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wxftiE "VXrAT^A T T/^ A r^T?AiAPD AT1 watauga county The educational center of Western North m / ?/ ,AA I /-I ? II I I M I ?/ 1 I II I^E i?% I Farming and tourist region. Firct in Carolina c^oiin. y y jlIl X jTV vJ vXjlTL JL^ A v>^ XVjlV. X * ^ production # l?50 Po.Hd.tton 8,t73 . An Independent Weekly Newspaper? Established in the Year 1 888 ~ . i>50 Population 1M41 ?\ - I ' ? ?- ;? " , ' ,r : ? , ? - ? i? , ? ' ? ? SIXTY-SIXTH YEA*.? NO. 41. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOKTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1954 ' # TWO SECTIONS? 12 PAGES / KING STREET BY ROB RIVE1RS SATURDAY came chilly, with wind, and spits of snow, and we vowed the Easter storm was com ing in full fury . . . But the chills subsided and Easter day was sunny, fairly comfortable, and the kiddies could hide the eggs, and enjoy springtime weather while the oldsters trooped forth in Iheir new blossom-time cos tumes . . . Many gathered for the sunrise service, while at the re gular church hours the attendance was larger than common, as the folks took part in the hallowed religious rites of the day of the resurrection . . . Monday many of the business houses take a holi day as an aftermath of the East er observance. PISCATORIAL PERFECTION Tommy Osborne, genial gam* and fish protector, who knows the fish wouldn't bile for us the day we went out, dropped by the house Monday night and left us on* of th* biggest trout of th* season ... A broad, thick brown ? th* fish was s*T*nte*n inch** long, and it is n**dl**s to say that th* gift of th* fin* sp*cim*n was appreciated. KNOWS FOREST AND STREAM Incidentally, Tommy makes a mighty fine man for the position he holds . . . The streams and the woods have been his books and his sermons ... He always knows where the squirrels are cutting the hickory nuts, where the pheasants huddle i? the ivy, and how many covies of quail inhabit farmer Duff's place ... He seems to know what day the big fish is likely to be enticed from the chill popl, and whether he'll have an appetite for a night crawler, a lizard, or a minnow, or whether he will break the water for a snatch at a Royal Coachman, a Professor, or one of the hackles . He works diligently at the job, mingles well with the peo ple, and should have good co operation. WE WONDER Found an old. old lamp shad* the otbar day, which looked for all the world like an funnel, spout up, designed no doubt to concentrate the light on the work at hand . . . Nowadays, the light is tunneled toward the ceiling, or "diffused." as It were, but then of course there's always a table lamp, case one just has to have a little light on the printed word. DAYS or RECKONING Superior Court convenes for a two Vt<-eks session and more than a hundred and fifty folks who have ran ifoul of the statutes and the conventions as well, are ? up before thv bar of justice . . . Folks are not reaching for the shotgun and the Winchester like they used to) pistols are not found in the pants pockets, and under the belts of the youthful gentry . . . But the machine age has brought along the automobile, and the speeding, and the reck less driving and the driving drunk, and without license, and many other infringements of lat er' laws, to keep the courts going fairly strong . . . Automobiles multiplied laws and violations, while education was doing away with shooting and knifing, and pistol-packing, and to a consider able degree, public drunkenness. HERE AND THERE Man of the house potter about town, picking up onion sots, lettuce seed and th* like, and fatting ready to "plant garden." . . . Hard showers in terfere and bring happiness to the bqck yard fanners . . . Sun shine and cooler weather the first of the week changed the situation, and the apadework's going to hare to ha done . . . After all. it has been a favor able spring for the man who's timid about stirring the soil . . . Texans. tired of the dust, love our April showers and don't want to go indoors when the rains cone . . . Tourists pick nicking on mountainsides. GENERAL MEETING OF WOMAN'S CLUB SLATED The general meeting of the Worthwhile Woman's Club will be held in the basement of the baptist Church Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Each member is requested to be present as important issues' will be voted upon. BLOOMING PEAR TREES at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Tugman add mountains of snowy blooms to the colorful symphony of springtime. ? Staff photo by Joe Minor. Fourteen