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Support Your Chamber Of Commerce For A Bigger And A Better Boone - Read Section 2 WATAUGA DEMOCRAT BOONE 1U0 POPULATION 2.t73 Krth'cSrSSSI*'] Kate Teacher* hundreds of a .11 putt of th. utM lMm b. mm district A good placc to Un An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 WATAUGA COUNTY IIH POPULATION H.341 Of paramount importance. B Parkway traverse* county, ai Blowing Rock, one of the Summer rcaorta of Eastern VOL. LXV ? NO. 35. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, I?53. 16 PAGES ? I SECTIONS KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS CAME IN SORT O F EASY March came in like a lamb, but before the first day was over, there came sleet and snow and stuff, but we found consolation in the knowledge that it won't be long before springtime is here for certain . . . But Anderson Danner used to say as he warmed his feet before the open fire in the old Democrat building, en route to Dock "Moss" " for shoe thread and other things: "When she comes in like a lamb, she'll go out like a lion." ... So if the old Civil War veteran was right we'll have rough going later on, and an Easter storm and every thing! MUSINGS ON SPECTACLES W?'t# muud in this space before on eyeglasses. as such, on the timid little frames the oldsters used to wear, and the big heavy plastic ones which are used these days, and which sometimes make the wearer slightly resemble a famished hootewl . . . And we've also talked of the problem of find ing one's "specs", when there's work to be done, the thing's are gone, and we're totally in competent ... In this connec tion. Miss Beatrice Cobb, in her Mofganlon News-Herald, of fers the following from the pen of Mr. Tom Wallace, editor emiritus of the Louisville Times, which might be of in terest to those who've had trouble with elusive lenses. A -PRIME CONCERN "More people are concerned about how to live with glasses" ? than with possibly anything else. "You begin at once losing your glasses, or your glasses case. In many instances you have 30, 40, 60 years of sorely troubled life ahead of.you. You and your glass es and the case make three. Keep ing the three together regularly is impossible. Fooling all of the people all of the time would be more nearly possible. "It is easy to make a resolu tion which, if kept, would simpli fy your life by eliminating the almost-continuous hunt for glass es or case. You need only put both where they should be put and remember where you put them. It is preferable, for pursuit of happiness, to put the glasses in the case and put the case in any container or position you may elect, until you need the glasses. "Arthritis is painful, but so is having to look for glasses, or case, when you arc already a half-hour behind schedule and someone who has actual legal authority to expect you to reply courteously is asking you, again, if you are ready to start for church .... "People who suffer heart dis ease may arrange their temporal affairs, and seek spiritual con solation. But like others, they cannot find their glasses, or they cannot find the case when they have found their glasses. . . . "There arii various places in and about which are suitable for laying your glasses in seats on planes or trains, even buses, a safe place for a moment. The train may be 100 miles or the plane 1,000 miles from the point at which you remember that you intended letting your glasses rest for a moment. "Once upon a time there was a man who actually never lost his glasses oncc. He didn't wear glasses." IN DAYS OF OLD It has been fairly wall con firmed that counter newspaper columnists hit the lack pot of reader interest, when they talk of the old days . . . There's just nothing like a recounting of event* in the olden times, to sharpen the interest of the folia who. for some reason or olher, follow columns such as this ... So when the folks came to congratulating the Chamber of Commerce, 'course our thoughts went back to the days when the old Commercial Club was established, before the twenties roared in. and when the leaders of the day gathered down at the Critcber hotel. (Continued on page tfiree) t March Dimes Falls Short Of Goal; Fund Amounts To $3,372 Receipts of *3372.08 (or the March of Dimes campaign in Wa tauga county are announced by John T. King, director of the ef fort. The quot? for the county was $4500, but Mr. King feels that considering the rough weather which occurred during the cam paign, and the influenza epidemic which was raging at the same time, that perhaps the returns aren't too discouraging. The schooli of the county con tributed $1327.67, special events $1222.36, churches $166.79, busi ness firms $202.50, clubs $44.00, personal contributions $408.76. It might be noted, however, that many personal contributions were tendered through the schools. Following is a break-down of the fund, as regards schools, churches, and special events: Schools ? Cove Creek High, $82.81; Covfe Creek Elementary, $112; Green Valley. $166; Valle Crucis, $8432; Parkway, $88.63; Boone Demonstration, $513 52; Blowing Rock, $107.80; Bethel, $60.58; Appalachian High, $41.77; Mabel, $70.23, (or a total of $1,327.67. Special events ? Lions club ctand, $185; Quartet singing, $418.31; mother's march, $322.60; WATA request program, -$52.50; Appalachian YWCA, $94.37; Can nisters, $120.58; parking meters, $29, for a total of $1,222.36. Churches ? Advent Christian, $5.00; Three Forks Baptist, <39.45; Stony Fork Baptist. $12.82; Perk insville Baptist, $80; Mt. Pleas ant Lutheran. $16; Mt. Zion Lu theran, $3; Bairds Creek Presby terian 10.52, for a total of $166.79. Recreation Leaders Discuss Plans For Summer Program The Boone Recreation Commit- 1 tee met at the High School at I noon on Monday, March 2, to dis- j Mrs. John Hopkins Taken By Death (From the Washington Star) Washington, D. C. ? Mrs. John B. Hopkins, 90, four of whose sons formed one of the first hill billy quartets to be heard on ra dio. died Friday after a long ill ness at her home, 63 Kennedy street N. W. Born irt Stony Fork, N. C., Mrs. Hopkins became a Washington resident SO years ago. She was the widow of John B. Hopkins, a Census Bureau employe, who died in 1934. The Hopkins family moved to the Kennedy street home in 1910. The house, one of the first in that section, was then surrounded By pastures. Mrs. Hopkins had sev en sons and three daughters, all musical, who used to serenade President Woodrow Wilson from their front porch. The President, who liked to take regular carriage rides in the neighborhood, was attracted by the twanging of the jew's harp and the hillbilly songs. He would stop his carriage, listen and ap plaud. Four of the sons ? Albert. Elm er, John C. and Joseph ? formed a professional group in 1924 known as the Original Hill Bil lies. They toured the East and the South, made recordings and went on radio in the 1920's. Their career was cut short in 1932 by Albert's death after an automo bile accident. In a national fiddling contest in the Capital in the early 1920s, the Hill Billies established what was then a record for sustained fiddling on radio. They took the air ? on Station WRC ? at 11 p. m. and played request numbers until 2:30 a. m. Heard that same night was Kate Smith, Washington singer who was unknown then. Vice President Charles G. Dawes vis ited during the program. The Kennedy street home was Washington's Mecca for the old-time fiddlers. Mr. Hopkins built an old-fashioned organ; an other son. Will, was a ragtime pianist, and a surviving dAighter, Lucy, is solist at the Brightwood Methodist Church. Added to her numerous family of musicians were the roomers Mrs. Hopkins began to take in about the time of World War I. Many of these, in later years, re turned -on visits to the home. Surviving are two sons, John C., 248 Park avenue. Takomtii Park, and William S., Boone, N." C.; two daughters. Miss Lucy Hopkins of the home and Mrs. George Black, 5S10 First street N. E.; IS grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. cuss plans for the recreation pro gram for the summer. R. W. Watkins, new member of the committee was welcomed ot the group along with Jack Groce, papular ASTC footballer who has been selected to direct the pro gram for the summer. In addi tion to these two members, the committee now consists of Mia* Gail Clay, Dr. Herbert Wey, and Rev. J. T. Shackford. The program of the past two summers were outlined for Mr. Groce. The need was stressed for a thorough program inclusive of all age groups, and, so far as pos sible, inclusive of all recreational interests natural to our section and community. Such an exten sive and inclusive program, it was further pointed out, would depend for success upon the abili ty of the director to secure colun tary assistance and direction of the several areas of the program, and committment from such vol unteers to specific responsibili ties in the program. Even then, success of the program rests upon full parental cooperation. Coach Watkins gave assurance of his willingness to assist in the program by relating some of his physical education students to the program for securing their es sential field work. Miss Clay ex pressed willingness to explore possibilities of providing the col lege