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BOONE 1M POPULATION tin The educational canter of Waster o North Carolina. Horn* of Appalachian TfEESt Cotter*. which attracts hundreds of itudwti annually from all parts of the nation Modern busi ness district. A food place to live. I f .WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper? Established in the Year I &88 IMS rOPVLATIA* 11X1 WATAUGA COUNTY Ueadmj rtcultur&l and Uv.?tock (Uirvln* ?n<J Or VOL. LXV*? NO. 15. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, ItSZ. FIVE CENTS PER COfY KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS WARMER WINTER. MAYBE Those who look to the little whimsies of nature for advance information on what winter's weather is going to be, find in terest in the fact that the corn shucks are plumb thin this year, only two or three layers hiding the flinty rows of grain . . . This has always been said by the folks of the hills to be a sure sign of a light winter . . . Then the acorns have thin shells, this year, and Richard Colvard, who was born in Boone, and who's been around here longer than most folks, allows that the weath er will be warmer . . . "Soon as 1 can get hold of a possum or pole cat, I can- say for sure ... If the fur is still thin in October, we'll have a mild winter' "... We are puttin' our faith in the corn husks, and the acorn hulls, and the fact that the squirrels aren't storing so many as common, for we're cravin' a temperin' of the winds! SKEWBALDS* AND* RED EARS While we were talking to Mr. Colvard. we recalled corn shucking of other daft, when a group of workers would gath er around the massed shocks of corn and the pile of ears would grow tall and round to ward the shank of the after noon . . . Yellow corn wasn't raised so much in those days, and the shuckers would amuse themselves by counting "Points", when a red ear was discovered . . . The red ones counted 10 points. Uncle Rick recalls, the ears with the speckled grains 5 points, and the skewbald was the full-house of the game, and drew 15 points . . . Inci dentally a skewbald is a white ear of corn, spotched with red grains . . . Must be three red ones together . . . The game was pljfyed to a pre-determined number of points, without the element of reward to the win ner ? merely to pass the time, and to en)oy the fleeting ela tion experienced when the man yelled "skewbald!" ALL AROUND MAN Charlie Mishoe, who came to Boone from Conway, S. C. a good many years ago to attend Ap palachian College, established a home, and who, like most folks, likes Boone, is our idea of an all-'round man . . . Presently em ployed as a photographer by Pal mer's Photo Shop. Charlie has worked as a more or less profes sional radio announcer, has pub lished newspapers, two of them, managed a Dance band at the College, was in charge of the parking lot at Horn in the West, and finds time to do a job of re fcreeing down at College Field when the High Schools entertain some visiting grid squad . . . Charlie is a man of many voca tions, is good at all of them, and feels a bit safer, he says, in being able to do several things ... He is married and has a daughter, Kristina Ann . . . The wife 'and baby, Charlie says, are two plumb good reasons for having a few spare accomplishments . . . makes for a good deal more economic security, at that. BUCKEYES AND AILING CATTLE Roby T. G r??r, en route to a mount ?in pasture io doctor cattle that had gorged them selves on buckeye* . . . The big nut*, which abound in some areas are poison to the bovine*, and Roby My* the cattle "*lif ien up", as if paralysed . . . Home remedies including black coffee and lard are used by some, he says, while remaining buckeye* are gathered and re moved from the pasture* . . . The poisoning is not necessarily fatal . . . Used to be said that squirrel#, in a pinch, would eat one side of the buckeye, al ways leaving the "poison part". THE COMMERCIAL Mr. J. G. Hodges, venera.ble citizen of the Adams neighbor hood advertised a cow in the Democrat the other day. and sold the critter for a good and satis