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FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the columna of the Democrat. With ita full paid circulation, intensely covering the local (hupping area. It ia the beat advertising medium available. VOLUME LXXJV.? NO. 27 WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly ISw* paper . . . Seventy-Fourth Year of Continuous Publication BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1962 PRICE ? CENTS NEW YEAR'S DAY ON KING STREET Ski Resort Is Booming Waynesville ? North Carolina's first ski development here on the slopes of mile-high Fire Top Moun tain is creating a wintertime eco nomic boom in the Maggie Valley Waynesville area. Motels and motor courts which closed after the summer season are opening up to provide accom modations for the hundreds of skiiers flocking to the Cataloochee Ranch ski runs. I Open barely a week, the new ski resort is practically bursting at the seams. "The influx of skiiers," said Tom Alexander, president of the development, "has been fantastic. It's been far beyond expectations. We've been preparing food to handle 150 persons a day and three times since we opened we have run out of food." "We don't have overnight ac commodations here. Skiiers have been finding lodging in Maggie Valley and Waynesville. And some of the motels and motor courts in the valley have been filled to cap acity all week. "Reservations are increasing ail the time. Our advance reservations indicates that we'll be swamped this weekend. We could use an other slope or two right now." Thus far skiing conditions have been ideal. A couple of good na tural snows plus machine-made snow have turned the mountain into an alpine setting. R11113 for both the beginner and the inter mediate skiier have been in heavy use daily. Yalle Crucis Man Suffers Fatal Burns Thomas Earl Matheson, Sr., 46, of Valle Crucis, died Saturday of burns which Coroner Richard E. Kelley said were sustained from accidental causes, and no inquest was held. The nature of the burns or how they were inflicted wasn't ascertained. Mr. Matheson was employed by a Lenoir furniture manufacturer. He was a veteran of World War II, and was wounded in action in the European theatre. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday at 2 o'clock at Hen son's Chapel Methodist Church by Hev. Alvin Wilson and. Rev. Tom my Ward and burial was in the church cemetery. He is survived by the widow, Mis. Cora Tester Matheson; five sons, Thomas B.t Jr., James H.. Winfred, James J, of the home and Frank R., Rt. 8, Lenoir; two daughters, Mrs. Jack Hamby, Rt. 8, Lenoir, Rachel of the home; three brothers, George, Sugar Grove, Deane, Boone, Joe D. Matheson, Hampton, Tenn.; four sisters, Mrs. May Brinkley, Beck ley, W. Va., Mrs. Myrtle Roland, Marion, Va., Mrs. Mtry Jane O'Brien, Elizabeth ton, Tenn., and Mrs. Louise Furora, Detroit, Mich. SKETCHY REVIEW OF HAPPEJSIISGS News Of The Street, County In 1961 Recorded By Democrat The files of the Democrat re veal some of the happenings along the Street and in the area, which made page 1 during 1961: January 5: Religious Emphasis Week begins at College; Glenn Fox, 14, of Vilas, is hurt when ?truck by car; Firemen go to 21 fires in 1960; Mrs. Linney attends National Music Meeting in Dallas. January 12: Watauga farm in come reaches $3,841,099; March of I Dimes coin collectors being used, | Newland business district ravaged | by flames; 150 to be tried at January court term; William Hall Smith dies at 83; Body of Riley J. Norris, 64, Watauga native, tak en from Umpqua River, Jackson ville, Oregon. January 19: Unemployment re lief not expected until April, Miss Elizabeth Lord succumbs after long illness; Rites held for Clar ence Watson; State calf and yearl ing sales seen for Boone; Bluff District Parkway travel off; Sen ator Morton sees upping of burley quotas. January 26: Bank, Savings & Loan report excellent growth; King Triplett named to high school al American squad; heart disease leading cause of death in Watauga county; James Marsh gets Jaycee service award; Mercury drops to zero with six inches of snow on the Street; Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce elects officers. February 2: 160 students to take part in annual bend clinic; Heart Council is formed; 'Hubert Hoi man Winebarger, 46, dies unex pectedly; College gets Federal grant of $375,000 for dormitory; speeding major violation in Su perior Court; Miss Florence Reid dies; Gilbert Bare, well-known mer chant, dies. February 9: Ralph Beshears is named acting postmaster in Boone; Rev. W. C. Payne, Baptist minister, dies; Fred Church, Boone