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SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR ? NO. 48.
An Independent Weekly IS etot paper ? EttablUhed in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight
BOONS, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE Z, 1155.
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? PARKWAY OFFERS EASY DRIVING AND VARIED SCENERY
Not .Too Late To See Blossoms,
Spring, Greenery On Parkway
By DR. WALTER K KEYS
Blowing Rock, N. C. ? It is not
too late to see the best dBplay of
enchanting greenery, and flower
ing beauty in that area stretching
from the Virginia border to the
Asfceville water-shed alonf and
paralleling the Blue Ridge Park
?way. My fifrst thought was to con
fine this report to a more limited
area ? embracing the counties of
Watauga and Avery. Bilt within
the past week duty required one
member of our family to make the
trip to Asheville; and her report of
the beauty all along the way? out
the Yonahlossee Trail, thence by
Norris Elected
Post Commander
American Legion
Troy Norris was elected com
mander of Watauga Post 130,
American Legion, at the meeting
held recently.
Othef officers elected are:
Charles P. Dougherty, vice-com
mander.
Lionel Ward, adjutant and fi
nance officer.
Wilson W. Norris, chaplin.
Will Phillips, sergeant-at-arms.
Julus C. McConnell, historian.
Service officer, Lionel Ward.
Membership chairman, Richard
Kelley.
Rehabilitation, Ralph Greer.
Child welfare, Richard Kelley.
Americanism, George Baker.
? Community service, Will Phil
lips.
Oratorical, J. W. Norris.
Boy State, Fred C. Norris.
Athletic, Jack E. Ward.
Public relation^ Clint Cannon.
Security, Eugene Fox.
Economic, Alvtn Cannon.
Grave registration, Lionel Ward,
Boy Scout, Don Rayfield.
House and entertainment,
Charles P. Dougherty.
the Parkway to the ML Mjtchell
area, then back by way of S. 70
and 221 by Linville FalU, cannot
be ignored. Later in the week,
several of us made the trip to Roa
noke via the Parkway, and unani
mously agreed that we had never
seen such glorious beauty as now
reigns around Doughton Park and
to the endfe this link in the Park
way. We have recently travelled all
the highways leading to this moun
tain-top plateau ? U. S. 221, 321,
421 and others; and we are sure
that ao lover of nature's beauty at
its spring-time bast will be disap
pointed ia a trip to this area at
anytime inclusive of the last week
in lfay and all of June. But many
will nay, spring is now past and
summer is nearing Not up here in
the mountains where the seasons
run about a month later than in
the Piedmont even. Going to the
mountains, like fishing, should be
largely governed by one rule, go
when you can. There are always
thrills awaiting you there.
If your favorite color is green,
as is mine, in all its varied shades,
from palest lettuce-green to dark
est hunter-green, hurry up your
mountain tripOSgery known and
imagined shade of green may now
be seen along all the highways
The hardwoods and softwoods in
bud or almost full leaf show not
green alone but many shades of
amber, brown, gold, and. silver. The
conifers, pine and hemlock and
balsam, are now at their summit of
beauty. The mountain pine, on
slope or in. vale, almost perfectly
spheroid ia shape, is lifting long,
whitish-green fingers to the sky
as if in silent prayer. The hemlock,
most graveful of them all, is fleck
ed with myriad pale green splashes
on every lacy branch. The balsam,
stately and pyramidal, 1a stature,
the acknowledged king of the
mountain frontier, holds thousands
of soft pale-green cushions in its
lardly uplifted hands. The grass
upon the hills, the waving fields
of knee-high grain, rye, barley,
oats, wheat, all magic to thii green
world. The fresh plowed fields,
with their ribbons of green from
the pushing seed below or the new
set plants, remind us of the plant
er's faith in the God of the har
vest Yes, if your favorite color is
green, hie you away to the moun
tains soon.
If your delight is in the flower
ing shrubs and trees you will not
be disappointed now or later.
Along the Parkway we saw breath
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HofcoK STUDENT? Miss Jeanette
Stanbery of Trad*, Tenn., who *n
graduated from Cove Creek High
School with ?? outstanding record.
She liad a perfect attendance rec
ord (or eleven of her twelve ichool
year*, having Biased only three
days in the fourth grade. For
three years she has been an 'all
"A" student She has bene cheer
leader, had worked in the school
store, on the school newspaper, and
was library assistant and class sec
retary for two years. She was a
speaker at graduation exercises.
Jeanette plans to enter college this
fall.
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Avery Co. Bankerf!
Taken By Death;
Rites Thursday
New land ? Edwin Cochran Guy.
70, organiser and president of the
Avery County Bank of Newland,
died in a Charlotte hospital last
Tuesday.
