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BOONE ltK POPULATION U71 WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 IMS POPULAT1AM 1U41 WATAUGA COUNTY of paramount Importance Blue Rli **~rkway traveraos county, and loud inf Rock, one of mm mm raaorta of ~ ' VOL. LXV.? NO. 17. FIVE CENTS PEE COPY Throngs Expected To Meet Here For College Homecoming Program Hundreds of former students of Appalachian State Teachers Col lege, and Its parent institutions are expected to converge on the campus next Saturday, to parti cipate in the 53rd annual home coming festitvties, and alumni as sociation officials believe thd? at tendance this year will be the largest in history. The complete schedule iff homecoming activities is as fol lows: . A luncheon meeting will be KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS THE FINALS The local campaign moves in to its final stages, and the talk along the street is -centering more and more on the election, the commissioner race dividing hon ors heavily with the race for the Presidency . . . Many who are not familiar with the individuals and issues in the county race, know Adlai and Ike by radio and television oontacts and are whooping up their candidates with considerable zeal . . . But tons and banners and placards are being shown . . . Most folks will wear a button, at least until they get out of sight of the pur veyor, but we have noticed that lew business nouses win display a placard . . . Some say 'twill hurt business ? they want to be neutral . . . But since few if any of us along the street are neutr al, what's the matter with pasting up a portriat of Stevenson or Eisenhower? . . . Shouldn't dam age the local economy, specially at a time when the emphasis is on voting the country over . . . And if, perchancc, someone would question your being for someone . . . what of it? 'NEATH THE SURFACE There is always an under current of political gossip, of unspeakably ridiculous reasons why one should support one candidate or the other . . . Back a few years ago, voters were promised the penalty of grass in the streets, later they were told the Pope would run the country if they weren't good . . . More recently, in cer tain sections of the Blue Ridge, an effort was made to terrorise the folks with the whispered gossip that Roosevelt would gather together all the Bibles and burn them like the stubble, if he got the fourth term . . . With all the rancor of the present campaign, we don't seem to find responsible people using the kind of vicious pro paganda which has featured some of the campaigns of the past . . . Incidentally, one of. our trusted spies gives us a movie report . . . Bays the cheers and boos for Ike and Adlai are running about even Stephen, 'mongst the news reel enthusiasts. SHARP AS A NEEDLE Those of us who were bred and reared in the hill country have a lot of ways of expressing ad miration for folks-for the preach er, the President, the candidate, or the man on the street . . . People of superior intelligence are often referred to as "brainy," and the simile comes in with "Bright as a dollar," "smart as a steel trap," and "keen as a raz or." . . . Then those who turn a clever phrase are sometimes said to have a lot of book learning, are "smart" . . . But the other day one of our friends, in referring to another fellow, sized his intel lect up in one word ? "knowledge able." . . . We use most of these terms, grew up with them, but a fellow branched off the other day and stopped us cold . . . We ask ed him how the county was go ing, what he though of the chanc es of the outs to become the ins again . . . "About like 'Dickens' ducks.' " he allowed and voiced surprise that we didn't know the score from that remark . . . We've tried hard but for the life of us we don't catch the connect ion . . . Unless he meant, "Just wobbling along." MANY VISITORS EXPECTED Saturday >* Homecoming day Jown at the College. and the alumni of tha bnmadiaia as wall af far past, will ba gathering k great one another and to flsit with the townspeople whom they knew while they (Continued on page four) Local Printery To Start On Expansion Plan The Rivers Printing Company, publishers of the Watauga Demo crat, announces an expansion program, which is soon to take place, and which will include the installation of a considerable amount of the most modern machinery, to increase the range of production of the local estab lishment. At the same time, additional personnel is to be provided in the months immediately ahead, Rob Rivers, owner, states. The expansion in the com mercial printing department of the local printery, follows a modernization of the facilities of the Watailga Democrat which has been going forward for two years or more. It is the purpose of the ownership to keep pace with the most improved newspaper and printing production practices. held at noon in the college cafe teria, and H. C. Jones of Oak Ridge , Military Institute, presi dent of the Appalachian Alumni Association, has asked all alumni who plan to attend the luncheon to make reservations by mail to the Association at P. O. Box 2232, Winston-Salem. The reun ion of old grads ? those who at tended Watauga