Watauga History Topic
For Week End Meeting
"The History of Watauga
County and vicinity" will be
the theme of a joint meeting 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 at Boone on
Saturday and Sunday, August 30
and 31, it was announced Monday
by officers of the three societies.
Hosts for the meeting are Ap
palachian State Teachers College
Lnd the Southern' Appalachian
Historical Association, sponsor of
'Worn in the West" The college
lias made arrangements for mem
bers of the societies and their
immediate families to occupy
rlormitory rooms on Saturday
and Sunday nights.
' Approximately two hundred
persons have already made room
reservations with Mr. Barnard
Dougherty, business manager of
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege.
Registration for the meeting
will be from 12 :30 to 1 :45 p. m.
on Saturday in the lobby of the
Music and Art building on the
campus. General sessions will be
held on Saturday afternoon and
Sunday morning in the auditor
ium of the same buildi n. The
public is invited to atw r?d all
sessions.
The Saturday afternoon session
will begin at 1:45. Following an
address of welcome by Clyde R.
Greene, chairman of the Watauga
County Board of Commissioners,
and a response by Mrs. Charles
A. Cannon of Concord and Blow
ing Rock, Dr. B. B. Dougherty,
president of Appalachian State
Teachers College, will deliver a
talk on "The Men Who Fought
the Battle of Kings Mountain."
Dr. Frontis W. Johnston, of
Davidson, president of the State
Literary and Historical Associa
tion, will preside at this session.
Special business meetings of
the three societies will follow at
3:30 p. m., and a reception for
members and their guests will be
held form 4:15 to 5:00 in the
Chorus room of the Music and
Art building.
On Saturday and Sunday nights
the visitors will have an oppor
tunity to see "Horn in the West,"
The last performance of the sea
son will be given on Sunday
night.
At the general session on Sun
day morning beginnning at 9:30,
Professor Leo K. Pritchett, chair
man of the public relations com
mittee ol the Southern Appala
chian Historical Association, will
tell about "The Story Behind
'Horn in the West.' " Dr. D. J.
Whitener, chairman of the pro
gram committee for the meeting,
will talk on "The Historical
Background of Watauga County"
?nd Dean W. E. Bird of Western
Carolina Teachers College, will
speak on "Plans of the Western
North Carolina Historical Associa
tion," of which organization he
is president. Dr. W. P. Jacocks,
of Chapel Hill, president of the
North Carolina Society of Coun
ty and Local Historians, will pre
side.
Following this session members
of the societies will be conducted
on tours of Watauga and neigh
boring counties. Four tours will
be offered: One to Blowing Rock
and the Craft Center in Moses H.
Cone Memorial Park; a second
along the Blue Ridge Parkway;
a third to Grandfather Mountain;
and a fourth along "The Magic
Circle" ? to Blowing Rock, Lin
villc, Newland, Banner Elk, Valle
Crucis, and back to Boone.
Officers of the State Literary
and Historical Association, which
held its first meeting in October,
1900, are Dr. Johnston, president;
Mr. Burnham S. Colburn, of Bilt
more Forest, Dr. Alice B. Keith,
of Raleigh, and Miss Gertrude
Weil, of Goldsboro, vice presi
dents; and Dr. Christopher Crit
tenden of Raleigh, secretary
treasurer. The Association's first
regional meeting of the year was
held on May 17 and 18 at Carolina
Bcach. Its annual meeting will
be held on December 5 in Ral
eigh.
Dean W. E. Bird, of Cullowhee,
and Dr. D. J. Whitener, of Boone,
arc president and vice president
respectively of the Western
North Carolina Historical Associa
tion, which was organized on
May 10. 1952, in Asheville. Mr.
Albert S. McLean, of Asheville,
is secretary, and Miss Doris K.
Hill, of Marion, treasurer.
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In addition [ to Dr. Jacdcks, of
ficer* of the I forth Carolina Soc
iety of Coun y and Local His
torians, organ zed in 1941, are
Mils Mary 1 Duise Medley, of
Wadesboro, ai id Mr. Charles W.
