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Jean Riven' woman * page review* the
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wedding*, parties, club meeting* are re
ported on page five.
VOLUME LXVflL? NO. 49
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1956
12 PAGES? TWO SECTIONS
?on
the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight
Stretch's Sketches
A column of
humor, written
pew* weekly on
NEW OFFICERS . . Recently installed officers of th e Boone Business and Professional Women's Club are
shown. Left to 'right, front, Corky Owsley, presid ent; Isabel Jones, first vice-president; Dorothy Tug
man, second vice-president; standing, Virginia Grace, recording secretary; Catherine Smith, treasurer;
Betty Jo Henderson, corresj>onding secretary. The a ew officials were installed by Mrs. Stella Spencer,
State Federation Treasurer, of Lenoir. ? Photo Palmer's Studio.
Restored Pioneer Home And
Museum Opens At Deep Gap
David Horton
Graduates At
West Point
DAVID F. HORTON
David F. Horton, son of Mr. and
Mn. Samuel F. Horton, Sugar
Grove, was graduated from the U.
S. Military Academy at West
Point, Tuesday, June S.
Horton was commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant in the infantry and
will receive a bachelor of science
degree.
Appointed to the academy by
former RepresentativeR.L.
Dough ton of North Carolina's
ninth Congressional District, he
was a cadet lieutenant during his
senior year.
Horton, a former student at
Wake Forest College and a mem
ber of Sigma Pi fraternity, was ac
tive in the Spanish and ski clubs.
Deep Gap ? A restored home and
farm of the original pioneers who
settled the rough North Carolina
mountains of the western part of
the state will open here this week.
Set in a grassland flat beside
the Blue Ridge Parkway in this
small township, the century-old
farm house, barn and out buildings
are back ropped by the Ashe coun
ty foothills and mountains of the
Appalachian Skyland.
A rustic museum that fronts the
selitary little huddle of hewn log
buildings will* house an expansive
collection of implements which
the earliest wtUer* used to reap
tSeir living from the wooded soil
and to build their houses, and all
that they contained.
Some of the finest specimens of
the folk lore and handicraft of the
early settlers has been collected by
Dr. Dan A Lindsey, the head of
the restoration project The home
stead will give the viewers the ap
pearance of such authentically
that he will expect the settler to
appear from out of the nearby
woods and make the place come
alive with century old activity.
A visitor to. the jnuseum and
homestead will be placed back in
time a hundred years when he
tours the lonesome huddle of little
buildings from the early wilder
ness of the Tar Heel state.
All that will be missing from
the group of buildings will be the
long dead settler who built them.
? The Settler's Homestead will
consist of eight original buildings
gathered from throughout nearby
North Carolina mountains and
hills. Among the eight buildings
will be a smoke house, a pig pen,
kn apiary and a spring house.
In the museum's long show
cases will be all the things used by
the early settlers in their day So
day and year to year existence in
the wilderness of North Carolina.
Each of the showcases will con
tain items grouped under a cata
( Continued on page three)
'Mystery Hill'
Opened For
Second Season
Mystery Hill, owned and oper
ated by Mr. and Mrx. Wm. F. Hud
son midway between Boone and
Blowing Rock, is now -open seven
days a week for i (s second season.
Appropriately named, the ex
hibit i? indeed mystifying. The
group of trees that lean to the
north when all the other trees
in the vicinity fean in the opposite
direction, the level spot where
women grow taller than men before
their eyes, and the Mystery House
itself, where you walk around at a
43 degree angle on the wall like
a fly, and where water and other
objects perform just exactly oppo
site to the way you would expect
them to act ? all combine to make
it truly "where the law of gravity
takes a licking."
Set in a rustic atmosphere, the
museum part of the exhibit depicts
the ways, moods and anecdotes of
pioneer mountain life ? spinning
wheels, corn huskers, apple corers,
grain cradles, an old blacksmith
shop ? and even a monshine still.
For those who have rural back
continued on page three)
To Be Honored
At Raleigh Ball
Miss Janie Cline, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cline of Boone
will be presented at the thirtieth
annual debutante ball to be held
in Raleigh Friday, September 7,
at 8 o'clock. The invitation was
extended by the Terpsichorean
Club of Raleigh.
