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BOONE ?S0 POPULATION U73 ^rumcu WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 WATAUIVA COUNTY 1IM POPULATION 11^41 ( M ?mount importknc* W ummtf molt at Ettfrn J ? s m SIXTY-SIXTH NO. 32 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1954 14 PAGES? 2 SECTIONS KING STREET BY ROB R1VE1RS FIRST RED-BREAST Albert Farthing reports seeing the first robui just ahead of the spring-like weather of the first of the week . . . Monday Mrs. Ruby Ellis reported hearing the notes of five different kinds of birds in the few steps from the Democrat office to the Water Street corner ... So with shirt sleeve weather has come the song of the birds and a glad re lief from the "ground hog weath er" which had been holding forth . . . And the wise men of the hilU stroke their beards and vow they never saw such a warm day this time of the year . . . When its downright cold, and our teeth chatter, and one can't quite tell whether the mercury is in the tube at all, ' cause he can't find his specs ... we all pro claim that never have we seen such severe cold in these parts . . . Carl Goerch in the State magazine has this to say on the :;ver-present subject of the wea ther: THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY . . . ALL CEPT THE WEATHER MAN "We've bHn hearing tlx us ual arguments during the last month or so about the severity of winters as compared with those fifteen. twenty or thirty years ago. "Everyone seem to agree that the winters o < long ago were much more severe. Everyone, that is. except weather bureau people. They claim that the last decade, compared with any pre vious decade, shows very Uttia difference in the mean tempera- | ture. "Yes. the mercury may have gone down to i degrees above sero in 1K7. or there may have been a spell of below-fTeeahag weather for twe weeks in 1910. but when you average up the weather for a ten-year period, you'll find the figure to be Just about the same. "Thus far, however, we've found no one who will agree with that statement, except those who keep the actual statistics." FAMILIAR FIGURE ABSENT FROM STREET We miss seeing Edwin N. Hahn Tioving along the street, and smiling at the (oiks he met . . . When the venerable citizen inov -d away into the lengthening shadows, he left us with the nemory of a kind old gentleman, .vho loved the Lord and the little folks He made so many of . . Even after Mr. Hahn was griev ously afflicted, and his faculties were impaired, he walked far jnd near over the courftryside, lunistering to the sick, and: mnging a word of encourage- 1 uent or a bit of money, if needed . . He was a familiar figure in the halls of the local hospital, inhere he went on regular sche iules to shake hands with the patients, talk to the relatives, and ' sometimes to shed a tear when :he pale horse stood at the door . . In religious endeavor, Mr. Hahn lent his full support, and :ontributed generously to his :hurch . . . His personal wants .vere simple, and he found con tentment in contributing to the welfare of those who- hadn't found the going easy ... He lik ?d an orderly society, moving ilong in the fear of the Lord, and n civic affairs was always among those who were promoting the jrogress of the town and county . . As his health failed however, lis activities were confined moi* ind more to serving his fellcw-. nan. A SLIDING SCALE , Mx. Hahn was on* of the town's most successful Mayors, and his administration was one of progress and accomplishment . . . In those days the lads "took to drinkln' ** on I larger scale i than appears to be the case now . . . And a lot of the 6?ys 9?' drunk, some i ought along the sidewalks "of a Saturday" and there was quit* often a crimson spotch on the pavement, where the loser lay ... In an effort to meet the situation Mr. Hahn cracked down on simple drunk enness. foe he reasoned, the fiat fights and other acts of viol (Continued on page lour.) TO PRESENT RECITAL ? James Rooker and Walton Cole (above), professors of piano at Appalachian State Teachers College, will pre sent a duo-piano recital on Friday, February 19, in the Fine Arts Auditorium at eight o'clock. The public is invited to attend. Hardy Resigns Horn Position William M. Hardy, general manager of Hon) in the West, Boone outdoor drama, has re signed his