He had been in ill health the
last few yean.
Mr. Guy. a native of Staunton,
Vs., started his career ill banking
99 years ago in Marion.
In 1913, he organised the bank
here. Besides holding the p resi
dency, Mr. Guy also served as
chairman of the boar^ of direc
tors.
Active also in civic and church
work, he served as s member of
the North Carolina National Park,
Parkway and Forests Development
Commission, served for a long time
as a Newland alderman, was chair
man of the Garrett Memorial Hos
pital and a trustee of Crossnore,
Inc., snd wss a member of the
Roan Mountain Advisory Board.
He served a number of years as
a deacon of the Newland Presby
terian Church.
Funeral services were held at
the Newland Presbyterian Church
at 2 p. m. Thursday. The Rev.
Leo Hall and the Rev. J. A. Sand
ers officiated.
Graveside rites were held in Oak
Grove Cemetery at Marion.
Mr. Guy was s son of the late
James Emmett snd Martha Wright
Guy.
His wife, who preceded him in
death, was the former Miss Mary
Bruce Landis of Marion.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. J. E. Penland and the Miaaes
Martha and Jeanette C. Guy of
Newland, Mrs. Edward B. McKen
zie of St Louis, Mo., and Mrs.
Norman D. Potter of Lake Charles.
La.; two sons, Edwin C. Jr., of
Rockingham, snd Robert B. of
ft ew land; two sisters, Mrs. Edward
Look of Greenville, S. C., and Mrs.
S. P. Dsniels of Drskes Branch,
Vs.; ajp#,'stx grandchildren.
Arthur Smith To
Have Talent Hunt
Here On June 11
Nationally-known television (tars
Arthur Smith and his Cracker
jacks will seek local talent to share
in valuable prizes and television
opportunity at a big variety show
and TV talent hunt here Satur
day, June 11, at 8 p. m., at the
Daniel Boone Theatre.
The Boone Rotary Club is spon
soring the event, and Hugh tyg
aman, program chairman for the
group, said that Nicholas Erneston
has entry blanks (or prospective
contestants, both amateur and pro
fessional.
An audition will be held Wednes
day at 7 o'clock at the Appalachian
High School Auditorium. Ten cho
sen from this group will compete
in the June 11 show.
Two winners may be chosen at
the talent hunt, a popularity win
ner and a grand prize winner. The
grand-prize winner will be invited
to appear on one of the Cracker
jack programs over WBTV the
week after the contest, and will
compete in the quarter-finals in
Charlotte or Vicinity for first prize
of $900 cash. Pour quarter-finals
winners will be named this year,
with each to receive 1900 in cash.
The popularity winner here will
receive a valuable gift from ? lo
cal merchant.
The popularity winner will be
chosen by means of an electric ap
plause meter on the stage, with
the grand prize winner being se
lected by a television talent scout
for the Crackerjacks.
Anyone in this area is eligible to
compete (of a place on the talent
hunt program, and talented indi
viduals or groups are urged to ob
tain entry blanks and return them
completed to any member of the
sponsoring club as soon as pos
sible. There will be 10 acts oa
the show.
Half the mammoth two-hour pro
gram will consist ef the Arthur
Smith and his Crackerjecks in a
festive variety show, consisting of
the same stars seen on' WBTV and
heard over WBT on the Arthur
Smith program. In addition to
Arthur himself, baritone Tommy
Paile, guitarist Sonny Smith, the
sccordianist Ralph Smitii will be
on hand for the evening.
The second half of the show will
be Arthur Smith's Original Tele
vision talent hunt, with local tal
ent competing for ? place to the
Safety Record
Is Being Set
On Boone Streets
The town of Boone ii on its way
to ? traffic safety record, and may
have established one already, says
Stanley A Harris, president of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Harris has searched the re
cords and found that Boone, whose
last estimated population is 3,300
persons, has (one 3,333 days with
out a fatal traffic accident (a fig
ure, incidentally, which also cor
responds with its elevation of
3,333 feet), he pointed out.
The last auto death within the
city limits was on April 8, IMS,
Mr. Harris said.
Motorists are to be congratulat
ed for this outstanding record, he
aaid, and urged to continue to
drive safely and make it 333,333
days and more. Town officials al
so ahould be commended for their
constant diligence in promoting
traffic safety, said Mr. Harris.
Board To Act On
College Vacancy
At June 14 Meet
The board of trustees of Appala
chian State Teachers College, at
their meeting here June 14, is ex
pected to accept the resignation
of President B. B. Dougherty, and
consider the election of his succes
sor. However, it is not expected
the board will be ready to an
nounce its decisiop at that meeting.
