So This Is New York .
Br NORTH CALLAHA*
Then to • strange phenomenon
here. It is a Republican Roosevelt
At least, such hat been strange
since the days of the vigorous T.
R. Bootevelt who was bora and
brad in New York. But John, the
son of Franklin, being a Republican
is something hard for a lot of
Democrats roundabout to figure
out He is a successful young I
business man with a smile much
like that of his father, and he
plunks for the Republicans too.
Only' thing of late which puzzles
both parties, however, is his recent
trip to the state legislature
where he sold the law-makers on
the idea of a multi-million-dollar
indoor race track for this city—
an idea more in keeping with some
of his brothers than in the tradition
of his famous forefathers.
Lunching at the Lambs with
Chet Shaw, former magazine executive,
now vice president of
Health News Institute, I looked
for the women who have recently
been admitted to this erstwhile
male sanctuary, but saw none. Apparently
they invade the picturesque
theatrical club mostly at
night. Chet and I discussed cabbages
and kings and drugs and
pharmaceuticals, and he recalled
that one of the new drugs, terramycin,
was found only after 100,000
samples of soil from different
places were tested for it—and finally
one was happily found containing
the helpful medicine
A revolution in ticket-selling is
taking place at the Pennsylvania
Railroad Station and the press was
invited to aee it. Over a big center
section of the 7 "A-acre building, a
new, shiny secondary structure has
been built, and under this umbrella-like
canopy are the new facilities.
Counters, neon signs and
television sets spread out in a
{urinating arrangement. Here is
the newest in ticket-selling hooked
up by the world'* largest cloeedcireuit
of television, 100 Mts in
all. As we were shown through the
installation, just before It opened,
it was demonstrated that a passenger
can walk op to a window, ask
for a ticket to some place, be
shown the train vacancies on the
nearby televiaion set—flashed from
the diagrams in the rear section
—be assigned the space, pay for
it and walk away In less than two
minutes—or about a fourth of the
time it required under the old
method. Similiar time-saving is reflected
here in telephone requests,
and big companies can now receive
reservations on telegraph machines
in their own offices. As this column
has mentioned before, it's
high time that the railroads catch
up with other kinds of transportation
in their ways of dealing with
the public Here is a long step
forward.
The woman sat down in a local
dentist's chair and took from her
wedding finger a ring of heavy
gold, telling the dentist she would
like that gold be used to fill her
teeth . He shook his head, asked if
he couldn't use his regular gold.
"No," she replied. "You see I
promised my first husband before
his death that I'd always wear his
wedding ring. Next week, I'm getting
married again, and the man
has made me promise I'll only
wear his ring after the ceremony.This
is the only way I can keep
my promise to both of them."
Apparently newspaper advertisements
can do anything. In a local
paper, a classified ad asked for
girls for a chorus line to dsnce
in a Las Vegas, Nevada nightclub
this coming summer. "Must have
good figures, faces and be able to
dog a little. Only women with
Phi). rtagraa* Deed apply. Will
be known ai the HI Phi Eta*." I
cheeked and found that the man
who placed the ad wa« getting re
»ulU. OirU with Ph.O.'i were applying.
Thoae with only maater'a
degree* were turned away. And
the girla will make from 3-000 dollar*
a week—mora than their degree*
would pay them elsewhere.
Jlarch Is Set
As Egg Month
The month of March ha* been
proclaimed a* National Egg
Month. It wa* announced thi* week
by Gale* W. Scrogg*. manager of
the Watauga FCX Service, who
ha* been appointed chairman of
the observance for Watauga, Aahe,
and Avery counties.
The North Carolina Poultry Induitry
through the N. C. Poultry
Council i* cooperating in thi* Con*umer
Education program, and a
"kickoff breakfaat" wa* held for
the program on Tuesday, March 8,
at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh.
