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For 67 Years The Democrat has served Bo* tauga County. With its intense the local showing area, it's the tisteg medium available. An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Euablithed in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight ' * 1 ? ?' i t. ^ ' "* >> ' ? , ' ? " 111 | 1 ? * ' ' i i m ??<? ' I1 1 1 i in ? i i i .1. * BOONK. WATAUGA COUNTY. NOKTH CABOlllNA. THURSDAY, AUGUST H, I?58 VOLUME LXVIIl? NO. ?. Municipal Tax Rate (Boosted f - IS 'v* -ffi . By 10 Cents To Balance Budget Boone* tax rate (or the 1955-96 fiscal year lu? been set at (100, according to Mayor Gordon H. Winkler. This represents an increase of 10 cents per hundred, dollars valua tion over the 80 cent rate which has been in force. The increase is due to a number of items which were not included in the budget, and which have bqrn done by the city. < The street from the High School to King Street at the old Smithey place has been widened to elimi nate the traffic hazard aqd the danger to school children. A road machine was purchased to reduce the expense of hand labor on- the streets. Base stone for the streets has been stockpiled to take advantage of a favorable price situation. Thert has been a loas in pro perty valuations of $115,000 during the paat year due tp tax adjust ments growing out of the 1000 county revaluation. The town is required to accept county property valuation figures. The increased cost of labor and materials in connection with all functions of the pity government is also cited by the Mayor. The increase in tax rates is necessary to maintain necessary public servMfts and to keep the budget in balance, Mayor Winkler sa^s. Rev. Thos. Seitz Accepts Call To West Virginia At his Sunday service, July 31, the Rev. Thomas C. Seitz announc ed that he had accepted a call to St. Peter's, Huntington, W. Va. Mr. Seitz will end his (our year pastorate here September 1, and will assume his duties a* rector of the parish in Huntington Oc tober 1. He and his family will be vacationing with their families in Ohio during the month of Sep tember. Mr. Seitz came to Boone four years ago last June. He was or dained to the deaconate on the 27th of that month and began his duties here in July. In addition to St. Luke's, Boone, he was as signed to the missions of St. Mary's Beaver Creek, and St. Mary's' of the Hills, Blowing Rock, by .the Rt. Rev. M. George Henry, Bishop of Western North Carolina. During his pastorate here, Mr. Seitz and his family have lived in the church rectory at Blowing Rock. In addition to his church work, Mr. Seitz has been active in Scout ing in this county, having organiz ed a troop at Blowing Rock, a Cub Pack and Explorer unit. He has also been an active member of Rotary, International. GETS DAMAGES OP Seattle, Wash. ? A Federal Court jury recently awarded George G. Moore, a formef service station operator, $240,000 in damages against seven of the nation's larg est oil companies. Moore, in his suit, charged the companies ruined his business in 19B2 by agreeing to refuse to sell him gasoline be cause he cut his prices. The jury found Moore had suffered actual damages of 980,000 and gave him three timet that amount. ? ? ? y -!Hwr!sE:' '?"* 1 ' ''*'?' ? Sister Of Mrs. Brown Dies In Plane Crash lbs. Myrtle Glover, lister of Kn Ml K. Brows of Boone, WW among the thirty who perish ed when sn American- Airlines plane crashed and burned at Fart Leonard Wood. Mo. last Thursday. The plane, one wing sheared away hy a (ire was being brought in (or an emergency landing, bnt plummeted in flames a haU mile short of the military field. Identification of Mrs. Glover was aceempliehed Saturday by > means of rli|i and dental work. She >u en mlt to her home la Bristol, Trnn. from Spring field. Ma., wnere she had heen visiting > daughter, Mrs. Harold Ervin, who had been UL Mrs. Brown will attend the funeral services which are being held la Bristal tigs (Wednesday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. 8arvlvlag are two sans, Her bert Glover, Fresno, Calif., Ka bert ' Glover, Bristal, and Mrs. Harold Ervin, Sprhgfleld, Mo. Annual Flower Show To Start Thursday TED HAHNETT \ *?-.? <%*?