Newspapers / Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) / Dec. 30, 1954, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
~=~~ WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ?S ? 1950 Population 18^41 Ait Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight 1950 Populatlon 2-973 SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR? NO. 26. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1954 TWO SECTIONS? 10 PAGES FROM THE OLD ALBUM ... A snow removal pro ject in front of the Critcher Hotel in January 1920. From left to right are pictured Byron McBride, Archie Quails, and a McDougald lad from Georgia who fixed cars at the Highland Motor Co. In the driver's seat are Miss Jennie Critcher and Russell D. Hodges, and standing immediately be hind them is Howard Cottrell. Joe C. Cook is shown next, while John Critcher is astride the near horse and Edgar Cook on the other one. The team of big horses belonged to Burton K. Barrs, and his name appears in the brass letters on the collar pads. He was founder of the Bank of Boone and some banks in Ashe county, and came here from Boston. The identity of the photographer is not known, but the picture comes to the Democrat through the courtesy of Edgar Cook. KING STREET BY Rob Rivers MOUNTAIN SPEECH UMd to be that the Watauga Democrat, more specifically Bob Rivers, the first, would get mad der'n the traditional "wet hen" when somebody, somewhere, "wrote a piece" about mountain speech . . . Long since, however, such articles have been more in the form of praise of the moun tain people than of jfcst . . . Fact is, many of the sayings came from sources of English literature, and often can be traced to Shakespear ean plays . . . Really, we're a lot closer to the King's English than are the folks in some other sect ions .of the country ... At any rate we like the following written by Edward Garner in the Winston Salem Journal: THE SqUTHERN highlander has never been surpassed in color ful speech. The old ear-catching word, the apt phrase and the evocative ex pression are, like many of the earth's treasures, rarer now, and seldom heard. But they are far from extinct, and any contact with people of the more remote sections will bring one or more to light. When a man of the mountains has eaten all he desires, he may refuse more food by saying, "I can't come it." No one seems to know the origin of this expression, but it is (till heard. The highest compliment a moun taineer can pay the food he is eating is to say, "This eats right ?here you hold it." There is a tendency in the mountains, as elsewhere, to imi tate Romans when in Rome. A minister was having dinner with a mountain family, who had a son not noted for any docile, lamb-like qualities. At length the meal was about over. The minister was asked to par take further of the fried chicken, but assured the wife that he "had eaten plenty, and was satisfied." The son was asked t<J have more, but replied that he "had eaten plenty, and was sanctified."i The father peered over his steel rimmed spectacles at his offspring, and remarked, "I'm shore pleasur ed to hear if WHEN AN argument develops to the stage where personal com bat is favored, one of the contend ers is sometimes heard to say, "If you're feeling froggy, jump." In most instance* the other lets it be known that his feelings approxi mate those of a frog, and he lands on bis opponent like "a shower of rain." ? "A pretty fur piece" doesn't re (continued on page two) County Farm Agent Gives Annual Report summary 01 uie mgnugnis 01 ihe County Agents annual report: The Watauga Hereford Breed ers sold fifty-two and one-half lots in tha twelfth annual sale for $8, 585 00. The Watauga Hereford Breeders sold fifteen bulls in the second bull sale for an average of $142 00 per head. In 1954 Watauga county beef cattle farmers purchased forty five registered bulls. Commercial beef cattle produc ers in Watauga, Avery and Wilkes counties sold 288 calves in the fourth annual Boone Feeder Calf sale for *22,103. Four Watauga county 4-H and FFA boys participated in the first annual calf scramble at the Dixie Classic Fair in Winston-Salem and secured three calves. The Watauga Wool Pool sold 28,919 pounds of wool for $17,446 87. The Watauga Lamb Pool sold 2,491 lambs and sheep for $37, 334.00. The Watauga county purebred Hampshire sheep breeders sold re gistered sheep in all the sales sponsored by the N. C. Purebred Sheep Breeders Association. The purebred sheep breeders sold twenty-one rams in the Boone sale for a total of $1,115.00. Commercial sheep producers purchased thirty-two registered Hampshire rams in 1954. Ten commercial sheep produc ers in Watauga county with an average of 19.4 ewes per flock, produced an