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VOLUME LXXVl ? NO. 15
Section C
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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*
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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
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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
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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.
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