position, effective Feb ruary 28. The resignation came in a letter to Dr. D. J. Whitener,' executive vice-president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association. ? For the present, Dr. Whitener said, the work usually done by the general manager will be car ried on by the Board of Directors of the Association. The duties will be handled largely through the various committees of the Board, with most of the promo 1 tional duties going through the committee on Promotion and | Publicity, of which Russell D. Hodges, Sr., is the chairrhan. Applications for employment during the summer at Horn in the West, which normally would go to the general manager, should be addressed at present to Dr. D. J. Whitener, executive vice-presi dent. The matter of securing a gen eral manager is now under con sideration by the Board of Direc tors. Various investigations are being made, but no decision is in the immediate offing, Dr. White nor said. March Of Dimes Fund Now $5,040 Mrs. Ralph Tugman,. Chairman of Watauga County's 1954 ^larch of Dimes campaign, stated yester day that she was able to report to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc., that this county had contributed ov.er $5, 000.00 to fight polio in the cam paign just finished. According to Mrs. Tugman, tlje exact figure was $5,040.62, which is believed to be, a record for the county. Mrs. Tugman said that $1,701.32 was collected by the schools of the county and the college here, the Mother's March accounted for $214.17, churches atid various or ganizations gave '$472.32, and special events such as the Quartet ' Singing, the Forty-Nighters' Pres ident's Ball, Wishing Well at the* Gateway Cafe, Talent Show and others accounted for $721.97. The balance of the $5,000.00 came from response to letters sent j out, special contributions, coin boxes and other means of col lection, Mrs. Tugman said. DR. PETER B. EVERETT, above* of Appalachian High School fac ulty, received his degree of Doc tor of Philosophy from Iowa State University on February 8. His major is in Physical Educa tion. Dr. and Mrs. Everett and their three children reside on Faculty Bow. Joseph Cox Dies At Walter Reed Joseph W. Cox, 31, died Febru ary 6 at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C., where he had undergone surgery early in Jan uary. Burial was in the Arling ton National cemetery on Febru ary 10. He was a native of Watauga county, having spent most of his boyhood in the Todd community. Mr. Cox, who was parts and service manager oi Brown and Graham Motor Company in ' Boone, served in the U. S. Army eleven years. He was engaged in both the European and Pacific theaters curing World War II. Survivors include hie mother, 1 Mrs. Mae Cox, Elkton, Md.; lour brothers, Roy B. of Wilmington, Del.; Sam of Philadelphia, Pa.; Tom of DeLand, Fla.; David L. of Elkton, Md.; two sisters, Mrs. , Margaret Shelton and Miss Eve- j lyn Cox, also of Elkton. The 1954 United States soybean , crop will be supported at a nat- , ional average price of $2.22 per i bushel, 80 per cent of the mid- j December soybean parity. Ask Bids 421,Foscoe Highway j Work will proced on the con struction of 421 west ^>f Boone, after all, the Highway Com mission has called for bids on the construction of 2.696 miles of grading, paving and structures Irom a point three miles north west o, Boone to Sugar Grove. Also bids are asked on grading and paving 3.39 miles from the Avery county line northeast to a point about 1,000 fret southwest to Foscoc. This is a part of the Boone to Linville project. The letting of these sections is expected to take place Febrtaary 23. Coin Boxes To Aid Heart Fund Placed Locally Red heart-shaped com boxes, numbering 30, have made their annual appearance in Boone in' connection with the 1954 Heart Fund campaign sponsored by the! Boone Heart Association, it was : announced this week by Jackie I Jones, fund chairman. The plastic receptacles are in i the principal public 'places in! Boone, where they will remain ' through the month of February. Mr. Jones expressed hope that ! local management will cooperate fully with volunteers who are dis- ' tributing the coin boxes, giving the plastic hearts a pre:erred po sit on as near as possible to cash! registers. He added: "These re-j ceptacles should serve as a con stant reminder to all