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? t BOONE 1*M POPULATION 2.973 ^Zt^vsjEf. all p?rti of ttM nation aootrn bum- i mm district A good ?toea to Uv?- ? I WATAUGA DEMOCRAT * An Independent Weekly New^e.- Erf?hlUhed ,n the Ye?r 1 888 ? WATAUGA COUNTY 1M0 POPULATION 1LM1 of unnxunl Worunca BlueBid*" Parkway county, m touchai Blowing BocIl one of M principal iunuMf mow o 4 Mm Awriit SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR.? NO. 9 BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NOKTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 1Z PAGES? 2 SECTIONS KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS DISTINGUISHED GUESTS The highway commission, head ed by Hon. Sandy Graham, the chairman, and sort of chaperoned by our own W. R. Winkler, mem ber ol the group, wound up a mountain tour in Boone Sunday evening, picnicked as the guests of the Chamber of Commerce, and viewed "Horn in the West" . . . The trip of the commission ers throughout the length of the Carolina mountain range was no doubt an enlightening and plea sant experience, particularly to those who are not accustomed to the high altitudes and the plea sant temperatures of the upland region . . . Commissioner Wink ler, of course, enjoyed the trip to the fullest. Being a native of Boone, he was the man who could answer all the questions about this section, and in his ef forts to produce better highway facilities for his area, this prolonged visit of the whole commission will be helpful . . . Incidentally, Ralph, who started out as an auto dealer in Boone before he owned his first set of long trousers, has always been tremendously interested in the growth of Boone and this entire section . . . And his forbears were likewise folks of progres sive tendencies? on both sides of the house. ENVISIONED BOONE TRAIL We particularly remember an unci* of Mr. Winkler'! ? Mr. Jon! Horton of North Wil kesboro, who looked away be yond the horizons of his day and *aw tha Boone Trail High way. connecting tha Great Lakes with tha tea and wind ing down the mountain* from Boone to North Wilkesboro on tha way . . . Ha promoted and worked on this project for year* a* did hi* brother. H. W. Horton. and finally tha road wa* graded, bit by bit. through fund* derived from county bond issues . . . Wa often think of tha battle* fought by the pioneer* in tha good road* and educational movements, and wi*h they might hay* seen some of their moat cherished dream* coma true. BEST PART OF THE TRIP Mr. G. H. Thomas comds back from a ten day viiit with rela tives in the vicinity of Baltimore and Washington, and tells the Democrat the "best part of any trip is getting back home." . . . "It's fun to get away once in a while," says Mr. Thomas, "but it's mighty pleasant When fou return." When the dog leaps over every obstacle to meet one com ing up the lane, he says, and the horses whinny, and the folks rush out to know what sort of time you had, you're back home, and happy again . . . which brings to mind a few lines we hogged along the way: "If Ikm's a heaven upon tha earth, a fellow knows It when He's boon away from homo ? week, and than gets back agin." THE PERSISTENT FRUIT Blackberries like cockleburs and dandelii lis and plaintatn, thrive everywhere, and bring (Continued oa page {our) ENTERTAINED AT PICNIC? Members of the State Highway and Public Works Commission who were entertained by the Boone Cham ber of Commerce at a picnic on the grounds of "Horn in the West" Sunday evening included, left to right above: Harry E. Buchanan, Henderson ville; C. A. Ha?ty, Maxton; W. H. Rogers, Jr., chief en gineer, Raleigh; A. H. Graham, chairman, Raleigh; June F. Scar borough, Statesville; James A. Gray, Jr., Winston-Saiem; J, Emmett Winslow, Hertford; and W. R. Winkler, Boone. ? Staff Photo. High way Commission Entertained at Picnic Members of the State Highway and Public Works Commission and their families were guests Sunday evening of the Boone Chamber of Commerce st a pic nic on the grounds of "Horn in the West", historical outdoor drama being presented at the Daniel Boone Amphitheatre. The group, invited .by Ralph Winkler of Boone, member of the commission, was welcomed by Mayor Gordon Winkler and H. W. Wilcox, president of the Chamber of Commerce. At the picnic, Grover Robbing of Blowing Rock spoke briefly, and A. H. (Sandy) Graham, com mission chairman, responded. Wade Brown, Boone attorney, gave the* invocation. Afterward, the guests were taken on a tour backstage of the drama, and then attended Sun day night's presentation of the play. Rev. Mr. Hollingsworth Is Elected Moderator The Rev. L. H. Hollingsworth, pastor of the Boone Baptist Church, was elected moderator for the coming year, as the one hundred and thirteenth annual session of the Three Forks Bap tist Association convened Aug gust 25 and 28 at the South ForK REV L. H. HOLLINGSWORTH and Green Valley Churches. Mr. Hollingsworth succeed* the Rev. R. C. Eggers as moderator. A new church, Vanderpool, at Vilas, was admitted to the asso ciation at this session, making 45 Feeder Calf Sale Slated; Rules Are Given To Growers All farmcra who wish to con sign calves to the Boone Feeder Calf Sale should do so by Satur day, September 5. A/list of the approved rules and entry blanks may be obtained from the Boone Livestock Market, County Agents' Office, Northwestern Bank, or Boone Chamber of Commerce. The most important things to remember are; All calves must be of beef bn-cding. 