average of 23.2 Iambs per flock, which were valued at $451.66. The average income , per ewe was $27.41. Nineteeh lambs were shown by club members from Watauga coun ty in the Tri-County Lamb Show held in Boone. Royce Hagaman showed the reserve champion lamb. Dudley Norris, 15 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Norris, Sugar Grove, was declared the N. C. State 4-H Sheep Shearer when he oat sheared eighteen other contestants aaiuraay, May o, ai me Experiment Station at Statesville. Glenn Reese, son of Mr. and Mrs Asa L. Reese, placed third in the National 4-H Sheep Shearing contest held in Chicago Friday, December 4, 1953. Watauga county swine produc ers purchased three registered boars in 1954. Hiram Brooks, a unit demon stration farmer, started a dairy production demonstration project in 1954. Three dairy farmers from Wa tauga county consigned heifers to (Continued on page two) Rites Held For Jacob Icenhour Jacob Isenhour, 82 years of age, died Christmas day at the home of a son, Frank Isenhour, at Zion ville. Mr. Isenhour had been in ill health for some time. Funeral services were held on Monday at the Pleasant Grove Bap tist Church, with the Rev. R. C. Eggers officiating. Bufial was in the church cemetery. Survivors, beside the son, in cluded a daughter, Mrs. Leonard Cannon, of Beech Creek, a brother, Carrol Isenhour, Zionville, and 13 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Good Business Reported Here Boone merchants, generally speaking, report good Christmas business. Some say that the 1954 trade established a record. At any rats the town was filled with, shoppers as Christmas day drew near, parking space was practically unobtainable, and the I sidewalks were jammed with the j hurrying crowds. . Most of the stores remained | closed Monday as well as Chriit i mas day. ' New Telephone Rates For City Are Now In Effect New telephone rates for Boone were announced last week by Mr. H. M Inabinet of Lenoir, manager for the Southern Bell Telephone Co. The rate* which became effec tive December 21 are as follows: Business, 1 party, $8.90 month; business, 2 party, $7 25; business, 4 party, 16.29; business, 8 party $4 00. Residential, 1 party 13.79, 2 party 3.10, 4 party 2.65, 8 party 2.65 Mr. Inabinet says there are ^ small increases in miscellaneous equipment and intrastate calls. He states that in 1946 the company had invested in each telephone the sum of $203. By 1954 this amount had risen to $319.00. He states that since 1946 the company has spent $131,582,000 in the ex pansion and' improvement of ser vice in the state. In Boone 1104, 000 was .spent in 1954, moderniz ing the equipment. There are now 1361 phones here, as against 344 in 1946, which adds further to the ' benefit of each subscriber. National Guard Unit Assured For Boone; Armory Foreseen . : ma n rv r ri Burley Sales ToBeResumed On January 5 Auctions on the Boone burley market will be resumed January 5th, and sales will continue as long as there is tobacco left to be sold. More than 100,000 pounds of weed were on the local floors Tuesday and receipts are continu ing brisk. Officials stated that a considerable amount of burley re mains to be marketed throughout the belt, and expect the favorable prices which were paid before Christmas, as to continue into the new year. Farmers are asked to bring their tobacco in for a sale any sale day. There is plenty of room. Mrs. Rollins Dies On Sunday Mrs. Leona Gaston Rollins, 77, died suddenly at the%home of a son, Mr. Virgil G. Rollins, and Mrs. Rollins Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. She had been in poor health for leveril years, and had rtccntly a patient at Watauga Hospi tal. However, she had been im proved, and her death was unex pected. Mrs. Rollins, who was a native of Greenville, S. C., was a widow of the late Rev. George W. Rollins, a well-known North Carolina Bap tist preacher. The family had lived at Globe, N. C., during Rev. Mr. Rollins' pastorate there, and he had preached in Blowing Rock and other points in this vicnity. She had been in Boone with her son and daughter-in-law since October. Funeral services were held at the Warsaw Baptist Church, War saw, N. C., Tuesday at 3 o'clock, by the Rev. G. Vann Stephens, a former pastor of the church. Bur ial was in Pinecrest cemetery there. Surviving are two sons, Virgil G. Rollins, of Boone, and Glenn Rollins of Warsaw. There is one brother, C. E. Gaston of Willow Grove, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. Maude G. Lincbergcr, of Chester, S. C. Funeral Held For Mrs. Hardin Mrs. Chanie Elizabeth Hardin, resident of the Laxon neighbor hood, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Blan Clawson last Thursday, following a long