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BOONE MM POPULATION SJT3 center of Woatern Mate TaMteri CoE hundreds of student oil ports of tttt ooti oosb district A WATAUGA DEMOCRAT , An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 ? WATAUGA COUNT* ltM POPULATION 1M41 I oarttng agneullurm) end Livestock. dairying and tr M paramount lmpurtanra _ teSar ssrtrrw Summer rssorts of Eastern SIXTY-SIXTH YEAB? NO. 3. BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NOBTH CAIOUNA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1953 14 PAGES ? 2 SECTIONS KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS SCOTTY RETURNS Scotty Wilson, who came to i this country from the Jand of the heather when a lad. and was once a familiar figure along the Street, where he operated the Stuart-Faucett five and ten, came back the other day to visit with friends and to look around on the scenes of his earlier endea vors . . . Scotty, who has been away for some sixteen years, is located in Buffalo, New York, where he sells machine tools to i industries in the great lakes manufacturing area, is succeeding well, and expresses pleasure that Boone is still following the paths of progress . . . Scotty notes wi.h pleasure that Boone is to have a manufacturing plant, and says that the competency of Southern workers in the plants of the east have contributed to the south ward movement, where labor is relatively more plentiful, highly efficient and maybe cheapcr . '. . Southern workers, he says, are doing uniformly well in the fac tories he visits, and he predicts that the IRC folks will be elated with the way Watauga folks take : to production activities . . . The genial Scot was one of the sages of the town when he presided i over the dime store on the north : side of the street ? Easy to get along with, carrying a full stock of humor and a foe of violence, Scotty once tried to be peace maker in a fight down near his i store ... i TALKED TOO MUCH 'Twii on* of thoM noisy de- 1 monstrations which used to be heard quit* often along the street, and was showing signs of blossoming into a full-grown brawl, when Scotty decided he < couldn't abide such carryings on. and went to offer the olive branch of peace . . . One of the < combatants didn't like the in terference and shifted his at tack to Scottie. who found asylum in his store . . . Com menting on the incident Scot tie allowed: "There was noth ing wrong . . > 1 just set to talk ing, when I shoulda been listen ing!" , . . Which, after all, ac counts for an awful lot of the < troubles we accumulate. PASSING FANCIES Human nature being what it is, we've noticed that the first seat inside the door of a lunch count er is always occupied, and that the barber nearest the exit gets the most business every time. . . . The sub-conscious perhaps dicta ting the location next the door, so's a getaway would be easier if anything happened . . . And one never sits with his back to a companion, under any circumst ancc, not because he wants to look at the guy, but because the instinct of self-preservation mak es him distrustful . . . But' at churches and other public gath erings the back seats are perhaps most desirable so's a fellow enn make a run for it, and jet going before the traffic is all snarled upf . SEEKS RESPITE The fourth grader looked long and hard at tha excavation for the new elementary school building, and at the pile* of ?building block*, and the thou *and* of red brick . ? . and agreed that a new tchool i* much to be l*?ired and would perhapt make the nine-monihi long trek a bit more bearable . . . "But." tha student added. '"Looks like 'twould be a good notion to tear tha old one out of the way before starting work on the new I" ODDS AND ENDS Mrs. Naomi Tugman, who ccle- , brated her 83rd birthday on the twelfth, came by the other d|y and renewed her subscription to th . Democrat . . . Married in 1888, the same year t^e DemdS crat was born, Mrs. Tugman im mediately subscribed to tha coun ty journal, and hasn't been off the circulation books In the sixty five intervening years . . . Irate taxpayer raises heck in general with Demo^it over publishing name in collector's list . . Folks standing by, waitiii^ for the pooch on the leash to spoil the evergreens . . . Mrs. Willie Greene of Laxon, fetches ui a generous helping of gooaeberriea, fiesh oft'n the bush, which we appre ciate . . . ? William Hardy Gets Full-Time Position # As Manager' Of Horn * The Southern Appalachian Historical Association has renew ed the contract of William M. Hardy as lull-time manager of "Horn in the West," it is an nounced by Dr. D. J. Whitener, executive vice-president of the WILLIAM M HARDY Association. Hardy's new two year contract goes into effect October 1, at the end