WATAUGA ? DEMOCRAT
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March 30 92 23 42
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SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR ? No. 40 BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1955 U PAGES? 2 SECTIONS
"BUY A yLY, HELP A CHILD TO WALK" was the appeal these three young ladies and other teen
agers made Saturday in their successful sale of Easter lilies for the benefit of crippled children. Left to
right are Minnie Austin, Barbara Winkler and Pat Dowling. Under the direction of Mrs. Ralph Tugman
and Hugh Ilagaman, the girls sold more than $130 in lilies on the streets of downtown Boone.
Easter Seal Sales Mount As
Campaign Continues Locally
Contributions to Watauga Coun
ty's Easter Seal campaign continu
ed to mount as the drive entered
its fourth and concluding week,
Campaign Chairman Bob Isbell re
ported today.
More than $500 has been receiv
ed as campaign headquarters, mak
ing 1955 one of the best drives on
record.
Easter Seals were mailed to
3,448 residents of Watauga County
when the campaign opened. In ad
dition, a spccial benefit show un
der the sponsorship of Stacy Eg
ger? and the Boone Rotary Club,
netted wme (80. Then last Satur
day, Hugh Hagaman directed a
sale of Easter lilies in downtown
Boone. More than $130 was receiv
ed before the liles sold out in
early afternoon. Mrs. Ralph Tug
man, in charge of the group of
young ladies who sold the liles,
commended the group for an "ex
cellent job." Doing the selling
were Barbara Winkler, Patsy Mad
dux, Betty Brendle, Minnie Aus
tin, and Shirley Carroll.
In addition to the money thus
far received, more is expected
from coin containers placed over
the Boone area. A school solicita
tion program is under the direc
tion of William Shipley, and addi
tional funds is expected from this
source. Also, contributions con
tinue to come in through the mail
in return for Easter Seals sent out
weeks ago.
Residents who have not received
Seals are urged to call at the spec
ial Easter Seal department estab
lished at the Horn in the West
winter office, upstairs over the
Building k Loan office.
The campaign raises funds to
provide services to crippled chil
dren. Of all contributions received
by the society more than 90 per
cent remains in Watauga County
to provide local services. The re
mainder supports nationwide pro
grams of education, direct services,
and research including the Easter
Seal Research Foundation, said
Mr. Isbell.
Cancer Crusade Swings
Into Action In Watauga
The American Cancer Society's
1955 crusade for $759.00 here
swings into action in Watauga
county April 1st.
That amount is Watauga's share
in a nation-wide goal of $24,008,
000.
"Both the national and local goal
have been increased this year,"
Mrs. Howard Williams, ASC cam
paign chairman for Watauga coun
ty, explained ><esterday, "because
of the increased demands for funds
for reserach, education, and ser
vice to the 6ancer patient. There
can be no slackening in our re
search program? the greatest ever
.put into action against a disease "
Mrs. Williams was confident as
the crusade here was poised for
the start. 'The people of Watauga
county are eager to strike another
telling blow at cancer."
The Boone Junior Woman's
Club have received their assign
menu and are ready to begin
April Uth. "If the number and
the determination of the volun
teers are an indication," Mrs. Wil
liams said, "we have a singular
success ahead of us. We are not
only going over the top, but our
education program ? an Integral
part of Cancer Control Month ? is
gaing to ?avc lives."
Hardin Renominated As
Mayor Of Blowing Rock
Charles Greer
Dies Saturday
Charles A. Greer, of Zionville,
died at Watauga Hospital Satur
day night, April 2, following an ill
ness of three weeks. He was 78
years of age.
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m. Tuesday, April 5, at the Zion
ville Baptist Church, with the Rev.
R. C. Eggers and the Rev. Barney
Oliver in charge of the rites.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Alice Greer; a son, Myron, of
Jefferson, Ohio; three daughters,
Mrs. Perry Farthing of Mehane.
Mrs. Don Ca. -bell of Thomas
ville, and Mrs. Ivan Farthing of
Sugar &ove; two brothers, Mon
roe and Ben Greer of Oregon; two
sisteri, Mrs. Sallie Rolen, Phoenix.
