Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-10-13
The Motorcade
To Winston-Salem
Mr.. Hanes Hears Delegation and
Promises to Improve Boone
Trail as Soon as Possible

The Democrat is indebted to g
member of the arty that journeyed
down to the Nicotine Village last
Friday for a conference with High
way Commissioner Hanes in re the
Boone Trail highway:
On Friday morning, October Z, a
motorcade, sponsored by the Boone
Civitan Club, composed of about 10
or II cars, carrying between 40 and
SO citizens, left Boone at 1880 and
arrived at Winston-Salem at 1880
after the usual mishaps of flat tires
and other troubles common to motor
travelling. The Winston-Salem Civil
tan club sent a delegation as far
IS Yadkinville to NEE US and show
us in.
The Winston Civitan club enter
tanned us in royal, style, as Winston
Salem folks can do under any con-
dition.
The president of the Civitan club,
Mr.. Harry Grimsley, had charge of
the meeting and had a number Of
short, happy talks by members of
his club, together with the Kiwanis
and other clubs of that city. The
Boone club responded with talks by
Prof. |. G.. Greer and Mayor w. R.
Gragg.
The main purpose of the motor
cade was to see Mr.. Alex Hanes,
member of the state highway COM
mission from this, the seventh, dis
trlct, in the interest of speeding up
work of making Route No. so from
North Wilkesboro to the Tennessee
hne fit thoroughfare for travel.
The Winston Civitan clGb had ar
ranged an appointment with Mr.
Hanes for our committee to see him.
Mr.. Hanes attended the luncheon
meeting and gave us a very inter-
ested hearing. Mr. Hanes is one of
the leading business men of Winston
Salem and very busy man, having
extensive business affairs of his own
to look after. But very generously
gave us hearing and promised to
Us all the aid possible in getting the
road finished with some kind of per-
rnanent finish as soon as the money
was available.
Work is to begin soon on Route
90 from Boone west toward Gran
berry by way of Villas, Vale Crucis
and Banner Elk, to make this route
an all-year-round road, giving US
connection to Elizabethton, johnson
(Ifu PY.icfa1 nL Enox,1r,I1o
neSsee and also giving US direct
connection with Asheville and other
points in the west and southwest of
the state.
This is very important con-
nection and we are grateful to Mr..
Hanes for his interest in this part
of his district, and it is evident that
he is doing all in his power for US.
North Wilkesboro and Mountain
City had delegation present at the
meeting which showed very keen
interest in common with ours. We
can always depend on our neigh
boring towns to lend helping hand
when it comes to things pertaining to
the public good. A fine spirit of CO.
operation exists throughout this
whole mountain section of the state,
east Tennessee and southwest Vir-
ginia.
The Boone Civilians are behind any
and every movement that tends to
help their fellow citizens and the
county at large. We believe there
is no better civic organization.
We extend to the Winston club
our sincere thanks for their courte-
sizes while in their city, and ask them
to reciprocate and see how we'll we
gan entertain them. Although we
are small folks and in small town
we challenge any one tc show more
hospitality according to our ability
After all, we pronounce the motor
cade successful affair and hope to
reap a harvest as result.