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BOONE 1*60 POPULATION U7J Worth Carolina. Home of Appalachian SUU Teachers CoUof . wfclcfi attract* hundreds of studenta manually trots all parts of th? nation Modern busf naas district. A good place to m. (WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 WATAUGA COUNTY I MO POPULATION 1M41 1 ? ding agricultural and tourist Livestock, dairy in i and truck fa of paramount Importance- Blue Parkway traverses oounty. and to Mowing Rock, one of the prt Summer resorts of Eastern Ami VOL. LOT. ? NO. a. B<foNE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1952. FIVE CENTS PER COPY KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS THREE IN A ROW 'May be a long time 'fore re's another fire," suggested onlooker at the scene of Sun morning's disastrous blaze ich gutted the Peoples Cafe. it you know they come in ees!" . . . And there have n three for a fact . . . The ze in late July which snuffed rut the lives of two colored resi ents of the town, the conflagra tion which destroyed Hiram Carroll's home and contents, and now the one which bereft Mrs. Emma Isaacs of her business house . . . We didn't know the "three" business applied in the case of fires, but our friend said it did. We had always laid a good deal of store by the hill country belief that deaths come in threes, and that when the third one has paid the penalty, we're supposed to have fairly clear sailing for a spell . . . And somewhere along the way, we had gathered the hound dog sign . . . That is when the perp sits right down and gazes at the moon and howls, not 'xactly for the heck of it, but just mourns . . . They tell us the pale horse is abroad in the immediate locality. IN SERIOUS VEIN Seriously, we share the sor row of the community oa this latest conflagration, which did such great damage to one of our popular business establish ments . . . We likewise regret Hiram Carroll's hard luck, and of course the shock of the fatal blase some weeks ago still ling ers, and the horror of the deaths of John Jones and Bes sie .. . And in expressing our regrets we shall hope for a fact that the third will be the last. RARE FEATHERED VISITORS Rev. J. Norton Atkins, of Shulls Mills, tells the Democrat that five white cranes, birds seldom seen in this section of the coun try, have been "using" (long the upper reaches of the Watauga River . . . Rev. Mr. Atkins, who has a love for God's Creatures in keeping with his high calling, is enjoying the visit of the beauti ful water fowls and we share his hope that the winged visitors will not be molested during their stop-over in Watauga . . . High way Patrolman R. B. Parker, who finds time to do a bit of back lot gardening, recently treated us to some excellent roasting eats of "his own raising," which were delicious, and for which he has our full appreciation . . . Mr. Parker, who for several years has enforced the law in this section with tireless loyalty, is being transferred to Charlotte, where he will be in charge of the permanent weighinng station, be ing established on Wilkinson Boulevard . . . The change means a promotion for Mr. Parker, and a better salary, but he expresses regrets at leaving Boone, where he and Mrs. Parker have estab lished so many enduring friend ships. EARLY IN THE DAY This corner admits nmr* ending pride in the rapid growth of the Democrat's sub scription list in the past few months, and mora than this, values the words of praiae which we hear on every hand . . . The cash and the compli ments. and the prompt reaction if a subscriber fails to get his copy, add up to a highly satis factory acceptance of the local newspaper . . . We are Indeed grateful . . . We take subscrip tions on the street corner, in the living room, at various public gatherings, have a few offered in other towns, and re gularly^ expect to have 'phone calls after we get home from folks who want to be squared on the books . . . We take a lot of sanewala early in the morn ing* ? 'fore breakfast ? but broke ? record on this sco^e Sunday morning . . . We had rushed over town when the People* Cafe Are was discover ed. and were (trolling back home at 2:30 . . . Aa we pasaed the Tugman house. Grady hail ed u( and passed along the coin for a year's subscription . . . One of our readers had come by after hours at the Democrat and asked Grady to paaa on to us the glad tiding*. Roil te 421 To Become\ Main Tourist Highway lake: T? OCtAW H ICHWAY jtb. Thi Mil ViMf major NORTH- SOUTH &QUI? MAP showing the courUe of highway 421, which bids fair to becomc an important tourist route from the Lakes to the Carolina Coaal through Boone. Mrs. Pritchett Named To YDC Committee Sanford. N. C. ? Mr?. Earlene Pritchctt has been appointed as a member of the finance commit tee for the annual Young Demo cratic Clubs of North Carolina Convention at Greensboro, Sept ember 4, 9 and 6. The appointment was made by W. W. Staton, Sanford attorney, president of the state clubs. Mrs. Pritchctt, a YDC leader of Boone will assist in the organi zation and planning for the fall Democratic campaign. The slate organization of the YDC for the '52 campaign, plans extensive campaigning throughout the state with the bulk of the local work being done