factory pricc on Wednesday be fore the ink an the county news paper had absorbed . . . And says Mr. Hodges, they keep com ing . . . "I have an average of three a day, and all 1 need to get along is a lot more cow*." He adds that folks read the Demo crat from start to finish. HOME EC. OFFICERS TO MEET HERE ? Pictured are officers of Province III Home Economics Clubs who will meet at an annual fall workshop at Appa lachian ? State Teachers College in Boone October 17 and 18. The Appalachian Home Economics Club will be host. The province is composed of college home economics clubs in North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia and Eastern Tennessee. Left to right are: front row ? Nancy Pusser, Winthrojj College, Rock Hill,-S. C., president; Nolle Brock, Carson-New man College, Jefferson City, Tenn., vice-president; Joanne Groover, Georgia Teachers College, College boro, Ga. vice-president; second row ? Monica Brown, Appalachian, treasurer; Miss Nay McDill, Er skine College, Erskine, S. C., adviser; Miss Charlotte Beaman, Carson-Newman, adviser; and Sue Page, Woman's College, University of N orth Carolina, Greensboro, secretary. Home Ec Workshop To ? Draw 65 From 4 States Plans have been completed for the meeting of the Home Eco nomics Province III workshop which is to be held at Appalach ian State Teachers College on Friday and Saturday of this week, with the Home Economics de partment of the college acting as hostess. On Friday, October 17, regis tration will be held from nine until two o'clock. The program begins at two, with the welcome being extended by Miss Nancy Pusscr of Winthrop college, Rock Hill, S. C., who is president of Province III. The response will be given by Mrs. Hilda Mitchell of Appalachian. Introductions will be made by Miss McDill of Erskine College, S. C., who is the advisor for Province III. Speaker for this session ? is Josephine King, a Chinese Home Economics student at Winthrop College, who will use as her subject "Oppor tunities in Future China." A tour of the campus will be 128 Watauga Students Enroll At Appalachian Among the 1255 students who are enrolled at Appalachian State Tcachers college there are 128 from Watauga county. They in clude the following: All are from Boone, unless a different address is listed: Joanne Aldridge; Eva Nell Ban ner, Sugar Grove; Conrad Bar low: Mrs. Lucille Barnett; Mar shall L. Barlowe; Shirley M. Bar nett; Ted M. Barnett; Mrs. Grace S. Beach; William W. Blackburn; Cleo Bolick; Paul Brookshire; Ernest Brown; Roscoe Brown, Jr.; Mrs. Susie Grose Buchanan; Clif ton P. Calloway; Leonard R. Cashion; Peggy Check; William E. Cheek; Peggy Church, Mabel; Max R. Clawson; Geneva Coffey, Blowing Rock; Roey E. Coffey; Arthur C. Cooke! Council Cooke, Blowing Rock; Jack H. Cooke, Blowing Rock; McDonald Cook; Kathleen Cos ton; Pearl Cowles; William J. Crawford; Truman Critcher, 'Blowing Rock; James Dotson; Charles Driver; David Edmisten; Joe Edmisten; Maxie G. Edmis ten; Daisy W. Eggers; Isabel Eg Horn Director List Is Given Following is a complete list of the new directors of Southern Appalachian Historical Associa tion: Dr. I. G. Greer, prc<Mcnt; Dr. D. J. Whitener, executive vice president; Mrs. Earlcen G. Prit chett, recording secretary; James Marsh, treasurer; Mrs. B. W. Stalling#, corresponding secre tary; R. E. Agle, Clyde R. Greene, Herman Wilcox, W. R. Winkler, Sr., Stanley Harris, Grover Rob bins, Mrs. J. B. Winkler, Mrs. Chailcs A. Cannon, Alfred Ad ams, George ' Grccnqp Wade E. Brown. Rusnell D. Hodges, Sr., Dr. Chorles Devant, Miss Ellen Coffey, Grady Farthing, Dr. A. P. Kephart. In a news story last week the Democrat erroneously lilted only the members of the original board. Italy removes ban on Protest ant Church of Christ gers; Kate H. Ellison, Vilas; Har ry Farthing; Everette B. Fox, Jr.; Robert Gilley; Ardise L. Greene, Blowing Rock; Carolyn Greene, Valle Crucis; Gerald Greene; James A. Greene; Mrs. Nora A. Austin; Thomas L. Greene; Bob bie Greer, Vilas; Marjorie Greer; Worth Edward Greer; Evalee Hampton; Lester Hardin; Jo Ann Hardin; Albert