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BOONE 1?M POPULATION im ar oi WMtem O 4 Appalachian . whMb ittrecii ,*ws$l?s Watauga democrat An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? E^pijishedjn the Year 1 888 WATAUGA COUNTY 1(M POPULATION 1M41 I n?din? urtraJtun) and Livestock dairying and u of paramount Importance lumnter raoorta of Eaatai SEXTV-SIXTH YEAR.? NO. 8. BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1*53 14 PAGES? 2 SECTIONS KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS JUST COULDN'T. BE' Little Phil Minor, who has been enjoying tome guppies a good deal, was perturbed the other day, when it was suggested that the mama fish was going to bring forth her young . . . Phil couldn't see' it that way. "Just couldn't be," the lad opined, "Cause we don't have the papa fish any more!" , . . But while Phil may be was mixed a mite on the facts of life, we were mixed up worse. Fact is, we didn't even know about these guppy fish, which we gather are a sort of house hold ornament, filling the gold fish, bowl with fiahes that aren't gold . . . We learn however, that they are mammals to the extent that they bear their young, rath er than lay eggs, and are worse off than animals in that they don't like the little wrigglers at all. Our understanding is, if you want to bring up any of the baby guppies, you're going to have to do it away from their mama . . Left to her own devices, she'll devour the whole litter or school or batch, or whatever one calls a heap of bitsy fishes, and enjoy them to the fullest. THEY'LL DO IT EVERY TIME The ?9? old custom oi spil ing on tha streets, or anywhere else as for that mallei, has al always appeared to us as being one of the most revolting and unsanitary habits of tha age . . . Barring tha fellow who has a lip full of snuff or a wad of Brown's Mule in his jaw, there appears to be little excuse for the spreading of sputum and germs over the countryside . . . There seems to be an art to the thing however, and some can squirt the saliva through clinch ad teeth with high accuracy, while most just let '? drop . . . Bui one ihiog ail these folks have in common. They'll never expectorate in the gutter, when they can walk to the other side of the street and nasty -up a well-tended evergreen or a smooth section of lawn. JOURNEY'S END Robert Wililams, negro shine boy, and friend of ours from the days when wf angled down Bdone Creek when the willows were budding and springtime en livened the world ? and the boys, passed away the other day and those of us who traveled with Rob during the long years, feel a tinge of sadness that a happy career has been ended . . . Down at the Critcher Hotel where Rob bell-hopped for perhaps twenty five years, he became acquainted with folks from every section of the country and from every walk of life, who liked him for his helpfulness and radiant good hu mor . . . Since the Critcher house iVent out of business, which in cidentally, marked the end of the town's only full-scale gather ing place, Rob had whisked a Shine clotl> at Joe Crawford's barber Shop, and continued his role in taking care of the general public with a smile and a cheer ful word . . . Few folks are pri vileged to make outstanding con tributions to society; not many have come forth with great in ventions, and those who have distinguished themselves in the axts and sciences make a small percentage of the total . . . Robert did nothing big, but he did so many little nice things for so many people, that maybe the sum total of his contributions runs above the average ... We haven't feilowshipped much with him during the years since the Critcher Hotel was the focal point of a smoothly-flowing and happy society, but were always cheer ed by his smiling greeting . . . We shall miss the lad whom we knew so long, who treated us with 'such kindness, and whose worth to society maybe was greater than that o/ some of his more imqprtant fellows. A HEAP OF TURTLE W. L. Haynas. who is down s>lslting from Coshocton. Ohio, and Roy Brown, cam* by tho Domocra! office tho othor day with ? turtlo which Roy had takan in tho waters of Watauga Riror, which musl'rs ham tha *?randa<kty of all tho frash-wator roptilos . . . Tha big fallow balancod tho boam at aightean pounds, and waa paobably motoring about on tho Watauga back baiora tha ags of w basis. | NEW SCHOOL? Scene showing progress ot work on the $626,000 plant of the Appalachian Demonstra tion School, which is being constructed on Colle-e Street between the present school and the Bap tist Church property. W. E. Dale of Morganton is the general contractor, and the building is to be ready for occupancy by the opening of the 1964 school term. ? -Staff photo. 