An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight . ? ,? ?. VOLUME LXVHL? NO. 47 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1*6* CLUB OFFICERS . . At the May meeting of the Boone Junior Woman'! Club theie officers were installed: Hrs., Alton Batte, first vice-president; Mrs. N. G. Erneston, recording secretary; Mrs. Howard Williams, immediate past president; Mrs. Gordon Hartiog, Jr., bulletin editor; Mrs. I. W. Carpenter, Jr., president; Mrs. William Spencer, treasurer; Mrs. A. Crew, recording secretary; Mr*. Jack Lawrence, parliamentarian! Mrs. H. K. Herman, sponsor, and Mrs. Greer Hodges, first vice-president. Ramsey Tells Graduates No Substitute For Tutor By EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT Dr. Hideo Ramsey of Asheville, chairman of the North Carolina Board of Higher Education, was commencement speaker at Appala chian State Teachers College Fri day. He told the members of the gra duating classes that those who fol low the teaching profession will never be tormented by the fear that there will be no openings for them. No depression, he said, how ever severe, will bring any unem ployment for 'them. Technology cannot invent any substitute for the teacher. Automation which will abolish so many Jobs has no ter Locust Pin Factory New Industry Here Another new industry it coining to Boone, according to an an nouncement Monday by G. C. Greene, Jr., president of the Cham ber of Commerce. The Blue Ridge Pin Company, of Roanoke, Va? and Bakersville, N. C, which will engage in the manufacture of locust pins for use on telephone and power poles, is scheduled to begin operations this week on the site at Perkinsville formerly occupied by the Jack Ed mis ten planing mill. ' William Hardy, an official of the company, said they need local ly grown locust logs, and are pay ing top market price for logs six to eight feet long and not leu than eight inches in diameter. Mr. Hardy laid' the company can UN 100,000 feet Of logl in the im mediate f utuca awl will pay Hi per thousand for suitable logs. Mr. Gilbert Williams, he said, will be in e!.arge of the sawmill. The operation will include three mills and powibly two lathe*, and will employ about 12 men at the itart, and about 90 when in full production. If enough logs are secured here to justify the move, the company expects to bring its entire opera tion to Boone in the near future, Mr. Greene said. Little Interest Seen In Saturday's Primary. Scant interest has developed in the State Democratic primary -which is to be held Saturday, and in which eighteen candidate* have been filed, and not much is being said about the local Republican primary which occurs at the same time. Most of thoae who hav^ been heard to exprees an opinion have indicated an intention of voting for Governor Hodges, while dif ferent shides of opinion have bee* beard in the other State races. In the county, S. C. Eggers is unopposed for the Republican nom ination for the House of Repre sentatives, while Claude Garland is seeking the nomination for Reg ister of Deeds. t For county commissioners. Re publican voters will cast a ballot for three of the following: A. B. Craig, Ernest M. Glenn, Fred Hat ley, S. Bynum Greene, W. Clint Lewis, Chas. E. TriveU. For Surveyor. Jbe J. Miller is unopposed. Howard Foster filed for the Re publican nomination for Justice of the Peace in Meat Camp township and Lloyd Miller in North Fork. Democrat! do not participate in local primaries, but nominate their candidate* in convention. TV State Ticket Following are the candidates (or Democratic nominations to State (Continued on page seven) Dean Bingham Is Taken By peath Dean Brown Bingham, 80, for mer merchant and cabinet maker of Boone, died in Watauga Hospi tal on Thursday, May 17, following a cerebral hemorrhage suffered two days previously. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday, May If, at the Boone Methodist Church, conduct ed by the pastgr, the Bev. E. H. Lowman, who was assisted by the Rev. E. F. Troutman and the Bev. E. C. Widenhouse. Burial was in Mouatlawn Cemetery. Mr. Bingham, who was a veteran of World War 1, and a Past Master of Masonic Snow Lodge No. 363, ia survived by hi* widow, Mrs. Car* lie Horton Bingham, and a daugh ter, Mary Dean, both of Boone. Joines Child, Struck By Car, Recovering 1. E. Mats, Jr., t yean aM, tu critically Injured at fhrc odock Mwday afteraoon. la ? the iateraecttoa M Leant Street ?ad Blawiaj leek ?ni The driver af the artwuMte. ' Melvia Narria, waa aaahle to ae? the M natil the Mhe had hit the Mt at the car, fee to, akriiatUaaa at the iatowttlaa. The accMaat waa aaavoMaUe* The AIM (offered head ami rttoilwl injuries, with cheat taaaive iitcfaal mi |t i j at Wa* taafj Hoapital due to hanir hage, hefere the laaa ?f htoed could he atoned. Taeaday after mm ImfHil lUachet demib ed the lad's cradltio* ha "ex cedeat," aad harrihg ??expected eveatful rccwvcry. rors for him. There will always be in the predictable future a de mand ? a swelling, even frantic de mand for the training, experience, and exertion* of the teacher. Mr. Ramsey cited the fact that there are approximately 1,230,000 public school teachers in active employ ment in the United Statei, and more than 39,000 in North Caro lina. This army of teachers must increase, he said, at the annual rate of one thousand to accommo date the increased enrollment which is made certain by our high birth rate. This career upon which you are entering, he told the graduates, has its rigorous limitations. Make no mistake of that harsh fact. Of all the professions, only the mini stry has more limitations. You will not live -on a bed of roses in a twentieth century utopia. Your financial remuneration will per haps never be wholly commensur ate with the qualifications exacted from you and the service rendered by you. If you succeed in accumu lating a modest estate for your old age, it will probably be due to your frugality rather than to the dimensions of your earnings . . . Society never reserves its most tangible returns for those who per form intangible services. It has al ways been tljat way. When it comes to rewarding those who serve it most, society is often a thoughtless, even hard taskmaster. He said, further, "if you con tinue in the teaching profession ? and God grant that you will ? you will never have the satisfaction of being your own boss . . . You will have a multitude of bosses ? your principal, your superintendent, the local school committee, the county board of education. Above all, every parents will be your judge and monitor ? and parents are not always /air in their judgments when their children are involved our work will never be corn span of the school day. You will carry it home with you both as a burden and a challenge. Experi ( Continued on page six.) during the relatively brief hian Historical Hears Plans For Horn In w Commissioners To Collect Old Tax Accounts The county commissioners have reviewed the delinquent tax lists of the past ten yeart and have found that these taxes amount to $190,000., The commissioners say they will use all lawful means of collecting these taxes. They feel that those who voluntarily pay their taxes carry the burdens of the operation of the county government, while those not paying receive the same public service. ? Jaycee Leader Welcomes Boone Club, The 109th Jaycee State President Bob Cox, of Cha'pel Hill, recently elected president of the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce, was a guest of the Boone Junior Cham ber of Commerce Friday night at the regular dinner meeting. Mr. Cox welcomed the new club, which is the 109th club in Nortn Carolina and the 13th in the third district, which embraces thirteen counties in Northwestern Caro lina. Boone is the only mountain town In the Northwestern part of the State having a Junior Chamber of Commerce. The charter for the local club from the U. S. and North Caro lina Junior Chambers of Com ( continued on page three) Democrats Slate Party Officials Mr. Grady Moretz of Boone was elected alternate delegate to the Democratic national convention in Chicago in August at the ninth district meeting held in Raleigh Thursday, preceding the State convention. Watauga ns named to State and district