VOLUME LXUL-r in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1?, 1956 AT THE FLOWER SHOW. ? Scenes from "Travelog U. S. A." the theme of the annual Boone Flower Show. Above, the Washington, D. C. display is shown, while below New York City ahd the Golden Gate are labels on the colorful displays of blooms Staff photos by Jane Rivers. Flower Show Witnessed By Crowd From Twenty States Eggers Goes To San Francisco S. C. EGGERS Mr. S. C. Eggers, chairman of the Republican Executive Commit' tee of Watauga county, and ninth district delegate to the National Republican Convention, will leave by train Thursday for San Fran cisco, Calif., where he will take part in the nominating sessions of his party. Mr. Eggers sees Vice-President Nixo'n as the running mate of the President again, and believes there wiH be few if any deflections from the Californian in the Carolina delegation. Jltr. Eggers will, arrive in San Francisco on the 19th, and expects to return home on the 20th. Miss Jean Childers New Home Agent The Watauga County Board of Commissioners and the N. C. State College Extension Service announce the appointment of Miss Jean Childers as Watauga County Home Demonstration Agent effec tive September 18. Miss Childers is' replacing Miss I Mary Helen Neill, who has been I * appointed to the home economics staff of Appalachian State Teach ers College. -- Miss Childers has been assistant Home Demonstration Agent in Haywood County for six years. She i ? a native of Swain county. Mrs. Mae Miller, among whose many talents is one of growing and arranging beautiful flowers, won three of the four top honors awarded last week in the artistic and horticulture divisions of the annual Flower Show at the First Baptist Church of Boone; with a bouquet of handsome Sungold sun flowers, she won the coveted tri color ribbon for horticulture, while in the same division her great ar ray of blue ribbon exhibits won her the sweepstakes award. In the artistic division, Mrs. Miller won another sweepstakes award for the most blue ribbons. Mrs. E. S. Quails' elegant arrangement of pastel-hued flowers in a compote was chosen as the tri-color winner ^n the artistic division. A magnificent stalk of delphin ium exhibited by Mr. E. L. Ray was the tri-color winner in the men!* division, while Dr. John Barden won the sweepsthkes award. ... Up-and-coming youngsters with a green thumb and an artistic bent put on a show of their own that merited much praise in the junior division, with sweepstakes prises going to Miss Jane Eliason's third grade, 1-3 grade class; Miss Patty Sue Spencer, 44 grade class; tie ? Miss Marjorie Reynolds and Mar cus Cook, 7-0 grade class. The Flower Show was one of the outstanding events of the late sum mer season here, drawing a wide (Continued on page two) Cove Creek Grange Is Organized The Cove Creek Grange met Auguit 3 and elected officer*. Tarn Ferguson, an officer of the State Grange, was in charge of the in stallation service of the officers. Officers are: Master, John K. Perry; overseer, Tom Lawrence; lecturer, C. A. Clay; secretary, Jerry Adams; treasurer, R. G. Farthing; chaplain, E. M. Blanken ship; steward, R G. Shipley; assist ant steward, Jack Henson; lady assistant steward, Mrs. Jack Hen son; gate keeper, Frank Baird; Ceres, Mrs. John K. Perry; Flora, Mrs. Scot Swift; Pomona, Mrs. R. <i. Shipley. Executive committee: Lon Isaacs, three years; Mrs. Mary Harris, two years; Council Henson, one year. Regular meeting will be held on the fourth Thursday of each month. The charter will be closed at the next meeting and those who intend to join the Grange must be present in order to be counted as a charter member. ? Britain has ordered all normal releases of Army troopit and offi cers from active' duty halted. Re inforcements for the Middle Easj embarked in ,a wartime atmos phere. v Advent Christians To Celebrate Dedication Anniversary Sunday will be ob served at the Advent Christian Church on next Sunday, Augtnt 10, with special services both morn ing and afternoon. They will mark the recognition of the dedication of the church building thirty years ago an August 21, 1926. Pastor George A. Arthur will speak at the 11 