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An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year Eighteen Eighly~Elght : VOLUME LXVUL? NO. BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NOBTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY M, 1956 Big Welcome For Tweetsie By V. G. ROLLINS "Tweetaie" ia coming back home. The narrow-gauge track, engine and cars which constituted the last railroad to come into Boone, has been purchaaed by Grover C Robbina and aaaociatea of Blow- 1 ing Rock, and will be operated aa a touriat attraction near Boone, ' the exact aite to be selected later. The little train ia going to get quite a homecoming celebration. I Governor Luther H. Hodgea will isaue a proclamation on May^ 14 declaring Sunday, May 20, * aa "TweeUie (Choo-Choo) Homecom ing Day," at 'which time the victim of the 1040 flood will be brought into Hickory in atyle on flat can powered by a modern dieael en gine of the Southern Railway. The Southern Appalachian Hia torical Association, in cooperation with the Hickory Chamber of Com merce and the American Railway Aaaociation, ia aponaoring the cele bration to welcome "Tweetaie" back home. Governor Hodgea and mayors of various citiea in the area, as well aa personnel who operated the ob solete train, will be on hand to greet her with appropriate cere monies. Thousand* of people are expect ed to line the streets of Hickory as the National Guard marches to stirrinf music by the high school bands of Boone and Hickory as fitting accompaniment to "Tweet sie's" triumphant homecoming. Clyde McLean, of WBT and WBTV in Charlotte, will act as master of ceremonies. Other enter tainment will be furnished by the "Twilighters", a singing group of young ladles of Charlotte, and na tlonally-known raAio and televi sion Stars. Rumor (but only rum or) has it-that Pat Boone, the rock 'n' roller of the Arthur Godfrey show, will also be on hand. Later when the tracks are laid for "Tweetsie's" excursion run, a replica of a frontier village will be constructed at the end of the line for the edification of tourists, and one of the coaches will be set up as a stationfry museum to house relics of the former little moun tain choo-choo. A1 Boyles, publicity director of Horp in the West, requests that anyone who has any sort of mem ento or historical reminder of 'Tweetsie" please bring it to the Horn ofifce for use in thfe "Tweet sie" museum. National Hospital Week Recalls Local Donations Variety Show Set By Lions Tbc Boone Lions Club and the elementary school will jointly sponsor ? Variety Show Friday night. May 11, in the elementary school auditorium, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Featuring local talent, the show will present such acta as Charles Osborne and his electric organ; Tom Winkler, vocal solo; A1 Boy les, magic, comedy and ventriloqu ism; Grady Lewis and his string music; the Rhythmaires Quartet; as well as singing, dancing, in strumental, comedy, and trampo lene acts by Bobby Brendell, Jack Grace, and other high school and elementary school students. Admission is $1.00 for adults and 90 cents for children, and all proceeds will go to the Lions Club Blind Fund and the Elementary School Cafeteria. Miss Matheson Gets Honor At Music Contest I Hiss Evelyn Mathesof, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner D. Math eson of Vilas, recently participat ed in the North Carolina Music Contest-Festival sponsored by Wo man's College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. She ? eceived an honor rating of super ior plus. Out of the fifty-three district winners competing in the state contest, twenty-six were given rat (continued on page two) v ? Finals Planned At Blowing Rock The graduation exercises of Blowing Rock High School will be held in the high school auditorium at 8 p. m. Hay II Commencement address will be delivered by Dr. Leo K. Pritchett, of Appalachian State Teachers College. The di plomas will be presented by the principal, Hr. James H. Storie, and the benediction by Dr. L. T. New land, pastor of Rumple Hemoria! Presbyterian Church, of Blowing Rock. The mascots for the senior class are Little Miss Jennifer Coffey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Coffey and Master Steve Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Greene. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Dr. G. Carlton Cox. pastor of First Baptist church, in the high school auditorium at 7:30 p. m. May 13.