mer chant, breaks elbow in fall; Mrs. Walter Beach dies; Mrs. Miriam Rabb, Travel Editor of Department of Conservation and Development, to speak to Chamber of Commerce; Phone Office Moves Uptown The Bell Telephone business of fice will move January 6, from the dial building to 101 E. King St. H M Inabinet, manager of Southern Bell, said the change was made to provide larger quar ters, and convenience for custom ers by being located In the busi ness district. A depository was installed, where customers may deposit pay ments when the ofl.ee is closed. The office hours are 8:30 a. m. to 5:00 p. m , Monday through Fri day, closed Saturdays. Larkin P. Hodges dies at Blowing Rock. February 16: Burgess Furniture Stores fire does $30,000 damage; Major Carlos DeLima diesr_.Carter J. Farthing funeral held; Mrs. Carl Winkler dies in Durham; Howard J. Cottrell named mayor; World Day of Prayer to be observed In union service. February 23: poard raises water rate; IRC has new sales volume; Robert B. Thomas dies in Mary i land; Representative Coffey gets committee posts; Phil Vance heads Rotary Club; No home grid games this year; Dr. Whitener contributes to Encyclopedia. March 2: Windstorm destroys trees, buildings; Spring band con cert arranged; Heaitline tells area of hopes, needs at ASTC; Alfred S. Adams dies; Smart Bunny pro motion planned. March 9 Science Foundation to | sponsor ASTC Institute; Blowing Rock Heart effort sets record; T. | Hill Farthing dies in l,enoir, Mrs. Texie Edmisten Cottrell dies; Wo I man of year to be choscn. March 16: Appalachian High I School Camp buys Broadstone; Rep. Coffey proposes election of county tax officials; Mack Williams dies in Ohio; Chamber asks plant ing of burley. March 23: Two and a half mil lion building program under way at college; "Oklahoma" to feature May Day; Charlie Watson, Vilas, stabbed by youth; Mrs. Mollie Stan berry, 81, dies; Good Friday, East er services mapped by Ministerial Association. March 30. 100 prospective scient ists gather here; Parkway leads in 1960 visits; Miss Watauga entries sought; George Thomas elected president of Young Democrat Club; Horn tryouts slated; Candidates | nominated at Blowing Hock; 2,000 school children guests at N. C. Symphony; Venable gets UNC fel lowship. Story of Easter's begin nings retold. April 6: Golf play starts on I Boone course; mild weather re calls huge snowfalls of last winter; Kidd Brewer to speak to Chamber; j Representative Peter Thurman Mc Neil dies in West Jefferson. April 13: $500 prizes to be given I in Miss Watauga contest; Earl j Petrey named president of North j western District NCEA; Lowe's opens Boone store; James Storie dean of students at Mitchell Col lege; Teenage Roadeo slated; Country store to occupy log cabin at Horn in West; Mrs. Shade Sher wood dies in Detroit; Miss Linda Cline, King Triplett hurt in motor accident; Burgess store to reopen. April 20: Rural telephone fee (Continued on page two) Milton Greene Rites Saturday Milton Greene, farmer of the Rutherwood community, died at his home December 28. He was 73 years old. Funeral services were conduct ed at 11:00 o'clock December 30 in Laurel Springs Baptist church by the Rev. E. 0. Gore. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Julia Wation Greene; one daugh ter, Mrs. John Parlier, Route 1, Boone; one sister, Mrs. W B. Day, also of Route 1, Boone. There are two grandchildren. Watauga Enters NewYearWith 3,900 Phones To Mark Growth Watauga county entered the new year with- 3,900 telephones, ac cording to Southern Bell, whose officials said this week that 1961 was "a year of of progress" in telephone service here. H. M. Inabinet, manager for the company here, said there was a total of 3,600 telephones here at the end of 1960. "We ended 1961 with 3,900 telephones connected to Boone and Blowing Rock exchang es," he said. "This increase in telephones during the past twelve months is a sign of all-around progress in this area," the manager pointed out, "because telephone gain usu ally is a good measure of locfel growth and progress. We at South ern Bell are proud to be a part of this growth," be said. Watauga county subscribers also used their telephones in 1961. There was an average of 24,000 local calls made here daily in 1961, and an average of 506 long distance calls daily, he pointed out. The long distance calls go all over the world. Most frequently called cities from Watauga county are Charlotte, Asheville, Greensboro, Elkin, High Point, New York, and Chicago. Inabinet predicted 1962 would see further expansion bf telephone service in Watauga county to meet the growth of the area. How many