a. m. service on the subject: "Still Forward." The Rev. E. F. Troutman will speak at 1:49 p m as the guest speaker of the afternoon service. As an im portant part of this service, new pulpit furniture consisting of pul pit, two pulpit chairs and a com munion table will be dedicated in memory of the late Elder S. E. Gragg. These have been made available to the church by friends throughout the date. A basket dinner will be served for all on the church (round* immediately following th# morning worship. The committee in charge is composed of Pastor Arthur, Mrs. W. S Collins, and W. E. Penick. Recent pastors' have included Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Warman. the Kev. Everett Ransom, the Rev. Charles Km*. Pastor Arthur came to the present post during January of 1995. During recent months the entire interior of the church lias been renovated and many improve ments made to the grounds of the church and adjoining parsonage. The public is cordially invited to participate in the services Sun day. Chest X-Ray Total Reaches 5,75? In Two Counties The District Health Depart neat auounm that tHrouxh Saturday, Aa(ust 11th, the a?t Ue x-ray buses la A (he aad Wa tauga couutiei haxe x-rayed a total of 5,751 persons. The buses will continue to operate la Booae through August (2nd aad la West Jefferaoa through Septeai ber 5th. They are opea Tuesday through Saturday, from U:fl* to 5:M. Shots ' Immunization Clinics will be held at the Triplett Post Office, Wednesday, August 15th, at 10:00 a. m? and at the Bethel School house, Wednesday, August 22nd at 2:00 p. m. It is urged that parti cularly infants and small children be brought to these clinics at Trip lett and Bethel. Immunizations for whooping cough, diphtheria, small pox, and polio, will be offered. Other Clinics An Orthopedic Clinic will be held at the health department of fice beginning at 8:30 a. m. Friday, August 17th. Dr. J. 8. Gaul, Jr., will be the attending physician. College Graduate List Announced A number of Watauga County residents will receive degrees at the summer graduating exercises to be held at Appalachian State Teachers college on the night of August 23 Speaker for the oc casion will be D. S. Coltrane, North Carolina's assistant director of the budget. Those who will receive the bach elor of science degree are as fol lows: m > Joseph Ray Amburn, Boone; Clyde H. Austin, Route 3, Boone; Janice Coffey Ballard, Blowing Rock; John J. Bingham, Boone; M. G. Brooks, Jr., Boone; Martha Louise Colvard, Vil??i Kelly Maur ice Cogger, Vilas; Glenn Eugene Davis, Boone; Wilms Sehell Graham, Boone; Bes sie Walker Hollingsworth, Boone; Manuel Lorenio, Boone; Elmer Gragg Miller, Boone; Norval Jack son Ramey, Jr., Boone; Dwight Bynum Story, Blowing Rock; Mil dred Farthing Wright, Boone; and Thomas Hill Wright, Blowing Rock. Candidates for the master of arts degree are ; Jean Rosebud ' Carmichael, Boone; Lovely Miller Danner, Boone; Annie Gwendelen East ridge. Boone; Rhea Rivers Farth ing, Boone; James Andrew Greene, Boone; Robert M. Hartsog. Deep Gap; Paul W. Jolley, Boone; Lloyd Norris McDaniels, Boone; WlUiam Lawson Murray, Boone; Max Gar land Rieves, Boone. At the commencement exercises, bachelor of science degrees will be awarded to 88, and master of arts degrees to 139. The college holds two graduation programs each year, one in May and the other in August, the lat ter designed primarily for teachers who are removing degree require ments during the summer months. : Crafts Exhibit Planned This Week Camp Yonahlossee will hold an exhibit of articles made in crafts and weaving on Thursday after noon, August 16, and all day Fri day, the 17th. Each of the 137 campers has woven at least one article, and a total of 487 piece* have been completed to date. There are eleven looms and three full-time staff members instruct' ing in the weaving program, which is directed by Mrs Howard Carl son of Boone. One "Helping Camp er" and aeveral campers with volunteer responsibility also help with this activity. ' Some of the articles made on the Yonahloasee looms are skirt* with matching blouses, aprons, plaid wool football searfs, nylon hand bags, neckties, plain and pattern