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VOL. LXV. ? NO. 44. . BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 7. 1953. ; 14 PAGES ? 2 SECTIONS watauga democrat An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 * I Contract Let For $626,629 School Building KING STREET BY ROB RIVE1RS WE'VE SEEN IM NOW Through all the yean of our life, we have heard of oversize hail i tones, but never until early Saturday morning did we ever see for ourselves any of these big economy size, family style balls of ice . . The storm broke furiously and the rains were fol lowed with a heavy splash of icy pellets, ranging from regulation size to a couple of inches in dia meter, and two hours after the precipation, chunks of ice an inch through still nestled in the grass. In the immediate vicinity of Boone, damage from the storm was slight, but in some sections, we understand, canvass was rip ped from tobacco beds, and the young plants weighted down with the ice . . . Some tell of fcpple trees with the blooms gone, and early garden sass beat into the ground . . . Next time an oldster tells us about hail stones the size of a hen egg, were going to withhold the scornful look, and the cynical grin . . . For after all, such things do happen. NEED STILL EXISTS We uted io dwell at soma length on the need tor public drinking water, and spots where ona could gat out of sight . . . And tha other day we noted that tha needs about which we used to prate (till exist. We happened to be doing nothing but viewing the coun try. when the man was trying to improvise himself a comfort station, out of a blackberry bush and a few last year's weeds, and from where we looked, there wasn't much com fort in the setup . . . And the folks who come into the Demo crat office and to tha Rivers house, and all about, asking for soma "drinking water" indicate that the public water supply is still tolerably short. USED TO BE DIFFERENT We've come to believe here lately, that the present genera tion has produced all the mater ial progress, that conveniences were non-existant a few years ago, and that the machine age has brought about all the human comforts we have . . . Which is nearly so, but not quite . . . For it hasn't been too long since the town was full of little houwi with the diamonds and the cres cents for ventilators . . . Up near the courthouse, at the hotels, at everybody's back lot, and there were no folks undecided as to where to go , . , There was a public well out in the street op posite the old courthouse, which the county kept in shape, the old oaken buckets were in evidence at every house along the street, and folks didn't have to ask you, when they wanted to quench their thirst or "cut" the fire wat er . . . We're not speaking out for the old houses with the holes in the seats, and the sun flowers growing roundabout, so's one wouldn't have to shut the door when the weather was hot . . . And we're not saying the old public well, and the contrary pump was an improvement over the fine water system we now enjoy . . . No, we don't want to go back . . . But we do say that when we had the "johnnies" and the scores of well buckets, a pub lic need was met, which has gone almost unheeded in modern days .... One shouldn't have to seek qpmfort mong.it the Jimion weeds, or ring a door bell to mooch a sip of water, in such a modern and progressive city ax Boone. READYING THE HORN Bill Hardy. the nnr buuani minigti of Horn in tbo West, has arrived, and is making UN of temporary offica apace while the now offioe la being finished en the (rounds of the Daniel Boone Theatre . . , We ?hare Mr. Hardy's optimism, and believe that IMS will be a Mg rear for the Horn ... An ad in the currant edition of "Holiday" features North Caro lina's outdoor dramaa. and wo to* a kick out of our own pro iContinued on page lout) Many To Take Part In May Day Events Body Of Wataugan Killed In Crash Found In Calif. Tlx body of Muln Btrgnnt Ronald C. Romingur. kilUd in a plan* crash in California Docombar 1. 1902. has boan rocoTorad from tha wnckagt, and is being raturnad to his homa at Romiagar tha latlar part of tha waak. Funeral ar rangamants ara incomplata. County Republican Primary Slated By Legislature The bill which would provide for the naming of Republican candidates for county office un der the State primary law was passed by the General Assembly. Also the bill which would al low the hunting of foxes with out license under certain condi tions was enacted. Other bills introduced by Mr. Winkler failed of passage. Deep Gap Grange Holds Meeting Deep Gap Grange met in reg ular session Friday night. May 1. Some very important matters were discussed regarding what steps should be taken to beautify the road sides in our county, also the need for drinking fountains in convenient places for tourists, also more roadside tables and