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VOL. LXV. ? NO. 5.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1*52.
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Drought flaying Havoc
With Wajtauga Crops
KING
STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
THE SMOKE CLEARS
Back from Chicago, where the
big and the little, the politically
powerful, the men of .small sta
ture and little influence, the
city bosses, the mountain prec iu
leaders, the college lads, the girld
and the women, gathered to place
the jodphurs on the donkey's
jockey, and tighten the cinch for j
the November Presidential sweep- j
stakes . . . The convention, which I
featured considerable of the
fireworks for which the majority
party is noted, was, for the most
part, conducted with rare ability
and dispatch, and the profession
als are inclined to believe that
thi: organization of Jefferson, of
Jackson, of Wilson, of Roosevelt,
of Truman and of Adlai is in bet
ter shape to go before the people,
that there is. more of unity and
less of bitterness, than there has
been for many years . . . Adlai,
the unwilling candidate, the bril
liant orator and statesman of a
famous family, dating back to
Iredell county, North Carolina,
ancestry, is the best candidate
the Democrats could offer the
nation . . . Diametrically opposite
the Truman, Roosevelt campaign
tactics, the Governor of Illinois
is injecting a note of confidence,
of humility and of unquestioned
competence into a campaign,
which a relatively few short
weeks ago, appeared to be verg
ing on the brink of despair.
THE LITTLE FOLKS
Eight years ago, deponent
journeyed to Chicago, during
the bitter days ol the great war
and ?al in on the fourth nomi
nation of Roosevelt ... At that
time it seemed to many folks
here and far-away that there
would be a change; we shared
the belief that the people
might give the call to the young,
aggressive governor of New
York, who seemed to be the
direct opposite to the party
which had been labeled as old
and tired and broken . . . We
set out to find out, when we
arrived in the windy city, how
the folks felt, and we found
that the cab drivers, the bell
men, the waitresses, the cops
on the beat, the small business
operators, the railroad men.
wanted to re-elect the New
Deal, and on our return we
predicted the election of Roose
velt . . . We talked to the same
sort of folks this year ? hund
reds of them, ranging from dis
trict committeemen, through
ward healers to college kids,
who labeled themselves inde
pendent. and found that these
people? the "little folks." are
still for the nominees of the
party and the program, which
they say has brought prosperity
and hope and purpose to the
masses of the people . . . That's
what they say. and we submit
this for whatever the reader
may think it's worth.
CONVENTION BREVITIES
Our disappointment in the
' convention hall, which seems
cramped, as compared to Chicago
stadium . . . Our pleasant visits
with W. T. Payne, Jr., of Sugar
Grove, an army Lieutenant, who
is engaged in special assign
ments in Chicago . . . Wc arc
greal/ul to bur young friend for
his many courtesies . . . The clas
sic address of Stevenson, for
whom wc voted all three times,
to the apparent disgust of most
of the delegation, who chose the
bittei'-ender role . . . The song
fests led by noted vocalists, and
Phil Regan putting on the arouse
mcnts with "Don't Take It Away."
. . . Jim Karlcy, acknowledging
our greeting with a warm hand
shake? hasn't changed a bit . . .
Pleasant meeting with D'Alcsan
dro. Mayor of Baltimore . . .
Avcrill Harriman rcust pleasant
as we passed in reception line
. . . Wanted Boone accurately
located . . . His charming wife
. , . Shaking with Nancy K. and
(Continued on page four)
Jake taudill
Retail Prexy
J. (V. CAUDILL
J. V. Cauidill was electcd presi
dent of the Boone and Watauga
County Merchants Association at
a meeting of the board of direc
tors last Friday. He succeeded O.
K. Richardson.
Alfred T( Adams was named
vice president, succeeding Roy
A. Rufty, iand Mrs. Roberta B.
Ray. was re-elected secretary
treasurer. I
The ne\q board "of directors,
which was Hected three days pre
viously at (the annual business
meeting of! the association, in
cludes the following: M. R. Mad
dux, Dewitt Barnett, J. R. Cra
ven, J. C. Cline, D. L. Wilcox, J.
V. Caudill, A. T. Adams, Raleigh
Cottrell, and Perry Greene. The
retiring president and vice presi
dent also were retained on the
board of directors.
Cattlemen Hit By
Arid Season
The continuing dry weather in
Watauga county, which is play
ing havoc with cabbage and oth
er growing crops, is supplanting
the lush clover of the pasture
land with seared, sparse grasses,
and forcing cattle on the market,
it was learned from farmers the
first of the week.
