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SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR.? NO. 2. BOONE, WATAUdfc COUNTY, NOBTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1?54. TWO SECTIONS ? 16 PAGES
?Staff Photo by Jo? Minor
NURSES' HOME GETS BIBLE. ? The above nurses and aids were present recently at the Watauga Hos
pital Nurses' Home when the Rev. J. K. Parker ,Jr., presented a white-bound Revised Standard Ver
sion of the Bible to the home. The Bible was donated by Frank Church in "appreciatioil for the
kind services received" by him from the nurses when he was a patient at the hospital. From left
to right, they are: Miss Gunta Lukevics, R.N.; Mrs. Nancy Thomas, R. N.; Mrs. Joyce Matheson, aid;
Mrs. Willie Dixon, R. N.; Mrs. Kathryn Furr, R. N.; Miss Ann Houck, aid; Mrs. Billie White, R. N.;
Miss Jean Shelton, aid; Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, R. N.; Mrs. Viola Stamper Lowt, Director of Nurses, who
holds the Bible. Don J. Horton, of Vilas, close friend of Mr. Church's, was present and stands next
to Rev. Mr. Parker. Mr. Church, who is living at Front Royal, Va., also gave the first donation on the
Nurses' Home building fund. A11 hospital personnel will have access to the Bible, which will be placed
on an altar in the main room of the home, Mrs. Lowe stated.
Chamber Commerce Leaders
Hold Meeting At Blowing Rock
KING
STREET
BY
ROB R1VE1RS
ICE CREAM AND OYSTERS
The notice in a church bulletin
that there would be an ice cream
party by the missionary society,
revived memories of social events
in former years when home-made
ice cream was served, together
with cake, and the folks gathered
to enjoy the only substance they
would se? that came colder than
spring water . . In those days
the get-togethers came to toe
known as ice cream suppers . . .
And sometimes a lawn was de
corated, there were some paper
lanterns, and there was an atmos
phere of gaiety about the time the
old hand-crank freezer got so's
one couldn't turn it any longer
. . . When cooler weather came
there would be one or more "oys
ter suppers" which stabilized the
coffers of whatever organization
was doing the work, and at the
same time provided a bit of soc
ial life for the residents of the
community, who gathered at the
Blackburn House, the Blair Ho
tel, or the Critcher Hotel for the
winter-time feasts . . . Oysters
were't seen on other occasions,
and ice cream was a rarity since
all the available ice was cut from
the mill ponds in winter time and
stored in sawdust . . . Sometimes
it didn't keep well ,and was not
usually available to the public.
THERE WERE THREE BIG
HOTELS
And redacting on the parties
wa caina to thinking of tha
three hotels mentioned, all
rather large and commodious
structures which served meals
and kept rooasers winter and
sununar . . . and they got along
all right. Besides, various pri
vate homes were always open
to court visitors, to the travel
ing jy eschars and summertime
visitors . . . There have always
been good places to star this
vicinity.
TIME TO LIVE!
Frank Jones, who came up
from Florida some years ago to
attend summer school at Appala
chian. and who now returns each
summer to play a part in Horn in
the West, is one of Boone's most
consistent in-season and out
boosters ... He enjoys the moun
tain peaks, and the laughing
brooks, and the blue jktes. and
the people who have time to
socialize a bit . . . He tells of hav
ing called on ? friend of his in
New York sometime ago, and was
telling the dty business mail of
the blue-crested hills and the
cool breezes and free spring wat
er of this vicinity . . . And the
fellow looked out at the bustling
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By MRS. LUCILE LETT
Blowing Rock, N. C. July 12. ?
The annual meeting of North
Carolina Chamber of Commerce
executives was held at May view
Manor hotel here last week with
some 75 members and guests at
tending. The meeting closed on
Saturday with the election of the
following new officers: President,
Fred Linton, Winston-Salem;
vice-president, Pat Treadway,
Lumberton; secretary, Reginald
Strouse, Reidsvlile; and treasurer,
Graham Dozier, Rock Mount.
