Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-12-16
News of a Week
At Blowing Rock
Happenings of Interest ring Past
Seven Days In and F.-
nous Resort
By RUPERT EFT

Blowing Rock, J with the
arrival of Blow Rocks $4,000
ire truck last the young men
of the town NJ day night and or
ganlzed vQ r fire department
The following ficers were elected ::
President, C. S. Prevette; secretary,
]. E. Holshouser; fire chief, J. A.
PAMELA; assistant chief, L. A. Un-
derwood; second assistant chief,
Lloyd Robbins. Chief PAMELA then
selected seven men as student drivers
TO learn the operation of the truck
under the direction of Robert L.
Pringle, engineer for the American
La France Company, who is here to
give Instructions to the department.
The student drivers are Tom Sides,
Del Teaster, Rob Greene, Paul Kluttz,
Joe PAMELA, Ambrose Underwood,
Lloyd Robbins and Harry Cooper.
The Instructions began the next
morning with the first test of the
,ruck. Drawing water from the
MayView lake, the motor pumped 469
gallons a minute, according to Mr.
Pringle's gauge, although the official
capacity of the pump is only 400
gallons a minute. Both Mr.. Pringle
and Chief PAMELA expressed them
selves as highly pleased with the re-
suits of the test
Monday, the instructions continu-
ed, with the men devoting their time
to the formula for making chemicals
and to the operation of the chemical
tank. Meanwhile, workmen were en-
gagged in demolishing the Pendly
garage, which has been leveied for
the purpose of erecting fire station
on the site. AS soCn as the demo-
lition is completed, the city will call
for bids from local builders for the
construction of the station.
As only $4,000 was raised last
summer for buying the truck, an oys-
Ter supper will be given Saturday
night to raise money toward paying
the balance The supper will be given
in Young's cafe, which has been
closed during the winter, but the la
dies of the town are now putting it
in condition for the supper.
The men who joined the fire de-
pal'tment on the first night are T. H.
Coffey, Jr., G. NJ Sudderth, Stuart
Cannon, Paul Kluttz, G. C. Robbins,
c. A. Underdown, n. C. Greene,
Clyde Dula, Randall Foster, Spencer
Greene, G, w. Beaverley, Don John
son, Benjamin Greene, A. C. Coffey,
L. D. Tester, Marshall Hicks, w. H.
Daugherty, Henry Harrington,
Lloyd Robbins, R. M. Coffey, Mar
shall Foster, T. H. Coffey, C. S. Pre-
vette, A. E. Mercer, Rob Clay, 7. A.
Winkler, Theo Greene, Wiley Van
noy, r. w. Tr;plett, A. C. Moody, Dan
Kluttz, A. NJ Critcher, B. K. Jen-
kins, J. A. PAMELA, Donald Greene.
w NJ Moore, John Williams and
Rupert Gillett.
A second meeting of tie depart
ment was called by Chief PAMELA for
next Tuesday night.
To Revise Insurance Rates
1t is probable that representative
OF the state insurance commission
will be asked to come to Blowing
Rock to revise tie insurance rates
ere as result of tie organization
of the volunteer fire department and
the installation of the new fire truck,
il was said last week by Mayor Geo.
Sudderth. Just when the examiner
would be asked to come had not been
decided, but it was expected that a
material decrease in the rates would
result
The difficulty of surveying town
limits at an altitude of 4,3OO feet
was illustrated by Cyrus C. Babb,
~CifcuiliiiSS eng IlSSI, ldSl Wech Wflcil
he related how the lire was surveyed
from Blowing Rock itself down an
almost sheer drop of several hundred
feet into the valley. The rodman,
W. Fl. Daugherty, manifestly could
cot be expected to find a footllold in
a crevice, hang by one hand to a
laurel root and hold his rod straight
at the same time. Hence, the dis
tances he'd to be measured by calcu-
lation of angles with the stadia. The
Rock will form the corner stone of
the new town limits. The survey is
being made for presentation to the
general assembly in connection with
the bill for the annexation of May
view Park and Green Park. T. H.
Coffey, Watauga county's represen-
tative, is expected to introduce the
annexation bill.