pool for use of town children on certain days. Dr. Wey remind ed the group of the present ar rangement of the Monday and Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon recreation period in the high school gym provided for the community under supervision by the high school and assured of his desire and willingness to as sist in any way needed to ensure a worthy program for the com munity. Mr. Shackford, who was re-elected chairman of the com ing year, assured the group that the Ministers Association was strongly behind their program and would extend their full co operation. Mr. Groce expressed apprecia tion (or his selection to lead tho program for the summer and in dicated his feeling that the achie vements already made in past years could be extended into a yet larger and fuller one. Reports were turned over to Mr. Crocc, along* with proposed plans for lines of development of the sum mer's work, and it was stated that a meeting would be called as soon as Mr. Groce had had time to do some planning and ^udy ing about the future. A resolution was moved and carried to extend appreciation to ihe Town Council for thcif deci sion to enlarge their suport over last year's effort and assume full cost of the program for the com ing summer. Milk output in 1932 was 733 pounds per capita. Clyde R. Greene Attends National Washington Meet A total of 36 merchants and merchants association officials and wives from North Carolina will represent this State at the Thursday, March S. sessions of the American Retail Federation's annual meeting to be held at the Statler Hotel in Washington on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs day, it is announced by Thompson Greenwood of Raleigh, executive secretary of the N. C. Merchants Association. Clyde R. Greene is attending from Boone as guest of the State merchants organization. Greenwood reports that 34 oth er state merchants associations arc cooperating with the ARF, the national retail organization, in the luncheon and banquet on Thursday. President Eisenhower will be principal speaker at the lunch eon, while all members of North Carolina's Congressional delega tion have accepted invitations from the N. C. Merchants Associa tion to attend the Congressional Banquet to be held in the Presi dential Ballroom of the Statler Hotel on Thursday evening at 7:30. George R. Trivett Claimed By Death George Robert Trivett of Todd died of a heart attack at his home on Friday, February 27. He was 32 years of age. Funeral services were held Sunday, March I, at the Stony Fork Baptist Church, with the Rev. H. M. Winkler and the Rev. E. E. Blackburn officiating at the rites. Burial was in the Howell cemetery. He is survived by four broth ers, Thomas, John, and James Trivett, all of Todd, F. P. Trivett, Climouth, Calif.; and a' sister, Miss Ruby Trivett of Todd. Clarence McChee Dies At Age 76; Rites Held T uesday Clarence McGee, 76, *>f Boone, Route 1, died March I at the Wa tauga Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past seven days as the result of an accident in which he sustained a fractured hip. Death was caused by com plications, it was said. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m? Tuesday, March 3, at the Friendship Methodist Church in the Bamboo community. The ritc3 were conducted by the Rev. C. R. McKinney, assisted by the Rev. John G. Barden. Burial was in the Friendship cemetery. Survivors include his widow, Mre. Myra M. McGee, two sons. Malcolm McGee of Boone, Route 1, and W. C. McGee of Statesville; and two daughters, Mrs. T. L. Setzcr, Lenoir, and Mrs. Noah Storie, Lexington. Watauga4-HGroupsMapProgram As Part Of National Observance March 7-15 has been set aside as National 4-H Club Week. Dur ing this week, 4-H Club members throughout the nation will take stock of what may be needed for the successful completion of their 4-H goals, so essential in the building of sturdy character. It is a "check-up" week a "get-set" week. Moreover, it may be a week when members get together to display what they have accom plished to date, to welcome new members, to exchange ideas, and to inform parents and neighbors regarding the newest develop ments in their 4-H program. Here in Watauga County on Saturday night, March 7 at 7:30 p. m. .in the Legion Hut a 4-H party or rally will serve a* a "kick-off' in celebration of the opening day of National 4-H Club week observance. 