Ariz , and Mrs. Margaret Swift, of
Daylight, Tenn.; eleven grandchil
dren and eight great-grandchildren.
The incumbent mayor and two
members of the present town coun
cil of Blowing Rock have been re
nominated for their posts. The ac
tion came Friday at a nominating
convention to pick candidates for
the May 3 municipal election.
Other candidates may file- with
in one week period from April 1,
it was said.
R. H. Hardin, completing his
first term as Mayor of the resort
town, was renominated without
opposition. W. C. Lentz and C. W.
Bq|jck, members of the town
board, were selected to run for re
election. The third member of the
council, Dr. Charles Davant, was
said to be ineligible for election,
due to his nomination and expect
ed election as member of the Wa
tauga County Board of Education.
Named to run on the ticket with
Lentx and Bollck are D. W. Woot
en, B. H. Moody, J. D. Jones and
R. E. Wilson. Tbree will be elect
ed.
Plans Discussed
For Improvements
At Prison (lamp
Plans were discussed for the
I construction of new guards' quar
; ters at the Watauga County prison
camp near Boone at a conference
held here Monday by John Walker
[ of North Wilkesboro, supervisor
of the Uth highway division, \V.
Ralph Winkler of Boone, slate
I highway commissioner, and C. A.
(Buck) Hay worth of Lenoir and
Boone, division superintendent of
engineers.
i Prospects appear good for secur
ing the necessary appropriations
! to get the work underway by early
summer, Mr. Winkler said.
The conference also included a
| general discussion of the eight
' prison camps in the division.
! Correction
Id V advertisement of Miller
Brothers, page 2, second section,
this issutf, the price of Wear
Test house paint is incorrectly
shown. It should read, "Wear
Test House Paint ? Gallon,
S3.85."
?
Richard J. Daley, Democrat, was
; elected mayor of Chicago Tuesday.
Sunrise Throng To Her aid Easter
Mayor Winkler
Is Improving
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler, who
has been a patient at Watauga
Hospital for more than a week,
due to a spinal fracture, is im
proved.
While he is expected to be bed
fast for a while, it is believed that j
Mayor Winkler will have recover
ed sufficiently to be able to return j
home fcf the end of this week.
Farmers Eligible
For Freeze Funds
Farmers in Watauga county who
are eligible, may receive loans
growing out of their losses in the
late freezes, the Democrat has
been advised by Representative
Hugh Alexander.
Representative Alexander's tele
gram says:
"I am pleased to advise that the
Department of Agriculture has
authorized loans to areas in Wa
tauga county suffering from freeze
damages. The new authority per
mits the same kind of loans as
formerly available in drought and
hurricance disaster areas. Applica
tions may be made through FHA
county offices."
Robert Coleman
! Taken By Death
Robert Lawrence Coleman, 64.
' brother of Lloyd Coleman of
Boone, died in Winding Gulf, W
Va. March 27, after a long illness.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, March 30 at Fairly Hill
Baptist Church by Rev. Mr. Stru
gell and Rev. Mr. Salem conduct
ing the rites. Burial was in Hot
Springs Cemetery, Sophia. W. Va.
1 Mr Coleman, who was a native
of Watauga county, is survived by
the widow, Mrs. Francis Coleman,
and two daughters: Mi's. Mary
Darnell, Mrs. Ruth Pegram, Wind
ing Gulf, W. Va.; One brother,
< Lloyd Coleman. Boone; a sister,
1 Mrs. W. M Rhem. Cleveland, Ohio.
There are four grandchildren.
Fifteen Enlist
In U. S. Navy
Fifteen men from this area
were enlisted in the Navy during
March, it was announced by the j
local Navy recruiter today.
Five of these men came from
Watauga and Ashe counties, and i
I are now taking boot training at
Great Lakes Naval Training Cen
ter, Illinois.
There are still openings, the Ye
cruiter said, for men interested in
a fine career and travel. Those in
terested should see Recruiter
Steelman at the postoffice in
the postoffice in Boone on Wed
nesday or Thursday.
EASTER .. .The season of joy, of hope and of life.
