FOR BEST RESULTS
advertisers invariably use the column* of
the Democrat. With iU fall peid circula
tion, intensely covering the local (hopping
area, it's the beat advertising medium
available.
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Seventy-First Year of Continuous Publication
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1959
VOLUME LXXI. ? NO. 52
Notables
To Gather
On Roan
Bakersville. ? Several notable of
ficial* of the United State* gov
ernment will be featured and the
1969 North Carolina Rhododendron
queen will be selected in the Roan
Mountain Rhododendron Festival
near here Saturday, June 27.
Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the
Interior, who had a sympathetic
ear in successful efforts to kill the
proposed toll fee for Blue Ridge
Parkway, will be a featured speak
er during the afternoon program.
He will be introduced by Repre
sentative Charles R. Jonas, tenth
district, North Carolina.
In the morning session, high
lights will be the addresses by Leg
islator John W. Umstead and U.
S. Senator B. Everett Jordan.
Selection of the 1990 rhododen
dron queen will begin at 2:33 p.
m., with some 30 to 40 candidates
representing the various mountain
counties of Western North Caro
lina.
This is the first time the festival
has been held two days. Features
have been arranged for Friday
afternoon and evening, and enter
tainment has been arranged for
Saturday night These events are
scheduled at the Bakersville High
School Auditorium. Only the Sat
urday morning and afternoon
events are to be in the open air
atop Roan Mountain.
The two-day program begins
with the noon registration of queen
contestants at Bakersville High
School Friday, followed by a pag
eant rehearsal at 2:00 p. m? and
dinner for the queen contestants at
Bakersville Motel at 9:30 p. m.
The queen pageant, featuring the
presentation of the candidates In
swim suits and the talent compe
tition will begin at 8:00 p. m. at
Bakersville School Auditorium.
Saturday's program on Roan
Mountain will begin at 10:09 a. m.
with selections by the Fort Bragg
Army Band, followed by the wel
come and introduction of the mast
er of ceremonies by Fred G. Brum
mitt, Bakersville mayor.
The Rev. C. A Haire, pastor of
the Bakersville Methodist Church,
will deliver the invocation and J.
C. Burleson of Bakersville will pre
sent John W. Umstead, Chapel Hill
legislator.
Cranberry square dance team
will be featured at 11:30 a. m.,
with the team directed by Mrs.
Kay Wilkins. This is followed by
an address by U. S. Senator B.
Everett Jordan. Luncheon will be
spread on the grounds at noon.
The afternoon program will be
gin with selections by Bill Heath
and his "Rock and Rollers" and
music by the Fort Bragg Army
band. Representative Charles R.
Jonas will introduce Mr. Seaton,
whose address is scheduled at 1:20
p. m.
Cassity Trio of Spruce Pine will
be heard at 1:90 p. m., and special
guests will be introduced at 2:00
o'clock. Arthur Smith of WBTV
will be introduced, then there will
be more music from the Fort
Bragg band.
The festival queen contest is
scheduled at 2:00 p. m., with O.
D. Calhoun and W. H. Lee in
charge. J. M. Broughton, Jr.,
chairman of the North Carolina
Highway and Public Work* Com
mission, will crown the queen.
Presentation of awards will be by
Robert Bunnelle, president of the
Asheville Citixen-Times Publishing
Company and member of the high
way commission.
Saturday night at 8:00 ofclock
Arthur Smith and his Cracker
Jacks will present a program in
the Bakersville High School audi
torium. The 1990 Rhododendron
Queen will be presented, and with
her the first and second runnersup
will be introduced.
Martin Speaks
To Slate Vets
Dr. John G. Martin of Boone
will be one of the featured speak
er* at the 98th annual meeting of
the North Carolina State Veterin
ary Medical Association at More
head City, June 23-29. Dr. Martin
will apeak on "Tip* oa Cattle
Practice."
Over 200 North Carolina veter
inarians and wives are expected to
register for the session which will
be held at the Morehead Biltmore
Hotel. Outstanding specialists in
all phases of veterinary medicine
wot be featured on the program.
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"Parade" Feature Brings Mail
In Deluge To Blowing Rock
Williams To
Be U.F. Prexy
Jack Williams, Boone account
ant, will be chairman this year of
the Campaign Committee of the
United Fund. This position will
call on Mr. Williams to organize
the teams of workers who will
raise the gifts and pledges as the
United Fund goes into its fourth
year in Watauga County.
