? ! VOLUME LXXVl ? NO. 15 Section C -? ? ? ? WATAUGA DEMOCRAT Section C BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, IMS PRICE TEN CENTS Burley Group To Set Opening Date Oct 21 Mt. Starling, Ky. _ The first meeting of ?be 1963 Buriey Sates committee whi be held at the of fices of the Buriey Tobacco Grow ers Cooperative Association. 810 South Broadway, Lexington, Ky., at 11 e.m., October >1, to deter miae opening date, selling bours, and Christmas holidays for the 1WW-M hurley tobacco market, according to an announcement by Albert Clay, president of the Buriey Auction Warehouse Asso ciation and chairman of the Bur ley Sales Committee. Members of the Committee are: Park Bernard, Abingdon, Va., W. H. Buckles, Lexington, Ky., Charles P. Clarke, Maysville, Ky . J. C. Dean, Knoxville, Teim., sod W. G. Vann, Greeneville, Tenn., representing warehouse interests, and George L. John son, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Matt Jennings, Ten nessee Department of Agricul ture, John W. Koon. Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation. J. W. McCord, tobacco grower of Pay ette County. Kentucky, and W. L. Stat on, Buriey Tobacco Growere Cooperative Association, repre senting growers' Interests. All interested persons ore in vited to appear before the Com mittee at this meeting and make recommendations. Mr. CSay lamed a warning to tobacco growers against stripping tobacco before all stems ore com pletely cured. To get top prices, fanners should exercise extreme caution in preparing the crop for market. Tohacoo stripped with tat stems or axons moMnre will not be supported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and will Mil only at discount prices, Clay said. He also pointed ou! that with a growing demand for burley at home and abroad it is imper ative that growers bring to market a crop that is in top sell ing foortttion. Miss Jessup On L*M Faculty Banner Ek, N. C ? Academic Dean Lewis M. Hall announces the appointment of Miss Rachel Jeasup to the Lees.VLcRae fac ulty. She halls from Greensboro where she received her eariy eduoatioa in the Greensboro Public Schools and was gradu ated from Greensboro Grknsley Senior High School. Her under graduate work was done at Greensboro College where she majored in history, and also in religion and philosophy. Wake Forest College awarded her ? Graduate Fellowship, and she en tered there in September, 1962. In August, 1963, she was gradu ated with m Master of Arts de gree in history. Beginning in September, 1963, she is employ ed fcy Lees-McRae College as an instructor in European Civiliza tion. t. ENJOY THB NCW VISITOR CKNTKR ATOP GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN PARKWAY - U. ?. **1 kr UNWlt This 1962 Studebaker rolled down the court house iteps Friday alter Its parking brake* i i ' , i gave way, and crashed into the front of Greene Furniture Store on King Street. Driverless Car Plows Into Local Store In Latest Freak Accident By CLARK COX Freak accident* seem to have been the rule rather than the exoeption in Watauga County during the pait several weeks. The latest of them occurred Friday morning at about 9:80 when a 1962 Studebaker Lark Station Wagon, owned by the Pest Control Division of the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, rolled about 290 feet, from the courthouse parking lot across the courthouse lawn, down the steps, between two other vehicles which were moving in opposite directions on West King Street, and into a plate glass window in the front of Greene's Furniture Store, where it finally came to a stop. Damages to the store front were estimated at 9300, while a first estimate of damages to furniture inside the stow amounted to about $10Q. The extent of damage to the automobile itself was not im mediately determined; but aside from several sizeable dents in the sheet metal on the front of the car, it did not seem to be damaged too severely. Wiley R. Johnson, who had parked the car in the court house lot on Thursday and left it there overnight, stated that the car's parkins brake* had previously shown a tendency to five way after having been ap plied for reasonably long per iods. This is apparently what happened Friday morning. No charges were preferred in the accident. As Chief of the Boone Police Department Hu bert Thomas, who investigated the accident, said, "Who was there to charge? And with what?" The zany event recalled a similar accident in Hay of this y?ar, when a heavily - loaded lumber truck went out of con trol outside of Boone and car eened crazily through the busy streets, damaging nine cars and finally overturning, but injuring no one. But Watauga County has had Its aittre? and much more? re cently of frtak occurrences of this nature. A few of the more significant ones occurred as follows: ' During the period of little more than a week in late Sep tember, two major water mains serving the town of Boone burst, Now five kinds of Chevrolets for all kinds of people ! JET-SMOOTH LUXURY CHEVROLET? For luxury lovine people. Rich new styling, finer appointments in all four series and 16 models. Engine# up to 425 hp*, manual or Powerglide* transmissions. NEW CHEVELLE? For pacesetting people. A totally new kind of ear with small-car handling, big-car comfort! Styling that makes expensive can jealous. Three series and 11 models, and a full choioe of engine and trans mission 'teaiMI . . ?CHIVY II? For practical people. Chevy II ?with new V8 power* for fun-on^-ehoe.tring StretchM the ihoeitrin* further with 4- and 