FOR BEST RESULTS advertiaeri Invariably um the columns of the Democrat With its ' full paid circula. tion, intensely covering the local shoppiuf area, it is the best advertising medium available. VOLUME LXXII^NO. ? >?>??! Wf, ?: An Independent Weekly Newtpaper . . . Seventy-Second PRICE: FIVE CENTS BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST ?, 1959 WRN pi id mm I I VtLOPMCNT AS.J Staff Photo By Jo? Minor m m wmmm Photo Flowers* Photo 8hop WELCOME.? Northern Piedmont Area Development Association and Northwest North Carolina Development Association visited the Holiday Highlands area last Wednesday and Thursday. In Boone for breakfast, the presi dents of the two associations pos ed with Watauga county leaders. Left to right are Mayor Gordon Winkler, Bland W. Worley, pres ident of the Piedmont group; Wayne Corpening, president of the Northwest group; L. E. Tuck willer, Watauga County Agricul tural Agent and director of the Northwest association; and Her man W. Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber of Commerce. Top photo shows many of the group and their Watauga guides at Tweetsie, where they were given a ride on the famous nar row guage train. FRVWS OF COOPEBATiQK STULXSED Civic Groups Tour Northwest State Garden School To Be Held At College Course 1 of the State Garden School will be held Aug. 17-19 at Appalachian State Teachers Col lege in Boone. Instructors will be Mrs. B. L. Smith of Greensboro; Mrs. W. W. Levi of Radford, Va.; and Dorothy Riddle of Pleasantville, N. Y. Registration is scheduled for 9-9:45 a. m. on Monday, Aug. 17 in the lobby of the Fine Arts Building. The course will be con ducted by the N. C. State College Extension Division in the auditor ium of the Fine Arts Building. A special feature of the school will be an exhibit of wild flowers. This course is open to all gar den club members and others in terested in flower arranging and horticulture. It gives basic infor mation on both topics as well as necessary information for compet ing in flower shows. Wednesday, Aug. 19. is set aside (or the written examination. Those who attend all sessions of the course and pass all parts of this examination will receive five points credit toward earning a Na tional Amateur Flower Show Judging Certificate. District flower show school re presentatives are Mrs. Arthur A. Pearson, Fletcher; Mrs. John Mc Kee, Morganton; Mrs. Clark H. Broward, Charlotte; Mrs. G. T. West, High Point; Mrs. Lawrence T. Hansen, Greensboro; Mrs. M. E. Block, Lexington; Mrs. James R. Teabeaut, Fayefteville; Mrs. W. f. Coker, Chapel 'Hill; Mrs. Cecil Wooten, Kinston; and Mrs. George L. Parker, Rocky Mount. U. S. warns deficit imperils high way program. By JOE MINOR Two development associations made a two-day trip last week through northwest North Carolina, one group as the "pupil," and the other as the "teacher." They touched counties all the way from Guilford to Alexander, on the trip up, and went home by way of Wilkes, Yadkin, and Forsyth. Purpose of the tour, as explained by Bland W. Worley, president of Northern Piedmont Area Develop ment Association, was to learn how. the Northwest North Carolina De velopment' Association operates. The Nortern Piedmont association only has been formed since Feb ruary, and the Northwest associa tion has been in operation for sev eral years. A bus load of business men and leaders who are members of the two associations made the entire tour, and they were joined along the route for short periods by di rectors of the Northwest associ ation and others interested in the development of this area, who ex plained various phases of develop ment in their communities. Wayne Corpening, president of the Northwest association, and Neil BRIGHT OPERA STARS VISIT HIGHLANDS Benefit Performance To Aid Hospital And Orphans' Home Banner Elk ? Four of the opera world'i brightest stars will Jour ney to this mountain area to pre sent conceits oil- August 7 and" 9 in order to benefit the new Grace Hartley Hospital and the Grand father Home for Children. The August 7 concert, a bene fit performance to help equip Banner Elk's new (Z.M.OM hospital, will be presented at the Anne Bryan Recreation Center of the Grandfather Home, at 8:15 p. m. The second csaceit will be held on Sunday, August ? at Rumple Memorial Presby terian Church at 11 a. in nearby Blowing Rack. Presenting both concerts will be Miss Beverly Bower, soprano of the New York Opera; Hiss Helen Vanni, meno soprano of Metropolitan Opera Company; Ro bert Nagy, tenor of the Metropoli tan Op?ra Company; and Mario Fiorello, Baritone of the Chicago Civic Opera. Their accompanist will be Stuart Roti. The singer* and their Accom panist will arrive by train early on August 7, the day of the Ban ner Elk conccrt. During their stay, they