Mr. Williams ty the first presi
dent of the Optimist Club recent
ly chartered in Boone. He moved
to Boone from Morganton with
his family about three years ago
and at once became prominent in
civic attain. After graduating
from Wake Forest and serving a
term in the Army Mr. Williams
worked in the North Carolina De
partment of Revenue before com
ing to Morganton and Boone. He
is a member of the First Baptist
Church in Boone.
The announcement of Mr. Wil
liams' appointment to the cam
paign chairmanship was made last
weekend by Grady Moretz, Jr.,
president of the Watauga County
United Fund. Mr. Moretz express
ed confidence that the campaign
will succeed for the fourth suc
cessive time, under Mr. Williams'
leadership.
Hodges Head
U. F. Committee
R. D. Hodges Jr., well-known
young Watauga businessman and
civic worker, will be chairman of
the Admissions and Budget Com
mittee of the Watauga County
United Fund for the coming year.
Mr. Hodge*' committee baa the
responsibility of deciding what
fund-raising organizations shall be
admitted to membership in the
United Fund and what amount
each member group shall be bud
geted for in the campaign which
will be held next October.
Mr. Hodges has announced the
following members of hie commit
tee: Morris Barnett. Bob Bum
Jbaugh, Frank Mast, Mrs. Maude
Kefley, and Mr*. Mae Miller.
A feature appearing in the June
14 iaaue of "Parade," a magazine
supplement of many newipapera
over the country, resulted in a
deluge of incoming mail to the
Blowing Rock Chamber of Com
merce, seeking information on
tourist attractions and facilities
in the area. The entire text of
the feature is reprinted below by
special arrangement with Mr. Ezra
Dolan of Parade Publications:
America's wealth of mountains
? from 20,320-foot Mt McKinley,
Alaska, to 6,684-foot Mt. Mitchell,
N. C., the East's highest ? are
among the country's favorite play
grounds. More than 40 million
Americans are expected to visit the
mountains this summer.
Four of the five most popular
national parks are in the moun
tains, including the Great Smokies,
the top U. S. favorite. So is ttje
fastest growing in popularity,
Grand Teton. Other less-heard-of
mountain resorts are pushing
ahead. Included are the Appalach
ians of West Virginia and western
Maryland, the Sawtooth Range of
Idaho, the Green Mountains of
Vermont and the Wasatch Range
in Utah. And today's article fo
cuses on an overlooked corner of
the Blue Ridge.
High among the crags of west
ern North Carolina perches one
of the nation's least-known but
most-visited vacation areas. Fivp
million tourists a year sweep
through it on the Blue Ridge
Parkway. But only a comparative
handful pauses to sample the area's
rugged beauty.
Among those breezing through
recently were Spencer ("S.D.") and
Arlene Wooten of Memphis, Tena.,
and their three children. But the
Wootens stopped ? and stayed. On
a week's vacation, traced in these
photo*, they became confirmed
partisans of the "Holiday High
lands" around Blowing Rock.
"We look for a place," say* 8. D?
a manufacturer's representative,
"that has room for the kid* to
romp, something for us to aw,
a place for me to play golf, and
that isn't too dreasy."
In all respects, the area meas
ured up. Catering to carbound
families, the highland* are a sport
areiL GoU was available rt* the
Blowing Rock Golf Course. The
children ? Steve, 7; Laurence,, Stt ,
and Shelley, 3 ? hid their choice
of playgrounds, commercial amuse
ments, the Moses H. Cone State
Park along the Parkway and, in
fact, the whole lush mountain out
doors.
To the children, the most en
chanting amusement was the
Tweetsie Railroad (adults: $1.80;
children: 75 cents), a narrow
gauge line with a quaint locomo
tive of the '80s and lantern-lit cars.
Tweetsie circles for three miles
over, around and through Round
house Mountain, Just north of
Blowing Rock. A vintage "town"
of general store, tavern add de
pot has grown up along the tracks.
A regular feature of each ride is
a "raid" by made-up Indians; little
Steve shot at one with his cap
pistol.
Then there was a trip to mile
high Grandfather Mountain, 18
miles south of here, billed as the
"oldest mountain in the East."
Twin-topped Grandfather features
a swinging foot-bridge that links
its peaks; far beneath Is spread a
vast checkerboard of farms and
forests. The family drove to the
top (admission for adults: 80 cents;
children: 4S cents) via a remark
able switch-back gravel road.
Caves aad Dramatics
Later, the Wootens wandered
through Linville Caverns, a grot
toed spider web of onyx and spark
ling crystal, where trout live far
beneath the ground; they attended
a performance of "Horn in the
West" (admiaaion: >2), an outdoor
drama at Boone, i nine miles north
of here, which depicta the story
of Daniel Boone. But of all the
"things to see," the Wootens en
Joyed moat the striking scenery.