Harmon, Sugar Grove; Emogene Harmon, Sher wood; Bill Hartley; Hugh A. Hartley; Ruby W. Hartley; Wiley G. Hartzog, Jr.; Anne E. Henson, Sherwood; Martha Anne Herring, Blowing Rock; Ralph M. Hodges; Robert D. Hodges; Charles V. Holt; Mrs. Evelyn Holt; Betty June Hughes; William Jackson; Barbara Jones; China R. Laven der; Eugenia R. Luttrel, Shulls Mills; Ernest Lyon; Lloyd N. McDaniels; Joyce Le Gloria Madron; Aiiene Mast; Grace B. Mast, Sugar Grove; Benjamin Mast, Sugar Grove; Marjorie Ann Mast, Sherwood; James B. Miller; Louise Mitchell, Zionville; Ruby Lee Moody, Blowing Rock; Rebecca Moose; Mrs. Eloise Moretz; John W. Moretz; Maggie E. Moretz; Olive V. Moretz; Edward Harold Nor ris, Mabel; Neva Ann Morris; Corky Owsley; Lawrence Phil lips; Mary Ann Presley; Lynn B. Quails; Eunice Query; Mm. Betty Raines; Bobby Gene Ray; Mar garet E. Ray; Mrs. Ruth A. Ray; Richard Reese; Iva Jean Robert son, Sugar Grove; Lloyd Rogers; Nettie Lou Rogers; Bobby F. Sherwood, Vilas; Pauline Shoe make; Rcba Shoemake; Zcb V. Shook; Rcba Ann Smith; Willie Jean Smitherman; W. Merrill Snyder; Mrs. Florence Songer, Sherwood; Harold Son ger, Sherwood; Mrs. Jewel B. South; Lovill South, Tamrack; Billie Jean Storie; Chloe T. Story; Lottie L. Stout, %ilas; Janice Ray Swift, Reese; Wayne Maynard Tate, Blowing Rock; Doris Tel ler, Reese; Ralph Thompson; Lois V. Townscnd: Nrd Reeves Trivette, Reese; Vance Vine*, Sugar Grove; Mary Sue Walsh, Sherwood; Cecil Ward, Sugar Grove; Sandra Alexandra Wil liams; Maude Wilson, Thomas H. Wright, Blowing Rock; Myrtle Frances Young, Blowing Rock. ,1 conducted by the hostess club from three to three-forty o'clock. Mrs. Ethel Waters of Furman Un iversity, S. C? will be the family life speaker from three-forty-five to five o'clock. Dinner will be served to all delegates and visit ors in the college cafeteria from five to seven. At seven o'clock co'mmittee meetings will be held in the Home Economics building. From eight to ten in the women's gymnasium of the college there will be a fun hour, consisting of square dance and other programs, led by the physical education de partment of the college. On Saturday, October 18, the day will begin with breakfast at the college cafeteria from eight to nine. A business meeting will be held from nine to ten in the Home Economics building. At ten-fifteen in the auditorium of the Fine Arts building, Miss Ly dia Watkins, a Home Economics teacher of North Mccklcnburg high school in Charlotte, who is North Carolina State President of the Home Economics division, will speak on "Teaching ? A Field of Service." At ten-forty-five the research and extension speaker will be Miss Elizabeth Watson, of Win throp college. At eleven-fifteen the scrapbooks of the various clubs will be on display. The textile speaker, at eleven-thirty, will be Miss Pauline Keeney of Woman's College of the Univer sity of North Carolina, Greens boro. Lunch will be served in the college cafeteria from twelve to one-thirty. At one-thirty state meetings will be held. At two-forty-five there will be a trip to Blowing Pock and the Moses H. Cone Craft House on the Blue Ridge Park way. At five o'clock in the af ternoon the installation servicp will- be held in the Daniel Boone Theatre belonging to the South ern Appalachian Historical Asso ciation. The entire program will end with the banquet at seven o'clock at the Daniel Boone Ho tel. Speaker for the banquet will be Miss Henrietta Thompson from the University of Alabama. According to Miss Marian Ad ams, sponsor of the Appalachian State Teachers College Home Ec onomics club, sixty-five delegates from four states Arc expected to tie in attendance at this meeting of Province III. Test Farmers Are Being Sought The County Unit Test Demon stration Committee will approve five new unit test farmers. Farm ers who are interested fhould talk with one of the present unit test farmers, as it is best to have the recommendation of one of these farmers. Applications should be made at once as the selection must be completed by November 1. The county commit tee is compose^ of D. F. Greene, chairman, Tom