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BOONE ItM POPULATION LT1 The educitloul sratar oi Wwtcrn North Carotin*. Hum at iiylytitM State TMchtn College. which attract! hundreds of students annually (ran all parte of thi nation. Modern buai mo district A good place la live. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper? Established in the Year 1888 WATAUGA COUNTY IMS POPULATION II. Ml SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR? NO. 4 BOONE. WATAUGA (jpUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY ?, 1?53 14 PAGES ? 2 SECTIONS KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS THE SHOOTING STOPS The end of the fighting in far off Korea, where so many of our lads have died in the struggle against totalitarianism, created no great amount of enthusiasm along the street . . . And while we think the folks are glad ? even grateful ? that there has been a cessation in the shooting, no excitement marked the cooling off of the guns . . . Which might indicate that a lot of the folks don't think the thing will last, that we maybe lost a bit ?>f face in the first round of the peace negotiations, or that there are many who just don't care . . . And in this latter group lies the peril to continuing peace . . . The economy of the land has been so tied up with the fortunes of war for so many years, that we fear there is a growing disposition on the part of the folks, to regard war as a nccessary evil? some thing we have to endure, like deadly bodily diseases, or other tortures of the flesh which come along in the natural course of thing* . . . We don't like to sec us become reconciled to the carnage of mass conflict . . . We ?an have peace if we cherish decency, and honor, and love the folks who don't see eye to eye with us . . . At- any rate, we're mighty happy that the lads are coming back, and we join with the other folks along the street in the fervent hope that the set tlement sticks, and that we shall have an enduring peace! NO SERPENTS S. C. Eggeri of Boom it quoted in The SU1? at saying there are no rattlesnakes in Watauga county, which to far ai wa know is the truth ? unless a tew of the reptiles might lurk in the warmer spots on the south side of the hill . . . The last rattler we've known of in Boone was killed by A. W. Beach down near the Col lege. perhaps thirty-five years ago ... It was quite a big fel low. and the skin was stuffed and hung in the little museum which "Professor Dolph" main tained . . . Fact is, it's the only one of the noisy snakes we've known of in this locality. ODDS AND ENDS Boone Trail Cafe installs huge Neon sign, which carries a full length likeness of old Dan'l him self, and is different enough to look plumb good . . . Miss Jennie Coffey's mimosa again blooming full . , . The plants grow quite as well here as below the crest of the Ridge, and they are hardy . . . 'Twould be simple to have a lot of them up hft-e . . . S. C. Eg gers busily engaged in the de velopment of the land for his Auction sale today . . . The pro perty is the last acreage avail able in the city limits perhaps, and a good deal of interest is be ing shown in the new Green Heights development . . . Inci dentally the area to the North west was named Greene .Heights many years ago by -the late Bob Rivers, out of respect to his good friend Judge Lee Greene, who owned the first home in the pretty neighborhood . . . Mrs. Earleen Pritchett passing the time o' day as she n\akes her busy way about the town . . . Mrs. Pritchett is a key figure down at the College, where she docs the top secretarying at the Dean's office, and handle- the press dispatches to boot . . . The fast friendship of Sonny Tugman, and his flog Topsy . . . When Sonny was sick a while back, 'twas said Topey was troubled to the extent that sfic wouldn't eat . . . wouldn't even take a gnaw af a hnntv GOOD SINGING Mis i Mary J?nmng* captivat ed the audi* no at ih? Metho di?t Church Sunday with har masterly randiiion of "How Baauiiful Upon Tha Moun tains". and a lot of folks sot to wondering just who it was with tha golden voice . . . Miss Jennings, it it explained. is in tha choir at tha Horn, and tak ing soma classaa at tha sum mar school of opora baing con ducted by Norman Cordon . . . Sha waa "Miss Arkanaas" at Atlantic City in l?fcl, finished third in the national boauty contaat fhora ?