>* ? "S . TedBarnettTo Appear Sunday In Vocal Recital A recital affording much public interact will be given on Sunday afternoon, Auguat 14, at 3 o'clock in the auditorium of the Fine Arts Building when Ted Barnett, tenor, of Boone tvill present his senior voice recital. Ted it the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Barnett, and is a senior with a major in music at Appalachian State Teachers College. He if a vojce student of Mrs. Virginia Wary Linney, head of the voice depart ment of A.S.T.C. He har done selo work in the various churches of Boone, has ap peared as tenor soloist in local per formances of Handel's Messiah and also on the Mutual network In two presentations of the Messiah given by the AS.T.C. choir. He was one of the guest, soloists during the Christmas season in the Christmaa Cantata given in Cherryville under the direction of Mr. Frances Grabeal. Ted has been a member of the college choir and the band during hit four yean at A.S.T.C. He has been a member of the Baptist Church choir, and a member of (Continued on page two) By MARGARET AGLE High on the list of summer events in Western North Carolina is Boone's annual Flower Show which opens tomorrow (Thursday) at 3 p. m> till 0 p. m. at the Boone Baptist Church, and continues Fri day from 10 a. m. until 7 p. m. This event has attracted hundreds of visitors annually, last year hav ing been viewed by some 1,400 pa trons representing better thaa half of the forty-eight states. The tra dition of fine floral showmanship followed by the four sponsoring clubs of Boone was paced by the 1992 show which woa the purple ribbon, the award made by the National Council of State Garden Club* for the best staged smaller flower show in the state. Mrs. Ed Hall, a National Coun cil accredited amateur flower show judge, is general chairman of the 1099 -Flower. Show. Mrs. Hall is a summer resident of Boone, a mem ber of the Worthwhile Woman's Club, the Blue Ridge Garden Club, and the Magnolia Circle of the Jacksonville, Florida, Garden Club. Flowers are her hobby, and ahe is especially interested In ca melias, azalias, and dried material; she is a tri-color winner in the Jacksonville Camelia Show. Mrs. R. W. Watkins is co-chair man of the show, while Mrs. James B. Winkler is in charge of staging the event. Mrs. Lee Reynolds is chairmaa of properties. Sharing the spotlight with the flowers on display will be the music of a "Summer Symphony" about which (he show has been planned. This motif will first be seen at the entrance where a bar type mobile made of music signs and instrument! will be suspended. This mobile and a sheet-music door decoration were designed and made by Mrs. Ralph - Buchanon; the idea was taken from the cover design of the official programs which were edited and compiled by Mrs. Woodrow Richardson and Mrs. James Storie. A music room complete with pi ano will be set up on the center front stage; here a number of mu sicians will perform during the show, furnishing a continuous pro gram of music. Mrs. Paul Coffey, stage chairman, list* the following musicians to appear; Dr. Jones, flutist; Nicholas Eraeston, violin (Contlnued on pace two.) Watauga County Delegation Leaves For 4-H Leadership Conferences Watauga County'! delegation to the tint Weitern District 4-H Leadership Conference left for Swannaqoa 4-H Camp, Monday. August 8. ' The 4-H members attending in clude: Elizabeth Ann Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Campbell of Valle Cruris; Anne Farthing, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Farthing of Sugar Grove; Doss Keller, son of Mr.' and Mrs. Does Keller of Blowing Rock; Johnny Vines, son ot Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Vines of Sugar Grove. Vance Vines, 4-H ?dult volunteer leader of Sugar Grove will accompany the group as well as L. E. TuckwfUer, County Ageat. The entire delegation for the week's program wilt include 2 4-H boys, 2 4-H girls and one volunteer 4-H leader from each of the fifteen PUCqp In ? group of County 'Extension Agents and North Carolina State College personnel will attend. Objective* of the eonference are: 1. To assist 4-H Club members, leader*, and agents in gaining a broader understanding and viaion of the opportunities in 4-H. 2. To provide opportunities for club members, leaders, and agents to gaho skills and techniques that will enable them to work more ef fectively with others. 3. To inspire outstanding 4-H Club members and leaders to share generously with others their know ledge, skills, abilities, and enthu siasm. 