6-cylinder engines. Chevy II's six models in two series ail act like they're bigger, more expensive cars! CORVAIR? For fun-loving people. More fun than ever from Corvair's new bigger engine! Same Corvair handling and riding ease in 9 models? including the 150-hp Turbocharged Spyders! , CORVETTE? For sports-minded people. Corvette now rides softer, smoother? but loses none of its gusto because its Dig vo oners versions irorn wv w oiu up i r Want to fet together 1 with other car-loving people? Go aee your Chevrolet dealer- . . . he like* all kinds! ?optional at cetra art Sm 9m -&*?, ft im ftwwtol tkmrnm - CMEWPUT, CHEUi. CKVT n, CORVMR ft CORVETTE ANDREWS CHEVROLET, INCORPORATED North Dejkot 9k \SS"'" Mw Umm Nkiw ? ? ? Boone, N. C causing the Ion of hundreds of thousands of gallons of water from the town's supply. Only fast thinking and hard work by city officials and workmen sav ed the day in both these cases and kept temporary water shortages to a minimum. On September 13, an auto mobile operated by Mrs. Pinkie Shook of Banner Elk collided with a large rock which toppled from a roadbank on Highway 105 southwest of Boone and rolled into the road in front of the vehicle. No charges were preferred, of course, since a rock is hardly liable to legal indictment. On SeptemW 12, a Highway Post Office Bus, en route to North Wilkesboro from Boone, overturned down a steep bank on Highway 421 after its brakes gave way, causing about 93,000 damage and slight injuries to the driver. Again, no charges were filed. (Continued to page 3, section C) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES $3 Million Building Program Is Mentioned By Wilcox By H. W. WILCOX, President iBoooe Chamber at Commerce Already this year over 300 houses on the Blue Ridge Elec tric Membenship Corp. system have been built. New River Light & Power do. marts service to 87 new homes on their system. A reliable soiree reports that over 93 million has been spent on construction in the county this year. In what has been our greatest tourist season in the history of our county, Watauga County re ports retail sales tor May, 1963, of $1,789,552, as compared to sales of $1,656,675 for May, 1962. These sales were considerably above amounts reported by Ashe County, which has over 4,000 more citizens. Many New Motel Units Now in the planning stage ere almost 100 new motel units which should be ready by next June. These include an addition to the Cardinal Motel end new motels by Joe Williams and W. R. Winkler, in spite of these con tinued new units, we come up short each season. There were more people than we could find accommodations tor this year. Farm -City Week Our annual Farm -City meeting November 14 at Cove Creek High School will perhaps be our big gest. Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association officers and directors will be installed at this time. Thlp wiU be our Cham ber meeting for November. Geed News Coming Proven tacts show the follow ing: A new factory which em-, ploys 100 persons brings to the town the following: 359 additional people. *1 more school children; >710.000 more personal income. 100 more households. $229,000 more bank deposits, 3 more rental establishments, 07 more new cars registered, 65 more employed in son - manufacturing, and $331,000 more retail sales iper year. Multiply this by three and see what our new shoe fac tory is going to mean to us. Members Paytag Does Jones Garage, Ootercram of The Smokies, Greene Furniture Co.. Dr. Gale F. Bane, First National Bank, Brown House and Cottages, W. J. Mc.Mahon, T&W Outboard, Cardinal Motel, Dr. G. FOR SALE Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. ? Oct. 10 ? 11 - 12 DRAPES ? KITCHEN & CAFE CURTAINS ? PANELS AND DRAPERY MATERIAL Watauga Drapery and Fabric Shpp Blowing Rock Road Service WE WRITE ALL LINES OF INSURANCE ]/ On Your Automobile ]/ On Your Home ]/ On Your Business ]/ On Your Life \l On Your Farm LET US MAKE A SURVEY OF YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS. IT SAVES YOU MONEY TO PUT YOUR INSURANCE UNDER THE fjj New Package Plans Call or Write Coe Insurance & Realty Company AM 4-8256 ? , BOONE, N. C. j| K. Moose, Dr. R H. Harmon, J. F. Ayers, Raymond Jones, Miller Industries, Builders' Super Martlet, Appalachian Varsity Shop, Roy Bkanton, jr., Ralph Buchanan, Home Finance Co., V. C. Shore Produoe Co , Dr. Leo D. Hagaman, Sunset Motel, Wmn-Oixie Store, Winkler Mo tor Co., Helen Underdown, Ralph Beshears, Warren Dotson, Nell Linney, Roy W. Isley, Yadkin Valley Dairy, and Catena Motel. Cove Creek 4-H Officers The Cove Creek High School 4-H Club met September 20. The dub elected officers as follows: President, Janice Shipley; Vice President, Ear lie Michael; Secre tary-Treasurer, Linda Brown; and Reporter, Phyllis Potter. Hay fever season is worst since 1946. Thoughts for fat people Do too many calories add up to ? "round figure," where you're concerned? Help cut down ? with delicious Sealtest Diet Fortified Skim Milk! The re freshing goodness of whole milk '?at a much lower "caloria count" Delightful! IMPORTANT WHOLE MILK VALUES WITHOUT TllE FAT Pure, wholesome Sealtest Diet Fortified Skim Milk gives you the important vitamins of whole milk, the minerals and the pro tein?at only 88 calories per 8-ounce glass! HIGHEST POSSIBLE QUALITY Sealtest Diet Fortified Skim Milk is especially tested ... and re tested by trained men and women in ultramodern Sealtest plants. It is milk of the highest possible quality. 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