Traveling To Become Hobby
Man Who Traveled 25 Years
By WAKE BRIDGES
tn Hickory bally Record
What was pitt of his work
for more than a quaHer of it
la to become a hobby
Lyon of frlfth Street,
life, Hickory.
Aa a representative Of the
fc. )T. saw* cowplhy, Rich
mond, Va., th the Wetftera third
? North Carolina for almott
years, Lyon traveled between
IB, (MO and 211,000 miles a year
by automobile.
All told, he traveled an esti
mated 776,000 miles ? more than
three times the distance to the
moon.
Vet, Mr. Lyon, who recently
retired, is to make traveling one
Of his hobbies.
Almost immediately after his
Retirement, Mr. and Mrs. Lyon
began planning an extensive trip
Into the western part of the
tJnlted States.
PUtts Leisurely Trip
"It will be a leisurely trip,"
they smiled the other afternoon
as they sat in a shaded nook of
their spacious front porch.
"There will be no set time for
leaving or returning. And we
will do what we want to when
we want to, while on the trip."
Mr. and Mrs. Lyon plan to
leave on the trip early in Au
gust, return home when they
please.
A second hobby Mr. Lyon will
' devote himself to in his retire
ment is a 1 16 H -acre farm in
Watauga county.
"I play 'mountain golf up
there with a mattock and a briar
scythe," Mr. Lyon chuckled.
In time, Mr. and Mrs. Lyon
may build a summer house on
the farm, but they have no in
tention of making the farm their
year-round home.' "Nobody is
going to get me out of Catawba
county permanently," Mr. Lyon
said.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyon built their
present brick home in 1940. "It
is the longest either of us has
lived in one place in our life
time," Mr. Lyon said.
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Mr. Lyon wu born in Wa
tauga county June >, 1898 and
was twelve year* old when he
made hi* first trip outside the
county of his birth.
the trip way from Boone, the
county seat of Watauga, to Le
noir, the county aeat of Cald
well, add Was In a covered wa
gon loaded with produce and
drawn by two oxen.
"The trip took us three days,"
Mr. Lyon said. "We camped out
two nights."
Mr. Lyon attended Appala
chian State Teachers College,
Boone, then the University of
Virginia during military train
ing in World War I.
Mrs. Lyon, the former Miss
Floretta Lewis of Ashe county,
is a graduate of Appalachian
State Teachers College and was
the first principal of Unioh
High school In Lincoln county.
The Lewis family moved to
Boone so that Floretta and two
Sisters, Ethel and Lula, could
live at home and attend college.
When the three sisters begah
teaching at Union High school,
?. L. LYON
the family moved to Llneolh
county ?o that the family tie*
'would not be broken.
Ethel li now Mrs. Edwin tfe
Journette of Btkin and Lata Is
Mrs. Carlton Jetton of Vale.
"Yea," Mrs. Lyon smiled, "all
thrtk at ua taught *t Union It
the sable lime "
Married M IStl
Mr. ?nd Mrs. Lyon were mar
ried August 91, 1*21, and rode
Tweetsie through western North
Carolina into eastern Tennaaafee
on their honeymoon.
Hie narrow-gakge railroad has
since been abandoned, but
Tweetale is onee again in opera
tion as a tourist attraction be
tween Blowing Rock abd Boone.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyon have a
daughter and a son. The daugh
ter. Mrs. H. Ralph (Willie Carl)
Bolick, la a teacher of English
and French at Rrandvlew Jun
ior High School In Hickory. The
son, Lewis Lyon, la affiliated
with Yount Transfer Company,
Hickory.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyon'a grand
children are Rebecca, Lee and
Earl Lyon, Herbie, Corinne,
Anna and Bill Bolick.
Mr. Lyon la the eldest of the
six children of the late Mr. and
Mr*. W. C. Lyon.
Mr. Lyon served In the Army
in 1011, then taught school for
two years.
Becoming intereeted in gen
eral store work, Mr. Lyon be
came a clerk in the store of M.
B. Blackburn in Watauga coan
ty. Mr. Blackburn, now deceas
Watermelon, Boy
All dressed up and nothing to do except
pass the time of a cool, cool July day, young
Douglas Austin chomps his smackers, into a
slab of watermellon. A 8% -year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Austin of Boone, the
young fellow looked up with ? Wei smile and
said, simply, "It's good!" ? Staff photo.
