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VOLUME LXXIII. ? NO. ?
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, I960
Action Oil
Route 77
Delayed
Mount Airy ? T$o of the state'*
most pressing road problems near
ed final solutions Thursday as a
lesult of action by the Highway
Commission.
The agency held a hearing on
where to locate a northern North
Carolina link of Interstate 77.
It scheduled a hearing for Oct.
7 in Wilmington to give interests
there a chance to argue on whether
they want a high or low level
bridge spanning the Capt Fear
River.
The commission took no action
cn the Interstate 77 location. It
said it wanted to give further study
to testimony at Thursday's hearing.
Consulting engineers had pro
posed two routes between Elkin
and the Virginia line. One runs
through the vicinity of Low Gap
and the other several miles to the
east near Mount Airy and Pipers
Cap.
Delegations Give Case
Delegations from Mount Airy,
Winston-Salem and Greensboro ar
gued for the eastern route contend
ing it would be shorter, cheaper,
and serve more people.
For the first time since his con
sulting firm was called in to help
route the highway, Wilbur Smith,
recommended publicity that the
eastern route be adopted. He said,
however, it was up to the com
mission.
Among those plugging the East
ern route was Democratic candi
date for lieutenant governor, H.
Cloyd Philpott of Lexington. He
made his pitch in a letter to 'the
Winston-Salem Chamber of Com
merce.
Alleghany and Wilkes countians
stated their cases for the western
route. They were joined by U. S.
Rep. Hugh Alexander of Kanna
polis, the atate's Ninth District
congressman, and former House
Speaker Kemp Doughton of Al
leghany County.
Help To Alleghany
Alexander said he felt the west
cm rftute would help with the de
velopment of Alleghany, Ashe and
Watauga counties.
The Charlotte to Elkin link of
the superhighway already has been
decided. It will parallel U. S. 21.
The road eventually will link
Charlotte with the Middle West,
covering 900 miles through North
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia,
end Ohio, and terminating near
Cleveland, Ohio.
The commission, which set its
next meeting for Oct. 9-6 in Ra
leigh, Wednesday received con
struction estimates for both high
and low level bridges at Wilming
ton.
Advocates of both proposals wil!
receive their day before the com
mission at the Oct 7 hearing.
G.W. Gragg
Dies At 93
George Washington Gragg, 93,
well-known citizen of Route 1,
Boone, died Saturday at the home,
after an extended illness.
Born near Boone, a son of thj
late John Allen Gragg and Nancy
Caroline Gragg, Mr. Gragg was
reared here and spent bis entire
life in the county. He was a re
tired farmer and a member of the
Rutherwood Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 2 o'clock at the Rutherwood
Baptist Church by Rev. Glenn
Huffmann, Rev. R. C. Eggcrs and
Rev. W. J. Cook. Burial was in the
Critchcr cemetery at Mount Ver
non.
Surviving are four sons and a
daughter: Milton Gragg, Route 1,
Boone; Ronda Gragg, Arlington,
Va.; Kingston Gragg, Greensboro;
Astor Gragg, Bel Air, Md.; and
Mrs. Veraa Glenn, Washington, D.
C. One brother and two sisters
survive: D. Boone Gragg, Moore's
; Hill, Ind.; Mrs. Mabel Young, St.
Petersburg, Fla.; Mrs. Margaret
Hodges, Boone. There are 13
grandchildren and eight grand
children.
Nursery School
Opens Monday
The Nursery School operated by
Mrs. Carlo* DcLima will open
iMonday morning, September 9th.
The school, sponsored by the Boone
Woman's Club, is held in
DeLima's home on Hardin
HOME DESTROYED IN SATURDAY BLAZE? See nei of the fire which destroyed the five-room home
of Mr and Mrs. Tilden Winebarger on Rainbow Trail Saturday night. The fire, which was of unknown
origin, razed the house while Mr. and Mrs. Winebarger and small daughter were in Boone, it is ?aid.
?Pictures by George Flowers, Flowers' Photo Shop.
