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"The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first objective
should be to keep that right, and were it laft to me U deeide whether we ah? Id have
? government without newspapers, or newspapers without government, I should not
hesitate a moment to choose the latter. But I should mean that every man should
receive these papers iM be capable of reading them."? Thomas Jefferson.
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1983
To Make The City Clean
The annual cleanup campaign is
in progress in the city and already a
good deal has been done to improve
the looks of the place.
Citizens are being admonished to
mow the lawns, clean up vacant lots,
remove buildings which have passed
their years of usefulness and have
the litter which normally accumu
lates in the wintertime hauled away.
W. R. Winkler, owner of the old
courthouse corner, where the walls
of the old building had been pulled
down a long time ago, has contribut
ed greatly to the looty of the Street
by having the debris taken away and
the lot brought down to King Street
level. On Rivers Street Mr. Herman
Wilcox has removed the old Critcher
warehouse. Both these gentlemen
deserve commendation for making
such important contributions to a
clean town.
With indications of a record en
rollment at Appalachian College for
the summer term, and prospects that
the number ^of summer tourists may
be greater in Boone and Blowing
Rock than has even been known,
Boone should put her best foot for
ward and have a clean face when
company comes. Besides the heme
folks enjoy tidy premises, clean bade
lots and clean streets.
Those who have trash to remove
may call the city hall, where some
trucks have been made available for
hauling away the rubbish.
The committee, the city, Chamber
of Commerce and citizens generally
are anxious that there be complete
cooperation in the cleanup effort
this year.
For Better Living
r or many years, mis newspaper,
with hundreds of other newspapers,
magazines, radio and television sta
tions throughout the country, has
joined is the annual salute to the
brand-name manufacturers of food
and furnishings. These are the man
ufacturers who form a hard-core
team of private enterprise boosters
? who get their Jdoki ? and their
profits ? from making their products
just a little bit better than their
competitors.
This competition among manufac
turers is the force which has given
America the highest standard of liv
ing in the world. There's no other
country where the average homeown
et ? not the rich, mind you, the aver
age, middle-class, middle-income cit
izen ? has the advantages, comforts
t
ana conveniences of the American
home. There's television ? big and
little, color or black-and-white; there
are stereo and hi-fi; there are the
automatic sewing machine and auto
matic drill; there are the frost-free
freezer and the froaen foods to put
into it; there are the dishwasher and
the vacuum cleaner and the station
wagon; there is the well-dressed
and tastefully furnished home filled
with well-dressed and well-groomed
people; there are the products which
help to keep us young and the
products to make us healthy.
These products and this standard
of living would never have happened
without the honest desire of a manu
facturer to be the best in his field.
A brand-name manufacturer proudly
places his name on his product!
Freedom Savings Bond Drive
The Treasury Department is con
ducting a Freedom Savings Bond
Drive which started on May 1 and
will continue through the Fourth of
July and every American is urged to
buy at least one bond during the
period. In line with the sales cam
paign, President Kennedy makes
this statement:
"Because each one of us has a
personal responsibility to help pre
serve freedom and to build a Just
and enduring peace, I heartily en
dorse this Drive and ask all Amer
icans to enlist in the cause of free
dom by buying Savings Bonds.
"More than $46 billion worth of
Series G and H Bonds are now owned
by millions of American families,
many of whom are adding to their
holdings each month. The success
of this uniquely American program
rests largely on tbe efforts of volun
teers who bring the advantages of
Savings Bonds to the attention of
their fellow citizens and who rec
ognize the importance of widespread
ownership of Savings Bonds to a
sound and growing economy.