committees are: State Executive Committee: Clyde Perry, Sugar Grove; Mrs. R. C. Rivers, Boone. Ninth Congressional District Executive Committee: Gordon Taylor, Grady Moretz* Boone. Judicial Executive Committee: Wade Brown, Boone; Clyde Moretz, Deep Gap. Solicitorial District Committee: Ray Luther, Jack Edmisten, Boone. State Senatorial district execu tive Committee: John Bingham, Boone. Attending the State convention from Watauga were: R. T. Greer, Henry Taylor. Willie Cole. Ray Luther, D. Frank Baird, Clyde Perry. Tweetsie Heads Back To Scenes Of Her Toil ay v. v i ituLLina Tweetsie came home ? or almost home ? last Sunday, and Hickory gave the little mountain train a royal welcome. To orchestral strains of "Senti mental Journey" and "Caaey Jones" the beloved narrow-guage engine and three coaches rolled majestically into the station as cheering thousands lined the track on either side. She didn't come in under hei own steam, because her wheel spread is not wide enough for modern tracks, but she didn't have to, She was ushered in in style on flat cars with the power furn ished by the newest diesel engine of the Southern Railway. But "Tweetsie looked ready, will ing and able to make the tortuous mountain run between Boone and Johnson City as of yore. The lafct leg of Tweetsie's "senti mental journey" will be completed when Grover C. Robbins, Jr., of Blowing Rock, who ransomed her from exile in Virginia, gets her on her own tracks and under steam again for a short excursion run between' Boone and Blowing Rock. He plans also to build a replica of a frontier village at the end of the line and set up one of the coaches as a stationary "Tweetsie Museum." Governor Luther Hodges was there to make a speech. A Life Magazine photographer was there to take pictures. So were tele vision cameras from Charlotte and Winston-Salem. Some of her orig inal crew were there to ride in with her. Gil Stamper of WBTV was there to emcee the whole affair. And a crowd estimated at 3,000 (Continued on page six) CAR INSPECTION DATES ARE GIVEN Out of State cars may be inspect ed at the courthouse in Boone Mondays through Friday from 3:30 to 4 o'clock, says C. W. Mason, of the State Highway Patrol. Mr. Mason points out that this inspection is necessary before cars can be registered in North Caro lina. TROUTMAN TO GET AB DEGREE MONDAY Jerry Troutman, son of the Rev. and Mrs. E. F. Troutman of Boone, will receive an A. B. degree in religious studies at Lenoir Rhyne College May 28. Jerry plans to enter the Luth eran Theological Seminary in Co lumbia, S. C, this fall. AT FAMILY REUNION . . The children of Hiram Greene and Lucy Annie Critcher Greene had a ? 'amity reunion April 22 at Erwin, Tcnn.' The ten iivinf (on* and da ash ten were preient. Front row, left to right, Geneva Goff. Toledo. Ohio; Richard Greene, Defiance, Ohio; Gusaie Hodfet. Bluff City,, Tenn.; Marion Greene, Erwin, .Tenn.; and Etta Greene, Reeae, N. C. Second new: Vera Wataoa, Bluff City. Tenn.; Guilford Greene, De troit. Mich.: Dorothy Broadnix. Toledo, Ohio; Millard Greene, Knozville, Tan., Eunice South, Defiance, Ohio: Ira Greene, who resides at the old homo, Piney Flats. Tenn. Hiram Greene, son of Larfcin Greene and Clnda Trivette Greene. Hved at Stony Fork until he was married to Lucy Anniee Critcher Her father was/ Guilford Cat cher and her mother, Rebecca Critcher. Hiram, after his marriage moved- to Deep Gap, then to Beaver Dam Township, near Bethel <^iurch. la 1908 he moved to Piney Flats, Tenn.. where he remained until death He was said to flare been rae of the best farmers in Sullivan county. AT UNITED FUND MEETING . . Dr. T* H. Owaley of Boone it pictured with Paul Wright, Jr., of Durham at the meeting of the North Carolina Admiaiiona and Budget Committee of Carolina United in High Point. Carolina United Group Discusses State Quota me nunu vaiuima numimuiu and Budget Committee, composed of more than ninety appointed rep resentatives of fifty local United Community Fundi in North Caro lina, met on May 10 and 11 in High Point under the chairmanship of Paul Wright, Jr., of Durham. The purpoae of the Admission* and