el (mm
•ad good calve* of any tale
North Carotin*.
la 1M*. worked up a loot range
agricultural program tor Watauga
county. Thla program waa printed
and given to all (arm families in
the county A meeting wa* h*
in each community la the county
to explain the program aad how it
could be put Into practice In 1954
the program wa* reworked and the
new plan waa taken to each corn
m unity In the county; again copiea
of the program waa given to each
family «
to 1953 helped org an lied the
Blue Ridge Telephone Memberahip
Corporation which will result In
telephone service for people la the
county not served by Southern
Bell. * *■
Helped organize the Yadkin Val
ley Dairy Cooperative to supply
market for milk for Watauga dairy
to IMS organized Artificial ,
Breeding Aaaociatlon; 547 cow* |
were bred the 0r*t year.
to 1950 Watauga County waa
•elected by the people as one of
It counties to start program pro
jection work. • .
to 1996 Watauga County was
selected by the people ** one of
three countle* in North Cirolin*
to atart the Rural Development
Program.
Since 1943. 568,500 white pine*. |
19,000 blsck locust and 49,500 yel
low poplar trees have been order
ed through the county agent for|
farmers In county.
Alfalfa production was lncreaa-1
ed from 2 acres In 1943 to 2291
acre* in 1900.
• Working with the potato variety
test resulted In a variety being
named "Boone" potato.
Watauga County 4-H Livestock
Judging team won the state con
test in 1940 and 1940. and partici
pated in the National 4-H Club
Judging contest at the Internation
al Livestock Exposition, Chicago. I
placing 10th in the Nation in 1M0 |
and 10th again in 1949.
Watauga County 4-H Club boy*
have won the State 4-H Sheep
Shearing contest eight out of the
last ten year*, and they have won
the national contest twice during
this time, to 1900 Watauga boys
placed first and second in the Na
tional Sheep Shearing Conteat at
Chicago, which is a record no other j
county can boast in one year.
United Fund
Continued from page one
any persons not contacted will
make themselves known.
During this week a further and
more complete report on the cam
paign will be made and the results
published as soon as possible.
ROOM FOR ON* MORE
Wise Guy (boarding the street
car): Well, Noah. Is the Ark full?
Conductor: Nope, we need one
more jackass; come on In.
»■
hovt bean K>w
in 17 mNn North Cord.oa eour.nn from Vfatouaa, VcDowell ana
Potk on rtw ro» to Owrakw County on #» M>t. T"» projact n toon
%o€*f by the N. c. Motor Carrion Awn. and *«• ^moricon Truektng
Anoctatian. Findinm arc b«ng puWIihod in a bo*M «ntittod "High
way* to Progran," which will be unveiled at e dtnnar haft on September
I) with Governor Hodge* at ipeokar.
Horn Story
(Continued from P<|i MM.)
history and accompli*hmenU of
the aiiocUtlon, which waa formed
in 1001. and urged that the drama
be continued "We owe It to our
selve* and to the State of North
Carolina, which ha* backed ita
faith in ue with cash to keep ui
going," he said.
W. Ralph Winkler alao advocat
ed that the drama be continued
in a brief taik.|F
It la expected that the com
mittee appointed to *tndy the
Blatter will recommend to the
board Monday that the preaent
drama. Rem In the Weat, be
pretested again next fear with
•ome change*- They will aug
geat the poealbUity of a new title
«• Include the name, Daniel
, and a revision In the play
to convert It late a mere
complete itery of the life of the
fames* frontiersman.
New member* elected to the
board of director* are O. K Bich
ardson, DT. W. H. Plemmona,
Spencer Bobbin*. Dr. R. H. Har
mon. Dr. R. 0. Glenn (Mountain
City). 0. C. Greene, Jr., G. C.
Robbin*. Jr., Hugh Hagaman, and
D. G. Moretz, Sr.
Re-elected for another year were,
Dr. A. P. Kephart, Mr*. B. W.
Stalling*, Dr D. J. Whitener. Es
tel Wagner, W. H. Oragg, L. T.
Tatum, ChapeU Wlfsoo, Crati* Wil
liams, J. V Caudlll, Wayne Rich
artbton, Paul A. Coffey, Dr. L. H.
Owaley, W W. Cheater, Stanley
A. Harris, Dr. I. G. Greer, Wade
E. Brown, W. Grady Farthing. W.
R Winkler. Sr.. James P. Ma rah
D. L. Wilcox, and Mra. Jamed
Winkler. '
Mra. Suiting* read a telegram
from Samuel Selden. director of
the Carotin* Playmakers at Chapel ;
HiU, expressing his regrets that he
was unable to attend the meeting, i
Spaniards Are
Boone Visitors
A group of engineers from Ma
drid, Spain, who are engaged in
nuclear research it State College
in Raleigh, accompanied Harry
Farthing to Boone last week end
for a visit with bis parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Carter Farthing.
They were his roommate, Jorge
Monterio. Senor and Senora Jose
Urqul* Valdua, and Franciaco Ja
vier Goicolea Vala. The visitors
from Spain are employed by Amer
ican owned companies in Madrid.
Other visitors Included Mr. and
Mrs. Cline Farthing and their
three daughtera, of Winston-Salem,
and Mrs. J. C. Farthing of Boone.
Soil bank checks help brighten
Benson's reception.
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Br. Frank Owsley
Dies In England |
Word ha* been received by Dr.
•ad Mr*. Lawrence H. Owtle? that
Or. Owsley*. uncle. Dr. Frank
Lawrence Ow*ley. notod historian
and author, died unexpectedly
Sunday, October 31, at^ Cambridge.
England, of a coronary thomboiii
•ttack-C, flt*r
Dr. Ow*ley. professor of history
at the University of Alabama, had
been choaen by the Full bright
Scholarship Foundation to deliver
a aeries of twelve lecture* on
American Hiatory at Cambridge
Univeriity. He was stricken while
visiting a cathedral near Cam
bridge before the lecture* were
scheduled to begin. <1.
The body is expected to arrive
in New York about November X
and he will be buried at Tu*«a
loos a, Alabama.
Dr Owsley was also conducting
research in England on a book he
ia writing titled, "Foreign Rela
tion* of the Confederacy." HI*
wife, Mrs. Harriet Owsley, plans
to continue the resefrch under •
Fullbright grant and finish the
book.
Other books of which Dr. Ows
ley was the author Include "King
Cotton," "A Short Hiitory of the
South," and "Plain Folk* of the
South"
He ha* alio been associated in
the paat with Vanderbllt, Colum
bia, and Tulane Universities
Correction
In the itory about the death of
Mrs. L. R. Barnes last week, ReV.
Grady Hamby was erroneoualy glV
en us aa one of the officiating
minuter*. Actually the name
ahould have been Rev. E. F. Trout
man.
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