Organizer Sitting before one of tha ox-pulled wagons that will follow the Daniel Boom Trail from Ferguson to Boone, June 27-29, is Clyde R. Greene of Bootie, organiser of the wagon train. As part of the Carolina Charter Ter centenary observance, the train will camp at Darby on June 27, and at Bamboo on the next night, arriving in Boone on June 29 to aet off the local celebration. Two 4-H'ers Given Awards The Tarheel Electric Mem bership Association, Inc., has selected two North Carolina youth* as winners in the west ern 4-H Electric Demonstration contest. Mis* Ann SneUon of Leicester won the girl's division with a demonstration entitled "Do You Know Your Iron?" and Randy Ledford of Relief captured the boy's division with his entry, "What Is Your I. Q. On Fuses?" These 4-Hers Will represent the western district at the state contest In Raleigh daring 4-H Club Week. Their expenses at the Raleigh contest .will be paid by the association. The old advice, "work hard, and pay your debts,*' can be re duced to "pay your debts" . . , you'll have to work hard. Three things kill human be Rotarians Give City Check Toward New Fire Engmes Joe McClung, newly installed president of the Botary Club in Boone, presented a cheek for $290 to Mayor Wade E. Brown at the club's installation pro gram Thursday at the Town Home Restaurant. t '!? * The money was contributed towards the town's fund for new fire fighting equipment. At the Ladles Night program, which drew about 80 persoas, McClung was installed the new president *of the Botary Club; Latta Johnson, vice-president; Eric DeGroat, secretary; and Glenn W. Wilcox, treasurer. Louis Smith, Rotarian and at torney of Boone, installed the new oflctrs and the board of directors. Special guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ned Trivette, president of the Jaycees; Major and Mrs. John Thomas, president of the Lions Club; Mr. A. E. McCrary, Mayor Brows. Dr. Brodut Jones, retired professor of English from Wake Forest and ASTC, spoke on "The Meaning of Rotary." In vocation was by Rev. Boyce Brooks; benediction was by Willis Chester. G. C. Greene made special awards to past Rotarian presi dents Louis Smith and Eric De Groat. T wo Accused In FCX Robbery Are Apprehended Keith MUler and Caude Hol lar*, teenage Watautana, wen apprehended in Wichita, Kan aaa, laat week in connection with the May It robbery of aon 8CAM Miami, Fla.-An overnight bag sat vibrating and bussing for fifteen tease minutea in a ro pod-off area on a Pan Ameri can Airway* ramp. The owners of the bag, Mr. and Mr*. R. Guergtaon, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Joined police and FBI agents who had been summoned to the scene. The Furgeaons opened the bag, and turned off a battery-powered electric toothbrush and that ended the bomb scare. With modern rush and bustle a vacation it getting to be a misnomer. the Boone PCX store. The two i admitted robbing the North Carolina Arm and named Ford (Junior) Hollars aa an accom plice. Miller, IT, la being held in Witchla on ehargei of atealinf a motor vehicle. Ilia bond. ac~ cording to Watauga County Sheriff Dallaa Cheek, has been aet at 0,000. Miller will be held in Kanaaa until his trial this autumn, after which he faces possible prosecution In North Carolina. He U alio wanted in Caldwell County and in Mecklenburg County, Cheek atated. The Wichita Police Depart ment released Claude Hollar*, 18, the day after the North Carolina pair had been picked up in a car they had bought with the stolen money. Paul & Ralph Say: WORDS OF WISDOM If you can't break 85 you have no business on the Golf Course. If you can break 83 you probably have no business. Check with V* on the Package Homeowner Policy ?PAUL & RALPH Watauga Insurance Agency I. Paal Wlakler Uph Gwaltney Mary So* , Hartley Mary Brows YOUR Am/mtv * tdeptwJr at Imn HIM* ?L Bw mi m wm kiii BMW, If . C. Hollar* and Junior Hollars were arrested La Boone laat Tuesday. Sheriff Cheek and SBI agent Charles Whitman questioned the two youth* and stated that neither denied the robbery. Claude Hollar* was releaied Wednesday night under $>,000 bosd; Junior Hollar* was re leased under $1,900 bond. Tfcey face trial at the September 23 term of Superior Court la Wa tauga County. Sheriff Cheek pieced the fol lowing account together: After forcing their way into the FCX store en Water Street in Boone Sunday night, May IB, the boyi itole a truck from the store to haul away the heavy safe which they had wrestled to a back door. The two then drove to the State Hot-Mix place on N. C. 108 where they forced the door of the safe off. They took more than $300 in cash and checks, Cheek stated. After returning the PCX truck to Boone, the pair went to Johnson City, Tennessee, where they purchased bus tick ets to Wichita. In Kansas, they bought with the stolen money, a 1M7 Dodge coupe. They were caught by the Wichita police one night while asleep in the vehicle. None of the stolen money was recovered. According to ? Kauii detec tive, Killer facet a possible sentence of 15 yean for automo bile larc?ncy, an offenae he had been accused of sometime be fore the FCX incident. Parents have as much fun as young stars today. . . and fun includas Pap si - Cola I Light, bracing Pepsi matchas your modern activities with a spar kling-clean taste that's never too sweet. Nothing drenches your thirst Ilka a cold, inviting Pepsi. Think young -say "Pepsi, pleasel" BHtlUt fcjr Pepri-Cola Battling C*, Sprue* Pine, N. C. Mk Amwtatment tram Peotl-Col* COmMBT. New York. N. Y. i? _ L_2 5 ? If Dan 5 I Made The Trip Today . . . He 'd Set The Pace In A Chevrolet! When Dan'l Boone made his first inarch into the Bhie Ridge, the most trustworthy means of travel In the ragged mountainous terrain was the ox wagon. Dan'l would choose a wagon today . . . the most trusted wagon for torturous roads? the unconquerable Chevy Wagon I Whether Yon Come By Chevy, Shank* Mare Or Ox Wagon, You'll Want To Be On Hand When The Wagon Train Pulls Into Boone, June 29 HELP CELEBRATE OUR TERCENTENARY ANNIVERSARY FOR NORTH CAROLINA And See The 12th Opening Night Of HORN IN THE WEST CHEVY II Nova iOO k-Door Gel The Tops 'N Travel with Andrews TOP NOCH DEALS on the '63l CHEVY?! A

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