File For County Office On Republican Slate Fourteen candidate* for county office on the Republican ticket had filed with the Board of Elec tions when the deadline was reachcd at 6 o'clock Saturday I Parktcay Guidebook Best Ever Waynesboro, Va. ? The guide book to accommodations and services in the Southern High lands published annually by the Blue Ridge Parkway Association will be entitled "Vacation Motor ing" this year, Randolph H. Per ry, president of the group, said this week. Mr. Perry, a resident of Char lottesville, outlined plans for the directory following a meeting in Roanoke last week of the associ ation's publications committee, headed by Mike R. Crabill of Ga lax, . The title, "Vacation Motoring," is placed on the new double cover of the directory in such a manner that one side of the booklet will read: "Vacation in the Southern Highland*." The other side will read: "Motoring on the Blue Ridge Parkway and Through Shenandoah and Great Smoky. Mountains National Parks." Largest edition in the five-year history of the publication, the 1954 directory will contain six completely new, full-page maps ? one for Great Smoky Mountains area, and four of the Blue Ridge Parkway area between the two great "parks. In addition, there will be a new, four-page map of the entire Southern Highlands of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. This map will be "gate folded" in the center of the booklet. AU commentary accom panying the maps also is being completely revised, Mr. Perry said. Publication is being handled here by Matthews A. Griffith, the association's secretary - treasurer and executive director. Listings can be received by him at P. O. Box 33, Waynesboro, Va? through Wednesday or Thursday of this week without delaying the print ing schedule, Mr. Griffith said. Establishments that are accepted tor listing* pay for their an nouncement on a line rate and the directory U then distributed free. A printing of nearly 100, 000 copies is planned. Weather The weather in Boone this week was mild to warm, with minimum temperat .res remain ing above freezing. Scattered shewers were evident most of the week, with over on inch on Sat urday. O Max. Min. 6 p.m. Date 62 46 M AprUQI2 63 34 62 April 13 63 49 - 62 April >4 79 46 63 April 13 63 37 39 April 16 39 33 47 April 17 7# 40 63 April IS Precipitation: April 11? T; Ap ril 14th? 0.02 in.; 16th? T; 17th ?1.04 in.; 18th? T, T snow. afternoon. The list of candidates follows: For State Senate, 29th district, W. L. Winkler. For Representative: A. G. Mil ler. For Clerk Superior Coyrt: Tru man A. Critcher. For Sheriff: Clarence Watson, G. M. Watson. ( For Surveyor: Jack L. Storie, Joe J. Miller. For County, Commissioners (Board of three members): Paul A. Coffey, Leslie E. Norris, L. E. Wilson, B. F. Bolick, W. R. Hol man, J. W. Harmon, L. M. Hod ges. Township Officers For township officers, those filing are: Mabel township: For Justice of the Peace: Ivan Younce, Howard Younce; for Constable, T. B. Reece. Blowing Rock: For Justice of the Peace, A. B. Craig. North Fork Township: For Justice of the Peace: Lloyd Mil ler. t>?mi Hat? Convention Democrats of the county will nominate their candidates at a nominating convention to be set by the Executive Committee Chairman. Beautification Week Set At Blowing Rock Candidate For Senate Visitor Mr. A. E. Turner of Palmyra, candidate for the Democratic no mination for the U. S. Senate, was in town last week in the in terest of his candidacy, and says the reaction to his visits in the west has bpen favorable. Mr. Turner advocates cheaper medical expenses, income tax de ducations for amount spent on education, 90% of parity farm support, good labor laws and pay and the protection of freedom at home and abroad. Grange Meeting The Pomona Grange will meet at the Parkway School Thursday at 7:30 o'clock. , R. B. Hardin, Mayor of Blowr ing Rock, has declared the week of April 19(h through the 26th as Blowing Rock Beautification Week. Mayor Hardin states that spec ial trash-hauling service will be available during the period by calling the Town Clerk, and asks "that the people respond, and do their best job in making the town spick and span in advance of the principal influx of tourists. A message sent to the citizens of Blowing Rock by the Mayor, adds: "Let us beautify our Town this year by doing the extras that make the difference between just arfother town and a place so pretty it will remain in the minds of all our tourists. Clean that empty lot. next to you. Plant flowers ? paint