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? ^ ? WATAUGA DEMOCRAT -Isr CMoUM- T , , , TwLn? m..? F?kU.k-l ;? *k. V 1 AAA 1950 Population ZJ73 A~ '-J W~n.. rv An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 SIXTY-SIXTH YlSlK.? NO. 42 BOONH0W AT AUG A COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY ?, 1954 0 TWO SECTIONS-M PAGES ? KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS THE MAYOR'S FORESIGHT Mayor Winkler, who started his public career by serving in the North Carolina legislature, rnd who is still going strong as the Mayor of Boone, has been in the habit of telling us how elect ions are going to come out . . . Invariably when the county run ners g? to the post, the Mayor will have a clear-cut idea of who's going to finish first . . . Likewise in the big league of politics Gordon has been able to call the shots with accuracy . . . Back when Dewey was conceded the key to the White House and the Democratic partisans had quite worrying too much about the fate of the Missourian, Mayor Winkler tendered us the infor mation that Harry Truman was going to lead the field in the stretch ... A couple of years ago he foresaw disaster for the Don key, and at the same time, when partisans of Governor Umstead ? some of them ? vowed the man from Durham would crowd out Hubert Olive by a hundred thou sand, Gordon saw a 25,000 or less victory ? and that was right . . . And last week, when Gordon dropped in at the Democrat we wanted to know about the sena torial primary . . . The Mayor ex pressed his belief that Kerr Scott would win, though the Winkler vote is to go to Lennon! WHICH REMINDS . . . that the registration books will bo open two moro Saturdays lor tho registration of now voters . . . thoso who bar* reached their majorities since the last general election, or those wio have roored into the area, and who hare become qualified by living in the State ? year, or the county six meetiw . , . Hat too many .hare been enrolled, since the books only opened last Saturday . . . Those who want to mark a bal lot in the Democratic or Re publican primary May 29th and are not enrolled had better at tend to this before the books close, otherwise they may for feit their right to vote. BAREFOOT DAYS . . . AND THINGS First barefoot boy we ve seen this spring, gingerly making his way along the path, where peb , bles abound . . . Used to be one could take off the shoes and stockings anywhere from May first to tenth, according to what the house rules were . . . We were able to discard the shoes on the tenth if there was normal spring weather ... By the time we started to school, we could bust a green chestnut bur with a heel, and our pedal extremities were so bunged up we could scarce1 endure any sort of shoe . . . And we would have never believed it if we'd have been told kids would eventually wear shoes in the summer time . . . Mrs. T. M. Greer who had business down in the sandhill country the other day, fetched back a cone from a long leaf pine . . . The thing is the size of a gallon jug, about the same shape, and is a novelty in the highlands . . Subscriber to the Democrat" says: "I knew you got the information from a man ? wasn't wordy enough for a wo man!" . . . Man mad at child, 'cause it didn't have as hard a time as he had; seems to think nothing is worthwhile unless there's privation and misery in volved along the way . . . Strang er asks "Where would one eat?", and we name the places, tell him they're all fine, and either one would make him happy ... He frowns at us, as he turns to another to try to find the best place. A FRIEND FROM THE PAST Alonio Payne, who has lired in Marion. Virginia for mora than thirty years, visits with his oM friends along the street. ? and we help him reminisce about his barber shop which he | opened about 1114. in the east roan of the brick row. and where he preiiced the tooaorial art fee several years . . . The crowded shop, yrhere all the men and boys of the town got their hair cropped and their whiskers shared, waa the gath ering point for the community ?a sort Of cl^>house. where, ooe went for F pleasant even ing. and to hear the news of (Continual on page lour) WINS FIRST PRIZE IN TALENT SHOW ? Sherry Grimes of Boone, 12-year-old daughter of Gui and Martha Grimes, accepts first prize of $15.00 cash for her vocal number. "When Irish Eyes Are Smil ing," in the