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BOONS 1?40 POPULATION 2.173 WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newsjiaper ? Established in the Year 1886 WATAUGA COUNTY VOL. LXVI? NO. 1. BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY t, 1?53. 12 PAGES ? Z SECTIONS ELECTRONICS FACTORY IS ASSURED ? + ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? # * if if if if if . if if jf if jf if if if if if if if it ir ? ? Boone Plant Will Employ 200; Building To Start At Once KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS ENDURING HOLIDAY The long week-end holiday brought record numbers of peo ple to Boone and Blowing Rock, and the general area of the Park way, and never have we seen traffic so dense on the streets of ' Boone as Saturday ... By the time one could manage a crossing of King he had about given up the notion . . . Sunday brought a continuing human avalanche, and while the number of visitors was slowing down a bit Monday, the Fourth was still lingering on with a business holiday, to say the least . . . The Bank and the postoffice and maybe some oth ers, shut up shop Saturday, the retailers followed suit Monday, so the Fourth has already lasted from Friday till Tuesday, and we're looking forward tq business a* usual before long now ... If anyone has any doubt of the worth of a bank and postoffice to a neighborhood, he should try doing without both on a Saturday when most everything else is open. BUMPER STICKERS On* can get i fair idea ol the large numbers oi can which visit tha Daniel Boon* TkMtn by tha number of Horn la tba Watt stickers appearing on bumpers up and down the high way*, and over the week and U appeared thai a majority of the vehicle* were (porting the green and white banneri . . . and we *ee hundreds from oth er spots ? Blowing Rock and Grandfather Mountain maybe being the most promiscuous . . . Linville Caverns and Unto These Hills are doing a good business on vehicles coming this way. and we see quite a few from the Virginia Cavern city of Luray . . . ft's quite an affective means of advertising, based on the premise that if you see a name often enough, or read an advertisement whereever you look, you'll be come a customer. AMEN. WE SAY Mrs. Roberta Ray, in her Mer chants Association bulletin, which should be read by all the mem bers, in speaking out in (avor of clean-up campaigns, calls atten tion to the perfect conditions prevailing about the Boone post office, and we quite agree with her that when a place of business excels in general neatness, it should be set out as something of a pattern for the reminder of the community. Mrs. Ray says: "W? would like to r (com mand tha grounds and general ippnrtnci of tha Post Office at a perfect example of the way a public building or any place of business should look. Practi cally twry citizen of Boon* takes mail in and brings mail out of tha door of tha Post Of fice nearly every day. yet one never sees a scrap of paper on the steps or on the lawn. The grass even seems to grow by order? ever blade in its place, with never a dandelion nor plaintin to mar the even tex ture of the surface of the lawn. The windows are always shin ing clean, the brass always pol ished, the walks washed off re gularly. the pens inside are "writeable" and the ink "read able." In winter the steps of the Post Office are the first to ft cleared of snow with a ooating of ashes or saw-dust to cover the ice. In winter, it is the warmest place in town and la the summer, the coolest." DESERVED PRAISE The lads at the postoffice ? Howard Steclman, Cecil Farth ing. Albert Farthing, and all oth ers who have to do with the gen eral appearance of the property are due praise for their interest in the Federal premises . . . and (Continued on page four) Vegetable Market Sells 2,000 Baskets Of Beans Opening Sale The newly-organized Boone j Vegetable Market, Inc., inaugu ! rated its first season here on Mon day, July 6, with a highly suc cessful opening day, selling ap proximately 2,000 baskets of beans for Watauga County farm ers, Joe B. Gourley, marketing specialist with the North Caro lina Department cf Agriculture, said Tuesday. Prior to the first sale at 5 p. m., Mr. Gourley told the assemb led growers: "Selling at auction is one of the best ways to market your produce. Grow quality pro duce and you can always sell at top market price. Pick at the right stage of maturity ? neither let beans get too old nor pick them too young. You are fortu nate