4-H members and their parents are invited to join in a night of fun. The pro gram will include group songs, devotional grogram. welcome, and purpose of National 4-H Club Week. The evtmng will be coo eluded by group rccrcation direct ed by club members and agent*. A calendar of other 4-H high lights for the coming months fol lows: National 4-H Sunday is to be observed May 10. On this Sunday 4-H members throughout the na tion will take part in their respec tive church proffairfc. 4-H club girls will give dairy foods demon strations on the county and dis trict level during May and June. June 8-13 is 4-H piub Camp Week to be held at Camp Schaub in Waynesville. This year Watauga camps with Person and Wayne counties. It is hoped that ap proximately 33 boys andP girls from Watauga will attend camp. June 28 is the date set for the county 4-H dress revue. July 20 2? is State 4-H Club Week to be held in Raleigh on the campus of N. C. State College. 4-H boys and girls from 14 to 21 years' of age may attend from each county in the state to take part in this pro gram. We hope to have a large number of members from this A ' / . ;ifi . ?* . . county attend this short coui.se. Nfiss Rebecca Bingham from Boone will be a candidate for State 4-H Council president dur ing this week. This is a real hon or. October 1 all 4-H records are due. In October boys and girls who have raised chickens in the ptillel chain will bring 12 of their pullet* to be sold at auction. The money from this auction will go to buy chickens for more bpys and girls in 1954. November 7 is District 4-H Re cognition Day for county winners and *rili be held in Ashcvillc. The county 4-H Achievement Day will be held earlier. Sheep shearing and other con tests will be held in the spring. Boys and girls arc urged during National 4-H Week to set goals anew, to take inventory of their 4-H projects and achievements, and to strive for greater Improve ments In their clubs and them selves. W atauga W ould Be Given Primary By Assembly Act TRI-COUNTY CHAMPS ? The Cove Creek High School basketball squad, pictured above, retained its Tri-County Conference crown by defeating Jefferson High, 44-42, in the tournament finals here Mon day night, February 22. The Cove Creek cagers. who have won 46 straight games and need only four more wins to set a state record, will enter the district eliminations at North Davidson High School on Thursday. It is predicted by local fans that they will annex the district title and go on to the state Class A tournament to be held at Winston-Salem next week. Front row, left to right: Johnny Horton, Clay Verne Greene, Martin Banner, John Banner, and George Mast. Back row: Coach John Bingham, Jimmy Swift, Jimmy West, Douglas Henson, Benny Fox, and Marion Combs. ? Photo by Palmer's Photo Studio. Dr. Ray Derrick To Address Regular C. Of C. Meeting The regular monthly luncheon meeting of the Boone Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Gateway K and M Restaurant at noon on Tuesday. Mrs. B. W. Stallings, who is chairman of the Year 'Round Clean-up campaign, is sponsoring the program and will have Dr. Ray Derrick of Appalachian State Teachers College as speaker. Dr. Derrick will speak on the consAvation of native shrubs and the planned civic develop ment plan that we hope to adopt for Boone in the coming years. Members arc urged to attend. Correction In the obituary of Mr. A. W. Smith, which was published last week, the names of two sisters and a brother were unintention ally omitted from the list of sur vivors. They arc: Mrs. A. J. Combs. Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. E. G. Hodges, Fresno, Ohio; Charles Smith, Wgippe, Idaho. PTA Plans Open House; T old Letting Bids For New School % Meeting at the high school on last Thursday night, with Mr. Wade E. Brown presiding, tho PTA executive committee ap proved plans for an open house Medical Group Holds Meeting Ttye Ashc-Watauga Auxiliary held its monthly meeting at the Gateway Cafe on Tuesday, March 3. Following the luhcheon, the president, Mrs. Robert Garvey, conducted a brief business ses sion. In spite of inclement weather, attendance was food. Those pre sent included Mrs. R. H. Harmon, Mrs. J. B. Hagaman, Jr. Mrs. Wil liam M. Smith, and Mrs. R. H. Hardin, all of Boone,' Mrs. Dean Jones, Mrs. L. L. Long, and Mrs. R. C. Ray, of West Jefferson, Mrs. Charles Davant and Mrs, Robert Garvey of Blowing Rock. to be held at the high school on March 23, at the demonstration school March 24, from 2:30 to 4:00 in the afternoons. The grade mo thers and the teachers will be in charge. The nominating committee an nounced by Mr. Brown consists of Mr. John Howell, chairman, Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr., and Mrs. Lee Reynold*. This committee will report to the next general meeting of the PTA scheduled for the high school auditorium on March 27 at 