Arthur Smith Talent Hunt Show held last Friday night in the Appalachian High School, auditorium. She will also appear with Arthur Smith and his Crackerjacks on their regular tele vision show over station WBTV in Charlotte, Thursday, May 6, at 4:00 p. m., as part of the prize. There were ten competing local acts in the show. \ Left to right in above picture are Arthur Smith, Sonny Smith, also of the Crackerjacks, Sherry. and Mrs. A. E. South, under whose tute lage Sherry received her musical and vocal train ing. Second prize of $10 cash went to Dock Wat son, blind singer and guitar player, and the $5 third prize was awarded to the Perkinsville Trio, composed of Bobby Barnes Glenn Miller, and Bill Hartley, accompanied on the piano and vocally' by Ruth Wilson. An overflow crowd of more than 1,000 persons attended the show, which was sppnsorcd by the Boone Rotary Club, with Stacey C. Eggers, Jr., as chairman of the show committee. Proceeds will go for the benefit of tripple^d children. ? Photo by Palmer's Studio. Annual May Day Program Is Set For Saturday Afternoon Miss Becky Hoover will reign as Queen when the annual May Day fete will be held on Appala chian College Campus Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Wil liam Spencer will conduct an in formal band concert beginning at 1:30. Senior attendants are: Betty Ado Robinson, Betsy Eea, Bonnie LaFone. Junior attendants are: Alice Swann, Martha Watkins, Nancy Dickerson. Peggy Long and Inez Orozco are sophomore attendants. Rosemary Carpenter and Nancy Stilwell are freshman attendants. The crown bearer will be Peggy Cline and Sue Hunter and Louise Ross will be flower girls. Sandra Davis and Theresa Davis are train bearers, while Patty Hankley and Anne Bingham are heralds. Miss Mar iam Adams of the home econo mics faculty is sponsor of the May Court. The theme for May Day will be "Twentieth Century America," the motif being taken from var ious phases of American life dur ing this period. The program will be grouped around American Art, Americans in Europe, American Music, American Religion, Amer ican Progress, American City Life, American Country Life, Spring in America. Five college organizations .will participate in the program: the Modern Dance Club and the Var souvianna (folk dance) Club, dir ected by Mrs. Joy Kirchner, the College Choir, directed by Mrs. Virginia Linney, the College Band, directed by Mr. William Spencer, and a Girl's Tumbling Group, directed by Miss Gail Clay. The coordinator for the entire program will be Mrs. Kirchner and Robert Clendenin, graduating senior, will be assist ant director. Mr. William Ross will serve as narrator. Varsouvianna Club members who will participate are: Burmah Carpenter, president, Bill Craw ford, Faylene Falls, Joan Eller, Colon Nifong, Gerald Adams, Bill Sofley, Ned Trlvette. Mar jorie Mast, Howard L^ed better, Julia Ross, Katy King, Joy Mad ron, Mary Clements, Hilda Thompson, Jim Ollis, Annie Rae Martin. ? Modern Dance Club members are: Joe Edmisten, president. Sue Hunter, Hilda Thompson, Lucille Nanney, Becky Robertson, Bill Crawford, Faylene Falls, Jerry Young, Peggy Neal, Janie Mat thews, Burmah Carpenter, Julia Ross, Ed Lee, Katy King. The College Choir will be re presented by: Suzanne Arrow ood, Sara Lind Dowling, Gladys East ridge, June Good, Elizabeth Hal lyburton, Slyvia Massey, Betsy Williams, Rebecca Moxley, Alene Queen, Carol Sloan, Nancy Ta tum, Jackie Weathers, Gaynelle Wilson, Jerry Hill, Bill Honey cutt, James Idol, Lavon Laye, Gene Wilaon, Rebecca Austin, Betsy Edwards, Zetta Freeman, Gloria Gattis, Eleanor Helms,, , Betty Sue Noni*, Peggy Rogers, Shirley Sharp, Mary Alva White, Anne Haynes, Ben Connel, Bob Gilley, Landis David, Pat Mat thews, John McAuley, Marvin Pickard. Members of the ' College Band are: Gloria Gattis, Jackie Weath ers, Betty Sue Norris, Mary Hud son, Pat Sumrow, Carol Milks, John McAulay, Ann Selvey, Eva Adams, Mary Alva White, Don Knowland, Jeanette Reid, Daphne Campbell, Gene Wilson, Roy Blanton, Freida Hoover, Suzanne Arrowood, Jo Ann Graybeal, Bill Armstrong, Milton Barden, Doro thy Barber, Frank Widenhouse, Buddy Miller, Bob Goforth, Eli zabeth Earble, Gladys Eastridge, Historical Body Start Drive For Memberships The membership committee of the Southern Appalachian His torical Association is instituting a campaign for memberships in the society for the 1954 season, in