Directors elected for four years
were Rhodes Batson, Wilkesboro;
Earl . Crawford, Asheville; Wil
liam F. Patterson, Washington;
and William P. Pence, Salisbury.
Those elected for a two-year
term: Glenn Taylor, Albemarle;
Ed H. Lewis, Roanoke Rapids;
Brice T. Dickson, Gastonia; Her
bert G. Gailey, Jr., Greensboro;
Ralph V. Bailey, Canton; Robert
W. Moore, Mooresville; Willard
T. Keyser, Greenville; and Joseph
A. Debois, Sea Level. Out-going
president was Max R. Steelman
of Hickory.
The meeting began with the
registration in the hotel lobby on
Thursday with representatives
from the fallowing host towns on
hand to greet the members and
guests: Blowing Rock, Boone,
Wilkesboro, Statesville, Lenoir,
Granite Falls, Morganton, and
Newton. Events the first day con
sisted of a social hour with re
freshments followed by a dance,
with the business sessions hour
getting under way on Friday
morning. Mayor R. B. Hardin of
Blowing Rock made the address
of welcome at breuxfast.
Visiting speakers for the three
day meeting included Walter B.
Koch, Industrial Development
Director of the Kentucky State
Chamber 01" Commerce, Louis
ville; Ben E. Douglas, Director
North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development,
Raleigh; James Payne, Manager
Chamber of. Commerce, Front
Royal, Va.; Ed Cherry, Manager
Southeastern Division, Chamber
of Commerce of the U. S., Wash
ington, D. C.; T. S. Davis, Mana
ger Area Development Division,
Georgia Power Co., Atlanta; Wil
liam J. Baird, Manager External
Affairs, Chamber of Commerce
of the U. S.; and Jim Currie of
the North Carolina Department
of Tax Research.
The group was taken on tours
of Grandfather Mountain, Lin
ville and surrounding areas, and
the Blue Ridge Parkway and at
tended "Horn in the West" on
Friday night. The Blowing Rock,
Boone, and Norfh Wilkesboro
Chambers were hosts to the
group at an old-fashioned chicken
Bar-B-Q on the park grounds
Friday evening. Many of those
attending came in to look around
the new building of the local
Chamber and town offices.
The North Carolina Dairy Pro
ducts Association began their an
nual meeting at Mayview Manor
today.
Nine Miles Paving Done
In District During June
Raleigh ? The State Highway
Commission completed 9.02 miles
of road work in the Eleventh
Highway Division during June,
according to W. Ralph Winkler,
Commissioner of the Eleventh.
Alelghany, Ashe, Avery, Cald
well, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes,
and Yadkin compose the Eleven
th. Division headquarters are in
North Wilkesboro, J. H. Councill
is division engineer.
In Ashe, Winkler said that 4.2
miles of road improvements had
been made by the State Highway
forces. Two county roads, and
their lengths, were graded and
graveled: from Hagaman School
/to the intersection of Roaring
Fork Road known as Reeves Cox
Road, 1.4 miles; and Rich Mill
Road at Old Roten Store to Miller
residence known as Bear Pen
Road, 0.S mile. The first road is
12 feet wide; the second, ten feet.
The surface of the right prong of
Roaring Fork Road was strength
ened fbr 2.3 miles.
In Avery, State highway forces
placed 04 mile of traffic-bound
macadam on th? Davenport Road.
In Caldwell, State highway
forces placed a bituminous sur
face treatment on the following
county roads, and their lengths;
| Blue Creek Road, 0.5 mile; Bum
I town Buad, <U mile; mX Broad
way Street, 0.35 mile. The first
two roads are 16 feet wide. The
third has a 21-foot wide surface.