'All calves must be vaccinated for Blackleg and Shipping Fever. All homed calves must be de horned, and all bull calves cast rated. All calve* sold must be field Inspected. , churches now in the association, with a total membership of 8, 329 Baptists. Reports submitted at the ses sion revealed that contributions totaling $116,814.08 were made by the churches of the association during the past year, Sunday School enrollment was 6.159, and 256 baptisms were reported. Other officers and committee men elected by the association in cluded: C. J. Farthing, vice-moderator; Mrs. Blanche Perry, clerk-treas urer; Rev. R. C. Eggers, historian; Rev. Rex West, song leader; and Mrs. Kathleen Ward, pianist. Executive committee: Edgar Greene, Kent Brown, Harlan Greene, and Clyde R. Greene. Missions committee: Rev. Rex West, Wade Brown, and Rev. Harold Songer. Finance committee: Woodrow Greene, Rev. C. O. Vance, Mrs. Nora Wilson, Alfred Adams, and Henry Austin. Assoeiational Sunday School Superintendent, W o o d r o w Greene; B. T. U. director, Ralph Beshears; hospital director, Rev. C. O. Vance; brotherhood direc tor, I. S. Ayers; orphanage direc tor, Rev. Gene Sherwood; and Home for Aging director. Rev. Harold Songer. Next year's meeting of the as sociation will be held at the Oak Grove and Boone ^Saptists Churches. , Dry weather this summer is expected to cut North Carolina's hay crop 7 per cent below that of last year. Greenway To Be . Speaker At Forum In Bryson Gty Mr. O. J. Greenway, vice-presi dent of the Internation Resistance Co., Philadelphia, was in Boone Monday looking after the con struction of his company's new plant. I Mr. Greenway was en route to Bryson City, where he will be the principal speaker at the In dustrial Development Forum to be held Wednesday at 7:30 in the county courthouse. The forum is another in a ser ies of 10 being held by the State Board of Conservation and Deve lopment in various part* of North Carolina in an effort to speed plans for bringing more in dustries into the state. Trading Post Is Entered, Robbed During Week End Watauga Trading Post, general store at Vilas, wax entered by thieves some time Saturday night or early Sunday morning and robbed of merchandise valu ed at several hundreds of dollars, according to a report by Shcrilf Earl O. Cook. The thieves entered the store, operated by Roy and Dick Kep lar, by knocking out a wooden panel from a rear door. The rob I bery was discovered by one of ' the brothers who went to the I store after church services Sun day to pull down the front win dow shades. , The robbery is being investi gated by Sheriff Cook and S. B. I. Agent Robert Epley. Sherilf | Cook said Tuesday that no finger 1 prints have been found, and that I apparently the thieves were wearing gloves. Among items missing were clothing for both men and wo men, shoes, cigars, cigarettes, meat from a refrigerated case, several watches, billfolds, and other items. Horn' Attendance Record Given Total attendance at "Horn in j the West" for the 1953 season climbed to 39,832 this week. Saturday night again set a re cord, with 2,086 in the audience. For the past seven performances of the drama, August 23 through 30, the attendance total was 6, 290. ? "Horn in the West" will be_pre sented nightly at 8:15 through September 7. The performance , on September 7, Labor Day, will be the only Monday night per formance of the entire season. Thos. Townsend Injured In Korea One of the last North Carolina ' casualties to be reported from Korea was Army Private First Class Thomas R. Townsend. son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Townsend, of Boone Route 3. Pfc. Townsend was officially reportwl Monday by the Penta gon in Washington as having been wounded in battle in p re armistice combat in Korea. The report, relayed to the Democrat from New York by Columbia Press, did not include the ex tent of Pfc. Towrfsend's injuries. For the first six months of j 1953, farm income averaged an annual rate of 1 17,800,000,000 I some >2,200,000,000 or 11 per j cent less than in the first six I months of 1952. Governor Clement In Favor Completion 603 Boone Chamber of Commerce officials state that Governor Frank Clement of Tennessee ha* promised that he will finish the Ideating survey of Tennessee's portion of highway 603, ?nd ex pressed teen interest in the pro ject in aTwnfcrcnce held recent ly with local leaders. Those