-The marshalls are: Chief, Barbara Triplett, as sisted by Mary Keller. Pat Coffey, Rhett Ashley and R. C Shore. Music directors are John R? loc king and Mr. Fred Poplin. The public to invited to attend. V * ? * -i The board of directors of Wa tauga Hospital and the adminis trator, Mrs. Jack Groce, in calling attention to National Hospital Week, took special notice of the time services and money donated recently in the hospital improve ment program. They gave special attention to th* Horn* Demonstration Club* of Watauga who had adopted bos piial service as their April pro ject Under the guidance of Miss Mary Helen Neil, home demonstra tion agent, these clubs have made numerous pairs of draperies for the private and semi-wivate rooms as well as for the reception room. Materials for the draperies was purchased with money donated by Mr. and Mr*. John Lanning, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Taylor, the Friday Afternoon Club, Frank Church and Belk's Department Store. The club* have done a tremendous amount of mending, have made patient gowns, wash cloth*, towels, waste baskets, pot holders, dish towels and have donated many other Items which were needed. Farmers Hardware Warehouse donated paint for a 'semi-private room. The reception room has been redecorated with material furn ished by the American Legion by Don Hodges. Mr. and Mrs. George Harmon donated two lamps for patient use. The personnel of Watauga Hos pital invite* everyone in the county to visit the hospital. , Proclamation Issued By Maydr Mayor Gordon F. Winkler this week proclaimed May 5-12 as Boon e Hospital Week. Communi ties throughout the United States are joining in the observance of National Hospital Week during this period. In hi* proclamation the Mayor ?aid, "It i* fitting that we take the opportunity presented by this observance to become better ac quainted with our excellent hos pital*. I urge all of you to viait your hospital and see the effici ency and competence which meaoi protection for you and yours in time of need. Rediscover the great community asset which is our hos pital." "Whereas the continued high standard of hospital care is pos sible only through the communi ty's understanding, appreciation, and tupport o t it* hospital. "Now, therefore, I, by virtue of the authority vested in me a* Mayor, ' do hereby proclaim the week of May 0 through May 12, 19M, as Hospital Week, and , "I urge that all citizen* join with me and people throughout the United State* in observing Na tional Hospital Week and show their appreciation to our hospital whose service is so necessary and important to ?U of us." >| 4 ' GIVEN CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION? Principal John H. Howell (left) of the Boone Demon stration School, and Dr. A. B Crew (second from right), principal of Appalachian High School, were pre sented Certificates of Appreciation last Friday in special chapel programs, climaxing a day of Teacher Appreciation celebration. Mayor Gordon H. Winkler presented the awards which were given by the PTA, of which Ralph Tugman (right), is presiden t. ? (Staff photo Joe Minor.) PTA Honors Local Teachers The teachers of Appalachian High School anil Boone Demonstra tion School were honored last Fri day in a day long celebration sponsored by the Boone PTA. Teacher Appreciation Day (eatur ed feting 'the teachers at parties, gifts of flowers and fruits, tele phone calls from patrons and stu dents, climaxed with a special chapel program in each of the schools. ? A Certificate of Appreciation was presented each principal in chapel programs by Mayor Gor don H. Winkler 1n behalf of the PTA, of which Ralph Tugman is president. Inscribed on the cer tificates were the following words: "In acknowledgment of meri torious and unselfish dedication to the guidance and development of young lives, be it hereby known that the parents of Appalachian elementary and high school make this expression of appreciation to all who engage in the noble enter prise of instilling in young minds the highest concepts of truth, of personal integrity, of human dig nity, and the teaching of Arts, Sci ences, and the accepted patterns of culture." Mayor Winkler, in presenting the certificates, said: "We are" proud of the progress our children have made under your teaching and supervision. We are indebted and grateful to each one of you." The principals accepted the ser tificates with pledges of service