telephones here at the end of 1962? Inabinet estimated about 4,290 will be in service. To keep pace with the State's continued growth and progress, over $100,000 was spent every working day of the year on new telephone construction in North Carolina, the manager said. On a statewide basis, the com pany added approximately 36,000 telephones in 1961, an increase of over five per cent over 1960. To improve and expand service, ! Southern Bell spent $26 million on' construction in its 86 North Caro lina exchanges during 1961. The payroll for its approximately 9, 680 employee* in the State amount ed to over $29 million. During the year the company paid over *20 million in taxes on its North Carolina operations. Over $7 million of this total was paid locally to the state, cities, and counties with the balance be ing paid to the Federal govern ment in income taxes. The company also collected from telephone users an additional $7 million for the Federal government in excise taxes on telephone serv ices in North Carolina. (Continued on page two) MAKES ICY WONDERLAND Winter's Biggest Snowfall jtj&JnK ?mm w Six Inches Measured In Vicinity The New Year just barely beat the area's biggest snow in when four to six inches of snow fell on the county. The new snow came on top of that which was on the ground prior to New Year's. The snow began falling some time after midnight Sunday and continued until after dark Mon day. The wind began to blow about the time the snow stopped and by Tuesday morning, drifts were beginning to give motorists trouble. Traffic moved through town slowly Monday, but road mainten ance crews kept the streets and highways passable for those who had to get out. Being a holiday foi many, the traffic was kept at a minimum. School children in the county gained extra time at home when classes were called off for Tues- ' day. Sledding was a popular pas W. Guy Angell, county super tendent of schools, said Tuesday that schools would remain closed at least through Wednesday. Be yond that he would make no pre dictions, saying his office was working on a "day-byday basis," and would call for reopening "as soon aa the roads appear safe." time Monday, but slackened tome Tuesday because of the wind and colder weather. The temperature never went lower than 28 degrees (or the 24-hour period ending at 6 p. m. Monday. Appalachian State Teachers Col lege students returning to school Tuesday after more than two weeks at home, had some anxious moments in getting back to Boone, especially those coming from the east. Snows were reported to be deeper in Winston-Salem, Char lotte, Lenoir, and North Wilkes boro than in Boone, although the weather was some warmer. Classes were to begin Wednesday on sched ule. The New Year's snow was de scrioed by some as "the prettiest snow I've seen in a long time." The flakes clang to trees and bushes and made the area a real wii. i ? r wonderland. Some bushes touched the ground when as much as three inches stuck to the boughs and weighted them down. According to records kept at the U. S. Weather Bureau station in Boone, the weather since Christ mas was something like this: A high of 49 degrees on December 26 and a low of 6 on December 29. Snow fell on the December 27, 28, and 29; then after midnight of the 31st. Total snow was meas ured for the week period at about 10 inches. Total precipitation I from the melted snow was .92 I of an inch. SNOW. ? Trees and wires were coated with snow Monday, making the area a "Winter Wonderland." Sayings & Loan Official Says '6 1 Is Best In 37-.Year Operation The Watauga Savings and Loan Association has just completed the most successful year in its 37 year span of service to the people of Waiauga county, says James Marsh, secretary. During the year 1961 the Asso ciation made SS7 loans for the construction, remodeling and pur chasing of homes. The aggregate amount of these loans is $2,771, 957.94, which gave a tax return to Watauga county of $30,843.90. One hundred and twenty-three of these loans were for construction, 137 for the purchase of homes, and 297 for remodeling. Mr. Marsh also pointed out that since its inception in 1924. the local Savings and Loan has made 11,427 home loans, and that more than 65% of all homes constructed in the county have been financed through the Association. Each year a liberal cash divi dend has been paid to the people of the county, amounting to $235, 609.31 during the year 1961. Mr. Marsh continued: "Fund* in vested in the Watauga Savings & Loan Association are used to build a better economy in Watauga coun ty and to pay a liberal return to the investor. Loans made for the