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
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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