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\ boone AAMTl TT/^ A F\TT lVf HPR AT1 WAlAUuA Lfliiviuvivri. 1 ...-.r-m.. 1950 Population ZJ73 An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 ? * SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR. ? NO. 27. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1954 14 PAGES-* SECTIONS County School Bond* Issue Is Authorized By Commissioners KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS DAN-L BOONE UVED HERE In this locality where Daniel BoOne is supposed to have set up his abode and lived for a spell, and where the best townsin the country is named for him, we've wondered some about what man ner of man it was who so symbo lizes the pioneer spirit of another generation . . . We have always liked to think of Dan'l, not as an unlettered philosopher, or a lead er in any great sense, but as a river bottom lad who had a hankerin' to find out what there was up at the headwaters of the Yadkin, and across the wide ex panse of blue hills to the west . . . Without a doubt this wander er of the canebrakes and the woodlands was keen with a squir rel rifle, and we can imagine him as a free spirit, traveling on whenever he felt the urge for new adventure or the need for more abundant game . . . And our mental picture of the woodsmen has always included a passel of hound dogs, and surely he had something akin to a banjo to strum upon in the cool of the evening when the breezes rustled in the trees and there had been good meat for supper, and there were rose-tinted clouds as an evidence of good weather on the morrow . . . And we've imagined that this lad who left such an indelible imprint on this locality knew all about the birds and the beasts, and the trees and the flowers and maybe lived fairly close to the Lord . . . And that he was a restless soul shouldn't be doubted, as he trudged rainbow trails through enchanted forests, in a plodding search for happiness and peace. WHAT ... NO COONSKIN? But whan Gary Cooptr play* the part of Danial Boon* on tha screen. ha won't bo waaxing a coonskin cap . . . and that is tha word that conn by Bob Thomas through AP lour cos right direct from Hollywood . . . Tha raaaon Cooper will shy from tha furry haad cover ing is 'causa Dan*l couldn't him salt abida wrapping his haad up in furry laathar . . . 'Twould. thay say. have boon tarrifically hot in tha fairly tamporata Sli mmtas traversed by Boons, and tha moviemen add. "baa Idas, yours liabla to collact flaas that way." FACTS HARD TO COME BY The facts in the life of Boone arc hard to gather, the AP quot es Milton Sperling, who will pro duce "Daniel Boone," this sum mer . . . The producer, it seems, has culled most of the historical works on old Dan'l, separating the fact from the fiction, and admits its a mite hard to find the real story ? one that has become almost like folklore . . . Mr. Spurling says the public has many misconceptions about him . . . Most folks think of him as being tall, when actually, it is pointed out, he was of medium size . . . Likewise he is consider ed as the discoverer of Kentucky, when he wbsnft at all. "A FABULOUS MAN" But ha was a fabulous man. 'tis sfld ... Ha could raad tha signs of natura and live off the land ... Ha had amaxing es capes from danger In the Ind ian-infested wilda ... He a greet walker, and didn't with horses, 'cause tha scared the game away ... He walked all ever the continent, the movie folks say. up to Canada and down to the Everglades in his younger days, 'i and it is related that at M he walked from his home in Mis souri to Yellowstone! . . . Sper ling said the movie scrip will stick largely to fact. "KIND AND GENTLE" The doughty pioneer, ssyp Sperling, killed many men, both white and red, but strangely, placcd great value on human life (Continued on page four) Horn In The West Rehearsals Begin At Theatre Today "Horn in the West" rehearsal^ will begin at 9 a. m? Thursday, at the Daniel Boone Theatre, di rector Kai Jurgensen announced this week. He said three prac tice periods a day would be con ducted until the opening per formance, June 25. Some of the cast of 85 actors and technical personnel began ar riving Monday and preparations were begun for the opening re hearsal. Mr. Jurgensen said the rehears al period, cut from three wee Its to two weeks, and numerous script changes have necessitated the stepped-up practice sessions. Several cast changes have been made since last year, he explain ed. Notably among these is the role of Martha Stuart, played last year by Martha Hardy. Virginia Michalak will play the part this