~IWJ $ .".it ; -.vg; , I Burley Opening Edition VOLUME VOL— NO. 21 UGA D BOONS. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CASOUN. Christmas Shopping Gui . rjff ■**' ■■■ Watauga District Scout Meeting Well Attended One of the Urgent crowds in j several, yean attended the annual Watauga District Scout (upper Monday night in Fellowship Hall of The Boone Methodist Church. A covered dish was carried by . r\ t Dickens Papers Bring Fabulous $15 Per Word Only a few years ago, a previously unpublished Dicken's manuscript, "The Life of Our Lord," was presented to the world. This simple, moving narrative had been written by Dickens 100 years earlier for the exclusive enjoyment of his children and because he felt such deep veneration and reverence for the life and lessons of our Saviour, Dickens had left instructions that this particular manuscript never be commercialized. It was never made public until the year 1933, after the death of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, the author's youngest child. Literary Prise Purchased by the London Daily Mail for the staggering amount of $210,000—or, >15 per word, the manuscript became a literary event of the first magnitude, destined to be read and cherished forever wherever thoughtful parents, like Dickens, want their children to know something about the history of Jesus Christ. For, according to Dickens: "Everybody ought to know about Him. No one ever lived who was so good, so kind, so gentle, and so sorry for peAple who did wrong or were in any way ill and miserable, as He was. "And as He is now in Heaven, where we all hope to go, and all meet each other after we are dead, and there be happy always together, you can never think what a good place Heaven is, without knowing who He was and what He did." You are buying a Christmas present for yourself, your family and your neighbors when you buy Christmas Seals. Use them on your holiday mail and packages. thf adults M)d a film on routing was ihown altar the supper. The district chairman, W. C. Richardson, and the district commissioner, Bill Bingham. were reelected to their porta for another year. Chairman tUchardson announced the appointment of B. W. Stalling* as chairman of the camping activities, and the Rev. E. H. Lowman as chairman of the O. and E. committee. Dr. Reynolds ia chairman of the advancement committee. The chairman announced he would appoint other committees later. Present to bring greetings from the Old Hickory Council office in Winston-Salem was Roacoc Stevens, Scout executive, who explained the necessity of parents and the Scouts cooperating in the scouting program. Hug Griffin, Field Scout executive, was also present. His job includes working with the scouting program in Watauga county. Chairman Richardson was greatly encouraged by the large turnout at the Monday supper, and believes that scouting is in for a good year. Children Have 6 Grandfathers Carolyn and David Main, of New Caatle, Indiana, have tlx living grand and great grandfathers. They are the children of Mr and Mrs. Roy Main, formerly of Mabel. Their grandfathers are: Raymond Oliver of Mabel; Llnville Main, Oxford, Pa. Great grandfathers are: G. H. Thomas and John Oliver of Mabel, and great-great-grandfathers, Dan Potter of Shouns, Tenn., and Matthew Main of Shady Valley, Tenn. Properly store your farm equipment and engines during the off season. ASC Leaders Formulate 1958 Farm Practices Following a meeting in the court houie Tuetdty of county and community committeemen, the county agent, the SCS technician and di* irict go versing body, Ike FHA rep retenutivei, the district and county forester, the agricultural technical committee met a*d formulated practices for the IMS agricultural program. Practices selected for the program for the coming year are: Establishment of permanent pasture or hay. EftablUhment of » vegetative cover In crop rotation Liming farmland Tree planting on farmland for purpoaei other than wind or water' eroalon. | Permanent paature or hay improvement. Foreat improvement. Open ditch drainage. Tile drainage. Tree planting to prevent wind and water e rati on. Winter cover crops. A special conservation practice hat bean requested and, If approved, will be announced at a later date The signup period (or these practices will be held in the AJSC office in January. Full information on these practices may be had at the ASC office. THE NAUTILUS The atomic-powered submarine Nautilus hu "scored another Pint" by traveling 1,000 miles under the Arctic* ice pack in five and a half days, according ■ to Secretary of the Navy Thomas S. Gates. The Nautilus was on s cruise test ing equipment and machinery and gathering operational and scientific data. PROTECT YOUR FAMILY§ BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF Reins-Sturdivant Mutual Burial Association, Inc. 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