4. To provide for personal deve lopment 9. To provide local communities sn? counties an opportunity to par ticipate In the 4-H leadership train ing program. ? . *" I Delegates will participate in mat ters of junior leadership, record keeping, grooming, personal deve lopment, human values, careers, recreation and other opportunities in 4-H. Special attractions in the pro gram will include discussions led by Mr. R. W. Shoffner, Assistant Director, North Carolina Agricul tural Extension Service; Mis* Ruth Current, State Home Demons tra; tio? Agent; and Mr. L. R. Harrill. State 4-H Club Leader. Mr. T?ck willer Extension Agent from this county, will assist in the program by serving as a group counselor. Watauga County's delegation is sponsored by Northwestern Bank, Watauga Co. Farm Bureau, Lamb Pool. The delegation is expected to share what they gain at the Wata uga County conferoace with fellow 4-H'ers and leaders. S. F. Horton Is j Disfrict Supt In South Carolina S. F. HORTON S. F. Horton, principal of the Cove Creek High School for 30 yean, perhaps a state record for length of service in one school, has applied for retirement from the North Carolina School system and has accepted the position as Super intendent of the Jefferson District Schools in Jefferson, South Caro lina. Mr. Horton's duties will begin in Jefferson August IS. During Mr. Horton's principal ship Cove Creek has grown from a school of 11 tecahers in 1923 to that of 28 teachers with depart ments in home economics, agricul ture, industrial arts, commerce and an academic rating high!'' iegard ed by colleges yvhere Cove Cr^ek graduates have enrolled. Besides serving Is principal Mr. Horton served for three years as superin tendent of the Watauga county schools and for 18 years worked during the summer months as school bus route supervisor for the State Board of Education. He is a graduate of Wake Forest College where he also studied law and is a > licensed attorney-atlaw. Mr. Hor ton is married to Mist Pearle Ful ler of Wake Forest and they have two sons and one daughter. Mr. Horton has served as Presi dent of the Watauga County Unit of the North Carolina Education Association and as State President of the District Principals Associa tion. He was also vice-president of the Northwestern District of the State Education Association. Fire Department Sponsors Sale Of Extinguishers Members of the Boone Fire De partment, anxious to prevent as well ai put out fire*, has recom mended that every household, barn, vehicle and farm building be protected by fire extinguishers, and orders will be taken starting Thursday for a modern fire ex tinguisher by any fireman or at either of the following places where displays are being set up: Farmers Hardware Co., Sanitary Barber Shop, Watauga Feed and Milling Co. In connection with th? sale of extinguishers, Howard Cottrell, fire chief, makes this statement: "We feel that one of the most efficient agents for extinguishing fires of all kinds, including gaso line and oil fires which are spread by water, is carbon dioxide. These C02 extinguishers are very simple to operate and are not bulky or hard to carry. They will not dam age clothes or furniture and will not leave .a mess to clean up; will not damage food or freeze up. "With prevention uppermost in our minds, within'* few days a fireman from this Department will call on you. His aim will be to sell you protection. Remember, the firemen who stands ready twenty four hours a day to protect your life and property are not soliciting any donation. They know the hot> ror of fire and the destruction it leaves in its wake of life and pro perty. His interest is a community interest, your community, to make K a safer place ia which to live. MWe trust you will receive him and let him explain this inexpen sive investment which means safe ty. His interest in you/ life and property to lessen the danger of fire to your home makes his Job a safer mi. "Let's all c operate with your Fire Department to nuke eur com munity the safest in the United States." Japanese export* are up 23.2 per cent to a past-war peak. i -/ <? Principals, Teachers Chose HBrtaUfia j School SSvster Camp Director ? / Is Speaker At Chamber Meet Mr. George M. McCord, director of Camp Yonahlossee, showed alides and made a brief talk on the activities of the girls' summer camp, as the feature of the August meeting of the Boone fhamber of Commerce, held St noon Tuesday, with President Stanley Harris pre siding. The camp comprises 139 acres, said Mr. McCord, with 3d buildings, a swimming pool, two tennis courts, 29 riding horses. There are 90 em ployees, including 39 counselbrs. There has been a total of 274 girls at the camp this summer, he said, covering two separate per iods, with eleven states represent ed. Fifty-four of this pumber are from North Carolina, and four from Boone. ' The keynote of the camp is edu cation through recreation and de velopment of hobbies and skills, said Mr. McCord. Many activities are engaged in by the girls, under competent direction, including rid ing, hiking, archery, rifle