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For 68 Years An Independent Weekly Netctpaper ? Established in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight 4 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CABOLiNA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1K? VOLUME LXEL? NO. IS PAID? Dr. J. T. C. Wright, district chairman of the Watauga Boy Scouts, stamp* "paid" on the memberahip mortgage held by Jerry Moreti of Troop 1U, Green Valley, at the diitrict committee meeting October 4, whUe Scoutmaster E. B. Fox, Jr., looks on. Scoutmaiter Fox had "mortgaged" his troop to add six new members and Scout Moreti, son of Mr. and Mr*. George MoreU of Green Valley, is leader of the new "Bronco patrol" thus created. ? Photo by Joe C. Minor. Kick- Off Dinner Sparks Start Of United Effort 284 Calves Sold At Boone Sale The sixth annual Boone Feeder Calf sale sold an estimated 284 calve* mi Friday, October 5, at the Boone Livestock Market. The top price was $27.90 per hundred paid for a fancy steer calf con signed by Mrs. Janie Dishman of Reese. The official tabulations are not complete, but preliminary figures indicate that steer calves would average approximately $20.00 per hundred and heifers about $15.00 per head. Some of the people who pur chased steers were Jim Pratt, Saltville, Va.; Forest Greene, Boone; Dwight Eggers, Marco Kenson, Paul Matheson, Cutris Stout, Bill Love, A A. Dillon, Ward Bililngs and Fred Critcher. Some who purchased heifers were D. M. Buchanan, Rocking ham; Raymond Donnelly, Trade, Tenn.; Dewey Thompson, Rocking ham; Kester Sink, Mt. Airy; Jones Hollar, Boone; and Hite Williams, Boone. Rev. Mr. Bingham Taken By Death Rev. James H. Bingham, pastor of the West End Christian church of Elizabethton, Tenn., died Fri day, September 28, of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home. He was burled Sunday, Septem ber 30, in Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton, Tenn. Surviving are his widow, the former Misa.Verna Wilson, native of Watauga County, one son and four daughters. Seven grandchild ren also survive. The Rev. Mr. Bingham was a brother of Albert Bingham of Boone and a brother of the late T. E.. McCoy and WU1 Bingham, all native* of Watauga County. Mr. Bingham had been serving the West End Christian Church at pastor for several years and had served that and other churches in the vicinity of Elizabethton for the past twenty years. The first United Fund campaign in the history of Watauga county got under way officially Monday night, October S, at a dinner at the Boone Trail dining hall. Hugh Hagaman, presiding as chairman of the campaign commit tee, spoke in praise of the work done by the officers of the Fund and the speakers bureau, and the budget and publicity committees. Mr. Hagaman stressed the fact thft the United Fund is a home grown Watauga County project with no outside speakers or work ers having any part in the work. Lee Reynolds of the speakers bureau praiaed the co-operative spirit of the people of Boone as shown in many civic endeavois, and declared his belief that the same spirit would carry the Unit ed Fund to success. The public is well-informed about the project, Mr. Reynolds said, and is assured that the money raised in the cam paign will be wisely used. Leo Pritchett of the speakers bureau declared that the United Fund will succeed If the workers in <bi icitation would carry on with the same faith and determination shown by the officeri and com mittee members of the organiza tion. Mr. Pritchett said that the project was one of the best or ganised campaigns in the history of the county. ? ' ' Following the kickoff dinner, about eighty campaign wbrkers from Boone anf the Home be monstration clubs of the county communities will take' the field with the objective of raising the budget, of $14,000 approved by the board of directors of the United Fund. Music for the dinner was fur nished by a clarinet quartet from the Appalachian .High School band. The players were Misses Betty Swaim, Mary Lawrence, Margaret Lynn Hagaman and Fat Dowling. Registration Start Set For Saturday The registration books (or the general election will open Satur day of this week, and will also be open Saturday October 20, and Saturday October 27, states R. T. Greer, chairman of the Watauga County Board of Elections. Saturday November 3 will be challenge day. Mr. Greer states that the absen tee ballot office has been opened in the Hamilton building next to the Boone Flower Shop, so that qualified voteri may get their bal lots by mail. Voters who have reached the age of 21 since the last election and those who have moved into the county and qualified under the residence section of the statute must register if they are to vote in the November 6th election. There