that we should open our hearts when we open our purses. They are de stgned not only to receive change but bills as well." Local campaign goal is $300.00. The drive 1s being aided By the ; Men's Club of ASTC. and the Student Council of Appala chian High School. Graduate Class On Four Day Trip North Carolina A graduate class in Ngrth Car olina history at Appalachian State Teachers college is now on a four-day trip covering the state, for the purpose of visiting and learning more about North Car olina. Those making the trip are: Robert Shuford, Hickory; Ben Mast, Sugar Grove; Dr. Ina Van Noppen, professor of history at ASTC; Carl Litaker, Statesville; Holland Rces, Cleveland, Ohio; Van R. Lay. son, Eatonton, Ga.; Mickey Pierce Hickory; Virginia Sprinkle, Pfafftown; Mrs. Ear leen G. Pritchctt. secretary to the dean; and Dr. D. J. Whitener, head of the department of history | a no teacher of the (lass. John Gentry Dies Thursday John Roby Gentry, colored resident of 22 Church Street, died February 1 1 at the home of Rock Hatten. He was 76 years of age. Funeral services were held at II a. m. February 14, at the Min ?lonite Brethren Church, conduct ?d by the Rev. Ronda Horton and ihe Rev. SdTi^ Brown. Burial was in the family ccmetery at Fleet wood. Heart b una Dance Set For Friday Evening ah oia-iasmonea oain ciance i will be staged at the Appalachian ) High School gymnasium Friday, t February 19, at 8 p. m. The dance i is being iponsored by the Stud ent Council in cooperation with i Mr. Jackie Jones, director of the ( Heart Fund drive on the college t campus 1 Everyone attending the dance < is loving encouuraged to wear c square dAce costumes, jeans and r square dance dresses, to be in keeping with the "barn loft" de- t corations and the "hillbilly" c music. The music will be provid- I ed by the College Hillbillies, a 1 well-known group of square- t mtwifians Square danws, cake I .valks, and added attractions of 1 nigh school talent will be leX-ii ures of the evening's entertain- 1 1 nent. i . 1 Advance tickets ale now on ule: students, 29c; adult* 30c. I rash prizes arc being awarded to 1 he three student* who raise the i argest amounts of money on the t idvance sale of tickets. All pro- < ecds from the dance will be do- 1 lated to the Heart Fund. < Students in charge of planning | he dance are Randy Maddux, i :hairman of ticket sale*; Gene 1 leed and Katherine Payne, pub- 1 icity; Fa-ve Critcher. Laura Hoi- I houser. Betty Swain, and Jack ( dc&inncy, "nVrttinromt c * 1 Building And Loan Names Slate Directors; Assets Gain $540,432 Youths Rob Local Store In Daytime The Parkway Hardware Com pany on King St i eel was robbed of merchandise valued at about $75 Sunday. The cu'prits were apprehended and the loot tecover ed Monday by Sheriff Earl Cook and his deputies. Sheriff Cook said the thieves entered the store at about 2:30 Sunday afternoon by breaking a rear window, and got uway with a couple of guns, sotpe ammuni tion, and a hunting ktiife. Fingerprints taken by an agent of, the State Bureau of investiga- , tfim were inconclusive, but two boys under sixteen years of age were loitering in the vicinity near the time of the robbery. One of them confessed when apprehend ed by the sheriff in Stony Fork Township on Monday, and led officers to an abandoned brick building in Boone and another cache outflde pf town where the stolen goods were hidden. All of the goods were recovered except a box of shells, which the boys said they "shot up." Their names were withheld by Sheriff Cook, due to the fact that they are juveniles, and because Paul A. Coffey, owner of the, store, did not- desire to psk for an indictment. Eggers To Head Annual Red Cross Fund Campaign S. C. EGGERS S. C. Eggers, Boone civic and -eligious leader, has been named ' -hairrrmn of the Ked Cross 10II ;aii campaign which will take slace in March. Mr. Eggers says he will ap joint committees and rccruit oth ;r workers within the next few lay*. Former Representative in the Legislature, Mr. Eggers has long >ccn active in public affairs. He s president of the Boone Farm; .x>an Association and Secretary ["reasurer of the Tobacco Board )f Trade. ' Walter Story Taken By Death By MRS LUCII.E LETT Mr. Walter I. Story died at his j lome in Foscoe on Friday, Feb. , 12, at the age of 61. Funeral services were held on . Sunday afternoon at Clark's >eck Baptist church with Rev. i^arl Triplett of Chllowie, Va.i ind Rev. Raymond Hendrix of1 Boone officiating. Burial follow- ! ' ;d In the church ccmeterv with I Jeins-Sturdivant Funeral Home n charge. [ 1 Survivors include the widow, ' Hn. Ada Taylor Story: two sons, ! 