Ward and Ralph J. N orris. Joanne Morrison, 2, Found After 30 Hours In Woods 1 White Cane Campaign * Is Planned By Lions At a recent meeting of the Boone Lions Club, Dr. Melton, chairman of the committee for the blind, outlined a plan for White Cane Week, a drive to raise funds to assist the blind. The State Association for the Blind is sponsored by more than 300 Lions clubs in North Caro lina. The quota for Boone is Homecoming To Start Tonight Appalachian High Homecoming activities at Ap palachian High School begin to night at 6:30 on the school play ground, with a pep meeting and bonfire scheduled for the first event. At 8 p. m. the Homecoming play, "Ringing in the Groom," will be presented in the school auditorium. Following the play, the alumni of the school, parents of students now in school, and townspeople of Boone are invited to visit the classrooms in the school's annual Open House. A reception in honor of guests will be held in the study hall. The Homecoming parade will feature the Appalachian High Band, and the football game with Granite Falls will be played at 2 p. m. on Friday afternoon on the college field. The homecoming dance will be held on Friday night from 8:30 to 11:30, featuring the music of Mr. and Mrs. Max Raines and their group called "The Three Kats and a Kitten." The public is cordially invited to attend all activities. Small ad mission charges will be made in order for the school to finance the Homecoming events. Rev. Tip Greene Rites Sunday The Rev. Tipton Silas Marion Greene, retired minister of Boone, died at the age of 74 at his home on the Blowing Rock road on Friday, October 10. He had been in declining health for several years. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Perkinsvillc Bap tist Church. The Rev. C. H. Kin caid, a former pastor of the church, officiated at the rites, as sisted by the Rev. R. C. Eggers. Burial was in the Mount Lawn Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, the former Thcodocia Brown; three sons: Edward Greene, Statcsville; Roger T. Greene, Ga lax, Virginia; and Paul Greene, whose home is in California; a daughter, Mrs. Ralph Hartley, (k>one; a brother, John Greene, Vallc Crucu; and a sister, Mrs. N. L. Barnes, Boone, Route 2. Blue Devils Are Defeated In Upset Tilt Last Friday afternoon the Ap palachian Blue Devils football* team received a surprising upset from a determined Bowman High School football team in Baker* ville. The Apps were besciged with a lack of determination and a poor pass defense that allowed Bow man to score two touchdowns while Appalachian obtained only one on a quarterback sneak by Charles Taylor after a nice pass play from Charles Taylor to Bob Ray who lati.-raled to Donald Lyons and he was down on the seven. Several plays later Char les Taylor went over. Two more points weru added when the Apps downed Bakersville behind thuir goal line for a safety. Final score Bakersville 12, Appalachian 9. Personal savings decline In months. $271, and by a vote of the club each member was assessed $1 as a contribution to the Cane Fund, which made each a member of the State Association. Lion Rogers spoke on the his tory of the organization for the blind in North Carolina. It was first organized in Stptesville in 1934 and one year later it was completed state wide and began to function. The several organi zations of this kind in the state are now combined into the North Carolina State Association for the Blind. Lion Greene announced a cam paign for the Boy Scouts. Lion Dr. Reynolds, general chairman of programs, asked Lion James Council to introduce the speaker of the evening. The sub ject of the program was "Safety." Mr. Harvey Jories, director of the Safety Division of the State Highway Commission, Raleigh, was the speaker. Mr. Jones outlined what his de partment was doing to promote safety on the highways of North Carolina, and wished to enlist the assistance of all to carry out his efforts. He said that North Car olina in the last three years had one of the best records in the country, but despite that, over 1000 were killed