to the community in years to come. Miss Goodman's fourth grade gave the chapel program at the Demonstration school, which was planned especially fbr the occasion. Agle Names Committees For United Fund; Bylaws OK'd Another forward step in the or ganization of the United Fund in Watauga County was accomplished on Hay 5 with the adoption of the constitution of the new volunteer and non-profit association, and the appointment and approval of standing committees on admissions and budget, fund raising, social planning, speakers' bureau, promo tion and publicity, and nomina tions. The board of directors was call ed to order by the president of the United Fund, R. E. Agle, and the constitution and by-laws were read by Mrs. ' L. IJ Owsley and un animously adopted by the group. Mrs. Owsley was chairman of the committee on the constitution. Dr. J. T. C. Wright and Hugh Haga man serving with her. President Agle announced his committee appointments, which were also approved by the direc tors. They included: Admissibns and Budget: Dr. L. H. Owsley, chairman; Alfred Adams, J. K. Parker, Jr., Cecil Miller, Mrs. Dean Andrews, W. C. Richardson, Bin Farthing, Joe Welborn, Ted Glenn, Frank Trip lett, Mrs. Ralph Tugman. Fund Raising: Hugh Hagaman, chairman; J. T. C. Wright, co-chair-' man; W. C. Richardson, Glenil Andrews, Mrs. John Martin, Mrs. O. K. Richardson, James Marsh, Fred Gragg, Billy Cook, Mrs. Grace Bingham, Artie Moretz, R. D. Hodges, Jr. Social Planning: E. H. Lowman, chairman; John Davis, co-chair man; A. B. Crew, Mrs. R. L. Con gleton, Stanley Harris, Mrs. Lew Hagaman, Hoyt Roberson, Stewart Simmons, Marshall Farthing, Mrs. G. K. Moose, Mrs. Mae Miller, W. | H. Plemmons, George Arthur. Speakers' Bureau: Herbert Wey, chairman; Lee F. Reynolds, John B. Hamilton, J. R. Helton, James E. Stone, Barbara Stephenion, Leo K. Pritchett, Ralph Winkler, W. W. Cheater, Fred Gragg, Leroy Roger*. Promotipn and Publicity: Fran cis Cook, chairman; Mrs. R. C. Rivers, Joe Minor, Ralph Tugman, Mrs. Leo K. Pritchett. Mrs. L. H Owsley, Mrs. Nort Wilson, Milton Moretz, John G. Martin, Richard Morehauser. Nominations: G. C. Greene, Jr., chairman; Howard Mast, Jr., 8. C. Eggers, Sr., Mrs. J. E. Holshouser, Mrs. R. C. Rivers, W. R. Richard son, Mrs. Ron Davis, Sam South, C. H. Mock. President Agle stated that he was pleased that none of the over sixty people asked to serve on com mittees had declined. -This enthu siastic response and co-operation seemed a sure sign of the success of the United Fund, Mr. Agle said. James Marsh was elected trea surer by acclamation after a letter was read from Misa Helen Under down stating that she would be unable to take the office. S. C. Eggers, Jr., legal advisor to the Fund, was inatructed to apply for the necessary papers for the incorporation of' the new organiza tion. Mrs. Hunter Is Golf Champion Mrs. Larry Hunter captured the Woman's City Golf Association tournament championship at El Rio, Tucson, Arizona, winning 9-4 over Mrs. Mike Moakowitz. Mrs. Hunter is the former Misa Grace Mast of Cove Creek town ship. IraS. Ayers New President Of Lions Club Ira S. Ayers, Boone appliance dealer, wai elected president of the Boone Lions Club for the year beginning July 1, at the regular meeting of the club Tuesday night, May 1. Other new officers elected were Dr. J. H. Workman, 1st vice presi dent; A. E. Hamby, Jr., 2nd vice president; Guy Hunt, 3rd vice president; C. A. Price, secretary; J. H. Thomas, treasurer; W. A. Baits, Jr., and John Robinson, tail twisters; and D. O. Ray, lion taip er. Named to the board of directors were C. H. Yates and V. G. Rol lins. The speaker of the evening waa Or. Max Raines, head of Appala chian College personnel depart ment, who spoke on mental health. Citing mental health as the na tion's number one health problem. Dr. Raines said there are more mentally ill persona in the United States than heart, polio, tubercu losis. and cancer patients combin ed. About one in every sixteen per sona suffers from some form of mental illness, he said. There are about 90,000' psychia trists in the country, said Dr. Rain ea, and many more are needed. 