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# BOONE IM? POPULATION UT1 Th? oducaUonal cilw oi M?r. w ? & _ _ ? mmmm hundreds o i ituiwfc anaiUHy from all parta of the nattoa/TJEdorn buai ?MM district. A food pl*c* to ttvs. watauga democrat An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Yey 1 88^ WATAUGA COUNTY IMS POPULATION U^4? Parkway travtrm county, and touch* Blowing Rock, ooa of the principal Summer i mi* to oi Eastern Ameri?*e. SIXTY -SIXTH YEAR. ? NO. ( BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1W3 ? 14 PAGES? 2 SECTIONS KING Street BY ROB RIVERS COULD HAVE ESCAPED A lady down the street was try ing to extricate a long-coupled automobile from a tight parking space and wasn't doing any |ood at all . . . She managed to get the thing far enough in the street to stop the other cars, of course, but ?he couldn't figure how to get farther without peeling the fend ers . . . Reminding Clyde Greene of the story of the smash in which the man and woman driv ers figured . . . After the fenders had been crumpled, and the lady at the wheel had screamed, she assured the young man that the whole thing was her fault . . . She just plunked into him ? that was all . . . "Nope," quipped the man; 'twas my lault ... I saw you on the street two hours ago, and after all, I could have gone on home!" DANL'S PIPE Had always figured that Dan'l Boom was a good, hound dog. squirrel rifle sort of a woodsman, who followed the fame trails from one ridge to the next Taller, and was more concerned perhaps with the movement of the bear, and the buffalo, and the deer and stuff, than with the broadening of the frontiers of civilisation . . . We don't know whether he was musically inclined, but we have always nurtured the hope that maybe after a hard days' shoot ing with the old mussle loader, he plunked himself a tune in the cool of the evening ... Be that as it may. we don't think the fellow who is said to have camped down by Boone Creek, where the pioneers in educat ional progress later settled, was a violent man. He wasn't known as much of an Indian fighter back when the gunning of the red man was a favorite, and often, an essential pastime, and we can easily imagine that he swapped tales of big bears, and plenteous squirrels with the big chiefs, and maybe even smoked the pipe of peace with members of the warring tribes . . . And there's where this tale should've started, 'cause old Danl's pip* has showed up. CAME FROM ALABAMA The ancient pipe bowl was brought here by Mr. George Younce, a native of .this section, who has lived in Foley, Ala. (or the past 40 years, and we got quite a bang out of viewing the relfc . . . The pipe, which Mr. Younce says was made of '\ouI stone," is adorned on the front with a stern facial likeness, while on the side is the inscrip tion: "DB 1757." . . . And here's the story: Back in 1910 Mr. Youhce's father, G. R. Younce had moved a crew into the Wal nut Mountain, six miles from Fish Springs, Tenn., to cut out a ' large boundary of virgin timber . i. . A boarding house, or camp, was being established in a likely spot for the convenience of the timber cutters, and Mr. Younce was engaged in cleaning out an icy cold spring in the fastness of i the forest, when he found the I pipe, covered deep in the gravel I and leaves and debris which ' eventually obscure the source of a mountain spring .... The pipe is well preserved, is quite heavy ? has a lot more heft than the clay pipes our grandma used to smoke, ^pd Mr. Younce cheristv rs the memento, which he would be willing to dispose of for his torical purposes, if someone should want it bad enough . . . "Die owner of the Boone relic says K was found close to the trail the old hunter should have followed and not far from the celebrated tree, where "D. Boone cilled a bar." THE OFF DAYS The business of ltewspaper ing ? ? pacifically ?* concerns columning, is ? demanding tori of inttrpriH. and whatever happens, there must be busi ness as usual, and the presses must roll at the appointed time . . . And like actor* on the stag*, thfre are day* when the line* don't com* *a*r and when thought* ref use to become llignsdAod when it* power ful hard to make a column come forth in anr sort of happy vein . . . And sometimes the man who searches out the keys ?ad pecks out the word* for (Continued on pa?* lour) Flower ShpwT o Begin Today Flower lovers from all over weitenj North Carolina will dc converging on Boone today (Thursday) when the Boone Flower Show opens at the Bap tist Church at 3:00 p. m. The show has gained nation-wide no tice through the winning of' the purple ribbon last year from the Nation Council of Garden Clubs, DANA BIBLE Dana X. Bible, Noted Grid Coach, Is Local Visitor One of the nation's best known football coaches, Dana X. Bible of the University of Texas, has been vacationing in Blowing Rock during the past week and attended "Horn in the West" Thursday night. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bible prais ed the production and cast of "Horn in the West" and the cli mate and scenery of Watauga County. During their trip east they have visited their daughter, Mrs. Walter Michalke, of Char lotte, and Mr. Bible's mother, Mrs. J. D. Bible of Jefferson City, Tenn. Mr. Bible is a native of, Jefferson City and a graduate of Carson-Newman College. He is now director of athletics at the University of Texas, where he coached for many years. He has served as president of the ' Football Coaches Association and has been a member of its rules committee for 25 years. At the Texas-Oklahoma game this year, he will receive the Football Hall of Fame Award. AMERICAN FOREIGN INVESTMENTS The Commerce Department has reported that there is little pros pect for a sharp rise in American private investments abroad "in the next few years." The report followed an intensive study of several months' duration. The dairy industry plans a big ad drive for butter. and is expected thus year t%come up to its usual high standard. Many valuable gifts, donated by the merchants and other friends, will be awarded to win ners in the various classes on Thursday at 8:00 p. m. The tri color ribbon in the horticulture division will be accompanied by a silver cup, donated by Mrs. B. W. Stallings and won last year by Mrs. Victoria Howell. On Thursday at 2:30 the judges will be complimented by a lunch eon at the home of Mrs. James Councill, with Mrs. Frank Payne and Mrs. Councill Cooke assist ing in the arrangement. Children's Clinic A flower arranging clinic for children was held at the Elemen tary Demonstration School Fri day, during the 9:00 and 10:30 periods. Plans were made early in the season when the chairman of the Junior Department of the show, met with the teachers and discussed plans for the show. Schedules and the plans for the clinic were studied from the stand point of a learning experience for the children. Some of the topics discussed were conservation of orr native flowers, shrubs, birds and animals, collecting and iden tifyirtg wild flowers, studying and identifying the rare flowers that should not be picked, growing and identifying garden flowers, collecting containers and holders of various design and suitability, the making of arrangements, dish gardens, and terrariumj, flower paintings by famous art ists, the art of pressing flowers and how to depict a fairy story in (Continued on page eight) Cordon To Lead Benefit Concert For Local Hospital Norman Cordon, director of the Institute of Opera of the Exten sion Division of the University of North Carolina, announce! that members of the Institute will contribute their services for a concert to be given on Sunday, August 23, at 3:00 p. m., for the benefit of the Watauga Hospital. Details of the concert, with the program, will be announced in next week's issue of the Demo crat. The Institute of Opera is meet ing this summer on the campus of Appalachian State Teachers College. Medical Group Holds Meeting The Ashe-Watauga Counlyi Medical Society met in regular session Tuesday evening August 11, at the Olde Towne Restaur ant in Jefferson. Attending from Watauga county were: Dr. Mary B. H. Michal, Dr. Raymond H. Harmon and Dr. Lawrence H. Owsley. Dr. Albert P. Dixon, III ' and Dr. Hadley M. Wilson, who I will open offices in Boone in the I near future, were guests. Last Rites On Thursday For Sgt. Joe D. Fox SGT. JOE D. FOX Funeral services are to be held Thursday August 13 at Watauga Baptist Church for Sgt. Joe Doughton Fox, of Foacoe, who met his death by drowning at 1 Waiane Beach, Hawaii on July 19. Rev. Will Cook, Rev. Ronda Earp and Rev. Eber Gragg will take part in the services, and i military rites will be by Marines ' from Cherry Point. Sgt. Fox, a Marine Corps vet- j eran of the Korean war, is sur- 1 vived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fox; one brother, Lee Fox and four sisters, Mrs. Jack Shipes, Mrs. Creed Taylor, Betty Sue Fox and Martha Helen Fox, all of Banner Elk, Route 1. Says Rotary In United Effort To Promote Good Will Rotary clubs in eighty-six countries and geographical re gions throughout the- world are 1 united in an endeavor to promote understanding, good will and peace at home and abroad. That was the message of Tom Lam beth oi Statesville, Governor of District 280 of Rotary