by automobiles and 15000 injured. These trage dies are costing North Carolina millions of dollars each year. In the face of all the warnings, let ters, and other means of educat ing the people from his office, there was an increase of 3% In accidents over last year. Mr. Jones said that reckless and careless driving is public enemy No. 1 in North Carolina, and that speeding in the last six months was the cause of 48% of the acci dents. He game many statistics to show what is happening in the state. Some of these were be tween January and September of 1952: Court convictions 14,449; Speeding 31,012; Operating car without license 14,886; Faulty brakes 6,566; Failing to stop at stop lights 6,306. He advocated a safe vehicle law for North Caro lina, and an educational program on safety. He suggested that people would have to observe the law more carefully; that drivers should ob serve that their cars in in condi tion and position on the road, and finally that each driver is respon sible for his car while on the road. The next program will be on "Hobbies." Orthopedic Clinic Slated The regular Orthopedic Clinic will be held at tfie Health De partment in Boone on Friday, Oc tobef 17. Dr. PJ. S. Gaul will be there from 8 to 12 a. m. Eggers To Map Campaign For C. 0. P. Leader Mr. S. C. Eggers, county tax supervisor, has been named Wa tauga county campaign manager for Walter P. Johnson of Sparta, ninth district Republican candi date for Congress. In making the announcement Mr. Johnson says, "I am delighted to have Mr. Eggers join our team in an active capacity. I am sure he can do a good job for us here." Mr. Eggers is a former Repre sentative, and is one of the lead ing figures in the Republican party in the county. Frank Church Starts Fund For Nurses Home Frank Church, who spent sev eral days at Watauga Hospital recently, was so pleased with the treatment he received that he said he was going to do some thing for the hospital. He saw the need of a residence for the nurses, and sent a check to start the fund. The Board of Trustees of Wa tauga Hospital is grateful to Mr. Church, not only for his contri bution. but for the statement that he has traveled all over the Unit ed States and found "one of the best hospitals he had ever visited, right here in Boone." The board is proud of the fact that, although the rates at Wa tauga Hospital are about 10% un der rates charged in similar hos pitals in North Carolina, it is one of the few hospitals operating without city, county or public support. A nurses home would complete the very splendid service given at Watauga Hospital and would centainly assest greatly in secur ing and keeping the best nurses and other hospital employees, as well as save the expense of rent ing outside rooms. Mr. Church starts a very wor thy project ? who will be next? Hollar Child Shot At Play Linda Theresa Hollar, 2 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hollar of Boone, was shot but not critically injured, as she and a cousin, Craig Hollar. 3. played "cowboys and Indians" at the home of their grandmo ther, Mrs. L. H. Hollar. I The rifle, a 22 calibre weapon, which had been found in the gar ret of Mrs. Hollar's home, was discharged during -Mle play, and the bullet passed through the right shoulder of the little girl. She was taken to Watauga Hos ' pital for treatment, and is recov ering normally from the injury. 4-Hers Attend Program Given- In Asheville Eight 4-H Club members from Watauga County along with club member* from all countics in the western District attended the first 4-H Club Recognition Day, held in Tingles Cafe in Asheville, Saturday, October 11. Members attending from this county were: Ruth Holder, Blowing Rock, winner in Gardening; Helen Har din. ?axan, winner in Dairy Foods and frozen foods; Betty Bingham, Boone, winner in, Grooming and Clffhing; Paul Brookshire, Boone, winner in Meat Animals: Bill Austin, Boone, winner in Field Crop*; Doss Kel ler, Blowing Rock, winner in Forestry; Glenn Reese, winner in Sheep Shearing; Bobby Gene Norris, Sugar Grove, winner In Sheep Shearing. The