A regional meeting, wa* held at
the Y. M C. A. in Elkin on Thursday,
February 14, laid Mir. Scrogga,
attended by representatives of the
N. C. Department of Agriculture
and the Poultry Department Extension
of State College. A meeting
of the three counties of which
he i* chairman will be held in the
next few day*, he added.
The large Hilton and Sheraton
Hotel chains are featuring egg
dishe* this month, and the Saturday
Evening Post and other national
magazines will carry advertisements
featuring egg* during
the month.
The Poultry and Egg Nation*
Board haa announced that eggs
are moving to market in good
volume in mo*t states during the
second annual observance of
March Egg Month. This i* an excellent
iea*on to build meals
around egg*, the board said in reminding
homemaker* that "eggs
can be served in more than a
thousand way*."
The slogan for the observance i*
"Eat Eggs For Goodness Sake."
ARMY MULES GONE
The last 136 Army pack mules
were recently *otd to civilian buyer*.
Before the sale, fifty of the
youngest mules went to the National
Park Service for use in
Yoiemite and Sequioa national
parki In Calif(Trnia. ThT U. S.
Forest Service got 89 other* for
use in Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah, Yyoming and Montana.
LOOK FOR THE
"Country Pride" Label
AND BE SURE OF GETTING FRESH,
WATAUGA COUNTY-PRODUCED EGGS
' These Leading Watauga County Merchants Are Selling
# "Country Pride" £ggi:
DIXIE HOME STORE
WATAUGA TRADING POST
TOM JONES GROCERY
BLACK BEAR SUPER MARKET
PERKINSVILLE GROCERY
A. R. SMITH SERVICE STATION
BLACK'S SERVICE STATION
♦ BLOWING BOCK, N. C.
Thefle Establishments Use and Serve "Country Pride" Eggs:
Boone Trail Restaurant - Kirk's Restaurant
Blowing Rock Hospital-Twins Bakery
i * i
"Country Prid«S" Egg* Are* Graded, Packed, and Distributed Daily by
Watauga FCX Service
y.'. & WATER STREET' BOONE. N. C.
CASUALTY EVACUATION by helicopter, perfect* to (he Koreu
Wm, la demonstrated at the Federal Ctrfl Defeaae Administrations
ap-to-date reacae achool at otnar, Ml Here a afreet of ca remit?
enctneered "bombed eat" baUdlnr. confront reacae eoane atudente
wriHy e* altuatlona, tncludlnc reacae tram actaalty -
Zionville News
Mrs. N. J. Greer, Mrs. Carolyn
Harrison and sons, Sonny and
Michael, have returned to Whiteville
after a visit here with Mrs.
Lillle Thomas and Miss Hettie
Greer, a patient at Watauga Hospital
in Boone. .
Mrs. Mamie Donnley of Creston
spent Saturday with Mrs. Nannie
Greer and Mrs. Lilly Thomas.
Mrs. Nettie Perry aqd Mack
Perry of Westminster, Md., spent
the week end with the Rev. and
Mrs. R. C. Eggerf and Ross Bumgardner.
Recent visitors with Mrs. Polly
Greer and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wilkinson were Mr. and Mrs. Daron
Shoun and daughters, Mrs. J. E.
Jones and son, Ike, of Mountain
City, Tenn., and Mr. and Mrs. B.
K. Hartzog and sons, Everette and
Steve of Idlewild.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Holman and
son, Alfred, visited Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rominger at
Rominger.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Martin and
Wallace of Mocksville, and Mr. and
Mrs. Wilton Potter of Greensboro
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. James Wilson.
Mrs. Emory Mitchell, Mrs. Rosie
• Perry, Jesse Eggers and daughters,
Jessica from Edgefield, S. C.,
and Mrs. Lottie Eggers of Mountain
visited this week end
with MrWnd Mrs. Odel Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Carlton of
Patterson spent Sunday with Mrs.
Charles Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Colvard have
made plans to live near Boone
since Mr. Colvard is employed In
Lenoir Mirror factory.
