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BOONE !#*? POPULATION MT1 ?0 parts of the nation Modern bi qjii dMrki. A good place lo live WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 " WATAUGA COUNTY IBM POPULATION 19?M1 Leading ?|itcu1Ul__ _ l ivestock dairying and tru of paramount importance Parkway traviriw coimty, i Blowing Mock, on* Summer ^tsora of VOL. LXV? NO. 51. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1953. 1? PAGES ? 2 SECTIONS Win In City Voting CITY OFFICIALS ? Elected Tuesday, without opposition were the Democratic candidates for Mayor and Aldermen pictured here. Above left to right: Mayor Gordon H. Winkler, Grady Moretz, alderman; below, Grady Tugman and toward Cottrell, aldermen. The first 4 three named are incumbents. Mr. Cottrell takes the place of Guy ' Hunt on the board. 134 votes were tallied for the candidates, and there was one spoiled ballot. There were no write-ins. Civil Air Patrol To Be Feted At Horn Saturday Evening Civil Air Patrol personnel from four states are expected to arrive in Boone Friday, June 26, and attend the second 1953 per- ! formance of the outdoor drama. KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS LAST OF THE BIG WATCHES Watt Gragg- is perhaps the last man in the business district to give up the old turnip-size pocket watch in favor of one of the more convenient wrist models which have swept the older timcpieces out of the pockets, and all but off the market in the last few years . . . And while Watt will perhaps fumble many times for the old-faithful marker o / the hours, before he remembers to glance at the wrist, he's rather enthusiastic about the change to ward the trend of later years . . . We reminded him of the time, a few brief years ago, when there were plenty of key-winders in this section and when hunting cases were particularly popular ... In other words you had to press the end of the stem arid loosen the catch on the out side lid, before you could get a squint at the part with the hours and the minutes . . . These lids clicked rather noisily when press ed back in place, and if the | preacher or political speaker had u..?. V? V Ul IIIIIC, UIIC V.UUIU IIUOI I watch eases snapping over the I audience, and the speaker knew time and patience hod both run out . . . Watt says that the click | ing of the watch cascf helped a ' whole lot too, along about the time the dinner belli could be , heard in the neighborhood . . . , Then the keys went away, and j came the stem-winders . . . And ( a man who had the moat on the j ball was often referred to as a , shore- miff "stem winder!" TWISTS OF THE TONGUE Tha lad lanfuiabad In lh? ?had* ol tha ln? after tha sharp climb up tha drira to our ?lwm?, and look ad back down (Continued ou page twoj "Horn in the West," Saturday night, June 27. Capt. Louis H. Smith, com manding officer of the Boone squadron, ha* sent invitations to the CAP officers and members in North Carolina. South Caro lina, Virginia, and Tennessee. The Southern Appalachian His torical Association, sponsors of the drama, and Boone civic or ganizations are cooperating in ar rangements for entertaining the visiting CAP members and ^heir families. Colonel Early W. Duncan, member of the staff of General Lucas V. Beau, national com- 1 mander, has advised Captain Smith that he will arrive from Washington Friday. Lt. CoL R. E. Ridenhour, North Carolin#CAP Wing Commander, will also attend with members of his staff. Two-way radio communications will be installed to direct arrivals and activities of the group, said Captain Smith, adding that these facilities could be utilized at hos pitals and other points to sustain essential contact with other areas in case of a local power failure at any time. A mess kitchen will also be set up to dispense coffee and dough nuts to the CAP personnel. ? CAP members who arrive June 26 will be entertained at a ban quet honoring visiting officers, and those who stay over until Sunday, June 28, are invited to special church services at the Blowing Rock Methodist Church, and to the 29th annual "Singing on the Mountain" at Grandfather I Mountain. Last Rites Held For Pfc. Greene, Who Died In Korea Pfc. John Frank Greene, 24, who died April S in Korea, was buried with military honors in Mount Lawn Cemetery Sunday. June 21. Funeral services were held at the Boone Baptist Church with the Rev. E. F. Troutman and the Rev. Ernest Stevens officiating at the rites. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Betty Michael Greene of Boone; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Greene, Boone; a broth er, Sgt. Robert R. Greene, Fort | Bragg; and three sisters, Mis. Wallace Eubanks. Concord: Mrs. Peter Rossetos, London, Md.; and j Mrs. Dale Adams, Sugar Grove. Dr. Martin To Speak At State Meeting Of Vets Dr. John Martin of Boone will be one of the featured speakers at the annual summer conven tion of the North Carolina State Veterinary Medical Association. This meeting will be held at Blowing Rock, June 29-30, and will be a joint meeting with the South Carolina Association of Veterinarians. Dr. Martin is scheduled to .speak on "Hypogenitalism of Beef Cattle," and participate on panel discussions. In addition to Dr. Martin, an array of outstanding specialists in the field of veterinary medi cine will appear on the program. Dr. Harry Lind, a former na tive of Estonia, will speak on the practice of veterinary medicine behind the iron curtain. The program will officially open Monday/ and close Tuesday. In addition to the business and clinic sessions, a program of en tertainment has been arranged. Buick Agency Changes Name George C. Greene, who has op erated the Buick automobile ag ency here for the past four years, announces this week that the name of the dealership has been changed, effective June 17, 1953. Formerly known as Watauga Sales & Service, the dealership will operate henceforth as Greene Buick, Inc., he said. George C. Greene, Jr., who served in the Merchant Marines during World War II, and was discharged April 22 after two yean service in the Army, is now employed in the sales department of the organization. The agency was established by W. R. Winkler in 1938, and bought by Mr. Greene in 1949. Esso Stations Given Awards Two Boone Esso stations took first and second place in the Standard Oil Company's spring clean-up contest in this district, it is learned here. Nine stations took part in the contest under the direction of L. M. Nelson, distract manager. The M St L Esso station re ceived the first prize of $20, while the Wagner Esso took the second award of $10. The Fox Esso service of Statesville came in third with a $5 prize. Wilton, Calif. ? Returning from church services, David Manni, Jr., found hit house in a mens, particularly the kitchen, which held the residue of lunches and some coffee grounds. The intrud ers, whoever they were, brought their own food and borrowed only some coffee from Mann. bummer school Band . ToAooearln Concert The Summer School Band, un der the direction of William G. Spencer will present its tint evening program next Monday evening at 7:00 p. m. on the col lege campus. A* in previous yean the concerts will be Informal and will be given .outside, weather permitting. In case of rain the program will be given in the Fine Arts Auditorium. The member* of the Band come from many parts of the South a* well a* from the local a red. The Summer School Band affords the opportunity for all those who have played an instru ment to come and have fun. For those that arc interested in plac ing with the group the rehear sals arc from' 4 .00 to 5:00 p. m. on Monday and Wednesday. In addition to presenting ? pro gram for tta^ college and the community every two weeks, the band will do a great de^ of read ing of%oth old and jiXt off the press band music. Horn In West Presents F ir st Of 64 Performances Friday Evening THE OUTDOOR DRAMA "HORN IN THE WEST" is being pre sented for its second season at the Daniel Boone Theatre. Boone. Above left is a view of the 2,500-seat theatre, while at the right is the main parking area at the theatre entrance. The center pic ture shows Ned Austin, of Boone, in the role of Daniel Boone. Scenes from the drama are shown in the lower pictures. 1993 pro duction dates for the drama btc June 26 through September 7, with performances nightly except Mondays at 8:lS. Singing On The Mountain May Draw Throng Of Over 40,000 Linville ? The largest and most famous all-day mountain music event in the Southern Appala chians will take place at the base of mile-high Grandfather Mountain, 2 miles ej^t of this Blue Riclge resort community on Sunday, June 28, with North I Carolina's Lieutenant Governor Luther H. Hodges as speaker. A crowd estimated at 33,000 thronged the io-acre meadow at the base of towering Grandfather for the uvent last year, and for Watauga Hospital Gets Duke Grant Of $10,000 D. E. HUFF D. E. Huff Takes Position With Manufacturers Mr. D. E. Huff, who has operat ic the Home Service Co., of Boone for three years, has accept ed a position with Wisco Lumi Vcnt Corpoation, the nation's target manufacturers of Alu minum storm windows and doors. Mr. Huft will be general sales and promotion manager, and his office will be maintained at the corporation's eastern factory in Norfolk. Va. In relinquishing hix business