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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ? 9 An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1f888 ' ? BOONE, WATAUGA COUVfY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AcTOBER 22, 1953 SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR.? NO. 16. 14 PAGES? 2 SECTIONS _ v RETURNS ? Austin E. South, above right, newly appointed Clfrk of Court for Watauga County, shown being congratulated upon his return to office by Fred M. Gragg, who resigned the post to to accept a position with the ' International Resistance Corp. in Boone. Mr. South held the Clerk of Court job for 20 years prior to 1946, when Mr. Gragg was elected to the position', and was sworn in last Thursday after Superior Court Judge J. C. Rudisill appointed him to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Gragg's. ? Staff photo. KING ' STRE.ET ? #BY ? ROB RIVERS HEAVY FALL TRAVEL The influx of tourists into the Boone-fflowing Rock area over the week end was heavy . . . From all sections of the country they came to view the magnifi cent colors of the dying leavf , ?nd to enjov the balmy, clear air t the hign hills . . . On a trip down the Blowing Rock-Leioir mountain Sunday morning, we counted a couple of hundred cars, coming up the hill, in the few minutes travel from Green Park to the foot of the mountain In the aft^ftnoon we met 240 re turning in the same few miles . . . Motor courts and other lodg ing places at Boone and Blo#ing Rock did good bftiness ? busi ness at a summer time level, in some cases ? as the people made a final foray into the elevated re gions. LONGER SEASON Which bring* to mind the fact that the tourist Muon should be extended into the fell ? that there should be a lengthening of tWeetime when folks from far-away come and ?njoy the hill country ... Of course the negative answer is the fact that the folks who have children must be home after the opening of school . . . But the large numbers of folks who ?e come this fall have rather nvinced us that there are tourist promotion poasibilities in the blue Ridge area, long after Labor Day normally puts the lid on summer travel . . . The heavy travel along the Parkway, and on the principal roads into this immediate local ity clearly show that the folk^ aren'i through traveling when the hot days go . . . Fact ia. many of them like the cooler days of autumn better . . . And while we might not successfully promote a fall tourist event, a Festival of the Falling Leaves, for instance ? tourist promotion al material should lay heavy stress on the week-end trips 'mongst the hills of crimson and gold and russet. WORKED ON ANCIENT PRESS Will Haynes, who has long since passed the four score and ten mark, went back to Fresno, Ohio, the first of the week, where he has been living since he left his native heath in Watauga thirty-three years ago ... An alumnus of the old Watauga Democrat composing room. Will refers to his experiences, whfcl in his early teens, he stood btop a cracker box and inked the page forms of the Democrat so's Bob Rivers, the publisher, could crack down with the lever of the old Washington hand press, and get out the local news . . . Jovial and kind. Will is always glad to , return to the smell of the print er** ink, and vows: "Well, after aN, r m just visiting home fdlks . . . You folks on thf Watauga Democrat are not only my good friends . . . we re kin folks!" . . . He speaks interestingly of those days, far back in another age, when Daniel Boone Dougherty edited the paper, while Robert C. Rivers was the publisher . . . Bfcck before gas engines, and clectric motors, and typesetting machines and "steam presses" (continued on page four) ' ? i 47 Herefords Sold For Total Sum Of $9,187.50 The Watauga Purebred Here ford Bryders sold 47 lots for $9,187.50 in the eleventh annual Boone sale. The top price of $440.00 was paid for Banner Do mino 6, a summer yearling con signed by W. H. Walker, Sugar Grove. This bull was reserve champion bul) in the pre-sale show. He sold to Levi Teague, Taylorsville, N. C. The champion bull came from, the Finley P. Hodges and Son consignment and sold to C. G. Fox, Hickory, for $325.00. The champion female of the pre-sale show went to Shipley Farm on SF Princess Larryann, a February calf by HC Larry Domino #6, and out of a cow rich in WHJ1 Triumph breeding. The heifer .gold for $365.00 to Mr. Wade E. Campbell, Taylorsville, and