Academy, Ap palachian Training School, and Appalachian State Normal School ? is scheduled for 10:30 a. m. with J. Paul Winkler, 1929 graduate and former association president, in charge. The Homecoming football game between the Mountaineers and East Carolina College will be played on college field at 2 p. m. Saturday. The game matches two of the North State Conference's arch-rivals. bther Homecoming activities includc: Friday ? Homecoming play by the Playcrafters at 8:30 p. m. Saturday ? registration from 9:30 a. m.; "Old Grads" re union at 12 noon: Homecoming parade and floats through campus and town at 12:30 to 1:30; Foot ball games at 2; reception for alumni at 4; and Homecoming dance at 8 In addition, open house will be observed during the day in college residence hous es. G.O.P. Candidate Says Carolina Is Behind Herbert F. Seawell, Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, told a Boone audience Saturday that "North Carolina is not a first class state." Speaking to an overflow crowd in the Watauga County court house, he maintained that "after !>? year z of solid Democratic rule in this state we are 43rd in edu cation and 44th in per capita in come compared with other states. In health, with the finest climate in the world, we have more boys turned down for the Army by reason of health than any other state in the union." The Carthage atorney said he has traversed the state "from the sea to the mountains" in 84 coun ties in an effort to make North Carolina "a two-party state and Health Leader Works In County Mrs. Ruth T. Jobe, health ed ucation supervisor for western North Carolina from the State Board of Health, worked in the Health Department in Boone two days last week. A district-wide survey is being made of the serv ices and facilities of the Health Department in order to have a better understanding of its needs and available services if these needs are met. Miss Doris Tillery, consultant secretary of the State Board of Health, spent three days of last week in the local Health Depart ment working, with the secretaries of the three counties of the dis trict with regards to records, re ports and filing procedures rec ommended by the state. Mr. J. S. Ameen and Mr. Frank R. BlaisdelL, engineers from the State Board of Health, were in Watauga County during last week in the interest of the water sup plies of Boone, Appalachian State Teachers College and some of the county schools. Mrs. Mary Wagner Rites Are Held Mary Elizabeth Wagner died at her Deep Gap, Route 1, home on Friday, October 24. She was 88 years of age. Funeral services were hold-Sun day, October 28, at the Laurel Springs Baptist Church, conduct ed by the Rev. Levi Greene, as sisted by the Rev. Victor Trivette. Survivors include a son. Car! Wagner, and four da^hters: Mrs. Ellen Parsons, Deep Gap; Mrs. Eunice Bowles, Kingsville, Md.; Mrs. Pearl Wall, Aberdeen, Md.; and Mrs. Hollie Adams of Todd. Also surviving arc <Jhe brother and on* sister. Registration indicates vote of M,6?9,890 on Nov. 4. get rid of one-party prejudice" that it might "take its proper place in the nation." He said he had found interest at a record high in making North Carolina a two-party state, ad ding "In my opinion, Eisenhower will carry North Carolina." He charged that the Democratic party "put the bite on state em ployees for campaign funds, and shortly thereafter raised their pay to fit the situation." That, he said, is corruption. Hitting out at the Democratic slogan of "We've never had it so good," the gubernatorial aspirant told his enthusiastic GOP audi ence that "every dollar we got has blood on it" and that "the Democrats can't take credit for this alleged prosperity without taking the blame for the wars which produced it. Between a Hoover cart and present day al leged prosperity are over one million coffins and the best blood in America." After declaring that he loves the South and is steeped in its traditions, he said: "The South, compared to the rest of the na tion, is first in ignorance, first in crime, last in health, last in per capita income, and solid Demo cratic." Walter P. Johnson, GOP can didate for Congress from the Ninth District, made a short talk preceding Mr. Seawell's. He also told the crowd that a two-party system for the state is essential. White t]anc Drive Short Of Goal, Boone Lions Told After enjoying a delicious meal of ham and all the trimminga. President Harmon called for the "Muddy's" report, which is al ways the relaxing period. Then he asked for an introduction of guests and several were present. Lion Melton, chairman of the committee for the blind, stated that the White Cane drive for )271 was a little short, and that each member was given an op portunity to raise his subscrip tion and to secure family mem berships. Lion Huff turned in 25 non-club memberships. Then Lion Melton introduced Joe Ring, who is a case worker for the bill A in Watauga County. Joe told what he was doing for the Ulnd .ind reviewed briefly the history of the organization for the state. He is encouraging bet ter relations by having get ac quainted meetings, picnics, and assisting the unfortunate ones by securing medical aid through the doctors. They have