Craftsmen Return From Festival
la Washington
Nine local craftsmen will re*
turn to Boone late Wednesday
after representing North Caro
lina at the First Festival of Am
erican Folklore in Washington,
D. C., during the July Fourth
weekend.
The craftsmen left for the na
tion's capital on Friday, and
spent the weekend demonstra
ting their skills for thousands of
July 4 tourists at the open-air
Folklore Festival directed by the
Smithsonian Museum.
The Festival was held on the
mall between the Washington
Monument and the Capitol build
ing. About 50 craftsmen from
across the country worked in
tents on the mall, explaining
their crafts and selling their
products.
The trip of the local craftsmen
was sponsored by the North
Carolina Travel Council, accord
ing to Mrs. Doris Potter of Nor
th Wilkesboro, president of the
Council. The Council helps sup
port North Carolinians who re
present the state at official ev
ents across the country. Taking
part in the trip were: Mrs. El
sie Trivette of Beech Mountain,
who demonstrated spinning, car
ding and rug hooking; Dewey
Harmon of Beech Creek, who
makes wood carvings and whim
meydiddles; Willard and Ora
Watson of Deep Gap, who de
monstrated wood carvings and
quilting; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pres
nell and their son Baxter of
Rominger, who make and
banjos and dulcimers; ’ftn
sley of Spruce Pj*
musical j
and Taft »
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does hand weaving by some of
the oldest methods found in the
United States.
Most of the craftsmen are al
so part of the W.A.M.Y. Crafts
program, which made arrange
ments for the tiip. The program
includes about 300 craftsmen in
Watauga, Avery, Mitchell and
Yancey counties.
Products of these craftsmen
are now sold across the United
States. Some items are now on
permanent display in the Smith
sonian Museum in Washington,
D. C., and a number of other
craftsmen will also participate
in the Newport Folk Festival in
Newport, Rhode Island. la!»r in
July.
W.N.C Baptist
Coal. To IBeet
Monday
The Western North Carolina
Baptist Pasters Conference w'-
meet on Monday, .T»'v B
10:30 a. m.
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Senator Frwin «
To Speak To
Press Assoc
BOONE U. S. Sen. Sam J.
Ervin, Jr. (D-N. C.) will be the
featured speaker here Friday
night when members of the
North Carolina Press Associa
te and a descendant cf the
ic,tndary Daniel Boone are hon
r :d by the sponsors of "Horn
in the West” outdoor drama.
Si... Ervin, of Morganton, has
represented this section of the
state in the U. S. Senate fer the
past 13 years. He previously
served three terms in the N. C.
General Assembly and was the
state’s Tenth District represen
tative in the 79th Congress from
1947-49. He was Associate Jus
tice cf the N. C. Supreme Court
from 1948 until elected to the
senate in 1954.
He and Mrs. Ervin wilTattendJ
the state’s Press Association
Banquet at the Holiday Inn
along with Daniel Boone, a U.
S. Army specialist whq '‘'••.the
great-great-great-gre l '±
of the famous jf >
whose
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Poetry Contest
Deadline
July SI
The Forestry Council of North
Carolina wants to remind those
wishing to enter its 1967 Poetry
Contests, that the deadline for
entering is July 31st. Rules and
information about the four con
tests may be had by sending
stamped, self-addressed enve
lope with your request to
Poetry Council Contests, 304
Gregory Road, Statesville, N. C.
28677.
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THURSDAY, JULY 6. 1967
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in the American Angus Associa
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nounces Glen Bratcher, secre
tary.
There were 462 memberships
issued to breeders of registered
Aberdeen-Angus in the United
States during the past month.
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