in having a market of this type here, and the Department of Agriculture is interested in de veloping it into one of the best in the state." Buyers represented at Monday's sale were Barlow & Chamberlain of Stokely Van Camp Company, "Red" Kent, Mangum & Yates, Goodnight Brothers, and Biggers Brothers. Prices ranged from $2.10 to $3.00, mostly $2.50 to $2.75 per bushel. Harry Hamilton was auctioneer and sold the beans at a fast clip, said Mr. Gourley. Howard Gragg is assistant manager, and Charles Blackburn, bookkeeper. The market will hold daily sales throughout the season, he added, and the above buyers will pay top market prices t or all grades and varieties. Health Department Says Parkway Area Not Affected By Polio The Western North Carolina mountain vacation area along the Blue Ridge Parkway is not at- ' fected by the polio outbreak in Caldwell County at the foot of , the mountains, according to Dr. j Mary B. H. Michael, Watauga ; FFA LEADER ? Royce Hagaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Haga man of Zionville, who was re cently elected vice-president of the Future Farmers of Amcrica at the State Convention held in Raleigh. First Lamb Pool Sells For $16,780 The farmers of Watauga and nearby counties sold 976 lambs and sheep in the lamb pool at North Wilkcsboro on Thursday, July 2. Swift and Company paid $16,780.40 for these lambs and shipped part of these lambs to Somcrville, Massachusetts and some to United Dressed Beef, New York. The top price nf $25 00 fwt., was paid for 302 choice lambs and 239 good lambs sold for )21.00 cwt. There was 19 choice bucks and 86 good bucks that were dis counted $1.00 per hundred. The lambs were graded by H. D.Quessenberry, N. C. Depart ment of Agriculture Livestock Marketing Specialist. County Health Officer. In a statement based on Pub lic Health Department reports from surrounding counties and the State Board of Health, Dr. Michal said that the region which includes WatauRa, Ash" Alle ghany, Avery and Mitchell Coun ties along the Parkway has nad no unusual incidence of polio to date, and in fact has had less eases than in some years. The usual occasional case is expccted, Dr. Michal said, as in all of the United States, since polio is an endemic disease. There have been five diagnosed cases of polio in Watauga County this year. "As there is no increase in cases throughout this entire re creation area along the Blue Ridge Parkway," Dr. Michal said, "it is particularly suited to meet the recreation needs of the popu lation of the entire country and we feel justified in assuring va cationists that they can safely plan trips to this area. As wc are free of the disease, we ask that those coming to our section for recreation not visit en route in epidemic areas. As they go through such areas, we urge that all food and drink be obtained only in well supervised Grade A food handling establishments." Dr. Michal [>ointed out that thus Blue Ridge area is an entire ly different locale from -the epi demic area at the mountain foot hills. Although Caldwell adjoins Watauga, there is a difference of approximately 2,000 feet ih ele vation between the Blue Ridge and the lection of Caldwell where the epidemic is located. "When we realize that the ma jority of new cases ot polio in an ' epidemic area are concentrated I where close dally contact occurs between susceptibles and cases, particularly in fairiily groups," Dr. Michal said, "wc see why it , docs not spread far in adjoining ' areas." Many Gather AtRock For Fourth Of July By MRS. LUCILE LETT Big, little, old and young, from far and near were on hand {or the varied activities planned and carried out for the pleasure of the home folk and the visiting public here in Blowing Rock, Saturday, July 4th. A crowd es timated by Mayor Sob Hardin as being around the 2000 mark at MASS MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT The Chamber of Commerce he? called ? mast meeting of ciliieiu of the town to be held in the courthouse Friday at 7:30 p. m. All those interested in locat ing the industrial plant in Boone are urgently requested to be present. tended the program in the even ing which included opening re marks by Dr. M- S. Lazaron, Dr. H. E. Spcnce, and welcoming words by Mayor Hardin, with Norman Cordon of the Metropoli tan Opera Company of New York as master of ccremonics. Also appearing on the program of speeches and singing were Mrs. Miriam Lasses, Mrs. Wave Ces sna, Dr. L. T. Ncwland, and Mr. Cordon as