Miss Cline has just finished her
freshman year at Meredith Col
lege.
Rhododendron Bloom To Hit Peak
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This Week ; Other Parkway News
The Rhododendron bloom is ex
pected by Park Ranger William
Surrey to reach it* height on the
Parkway by the middle of this
week, while flame azalea reached
its peak bloom a few days aga. Mr.
Surrey exports the rhododendron
to be in good bloom until the end
of next week in the Bluff district,
which extends from Deep Gap to
the Virginia line.
Mountain Laurel is also in good
bloom, and is adding to the color
of a Parkway tour.
Other Parkway Notes
Mr. Surrey state* that bid* are
to be let and construction started
on the six-mile Parkway link from
Deep Cap to Blowing Rock soon.
This contract will include an over
pass stone-faced bridge at Deep
Gap over 421. V* ' i
Cascade* Improved
The Cascade* trail ha* recently
been covered with cruihed stone,
and the *tep* 1 to the CiH* over
look* have been improved. New
type plant and tree identification
markers have been installed along
the popular woodland trail.
At Cone Park a large paved
parking area is being constructed
to the rear of the Mansion Crafts
Center with paved walks leading
to the central building. There will
be no steps, making it easier for
those who find climbing steps dif
ficult This will be completed with
in a few weeks.
Craft Center Opens Daily
The Crafts Center it open daily
from 9 to 6. Each week during the
| summer various types of demon
strations will be shown to the pub
lic by trained experts in handi
crafts.
A new road to the crafy center
is being built, eliminating the pre
sent narrow, winding road.
New Camp Sites
More than twenty new camp
sites have been built at Dough ton
t Park. New, modern public rest
| rooms have befm installed,
i A large picnic area is in process
I of construction with many more
tables, fireplaces, including a new
large parking area lor cars. All
these improvements are to be
completed this summer. t
Two Get Degrees |
At WC UNC
Virginia Orlando Brown and
Patricia 1 Ellen McGuire are among
those from Watauga county receiv
ing degrees at the graduating ex
ercise* held at Woman's College,
University of North Carolina,
Greensboro, Sunday evening.
Miss McGuire, is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. McGuire ol
I Boone. Misa Brown la a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Brown of
.Boone Both have distinguished
themselves scholasticaliy and in
campus activities during their
terms at WC.
Four hundred and forty receiv
ed degrees. The commencement
program began Saturday.
Deep Gap Man
Wounded By
Shot Gnn Blast -
William Early Greene, 47. of
Deep Gap, accidentally thot him
self in the chest with a shotgun
while returning from a hunting
trip Monday shortly before noon.
Greene told Deputy Sheriff
George Smitherman, who inter
viewed him at Watauga Hospital
in connection with the shooting,
that he had borrowed the gun
from a neighbor and was return
ing from a short hunting trip near
his home in the Stony Fork section
when the gun accidentally dis
charged, part of the load entering
his chest.
A report from the hospital Tues
day indicated that his condition is
fairly good, and he is expected to
recover.
Safety Inspections
Offered In Boone
For Car Owners
The newly-organized Boone Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce will co
sponsor a free safety inspection of
automobiles to be performed by
and in the shop of the Highlander
Motor Company on Highway 421
in the western outskirts of Boose.
The free inspection, to be held
each Tuesday and Thursday even
ings from 6:30 to 10 o'clock, will
have a qualified mechanic in at
tendance, as well as a member of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
A sticker will be placed on the
windshield of any car that passes
inspection, said Joe Williams, co
sponsor of the project, and opera
tor of Highlander Motor Company.
If a car does not pass for any rea
son, the owner will be given an
itemized list of what the car needs
to make it safe on the highways. It
will then be the owner's option to
have the work done at his own dis
cretion and at the place of his
choice. No charge will be made for
the inspection, the sticker, or the
list of needed repairs.
Miss Underdown
At State Meeting
Miss Helen Underdown will
leave Saturday afternoon to join
Mrs. Margaret B. Moore, register
of deeds in Lenoir. They will go
to Wioston-Salem to pick up Mrs.