At Blowiag Rock itself, the
Wootens heard the fable of the
rock, a jutting outcrop of sand
aton ewith a commanding view.
According to the tale, a despair
ing lover throw himaelf over the
precipice; his remorseful sweet
heart pleaded to the Great Spirit
far hie return, and the would-be
suicide popped back on the nest
goat of wind. In (act, updrafta
from the Johna River Gorge below
do return light omjects tossed over
the brink.
The "Holiday Highlands," the
(Continued on page seven)
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Science
H
Students Of
Two Carolinas
Gather Here
Fifty high school students from
the two Carolina* arrived in
Boone Sunday to begin a six-week
institute in science at Appalachian
State Teachers College Monday.
Twenty-five students are from the
ninth and tenth grades, and twen
ty-five from the eleventh and
twelfth grades.
The young science students will
be studying under a program spon
sored by the National Science
Foundation, a special division of
the United States government
that is financing the training of
science students from high school
through Ph.Ds. Appalachian Col
lege is on* of the institutions par
ticipating in the program.
Dr. F. Ray Derrick, of the col
lege faculty and director of the
institute here, stated that there
is a shortage of scientists in all
fields. "The purpose of the insti
tute," Dr. Derrick said, "to to en
courage the scientific interest of
high ability secondary students by
providing opportunities for such
students to study and work with
experienced scientists."
Besides the faculty selected for
the institute, well-known consult
ant* in the science fields will help
with the institute. Included are
Dr. Henry Oosting of Duke Uni
versity; Dr. James Starling of
Washington and Lee University;
Dr. Frank Eller, East Carolina Col
lege; Henry Shannon, State De
partment of Instruction; and Dr.
Julian Yoder and Starr N. Stacy,
of ASTC. Each of these six men
will serve as consultants to the
institute for one week.
The Oak Ridge Institute of Nu
( Continued on page two)
Installation
Set By Rotary
The Rotary Club* of Blowing
Rock and Boone will hold their
annual initallation service* at the
cafeteria of the Boone Elementary
School from *even until nine,
June 23th.
The principal ipeaker for the
occaiion will be Mr. G. W. "Pat"
Gilchrist, of Charlotte, who i* the
Diitrict Governor elect for the
767th Diitrict of Rotary Interna
tional.
Mr. Gilchint will alio preside
at the official initallation services
for incoming officers of the two
dub*, who are:
Boone: Glenn Wilcox, president;
Jack Lawrence, vice-president; Hal
Johnson, secretary; John Marsh,
treasurer; William Penick, ser
geant at arm*.
Blowing Rock: Joel McCurry,
president; Rathmell Wilson, vice
preiident; Loui* Hodge*, secre
tary-treasurer; Jack Sharpe, ser
geant at arm*.
The Board of Directors of the
Blowing Rock club are W. C.
Lentz, Spencer Robbing, R. B.
Hardin, and Harry Robbin*.
Directors of the Boone club are
Alfred Adam*, Jame* Marsh,
Estel Wagner, and Willis Chester.
Horn Group
Asks Members
Membenhip* for I960 in the
Southern Appalachian Historical
Association mu*t be registered by
Tfcunday, June 2S, if it Is to he
recorded in thi* year's forthcoming
edition of the Horn in the West
program, according to Mr*. B. W.
Stalling*. Every interested person
is urged to get his membership in
by this deadline, Mrs. Mailing*
Mid.
Other matters of interest to ev
eryone, Mrs. Stalling* noted, l?
the Open House event planned at
the Tatum cabin for Saturday,
July 4, at the Horn grounds. De
tail* of this will he announced
later.
Dedication ceremonies of the A
bin aa the first unit in the Daniel
Boooe Museum of Early America*
UK will be held August 14.
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Last Rites Are Held
For Coach Broome
Funeral service! were held Mon
day afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, for
Coach Robert (Bob) William
Broome, who died Saturday at
Duke Hospital. The rites were
conducted at the First Baptist
Church in Boone by the Rev. L.
H. Hollingsworth. Burial followed
in Mt. Lawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Broome, who had been head
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COACH BROOME
football coach at Appalachian State
Teachers College since 1997, died
from what waa described as ane
mia by physicians when he was
first admitted to a hospital in
April, following spring football ,
practice.