Or. J. D. Rankin, dean ot the
college is expected to be named
acting president until about the
first of September.
Among those who have reported
ly been recommended for the post
are:
Dr. Ralph Brimley, superintend
ent of Forsyth Schools.
Mr. Hough, superintendent of
Leaksville City Schools.
Dr. I. G. Greer of Chapel Hill,
executive vice-president of the N.
C. Business Foundation.
J. E. Miller of Raleigh, assistant
State superintendent of public in
struction.
Stacy Weaver, superintendent of
Durham city schools.
Dr. William Plemmons of the
University of North Carolina fac
ulty. -
Dr: W. Amos Abrams, editor of
the North Carolina Education As
sociation's magazine.
Claude Gaddy, Raleigh, former
school superintendent.
It has also been reported that
Dr. Charles F. Carroll, State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction,
has been mentioned for the post.
Mrs. Andrews 1
Funeral Is Held
Mri. Manarky Victoria Andrews,
of Banner Elk, Route 1, died Hay
28 at Watauga Hospital. .
Funeral service* were held at 3
p. m. Sunday, May 29, at the Wa
tauga Baptist Church, conducted
by the Rev. Calvin Helton and the
Rev. S. E. Gragg. Burial was In the
Shook cemetery.
< She is survived by her husband,
W. It. Andrews; five sons, Otha,
Banner Elk, Russell, Johnson City,
Tenn., Hardy of Hudson, Lonnle,
Bluefield, W. Vs., and Max. of
Henderson; four daughters. Miss
Maybelle Andrews, Banner Elk,
Mrs. Troy Townsend, Hudson, Mrs.
Harley Coffey, Granite Falls, and
Mrs. Eugene Berry, Lenoir; two
brothers, Gutney, Brenton, W. Vs.,
and Luther, Morginton; two sis
ters, Mrs. Harrison Calloway, New
land, and Mrs. Roby McLean, Ban
ner Elk. 3
Bids Received
On Paving 421
Hie State Highway Commission
received a low bid of *54.457.30
for the resurfacing of highway
421 from Boone to Sugar Grove, a
distance of 8.56 miles.
Mldstete Contractors. Hickory,
were the tow bidders
The commission will review the
bids at a meeting In Raleigh today.
CANDIDATES? Mayor Gordon H. Winkler, Aldermen 8. G. Human,
and B. J. Cottrcll and Wayne Richardson, who were nominated by the
Democrats In city convention Saturday night.
County Tax Rate Left
At 90 Cents Fot 1956
Caldwell Speaks
At Grange Meet
HAKKY B CALDWELB
Harry B. Caldwell, master of
North Carolina State Grange, will
be the speaker at a special meeting
of the Deep Gap Grange at the
Parkway School Tuesday, June 14,
at S o'clock p. m., it was announc
ed by W. C. Greene.
All Grange members of the
county are urged to attend.
College Prexy
To Have Home
Raleigh, May 24 ? The house
passed into law today a bill auth
orizing an appropriation of up to
$40,000 to build a residence for
the president of Appalachian State
Teachers College.
House Appropriations Commit
tee Chairman J. K. Doughton told
the House the money alredy is
available and the president of Ap
palachian is the only president of
a state school without a residence.
Says Many Have
No Auto Cards
Capt. Lewis, of the State High
way Patitol, has been in town con
ferring with city and county offi
ctn, jj
The patrol official tells local
officers that thouaantls of automo
Mlists in the 8tate have failed to
get the required driver's licenses,
and asks that they Join him in a
license-cheeking program, to the
end that the provisions of the law
may be fully compiled with.
The county Ux rite will stand at
90 cent* per one hundred dollars
valuation (or the new fiscal year,
accoadinf to the budget estimate
made by the Board of Commis
?iuuci a.
The new levy is designed to
raise approximately $183,387.90,
and will be supplemented by what
ever of the delinquent taxes the
board is able to collect during the
year.
Five cents more has been added
to the school fund (or an increase
of about *10,000.
County Accountant Edgar Brown
says that ?he levy is made on a
valuation of about one-half million
less than last year, which he at
tributes largely to the lower list
value of the beef cattle herds of
the county. Tax releases made, for
various causes are of course more
than offset by new taxes, Mr.
Brown says.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Mary Dula 1
Mrs. Mary Jane Dula, 78, of
Blowing Rock, Route 1, died Thurs
day, May 28, at the Blowing Rock
Hospital.
Funeral services were held tt
2 p. m. Friday, May 27, at the Blue
Ridge Christian Advent Church,
conducted by the Rev. S. E. Gragg
and the Rev. J. F. Whitman. Burial
was In the Boone Fork cemetery.
She is survived by two sons,
Clyde, of Blowing Rock, and E. D.