*- and shoulda fceen. first . . . Rot. Joe Shack ford # pleased that Mlsa Jen nings will do another solo for the Methodists and visitors next Work Progresses .On Boone's New Factory Ground wa c broken on Monday, July 20, for the electronics parts manufacturing plant which the International Reaisitance Com pany of Philadelphia, Pa., plans to erect here, and grading has been going forward since that time. Of modern design, to be con structed 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 the southern limits of Boone, just off the Winkler's Creek road. C. M. Guest and Sons of Greensboro will erect the build ing, and the firm of Biberstein, Bowles and Meacham, of Char lotte, are the architects and en gineers for the project. The building is expected to be completed and production started about the first of 1954, employ irtg 150 to 200 persons at the be ginning, of which about 80% will be women. Incrra.?ed production will bring the total employment up to more than 500 persons lat er, a company official said. These employees will be recruited al most exclusively from Watauga County, with the enception of about ten persons who will be iransferred from the 'Philadelphia plant to serve in a superviiory capacity. Many Librarians Attend Workshop At Appalachian A workshop lor trapped school librarians was held at Appala chian State Teachers College from July 21 to August 1. Twenty-five school librarians lib rarians from North Carolina, Vir ginia, Georgia, and Florida at tended and discussed problems and situations of school libraries. This work conference was spon sored by the Department of Lib rary Science at Appalachian State Teachers College, and was, directed by Mrs. Eloise Camp Melton, a member of that depart ment. Conference committees and the chairman of each included: Pub lication Mrs. Melton and Miss Ila Taylor, library scienee de partment, Appalachian; general secretary, Miss Beatrice Hol brook, Hugh Horson high school. Raleigh; resolutions, Miss Edith Stafford, Union Cross School, Forsyth county; evaluation, Miss Elizabeth Councill, Hickory school library supervisor. Hick ory. Group leaders included the fol lowing: Enriching the library lesson, Mrs. Hallie S. Bacelli, director of libraries, Guilford County Schools, Greensboro; var ied uses of library periods, Mrs. Kathryn M. rfarris, Coral Gables, Florida; student assistants in the school library, Mrs. Margaret P. Ertcl, GoMsboro high school lib rary; lfbrary publicity, Mrs. Mild red D. Lonidans, Columbus, Georgia. Librarians attended the work shop frctA Forest City, Greens boro, Hickory, Pembroke, Golds boro, Asheville, Durham, Wins ton-Salem, Raleigh, Robbinsville, Albemarle, Fairview, Walker town, in North Carolina; St. Pet ersburg and Coral Gables, Flor ida; Columbus and Lincolntonl Georgia; Appalachia, and Marion, Virginia. Cattlemen Ask Ike To Support Weak Prices * Washington ? A delegation o( cattlemen from the parched Southwest asked President Ei senhower this week to support cattle prices at 90 per cent of parity. Accompanied by senators from four of the drought states, the' delegation called at the White House to urge the President to use price support powers already authorized by law. Members said this was the only way to stabilize the market. Under a price support program, the government would obligate itself to buy cattle any time the market price dropped below 90 per cent of parity. Parity is a figure calculated under farm laws as fair to the producers in Joe A. Gragg Taken By Death Joe Adams Grngg. aged 68, of Banner Elk Route died July 26 at his home in the Foscoe com munity. following a brief illnesf. Funeral service* were held Tuesday. July 2t, at the WRtauga Baptist Church, with the Revs. Will Cooke, E. F. Troutman and Ebor tiragg officiating. Burial waa in the Foscoe cemctery. Tie is survived by hi* widow; three sons, Boone. Rom. -and Doyle, all of Banner Elk Route 1; four daughters. Mrs. U. B. Po- 1 rach and Mrs. Frank Eggers, both of Banner Elk Route 1, Mrs. How ard Townsend, Boone, Mrs. Ted Townsend, Hudson; ( and lix grandchildren. ^ J. H. Councill Has Had Long Experience As ]N, C. Highway Engineer As Division Engineer for the newly-cieatcd