Jurors Drawn F or Spring Court;
150 Criminal Actions Docketed
Farm Progress Topic Of C. of C
A discussion of agricultural pro
gress in Watauga County will be
featured at the April meeting of
the Boone Chamber of Commerce,
to be held at noon Tuesday, April
12, in the banquet room of the
Boone Trail Restaurant.
Talks on various phases of this
work will be heard by the follow
ing county farm leaders: L. E.
Tuckwiller, county agent; W. C,
Richardson, assistant county agent;
Miss Mary Helen Neill, home dem
onstration agent; Howard Williams,
soil conservationist; M. L. Shep
pard, Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASC); and J. B. Rob
inson, Federal Farm and Home
agent.
Dr. O. K. Richardson will have
charge of the program.
INCOME RISE
Approximately 39 out of every
100 families in the nation expect
to be making more money in an
other year, while 6 per cent expect
a drop in income, according to a
report by the Federal Reserve
Board. The survey also showed
that the buying public plans to
spend more for houses, furniture
and appliances in the coming year.
Fewer families plan to buy new
cars, but they expect to pay more
for those they buy.
Rufsrll and Ronald Swift with their 4-H chirks and homemade brooder.
T ?
laying nock ?( While Rocki on Swift farm
Lad Finds Pleasure, Profit In Chickens And Eggs
By JOE MINOR
(Democrat Staff) ,
So you want to retire and raise
chickens? How many times have
you heard someone say he was
going to do this? Even President
Truman threatened to go home and
','raiie yellow-legged chickens" at
the end of his tenure % th? White
House ?
_ Raising chickens and selling eggs
can be an interesting hobby and a j
\ I
profitable occupation, too. as one
Watauga D-H Club lad has proved.
Kuaacll Swift, 14 years old, from
the Beaver "Dam section, has raised
100 chicks for the last two spiyga
and has kept strict records to show
he made money on the project. He
has no idea of retiring, however, as
he just started feeding his third
hundred chickens, for this fall's
eggs, last week.
^ Here's how he works it;
In March of 1933. Russell, a
member of the Bethel #. 4-H,
took at a project, chickens. He
received from the poultry chain of
Watauga County 4-H club* 100 day
old chicka. He cared for these |
birds until they were about six
monthi old, when he had to carry
12 pullets to Boone to be entered
in the annual, poultry show and
aale. The sale of these pullets was
to provide money lor the following
year's poultry chain, which furn
ishes 10 boys or girls 100 chicken*
?piece each year for projects.
Russell's 12 show pullets pleased
him so much he bid on them until
they were "knocked off" on him at
$1 98 each. He carried them back,
home and the first of September
he had 80 pullets to work for him.
A "poultry calendar" is kept by
Russell which shows how many
(Continued on page two.)
Choirs, Band To
Join In Praise At
Annual Service
Holy Week observance! in Boone ?
will be climaxed by the annual
Easter sunrise service to b? held
in the Daniel Boone Theatre Sun
day morning, starting at 6:19.
The Boone Ministerial Associa
tion sponsors the union religious
observance, and Rev. J. K. Parker,
Jr., is general chairman.
Rev. George W. Shuford is to be
the presiding minister.
The High School Band will take
part in the program and Mrs. Vir
ginia Wary Linney will direct ?
community choir, made up from
members of the various churches
of the town.
The Program
Prelude, Appalachian High
School Band.
"Low in the Grave He Lay,"
Choir.
"Christ the Lord is Risen!" Rev.
J. K. Parker, Jr.
Congregation declares, "Christ
the Lord is Risen Indeed!"
"Up From the Grave He Arose",
Choir.
"Christ the Lord it Risen To
day!" Choir and Congregation.
Interlude of Band Music, led by
Director J. Perry Watson.
Scripture Reading, Rev. Rex
West, Rev. L. H. Hollingsworth.
Responsive Reading, led by Rev.
Edwin F. Troutman.
Prayer, led by Rev C. O. Vance.
Easter Meditation, Rev. George
Arthur.
Congregation Joins in Singing,
"All Hail the Power of Jesus'
Name. '
Benediction, Rev. E. H. Lowman.
Union Services
Set For Friday
A Union Good Friday Service
will be held at Grace Lutheran
Church from one to two o'clock,
and will be participated in by all
the local churches.
