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VOLUME LXXI. ? NO. 38
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WATAUGA DEM
An Independent Weeldy Neumpaper . . . Seventy-Fir at Year of
BO^NE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY,
Student
Teachers
Assigned
The following students from
this area are taking part during
the spring quarter, March 9
through May 22, in the student
teaching program of Appalachian
State Teachers College, Boone. In
this program students devote ap
proximately 12 weeks to student
teaching in the field for which
they have been preparing. As a
part of the student teaching pro
gram, the Appalachian student
usually lives in the community
near the school and participates
in community activities as well as
in school activities. The student
devotes full time in the school
and gradually takes over the full
teaching load, always under the
supervision of the supervising
teacher and the principal.
Luther Martin Banner, son of
Mrs. A. M. Banner of Route 3,
Boone, is teaching Physical Edu
cation at the Appalachian High
School under the supervision of
Mr. Jack Groce. Mr. Banner gradu
ated from Cove Creek High School
in 1993.
Mr. Henry B. Gaither, son of
Mrs. J. M. Gaither of 110 Horn
Drive, Boone, is teaching Busi
ness Education at the Cove Creek
High School under the supervision
of Mrs. Hodges. Mr. Gaither gra
duated Lenoir High School in
1952.
Jimmy Harrison, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Harrison of Route. 1,
Boone, is teaching Business Edu
cation at the Ashley High School
in Gastonia under the supervision
of Miss Evelyn Howell. Mr. Har
rison graduated from Appalach
ian High School in 1950.
Mrs. Rebecca Bingham Mast,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Bingham of Reynolds Station
(Winston-Salem), is teaching
Home Economics and GenlrsT Scf
ence at Glenn High School in
Forsyth County under the super
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Lutherans To
Note Holy Week
Holy Week service^ will be ob
served in Grace Lutheran Church
each evening at 7:30.
Palm Sunday evening at 7:00, a
pageant, "You Are There," depic
ting the triumphant entry and the
crucifixion, will be presented by
the Lutheran Student Association.
Monday evening: "The Cross,
Symbol of Reconciliation."
Tuesday evening: "The Cross,
Symbol of Dedication."
Wednesday evening: "The Cross,
Symbol of Evangelism."
Maundy Thursday: The admin
istration of the Lord's Supper.
(All resident members are ex
pected to Commune).
Good Friday Union Service in
First Baptist Church, 1:00 to 2:00
p. m.
Good Friday evening: Crucifix
ion Hymns and Anthems by choir,
directed by Mrs. Walton Cole with
Professor Cole at the organ.
Easter Union Sunrise Service,
6:19 a. m.
Easter Communion and Hymns
of Victory, 11:00 a. m. ?
Come and commemorate the
Death and Resurrection of our
Saviour, Jesus Christ
Holy Week Plang
By Presbyterians
Holy week services will be held
in the Presbyterian Church, March
22-26. On Sunday morning, March
22, at 11:00 o'clock the Le?s-Mc
Rac College Chorus, under the di
rection of Owen P. Leland. who
will bring a service of
Sunday evening at 6:30 p. m. the
Edgar Tufts Memorial Associa
tion film, "To Set Aglow A Sacred
Flame," will be shown.
At 7:30 p. m. Rev. Harrison
Taylor, professor of Bible at
Lees-McRae College, will preach.
Mr. Taylor will also preach Mon
day and Tuesday evenings at 7:30
o'clock. Wednesday evening the
First Presbyterian Church Choir,
under the direction of Mrs. N. G.
Erneston, will present a service of
Easter Carols.
Thursday evening Rev. Harrison 1
Taylor will again bring the met- '
sage, and the Sacrament of The 1
Lord's Supper will be observed.
The public is invited to sttend
ail then services. '
music.
FIRE CONSUMES WOOD SHED ? The wall* of Ed
Farthing's wood shed fell in shortly after thi* pic
ture was taken during the fire which destroyed the
building. Mr. Farthing's house on the right and a
barn to the left of the <hed were saved by action
of the Volunteer Fire Department of Boone and
neighbon of Mr. Farthing. The catastrophe at
tracted a large crowd of Sunday afternoon sightseers.