marks manship, tennis, basketball, volley ball, ballet dancing, yocal and in strumental music, dramatics, swim ming, canoeing, outdoor pioneer ing, camping, weaving, nature study, and handcrafts. The camp closes for the season Auidst 24, he (aid. Other special guests at the meet ing were Byroij Nelson, vice-presi dent of the Firft National Bank of Cofal Gabies, Fl*? Walter John son, North Catolin^ Savings Bood Director, Mr. Gudger, of .Weaver ville, guest of John B. Robinson, manager of Crest Stores, and Jam es Farthing, cashier of the North western Bank at Taylorsville, and former assistant cashier of the Boone branch. , Tommy Owsley To Go To Canada Tommy Owsley, senior patrol leader in Boy Scout Troop 109, Boone Methodiat Church, willleave by bus Sunday to go to Raleigh for a three-day training period, prior to attending the Interna tional Scout' Jamboree in Canada. Tommy, son of Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Owsley, is an Eagle Scout and during the past camping period at Baven Knob Scout Reservation near Mt. Airy, itas on the camping staff as a junior councilor. He is scheduled to arrive in Canada on August 20, and spend ten days there. Only five boys from the Old Hickbry Council, of which the Watauga District is a part, will attend the encampipent which is located at Niagara-on-th'e-Lake. Mrs. Sallie Swaim Dies Suddenly Mrs. Sallie Redmond Swaim, 37, former resident of Boone, died suddenly Tuesday evening of last week, in Winston-Salem, from what was believed to have been a heart attack. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 2 o'clock at Vogler's Chapel. Rev. W. M. Brookshire and Rev. L. J. Matthews officiated and burial was in New Friendship Baptist Church cemetery. Mrs. Swaim who was educated at Appalachian State Teachers Col lege, also attended Draughon's Business College in Winston-Salem, she had been employed at tha Ro bert E. Lee Hotel (or 14 years. Her husband, Carmon Swaim, a machinist with Piedmont Publish ing Co., died four years ago. Survivors include four, sisters, Mrs. China lavender and Mrs. Stewart Winkler of Boone T Mrs. C. G. Morefield of Elizabeth ton. Tenn , and Mrt. Jim Lamb, Lew Angeles. Calif.; three brothers. D. C. and Tom B. Redmond of Boone anC Hifht Redmond of Morgan ton. Admiral Carney, the Chief of Naval Operations, has declared Soviet naval advances had made Allies control of the seas "less , than absolute." CHARLES ELLElkjE Mountain- Manner Is Natural To Elledge By BOB ISBELL Charles Elledge, the make be lieve Daniel Boone of Horn in the Weit, did net cultivate hi* frontier personality. It came with him. Charlie was born and reared within light of the place Dan'l lived in the 1760's ? on the banks of the Yadkin River at Holman'a Ford. As a boy he romped the fields of his father's Wilkes Coun ty farm ? on the same ground Daal trod when he carved his way through the pathless wilderness in- , to Kentucky. Charles learned the many Boone legends from people not too far removed from Booiie's day? Dan'l kinfolks or defend ants of the frontiersman's fnends. Elledge learned to rhuut his father's musfcet, a re'.ie of the frontier days, and today in Horn in the West performance* he car ries the same rifle. Proving that the weapon is not just a stage prop Elledge can "bust a squirrel's head at a hundred yards." He is perhaps larger than the real Dan'l, but audiences of Horn in the West seem to accept, even to prefer the big man for the rolf. "He's a natural-bom Boone," hia "director, Kai Jurgenqen, declares. '.[Maybe he's a bigger fellow than Boone, but I'll bet he'talka More like Dan'l than Dan'l himself." Peopu of this mountain town who bacK'Uw show agree that El ledge ia the proper one to carry oh the Borne legend in thia big out door d/a ma. They, are proud of hia big, tooming voice which aounda, even when muted, like the low rumole of winda through the moun tain forests. On atage, Eiledge present a rare combination. Not only ia he a "natural" for hia role, but hia yeara of dramatic training make him a polished actor. Hia aenae of tim ing ia responaible for the ipontane oua laughter he draws in linea like, "Becky, grab that water bucket and let 'a all drink a toast!" or "Methodist? Wqman, that ain't much better'n bein' a Baptist!" Eiledge, who spends his wintera as principal of Marion High School, U a graduate of the University of North Carolina and a former mem ber of the Carolina Playmakera. He holds a maater's degree from Appalachian State Teachers Col lege. Horn in the Weat playi nightly except Mondays through Septem ber S at the Daniel Boone Theatre here. Over Five Thousand Attend Horse Show Blowing Rock. ? Miles Wright re tired the Oscar F. Smith Memorial trophy in the feature attraction of the 32nd Blowing Rock Horie Show'i final ahowing here Sun day afternoon. Wright won the trophy present ed to the winner of the five-gait ed championship (takes for the third straight year. Your Beau, owned and ridden by H. M. Smith, won the hunter championship and Rubber Ball, won the open jumper champion ship. i More than 2,000 spectators at tended Sunday's, show, bringing the t?UI for (tie three-day event to more than 9,000. Fancy Costume Driving Ponies ? 