was the highest priced heifer of the sale. The reserve champion heifer came from the C. C. Edmisten consignment and sold for $275.00 to H. L. Edmundscft, Horseshoe, N. C. The laqflpst buyer of the sale was Mr. Levi Teague, Taylors ville, who t5>k nine head includ ing the highest selling bull. O. T. Sherrill, Hickory, took four head and C. G. Fox, Hickory, took three head. Breeders who purchased two lots included H. L. Edmundson, Horseshoe, N. C., M. M. Hodges, Vilas, Bernard Hodgson, Boone, T. Q. Finger, Newton, Rt. 1, E. A. Dillard, Shulls Mills, and Claude Eggers, Banner Elk. Other ?uyers in the sale w^re Soapstone Ranch, Newton, M. O. Wike, Granite Falls, Diamond S. Ranch, Boone, Claude Austin, Boone, J. E. Holbert, Horseshoe, N. C., S. Ray Moore, Lertoir, D. A Wike, Lenoir, J. C. Turner, Spartanburg, St C., Bill Wellborn, Deep Gap# W^T. Staley, Miller* Creek, H. D. Horney, Banner Elk, Luther Pennell, Taylorsville, Howard Edmisten and Ned Glenn, Sugar Grove, Horace Greer, Boone, Don Greene, A. W. Greene, George A. Wilson, and Harold Henson, all of Boone. ^ Free Chest'X-Ray To Be Available In Boone Soon I Free chest x-rays will be avail able to hte people of Watauga county, when the mobile x-ray unit will be set up on King Street October 28th, 31st, Nov ember 3-8, from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. Mrs. Frances C. Frances, exe cutive secretary of thefAllegh any, Ashe, Watauga Tuberculosis Association, who makes the an nouncement, issues this fu0her statement: f "You may have tuberculosis. The {rouble is, you wouldn't know it until it reached an ad vanced stage. "Because it has no pronounced KiddiesTo 0 ? Paint Windows The Worthwhile Club is spon soring a Halloween window de coration contest again this year and will award prizes to the fhildren making the best designs on the business windows of the town. Permission will be secured of course, and nothing but Bon Ami will be used. The contest is spon sored in an effort to reconize artistic talent, and to lure the youngsters away from damage to prpperty at Halloween time. Correction In the reccnt report of the Watauga Superior Court Dave H. Ragan was said to have been "permanently unlicensed to drive." As a matter of fact Mr. Ragan was charged with permit ting an unlicensed person to op pi rate his car. Prayer for judg ment was continued for two years upon payment of the costs. World rye production this year is forecast at about 1,970,000,000 bushel*. 1 United States farmers must be prepared to produce enough food lor 200,000,000 citizens by 1875. symptoms, tuberculosis kills near ly 50,000 Americans a year. How ever, this disease can be cured. If it caused ^ou to feel ill im mediately like most other diseas es, you would go to a doctor. As it is, tuberculosis may advance far irt your body bafore you know it. Then it may take months and years to arrest or cure. 'There's one sure way to know if you have the disease. Get a thest x-ray. This will show if tuberculosis has begin its destruc tive work on the lungs. Often the healthiest looking perso# may be diseased. ^ "These chest x-rays are made possible by your contributions to the Christmsa Seal sale. In fact, you may be paying, through your contributions, for the x-ray you take. "The only way to eradicate the disease is to find all the un known cases in the county. It has been estimated that there are a quarter . of a million unknown cases jp the U. S. Some of these may hi in Watauga county. "If you are not sure you don't have tuberculosis then you bet ter have an x-ray. You may save your life." Health Council Discusses Plans Medical Center l^omc fifty citizens representing various communities in Watauga County held an enthuslstic meet ing at Bethel School last Friday evening. In the absence of Or. John Martin, president of the - council. Dr. G. K. Moose presided. The meeting was opened with prayer led by Mr. Ray Wilson. Group singing followed which was led by Mrs. Clyde Greene. Dr. Michal and Mrs. 