ad vance of the annual spring meet ing which will be held May 17. Memberships are $10, payable to James Marsh, treasurer. With each membership there is a vote in the association, and a season pass to "Horn in the West," which the association sponsors. Further information may be' re ceived from members of the com mittee: Mrs. Lawrence H. Ows ley, Mrs. Rob Rivers, Mrs. W. M. Matheson, Mrs. J. C. Goodnight, Mrs. James Councill, Miss Clyde Kilby, Mrs. Joe Crawford, Mrs. W. C. Richardson, W. W. Chester. Joe Williams, Richard Morehous er. Weather ' The weather this week contin ued the pattern of summer temp eratures and intermittent show ers. Rain occurred on four days of the week, and temperatures reached <H on Sunday. Max. Min 6 p. m. Date 75 54 60 April 26 74 54 66 April 27 70 57 67 April 28 67 51 54 April 29 61 52 60 April 30 67 57 66 ? May 1 81 53 70 May 2 Precipitation: April 27 ? 0.16 in.; April 28 ? 0.22 in.; April 30 ? 0.03 in.; May J? T. The month of April was mild to warm in temperatures, and was characterized by intermittent showers. The gravest precipita tion occurred on?he 17th with 1.04 inches. The total for the month was 2.38 inches. The low est temperature occurred on the first at 25 degrees, and the high est, 79 degrees, occurred on the 15th. Two days later a trace of snow fell, and was recorded on the 18th. Gerald ? Taylor, Dorothy Kemp, Don Wood, Paul Simpson, Joy Brown, Mr. Kemp, Gene McCarr, Barry Ruth, John Clontz, Joe Thomas, Calvin Hayes, Nick Ern eston, Ed Cullers, Rebecca Mox ley, Tyre Sidden, Maud Morrison. The following students will comprise the tumbling group: Janie Matthew*, Becky Robert son. Marie Reavis, Julia Ross, Lucille Nanney, Doris Dixon, Joian Eller, Nancy Latham, Mar jorie Mast, Faylene Falls, Edith Blair, Anne Bingham. Attendance at the annual May Fete has been steadily growing the past few years. From 2000 to 3000 people are expected to at tend this year. Appalachian is one of f#w college and universi ties in the United States having May Day or similar festivals in which both men and women stud ents participate. The Appalach ian May Day program as assumed characteristics unique to the col lege and the mountains which at tract visitors from other sections. Since the war the program has been strengthened by the co operation of various college de partments in presenting a varied program tapping the greatest tal ent among both students and faculty. Following the program on the green Miss Helen Burch, Dean of Women, states that there will be a tea in East Dormitory honoring all participants in the May Day, their parents and guests. 160 To Receive Degrees At Appalachian Finals ? * Spring Color Show Staged On, Parkway Early flame azalea, pink and white dogwood are dominating the early spring color show as its spreads across the Southern Appalachians. The shadbush or "Ji^neberry" is also one of the many early mountain flowers to be seen among the Great Smok ies and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Pink and white dogwoods are blapketing entire mountain slop es and will costinue for the next two weeks. Dogwood will short ly be at its peak on the Parkway, truly making this Tar Heel state the "Land of Dogwood." Flame azaleas are already showing early blooms along the Parkway near Asheville and up to 3,000 feet. Peak blooming for this mountain flower is predict ed for mid or late May. Mountain ground flowers such as the snowy white trillium and silverbell are now in bloom at many elevations. Silverbell will be at its best in the Soco Gap trea during the first two weeks of May. Peak blooming of shad bush is expected to occur about the middle of this month. Red bud may still be seen in some parts but has already passed its peak. Blooming peaks vary with each year usually according to altitude and weather, although not al ways in a systematic way. In general, peak blooming dates are from one week to ten days earli er this season. Later on, laurel and the brillant purple rhododen dron willjnake their appearance. Hotelists And Others To Meet Tuesday Night All those interested in promot ing the tourist trade in Watauga county are asked to meet at the Gateway Restaurant Tuesday night. May 11. Dinner will be served at 6:30 and the business session will start at 7:3fr Everyone who operates a hotel, motel, tourist home, filling sta tion or garage should come, it is stated, together with those who have rooms for rent. Those who expect to attend the dinner should call AMherst 4 3691 for reservations. This meeting is being called by the Chambers of Commerce of Boone and Blowing Rock, the Northwestern North Carolina De velopment Association and Horn in the West. Recreation Areas On Parkway Are Opened The Blue Ridge Parkway of | (icially opened its recreational areas Saturday May 1st. The areas open on the Bluff district between the Va.