construction and purchase of homes are a sound investment, while aiding the people through cooperative effort. No safer in George Kirsten Given Honor The American School Band Di rectors Association voted unanim ously at their national convention in Cleveland, Ohio, to accept into active membership Mr. George W. Kirsten, Jr., band director at Ap palachian High School. The American School Band Di rectors Association is America's outstanding professional associa tion for elementary, junior high school, and senior high school band directors, and Mr. Kirsten quali fies very highly for membership as a result of his outstanding achieve ments as director of the Appala chian Band. Bulletin Ruaiell D. Hodge*, M, Boone hardware merchant aad civic leader, died al hi* home on Eaat King Tuesday evening from a Hidden illneu. lie was taken to the hospital following the attach hat waa pronounced dead upon arrival. The Democrat hold* up the preaa for till* brief an nouncement. Funeral plana or other detail* art Mt praoeatljr available. vestment ?tn be found than good substantial homea far ewr people, who in turn make Watauga toonty the best place to live in the country." During 1961 the Watauga Sav ings It Loan Association complete ly remodeled the office on King Street, making It one of the most modern and attractive properties in the town. A conference room was added, which la available to civic and other worthy groups. The most modern bookkeeping equipment waa installed which re duces the amount of time a cus tomer spends in transacting his business, alco enables a permanent record of the transaction to be sup plied the customer on the spot. "It has been and will be," aays Mr. Marsh, "the continuing policy of our Savings and Loan to eerv j the people of this area with a sound investment program, and to aid in the continued growth of Watauga county." Burley Sales Resume Mon. The re opening of the burley to bacco sales has been postponed to January 8th, Mrs. Harriet L. Sikea of the local market, said Monday. Heavy sales on the pre-Christ mas market, coupled with the high moisture content of the cur rent crop, have overloaded re-dry ing facilities. The postponement will give the processing plants an opportunity to catch up on the heavy backlog of tobacco bought before the holidays. Warehouses will continue to re ceive tobacco. Mrs. Sikes said, for the opening of the post war auct ions January 8. Pre-Christmas sales on the Boone market exceeded the pound age for the entire period last year, Mrs. Sykes said. County Tax Listers Start Work Tuesday Mr. J. D. Winebarger, tax sup ervisor of Watauga county, re mind* the taxpayer* that lifting of property for taxes started Tues day, and that the listakers have made appointments for listing at various points convenient to the citizen*. An advertisement in the Demo crat today gives the schedule of listing appointments for the dif ferent townships. It is explained by Mr, Winebar ger that all property owners in the county are required to list all their property which they own as of January 1, 1962. Those males between the ages of 21 and 90 are required to list for the payment of poll taxes. Farm operators are asked to give production and other perti ent information for the annual farm census. This information is kept confidential and ha* no rela tion to taxes. Mr. Winebarger urges all tax payers to list during the appointed time* and lave penalties. The books for all the towqahips will be at the courthouse after January 18, he said. Following are the uttes of the list takers: Bald Mountain township: John T. Trtvett. Beaver Dam: Woodrow Eggen. Blowing Rock: Daniel A. Kluttz, it. t ... ry" _ Blue Ridge: M, 0. Coffey. Boone: Gurney Luther. Brushy Fork: Clifford N orris. Cove Creek, Jack Henson. Elk: Mrs. Glenn Triplett Laurel Creek: Hon N orris. Meat Camp: W. D. Norris. New River: Wilson Brown. North Fork: W. C, South. Sb?wneehaw: Lee Ward. Stony Fork: Edgar B. Hardin, Watauga: Arlie B. Hodges. James Pressley Funeral Held James Hurvy Pressley, 73 year old re*ident of Route 1, Boone, died at his home Saturday. He had been in a period of declining heaUii for some time. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Zora Wineberger Presaley; two sons, Howard Stanford of the home and Willie Robert Presaley, Rockingham, N. C.; two daughters, Mrs. June Spivey, Roberdeil, N. C? Mr. Bun Mill*, Rockingham, | and by one brother, Clayton Prear lay, Rockingham, M. C. There are nine grandchildren. Funeral sendees were ed Monday In Pilot ] ist church at 1 o'< Beanie Oral?. Pete V annoy. Burial church (Mbf
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