Eleventh Highway Division, James Hardin Councill will supervise all construction and maintenance of the State's roads ?in Caldwell, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties. In May. the Governor and a five-man study group, authorized by the 1953 General Assembly, realigned "the State's counties into 14 highway divisions. Since the mid-thirties, the State had been divided into ten geographic highway divi*ions. The Governor appointed a 14-mcmbcr Commii Called To Army J3ick Kpler, whp has served as master of properties I or "Horn in the West'.' ever since hte dra ma opened last week, has been called into the armed forccs and left Boone Saturday to report for basic training. Succeeding Mr. Epler as master of properties* is King Rimbach, who has been an assistant tech nician on the "Horn in the West" staff this summer. A student at Duke University, Mr. Rimbach was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and his family now lives in Califor nia. DOCTOR DRAFT Under legislation signed recent ly by President Eisenhower, doc tors, dentists and veterinarians will be subject to draft calls for another two years. The law ap pli^p to men up to the age of 50, who may be called to active mili tary service for ?4 months unless they hate already seen at least 21 months of duty since Septem ber, 1940. relation to the cost of basic things they have to buy. Right now 90 per cent of paHty would average about $18.90 per lflt) pounds. The Agriculture De partment's ' latest report on cat tle prices placed the average market price at $16 per 100 pounds in mid-June. The delegation represented the United Livestock Producers As sociation formed several weeks ago. S. E. (Eck) Brown, head of the organization, said it has about 2,000 members, mostly smaller cattle producers. The older National Livestock Association has consistently op posed a government price support program. The delegation included cattle men from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado. It was accompanied by Senators Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex.), Dan iel (D-Tex), Kerr (D-Okla ), An derson (D-N. M.), and Edwin Johnson (b-Colo.) sion and named A. U. (Sandy) Graham to head it. W. Italph Winkler of Boone is Commission er for the Eleventh Highway Di vision. Councill's highway service JAMES H. COUNCILL dates from summer work in the twenties between terms ' at "the University of North Carojina. In 1925, he started on a permanent basis as an instrumcntman. Through tho years, he moved steadily up the engineering lad der as resident engineer, main tenance supervisor, district en gineer and assistant division en gineer of the old Eighth Highway Division ? a position he held until his recent promotion. His many years of experience in the con struction field amply qualify him to guidl the roadbuilding in these eight counties. Jim Councill, son of the late Benjamin James and Blanche Hagaman Councill, was born January 31, 1903. in Bonne. He received his early schooling at Appalachian Training School (now Appalachian State Teachers College) and then attended the University of North Carolina where he was a student in the Engineering School, class of '25. In 1925, he was married to Margaret Hooker Moore of Syl va. Today they live in Boone and have two children: Fred and Mar tha. Fred, a '52 graduate from UNC, is a Second Lieutenant In the Air Force and stationed in Landsberg, Germany. Martha will be a sophomore at Duke this fall. Councill is a charter member and former president of the Boone Lions Club. He is a member and past president of the North Caro lina State Highway Employees Association. Headuarters for the Eleventh will be in North Wilkesboro. J. E. Doughton is the assistant dl j vision engineer. Reunion Off The, Story reunion which had been scheduled for the Aho 1 neighborhood on August 2. has been called off, it Is announc I ed by the sponsors. Mayor Urges Clean- Up Of City's Vacant Lots Mayor Gordon H. Winkler cite* the following town ordinance re garding the cleaning up of vacant lots in the town, and a?k? that the people cooperate, both to make the city more beautiful, and to aid the programs of the Gar den Club and other groups. The ordinance says: "No person shall permit any accumlalion of waste paper, 0 weeds, litter or combustible or inflammable waste or rubbish of any kind to ramin upon any roof or In any court, yard, vacant lot or* other open space. Every own er or occupant of property sh<j. cut down and remove therefrom all weeds, grass, vines, and other growth, which endangers the same nr any other property, which u likely to be fired." O 1900 Farms Arc Participants In ? 