-N. C. State line and Blowing Rock are Gragg Appointed To B. & L Post Mr. W. H. Gragg, Secretary treasurer of the Watauga Build ing and Loan Association of Boone, hits been appointed to the Advisory Section on State Legis lation of the United States Sav ings and Loan League. - The Advisory Section on State Legislation consists of managers of state chartered savings as sociations and is primarily con cerned with the improvement of state laws u/ider which these in stitutions operate. ! Cumberland Knob and Doughton Parks. All picnic grounds, camp ing and trailer areas are open to the public. The coffee shop, lodge and gas station at Doughton Park is open. The Parkway had a visitation of over 4,000,000 people last year and indications are that 1954 will be another good travel year. The Parkway is fast taking on a spring look, with the attractive magnolia trees now in bloom and color showing in the dqgwood trees. Heavy spring rains and warm leather has caused the pink azalea to begin to bloom early this spring. This flowering shrub is beginning to show some color now at lower elevations and should be attractive within the next 10 days. New sanitary facilities, drink ing fountain, etc. have been in stalled at the Cascades, popular resort area a few miles from Deep Gap. Chorus Goes To Winston-Salem The Appalachian State Teach er* College Chorus, which is dir ected by Mrs. Virginia Wary Linney, will leave today for JVinston-Salem, where they will ling (or the official opening din ner of the state meeting of the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs, which is being held at the Salem College Refectory. The dinner will get underway at 6:30 p. m. The college chorus, which is one of the few federated chorus es in the state, considerr this op portunity to sing for this group of musician* from al) over tlif state a great honor. Five yean ago, the chorus was asked to sing for the western ?district meeting in Asheville, but this is their first opportunity to sing for the state musicians. Chorus personnel include: Soprano: Suzanne Arrowood, Sara Lind Dowling, Gladys East ridge. Elizabeth Hallyburton, Sylvia Masaey, Betsy William*, Rebecca Moxley, Alone Queen, Carol Sloan, Nancy Tatum, Jack ie Weathers, Caynclle Wilson Alto: ReOTcca Austlh, Betsy Edwards, Bctta Freeman, Elea | not Helms, Betty Sue Norri*, Peggy Rogers, Shirley Sharpe, Mary Alva White. Tenor: Jerry Hill, Bill Honey - cult, James Idol, Lavon Laye, Gene Wilion. Bass: Ben ConntU, Bob Gilley, David Landia, Pat Matthews, John McAulay, Marvin Pickard. Mr. James W. Hooker, profes bdt of piano, is organist, and Miss Gloria Gattis is pianist. Officers of the group include Ben ConneJl. president; R?b?cca Austin, vice president; Alene Queen, secre tary and treasurer; Gayncllc Wil son and Rebecca Moxley, librar-. mas. DR. RAY LAWRENCE, local op tometrist, who was elected presi dent of the North Carolina State Optometric Society at a recent meeting in ? Charlotte. Other ot f icers elected at the meeting were Dr. Henry B. Day, Jr., of Win ston-Salem, president-elect; and Dr. Hugh Daniel of Waynesville, vice president in charge of or ganization. Hollingsworth To Speak At C. Of C. Meeting The Rev. L. H. Hollingsworth will be the sf>eaker at the meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce to be held May 11 at 12 osclock at the Gateway Restaurant. Reports will be heard on the Clean-up Campaign and the road situation in Watauga county. A full attendance is asked. Idaho Accident Is Fatal To Watauga Citizen Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hodges of Vilas have received a telegram stating that their son, Stacy Paul Hodges, 43, of Whitebird, Idaho was drowned in a boat accident April 25. 