Joseph H. N orris, who la with
the navy, plant to come to North
Carolina aoon with hia wife. Be
if now on cruise with USS Bremerton
in the East
Norrls-Dotson Vows Said
Geneva Mae Norris was married
to Dale W. Dotson on February 23
at Boone. Hiss Norria is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Norria of Zionville. Mr. Dotaon
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gonley
Dotaon of Poplar Grove, and is
serving with the army in Norfolk,
Va. Be plans to take hia bride
back with him and make their
home there.
Miss Bingham Is
Insurance Agent
In a recent story in the Democrat
it was implied that Joe Williams,
who operates Bighlander
Motor Company and Bighlander
Gulf Service on the Blowing Rock
road, also operates Bighlander Insurance
Company at the same address.
This was in error, states
Mr. Williams, as Miss Annabel
Bingham is sole sgent for Bighlander
Insurance Company.
Ford and Chrysler car output is
ahead of 1096.
New Loan Plan
[s Announced
Psoviaioae of the new farm operating
and development Umu>
program for farisen who have
part-Ume employment off the fans
were explained this week by Jennings
B. Hobinaon, the Farmers
Home Administration (tMinty superviaor
for Watauga county.
He aaid that although the main
purpoae of theee ioana la to help
farmera who live in areaa deaignated
for the rural development
program, there may be other farmers
having part-time employment
off the farm who may be eligible
tor operating and farm devolpment
loana.
To be ellgible the applicant must
be of legal age, • citisen of the
United States, unable to get credit
from other sources and have had
farm experience or training sufficient
to indicate reasonable prospect*
of continuing successful
farming operations. He must be
an establiahed farmer, conducting
substantial farming operations and
spending a major portion of his
time farming. The applicant must
have a dependable source of outside
income. *
The loan applicant's farm must
be of such size and productive capacity
that the expected Income,
plus the income from part-time employment,
ia sufficient to pay farm
operating and living expenses, pay
debts, and provide a reasonable
reserve for emergencies.
i The county committee will determine
the eligibility of each applicant.
Ben W. Farthing, Forrest
A. Greene and Dallas J. Wilson are
the members of the Watauga
county Farmers Home Administration
committee.
Legion Speaker
TIM T. CRAIG
Tim T. Craig, of Newton, State
Commander of the North Carolina
Department of the American Legion,
will be the speaker at the
Legion birthday dinner to be held
at the Legion Hot in Boone Tuesday
March 19, under the auspices
of the Watauga Poet of the American
Legion. The meeting will atart
at 7:30.
CIGARETTS8
While cigarette consumption is
said to be rising in the United
States, leu tobacco is being ustd,
according to the findings of the
United Nations Food and Agricultural
Organisation. In IMS, consumption
of cigarettes rose about
3 per cent but the use ct filter
tips and more efficient production
cut the amount of tobacco needed
to make them. At the same time,
production of leaf tobacco in the
United States fell by 3 per cent
DHNOCXAT ADS PAT
Thursday, March 7
OKLAHOMA: Starring Gordon MaeRae, Gloria Grahame,
Gene Nelson, Eddie Albert, Shirley Jones.
"Oklahoma" U the first motion picture
to be made In the widely heralded, revolutionary
Todd-AO process, which ia
Awesomely overwhelming with ita clarity,
sharpness, brilliant illumination and
a sweeping picture without "overlap"
line* or distortion. This picture ia big
—in every sense of the word. It ia big
in beauty, big in conception and execution,
magnificently big, bright and
beautiful in lovely soft Eastman Color,
and big in sound. The great prairie
vistas are breath-taking. The story stems on the rivalry of
Jud, the hired man (Rod Steiger), and Curly (Gordon McRae)
for Laurey (Shirley Jonea.)
Ala*: Lucky Dag: Cartoon. /
Friday, March t
DBANCO: Starring Jeff Chandler, John Lupton, Joanne
Dru, Morris Ankrunt, Ronald Howard, Julie London,
Donald Criap.