season. The Watauga County Board of Commissioners has ptiblished an order authorizing the issuance of "School Refunding Bonds" in the amount of $24,000, to be applied on payment of the principal of notes aggregating $39,464.13, dat ed August 1, 1936, and payable August 1, 1954. The order states that the notes were issued for the payment of the cost of providing school buildings and school plant facili ties to enable the county to main tain public schools, and that no part of the principal has been paid. 1 1 further states that the total amount of money in the county treasury required by law to be used for the payment of this principal does not exceed *13,464.13. Section 4 of the order reads as follows: "A tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Refunding Bonds authorized by this order, when due, shall be annually levied and collected." "This order" (states Section 6) "shall take effect upon its pass age, and shall not be submitted to the voters." The order was passed June 7, 1954. COUNTY MARKS INITIAL TRAFFIC DEATH OF YEAR Roy Bruce Cochran. 28, of Gas tonia. was fatally injured Friday night when the car he was driv ing overturned and plunged down a 123-foot embankment on the Shulls Mills road about 11 p. m. He died of head and chest in juries in Watauga Hospital at 1:50 a. m. Saturday. It was Watauga County's first traffic fatality of the year, said State Highway Patrolraan G. E. Baker, who investigated the ac cident. Friends said Cochran, who was alone in the car, was in the coun ty on a fishing trip. Surviving are his wife, his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cochran of Cornelia, Ga? and several bro thers and sisters. Interment will be in Cornelia, Ga. Arrangements are incomplete. COAL CRISIS Coal mine operators, at an emergency meeting held in Chi cago recently, warned the Federal Government that it must not "re main blind" to the plight of the coal industry. They said that 100,000 coal miners are now job less and that hundreds of mines had been closed. Workshop Conference Slated Here By Council Of Teachers Bids Sought On Parkway Work The National Park Service call ed (or bids last week on a new link qf the Blue RiOge Parkway through the Mom H. Cone' Mem orial Park at Blowing Rock Sealed bids will be received at the office of the division engin eer, Bureau of Public Roads, Arlington, Va., until 11 a. m. (EDT) June 28. The project calls for 2.778 miles of grading, draining and crushed gravel or crushed stone base from U. S. Highway 321 to a point near Sandy Flat Gap. The specifications call for 240,900 cubic yards of excavation and 35,000 tons of gravel or crushed stone for the base. Cost of this and three other projects will be met out of $726, 000 in construction funds appro priated for 1954. Horn in the West Picnic June 18 The annual "Horn in the West" picnic will be held Friday, June 18, at 5:00 p. m? at the Daniel Boone Theatre picnic grounds. Everyone interested in the drama is urged to come and bring enough food of their choice for their family and four additional people. Of interest to all those connect ed with public education is the announcement that arrangements have b^en completed for a work fhop-conference to be held at Ap palachian State Teachers College this summer by the National Council of Teachers of English. The dates of the conference ara August 16 through SO. The an nouncement comes from Dr. Mild red Dawson, professor of educa tion at Appalachian State Teach ers College, who is the chairman of the NCTE summer conference. Dr. Dawson is widely known as a national consultant and writer in the field of language arts. Dr. Dawson says that the four day conference will be devoted to the new curriculum program of the National Council as pre sented in Volumes II (elementary) and III (secondary) which are to be in print soon. Among the famous speakers end consultants who will partici Harry Davis Dies At Age of 61 Funeral services were held Friday for Harry Davis, age 61, of Blowing Rock, Route 1, who died June 2. Services were con ducted at the Laurel Fork Bap tist Church by the Rev. Raymond Hendrix> Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mary H. Davis, of the home; one brother, Bud Davis; two sis ters, Mrs. Nanny Thomas and Mrs. Fanny Patrick, all of Bris tol, Va. Homecoming Will Be Observed By Lutherans Two outstanding speakers will feature the Homecoming Sunday activities at Holy Communion Lu theran Church near Valle Crucis this week, it was announced by the pastor, the Rev. G. W. Shu ?ford. The morning sermon will be delivered by Dr. M. L. Stircwalt, Jr., of the