walk in the sun and say they're so glad to be cool again . . . Big flocks of starlings wait around for the cherries to ripen a bit more before they swoop down . . Dogs tour town in yelping packs and play havoc with the slum bers of householders in the small hours . . And we haven't heard it if the rabies quarantine has been lifted. WHY CHANCE? The fellow was asked for whom he expected to vote in the Presidential election ? so U is reported. "Why for Dewey, of courso." he replied. The questioner assured the good man Dower isn't even in the running, bo's boating the drums for the General, and besides why would one want to vote for him. "I voted for him two times, and never have I had it so goodl" More than 300 varieties of rocks and minerals have been found in North Carolina, and 70 of these have economic tffue. National Land Bank Leader To Speak At Meeting Here Friday J. R. ISLEIB Kindergarten To Open June 23 The Boone Kindergarten is scheduled to open June 23 in the Methodist Church basement, ac cording to an announcement by Mrs. Max Raines, who has charge of arrangements and applications for the schook Children between the ages of 4 and 6 years are eligible to attend. Mrs. Ray Triplett is teacher of the class, with Mrs. Cratis Wil liams assistant. " Mrs. Raines says applications are still being taken and enroll ment may be made by contacting her. Classes run from 8:45 o'clock in the morning to 12 nooif, Mon days through Fridays. However, Mrs. Raines stated, parents who must go to work at 8 o'clock or to 8 o'clock classes, or for any other reason find it more con venient to carry their children to school earlier than the 8:45 hour, may make arrangements with her for their children to be cared for by calling her at home. Burley Acreage May Be Cut Washington? The Department of Agriculture said burley to bacco acreage will have to be cut in 1953. James E. Thigpcn, director of the department's tobacco branch, told the House Agriculture Com mittee the reduction is necessary because of a surplus. He indicat ed a cut of 10 to 20 per cent might be necessary. Thigpcn urged the committee to approve a bill to permit in dividual farm acreage allotments to be cut to one-half acre. Under the Agriculture Ad justment Act the department cannot now reduce allotments of one acre or less on farms which had quotas in 1953. And it has been the department's policy not to cut allotments of one acre or less on farms which begin pro ducing burley since that date. But Thigpcn said last week the department cannot continue making no cuts in allotments of small farms which did not have allotments in 1943. Unless the minimum allowance is reduced, he said, the (entire burley tobacco quota program is going to be jeopardized. That might cost the growers generally one-third of their tobacco in come, Thigpcn added. Approximately one-half of the farms with allotment* of one acre or less Were in production in 1943 and cannot be reduced under present law, he said. Fisher Is New Motor Head Raleigh ? L. R. Fisher, SO, vet eran Highway Patrol officer, for mer resident of Boone, and for mer head of the State ABC Board's Malt Bcveragr Division succeeded Col. fendon C. Ros scr June 19 as Corninisaioncigpof the Motor Vehicles Department. Hooscr was dismissed from the post he had held since 1947 by Governor Scott effective June 15. He was appointed Motor Vehicle* Commissioner by Governor R. Gregg Cherry and was re-ap pointed by Scott early in 1948. Mr. J. R. Isle lb. Land Bank Commissioner of Washington, D. C., will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the North Wilkesboro National Farm Loan Association, to be held at the courthouse in Boone Friday, June 20, at 10 a. m., it is an nounced by Mr. S. C. Eggers, president of the organization. Mr. Eggers feels most fortunate in being able to present Mr. Is leib on this occasion. The com missioner, originally from Rose bud, Texas, has spent nearly twenty years of his life in serv ice to the cooperative Federal land bank system. He is respon sible for the supervision of the twelve Federal land banks and the 1200 national farm loan asso ciations. He is one of the most prominent citizens ever to visit this community. The meeting will feature a re port of operations by O. H. Bra cey, secretary-treasurer, directors' and loan committee report, elec tion of directors. There will be a quiz contest with prizes to the winners and also a prize to the committee bringing the greatest number to the meeting. This part of the program will be conducted by T. E. Haiglerm, regional man ager of the bank in North. Caro lina. The meeting will be presided over by Mr. Eggers, who has been president of the Association since 1945. He started with the Asso ciation, which was then known as the Sugar Grove Farm Loan Association in 1917 as local land appraiser. He was secretary from 1928 to 1936, and a director since 1936. Mr. Eggers states that the off ices of the Association will be moved to Boone July 1, and that the organization will henceforth be known as the Boone National Farm Loan Association. DANA TUGMAN IS GIVEN NEW FARMING POST DANA TUGMAN Raleigh, June lb ? Dana F. Tugman, Ashe county farm agent for the past two years, has been appointed to succeed James A. Graham as superintendent of the Upper Mountain Experiment Station near Laurel Spring*. Announcement of the appoint ment was made today