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BOONE 1M0 POPULATION l?T3 Watauga Democrat ? An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 WATAUGA COUNT* INS POPULATION vsv K amount Import ay u-avafMt 00 Bock, om mora of 1 VOL: LXV.? NO. 22. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOBTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, I?52. FIVE CENTS FEB COrY Proposed Dam Would Cost About 13 Million KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS SUBSCRIBER DWELLS ON ADVENT OF ERA J. L. (Lorn) Harrison, valued employee of the New River Light and Power Company is an especially appreciated subscriber to the Democrat, because, while most folks take only one subscrip tion, Lorn regularly plunks down for four every year . . . The; other day he came by the newspaper office to check on his quadruple subscription, and to dwell briefly on the growth of Boone since he came here, back in the days of the first war, when he shoveled the coal into engine nine, as she proudly pulled the first schedul ed passenger train into Boone over the Linville River line . . . that was the start of the really rapid growth of the town ? the beginning of an era. The narrow guage fetched in the bricks and the sand and the plaster and the roofing, and stuff, and soon the Boone Drug Company, the Jones building, the Quails block, the Linney buildings, Arthur Ham by's first structures, and count less others took form, while Ap palachian College took on increas ed growth. A GLAD DAY Lorn Harrison looks back fondly on that day in lilt, when train number four round ad the bend down at the Bud dy Winkler farm, and the blast of her whittle echoed and re echoed through the hills. "I had worked for days on the engine, to have her shining and bright for her first run to Boone." Lorn relates, "and when we ar rived at the station, the whole countryside had turned out . . . We had to inch her in. to pre vent injuries." ... Engine nine that day hauled in fotlr steel cars, steam heated, and new? one of them a deluxe par lor car, and the people, and the railroad men alike celebrated the advent of a brightly burnish ed passenger train in high good humor . . . The line had reach ed Boone some time earlier, but the community had been served spasmodically, as the need arose, by an unscheduled freight, followed by "Black Maria h." the noted combina tion passenger and baggage car, whose coal heater glowed red on frosty mornings. AND THERE WAS SHERM "And Sherm Pippin, of course was a'hold of the throttle on en gine nine that memorable day," recounted Lorn . . ? And Bill Sisk walked back and forth through the train, chatting with the passengers and calling out, "money and stuff' when a new batch of folks got on, the "stuff" alluding to the passes, which were right common . . . Mr. Har rison recalls that Clarence Angel, who still lives here, and Loy Harrcll. were brakemen on that first run of the passenger train on the narrow rails ... A lot of wheels ran over the slender steel, a lot of freight came in, and thou sands of people rode in and out of Boone on America's finest nar row guagc train, before the 1940 flood stopped engine nine, on her down trip, and she never return ed to Boone . . . Lorn Harrison remained and worked for the State highway before takltig i work down at the College 18 , years ago . . . Mack Luttrell, Clarence Angel and Jim Miller, | others of those early-day rail I roaders still live here. We enjoy i cd Mr. Harrison's tales of trans portation before the good ?oada, the cars, the trucks and the 'air planes took over the job so suc cessfully started by lines like the Linville River. LIKES KING STREET R. O. Farthing. GMC. U. 8. Nary, who has trawled far and wide over the world in Unci* Sam's fighting ships, sine* be entered the service of his coun try. writes us to gin a new address (he's now at Norfolk) (Continued on page four) I "Wnen the Watauga River dam is completed, and the additional power and recreational facilities are availably to the people o! Wa tauga, they will wonder how they ever got along without it and why they were so long about making up their minds about supporting this worthwhile project," said H. W. Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, in reporting excellent progress on the plans for the development of additional waterpower on the Watauga in this county. Mr. Wilcox incidentally, has some figures on the proposed con struction programs; and says: "There are two projects being considered by TVA: one would bring the water of the dam to an elevation of 2650 feet, the other would bring it to an elevation of 2900 feet. Thii Utter, or 2600 ft. level, looks to be the more feasable and the one moat likely to be approved by the TV A en gineers. This 2600 ft. level would back the water up the Watauf a River about 3,000 feet to about midway between Antioch Church and the Cove Creek entrance with thj Watauga River. Vejy little valuable land would be/rov ered and this project woura pro duce 57 million Kilowatt hours of energy annually, firm or 41.5 mil lion Kilowatt hours of secondary energy. At this head the plant would have an installed capacity of 17,000 Kilowatts. (Continued on page seven.) Highway Postoffice Makes Initial Trip Winkler To Get Award State Auto Association (Photo Palmer's Photo