parks supported by the State Highway Commission, and a gen eral clean-up around all farm houses, whether located on main highways or not. It was also decided to invite State Master Harry Caldwell, who is now serving on some very important agriculture committees and will attend an international meeting in Rome, Italy, to be our guest speaker at our July Po mona Grange meeting which will be held at the Parkway School near Deep Gap. After the business session clos ed the ladies of the Grange serv ed pie, ice cream and coffee and an old time social hour was en joyed by all. Men Arc Needed For Crowd Scenes In Horn In West Tour or five men are needed for regular work in "crowd scenes" in Horn In the Weft, it is stated by William Hardy, mana ger. No experience is necessary and night work only is involved. Those interested should see Mr. Hardy at once. The phone num ber is 80. Dougherty State Holstein Leader Following the recent mail bal lot to ever 43,000 member-breed ers, 189 delegates have been elect ed to attend the 68th Annual Convention of the Holstein-Prie sian Association of America in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 1-4. These include elected represent tatives from every comer of the nation. Delegates from the state of Nortiv Carolina ^re David C. Cummings of Guilford College, and Barnard Dougherty of Boone. North Carolina's commercial slaughter of meat animals total ed 20,193,000 pounds live weight last September, an increase of 2.5 per cent over the total for Sept yimfrfr 19M< The traditional May Day cele bration will be held on the cam pus of Appalachian State Teach ers college on Saturday, May 9, at two o'clock in the afternoon. The theme of the celebration this year will be "Americana." The exercises are directed by Mrs. Joy Miller Kirchner of the college physical education faculty. Participating in the celebration exercises will be the modern dance club, the Varsouvianna (folk dance) club, the folk dance class, the college choir, and the college band. The choir is directed by Mrs. Virginia Wary Linney, and the band is directed by William Spencer, both of the college mus ic faculty. Betty Jackson of Asheboro will be crowned queen. She will be escorted by Preston "Perk" Collins. Maid of honor is Sara Nell Mathis, escort, Michael Fin ger. The attendants and their es corts are as follows: Margaret Se bastian and Bob Parrott; Beatrice Sanford and Bill Bullard; Billie Ladd and Ray Ladd; Rebecca Hoover and Bobby Joe Baker; Betty Anne Robinson and Bop Quinn; Bonnie LaFone and Ray Flinchum; Joanne Aldridge and Jim Gold; Patricia Finger and George Holmes; Eleanor John son and Jeff Johnson; Inez Orozco and Bennie Mast. The program includes the Doxology, One World, Planta tion Minuet; Appalachian Schot tische, The Halls of Ivey, Coed Capers', Assembly Line; Swanee River; American Waltz, My Land, March for Americans; A Patriotic Choral Fantansic, and May Wal tz. These will bep resented by the individual groups mentioned above. The public is invited to the May Day celebration. Children Map May Day Program The May Day of the Boone Demonstration School will be held in the Boy's Gymnasium on the campus of Appalachian State Teachers College at 1:30 p. m., on May 13. All parents and friends of the school are invited to at tend. The program, to be called a May Day Medley, is under the direction of Miss Dorothy Floyd, director of physical education at the school. It is presented as a finale to the regular physical education program of the year. The May Court is compsed of the following: Queen, Lana Greene; Maid of Honor, Patsy Maddux; Attendants, Priscilla Hampton, Rachel Rivers, Sue Hodges; Escorts, Frankie Payne, Tommy Crowell, King Triplett, and ohnny Taylor. Flower girls arc Pam Hamby and Patsy Besh ears. The Crown Bearer is Steve Hodges. The program will consist of the following: Candy Stick by the first grade; the Rhythm Band; Dunkirk Dancers by the second grade; Dutch Couples by the third grade; Csheboyar, by the fourth grade; Pirates by the tumbling group; Square Dance by the sixth grade; Indians by the fourth and fifth grades; Matudore Duo by Mary Lawrence and Linda Wey; the Masquerade by the seventh grade; and the May Pole Dance by the fifth grade. Everyone is invited to attend this final program of the physi cal education department. Spring Concert Is Set For May 7 The Appalachian High School will present the QirU' Glee Club, Boys' Glee Club, and Mixed Chorus in a spring conccrt, Thursday night. May 7, at 8:00 o'clock in the Fine Arts building auditorium. These group* are un der the direction of Mias Helen Cole, and Mr. Lawrence Phillips, student director. Miss Beth Eg gers and Miss Reba Smith will be the accompanists The public is cordially invited Tu attend. Dr. Whitener Named President Historical Body DR. D. J. WHITENER Dr. D. J. Whitener, head of the