up tend clean up. Let's make Blowing Rock the most beautiful Town in the mountains." Winners In Art, Music Competetions Given Music and art student* from the schools of Watauga County participated in a county-wide art exhibit and music competitive re cital at the First Baptist Church here. Some 100 drawings were entered from primary, elementary and high school grades and 30 music students in piano and voice. Winners of blue, red and white ribbons in the art division were: First grade, Carol Norris, Park way School, first and third; Har old Hodges, Parkway, second. Second grade: Graydon Eggere, Boone, first; Terry Bates, Boone; third; and Carolyn Church, Val le Crucis, second. Third grade: Carolyn Bingham, Boone, first; Barbara Yoder, Boone, second; and Billy Foster, Blowing Rock, third. Fourth grade: first, Harold Cole, Boone; second, 'Sue Ann Allen; third, Eva Danay Ernston; fifth grade, firat, Gail Bomlnger of Valle Crucis; second. Nelson Elrod, Boone; and third, Larry Lancaster of Boone. The Parkway fifth grade won a special V|'ard for a historical mural. of North CaroAa. Sixth grade winners were -John Ralph' Buchanan, Boone, first, Patsy Gauldon, Boone, second, and Phyllis Greer, Parkway, third. A special first was given to the seventh grade class of Blowing Rock for a historical mural and a first for water color sketch also went to Blowing Rock. Lynn Howell of Greene Valley won second place, and Sylvia Patrick, third. Janis Smith of Parkway won first for the eighth graders; Alice Watson of Parkway, second and Janice Smith of Parkway, third. A group of shadow boxes from Blowing Rock drew special at tention to visitors, with awards going to Joanne Otson, first; Anne Moody, Lewis Auten, Ed die Watson and Mitcheal Coffey, second; Ben Greene and Dean Foster, third. Music students winning rib bons included J. M. Shirley, Judy Wilson, Andrea Polk, James Hay es and Milton Church. Elemen tary winners were Mary Keller, Blowing Rock, Eleanor Robbtns, Blowing Rock, Barbara Matheson and Jane Hodges, Boone. Two trios. Sherry Grimes, Joan Whit tingson and Beatrice West from Boone and a girl trio from Valle Cruris won ribbons. High school awards went to Evelyn Matheson, piano, and Betty Calloway and Barbara Cof fey, voice. Registrars And Judges Named For Primary, General Election Speeding Violations Head Superior Court Docket Monday; 60Pay Fines Bull Sale Set For 24th By L. E. TUCKWILLER Watauga County Agent The Watauga Purebred Here ford Breeders will again sell lome of their best bulls to the farmers at auction on April 24. There will be nine grandsons of Register of Merit bulls and six other bulls with popular pedigrees. Right now is a good time for the beef cattle producer to take a critical look at the bull he is feeding, also at his calves if he has any, to see if he needs an other bull. It is true that beef cattle pri ces are down to what they were a few years ago. but the better ones still bring the most money. It would be profitable for many beef raisers to sell the old bull on the market and replace him with a good vigorous young bull of the right type. May we review the prices paid for feeder calves in the fall of 1953, in the Boone sale? Fancy heifers brought $89.00 per head, choice heifers $79.00 per head, good heifers $64.00 per head with medium heifers at $53:00 per head, and steers sold as follows: fancy $94.00 per head, choice and good $80.00 with medium at $60. Is $10.00 to $14.00 per head worth working for? I believe that every farmer would like to get the extra money. Perhaps the Sull cannot make that much dif ference, but he can help. A good bull, plus good cows, plus good pasture, plus good management can certainly help put your busi ness on a profitable basis. Watauga dairy farmers may nominate heifers for the Western North Carolina Proven Sire Heif er Sale planned -for Asheville on August 25. The Watauga commit tee for this sale is Bill Farthing. I, B. Wilson and L. E. Tuckwiller. The heifers consigned to this sale must be positively identified as daughters of a proven bull and must be bred to calve between August 1 and December 1. No open heifers will be sold. Grade or purebred heifers may be sold. All nominations should be in the hands of one of the committee by May 15. Information blanks may be secured from any mem ber of the committee. Many Farmers Are Given Aid On ASC Program More than 1100 farmers have received purchase order* for limestone, fertilizer and seed for carrying out approved federal cost-sharing practices under the 1954 Agricultural