period of failing health. She was 87 years of age. Funeral services were held at the Laurel Spring Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Raymond Hendrix and Rev. Rexford ?ampbell, of West Jeffer son, conducted the rites, and bur ial was in the Brown cemetery. Surviving are four sons and five daughters: Edgar B. Hardin, Route 1, Boone; Henry L. Hardin, Tem perance, Mictf ; James F. Hardin, Fleetwood; W. Leonard Hardin, Jacksonville, N. C.; Dr. J. Ella Hardin, Durham; Mrs. C. R. Trip lets North Wilkesty>ro; Miss Min nie L. Hardin, Mrs.' C. D. Mitchell, Erie Mich.; Mrs. Addie Clawson, Route 1, Boone. There is one sis ter, Mrs. Harriet Clawson, Route 2, Boone. There are 39 grand children and 40 great grandchild ren. Her husband died Dec. 6, 1907. Mrs. Hardin, who was well known and highly esteemed in this section, was one of the oldest members of the Laurel Springs Baptist Church, having joined more ttyi 80 years ago. She took an active interest in the church. Prior to her death, the nine sons and daughters were all with her, for the first time in 30 years. College President Gets Appreciated Gift Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of Appalachian State Teachers Col lege, i? shown here receiving his most-appreciated Christmas gift. It is a check for $992 00 for the col lege endowment fund, contributed by members of the Watauga unit of the North Carolina Education As sociation of which Andy Dicker son of Boone is president. The money was raised by Johri Howell, principal of the Appalach- < ian elementary school, who was ap pointed to this professional project by Mr. Dickerson. Every school in the county contributed. One janitor gave $5.00 so that he could be represented. The col ored teachers from Watauga Con solidated School wrote: "We are happy to contribute to Dr. Dough erty's endowment fund." Mr. Howell said that additional contributions will be made before the end of the school year. He is also giving Dr. Dougherty a roster containing the1 name of every con tributor to the fund. Dr. Dough erty has been interested in raising the endowment fund of the college to the extent that last year he agreed to match any funds that were contributed by the college faculty. Roger Babson Forecasts Better Business For The New Year By ROGER W. BABSON GENERAL BUSINESS Despite wails from some quarters, 1994 saw a drop in the average Physical Volume of Business of only 5% from the record y?ar 1953. 1955 could tee a rise of about the same amount. Certainly, the direction of business until mid-1955 will be upward. BUSINESS WILL WAKE UP. During 1954 many businessmen rediscovered the meaning of the word "competition." Sales will continue tb be made only with real effort in most lines. CONSUMPTION OUTLOOK Consumption in a number of lines has been proceeding at a more rapid rate than has production. I forecast a better record in early 1955 for both steel and automo biles. TEXTILE INDUSTRY. Textile industry operated at extremely low levels throughout most of 1954. I forecast that the textile and coal industries will be in a receive ry phase after their long stay in the doldrums. * PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION. 1 forecast that home building and general construction will be some what lower in 1055 than in 1934, but this important industry should still operate at high levels next year. PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION. I forecast that public construction will increase during 1955. This should mean a rise in the output of cement. AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. This industry has been suffering from a decline in demand, but should now improve. Government sponsored planting curtailment and crop loans have reduced free sup plies, and may make for higher agricultural prices later in 1939. ARMAMENT INDUSTRY. The armament industry will still be one of the main floors beneath the ec onomy. The elcctrical and chemi cal industries will move at a rate close to that of 1954. OTHER INDUSTRIES. 1 am somewhat optimistic on clothing, aircraft mattifacturing, air-line transportation, office equipment, electricity output, petroleum pro duction, natural gas, and shoes. I am also fairly bullllh on rubber, paper, electrical equipment, cer tain types of building, and non ferrous metals. March Of Dimes Campaign To Start Here January 3 Mr. R. D. Hodges, Jr., Watauga County Chairman (or the Infantile Paralysis Committee, states that the 1999 March of Dime* campaign will begin January 3, and continue through the month. Mrs. E. F. Coe and Mrs. W. C. Richardson have been selected as co-directors of the campaign. Mrs. 0 0. K. Richardson will be jn charge of the coin collectors, and Mr. Howard Cottrell is chairman of