Lenoir Rhync College faculty of Hickory, and Mrs. Syd ney R. Kepner of Pottstown, Pa., a former president of the Wo man's Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church, will ad dress the homecoming gathering in the afternoon. The Rev. Mir. Shuford will be in charge of the day's activities. Homecoming on the second Sunday in June is a highlight ot the year's program of Holy Com munion Lutheran Church, situ ated on the Clark's Creek Road between Vatic Crucis and To? coe. Dinner on the grounds will be shared by the members and friends, following the morning service. Special events which are also schedule for the program arc the swarding of perfect attendance certificate* for the Vacation Bi ble School being conducted this week and the reception of mem ber* by the congregation by the rites of Confirmation and Bap tism. Th? Rev. Mr. Stirewalt is head of the Classical Languages De partment at Lenoir Rhyne. the Lutheran collcge in Hickory. He holds a doctorate in that field from Duke University. He is also an Associate Professor of Relig ious Studies. He is a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa. Mrs. Kepner, who will addrfess the group in the afternoon, is widely known in this area, since she spends a part of cach sum mer here. She has long been ac tive in the women's work of the chVch. At the time of the erec tion of the present worship facili ties of Holy Communion, she was president of the national organi zation of the Women's Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church. . pate in the conference are Dora V. Smith, director of (he Coun cil'! Curriculum Commission, who will speak at th^ general session each morning; Angela Broening, chairman of the committee for Volume III for secondary teach ers; and two members of the Pro duction Committee for Volume II, probably including Elizabeh Guil folle who was chairman for ele mentary personnel. Dr. Dawson announced that the early part of the afternoon dur ing the conference will be devot ed to interest groups to be set up on the basis of the expressed in terests of participants in the workshop. The late afternoon and evening will be spent on scenic drives, in attendance at Boone's outdoor drama, "Horn in the West." Thus, Dr. Dawson says, the conference will provide a "new look" at the elementary and secondary curriculum in English and reading, and at the same time afford a vacation in one of th. most scenic areas in the United States during the delightfully cool mountain summer weather. The workshop will not carry college credit. Any person who is interested in the English language arts curriculum is eligible to at tend. The enrollment will be lim ited to 100 persons. It is expected that a large number of states will be represented in the enrollment. One particularly interesting feature of the conference will be Thursday, August IB, which will be kept open for persons who wish to attend the workshop for one day only. It is designed es pecially for those who live with in easy driving distance of Ap palachian Stat* Teachers College. There will be no limit on the en rollment for this one day. The registrations, which will be accepted in the order of their re ceipt, should be addressed to Dr. Dawson at ASTC in Boone. CAMPFIRE ? Boy Scouts and their parents and friend* are shown *? they gathered around the camp fire at the scouts recent three-day encampment on Titter Hill. Joe Davenport, field executive of the Old Hickory Council, leads the Watauga scouts in singing as the campfire builds up to a brilliant blaze for the rest ol the ceremouy.? Stall photo by Joe Minor. Summer Session Registrations Begin At Appalachian College Dr. Win. Matheson Reelected to Board DR. MATHESON Dr. W. M. Matheson was re elected to the North Carolina State Boqrd of Dehtal Examin ers for a period of three years, at the May, 1954, meeting of the North Carolina Dental Society held at Finehurst. Boone Lions Club Plans Second Spring Carnival Boone Lion Clubbers, plugging their favorite charity of aid for the blind, will sponsor their sec ond spring carnival June 18-19 on the vacant lot adjacent to tha Gateway Restaurant. The Carnival, similar to the Ap ril benefit show, will feature clowns, games, rides, bingo, a shooting gallery and many op portunities to win valuable pri zes. The Lions Club Show Commit tee is composed of William G. Spencer, chairman; J. C. Cline, Robert Congleton, Guy Hunt. Hoyt Safrit, John Robinson, I. W. Carpenter, Jr., and Royce Mc Neill. Members stress the fact that the carnival will be clean in all respects and will feature no gambling devices. General