Coach Broome returned home j
after treatment at the hospital, but '
had been readmitted on June 9. |
The deceased was a graduate of
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege and was a member of the 1937
football team that had the record
of being undefeated and unscored
on. He held an M. A. degree from
the University of North Carolina.
He had coached football at Hend
erson High School and at Rocky
Mount.
Coach Broome spent four years
in the Air Force, serving as a first
lieutenant.
He returned to his alma mater
where he was assistant football
coach and baaeball coach. In 1987
he was appointed head football
coach.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Leafy Belle Broome; a daughter,
Betty, and a son Bobby, of the
home; his parents, L. E. Broome
of Marlon and Mrs. William De
Lisle of Greenville, S. C.; a bro
ther, David E. Broom of Morgan
ton; and a sister, Mrs. Virginia
Allison of Chevy Chase, Md.
SINGING RECORD ? When tba
33th annual "Singing on the
Mountain" takea place at Grand
father Mountain on June 28, Joe
L. Hartley will have established
tome sort of record for continoua
service aa head of one of the
South's principal annual events.
Nearlng 88, Hartley founded the
popular mountain religious sing
ing convention in 1025 and has
been chairman ever since. Top
photograph shows view of part of
the crowd that attended the "Sing
ing" last year.
Ted Malone To Be Present As
Parkway Link Is Dedicated
Cherokee, N. C. ? Dedication of
the new mountain highway linking
up the Blue Ridge Parkway and
the Great Smoky Mountaina Na
tional Park in Western North Caro
lina will take place here June 25
at 3 p.m. World Traveller Ted Ma
lone, author and commentator, will
be the featured speaker.
Completion of the new Blue
Ridge Parkway link into the Great
Smokies marks achievement of a
goal toward which building haa
been going ahead for a quarter
century ? the link-up of the nation'*
Flowers Talks
To Optimists
The Optimist Club program last
week was conducted by George
Flowers, Jr. He gave a talk on
the advantagea that can be derived
from taking pictures.
Mr. Flowers said that probably
pictures speak louder than words
and that anytime anyone can get
a picture in any periodical which
has a large distribution, or newt
paper, the area benefits greatly
from the publicity of Just one pic
ture.
Visitors at the meeting were
Bert Shrake and "Pote" Storle.
These two men have an interest
in the beys' work program, and
especially la the Poay team pro
ject.
The board of directors voted to
buy Optimist Club t-shirta and base
ball caps for one ball team. Ef
forts to get cooperation from other
sources to equip Urn. other two
teems to already under way.
.'ft
two most travelled National Park
attraction!.
The new link intersects U. S. 19
at Soco Gap, about 39 mile* west
of Asheville, passes through the
Cherokeen Indian Br'ervatlon, and
reaches the North Carolina en
trance of the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park on U. S. 441
near Cherokee, where the dedica
tion wi|l take place.
There are five tunnels in the 11
miles of new conatryction which
passes through mountains hereto
fore almost completely inaccess
ible.
At nearby Cherokee, Bryson
City, Waynesville, Sylva and other
mountain communities there are
ample accommodations for those
attending the dedication, as this it
one of the most visited summer
vacation areas in Eastern America.
The dedication i* being sponsor
ed jointly by the Blue Ridge Park
way Association and the North
Carolina National Park, Parkway
and Forests Development Commis
sion. President Tom Underwood of
the Cherokee Chamber of. Com
merce is chairman of the dedica
tion committee.
Ted Malone will be introduced
by John Parria, author of "Roaming
the Mountains" and other books
about Western North Carolina and
now regional editorial representa
tive of the Asheville Citizen-Times.
Elbert Cox, Regional Director of
the National Park Service; Super
intendent Ssm P. Weems of the
Blue Ridge Parkway, and Superin
tendent Fred J. Overly of the Great
Smoky Mountains National Parte
will repreaent the National Park
Service.
1490 Students Break!
Records At College!
Final registration 'or the firit
regular term of the 1066 summer
school R# of Appalachian State
Teaehm College ended Monday
with an enrollment of 1490, "the
largest number in the history of
the college," says Dr. James E.
Stone, director of summer seaaioo.
Graduates comprise approxi
mately 580 of the total enrollment.
Studenta just graduated from high
school, under graduates planning to
flniab in three yean, and students
~~ .C ~ Est' y i
from other colleges enriching their
education make np the remaining
MO.
I Of the number of out-of-?tate
students. Florida leads with H.
Other states include South Caro
lina, 54, Georgia, 10 awl Virginia,
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Registration for the first ?week
workshop for teachers hi guidance,
elementary school science and art
education tagine Monday. June ?.