in the or ganization a rehabilitation coun cil which meets once a month. Lion Blanton from the high school announced a campaign to raise funds through the subscrip tion to a birthday calendar. Lion Gragg welcomed into the club two new members, Zeb Kirk, and State Highway Patrol man Robert C. Buckner, and will present them with their creden tials next meeting. Lion Wey appointed a commit tee of seven lions to assist the boy scout troop in an advisory capacity, and whatever other as sistance could be rendered in the absence of ths cout master. The Lions Club is sponsoring the troop. The committee appointed consisted of Lions Wey, Shaffer, Tugman, Hodges, Jr., Gragg, Rog ers, and Melton. Lion Reynolds, chairman of the program committees, called on Lion Shaffer to take charge of the program tor the Evening, ahd since this was "Hobby Night," a program of photographic hobbies was given. Lion Shdffer showed colored slides taken in and around Boone of landscapes and towers made by Lion Parker. He also showed slides made on his visit to the Orient, which con sisted of scenes of buildings and people of China, then back to Miami Beach, and ending up with pictures made on. his honey moon. He talked on the purpose and value of visual aids in the schools. He has two photographic clubs in the high school now. Next, Dr. Yodcr, who was an in vited guest and member of the Appalachian College Faculty, showed slides that he had made of scenes around the college cam pus, Boone and Blowing Rock. These were very interesting and all in color. Lion Workman was ?next with colored movies that he had made in and around Boone, and in Watauga County last fall when the coloring was best. Almost every legume commonly grown for hay in the United States grows well over the greater part of North Carolina. 7,000 Wataugans To Cast General Election Ballots Christmas Seal Sale Started Last Week Plans for the annual Christmas Seal Sale drive in Watauga County got' underway last week with the appointment of Miss Helen Underdown of Boone as Seal Sale Chairman for Watauga County. The drive will open of ficially on November 17, but much of the initial work will be I done prior to the actual start of the drive. Mrs. Carl Francis, Executive Secretary of the Ashe-Alleghany Watauga District Association, an nounced this week that contests will be conducted this year in connection with the Seal Sale with prizes being awarded in each contest. Mrs. Corky Owsley will have charge of the contest for this county. As in the past several years, the Seal sale will be sponsored by the Business and Professional Woman's Club. A mailing list has been compil ed which includes 2,800 names of people in the county and seals will be mailed to these people. Mrs. Francis said she hoped every person contacted this year would respond generously. In view of the fact that the only way of combatting tuberculosis in the county is through money raised by the sale of Christmas Seals, every person should co operate. This is also the only way in' which the county's quota (or the continuance of th? three county association c?n be met. The goal for Watauga County this year is $1200.00, The seals and supplies for conducting the drive have al ready arrived and been distri buted to the workers in each of the three counties in the associa tion. No personal contahct work is planned this year, but bonds and seals will be mailed directly to businesses and individuals. Dale R. Coffey Dies Saturday Dale Reese Coffey, 4-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Coffey of Blowing Rock Route 1, died unexpectedly at the home of his parents on Saturday, Oct ober 25. Graveside services were held Sunday at 10 a. m. at the White Springs Baptist Church at Boone Fork. Surviving are the parents, one sister and five brothers, all of the home. Former Boone Cafe Man Dies In Auto Accident. Jesse G. Greer of Lenoir, for mer owner of the Boone Trail Cafe of this city, died almost in stantly about five o'clock Sunday afternoon at Gowahsville, S. C? 10 miles south of Tryon, when the automobile he was driving was struck by another vehicle, at a crossroads. Seriously injured in the mishap were his wife, who sustained fractures of both arms; and Mrs. W. M. (Bill) Frazicr, sister of Mrs. Greer, who sustained the fracture of several ribs, broken collar bone, and other injuries. Mr. Greer, well-known Cald well County lumber dealer, was driving J. A. Marshall's Dodge sedan at the time of the accident. Funeral services were conduct ed at two o'clock Tuesday after noon at Greer Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. HaTlan L. Creech, pastor of the First Meth odist Church of Lenoir, officiat ing. Burial was in the Greer family plot at the Chapel of Rest, Episcopal, in Yadkin Val ey. Mr. Greer was born in Yadkin Valley, June 29, 1884, the son of (he late Edmund Hickurson Greer and Anne Steele Greer. He at tended public schools in The Valley, and Lenoir Academy. He was married to Miss Minnie Dysart, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dysart of Lenoir. The Greers moved to Lenoir from The Valley four years ago after their farm home was des troyed by fire. He had been en gaged in the