by Agri culture Commissioner L. Y. Bal lentine and Cecil D. Thomas, director of test farms for the State Department of Agriculture, who said that Tugman will be gin his new duties on July 1. The new superintendent is a native of Watauga county, the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Tug man of Boone. He was graduated frfcm North Carolina State Col lege in 1949 with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Animal Husbandry. Immediately after graduation he became assistant county agent in Ashe County. On January 15, 1950, he was ap pointed county agent for Ashe, and has held that position since then. Graham, who has resigned to become director of the Winston Salem Pair on July 1, has been ?ut>erint?ndent of the Upper Mountain Station since it was established in 1946. Opening Day Tickets To "Horn" Available The opening performance of "Horn in the West" on Friday night, June 27, is expected to be a gala occasion which no one in this area will want to miss. Leaders of the Southern Ap palachian Historical Association said this week that they hoped that residents and summer vis itors of all Watauga County would take advantage of the op portunity to sec a premiere per formance of North Carolina's third great outdoor drama and obtain their tickets as soon as possible for the 27th. The box office at the Daniel i Boone Theatre is open from 11 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily. Beginning Friday, the hours will be from 11 a. m. until 9 p. m. daily. A large number of local and out-of-town reservations have al ready been received. Local residents arc urged to visit the box office this week to select their tickets for the open ing performance. Early this week there was a rumor that all tic kets for the opening had been sold out, and this rumor is emphati cally denied by the "Horn in the West" management. 1952 Burley Weed Price To Be Near That Of '51 Louisville, Ky. ? "Burlcy pro duction and prices for 19S2- will be close to the records establish ed by the 1951 crop," William C. Clay, Jr., counsel for the Bur ley Auction Warehouse Associa tion. predicted last week at the sixth annaul 'convention of the association. During the past sea son Clay said, "The support level was 49.8c per pound. This year," he added, "the minimum support pricc will be at least 49.Sc per pound. With a larger crop be ing planted the gross value of the 1952 crop should be equal to or above that of the past season." Counsel for the association pointed out that during the past marketing season gross sales, in cluding both producer sales and resales, were in excess of M9, 000.000 pounds. "Never before," he said, "has such a terrific volume of burley tobacco gone across the breaks, and never before, have we had a more orderly market. That is a tribute both to the or ganization of, and membership constituting, the Burley Sales Committee." Members of the association au thorized appointment of a 1952 Burley Sales Committee, compos ed of warehousemen and farm ers. to regulate the opening date, selling days and selling hours for the 1952 crop. BAWA members also rcadopted their code of Fair Trade Practices which covcn the I spacing of tobacco on auction floors, the weighing la of crops, and other sales practices. Ware houses observing the code are awarded a seal of approval in recognition of their services to burley tobacco growers. Warehousemen from seven states attended the Louisville convention of the auction sales men of burley tobacco. Dean Frank Welce of the University of Kentucky's College of Agricul ture addressed members and guests of the association at their annual banquet. Health Program I* Planned 'A special program on health will be given at the Rural Church Institute in Valle Crucis on Fri day evening. A film, "Miracle in Paradise Valley,' 'will be shown. The public is invited. The Senate has passed and sent to President Truman a bill car rying $55,000,000 to repair the effects of recent serious floods in the Midwest Of this amount, $14.i00,000 is for the restoration of productive capacity of farms and $6.5*0,00 is for the repair and clearance of streams and waterways. Also included are $35,000,000 for the Army Engin eers for emergency flood control work. ) ? 21-Bed Nurses Home To Cost More Than $84,000 Two Manslaughter Cases Slated For Trial At June Court Term Sea Shells To Be Used in Horn As "Wampum" Sea shells from the beaches of Roanoke Island will be used to decorate the Indian costumes for "Horn in the West," courtesy of "The Lost Colony" officials. When Mrs. Helen Lauterer, "Horn" eostumer, found that no sea shells were available here to be used as wampum and costume trimmings, an S.O.S. was sent to ftlanteo. Drama leaders there promptly commissioned two of the younger actors to go shell hunting between rehearsals. A box of shells was collected, and arrived in Boone this week mark ed "Wampum ? Handle with Care." Aycock Brown, news director for "The Lost Colony" released a story and picture about the shell supplying, with the result that both dramas got another publici ty break. Johnson Court Acts in Behalf Of Highway 421 Mountain City, Tenn., June 12. ? The Johnson County Court, in session Saturday, adopted the state's proposition for the pur chase of right of way for high way 421 and appropriated a sum of $38,000 to pay for damages to property holders. The comission