8 o'clock p. m. His body has not been located and details are not known. Surviving besides his parents are the widow, Mrs. Lucille Tay lor Hodges, four daughters: Doro thy Lou, Cheryl Ray, Betty Jane and Paula Ann. There are eight brothers and sisters: Robert of Detroit, Mich., Dock of Atkins, Va., Cpl. Billy Dean Hodges, Camp Rucker, Ala., Raleigh of Vilas, Mrs. Mary Ann Eggers, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Rachel Combs, Vilas and Rosa and Joyce of the home. Carroll to Speak At N. C. E: A. Meet The Watauga County Unit N. C. E. A. will hold its annual ban quet on the evening of May 11, at 7:00 o'clock in the Ranch Motel dining room, announces the Pre sident of the county unit, James M. Stone.* The Motel is located just ouf side Blowing Rock on the Boonc Blowing Roc^? highway. Dr. Charles F. Carroll. State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, will be the guest speaker. The banquet is by invitation, and it is semi-formal. Boone Citizens Get NCEA Posts Three persons from the Boone area have been appointed to state committees of the North Caro lina Education Association for 1954-54. They are: Cratis D. Williams, Boone, board of editors; J. H. Melton, Boone, legislwvc com mHtec; and Jamrs W. Storie, Blowing Rock, legislative com mittce. North Carolina late spring com mercial potato acreage for har vest this year is estimated at 15, 000 acres, some 23 per cent be low last yeg's 19,300 acres. Dr. Harley Fite Will Deliver Annual Address One hundred and sixty-one students of Appalachian State Teachers College will receive de grees at commencement exercises to be held Friday morning. May 14, at 10:30 o'clock. Twenty -one of the graduates will receive Master of Arts De grees and one hundred and thirty nine will be given Bachelor of Science degrees. Dr. Harley Fite, president of Carson-Newman College, Jeffer son City, Tenn., will deliver the address. The college orchestra and the college choir will take part in the program. President B. B. Dougherty will confer the de grees. Following are the graduates: Master of Arts Degree Albert Lee Bradley, Floyd Lee Bumgarner, Douglas Stewart Car roll, Edison Perry Faulkner, Blanche N. Hardy, George Ever ette Hemrick, Thuman Finch Horner, Luther Lee Houser, Van Roberson Layson, John Hugh McDonald, Jr., Paul Howard Mc Ewen; ? Richard Leon Mize; Eloise Boyce Moretz, Joseph Ferd Oliv er, Corky Owsley, Bennie Huse Pierce, Zebulon Vance Shook, John Francis Small, Reba Ann Smith, Cynthia Louise Stiles, Faye Lucille Upton, Rule H. Walker. Bachelor of Scianc* Dagm Gerald Adams, Jane Alexander, Jimmy Allen, Mary Ruth Ayers, Bobby Joe Baker, Barbara Bing ham, Samuel Ralph Blake, Mor ris L. Branch, Max Brannon, Bob bie Bridges, Boyce Bridges, Ca therine Brown, Chancel Brown, Clara Lee Brown, Bruch Buchan an, Jane Bullock, Jean Bullock, Betty Jo Byers; Ernestine Calloway, Daphne Campbell, Bobbie Carnes, Alma T. Carpenter, Iris Love Champ ion, Helen Gaynelle Chandler, Robert A. Clendenin, Leonard Cline, Bobbie Coble, Sarah Mae Coble, May Crances Cochrane, Ben Connell, John P. Coulter, Rita F. Crowell, Boyd R. Daugh erty, Barbara Davenport, G. C. Davis, Jean Dewese, Betty Dix on, Jane Dixon, Joanne Dixon, Lucy Dixon, Rober Downs, Lenna Duncan; Isabel Anne Eggers, Carl Eller, Jane Grigg Eure, Rachel Frank lin, Shirley Gabriel, John H. Gamble, Virginia Lee Golton, Carol Goodrum, Jo Anne Gray beal, Lawrence Grigg, Patricia Hankley, Jo Ann Hardin, Mack Haynes, Willa Dean Herman, Rayvon Hilliard, Catherine Hol combe, Billy Lee Holsclaw, Charles V. Holt, Alfred Smith Homesley, Rcbecca Hoover, Bryan Houck, Robert Lee Huffman, Ag nes Sue Hunter; (Continued on page two) Price Support For Burley Is Set At 46 Cents Minimum government price support (or the 1954 burley tobac co crop was set by the U. S. De partment of Agriculture at 40.4 cents a pound, two tenths of cent under the 1953 figure. The figure represents the aver age for all grades of tobacco. The support level of those typ es of tobacco is fixed by law. The law stipulates that burley, flue cured and cigar filler and cigar binder tobacco be supported at 75 per cent of the burley rate, and dark air cured and Virginia sun cured at two-thirds of the burley rate. Parity is a. standard for meas uring farm priccs, declared by law to be fair to farmers in rela tion to the prices they pay. I The department said that if ' parity prices are higher at the j beginning of marketing season* for those types, the supporting ' rate will be increased correspond ingly. :wm
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