212 To Get Degrees At Close Appalachian College Today Appalachian State Teachers College will hold its summer gra duating exercises on Wednesday evening, August 26, at eight o'clock. If the weather permits, the exercises will take place in the college stadium; otherwise, they will be in the college audi torium. The speaker for the occasion will be Dr. A. R. Keppel, presi dent of Catawba College in Salis bury. Dr. Keppel, who holds de grees from Ohio State University, Million Dollar Gym New College Project Appalachian State Teachers College probably will be the first to make use of bond funds derived from the recent $14,250,000 sale of bonds, it was learned in Ra leigh last week. Frank Turner, chief engineer for the Budget Bureau, said thaV, bids have been called for Sep tember 1 on a gymnasium at Ap palachian gtate. a million dol lars has been set aside for the gym, including >230,009 from the recent issue and $750,000 appro priated in 1949. It will be the first of the bond projects on which the bureau will open bids. No awards will be made until September 10, he said, because tl^e bond funds do not become available until then. The bids would be opened at 2 p. m. September 1 in the office of B. D. Dougherty, business man ager of the college. Midnight Revue Will Benefit Hospital Fund State Manager Gene Grave's familiar cry, "Ready lights, ready music, ready actors," will echo in new surroundings Saturday night, August 29, when the mam- ' moth cast and crew of "Horn in the West" moves into the Appa lachian Theatre to -present its benefit performance, "The Mid night Revue." The jfcipieht of Grady Farthing Returns F rom T our Stream Commission Mr. H. Grady Farthing ha? re turned from a two-weeks tour of North Carolina with the State Stream Sanitation Commission, of which he is a member. The commission visited Ashe ville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Fayetteville, (Washington and. most of the beach resorts of the State, in an effort to classify the different waters of -the State. When this work is completed, Mr. Farthing says, an effort will be made to actually remedy the stream pollution situation. all proceeds will be the Watauga j County Hospital, according to Frank Jones, director of publi city. Immediately after the regular Horn performance Saturday night, cast and crew members will hastily switch costumes and beehne it for the Appalachian stage, where promptly at 11:15 the fast-moving musical and dramatic show will begin. The program will be under the direction of Dr. Wilton Mason, musical director for the Horn, and will consist of vocal and in strumental numbers, dramatic skits, comedy routines, and dance sequences. Featured will be the songs of the Bellytones, a close-harmony quintette, comedy routines by Amos and 'Jessie Howard (Char ley Elledge and Jean Stephens), the "blackout" antics of Miller and Reezuto, and the gyrations of Horn chorographer, Harry Coble. Daniel Boone Austin will act as matter of ceremonies. According to Mr. Jones, the benefit performance came- about for two reasons: One, many people have expressed a desire to (Continued on page six) Ohio Collegian Tours Parkway Area OnBike A 19-year-old college student on the last lap of an 1,800-mile bicycle- trip through the South was a visitor to Boone and "Horn in the West" Sunday night. Jerry Smiley, a native of New York City who is now a junior at Antioch College, Yellon# Springs, Ohio, is an experienced cyclist who has peddled his light-weight English bike from 3,000 to 7,000 miles a year in the past. A 19 pound puck on the handlebars contain* his equipment for his current trip. Smiley left Yellow Springs July 13, and came to the Great Smokies, where he rode to the top of Newfound Cap and Clfng man's Dome. From the Smokies be rode to New Orleans and Mobile, where he took a train to Orlando, Florida. After visiting Savannah and Charleston, he took a train to Asheville, and rode the bike to Boone via High way 221. He camp* out about three night out of four, and travq^ main highways in order to make frequent meal stops. As a sociology and psychology major, Jerry says that his bike trip through the South gave him a good opportunity to observe sections of the country which wife entirely new to him. In ad dition, the trip is good condition-4 ing for one of his chief hobbies, bicycle road raciiy. He had words of praise for "Horn in the West" the scenery and the highways in this area. ? Franklin and Marshall College, ! and Elmhurst College, is widely j known as an educator. He has held national offices in the field of Christian education, in the { Association of American Colleges, : and in the Boy Scouts of Amer- 1 ica. He is the past