admission to the show is free. WOOL SALE HERE BRINGS $17,446.87 Watauga larmers sold 28,919 pounds of wool for >17, 446.87 to James H. Caldwell Company on June 2 and 3, according to t. E. Tuckwiller, county agent. There were 20,169 pounds clear tied wool that brought 61.7c per pounds and 7,766 pounds clear wool not tied, that brought 60.7c per pounds. Farmers lost the sum of $77.66 by neglecting to tie this wool. Only 90 pounds of the wool was graded light burry, and 18 pounds as trasy, 366 pounds as dead, gray, black and lambs wool. The remaining 610 pounds were tags. Morganton Man Gets Hoev's Senate Seat Associate Justice Sam J. Ervin, of the North Carolina Supreme Court, will succeed the late Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby in the United States Senate. Ervin, 57, is a native of Morganton. Senator Hoey died May 12. In making the appointment Saturday, Governor Umstead said BULLETIN Carlisle W. Higglns. who managed Governor William B. Umstead's campaign in 1(52, was appointed an associate Jus tice of the State Supreme Court Tuesday. The Winston-Salem attorney will succeed Sam J. Ervin, Jr. of Morganon. who last Saturday was appointed U. S. Senator to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Clyde R. Hoey. Mr. Higgins has served aa both solicitor of the state ju dicial district and U. S. district attorney for the Middle Dis trict of North Carolina, holding the latter position for 12 years. He assisted the United States Government in the prosecution of the Japanese war criminals in IMS and 1M*. that Ervin will resign from the court this week and proceed to Washington. By going now to Washington, Ervin will become senio^ senator when Kerr Scott takes oath in November. But until then, Alton Lennon remains the senior. Ervin's appointment 'runs until the general election, but there is little doubt that the State Dem ocratic Executive Committee will heartily endorse him as the par ty's candidate in November. That would mean Ervin would serve out the unexpired part of Hoey's term. He would run again in 1956 for a full six-year term. Ervin's appointment was widely applauded throughout North Car olina and in Washington. His col leagues on the court were highly commendatory, saying that though they hated to see him leave, they recognize him as a po tentially outstanding senator. In making the appointment, Governor Umstead said: "I be lieve the outstanding record, character and ability of Judge Ervin eminently qualify him for the high office of United States Senator. As a student, as a sol dier, as a lawyer, as a judge and as a citizens, his record has been outstanding. "He is' widely known through out the state and has the confi dence and the respect.of all those who know him. I believe he will make a distinguished United States Senator, and will reflect honor and credit upon the State of North Carolina in keeping with the high standards established by the late Senator Clyde H. Hoey and other great men who have served this state in the United States Senate." ? V ' . - 1 v ? . t Boone Man Is Third In Grandfather Race urandiatner Mountain. ? John ny Belk, 18, of Burlington, set a new speed trial record Sunday on the two-and-a-half mile tor tuous dirt track of Grandfather Mountain. Bob Davis, Boone, ran the course in four minutes and five seconds to take third place in the Jaguar division. Gunning his unmodified Ja guar toward the mile-high peak, Bclk spun through hair-pin curves to cover the course in three minutes and 55 seconds. He shaved a full minute off the previous record sot in 1953 by Stanly Humley, also of Burling ton, who crossed the finish line in four minutes and two seconds to win seconr place in the class. Fastest time of the day was registered by Maurice Poole, Jr., Greensboro, at 3:35, in a Riley Special. He was the Class B win ner. Ed Welch and Garland Blair, both of Greensboro, firfish second and third respectively, in the class B event. In the time trials for MG's, Tony Haig of Oxford, England, who now makes his home at Hampton, Va., won first place in this class with a time of four minutes and thirty-three seconds. Fred Robie of Cherokee, driv ing "The Thunderbird," a Jaguar entered by his wife, Erma Wash ington Koble, great- great- great granddaughter of Tsali whose fa mous story is told in the outdoor drama, "Unto These Hilli," at Cherokee, came in fifth. It was his first race and he was only 20 second* behind the first place winner. Thirty-four sports cars com peted in the time trials which were viewed by more than 1,000 spectators who lined the last half mile of the