by town and county leaden. The three day convention at Greensboro will be highlighted by an appearance of all state candidates, council of state, con gressman and senators. Horace It. Kornegay, general chairman of the conclave states that exact convention procedure will be fol lowed. Elections of officers will be O held on September S to select leaders who will bear the brunt of the fall campaign on the part of the YDC. Kornegay states that although plenty of business and organiza tion politicking will be featured, emphasis will be placed on en tertainment including a reception ar.d dance, banquet and fish fry. He pointed out that members desiring to play golf have the opportunity of using the excel lent courses in the area. JOB PLACEMENTS A record of 15,525,869 job placements were made during the last fiscal year by State em ployment aervices affiliated with the U. S. Employment Service, according to the Labor Depart ment. Of the pl?< lents, 9,083, 279 were in farm jobs, while 6,432,504 were in non-agricultural job*. Total placements were 1, 293,774 greater than for the pre vious year. Work is going steadily forward on the (ew remaining unimprov ed sections of highway 421, to the end that in a short while the route will be one of the nation's most important arteries of tourist and commercial transportation, says S. C. Eggers, of Boone, ex ecutive vice-president of the U. S. Highway 421 Association. Mh Eggers, who has been in the organization since it was formed, supplies the Democrat with the accompanying map which indicates the importance of the highway, to tjje improvement of which the Association is dedi cated. Starting at Michigan City, the route extends through Boone to Fort Fisher, N. C., on the coast, I and would provide this immedi ate section with another through tourist route, funneling vacation ists from Chicago, and other lake shore metropolitan areas into the Appalachian mountain region and on to the Carolina seaside resorts. In historical significance and scenic attractiveness, the route of 421 is in a class by itself, and many are inclined to the belief that from a tourist viewpoint its local value would be greater than 603. No other road gives the mid west cities a direct route Into Boone. Mr. Eggers points out that the Association was formed four years ago for the purpose of pro moting the development of 421. It is encouraging to note that the entire route is now hardsurfaced. with the exception of short links in Virginia and Tennessee. Work is going forward in Virginia, while Tennessee has let four miles of construction from Mountain City in the direction of Boone. Mr. Eggers expresses his thanks to the people of Tennessee and Virginia for their fine coopera tion with his organization, and says that no effort will be spared to have 421 developed into the finest type of highway, in the years ahead. Greene Named To Finance State Merchants Assn. Clyde R. Greene, prominent Boone business man and member of the Board of Directors of the N. C. Merchants Association, has been appointed to serve on the finance committee of the 7,000 member organization, it is an nounced by B. W. Haigh, Raleigh, president. The finance committee, accord ing to Haigh, has jurisdiction ov er all matters relating to the finances of the Association and, pursuant to the Association Con stitution, it is required to audit the accounts of the secretary and the treasurer. Associated with Mr. Greene on the committee are the following: W. W. Kale, Charlotte; Ansel E. Fowler, Winston-Salem; Frank lin Biggs, Lumberton; J. G. Pfaff, Salisbury; Paul Johnston, Littleton. Merchants Will Hold Annual Picnic Wednesday The Merchant* Association of Boone and Watauga county will hold the annua) employer-em ployee picnic at Camp Yonahlo* see Wednesday afternoon, Sep tember 3. There will be a watermelon feast at 3.-30 and (upper will be served at 9:30. Fried chicken and all that goes with it will be nerv ed. Stanley A. Harris is chairman of the food committee, with Crayte Teague and Mr*. Von Hag aman. Bob Cox is chairman of the rec reation committee with Mrs. Dal las Hodges and Mn. Hazel Jone*. There will be softball. volley ball, home ahoe pitching, swimming, and possibly shuffle board and table tennis. Burl Greene is chairman of arrangement*. Employes are asked to (timu late as much interest as possible among the employees and when committee member* make the rounds ^tiling ticket*, buy the li mit. Arnall insists price* will in crease in the fall. V. F. W. Honors Oldest Veteran At Dinner Party A. W. SMITH Watauga Mountaineer Post! 7031. Veterans of Foreign Wars, held a dinner Monday night at the Gateway Cafe honoring Com- 1 rade A. W. (Uncle Ab) Smith. Mr. | Smith, a veteran of the Spanish American War. is the oldest liv ing overseas veteran in this sei - 1 tion of the state, and a past com- ^ mander of the post. i Jack Caldwell of Newland. sen ior vice-commander of the 15t District, VFW. delivered an ad dress kicking off the 1953 mem bership drive, and reviewed ac tivities in this district He urged wives, mothers, and sisters of men who served overseas m time of war to join the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW. . I Commander John T. King rec i osnized past commanders