appointed to as sess the damages and get options ctimatcd the damages at $7S,000 and of this the state agreed to pay $37,500. E. E. Garland was elected at torney to handle the negotiations on the working out of the pay ment of the damages and paying for the right of way. County 4-H Dress Revue Set for June 20 June 20 is the date set for the County 4-H Dress Revue. The revue will have two divisions, a junior, for the girls up to 14 years of age, and a senior divi sion for those fourteen and over. A free trip to Raleigh to 4-H Club Week is being given by Farmers Hardware to the county dress revue winner. Some of the outstanding highlights of the weeks program arc excellent speakers, an outdoor box supper, an interesting vipit and recep tion at the Governor's Mansion and your state capitol building, a talent show composed of and presented by 4-H Club members from many counties, demonstra tions given by both 4-H Club members and specialists, a great show, "Preview of Progress" showing what's in store for us in tlie future ? from model jet planes to controlling the sun's energy. Mrs. Ann Livingston pf the National Recreation Associa tion will ,cnnduct a recreation class. A health pageant will be presented. Each evening at twilight there will be folk games and other games on Riddick Football Field. A hugh candle lighting service will bring to a close a grand week to be remem bered for a lifetime. Relk's Department Store is presenting to the top three win ners in the Senior division enough cotton material to make ? dress. Newton's Department Store is presenting the' top three winner* in the Junior division with the same award. You will be allowed to choose your own material. After the dreaa riVue picnic lunch will be spread. Parent* are espetially invited. The super liner United States start* on speed run. Two manslaughter cases, in volving traffic accidents, are among the 110 cases appearing on the docket of the June crim inal term of Watauga Superior Court which will convene hero Monday, Judge S. Hoyle Sink presiding. James Patterson Mast is charg ed with manslaughter in the April 20 highway death of Mrs. Wilson Hollar, of Vilas. Mrs. Hollar died from injuries receiv ed when hit by a truck said to be driven by Mast as she was en route to church. Tracy Triplett, of Triplett, will be arraigned on a three-fold chargc of manslaughter, driving under the influence of intoxi cants, and operating a motor ve hicle without a license, in the death of Janice Lee Goodnight, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Goodnight of Boone, ! Route 1, on May 31. She was killed instantly by an automo bile driven by the defendant as she attempted to follow her dog across highway 42), near the Goodnight home in suburban Perkirtsville. Motor vehicle and prohibition violations comprise most of the r.ther cases on Judge Sink's doc ket, with two cases of non-sup- I port. Clerk of Court Fred M. Cragg said he expected the num ber of cases would rcach 120 by Monday. The civil term, originally sched uled for two weeks, was conclud ed last week. Judge Howard G. Godwip, of Dunn, disposed of 32 cases, some of which were con tinued. several settled without trial, and others by consent judgment. State Officials To Be Present AtPark Opening Watauga County Is fortunate in having the first of the North Car olina Highway Commission's new roadside parks ready for open ing today (Wednesday). The new park? one of six un der construction in the State ? is located on U. S. Highway 421 near the Parkway School Build ing. It contains parking areas for sixteen cars, sixteen picnic ta bles, eight outdoor furnaces, drinking fountains and comfort stations. The Blue Ridge Garden Club is sponsoring a dedication pro gram on the opening day and will have as luncheon guests the fol lowing highway commission of ficials: Dr. Henry W. Jordan, chair man; Paul Taylor, commissioner of the 8th division; Z. V. Stew art, division engineer; J. H. Coun cil), assistant division engineer; Frank Brant, landscape engineer; Miss Margaret Burk, associate editor, "N. C. Roadways"; Dr. R. McMichael, landscape engineer; Clyde Orr, landscape plantsman; C. A. Hayworth, district engin eer; R. B. Fitzgerald, district en gineer; O. K. Stephens, ti|n sup ervisor; W. B. Pugh, road oil sup ervisor; Frank McCracken, super visory foreman. Other guests expected to be present are Mayor Gordon Wink ler, Rev. E. F. Troutman, Sam P. Wecms and T. K. Pease. Photographers Are To Be Feted End Of Week Top-flight photographers from all over North Carolina and oth er states are expected in this area Saturday, Sunday and Mon day to get pictures of the Roan Mountain Festival, the famous "Singing on the Mountain" at Grandfather Mountain, and a special photo rehearsal of "Horn in the West." Hugh Morton, presdient of the Linville Company and a past president of the North Carolina Press Photographers Association, is chairman of the program and invitations committee for enter taining the photographers. The lonsmen will be Morton's guests at Henley Inn in Linville Saturday night and after attend ing the singing will come to Boone on Sunday. The Southern Appalachian His torical Association, sponsors of "Horn in the West," announces that the photographers will be guests of Estell Wagner at Blue Ridge Tourist Court Sunday night, and of Raleigh Cottrell at a country ham breakfast Monday