Il^ataiiga Boys Place
In Livestock Judging I*
J. B. MoreU,' John Ray Hodges,
and Bailey Miller, all member* of
the livestock judging team of Ap
palachian High School, won a
place la the State Judging Contest
last yreek at Aiheville. These boys
competed with 18 other schools in
District V and' won second place.
This is the third consecutive year
a team fro%the Appalachian High
School has won a place in t?e
State contest.
Each boy reported a nice trip
to Ashevilie where they attend
ed the Distirct Five F. F. A. rally.
Headquarters fqr the rally was in
the George Vaaderbilt Hotel where
the boys spent Friday night and
I.W I '
most of Saturday. A luncheon was
served to nearly 300 FFA boys and
guests at lt:M p. m. Saturday.
Winners la the many conteati were
announced during the luncheon
hour. The team got a check for
117,80 and were on their way home
?M S p. m. ft
This team of boys is planning to
go to Raleigh to the State FFA
convention June M, where they
will enter the State Livestock
Judging contest Each boy and
the teacher of the team that wins
in Raleigh will receive 'a cadi
award of >100 each to pay expen
ses to Kanaas City to judge in
the National contest
. County Represented
At Mental Meetings
(Health Dept. Bulletin)
This county had representation
in Asheville at a meeting on May
12, to consider the role at "re
source persons'.' la local communi
ties who will make available facts
on mental health to their commu
nities. .
Sponsored by the program com
mittee of this North Carolina Men
tal Health Association, this meeting
and other similar ones being held
throughout the State are a means
by which the association is present
ing the facts about various re
sources and mental health needs
and considering ways of dealing
with these needs. Serving as liai
son person between local and
State levels, helping in planning
local urograms and as 4 referral
source for speakers at the local
level, are among the functions of
these "resource persons."
An effort is being made on the
part of the State association to hava
a person from each of the one
hundred counties to serve in this
TWO SHOWS EACH NIGHT
Note with Wide Screen
and CinemaScope
SUNDAY? MAY 27
GOLDEN
MISSTRESS
John Agar
Rosmarie Bowe
MONDAY and TUESDAY
May 28 and 2*
Underwater
Jane Russell
Richard E!gan
WEDNESDAY apd THUBS.
May 23 and 24
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nUMQinMAScoPE
mi i unum m
MARILYN River of
MONROE No Return
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
May 25and2<
M
a.
capacity.
The program of the day's meet
ing was moderated by Or. John
Fowler, Chairman of the program
committee and director of the
Child Guidance Clinic in Durham.
It included a presentation by Ethel
Speas, executive secretary of the
North Carolina Mental Health As
sociation. She states that a mental
health association was organized
in the State as early as 1013. The
present association having func
tioned since 1B36 is a voluntary
individual membership organiza
tion.
Among the purposes of the as
sociation are the promdtion and
the conservation of mental health
through State and local groups.
Representing groups in this
county which are interested* in
mental health was Dr. Hary Mi
chal, district health officer of
Boone.
BUILDING-MAILER DEAD
Hay den, Utah. ? Wililam Horace
Coltharp, 72, ? the man who mail
ed a bank building, brick by brick,
from Salt Lake City to Vernal,
Utah, ITS miles away, died recent
ly. Back in 1419, Coltharp decided
to mail the bricks from his two
story bank via parcel post when
he found; he could save *1.43 a
hundred pounds over rail-freight
rates that way. He did it then, but
regulations were later changed by
the Post Office to prevent similar
nuUingt
I r* r? ? - -
Mountain FlowerShow
By MIRIAM RABB
Stat* News Bursau >,
Purple rhododendron, mountain
laurel and flane axalea are bring
ing Eastern America's highest-al
titude wildflower show to the peak
of its beauty in the Great Smoky
and Bloe Ridge Mountains of North
Carolina.
These flowers? "big throe" of
blossom time in the Southern Ap
palachians?can be seen along fine
highways throughout North Caro
lina's mountain vacationlands. Be
cause they grow en the floors of
mountain valleys and gorges as
well as on. the slopes and crests of
mile-high mountains, their bloom
ing seasons vary sharply accord
ing to altitude and continue from
the latter part of May until late
June. It is not unusual to see all
three in the same locality, but
some sections have become famous
because of the predominance of
one species.
Two of the largest natural gar
dens of purple (Catawba) rhodo
dendron in the world are in North
Carolina. One is at Craggy Gar
dens, directly on the Blue Ridge
Parkway near Ash?ville, and the
other is on 6,286-foot Roan Moun
tain in Pisgah National Forest.
Peak bloom at Craggy and the
Roan occurs shortly after mid
June.
The summit of Roan Mountain,
newly accessible by paved highway
and U. S. Forest Service Road, is
the setting for the annual Roan
Mountain Rhododendron Festival
to be held June 23-24 this year. A
highlight of the Festival is the
crowning of rhododendron queens
from North Carolina and Tennes
see, with both states participating
In the Festival program held on the
state line. Highways 26 and 261
connect Roan Mountain to the Blue
Ridge Parkway.
I
Mountain laurel and flam* azalea
arc now Mooming throughout
Western North Carolina at alert
ttonf of around 3,000 foot, ind irt
spreading to hitter slope*. Fav
orite routes for viewing these
flowers as well aa rhododendron
are the Blue Ridge Parkway, U. S.
441. through the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, and U.