While the effects of the dry
weather on growing crops and
the resultant damage to the eco
nomy of the county, is not to be
minimized, the cattle men bring
the most depressing stories of
loss of income.
Dry weather last year, they
say, depleted the fall pastures to
such an extent that they failed
to recover to normal during the
current grazing season, and with
only a few weeks left of the
growing season, many of these
breeders see little hope of addi
tional sustained grazing this fall.
Another early feeding season,
coupled with short hay crops,
bodes no good for the beef cattle
and dairy men.
Already, it is learned, hay is
being hauled into the area from
northern points, and farmers say
they are beginning to sell their
cattle many weeks ahead of
normal sales time, to avoid furth
er drifting.
One cattleman told of a ten
cent drop in fhe price of fat heif
ers on a Virginia market last
week, and said loads of cattle
were being bought and taken to
Pennsylvania and other states
unaffected by the dry weather.
As this is written temperatures
remain in the high eighties with
out promise of rain.
Boone Flower Show
Open to Rural People
The annual flower show to be
held August 7 and 8, at the Bapt
ist Church in Boone, and sponsor
ed by the Worthwhile Womans
Club, Blue Ridge Garden Club
and Junior Womans Club, is
open to all persons in Watauga
County who may wish to enter
exhibits.
Flowers in the horticulture
division must be grown by the
exhibitor. Since flowers for ar
rangements need not be grown
by the exhibitor, summer resi
dents and visitors of the erttire
county who have no opportunity
to grow their own flowers, are
invited to exhibit in the arrange
ment class.
Members of all Home Demon
stration Clubs in the county
have been contacted, and urged
to bring their choice blooms to
the show.
There u a gcntlcmens division,
where the men may enter their
exhibits separately from the gen
eral show. It is hoped that this
division will have a greater num
ber of entries than last year,
when many ribbons and awards
were presented.
Young people and children also
have their own junior division,
and much interest is being shown
(Continued on page six)
Horn Attendance Is
Nearing 20, 000 Mark
Attendance at Horn in the
West" has climbed to a total of
19,953 and a nightly average of
713 for the first 28 performances
as the local drama continues to
show a gain in ticket sales this
week.
Increased interest in "Horn in
the West" is evidenced by special
bus servic* which Greyhound
Lines is inaugurating this week
between Winston-Salem, Elkin,
North Wilkesboro and Boone. Be
ginning July 30, Greyhound will
run a "Horn in the West" special
on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights. The bus
wil] leave Winston-Salem at 3:45
p. m., picking up passengers at
4:40 in Elkin and at 5:30 in North
Wilkesboro. Passengers on the.
"Horn" special will be brought di
rectly into Boone by 6:30, where
they will have dinner before go
ing to the Daniel Boone Theatre.
The bus will leave the theatre
immediately after the show ends.
On the initial bus Wednesday
night will be L. C. Myers, divi
sion manager of Atlantic Grey
hound; R. D. IUt, district pass
enger representative; and J. H.
Eller, manager of the Winston
Salem terminal.
Special guests on the first bus
will include Ernest Yarbrough,
secretary of the Winston-Salem
Retail Merchant's Association;
Mrs. Z. T. Bynum, publicity di
rector for the Winston-Salem
Chamber "of Commerce; Mrs. Dor
is Partington, director of the
Winston-Salem Little Theatre;
and representatives of the City
government and the Winston-Sa
lem Journal and Sentinel.
Two new information booths
arc now being operated in con
nection with the drama: one in
front of Joe Todd's Esso Station
in downtown Boone, and one on
Highway 321 near the Blue Ridge
Parkway intersection. Mrs. Thel
ma Longnecker has been employ
ed to handle the Boone informa
tion, ticket, and room accommo
dations booth. Bobby Cook is sta
tioned at the highway booth to
answer inquiries, and distribute
(Continued on page six)
Mason Bliss Is
Glib Speaker;
Gives Horn Data
Bob Beachley, program chair
man, presented Mr. Mason Bliss,
business manager of "Horn in
the West" as the speaker of the
evening at the last regular meet
ing of the Boone Rotary Club.
Mr. Mason gave the club some
statistics concerning the first 22
days of performance of the drama.
He indicated that the* drama was
enjoying more success than had
been anticipated, ranking second
only to Cherokee as the leader of
the eight large out-door dramas.