of his first full year. He will continue to make his residence in Boone. During the winter months he will travel throughout North Carolina and other state* in the interest of the drama. One of his first objectives will be the expansion of the school program begun this year to acquaint history students with the drama and make it possible for them to attend. Prior to becoming general man iger of "Horn in the West," Har iy' was general manager of "The Lost Colony" at Manteo foi two years and served as a consultant an outdoor drama fbr the Exten sion Division of the University, and taught there for three years following his honorable discharge from the Navy after World War II. He has done graduate work at the University of North Caro lina, has been active in the work of the Carolina Playmakers, and is executive secretary-treasurer of the Southeastern Theatre Con ference. Park Officials Boone .Visitors . Blue Ridge Parkway personnel from Washington, Roanoke and the Bluffs District attended the July 15 performance of "Horn in the West." Here from Washington was Dudley Bayliss, chief of Park- 1 ways for tfie National Park Ser vice, who was accompanied to Boone by Warren Lewis, Park way landscape architect from Roanoke. Ross Reeves, district ranger, headed the group of 28 rangers, information station per sonnel and their families from the Bluffs District, which ex tends from Blowing Rock to Doughton Park. After the play, the entire group were guests of Parkway Ranger William C: Surrey and Mrs. Sur rey at a coffee hour at their home in Boone. Of North Carolina's estimated 4,000.000 people, approximately 1,347,000 live on farms. Second Term Registration At College Is Held The registration for the second term of summer school at Ap palacfiian State Teachers College was held on Tuesday, July 21, and classes already are under way. However, according to Chapell Wilson, director of the summer school, students will be allowed to register for academic credit through Saturday, July '25. Any student who is prevented from coming in on the original regis tration day, can receive proper credit by being in class on the morning of July 27. In addition to the regular six week term, there are also a num ber of short courses and work shops which will begin on August 3. Long Terms Farm Loans Said To Bring Security Julian H. Scarborough, told a scvcn-county farm group at the courthouse Friday that being members of a National Farm Loan Association, making long term loans, would bring security to them by helping them to buy larms over long periods of time. The meeting was attended by 250 farm home owners from Wa tauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Wilkes, Caldwell, Avery and Mitchell Counties with the Boone Nation al Farm Loan. Association hosts to this 1953 annual meeting. Mr. Scarborough, president of the Federal Land Bank of Colum bia, explained that the farm loan system is entirely Owned by farm er members, that no government capital nor government money of any kind goes into the organiza tion. He said the local association is one of 1,200 in the United Stat es with a total of 330,000 farmer members and that this and 68 others in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida owned the Land Bank of Colum bia. Reassuring the members, Mr. Scarborough said that although one or two sections bordering the Virginia line had suffered severe drought, this would not affect the yield of the crop. He said the to bacco crop in general was in ex cellent condition and high prices are anticipated. B. S. Burch of Columbia, assist ant to the president, Mrs. T. E. Haglcr of Sanford, regional man ager for the Federal Land Bank, J. Mack Moore of Granite Falls, Gordon A. Chambers, State Road and E. S. Shatley, Jefferson, were among visitors at the meeting which was called to order by S. C. Eggcrs, president of the local association. A report of 1951 operations was made by .John Hollar, secretary treasurer of the Boone organiza tion. Steel records are set in June and the half year. Baby Gets Complete Blood Change In Rare Operation Performed Here Widespread public interest was aroused when it was learned that p newborn baby was given a com plete change of blo&l (or a (airly rare condition known as erythro blastosis fetalis early Saturday night ?t the Wat^ga hospital. This procedure was repeated on Sunday. Erythroblastosis fetalis is a highly dangerous anemi which is sometimes found in Rh positive infants born to Rh negative mo thers. The condition is caused by absorption of antibodies from the mother's blood into the infant's circulation. These antibodies were manufactured in the mother against the Rh positive blood of the developing infant. The titer or amount of these antibodies is often so great ethat