"Although volunteers will spear
head the 1963 Freedom Savings
Bond Drive, ! hope a!! will follow
their leadership. And I urge every
American family to buy United
States Bonds to the limit of its abil
ity ? particularly between now and
the Fourth of inly. This Independ
ence Day will therefore have great
er meaning to all who through their
purchase of Savings Bonds will also
have a greater, more tangible share
I
Knowledge Is Everywhere
(The Nashville Banner)
m>u v iw a iiiumeiii imagine mai Know
how dispensed abroad, as ia have-not lands
by energetic peofde working at it, if
without Ha reciprocation. Anyone believ
lnc that now stands corrected by a little
item in the Peace Corps Volunteer:
"A volunteer in India will have nothing
but male children if the prophecy of vil
lagers in Gag an Pahad comes true.
"Wiry C as key, an agricultural exten
sion waiter from Bryaon, Tex., was asked
to perform a pn}a, or ceremony, to cele
brate -mi lairing of a itlilm -houta tan
aanon. As instructed, he took off bis
?hoes and squatted of) the ground."
So fir, 10 good.
""I was asked to waah a (tone, put tu
meric powder on It, and apply six red
spots. 1 btlrned some incense, too. Then
I was asked to break a coconut on the
stone with one blow,' he said.
"The coconut split on kit drat tor, in
spiring the forecast premistag kirn all
sons."
Truly, knowledge is everywhere, te
?tratioa to atom y*? (M It.
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I The Egg And
From Early Democrat Files
Sixty Years Ago
May 1, 1903
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Sherwood, of
Cove Creek, left for the State
of Washington last week. Hope
they will succeed well In their
new home.
T. S. Coffey is off on a visit
to Hickory this week.
Mrs. W. R. Lovill is spending
a few days with her parents at
Sutherland.
Roby C. Green, son of R. A.
Green of Blowing Rock, left for
Missouri last week.
Hon. R. Z. Linney was in town
a few hours Monday no his re
turn from his "lodge" on the
mountain.
Mrs. Malinda Horton, who has
spent the winter with relatives
in Virginia, has returned to her
home on New River.
B. R. Bryan has accepted a
position with a lumber company
at Elisabethton, Term., and left
for that place on last Saturday.
Attorney L. D. Lowe pur
chased the Z. B. Buchanan prop
erty at Blowing Rock that was
sold at the court house door on
Monday.
We are pained to say It, but
unless the reins are drawn a lit
tle more tightly on some of the
younger boys of this village and
surroundings, a hard future is
certainly in store for them, and
many sad heart aches for those
nearest and dearest to them.
Aa agent for a steel bridge
company from Chattanooga was
in town Monday. He is anxious
to trade our people a few spans
?f an old bridge that has been,
for the Lord only knows how
long, in the waters of Chuckey
River. He only estimates the
cost at about $2,000 per span.
GeWhiz!
On last Friday evening the
dwelling of our old friend J.
Wesley Holsclaw, of Hagaman,
together with its entire eon
tents, save one bed, was destroy
ed by fire. The post office that
was kept in the building was
saved in the main. Mr. Hols
claw is one of our best citizens,
an old Confederate veteran, and
this loss to him is almost un
repairable, and we think it is
the imperative duty of our peo
ple to help him liberally in re
building and furnishing a home.
Thomas Hines, who has been
in a furniture factory at Hick
ory for a while, is on a visit
to home folks near town.
Thirty-Nine Years Ago
May 8, 1924
Dr. P. C. Jurney of Iredell
county spent a tew hours Sun
day with his sister, Mrs. R. C.TJ
Rivers, returning to his home"
in the afternoon.
Mr. Andrew Watson of Mar
ion, Va., was in town Saturday
to visit his brother for a short
period. He also visited Blowing
Rock. He was well pleased with
the improvement of Boone, and
more especially with the new
State highways.
Mr. Ray Mast of the Silver
stone section and Miss Pauline
Greer of Zionville were happily
married at the state line on the
Tennessee side on April 29. Rev.
R. C. Eggers performed the cer
emony.
Mr. Robert Richard, who has
been in the hospital nearly a
year, visited his people here last
week.
Mr. Wade Norris, one of our
neighbor boys is right sick at
the home of Mr. J. L. Harkle
road, where he has been work
ing for the past year.