soloist. Mrs. Charles Brown was director of the Choirs and Miss Margaret Vance, accom panist. The days activities began with a baseball game between the Blowing Rock and Boone tcamf played on the school diamond at ' 10 o'clock with Blowing Rock coming out a? winners, 4 to 3. After lunch came the gymk hana and pet show at the Horse Show groitnds with the follow ing winners: Gymkhana winners in their special classes: Open Jumpers: 1st prize, "Hazelwood." owned by Mrs. C. V. Henkel of (Continued on cage four) Attendance At "Horn" Averages Above 600 Attendance at the first nine I performances of "Horn In The West" has averaged well over ?00 nightly, according to William M. Hardy, general manager of the drama which opened ita second season June J8. A crowd of 1,300 attended the July 4 performance. . Advance ticket sales for the remainder of this week and the coming week end are brisk. A group of M from the South ern Rural Church Training In stitute at the Episcopal School at Valle Cruci* attended the drama Tuesday night. On Friday night, ISO tickets have been reserved bj delegates to the convention of the Printing Industry of the Car olina*, which is being held at May view Manor, Blowing Rock. Over the July 4 week end, the housing officc filled accominoda tioni request* for more than 150 persons. This service is proving more and more popular, and the majority of inquiries and mail orders for tickets include requests for housing information - and as sistance. Hundreds of people used the picnic areas at the theatre dur ing the holiday week end, and more sightseers visited the thea tre Sunday than on any other day this summer. Through July 5, cjrs from 27 states were counted on the park ing lot during performances of the drama. The greatest number were from North Carolina, with Virginia second, and South Caro lina and Tennessee third and fourth. 21 Rams Bring Total Of $1300 In Sale Here The North Carolina Purebred i Sheep Breeder* Association sold 21 yearling Hampshire rams in the Boone Ram Sale for $1,34S.91 Monday. The honor of selling the top ram went to Joe Wilson, Kecse, on Bullet Mitchell, the ram that Elbert Hunter, Winston Salem, purchased for $125 00. Twenty of the twenty-one rams were consigned by Watauga County purebred Hampshire sheep breeders and the other ram came from Ashe Cfnmty. Eight rams were puWbased by sheep producer! at Watauga County. Concert Program To Be Given By Institute Opera A concert program will be giv en on Monday evening, July 13. at eight-fifteen o'clock by the In stitute of Opera of the Extension Division of the University of North Carolina. The concert is open to the general public. The Institute of Opera is di rected by Norman Cordon, form erly with the Metropolitan Opera Association. This is the first sea son that the Institute of Opera has held its summer sessions in Boone in cooperation with the fine arts department of Appala chian State Teachers College. Gordon Nash is the director of the department at the college. The program on Monday night will be divided into two parts. For the first part, solo groups, accompanied by Walter Golde, will be given by Arlene Soskey, contralto; Richard Cox, tenor; Helen Masloff, soprano. In the second half, the quartet cantata will give 'In a Persian Garden" by Liza Lehmann. Miss Amelia Cardwell will be the ac companist for this cantata, and Mr. Cordon will join the three soloists to make up the quartet group. The charge for tickets, which will be sold at the dooi on the evening of the concert, will be one dollar per person. County Schools Open August 31 The County Board of Education met Monday. July 6, and set Mon day, August 31, as the opening dale for the Watauga County Schools, according to an an nouncement by Superintendent W. H. Walker. Fourth Of July Orderly Event Highway patrolmen report a very quiet fourth of July in Wa tauga in so far at traffic acci dents were concerned. With a record number of vis itors to this region, the officers state that a few crumpled fend ers constituted the damage in this locality. U. 8. PAY ROLL During April to May 1st, the number of Federal Government workers dropped another 21,700 to a total of 2,506,800. according to the Civil Service Commission. Most of the cutbacks came among civilians employed by the armed services and in the Economic Stabilization Agency. Industrial output in May holds below March high. Committees Named For Flower Show Committees have been an nounced for the 1953 Boone Flow er Show which will take place August 13 and 14. Co-chairmen o I this years ihow arc Mrs. Lee Reynold* and Mr*. D. L. Wilcox. Arrangements (or a luncheon meeting today (Wednesday) of men interested In growing and exhibiting flowers have been mude by Mrs. G. K. Moose, Mrs. A. E. South, and Mr. R. W. Watk lns, committee in charge of the men's division of the show. Chairmen of the other show committees are Mrs. James Wink ler, staging; Mrs. Claude Norris, properties; Mrs. Arnold Van Pelt, horticulture division; Mr*. Ed Hall, arrangement division; Mrs. John H of ton. Junior division; Mrs. R. H. Harmon and Mr*. Paul Graft, educational division; Mrs. D. L. Wilcox, classification; Mrs. I ? 