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VOLUME LXX1. ? NO.
An Independent Weekly Neum paper . , . Seventy-Firat Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOKTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY U, 1M?
all fqr period 2.^ fnche, .
PAGES? TWO SECTIONS gti
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.? Part of the crowd attending gradua
tion exercises at Appalachian State Teachers College Sunday afternoon
are shown as the seniors march out after receiving their diplomas.
Left inset shows Registrar Herman Eggers presenting diploma to one
of the 381 Minors receiving degrees. Right lnaet Dr. W. H. Plemmons,
college president, greets the Honorable Edwin M. Gill, State Treasurer,
principal speaker for the event.? (Photos Flowers Photo Shop.) 1
' HISTORICAL GROUP HAS MEETING MONDAY
Interest Revived In " Horn "
By W. RALPH TUGMAN
Democrat Staff Writer
There is often a fine line be
tween concern and entbuilaim.
Somewhere . . . and lometime in
the last six weeks, the community
of Boone crossed that line, where
"Horn in the West" is concerned.
Just when it happened, no one
seems to know, but some of the
reasons for its happening were
brought to light Monday night as
members of the Southern Appala
chian Historical Association met
for the annual Spring Dinner at
the Daniel Boone Hotel.
A definite upward trend in early
spring movement along the Park
way points to a busier than usual
tourist season throughout the Blue
Ridge area. A deepening interest
among National Park officials has
evidenced itself in several areas
of community activity here and
elsewhere along the busy scenic
route. A heartwarming loyalty
among cast members of the drama
is bringing back many of its fea
tured players, even in the face of
budget reductions that spelled out
lower pay scales for them. A
Statewide interest is evident among
Garden Club members that seems
sure to result in a unique garden
of native plant materials here.
These, and a countless number
of other factors, some of them tan
gible, some Intangible, have spark
ed to life an enthusiasm that has
lain dormant since the dishearten
ing financial outcome of last years
drama season.
With this rebirth of interest
comes also a rebirth of planning,
reaching out to embrace wider in
terests and a greater number of
people than ever before. Evidence
of this was unmistakable in the
number of people who spoke at
Monday night's meeting, the var
ied activities they represent, the
stations they occupy, and the au
thority with which they spoke.
Mrs. B. W. Stallings spoke brief
ly about the origin of the Appa
lachian Historical Association,
some of its accomplishments and
its long range plans. She spoke
with enthusiasm about the addi
tion of the Tatum cabin to the
Daniel Boone Park grounds, And
outlined some of the plans for
making it appealing to tourists,
such as serving old fashioned corn
pone and sassafras tea, and adding
to the cabin's furnishings authen
tic relics of the 1785 period the
cabin's history dates back to.
Hri Stallings pointed out that
the cabin and Botanical Gardens
dove-tail into a long rang program.
She introduced Mr*. Betty llc
Ghee as spokesman for the State
Garden Club.
Mrs. MeGhee told the group of
her presentation to the Board of
the State Club the plans for the
Native Plant Garden here, and the
unanimous endorsement of thit
group along with the pledge of
financial support.
Mrs. Paul Deaton, second vice
president of the State Garden Club,
(Continued on page Hum)
? ITS THE TRUTH!? Sterling Carroll proudly boldi the more than two
foot long brown trout he caught Saturday. Fishing in Kiddie Fork
Creek, near Myttery Hill, young Carroll *u using a minnow for bait
on an eight-pound test line. The trout, believed to be the record
catch of its kind this year in the county, weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces,
and measured 24 8-4 inches in length. ? Staff photo Joe Minor.
Incumbent Official^
Are Willing To Run
With the town election lesj than
three weeks off, little activity has
been noted on the political front.
Incumbents of the office of Mayor
and three aldermen are the only
ones who have publicly announced
they will be seeking the posts, sub
ject to the Democratic convention
Saturday.
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler, Ald
ermen Wayne Richardson, How
ard Cottrell and Grady Tugman,
all Democrats, announced last week
that they will offer themselves as
candidates at the convention slated
for Saturday night at the court
house.