conferring with Gover nor Clement were: President ol the Chamber of Commerce, Her man Wilcox; S. C. Egger#, Clyde R. Greene, Stanley A. Harris, 0. L. Wilcox, Wade E. Brown and Dr. B. B. Dougherty. Governor ?lemcnt Mid he would carry back to his Highway Department word' of his keen in ternal in the completion of thia vital interstate highway. Mr. Wilcox states that Hon. Carroll Reese has taken a very active hand in bringing thia pro ject to a satisfactory conclusion, and recently visited with the Chamber of Commerce president here. Election Books To Open Saturday For Bond Vote MOVING ALONG ? Work on the new electronics paits manufacturing plant being built in the out skirts of Boone by the International Resistance Company of Philadelphia, is moving along according to schedule, Joe Burris, construction superintendent, said this week. The above photo, taken last Friday, shows progress up to that time. Erection of structural steel, which is already on the grounds, will begin next week, and the building is expected to be ready for occupancy by December 1, Mr. Burris said. ? Staff Photo. Merchants And Employees Enjoy Annual Picnic Approximately one hundred and fifty employers and employ ees of Boone gathered at Camp I Yonahlossee for the annual Mer chant! Association picnic Wed nesday afternoon, August 28. A watermelon feast, softball, horseshoe pitching, and other games and entertainment were enjoyed by the picnickers, and a sumptuous repast, prepared and served by Baxter Hardy and members of his Boone Trail Res- 1 taurant staff in the mess hall of the camp, closed out the day's activities. 'Midnight Revue' Given By Horn Gist Members "The Midnight Revue", speca tacular stage show presented by the cast of "Horn in the West" at Appalachian Theatre Saturday night, wan widely acclaimcd as the best variety show the town's ever seen, and considering the fact that the performance had to start at 11:00 p. m., the audience was satisfactory. Approximately four hundred dollars was realized, which is being contributed to the Wa tauga Hospital x-ray fund. Tucker Joins Chevrolet Staff G. R. Andrews, president of Andrews Chevrolet, Inc., of Boone, announced this week that Bryan Tucker, hag been engaged ( in the sales department of the agency, and will represent the 1 company in the sale of new and used cars and trucks. Mr. Tucker, who has conducted i r used car business on North De- | pot Street for the past year, was | for a number of years in the sales I organization of the Colvard \ Chevrolet Company, predecessor I of the Andrews firm in the Chev rolet dealership. He invites all his friends and former customers to visit him in his new Jocation. Health Offices Closed Monday The Health Department in Boone will be cloacd Labor Day, Sept. 7. No clinics will be held that day. Cannery To Open The Cove Creek community cannery will be open on Tues days only throughout September. The hours are from 9 a. m. to 3 V $638,555 Gym Contract Let Contract! totaling 1638.555 wars awarded Tueaday for tha naw gymnasium-physical edu cation building at Appalachian Stata Teacher! Collage. Racaiving tha contract! ware W. E. Dale Conitruction Com pany. Morganton. S508.500 tor general contract; Millar and Smyre of Hickory, $34,460 for plumbing; Mechanical Contrac tor! of Charlotte. $69,000 for heating and ventilation; and Ralph Dunchan Electric Com pany of North Wilkeaboro. S26.595 for electrical work. Bidding wai keener than ui ual. according to Barnard Dougherty, buiinau manager of the collaga. and wis wall with in tha soma $800,000 sat aaida for tha projaet. Construction of tha building U axpactad to bavin aarly thia fall. It iMll ba loeatad batwaan tha prasant gymnaiium and tha oowar plant. Tha building will ba ona of tha most modarn in tha Stata. It will >aat batwaan 2.500 and 2.800 for baikatball gamai and will contain physical aducation classrooms. Tha old gymnasium will ba ranovalad for girls' athlatics and physical aducation instruc tion whan tha naw building is complatad. Blue Ridge Fair To Start on W ednesday The Blue Ridge Agricultural Fair will start on Wednesday, ' Sept. f), and continue through Saturday, September 12. The fair will be held in tents on the lots just opposite the Cardinal Motel, on the Blowing Rock road. "We arc prepared to hold the biggest fair to date," said L. E. Tuckwiller, county agent, "and can house all entries expected if they come in at the designated time. Most departments have been enlarged and many prem iums increased. We urge all farm people to pick up a premium list or catalog and then bring all you can to the fair. Your entry may take a blue ribben, and even if if does not, you will still get a joy out of hleping to make the fair a success. You never know just how good your crop is until you cpmpare it with your neighbor's crop." Attention is called to a changes over previous fairs. They include a school day program. Details of this is one page 61 of the Fair