4, ... ? ? Ralph Buchannan, entries; -Mr?. I B. W. Stalling*, judges, Mn. Her man Eggcrs, publicity; Mrs. O. K. | Richardson, posters; Mrs. J. C. i Yoder, printing; Mrs. Paul Cof fey , platform dccoration; Mrs. ' Ed Quails, table settings; Mrs. Herman Wilcox, awards; Mrs. James Winkler, program; Mrs. D. ' L. Wilcox, commercial displays; Mrs. C. ?. Ulcry, exhibitors; Mrs. Mae Miller, second day groom ing; Mrs. Frank Payne and Mrs. James Councill, judges luncheon; Mrs. Ralph Winkler, hostesses; Mrs. W. C. Greer and Mrs. H. B. Perry, register; Mrs. P. H. Vance, candy; Mrs. J. K. Parker, Jr. re freshments; Mrs. Lee Reynolds, clean-up. Clubs cooperating in sponsor ing the show are the Worthwhile Woman's Club, Blue Ridge Car* den Club and the Junior Woman's Club. PLANT OFFICIALS ? Pictured at left is Charles Wcyl, President, and right, Oliver J. Greenway, vice-president of manufacturing of the International Resistance Co., of Philadelphia, which is to con struct the new manufacturing plant in Boone. Plant Is Culmination United Civic Effort The decision of the Interna tional Resistance Company to build a modern manufacturing plant in Boone, marks the culmi nation of several months' activity on the part of local citizens, and officials, and the news is being joyously received by the people of Boone and the county. Locally, the effort to get the industry was headed by the In dustrial Committee of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, W. H. Gragg. chairman. The other Spencer Campbell Dies On Saturday Harrison Spcncer Campbell, of Sugar Grove, died in Watauga Hospital July 4th. He was 64 years of age. Funeral services were held Monday, July 6, at the Willow Dale Baptist Church, with the Rev. C. O. Vance and the Rev. E. O. Gore officiating at the rites. Burial was in the Finley Mast Cemetery. He is survived by a son. Frank Campbell, Cleveland, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. Loy Dotson, Su gar Grove; three brothers, W. W. Campbell, Vilas; Bob Campbell, JohnAon City, Tcnn.; and Ray Campbell, Lcntflr; two sisters, Mrs. D. E. Bcnficld, Boone; and Mrs. Floyd Smith, Lenoir. Social Security Schedule Given ? A representative of the Social Security agency will be at the grand jury room at the court hou.se in Boone at 10:30 a. m. on Tuesday following the 4th Mon day of each month, to aid citi zens with their tocial security | problems. members Of the committee arc R. D. Hodges, D. L. Wilcox and Glenn Andrews. Mr. Gragg particularly men tions W. R. Winkler, district highway commissioner, Gordon H. Winkler. Mayor of Boone, and the city councilmen; Paul A. Cof fey, chairman, and the oth t mcmbcrs of the board of county commissioners; Herman Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber ol Commerce; Dr. B. B. Dougher ty, president of Appalachian Col lege; James Councill, State High way Engineer; W. H. Walker, Superintendent of Schools, and Postmaster John E. Brown, for their cooperation, and also lists the following as having given an unusual degree of cooperation to the movement for the plant; W. H. Gragg. E. F Coc, W. W. Chester, Alfred T. Adams, H. W Wilcox, Stanley A. Harris, Demp sy Wilcox, J. E. Joines, G. R. Andrews, P. H. Vance, J. C. Good night, G. D. Barnctt, R. W. Col vard, I. S. Aycra, Clyde R. Greene, J. C. Cline, Bryan Tuck er, O. K. Richardson, Guy Hunt, Paul A. Coffey, H. Grady Farth ing. I. S. Smith. W. R. Winkler, Triplett Garage, D. M. Edmistcn, L. T. Tatum, Joe Williams,, R. A. Rufty; J. Paul Winkler, Major J. H. Thomas, Barnard Dougherty. L. H. Smith, Wade E. Brown, Dr. W. M. Matheson, T. M. Greer, Joe Todd, A. G. Montgomery, W. R. Richardson, G. C. Greene, B. W. S tailings, Clifford Craven, W. W Williams, C. H. Mock, Harold C. | Watson, Vance C. Holland. John G. Martin, Stewart Winkler, Ray Ellison, P< A Moretz, Guy