Scrvice) W. H. WINKLER W. R. Winkler of Winkler Mo tor Company, Inc. will receive the "1952 Highway Safety Award" to be presented by the North Carolina Automobile Deal ers Association in Raleigh on Wednesday, December 3, it was announced by Association Presi dent Fred H. Deaton, of States ville. The presentation will take place at a special luncheon given by the Association in honor of Winkler and the other Tar Heel dealers who have loaned new cars free of charge to high schools for use in the driver education program. Governor-elect William B. Urn stead will pay tribute to the deal ers receiving the award. Dr. Charles F. Carroll, Superinten dent of Public Instruction, will make the presentation on behalf of NCADA, the National Auto mobile Dealers Association, and the Inter-Industry Highway (Continued on page seven.) Mrs. Nelia Perry Funeral Is Held Funeral services for Mrs. Nelia Perry, age 79, of the Silvers tone community were held Sunday, November 23 at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Burial was in the Cove Creek cemetery. Mrs. Perry died following an illness of five years. She had been criti cally ill for twowecks. She is survived by her husband, Robert J. Perry and seven child ren, Roscoe and Blanch Perry of Zionville, Lloyd and Dorrell Per ry bf Granite Falls, Mrs. Myrtle Hollar. Mr. Ja?e Calloway, and Mrs. Nell Mullen of Boone. Alto surviving are two brothers and one sister, J. Frank Wilson of Vilas, Charles S. Wilton of Sioux City, Iowa, and Mrs. Sallie Mil ler of Bristol, Va. GrayUons served as pall bear erf and granddaughter* wR-e flower girls. Last rites were in charge of her pastor, Rev. Rex West, assisted by Rev. E. O. Gore, of Vilas. She was a charter mem ber of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, and waa ap active mem ber until her illnen. She and Mr. Perry celebrated their sixty- 1 second wedding anniversary last March fifth. ? The initial run of the Charlotte and Boone highway postoffice was made Monday, the big vehicle arriving right on the dot at 9:30 a. m., thus inaugurating a vastly improved mail service to the south. Among the postal officials who made the trip on the first run of the new postoffice vehicle, were, Hunt Gwyn, postmaster at Len oir; C. C. Keever, Postoffice In spector; Thomas Cheek, superin tendent of postal transportation service, Greensboro, and J. Henry Hill, Hickory postmaster. The mobile postoffice leaves Charlotte, seven days a week, at 2:30, and stops at Fort Mill, Rock I Hill, Clover, S. C., Gastonia, Lin colnton. Maiden, Newton, Con over, Hickory, Granita Falls, Len oir and Blowing Rock, before ar riving at Boone. On the return it leaves Boone at 1:30 and ar rives in Charlotte at 8:30. Parents Of Handicapped To Meet In Boone An institute for parents of handicapped children will be held in Boone at 7:30 p. m., Friday, December 5, at the Skyline Res taurant. This is sponsored by the North Carolina society for crip pled children and adults in co operation with the Watauga County society. ? Subject to be discussed'will be "Schooling for the Handicapped Child." Featured speakers will be Dr. Wiley Smith of Appalachian State Teachers College; Mrs. Bet ty Lou Carpenter, speech tecaher, Hickory city schools: and Dr. Mary Michal, health officer, Alle ghany, Ashe, and Watauga coun ties. Albin Pikutis of the North Carolina Society will act as mod erator. L. E. Tuckwiller, Watauga County Society for crippled child ren. urges all parents with han dicapped children, as well as any other interested persons, to plan to attend this institute and learn how they can help bring hope to these youngsters. This institute and other clinics arc held through the state and sponsored by the N. C. Society for crippled children and adults. The society is figured through the Easter Seal drive held each March. The Easter Seal campaign will be held from March S to April 5. The Boone Rotary Club sponsors the campaign in Wn tauga County. Hospital Week Beipg Observed In City, County This work has officially been designated as Hoapital Week by the Town of Boone and Watauga county, it .was announced by Stan ley A. Harris, chairman of the building committee. Sunday is to be Hospital Sunday, and all churchea in the county have been asked to have a special collection for the nurses' home fund on that a meeting held Tuesday the ' solicitation committee made far ther plans to solicit Boone and Watauga county in an effort to wind up the successful campaign for Watauga Hospital nurse?' home. Mr. Harris states that more than $19,000 has been sub scribed. Special mention is made of these places whose employee# have contributed 100% to the fund: Belk's, Hunt's, Boone Drug Co., Stalling! Jewelry Co., Cham ber of Commerce, Watauga Hos pital. Mr. Harris particularly complimented the hospital for its subscription of $800. It was also stated that while two-thirds of the goal had been reached it would still be necessary for ev eryone to participate. This week concludes the cam paign, it is said, and it is predict ed that with continued coopera tion of the people, the goal of $21,000 will be fully subscribed. NCEA Group Asks Dr. Shaffer To Aid In Problems DR. JOHN R. SHAFFER The Department -of Audio- Vis ual instruction of the National Education Association has invited Dr. John R. Shaffer of Appala chian