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FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the col umns of the Democrat, With its full paid circulation, intensely covering the local shopping area, it is the best advertising medium available. VOLUME LXXV.? NO. 1 DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly IV etca paper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1962 6 CENTS HI Lo 70 9S 71 58 75 51 78 51 80 54 80 55 TAG ALONG WITH US.? Ever wonder how many states could be found represented in the vicinity of Boone in one afternoon? Well, we did. And so we took our trustry old camera eye out on the road from Boone to Blowing Rock one day last week and found the above 25 states represented. The tag fartherest from home, obviously, is the' one we found on the back of an Alaskan' PP77' * snow tied ? er, auto ? which had mushed to the local hardware store. The tag nearest its home state has not been determined, but this newspaper's intelligence department is busily tabulating the data; announcement of the finding will be made as soon as possible, probably by late summer. Incidentally, our newspaper expert on"Which of the Tags b the Prettiest" has decided that Yankee tag* are prettier than Southern tag*. Fortunately, before be could decide wbich of the Yankee tages 1* the prettieit, we found a discarded Civil War revolver and, unfortunately, our expert was not able to render a decision. Pity! But at least now we know that half or more of the state* in the Union can be found in Boone almost any afternoon.? Staff photos by Gaddy. HornPlays To 600 On First Night Horn in the West opened its eleventh season at Boone Sat urday night to a crowd of more than 600, according to Bud May*: es, publicity director. Visitors from all parts of the Southeast reportedly were in" attendance for the opening of the outdoor drama which was written by Dr. Kermit Hunter. Executive vice-president of the Southern Appalachian His torical Association, Herman Wilcox, launched the season with a traditional prayer and introduced the author of the drama. Dr. Hunter spoke of the ever-present importance of the people of Boone and of North Carolina in promoting the dra ma. He stated that the dratna was the work of a people dedi cated to preserving their his torical heritage and tradition, rather than the work of any one man. Following Hunter's speech, the lights shined <Sn a com pletely new Horn in the West drama. A hushed stillness fell over the audience as the "Horn in the West" Chorale open ed with the traditional "How Firm a Foundation." The story moved quickly through exposition to establish the characters and set the (Continued on page two) Dr. Michal ? Returns To Health Dept. The Alleghany-Ashe-Watauga medical district has appointed Dr. Mary Michal health director (or the area, a post which she previously held from 1960 to J MO. She has assumed her dutiM at the local health cen ter, according to the health de partment Upon the announcement of the appointment. Dr. Michal stated, "I'm glad to be back working with the people whom I've come to know so well. We (the health center) hope to build up the counties, improv ing the mental and health pro grama" Dr. Michal was forced to re sign from the high post in the summer of 1890 due to illness. She had first been appointed in February 1900. Earning her MD degree at Yale, Dr. Michal served as Di rector of Public Health in West ern North Carolina first in the y the University of North Caro lina in the school of public (continued on page tight) sz s s ;rcr ?? - - ? insur 1 n?'^e -** the pr0CeS8inj{ of ual Stockholders Meet Federal Land Bank Saturday! The annu&l stockholder* meet ing of the Federal Land Bank Association of Boone will be held Saturday morning in the Boone Elementary School Audi torium. More than one thous and stockholder* and friends of the association are expected to attend, according to S. C. Egg ers, association president. The meeting begins at 10:30, and officials of the association have arranged for adequate parking on the school play ground. Main *|>eaker for the event wfll be Robert B. Tootell; Wash ington, D. C., governor of the Farm Cnsuit Administration. expected at the meet ing are D. M. Dowdell, recently elected president of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, and Rufus R. Clarke, past president of the association. Mr. Clarke has attended many of the local meetings, and is welt known to the local Stockholders. Besides the regular business of reporting on the condition and succttfBM of the Association by John H. Hollar, manager, and the governor's talk, a highlight of the meeting will be the awarding of cash and merchan dise prizes. T. E. Haigler, assist ant vice president of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia has bc.n conducting this part of the program for many years, and usually the stockholders stay around until all the prizes have been given away. Prizes include ten dollars to the person responsible for get ting the most people to the meeting and 100 silver dollars for various other things which Mr. Haigler announces as the program progresses. The grand prize Is ? table model television. A 929.00 cash certificate and a radio will also be given away. Other prizes include a ton of fertilizer, out side lamp and post, electric toaster, insecticide spray, >9.00 cash, paint, recap tire, fishing reel, electric irons, hams, can nister set, camera, transistor radio, electric clock, thermo tumblers, subscriptions to the Watauga Democrat, gas and and grease job, thermos jug, and umbrella. Choir Slates Concert Monday The Music Department of Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege will preaent the Summer Choir in Concert, Monday even ing at 8 o'clock, in the Audi torium of the Fine Arte Build ing. The Choir is under the di rection of Virginia W. Linney, with Blanche Threatte, accom pnj|t . 