Grady Moretz, Jr. N amed Prexy
Watauga Fund At Annual Meet
High School PTA
To Meet Monday
The high school diviiion of the
Boone Parent-Teachers Associa
tion will meet in the Appalachian
High School auditorium on Mon
day evening, March 23, at 7:30 p.
m.
After a short general session in
the auditorium, parents may visit
homerooms to discuss with teach
er* the currtoalum offerings of
the school for each grade level.
Special attention will be given to
registration of students for their
1939-00 classes. Parents of all
eighth-grade students who will en
ter high school next year are be
ing encouraged to attend this
meeting.
Guest speaker for the program
will be Floyd Gehres, Assistant
Director of Trade and Vocational
Education in North Carolina. He
will talk to all boys during an as
sembly program on Monday morn
ing and to their parents on Mon
day evening about the vocational
program at Appalachian High
School. At present the high school
offers courses in basic electricity
and in carpentry, which meet
three hours daily and give six
units of credit to boys in the jun
ior and senior years.
It is hoped that parents of all
high school pupils will attend
this meeting to become familiar
with the school's curriculum and
to help students plan their cours
es for next year.
The United Fund of Watauga
County held its annual meeting at
Appalachian High School on
Thursday evening, March 12, to
begin organization for its fourth
campaign in the county. With Dr.
L. H. Owsley presiding, the chief
business was the election of new
officers.
R. D. Hodges Jr. gave the re
port of the nominating committee,
of which he is chairman. The
adoption of the committee report
resulted in the election of these
officers:
President, Grady Moretz, Jr.;
first vice-president, Cecil Milter;
second vice-president. Jack Cau
dill; secretary, Mrs. Velma Burn
ley; treasurer, Major Jack Tho
mas.
The following were elected as
directors for terms of three years:
R. E. Agle, Or. W. H. Plemmons,
W. C. Richardson, Mrs. Ron Davis,
Mrs. John Greene, Robert Bum
baugh, Rev. Hoyt Robertson, Joe
Wellborn, John Corey, Hubert In
man, Mrs. R. C. Rivers, Mrs. H.
M. Wilson, G. C. Greene, Jr., Mrs.
Nora Wilson, W. W. Chester, Mrs.
Robert Congleton, Vaughn Roten,
Mrs. L. H. Qivsley, Rev. Rhett
Winters, Gwyn Hayes, Dr. Roy
Blanton, and Dr. James Stone.
A number of agencies in the
United Fund made informal re
ports of their activities and their
use of their budget allotment for
the year. Among these were the
Red Cross, of which Con Yates is
president of the local chapter. It
was pointed out that this is Na
tional Red Cross Week, but that
the United Fund has already rais
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Charlotte Optimist Will
Speak At Boone Club
Honorable Hugh Cranford, Di
rector of Optimist International,
Charlotte, will be the principal
speaker at Boone Optimist Club's
HUGH CRANFORD
charter presentation on March 21
it Uhe $oone Trail Restaurant,
lack E. William*, president, of
the new group announced today.
Dr. Carl Bowen, Governor of
District 18, will present the char
ter irom upuxnisi iiJiernaTionai 10
the Club and Jack Spainhour, Lt.
Governor, Zone 7, District 18, will
preside at the installation of the
organization's officers.
Officers who will be formally
installed during the affair are:
Jack E. Williams, president; Nick
Stakias, vice president; Walter
Canfield, vice president; Armfield
Coffey, secretary; and Tom Grant,
treasurer.
The charter ceremonies will
usher the Boone Club into the Op
timist International organization
of more than 1,600 men's service
club* which profess tne "Optimist
Creed" by Christian D. Larson.
Last year the Optimists whose
slogan is "Friend of the Boy"
helped more than 1,913,000 boys
at an expenditure of about $3,
000,000.
NEW BILL INTRODUCED
A $170,000,000 atomic energy bill
has been Introduced in Congress.
It would anthorize $113,500,000 for
atomic project*, >49,300.000 for ex
perimental reactors and <14,000,000
for Euratom cooperation.
Representative Durham (D? N.
C.) and Senator Anderson (D., N.
M.) Introduced the bill for the
next fiscal year at the re<jue?t of
the Atomic Energy Commission.
HENRY C. HAYES
Henry Hayes,
Blowing Rock
Merchant, Dies
Henry C. Hayes, 84, pioneer
Blowing Rock merchant, died
Thursday morning in Blowing
Rock Hospital following a long
illness. ,
Funeral services were held Fri
day at Rumple Memorial Presby
terian Church by the pastor Dr.