Some interesting points brought
out by Mr. Bliss were that to date
there have been no faintings or
other casualties in the audiences.
Their huge parking lot can be
emptied after a performance in
only eight minutes. That the
management has incorporated
special facilities to handle those
in wheel chairs so that the per
formance may be viewed by
them in comfort.
Visiting Rotarians from other
clubs were: Mr. Tom Miller of
Oswego, New York; Mr. Bob
Crook of Meridian, Mississippi;
Mr. John O. Goodwin of Blowing
Rock; Mr. Wm. M. Fulton of
Blowing Rock; Mr. Charnelle
Campbell of Hastings, Flbrida;
Mr. Gilbert L. Lycan of DcLand,
Florida; Mr. H. J. Strochmann of
Williamsport, Pennsylvania; Mr.
C. A. Hodshon of Dunedin,
Florida; and Mr. E. J. Harrell of
Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Dr. Len Hsgaman brought as
his guest his brother Hugh Haga
man and Stanley Harris brought
Mr. Paul Campbell of Detroit,
Michigan, as his guest. t
Bell Phone Co.
Wants Rate Raise
The Southern Bell Telephone
Company last week filed an ap
plication with the North Carolina
Utilities Commission asking an
adjustment in rates to offset the
effects of a general wage increase
just approved by the Wage
Stabilization Board retroactive to
June 8.
The amount of additional an
nual gross revenue sought is ap
proximately $800,000. North Car
olina Manager Harvey G. Booth
pointed out the amount being
requested is only the specific cost
incurred in connection with the
increased wages applicable lo
intra-state operations, negotiated
through collective bargaining.
Health Clinics
Are Being Held
Regular Clinics arc being held
by the health department as fol
lows:
In Boone Diagnostic Clinic
every Monday morning 8:30 a. m.
to 12:00 noon. Immunization Cli
nic every Friday afternoon, 2:00
p. m. to 4:00 p. m. Mothers and
Infants Clinic second Monday
afternoon every month.
In Blowing Rock Diagnostic
Clinic every Friday morning 9:00
a. m. to 11:00 a. m.
The next clinic will be held
August 11 1:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m.
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Vesper Services
At Horn Theatre
Vesper service at the Daniel
Boone Theatre at 5:00 p. m.
Music under the direction of
Hoyt Safrit with James Grawel
at the organ. Scripture and pray
er by Pastor H. C. Linn. Vesper
meditation. "God's Great Cathe
dral," by Pastor E. F. Troutman.
Annual T our of W atauga F arms T o Begin
Monday and Be Concluded on August 15
The annual tour of demonstra
tion farmer* and their farm* will
begin Monday and continue
through Friday, August 13. ac
cording to an announcement by
U E. Tuckwillcr, county agent.
There arc 23 farms Included in
the tour and the purpose of the
tour is to select "the best unit
test demonstration farmer." Bus
iness people, as well as farmers,
are urged to go on these tours
so that a really representative
farmer may be selected
Each day a vote will be taken
to determine the "best" farm
visited. On Friday, the 15th, the
four "be?t" farms will be re-vis
ited and then the best of the
group will be selected as "the
best unit test demonstration farm
er."
The schedule of visits, If listed
so that those who will may make
plans to attend.
On Monday, August 4, the
tours will begin at Cove Creek
High School at 9 a. m. From there
they will go directly to Lawrence
Wilson's (I. B. Wilson) farm In
Zionville. From there they go to
Ned Glenn's farm, Sugar Crova; j
Howard Edmistcn, Sugar Grove;
Ernest Hillard, Vilas; Hiram
Brooks, Vilas; R. G. Shipley, Vi
las
Tuesday, August 5 ? Meet at
Bethel Sehool at 0 a. m. and go
to Ceeil Swift's (ami at Reese;
go to W. It. Vines, Sugar Grove;
Mrs. Janic Dishpian, Heese; Ivan
Irishman, Sugar Grove; D. F.
Greene, Sugar Grove. ?
Wednesday, August 6 ? Meet at
New Green Valley School at 9 a.
m., go to Claude Greene's farm at
iionville; Ralph J. Norris, Route
2, Boone; Wade LookabUi, Route
2, Boone; Bill Krider, Todd; Hoy
L. Morctz, Route 2, Boone; Milton
Moretz, Route 1, Boone.
