ews From Cove Creek
lementary School
The Cm Crack P. T. A. met in
the High School cafoteria Monday
night, January 14, at 7:30 p. m A
V«ry interesting program oiv
•afety tit presented by Mr. Maa
on of the State Highwjy Patrol,
and a panel of the following Mr.
Olooa. Mr*. Voet. Sonny Heiuon,
£rangeline Shull, und Mr. Dave
The duties of the highway pat
rol was >hown by • movie on how
, a man becomes a patrolman.
Mr. Cooper gave the devotional*
on the topic. "Home" Special
music was presented by Mrs. Dave
Mut and Miss Ann* Mae Shtr*
wood.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Preason and Mrs. Johnson.
4-H Club
Our Junior 4-H Club met Mon
day, January 14 in the Cove Creek
school library. Miss Street gave
us some little booklets on how we
rate at home. She later talked lo
us about the books after songs
were sung.
The meeting adjourned at 11:30.
•ports
On January 11th the Cove Creek
8th grade boys were host to the
Austin Springs boys of Johnson
City, Tenn. The Cove Crack boy*
fought hard but ware out 4opt by
a aeore of M-23 ^
SnriM
Cove Creek: Teddy Maat 0, How
ard Colvard 14 Jackie Ward 4.
Burl Greer 2, Joe BUI Harmon 2,
Char lea S, Bobby Ray (.
On January 11th the Cove Creek
8th grade ftrli were hoat to Aue
tin Spring!, Johnaon City, Tenn
in a baaketball game. It waa a
rtoae game all the way. At half
time Cove Creek trailed by a aeore
or (ML The final aeore waa 27
20 in favor of Austin Springs
Mr*. EUiaoa'a rtrat Grade
We are working hard on man
ner* and health in our room. In
our health book each day we have
! a new health rule and a picture io
color.
Katy Sue Greene I* the only one
having a perfect attendance re
cord.
Parent* viaiting ua recently are
Mra. Carter Matheaon, Mrs. Eatel
Greene, Mra. Alfred Rominger,
Mr*. Hubert Winebarger, Mr*.
David Peak*, Mra. Bennie Baird
and Mr*. Renso Guy.
Mr*. Deuie Edmiiten viiited
our room laat Friday.
Mr*. Heaaen'i Second Grade
The follow log children vlaited
other section! of the country dur
ing the holiday*: Sheila Harmon
went to Georgia; Charlene Greene
to Miami, Florida; Alton Johnson
and Danny Bingham to Tennessee
and Lindp Lee Hicks to Virginia.
Children who have a perfect at
tendance record for the year are:
Carolyn Barnes and Larry Baird.
The children are intereated in
the drive to raise money for the
"March of Dime*" and many are
working to fill their cards.
Mr*. Dowllng'i lit and tad Grade*
We are sorry that Judy Mathe
son has left our second grade. She
will enter school in Cleveland,
Ohio for the rest of the school
term.
The first and second grade girls
had a doll *how on Wednesday.
The new doll* on display were
t'hriitma* gift* and brought in by
the following girla; Lettie Mae
Trivett, Sharon Jean Harmon,
Barbara Sue Harmon. Kathleen
Glenn, Wanda Presnell and Glen
da Sue Harmon.
We are glad to have icveral of
our.atudents back who have been
abaent with eold* and chickenpox.
Third Grade
Nearly every child in our room
has responded to the March of
Dimes program feeling that in this
case especially "it is better to
give than to receive."
Children who have birthdays in
January are Mildred Trivett, Steve
Reese and Glenn Norri*.
Those who have not missed a
day of school this year are Faith
Safian, Norma Lee Stansberry,
Jaai« Shipley. Dak Jutaiuon. SUrv*
Rom infer, Ann Baird and Pat
riei* Ann Greene
Mr. Cotter*! «U Gn* * i"
To be healthy w* need good
health habit* I* the lixtli grade
we hara a bulletin board to re
mind u* of some things we need
to do each day.
Picture* wet* drawn by the (In
dent* to illustrate different habit*.
Tbi» make* a very colorful and
uaefai bulletin board for our
health corner. U alio mttm a* a
reminder to our personal live*.