Internat ional, in addressing the Rotary Club of Boone yesterday, follow- 1 ing a conference with local Ro tary officers, directors and com mittee chairmen. The District Governor remind ed the members of the local club that Rotary is grounded in the ideal of service. He urged that this ideal might become a living moving force in this community, as Rotarians applied it to their daily activities. "With fellowship and service to others as its keynote. Rotary i provides a common ground for business and professional men throughout the world, regardless of differing nationalities or poli tical or religious beliefs," the Ro tary District Governor emphas ized. CHURCH GIVING Americans last year contribut ed $1,296,000,000, a record to reli- , gious organizations. This was $90,000,000 more than in 1951, a gain of almost 7 per cent, accord ing to the Commerce Department. Horn To Have 100th Performance Friday; 77,000 Visit Theatre; Hunter To Appear "Horn in the West" will have its- 100th performance on Friday night of this week. Kermit Hunter, author of the play, will attend the drama Fri day night and will autograph programs as he did on the open ing night of the Show, June 26. Now recognized as one of the leading attractions on North Car olina's outdoor drama circuit, "Horn in the West" has brought some 77,000, visitors to the Dan iel Boone Theatre to date. Total 1953 attendance through August 9 was 23,480. The drama played to a crowd of 1,900 ' Saturday night, and attendance is gaining steadily aa the tourist season near* its peak. Of 1,184 cars rountod on the parking lots dur ing performances of the play last week, 410 were from out of state, and 774 from North Carolina. The drama hat won praise from audiences and critics. John Oass ner, the noted New York critic and author, commented after see ing the play last week: "I have seen few production! either in America or Europe as beautifully designed and excitingly staged as 'Horn in the West.' The play ex presses the life and spirit of an historic region, and the produc tion projects the playwright's vi sion with admirable skill and power." Among the local residents who have appeared In the drama ever since it opened in 1952 and will be seen in its 100th performance are Ned Austin as Daniel Boone; Two Watauga Men Missing In Korea War Two Watauga men have been reported misting in action in Ko rea on July 14, just before the fighting ended. They are Dennis G. Trivctte of Stony Fork, and Squire E. Weav er, Jr., of Blowing Rock. Pfc. Trivctte is a son of Mr. and Mrs. G<ftld B. Trivett and his wife, Edith, is now residing in Carderview, Tenn. He was serv ing with the fifth regimental combat team. Pfc. Trivctte, a cauooncr in BaUcry C of the 555th Field Artillery BiiUllion, ?ntcrcd the army in October 1962, and arrived in Korea in April 1953. He hold* the Korean and UN Service Ribbons. Pfc. Weaver, whose parent* live in Blowing Rock, wan likewise nerving with the fifth reglmentaL combat team. A cannoner in bat tery C of the SSSth field artillery batallion, re entered the hrmy in 1952 and arrived I ir Korea in Ap ril 19S3. He holds the ' Korean and UN Swvk* Ribbons. Stanley South at Atakulla; Bill Ron as Colonel McKenzte; Phil McGuire, Keith Phillips, John Van Noppcn, Anne Van Noppcn, David Culler, Jerry McCracken and Robert Glllcy. The board of directors of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association will attend the drama In a (roup Friday night, and all members of the association are urged to be present also. In be half of the association, Dr. D. J. Whitener, executive vice-presi dent, has expressed the hope that many residents of Watauga County and the surrounding area will be present at the theatre. ? "This performance of 'Horn in the West' represents a kind of 'centennial' for the drama," Dr. Whitener pointed out, "and has a special interest for the resi dents of this area who have done ko much to make the production of the play an achievement In which we can all take pride. I hope that the greatest possible New Factory Walls Rise; May Be Ready December 1 Rachel Rivers Injured In Auto Bicycle Accident Rachel Rivers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Rivers, was seri ously injured Sunday afternoon when the bicycle she was riding 1 collided with an automobile driven by Frankie Coffey. The child suffered head in juries, and minor lacerations of ' the arms and body. Tuesday af ternoon her condition was said to be satisfactory. She is a patient at Watauga Hospital. The accident occurred when the Rivers child rode the wheel ! down Moretz street and into Rivers street, in the path of the : car