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Legal Notice BOND ORDER AUTHORIZING I'M l&aUANCtt OF rtouc hospital bonim of lu! county or HATaUOA WHEREAS, the Board of Comnussionei s 01 the county 01 Watauga ueems u advtsauie that tne County erect and equip a new puunc hospital in Oiuer 10 pioviae adequate hos pital tacnuies tor tne mhaoit ants ot aaid County and desiies to provide for the financing ol a portion ot the cost of erect ing and equipping tne neceasaiy building or Duiioings ana of ac quiiiit* a suiUDle site; NOW, ofc IT OitOEKED by the Board ot Commissioners of tne County of Vvatauga as follows: Section 1. The Board of Commissioners of the County ot Watauga has ascertained and heieby determines that, in or der to provide adecuate public hospital facilities for the in haoitants ot said County, it will be necessary to erect and equip a new building or build ings for use as public hospital facilities and to acquire a suit a Die site tneretor, if necessary, within the County. section 2. In order to pro vide funds for sucn purpose in audition to any funds which may be made available for such purpose from any other source, bonds of the County of Watauga shall be issued pursu ant to the Finance Act of North Carolina, 'ihe maximum aggre gate principal amount ol said bonds authorized by this bond order shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ( *300,000). Section 3. A tax sufficient to pay the principal of and inter est on said bonds when due shall be annually levied and collected. Section 4. A statement of the County debt of the County of Watauga has been filed with the Clerk of the Board of Com missioners of said County and is open to public inspection. Section 5. This bond order shall take effect when approved by the voters of the County at an election as provided in said Act." The foregoing bond order has been introduced and a sworn statement has been filed under the County Finance Act, showing the assessed valuation of the County to be $33,000,000, and the net debt for purposes other than school purposes, in cluding the proposed bonds, to be $903,000. A tax will be levied for the payment of the propos ed bonds and interest, if the same shall be issued. Any citi zen or taxpayer may protest against the issuance of such bonds at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners to be held at the regular meeting place of said Board in the County Court House, in Boone, North Carolina, at 10 o'clock, a. m., on the 16th day of Sep tember, 1963, or an adjourn ment thereof. I. B. Wilson. Clerk of Board of Commissioners of Watauga County 9-5- 2c H-bomb helped solve Van Allen belt mystery. Imports of steel called "un fair." Deputy Sheriff Ed Harmon ii shown with cargo of whiskey he took from a '63 Jeep station wagon on Blowing Rock Road last week. James Bennett Sullivan, of Boone, was arrested, Sheriff Dallas Cheek said, and gave a $500 bond for appearance at Wa tauga Superior Court. Cranberries Once Grew W ild OnNorthCarolinaMountains By DR. ALFRED MORDECAI Some readers will be surpris ed to learn that wild cranber ries once grew gaily in the wet swags on our mountain sides. Patches are yet to be found skirting Grandfather Mountain between Foscoe and Linville. Like their grandparents, the local inhabitants still collect this wild fruit each autumn, al though the natural habitat of these plants has mostly yielded to modern agriculture. The name of the town Cran berry comes no doubt from the fact that so many cranberry bogs existed in that section. The cranberry plant is a deli cate vine-like thing with pretty vetch-like foliage. It creeps through the grassy stuff, golden rods and angellica in such a way as to be almost hidden. The berries are pale green, gradu ally changing to pink and fin ally red. This well known fruit is as native to North America as the Red Indian and it was no doubt here before his time. It flour ished in the cool regions from Nova Scotia to North Carolina and as far westward as the Great Lakes of Michigan and Wisconsin. When our pilgrim fathers arrived at Plymouth Rock they were hard pressed for fruits and vegetables. From HARD Of HEARING This Coupon Is Valuable it will bring you FREE INFORMATION about the beautiful tie w Mayfair HEARING GLASSES for those who need the best in hearing City MAIL TO: STALLINGS JEWELERS Boone, N. C. Representing MAICO HEARING SERVICE Hickory, N. C. the friendly Indians they soon learned of the little red berries ripening in the moist low grounds as winter approached. The Indians had long practiced the custom of collecting this fruit which they mixed with deer meat and pounded into a mass known as pemmican. The Whites found this item to be nutritious as well as pleasing to the appetite. But they pre ferred to stew the berries and serve them along with roast turkey. Both the berries and turkeys were wild and plentiful. These white settlers in Mass achusetts observed that these little red berries were not only sought by mankind. They were the favorite food of cranes. Therefore, the pilgrims called them "Craneberries". For two centuries or more our entire supply of cranberries came from the wild plants. The berries were picked and mark eted by our farm people. Soon after the Revolutionary War, a veteran who owned a tract of land in Massachusetts where wild cranberries were plenti ful, decided to attempt artifici al production. After studying the nature of the plant and learning something about its requirements, he selected Mrs. Browning Taken By Death Mrs. Alice Kathryn Eagin Browning, 40, of Blowing Rock, wife of Jesse L. Browning, died Friday night at Blowing Rock Hospital after an illness of a week. She was born in Indiana and had lived in Watauga County for the past two and a half years. Surviving are her husband; her mother, Mrs. Margaret Herndon of