Seventh Grade
We ware very sorry to lo*e
Mildred Baird this week. She M
going to Vail* Cruris
Yanda WUaon's parent* have
built a new homo in Boone and
Wanda will be leaving un next
weak We are vary sorry to see
her go.
During all thi* bad weather we
are enjoying Indoor game* during
our activity period.
The following pupil* have a per
fect attendance record for the
year: Lucille Sharpe, Marlene
Baird, Mamie Lois Hayes, Lennis
Greene, Tony Isaac*, Linda Hen
son, Jerry You nee, Wanda Wllaon
and Baxter Jam**
On Friday, January 18, Mrs.
Jamie'* 7th and 8th grade* had a
bake sale for the purpoae of rais
ing money for the March of
Dime*. We had cake, candy, pop
corn, cookiea, and grape juice.
Our sale wa* ao succesaful that
we plan another one for the near
future.
Library dab
Our club meeta every Monday
at 12:30 and after a business ses
sion the matter of library im
provement is discussed. For in
stance, last Mogday t|>e club voted
that each room might aponsor a
poater for the library. The poster
may be aeaaonal, or it may be
about a book or some unit the
grade haa enjoyed.
Member* of the club have help
ed the librarian catalog and pro
ce** an order of new books for the
library. Mrs. Dessie Mae Edmis
ten helped ua with some of the
book work on Thursday.
I
REAL ESTATE
48—HODGES GAP ROAD—M'i seres, 3 room framed dwelling,
large barn, crcek, fronting on two highways. A beautiful
boundry well suited for development, terms.
60— RUTHERWOOD—New 8 room framed dwelling, bath, full
sized basement, hot air heat, large lot fronting on highway
421—<7800.
8—OLD 60 NEAR RUTHERWOOD—3Vi acres nice rolling
land. Good dwelling 8 rooms down and 2 rooms up. 2
bathrooms without fixtures.—<8800.
03—WEST BOONE—fl'i rooms framed dwelling, 3"4 bedrooms,
2 baths, full size basement, 2 car garage, oil furnace hot air
heat, very large lot on paved street.—<12,800.
10—GRAND BOULEVARD—3 bedrooms, bath, 6 room framed
dwelling, oil fumace hot air heat. Beautiful location, very
large lot.
63—WEST BOONE—4 bedroom stone dwelling, 2 bathrooms, coal
stoker steam heat, all rooms newly decorated, one acre lot
fronting on 421. Flagstone walks.—<0800.
66—DEEP GAP—New 4 room dwelling, bath, deep well, pump,
large lot, paved road.—<7800.
34—(iEORGES GAP—8 rooms, no bath, 10 acres upland, water
In yard —<3780.
47—23 acres all improved grass and crop land. 7 room farm
dwelling, out buildings.
28—KING STREET—New brick apartment house. 2 three room
apartments down and one 4 room apartment up. 3 bathrooms
and two hall*. Large work shop. Terma.
18—PERKINSV1LLE—3 bedroom framed dwelling, bath, base
ment. coal furnace, large lot. Good garden space. Garage
and outbuildings, paved road —$8500.
18—STATE FARM ROAD—New 4 room framed dwelling, bath,
city water, oil heat.—<8000
2—PINE STREET-WOODLAND DRIVE—3 bedroom, 6 room
rock dwelling, 2 baths, oil fuinacc. Lot size 140'6" on Pine,
265' a Woodland Drive. 3 good building lots.
44—HARDIN PARK—9 rooms down. 2 bedrooms, 2 rooms up
not finished, full size basement, oil furnace, hot air heat,
bath, city water, large lot on jiaved street.
6—DECK HILL ROAD, near lRC'T'lant—-4- rooms, bath, baae
ment, lot 100 * 300 —86800.
M—NEAR NEW SHULLS MILLS ROAD—3 acres good land
and 4 room bungalo near college —<4000.
. 1—GRAND BOULEVARD—8 room brick, 2 bedrooms, bath,
basement, oil furnace, large lot 80x180. Thia house can be
bought furnished or unfurnished, easy terms.
SO—LAUREL FORK—3 bedroom dwelling, nice fish pond. 18
acre* on good road.—<8800
HOME REALTY CO.