S. 64 through the Waterfall Coun
try and Nantahala National For
est. One of the larger concentra
tions of laurel Is in the Pink Beds
Recreational Area in Pisgah Na
tional Fereat near Brevard, where
the blooming season occurs during
the first two weeks of June.
A new vantage point for viewing
the mountain flower parade this
year is a recently completed spur
of the Blue Ridge Parkwsy from
Wagon Road Gap.on U. S. 276 to
Beech Gap in the remote Devil's
Courthouse Country. Flame azalea
is abundant on this route, and at
Mile-High Overlook, where anoth
er spur of the Parkway meets the
Great Smokies west of Asheville.
Wayah Bald. In Nantahala Forest
near Franklin, is also noted for
flame azalea.
Flame azalea, laurel and rhodo
dendron border the Blue Ridge
Parkway between the Virginia
line and Asheville, particularly
in the vicinity of Ooughton Park,
Linville, Blowing Rock, Grandfa
ther Mountain and Mount Mitchell.
Purple rhododendron grows pro
fusely on Mount Mitchell, highest
(fa k in Eastern America, and tow
ering Grandfather Mountain, In
the Blue Ridge. Both mountains
are accessible from the Parkway
by automobile,
American hospitals are turning
abroad in the seaaeh of compe
tent you^g physicians to serve as
internes.
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 2. See WAR ARROW, starring Maureen O'
Hara and Jeff Chandler, plus (2) Cartoons, comedy and serial. Just sign below
and present at the door. Saturday shows at 1 and 3 o'clock, and bring the entire
family.
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THHR20EZL,
born In the fury of
frontier war! A
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...as wild and
L reckless as the
Wist itself!
MAUREEN OHARA
JEFF CHANDLER
Soth Is Winner
Pulitzer Prize ||
La urea Kcphart Soth editor of
the Dm Moines Register and Tri
bune, and ? nephew of Dr. A. P.
Kephart of Blowing Rock, has boon
awarded a Pulitzer prfre.
The award-winning editorial m
one inviting Russian farmer* to
this country and advocating a re
turn viait by farmer* and Hwr
papermen from thia country to
Ruiaia.
i Mr. Soth is known bete, where
he recently spoke to a meeting of
the Southern Appalachian Histori
cal Association
Jaycees
Continued from page one
merce, was presented to Dr. Gene
Beeee, president of the Boone
organization, by Henry Bernhardt
of Salisbury, first rice-president of
the third North Carolina district.
Other guests were Jack Sharpe,
Jr., Kannapolis; "Sandy" McClam
roch, Chapel Hill, and Guy Carlan
of Spencer.
In addition to Roger Wilson, Joe
Hartley and Ted Hagaman, the
election of Jimmy Winkler, Paul
Younce and John Couneill com
pleted the board of directors.
President Reese announced the
selection of Jimmy Winkler as
chairman of all committees.
Dairy cows with continuous wat
er supply will produce 4 per cent
more milk and 10 per cent more
butterfat than cows watered twice
a day.
Washington Hobs
FEDERAL PAYROLL
The Federal civilian payroll te
creaaed by 1,270 person la Much,
a* compared with February, ao
cordlac to Senator H. F. Byrd,
chairman of the Senate-Home Com
mittee on Reduction of Non-eeaent
ial Federal Expenditure*. This was
the third straight month there had
been a alight increase. The total
was 2,352, 647 in March, as against
2,301,371 In February.
DOCTORS' BONUS
A bill to increase the bonuses
for physicians and dentists who
stay in military service has been
approved by Congress and sent to
the White House. Doctors and den
tists now get $100-a-montb bonus
in addition to their regular mili
tary pay. Under the new legisla
tion) their bonus would be $180 a
month after two years, |300 a
month after six years and IS80 a
month after ten years. .
SPACE-SAVING
The Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration is expected to save
Shoe track ? Bock Wool
? Wire ? Metal Roofing
and
HARDWARE
Groceries and Feed
VILAS SERVICE
STATION
AND BUILDERS SUPPLY
VILAS, N. C.
thouaaadh of dollar* a year" fey
"looktaf ? Uttl* harder" for un
uaod Government warehouae apace,
according to Senator Ja ckaon (P..
Waah.), who aaid the now approach
already had brought about a $100,
000 laving. Thla remitted, ha laid,
when the agency dropped plana to
rent 200,000 aquare feci of eon
merclal warehouse la thi
in that itate.
Insurance Problems
Large or Small
I Con Help Yon
with them all
I am an Independent Agent.
I represent you, the policy
holder: when you hoy pro
tection; when you hare a loaa.
E. A. G^ULTNEY AND I. PAUL WINKLES
Watauga Insurance Agency
Northwestern Bank Bldg. ? Phone AM 4*8291
Box 267? Boone, N. C
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INCREASED HORSEPOWER
IN ALL 18 MODELS
_a.t rto increase in price!
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with optional Merc-O-Matic Drive.
, Mercury's new increased power gives you
faster response than ever before . . . even
more usable power for rapid acceleration and
safer passing! the bio M Medalist and
Custom give you more horsepower -per-dollar
than any other make of car* and the highest
r. ?
standard horsepower in their price range.
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To match the low-cost Medalist's power and
high compression, you would have to pay at
least $173 more in any competitive car.*
> And only Mercury in its field gives you a
4-barrel carburetor as standard equipment
on every model Come in today. Prion start
below many models in the low-price field.
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