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VOLUME LXXVI—NO. 52
DEMOCRAT
Seventy-Sixth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE WEATHKK
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40th Year For Sing Chairman
Joe L. Hartley admires the sign erected under his super
vision on the grounds where “Singing on the Mountain”
will take place next Sunday (June 28) for the 40th con
secutive year under his personal direction.
Wagon Train
Schedule Is
' The 1964 Daniel Boone Wagon
Train program and schedule
have been released by Herman
W. Wilcox, co-chairman of the
local phase of the event.
Jane 27
Participants go to Memorial
Park in North Wilkesboro, reg
ister and take position in train.
June 28
Afternoon singing begins at
2 p. m. Boat races: Kerr Lake.
June 29
Wagon train parades through
North Wilkesboro, 10:30 a. m.
Games in the North Wilkesboro
Park, beginning at 2 p. m.
Games include horseshoe pitch
ing, climbing pole, catching pig,
and shoooting. Games for wo
men include sack race and hog
calling. Music and square dance
at 7:30 p. m. Prizes will be giv
en for best performances.
Jane 30
Devotion, 8 a. m. Wagon
tyain leaves camp in North
Wilkesboro and parades through
Wilkesboro, 8:30 a. m. Wagon
grounds, 3:30 p. m., and makes
train arrives at Ferguson Camp
camp. Evening festivities in
clude shooting contests, sing
ing, band music, dancing, and
hog calling.
July 1
Wagon train leaves Darby. Ar
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“Singing On The Mountain”
To Have 40th Session Sunday
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JOHNNY ROTEN
Johnny Roten Is Winner
National Sports Crown
Johnny Roten, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Vaughn Roten of Boone,
has become the first local ath
lete to win a national cham
pionship.
Last Friday night at Chatta
nooga, Tenn., Roten outclassed
the best teen-age weightlifters
in the country to win the na
tional title in the 165 pound
class.
The 100 degree heat had its
effects on all the contestants,
and Johnny’s performance
wasn’t as sharp as usual; how
ever, it was 25 pounds in front
of the second place man. Roten’s
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Wagon Train Plans Complete
' participants of the 1964 Daniel Boone Wa
gon Train holiday gather at Triplett for
last minute plans. Standing is Herman W.
Wilcox, cochairman of the Wagon Tram
event Next to him is T. £. Story of North
Wilkesboro, co-chairman.
An occurence that may be
unprecedented in the entire
United States where one man
has been general chairman of
a public event for 40 consecu
tive years will take place at
Grandfather Mountain on Sun
day, June 28 when Joe L. Hart
ley, now 93, serves once more
as chairman of the 40th annual
“Singing on the Mountain.”
The mountain religious sing
ing convention has become the
largest annual event in the
mountains of the South, draw
ing up to 50,000 persons each
fourth Sunday in June for the
last four decades.
No admission is charged, and
in Chairman Hartley’s words,
“Whosoever will, may come.”
The 1964 program will be
something special, because of
the 40th anniversary of the
event and Mr. Hartley’s long
service as its chairman. For
one thing, the famous Chuck
Wagon Gang from Dallas, Tex
as, will be there, and it is a
group that Hartley has long at
tempted to interest in taking
part in the religious songfest.
Governor of North Carolina
Terry Sanford will be there,
too, as principal speaker. In
addition the Chuck Wagon
Gang, singing will be by Arthur
Smith’s Crossroads Quartet, the
Harvesters Quartet, and scores
of lesser known musical groups.
The all-day event actually
gets under way the day before,
with as many as 10,000 partici
pants camping overnight at or
near the spacious meadow be
side U. S. 221 at the base of
6,000-foot Grandfather Moun
tain, highest peak in the Blue
Bidge.
Widened roads and addition
al parking have made the hand
ling of the crowd more effici
ent in recent years, and a good
turnout is expected for the 40th
anniversary of the event.
Tom Pease Hurt
At Pool Friday
Tom Pease, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. K. Pease, received a
fractured skull in an accident
at Blowing Rock Swimming
Pool Friday afternoon, lie was
turning a flip from the high
diving board ahd apparently
flipped over the wrong direc
tion and hit his head on the
edge of the pool.
He is a patient at Watauga
Hospital where he la improv
ing satisfactorily.
To Hear Election Results
‘Horn In West’ To Open
13th Year On Saturday
Ampitheatre
Draws Praise
Of Dr. Greer
The 13th season opening of
“Horn in the West,” Saturday,
June 27, has been designated
Watauga County Night.
Local citizens are expected
to turn out in large numbers to
witness the first performance of
the 1964 production directed by
Gene Wilson, inspect the reno
vated Daniel Boone Theatre,
hear election results and vie
for cash prizes.
Opening ceremonies will in
clude a welcome to local citi
zens by Dr. I. G. Greer, presi
dent of the sponsoring Southern
Appalachian Historical Associa
tion, and recognition of director
Gene Wilson, executive vice
president Herman W. Wilcox,
production chairman Dr. R. H.
Harmon, curator Mrs. B. W.
Stallings, and the association
board of directors.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Cannon, of Kannapolis, will al
so be recognized. Mrs. Cannon,
who was influential in organ
izing the outdoor drama, will
be attending the opening for
ner urn ume.
During intermission, $25, $15
and $10 cash prizes will be
given to lucky ticket holders.
Latest election results of the
second primary also will be an
nounced during the intermis
sion.