department of social studies at Appalachian State Teachers col lege, has been elected president of the Western North Carolina Historical Association. The first annual meeting was held last week in Asheville at Richmond Hill, home of the late Richmond Pearson, American diplomat. Dr. Whitener is also executive vice president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Associa tion. In addition to Dr. Whitener, other officers elected for the Western North Carolina Histori cal Association include the fol lowing: Sam E. Beck, Asheville, vice president; Albert S. McLean, Asheville, secretary - treasurer. New members of the Board of Director* are: Mrs. Ed M. Ander son of Ache county; Miss Clyde Field, Alleghany county; R. E. Woodsidc, Avery county; Judge Sam J. Erwin, Burke; C. M. Abernathy, Caldwell ; Ralph Smith, Clay; Mrs. Guy Roberts, Madison; Dean J. J. Stevenson, Transylvania; M. R. Eller, Wil kes; Dover Fouts, Yancey. The Association is expected to meet with the State Historical Society in Cullowhee August 27 39. , Mrs. Mary Moody Taken By Death Mrs Mary Banncy Moody, 37, of Mathews, Va., died Saturday. May 2, in a Richmond hospital, following a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the Forrest Funeral Home at Ma thews, and a second service was held at the Cove Creek Baptist ! Church on Monday. May 4, con ducted by the Rev. Harold Song er. Burial was in the Cove Creek cemetery. She is survived by her husband. Vernon Moody, of Mathews; a daughter, Mrs. Marvin Lee Car mean, Mathews; two grandsons, R. V. Carmean and Marvin Lee Carmean, II; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Banner of Sugar Grove; three sisters, Mrs. Bynum Crisp, Elizabethton, Tenn., Mrs. How ard Vannoy, Sugar Grove, and Mrs. Hollis Aldrich, Yorktown. Va. Legislator $10,000 T The Hou?e slammed (hut it* horn of plenty on Boone'* "Horn in the Wot," then relented and gave the historic pageant $10, 000. For 15 minutes, "Horn in the West" was a pageant without a penny of state funds. Rushing to ward adjournment and tired of handing out money, the House killed th<^ $10,000 appropriation measure and went on to other business. Alleghany Rep. J. K. Doughton had made a brief plra for the money, pointing out that funds had been given "The Lost Col ony" and other non-profit pag eants. No one rose to speak against the measure, but it wm killed by a one vote margin, with many Representatives not present Dr. T rabue T o Speak At College Finals; 213 To Receive Degrees The speaker (or the fiftieth an nual commencement exercises at Appalachian State Teachers Col lege on Friday morning, May IS, will be Dr. Marion Rex Trabue of State College, Pennsylvania, the President of the American Association of Colleges for Teach er Education. Dr. Trabue is a native of Koko mo, Indiana. He holds the bache lor's degree from Northwestern University, and the master's and doctor of philosophy degrees from Columbia University. Since 1937 he has been Dean of the School of Education and Direc tor of the Summer Sessions at Pennsylvania State College. He has held many offices and posi tions of national prominence, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Psi Chi, and Kappa Phi Kappa. He is the editor of many profes sional articles and of some text books. The commencement play will be given on Wednesday and Thursday nights, May 13 and 14, I by the Appalachian Playcrafters. On the morning of commence ment day, at 6:30, President B. B. Dougherty will give his fam ous President's Breakfast for the seniors and their parents. Marshals elected to serve dur ing commencement include the following: G. C. Davis, Jr., Win ston-Salem, chief; Chancel Brown, Winston-Salem; Carol | Goodrum, Belmont; Robert Downs, Warrenton, Va.; Patty Hankley, Galax, Va.; Shirley Gabriel, Iron Station; Rebecca Hoover, Lenoir; William Morgan, Laurinburg; and Betsy Rea, Mat thews. The graduating classes will in clude 23 candidates for the Mas ter of Arts degree, and 190 can didates for the Bachelor of Sci ence degree. The doplomas will be granted and degrees conferred by President B. B. Dougherty. The invocation will be given by the Rev. Edwin F. Troutman, pastor of Grace Lutheran church, Boone, and the benediction will be delivered By the Rev. C. A. Foss, Jr., pastor of the Advent (Continued on page seven) 'Vacation Wonderland' Title New Brochure "Vacation Wonderland," an off set-printed, richly i 1 1 u s t r at e d tourist publication expected to include 48 pages of information, photographs and advertising per taining to the mountain areas of t Boone Chamber To Hear Reports Proposed Plant The Boone Chamber of Com merce will hold its regular monthly meeting at noon Tues day, May 12, in the Gateway Cafe, i The latest report on progress in the negotiations for an electro nics plant for Boone will be heard at the meeting. William Hardy, new