Conservation Program, it was announced this week by Dwight Cable, County ASC chairman. This number is 70 percent more than was origi nally expected to ask for cost sharing in carrying out practices this year. 95 percent of thepe involve the establishment of a permanent cover of perennial le g ..nes or grasses (the seeding if pastures and meadows) or the ini tial improvement of an establish ed permanent grass or grass le gume cover (re-seeding pastures and meadows). Most of these orders have been filled. However, farmers are cautioned to be sure and use all three materials, lime (unless the soil test shows no lime), fertilizer and seeds, on the approved acre age listed on the farmers copy of form ACP-245. No payment will be approved for any farm for which the practice is not car ried out in its entirety. Farmer* should make their re ports at the ASC office ]ust as soon as the practice is fully com pleted. About sixty cases were dispos ed of in the first day's session of Watauga Superior Court, which is being presided over this week by Judge J. W. Pless, Jr., and Tuesday morning it was expected that the docket of about 160 cases would be cleared by Fri day. Most of the cases disposed of involved submissions for misde meanors. Speeding headed the list of violations and brought 40 into court Monday. Ten charged with driving drunk were tried, and six violators of the prohibi tion laws . Following is a list of the cases disposed of up until Tuesday morning. Others will be publish ed in the next edition. The 40 defendants pleading guilty to speeding were all taxed with the costs, and fines as fol lows: > Lloyd James Dudley, $25; Da vid Horton, $20; Willie Joe John son, $15; Wilbur Cowick, $100; Harry Lee Bailey, $50; Charles E. Davis, $15; Donald Ray Miller, $100; Paul William Hamm, $35; Howard R. McNeill, $25; Howard G. Johnson, $25; Edward Ray Osborne, $35; Arnie T. Isaacs, $50; H. P. Cooke, Jr., $50; Bobby H. Henson, $25; Olas Lee Yates, $35; William Lee Winkler, $20; Ned H. Fowler, $35; Norman Guy Critcher, $35; Emery James Hardin, $25; Willie Joe Johnson, $20; James Bernard Greene, $25; Sylvester H. Hicks, $20; Bobby Dean Stan ley, $25; Dockie Triplett, $15; Charles Eugene Carroll, $25; Frank James, $25; John Worth Graham, $25; Robert Andrew Earp, $25; Ralph Moretz, $10; Philip A. Templeton, $20; George R. Richardson, $25; Coy Lee Chil ders, $25; Johnny R. Bumgarner, $25; Richard Lee Vestal, $50; Charles A. Hamm, $15; Justin G. Miller, $10; John D. Rogers, $25; Richard S. Eller, $20; Ray Em ery Jackson, $50 (including costs); Fred Ward, $25; Newland Lee Watson, $75. Drivers pleading guilty to driv ing intoxicated were Burl E. Huff, $100 and costs, license sus pended for 18 months; Carl F. Shirley, $125 and costs, license suspended 18 months; James G. Calloway, $100 and costs, license suspended 18 months; Arthur B. Parlier, $100 anfl costs, license suspended 12 months; Marvin Thayer, $200 and costs, license suspended 3 years; Henry Hiram Greer, $100 and costs, license sus pended 12 months; Lester E. Tay lor, $200 and costs, license sus pended 3 years; Howard C. Crit cher, $100 and costs, license sus pended $12 months; Walter Hicks. $100 and costs, license suspended 12 months; Cecil Bumgarner, six months on road, to be suspended if payment of $150 and costs is made, not to drive for 30 months. Pleading guilty to violation of prohibition laws were Ervin C. Cline. $25 and coats; Frank James, $25 and costs; Carl Livingston, $25 and costs; W. L. May, found guilty but discharged because he "told the truth"; Donald L. Swift, $25 and costs; Charles H. Camp bell, $25 and costi. , River Closed To Angling New River, from the junction of Winkler"* Creek and Middle Fork on down through Watauga and Ashe will be closed to angl ers through May and June as a bass spawning area, according to an announcement made by Tom my Osborne, district fish and, game protector. i ATTENDS MEETING OF STATE COMMISSION Mr. H. Grady Farthing was in Raleigh Monday and Tuesday, at tending a meeting of the State Stream Sanitation Commission. Mr. Farthing is a member of the commission. The Americas are found to be lacking in air defense unity. Robert Isbell Publicity Man For Horn In West ? ? - - - - ROBERT ISBELL Robert Isbell, a 30-year-oM newspaperman, has been named publicity and promotion director for the outdoor drama "Horn in the West" which starts its third season here this summer. Isbell will assume full time du ties on or before May 1, directors of the sponsoring Southern Ap palachian Historical