1953 Program Tha 1953 "Agricultural Conser vation Program is moving toward completion. Already nearly 1900 out of 2400 (arm* have partici pated and others "are expected to complete the use of the assistance on their practices in the near fu ture. Half of the praticipating farmers have made their perfor mance reports and other farmers are coming in to the PMA office daily and making their reports. 1 Those farmers who have not yet participated are urged to either purchase their materials ' or come to the county office and get their purchase orders for materials while there is still tme | 1 to carry out their practices in the ' late summer or early fall. No farmers can afford to lose the 1 conservation which the assistance J offered by PMA will buy. Every ; year this conservation is lost means that it will take long?r to catch up with the conservation needs on your farm. For further information call at the PMA office or see your coun- j ty or community committeeman. | Caudill Resigns From Newton's J. V. (Jake) Caudill. manager of Newton's Department Store in Boone since June 18, 1951. has resigned his position effective at the close of business Saturday, July 25. Mr. Caudill plans to open a ladies' and men's ready-to-we ir shop in the building formerly oc cupied by the Skyline Restaur ant on King Street, he said. The i building has been restored and modernized since it was gutted, I along with other in the block, in \ the big Christmas Day (1952) fire. "My association with Newton's hai been most pleasant," he Mid, "and I deeply appreciate the generous patronage of the fine people of Boone and Watauga County. It has been a vital factor in my decision to establish a business of my own." Before leaving for New York i to buy fall merchandise this i week, Mr. Caudill, who is presi- 1 dent of the Boone Merchants As sociation, told the Democrat that he expects to open his new store about September 1st. Horn Contest Winners Given The two grand prizes lti the historical quiz and essay content sponsored in North Carolina school by the Southern Appala chian Historical Association will be awarded at the July 31 per formance of "Horn in the West." Prize winners are Mary Caro line Cridlebaugh, of Route 2, High Point, and Russell Rice of Gas tonia. Miss Cridlebaugh will come to Boone as a guest on At lantic Greyhound's "Horn in the West Special" from Winston-Sa lem. The awards, checks for $25 each, will be presented in behalf of the Historical Association by Mrs. Charles Cannon of Kanna polis and Blowing Rock, a mem ber of the board of directors. Hodges-Greene Reunion Slated The Hodges and Greene family reunion will be held on August 9 at W. D. Culler's on Howard's 1 Creek. j Everyone is asked to come and bring picnic dinner. The sermon will be prrachcd at 2 'o'clock by Rev. E. C. Hodges of Hendrix. FOOD PRICES Retail food prices remained un- j changed on the average between June 15 and 29th, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Most of the increases occulted for fresh fruits, pork and eggs, wmle the most significant de creases were for fresh vegetabl e's, poultry and meats other than pork. U. ?. SUTTER The Government now holds ? j record total of more than 250,- j 000.000 pounds of butter, or about I 14,000,000 pounds rrtore than the previous record sot on August 11, 1990. Stocks of cheese also reach ed a record by June 30 of 839, 000,000 pound*. Annual F arm T otir Starts On Monday Horn Ticket Sales Reach Y ear's Record Attendance and advance ticket lales for "Horn in the West" are gaining steadily, and the com bined admissions total of 2,308 For Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights was the' largest for any three-night period since the drama opened its second season June 26. Overall attendance at the dra ma for the week ending July 26 was greater than that recorded ior the woek in spite of a rain uut last