Eunice Ayers, register of deeds
Forsyth County, and on to Chapel
Hill for the annual convention of
the North Carolink Registers of'
Deeds Association June 10-12, at
the Institute of Government.
ASTC Summer Session
To Begin Next Tuesday
(Photo by Palmer'* Photo Shop)
Young Fishermen and Parents at Diamond S Lake
Fishing Rodeo Attracts Largest
Group Young Anglers In History
Last Wednesday's Fishing Rodeo
at Diamond S Lake for children
ten years of age and under prov
ed to be the largest in the five
year history of the annual event,
said B. W. Stallings, Boone jewel
er, who began the rodeo in 1992.
More than 250 persons, about
equally divided between the
youngsters and their elders,
swarmed around the lake on the
Poplar Grove road about three
miles from Boone for the affair,
which hat grown in popularity
with each succeeding year.
The rodeo opened at 3 p. m.
and ended at 9 with refreshment*.
The afternoon's catches included
bass, crappie, and blue gill, some
weighing a pound and stretching
to a length of nine or ten inches.
Many, of the small anglers ob
viously had received expert in
struction from their fathers, as
they were quite proficient in hold
ing and handling their rod*.
A new attraction was added this
year. Nine-year-old Gail Minton,
redheaded daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Minton, was crowned
Rodeo Queen and awarded a prize
ot a hairdo.
Winners of the various fishing
prizes were Jimmy Stephens, son
of A. E. Stephens, who received
a money bank for the first catch of
the day; Chucky Cornett, S, a
tackle box from Parkway Hard
ware for catching the most fish;
Danny Hayes, 9, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Farthing Hayes, ? chicken
dinner for the largest fistr, ten
inches. ?
V. J. Day's sportsmanship and
the skill of David Williams won
games for them. There was even
a consolation prize of a camera,
which went to Nickie Williams for
catching the smallest fish.
Mrs. L. A. MUler of North
W'lkeaboro came to Boone to judge
the event.
Junior Police were in charge of
the grounds. Wearing police caps,
they were Dana Townsend, Clay
Cornett, Jerry Bentley, Tony Cor
nett, Joe Shores, Ray Green, and
Floyd Dotson.
WRECKED These two can figured in the death of Harold Coord Campbell of Kanford. Sunday. May 27,
on US Highway 421, naar Deep, Gap. Top car was one In which Mr. Campbell was tiding with hia wife
en route to Ohio, and bottom car waa driven by Charles Rayford Gentry of Boone, Route 1. Mr.
Campbell died shortly after the accident on the way to Watauga Uoapttal.? Photos by Joe Minor.
The rodeo wis acclaimed the
most successful by the youngsters,
but one question remained unan
swered at the end of the two-hour
event: Who had the most fun,
the "Daddies" (helping the young
sters) or the small junior anglers'
Boone Students
Finish At Duke
Two students from Bora* war*
awarded degrees at Duke Univer
sity's 104th Commencement Mon
day morning, June 4.
Dr. Henry T. Heald, chancellor
of New York University, was the
principal speaker. North Carolina
Governor Luther H. Hodges also
addressed the graduates. Duke
President Hollis Edens presided.
Martha Hardin Councill, daugh
ter of Mr. and, Mrs. James H.
Councill, 224 Council St., re
ceived the A. B. degree. An edu
cation major, 'Miss Councill was
active at Duke in the Fresh
man Advisory Council, a member
of the board of governors of the
Student Union and a member of
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.
Lawrence E. Barden, son of Dr.
and Mrs. John Barden, 417 Howard
St, received the B. D. degree
(Bachelor of Divinity). Barden
also holds the A. B. degree from
Duke.
Dr. Lawrence
Named Delegate
At a recent meeting of the
North Carolina Optometric Society
in Asheville, Dr. Ray Lawrence,
Boone optometrist, was named a
delegate to the American Opto
metric convention in Miami Beach,
Fla., June 13 through the 17th.
Faculty Includes
Visitors From
Other States
By EARLEEN G. PRITCHETT
The summer session (or IBM
will get under way at Appalachian
State Teachers College on Tues
day,, June 12, when regiatration la
scheduled to begin. Studenta must
be in class on June 15 to receive
credit.