1, Blt-O-Honey, David Wood and Sandra Goedell, C. L. Wood. Championship Equitation ? (Hunter Seat)? 1, Your Beau, H. M. Smith; 2. Sheffield. Beck? Harper;, 8, Sum Umber, Carol Ca they. Championship E q u i t a t i o * ? (Saddle Seat)? 1, Carolina Rebel, , Nancy Philbrick; 2, Pistol Pete. Debbie Parrott; 3, Dixie Genius. Frsnklyn Noll. Five-Gaited Ponegr Championship Stakes ? 1, Midnight Boogie. BUbe Becker, Frftnk Radcliffe; 2, Pop pin-Up, David Becker, Burt New tame. Championship Roadster Stake* ? 1, Senator Trogan, Rex Watta, Dr. Olin Stiff; 2, Carolina SUk, Willie Ward, Becker'* Stable*. Three ? Galted Championship Stake* ? 1, Jackie Boyd, Jack Boyd, C. Y. Thomaaon Co.; 2, Grassland's Colonel, Virginia Griffin; 3, Par rot Fancy Free, Ro?* McConnell, Rainbow Farm*. Jumper Stakev-1,' Rubber Ball, Spunky Fisher, Meadowbrook Sta ble*; 2, Windy, Mary Lib Fisher, Kathcrine Atkins; 3. Expediter, Spunky Fisher, Don Loving. Walking Horse Championship Stakes ? 1, Master Wilson'* Golden Sun, Wade Stepp, Stepp Walking Horse Stables; 2, Rhoda's Fashion Lady, Rex Watts, L. A. Love; 3, Sun's Grey Eagle, Phin Horton, Jr. Three-Gaited Pony Champion ship Stake* ? 1, America'* Pride, Nancy PhUbrick, C. G. Wilkin*; 2. Imagine Me. Bill Thomaion. C. Y. Thomaaon Co.?3, Sasay Lady,' Ron nie Butler. Hunter Stakes? 1, Your Beau, H. M. Smith; 2, Maxwell, Richard Hull; >. Bon Star, Rick Coker. (Continued an page ?*? ) 1 M Officials Make Ready For Start Schools Aug. 29 Practically all principal! and teachers have been approved by the Watauga County Board of Ed ucation for the 196M6 school year, and the schools of the coun ty will open on the 29th. Following is a list of the prin cipals and teachers employed: District 1? Appalachian High Dr. A. B. Crew, principal; Mar garet Gragg, R. L. Tait, Louis Le Roy Rogers, Verlin Coffey, Mary Lillian Schnell, William Roes, Lu cille Naah, Kent Robinson, Peter W. Everett, Ruby Akers. Three contracts have been mail ed out to the teachers for signature _ and were not available for ap proval by the board. Three va cancies. Three teachers on college payroll. t District 1? Appalachian Elementary John T. Howell, principal; Grady Lane, Mrs. A. E. Hamby, Earl L. Petrey, Robert Cart Day. Seth Wil son Scott, Hazel Perritt, Grace Buckland, Annie G. Eastridge, Bessie Crawford, Leafybelle Broome, Rilla Ann Bates, Ennia Roland Davia, Ella A. Beshears, Velma Cottrell, Charles Putnam, Clyde Goodman, Richard Hargrove. Janitor: J. D. Greene, Avery Jack son. Three vacancies. District Z? Green Valley John Marsh, principal; Florence Greene, Everette Fox, Mrs. Jamel Wright, Daisy A. Adams, Margaret W. GUY AN&ELL Superintendent of Schools Hagaman, Susie Buchanan, Ru(h L. Winkler, China Lavender. Jan itor, Alex South: District 4? Slewing Reck James M. Storie, principal; Wil liam S. Greene, Helen Yoder, Homer Lentz, Irene Davis, Grace Beach, Clara S. Brown, Belle Green, Mable Hollar, Annie L. Whitener, Beatrice Winkler, Irene Winkler. Two vacancies. District I ? Cove Creek High John H. Bingham, principal; El mer Bates, Josephine Bingham, Marie Hodges, Jennie Love, Grace Mast, Virginia Strother, Mattie L. Wilson, Robert Shipley, Joyce Da vis, Pearl Horton. Two vacancies. District ? ? Cove Creek Elementary Carl Fidler, principal; Earl P. Thomas, Helen Ophelia Bingham, Omega Swift, Jr., Pearl P. Dowling, Susie B. Henson, Dora S. Mast, Gladys M. Bingham, Annie Mae Sherwood, Jimmie F Mast, Janie H. Henson, Henry Hagaman, Mat tie S. Walsh, Maiy E. Henson. District 7? Bethel Clyde S. Greene, principal; Al len E. Heaton, William Murray, George Harmon; Mkry Ruth Ayers, Dorothy Greene, AUie R. Perry, Ona Farthing, Stella Sherrill, Alice B. Farthing, Gwyn Ramsey, Eliza S. Norris, Robert M. Hamilton. Janitor, Phil Farthing. District ?? Mabel Russell Henson, principal; Walt er L. South, Mary L- B. Glenn, Ruth D. RoUnd, Kate Hazel F. Mast, Madge Reeee, lias E. Swift, Maude Wilson. Urn itor, Charlie Perry. Vail* Crack James A. G? I jura Church,
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