is no general new registration, however. Home Clubs Name 19 United Fund Workers Nineteen new campaign workers for the United Fund have been named among the members of the Watauga County Home Demon stration Club*. The new group* in cludes: k Valle Cruris: Mrs. Hilary Hobby, chairman, and Mrs. Edward Baird, Mrs. R. A. Okew, Mrs. B. S. Leake, Councill Heads YDC; Barbecue Next Friday John H. Council! was named president of the Watauga County Young Democratic Club at a meet ing of the organization held Thurs day evening. Mr*. Grady MoreU, Jr., was elcfctcd first vice-president; Roger Wilton, second vice-president; Carl Fidler, secretary and Dwight Isenhour, treasurer. It was decided that a barbecue dinner would be held at the court house Friday October 12th at 6 o'clock. Bill Wood of Winston Salem, newly-elected National YDC Committeeman, will be the principal speaker. It b pointed out by Mr. Council! that this will be a county-wide meeting Mki everybody ia invited. The ladies are especially invited. and Mrs. Howard Murry. Brushy Fork: tin. Ralph Wil aon, chairman, lira. Madge Daacy, Mrs. Coy Loye, Mrs. Charley Moody, Mrs. Lewis Wilson, and Mrs. Hiram Brooks. Bairds Creek: Mrs. B. A. Hod ges, chairman, and Mrs. Don Hod ges. Hodges Gap: Mrs. Frank Brown. Beaver Dan: Mr*. Aaa L. Reese, Sr., chairman, <n. Cecil Swift, and Mrs. Dean Reeae. Forest Grove: Mrs. Gardner Matheson. Theae names luplemeot the lilt of Home Oemonatration Club workers announced last week. The clubs have undertaken to cover county communities for the United Fund. Mrs. Howard Carlson haa acted as eo-ordinstor in orcaaiting the clubs for the campaign F. B. I. chief Hoover acorns the Soviet's "m* look". Old Grads To Gather For i8i Homecoming At Colle Band Parents Meet In Year's First Session The Appalachian Elementary School band room wai full to over flowing last Thursday night' when membera of the Band Parentf Club met for a get-acquainted meeting and to hear plani for the new band aeaaon. Mrs. Ralph Buchanan, preaident, gave the group aa enthuaiaatic welcome and introduced the pauel of off ice r? and membera of the executive committee who will head up band buaineaa thia year. These officer* are Or. Julian Y Od er, vice preaident and chairman of transportation committee; Mrs. Ray Lawrence, secretary; Alfred Adams, treasurer; R. E. Agle, chairman of adminiatration branch of the executive committee; E. Ford King, Jr., chairman of hos pitality committee; C. C. Wilcox, Wad* Brown, 6r. -G. T. Buckkand, and Mrs. Ralph Beshears. Mr. Perry Watson, band direc tor for the schools here, explain ed the band program both aca demic and financial, and outlined a' tentative eight-year program to be followed beginning thia year. Mr. Watson also told of achieve ment kwards and a scholarship program which have been set up to benefit participants in the band prograiri. Mr. Bob Love, who ia working on his masters degree at th? college, ia serving as assistant t? Mr. Watson. A clarinet quartet made up of Misses Betty Iwalm, tat Dowling, Mary Lawrence, and Margaret Lynn. Hagaman played " Over The Rainbow", and party refreshments were served by a group headed by Meadames Frank' Payne and Len Hagaman. Jaycees Attend Iredell Meet Boone Jaycees attending the district meeting in States ville last Wednesday evening were: Dr. Gene Reese, Dean Hodges, Don McCracken, Jimmy Winkler, and Grady Moreti, Jr. The chairman pointed out that North Carolina is one of the lead ing Junior Chamber of Commerce states in the nation, but that to keep this leadership other clubs must b?! organised. The Boone and North Wilkes boro Jaycees ware asked to make an effort to organize in Ashe county, with members from both Jefferson and West > Jefferson. Blowing Rock was also mentioned as a good prospect for a new Jay cee organization. Funeral Held For Fred Moore Fred Robert Moore, S3, of Elk Park, Route 1, died Sunday, Octo ber 7, in Grace Hospital at Banner Elk. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday, October 0, at the Bethel Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Vivian Brown, and burial was in the Cable cemetery. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Dora Moore of Sugar Grove; ? son, Marvin D. Moore of Elk Park, Route I; two daughters. Miss Maude Moore and Miss Annie Moore, both of Elk Park, Route 1; two brothers, N. S. Moore of Sugar Grove aod Bynum Moore of Ferguson; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Harmon and Mrs. Mary Harmon, both of Sugar Grove; and three grandchildren. ' , A preliminary survey of daily newspaper editorial support at this stage in the Presidential cam paign, at conducted by Editor and Publisher, newspaper trade maga zine, revealed that President Eis enhower is favored three-sod a half to one. The preliminary fig ures, based on returns from Ml dailies, showed that aj> per cent of them, representing ,S.M per cent of the circulation, had not declared themselves. GETS DIVIDEND? N. L. Harrison, left ii shown receiving dividend check from S. C. Eggera, center, President of the Boone National Farm Loan Association. At right is John H. Hollar, secretary of the associa tion. ? Photo by Palmer. > i Farm Loan Group Says Dividend To Bei Paid At a recent meeting of the board < of director! of the Boone National Karm Loan Association, local < farmer-owned credit cooperative, i affiliated with the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, a 3 percent dividend was declared on all out ?Undine stock as of August 31, i 1956, according to announcement by S. C. Eggers, President of the i Association. The approximately | 500 farmer members will be the < recipients of the dividend checks ] which will be mailed to them in I August, according to statement df secretary-treasurer, John H. Hoi- < lar. 1 The association has total assets i exceeding (131,000 with a farmer- i owned capital of approximately I $87,000.00. The Association scr- < vices Federal land bank loans to- I taling approximately $1.5 million I and made nearly 125 new loans to i farmers during the year, totaling ' over *375,000.00. I According to Secretary-Treasur- ! er, John H. Hollar, several factor! attributed to the board's action in declaring the dividend. The As sociation enjoys a high degree of membership loyalty and under a sound reserve program, which the association has been following for ? number of years, a substantial reserve has been established. The association enjoys a good income poaition and the officers and dir ectors feel the time has come to pasa along to the owner-members tome of the savings in operations. The Boone Association is engag ed in making of long-term Federal Land Bank loans in the counties if Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, Cald well, Mitchell, Watauga and Wil kes. Other officers and directors if the Association in addition to President S. C. Eggers and Secre tary-Treasurer John H. Hollar, ire: Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, rreaaie M. Mahaffey, J. Mack Moore, Carlis Lee Mitchell, E. S. ShaUey, and Gordoli A. Chambers. MAI! K RYDER AND EMILY FRANKEL Famed Dance DuojTo Open Lyceum Series Emily Frankel and Mark Ry<Ur, nationally (amoua dance drama duo, and their company, of five dancers will open Appalachian State Teacher* College's tenet of lyceum program for the current year at the collage auditorium on Monday evening at 8 o'clock. The dance drama combination it an art form that bring* together tech nique* of drama, ballet, and mod ern dance. ^ , Although leap* and pirouette* from ballet, panto mine, Jan, and modern dance are utilized, the technique* and veriatility of the dancer* art subordinated to the ?tMiea they tell. The Dance Drama Company i* the first dance or drama group to attempt this kind of presentation. Their success has been attested by the acclaim they received after their season in New York in 1M4 and the excitement they have continued to create wherever they have performed, i The five member* of the com pany, all of whom are under twenty-five year* of age. are fam oua name* in Um world ef jthe dance. Todd Bolcnder is choreo grapher for the New York City Ballet. Chattel Weidman and So phie Maslow have both been choreographic directors for the New York City Opera Company, many Broadway plays, and have headed their own concert groups. Hadassah is an exponent of orien tal and Hindu dance. Frankel and Ryder have choreographed ? large (Continued on page two) Many Events Are . Planned For Big Week End Saturday will be the big day for alumni of Appalachian State Teacheri College. All efforts at the college on that day wilt be to ward welcoming back for the. an nua 1 Homecoming celebration viaiting alumni and their families, frienda of the institution, and oth er viaitors. Officials in charge of the cele bration are Harry Hallyburton of Drexel, president of the alumni association, and Roy R. Blanton, Jr., of Boone, the newly appoint ed executive secretary of the as sociation. Joining with them in being hosts for the day will be Dr. W. H. Plemmons, president of the college, and other officials of the association and the institution. The celebration will really be gin on Friday evening when the Playcrafters, under the direction of Mrs. Roberta Hamilton of the English and dramatics faculty, will present two one-act plays, "Sham" U>d "The Trystil ,, Place." The public is invited. The plays will be given in the college auditorium at 8.15 p. m. On Saturday alumni may regis ter in the lobby of the Physical Education Building any time be tween nine and twelve o'clock noon. One traditional eveht of Home coming ? the annual "Old Timeri" reunion will be held in the college auditorium kt 10:00 *. m. lira. Wilson Norria of Boone to the president of this group, to whieh are invited all alumni, but espec ially those who graduated from Appalachian before 1026, when it became a four-year college. The Homecoming parade, con sisting o t floats prepared by cam pus organization and Boone busi ness houses, will begin at 11:00. The route of the parade will be as follows: Beginning at the Farmers' Co-op on West Faculty Street, con tinuing up South Water Street to the corner of King Street, down King Street to the intersection of Highways 421 and 321, south on Hardin Street to the Watauga Hos pital, then west to the college ad ministraAon building. Each year thousands of spectators line the streets for the parade, and if the weather is pretty it ia anticipated that this year will be one of the largest ever held. A trophy will be given for the best float entered. At twelve o'clock noon the alu mni luncheon will take place in the cafeteria of the elementary school. Mr. Hallyburton will pre side over the business session. Of ficers will be elected, and other business attended to. Participating in both the pre game show and the half-time cere monies will be the Appalachian State Teachers College band, un der the direction of William G. Spencer, and eight visiting high school bands. With their directors, they are: Appalachian High School, Perry Watson; Scotts High School, James Litchoa; Drexel High School, Kathryn Siphers; Wilkes Central High School, Bill Robinson; Lincolnton High School, Ted Barnett; Morganton High School, M. T. Cousins; Spencer High School. Ed Waugh; and Val dese High School, George Wilson. They will play the Star Spangled Banner, aignifying the start of the football game with Catawba Col lege, and will also play special numbers and do special formations for the crowning of the Home coming Queen. The queen, who is elected by secret vote of the Men's "A" Club, will be crowned at half-time by a member of the club. Only dub members know the identity of the queen until the coronation time. HOUSING '?? About 1,100,000 new dwelling units were started in the first nine months of. 18M, as compared with about 1,328,000 such units started in the Mm* period of tost year. With cooler weather ahead, there Is little chance that new building starts will equal the number of i such new dwellings in IMS. ft FRANK M. PAYNE Frank Payne Is Named To Head TB Seal Sales Mr. Frank H. Payne today wu named chairman of the ISM Chriitmai Seal Sale in Watauga County. The 90th annual campaign to raise fundi to fight tuberculosis will be carried on by the 3,000 tuberculosis associations through out the United State* from Novem ber IS through December. ? "Great progreaa againi TB hat been made in the' fint half cen tury of the Chriitmai Seal Sale," Mr. Payne declared. "But there ia a big job ahead Mo bring, thii dis ease under controf TB strike* 100,000 Americans every year. We must all share in the fight to pro tect our homes from TB." Contributions to the Tuberculos is Association pay for free chest x-rays, informative literature to be distributed throughout the county, and rehabilitation of the tuberculosis patients. The Seal Sale is the only source of. incomc the Tuberculosa Association has, and Mr. Payne urged each citizen to buy their seals in November. In naming Mr. Payne to the post. Dr. R. H. Harmon, President of the TB Association, paid tri bute to his reoord of service to the community in many field*. He is active in the Lions Club and P. T. A. work in Boone, a past Lions Club president, and a member of the Board of Stewards of the Boone Methodist Church for many years. George Byrd, 86, Suffers Attack George Washington Byrd, 86 years of age, of Banner Elk, Route 1, died Friday, October 8, in Grace Hospital at Banner Elk. Funeral aervices were held at 2 p. m. Sunday, October 7, at the Clark'i Creek Baptiat Church, con ducted by the Rev. Raymond Hen drtx and the Rev. Calvin Helton, and burial folowed in the Clark's Creek cemetery. , He is survived by three sons, Charlie Byrd and Dail Byrd, both of Oraak, Wash., snd Jim Byrd of Valle Crucis; five daughters, Mr*. Clemmie Townsend of Valle Cru cis, Mrs. W. C. Smith of Rominger, Mrs. LilUe Smith' of Banner Elk, Route 1, Mrs. Ethel Vetter of New York, N. Y., and Mrs. Margie Welch of Banner Elk, Route I; a brother, Ben Byrd of Banner Elk, Route 1; five sisters, Mrs. Tempie Calloway of Newland, Mrs. Lillian Holmes of New York, N. Y? Mrs. Rosa Jestes and Mrs. Minnie Jest ?, both of Banner Elk, Route 1JM and Mrs. Margaret Wilcox o( Boone. He is also survived by 8? grand children and OS great-grandchild ren. !% ' 1 t|[ ' fj EMPLOYMENT ; ' > At the latest people In the working regularly pared with ago. At to;