Blue Ridge REA Cooperative
To Hold Membership Meeting
The Blue Ridge Electric Mem
bership Corporation will hold its
twenty-fourth annual meeting of
its membership Saturday, Sept. 3.
The meeting will be in the High
School Auditorium, Sparta, N. C.
Every member of the cooperative
is urged to be present.
The program will start promptly
ct 12:30 with registration of mem
bers until 1:30 p.m. Entertainment
will include the "Carolina Trouba
dors" and the "Quarter Notes" a
string band and rock and roll band,
tespectively. Following the enter
tainment will be' the business ses
sion. The invocation will be given
by the Rev. William Combs, pastor
of Sparta Hethodist Church. The
welcoming address will be given by
the Honorable Kemp Doughton,
and the business reports by Mr.
C. E. Viverette, manager of Blue
Ridge Electric Membership Cor
poration and officers of the Board
of Directors. Following these re
port* will be the election of di
rectors to guide the cooperative for
the coming year.
There will be no featured speak
er this year, but instead a panel
forum will be held on the subject
of "Service and Area Develop
ment." Those engaged in the panel
will be: Mr. C. E. Viverette, man
ager of Blue Ridge Electric Mem
bership Corporation and moderat
or; Mr. Herman Anderson, director
of the Power Use and Member Ser
vice Department speaking on
"Services offered by Blue Ridge
Electric Membership Corporation;"
Mr. Hugh Crigler, Ashe District
manager speaking on "Blue Ridge
Electrie Membership Corporation
and Area Development;" Mrs. Bar
bara Dcverick, staff assistant,
speaking on The Member and His
Cooperative" and Mr. O. W. Briden.
"irector of Northwest Aiea Rural
Electrification A d in in i s t ration,
Washington, D. C? speaking ?n
"REA and Cooperative Develop
ment" Member participation will
be invited throughout the entire
imping
rA special program for the chil
oran will ba fieW in the gymnast
um. A movie will be (hown, Barnes
will be played, refreshment* will
be served and several valuable
prizes will be given. The grand
prizes are bicycles to a boy and a
girl with the lucky numbers.
Some $2,000 worth of door prizes
will be given away this year to
members with lucky numbers ? an
electric range, a 21-foot home
freezer, and automatic washer, a.
dryer, and many other smaller ap
pliances and lamps will be given
away. Every tenth member register
ed will win a prize.
Road signs and parking attend
ants will be available to direct
traffic to Sparta and the parking
area for the meeting.
All members are urged to at
tend and exercise their rights in
the operation of their electric co
tperatlve
4-Hr 8 To Get
Scholarship?
Scholarships worUi $9,600 await
4-H Club members who are pur
suing certain college courses. Two
home economics scholarships of
$800 each, four forestry at $1,600
cach, and two at $800 each in ag
ronomy and related subjects hav
ing to do with crop protection and
production will be awarded to suc
cessful applicants this fall.
The eight scholarships arc part
of a national 4-H scholarship fund
administered by the National 4-H
Service Committee, Chicago, in co
operation with the Extension Ser
vice and land-grant colleges and
universities. Funds come from in
dustrial concerns that have sup
ported the 4-H educational pro
gram for some time.
The home economics scholarships
are given annually by Sunbeam
Corporation, Chicago, to girls in
their junior or senior college year.
The California Sunray -Chemical
Corporation of Richmond provides
rcholarships to junior or senior
students mtjoring or minoring in
agronomy, soils, entomology, plant
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Lamb Pool
At Ingalls
The last lamb pool of the 1900
season will be held at Ingalls
(Avery County) on Saturday, Sep
tember 10, from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Watauga farmers are invited to
send their lambs to this pool.
Please notify your County Agent s
office by noon Wednesday, Sept..
7th as to the number you plan to
send, so trucks can be ordered to
take the lamb* away.
Ministers
Meet Monday
The September meeting of the
Watauga County Ministerial As
sociation will be held in Bethany
Lutheran Church, James Bayne,
pastor, Monday at 10:00 a. m. All
ministers are requested to be pre
sent for the first Fall meeting. ?