382,000 more beds for mental pati ents also are needed. The speaker suggested that a mental clinic be established in Watauga County as an aid to the psychology department of the col lege, and to enable parents to learn more about the emotional status of tlpeir children. Democrats To Gather In County Convention The Democratic organization ' ilate of candidates named the townships committees in nine pre cincts in the; county last Saturday afternoon, while the so-called old organization group tallied victor ies in seven townships. The meetings were well attend ed. Besides naming tb^ committee members, delegates were named to the county convention, which | will ftk hold at the courthouae Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The executive committtee, com posed of the chairmen of the townahip groups, will meet during the courie of the convention and elect the county chairman. Incum bent D. Prank Baird is expected to be retaiined. Othir business will include nam ing of delegates to the State con vention to be held in Raleigh on May 17. Commencement Set At Cove Creek The thirty-eecond commence ment at Cove Creek High School will begin Sunday evening. May 13, at eight o'clock, with Rev. Ed win F Troutman presiding at the baccalaureate service. The theme of the sermon will be "Forward and Upward". Rev. Ne well C. Bush will abo assist with the program. Music will be furnished by the girls' choir under the direction of Miss Cynthia Stiles. The public is invited to all comnttctaial evert*. Gty Officials Lay Plans Before Gvic Meeting By V. G. ROLLINS A special election will be called in the Town of Boone in the near future to vote on a $79,000 bond iaaUe to finance an expaniion of the city'i water aupply ayitem. Mayor Gordon H. Winkler and Water Commiuioner Howard Cot trell laid the plana before the Chamber of Commerce at Its regu lar monthly meeting Tuesday. Mayor Winkler said the town la ready to go ahead, but needs the vote of the people to finance the project. There are a number of factors j which will influence the date oi the election, said City Attorney Wade Brown, one of which is that it cannot be held within thirty dayi of any other election. Commissioner Cottrell said the plana, calling for a new fluorida tion plant, a chlorinating system and settling baain, cleaning out the present reservior which has not been used for several years, and the installation of $4,000 worth of new lines (already installed) would coat about (78,000, and would increase the present water supply three-and-a-half fold. Thia would assure the city of ample water supply for many years to come, he added. Cottrell recalled the severe wat er shortage in Boon e two years ago, and said if It had not been for aid from the college water lines at that time, the altuation would have been far worse. A once-c onsldered filtering plant, Im said, would coat about a half-million dollars, but the pro posed expansion of the present gravity-flow system is more practi cal and will be adequate for the city's needs. Mayor Winkler said town of ficials have been studying the pro blem for some time, and that they recommend the proposed expan sion to the taxpayers as a sorely needed project well worth their whole-hearted support. Also at Tuesday's meeting. Dr. W. H. Plemmons, newly-inaugurat ed president of ASTC, expressed his appreciation on behalf of the college to the Chamber of Com merce and other organizations and townspeople, business people, rad io station WATA, and the Wata uga Democrat, for their copera tion in making the recent in auguration ceremonies a memor able occasion. He added thfct he received many compliments from visiting dignitaries on Boone and Its pepole. Blowing Rock Girl Does Well In Spelling Bee Kathleen Craig of Mrs. R. C. Greene'i seventh grade at Blow ing Rock School proved herielf to be a rnont excellent ipeller la the Journal-Sentinel - WSJS Spelling Be*, which waa held April 2S in Winaton-Salem. Thirty nine unit* were repreaented. Two hundred and seventy-one words were uaed, beginning with the word "buffalo" and ending with "kaleidoscope," the extra word "tintinnabulation" making history in the 1M6 Bee. Miss Craig waa 33rd to leave the floor in the tenth round on the word "lephyr," after a spelling period of two hours and twenty minutes. Roger Lewis, Jr., 12 year old sixth grade student of Greens boro. and hi* five competitors con tinued the spelling bee for a per iod of forty jnore minutes, thirty minutes of this time being a duel contest. Lewis waa declared cham pion and will go to Washington. D. C, to compete In the National Spelling Bee May IT. STUDENTS VISIT BOONE Mr. James Dotaon and his seven th grade claaa from Ball's Creek elementary ochool, Catawba coun ty, spent Wednesday in Boom. They enjoyed a