State Teachers College to serve as a member on the Nation al Committee on College and University programs. The pur pose of this committee is to as sist college and university facul ties with their instructional pro blems. On November 7 the department of audio-visual instruction of the N. E. A. also asked Shaffer to as sist in their task of working out evaluative criteria which will be used for the evaluation of teach er education programs through out the nation. Mr. Shaffer assisted with the Iredell County audio-visual work shop recently by taking a team of six from Appalachian State Teachers College to assist Mr. Litaker at Troutman. Mr. W. Merrill Snyder handled visual aids in mathematics; Mr. Robert W. Lancaster led the section for science teachers; and Shaffer worked with third and fourth grade teachers on non-comrtier cial visual 'aids. Three students from the science methods class also accompanied the audio-visu al team from Appalachian that assisted with the Iredell County workshop. Twelve Colleges T o Take Part In AppalachianSpeechT ourney The 12th annual Appalachian Mountain Forensic Tournament will be held December 9th and 6th in the Fine Arts building at Appalachian State Teachers Col lege, according to an announce ment by Profesaor Leo K. Prit chetl of the college. The tourna ment is sponsored by the North Carolina Epsilon Pi Kappa Delta of A. S. T. C. Registrations will begin Friday, December S, at 10 a. m., and the first debate i* scheduled for 11 a. m. Sessions will continue throughout the day and even in* Frid.'iy, and the tournament wilt close Saturday, December 6, at noon, Mr. Pritchett said. The following uvents' are on the program :+ Debating, extem poraneous speaking, impromptu speaking, oratory, after dinner speaking, poetry reading, and radio announcing. The latter will be held at radio station WATA. Schools in addition to Appala chian which have indicated that they will attend and take part in the tournament arc Wako Forest College, Lenoir Rhync College, Duke University, Mart Hill Col lege, East Tennessee State Teach ers Collage, Milligan College, Maryville College, Emory and College, Canon-Newman, and Eloo College. Paul Coffey Chairman Of ' Board Co. Commissioners NEW COMMISSIONERS ? Members of the new board of county commissioners are shown. Reading from left to right, they are: Paul A. Coffey, Chairman; Clarence Watson and Leonard Wilson. (Photos by Palmer's Photo Service.) Gift Of Automobile Is Changed To Jan. 16 306,000 Pounds Of Weed Sold In Boone Three hundred and six thou sand pounds o( burlcy tobacco was sold at the opcnint of the Mountain Burlcy market in ftocme Monday for an average price of {52.66 pet- hundred, mak ing a higher price average than was received last year, consider ing the fact that this year a con siderable quantity of frozen to bacco was offered. Had there been no frozen weed, or crops damaged by this year's drought, opening money would have been a great deal higher than last year. Farmers express ed themselves as being highly pleased with their checks. Receipts are continuing heavy Tuesday, and a full sale is ex pected Wednesday, Friday and Monday. Tobacco was sold Monday from every county in the North Caro lina burlcy belt, and from Tenn essee and Virginia. Warehousemen are insisting that farmers bring their tobacco in for quick sales and high prices. They are warned, however, to be sure to keep frozen weed on separate baskets. If mixed with good grades, the frozen leaves will bring the price of the whole basket down. Furthermore, there is no government support on fro zen tobacco. Cage Season To Be Opened Here The basketball Mountaineers of Appalachian State Teachers College will lift the lid on the 1952-53 cage season here in the college gymnasium Saturday night at S p. m., when they play host to the fast McCrary Eagles of Asheboro, a well-known team of former college and profession al stars. On the roster of the Eagles is a former Appalachian eager, Ab Williams, who performed on the hardwood for the Mountaineers in 1940-41. MISS HELEN UNDERDOWN, who started her twenty-fifth year as Register of Deeds, as new of ficials took over the county gov ernment. Baby Clinic Is Set For Dec. 8 The regular monthly mother and infant clinic will be held at the Health Department in Boone on December 8, from 2 to 4 o'clock p. m. Charles Jonas To Speak To Local Chamber Hon. Charles Ha per Jonas, Re publican Congressman-elect from the tenth North Carolina district, will be the featured speaker at the regular meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce, Tuesday, Dec ember 9, at 12 noon, it was re vealed yesterday by H. W. Wil cox, Chamber of Commerce pre sident. Mr. Jonax, a prominent Lin colnton attorney, is known as a particularly able speaker, and while his subject hasn't been an nounced, the loral organization feels that its members will be appreciative of his remarks. A full attendance Is being urged. Bake Sale To Be Hfeld By Club The Junior Woman's Club will hold a "bake sale" at Belk's de partment store In Boone Satur day morning beginning at 10 o'clock. All kinds of baked goods will be on sale, it was announc ed. The Merchants Association has announced a change in the date of drawing for the Chevrolet au tomobile to be given away as the climax of the Burley Festival and