In Wataiifea, highway forces
finished 1.7 miles of grading and
graveling on the Stony Fork
Road which is 16 feet wide. Dutch
Creek Road was graded and ston
ed for one mile. It is 12 feet wide.
In Wilkes, State forces widened
by four feet the intersection of
NC 16 and NC 18; and then west
on NC 268 for 0.17 mile. After
the widening, traffic-bound maca
dam was placed and a bituminous
surface treatment was completed
on the road.
July 25-31 is National Farm
Safety Week. Farm to Live and
Live to Farm.
Democrats To 'Slate
Ticket End Of Month
The Democrats of Watauga
county will meet in convention
at the courthouse in Boone Sat
urday, July 31. at 2 o'clock, for
the purpose of nominating candi
dates for county office.
The official notice of the con
vention, iMtucU by Chairman O.
Frank Baird, appears in the Dem
ocrat today.
Precinct meetings will be held
in the various townships Friday,
July 30, at 2 p. m., at vyhich time
delegates will be named to the
county conveatioa.
CHAMBER TOLD
OF PROGRESS
IN MOUNTAINS
Creed F. GiUey, industrial
manager of the Charlotte Cham
ber of Commerce, was the prin
cipal speaker at the July meet
ing of the Boone Chamber of
Commerce, held at noon Tuesday
in the Daniel Boone Hotel.
Taking .as his subject "Indus
try on the Move," the speaker
said the Western North Carolina
mountains are changing rapidly,
bringing in new industries, and
keeping pace with the industrial
growth of the entire region.
He traced the growth in North
Carolina of the textile, tobacco,
and furniture industries, and said
there are also a tremendous num
ber of chemical firms moving in
to the south. He pointed out also
that twelve or fifteen electronics
plants have moved into North
Carolina in the last few years,
one example of which is the In
ternational Resistance Company's
new plant in Boone.
Mr. GiUey enumerated various
sources of information available
to Chambers of Commerce about
firms contemplating a move, and
outlined three essentials for
"landing" such a manufacturing
concern in a community. His
three points were:
1. Provide basic needs, such as
water, power, sewage, and trans
portation facilities.
2. Acquaint largest numAr of
the right people with the advant
ages of the locality through ad
vertising, personal contacts, etc.
3. Find personal likes and dis
likes of key personnel of manu
facturing firms being negotiated
with, and cater to them oq a per
sonal basis.
The Southern Association of
Science and Industry has predict
ed, the speaker said, that 3,000
multi-million dollar industries
will locate in the South within
the next ten years, and declared
it is up to the. various Chambers
of Commerce to see that North
Carolina gets at least its propor
tionate share of them.
The meeting was opened by
President H. W. Wilcox, who in
troduced the Rev. Harvey Moon,
Dean of the Mialfii Bible Insti
tute of Miami, Fla., and a former
Dean of Lees-McRae College at
Banner Elk. Rev. Moop, who is
in the county on an extended
visit, spoke briefly, isviting the
members to read the greatest
library in existence, the 66 books
of the Bible.
Carl Fidler, business manager
of Horn in the West, reported that
attendance at the drama is show
ing a slight increase over last
year at thjs point, and said pro
spects are good for a successful
season.
G. 0. P. Planners
To Visit Ninth
Two of the Republican Party's
chief policy planners will make a
two-day visit to North Carolina's
Ninth District this week to ap
praise GOP congressional chances
in the November general election.
They are Bernard L. Lamb, di
rector of field organization for
the National Republican Congres
sional Committee, and Allen
Overtfin, representing the organi
zational office of the national
Citizens For Eisenhower Commit
tee.
Details of the proposed visit
were announced by Ivan O. Har
rah, distrct GOP director of or
ganization.
The two will meet with district
party leaders in sessions at 8 p.
m. Friday at the Rowan County
Courthouse in Salisbury and at
8 p. m. Saturday at the Commu
nity House in West Jefferson.
Members of the senior party.