lumber business most of his life. He had been a member of the Yadkin Baptist Church since early manhood. Surviving in addition to his wife arc a daughter, Mrs. Mar jorie Brown of Lenoir; three sons, Jesse Greer, Jr., of Reidsville; Edmund Greer of Morganton; and John Greer of Charlotte; and four grandchildren. , Also surviving are si* sisters, Mr?. Frank Pritchard, Mrs. Fan nie Greer, Mrs. Eugene Jones and Miss Judy Greer, all of Hap py Valley; Mrs. Frank Powell of Lenoir, and Mrs. L. P. Baker of Atlanta, Ga., and a large number of nieces, nephews and cousins. Nurses' Home Is Immediate Goal Watauga Hospital Group The building committee of the Watauga Hospital, Inc., is start ing its finance campaign this week, with the hope of raising $25,000 for the new Nurses Home, which with the $63,000 from the North Carolina Medical Care Commission would assure a mod ern nurses residence and com plete the equipment at Watauga Hospital. / While solicitations of the ad vance gift campaign are not yet started, five or ten individual firms have indicated contribut ing $1,000 to this worthy cause. Stanley A. Harris, director of the campaign, insists that eight to ten must be secured in $1,000 subscriptions before the active campaign starts and the advancc gift committee will get busy this week. The active campaign will start on November 10 and it is hoped to be completed In one week. Everybody in Watauga County is going to be urged to make some contribution to the nurses home and to complete the equipment of their hospital. Chairman of the committee i cits the following reasons why we must have a nurses home: 1. Since it's reorganization, Wa tauga Hospital has steadily in creased its services. The number of employees have also increased accordingly. The payroll of Feb ruary 1, 1849 shows that there were 17 on the payroll; now then are 47 people employed. 2 .At first, the registered nurses staff conaistcd of local women who were willing to work tem porarily until the hospital got started. They, of course, had their own homes and there waa no im mediate need for a nurses home. Since that time, however, it has been necessary for the hospital to bring in people from other towns in order to keep a balanced staff. These people, quite natural ly, had to be accommodated. 3. The hospital now rents apart ment* in town and with other maintenance expense the coat is approximately (300.00 per month just for accommodations. With a nurses home, thia amount might be applied to the operating of the home. 4. In as much aa the various de partmcnts must operate, or be in i readiness to operate. 24 hours a j day, it is necessary to know at all j times, where the personnel con- ; cemed are. With a nurses home, ; this matter could be accomplished ? and, the services could be greatly j improved. '9. Due to the location o( the hospital, it 1* necessary for the apartment to be at least two blocks away. Thii is rather in- - convenient in case of an immedi ate emergency and also at night when the weather is rough. Then too, some of our people are rather afraid to walk alone this far in the middle of the night. 8. Non-professional employees could afford to work for a lower salary until they learned their work if we had provisions for their full maintenance. 7. The State and federal Gov ernment, through the North Car olina Medical Care Commission, have appropriated $63,000.00 for this nurse* residence and if we do not take the initiative aA<f tie up these funds, they will go to some other place. With the pry sent situation, it is uncertain if another appropriation could be secured within ten years. The most conservative business man would put up $21,000.00 it he could get $84,000.00 in return. 8. Watauga Hospital is truly the medical center of Watauga Coun ty. No other institution can begin to match it In the variety of ser vices offered. To secure the nurs es home would enable us to main tain this standing by being assur ed at all times of a place to house our professional and non-profes ?ional people. 9, We can never have a nurses training program until we have a nurses home. With the college so close by, we are ideally situated to develope a nurses training program. There are many more reasons, but these arc the main ones. The building committee is com posed of Stanley A. Harris, chair man. W. R. Winkler, Clyde K. Greene, Guy Hunt, Robert Agle. D. L. Wilcox, Mrs. Grady Moretz. Mrs. Gordon Winkler, and G. K. Moose. Xmas Parcels For Men Overseas Should Be Mailed Chri.stmas parcels for members of the Armed Forces overseas to be mailed *by November ISth to insure delivery by Christmas. Size and weight limits are the same as domestic surface parcel post are applicable with some execptions which a limit of 50 lbs. per parcel. They should be of metal, wood or strong double faced corrugated cardboard tied with strong cord, two lengthwise and two crosswise. The contents should be tightly packed with ample cushioning material. Air parcel posts hould be mail ed by November 25 to insure delivery. Air parcel post other than official is limited in size of 30 inchcs length and 2 pounds in weight. Democrat To Tell Vote Tale In Next Edition The Democrat will endeavor to