Catalog. ' A dog show has benn added. This will be limited to a fox hunt ers' bench show. Dayton Cook and Jack ^awrence are superin tendents. Horse races are to be held on Friday after the school events. In the beef cattle department the grade heifer class has been increased and a total of $64.00 is offered on grade beef heifers. In dairy cattle there are three grade classes under each breed. "These are only a few of the changes to make the fair bigger and better, said Mr. Tuckwiller. "Help us out by bringing all you can." FH A Group Makes Tour Of Watauga Farms FHA committeemen fro.il Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga counties were in Boone last Thursday and made a tour of Watauga (arms operating under the Farm and Home Administration plan* of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. J. B. Robinson, county super visor of FHA in Watauga, direct ed tiic tour and explained what Watauga farmers arc accomplish ing under the plan. Speaking to the comnmtccmcn at an inlormal meeting in the FHA offices In Boone, Ralph A. Turner, specialist from the state officc in iUlelgli, briefly review ed the accompUkhinunU i>X the past year, and explained the pur pones of the organization. "Farming is becoming rrfcrc ef ficient now than ever before," he said. "This is necessary because farmers will have to produce more in the future than they have in the past, and the quicker they get to doing this, the better they will bo able to meet whatever may o<^ir in the future." W. Bryan Oliver, state field representative, (jpened the meet ing following the tour by explain ing the object of the tour. He said that FHA leans on the com mitteemen to make loans where they are needed and to tupervise oil loam utter Uiuy urc made. $72 Million State Bond Issue To Go To Vote October 3 Mr. R. T. Greer, chairman of the Watauga county board of elections has announced a special bond election to be held on Oct ober 3, on the question of the issuance of fifty million dollars in the state of North Carolina Plant Construction and Improve ment Bonds and twenty-two mil lion dollars in North Carolina Mental Institution Bonda. Mr. Greer said that registra tion books in this county would open on Saturday, September 5, at nine o'clock at the polling places and remain open until sun set on Saturday, September 19 for the registration of new voters or those that have changed pre cincts. "The various registrars in the county will be at their polling places for registering voters on the three Saturdays, September 5, 12, 19, with the books open for registration," the chairman said. "Please take notice that thtf is not a special registration and therefore all persons who are now? registered on the general registration books will not have to register again to vote in this special election. If you are not registered on the general regis tration books in your resident precinct, you will have to regis ter to vote in this special bond election; however, if you are pro perly registered you will not have to re-register to vote in this elec tion," Mr. Greer said. He pointed out that if you are not certain that you are properly registered now, you had better check with the precinct registrar one of these three Saturdays mentioned above. Gov. Umstead has called the special bond election to be held on Saturday, October 3 on the two questions of whether to i&sue the bonds for the schools and mental institutions. Adlai Tells Hardy He Can't Attend Horn This Season Adlai Stevenson has written William Hardy, manager of "Horn in the West," expressing regrets that he will be unable to come to Boone this season. The letter follows: "Dear Mr- Hardy: "So many thinks for your very thoughtful telegram inviting me to visit Boone sometime before September 7 and to sec Kermit Hunter's play. 'I wish that I could accept, but, unhappily, there is a vast accu mulation of work here in Chica go which will keep me anchored to my desk during the next few weeks. "With every good wish and my warmest regards to Kermit Hun ter, I am, "Sincerely yours, ADLAI STEVENSON" Lamb Pool Set For September 10 The fourth 1953 Watauga Lamb Pool will be held at the North Wilkes boro sheep loading pent on Thursday, September 10. Lambs will be graded and weighed from 7:00 a. m until all lambs that are present by 9:30 a. m. are grad ed. Checks will be issued at toon at proper calculation! can be madi. This will be the last shipment from North Wilkesboro in 1933. but there will be a shipment from West Jefferson in early October. Lambs that will weight 76 or more pounds and arc fat sltouM be sold now, also all buck lamb* should be sold as soon as possible. It will probably pay to hold ewe and wether lambs that are thin, provided you have tbe grata and will treat for paratitw and feed grain. - No change it indicated in farm couUut polkf.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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