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ga democrat
Section B
LXXV? NO. 49
?OONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY ?, IMS
PRICK TEN CENTS
*63 Woman Of Year
Contest Is Planned
The IMS Woman of the Year]
contest will be sponaored by the
Boone Buainesa and Profeaaional
Women's Club, which alao Initi
ated the contest two years ago.
The announcement comes from
Mrs. Maxie Edmisten, dean of
women at Appalachian State
Teachers College, who la presi
dent of BPW.
Any woman in Watauga coun
ty who is twenty-five years old
or older and who has been a
resident of the coitnty for five
or more years will be eligible
for nomination.
Any person in the county who
is twenty-one years old or older
may make a nomination. Offi
cial ballots must be used for
the nominatilons.
Ballots, in addition to the one
publiahed in the Watauga Dem
ocrat, will be available at Ra
dio Station WATA between the
hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m.;
?t the Boone Drug Company;
and at the office of the Wa
tauga Democrat.
Nomination! mutt be mailed
to radio station WATA, and
mutt be postmarked not later
than midnight May 15.
A committee of five will be
appointed by the BPW club
president to make the selection
from the ballots w|>ich are sub
mitted. The selection will be
announced at the May 22 meet
ing of the club, at which time
the winner of the contest will
be recognized and honored.
It i* hoped that hundreds of
leading women of Watauga coun
ty will be nominated for this
outstanding honor. The Busi
ness and Professional Women's
Club urges every resident of
the county, who is eligible, to
make nominations of outstand
ing church and community lead
ers.
Miss Jane Smith of WATA
is chairman of the Nominations
and Publicity committees.
Name
Age (must be over 29)
Address ?
Residence in county (must be B years or mort)
Occupation (if any)
Single . Married
Husband's Name
Husband's Occupation ?
Number of Children ,
Activities: List all activities, both present and past
Civic ...
Church
Social
Offices held in above activities ?....?
Accomplishments and Talents ?
Homemaking, music, art, drama, etc. ..... ?
Signature i
Your age
Mail this ballot to Radio Station WATA, Boone, North Carolina; it
must be postmarked not later than midnight, May IS, 1963. On
a separate sheet, complete this statement or make any additional
comments you wish: I nominate this person for Woman of the
Year because
Officer Program To Be
Explained By Navy Man
LINDA ROMINGEB
Delegate Is
Named To Youth
Conference
Linda Rominger, a riling sen
ior at Cove Creek High School,
has been selected by the Boone
Civitan Club as a delegate to
the Civitan Youth Conference
on Human Relations at Wild
acres, Little Switzerland, during
the week of June 9- IS.
This project in developing
citizenship was originated in
1949 under the sponsorship of
the North Carolina District of
Civitan International; it has
been continued each summer.
Conferences are sponsored by
Civitan Clubs in North and
South Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee. Delegates are select
ed on the basis of their contri
bution to good ciitzenship and
their promise as leaders.
The conferences are made pos
sible through the cooperation of
Dr. and Mrs. I. D. Blumethal of
Charlotte, who make Wildacres,
their ISOO-acre, mountain-top es
tate, available to the Civitan
organization for the conferences.
The delegates practice demo
cratic processes as they develop
attitudes of understanding, mu
tual respect, and good will tow
ard all people through discus
sion and other activities.
BOY, IX, SAVES BABY
Bitburg, Germany ? The U. S.
Air Force credited the quick
thinking of 11-year-old James
Thomas with saving a service
man's baby.
Young Thomas noticed the
baby playing in the window of
an apartment two floors ap. As
the child fell, the boy leaned
over the railing, curled one foot
under the lower bar for support
and snatched the baby as it
plunged downward. The baby
suffered no apparent harm.
nc|iicKiiiauv? nuin me IU
lei(h Office of Naval Officer
Program* and the Naval Air
Reaerve Training Unit, Norfolk,
Va., will visit Appalachian State
Teacben College Tuesday, May
14, between the hours of ? a.
m. and 4 p. m. for the purpose
o t explaining the Navy's com
missioned officer programs to
interested individuals. The
team will be located in the Col
lege Book Store.
Openings are availavle for as
signment in aviation, general
line, and several specialty cate
gories. Most of the programs
are open for application only
to college seniors; however, un
dergraduates who have complet
ed 60 semester hours of sccred
ited college work may apply for
appointment as a Naval Avia
tion Cadet.
Any student who meets the
required stadards and is within
nine months of graduation may
take the qualification test and
make application with the vis
iting Navy Procurement Team.
Those who take the qualifica
tion tests or who make applica
tion and subsequently change
their mind are not obligated
in any way.
All students are urged and
welcome to stop by and talk
with the team about their plans
for military service.
Works Starts On
No-Corn Farms
Performance work has been
started on all 200 farms which
have signed to grow no corn
and put all of their corn base
in the feed grain program.
Farmers are asked to esti
mste and stake off their divert
ed acreage and be available or
have a representative who can
assist the reporter when he
visits esch farm to measure the
diverted acreage. Only eligible
land will be accepted and mea
sured by the reporter and re
porters are not allowed to select
land for diversion use.
Only land which was row
cropped at le?st one of the past
years 1B69, 1900, 1861 or 1062
is eligible for diversion use.
Farmers had only until the end
Of the sign-up period to chsnge
their intentions and cannot now
change their intention except
to cancel.
The other 93 farmers who sre
permitted to grow some corn
will be checked sfter the corn
crop has been planted.
American Picture: Bold busi
ness man, bragging about in
dividual initiative, seeking gov
ernmental favors and bellyach
ing about governmental expens
es.