Young Republican and Women's
Federation executive committees
from each county v/ill be asked
to sit in on the conferences.
Record capacity it built up by
the steel industry.
State Tour Antique Autos
To Arrive Next Friday
T-MODELING. ? One of Boone's first autos is pictured with Russell D. Hodges at the wheel and Miss
Faye Greer, now Mrs. Hodges, beside him. In the 1014 model Ben Goss is seen in the rear seat with
Miss Alma Hodges, who is now Mrs. B. T. Robertson. Such autos as this one will be seen in the tour
of the Horseless Carriage Club which arrives in Boone from Laurinburg Friday.
Preliminary Plans Being Made For
Boone's Annual Flower Exhibition
Section Of 421
Gains Approval
The Johnson County. Ttnru
road board hat approved tha
construction of highway 411.
from tha improved section at
Shouns to tha North Carolina
Stata Lina.
This information coma* to
Mr. S. C. Eggers of Boona. who
is a laadar in tha movement to
improve 421 from the lakes to
tha saa. The local link had al
ready bean surveyed, and it is
to be presumed that construc
tion work will not be long de
layed.
Farm Bureau
Holds Meeting
The officers and directors of
the Watauga County Farm Bu
reau met at Brown's Restaurant
on the evening of July 6. Those
attending included Mr. and Mrs.
Roby Vines, I. B. Wilson, L. E.
Tuckwiller, C. A. Clay, Clyde R.
Greene, Stewart Simmons, Mr.
Triplett, Royce Perry, Frank
Baird, Miss Alma G. Hodges, and
O. L. Yates, field representative
of N. C. Farm Bureau Federation.
After supper and fellowship,
the president, Mr. Wilson, called
the meeting to order. The group
discussed the membership drive
which will be held on September
24, and how to secure more mem
bers in the Watauga County Farm
Bureau. The group also discussed
plans for the annual meeting
which will be held in the near
future in the form of a picnic.
Mr. Perry and Mr. Yates gave
some highlights of the State Farm ]
Bureau Conference that was held
at Carolina Beach m June.
To bring the program to a close,
Mr. Tuckwiller. county agent,
gave a few facts on the farm out
look for the remainder of 1954.
The next meeting will be held
at the county agents' office in
Boone, Tuesday, August 3.
Mrs. Coleman
Dies Sunday
*
Mrs. Betty Storic Coleman, of
Rt. 3, Boone, died on July 11 at
the age of 87. The funeral was
held Tuesday July 13 at 10:00 a.
m. at the Laurel Fork Baptist
church, with Rev. Raymond Hen
drix in charge. Burial was in the
Laurel Fork cemetery.
She is survived by three broth
ers, J. O. Storie and Henry
Storic of Blowing Rock, and Cal
vin Storie of Lenoir; and one
sister, Nevada Triplett of Statcs
viJJe.
f.
Flower growers and arrangers |
of Watauga county will tell the i
story of North Carolina in flow
ers at this resort town's 8th an
nual flower show August 5-6.
Theme of the event, which i
drew 2,000 visitors last year and
captured national recognition in
1952, is "Glorious Carolina," a
revival of Old North State herit
age through floral designs.
The exhibition is opened to all
Watauga County residents in
three divisions ? men, women
and junior. Accredited judges of
the Judges' Association of North
Carolina will officiate.
Spectators are welcomed.
Sponsored by the local Wo
man's Club, the two-day affair
will be held at the Baptist church.
Mrs. R. W. Watkins is general
chairman, assisted by Mrs. John
Horton.
Entrants have choice of 11
classes in which to present ar
rangements. These include Vir
ginia Dare, Pirate Treasure, Try
on's Elegance, Old North State
Heritage, Forest Beauties, Caro
lina's Bounties, Echoes of the
West, Blue Ridge Shadows, Tar
Heel Trinkets, Corsages and
Beaucatchers.
Entries will be judged equally
on their arrangement and horti
culture merits.