Wednesday night ? the first time this season that any performance of the drama has been canceled. Thirty members of the Shelby Woman's Club came to Boone by chartered bus Saturday afternoon and enjoyed a picnic on the theatre grounds before seeing the drama that night. On Sunday night a party of 46 came over from the Associated (Jeneral Con tractors' meeting at Blowing Rock. Hubert Aayes. author of 'Thun derUnd," saw the play Sunduy night. Accompanying him were Mrs. Hayes; Mrs. Anna Lee Styles, who plays Cranny Spark* ?n "Thunderland," and the Host ettler family of near Statcsvll'e. The Hostettlers, a Swiss family who settled in North Carolina three years ago, were guests oi the dramas at Cherokee and A6hcville on Friday and Satur day nights. The "Thunderland" cast and technical stalf will charter a bus and attend "Horn in the West" next Sunday night. Reports Of Chicago Meet Heard By Local Lions Bimnc Lions, at their regular Tuesday night meeting, heard an interesting and lively report on j happenings in Chicago at Lions International Convention. Rc- ' ports were made by Mr. Jack Mock and Mr. A. R. Smith, dele- j gates with Richard E. Kcllcy to the Chicago convention. Of particular significance to- ! day, were Mr, Mock's remarks on j his impression at seeing first hand evidence of democracy and international food will being ? ... , , 1 Charles Boone To Be Head New 50-Bed Hospital Durham, July 27 ? Charles C. Boone, a graduate of the Duke Hospital Administrative training course, has been named superin tendent of a new 50-bcd hospital to be built in Barnwell, S. C., it was announced here today. Buone will assume his duties at Barnwell in September when J actual construction of the new hospital will begin. Meanwhile he will serve as act ing superintendent of the Ruther ford Hospital In Rutherfordton, N. C. Boone entered the Duke Hospi taKcourse after receiving his A. B. degree in business administra tion at Duke University in 1951. He formerly attended Appala chian State Teachers College. A native of Boone, he served a year and a half in the Merchant Marine and a year and a half in the army, being stationed at a medical supyly depot in Korea. ? He is the son of Mrs. J. A. Boone, of 204 Rivers Street, Boone, and is married to the for mer Betty Hobby, of Concord. They have been living at 903 Sixth Street, Durham. sproiid by Hon ism throughout tnc free world. The club, dedicated to work 1 among the blind, was lastingly impressed by Mr. Mock's vivid description of the keen intellect I and high competencc of Helen j Keller ? that shining American example to all who arc handi capped. A. R. Smith, much at home amid State, National and Inter national gatherings in Lionism, brought a note of mrcrimcnt to the meeting with hii report on goinga-oif at the convention, and displayed an interesting array of promotional materials dreamed up by those with political aspiru tions, Lionwisc. District Governor Richard E. Kelley made a brief report on the meeting of the State Council, which met in Boone over the week end. Mr. Kelley reported the awarding of the State's high est honors to the Boone club. The local club, as docs all North Carolina and the South, grtcts with cheers the nomination of Jack Sticklcy of Charlotte as 3rd vice-president of Lions. Interna tional. Boone I.ions, long one of the most illustrious clubs in the state, look ahead in anticipation of the North Carolinian's full presidency of Lions International. Trout Season Ends In Area . The trout season for Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany counties closes on July 31, according to TomVny Osborne, district game protcctor. The bass fishing sea son is now open in Watauga and New Risers The Plastics industry expects record sales in 1953. Watauga 4-H Members Attend State Meeting Thirteen Watauga county 4-H club member* attended 4-H Club Week in Raleigh July 20 29. The total club members from through out North Carolina wan 1000. Some of the highlights of the week were an follows: Monday ? Registration and an address by D. S. Weaver, Director of Extension. Tuesday ? Judging dress revue. Talent screening and 4 H demon strations on "Improving Your Personality", "My Spokesman", "My Record", "Working Together for World Understanding", and "Platform Deportment." Also a visit to Governor's Mansion. Wednesday ? Address by Gover nor Umstead, '4-H Demonstration Elimination Content, ind Health Pageant. Thursduy? Address by Everett G. Mitchell, Director of Agricul ture, Central Division National Broadcasting Company. 