get out its edition right on time next Wednesday. However should the issue be late, it will be due to the fact that the elec tion returns cannot be compiled Tuesday evening. If it is necessary to run a little late in order to gather local elec tion returns, it will be done. The publisher invariably experiences difficulty in securing the returns from some of the outlying pre cincts. Football Game To Honor Dads The football game Friday, Nov | ember 7, between Appalachian High School and Croronore will be in honor of all dads, and es pecially those of the football team. The dads of the football play ers will meet at 7 p. m. for coffcc and doughnuts. They will sit together at the game and will be introduced at halftime. AH other dads are cordially in vited to* see Appalachian High play the last game of 1052 season. Final Effort For Farm Bureau C. A. Clay, President Farm Bureau, Watauga County has an nounced the last drive for Farm Bureau membership will meet at the Skyline Restaurant on Nov ember 7 at 7:30 p. m. He urges every member who is on the membership committee to be pre sent with their report. It is very important to have these reports in by November 7. The possibility that 10,000,000 young Americans will see service in the armed forces in the fore seeable future has been stressed by Frank Pace, Jr., Secrtary of the Army. Such a figure, he said, would mean that 30,000,000 per sons in the United States tfbuld be directly or indirectly affected. Campaign In County Been Quiet Democratic and Republican candidates and precinct workers are making final plans for the election which will be held next Tuesday, when something more than seven thousand Wataugans are expected to go to the polls and register their choice for President of the United States, for State offices, for Congress, and for county positions. Registration books closed last Saturday, and while the Demo crat hasn't been able to get a complete tabulation of the new voters, the current registrants do not amount to any great number. Saturday is to be observed as challenge day. Quit* Campaign rne local campaign nasn i ma tured too much enthusiasm, but candidates and township leaders are beginning to show more activity as the last week of cam paiging gets under way. The Democrats have had only one rally, a YDC gathering, which occurred before the campaign really got under way, when Re presentative Doughton and Hugh Alexander, candidate for Con gress, spoke. The Republican campaign has been featured by several speeches here. Hobart Morton of Albcrmarlc; Herbert Scawell, G. O. P. candidate for Governor and Walter Johnson, ninth district candidate for Con gress, have spoken. Both parties are maintaining headquarters offices. The Demo crats are holding forth on South Water Street at the original Lovill law office building, while the Republicans have offices ov er the Parkway Co. Absentee ballots arc being is sued from the offices of the Wa tauga county board of elections in the W. R. Lovill office next door to the Watauga Sales and Service, Buick agency. Interest is fairly high here in the Presidential election, while on the State ticket the contest between Hugh Alexander and Walter Johnson, for the Congres sional seat being vacated by vet eran Representative R. L. Dough ton, is regarded as of outstand ing importance. The county ticket is as follows: For State Senate: Edwin Dun can, Democrat; Carl Jones, Re publican. I For Representative: Clyde Per ry, Democrat; William L. Wink ler, Republican. For Register of Deeds: Miss Helen Underdown, Democrat, al so nominated by Republicans. For Surveyor: W. R. Vines, Democrat; Joe J Miller, Repub lican. For County Commissioners: Clyde Moretz, Grady Greer, Bert Mast, Democrats; Paul A. Coffey, Clarence Watson, Leonard Wil son, Republicans. The nation's forty-one largest cities collected $2,125,000,000 in taxes from their people in the 1951 fiscal year, or an avorage of $61 per head, according to the Census Bureau. This was about two-thirds of the total re, venue of these cities. Bethel Farmer Grows 132.6 Bushels Of Corn Harold Farthing, of the Bethel community, has the highest esti mated corn yield according to figures released by R. G. Shipley, chairman of the 19S2 com grow ing commotteo. Mr. farthing's estimated y>4ri was 132.6 bu.?n one acre of land. He grew the U. S. 13 hybrid. Second place in the estimate*! yield goes to Roy K. Hartley, Blowing Rock on 127.0 (A. pro duced with W. Va. 1163 hybrid on upland soil. Third place goep to Ray Clark, FFA boy of Shulls Mills, with an estimated yield of 110.6 bu. produced on bottomland with the W. Va. 1163 hybrid. Frank Bolick, Boone, and Ros coc Cooko of Bamboo had esti mated ytelds of 112.3 and 112.2 with the W. Va. 1163 hybrid. Mr. Bolick'i corn is on bottom land, and Mr. Cooke's on bench land. Johnny Lentz, Blowing Rock came in for sixth place with an cxtimatc of 100 bu. with W. .Va. 1163 hybrid on upland soil. The estimates were obtained by harvesting !2Vi feet of corn at ten predetermined locations in the field. The moisture wm det ermined by Dr. Paul H. Harvey, In charge Plant Breeding Re search a* Stat* College.
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