Boone; two sons, James D. Browning in the Air Force on Long bland, N. V., and David L. Browning, in the Air Force at Amarillo, Tex.; a sister, Mrs. Marcia Smith of Miami Beach, Fla.; and two grandchildren. The funeral was conducted at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at Brushy Fork Baptist Church by the Rev. Ed Crump. Burial was in the Adams Cemetery. SPECIAL FEEDER STEER SALES JOHNSON CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET Johnson City, Tennessee FIRST STEER SALE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 SECOND STEER SALE MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 All Steers Will Be Graded and Sold According to Weight and Quality. We Are Expecting 1,500 Head Each Sale. ROUNDUP CALF SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 All Breeds of Calves Will Be Sold In This Sale. They Will Be Graded and Sold According to Grade and Weight. We Are Expecting 1,100 Head for This Sale. IF YOU HAVE STEERS TO SELL WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM ENTERED IN ONE OF THESE SALES. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF BUYERS. Cattle for All Special Sales Will Be Weighed-In Day of Sale, and Sales Will Start at 7:00 P. M. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT JOHNSON CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET? WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY ? 920-3933. Mountain Breeders Sale of Hereford Calves Will Be Held At The Johnson City Livestock Market on Monday, September 30. choice plants and set them out in suitable places on his farm. In a few years he was market ing a very profitable crop. Since that time cranberries have been extensively cultivated from coast to coast in the north ern section of the United States. They are not grown anywhere else in the world, except here and in Canada. For many years the market ing was limited to fresh berries for the Thanksgiving and Christmas season only. But in recent years the canned and frozen products are on the market throughout the entire year. We even have bottled cranberry juice which promises to become a very popular beverage. Duke of Argyll secretly wed to American. Judge Moore Is Running | For Governor Dan K. Moore of Canton, a foiuier aupenar Lai art juuge and state it&MkJUtr. aaoouoceu *tt oay be will De a canoiuate tor governor m toe 1UM Democratic j primary. Aiean*hile, Guilford County Democrats continued gathering signatures on petitions urging reueral Judge L. HicbaruMw itreyer to ma tor governor. aou toe otatesviiie nooora * ijand mark suggested editorially toai ' Democrats seek f ederal Judge , Wilson War of New ion as a gubernatorial candidate. The S7jyear-old Moore is a na tive of AsheviMe who ipent most ot bis lite in mountainous Jack son County. 'He served toe tar western district as Superior Court judge for 10 years and solicitor two years. He represented Jackson County in toe itHl General Assembly, in 1968 be resigned as a judge to return to private law practice. Judge Mxiore is well known in Boone, where he held court on numerous occasions, and has fre quently visited with a sister, Mrs. James H. Councill, Mr. Council! and family of this city. BEAUTY QUEENS AND DOGS Barnham, England ? The judges of the annual beauty queen contest will now judge dogs instead of girls. The chairman of the organi zation ekplained that there were many beautiful girls but in the past three years only seven had entered the contest. The contest will be held as scheduled but dogs of both sexes will be judged and they will receive the same sort of cup the queens received. JFK ON FOREIGN AID President Kennedy put in a strong plug for his foreign-aid program when the House open ed its debate on the measure. Asking for full House sup port of the bill, Kennedy said "No party or group should call for a dynamic foreign policy and then seek to cripple this program." Bill Hardin, Route 8, Lenoir, hai been a Wataugan at work at the Hardin Hardware in Blowing Rock for the past nine years. The Hardins have two daughters, Suma, 20, and Pat, 23. Mr. Hardin ii the brother of Blowing Rock Mayor Bob Hardin. ? (Rivers photo). Samuel South Rites Sunday Samuel Stephen South, TO, of Tamarack died Thursday night in Cannon Memorial Hospital at Banner Elk. He was born in Watauga County to James and Lyda Hammonds South. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mossie Bumgaraer South; a son, Rayborn South of Kla math Falls, Ore.; a daughter, Mrs. Coy Riddle of Chatta nooga, Tenn.; a brother, Wal ter South of Tamarack; three ?isters, Mrs. Eliza Lane of Tamarack, Mrs. Floy Denny of Trade, Tenn., and Mrs. W. C. Dowell of Shouns, Tenn.; six grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. The funeral was conducted at 2 p. m. Sunday at Elk Knob Baptist Church by Rev. R. C. Eggers and Rev. Coy Riddle. Burial was in the Thomas cemetery. CHOOSES JAIL Seattle, Wash. ? Three youths, who robbed a lumber yard, were told by Judge Walter T. McGovern they could spend the weekend in jail or carve tooth picks from planks with a pock et knife. The youths chose to spend the week-end in jail. Shop Thrift Regularly For All Your Grocery Needs At Money-Saving Prices Fresh Never Frozen! - Grade A' Fryer Quarter Sale LEGS - - - Lb. 29c BREASTS - - Lb 29< livers 69c gizzards - . Lb. 29c SPICED LUNCH MEAT s ? i9c armour star Canned Picnit 3 Lb. Can $J79 18 OZ. KRAFT BAR-B-Q SAUCE 29' 18-OZ. GLASS KRAFT'S Grape or Apple JELLY 3 F?r $1.00 SHORTENING CRISCO 3<o?"75c MDI FINE QUALITY MILK 3 Ls Cans 39c 2 LARGE PKGS. BROCK Marshmellows - - 29c CAMPBELL'S NEW PAC TOMATO SOUP ? IQc HICKORY HOUSE TISSUE - 4 Roils 29c WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS THRIFT FOO East King St.? Plenty of Free Parking Space? Phone 264-8978 .*
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