So far as could be learaed, the
Republican party has not selected
candidates for the four town off
ices. .*? >
Election day is Tuesday, June
16, 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
Registration books will be open
at Town Mai) for the purpoae of
registering qualified voters OS
June 6 and June 8 through June
12, ? a. m. to 8 p. m.
Mrs. Elisie Hagaman ii regis
trar for the election, and Johit
F. Greer and O. L. Coffey will be
election judges.
Senate Amends
Local Measure
A bill by Repreaentative Jack
Edmisten, which would provide for
the filling of vacancies in elective
office by the Wa^uga Democratic
Executive Committee, and which
had passed the House, has been
amended in the Senate to cover
only those offices held by Demo
crats.
The bill was amended at the be
heat of Representative Edmiaten
and was returned to the House for
concurrence la the amendment.
Rites Held
R. F. McDade
Mr. Robert Fred McDade, for
mer Boose business man, died
S*tura?J> 1n Watauga Hospital,
following in Ulness of a year.
Funeral aervicei were conduct
ed at the Mountain City Mttho
diat Church at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. The paator, Rev. Ray
mond Geisler, was in charge, as
listed by Rev. A. E. Brown and
Dr. J. D. Rankin of Boone. Inter
ment was in Mountain View ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were: Quedar Tho
mas, Frank Murphy, Tyler W. Wil
son, F. E. Johnson, J. C. Rambo,
Justin Smythe, R. R. Butler, Harry
Donnelly, J. W. Muse, W. W.
Hawkins, Jr., James Muse, Hugh
Morrison, Fred Jones, Selmer Ful
ler and Ed Wills.
Mr. McDade was born in Moun
tain City, where for a number of
years he was cashier of the bank.
He was In the merchantile busi
ness in Cleveland, Tenn., before
coming to Boone, where he man
aged Spainhour's Store, later con
ducting a mercantile business of
his own. He had been in Loudon,
Tenn. for the past fifteen years,
where he was in business until
his retirement.
Mr. McDade was a member of
the Board of Stewards of the Lou
aon Metnoaist enured.
Mr. McDade was married in
1902 to Miaa Annie Murphy of
Mountain City, who died in 1936.
He ia aurvived by two daughter*,
Mrs. John T. Howell of Boone;
Mrs. C. E. Rankin of Greenaboro,
and one son, Ernest McDade.
There are four grandchildren.
Cow HasT wins,
Single Calf
Stockmen will tell you thai . ?
cow seldom haa more than one
calf, that is, at a time, and that
the mathematical chancea against
having twina in the bovine tribe
are very great.
But Howard Brook shire of Route
two haa a heifer that gave birth
to twin calves on April U. Not to
be outdistanced, on any count, ahe
had a third calf on May 21. While
this calf died due to lack of at
tention, it waa normal aa were
the first two.
The heifer ia a registered Here
ford.
Blood Cards To
Be Ready Soon
Red Cross blood donor canto
have to be reprinted, and will be
mailed aa soon aa they are reedy,
according to Mrs. k H. Owsley, of
the local Bed Croa* chapter.
$25,000 In State Funds Is
Sought F or Local Museum
Plrf " i 'Mm
Early Way Of
Life Would
Be Depicted
The State of North Carolina la
being asked for $28,000 to be
uied by the Southern Appalachian
Historical Association for the
building and equipping of a
museum "preserving and transmit
ting the way of life of the early,
settlers in the Southern Appala
chian mountains," In a hill intro
duced in the Assembly by Repre
sentative Jack Edmtsten.
The proposed museum which
would preserve the mode of liv
ing of the pioneer settlers, and
show how they made their furni
ture, cooked their meals, ground
their grain, preserved their foods,
etc., is to be located on the city
property where the Horn in the
West is produced.