president of ? the North Carolina College con- ; ference. Appalachian State Teachers College will be graduating 212, 132 of whom will be receiving the Master of Arts degree, and 80 the Bachelor of Science de gree. Marshals for the commence ment exercises will be John P. Coulter, Jr., Catawba, chief; Harold Bennett, North Wilkes boro; Ray Triplett, Wilkesboro; Eugene Ross, Lincolnton; John Gamble, Shelby; Isabel Eggers, Boone; Marbara Davenport, Mount Holly; Jane Dixon, Plea sant Gardent and Mar'ha Her ring, Blowing Rock. Muiic /or Uia exercises will be furnished by the summer school band, under the direction of Wil liam G. Spencer of the college music faculty. The opening prayer will be given by the Rev. Edwin F. Troutman, pastor of the Grace Lutheran church of Boone, and the closing prayer and benedic (Continued on page six) State Lily Society To Meet In Boone Chapel Hill. ? The semi-annual meeting of the North Carolina Lily Society will be held next Frida'y at the Gragg House in Boone, it was announced here last week by Mrs. H. R. Totten, president. It will begin with a luncheon at 12:30. Immediately following the ' business meeting at 1:30 the ses sion will be opened to the public. ' Mrs. J. Norman Henry of Glad wyne, Pa., will give an address on "Knowing and Growing Lil ies." An internationally known ' grower and hybridizer of lilies, ' she has addressed clubs- in Scot- j land, England, and other Euro pean countries. She led an ex- ' ploration |Jaity pn a mountain in Canada and the mountain was later named for her by the Cana dian government. Mrs. Henry has traveled widely over the United States in scrach of new lilies. Reservation for lunchcon must be made with Mrs. Mae Miller or Mrs. B. W. Stallings. Calendar Of Events Are Listed Wcdnedsaj* ? Graduation exer cises at College. Thursday ? Rotary Club, #:30 p m., Boy Scout Troop 109 at Scout Htjt, 7:00 Friday ? American Legion and Auxiliary at Legion Hut, 7:30 p. m. Saturday? ^Midnight Revue at Appalachian theatre, 11:15 p. m. Monday ? Explorer Squadron at Hut at 7 p. m. Tuesday? Lions Club meet*. STEVENSON'S REPORT Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic candidate for President in 1952, will ma I# ? report to the nation on hia trip around the world, on September 15th, via radio and television networks, from the Civic Opera House to Chicago. Four Thousand Kiddies To Enter School Monday Boone Baptist Church Starts Extensive Expansion Program 1 Two Soldiers, Missing In Action, Released Sunday Pvt. Dennis G. Trivett nl Stony Fork and Pic. Squire Wea ver of Blowing Rock, who were reported as misting in action in Korea on July 14, were in fact taken prisoners by the Reds, and were released Sunday, their par ents have been advised. The local men had been in the Korean fighting since last April. Kindergarten To Open Sept. 14th Day kindergarten will open September 14 at the Boone Meth odist Church under the direction of Mrs. O. D. Wallice, Jr., accord ing to an announcement by Mrs. Ronald Craven. Applications may be made by calling Mrs. Craven at phone number 422- W. The former Miss Betty Holt, Mrs. Wallace is a graduate of 1 Appalachian State Teachers Col , lege, and holds a Grade A pri ] mary school certificate. She did i her practice teaching under Mrs. | Raleigh Cottrell. Orientation days will be held Thursday and Friday, September 10 and U. Nursery school also will open on September 14 at the home of Mrs. Carlos DeLima, with Mrs. DeLima as teacher, and orienta tion days will be September 10 and 11. Both the kindergarten and nur sery schools are sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club. Merchants Picnic This Afternoon The annual picnic given by the members of the Merchants As sociation of Boone and Watauga County for their employees, will be held at Camp Yonahlossee on Wednesday afternoon of this week, through the courtesy of Or. and Mrs. A. P. Kephart. Association officials say that a record attendance is expected, and the program and dinner planned should make it an affair to be long remembered. A maj ority of Boone stores will be clos ed Wednesday afternoon so that employers and employees may enjoy the outing. Benefit Concert Yields $891.75 The Norman Cordon concert given Sunday afternoon for the benefit of the X-ray fund of Wa tauga Hospital has been pro nounced a financial success by the hospital txJbrd. Receipts of $891.75 have been reported, with Several persons who had tickets to sell not having yet reported. A goal of (10,000 has been set to be raised through various methods for the X-ray fund. The board desires to express appreciation to Mr. Cordon and the Institute of Opera for their splendid program and to Appala chian State Teachers College