Dula, of Winaton-Salem; seven
daughters, Mrs. W. B. Estes, Blow
ing Rock, Mrs. May Coffey, Blow
ing Rock, Mrs. J. Allen Gragg,
Boone, Mrs. K. W. Lentx, Winston
Salem, Mrs. R. C. Self, Winaton
Salem, Mr*. Virginia Koontz, Win
ston-Salem, and Mrs. J. T. Nichol
son, Los Angeles, Calif.; ? brother,
John W. Coffey, Linville; two sis
ters, Mrs W. W. Collins, and Mrs.
Viola Young, both of Blowing
Rock; 18 grandchildren, and 22
great-grandchildren.
Lumberman -Dies
In Fla. Hospital
Word has buen received here
that Mr. Carl Harmon, 72-year-old
retired lumberman of Crystal
River, Fla., who has spent the fcast
atveral summers la Boone, died
Thursday. May 28, in Hernando
County Hoapltai at Brookaville,
Fla. '
He to survived by his widow, two
Tugman, Cottrell,
Richardson Run
For City Council
Mayer Gordon H. Winkler ?u
renominated by the Democrat* of
the city u a candidate for Mayor,
at the Democratic convention held
at the courthouse Saturday even
ing.
Mayor Winkler who has served
for ten year*, was placed in nomi
nation by Dr. D. J. Whitener. On
motion of Homer Brown, nomina
tions were cloeed, and the Mayor
received nomination by acclama
tion.
Howard Cottrell, Grady Tugman,
incumbents, and Wayne Richard
son, were nominated for members
of the board of aldermen. They
were placed in nomination by
Custer Wallace.
Tugman received 120 votes, Cot
trell 118, and Richardaon 128.
Grady Moretx, the other incumb
ent, had withdrawn.
Homer Brown, chairman of the
city Democratic committee, open
ed the convention, and designated
Wade E. Brown as permanent
chairman of the meetihg.
Other business consisted of the
election of a new committee com
posed of Homer Brown, E. F. King,
Mrs. Rob Riyrs, Mrs. Ruth Mc
Connell and U. M. Edmlaten.
FCX Holds Open
House Event Here
The Watauga FCX Service beta
open house lait Thursday, May 28,
to formally celebrate moving into
their new building on South Water
Street About 800 town and county
people attended the affair, aaid
Galea W. Scroggs, manager of the
local co-op.
Drawing* were held for prize*
and the following winners have
been announced by Ur. Scrogga:
Grand Prize, a steam iron, won
by Talmadge Greer, of Deep Gap.
2nd prize, 800 pounds of fertili
zer, Zaida Trivette, Blowing Rock.
3rd prize, 300 pounds of fertili
zer, Paul E. Hayes, Vllis.
4th prize, 200 pounds of fertili
zer, A. C. Moretz, Deep Gap.
9th prize, 100 pounds oT feed,
Mrs. Ira Harmon, Sugar Grove.
6th prize, 100 pounds of feed,
Mrs. Bill Wellborn, Deep Cap.
7th prize, 1 gallon of paint, Mc
Coy Miller, Boone, Route 2.
Refreshments of ice cream,
cokes, and chocolate milk were
served throughout the day, and
the affair was attended by several
FCX department heads from Ra
leigh, said Mr. Scroggs.
Play Program
Gets Underway;
Gabriel Leader
The Boone recreation program,
le^by Shirley Gabriel, got under
way today.
Mr. Gabriel states that equip
ment will be available for the fol
lowing games: crouquet, horse
shoes, tennis, badminton, and soc
cer. The baseball for m^dgeta, soft
' ball for girls, and men's softball
| will begin later in the month.
The children's story hour will
begin at three each day. Parents
are asked to encourage their chil
dren to attend.
An arts and crafts program will
be introduced later in the month.
Mr. Gabriel asks the coopera
tion of. the people of the commun
ity In making the recreation pro
gram successful.
Rites Held For
James H. Brown
Funeral services for James Hor
ton Brown, 87, who died suddenly '
at his home in the Adams com
munity Tuesday, May 24, were
held at 2 p. m. Thiirsdiy, May 26,
at the Oak Grove Baptist Church.
The Rev. Ed Hodge, the Rev. C. O.
Vance, and the Rev. baa Graham
officiated at the rites, and burial
was in the Oak Grove cemetery..
He Is survived by his widow,
Mrs. May L. Brown; a son. Jack;
and a daughter. Jane, both of the
home; three brothers, Steve and
Robr J. Brown, both of Boone, and
Ed Brown of ZionvUle; and three
?dBMi?
rxora miner, ?nu wi. rvui
?an. all of Boone.
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