interests here, Mr. Huff states that it took a handsome salary to draw him away from Boone. He takes over his new duties on July 1. While the Home Service Company is being dissolved, Mr. Arnold Cooper will continue with certain special services, Mr. Huff says, and will be available to aid the company's many customers in this locality. Mr. Huff is i ? member of the Boone Lions Club, of the Cham ber of Commerce and the Merch ants Association. ? Dr. G. K. Moose, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Watauga Hospital, has announced that the I Duke Foundation has appropriat ed $10,000.00 towards assistance of a three-fold project at the hospital. The board said th*t of ! ficials of the Duke Endowment in making the appropriation com mented that they were very much pleased at the quality of medical and surgical service now being offered at the hospital and complimented the board on their ! steady improvement of facilitica during the past few years. This ' money has been set aside and is ' to be paid to the hospital if cer tain conditions and stipulations ' are complied with in accordance ! with the resolution adopted by the Trustees of the Duke Endow ment. Plans are underway for pur chasing a new x-ray unit and re placement of the present heating plant. The nurses' home construc tion is already underway. The board said that the heating plant has become obsolete and wholly inadequate to carry the load re (Contlnucd on page two} Eggers Attends Land Bank Meet Mr. S. C. Eggei'g, president of the Boone National Farm Loan Association was in Columbia, 8. C. last week, where he attended a meeting of a committee com posed of two members from each of the four states served by the Federal Land Bank, held at the home offfcei of the institution. Mr. Eggers ia a member of the eight man committee, represent ing the stockholders in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia i and Florida. Principal discussion centered ! about legislation pending in Con 1 gress which would get the Fed eral government out of the i con trol of the Land Bank, and allow the management of the concern by tit ?tockboldeiy | the 29th annual "Singing on the Mountain," traffic officers arc making preparations for a crowd in excess of that. They are re routing through traffic from U. S. 221 around Linville via the Blue Ridge Parkway in order to uvoid excessive congestion. The singing and preaching be gin around 8 a. m. and continue until 5 p. m., with approximately 50 singing groups, ranging up to large choirs, and some soloists. At least 20 preachers are expect ed to hold services, some simul taneously. There is little of for mal programming, but by com mon consent the singing and prcaching yield around noon to picnic lunches, brought to the meadow in baskets or purchased at stands operated by church or ganizations. Lieutenant Governor Hodges ' will speak from a huge boulder at the base of the mountain, ris ing over a mile above sealevcl to the new swinging bridge between peaks which is fast becoming one of Western North Carolina's topmost tourist attractions. I Radio's "Mr. Dixie", Grady Cole of WBT-CBS, will introduce the Lieutenant Governor at 2 p. m Other attractions will include I Metropolitan Opera Star Norman I Cordon with a group of singers ! from his sunyner school of opera I at Boone, and Happy John Cof- , ! fey with hit 36-string homemade | harp. ' Founder and chairman of tho "Singing", 82-year-old Joe L. Hartley, has been bu*y clearing more land to provide additional room for the throng on the edgei of the meadow. "The Bearded Prophet of the High Hill*", 90-ye.ir-old Shelby E. Gragg of Shull's Mill*, and costumed playars from the prin cipal mountain <i<-?mas depicting the pioneer days of Daniel Bfone I antfc the story of the Cherokee I Indian* arc expected to be pre I ?ent Bancom Lamar Luniford, I Minstrel of the Southern Appala chian*, 1* bringing a group of folk linger* and dancer*. "Singing on the Mountain" ii a popular goal of newireel, TV, and pre** photographers, and ivveral arc cxpectcd to be prc *enf. PitUburgh, Pa. ? Among the graduate* at the recent high ?chool commencement wn Mr*. Mary fUnton, mother of three grown children. Mr*. Renton re- j ?ugnod her high-achool education in 1930. ? r / ' Eber Hudson Is New Baptist Church Worker M. EBER HUDSON Elber Hudson, recently encag ed by the Boone Baptist Church as educational director, will take up his duties the first of the month, and he and his family will establish residence in the Ralph Wilson house, near the telephone exchange. - Mr. and Mrs. Hudson come from Asheville, where he has served as Minister of Education at the Merrimon Avenue