IL GRADY FARTHING WATT H. GRAGG
TELEPHONE AM 4-M»l — BOONE, N. C,
WmH -y / SAVINGS AND LOAN BUILDING
Security Does
Big Business
In Year 1956
Mr Freak M Payne, local agent
tor Security Ufe and Tniat Co,
calli attention to the fact that hia
company •lid a record iMistiwm in
UN. Following are uim txcerptu
from the report of President Tully
D. Blair, nude to the Board of
Director* on January 14:
The aggregate amount of life in
surance owned in the United Stat
ea reached an ettimated 415 bil
lion dollars at year-end, an in
crease of slightly over 10%. These
figures sound stupendous, but on
an individual family basis they
mean that today the average faln
ily has only enough life insurance
to equal Hi times their annual
disposable personal income. There
is still a long, long way to go be
fore we reach the point of life in
surance ownership adequate to the
minimum needs of policyowners
and beneficiaries.
It is a real pleasure to present
to you the achievements of the
field forces and home office staff
of your company during the year
1996. The premium income in
creased $1,134,000 to a total of
*14,090,000 for the year. The total
income reached 117,091,000, an
increase of 9.7%. The aasets were
up over *8,500,000 to *39,900,000
as of year-end. The surplus pro
tection to policyowners, including
capital stock, reached s new high
of *8,989,000 and now represents
14.3% of total assets. Interest
earnings for the year, after all in
vestment expenses, amounted to
4.29%, placing the company, from
a net interest earning standpoint, I
among the first ten life insurance |
companies in the United States of
comparable or larger size. This is
the highest net interest earned
during the past fifteen years.
The net gain from insurance op-1
erations was $1,709,941, an in- |
crease of 8.2% over that for ihe
year 1999. Dividends paid to
policyowners amounted to *992,
000, an increase of 12% over the |
year 1999
Business produced by our field
forcei carried the company'* in
surance in force to $771,959,000,
thus exceeding by a substantial
margin the 1996 goal of better
than 3-4 of a billion of insurance in
force during the year. It it inter
esting to note that during the
year the company set aside for or
paid to Its policyowners and bene
ficiaries over 110,000,000, carrying
the amount paid to or set aside for
this purpose since the company's
founding to more than $90,000,000.
U. S. states and cities borrowed
heavily in 1950
So This Is |
New York
(Continued from page (our)
North Carolinian, and on the staff
of the Greens bore Daily Newt,
came to New York and regaled the
audience of 'the Civil War Round
Table with an account of Jeb
Stuart, the subject of bis latest
book bjr Biaehart. A genial South
erner, Burke talked with typical
understate*mm but nevertheless
held his listeners in rapt atten
tion as he described the colyrful
exploits of the fabulous cavalry
man who was as effective-with la
dies' hearts as he was with Federal
soldiers. Mr. Davis also has writ
ten extensively on that other im
portant conflict, the American
devolution, and lives at Guilford,
N. C.
.Congratulations to Doris Betts,
native of Statesville, but now of
Chapel Hill, whose first novel,
"Tall Houses in Winter," Putnam
is bringing out on Febuary 21.
Doris M an initlf and nnnhn
writer who woo tha first award bar
publisher offered at the Uaivwsity
aI North Carolina for ordinal ator
ias. Hon is an ambitious project
and I wish hor all the well-deaorv
ed success she la aura to attain.
. . . Lunching with Harry Hiaw,
editor of the famed World Alma
nac and former book editor for
nietropohtsn newspapers, and
Henry Senber, Jolly public re
lations mia for the New York Tel
epkooe Company, I listened to
many an intriguing anecdote of
the two respective careers. Harry
told of his exciting Chicago news
paper days, and Henry of his praas
agentry for the theater. . .. Crown
has issued a Treasury of American
Polk Humor which promises to
rank among the bast such books.
1 NOTICE
Watauga Coi/nty Taxpayers
Save by paying your 1956 County Taxes on or
before February 2, 1957. 1 percent interest will
be added February 2, 2 percent March 2, and
Vz percent each month allowed to go unpaid
thereafter.
The County Tax Office will be open all day Saturday, January
26th for the convenience of taxpayers who haven't paid 1956
taxes and would like to do so before the penalty begins Feb. 2.
ORVILLE FOSTER
TAX COLLECTOR
Watauga County