Just One Thing
By carl goehch 4FTER ANOTHER
Billy Arthur told as about
Ralph Culbert, who wanted a
radio and some screen wire for
? his Sneads Ferry abode. So he
sat down and ordered it from
Sears and Roebuck, sending
them a check for the amount
quoted in the latest catalogue.
He got a letter back from
Sears saying they didn't have it.
Sam got all hot and bothered.
He bundled up the catalogue
and sent it to Chicago with a
note advising them if they didn't
hat* what they advertised, they
could nse the catalogue for its
pepalar rural purpose.
A few days later he received
from Sears the screen wire, the
radio and his check. Didn't cost
htm anything at all.
Some time aga I was ia Char
lotte. attending a banquet (hat
was being given by the Standard
Oil Company tn connection with
the radio program, "The Bsao
Reporter." I stayed at the Hotel
Charlotte, Room 703.
Next moraine, I headed bade
home again.
Three or four days later, I
suddenly realized that I had left
my topcoat in Room 701. 1 wrote
the manager rtxmt ft and asked
him to look out for It.
Next day he called op and
said that a mistake had been
made. Seems that a gentleman
by the name i?f Purdy had occu
pied 7OT after t did. Seems (hat
Wt. Pwdy ilioMMtM
sort behind him. The manager
said that both coats had been
located, but that my coat had
been sent to Mr. Purdy and Mr.
Purdy's coat bad been sent to
me.
Sore enough, the next day,
Mr. Purdy's coat arrived. I put
t new label on the box and sent
it to Atlanta. And the following
day my coat showed up.
Rather unusual for two over
coats to be left on two success
ive days by occupants of the
same room.
This question, which we saw
somewhere or other a few days
ago. will fool most folks:
"Flying due south from De
troit, what would be the first
foreign country you would fly
?ver?"
The answer is Canada. And if
you don't believe it, look at your
map.
And speaking of questions,
here are a few more:
"Is Mecklenburg County north
of Raleigh or southwest at Ra
leirt?"
If you say "North." ndbody
tan say you aren't right.
"Is Charlotte the name of ?
wmnty?"
tf yau say, "Yes," they'll have
to admit that the answer Is cor
rect.
You see, Mecklenburg and
Charlotte are two adjoining
rttairttes la Ytrfhte.
Contractor Will Hodges with
? good crew of masons is now
putting brick in the walls of the
Dixie Theatre building, and it
looks at if with favorable wea
ther conditions the job will be
done in record-breaking time.
Mr. Wade H. McGhee is busy
on the construction of the new
filling station near the Watauga
Bank.
Mr. S. F. Horton spent the
week end in Greensboro, attend
ing while there the Carolina
Virginia baseball game.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. CoUins
and family with several other
friends, went to the Grandfather
Sunday.
Mr. J. W. Coffey of Linville
was here on business last week.
Mrs. M. A. Wright is visiting
her son in Caldwell.
ylt .was thought that the apple
Jfrop was going to be a failure
Tflis year but now the prospects
are bright for a good crop in
this part of the county.
Mrs. John G. Eiler of Purlear,
N. C., it visiting her sister,
Mrs. Chas. Younce for a few
days.
Fifteen Years Ago
May C, 1948
Mr. Earl Pennlck spent the
week end in Palmetto, Fla.
Mr. and Mr*. Gordon Winkler
and Mr. H. Grady Farthing are
in Dallas, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Kimball of
Dayton, Ohio are visiting Mrs.
Robert Lewis.
Mrs. Gertrude Leary of
Greensboro, spent the week end
with her sister, Mrs. L. L. Bing
ham.
Mrs. J. L. Reece has been
confined to her home for the
past week with laryngitis.
Mrs. Fred Hodges of West
Palm Beach, Fla., spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Hodges, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Matheson
of Mooresville, and Mrs. H. Cole
man Payne of Taylorsvflle visit
ed with Mrs. F, A. Linney last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Whiting
have returned from Bradenton,
Fla., to spend the summer at the
Harris cottage, Blowing Rock.