1 Paul of Foscoe and Clyde of.' Washington, D. C.; four daugh I ers, Mrs. Estcl Rhymer of Bristol, | ' Tenn., Mrs. Dare Rhymer of Bristol, Tenn., Mrs. Chloc Welch ? I >t Washington. D. C, Miss Geor |ia Story of Bristol, Tenn.; two i listers, Mrs. Rhonda Ruppert of i Jlrfwing Rock and Mrs. Cora I iuppert of Balm: two brothers, I ^eonard of Lynchburg, Ky., and | Charlie of Foscoe; and 12 grand- I ih44ru?- ? (1 TOWIm OFHCIAlS FOR HOUR? Scouts of Troop 109, in Boone, pose for a picture jurt before taking over the duties of the Town offices last Thursday afternoon. They are, front row, left to right: Bobby Yoder, Jerry McCracken, Ford King, King Triplett, Bobby Agle, and Raymond Smith; second row: Butch Parker, Joe Minor, Billy Miller, Reid Cottrell, Tad Butkland, Charles Harmon, Jimmy Goodnight, and Johnny Shackiord. ? Photo by Paul Weston Studio. Scouts Take Over City In Program Of Week The highlight of the scout week obscrvuncc came Thursday after noon, when city officials of R-one surrendered their offices to local Scout.". Bobby Yoder acted as Scout Mayor, and other positions were taken by the following JJoone Scouts: Billy Miller, town clerk; Jerry McCracken, chief of police; Bobby Agle and Charles Arnold, patrolmen; Ford King, 1 fire chief; and Tad Buckland, | head of the water department. ; The young officials checked park- j inn meters, arrested iav walkers and made a run with the fire de partmrnt. The Cub Scouts of Boone cele brated Scout Week with a ban quet at the Boone Baptist church. Cub Master J. W. Harrison pre sided and made awards, after which there were games and group singing. Rev. M. E. Hud son gave th? Invocation. The ban quet committee consisted of Mrs. B. W. Stallings, Mis. Barnard Dougherty, Mrs. Clint Cannon, Mrs. Howard Cottrell, and Mri. J. W. Harrison assisted in serv intr Parkway Survey Near Blowing Rock Finished Plans and surveys for construc tion of a three-mile link in the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blow ing Rock were reported this week as nearing completion. J. Carlisle Crouch of Roanoke, Va., assistant parkway superin tendent, said it was hoped that the section could be let to con tract and work started this con struction season. The link would be between two previously completed sections of the Parkway and would run be tween Sandy Flat and U. S. 321. The link would run through the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park. The work would include grad ing, laying a crushed stone base and building an overpass. No new sections will be built in the 1954-55 fiscal year under the budget now before Congreis, parkway superintendent Sam P. Weems said earlier. The budget for the current fis cal year which will end June 30 is $867,300. Crouch also reported that grad ing of the section between the Wagon Road Gap and Beech Gap , links on the Hay wood-Transyl- j vania County border is approxi- 1 mately 45 per cent complete. He said it is not expected to be com pleted before next fall. Paving could be applied the following year, if funds are made available, he said. Neither "the Wagon Road Gap or Bcch Gap sections have been paved. Fire Department Answers Alarms The local Fire Departmerft In vestigated two alarms early Monday afternoon, /the first be ing a grass fire on Ray Hill, east of Boone and across from the Watauga Produce Company. Three haystacks were destroyed by the blaze, said Fire Chief Howard Cottrell. ' At about the same time, a car rnught fire?in a junk yard in the west end of town, but was extin guished before any damage was done. . I Weather Boone's weather this week was mild throughout, and almost spring-like on 4he 10th and 11th. even though temperatures varied from 57 down to 9 above. There was only a trace of precipitation. Max. Min. 6 p. m. Date 33 18 28 Feb. 7 34 16 30 Feb. 8 45 5 43 .Feb. 9 37 28 52 Feb. 10 52 41 42 Feb. 11 42 13 21 Feb. 12 40 14 35 Feb. 13 Precipitation: Feb. 7 ? Trace of snow. Feb. 12 ? Trace. Plans Are Made For j Basketball Tourneys Mr. S. F. Horton of Sugar : j rove, member