rags, tile mats, guest towel*, and tea napkin*. Each girl decide* what *he want* to make, and *he then work* out her own pattern and color scheme. The public is invited to attend the exhibit. COVE CREEK TEACHERS TO TEACH IN FLORIDA Mrs. Paul Walsh and children, Mary Sue and Toby, and Miss Oplia Bingham left Monday for Fort Pierce. FT*. Mrs. Walsh. Mi** Walsh and Miss Bingham will teach in the Fort Pierce School system. ( VETERAN POSTAL WORKER HONORED? J. A. (Rabbit) Moretz, third from left, Is shown receiving ? watch from Lyie Cook, acting postmaster of the Boone office, which his fellow worker* gave him at ? little get-together last week, when Mr. Moretz's reiig nation from the poat office wa* announced. Left to right are Mr. Cook, Mrs. Addie Ciawson, Mr. Moretz, Wilson -Norrii, Ralph Beshears, Mrs. Nell Liimey, Cecil Farthing and Von Hagaman.? Staff photo by Joe Minor. Football Practice Gets Underway Appalachian High School'! foot ball coach Jack Groce announced today that around forty-five foot ball prospects drew equipment on Monday afternoon.' IVactice will get under way on Wednesday, Aug ust 15th at 2:00 o'clock. / Coach Groce' also extended an invitation to all boys attending Appalachian High School to try out for football. All positions are open so each prospect has a chance to win a regular position. Assist ant coach is Kenneth England. Lad Is Injured In Bike Accident E. Ford King II, local elemen tary school student suffered a fractured pelvis in a bicycle acci dent Wednesday afternoon. He is a patient at Watauga Hospital, and is showing a normal recovery. , Ford was riding his bike down the Winkler Creek Road, when the wheel went out of control near the bridge at the Horton cabins. Bike and rider plunged to the rocky creek bed some distance below the roadway. MRS. CLAWSON ATTENDING CARRIERS' CONVENTION Mrs. Addie Ciawson of Ruther wood left ' Sunday to attend the National Convention of RuraJ Let ter Carriers and the Auxiliary meeting in Louisville, Ky. this week. BACK HOME? Dr. i. B. Hagaman, Jr . was discharged from the Unit ed States Navy on August 3 after serving 24 months as a Lt. Com mander aboard the USS Intrepid. He returned to Boone Saturday, August 4, and reopened his office for the general practice of medi cine on Monday, August 13, at the Hagaman Clinic on East King Street. Supper Planned At Valle Crucig ' A chicken pii supper will be held at the Valle Crucis school cafeteria at 6:30 p. m. Saturday, August 18, for the benefit of the Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service and the Epiacop al Woman's Auxiliary of Valle Crueis. The public la invited. ? -MISS APPALACHIAN VACATIONS.? Miss Mary Ellen Colon of Char lotte. Mis* Appalachian State Teachers College, teen at the wheel of a 1MB Cfeatmobite auto at Carriage Cavalcade at Florida's Silver Springs. Miss Goiaes has been a guest of the management of the Springs for a week, enjoying an expense-paid vacation, as a result of winning the contest conducted by the Appalachian Theatre at Boone. A classmate. I Jo Graham, is sees at lb* right -Silver Springs. Fla, Photo. 1 '-"J'. . <? ~ ' ;?? ?*><>? 'v.- ' -h "Rabbit" Moretz Leaves Post Office J. A. (Rabbit) Moretz, employee of the Boone Pott Office for nearly IS years, hat resigned his position effective August 7, according to an announcement by Lyle B. Cook, acting postmaster. Mr. Moretz was a mounted lettr- carrier, and had been on a truck for more than five years. "Rabbit" and Mrs. Morett and his family have moved to (Jtnford, FU . where he will operate a pho tographic shop. Mrs. Moretz, who taught at Parkway School for the past several years, will be employ ed as a school teacher near San ford. Mr. Cook praised the work of Mr. Moretz, and stated he was sorry to see him leave. His serv ice to the post office rated high, and the patrons be served will miss him, Mr. Cook said. Recently "Rabbit" was presented a five year safe driving certificate by the Post Office Department. Fellow workers of Mr. Moretz held a good-bye party after work last week, and presented Mr. Moretz's a handsome wrist watch to show their appreciation for the association they have enjoyed with him. "Rabbit" joined