f?yr the use of the auditorium. Annual Meeting Red Crpss Slated The annual meeting of the Wa tauga County Chapter of the American Red Cruu will he held Wednesday, September 9 at 12:30 ill the Gateway Cafe in Boone. Maj6r J. H. Thomas, chairman, asks that all members of the Wa tauga chapter attend this lunch COD mnftina if nnttjhlp The First Baptist Church of Boone began work Monday morn ing on the first phase of a sig ni.icant enlargement and beauti fication program. Greene Construction Company workmen were erecting scaffold ing for the remodeling of the Church Sanctuary. Plans are to completely remodel this part ot the local church plant. The work will include a new ceiling, a com plete new lighting system, and substantial architectural changes. The stained glass windows will be framed and paneled, changing their appearance radically and greatly increasing their beauty. A system of pilasters around the wall and massive ceiling beams will replace the present plain walls and ceiling. Red gum wainscoting will be installed all around. The arch at the front of the Sanctuary will be removed and a choir loft of colonial de sign, in keeping with the rest of the building will be constructed. A new organ wilt be installed, the room (or which has already oeen built, and a beautiful new organ grille system is planned. Expected to take from five to six weeks, this Work will make the local church's Sanctuary one 01 the most beautiful in the State. Eber Hudson, minister of edu cation, announced the schedule of services while the work is un der way. Two identical morning worship services Avill be held in order to accommodate the large congregations in shifts. All serv ices will be held in the basement* auditorium. The first service will be at 9:10 a. m., to be followed by Sunday School at 10:10 and the second worship service at 11:10 a. m. Meeting places for the Sunday school will not be affected. Mr. Hudson emphasized his anxiety and that of all the church'slcadcrs that the people be fully familiar with the schedule and that attend (Continued on page six) ' Highway Leaders Will Visit Boone Members of the State Highway Commission, their wives, en gineering and other road person nel will spend Sunday night in Boone, at the end of ? tour of western North Carolina, which started with a commission meet ing in Asheville Friday. Mr. W. R. Winkler, of Boone, commission member states that perhaps seventy-five will parti cipate in the tour. Members of the commission are: J. Emmett Winslow, H. May nard Hicks, C. Heidle Trask, M. E. Robinson, Donnie A. Sorrell, C. A. Hasty, J. Van Lindley, For rest Locket, James A. Gray, Jr., ' James A. Harbison, W. Ralph Winkler, June F. Scarborough, J. F. Snipes, Harry E. Buchanan. Others who will make the en tire trip are: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rogers, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Peters, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Page, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Corkill, Miss Margaret Barker. Governor and Mrs. Urns toad may be present. The commission will meet in 1 Asheville at 10 a. m. Thursday, will go to Montana and spend the ; night there. Friday they will Jour the Smoky Mountain Park area, and return to Asheville for the night. Saturday the commission and their guests will tour Biltrtiore House, and have lunch at the Elk's Club in Hendersonville. Af ter inspecting the Ridgecrest-Old Fort road construction project they will hav* supper in Black Mountain. On Saturday the group comes to Blowing Rock and Boone, hav ing lunch at Mount Mitchell. Ar riving in Boone in the late after noon, they will picnic and attend "Horn in the West." Spending the night here, they will leave for their homes early Monday morn ing. Parkway Receives Grant of $1,413,096 Roanoke, Va., Aug. 18 ? The Blue Ridge Parkway has received a 1953-54 appropriation of $1, 413,096 ? most of which will be spent on the North Carolina sec tion of the drive. Virginia will receive only a fraction ofuhc amount appropria ted for new work. The Old Dominion will share $115,400 with North Carolina for the construction of guard rails and $47,100 for erosion control and right-of-way stabilization. In anouncing the appropriation, Superintendent Sam P. Wcams said that about 144,000,000 Is ' needed to complete the parkway. ' At the present rate of annual' appropriations it will take about 50 ycari to finish the parkway, he Mid. Weems pointed out that the Blue Ridge Parkway leads all j other national parks, including | Yellowstone, in the number of ' visitors. He estimated that (our million persons will travel on the drive this year' ? an increase of close to a half million over last