1 Mrs. Linney will be assisted by student directors. The Concert will include a variety of numbers, both sacred land secular, folk songs, spirit uals and favorite selections from Alexander Takes Issue With High Court For Banning Prayer Congressman Hugh Alexan der stated from bis office June 26 that he was shocked to learn that the Supreme Court issued a ruling on Monday of last week banning prayer in public schools. "The decision of the Court," the Congressman said, "is dang erous in its implications and may well have the effect of abolishing chaplains in our Armed Forces, preventing pray ers in tthe Congress and could even preclude the President of the United States from putting his hand on the Bible when he takes the Oath of Office. Furth ermore, the decision could be interpreted to prohibit religi ous songs in school music pro grams and permi# the removal from our coins of "In God We Trust" and "One Nation, under God" from the Pledge of Al legiance, and the elimination of sacred obligations through out the land." "In other word*," the Con gressman said in agreeing with Justice Stewart's dissenting opinion, "the Court has misap plied a great Constitutional principle." In an effort to rescind the Supreme Court's decision the Congressman introduced in the House, today, a Resolution which would amend the Con stitution so as to permit prayers and Bible reading in the pub lic schools of the nation. Governor Sanford, Bank Official T o Attend C Of CMeet The Boone Chamber of Com merce will hold ? membership meeting at the Daniel Boone Inn, Tuesday, July 10, at noon, with Mr. Carl G reave* UcCraw, Chief Executive of the First National Bank of North Caro lina, as guest speaker. In addi tion to local members, a bevy of dignitaries ? including North Carolina Governor Terry San ford? will be in attendance. Announcing the plans for the meeting, Chamber of Commerce president Herman Wilcox urged members to make reservations early. He added, "We welcome the wives of our members to this meeting." The directors of the North Carolina Conservation and De velopment Association have been extended an Invitation to attend the meeting. The NCCDA is scheduled to adjourn its con vention In Boone shortly before the Chamber of Commerce meet ing is to begin. 111131 A native of Kings Mountain, the guest speaker now makes his home in Charlotte. He has earned a graduate diploma from the American Institute of Bank ing and has attended Rutgers Graduate School of Banking. An active raawber of the Baptist Church in Char- 1 totte, McCrsw is currently wav ing as a Deacon, chairman of the Music and Budget Commit tee*, a member of the Uemorial Committee, the Future Program Committee, and the Pulpit Com mittee. Hi boldi Ausbtnhip in ? Vv</, ? number of country and city clubs, is a Royal Knight of the Carousel, is a member of the Neeomen Society, and is a Shriner. His activities include, in addi tion to those mentioned above, member of the Board of Trus tees, Charlotte Memorial Hos pital; member of the Board of Trustees, Queens College (since 1936); member of the Executive Committee of the Board; Director of the Good Fellows Club; director of the Cole Manu facturing Company; director of the Charlotte Fine Arts Fund; director of the North Carolina Citizens Association; director of the YMCA; director of the Charlotte Observer; a member of the Advisory Board, YWCA, the Board of Governors, Shrin erg Hospitals for Crippled Children, Greenville, S. C. unit; Honorary member, Alpha Kappa Pti Fraternity, Univer sity of North Carolina (1982); 1907 Man of the Year, Charlotte Newi; member of the State Board of Comervation and De velopment; chairman of the Commerce and Industry Divis ion; member of the Executive Committee, State Board of Con servation and Development; A member of the Board of Trustees, Wake Forest College; member of the Board of Direc tors, Pyramid Life Insurance Company; a member of the Governor's committee for Studying Financing of Indus tries Coming to North Carolina; and a Shriner. City Parkiiig Problem nopic ftblic Meeting problem it rapidly bi?gcr. The purpoa meeting is to acquaii Ik with the probl??r a satisfactory lolutio U to urge all residents and par ticularly those who rent apart ments or rooms, to provide off street parking facilities for cars as soon a* possible, and do so wltttl a year. The Board will seek public sentiment on this possibility aa to whether * not this will be situation Js of the 50 Delegates Will Attend Meetings The North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development convenes in Boone this week end (July 8-10) for a three-day session of meetings. North Carolina Governor Terry San ford will preside over the op ening business sessions. Although the group of ap proximately 90 delegates will not be staying at one central place, the Daniel Boone Hotel will staff an information booth to direct the members to their motels. ? Business meetings will be held at the Boone Methodist Church. Beginning at 4:30 p. m? Sun day, the delegates will be enter tained at an informal social hour at the TwveUie Palace. At 8:30, Appalachian State Teachers College will host the group for a buffet supper. Ninety minutes later the group will be guests of the outdoor drama, "Horn in the West," which will feature a special "Governor's Night" per formance in honor of Governor Sanford. (See news story, page one.) Two programs have been slated: one for the men; one for the women. lien's Schedule The men's program begins Monday at 7:30 a. m. with breakfast at the home of Dr. W. H. Plemmons, president of Appalachian State Teachers College. ? The opening business session la set for 9:00 a. m. at the Meth odist Church, room 103 in the Education Building. Among other things, the group will bear reports of the following divi sion heads: Charles Parker, advertising; James K. Hinkle, Commerce and Industry; C. G. Holland, com mercial fisheries; Robert D. Barbour, community planning; F. H. Clarldge, forestry; Philip C.. Doran, Geodetic
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