The BUI
The text of the legislative pro
posal follows:
WHEREAS, the Southern Ap
palachian Mountains have been
for long an area most typically
early American and most like the
way of life by which our fore
fathers overcome great obstacles,
made a Hving, and helped lay the
foundations for this nation, and
WHEREAS, the area around the
town of Boone was the first gate
way west across the mountains,
and
WHEREAS, Daniel Boone,
among the first pioneers and for
whom the town ia named, opened
U?e first prong of the Sfllderness
Road from Holman's Ford oh the
Yadkin, in Wilkea County, by the
way of Boone into Kentucky, and
WHEREAS, the remain*, arti
facts, tools, building!, customs,
etc., are faat vanishing as a result
of natural attrition or through be
ing gathered and carried to re
mote state* to excite curiosity, bat
in effect to debase our priceless
hiatorical heritage, and
WHEREAS, the need for a live
or functional museum showing
how people lived here from 129
to 175 years ago, built and fur
nished their houses, made their
furniture, cooked their meals,
ground their grain, manufactured
their tools, preserved their food,
and made their soap, etc., is a
natural, practical, appropriate,
and timely undertaking, and
WHEREAS, this settlement or
museum will be an authentic re
production, will preserve our early
culture, serve as an educational
laboratory for school children and
adulta, furnish uplifting entertain
ment, encourage the people to ap
preciate the good, the beautiful,
and the true in their history, and
attract tens of thousands of peo
ple from distant states as well as
from North Carolina, and
WHEREAS, the town of Boone,
located in the highest part of the
Appalachian Highlands, is near
the great Blue Ridge Parkway,
over which millions of people will
travel ? but will not stop in North
Carolina unleaa worthwhile at
tractions are furnished.
WHEREAS, the local people
have organized a Southern Appa
lachian Hiatorical Association,
lac., financed at great sacrifice
and staged a great and patriotic
outdoor drama, Horn in the West,
(Continued on page six)
Dr. Michal Resigns District
Health Post, Effective July 1
RICHARD S. REESE
Reese Gets
D.V.M. Degree
Stillwater, Okla. ? Richard S.
Reese was graduated from Okla
homa State University at combined
baccalaureate and commencement
exercises in Lewis Field Stadium
at 7 p. m. Sunday, May 24.
Mr. Reese is the son ot Mr. and
Mrs. Asa L. Reese of Reese, N. C.
He was among the 1,600 which Ok
lahoma Stat* granted degrees this
spring, including 290 graduate de
grees. Majoring in the school of
Veterinary Medicine, he received
his D.V.M. degree and plans to go
into general practice in Spartan
burg, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa L. Reese and
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Reese attended
the commencement exercises, re
turning home Tuesday.
AID LOAN FUNDS
The Senate has sent to the White
House a money bill carrying $180,
000,000 of the $228,000,000 asked
by the President for loans to
under-developed nations.
It approved the figure after
having turned back an effort by
Senator Russell B. Long, Democrat
of Louisiana, to renew a fight with
the House of Representatives over
Army and Marine Corps manpower
levels. A move to increase the two
forces was beaten.
June Term Of
Court Is Set
The regular civil term of Wata
uga Superior Court will convene
June 8, according to Court Clerk
Auatin E. South, who says there
are thirteen cases calendared (or
trial.
Judge Jame* C. Farthing of Le
noir will preside.
Following ia a list of those who
have been summoned for jury
duty during the term:
Bald Mountain: Russell Vannoy.
Beaver Dam: Ray Swift, Spen
cer Warren, Paul Teater.
Blowing Rock: Spencer Greene,
Vilas Cooke, Milton Payne.
Blue Ridge: Roscoe Cooke.
Boone: Tom Jones, Hugh Haga
man, Guy Shirley.
Brushy Fork: Howard J. Hod
ges, Ronda Earp, Stewart Sim
mons.
Cove Creek: Ford Henson, John
Perry, 0. M. Little.
Elk: Carson Cox.
Laurel Creek: George Cooke,
Don Bingham, Henry Hagaman.
Meat Camp: Bernard Hodgson,
John Clawson, Tom Jackson.
New River: Clifford Edmisten,
Wilson Brown, Wilton Gragg.
North Fork: Boyd Mains.