7:30 p. m. An announcement was made by Dr. Herbert Wey that an Easter vacation for this school district has been approved to co incide with the college vacation ? Good Friday noon through Easter Monday. Approval was given a repeti tion of last year's Good Friday service for the Boone schools un der the sponsorship of the Boone Ministerial association. Mr. Howell stated that the Ra leigh office had approved the let ting of bids for the new school building. He emphasized that the (dfi that many school bids in re cent months have been let at a rate per cubic foot below the original rate at which this build ing was figured offers good pros pect that the calculated fupds for this building may permit the con struction of the entire building ac cording to original plans. He pointed out.howcvcr, that much larger funds for the estimated cost of equipment than are now in sight would have to be forth coming to properly equip the new iuilding. General discuusion was held concerning the advisability of continuing the present policy of executive meetings in liet^pf gen crufcmcctings of tlac PTA. Parent opinion was cited. Action was deferred. DESERTERS In connection with the recent disclosure of the fact that the armed forces arc experiencing an increased number of men who go A. W. O. L. from training caAip*. it is said that these men, once apprehended, are being flown directly to Seoul, Korea, for front line service. Two trans ports are kept busy feeding at tempted deserters into combat. Winkler Would End Pow-Wows Democrats and Republicans would nominate candidates (or county office in Watauga county, by direct vote, under the State primary law, according to a bill introduced in the Legislature by Representative W. L. Winkler. Candidates arc now being named by conventions. The local Republican solon also introduced measures which would let the voters clect the tax col lector and tax supervisor. These officials are presently appointed by the county commissioners. In a thirci bill Rep. Winkler set a schedule of fees for services performed by the Watauga Sher iff, as follows: warrants $2.50, capias $2.50, subpoena $1.50, claim and delivery $3.00, civil summons $2.00, bonds $1.00, and summons jurors $1.00. The bill was referred to the committee on local government. Referring to the bill for a county primary, Representative Winkler said: "It seems like a popular move. Of course, you can never tell. Folks might change their minds and decide they want to pick them by coun ty convention, after all." Mr. Winkler, it seems, would elect the tax officials as a har mony move. "Appointing the tax collector and tax supervisor al ways creates a row," he said. "This would do away with all that trouble." Mrs. Mary Moore Dies In Wilkesboro North Wilkesboro, Feb. 24 ? Mrs. Mary Malinda Fecmster Moore, who reached her 87th birthday Sunday, died at 4 a. m. yesterday at the home of a step daughter, Mrs. M. W. Bcach, in Wilkesboro. Mrs. Moore had been in in valid following a fall seven years ago, when she sustained a broken hip. Born in the Bullock's Creek community of York County, S. C., February 22, 1866, Mrs. Moore was a daughter of Joseph E. and Arminta McClure Feemster. She wa* married to William T. Moore of York, S. C., who died in 1928. Mrs. Moore was a member of the First Baptist Church in York. I She had made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Bcach for several years and came with them to Wilkesboro in December. Surviving arc one son, Joseph S. Moore of Camden, S. C.; one daughter, Mrs. Claude Boulware of Chester, S. C.; two stepdaugh ters, one stepson, three grand children, seven nieces and nophhew*. Funeral services will be held at 3 p. in. today at York Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The Rev. A. A. Hodge will conduct the last rites. PUERTO RICANS The ratio of Puerto Ricans to other inhabitants of New York City haii risen nearly 1 to 20 as a result of the flow of migration from Puerto Rico in the past sev eral years. This is a S3 per cent increase since the 19S0 census and has brought the city officials many problems which are diffi cult of solution. I BOND CASH-INS I The public is cashing in sav ings bonds at a slower rate than expected, but faster than Con gress provided for, according to the Treasury, which had MkCtf for a $53,300,000 appropriation to service the debt for the fiscal year ending next June 30. Con gress trimmed that to $51,000,000, largely ong round* that funds es timated for processing savings bond ragtmptfons were too high. ?
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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