At the end of the Civil War Jeff Chandler
ia assigned as military governor to
a Georgia community which previoualy
hia troopers had burned and pillaged
during General Sherman's march to the
aea. He ia determined through kindness
and understanding, to bring peace
and productivity to the people who so
thoroughly despise him and all Northerners.
Ala*: Man Around the
and T* B** *r Nat To Bm
Saturday, March •, at 1 and I •'clock
APACHE WOMAN: Starring Lloyd Bridget, Joan
Taylor, Lance Fuller, Morgan Jonea.
The story la set in a small town in Arizona at the turn at the
century, Just after a /><•«<•« treaty has been inkad with the
Apaches and the Redskins have been herded Into reservation.
Whan a series of vicious Crimea is perpetrated, the
townspeople suspect the Indiana, notably Mian Taylor, a halfbreed,
and her brother. Fuller, of being the ringleaders. Ala*:
Three Cart—pa. • ']*» ' •
Satorday, March », «t 7 and » a'efeck
THE CONQUEROR: Starring John Wayne, _
Hayward, Pedro Armendarix, Agnes Moorehead.
The fascinating historical story ot the
great Genghis Khan, who ruled the Gobi
Desert and Ita nomadic tribes of Mongola,
Tartars and the rest of the inhabitants
of that tigerish civilization of
the Twelfth Century has been made
Into this motion picture of imposing
■weep, color and action. Wayne ia the
great Genghis Khan, and Suaan Hayward
olays the daughter of the rival tribe
leader for whose love the young but
brill isn warrior braves anything.
SHOWS EACHDAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
~ % 4, T, AND • O'CLOCK
SATURDAY—1 AND "j O'CLOCK; COMPLETE
PROGRAM CHANGE SATURDAY—7 AND • P. M
SUNDAY—3 AND I O'CLOCK
ADMISSION: 10c, 35c — FRIDAYS 10c AND Me
Children Under 12 Admitted Free with Paid Adult
All Day Friday
Appalachian Theatre
12
INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN: Starring
William*, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul
Grant
You must see thli fascinating story of a man of normal dm
(Grant Williams) begin, to loo* height until be it only a
few incbei high. Ho lives in a small doll's house In his living
room. He is attacked by the house cat, to him an enormous
creature. His gory bottle with a spider, using a pin for a weapon
(he is now only two inches Ugh) his frantic and in- ,
genious struggle to clmb wall shelves, or collar stain, his
escape from drowning in a flooded collar by dinging to a
pencil, all make for an Intriguing motion picture. Con- «ui
see what happens to the "Incredible Shrinking
Sunday, March II, at 1 and • o'clock
THREE BRAVE MEN: Starring Ray Milland, Ernest
Borgnine, Frank Lovejoy, Nina Foch, Dean Jaggesi
Based on a factual incident which was
the subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning
series of articles 'thst appeared in the
Washington Dsily News, this tells the
dramatic story of Ernest Borgnlne, for
more than a score of years a civilian
employe of the navy department, who
was dischsrged ss a bad security risk
becsuse of bigoted snd prejudiced false
testimony that made him suspect as
a Communist.
Also: Police Dogged and MGM News.
Monday, March 11
KELLY AND ME: Starring Van Johnson, Piper Laurie,
Martha Hyer, Onflow Stevens.
In the early 1930's, Van Johnson i* a
small-time vaudeville hoofer who gets
few bookings until Kelly, a Shepherd dog
owned by a vicious animal trainer, stumbles
into Van's act and makes it a success.
Piper Laurie, daughter of a movie
producer, meets Van and persuades her
father to sign him and Kelly for a dog
picture, which becomes a smash hit.
Kelly's former owner returns to clain)
his "gold mine" and Van returns to
small-time night clubs. But Kelly refuse*
to take directions and finally runs
away to try to find Van.