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Folks You Know Jean Riven' woman'* page review* the social scene Besides personal mention, weddings, parties, club meetings arc re ported on page five. - -? ' ' V* -V' An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROl^NA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, IKS THE TRUSTEES ?( Appalachian State Teachers College, whose Job It la to choose the successor to founder-president Dr. B. B. Doogherty and Interlr. president 1. D. Rankin. Left to right, B. C. Brock, W. W. Mast, Mrs. Barry Caldwell, 8. P. Jones, Wil liam J. Conrad, Fred N. Colvard, Mrs. Eunice Moose, L. A. Dysart, and J. K. Uix. Appalachian Trustees Poiider Election President] Dr. Campbell To Preach Here Dr. Carlyle Campbell, president of Meredith College, and noted Baptist minister, will occupy the pulpit at the Boone Baptist Church at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. July 3 and 10. He will also appear at the mid week prayer service Wednesday evening. Dr. Cambell is a son of Dr. Carlyle Campbell, president of Buie's Creek Academy, now Camp bell College. He was educated at Wake Forest College and Columbia University, and has an LLD degree from South Carolina University. P. M. Winkler Succumbs Monday Pinkney Monroe Winkler, 78, resident of Boone Route 3, died Monday at the home, following a long illness. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Pop lar Grove Baptist Church by Rev. Maurice Cooper and Rev. R. C. Eggers. Burial was in the Winkler cemetary near Boone. Surviving are the widow, three sons and three daughters: Milton Winkler, Willoughby, Ohio; Grant Winkler, North Wilkesboro; Glenn Winkler, Boone; Mrs. Thos. Hollo way, Boone; Mrs. Henry Rogers, |Boone; Mrs. George Triplett, Blow ing Rock Mr. Winkler was born and rear ed in the Winkler's Creek section. He was a farmer by ocupation. Corn Belt studies show that bet ter and cheaper roughage product ion is possible on many farms. By EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT When the trustees of Appalach ian State Teachers College meet again in July, the nutter of great est importance to them will be the dicussion of the selection of the institution's new president. Since the founding of the college in 1809 by B. B. Dougherty and his brot her, the late D. O. Dougherty, Appalachian has been headed by B. B. Dougherty. This year, upon his own request, Dr. Dougherty is retiring. The board of trustees has elected Dr. J. D. Rankin, who has served under Dr. Dougherty as the college's dean for 32 years, as the interim president. The board of trustees are well qualified for this important job of seeking their college's head. B. C. Brock of Mocksville, the vice chairman of the board, is a lawyer, a farmer, and has served ten terms, or twenty years, in the North Carolina legislature as sen ator. He is high in local circles of the Republican Party in North Carolina. He has always been an active lay worker in the Methodist Church, and has indentified him self with all public and civic af fairs in his home town and home state. William J. Conrad of Winston / i Bids Received On County Farm Bids totalling $26,115 were re ceived for the old county home property at a public auction held Tuesday morning, said County Tax Supervisor J. E. Brown. The bids had not been confirmed at noon Tuesday. A three-acre tract of land on the property was reserved for pos sible future county use, said Mr. Brown. Commissioners) To Gather Tuesday The board of county commis sioners, which usually meets the first Monday of each month, will hold its July meeting at the court house on Tuesday, July 5, due to the fact that Monday, July 4th, is a holiday All county offices will be closed Monday, it has been announced. ! NATO A meeting of the North Atlantic Council, in advance of the schedul ed Big Four meeting,, has been proposed in order to permit the United States, Britain and France to take counsel with their allies. Salem, chairman of the board, i* secretary of the R. J. Reynolds Company. He is past chairman of the board of trustees of Wake wide church, civic, and , educa Forest College, is active in state tional affairs, and has been inter ested for a long time in the activi ties of the Baptist orphanage and hospital. Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell of Greensboro is director of public relations for the North Carolina Grange. She is one of the state's most widely known women, and has held offices in many state and national groups of civic import ance. Urs. Eunice Moose o i Taylors vile is secretary to the county superintendent of schools in Alex ander county. She is fully conver sant with public school problems on local and state levels, and with public school viewpoints ond pro cedures. J. R. Hix of North Wilkesboro is President of the Bank of North Wilkesboro. He is secretary- treas urer of the American Furniture Company, the Grier Mills Com pany, and the Gordon Spinning Company, and is treasurer of the North Wilkesboro Hotel Company. He is chairman of the board of trustees of Wilkes General Hospit al, member and trustee of the First Methodist Church of North Wilkesboro, director of the Wilkes Young Men's Christian Associa tion, and an active Kiwanian. He is a member of Appalacian's Ex ecutive committee of the board of trustees. W. W. Mast of Valle Crucis is chairman of the executive com mittee of the board of trustee*. He has been a member of the board of directori of the Northwestern Bank since its organization, and on the board of managers of the Boone branch of the bank. He is a well-known merchant and farm er. S. P. Jones of Statesvitte is sales manager of the western district of the Farmers Cooperative Ex change. He has been active in the FCX on a state-wide basis over a period of years. He- has extremely wide acquaintance among the ' farmers and rural people of North Carolina. Fred N. Colvard of Jefferson is one of western North Carolina's biggest farmers, and is owner of a farm machinery business. He has been instrumental in helping to develop several new varieties of vegetables, cooperating with the I North Carolina department of ag riculture and the extension divis- I ion. He is a member of the col lege's executive committee. L. A. Dysart of Lenior is presi dent of the Union National Bank of Lenoir, and one of that city's prominent citizens. He is affiliated with a large number of worth while church and civic groups. Inasmuch as their first-hand knowledge and experience encom passes the fields of education, leg- ; islative and financial affairs, in- , timate acquaintance with rural ( and urban viewpoints, it would , appear tltat the affairs of Appa lachian State Teachers College ] are In most capable hands under | the present Board of Trustees. , Says Postal Service I Costs Much Less Now A national postal official told delegates to the North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers Association Monday that the Post Office De partment deficit has ben reduced about 42 per cent in the past two years. The speaker was A. J. Dumas, assistant to the director of the Employment and Placement Divy sion of the Post Office Department. Mr. Dumas was speaker at the morning session. Ninth District Rep. Hugh Alexander of Concord was speaker at Monday night's ban quet session. The three-day convention closed Tuesday. Approximately 300 per sons had registered. Mr. Dumas discussed lite Post Blowing Rock Amusement Park Perched On Rim Of River Gorge i The Skyland i Amusement Park, a development of the Robbina Lumber Company, is now open at Blowing Rock, according to an an nouncement by Graver C. Bobbins, Jr. The park is located on a ten acre tract of land overlooking the Johns River Gorge at the intersec 4 ion 01 highways 321 and 321-A on the Lenoir road. The park features a giant ferria wheel on the edge of the gorge, which is one of the larpvt made, and ii the only one 10 situated in the entire country, said Mr. Rob bins. There is also a roller coaster extending over the gorge, rocket rides (or the smaller children, and a refreshment stand. Future plans for the park, which is in the initial stages of its devel opment. call for the installation of a full-sized roller coaster which will be the largest between here and Washington, D. C. and wilt dip down into the gorge for a con I oiderablt distance, the owner said V J Other atractions expected to be completed within the next three years are an ice skating rink and> a swimming pool. "We're just getting sarted," said Mr. Robbins, "and there's no tell ing how much we will have out here before we are through." A Democrat reporter was among those who took the first rid* on the f err is wheel. "It's really up there,* he reported. , Office Department program. He 1 also discussed the salary program, the efforts to improve transporta- ' tion service, efforts to provide ade- 1 quate and proper headquarters, and 1 such benefits for active and re- ' tired employes as life insurance and group unemployment compen- \ sation. I Monday afternoon speakers were . Mrs. John E. Grace, vice-president of the Ladies' Auxiliary, and Ray Lick, vice-president of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association. Delegates attended a perform ance of "Morn in the West" on Sunday night and held a memorial service in the Boone Baptist Church Monday afternoon. Leander Norris Dies In Arkansas Leander Norria, 96 yean old, a native of Watauga county, died in a Bentonvitle, Ark., hoapital June Mr Norria was married to Min Maggie Floyd of Boone in 1S81 and they moved to Arkanaaa abort* ly thereafter where he engaged in fanning. He aerved one term aa county judge. Surviving are two brother*: M. H. .Norria, Route 2, Boone, and E. C. Norria, Route 1, Blowing Rock. Hia wife died tome yean U 8. forces in FormoM rcviae command aet-up. Rain-Soaked Audience Greets F irst Showing Horn In The West . r _ 1 ? . ? ? 