business manager of the outdoor drama, "Horn in the West," is expected to be present. Legion To Hold Meeting Friday There will be a joint meeting of Watauga Post 130, American Legion and Auxiliary Friday at 7:30, at which time officers for the year will be elccted. There will also be a free barbecue din ner. All members are invited, to gether with other interested Vet erans. Total Federal individual income and employment tax collections in 1992 rose nearly 20 per cent, from $30,046,211,980 in 1951 to $35, 955,898,681. e Allots o "Horn" Fifteen minutca later, Wilton Rep. Larry Moore, who ia ex pected to be a candidate (or the next Speaker of the House, roae to move for reconsideration of the vote. It wasn't fair, he aaid, to give money to other pageants and not to the one at Boone. Gets Five Years On Bigamy Count Buford Hotnn, of Boone, tried on April 22, in Superior Court lit Dobson was given three to five years in the penitentiary on a charge of bigamy. It it^learned from Police Chief Richardson. llotcn, it ia reported, entered a plea of guilty to the charge *f (er he had married a resident of Uki* Hi* iuaili raids* hex*. S Southwest Virginia, Eastern Ten nessee and Western North Caro lina, is due to come off the press es June 1 under the auspices of the Tri-State Highlands Associa tion, it was announced today. Text material and pictures have already been compiled by ; Welcome Toyrists, Inc., pubtuh [ ers of the booklet. James Walker and James Ginn, both of Kings port, have been authorized to un dertake the project by Tri-State Highlands officials headed by William S. Waddell, Elizabeth ton newspaper publisher. The area-wide project, original ly set up early this year, was suspended for a time but was re activated this week when TSHA afficers decided that the demand for such a publication this sea son was such as to make it a top priority tourist promotional un dertaking. The Tri-State Highlands area includes Abingdon, Bristol, Big Stone Gap, Appalachia, Gate City in Virginia; Johnson City, Kings port, Mountain City, Elizabeth ton, Erwin, Greeneville, Rogers ville, Morristown in Tennessee; and Boone, Linville, and Blow' ing Rock resort sections as well as Asheville In North Carolina. Officers of the Tri-State High lands Association include Roy Harmon, Banner Elk, N. C? vice president; Col. E. W. Palmer, Kingsport, Tenn.; and Ryland Craft, Gate City, Va, ASTC Playcrafters Give One-Act Play Al Chapel Hill The Appalachian Playcraftcn attended the Carolina Dramatic Association at Chapel Hill April IS through 19. Forty high schools and college* competed to receive ratings (or plays they presented. The Appalachian group pre sented a one act play, "The Lead er of the People," from THE RED PONY by John Steinbeck. The cast consisted of Eugene Sweezy, Patsy Stubba, Larry Auten, Faye Lasxiter, Jeanna Coffey, and Mike Harrclson. Miss Audrey Eichelbcrger directed the play and Charles Dolinger was assistant director. While in Chapel Hill, the group was able to see what other schools were doing in dramatics, and to reccive helpful critiques of their own play. Every school present was criticized for lack of clarity In speech. At the Directors' luncheon a proposal to make speech a re quired course for all North Caro lina teachers was considered. Farmers' price* were ? par cent below p.inty In mid-March, and exactly at parity a year ear lier. J. V. Caudill Named To State Merchants Grouo J. V. CAUDILL Raleigh ? J. V. Caudill, promin ent business man of Boone, has been named to the Publicity and Attendance Committee develop ing plans. for having large dele gations from throughout the State to participate in the 41st annual convention of the N. C. Merchants Association to be held at the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Winston-Salem on May 17-19. Officers of the N. C. Merchants Association are B. W. Haigh, Ral eigh, president; Fowler, Winston Salem, first vice president; J. G. Pfaff, Salisbury, second Vice president; and Thompson Green wood, Raleigh, executive secre tary-treasurer. Local director of the organiza tion is Clyde' R. Greene. George R. King Dies In Roanoke Statesville. ? George R. King, 23, veteran of the Korean war, who had made his homtf in Statesville since his discharge from the Army, died Thursday at Veterans Hospital, Roanoke, Va. He had been a patient there since January 1. He was .a native of Congo. South Africa. Before going into service he made his home at Boone. He was the son of Or. R. R. King Sr. and the laic Margaret LeCourt King. Surviving are the father, who is now serving as medical miss ionary in the Belgium Congo; two sisters, Mrs. Jack Cobb of States ville and Mrs. E. P. Elcdor of New Haven, Conn.; and three brothers, Dr. R. R. King Jr., of Puerto Rico, John T. King of Bonne and Albert W. King of Chapel Hill. Funeral services. were held on Saturday at the Reavis Funeral Home. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery Veterans' Court, with full military honors accorded by the Statesville American Legion post. Mrs Nannie Moretz Funeral Is Held Mr?. Nannie Moretz died at the age of 79 yeara at her home in Rich Mountain. She had been in poor health (or aome time. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Rich Mountain Baptiat Church with the Rev. Cecil Glenn in charge of the ritca, assisted by Rev. Ernest Moretz and "Rev. Albert Tetter. Singing waa by the Sunahine Quartet. Surviving are four son*, , Wade, For rest, Glen and Martin, all of Zionville; five daughter*: Zella, Mrs. Edith Cornell, Mrs. Ruby Beach of Zionville; Mrs. Eunicc Gragg of Boone; Mrs. Pauline Ncilacn Crosswell of Michigan. One brother, Robert Walla, Eu bank*. Ky. There are 29 grand children, 3b great grandchildren, 9 great great grandchildren, and or* grandson, Lawrence Moretz of Goodella, Michigan, who waa retrod by tbc deceased. Model Structure To Be Finished By End Of 1954 By EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT Contract for the $626,629.00 elementary demorutration school at Appalachian State Teachen College, has been let to W. E. Dale of Morganton, and accord ing to Prinicpal John T. Howell, construction is to start immedi ately. The new ultra-modern build ing is to be located to the north of the present school building on College Street, and the site has been cleared of old buildings, some materials bought, looking to an early start of work. The demonstration school, used as a graded school for this school district and, as the name applies, a demonstration school for the student teachers at the College, is expected to draw thousands of people from every section of the United Stateq, who will observe the teaching, the use of the new building and the newest teaching methods. 21 Class Rooms The building will contain twenty-one elementary class rooms. Connected with each classroom will be an observation room equipped with one-way jlass, so that the observer can see the children at alt times but the children cannot see the ob server. The observation rooms will be equipped with furniture so that when they are not in use for observation they can be used tot offices, conference rooms, and for other functional purposes. The observation roomSj Mr. How ell says, will make it possible for the school to have as many as 620 people observing at the same hoyrs on the same days. Sound equipment costing more than five thousand dollors will be placed in the building, for ampli fication of the inter-communica tion system and demonstration classes. Observers can see and hear the children at all times. Rooms for the primary children will be especially equipped for children of that age. The rooms are twenty-five percent larger than the other rooms, and each room will have its own toilets, coat racks, etc., with everything individualized for the primary .k!U II1JJU. The cafcteria will scat (our hundred people, and will be equipped to take care of both el ementary and high school lun ches. The kitchen, which ii ex pected to be one of the best in the State, has been planned, checked, and reworked, by Miss Ann Maley, supervisor of the State school lunch program, and her large trained staff in Raleigh. The auditorium will scat seven hundred, and will have a stage sufficiently large to scat 100 peo ple. It will be equipped with electrical connections for both re ception and broadcasting over the radio and to other parts of the building. It will also have a vis ual aids booth for the showing of moving pictures to large groups. There is to be a large, well lighted, modern library in the cast wing of the building. There will be a room for the storage of visual aids equipment, and for previewing films. The suite of offices will include an office for the principal, one for the assistant principal, and a spacious reception room. There will be a lounge for the teachers There will be a health educa tion center, with provision for an office for the visiting doctor and nurse, for first aid, and cmergen I clcs. A band room is provided to take ca ' of the elementary and high school bands, with an office for the director. There will alio be private music rooms for instru mental instruction. In addition there is a room for public school music, for the use of the college student teachers who are training in public school music. "Hie gymnasium, or play room, is provided with a central par tition, *o that the group may be divided into grade or age groups, boys or girls, but the romp may all be thrown together when de-J sired. There Is an office for tha director of physical education, and storage rooms for equipment and materials. There are alao showerbaths for the boys I (Continued 6, 1
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