Christmas shopping season in Boone. The date has been moved up to January 16, 1953, in order to give all tobacco growers, some of whom will not bring their first load of tobacco to Boone until af ter Christmas, a chance to win the 1952 DeLuxe tudor Chevrolet sedan purchased from Andrews Chevrolet, Inc., of this city. The drawing for second and third prizes will be held as origin ally scheduled at 3 p. m. on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec ember 24th, in front of Mountain Burley Warehouse No 1 at the top of Depot Street. Second prize will be an RCA Victor television set from Swof ford's Tire Store, and third prize will be an 8 ft. Norge refrigerator from Farmers Hardware ' and Supply Company. To be eligible for one of these prizes, it is necessary only to register with any of the Eboone merchants listed in the Merch ants Association advertisement which appears elsewhere in this issue. The association wishes to call especial attention to these names, as several have been add ed since the original list was pub lished last week. Tobacco growers will receive tickets on the prizes when they floor tl\eir tobacco in Boone. The work of installing the Christmas lights along the streets was begun Monday morning, but was interrupted by the inclement weather. They will be turned on just as soon as the work is com-' pleted, it was said. Plans fpr the Burley Festival Ball, tentatively scheduled for the week before Christmas, also arc still incomplete. Chairman How ard Cottrell said yesterday he is awaiting confirmation of the date from the orchestra, and probably will have a definite announce ment to make next week. Details of alJ Christmas and burley festival events will be published in the Democrat as they are announced by the Mer chants Association. VFW Auxiliary Maps Xmas Plans The Ladies Auxiliary to the local V. F. W. Post met Thursday night, November 27, with presi dent Susie Phillips presiding Mrs. Fred Holman was appointed as treassurer since Mrs. J. B. Mil ler, tm elected treasurer, is mov ing to Detroit, Michigan. ' The Auxiliary will send books of stamp* to a veterans hospital this month as a part of the Christmas gift program carried on by the auxiliaries. The auxiliary ia collecting and making clothing for some needy children. Mr. Fred Miller of Matter Cleaners cleaned the used clothing without charge. New Slate Officers Sworn In Paul A. . Coffey, prominent Boone business man, was named chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, as he, Clarence Watson and Leonard Wilson, were sworn into office Monday morn ing. The new commissioners, all Republicans, succeed Clyde R. Greene, R. M. Ward, and William Proffitt, also Republicans, who had served one two-year term. The new board named a new tax collector, tax supervisor, and transacted routine business, meet ing again Tuesday. Also sworn into office by Clerk of the Court Fred M. Gragg was Joe Miller, Republican, county surveyor, and Miss Helen Under down, Democrat incumbent for twenty-four years, who was also on the Republican ticket this year. W. L. Winkler, Representative elect on the Republican ticket, will be sworn into office when the General Assembly convenes the first of the year. The New Officials Chairman Coffey, owner and manager of the Parkway Co., lo cal hardware store, has been in the hardware business for 13 years. He was formerly county accountant, is treasurer of the County Library and the Red Cross, and a leader in local civic ?(fairs. Clarencc Watson is a coal deal er, farmer and stockman of Covo Creek. He is a son of the late ? Sheriff C. M. Watson. Mr. Wilson, a resident of Meat Camp township, is a farmer and dealer in Watkins household pro ducts. Mr. Miller is a well-known farmer of New River township. Tax Officials Mr. Leslie Norris, farmer, of Todd, ? was named tax collector, succeeding G. B. Miller, who had served for two years. Mr. Denver E. Church, prominent merchant and farmer of the Mabel neigh borhood. was named tax super visor, succeeding S. C. Eggers. Mr. O. L. Coffey was retained as county accountant, and S. C. Eggers, Jr., remains at county at torney. Vester Phillips has been retain ed as court house custodian. Area Crippled Child's Meet To Be Held Local societies of the North Carolina Society for crippled children and adults will hold an area meeting on Friday, Decem ber 5, at 3:00 p. m., at the Sky line Restaurant in Boone. Plans for more efefctive help for the many crippled and otherwise handicapped children will be dis cussed. The Watauga County Society will be host to members from Alleghany. Ashe, Avery, Cald well, and Wilkes. "AU persons interested in help ing obtain better care, treatment, and training for children who are crippled, who have speech diffi culties, bad eyes, or poor hearing arc cordially invited to attend this meeting," announced Albin Pikutis, executive director of the North Carolina society for cripr pled children. Bangle Day To Be Observed Here In connection with the Christ mas seal sale, bangle day is being conducted by Mrs. Mac Edmit ten, county school supervisor, through the schools thl* week, and a film "Rodney," a story of ? child who had tuberculosis, is being shown in the schools. Each child will be given an opportun ity to buy ? bangle.
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