Right now is the time to make the year's best deal on
Rambler 153? Motor Ttetid Magazine's "Cat of the Year."
Save on any American, Classic or Ambassador? every one
with scores of "Car of the Tear" features.
Come in and see them? test-drive them? for yourself.
We've smashed all Rambler sales records this year? and
we're out to set still bigger ones. We're now oHenng Kigger
than-ever trade-in allowances. Come in and take advantage
of our specials during the "Savingest Days"!
ed, was ft farther of folate ftr,
in Uarcliui, Mr. Lyea became
? salesman (or tranaou Hat Co.,
Greensboro, representing the
firm in ? portion of the Pied
mont section and western North
Carolina for four rears.
Lift*! Area
"During that time I learned
to know and admire this section
and its people," Mr. Lyon said.
In 1029, Mr.^yon, now 69 and
snow white of mane, became af
filiated with the Carolina Stores
and lived in Boone, Newton,
Rutherfordton and Hickory as a
supervisor. He left tbe "rm
when it was sold to Dixie Home
Store.
Mr. Lyon went with the C. 7.
Sauer Company Sept. 14, 1036,
selling Duke's mayonnaise, rel
ish, spices, cooking oils, and
various allied merchandise.
"When I started out with the
C. F. Sauer Company I was
told thftt if I sold *1,400 worth
of merchandise ft week they
would be satisfied. During my
almoftt 27 years with the com
pany I sold Volumes of better
than a half million dollars a
year. The last week I worked
was my biggest id 1963."
High pressure salesmanship
is a thing of the past, fttr. Lyon
said. "If ft man doesn't have the
confidence of his customers he's
out t>f luck as a salesman. In
my book, ft little hutnor pays off
itt ft sales effort where a soleihn
face might fall. And there is
ilothing in my book that takes
the place of respect and confi
dence."
Gained Status
Mr. Lyon suddenly smiled
and said, "When I started Out
we were called drummers. Now
we've moved up to salesmen."
Timbered Ridge
4-H Gub News
The rirst meeting of the Um
bered Ridge 4-H Club was held
July 10 at the commuhity
building with Miss Jean Smith
erman and Fred Tester presid
ing.
Officers elected are: presi
dent, Gerildine Dlshman; vice
president, Bynum Dishman;
secretifry, Norma Dlshman; and
reporter, Margaret Arnette.
Refreshments *ere served
by Mrs. Martha Jenkins.
My. LyW> ?aid that when he
Marttd walking for trartsou Bat
WmJUfiy thert wain't i paved
road anywhere in the territory
lie traveled.
Whan the Sauer Company be
gin introducing peanut oil to
It4 Watomers, Mr. Lyon led the
sales and aa a result became
known to company officials aa
"Mr. Peanut." He ha* only the
highest of praise for the com
pany he represented in Western
North Carolina for almost 27
years.
Mr. Lyon is a member of
first Methodist Church, Hick
ory. While in Rutherfordton he
was a member of the board of
stewards^!
Politically, Mr. Lyon Is a
staunch Republican. In the
early IMO'i he *u honored by
being chosen chairman of the
Republican Party in Catawba
County but was unable to ac
cept the position became of the
large territory lie covered for
his company.
While In Rutherfordtoa he
wm a member of the Kiwanis
Club.
Among the hundreds of mer
chants Mr. Lyon called oa in his
almost 27 years with the Sauer
Company was J. B. Myers, now
sheriff In Caldwell County.
"Give my very best regards
to J. B. the nest time you see
him," Mr. Lyon said.
"Yes," Sheriff Myers replied
when the message was relayed
to him, "he's a very good friend
of mine."
Ptot No. 130
Meets Friday
The American Lesion
No. ISO will have a
meeting at the Legion Hut
day evening, July ?, at T:W.
Commander Cloyd Norrta ?rf
et all memtere to he present.
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in the first
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We would enjoy showing you around at your convenience. We're "on top of
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Dimmette Realty Crttp.
Telephdiie 264-8501
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Four Miles Northeast
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