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VOLUME LXXI.? NO. 16
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1958
FRONT ROW SEAT FOR AUTUMNAL SHOW. . . . October's spec
tacular foliage display is rapidly approaching its peak on the higher
slopes of the Blue Ridge. Atop Grandfather Mountain, highest of
the Blue Ridge peaks, sightseers have a bird's eye view of 50 miles
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of red and golden foothills. The fall color season in the mountains
is expected to run until about the end of the month. ? Photo by Hugh
Morton.
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Fall Color To Lure Thousan ds
SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE, brilliant veteran of the New York and
London stage and the Hollywood screen, who will entertain students
at ASTC and holders of season tickets in the county at eight o'clock
Tuesday evening. October 21, at the college auditorium.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
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To Appear At College
Sir Cedric Hardwicke, the most
distinguished actor ever to appear
in Boone, will present his pro
gram "Come Back Stage With
Me" at the college auditorium on
Tuesday evening, October 21.
Sir Cedric was born the son of
an English doctor who Wanted him
to follow in the medical profession,
but young Cedric sawt his first
clown in a circus at the age of
seven and decided that prescrip
tions and pulse rates were no\ for
him. He wanted to make People
laugh and began at once to put on
his own shows. He never wavered
from this ambition, but learned
his profession and went on to a
series of triumphs, which took him
long since to the top rank among
actors in the English drama.
Variety and versatility have
been the keys to his career. He has
played in Shakespeare and in An
tigone, where he played the stern
est of dramatic roles. He has also
played comedy, high and low. He
is particularly noted for his suc
cess In the comedies of George
Bernard Show ? Pygmalion. The
Apple Cart, Don Juan in Hell, and
many others. He has also taken
comic roles in musical comedy,
suck a* "Showboat."'
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In his program at A. S. T. C. be
will talk of hi* experiences as an
actor and give passages from plays
of which he has appeared. The
program will be a replacement for
Raymond Hassey who secured
Sir Cedric as a substitute, when
doctors at a Boston hospital for
bade Mr. Massey to travel. Admis
sion to Sir Cedric Hardwickc will
be by season ticket only. The
tickets are available at the Cham
ber of Commerce and will also be
on sale at the doo
Motor travel is expected to be
extremely heavy this week end
in and around Boone and Watauga
county ii weather continues as it
has been for the past few days. The
trees with their beautifully colored
leaves are expected to draw thous
ands of people from down the
mountain to see them'.
The weather has been particu
larly favorable for causing the
leaves to turn their various colors.
Height of the color season may b*
reached this week end.
Already many visitors have pass
ed through Boone to witness na
tures' wonders of fall, and Don
Hayes of Ruth?rwood, who turned
tables and went down the mountain
Sunday, said, as he was returning
home in the afternoon, he was con
fronted with an almost endless
stream of vehicles as sightseers
left the hills on their return home.
According to Mr. Ilayes' count,
he met 817 cars between the road
leading from Lenoir into the main
highway and A. R. Smith's Esso
Service in Boone, where he is em
ployed. He was behind heavy traf
fic all the way home and could not
count the cars ahead because it
was impossible to pass them in the
oncoming traffic. ?
Alumni of Appalachian State
Teachers College, returning to
their Alma Mater for Homecoming
activities Saturday, are expected
to increase the traffic on the high
ways in this area. Many will stay
over until Sunday.
Masonic Team
Of Spruce Pine
Confer Degree
The Spruce Pine Masonic degree
team will make their long-awaited
visit to Boone Friday night, Oc
tober 17.
Noted as one of the outstanding
degree teams in North Carolina,
they will confer the third degree
on Coach R. W. Watkins, Ralph
Lane Hayes and Marion Larkin
Hodges. ,
Members of lodges in surround
ing areas have been invited. All
members are urged to attend.
t Miss Barbara Rice of Raleigh
visited over the week end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs H. E.
Rice.
Girl Scouts Collect
Toys For Christmas
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The members of Girl Scout
Traop 0 are again collecting used
and usable toys which they may
clean and paint for distribution to
needy Watauga children at Christ
mas-time. A similar project was
conducted by this troop last year
and about ISO toys were distribut
ed to children who otherwise would
not have had toys for Christmas.
Anyone baring toys they would j
like to give for this purpose may
contact any of the troop members
or the leaders. Troop members
are: Elizabeth Bartlett, Jane Buck
land, Evangeline (Toi) Cooke,
Martha MoreU, Nancy Pease, Janie
Price, Rebecca Russell. Diane War
man, and Gail WUson.
