mmX, . UGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Sixth Year of Continuout Publication BOONS WEATHCB 1903 HI Lo me. ? Hi ? ? VOLUME LXXV1? NO. S July 0 74 93 July 10 08 48 July 11 08 41 July 12 74 44 July 13 72 40 July 14 73 57 July 19 79 98 .40 .13 77 05 80 53 82 54 81 08 83 90 82 59 83 50 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1963 ltt CENTS PER COPY 20 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS Horn Still 900 Ahead Last Year Cold, damp weather of recenl days hat failed to dampen the enthuiiaam of the crowda which have turned out for Horn in the West, and the first two week run of Boone'i outdoor drama shows a BOO increase over the same period last year. Thia bring* Herman W. Wil cox to remark that "with nicer weather and the bluest tourist season this area has ever seen this should be Horn in the West's biggest year." From a survey conducted by the promotion director, says Mr. Wilcox, we have yet to hear a vote against the drama ? no thing but praise, such as: "greatest production in the history of the drama," "the best it has ever been," "even though you have seen it every year, you must see it this year." Miss Blanche McLeod, Mary ville, Kansas, says: "Kermit Hunter's outdoor drama is one of the most interesting produc tions we have ever seen. The tragedy, romance and humor of the pioneers of the time of Daniel Boone are well portray ed. The Indian dances and dances by the settlers are well portrayed." Miss Marietta McLeod, Man hattan, Kansas, says: "the his tory of the time of Daniel, Boone was interestingly por trayed, the Scottish, Indian and settlers' dances well executed and the singing well done." Dock Ragan Funeral Held Dock Solomon Ragan, 74, of Boone, Rt. 2, a retired farmer, died -Wednesday after along itlnrxhr He was born in Watauga county to Jesse and Nancy Miller Ragan. The funeral was conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at Hope well Methodist Church by Rev. F. J. Rogers and Rev. William Smith. Burial - was in the church cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Fanny Lookabill Ragan; six sons, Jesse Ragan of the U. S. Navy in New Jersey, Dave, Lloyd, Orville, John and Joe Ragan, all of Route 2, Boone; three daughters, Mrs. Irvin Hayes of Lenoir, Miss Kathleen Ragan of Greensboro and Mrs. Don Price of Zionville; three half-brothers, John and Glen Ragan, both of Bristol, Tenn. and June Rag&n of Sandy Hook, Conn.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Bina Jones, Mrs. Elmer Gentry and Miss Nellie Ragan of Sandy Hook, Conn. New Apartment Building Grading of the lite for a new three-story business and apartment building on King fStreet, near the Appalachian Street inter section, in Boone was begun July 8, accord ing to Harvey Ayers. Perry Greene is con stiucting the all-brick structure and expects to complete the building by October. The street floor area will be used by two busi ness firms: the Varsity Shop, a clothing (tore now located half a block west of the construction site; and a clothing store for children, to be operated by Harvey Ayers, owner. The top floors will include four ef ficiency apartments. Parking facilities for renters will be provided in the basement of the building. The floor area for each of the shops, according to Ayers, will be 22 by 80 feet. Opera Stars To Sing At Banner Elk, Blowing Rock In August V eteran ASTC F acuity Member Dies Sunday r-m Dr. James Thomas Carr Wright, 69, of Boonfe, Rt. 2, a member of the faculty at Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege for 40 years and retired head of its mathematics depart ment, died Sunday at Watauga Hospital. He had been ill a week. Wright was born in Wilkes County to Charles Calvin and Jenny Land Wright. After graduation from public schools in Wilkes, he received his bachelor's degree at the University of North Carolina. He did some graduate work at Duke University and received his master's and doctorate de grees at George Peabody Col lege at Nashville, Tenn. He joined the ASTC faculty in 1921 and retired in 1961. When he joined the faculty, the school Was known as Appala chian Training School. After retiring, Wright and his wife, Mrs. Sinesca Mastin Wright, a Wilkes native travel Achievement Award Manager W. W. Chester and Belk'i of Boone received the class "C" Founder's Day Achievement Award last week. The engraved plaque was presented for outstanding sales record during the Ural's 75th anniversary sales. Belk's Department Store has been declared winner of double awards in the Founder's Days contest participated in by the 400 various Belk's department stores. W. W. Chester, manager, has been notified that the local Belk's Department Store is b| winner among the Claas C stores of the Belk group. Win ners are determined accordiag to highest P?H?nta luncheon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, July 9, ?t the Daniel Boone Inn, Hugh Morton, the outstanding photo grapher of landscapes and vaca tion highpoints in this area and owner of Grandfather Moun tain, spoke on the role of pho tography in advertising and public relations. "I think photography ia something that some people overlook," Morton said, "but it can be one of the moat import ant features a business can use." Using color slides to illu strate his talk, Morton distin guished between advertising and public relations by showing two calendars ? both with a color picture of Grandfather Mountain and the mile-high swinging bridge. On one calen dar were the words "Grandfath er Mountain"; the other car ried the name of a lumber com pany. "The first," he said, "U clearly advertising, while the second is public relations." Morton stressed the use of color in advertising, and de monstrated the effect of tim ing, including particular ef fects that can be achieved at night. Rhododendron should be photographed when it is in bloom, of course, and non descript structures can be flat tered with the use of colorful reflections from water, when it is available. These unusual photographs can be well used in public rela ( Continued on page \ aec. B)