the March of Dimes ball, which will be held the latter part of January. Mr. G. C. Greenes is treasurer and Mrs. Rob Rivers publicity chairman. WEATHER CONDITIONS. It i* foolish for me to attempt to fore cast rains, droughts, frosts, etc., for any special section. However, taking the nation as a whole, I look for better weather in 1955. RETAIL SALES. I forecast that (Continued on page six.) ? Veterans Aid Needy Ones The Veterans of Foreign Wars and Watauga Post American Leg ion, working together, provided Christmas cheer for a lot of people through their annual effort in be half of the needy. Paul Younce, Commander of the VFW Post, says that fourteen families were helped with gifts. These included substantial amounts of food, clothing and toys. Hampton Rites Held Thursday Funeral services were held last Thursday for Russell Hampton, contractor, of Blowing Rock, at the Mt. Ternon Baptist Church. Mr. Hampton died at his home on Blow ing Rock Route 1, Tuesday morn ing following a long illness. Offi ciating ministers were the Revs. Roby Eggers, Barney Oliver, and Will Cook. Survivors include the widow, two sons, Wendell and J. R? of Blowing Rock Route 1 ; four daugh ters, Mm. Dean Trivett, Mrs. Stuart Thornton, Portsmouth, Va., Mrs. Sam Shepherd, Alexandria, Vs., and Miaa Verdola Hampton of the home. mayor, L. m t.. President Given Official Word A national guard unit is to be activated in Boone at an early date, following a series of conferences between local officials, civic leaders and guard officers, and prospects are that adequate armory fa cilities will be built later. Mayor Gordon H. Winkler and Stanley A. Harris, Chamber of Commerce president, made the an* nouncement, after receiving word from Lieut-Col. Roy W. Forehand, commanding officer of the 112th Field Artiliery Batallion of the North Carolina National Guard. Authority for the establishment of the Boone unit came through Col. Forehand from the office of State Adjutant General John Hall Mann ing. The unit will start with two offi cers and twenty-five men and will grow to three officers and fifty men. To Select Officers Captain Garland W. Swanson, of Lenoir, a member of Col. Fore hand's staff, is expected in Boone today to complete local arrange ments and select the officers for the local unit. At a meeting some time ago a committee of five was appointed to handle details locally. Mr. Gra dy Moretz, a member of the town board of aldermen, was appointed to represent the town of Boon*, and to serve as chairman of the committee; Atorney Wade K. Brown was appointed to represent the Lions Club, Hugh Hagaman of the Trailway Cleaners represents the Merchants Association; Edwin Dougherty of Appalachian College represents the Chamber of Com merce and the American Legion; Wayne Richardson of Boone Drug Co., represents the Rotary Club. Discuss Housing A meeting of the committee was held last Thursday afternoon for the purpose of discussing tempo rary housing for the guard unit. A meeting hall must be provided which is large enough for some drills, and contain office space and storage facilities for equipment. It is said that if the unit is successfully operated that an arm ory adequate for its needs will be constructed. The committee is as sisting Capt..Swanson in setting up temporary quarters and locating a site for the armory. The Start of Promotion The possibility that Boone might secure a guard unit was made known by Lieut Boyd Dougherty, of this city, the first of September. Local officials and civic leaders were quick to develop an aetive local interest in the proposal. Many communities were seeking' the small number of units which were to be established, ang no time was lost in developing local sentiment. Lieut. Dougherty pointed out at , the time that guard personnel would be available for emergency duty in case of fire, flood or other disaster, and that a guard armory would eventually be constructed, which could be used for certain community purposes. It is further understood that the guard will appeal strongly to the youngsters. Those who enliat be for they are 18Vi, it is understood, are draft exempt, are building rat ings for their two-hour weekly ser vice, their uniform* are supplied and they have two weeks at sum mer camp with pay. They may con tinue their college careers at Ap palachian. President Eisenhower has an nounced that he would name George V. Allen, the Ambassador to India, as Assistant Secretary of State for Near-Eastern, South Asian and African afafira. Mr. Al len will succeed Henry A. Byroad, who will becomc Ambassador to Egypt, replacing Jefferson Cat tery, who is retiring.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 30, 1954, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75