Edwin F. Troutman, secretary.
Mrs. O. K. Perry of Colerain, N.
C. is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Gllley.
Commissioner Crane Issues Annual
Statement'On Eve Of Labor Day
Commissioner of Labor Frank
Crane ha* issued the following Ub
bor Day statement:
Labor Day. the first Monday is
September, la dedicated to the
social and economic achievements
of Americas workers and to the
role which labor plays in the life
of the nation. In the words of
Pete McGuire, who originated the
idea back in 1882, it is an occasion
devoted to "the industrial spirit?
the great vital fore* of every na
tion." Sffvl
I am proud to Jain in this ob
servance and to pay well-Jarned
tribute to the working men and
women o{ North Carolina on thia
Labor Day.
With their taelnta and toil, the
1,000,000 Tar Heela whto labor in
all the varioua oecupationa are
the backbone, sinewa and lite
Uood of our State: the priceleaa
and irreplacable human resource.
Nearly half-a-million of us labor
in factories. Around 650.000 are
employed in trade, construction,
government, service Industries,
tod the professions. Another <30,
000 work ota the {arm. ".jyj
'North Carolina baa been tt> the
move during (he jest rear and has
chalked up an Impressive sl&U of
accomplishment*. In the field of
labor - management relations? not
withstanding the lone, bitter tex
tile mill strike at Henderson? we
aet several record*. The total num
ber of strike* in the State, and
the number of worker* involved In
them, were the lowest on record.
Never before has North Carolina
had so small a pert of the nation's
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GETS FA VORABLE PUBLIC
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Horn Ends Ninth Season
In Better Financial Shape
Board To Ask
Directors To
Keep Drama
Horn in the West closed It's 9th
season Sunday evening with a good
attendance.
Attendance records are not im
mediately available, but. It would
seem that the attendance will be
about the same aa last year, even
though we were rained out two j
nights, and considerable more
rain during the afternoon and
evenings that held the evenings
attendance down.
Promotion of the drama was
far more reaching than recent
years due to the splendid coopera
tion of newspapers, radio and
television stations, and the na
tion's magazines. Distribution of
folders were outstanding through
the fine cooperation of transpor
tation spstems, such as the air
lines, and bus systems. Catawba
Dairy came in on the distribution
of about 15,000 to their customers
throughout their territory.
Through the fine cooperation of
our State Motor Carries Associa
tion magaine, "The Tarheel
Wheels." 13,000 folders were in
serted in their May publication.
Other channels aided in distribut
ing about 130.000 Horn folders.
The management wishes to take
this opportunity to thank the
many, many local people who aid
ed in making this the best financi
al year recently.
Executive Vice-President Her
man W. Wilcox, in speaking of the
financial standing aaid, "It is im
possible at this time to say just
where we stand, however, it would
seem that we might have more
clear money than last year, but
this is no indication that we made
money. Our liabilities are great,
such aa our obligations to our
stockholders, repairing of the thea
tre building, rain shelters, and
replacing costumes, and many oth
er expenditures that must be made
to keep the show going."
The Executive Board will re
commend to the directors at their
annual meeting, which ia set for
September 26, that the drama be
presented next year.
Optimist Club
Fetes Governor
Boone Optimist Club was host
this week to District Governor
Garland Murray of Greensboro and
his District Eight meeting Visiting
the Boone Club was Lieutenant
District Governor Frank Ballew
of Morganton, along with ten
members from the AsheviUe Club
and their President, H. Bnwnlee;
nine members from the Morgan
ton Club, headed by their Presi
dent, A1 Summers.
Boone Optimist Club President,
Hubert Inman reported a very'
good district meeting, and ex
pressed the pleasure of the Boone
Club in being host to District
Eight Optimists.
Prof. Renata Casale of Milligan
College is visiting friends in
Boone this week.