the local olfict in 1M1 as a substitute clerk and quickly advanced to regular car rier in 1942. In 1M4 and -IMS he served with the U. S. Navy. He has four sons, Marion, Aubrey, Boyce and Gary. Principal List Is Released By Superintendent Watauga County achoola will open Thursday, Auguit 30, (or the 1986-37 terms, W. Guy Angnll, county superintendent, has an nounced. More than 4,000 student* are ex pected to register, be classified, and receive textbooks Thursday and Friday. August 30 and 31, on which days a half-day schedule will be observed. Classes and full schedules will begin Monday, Sept ember 3, at which time thfc lunch room will also be open. Teachers and principals will be on duty Thursday and Friday af ternoons to talk with parent* and get classrooms in shape for the year's work. Mr. Angell has called a county wide teachers meeting for Wednes day. An full M. la the Annalachian Elementary Schol auditorium la Boom 1ttp.11. Following is a lisf of principal* for Watauga County schoola for the coining school year: Appalachian Elementary School ?John T. Howell. Appalachian High School ? Dr. A. B. Crew. Green Valley Elementary School ? John D. Marih. Parkway Elementary School ? Owight L. laenhour. Blowing Bock School ? James M. Storle. Valle Crucis Elementary School ? James A. Greene. Cove Creek Elementary School ?Carl Fidler. Cove Creek High 6chool ? John H. Bingham. Bethel School ? Clyde S. Greene. Mabel Elementary School? W. Lovill South. Watauga Consolidated School ? Mrs. Bertha M. Neal. The revised list of teacher as signments for the various schools was not completed in Ume for pub lication this week. Scout Camporee Postponed The caqiporee of Boy Scouts and Explorers of the Watauga District, originally scheduled for this week end. has been postponed because of the absence of some Scout of ficials who had expected to run the program. The camporee has been re-sche duled for the week end of Aungust 31. . Civic Group Is Given County Farm Picture County Agent L. E. Tuckwiller told the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday that the civic body. and the variou* agricultural agenciea ?hould work together (or a more proaperou* county, more recrea tional facilities, and a better un derstanding of rural problems. Addressing the regular monthly meeting 'of the Chamber, the speaker gave a resume of the coun ty farm situation, and told of some of the steps his department is tak ing to help raise farm incomes. Watauga is a county of small farms, he said, with 2,427 farms averaging 96.6 acres, of which only 64% can be cultivated due to the terrain. Seventy-five per cent of Wata uga's farm families have aa in come of less than *1,500 per year. Mid Tuckwilter. He reported that the ASC Soil Bank program will go into opera tion in the fall, and SI tobacco farmers and one wheat farmer have signed up thus far to partici pate in the crop and acreage re duction program. The average corn yield per acre ia this county, be said, is 49.8 bushels, compared to a state aver age of 37 bushels, but this could be inereaaed to 66 buahefe with proper seed, weed control and cultivation. The average production of milk per cow in the county is 6.000 pounds per year, and a cow must produce this much milk to pay for its feed, said the speaker. Milk production could be Improved through artifical breeding with proven stock, and an increase in silage for feed. In regard to the beef cattle pro gram. Mr. Tuckwiller said only >74 feeder calves were offered at last year's sale. This number should be 500 to 1,00 each year, he said. The 4-H Club work is going well, the speaker said, with many pro jects being carried on throughout the county's twenty cluba. The county has the state sheep-shear ing champion again thla year in Lance Reese, whose brother, Clint, is a former national champiof. Lance will compete in Chicago tor national honors in the fall. < In summing up, Mr. Tuckwiller said that inasmuch a* our economy la dependent on the prosperity of the farmer, all organizations and individuals in the county should cooperate in every way poaaible in an effort t? f blems and ia

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