Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-14

vice president and secretary.
1t was voted that the annual dues
be So.
Before the election of officers,
addresses were made by W. w.
Stringfellow, H. C. Martin and May
or George NJ. Sudderth.
Will Let Contract Today
The contract for the construction
of Blowing Rocks new consolidated
school building was to be let Wednes-
day or Thursday. The school board
was in session all Monday afternoon
considering the five bids on the
building itself and the other bids on
wiring and plumbing. The board,
however, took no action, as Superin-
tcndent Hagaman could not consult
with them until later in the week
The complete plans for the new
school building call for the same type
of building as was contemplated with
the original $4,000 building tunl,
but because of the curtailment of the
fund to $4,000, the building may
have to be constructed on the unit
plan, said G. c Robbins, chairman of
the school board,
With the site bought, only $4,000
remains for actual building and
equipment, Mr.. Robbins pointed out
If any bidder can construct the en-
tire building satisfactorily within
that figure, his bid will be accepted,
but otherwise the gymnasium viii be
omitted for the present and added
later when additional funds are OBJ
tainable. In that case, the building
will consist of eight classrooms, IL
brary room, auditorium seating 400,
two offices and boiler room in the
basement When the gymnasium is
added, four more rooms will be avail
able in the basement for either class
rooms or laboratories.
Parlcr Car Buses
Parlor car buses have replaced the
open cars that have been used hereto
fore on the Hickory-Lenoir-B Blowing
Rock bus line.
Official Light Testing Station
j. H. Wnk,er's garage has been
designated by the state highway de-
partment as the official light testing
station for Blowing Rock. Mr.. Wink
Ter said that as soon as the apparatus
arrives and is installed and inspected
which will take about ten days, he
will be ready to begin testing lights.
Improved Telephone Service
Blowing Rock now has long dis
tance telephone connections with
Boone. The service is maintained
through a booth in Eds Cafe, pend
ing the opening of the Blowing Rock
exchange. The exchange, it was said
by engineers in charge, will probably
be open by Friday. Blowing Rock
now has long distance connections
both to the north and the south.
Road Be Completed By Saturday
Week-enders at Blowing Rock this
week will have a smooth road all the
way, it was said by engineers in
charge of construction work on
Highway o. II, Blowing Rock to
Lenoir. The crews began Tuesday
morning laying the last half mile of
surface rock, and it was said that this
should be completed easily by the
end of the week.
Whether the tar will be put on at
the present time was not known by
the foreman, but it was certain that
it would not be done this week, and
that week-enders would not be trou-
bled by driving over a tar surface.
Musical Concert
One of the most, enjoyable musical
concerts of the season so far was
that given Saturday night at May
view Manor by Hiss Ruth Rankin,
pianist, of the Juilliard Foundation,
New York, Mrs. Daniel H. Rhea of
New York, soprano, and Stephen
Gardner of New York and Blowing
Rock, tenor. The program was: La
Campanella (Liszt); Hopah (Rach-
mainoff-; Pale Moon from "The Land
of the Sky Blue Waters; Invictus
(Huhn) Butterfly Song (Woodman,
Recompense (Hammond).
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