PATROL WINS AWARD.? It* a couple of happy policemen you're seeing here. For the fourth year in
a row, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol ha a won the "Outstanding Achievement Award," pre
sented by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) to the nation's top police organiza
tion. On the left it Commissioner Edward Scheidt, former FBI special agent and head of the State Motor
Vehicles Department (of which the highway patrol la ? part) as he turned over the prized award to patrol
commander David T. Lambert. The presentation wa s made recently by Col. C. W. Woodson, of Richmond,
superintendent of the Virginia State Policc and IAC P president.
ASC Ballot Boxes To Be Ready
For Community Vote On Sep. 8
Baptist Association
Has Annual Sessions
WJ Steer Sale
On Sept. 16th
Watauga farmers are invited tj
sell their yearling steers in the
West Jefferson yearling steer sale
on Sept. 16th, and their feeder
calves in the West Jefferson Feed
er Calf sale on Sept. 28. More pro
ducers are nominating their cattle
for these State-sponsored sales than
ever before; therefore all nomina
tions postmarked after Sept. 2,
1960 will be accepted on condition
that the yard will hold the cattle.
When the yard capacity is reached,
no more nominations will be ac
cepted, and those received will be
returned to the producer along
with his advertising fee that he
paid. We urge farmer* to send in
their nominations this week.
Columbia, S. C.? Children of the
Tall Timbers Day Camp, near Col
umbia, practiced their Indian rain
dance under clear skies. Two
hours later, when they were ready
to perform, they were driven in
doors by a heavy downpour.
The Three Forks Baptist As
sociation meets August 30 and SI.
The 120th annual session of the
Three Forks Baptist Association
met at the Meat Camp Baptist
Church on August 30, and at the
WiUowdale Baptist Church on
August 31.
The Rev. Ernest Blankenship,
pastor of Cove Creek Baptist
Church, preached the annual ser
vice. The Rev. James Kisselberg
preached an inspiring missionary
message at WiUowdale.
The Association is composed of
46 churches with a total member
ship of approximately 8,700.
The Rev. John Gibson U mis
sionary for the Association.
REV. E. M. BLANKENSH1P
Moderator
Rev. E. M. Blankenship was named
moderator by the Three Forks
Baptist Association Tuesday. Other
officers named arc; Homer Greene,
Vice-Moderator; Mrs. Blaaclie Per
ry, Clerk; Rev. John Gibson, Mia
aionary; Ralph Beshears, Treasurer.
Mrs. J. C. Cook spent laat week
with her daughters and aoiM-in
1s#, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Owens
and Mr. and Mrs. Bay HarriU la
Gartonia. ,
Farmer! residing in these com
munities will have the opportunity,
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and
6:00 p.m., of voting for ASC com
mitteemen to serve during tha
coming year. According to County
ASC Chairman, Vaughn Tug man,
this voting may be from a slate of
nominees which has already been
chosen and publicized, or votes
may be cast for ? write-in candi
date.
| These committeemen along with
the farmers who are elected as
county ASC committeemen, will
play a major role in the adminis
tration of ASC farm programs in
the various counties in this state.
These ASC farm programs, Tug
man brought out, consist of the
agricultural conservation program,
acreage allotment and marketing
quota programs on the basic com
modities, price support programs
tn the basic and several non-basic
commodities and the soil bank pro
gram, as well as other special or
emergency programs that might
be needed during the year.
Persons who will be eligible to
help select the committeemen who
will administer these farm pro
grams include any farmer who, as
owner, operator, tenant or share
cropper, is participating or is el
igible to participate in any pro
gram administered by the county
ASC committee. At the same time
the community committeemen are
clected, a delegate and an alternate
delegate to the county convention
will be elected. These delegates
elected by the farmers, will meet
September 23 to elect the three
man county committee for the
county. ASC committeemen elected
will take office October 1.
Tugman cautioned farmers that
with the very unstable conditions
that exist at present with agricul
ture and with farm programs wc
just can't afford to let a feeling of
apathy affect the participation in
ASC committee elections. "We
must all get out and
athr
Visiting Mr.
Brawn oa Sunday
Watson of
garet Winters of
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ASC ballot boxes will be avail
able in the ten ASC communities
of the County Thursday, September
8.