Veteran “Horn in the West”
principals Charles Elledge, Bill
Ross and Glenn Causey will re
turn for their 13th season with
the production.
Director Wilson has made
many improvements in the show
and features a number of new
faces in various roles this year.
Bill Wiliams of Concord will
do the thrilling Indian fire
sequence. “His handling of this
dangerous stunt is superb,” re
port director Wilson.
Music will be conducted by
Charles Tedford of Huntsville,
Ala. Choreography is by Charles
Nichol of New York.
Other new persons to be seen
are Jimmie Raison, Paula
Thompson, Joseph Gerrity and
Martha Youngson.
The rebuilt Daniel Boone
Theatre is a “gem,” commented
Dr. I. G. “Ike” Greer, the as
sociation president and native
of Watauga County, after he in
spected the ampitheatre last
week.
The Perry Greene Construc
tion Company of Boone did the
major portion of construction.
New chairs have been bought
and old ones repainted.
Drama officials hope that
town and county citizens will
show their support of the show
by being present Saturday
night.
Horn Cast Orientated
Approximately 75 members of the cast and tation from Director Gene Wilson and Stage
staff of “Horn in the West” meet in the Manager Ward Haarbauer.
renovated Daniel Boone Theatre for an orien
Wataugans To Go To Polls
In State Primary Saturday
JAMES A. GREENE
James Greene
Will Manage
Horn Theatre
A veteran schoolman has been
named theatre manager o f
“Horn in the West” outdoor
drama. He is James A. Greene,
principal of the Parkway Ele
mentary School in Watauga
County.
In addition to managing the
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Wataugans will go to the
polls Saturday to decide whc
will be their next Democratic
candidate for Governor, foi
Lieutenant Governor, and to de
termine which of two Republi
can candidates will represent
this new district in the next ses
sion of the General Assembly.
Streetside opinion seems to be
that there will be a smaller vote
cast in the county than in the
first primary May 30th when
some three thousand voters went
to the polls.
In the first trip to the polls
1,112 voted for Judge Moore
while 1,016 went went along
with Judge Preyer, giving Moore
an 106 vote lead. Other candi
dates garnered 127 votes.
In the race for the Lieuten
ant-Governorship Robert Scott
got 1345, while Clifton Blue
was tallying only 473. John R.
Jordan got 174.
Both the Moore and the
Preyer forces appear to be well
organized, and every effort will
be made to widen the gap which
hitherto existed between the
two strong contenders. Specu
lation on who the likely local
leader will be depends upon
whether one is talking to a
Moore or Preyer supporter.
In the race for the Lieutenant
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First Annual State Lily Show
In Boone Is Called Success
The first annual, State Lily
Show, held in Boone Saturday
and Sunday, June 20 and 21,
was a success from every stand
point. The arrangements show
ed originality and imagination,
the horticulture specimens were
exceptional, and attendance was
beyond the expectations of the
sponsors.
Exhibits from many parts of
the state and commercial and
privately grown exhibits from
other states presented dozens
of varieties of lilies. Many of
these were very rare varieties
and new hybrids.
The visiting judges of the
Horticulture Division: Mr. Roy
all Bemis of Blackthorne Gard
ena of Massachusetts; Professor
A. M. Showalter of Harrison
burg, Virginia; and Dr. George
Doak of Chapel Hill were en
thusiastic in their praise—both
of the show and of the horticul
ture specimens.
Mrs. W. C. Landolina of Clem
mons, N. C.; Mrs. W. F. Stur
tevant, Mt. Airy, N. C.; and Mrs
Robert Sloan, Winston-Salem
served as judges in the Artis
tic Division. In this divisior
the following classes—all fea
turing lillies—were exhibited:
arrangements Suitable for the
Church, Sanctuary, Oriental Ar
rangements, Bold and Moderr
Arrangements, Naturalistic, and
Pastel Hues.
In addition to the competi
tive horticulture end arrange
ment exhibits, the sponsors fea
tured a special display of lo
cally grown delphinium and
clematis—both of which drew
much attention from the visitors
from other parts of the state.
Winners in the Artistic Ar
rangement Division of the show
were:
Church Arrangements—first,
Mrs. James B. Winkler; second,
Mrs. E. T. Glenn; third, Mrs.
D. L. Wilcox and Mrs. E. S.
Qualls.
Pastels — first, Mrs. Robert
King; second, Mrs. Ralph Bu
chanan; third, Mrs. Wiley Smith
and Mrs. G. T. Buckland.
Naturalistic—first, Mrs. Ver
non Lafone, Hickory; second,
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W. R. WINKLER
W. R. Winkler
Is Reappointed
To Auto Croup
Raleigh, June 17 — W. R.
Winkler, Winkler Motor Com
pany, Inc., Boone, has been re
appointed Area Chairman of
the North Carolina Automobile
Dealers Association for Wata
uga County, according to an
announcement made today by
E. B. Gamble, president. Wink
ler will act as liaison officer
between new car and truck
dealers in Watauga County
arid NCADA and the National
Automobile Dealers Associa
tion.
It will be Winkler’s responsi
bility to keep his area inform
ed of state and national af
fairs affecting the automotive
industry and, in turn, to ad
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Ladies To ‘Dress’
For Horn Opening
Watauga County and Boone
ladies will serve as hostesses
during “Horn in the West”
opening night activities this
Saturday, >une 27.
Mrs. Lillian Danner is ask
ing that all ladies with old
fashioned dresses contact her
so they can be assigned du
ties for the evening_