Shawneehaw: Ral Cooke, Rus
sell Farthing.
Stony Fork: Ward Carroll, Bob
Smith. ? -.,.i
Watauga: Dave Minton, Aril*
Hodges, Frank Taylor.
Henry M. Story
Taken By Death
Henry Martin Story, aged 77, of
Route 1, Blowing Rock, died May
23 at Blowing Rock Hoipital after
a long illness. Funeral services
were held at Laurel Fork on May
24, at 2 p. m. Burial followed in
the church cemetery. Conducting
the services were the Rev. W. T.
Brakett, the Rev. R. A. Shore,
Dr. Walter Keys, and the Rev.
Alfred Pitts.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Hester T. Story; three sons,
Hal of the home, Ronda of Spart
anburg, S. C., and Burl of Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla.; five daughters,
Geneva of the home, Mrs. Arline
(Continued on page six)
Mrs. Annie Miller Of
Todd Fatally Burned
Mrs. Annie Dobbin Miller, 86,
prominent resident of the Todd
neighborhood, died in the Ashe
Memorial hospital list Saturday
from burns received from a fire
in her home a week previoualy.
Mrs. Miller's clothes were igni
ted as she kindled a fire in an
open fireplace, and she was said
to have received second degree
burns over three-fourths of her
body.
Funeral services were held at
10 o'clock Monday at St. Matthewi
Episcopal Church at Todd by Rev
erend Frank McKinsey of North
Wilkeiboro. Burial waa in the
Howall cemetery.
A widow of the late Willett 8.
Miller, Mr*. Miller la aurvived by
three aona and one daughter: Earl
of Wilmington ; Wade of Hickory;
James of Todd and Mra. Joe H.
Pearson of Wllkesboro. There ia
one brother. Reverend H. A. Dob
bin of Lenoir.
Dr. Mary B. H. Michal hat an
nounced her resignation aa dia
trict health director for the Wata
uga. Ashe and Alleghany diatiict,
effective aa of July 1.
Dr. Michal citea impaired health
aa the reason for her decision to
quit the public health position,
which she has filled for nine and
a half years.
In connection with her resigna
tion, Dr. Michal has released the
following statement relative to the
future needs of the department:
"It it with real regret that I
have decided I must tender my
resignation effective July 1st, af
ter years at Health Director
DR. MIC HAL
in thii district. My recent illness
has made It imperative that 1
lighten my workload more than U
possible with my work located 110
milea away from home, plus other
travel necessary to fulfilling tfce
responsibility of this position.
"Several things are particular
ly on my mind aa to the Immedi
ate future plans for this depart
ment, which I shall pass on to
you.
"Firit, I urge that a Health Di
rector with specialty training be
secured at once so that there be
no break in the constructive Pub
lic Health Program here and par
ticularly at this critical season of
the year in this tourist and recrea
tion area.
"Secondly, I strongly urge that,
through your finance committee,
you keep the local appropriation
bodies, legislators, and public
aware of the program going on in
the department, and the financial
support necessary to keep it go
ing.
To whom does everyone look
when a child is attacked by a rabid
dog, cat or fox; when more than
one case of paralytic polio occurs
in a county and apprehension rit
es because of the tourist problems;
when special medical needs can
not be met through private prac
tice and a frantic parent needs
help and guidance in finding what
clinic services are available for
say a spastic child or one with a
congenital heart lesion: when
panic hits a community and the
water supply or food may be con
taminated! Public Health is a re
sponsibility of local and state
government to protect and serve
the people in those matters aff
( Continued on page six)
FIRE TRUCK MUSEUM. ? Blowing Rock town officials compare the
town's fir ? fighting equipment with firs fighting equipment of years
ago. The engines on the tractor-traitor are part of the oM engines being
MMd from Florida to a museum near Tweataia Railroad. The pieces
I" . . ~ ;
are expected to be on display thli summer. Left to right the men are
Mayor R. B. Hardin, Police Chief Lewii Hodjei, and Fir* Chief Wiley
-(Photo Floweri Photo Shop.)
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