'i ' 1 A _ 1 -W* Directors Of ? Development Group To Meet Directors of the Northwest North Carolina Development As sociation will meet at the Gateway Cafe in Boone July 8, at 4 o'clock, it has been announced by H. W. Wilcox, executive member of the board for Watauga County. The three directors for Watauga county are Glenn Andrews, Alfred Adams and Herman Wilcox, Knox Johnstone, president, of Mocks ville; Fred Linton, Secretary, Win ston-Salem, Archie Davis, board chairman, and Chester Davis of Winston-Salem will be on the pro gram. The directors will attend Horn in the West. Committee members planning to attend should notify Fred Linton or Herman Wilcox, so that dinner may be reserved. , Business Places Close On Fourth A majority of the business places in Boone will be closed Monday, July 4' in observance of Independence Day, in accordance with a recommendation by the Merchants Association, said Stan ley A. Harris, the association's manager. All county offices, city hall, and the Northwestern Bank, will also be clMed Monday, and the post office will observe its usual holi day schedule. Health Clinics Immunize Many At the Monday Diagnostic Clinic, forty-nine foodhandlers were seen and S3 infants and children were given immunizations.' In addition to these, 186 individuals were given immunization for typhoid. DR. KANKIN Interim President DR. WHITENER New Dean Whitener New Dean Appalachian College By EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT , Dr. J. D. Rankin, president-elect of Appalachian State Teacheri Col lege. announced here thii week that Dr. D. J. Whitener, head of the college's social studies depart ment, has been chosen to serve with him as dean of the college. Dr. Whitener's training and ex perience fit him well for the por tion of dean. He holds the A. B. M. A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina. He has served a* principal of high schools in his native Catawba county, was a teaching Fellow at the University of North Carolina, served as acting head of the de partment of history at Lenoir Rhyne college for one year, and has been head of Appalachian's so cial studies department since 1932. During the 23 years that he has been at Appalachian, t)r. White ner has served closely with Dr. Fourth Celebration Set At Blowing Rock BLOWING ROCK, June 27? Plans have been formulated for a liversified Fourth of July week ;nd program at Blowing Rock. The iquare dance will lead the way on July 1. On July 2 the final* in the tennis, horse-shoe and shuffleboard tournaments will be played. On Saturday evening the movies and luction galleries will offer enter tainment for everybody. On July 3, in the morning the public is invited to attend church lervices. A baseball game will be played on the high school grounds in the ifternoon. Community Singing The evening will be devoted to :ommunity singing, both religious ind patriotic, under the direction >t Dr. H. E. Spence, pastor of the Blowing Rock Methodist Church. All the churches and their pas tors are being invited to partic ipate in this program, which will >e given in the pavilion and tennis court area of Playground Park. On the morning of July 4, the Blowing Rock Rockets will play another baseball game. In the aft ernoon, the annual field day will be held at the Horse Show Grounds under the direction of Lloyd Tate, Blowing Rock's nationally known horseman and showman.. Four rid ing events will be held along with the popular pet show. The holiday entertainment will end with tM free-for-all Square Dance in the evening. Prises To Be Given 'Prizes will be given for the best individual dancers, couples, and man-and-wife events. All of the events of July 2-4, ex cept the picture shows, will be presented without charge. The Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, Fire men's Association, Horse Show As sociation, Community Club, all churches and other organizations of Blowing Rock will jointly spon sor these activities. Rankin in the position of assistant dean. He hai likewise been asso ciated with him for the past twen ty years as a member of the col lege's faculty executive committee, is a member of the Graduate Coun cil, and is faculty sponsor of the student handbook, The Appalach ian (newspaper), the Student Coun cil, and Pi Kappa Delta. Along professional lines. Dr. Whitener is one of the founders of the Western North Carolina Historical Association, and has served as its president. Last year he was vice-president of the State Literary and Historical Associa tion, and also vice-president of the Historical Society of North Caro line. He is one of the founders (continued on page two) Many Watangans On Honor Roll The lilt of those students from Watauga County who made the honor roll at Appalachian State Teachers College during the spring quarter has just been released by the Registrar's office at the col lege. Included in this honor list are the following: Joanne Aldridge, Boone; Ted Barnette, Boone; Rebecca Callo way, Boone; George C. Carter, Boone; Georgia Cheek, Deep Gap; Sarah Collins, Boone; Martha Col vard, ? Boone; Jane Corey, Boone; Glenn E. Davis, Boone; Elizabeth B.Eggers, Boone; Betty Lou Finch, Boone; Roy .E. Furr, Deep Gap; David Thomas Greer, Boont; Ray mond C. Hayes, Boone; Bessie W. Hollingsworth, Boone; Frieda Ho over, Boone; Charles Larry Ker ley, Blowing Rock; Dick Lavender, Boone; Mary Audrey Lentz, Blow ing Rock; Benjamin Vardry Mast, Sugar Grove; Ruby Mast, Romin ger; Bobby McConnell, Boone; Fred C. Miller, Boone; Mildred Jackson Miller, Boone; Louise Mitchell, Zionville; James W. Moon, Boone; Mary Stout Sinnamon, Boone; Jean Templeton, Boone; Doris Vance, Boone; Mary Sue Walsh, Sher wood; Jimmie West, Boone; Etta Maude Wilson, Reese; Sue Vance Wilson, Boone; Anna Boyce Wink ler, Boone. TRAFFIC CONGESTION NEAR COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING DURING FIRST TERM. * uutaoor lirama Is More Pleasing To Theatre-Goers By VIRGIL G. ROLLINS Democrat Staff Writer / The IMS version of Kermit Hunter'* outdoor drama, Horn in the Weit, was unveiled Saturday night at the Daniel Boone Theatre before a rain-soaked audience of some 700. The rains came shortly before the half-time intermission, sending playgoers scurrying back to the shelters. The play was resumed, however, and the firr*. half was completed. An attempt was made to open the second half, but a fresh downpour forced Director Kal Jur gensen to call it off for the night. The weather waa clear and cool for Sunday night's performance, as a crowd of 900 saw the entire presentation. SPECIAL SHOWING JULY ?th Horn la the Wnt, which ordi narily it net staged on Monday* through the summer season, will be pretested Monday night, July 4th, to accommodate the holiday crowds. , The only other Monday per formance this season will be September 5 (Labor Day), the aeason's final showing. As for the play itself, Author Hunter has proved once more that he is a firm believer in hia own oft repeated words that "plays are not written ? they are rewritten." Alhough it may seem repetitious to report that the drama, now in ita fourth season, has been revised into a faster moving, tighter, hard er hitting story of our forefathers' rebellion against the tyranny of the British Crown, that is Just what has happened, and to an even greater extent than ever before. Bowing to public reaction against the relatively minor role hitherto played by Daniel Boone in the play, the author has made Boone the central figure in this year's presentation. To accomplish this, huge Charles Elledge, who had gained fame in outdoor drama circles aa Amos Howard, leader of the mountain villagers, was given the Boone role, the character Howard was elimi nated, and Boone's role altered to absorb the warmth and native hu mor of Howard. In fact, the great er portion of Howard's lines have been retained, now spoken by El lMge as Daniel Boone. The result will please the majority of play goes, it is believed. The underlying theme of the drama, however ? the thread of continuity that makes "Horn" a plsy instead of a pageant ? is the same. It is the struggle of Dr. Goeffrey Stuart, forcefully played by Retort Thomas, with his cons cience. He is pulled on the' one hand by his allegiance to the Crown, then, as now, a dominant factor in the life of the true Britisher, and on the other by the freedom-loVing "Regulators" who have befriended him and his family, and who are in open rebellion against constituted authority, seeking to throw off, by force, if necessary, the yoke of tyranny. His son, Jack, again played by Carl Clarke, who has wholeheart edly embraced the cause of free dom, finally wins him over, and they fight side by side. Other outstanding performances are again turned in by Nancy Greene (who portrayed Jessie How ard last year) as Daniel Boone's wife, Rebecca; Martha Hardy aa Martha Stuart, the doctor's wife; Ruth Arrington as the half-Eng lish, half-Indian heroine, Nancy Ward; Rogers (Spud) Whitener as the blacksmith, Toby Miller; William Ross as the malicioua Col onel MacKeniie; Irvine Smith aa John Sevier; and Patricia Gibson as the Quaker lass, Mary. As alwaya, there are redskins and fighting enough to satisfy the most bloodthirsty, and plenty of romance, too. History lives again as Horn in the West unfolds the drama of the birth-throes of a new world? the one we live in today.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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