W. K. Keys, and Rev. J. K. Park
er, Jr., of the Boone Presbyterian
Church and burial was in the Re
formed Church cemetery.
Survivors are the widow and
two daughters: Mrs. R. B. Hardin
of Blowing Rock and Mrs. M. R.
Maddux of Boone. There are two
sisters, Mrs. Millard Day and Mrs.
Connie Williams of Boone Route
2. There are two grandchildren,
Randolph and Patsy Maddux of
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Easter Services
At Blowing Rock
During Passion Week special
services will be held at the Rum
ple Memorial Presbyterian Church
in Blowing Rock. These services
will begin Sunday evening, March
22, and continue through Friday
evening, March 27.
The services will be made up
largely of the singing of the old
songs, a brief message by the pas
tor, Dr. Walter Keys, and a period
devoted to information, questions
and answers, and the solution of
personal problems. Such questions
as. "Why Be a Christian?", "How
to b< i Christian-", "What are
Marks of Christian?", "How to Be
come a Better Chriatian?" "Why
be a Church Member?", "How to 1
Become a Church Membe*?",
and "What arc the Duties of
Church Members?'', will be dis- '
cussed.
Each service will begin prompt- t
ly at 7:90 o'clock each evening
and will not last more than one
hour.
Everybody is invited to attend i
these service*. '<
$35,000 Of New Industry
Money Is Already Secured
Interest High
In Shadowline
Fund Drive
Sale of stock in Watauga In
dustries, Inct, out of which is
to be financed the doubling of
Shadowline's capacity, and the
provision for one hundred
more jobs in the community,
is going strong. Already a
little more than $35,000 has
been subscribed, and the team
captains reporting this noon
assured Campaign Manager
Stanley A. Harris that the
$50,000 goal would be reached
within the next two weeks.
For instance, Jerry Coe said:
"The $1,300 my team is reporting
is just a beginning of what my
team will do. Some of our pros
pects we haven't had a chance to
see, others need a little time, but
the interest has been aroused and
the people will buy this stock and
insure the Shadowline expansion."
Mr. W. H. Gragg's team has re
ported the largest amount to date.
Adding $8,100 to the $4,300 al
ready reported gave a total of
$9,400 for the team headed by
Mr. Gragg, W. W. Chester, James
Marsh and Herman Anderson, as
sociated with him.
The employees of Watauga Sav
ings and Loan Association report
ed $800 and the employees of
Belk's reported $800, Chevrolet
employees have bought stock, Mr.
Harris says and the employees of
Shadowline have already bought
$6000 and Mr. Johnson says,
"several of our employees plan to
order stock in the next few days."
It is re-emphasized by Mr. Har
ris that this is not a donation but
a sound investment in the future
of the community and the county.
Prompt action is being urged in
subscribing the remainder of the
stock. They are ready to start the
building just as soon as the last
dollar is pledged. "Let's get it in
and the building started," Mr.
Harris says, "The sooner it's start
ed the sooner it will be finished
and these people started to work."
Every property holder and every
business will profit twice by buy
ing stock. Property will undoubt
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White Gold Is
Found At Vilas
John D. Hodges of Vilas Route
1, was in town last week displaying
a sample of "white gold," found
on his place recently.
Mr. Hodges said a sample had
been sent to Raleigh for assay,
and is was his belief that it could
assay 40% of the precious metal.
If the report shows that there
is that much gold in the sample,
Mr. Hodges expects that the vein
wjfl be mined.
According to Mr. Hodges, he was
digging for a spring several years
ago and discovered some "fool's
gold." He later went back and
found manganese ore to be present
in the vicinity. Just recently he
uncovered the vein of white gold.
The vein measures 12 feet long*
Mr. Hodges said, and four inches in
diameter. A peck bucket of the
ore would weigh 200 pounds, he
said.
White gold is used consider
ably in jewelry.
Legion Notes
40th Birthday
Watauga Post 130 American
Legion and Auxiliary will cele
brate the American Legion's 40th
birthday on Friday night March
20th at 7:00 p. m. with ? covered
dish supper and other entertain
ment. All members are requested
to be present and bring their
wives with them.