Work may be taken on either
the undergraduate or graduate
level, for degree credit or (or
certificate credit only. Couraes will
be of(ered in art, biology, busineaa
education, chemistry, economics,
education, English, geography,
government, history, home econo
mics, library science, mathematics,
music, physical education, physics,
psychology, sociology, speech, and
writing.
In addition to a large group o (
the college's own (acuity, a visit- ?
ing (acuity (rom over the country
will teach at Appalachian thia
summer. Included are the follow
ing: Mildred C. Herring, Greens
boro Senior High School, Greens
boro; Ruth Robinson, Mecklenburg
County Schools, Charlotte; J. W.
McCutchan, Davidson College;
Frieda H. Heller, Ohio State Uni
versity; Sally Dietrich, South Side
Junior-Senior High School, Rock
ville Center, New York; Edna Doll,
CliMord Scott High School, East
Orange, New Jersey; Francis B.
Dedmond, Gardner-Webb College;
Floy McEachern, University o(
Florida: Beulah L. Raynor, Wake
Forest College; John G. Navarra,
East Carolina College; Verta I.
Coe, University o( North Carolina;
J. T. Kelley, Director o( Teacher
Education, Certi(ication and Ac
creditation o( Florida; Beatrix
Blanton, Hickory City Schools;
Paul Farmer, Atlanta Public
Schools; John Horn, Kinston Pub
lic Schools; Charles Greer, Silver
Burdett Company; Almira Strohl,
Warrington Elementary School,
Pensacola, Florida; Katherine Kit
chem, Rocky Mount High School;
Willis E. Smith, University o(
Miami; Lois H. Floyd, Lumberton
City Schools; Edwin Ger*he(ski,
Converse College; Joseph A. Leed
er, Ohio State University; Beulah
(continued on page three)
C. Lane Reese Is
Pe&body Graduate
Nashville, Tenn. ? George Pea
body College for Teacben here
awarded degreei to approximately
325 itudents June 1.
The College's 168th commence
ment exercises included an ad
dress by Jim Nance of McCord,
Tennessee Commissioner of Con
servation, Alfred Leland Crabb,
author and editor of the Peabody
Jurnal of Education, presented the
degrees.
Graduates included C. Lane
Reese of Boone, who received an
M. A. degree.
4 bernathy Releases
City Play Schedule
New* conct.img the Boone Rec
reation*! Program were released
this week b>- David Abernathy,
recreational director. The infor
mation includes the following:
Little League baseball players
meet on the field behind Newland
Hall Thursday, June 7 ? ages 9
through IS.
The men's softbtfll league in
cludes eight teams. They are IRC,
VFW, Baptist. Perkinsville. Oak
Grove, Methodist, Mountain Lions,
Presbyterians.
There will be a meeting of the
managers of these teams at the
IRC plant Wednesday night, June
0.
Schedule of the games are listed
as follows with the first game list-<
ed being played on the IRC field
and the second on Dormitory Field:
June II? Baptist vs Perkinsville;
Methodist vs IRC.
June U? Oak Grove vs VFW;
Presbyterians vs Mountain Lions.
June 14 ? Baptist vs IRC; Perk
uuvilU vs VFW.
June 15? Methodiit vs Moun
tain Lions; Oak Grove vs. Presby
terians. ?
June 18 ? IRC vs. Mountain
Lions; Baptist vs. VFW.
June 1# ? Presbyterians vs Perk
insville; Methodist vs Oak Grove.
June 21? VFW vs. Presbyterian;
Baptist vs Mountian Lions.
June 22 ? Methodist vs Perkins
ville; IRC vs. Oak Grove.
June 25? Oak Grove vs. Moan
tain Lions; Baptist vs Presbyter
ians.
June 26? VFW vs. Methodists,
IAC vs Perkinsvllle. ?
June 28 ? Baptist vs Oak Grove;
Presbyterians vs Methodist.
June 29? VFW vs IRC; Moun
tain Lions vs. Perkinsville.
July 2? Oak Grove vs Perkins
ville; Baptist vs Methodist.
July 3? Presbyterians vs IRC;
Mountain Lions rs VFW.
Other activities to be started as
foon as possible include women's
softball, volleyball, horseshoe, bad
mintoA, teeter ball, croquet*
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