'Glovier each I talked briefly on the purpose of I the meeting which was to find ways and means to secure a ' health center for Watauga county. This is sorely needed in our coun ty. An interesting picture was shown, "So Much For So Little," showing services offered each in dividual by adequate public health staffs, operating in sufficiently convenient and well - equipped quarters. Dr. Moose then led a discussion during which some constructive suggest! ons were made. It was pointed out that through the Medical Care Com mission, Hill-Burton and State funds 'are still available to our county td meet three-tourths of the cost of a health center, fully equipped, provided tne county lurnished an acre in a suitable' location plus one-fourth of the cost of the project. Sections of the county represented at the meeting indicated that much interest has already been aroused in the pro ject. The following committee wa| appointed from Bea^r Dam Sec tion: Chairman, W. R. Vines, J. M. Sherwood, Fred Winkler, A. L. Reese, George Smitherman, Ceul Swift and Allen Heaton. Others ol the counties 39 communities will organize committees. Puns were made to hold another meet ing qf the health council in Nov ember at fnother section of the county. The place is be an nounced later. The group vrted to ask the pre sident of the council to appoint a steering committee representa tive of all sections of the county to make further plans. ? Gene Reed Chosen Rotarian Boy * Gene Reed, senior at Appala chian High School has been desi gnated Rotarian Boy (or October by the Boone Rotary Club, which is recognizing an outstanding local high school lad each month. Gene is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reed of Boone. Some of his high school activities follow: President of his class for three yAs, member football squad three years, and currently the captain, member basketball team, co-oaptain last year; member baseball team three years, co editor The Laurel, president Na tional Honor Society, elected Homecoming King this year, member Student Council, chief Junior Marshal last yar, member of Men's A Club. ?* Weather The week of October 11 was another of relatively mild temper ature, according to the weekly weather report by Dr. Arnold Van Pelt. There was no break In the continuing dry period. Max. Min. 6 p. m. Date 71 30 S3 Oct. 11 72 39 55 Oct. 12 62 37 52 Oct. 13 55Q ? 48 Oct. 14 69 39 57 Oct. 15 73 47 55 Oct. 1? 73 " 36 59 Oct. 17 Precipitation: Oct. 14 ? 0.1; Oct. 15? Trace. Romy Story Lauded In 1908 Carolina Annual Two North Carolina institutions of higher learning will honor the memory of a Watauga County native on the campus of Appala chian State Teachers College Saturday, October 24, the col lege's annual Homecoming Day. A plaque will be unveiled to the memory of Romy Stoty. who is said to have established the most brilliant athletic record ev er attained at the University of North Carolina. The program will be held dur ing the halftime of the football game Saturday afternoon. Dr. I. G. Greer, executive v>cc presi dent of the Business Foundation of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will preside at the dedication. Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of ASTC, will speak on "Romy Story at I knew him." Recogni tion will be given hit teammates at Appalachian and at the Uni versity of North Carolina who. are expected to attend. The Honor able John W. Umstead of Chapel Hill, who spearheaded a move ment begun in 1#47 for the erec tion of the monument, will speak representing the University. The 1908 edition of the Yackety, Yack, University year book, was dedicated to the memory of Romy Story with this inscription: To the memory of Romy Story, who exemplified on many a hard fought battlefield the highest ' ideal* at University athlctic*, wc dedicate in love and admiration the eighth vblume of the Yackety Yack." Through the courtesy of Mark Hodges, ion of Mr. and Mrs. Rus sell D. Hodges, the following exerpt copied from the 1008 Yackety Yack is reprinted: ROMY STORY (1882-1007) When the University opened last September, there was notice able among students and faculty an air of anxiety and foreboding. A stranger. could have detected at once that something disquieting had happened or was impending. Groups of students might be ob served asking, with troubled (a cos, whether any news bad been received during the day. The final message came at last: "Romy is dead." Romy Story was born in AMo, Watauga county. North Carolina, December 12, 1882, and died at hit mountain home September 1), 1907. He was an only son, and his parents determined that their boy should not go through life fetter ed by ignorance and handicapped by lack of opportunity. But to cducate him meant years of self denial and deprivation. For him it meant ? long and toiUome pathway, separation from home, and perhaps failure in the end. But