Reservations for advanced
classes are to be made immediate
ly with Mrs. Ed Hall, artistic
chairman.
Assisting Mrs. Watkins and
Mrs. Horton in the operation of
Uie flower exhibitions are the fol
lowing committees:
General chairmen ? Mrs. R. W.
Watkins, Mrs. John Horton.
Staging chairman? Mrs. James
Winkler, Mrs. Ed Hall, Mrs. Lee
Reynolds, Mrs. Glenn Andrews,
Ml-s. Grace Moretz, Mrs. Wayne
Richardson, Mrs. O. K. Richard
son, Mrs. Ralph Buchanan, Mr*.
Gordon Winkler, Mrs. E. S.
Quails, Mrs. Dempsey Wilcox
Horticulture^? Mrs. Arnold Van
Pelt, Mrs. Vera Richardson, Mrs.
John Kirk, Mrs. John Bingham,
Mrs. John Davis.
Displays ? Mrs. B. W. Stalling*,
Mrs. Ruth Greene, Mrs. Clyde
Greene.
Men's Division ? Mrs. A. E.
South, Mrs. Glenn Andrews, Mrs.
Dean Andrews.
Junior Division ? Mrs. Ed Ray, j
Mrs. J. C. Cline, Mrs. Miriam
Smith, Mrs. Lee Broome, Mrs.
John Horton, Mrs. Jennie Lee
Deal, Mrs. Joe Crawford.
Schedule Chairman ? Mr*. Ed
Hall, Artistic Arrangements; Mr*.
Arnold Van Pelt, horticulture;
Mrs. B. W. Staillngs, display*;
Mrs. A. C. South, men'* division;
Mrs. Ed Ray, junior division;
Mrs. Ray Derrick, educational
division; Mrs. J. Lou Carpenter,
educational division.
Entries Chairmen ? Mrs. J. D.
Shoe make, Mr*. Ralph Buchana,
Mr*. Cora Bingham, Mr*. Wiley
lWUog in horticulture.
Artistic Arrangements ? Mrs.
Herman Eggers, Mrs. E. T. Glenn.
Displays ? Mrs. Bob Davis, Mrs.
Joe Minor.
Men's Division ? Mrs. Ruth Coe,
Mrs. John Martin, Mrs. Sara Lynn
Blair.
Education and Conservation ?
Mrs. Ray Derrick, Mrs. J. Lou
Carpenter.
Classification ? Mrs. Ed Hall,
Mrs. Dempsey Wilcox.
Publicity Chairman ? Show
Committee.
Awards Chairman ? Mrs. Her
man Wilcox, Mrs. Glenn Andrews.
Judges Chairman ? Mrs. R. H.
Harmon.
Judges Luncheon ? Mrs. James
Councill, Mrs. Frank Payne.
Properties Chairman ? Mrs. Lee
Reynolds.
Printing, classifications ? Mrs.
Julian Yoder.
Posters ? Mrs. O. K. Richard
son.
Entrance ? Mrs. Ralph Buchan
an.
Clean-up Chairman ? Mrs. Mae
Miller and division chairmen.
Platform Staging ? Mrs. Paul
Coffey, Mrs. C. E. Ulery.
Registration Chairman ? Mrs.
W. C. Greer, Mrs. D. J. Cottrell,
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William By land
Rites Are Held
William Luther Byland of Rt.
1, Todd, died on July 12 at the
of 75. Funeral services were
held Wednesday, July 14 at 2 p.
m. at the Pilot Mt Baptist
church, Rev. H. M. Winkler in
charge. Rev. Ronda Earp assisted.
Burial was in the Pilot Mt. ceme
tery.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Margaret S. Byland of Todd;
three son*, Fred J. of Baltimore,
Md., Earl H. of Boone, and John
W. of Todd; four daughter, Mrs.
Tom Miller of Baltimore, Md.;
Mrs. Frank Miller of Boone, Mrs.