This is not a regular meeting
just a social gathering to cele
brate the 40th birthday of the
American Legion and look over
the new kitchen and Auxiliary
room aa both have been dedocorat
?4 pad new furnishings in both.
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH member! celebrate
the cancelling of a mortgage againit their parsonage
by burning note which wai paid in full early last
month. The congregation gathered after worship
service in the basement for a dinner and the note
burning. A. E. Vannoy strikes match to note held
by B. H. Moody, while the Rev. George Arthur,
putor (left), and W. H. Gragg watch. Name* of
the three truiteei shown appeared on the note,
whicli made possible building of the parsonage.
Appalachian Chorale To Appear
Sacred Cantata As. Feature Lent
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Enoch Potter
Rites Are Held
Enoch Potter, 87, resident of
Boone RtfUte 2, died last Friday
at his home in the Meat Camp
section.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Meat
Camp Baptist Church by Rev. R.
C. Eggers and Rev, Barnard Tuttle
and burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, one
son, Fate Potter of Route 2,
Boone; two daughters, Mrs. Elsie
Glenn, Sugar Grove; Mrs. Virginia
Lewis, Route 2, Boone, 23 grand
children and 12 greatgrandchild
ren.
Poland announces new incentives
for settlers.
Lloyd Coleman
Dies In Beckley
Lloyd Z. Coleman, 83, former
State prison camp guard o( Boone,
died March 9th at the Veterans'
hospital, Beckley, W. Va., where
he had been a patient (or some
time.
FuneMl serviette were held in
the chapel of Reins-Sturdivant
Funeral Home in Boone March
12th at 10 a. m. Rev. Edwin F.
Troutman, pastor of Grace Luth
eran Church, conducted the rites
and burial was in the Howell
cemetery at Vilas.
Surviving are a son and three
daughters: Joseph E. Coleman,
Marcelle Coleman, Mrs. John
Hlynosky, Mrs. Ima Jean Siegel,
Cleveland, Ohio. There are four
grandchildren.
me /ippaiacman i^noraie oi Ap
palachian State Teachers College,
Boone, under the direction of W.
Hoyt Safrit will preient the Stabat
Mater, a Sacred Cantata by Gio
vanni Pergoleai on Sunday after
noon March 22 at 4:00 o'clock in
the Fint Baptiat Church in Boone.
Each year at thia time of the
Lenten aeaaon the Chorale per
form! a similar work but thia will
be the firat performance of the
Stabat Mater by Pergolesi ever to
be performed in Boone.
The fhorale which wu organi
zed in 1950 ia composed of 16
voice*. The group frequently ap
pears in sacred and secular con
certs in North Carolina and neigh
boring states.
The chorale has just returned
from a very successful tour ap
pearing in cities in North Caro
lina, Tennessee and Arkansas. The
Chorale was acclaimed by audi
ence* and critics as one of the
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Presidents Of Watauga Industries And
C of C Laud Democrat For Promotion
Watauga Democrat
Boone, N. C.
Gentlemen:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and the staff for
doing such a fine job in assisting Watauga Industries, Inc. in promoting the
Stock sale drive.
I do not recall ever seeing a newspaper devote as much of its space
to assist its people in putting over a worthwhile project. The Editorial
column was very good and tjie full front page has not missed any sub
scriber of the Democrat and evidently most of the people in the County
have read this spread.
With the support given by your paper and the honest efforts of the
workers in selling stock it is felt that we will reach the $50,000 aimed for.
i I extend herewith my kindest regards to the Democrat for the fine
manner in which they have lent a hand to the betterment of Watauga*
County.
G. R. Andrews,
President,
? Watauga Industries, Inc.
Editor and Staff, Watauga Democrat
Gentlemen:
The Boone Chamber of Commerce and I, personally, wish to express
our most sincere thanks for one of the finest issues of OUR local paper, in
behalf of our community, published last week. We think we have the best
weekly, paper in the entire Southland and perhaps in the Nation.
When the results are in on our industry stock sale we will have to
say that Mr. Rivers and his staff created the spark that made it a huge
success.
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How can a community fail with such fine cooperation from our press
and from everyone who has and are now working to make Watauga County
the best place to live.
We hope we can repay you.
Most sincerely yours, \
BOONE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HERMAN W. WILCOX, Pres.-JIgr.