the infant succumbs before being bora. f Those infants who are fortunate enough to survive until birth rap idly bccome anemic due to the destruction of their own blood cells by the antibodies circulating in their system. They rapidly be come jaundiced, that is, a yellow ish discoloration of the skin, blood, and tissue due to exten sive blood destruction. When first observed the local infant was a golden yellow and very anemic. A complete change of blood wan necessary in order to remove the offending antibodies it the infant was to survive. Hh negative blood from compa tible male donors was obtained. A vein was exposed under locfcl anesthesia and a polyethylene tube, 34-UXKKh of an inch in di ameter. was inserted into the vein. Thia vein was only a lew thousandths A an inch larger in diameter man the polycthWne tube. The polyethylene tube was advanced into the vein until it lay in one of the large veins deep within (ho infant's body. As soon ns this was accomplished, as much blood as wum calculated to b? safely withdrawn at one time based on the baby's weight, was withdrawn through this tube. This amount of fresh dononfelood was immediately returned to the baby. The process of withdraw ing infant blood and replacing It with fresh blood lasted well into the night. At the conclusion of the procedure the baby was no longer yellow. The white fingers and mucous mcmbrttnes were ? healthy pink, denoting a complete reversal ol the anemia and all (Continued on page three) ? Gets Retirement Pin Mrs. Jessie MeQuire, recently j retired from the management of j I the Bell Telephone exohange in ' i Boone is shown receiving a re tirement emblem from J. K. Gray during ceremonies held at a din ner in Boone by company em ployees. Mrs. McGuire began her career in 1923, when Dr. H. B. Perry who then owned the Watauga Telephone Co., engaged her to manage the Boone exchange. In 1928 when Southern Bell bought the system, Mrs. McGuire be- ! came the operating agent. During the oeremony held in her honor she received a life ] membership certificate in the . Telephone Pioneers from H. B. Darrow, past president of the North Carolina chapter, in addi tion to a retirement emblem from J. K. Gray, North Carolina traf fic superintendent. Guests besides Messrs Darrow and Gray included R. M. Van Hoose, district traffic manager; Mr. and Mrs. John F. Greer, sis ter and brother-in-law of Mrs. McGuire; Mrs. R. W. Mc'juire; Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Perry, Canses Moretz, and Mrs. Jessie Warman. i Annual Flower Show Regulations Given ? The rules, regulations and list i of classes for the annual flower show, sponsored by the Blue Ridge Garden Club, are given , below: Rul?> and RtfuliUoiu 1. All entries must conform to schedule. 2. There will be no charge for entries. 3. Exhibitor will be permitted only one entry in each classifi cation except in cafce of numbers 46, 53, 58 and 59 in Hoticulture; numbers 14 and 17 in Display Division, and numbers 18 and 21 in Men's Division. 4. Only one exhibit in each class will be permitted from each gar den. 5. Horticulture specimens, col lections, and displays ' must be grown by exhibitor. 6. All horticulture specimens should be labeled whenever pos sible. 7. Plant material . used in ar rangements need not be grown by exhibitor. 8. Anyone in Watauga County, except professionals, may enter in the arrangement classes. 9. Arrangements should be re groomed the sccopd day before 10 a. m. 10. Children are to make their own arrangements. 11. Potted plants should be registered August 12 from 3 to 4:30 p. m. 12. All other entries must be registered August 13 from 8 to 11 a. m. 13. Exhibits registered after 11 a. m. will be placed in the show but will not be judged. 14. Exhibits shall not be remov ed from the show room before 4:30 p. m. August 14. 15. Exhibits must be removed by 8 p. m. August 14. 16. The staging committees will not be responsible for. containers, although all possible precautions will be taken. 17. Only the staging and the classification committees and ex hibitors in the advance registra tion class will be permitted in the show rooin during the staging and the placing of exhibits. 