4-H De monstrations and State Dress Revue. Friday ? Address by E. W. I Alton, National leader 4-H Club Programs, Election of Officers, 4-H demonstration, recognition of State wiilners and candle lighting ceremony. In addition to the gbove^high 1 lights, each afternoon and night there was organized recreation. Olenn Reese and Bobby Gene Norris were recognized as staic winners in sheep shearing Club members attending from Watauga county were Rebecca Bingham, who entered the State Dress Revue; Evalyn Matheson and Ann Farthing, who entered the Dairy Foods Demonstration contest; Helen Hardin, Joyce and Sue liagaman. Sue Fletcher, Paul Brookahire, Douglas Cliwcon, Bobby Gene and Dudley Noma, Lowell Cable and Glenn Reese, j They%ere accompanied by Miss Kathelcen Co^on, assistant home agent, and wT C. Richardson, as- i sis taut county agent j i - Special Guests To Visit The Better Farms The annual Unit Test Demon stration Farm Tours will start Monday. All people interested in (arming arc invited to go on the tours, and all demonstration farm families arc expected to go. Points of interest will include purebred livestock, pasture im provement, two tobacco variety demonstrations, different type si los. weed control irrigation, and other items. Special guests expected on the tour for one or more days include Fred McAfee, Tennessee Valley Authority; Dr. B. C. Ratchford, in charge farm management ex tension, State College; W. B. Collins, western district agent; Miss Mannie Whisnant, homo management specialist. State Col lege; and Dr. D. D. Brown, farm management extension special ists, State College. The schedule for the tour is as Follows: Monday, August 3, meet at Cove Creek High School at 3:00 A. M.; visit Joe Wilson, Zionville; Otto Thomas. Mabel; Ned Glenn. Su gar Grove; Howard Edmisten, Sugar Grove; Ernest Hlllard, Vi las; Hiram Brooks, Vilas: R. G. Shipley. Vilas; vote on best farm visited that day. Tuesday, August 4, meet at Bethel School at 9:00 A. M.; visit Cecil Swfit. Reese; W. R. V incij. Sugar Grove; Mrs. Janie Dish man, Reese; Ivan Dishman. Su gar Grove; D. F. Greene, Sugar Grove; vote on best (arm. Wednesday. August 5, meet at County Agents Office at 8:4S a. M. or Howards Creek Road at 9:00 A. M.; visit Martin Moretz, Zionville; Claude N. Greene, Zionville; Bill Krider, Todd; Roy L. Morctz. Route 2, Boone; Mil ton Moretz, Route 1, Boone; vote on best farm visited. Thursday, August 6, leave County Agents Office at 8:30 A. M.; visit W. C. Smith, Rominger; Victor Farthing, Rominger; Tom Ward, Valle Crucis; Roycc Perry, Route 1, Boone; Odes Greene, Deep Gap; Clyde Moretz, Deep Gap; vote on best farm vi*ted that day. Mrs. G. T. Bare Dies On Sunday North Wilkesboro, July 27. ? Mrs. Lydia Brady Bare, 39. wife of Gilbert T. Bare,, died at 3 p. m. yesterday at her home in North Wilkesboro after an illness of several months. Her husband owns a department store here. Mrs. Bare was born December 10. 1913, in Glasgow. Va., the daughter of Douglas and Tate Thompson Brady. Surviving are her husband; two daughters. Carole and Jaqe Bare of the home; her parents, who live in Glasgow; two broth ers,. Douglas Brady Jr., of Lex ington, Va., and Thomas T. Brady of Clifton Forge, Va. Funeral services were to be con ducted today at First Presbyterian Church by the Rev. James B. Mac Leod. Burial was to be in the Mount Lawn Memorial Park. Band Concert Next Monday The Summer School Band wiU give iti third concert on the lawfi of the Fine Arts building next Monday evening, August 3rd at 7 p. m. Included on the program will be some of the very latest band music published, and for those of you that like to hear the old familiar numbers, there will be several of the famous Sousa marches. The band is preparing for their annual trip to the Masonic picnic on the 13th of August where they will furnish the music for the program there. North Carolina's burley tobacco acreage for harvest thia year is estimated at 11,300 acres, 6 per cent below the 12,000 harvested last yaw.