Church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hudson are natives of Statesville and gradu ates of Mitchell High School there. Mr. Hudson was in the Navy in 1945-46, and graduated from Wake Forest College in 1950. For a year and a half he was assistant to the Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Pickins, S. C., before moving to Asheville. The Hudson! have two child ren, Kathy, five, and Ida Mar garet, one. , College Choir To Be Heard On Bristol Station A concert by the Appalachian College Choir, Mrs. V i r gi n 1 a Wary Linney, directing, will be broadcast Sunday at 3:30 p. m. over the facilities of WCYB, Bristol, Tonn., and those interest ed are Invited to tune In on the program. The program will be a tape recording of the spring concert of the choir, given at the Central Presbyterian Church In Bristol on March IS. WCYB states that the cordial response the former broadcast ofl thla music received was such gthft we feel compelled to re uroadcast this portion." Editors, CAP Officials, Others To Attend Drama Northwestern North Carolina's lig outdoor drama success, "Horn in the West.'' will open Friday night. June 26, with 64 perform ances scheduled for its second season at the open air Daniel Boone Theatre. The play will be given nightly cxcept Mondays at 8:15 p. m., through September 7. During its 58 performances in 1952, the drama drew a total attendance of more than 53,000 from 47 states. As the opening performance nears, the Theatre is bustling with activity. Final dress rehear sals are now in progress on the three stages, while the box office reports a brisk advance sale of tickets, both over-the-counter and by mail. The theatre, which ii only six miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway, is popular with sightseers and picnickers. No lengthy ceremonies are planned in connection with ti?e opening. Dr. I. G. Greer of Cha pel Hill, president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Associa tion, will welcome the first night audience. Author Kermit Hunter will attend the opening. News paper editors from North Caro lina and four other states will be present for the second annual "Editor's Night," which is being held in conjunction with the op ening this year with Rupert Gil lett, associate editor of the Char lotte Observer, as chairman. Some 200 field representatives of the Security Life and Trust Company, Winston-Salem, who arc attending their annual agency convention at Blowing Rock, will come to Boone to see the opening of the drama Friday night. "Horn in the West" features a talented cast representing many states. The majority of the per formers are residents of North Carolina or alumni of its colleges and universities. Information Booth A ticket and Information booth for the drama was set up on the main street of Booric *this week, and was to be opened Wednes day noon. It will be open daily throughout the run of "Horn in the West," with Ed Waugh in charge. Although tickets will be sold at the booth, all requests for room accommodations will be re ferred to the main theatre office, where Mrs. Connie Mae Phillips, housing chairman, has a listing of acommodations for more than 1,000 people, in Boone, Blowing Rock and elsewhere in Watauga County. Tickets to the drama are also on sale at the Blowing Rock Chamber of Comme-cc. At Grandview, on Highway 421, an information booth has been set up to acquaint tourists with the drama. Roy Marsh is in charge of the booth, which open ed Sunday, and will remain open throughout the summer. Linimm Visit Theilrt Sunday night and Monday morning 15 expert photographers from North and South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee attended the second annual Photo Rehear sal of the drama. Special But Service Special bus service connecting the theatre with Winston-Salem and Charlotte will be inaugurated, Friday night by Greyhound and Queen City Coach Company, and will continue on a Wednesday, Friday and Saturday schedule throughout the summer. Among the guests on Greyhound's "Horn In The West Special" will be Mayor and Mrs. Marshall Kur fees and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, Mer chants' Association, and Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. Of. ficials oC- the bus company are abio attending the opening per formance of the drama. Among the guests on the first "Horn in the West Express" op erated from Charlotte to Boone hjflQuccn City will be W. L. Lew is, travel director for the Carolina M Motor Club. Mrs. W. M. Moore, director of Moore Tours, Char lotte. Queen City officials will al*o attend Um drama opening.
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