18. No one will be permitted in the show room except the clerks during the judging. Other officials must be on call. 19. Judging will be according to the standards set by National Council Of Garden Clubs. Exhi bits will" be judged against per fection. The decision of the jud ges'wiU be final. Awards (Continued on page eight) Fire Dept. Has New Resuscitator The Boone Fire Department now has a resuscitator to be used in reviving persons overcome by smoke or water, which is a valu able addition to the mode: n de partment. Fire Chief Howard Cottrell states that this new equipmeat iix available to' the people of Boone and Watauga county, when an emergency arises, and he is happy that the town made this progressive step in keeping the fire equipment modern. Examination Set For Postmaster At Blowing Rock The first examination for Post master at Blowing Rock, 14770 a year, under new, more exacting eligibility requirements recently agreed upon by the U. S. Civil Service Commission and the Post Office Department will be open for receipt of applications until August 11,1953, the Commission announced tod^. Applicants must take a written test. Those who pass will bo as signed final ratings on the basis of his teat and on their experi ence, pbility, and charactcr. There it a one-year residence re quirement and applicants must be at leaat 29 years of age and must not have passed their sixty third birthday. Complete information about the examination requirements and in ?tructions for filing applications may be obtained at the post office for which this examination is be ing announced Application forma must be received in the U. 8. Civil Service Commission, Wash ington 23, D. C. not later than the ringing date. ? Weems Gives Hope Added Park Funds Sixteen States To Send CollegiansTo Workshop The Music Education Work shop which will be held at Ap palachian State Teachcrs Col lege Irom August 3 to August 15 J has an advance enrollment of ap proximately 140 students repre senting 16 states and Canada. The workshop is for classroom teachcrs, music teachers, super visors, principals, superintend ents, and directors of elementary education, and is designed to be SCT. JOE FOX IS DROWNED AT WAIANE BEACH .Sergeant Joe Doughton Fox, of Banner Elk Route 1, was drown ed on July 19 at Waiane Beach, Aohu, Hawaii. He had recently 1 completed a seven months' tour 1 of duty with the U. S. Marine Corps in Korea. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fox of the Foscoe community; a -brother, I John Lee Fox; four sisteis, Mrs. Jack Shipes, Mrs. Creed Taylor, 1 the Misses Betty Sue and Martha' Helen Fox, all of Banner Elk I Route 1 (Foscoe.) The body is en route from Hawaii, and funeral arrange- 1 mcnts are incomplete. Wins Ribbon At Crafts Fair ' Ashcville ? Mrs. C. G. Hodges of Sands won the blue ribbon for her broomi today at the sixth annual Craftsman's Fair in City Auditorium. Mrs. Hodges grows the broom corn herself and makes the hearth brushes. Mrs. Hodges and Mrs. D. W. Cook of Watauga County were demonstrating their skill in mak ing beadsprcads at the opening session, and had a good place scar the main entrance. Edmisten Home Razed By Fire The old homeplacc of the late Farthing Edmisten, located in Perkinsvillc neighborhood was destroyed by fire Sunday even ing, and although the Boone Fire department promptly answered the call, the frame building had been razed before help could ar rive. The building was occupied by Mr. Joe Edmisten and family, and nothing wai saved from the flames. In addition to new furni ture, much of the invaluable old furniture was lost in the blaze. No figures on the loss were avail able. Some insurance was said to be in force. MCP, a chemical, will be gen erally used this year to kill the rust-spreading barberry bush. a practical help for anyone con cerned in teaching music in the grades. The activities will include rhy thmic activities (or children, singing, playing, creative, and listening activities, using the state adopted music books, New : Music Horizons. * . ' An outstanding faculty has been secured to handle the work- ? shop. James Greene, workshop chairman, is music consultant | with the Silver Burdett Company. 1 He i ?ceived his B. A. degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers College, and his M. A. 1 from Columbia University. He has done additional graduate ' study at Texas. Colorado, North- j western, and Columbia Universi ties. He was the supervisor of music in Austin, Texas, and a 1 member of the summer school faculties at Potsdam State Uni- 1 vcrsity, Columbia University, and the University of Texas. Mrs. Sally Dictrich received her B. S. degree at the New York I University and her M. A. from Columbia University. She taught musfc at Columbia University1 and the Horace Mann School. She ' was also on the summer staff at j the American Institute of Nor mal Methods. Mrs. Dietrich is 1 now director of vocal music in South Side Junior-Senior high ! school, Rockville Center, New York. I Miss Birdie Holloway received her B. S, M. and M. S. M. degree! from Oberlin Conservatory. She was music education consultant for school* in North Carolina, and on the music education workshop at Appalachian State Teacchers College in the summer of 1952. She is hea'd of the department of music education at Woman's Col lege of the University of