WE'RE STILL GROWING!
Pictured above is our West Howard Street W arehouse ? now
opened for storing all sizes and types of prime window units.
Mr. Miller has just returned from the Spring Show in Detroit,
Michigan, where new products were introduced. They are
now ready for delivery by us. ' > .
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Bristol Road
Miller
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Boone,
Zionville Soldie r Gets Air Medal
CONGRATULATED. ? Colonel Richard J.
Long, Commandant, U. S. Army Language
School (left), congratulates Chipf Warrant
Officer Franklin D. Combs, following presen
tation of the Air Medal to Comb* for merit
orious achievement during sustained aerial
combat support of ground forces of the Re
public of Vietnam. CWO Combs, who com
pleted study of the Korean language at the
V. S. Army Language School in 1961, has
now returned to the California installation
to learn Russian. He was awarded the Air
Medal for duty as a helicopter pilot in Viet
nam last winter.? U. S. Army photo.
Insurance Firm Has Good Record
The Sturdivant Life Insur
ance Company at Boone now is i
rated the third largest agency
in the company, according to a
report issued by the local of
fice. The Boone agency recent
ly passed the $2 million mark <
for insurance in force.
Dan Hiller, an employee of
the Boone firm, led the com
pany in April, securing 13 ap
plications for a total of $134,
784. Miller has been with the
company only four months.
Stanley Harris, general ag
ent of the Watauga division, and
Miller were nam?d to the Key
Producers Club and, along with
their wives, will be guests of
the company at the Key Pro
ducers Club Annual Convention,
to be held this year at Pine
Lakes International Country
Club, Myrtle Beach, S. C., June
6-9.
Only the top 12 men in the or
ganization are included in the
latter honor, the report states.
CRIPPLE WINS HONOR
Onondaga, Mich.? Crippled at
the age of 4 by polio, Marlene
Beaumont, now 17, has "attend
ed" classes by speeial home-to
school telephone. She has been
selected by her graduating class
as valedictorian.
Despite being crippled from
the neck down with only part
use of her arms, Marlene plans
to enter the University of Illi
nois, which has extensive facili
ties for the handicapped, and
become a speech therapist.
Makes 25
Flying Missions
Chief Warrant Officer Frank
lin D. Combe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John E. Combe, RFD Box
84, Zionvtlle, has been present
ed the Air Medal for participa
tion as a crew member of an
Army aircraft in at least 29
combat operational or aerial re
connaissance missions in Viet
nam during the early winter
months of last year.
The award was presented at
the U. S. Army Language School,
Presidio of Monterey, where
Combs is now a student of the
Russian language, by Colonel
Richard J. Long, School Com
mandant, in behalf of the Com
mander in Chief, U. S. Army,
Pacific.
The citation praised CWO
Combs for meritorious achieve
ment during various occasions
when his aircraft was the target
of unfriendly small arms and
automatic weapons fire.
The language student officer
and helicopter pilot was once
before assigned to the U. S.
Army Language School in Mont
erey, having completed study of
the Korean language in 1961.
CWO Combs is a graduate of
Cove Creek High School, and
entered the Army in May of
1990, completing his basic train
ing at Ft. Knox, Ky.
He and his wife, Brigitta, and
children, Gladys 7, Mark 6, and
Dorothy 4, are presently resid
ing at 318 Aachen Road, Ft.
Ord, California.
Big Business, which has com
plained for the past twenty
years about high taxes, is mak
ing bigger profits than ever, af
ter paying all taxes.
British now expect election
in the autumn.
AT TRACKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, FORD IS DOMINATING COMPETITION LIKE NO OTHER
CAR IN HISTORY. SEE HOW FORD'S TOTAL PERFORMANCE PAID OFF IN THESE GREAT EVENTS:
DAYTONA "500" -'63 Super Torque Fords finished lstj 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th! j.
ATLANTA "500" -'63 Super Torque Fords finished 1st and 5th! RIVERSIDE "500"? '63 Ford finished 1st!
BRISTOL "250"? '63 Fords take 1st and 2nd again!
COME SEE, COME CHOOSE YOUR
TOTAL PERFORMANCE
FORD SPECIAL!
NOW I We're celebrating Ford's Total Performance
victories with special high trade-in allowances and
low, low monthly payments on all modelsl
6?luK aw 4-Door Hirdtoo-mol It
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PICK YOUR OWN DEAL FROM THE LONG LINE OF 6REAT '63 FORDS!
Turn in "Tha Racing Nm"
faaturinf Sammy Bland,
broufht to you Mon., Wad.,
and Fri. moraines by your
North Carolina Ford Daalart:
Athtboro . . . WCWH I25
Aslitvillt WISE .131
Btmoft WPVB. .125
Black Mountain WfttIT 125
Boom WAT* .#?
Burlinfton . WBBBI2}
CtaptlHill WCHL lis
CtarMta. . WS0C1225 PM
Concort WtGO. ?iS
owkMi . wow. 12s
FayttttvillrWFLB. .125
Hicfcofy ? WNKY. .1:45
Hi* Point . WHK ?J5
Uunnburi WEWO . 131
Luiniton WBUY t3S
Martktil WMMH 1:31
Mount Aifj WPAQ IJS
N.WilkMtore.WKKia
SonflmnwKIl IIS
St.lw.lk WSIC I2?
S?St WKSJ 1:31
WtdMboro WADE l:4t
?Mk WINC IJS
l WAW .I2S
WINKLER MOTOR COMPANY, INC
Depot & Howard Su. Lk*am "*? uw % Boone, N. C.