Jont Greene of Fleetwood, and
Mrs. Clyde Burke of Columbia,
S. C.; three brothers, David of
Chicago, 111., Richard of Gales
burg, 111., and Lee of Hot Springs,
Ark.; and one sister, Mrs. William
Zimmer of Detroit, Mich.
Drivers To Get
Gala Send Off
?
In Laurinburg
The final lap of the Homeless
Carriage Club's annual tour will
be negotiated to Boone Friday,
with stops scheduled for Newton
Conover, Hickory, Lenoir, and
Blowing Rock. The 63-car cara
van is scheduled to arrive at
Boone at 5:30 p. m.
Approximately 130 drivers and
passengers, all wearing costumes
of the early 1900's, will make the
trip, and will stay in Boone until
Sunday morning, when the tour
breaks up. ?
On Saturday, special field
events will be staged in the Dan
iel Boone Theatre parking lot.
Trophies for the best restored
cars, and the best costumed driv
ers, will be awarded Saturday
afternoon.
The Horseless Carriage Club
will hold its annual banquet Fri
day night in the basement of the
Baptist Church.
Cars entered in this year's tour,
the largest in the three year his
tory of the club, range from a
1903 Oldsmobile to a 1927 Chev
rolet. There are several early
model Buicks, a 1904 Reo, 1911
Case, a 1917 V-8 Chevrolet, a
number of T-model Fords, and
many other cars representing
many of the leading models of the
first 23 years of this century.
U. S. Senate Nominee Ken
Scott, making one of his first
public appearances since winning
the May primary, will share the
spotlight with 'the antique cars,
pretty girls, and a dozen other
entertainment features Wednes
day night in Laurinburg at the
Horseless Carriage exposition, a
gala prelude to the annual tour.
A speech by the former Gover
nor and future Senator will be
one of the highlights of the ex
position, which is expected to
draw from six to eight thousand
persons.
The clattercade will hit the
road for Boone at 9:30 Thursday
morning, with brief stops sche
duled at Hamlet, Rockingham.
Wadcsboro, and Monroe, before
arriving in Charlotte for the first
overnight stop. All the cars will
be on display at Radio Center
Thursday night, and the tour re
sumes at 8 o'clock Friday morn
ing, proceeding to Boone.
The Gulf Oil Company is fur
nishing all gasoline and lubri
cants, plus Toad service. Cham
ber of Commerce and civic groups
in the various towns along the
route will be hosts to the group
during the refreshment stops.
Rebecca Tester
Dies At Age 98
Mrs. Rebecca S. Tester, of
Sugar Grove, died July 7 at the
age of 98 years. The funeral wa*
held on Thursday, July 8, at Wil
low Valley Baptist Church with
burial in the Harmon cemetery.
Rev. R. C. Egg.ers was in charge
with Rev. W. C. Payne and Rev.
Will Cook assisting.
The survivors include four sons
and six daughters: Charles Tester,
Art Tester, Sugar Grove; Millard
Tester, Bluff City, Tenn.; Walter
Tester, Sugar Grove; Vickie Har
mon, Lora Glenn, both of Sugar
Grove; Grace Arnette, Reese;
Epsie Adams, Vineland, New Jer
sey; Florence Harmon, Lenoir;
and Pearl Greene, Sugar Grove.
County Schools Open
Sessions August 30
Watauga county schools will
open their 1954-55 sessions Mon
day August 30, it is announced
by W. H. Walker county superin
tendent, who also gives a sche
dule of holidays (or the school
year.
Thanksgiving holidays will be
held November 23, 24, and the
schools will close for Christmas
[vacation December 23, reopening
. "T
on January
Easter Monday (April 11) -will
be observed as a holiday.
The school* close May 20th.
Mr. Walker states that segre
gated schools will be operated
jgain thia year. There is only Wk,
small colored school in the coun
ty, the Watauga Consolidated
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