Monday August 11 ? Meet at
Vallc Cruel* School at 0 a. m. and
go to W. C- Snftth'i farm at Mat
ncy; Victor Farthing, Mutncy;
Tom Ward, Vallo Crucia; Ode?
Grci'ne, Deep Gap; Hayc* Well
born, Deep Gap; A. C. Morctz,
Deep Gap.
On Friday, Auguit IS ? Viiit the
four (armi voted on aa beat dur
ing the (our day tour.
Telephone Member ship
Nears County Goal of 300
OPENED SUNDAY ? The new 20-bcd Blowing Roik Hospital, which was dedicated Sunday afternoon,
with Dr. H. E. Spence of Duke University Divinity School as master of ceremonies. (Story on page 1,
second section.)? Photo by Palmer's Photo Shop.
Blowing Rock Horse Show Begins
Friday With Record List of Entries
Rev. Mr. Canipe
To Hold Revival
DR. J. C. CANIPE
Dr. J. C. Canipe, a former
pastor of the First Baptist Church
in Boone and now serving as
secretary of Evangelism for the
Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina, will speak in
revival services at the Cove Creek
Baptist Church. The evangelistic
meetings will begin on Sunday
morning August 3 and will con
tinue through August 10. Mr.
Canipe will be speaking in the
morning and evening worship
services of the church on August
3 and 10 and each evening
through the week at 7:30. Meet
ings for prayer and testimony
will be held at various homes in
the Cove Creek community each
afternoon at 1:30.
License Bureau
Days Are Changed
W. R. Stansberry, drivers
license examiner, has announced
that the license office in the
courthouse will be open Wednes
day, Thursday, and Friday of
each week, instead of Thursday
and Friday only, as heretofore.
All motor vehicle operators in
Watauga County arc asked to
check their licenses, cither in the
lower or upper right hand corner,
for the expiration date.
Driver's license renewal may
be applied for from sixty days
prior to thirty days after expira
tion date, said Mr. Stansberry.
By MKS. LUCILE LETT
Blowing Rock. ? The Blowing
Rock Horse Show, the oldest an
nual horse show in the country,
is about to begin its twenty-ninth
show.
There will be one show on Fri
day, August 1, at 2 p. m., two on
Saturday at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m.,
and one on Sunday at 2 p. m.
Also featured on Friday will be
the exhibitors party at 7 p. m. to
which all parties entering horses
arc invited. This will be followed
by a buffet dinner and street
dance, the latter beginning at 9
p. m.
Saturday noon will feature the
Horse Show Breakfast in the
Mayview Manor Hotel dining
room and that night at 9 o'clock
in the ball room of the same hotel
will be the annual horse show
ball.
Mr. L. M. Tate, manager, anti
cipates more horses this year than
ever before and announces the
following divisions which will
participate in the show: 3-gaited,
5-gaited, roadsters, hunters, jump
ers, walking horses, ponies, and
equitation.
This year 30 new box stalls are
being erected, which will bring
to 141 the total permanent stalls.
There will be 115 boxes, 6
chairs each, and a grandstand
which can accommodate 700 pel
sons. There are 30 tack rooms
with complete facilities for
grooms to remain near their char
ges.
On the main grounds is a com
plete outside course for hunters
and jumpers which consists of 17
jumps, 2 figure 8s, natural ditch,
post and rail, chicken coops, aik
ens with natural boards.
Two prominent judges will be
on hand for the show this year.
Vernan O. Cartey, Toronto, Can
ada. will be judge for hunter,
jumper and equitation. Mr. Car
(Continued on page six)
Democrats Planning
Speaking Campaign
Chicago, July 25. ? The Demo
cratic high command decided yes
terday to throw a "Big Four"
speaking team into the fall pres
idential campaign.
It will be headed by President
Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stev
enson, the presidential nominee.
Democratic National Chairman
Frank E. McKinney told report
ers that Trumari advised him that
"I am at your disposal." Mr. Mc
Kinney said the other two will
be Vice-President Alben Barkley
and Senator John Sparkman of
Alabama, the Democratic vice
presidential, nominee.
Mr. McKinney said he hoped
to open the campaign on Labor
Day and have a "short hard-hit
ting campaign of no more than 60
days."
The National Chairman was
among the Democratic chiefs who
met with Governor Stevenson
Sunday to chart the strategy of
the coming campaign, designed
to lead the Democrats to victory
in the November election.
Goals of the Sunday huddles
appeared to be:
1. Keep the South solidly in the
Democratic column.