Budget Committee is to rep resent the joint action of local united community funds in ne gotiations with state and national agencies desiring to participate in united campaigns on a state-wide basis. Representatives of local com munities meeting together decide jointly on the inclusion and the suiw uuugci 01 me agencies in the "state package." The Thursday and Friday ses sions were devoted to eontetences with twelve state trnfr national agencies. The committee mailt de cisions which set a state goal for the "package" for inclusion in local united campaigns to be held this (all. This state quota will be divided according to an intra-atate quota plan with each participating com munity assuming its proportionate fair share. A full report on committee ac tion will be made to local com munities at an early date, Mr. Wright said. Civil Court Term Convenes June 11th me civil term of Watauga Su perior Court will convene Mon day, June 11th, for what la ached uled aa a two weeka aeaaion. Judge Dan K. Moore of Sylva will preaide. ' Following arc the namei of thoae who are being summoned for jury duty: First Week Bald Mountain? Robert Wine barger, Raymond Parker. Beaver Dam ? Vaughn Greene, Jennl/ Love, Fred C. Hagaman. Blowing Rock? W. C. Payne, Roy W. Young, Charlie Icenhour. Blue Ridge ? Will G. Coffey, Winifred Hampton. Boone ? Mra. Jamea C. Greene, R. C. Day, Mri. Elma M. Greer, Kenneth Mattya, Morria W. Barnett Bruahy Fork ? Dough ton L. Greene, Leamon Miller, Lloyd M. Hodgea, Velma C. Brum ley. Cove Creek ? Robert Banner, Grace Bingham, Lloyd laaaca. Oka Henson. Elk ? Albert Greer, Filmore Triplett. Laurel C'reek? Anna Hagaman. H. G. Thomaa, W. R. Dotaon. Meat Camp ? Blanche Foater, Roy W. Jonea. Ne w River? Mack Cowlea. Walt er Edmiaten, Clyde R. Winebarg er. Stony Fork? Grady Triplett, Guy Carlton, Andrew G. Watson. Watauga ? Sue Taylor Murray, E. A. Dillard, Stewart Aldridge Second Week Bald Mountain? Mra. Fred Hit man, Ira Moretz. Beaver, Dam ? Dexter May, Mrs. Dean Reece, Geo. P. Edmiaten. Blowing Rock ? Justin Coffey, Vaughn Hartley, Edd Moody. Blue lUdte Joe R. Hayes, Dane Cook. V Boone ? J. H. Thomaa, Buford Stanley, Frank Steele Jr.. i. B. Robinaon, Mrs. Crayte Teafue. Brushy Fork ? Don A. Rayficld, Ralph Arnett, Floyd Brewer, Ray mond Campbell. Cove Creek ? Olen Brown, Char lie South, Dennii Canter, Mrs. Belle Hollars. Elk? Fred Cox, Claude Wheel er. Laurel Creek? Stacy Moody, Lu ther Harmon, Edwin L. Glenn. Heat Camp? Carter Penley, Geo. S. Norrla. New River? Dallas Cheek, Mrs. Ruby S. Michael. Stony Fork ? Bill Brown, Char lie Smith, Roland Shirley. Wats Ufa ? Randall Shook, Ben Byrd, Howard Townsend. David Rockefeller urges the South to seek outside capital. Cate Points Up Need For Longer Tourist Period th^?re "l? 78 P*0*1? "tended "nu*1 j?*eting ot the South mi ZfT," "'?torical Aaaoci ^"" 7 Dight- ** ?? at "?e Tnfh ? Blowing Rock. Enthusiasm ran high u the the^BM* d^UMed the p,,,u, for WeS!^r A "Cti?n ?f Horn ,n the . ' 'j A' ? Kephart, executive v.c^pre,ldent of the .MocUtion, " toastmaater and got the Program off to a good atart with tome pertinent remarka about plana for the aummer. *r ?ragg, one of our outstanding civic leader,, haa rec ogm?d the importance of Horn in ? Wett to Boone aince it began 1892. He ably stated that the program, purpose and problema of ?he aaaociation ia the responsibly of every individual in Boone and Mr. Gragg went on to aay that we in Boone ihould be friendly to JteltoLr* Vl*M0r*- When the?? visitors leave, make them feel that le,t the "friendliest mm uy *Ver vtalted- Mr Gragg one .h f**? "l,? 1'?' 'he '"dln? miniatera in ,he L" H. Hollinga fli "0,li?*?worth continued the theme Mr. Gragg had initiated. He Pointed out that Horn i? the Weat and Boone have become almost ?ynonomoua. He related a .lory to toe audience about hia recent trip to Europe. While he waa in . Christian Service Club in Italy he m.T h /errked to * he waa from Boone. That a where Horn in the West i? Preaented," waa the reply. The ftory points out how our city haa fx-come nationally known on the merita of Horn in the Wert Mr* Garth Cate were guest