of the post and commended thelr set7" ice U> the organization and the community . Early Morning Blaze Destroys Peoples Cafe fire of undetermined origin raged through the Peoples Cafe j building early Sunday morning,; destroying equipment and sup- 1 plies and inflicting severe damage | to the building, the back portion j of which was, completely burned ; away. The cafe, owned by Mrs. Emma Isaacs and operated by herself and daughter, Mrs. Velma Tatum. had been closed at 7 o clock Sat urday evening, and since it was believed the fire in /the range had died long before the con flgration, the cause of the fire was not readily apparent. The loss to the stock and build ing is said to have been partially covered by insurance. The building is owned by A. E. Hamby. Floridian Is Club Speaker The Rotary Club of Boone held its regular meeting last Thursday evening at the Skyline Restau rant with the president. James T. Thompson, presiding. Charles L. Sykes, Rotarian of Miami, r la-, spoke on "The Fourth Avenue of Service? Internationalism.' Rotarians visiting from other clubs included William M. Fulton, of Blowing Rock; Dick Gresham of Rome. Ga.; Gilbert L. Lycan of De Land. Fla.; Charles U Sykes of Miami. Fla.; and Hugh Williams of Hickory Lamb Pool To Ship Lambs Thurs. The Watauga Lamb Pool will ?hip lamb* from the sheep load ing pen* in North Wilkesboro on Thur*day, September 4. Thi* will be the last shipment. from North Wilkesboro in 1952, but we will join with Ashe County in a ship ment around the first of October. Lamb* will be graded, weighed and loaded from 7:30 a. m. until all lambs that are on the grounds by 10:30 a. m. are loaded. Pay ment will be made after proper calculations are completed. FAMILY SPENDING The average American city family in 1950 spent about six per cent more than it earned and had to use saving* or borrow "aeveral hundred dollar*" for living expenses, according to a new Burean of Labor statiitlcal ?urvey. Theie figure* were after taxes. ? 'Horn In W est' Ends First Year Sunday Commencement At Local College Slated The summer commencement | exercises ar? to be held at Ap- j palachian State Teachers collcgc this (Wednesday) evening, August 27, with 211 young men and wo men due to receive either the Master of Arts or the Bachelor of Science degree. Speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Gilbert Lester Lycan of Deland, Fla. Dr. Lycan holds the B. A., the M. A., and the Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. He is the head of the department of social studies at Stetson Univer sity in Deland and this summer has been a visiting professor in social studies in the graduate school at Appalachian State , Teachers college. Special music for the program | will be furnished by Walton S. Cole, pianist, Miss Mary L. Ward and Hoyt Safrit, vocalists. The invocation will be given by the Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr., pastor of the James I. Vance "Memorial Presbyterian Church of Boone, and the benediction will be given by the Rev. Joseph Shackford. pastor of the Boone Methodist Church. Degrees will be confer red and diplomas awarded by Dr. B. B. Dougherty, founder and president of the college. Marshals will be Morris Brancn of Hickory, chief; Ray Triplett, Wilkesboro; Betsy Rea, Mat thews; Peggv Cheek and William Check, Boone; Louise Wyont, Gastonia; Gladys Carr, Plymouth; (Continued on page six) Plans Are Made For Annual Calf Show Here Jilt' sccunu annum ouunc r t ru er calf sale will be held on Mon day, September 29, at the Boone Livestock Market. The farmers have voted the following import ant changes in rules: 1. No calves can be sold that are not nominated and inspected before date of sale. 2. Owner must sign statement showing that calves have been vaccinated for both blackleg and hemorrhagic septicemia before calves can be acccpted. 3. No bull calves can be sold. 4. No calves with horns can be sold. Other rules are similar to the rules used in 1951. If you want a copy of the rules, call at the county agents officc or ask for some by mail. Get your nominations in early so the inspection committee can look at your calves before sale date. Health Clinic Schedules Set The following clinics are held regularly at the Boone officc of the District Health Department: Weekly Diagniutic Clinic. For foodhandlcrs, school and pre school children and other dia gnostic work. Each Monday morn ing. 8:30 to 11:30 a. m. Weekly Immunization Clinic. Each Friday afternoon, 2:00 to 4:00 p. m. Monthly Mothers and Infants Clinic. Each 2nd Monday in the month, 1:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. 4. Orthopedic Clinic. For crip pled and handicapped persons. Every other month, on the morn ing of the Friday after the 3rd Thursday at 8:00 a. m. The alter nate month the same clinic ii held at the Distric Health Dept. Office in the Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson. Due to the very few requests for services in recent weeks at the clinic held thi* summer in Blowing Rock, this clinic has been discontinued. Sandra J. Norris* Taken By Death Sandra Jean Norn*, aged IS month*, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Coy J. Norri* of Boone, Route 1, died at tlfe Watauga Hospital on Monday. August 25, following a brief illne** of leu than one day. She was playing in the yard on Sunday, it was said, apparently in good health. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Taberna cle Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Cullers. Inter ment was in the family cemetery. In addition to the parents, she is survived by ? brother, Deruiy N orris. Health Office To~ Close Labor Day The office of the District Health Department in Boone will be closed on Monday, Sept ember 1, for Labor Day. Grant To Address County Baptists MARSE GRANT One of the several denomina tional speakers appearing on the program of the Three Forks Bap tist Association this week is Marse Grant, editor of Charity and Children at the Baptist Or phanage in Thomasville. His talk centers around the extensive child-caring program which Bap tists support. Officer Parker Is Promoted To Charlotte Post Roger B. Parker, State High way Patrolman, who has main tained headquarters in Boone since 1947, has been transferred to Charlotte, where he will be supervisor of the permanent weighing station on Wilkinson Boulevard, in charge of the De partment of Motor Vehicles, theft bureau. Mr. P?rker will be in charge of fifteen men. Mrs. Parker and daughter, Pamela Dawn, will join Mr Park er in Charlotte the latter part of September. i Mrs. Kirchner At Indiana U. Through the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recrea tion of Indiana University Mrs. Joy M. Kirchner has been invit ed to direct the opening folk dance session for the widely known health workshop. Approximately 250 educators from all parts of the United Stales and a number of foreign countries will be in attcndence at the workshop. Last summer Mrs. Kirchner conducted the folk dances for the workshopOnd as ? result she has been recalled on popular demand. The workshop ia an annual af fair held during the latter two weeks of Aufust and sponsored by several agencies of the stale of Indiana. Record Crowds Seen For Week The first season of "Horn in the West" will close Sunday night, August 31, with the 58th performance of the drama at the Daniel Boone Amphitheatre. Through Sunday night, August 25, the drama had been seen by 48,2 >2 persons from 47 states, Canti's Alaska, the Canal Zone and K iwaii. Advaice ticket reservations indicate that the remaining per formaances of the drama may draw the largest crowds record ed for any single week since it opened June 27, as well as a number of North Carolina's first citizens. Governor Kerr Scott, Mrs. Scott, Eugene Shaw, state com missioner of internal revenue, and Mrs. Shaw will arrive in Boone Wednesday afternoon to be guests at the drama Wednes day night. The governor was in vited to the opening performance of the drama, but was unable to accept. "Horn in the West" will be the first of the state's outdoor dramas he has witnessed this summer. On Saturday night the drama will be seen by members of the State Literary and Historical Association of North Carolina, the Western North Carolina His torical Association, and the North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians during their two-day meeting at Boone. Fifty four reservations have been re ceived for Thursday night from the Carlton Yarn Mills of Cher ryville, N. C. William B. Umstead, Democra tic nominee for governor of North Carolina, will attend the conclud ing performance of "Horn in the West" Sunday night. Last Friday night the 50th per formance of "Horn in the West" was dedicated to Congressman R. L. Doughton and Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of Appala chian State Teachers College, when their presence in the thea tre was acknowledged. Total attendance Saturday night was 1,727. "It now appears that by Aug (Continued on page four) Most Schools Of County To Open On Labor Day All the schools of the county will open next Monday with the exception of Boone, Green Val ley and the new Parkway School which will open on Tuesday, in line with former announcements made in these columns. Superintendent W. H. Walker states that Mr. Alexander, a State Board of Education repre sentative, is in the county at this time making plans for the routing of the 51 buses which will be in daily operation in Wa tauga this year. This is an in crease of seven over a year ago. Woman's Club Seeks Funds For Children's Home The annual Junior Woman's Club campaign for funds for the Children'* Home Society of North Carolina, Greensboro, is now un derway, and a growing member ship is badly needed to carry on ? the society's vital work of finding homes for homeless and orphaned children of the State. The society was founded in 1902 in an effort "to provide a home for the child who needs a home and a child for the home that needs a child." A volunteer agency, administered by North Carolina citizens, the society le- ? ceives no tax funds, gives ita ser vices free and exists entirely on ^voluntary contributions. The so ciety has taken care of more than five thousand homeless babies in the State. Contributions may be mailed to the Children's Home Society o( North Carolina, at 740 Chestnut Street, Greensboro, or to Mrs. Charles Wilfong, Boone, N. C i
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