there was no hesitancy or half-hcartvdncss on either side. (Continued on page two) Appalachian Alumni To Observe Homecoming THREE VEHICLE WRECK? Two of the cars involved in a wreck at the comer of King Street and Junaluska Road are pictured before being removed from the scene of the accident. A coal truck, not ahown, was also involved in the accident, and coal and the tire in the pictur# were. part of its cargo. Mrs. Stanley South was driver of the car in front while Deputy Sheriff Will C. Miller was driver of the other car. A Mr. Hudson of Morgan ton was driver of the truck. Mrs. South, her small son, and Mist Irm^ Taylor, Boone, Route 1, were shaken up, but not seriously hurt, in the accident. ? Staff photo. Coleman Says Burtey Is. Good In Watauga Mr. R. C. Coleman, of Tabor City, who operates the Mountain Burley fr>bacco Warehouses here, believes lhat thi? year's local to bacco crop is the best he's s^n, and that the high prices received will compensate for the low?r ^ield occasioned by dry weather. Mr. Coleman, in Watauga re cently, on a pre-season survey, lays: ? "I have never seen tobacco looking so good in the barns. Of life the many crops examined, I found only orfe bad one and that was a crop that had been placed too closely together in the barn, causing barn-burn. The color is extra good, which would indicate the price would be high, though I am inclined tq think tobacco will be lighter than usual. The number of pounds per acre may not be up to expectations but we believe the price will compensate, provided the tobacco is properly graded when stripped and kept 1 dry. The greatest loss to farmers is caused by their failure to pro perly grade their tobacci and one ' of the greatest faults is sending tobacco to market wet." Mr. Coleman was really enthu siastic about the report of the North Carolina Tobacco Ware house at Tabor City, another of hw operations, which has just closed. The total sales amounted One Held In Cgr Theft; Money, Checks FouikJ One man has been bound over lo Federal Court, and another re-' leased for lack of sufficient evi dence, in connection with the alleged theft of an automobile containing $167 cash^tnd $400 in checks here last Friday night, ac cording to Sheriff Earl D. Cook. The money and checks were ?till in the car when it was found Sunday by the Sheriff and his deputies, hidden in the moun tains near Neva, Tenn. The mon ey was in a bag under the front seat, and the checks were in an envelope b&hind the sun visor. The only thing missing from the car was a .25 Colt automatic, the sheriff said. Clyde S. Greene, principal of Bethel High School and owner of Kay's Sandwich* Shop on South Depot street, stopped hi* 1949 Chevrolet in front of the shop Friday night and went inside, leaving the money and checks. school funds, in the car. He had %een in the shop about ten min utes when he came out and found the car gone. Sheriff Cook's investigation led to the recovery of the car Sunday and the arrest of Burette- Pres nell, 50-year-old Watauga Coun ty man, who implicated Floyd Ward, 22, of Boone, in the theft. Ward, however, was released for lack of evidence by the F. B. I. agent who was called into the case by the sheriff because the car had been taken across a state line. U. S. Commissioner S. C. Eg gers, of Boone, found probable cause at a hearing held Monday, and Presnell posted bond for his appearance at the November term of Federal Court in Wilkesboro, Sheriff Cook said. New auto dealers are surfeited with excess' factory volume. to 10,236,000 pounds. 7,448,000 poundi, tk almott three-fourthi of all tobacco sold on th? Tabor City market was sold by Mr. Coleman at the New Carolina To bacco Warflfcouse. The avCTage price of the 7,448,000 pounds was $58.90 per hundred. Mr. Coleman was even more en thusiastic about his own Qbacco crop. He owns a larlt farm near Tabor City and aftff warehouse charges were deducted, he realized $32,264.74 for his own crop, the average price being 62 Vic per pound. When asked how he ac counted for this excellent yield in such a dry year, Mr. Coleman uid, "First, I got extra strong plants; they were carefully set and fortunately, we had a good rain soon after they were set. The plants were properly fertilized so that they get a good start. Last, but not least, my tenants graded most carefully, under my personal supervision; cured it correctly,, and brought the crop to market goodSand dry. It is the best crop I have ever grown and the yield was almost 2,000 pounds per acre. It sold at the best price I havt4 ever received .1 The fact thaT iuch a large num ber of farmers in the Tabor City area showed io much confidence in Mr. Coleman by selling their crops at hii warehouse, should impress the farmers of thii tei? ritory and they ihould take npte of the many things he mentioned that go into the making of ex cellent grade tobacco and good price. 