members were served a fried chicken dinner. The chick ens were donated %y Farmers Supply Company, the milk by Biltmore Dairy and the vege tables and dessert by Tingles Cafe. Betty Bingham was declared , district winner in grooming and clothing. Glenn Reese and Bob by Gene Norris were state win ners in iheep shearing and will represent North Carolina in the National Sheep Shearing contest which will be held in Chicago December 6. Douglas Clawsdh, Joe C. Robinson, Ivan Wilson and Claude Austin are members of the livestock judging team which was district winners and plpccd 2nd in the state. Mr. Oscar Phillips, Assistant State 4-H Club leader and Mr. Wayne Corpening, district agent made short talks, M"" Lizy Tous saint, International youth dele gate from Luxembourg, gave a very Interesting talk. i The club members were ac companied to Ashcvilla by Miss Kathleen Cotton, assistant home agent and W. C. Richardson, as sistant county agent 400 Join In Search On Sampson The desperate search f or a missing two-year old girl, tiny, blond Joanne Morrison, ended Tuesday afternoon when the child, lost for 30 hours in the Sampson community, was found unharmed by searchers. Sheriff Earl D. Cook of Wa tauga county, who organized and led the searching party, formed largely of Watauga county peo ple, said the child had apparently walked the two and half miles from the place where she was lust seen to the point at which, she was found. The child, the Sheriff said, was found at the edge of a creek by Boyd Miller. Her clothes were wet, the sole of one shoe was half off, and she was tracked for some distance by the prints of the tiny bare toes in the soft earth. More than five hundred per sons. including perhaps 150 high school and college students from Boone, farmers, business men and other citizens from Boone, Blowing Hock, and the rural areas searched all Sunday night through the woods and hills, before any trace was found of the missing child. Mrs. Lewis Morrison and her two children live at Whitnel, near Lenoir. Mr. Morrison works in Canton, Ohio. Mrs. Morrison and the children were visiting her fdther, ('rank Hice, a junk dealer, and his family at Patter son Sunday, and the party had driven into a narrow country road, leading into the direction of the Sampson neighborhood. Mrs. Morrison is> quoted as say ing that they stopped at an abandoned house, in quest of junk, when the child disappeared. She said Jhey were back of the house, and heard the child give a "half cry." She said when they reached the front of the building the child had disappeared. They searched for her, the mother said, but could find no trace of the lit tle girl. The incident was reported and Sheriff Cook and Deputy Vestcr Phillips immediately organized a big searching party and headed into the wooded area. The Sheriff says that the child was hungry and sleepy when found, but that she was found to be all right when brought to Wa tauga Hospital here. Searchers arc reported as having killed three copperheads and three rat tlesnakes during the search, and express wonder that the child wasn't bitten. THANKS COLLEGE Sheriff Cook wants to express to the High School and College his sincere thanks fftr the splen did help given in conducting the search. CAP HELPS The local unit of the Civil Air Patrol took part in the search, and used two mobile radio sta tions. and four fixed radios in maintaining communications dur ing the search, L. H. Smith, com manding officer of the CAP, re ports. Will Payne Is Leading Ford Sales Group Mr. W. T. Payne, local aulo mobilc salesman, is the high point Ford salesman for the month of September in the Char lotte district, comprising North Hnd South Carolina, haying won the same distinction in March of 1952. He also wns one of the high est in safrs performance in the Charlotte zone for the entire year of 1051. Mr. Payne, who has been en gaged as an automobile salesman in Boone for more than 25 years, has sold Fords for the Winkler Motor Co., since IMS. Puerto Ricp experiencing surge of growth.
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