will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Hayes, at Blowing Rock. Between concerts, the opera stars will visit local tourist attrac tions including the famed "Blow ing Rock," and the old narrow gauge railroad train "Tweetaie." At last year's benefit concert in Blowing Rock, gifts totalling $30,000 were received for Grand father Home for Children. The Home, which is currently caring for nearly a hundred children, ii a part of the famed Edgar Tufts Memorial Association, founded around the turn of the century by a circuit-riding! Presbyterian mis sionary. The Association includes Lees-McRae College, Grace Hospi tal and the Grandfather Home. Currently the Association has a new, 100- bed Grace Hartley Hospi tal Building under construction which, when completed, will re place the outdated 64- bed struc ture. The old building, constructed in the IBM's, is frequently so ov ercrowded that beds are placed in the hallways. k-2 The new hospital, in addition to providing modem out-patient services, will include a complete ly-equipped dental clinic, the only one In this community. Bolton, secretary-treasurer, kept the group on the move all the time, as they had to cover nearly 390 miles in the two days and ab sorb what they saw and heard. The travelers spent more time in the Holidays Highlands than any other area, though much of this time was used (or sleeping. They were guests at the Wednesday per formance of "Horn in the West" in Boone, and spent the night here. Early Thursday morning, 6:30 ia Jact, they were routed from their beds and carried to Kirk's Restau rant, where they ate ham and eggs and grits, with several of the lead ers of the town and county. Mayor Gordon Winkler greeted them on behalf of the town. The itinerary, after leaving Greensboro Wednesday, included: Stop at Pine Hall in Stokes county; Dobson in Surry; Roaring Gap and Blue Ridge Parkway; Ma hogany Rock in Alleghany; Trad ing Post on Parkway; Grassy Creek community in Ashe county. At Grassy Creek, they attended a directors' meeting of the North west North Carolina Development Association. Night in Boone, in Watauga; ride on Tweetaie; Blowing Rock; Lenoir in Caldwell; Taylorsville in Alexander; Moravian Falls in Wilkes; Yadkinville in Yadkin; and James G. Hanes Community Cen ter in Winston-Salem in Forsyth. In every community visited the virtues of joining together in a development group were expound ed, and in some cases the visitors were able to see how cooperation had caused improvements to be made. Northern Piedmont Association is composed of seven counties, Guilford, Alamance, Caswell, Chat bam, Davidson, Randolph, and Rockingham. The host association covers elev en counties, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Davie, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Watauga Wilkes, and Yadkin. The National Labor Relations Board has set up a committee to help streamline and speed its hand ling of labor-management prob lems. ' The committee, which will sug gest revisions of rules, regulations and procedures, consists of N. L. R. B. officials and persona active la the labor-management law field. WOULD EMPLOY FOUR HUNDRED m Local Leaders Negotiate For Another Boone Plant Civic Group Has Talks In Greensboro The Industry committee of the Boone Chamber of Commerce met Monday at Kirk'i Restaurant, and named a delegation to go to Greensboro Thursday to confer with officers of a corporation that has expressed an interest in start ing a plant in Watauga county. While the committee did not release the name or nature of the corporation seeking informa tion about this location, Stanley A. Harris, executive secretary of the group, said that, wherever the company decides to locate, it will mean employment for four to five hundred people the year aroundt , Instructed to go to Greensboro to talk with the chairman of the board and chief engineer of the corporation were Glenn Andrews, A. T. Adams and Mr. Harris. They will tell of the resources the coun ty has to offer, and hope to be able to make a favorable report on their return to Boone. Mr. Harris said that the county is also being considered by another industry as a place to locate an operation. He could give no de tails on this, but said they expected to be contacted by the interested party soon. The Industry committee is com posed of Mr. Andrews, chairman; Mr. Harris, W. R. Winkler, Sr., Watt Gragg, Mr. Adams, Neil Far ris, Willis Chester, Dempsey Wil cox, and Jerry Coe. H. W. Wilcox, president of the chamber, attended the meeting Monday. 