morning at the Skyline Restau rant. At 9 a. m. Monday they will begjn taking pictures of the drama cast in costume, and at noon will be given a picnic lunch eon by the association. For the best published photo graphs of the Daniel Boone The atre or scenes from the play, the association is offering prizes to taling $2^0. Photographers' Day is an .established tradition with "The Lost Colony" and "Unto These Hills." The first annual Photograph ers' Day for "Horn in the West" has been tied in with the Roan and Grandfather Mountain events to give photographers the ,bost possible opportunity to take pic tures of the notable attractions in the surrounding area as well as of the drama. With dress rehearsals sched uled to begin this week end, the historical association asks that sightseers visit the Daniel Boone Theatre during the daylight hours and not go into the rain shelter and seating area after 7:30 p. m. The last six evening rehearsals prior to the opening of the play on June 27 require the greatest possible concentra tion of the entire cast and pro duction staff, and it is felt that they will be able to accomplish more if they arc not distracted by spectators. The dress rehearsals on Mon day will be held especially (or the photographers. Cover Crops Offer Sure Way To Aid Production The uae of cover cropi ai a regular practice In' the farming nystrm is one of the sure steps to continued production, say* Dwight Cable, chairman of the Watauga County PMA Commit tee. And it ia to encourage the use of cover crop* that the Agri cultural Conservation program u? litis Watauga county farmer* to obtain aced and to eitablith good atanda. The chairman urgea Watauga county farmers to begin planning j now for the cover crop that ia to' / be seeded with their corn, to bacco and truck crop* a little later .in the season. One of the first considerations Is local avail ability of seed. By making ar rangements with his seed dealer well in advance of planting tune, the farmer is more likely to get seed of the kind and quality that are best adapted to conditions in Watauga County. Cover crops recommended here are crimson clover, vetch, ryegrass and Aus trian winter peas. (Continued on page three) Watauga Hospital Directors Map Expansion Plans Discussion of plans for the con struction of a modern 21-bed nurses home for Watauga Hos pital featured the meeting of the board of directors of the institu tion held Friday. Hospital officials have announ ced that Walter Hooks and As sociates of Charlotte have been engaged to do the architectural work and preliminary plans have already been submitted and ap proved. The building, costing an esti mated $84,000, will be financed jointly by the state and federal governments and local citizens. Approximately $21,000 will be provided by the hospital and the .state and federal governments will provide the balance of $63, 000 under provisions of the Hill Burton act. It is pointed out that the hospi tal has been materially affected due to a lack of a home for nur ses for sometime, and with the completion of the new building the situation is cxpcctcd to show considerable improvement. As the projest develops, other information will be released, so that the people may be kept in touch with the important devel opment. Second Primary Is Slated in Congress Race Salisbury ? Graham M. Carlton called for a runoff primary June 28 against Hugh Q. Alexander of Kannapolis for the Ninth District congressional seat of retiring Rep. Robert L. Doughton. Francis M. Luther, chairman of the committee backing Carlton, said the Rowan County register of deeds will enter the runoff to give those who supported him and Mark Goforth of Lenoir in the three-way contest May 31 a chance to "make the final selec tion of the candidate who will enter the general election in November." The demand for a runoff pri mary in the race for associate justice of the state Supreme Court "weighed heavily in our decision, said Luther, "since the additional balloting in the Ninth District can be held without any extra cost to the taxpayers. "Carlton has picked up much ndditional strength since May 31," Luther said. The runncr-up candidate wired his official request Friday, June 13 for a runoff primary to Ray mond Maxwell, executive secre tary of the state Board of Elec tions. Carlton received 16,623 votes In the May 31 voting to 23,211 for Alexander and 7,103 for Goforth. Alexander fell 258 votes short of the majority necessary for vic tory. The demand by Carlton ex panded to four the number of run-off primary contest/. Sup erior Court Judge R. Hunt Par ker of Roanoke Rapids will face a runoff against Superior Court Judge William H. Bobbitt of Charlotte for nomination to the stale Supreme Court as associate justice, in separate voting for both a short term and a regular eight-year term. Rep. F. Ertel Carlyle will face a runoff against runncr-up Fayeftcville Mayor J. O. Tally Jr. for the Seventh District scat and George Shuford of Asheville will run against runner^bp Frank Par ker of Asheville for the 12th Dis trict scat to be vacated by re tirement of Rep. Monroe Redden. Antiquities Are Sought for Horn H. Grady Farthing, chairman of the collection of antiquitirs for display during the showing of "Horn In the West,' 'it asking that those willing to loan this material deliver It to the Farm era Hardware & Supply Co., at . I?""' JM