Association said this waek. ?A native of Anderson, S. C., he haa worked on news stafft of the Asheville Citizen and Elkin Tri bune in North Carolina and the Charleston News & Courier, Co lumbia State and Florence Morn ing News in South Carolina. He was state news editor at Colum bia and managing editor at Flor ence. Isbell is a graduate of the University of South Carolina where he was editor of the stu dent paper, The Gamecock, and a member of the national honor leadership fraternity, Blue Key. "Horn in the West," a drama written by Kermit Hunter and produced by the Carolina Play makers of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, deals with the struggle for freedom by Appalachian Highland pioneers before and during the Revolution ary War. The production will be staged nightly except Sundays here at the Daniel Boone Theatre, June 25 through September 6. : Registrars OpenBooks May First The registrars and judges of election for the May primary and the November general election were chosen at the meeting of the Watauga County Board of Elections held Saturday after noon, and presided over by Chair man Roby Greer. The registration books for the primary will open Saturday, May 1, and will remain open through Saturday, May IS, so that new voters may register. Saturday, May 24, will be observed as chal lenge day. Saturday, May 29, will be the State Democratic pri mary. At the same time the Re publican! of Watauga county will nominate their county candidates. The Officials Following is a list of the regi strars and judges: The 'first nam ed in each case is the registrar, a Democrat, the second the Dem ocratic judge and the last the Re publican judge: Bald Mountain township: Jerry Ragan, Bill Krider, Clint Reid. I Beaver Dam: Clayton Vines, Orville Hagaman, Spencer War ren. Blowing Rock: Shuford Edmis ten, John Lookabill, Howard Holshouser, Sr. Blue Ridge: Marion Coffey, Mrs. R. C. Greene, George Kell er. Boone: Howard Cottrcll, J. D. Shoemake, Cecil Greene. Brushy Fork: Martin Herman, Henry Greer, Ralph Wilson. Cove Creek: Hight Williams, Charles McConnell, Faris Bum garner. Elk: Clay Hodges, W. W. Reyn olds, V. C. Cox. Laurel Creek: Dare Strother, Aud Ward, William Rominger. Mabel Precinct 1: Lee Wilson, Charles Wilkinson, Prank Main. Meat Camp Precinct 1: Char lie Hodges, Albert Woodring, Howard Gragg. Meat Camp Precinct 2: Forest Moretz, Ronda Ragan, Wade Mor etz. New River: Grady Greer, Jack Edmisten, Perry Greene. North Fork: W, C. South, Sam South, Jack Wallace. Shawneehaw: Fate Townsend, Roy Wallace, Henry Michael. Stony Fork: E. B. Hardin, Glen Miller, Joe Coffey. Watauga: Richard Olsen, Arlie Hodges, Stanford Coffey. Clean-Up Period Is Designated By Mayor The two weeks period starting April 28 has been designated by Mayor Gordon H. Winkler as the annual clean-up, paint-up, fix-up period for the town. Piano Recital Set For April 27 Mrs. Boone's piano students from the elementary grades in Boone Demonstration School will be heard in recital April 27 at 7:30 o'clock in Fine Arts Building. Frank Linney Coffey is to be a guest and will give a group of vocal selections accompanied by Mrs. Kenneth Linney. The public is cordially invited. Ayers Is Given Engineer Status 0 McKinlcy Ayers of the New River Light & Power Co., has been accepted into the field of Professional Engineering in this State. Mr. Ayers' notification came from the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and | Land Surveyors. In announcing the spring acti vity, the Mayor asks for full co operation of the people in mak ing the town presentable by cleaning away all refuse from homes, business places and vac ant lots. City trucks will gather the trash on call to the city hall every day except Saturday May 1, and Saturday May 8. Householders and business men should have trash placed in containers so it can be readily taken away by city workers. District C. 0. P. To Meet 24th You^[ Republicans of the Ninth District will meet in States villc on Saturday, April 24th for the purpose of organizing for the county and congressional cam paigns this year, Bill Arnold, President of the North Carolina Young Republicans announced to day. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m. in the ballroom of the Vance Hotel. Principal speaker will be Bill Stevens of Lenoir, candidate tor Congress in the Ninth District. Stevens is a past-president of the North Carolina Young Republi cans.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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