1422 Enrolled At College The final registration figure for the second six-week term of 1099 summer seuion of Appalachian State Teachers College reached a high of 1422. Recent high school graduates who wish to secure an early start to their college careers, undergraduates from other col lages and universities who are taking work to transfer and pub lic school teachers, supervisors and principals who are taking courses to improve their compet ence make up the summer student body. The lummer school has sche duled only one more registration. The special two-week term of workshop* for teachers and oth ers in music education, children's literature, leading and English will begin Monday, August 3. Mabel Grange The Mabel Grance will meet at Mabel school oa Monday night, August 10, at 7:30 p. m. All mem bers are urged to attend the meet ing, according to a statement by Mrs. Blanche Wilkinson, Secre tary of the Grange. 275 YEARS.? Combined ages of the?e three residents of Mountain Re?t Home in Boone ii 275 year*. They are, left to right, the Rev. J. M. Hodges, youngster of the group, who is 89 years old; Letcher Sexton, 93; and Mrs. Ada Worth Penn Coffey, 93. Rev. Mr Hodges is from Blowing Rock and wiU be 90 in March of next years. Mr. Sexton calls Wilkes county his home; and Mrs. Ccffey has been coming here from Lenoir for the last two summers. ? (Staff photo Joe Minor.) PLANS MADE FOR MUSEUM OPENING Crittenden And Greer To Speak At Dedication Of T atum Cabin Farm Leaders Hold 3-Day Session Here Superintendents from the 16 Agricultural Research Stations, Department heads, and other ad ministrative figures of the School of Agriculture at N. C. State Col lege, and their families, met in Boone Sunday for a 3 day forum dealing with agricultural and re lated problems. Under the guidance of Mr. Cecil D. Thomas, Director of Research Stations, the series of meetings will feature Informal discussions periods, aimed, Mr. Thomas said, at making a more effective Re search program. Leading the dis cussion periods is Dr. R. L. Lou urn, Director of Research at the School of Agriculture at N. C. State College in Raleigh. The series of meetings was open ed by an address by Commissioner A. Y. Ballantine of the State Commission of Agriculture. Dur ing the series the group has heard Avery County's Farm Agent Sam Cartner, and Watauga's Farm Ag ent L. E. Tuckwiller in a discus sion of Agriculture in the North ern Mountain Area. Discussion periods continued through Wednesday morning, at which time the group of 110 in at ( Continued on page three) Masonic Picnic Will Be Held Next Sunday The annual Masonic and Eastern Star picnic, is to be held at Camp Rainbow, located In the beautiful H i 1 1 a at Foacoe, Sunday after noon August ?ia, starting at 3 o'clock, it is announced bjr Mr. B. W. Stalling*, chairman of the; ! event, who has had a great deal to do with the revival of the custom of holding an annual Masonic pic nic, abandoned some thirty-five years ago. The meeting will begin prompt liy at 3 p. m. Mr. Wilson Norrla will give the welcoming addreaa after which a tour of Camp Rain bow will be conducted by the staff L A program of recreation h*? been worked out by R. W. Wstkins to rait every age, mch a* soft ball, tenia, hone shoe pitching, bad minton, etc. A new feature this year will be the vesper service which will take place at 5:30, and which will be conducted by the Eastern Star and Camp Rainbow. The covered dish picnic will be spread immedi ately after with plates aad refresh ments furnished by Snow Lodge with Benny Yates in charge. All Masona, their families and Eastern Star members are invited to come out and bring covered dishes. The Southern Appalachian His torical Association will officially open its museum Friday, August 14, when the dedication of the Ta tum Cabin will be held. Expected to be here to take part in the dedication are Dr. Christopher Crittenden, head of the N. C. State Department of Archives, of Ra leigh, and Dr. I. G. Greer, presi dent of Southern Appalachian His torical Association, of Chapel Hill. The program, as announced by Stanley A. Harris, chairman of the dedication committee who will pre side at the ceremonies, will begin at 7:00 p.m., and will be over by 7:49, in time for attendance of Horn in the West. The cabin, located on Horn in the West park grounds, was pre sented to the Southern Appalach ian Historical Association by L. T. Tatum, a descendant of the Rev olutionary War captain who built it The one-room structure has been in the Tatum family all the time until last year, when Mr. United Fund Groups Named Two more committees of the Watauga County United Fund have been anounced by Grady Moreta, Jr., president of the or ganization in preparation for the approaching campaign for the county welfare needs. The Social Planning Committee will be headed this year by the Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr., minister of the Boone Presbyterian church, who has named the following serve with him: Dr. H. M. Wjf on, Mrs. R. H. Harmon, jtonnl$ Brooka, John T. Howclj//Mr?. E. F. Coel, and R. D. HoA