North Carolina. Mrs. Edna Doll received her B. S. from New York University and her M. A. from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has been a member of facul ties of American Institute of "Nor mal Methods, San Francisco State Teachers College, and Appala chian State Teachers College. She was lecturer at Boston Univer sity and the University of Main. She is director of rhythms and dance, Clifford Scott high school, East Orange, New Jersey. Gordon A. Nash, chairman of the music department at Appala chian State Teachers College, is serving as the workshop coordi nator. An enrollment of 200 stud ents is expected. Visitors From 37 States Visit Horn Automobile licenses from 37 states have been counted on the parking lot of Uic Daniel Boone Theatre during performances of the outdoor drama "Horn in the West" this season. North Caro lina leads in the traffic count, with Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia next. 4-H Contest Winners I _____ ' ^ , Evelyn Mathe?on, left, daugh ter of Mr. nnd MS Gardner Matheaon^ and Ann Tarthing, right, daughter of Mr. and Mri. David Farthing are winners of the Wettern District *-H Dairy Food* Ucuiuutuaiiui) C*otCat Ann and Evelyn will rcpfesent thin district in the State content to be held Thursday July 23 on the campus of N. C. State Col lege. These (iris chose "Milk Festival" as thf title o I their de mon*UatiurL ? Park Commission Guests Chamber For Monday Meet Sam P. Weems of Roanoke, Va., superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway, told members of the N. C. National Park-Parkway and Forest Development Commission here Monday that he was en couraged by the prospects of get ting additional funds to open the Moses 11. Cone Memorial Park near Blowing Rock, and to con struct three additional miles of paved roads for a Parkway link through the estate. The additional, funds, Mr Weems said, will make the park "one of the finest recreational centers" in this country. Funds totaling $481,000 were added to the National Park Ser vice appropriation for the current fiscal year, which now is await ing confirmation. The commission, assembled here for its summer meeting, re elected Dr. Kelley E. Bennett, of Bryson City as chairman at a closed session Monday morning, and gathered at the Daniel Boone Hotel at noon where they were entertained at a luncheon by the Chamber of Commerce. Other officers re-elected were W. R. Winkler, of Boone, vice chairman; and C. M. Douglas, of Brevard, secretary. After being introduced by Kus sell D. Hodges, who presided in the'absence of Chamber of Com merce President H. W. Wilcox, Chairman Bennett told the lunch I eon meeting that Western North I Carolina has more scenic wond ers to offer tourists than any ' fither area in the country. "There are no finer outdoor dramas than "Horn in the West" and "Unto These Hills," he de clared. Former U. S. Rep. Robert L. Doughton spoke briefly and as sured the commission that any assistance he could render at any time would be forthcoming. State Highway Patrolman Ro bert C. Buckner addressed the meeting on the all out safety pro gram being launched by the Pa trol. He said highway accidents in North Carolina are up 22 per cent over last year, and added that 70 per cent arc caused by so-called "minor violations", such as going through red lights and driving on the wrong side of the road. The program calls for the participation of every citizen, he said. Mountain owner Hugh Mortonv president of the Linvillc Com pany, invited the group to visit Grandfather Mountain as his guests Monday afternoon. In its business meeting the commission reviewed progress made during the past year, and outlined plans for coming activi ties. Resolutions adopted included one expressing appreciation to Mr. and Mi's. W. R. Winkler, who entertained the members and their wives at a breakfast at their home, and to the Chamber ot Commercec for Monday'* lunch eon. This was the second meeting the commission has held in Boone, the first taking place in 1946. Feeder Calf Sale Set For October The- date of Monday, October 5, has been aproved for t h 19&3 Boone Feeder Calf Sale. The Farmer Selection Committee has been elected as follow*: A. W. Greene, Ed Love, Charles Tri vcttc, Henry Taylor and R. G. Shipley. All nominations should be made to L. E. Tuckwiller, county agent, by September 1, and the entry fee of 90 cents per head paid at that time. All calves must be vuccinated for both blackleg and hrmorraha gic scpticcma (shipping fever) be fore September 25. The State of Arkansas has filed suit ifl Federal court to have the recently -passed submerged oil land act declared unconstitution al.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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