Leaders are Mrs H. M. Cooke
and Mrs. T. S. Bartlett.
Judge Hayes
Is Improving
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of Wil
kesboro, retired federal jurist,
jcontinucs to improve following
surgery Thursday noon in Davis
Hospital, Statesville, and is ex
pected to regain normal health, it
was learned today.
The 72-year-old judge, who su
stained a heart attack five years
ago, had been in the hospital for
about one week prior to surgery
performed by Dr. Claude Spires
of Charlotte, for several years a
staff member of the hospital, as
sisted by hospital staff surgeons.
Dr. Spires is associated with Co
well Urological Clinic in Char
lotte.
Judge Hayes is expected to re
main in the hospital for about ten
days under care of Dr. J. S. Hoi
brook and other physicians before
returning to his home in Wilkes
boro.
Statement On
Shooting Case
Mrs. Grady Yates, whose hus
band was shot by her father, asks
the Democrat to publish the fol
lowing in regard to the incident:
"The argument wasn't over
car keys, but over a clock radio.
Car was not in North Carolina af
ter 2:30 in the afternoon. Mrs.
Yates moved it to Tennessee at
that time. Wiley Stanberry shot to
protect his daughter, Mrs. Yates."
MORE FOREST FIRES
Lightning and dry weather mean
fire, and this year the incidence of
forest fires has soared. Forest
fires reported so far this year
amount to 8,232 compared with
5,652 a year ago.
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Homecomers To Take
Part In Gay Program
Parade, Grid
Tilt, Dance
Are Arranged
The Chi Lambda Chi Club of
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege plays host to alumni for Ap
palachian's 1958 Homecoming on
Saturday. The club will be assisted
by alumni of Watauga county.
The ASTC Mountaineers meet
the Catawba Indians in an after
noon football game at 2 o'clock,
highlighting a string of gala ac
tivities planned for the day.
A huge parade in the morning,
headed by Parade Marshall Jim
Muse of Robbins, kicks off the
festivities. A homecoming dance
climaxes the affair.
Bob' Edwards, of Cooleemee,
president of .Chi Lambda Chi, ia
Over-all director of student par
ticipation in the event. He is as
sisted by Danold Berryhill, of Con
cord, and Emma Jene Bryant, of
Lenoir.
Alumni registration begins at
8:00 a. m., followed by the home
coming ' parade at 10 a. m., which
will feature Hme 20 floata and fix
banda.
Campus displays and parade
floats, prepared by campus clubs,
are built around the theme "Ap
palachian Today."
A luncheon at th? Elementary
School cafeteria honoring tfet
classes of 12, '3S and '4S is at
11:M a. m. Mrs. Daisy Eggers, of
Boone, is In charge of arrange
ments.
Kickoff time for the football
game is 2:00 p. m. A pre-game
show under the direction of ASTC
Band Director Charles Isley will
be presented.
During half-time, the homecom
ing queen will be crowned by
the "A" Club and honored guests
recognized.
Dean of Women, Maxie G. Ed
misten, hosts a coffee hour in the
student lounge at 4:30 p. m.
Music begins for the homecom
ing dance in the Physical Educa
tion Building at 0:00 p. m. Some
1,500 alumni and students are ex
pected to attend. Dance arrange
ments are under the direction of
Miss Ula Malone, a Greensboro
senior. The 14-piece dance band,
the Appatones, will provide the mu
sic.
ROAD DEATHS AT NEW LOW
San Francisco ? A Ford Motor
Company official recently said the
national traffic death rate reach
ed a new low last year.
Andrew A. Kucher, a company
vice president, told the American
Motor Vehicle Administrators the
rate was 15 deaths per 100,000,000
motor vehicle miles of travel in
1037, but only 5.B for the same
number of miles in 1057.
CHAMPIONS ? Plato Paladin 98, grand champion bull cX the 16th annual Watauga Hereford Breeders
Show and Sale, is handled by Milton Moretz, left, whil e Mis* Royal Larry, champion heifer, is shown for
her consignor, John Dugger of Vilas, by his son, Jim my Dugger. Plato Paladin 58 was consigned by Mr.
and Mrs. H. Grady Farthing of Trailway Farms, Boone. ? (Story and other pictures on page six.)