Mrs. MiM^ed Eggers of Win
ston-Salem was a week end vis
itor at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
S. C. Eggers.
Mr. Gene Bingham of State
College and Mrs. GeM Bing
ham of A. S. T. C., spent the
week end with his mother.
Mrs. 4. A. Harwood and
granddaughters, Sue and Jerry,
spent Sudnay with Mrs. J. A
Idol of Boone, Route 2.
Mr. and Mr*. Arthur Mast,
who have resided fa Mountain
Home, ^I. C., for the past year,
have returned to their home in
Valle Cruris where they plan
to slay indefinitely.
Donald V. Greene, boatswain's
mate, 1st claas, U. S. NT., sen af
Wade Greene, af Stesqr Fork, is
serving with the Charleston
Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet,
at Charleston, S. C.
Mr. Ralph Winkler, chairman
of the Committee of the Grand
father Mountain area ?f the
Parkway Commission attended
Parkway meetings hi AahevUle
and Waynesville last week. This
was in connection with making
the Grandfather Mountain area
a part of (he Great Smoky Moun
t.i. .
TVms nituvuin rlTK.
K
KING STREET
BY ROB RIVERS
We go away infrequently, but when we do spend a
few days away from our desk, we are happy to get back
and to tackle the accumulation of chorea which have
been waiting for our attention. The automobile was ieed
over on the first day of May when got an early start
for Columbia, Missouri, where Rachel is attending the
noted School of Journalism at the University of Missouri
... It was nice that the beater was working good on this
May day, but we were down out of the hills before the
ice and snow had begun to melt from the hood and the
trunk lid. . . . Then the weather was good and cool
enough for a mountain man's comfort.
* * *
In Pairing . . Some Scene*
?The beautiful farm lands
of cut Tennessee, and the
busy town*, which, big or lit
tle, cant be t,ypassed.
? Sprawling Nashville, with
her State Capitol perched on a
hill like a great pillared cas
tle.
? The big dans in Tennes
see and Kentucky which have
provided great power resour
ces and playground areas for
masses of people.
? ? n.fftsh
? nIVIBg arl?Ci#>S cauisn
and hush pnppies at ? neat
roadside restaurant, where
we'd eaten mi a number of
occasions, and talking to the
folks in the locality about the
angling in the nearby reser
voir. . . . The bass grow big,
they say, in the deep, green
ish waters, and It's fan to
hook the big us, "tat for the
table everybody in these parts
net the cat"
? Fort Campbell, astride the
Tennessee and Kentucky line,
stretching its endless acres
along the four lane strip lined
with liquor stores, various con
cessions and soldiers wanting a
ride.
? Glad to see Paducah's Hol
iday Inn near the end of a long
day, and to rest and have din
ner at the hospitable hostelry,
where 88 more units have been
added since last summer. . . .
Irvin S. Cobb made the city
famous with his gifted pen,
his long cigar, and his recipes
for all sorts of libations. . . .
The soaring bridge over the
mighty Ohio, bearing Cobb's
name, and leading into Me
tropolis, Illinois, which should
have been wider.
? Enough Southern Illinois
acres lying fallow to feed an
other world.
?The many old and faded
Bmall towns in Illinois farm
areas, and a lot of people at
work on the vast plantations.
? Across the Mississippi on
the Jefferson Barracks Bridge,
and on through the fertile
countryside to our destination
In the central part of the State,
where the BoHday Inn serves
grits for breakfast, as a Batter
of course, same as the deep
SMth. As a nutter of fact
that area was settled largely
by fotks from Tennessee and
Kentucky, Is known as "little
Dixie," and is faaoas, not only
for Ms educational institutions
(two colleges and the Univer
sity), hot lor its Boone County
ham. Ratt county corn
(bottled), is also tended with
the care of Southern hill peo
* * *
The Postman . .Takes
A Walk On Vacation
Like the postman who takes
a walk, we spent an afternoon
at the school of Journalism,
where Mr. Price, who teaches
advertising, took time off and
showed us around, introducing
us to a peat many of those
who are employed there. . . .