Wil son, Jerry Wilson, C. G. Taylor, Mack D. Brown, W. E. Penick, Ted S. Hagaman. "Everyone has cooperated won derfully in the successful effort which has been made," said Mr. Gragg. " Boone has never seen a better example of perfect team work. We feel that in securing the largest manufacturing plant ever located in the county, that there will be an increased de gree of prosperity for everyone." I Work Progresses On New Sehool; Dale Contractor Work is progressing on the new elementary school (or Boone and Appalachian State Tcachers college, according to Principal John T. Howell. The excavation is almost complete, with a large amount of dirt having been mov ed from the ait*. The dirt that waa moved was taken to the new athletic field which is be ing built on the college campus. Materials are being moved in every day, with brick, concrete, 1 steel and various other necessary , items already orl the ground. j The general contractor for the building is W. E. Dale of Morgan ton. It is expected that it may be possible to occupy the building j by th? fail of Mi. U work coa-| 500 Ultimately May Be Employed Says IRC Official J Plans for the construction of an electronics parts manufacting plant in Boone, Watauga County, were announced today by Charles Weyl, president of the Interna tional Resistance Company of Philadelphia, Pa Oliver J. Greenway, vice-presi dent of the company, said con struction of the plant will start immediately and expected com pletion of the building and pro duction started about the first of 1954. Within a few months, Mr. Ureenway said, the plant would employ approximately 150 to 200 persons of which about 80% will be women. He also mentioned that the company expected that the demand for the products to be manufactured in the plant would soon require an increased production which could bring the iotal employment up to 500 per sons. Employes will be recruited almost exclusively from Watauga County, with the exception of a maximum of about ten persons who will l>e transferred from the Philadelphia plant. Manufacturing processes arc clean, causing no smoke, dust or fumes and arc of light machine and assembly type of operations. Of modern design, constructed of red brick, steel and concrete, the plant will contain 40,000 square feet of floor space. It will be located on a 20-acre tract 'known as the Winkler and Delia Rogers land) just outside of the lown line of Boone. C. M. Guest and Sons of Greensboro will erect the build ing. Russell A. McCoy, Jr., vice president, stutcd that his com pany already has placed orders for some of the construction ma terials. The firm of Bibcrstein Bowles and Meacham of Char lotte arc the architects and en gineers for the project. Mr. Grccnway stated that the plant will manufacture power wire wound and precision resis tors, rectifiers and hermetic sealed terminals. The products are used extensively in numer ous electronic and electrical de vices such as television sets, ra dios, radar, special type fuses, electrical appliances and others. Cooperating in obtaining the plant for the county were Paul Kelly, chief industrial engineer of the division of Commerce and Industry, Department of Conser vation and Development, and Wil liam C. Guthrie, engineer with the division; Russell A. McCoy, Jr., vice-president C. M. Guest and Sons; Watt A. Gregg, chair man Industrial Committee Boone Chamber of Commerce, and R. D. Midges, I). L. Wilcox and Glenn Andrews, members of the com mittee; W. R. Winkler, disrtict highway commissioner; Gordon H. Winkler, mayor of Boone; Paul A. Coffey, chairman county board of commissioners, and Herman Wilcox, president Boone Cliambcr of Commerce. This is the second North Caro lina plant of the International Re sistance Company. In March of this year the compnay started manufacture of volume controls, also an electronic component, in a new plant in Aslicville. This plant was also engineered by Bib (Continued on page four) Two Honored By B. & L. Group H. Grady Farthing, president, and C. M. Critcher, vicc-prcaident of the Watauga Building & Loan Association were given 2S year pervicc certificate# at the recent meeting of the North Carolina Sa ving* & Loan League. The certificates are "ill recog nition of unselfish and loyal aer vice to the Building, Savings 4 Loan Aaaociatlona of North Caro lina for more than twenty -five yean by the board of director* of the North Carolina Saving* ami i *??? League."
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