of the Claw A iistrict committee attended a i meeting of the committee in < Statesville Monday, when the i sectional and district basketball < tournaments were set up. Twenty-two schboli qualified 1 in the sectional tournament which will be played March 5 and 6. Qfoup ohe wijl play at i Appalachian State Teachers Col ege gym; group two In Concord 1 Recreational Center, Concord', Sroup three, Pheiffer Junior Col ege, Mcisenheimcr; group four, : North Davidaoa Srhnol, David-: son county. | ( The winner and runner-up at ' each sectional tournament will ' qualify (or the district tourna ment March 10, 11, 12, 13 at Con- 1 ;ord Recreational Center. Pairing* for the Appalachian ? Tourney are: Bonne-Blowing Rock, March 3, 1 7 o'clock, Appalachian College ' |ym. Mocksville, Cove Creek March 5. 8 o'clock at Appalachian Col- I lege gym The winners will meet at the ' lame place on the cvenuu ol 1 March S lor the (inal rouaaT 1 Secretary Foresees Good 1954 The stockholders of the W?. tauga Building and Loan A# sociation met Monday,, elected ? board of directors, and heard Secretary W. H. Gragg present a report of record progiess by the Association during 1953. (Juy W. Hunt, prominent Boone merchant and former city coun cilman was elected as a new member of the board of directors, succeeding A.-W. Smith, deceas ed. Hold-over members of the board who were re-elected, are: H. G. Farthing, C. M. Critcher, W. H. Gragg, Walter H. Greene, H. P. Holshouser, Howard Mast, Dr. W. M. Matheson, R. C. Rivera, Jr. Asaats $2,144,362 Secretary Gragg pointed out that at the beginning of the year 1953 assets of the Association were $1,803,950.30. Assets at the close of the year were $2,144t362. 34. This represents a growth of $540,432.04, or 33.74 per cent for the year, and may be a record in crease for the State. Continuing, the Secretary's re port showed that $50,267.55 in Dividends was distributed during 1953, i epresenting the 922 savings accounts in force. The dividends were at the current rate of 3%. The number of savings accounts rose by 263 during the year. Home loans in the amount of $968,482.71 were issued through out the year, with $301,587.81 devoted to new construction. The Association helped make poasible the purchase of 63 homes. One hundred and three loans were made for new construction, 63 for refinancing of loans, and 185 improvement loans. Outstanding loans now total $1,818,373. The reserves, says Mr. Gragg, total $117,506.99, which is a re serve ratio of 4.74 per cent to to tal assets. Each account is in sured up to $10,000. Continued Prosperity Seen "The lesson of 1953," Mr. Gragg said, "is that savings and loan associations must continue to grow and expand, in order that they may be equipped to do the bulk of the home financing in the United States and thereby bring, more stability to the home mortg age market." He predicted that 1954 will be "another good year, with con tinued, if less spectacular, pros Examinations Postal Workers Are Announced The U. S. Civil Servicc Com mission, Atlanta, Ga., announces an open competitive examination for indefinite or permanent ap pointment eto the positions of Substitute Clerk, Substitute Car rier and Special Delivery Mess enger in the Boone, N. C., Post office. Applications will be* accepted From persons who reside ^ithin the delivery of the Postoifice named or who are bona fide pa trons of such oifice. Persons em ployed in the Postoffice will be .onsidered bona fide patrons of the office. The beginning basic rate of pay For substitute clerks and substi tute carriers is $1,615 and for special delivery messengers (.1565 per hour. Applicants must iaVe reached their eighteenth oil thday but must not have pass ed their fiftieth birthday on the late of filing applications. These iff limits do not apply to persons entitled to Veterans' Preference. Necessary forms and further in formation may be obtained from the information representative at :he Boone postoffice, or from the Fifth U. S. Civil Service Regional Office, 5 Forsyth Street, N. W,i \tlanta, Ga. ? - Corporations that publicly re port their dividend payments paid out $8,546,000,000 in 1#63? two ?nd a half pet cent more than in 1953, according to the Commerce Department.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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