year. Weemi said the biggest park way need in Virginia now is to conitruct the 11 -mile gap just north of the James River, which would complete the parkway north of Roanoke. (Continued on page two.) Two Thousand View Horn; Year's Record The biggest crowd of the year ?2,000 people ? gathered at the Daniel Boone Theatre to jee "Horn in the West" last Saturday night in spite of late afternoon showen and threatening skies. Thii represented a gain of 100 over attendance for Saturday night, August 19, when weather conditions were pcrfcct. "Horn in the West" had Its lOSth performance Tuesday night, and will conclude its second sea son Monday ' ni|[ht, September 7. For the past several Saturday night*, members of the Southern Appalachian Historical Associa tion's board of directors and oth er public-spirited local residents have assisted in handling the crowds. They have worked on the parking lots, and have helped with program selling, ticket sales, refreshments and ushering spectators to their scats in the theatre. Since North Carolina schools will be open before the drama closes this scaron, General Mana ger William M. Hardy has sent letters to school principals with in a 100-mile radius of Boone, of fering a special discount on tick ets to school groups planning to attend the drama on any evening except Saturdays. List Teachers, Improvements Noted By Walker Four thousand Watauga coun ty children will start back to school next Monday, according to county superintendent W. H. Walker, who has also released a full list of the teachers (or both the elementary and high schools. The first w.eek will have six school days, Mr. Walker states, classes being held on Saturday, September 9. Both Thursday and Friday will be observed tor Thanksgiving, and the schools will close for the Christmas holi days Saturday, December 19, at the end of the fourth school month. Mr. Walker ?ays it i? most im portant that all children be pres ent the first ten days, since the first ten day average daily attend ance determines the number of teachers, the quantity of books and other supplies that each school may have for the term. Beginners may start if birthdate was on or before October 16, 1947. Accident insurance policies may be had for each child and teacher for $1.25 and parents are urged to get this insurance on the opening day of school. Improvements Noted Projects expected to be com pleted for the opening day of school are: Blowing Rock gym nasium, new steel windows; play ground at Parkway, new sewage disposal facilities at Valle Crucls and Bethel, one new school bus et Mabel. The Watauga Consoli dated school building is being re painted inside and out. $6,000 of new desks have been put in use. A new full-time employee has been added. Ivan Farthing has been made superintendent of maintenance. Work is progressing on the Demonstration elementary school building in Boone. However, this is a department of Appalachian State Teachers College, and is constructed from State funds. The Teachers Following is a list of the teach ers, and committee members: Appalachian High School ? Ex pected enrollment, 414; expected enrollment of 8th grade 63; teach ers: Dr. John R. Shaffer, princi pal; Mr. Leroy Rogers, assistant principal and social studies! Mrs. Margaret Gragg. English; Miss Ruby Akers, English; Mr. William Ross, English and dramatics; Miss Milicent Huneycutt, social studies and English; Mr. Robert Lott, Spanish and French; Mr. Harold Gentry, social studies; Mr. James Templetos, science and mathematics; Mr. Merrill Snyder, mathematics; Mr. Kent Robinson, science; Mrs. Peggy Hadden, commerce; Mrs. Kathryn Tully, commerce; Miss Elizabeth Guy, girls' physical education; Mr. Peter Everett, boys' physi cal education; Mrs. Kathleen Dougherty, vocational home eco nomics; Mr. R. L. Tait, vocational agriculture; Miss Betty Jo Hend erson. librarian; Mrs. Mary Ham by. eighth grade social studies and English; Mr. Earl Petrey, seventh grade; and two teachers to be selected. Boone Demonstration School ? Expcctcd enrollment 497. Mr. John T. Howell, principal; Mrs. Velma CottrelL Mrs. Gladys Blan ton, first grade; Mrs. Ennis Davis, Mrs. Ella Beshears, second grade; Mrs. Bess Crawford, Mrs. Leafy belle Broome, third grade, Miss Clyde Goodman, Miss Virginia Bottom, fourth grade; (Continued on page two) Gilbert Bare Hurt In Crash Gilbert T. Bare, co-own?r of Barn s Department Store waa In jured in an automobile accident at Key West, Fla.. last week. It i? learned here. Mr. Bare i? a patient in a Miami Hospital, suf fering from a spina) injury. Mr. Bare'i two children arc aaid to have been with hiin, one of whom is suffering from a con
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