2. Woo the important farm vote
which in 1948 tipped the scales
in favor of President Truman.
3. Win the labor vote of the
industrial centers.
Mrs. India Edwards, vice chair
man of the Democratic National
Committee, whose name was
placed before , the delegates at
their convention last week, for
vicc- president, also conferred
with Governor Stevenson. Sho
.said she discussed the campaign
! strategy "as it affects women." j
Foreign Leaders On
Tour Watauga Farm
A group of 35 forcigrt agricul
tural workers, economists^ and
business leaders were visitors to
Watauga county and Tom Ward's
farm in Vallc Crucis Monday af- 1
ternoon. The foreigners arc in
this country learning American
ways of farm management and
care and arc taking a study course
at N. C. State College, touring
various farms in the State for
practical experience.
Mr. Ward's farm was the only
farm, visited in this vicinity, and
was selected because of the out
standing progress the Ward fam
ily has made with the assistance
ol Farmers Home Administration.
State College Extension Service,
Production Marketing Adminis
tration. Soil Conservation Scrvice,
and Tennessee Vaflcy Authority.
Local farm management men
accompanying the group to Mr.
Ward's farm and explaining the
mountain way of farming includ
ed J. B. Robinson KHA super
visor; Howard J. Williams, Soil
Conservation Service technician;
and L. E. Tuckwiller, county
agent
State leaders with the group
(Continued on page six)
I
Rural Phones May
Soon Be Secured
When 45 more members are
signed up in Watauga County by
the Skyline Telephone Member
ship Corporation, actual work
will procced to fulfill the promise
of the corporation of providing
telephone service for Watauga,
Ashe, and Alleghany counties.
This news was released by E. P.
Holmes, writer, lecturer, and REA
telephone worker, Tuesday as he
continued to contact rural Wa
taugans for telephone subscrip
tions.
Mr. Holmes explained that Wa
tauga had a goal of 300 subscrib
ers, Ashe County 600, and Alle
ghany 300, before application can "
be made for a loan to help finance
the cooperative. When these 45
members in this county arc sign
ed up, the application will be
liled.
The proposed telephone system
will use dial sets with an auto
matic exchange. The phones will
ring only when the number call
ed is dialed. No one will be bo
thered with another subscriber's
calls.
Mr. Holmes requested those
rural folks who have not signed
up to contact him or the county
agent's office immediately so tho
goal may be reached in the next
couple of weeks. He has been in
the county two weeks. When he
started work here about the mid
dle of July 100 members were
needed. Fifty-five of those have
been secured.
"This is an opportunity for dial
telephones which the rural people
ol Western Narolina cannot af
ford to miss. The Skyline Mem
bership Corporation will be a
great asset to Western North Car
olina as it will tie three counties
to the outside world by tele
phone," Mr. Holmes explained as
he urged people to do all they
could in getting ready for this
communications system.
Trout Streams
Are Being Closed
Trout streams in the Mt. Mit
chell and Daniel Boone manage
ment area ure closed now, due
to low waters, according to Clyde
P. Patton, executive director of
the Wildlife Resources Commis
sion in Raleigh.
The trout season in Watauga
County officially closes one hour
after sundown Thursday, July 31,
according to the District 7 Super
visor, Walter Edmisten.
Supper Is Given
By Watauga Post
A supper will be given Tues
day, August 5 at 7:30 p. m., by
the Watauga Post of the Ameri
can Legion at the Legion Hut,
for Legionaires and their wives.
The gathering will be entertain
ed by string music, and a brief
business session will follow the
supper.
Samuel Jones
Dies At Age 61
Samuel Cleveland Jones died
at the age of 61 on Thursday,
July 24, at his home on Boone
Route 3. He had been in declin
ing health for several years.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, July 26, at 2 p. m., at
the Oak Grove Baptist Church,
condi-cted by the Rev. C. O.
Vance. Burial was in the family
cemetery at Clifton, N. C.
Survivors include his wile,
Mrs. Nancy Jones, and the follow
ing brothers and sister: Bryant
Jones, Fruichis, N. C.; Lester
J one.*, Clifton, N. C.; Bob Jones,
Richmond, Vu.; Elmer Jones, Ap
ple Grave, N. C.; Charlie Jones,
Clifton, N. C.; and Mrs. Vertie
Graybcal, Fig. N. C.
Offshore procurement orders
for military equipment placed
with friendly nations for arming
NATO countries totaled $684,000,
000 In tha hat fiscal year.