0 Mr. Coleman thinks much of our tobacco thii year will bring as much as 70c, with choice bas kets bringing considerably more. He is enthusiastically looking for ward to the opening of the mar ket at Boone and Mountain City, which will be on or about Novem ber 30. Pomona Grange Meets Thursday The Watauga County Pamona Grange will meet Thursday night, October 22, at 8 o'clock, at the Green Valley School. Refresh ments will be served and all members are urged to be present. SCHOOL SAVERS More than 3,450,000 pupils in 10,000 grade and high schools hold $113,000,000 in school sav ing accounts in W0 banks throughout the country, accord ing to a report by the American Bankers Association. The figure compare with about 3,300 pupil depositors owning about $92,000, 000 ? year ago. Gay Affair Slated For Saturday Appalachian State Teachers Coiiege aiumni from throughout the country will gather here Sat urday, October 24, for the 54th annual Homecoming observances of the school. A luncheon busi ness meeting at noon and a foot ball game between Appalachian ana Emory & Henry will be among tne highlights of the week end. Schedule for the festivities is as follows: Friday night at 8 o'clock, homecoming piay by the Playcrafters with a reception for alumni and participants immedi ately afterwards. Saturday, 9 a. m. until noon, registration; 10:30, "Old Timers" reunion of students from 1899 through 1929; noon, an nual luncheon and businesh meet ing; 2:00, viewing of pyjects and parade; 2:45, Appalachian vs. Emory ti Henry College; 5:00, alumni reception; 6:00, dinner; and 8:00, homecoming dance. In addition to planned activities, open house will be observed in college residence houses. ? New officers will be elected at the luncheon meeting on Satur day. Outgoing officers are, presi dent, H. G. Jones of the Depart ment of History, Puke University; vice-president, Thomas L. Ward, principal of Huntersville School, Mecklenburg County; and secre tary-treasurer, Walter C. Joyce, principal of White Rock School, Forsyth County. Alumni officials are predicting this year's attendance record will even surpsfl last year's record breaking turnout. Plans on the campus are being handled by Chi Lambda Chi under the leadu ship of Miss Helen*Burch, deffn of women. ? I Four Bands To Appear Saturday Mr. William G. Spencer, direc tor of the Appalachian State Teachers College band, has an nounced that (our high school ( bands will be on the college cam pus (or the Homecoming game this Saturday afternoon. Includ ed are Appalachian High School ( band, under the direction of Mr. Roy Blaffton; Hickory High ^School band, directed by Mr. Landon Walkir; Wilkes Central High School band, directed by Mr. Claude Jarrett; and the Val dese High School band, directed by Mr. Georg# Wilson. All four of the band directors are gradu ates of ASTC. The bands will arrive in Boone Saturday morning and will be es corted to their places by members of the college music faculty, as sisted by the college band mem bers. A picnic lunch has been planned for them, to be held in front of the Fine Arts Building at 12 noon. Following the picnic, each band will participate in the. parade through the campus and up town at one o'clock. After the parade, the combined bands will help put on the pre-game show on the football field at two-thirty. They will spell out the name GRADS, as a salute to all visiting gradu ates and alumni. During the half time, the bands will salute Romy Story by spelling out hia last name on the field. and with the playing of "Auld Lang Syne." Mr. Blanton, of Boone, receiv- . ed his B. S. degree at ASTC in 1941, and his M. A. in )?50. Hr. Walker received his M. A. the summer of 1832, and Mr. Wilson and Mr. Jarrett received their B. S. degrees in 1B40. NEW HOMES The nations non-farm home owners increased by 5, 000,000 in the last five years, with the de mand for houses still apparently strong, according to the Federal Beeervc Board. ?Ar- . ? kj&dHfll
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