picnic at the Dan iel Boone Theatre, visited the Col lege and other plfces of interwt la U?e community. V ? v ? f . J .J,,' ? / . DR. AND MRS. HAROLD V. GOULD Dr. Harold Gould T o Portray Stuart Role Miss Street New Home Agent Here Mis* Mary Harris, Weitern Dis trict Home Agent of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service and the Watauga County Board of Commissioners announce the appointment of Miss June Street as assistant home demon stration agent for Watauga Coun ty. Miss Street will be filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Mrs. Catherine H. Palmer, ef fective June 15. Mrs. Palmer will continue to reside in Boone on the Blowing Rock Road. Miss Street is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Street of the Bulahdean community it Mitchell County. She is a graduate and hon or student of East Tennessee State College, Johnson City, Tennessee. Miss Street will graduate June 1st and will report for work on June 15. Yoder To Go To Eau Claire, Wis. Dr. Julian C. Yoder, of Appala chian State Teachers College, has, been chosen to represent this com munity in the Institute of Astro nomy to be held from June 18 to July 13 at Wisconsin State Col lege, Eau Claire. O'Connor says paralytic polio is on the way out. Lynchburg, Va. ? Dr. Harold V. Gould, member of the English fac ulty and director of playi p relent ed by the Dramatic Club at Ran dolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, and Mrs. Gould will have parts in tha outdoor drama, Horn in the West at Boone, this ' summer. Dr. Gould will play the part of Geoffrey Stuart, one of the leading roles, and Mrs. Gould will portray Widow Howard. The first showing of this year's production will be at Intermont College, Bristol, Va., June 22 and 23. It will open at the amphithea ter in Boone, June 30, and will be given nightly, except Monday, through Sept. 3. Dr. and Mrs. Gould, the former Miss Lea Shampanier of New York, met at Cornell University where both were doing graduate work in the theater. Mrs. Gould directed and acted in plays while there. After completing his gradu ate work, Dr. Gould was an instruc tor at Cornell. He also has done radio radio work and summer stock in Massachusetts. Three years ago, they came to Lynchburg where Dr. Gould joined the Ran dolph-Macon faculty. Mrs. Gould was with the Briar Patch Theater at Sweet Briar Col leg last year, and Dr. Gould play ed Thomas Jefferson in "The Com mon Glory" at Williamsburg laat summer. In Boone, they will work again with George McCalmon, director of the theater at Cornell, who will direct this year's production of Horn in the West. Travel Editors ' Tour Of Area Set For June Roanoke. V*., May 8? Plana (or a tour (or about 30 travel editor* from nationally known magazines and newspapers were discussed by the Blue Ridge Parkway Assn. at its annual meeting here yesterday. It will start in Aaheville, N. C, June 3 and end In Roanoke June 7. "You cant buy what they'll write about the parkway," said Jack M. GoodykoonU, assistant to the Executive director of the Roan oke Chamber of Commerce, who was elected president of the asso ciation. GoodykoonU. who succeeds Douglas Kouns of Asheville as president, said the tow will result in valuable advertising (or the parkway and should stimulate tour isttravcl. About 20 representatives of chambers of commerce from Front Royal, Va., to GatUnburg, Tenn., attended the association's meetlhg. Charles H. Gulllckson of Gstlin burg was elected viae president; Fiaada L. Loth, Waynesboro, Va., was elected secretary and R. D. Hardin, who is mayor of Blowing Rock, N. C, was elected treasurer. The Chamber of Commerce rep resentatives discussed publicising this year as the 20th anniversary , of the parkway. Parkway natural ist Leslie Armberger said June 30 is the anniversary date. Special lectures will be held that day at key spots along the mountain top V drive. Discussion developed that two more outdoor dramas will be pro duced next year at cities along the parkway by Kermit Hunter. One will be at Sherwood Burial Park at Salem, Va? and the ether at Gatlinburg. Two Hunter produc tions are going on now? "Horn jn the West" at Boone, and "Vnto These Hills" at Cherokee" (N.C.) National Park - The association announced it will distribute 4,000 copies of a book let "Nature Notes," which deals | with flowers, shrub*, trees a animal lift along the parkway. m
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