All business houses are expected
to be closed during the hour and
everyone is requested to take part
in the service.
Jurors who will serve for the
spring term of Watauga Superior
Court, were selected by the Board
of County Commissioners Monday.
Judge J. C. RudisiU of Newton
will preside over the criminal
term which will convene Monday
April 25. While the term is sche
duled for two weeks, the docket
will likely be disposed of within
about four days, Austin E. South,
Clerk, says.
Of the ISO cases docketed, 30
are for speeding, 23 for driving
motor vehicles while intoxicated,
10 for reckless driving, 8 for driv
ing without license. 8 for breaking
and entering and larceny, 7 for
violation of the prohibition laws, 7
non-support. The others are for
miscellaneous misdemeanors.
Following is a list of those who
will do jury service during the
term;
Watauga Township: Henry Tay
lor, O. J. Coffey, David A. McLean.
Mabel: Charlie Wikinson, Mrs.
Lee Wilson.
Boone: J. C. McConnell, J. H.
Thomas, J. Allen Gragg.
Brushy Fork: M. J. Williams,
Don Henson, Dewey Hodges.
Blowing Rock: Charles Icen
hour, Mrs. Fred C. Brown, Cecil
Critcher.
Cove Creek: Charles Clay, Tho
mas Lawrence, Charlie Proffitt.
Elk:>Jud?on Hodges, Chas. Sim
mons.
Shawneehaw: Keith Smith.
Beaver Dam: Dean Wilson, Wil
by Greene, Woodrow Eggers.
North Fork: Sam S. South.
New River: Emory Miller, Clint
Norris, Troy Greene, Walter Wink
ler.
Stony Fork: Elster H. Greene,
Scott Moretz, Fred Norris.
Meat Camp: Worth Winebargcr,
Wm. Winebargcr, Walter H. Davis,
Forest Moreti, Stacy Tester.
Laurel Creek: James W. Shull,
Mrs. Clara Simpson, Ben Farthing.
Blue Ridge: Marion Coffey.
Bald Mountain: Mrs. Russell
Vannoy, Thomas Trivette.
Mrs. Nannie Cook
Funeral Monday
Mrs. Nannie Hayes Cook, 62, of
Boone, Route 1, died Saturday,
April 2, at Watauga Hospital.
Funeral services were held Mon
day, April 4, at the Rutherwood
Baptist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Glenn Huffman and the Rev.
Will Cook. Burial was in the Cook
cemetery.
She is survived by a son, Edsel
Cook, Boone, Route 1; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Mabel Lanning, Mrs.
Beulah Bodenheimer, Mrs. George
Brookshire, and Mrs. Nell Barnes,
all of Boone; eight brothers, Roby
Hayes, Sugar Grove, Iris and Tom
Hayes, both of Vilas, Don Hayes,
Deep Gap, Joe Hayes, Blowing
Rock. Bill Hayes, Boone, Lawrence
Hayes, Todd, and Howell Hayes,
Cleveland, O.; three sisters, Mrs.
Texie Cook and Mrs. Doris Van
Dyke, both of Boone, Mrs. Julia
Hicks. Anderson, S. C ; and seven
grandchildren.
Eleven Ewes
Have 24 Lambs '
Watauga holds the State ban
ner in the matter of sheep pro
duction, and the ewes on the farm
of Robert L. Norris, of Route 1,
intend to keep it that way, it
would appear.
Mr. Norris has 24 lambs from
11 ewes, which ought to be some
thing of i record. Nine ewes had
twins, while two have triplets. All
the lambs lived and are thriving,
Mr. Norria says.
Health Department Planning
Salk Polio Vaccine Clinics
The local Health Department,
with the re?t of the world, is j
anxiously waiting the news on '
April 12th, as to whether or not
the Salk polio vaccine has been
proven effective.
The department is planning
clinics to start April 18th. Sup
plies needed for conducting these
clinics have been obtained for the |
Department with funds raised by
| the Chairman of our local Polio
Foundation Chapter, Mr. R. D.
Hodges, Jr . for this special pur
pose. Various community clubs
participated.
Pamphlets with information con
cerning the development and use
of t|ie vaccine are available at hte
Health Department.