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Reynolds Urges Support
For United Fund Drive
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Dr. Lee Reynold* of the ASTC
fapulty , Tuesday urged members
of the Boone Chamber of Com
merce to "back the United Fund
100 per cent."
Dr. Reynolds addressed the
chamber as a member of the
United Fund public speaker! bu
reau at the civic body's monthly
luncheon meeting, with President
John B. Robinson presiding.
Reminding the group that the
Historical Association
To Hear State Auditor
The annual (all dinner, meeting
of the Southern Appalachian His
torical Association will be held at
the Daniel Boone Hotel Monday,
October 20, beginning at 7 p. m.
Mr. Henry L. Bridges of Raleigh,
auditor of the State of North Car
olina, will be the principal speak
er.
Also expected to be present and
to make brief remarks are Dr. I.
G. Greer, president of the associa
tion; Dr. Permit Hunter, author
of /he outdoor drama, Horn in the
West, which the association pro
duces; and Hugh Morton, owner of
Grandfather Mountain.
Principal business to be trans
acted will be the election of a 30
member board df directors. Bal
lots hrave been mailed to members
by the nominating committee, car
rying names of the present board
DEATH MACHINE . . .Truck which Calvin HJcka wu driving when he wa* killed in a collision with
another truck on 421 lait week. It* body torn away by the imptct, the machine traveled lor over 200 feet
before coning to reat la thia portion.? Photo by Westoo's Studio.
and those of 20 other persona
whose active support of the work
of the association has been out
standing.
The new board will elect offi
cers for the coming year at a later
meeting. Present officers, in ad
dition to Dr. Greer, are James P.
Marsh, executive vice-president;
Hugh Hagaman, second vice-pres
ident; Mrs. L. H. Owsley, secretary;
and George C. Greene, Jr., treas
urer.
Small Still Is
Taken In County
Chief Deputy Sheriff Emmett
Oliver reports the seizure of a
50-gallon whiskey distillery in the
Hot Hollow section.
Sheriff Oliver states that the
still was fashioned from an oil bar
rel, used a copper worm, and had
two mash barrels. He described
it as a sort of "family size" oper
ation. Captured with the still was
plastic hose and other odds and
ends of equipment.
The still hadn't been in opera
tion recently, the officer believed.
No one was present and no arrest
has been made.
Maritime Administration planv
nuclear submarine. O
Watauga United Fund campaign
got underway Monday and will
continue through October 29, the
speaker declared "the United way
it the American way," exemplified
by our forefathers when this coun
try was first settled as they joined
together to help their neighbor*
build cabins, gather their crops,
etc.
Dr. Reynolds pointed out that
before the United Fund concept
came into being there were seven
teen separate fund-raising drives
for charitable causes in Boone,
and said the United way is the
best way to do the most good for
the most people at the least oper
ating expense and a minimum of
duplication of effort.
"The goal is not going to be
reached, however, by an easy ef
fort," Dr. Reynolds said. "We are
in an expanding economy. There
it four times as much money in
terms of the national product as
fifteen years ago. Three years ago
when Watauga United was first
organized, the budget was only
about $9,000, whereas this year it
is <19,496.90. But with the proper
concern for our less fortunate
neighbors and the cooperation of
everyone, we should encounter no
difficulty in attaining it"
City Tags
In other business Tuesday,
President Robinson appointed ?
committee composed of R. D.
Hodges, Jr., chairman, G. R. And
rews, and R. E. Agio, to design
and order a quantity of Boone city
automobile tags, made of metal, to
be placed on sale at various Boone
stores. All car owners are urged
to purchase these tags when avail
able and "help advertise Boone
wherever we go," said President
Robinson. It is expected that the
price of the tags will be $1.00,
aaid Chairman Hodges.
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Merchants Lay Plans
For Bargain Days
Boone merchant* laid plana laat
week to stage a city-wide aalea
event next Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, aaid R. D. Hodges, Jr.,
chairman of the Merchants Com
mittee of the Boone Chamber of
Commerce.
To be designated aa "Boone
Greater Bargain Days," the pro
motion is slated for October 23,
24, and 23 only, when wanted
atiti
merchandise in ail categories will
be offered by local stores at re
duced prices.
Merchants report that they have
made special orders for the big
event, and will also offer many
Items of their regular stock at
bargain prices. All Booae retail
stores have been asked to I-*,
cipale, said Mr.