driven by young Mr. Coffey. I The accident was unavoidable. Third Watauga Lamb Pool To Be Held On August 20 The third 1953 Watauga Lamb Pool, will be held at the sheep ? loading pens at Ndrth Wilkesboro I on Thursday, August 20.. Lambs 1 will be weighed from 6:30 a. m. to 9:30 a. m? and loaded as soon as weighing is completed. Lambs will be graded by the State grader, and will be sold by grade to the highest responsible bidder. Any one may sell in the pool, Mr. L. E. Tuckwiller, ?county agent, stated, but lambs must be brought in early as they must be shipped out on the freight train. State Finishes 2.7 Miles Loeal Paving In July Raleigh ? The State Highway Commission completed 2.7 miles of paving in Watauga County during July, Commissioner W. Ralph Winkler of Boone report ed today. Hardsurfacing was laid from Hagaman's Store to Reese for 2.7 miles. The Eleventh Highway Divi sion composed of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, and ? Yadkin counties brought a total of 8.8 miles of road work to completion during July, Commissioner Wink ler said. Headquarters for the Eleventh are in North Wilkesboro. J. H. Council! is division engineer. Crude oil output was off in May but was above 19S2. Two New Physicians T o Serve Boone, Watauga The Chamber of Commerce an nounced this week that Watauga County is to have two new doc tors to serve (fhe citizens. Dr. H. M. Wilson, pictured, has estab lished residence in Boone and i. living on Pine Street. His tele phone number is 220-W. D. A. P. Dickson is the othei doctor coming. The two men haCe purchased the property o Mrs. R. L. Bingham on the Wilkesboro road just beyond the corner of Oak and East King Streets. They will open their of fice in the near future. Dr. Wilson is the son of Dr. C. T. Wilson, a well known physi cian in Lenoir. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville, Ky. After graduation, Dr. Wilson completed his internship at the Greenville General Hospital, Greenville, S. C. Dr. Wilson U married to the former Miss Kathryn McGimsey of Lenoir, and they h?ve threi children. DR. H. M. WILSON Highway Group To Make Trip To Boone The State Highway Commii lion will meet in Asheville Fri day, August 27, marking the first time in over 20 years the group ha? convened in Western North Carolina, according to W. R. Winkler, Boone, 11th division commissipner. The plans call (or the com missioners and their wives to spend the night in Boone, where they will hold a picnic and at tend a performance of "Horn in the West" Sunday. The plans were completed last Friday at a meeting in Asheville of Mr. Winkler, J. Fleming Snipes of Marion, 13th division commis sioner; and Harry E. Buchanan of Hendersonville, 14th division commissioner. The commission meeting will be held iy the City Council cham bers in Asheville at 10 a. m., Au gust 27, followed by a luncheon at 1 p. m. in the Battery Park Hotel. The five-day program includes visits to various places in this section of North Carolina. After the meeting at Asheville, the commissioners and their wives will leave to visit Almond Boat Dock, Fontana and spend the night at Fontana Lodge. The group will spend Friday in the Fontana and Cherokee area. They will tour the Smoky Moun tain National Park and visit the Indian Village and Museum and see "Until These Hills," after which they will return to Ashe ville to spend the night. Saturday's schedule will in clude a tour of Biltmore Estate after which the commissioners will have lunch in the Elks Club in Hendersonville. The group will then inspect the Ridgecrest Old Fort road, now ready for pav ing, and will have supper in Black Mountain. That night they will attend a performance of "Thunderland" in Asheville. The final day includes a trip to Blowing Rock and Boone. En | route the commissioners will stop I at Mount Mitchel for lunch. They are expected to arrive in Boone in the late afternoon, and will spend the night here, leaving for their respectiv homes early Mon day. Burley Demonstrations Arranged For County Two tobacco priming demon strations will be held in Watauga County next Wednesday, accord ing to W. C. Richardson, assistant county agent The first demon stration will be held at Howard Edmisten's farm on Cove Creek at 10:00 a. m. The second will be at W. R. Vines' on Beaver Dam. The purpose of these demon strations is to show tobacco farm ers how they can harvest and save leaves of tobacco from stalk that is usually lost. * The demonstrations will include Mail Scrvice To Lenoir Improved Effective August 27th mail ser vice will be extended from Boone to Lenoir via Blowing Rock, daily except Sunday, aayi Postmaster