We wound up in the printing
department, where si* lino
types grind out the slugs for
a standard daily newspaper for
the community, as well as for
the University newspaper, and
the ttwrtype school has she
more machines. . . . A com
pletely modern plant, painstak
ingly arranged, form the news
room, editorial department, ad
vertising department, compos
ing room and on to the rotary
pressroom and mailing depart
ment, the pliant would do credit
to aay community. . . . We
stayed there until the sixteen
pages had been made wp. the
aiats rolled, the big press plat
ed and rolling, and haven't had
i more pleasant afternoon ?
Just as goad as working. ?
And of course gathered a good
of information as to how
other folks meet the same
proMisns we face. ??.!?
? * ?
JfeuraaUna Week
It was Journalism week at
CohnaMa, and Am MmH
^ress Association, which mstn
Ma* elaborate quarters ia the
i-Schoal building, was holding
Hi wrim. . . . lira. Elvers,
Rachel, Martha Hall of St.
Laats and I attended the J
School banquet that night, and
had a grand time. . . . Merri
rnaa Smith waa the principal
speaker at the lessioa over
which Dean English presided,
a ad other noted newspaper
people appeared on the pro
gram during the week. . . . Mrs.
livers has attended three of
these functions. It was our
second We always have a
food time In Columbia, visiting
with Rachel and her friends,
and enjoying the splendid hos
pitality of the town. . . . One
objection, the place la too far
away. . . . But after we're
rested from the lone drive, we
are again anxious to go.
Uncle
Pinkney
HIS PALAVERING
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I been in a state of shock all
week over a item quoting a of
ficial from the U. S. Depart
ment of Education. It seems
the experts has started teach
ing. a new system of arithmetic
to the school younguns. They
aint got it going in all the
schools yet, the piece says, but
by 1965 they hope to have the
old system done away with
complete and the new one in- ?
stalled all over the country.
' t . read the piece 6 times,
Mister Editor, and on the last
time around I knowed me or
them was crazy and, natural, it
had to be me. They got the
Constitution and the Adminis
tration on their side and, like
the feller said, you can't beat
city hall.
In the first place, the experts
is doing away with the "Tutem
System," which is the two times
two is four system. They say
this ain't true of you use "Base
Seven." I reckon Base Seven is
a first cousin to Third Base or
Cloudy Nine or somepun. Any
how, Base Seven and Tutem
is in conflict. It says so right
on the front page.
Farthermore, they allow as
how it aint important in this
new arithmetic to know what a
circle is, the main thing is to
know "what happens when the
circle loses its roundness."
And in this new system of
arithmetic fer the school ktds
of 1965, they wont be no such
thing as a line. It will be know
ed as a "set of points standing
shoulder to shoulder."
And they put the stopper in
the jug by announcing the days
is about over fer adding, sub
tracting, and dividing. Under
the new system these items
will be called "intersection,
union, and complementation."
I recollect complaining a few
year ago when the schools slow
ed down on teaching reading,
writing, and arithmetic, and
started giving courses in hair
do, folk dancing, and flute-play
ing. I Just didnt know, Mister
Editor, when I was well off.
But I reckon, like this piece
tays, the next generation has
got to have a "Univac mind"
to keep pace with space. In
another 20 year, when a feller
wants to call up his wife at the
factory where she's working,
hell have to dial 663-2949 and
tell 'em its Social Security 243
48-9595, Internal Revenue Ser
vioe 44-07-3037, IRS 43-610- .
#745, please. And a feHer cant
handle that situation with the
kind of arithmetic we get ndw.
I started to report these mat
tier* to the fellers at the coun
try (tore Satarday night, but I
Sot to figgering it waant no use
hi having everybody going ?
crary at the same time, at
least net till 1965.
Yours truly,
Uncle Ptnkney