course. Second and third place winners in the MG division were Ed Wooten of Winston-Salem, 4:37; and Tommy Way, Burlington, 4:42. Hugh Morton, owner of Grand father Mountain and sponsor of the annual event, said the quality of racing this year was superior to that of last year, when the rac ing event was inaugurated. Two Six- Week Periods Planned The summer session will begin at Appalachian State Teachers College today (Thursday), when registration will be held (or the first six-week term. There ia a full schedule of ac tivity planned (or the summer at the college, in both graduate and undergraduate work. The first six-week term will extend from June 10 to July 16. Also on July 5 short courses will begirt to ex tend for two weeks. They will include not only a number of short courses, but several work shops, such as a piano workshop conducted by Dr. Leo Podolaky, an international authority on pi ano teaching; elementary educa tion workshop conducted by three national authorities in this field; and a workshop on facts about alcohol and alcoholism. The second summer term of six weeks will begin July 20, and will extend to August 20. Also be ginning on July 20 are short cour ses of two weeks' duration; a second elementary education workshop; an audio visual edu cation workshop; a guidance workshop; an instrumental work shop. Beginning on August 2 and ex tending through August 14 ara short courses and workshops in student teaching, music educa tion, and in choral work. Hundreds of courses in both graduate and undergraduate work will be offered for the entire sum mer. In addition to a large number of the regular college faculty who htrve been retained there is also added to the faculty for the sum mer some of the country's fore most teachers and scholars. There will be more than one hundred on the faculty. The work offered by Appalach ian State Teachers College will count toward degree credit, eith er Bachelor's or Master's, and in addition certificate renewal may be obtained by primary, elemen tary, and high school teachers, school librarians, elementary and high school principals, supervis ors, superintendents, school coun selors, and school musicians. Some of the collcge dormitor ies have been filled for sometime, but there is still room in one of the men's dormitories for reserva tions to be made. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS DUE Mr. James Marsh, treasurer of Southern Appalachian Historical Association, requests that all those who plan to become mem bers of the association for the 1954 season do so by Wednesday afternoon. June 9, in order that there may be a complete list of names in the program. Episcopal Institute To Open At Valle Crucis The annual Rural Episcopal Church Institute will open June 14 at Valle Crucis with a three day # supervisors conference for the men under whom the boys will work. Students from a number of theological seminaries in the southeastern area will arrive June 18, and remain at Valle Crucis through July 10. On July 11 un til August 29 the students will serve in the field, returning to Valle Crucis for an evaluation period on August 30. The Rev. E. Dargan Butt, pro fessor of town and country work at Seabury Western Seminary, Evanston, III., will direct the in stitute and teach classes in "Ru ral Life and the Church," and "Rural Community Survey Tech nique." Other members of the staff will include the Rt. Rev. M. George Henry, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Caro lina, the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan ol Franklin, Miss Irene Scudds of Worcester, Mass., Mr. and Mrs. frank H. Smith of Berea, Ky., the Rev. Robert Marks of McDon ough., N. V.. Mrs. Mont jClovier, R. N., of Boone, Johnson Chris i tenbury of Valle Crucis, W. M. -r.: Zandess of Knoxville, Term., and the Rev. Dumont Clarke of Ashe ville. The Rev. Don C. Shaw of Hayattfville, Md., will be the lec turer. Of the students enrolled at the institute 10 will do their field work in Western North Carolina, three in Southern Ohio, two in Tennessee, two in West Virginia, one in Alabama, two in Cuba, one in the Virgin Islands, two in Southwestern Virginia, and one in Virginia. Weather ' By DR. ARNOLD VAN PELT Temperatures this week drop ped from warm to chilly as tha mercury stayed in the 50's on June S and then returned to nor mal by the end of the week. Max. Min. 8 p.m. Date 7? 80 83 June 1 77 58 71 June 2 74 50 84 June 3 84 47 47 June 4 58 44 52 June 5 74 40 72 Jumt ? 78 50 71 ? June 7 Precipitation: June 4, 0.07 to.; June 9, trace.
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