Reck, of Rale gh vice preiident;
and Mr. Le >n McDonald, of
Olivia, secret iry "treasurer. Thia
summer the S< >ciety has conduct
ed tours pf Wilkes, Caldwell
and Orange co unties.
Homecoming Set
At Hebn m Colony
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Hebron Cola ny will hold its
annual homect ming week end
on Saturday, S unday, and Mon
day, August 30,
berl, according
director of thd
31, and Septem
to an announce
ment by the Rtv. E. A. Dillard,
Christian home
for the rehabilitation of alcoho
lics located at IBhulls Mills.
A fish fry o/n the ground at
6:00 p. m. Saturday will launch
the event, whidh has been held
yearly for Hetiron "graduates,"
their families and friends since
the founding of) the colony in
1948. A testimony meeting will
follow at 7:30 j at the Baptist
Church of Shullls Mills.
The Rev. Kir. Dillard will
preach Sunday morning in the
church at 11 o'clock, and again
Sunday evening at 7:30.
A barbecue lunch will be serv
ed on the cololny grounds Sun
day afternoon jat 1:00, followed
by the traditional Hebron Fel
lowship meeting.
A Monday fmorning service,
conducted by tine Rev. Mr. Dil
lard, and lunchi at the colony
will bring the activities of the
week end to a olose.
Graduates and their wives will
be accommodated at the Valle
Crucis Inn, as in former years.
STATES' DEFICIT SPENDING
Annual deficits which have
marked operations of the Federal
Government for most of the last
twenty years have now spread to
state governments, which repre
sent an "auguryiof dangerous fis
cal instability,"' according to a
study issued by the Tax Founda
tion, a privately owned profit re
search from $5,110,000,000 in
1940 to $3,900,000,000 , in 1951.
Eisenhower to "write own plat
form," Adams says.
New PMA Program
Cited Best For County
A conservation program to (it
he conservation need* of the
ndividual farm!
That ia the way Dwight Cable,
Chairman of the Watauga Coun
y PMA Committee, deserve* the
953 Agricultural Conservation
"rogram which is being launched
n Watauga County.
This program aims directly at
lie most needed conservation on
tie farm, he says. Program assist
nce will be used to help the in
ividual farmer meet this need.
To help farmers use the pro
ram most effectively to meet
lie conservation needs of the
arm, the PMA community com
nitteeman will visit each farm
i his community. The commit
eeman and the farm operator
fill check over the conservation
roblems of the farm.
The checkup may reveal that
he lower parts of the farm may
ieed drainage. A hillside may
show signs of "shoestring" ero
sion or the start of gullies. The
soil on some fields may be de
ficient in organic rriktter. What
ever the major need, the prac
tices approved for assistance in
1953 will be directed to this need.
Farm plans developed by Soil
Conservation Service technician*
and foil classification maps will
be used wherever available ' to
help determine the conservation
program for the farm.
SERVICE DOCTORS
The Selective Service has an
nounced that it may have to call
middle-age physicians and den
tists to fill medical quotas some
time after October. Question
naires have been mailed to all
doctors and dentists under 31,
who have not had previous mili
tary service or have not been on
active duty since 1940.
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An Important Message
To
Watauga Home Owners
It will take you about two minutes
to read this ad - and it may save
you hundreds of dollars.
Let's Make Watauga Homes
The Best Painted Homes Of
Any County In The State
At this season there are more painters available
than any time of the year. We all know that building
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costs are very high. Let's preserve our homes in Watauga
County, and at the same time make them more beautiful
by using one, two, or three coats of paint before winter.
We notice, too, that many of our homes need under
pinning to protect the foundations, and also to make the
homes more comfortable for the winter. Fuel is very
high.
The WATAUGA BUILDING and LOAN ASSOCI
ATION will be happy to help finance the painting, the
underpinning, and the "dolling up" of the homes of Wa
tauga County. We will consider it a privilege to discuss
this matter with any person from any township or com
munity of Watauga County.
Visit us at our convenient street floor location on
Main Street. Our advice and resources are at your com
mand. Our deposits are insured up to $10,000, and we
can work out your payments for home repairs to suit your
budget.
WATAUGA BUILDING &
LOAN ASSOCIATION
W. H. Gragg, Secretary; Boone, N. C
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