Edgar Brown. The schedule calls for the mail to leave Boone at 3:29 p. m. and arrive at Lenoir at 4:25 p. m. On the return trip the mail leavei Lenoir at 4:30 and arrive* in Boone at 5:30. number of local resident* ? not only from Watauga County but from the entire region ? will be at the Daniel Boone Theatre Fri day night to tec the play and ; help extend a cordial welcome to j our viaiton." . ' priming the tobacco, getting it out of the field, stringing and hang ing in the barn. Each year, Mr. Richardson says, hundreds of dollars are lost by tobacco farmers because they loose the bottom leaves off of each stalk. Priming has increased the yield as much as 557 pounds per acre or $323.00 per acre. If you grow tobacco make plans now to attend one of the demon strations, Mr. Richardson urged. Co. Officials, Contractors Pay Visit To Boone The electronics parts manu facturing plant being built here by the International Resistance Company of Philadelphia began to rise above the ground this week, and the erection of struu .ural steel is expected to get un derway about the first of Sept* jmber. Foundation concrete was pour ?d last week, and Carson Annas, orickwork contractor of Granite [?'alii, started laying brick on Monday. Mr. R. A ' McCoy, vice presi dent of C. M. Guest & Company jf Greensboro, general contrac tors, said his company is work ng toward a completion date of Jecember 1st. The plant is ex pected to begin production about the first of January. Mr. Joe Jurris is resident superintendent n charge of construction. Located on a 20-acre tract just outside the southern limits of Joone, the plant, which is mod jled after a similar plant recent ly built by the company at Ashe ville, will be constructed of red orick, steel, and concrete, and will contaih 35,000 square feet of floor space. An area of approxi mately 5,500 square feet in the plant will be air conditioned, due to the fact that temperature and humidity control is required in the manufacture of some of the parts, Mr. McCoy said. The state highway commission is building a hard surfaced road by the site of the plant, which will extend from the Winkler's Creek road to the old Blowing Rock road, providing two en trances to the plant from the Blowing Rock road. Graanway Hara Making his first visit to the site since the announcement of the plant's locating here was made, Mr. Oliver J. Greenway, IRC vice president in charge of production, conferred with local planners on Monday and Tues day, and indicated that he will be a frequent visitor during con struction and after production be Kins. Also here the first of the week were Ben Douglas, newly ap- ? pointed director of the North Carolina Department of Conser vation and Development, W. C. Guthrie and W W. Harper, in dustrial engineers with the de partment, and R. H. Guest, vice president and treasurer of C. M. Guest & Company. When full production is reach ed, the plant will employ more than 500 Watauga County people, about 80 per cent of whom will be women. WOMEN WORKERS A fraction more than 30 per cent of all women in the United States have jobs outside their home compared with less than 13 per cent in 1850, and 20 per cent in 1900. By 1975, about 37 per cent are expected to be holding jobs outside the home. The U. S. opposes the proposal to share wheat export losses. Final Farm Tour Is Slated Next Monday The final unit demonstration farm tour for Watauga County thii year will be held next Mon day, August 17. The group will gather at the County Agent'f off ice in Boone at 8:43 a. m., and leave by 9:00 o'clock. Business people and farm people not on teat demonstration are invited to go on the tour. 9:00 a. m. ? Leave County Ag cnt'i office for W. R. Vinca' farm near Bethel School; 10:30-pGo to Ernest HiHard's farm on Cavo Creek; 1:S0 p. m.?Go to the Ode* Greene farm on road to Brown wood; 2:30 ? Go to Milton Mor ett farm near Fairvlew Church, Solcction of Master Unit Test Demonstration farm family tor 1953. 3:00 p. m. ? Annual meeting of U. T. D. farmera. Remarks by Dr. C. B. Ratchford. W. B. Collin* and others. Election of oficen. Wa termelon feed. This is the big day for the unit test demonstration farm familici of Watauga County, Mr. L. E. Tuckwiller, county agent, said in announcing the final plans for the annual tour. The four farms to be visited ha* each won a vote on "the farm doing the best job with what he had to do with" in one of the tours during the week that started August 3. Each farm er will have something worth while to ?how. Join us On the tour.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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