Wataugans In Marching Band According to band director Charles Isley, Jr., two Watauga County students are among the 75-member marching band at Appalachian State Teacheis College this fall. They are Mickeal Lee Johnson and Ben Miller. The marching band functions during the fall quarter, playing at all home and "away" games during the football season. Often it is featured in parades in Watauga County and throughout the state. Uost of the mem bers remain with the organization after fall quarter when it becomes a concert band. ? Bob Yoder In Editor's Seminar Misenheimer, N. C. ? Bob Yoder, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Yoder, 118 Highland Circle, Boone, on October 1 shared in a communications seminar led by Richard L. Tobin, managing editor of The Saturday Review. Tobin opened the college's 1963-04 convocation series at the college. During his visit he met with student and faculty groups at which time current literary affairs, particularly re lated to mass communication media, were discussed. The veteran newspaperman, former City Editor of the New York Herald Tribune, was also honored at a luncheon during his visit. Yoder is a member of the senior class, a pi'e-ministerial student, and a leader of several campus organizations. is the INSURANCE on your house as dated as the dodo? Chaaee* are jrou need more com plete "coverage" on your hose and furnithings than your pre** ant insurance proridea. Reaaoo? Replacement com are way ?P on home, and their con tent*. Cur?? Let n* look orer your poli tic. and bring than in line with current value*. fc'eH gladly do it any time it all David N. Spalnkonr Insurance for Your Every Need Boone Insurance Agency, Inc. Professional Building Boone, N. C. ? AM 4-8732 T?or Independent Insoraac* L. P. Colvard Dies At 67 Jefferson, Oct. 4? Larry P. Col vtard, 87, of Jefferson, an Ashe County civic leader and former register of deeds, died about C p.m. yesterday at his borne after a heart attack. He had served as register of deeds for 20 years and resigned to become cashier of the Jeffer son branch of the Northwestern Bask. He retired in 1M1. Ootviard also had served for many yean as chairman of the Ashe County Chapter of the American Bed Gross and once served as county chairman for the U. S. Savings Band sales program. Other Activities He also was active in the Boy Scouts, the Masons, the Jefferson Baptist Church and the Jefferson Rotary Club. He had served as Rotary president. He was la veteran of World War I and a former commander of the P. G. Wright Post of the American Legion. Surviving are his widow; two sons, Parks Ootviard in the Air Force and Hal B. Colvard of Jef ferson; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Dent of Jefferson and Mrs. Maude HoUoway of Charlotte; and four grandchildren. The funeral wm conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at Jefferson Methodist Church by the Rev. John Christy. Burial was Jo the Jefferson Cemetery. Its Time To Treat Alfalfa It is time to treat alfalfa for weevil control. Ftor Watauga County, where the elevation is above 2,500 feet, an application of 2 and one-half per cent of granulated Heptachlor at the rate of 30 pounds per acre should be applied between October 1 and IS. If treatment is not made at the right time, poor results oan be expected. If Heptacldor is not applied in the fail, only partial control can be obtained with spring sprays. By far the beat control is obtain ed with the tall treatment. It is getting to the point where an individual Who doesn't agree with a minority is accused of being un-Amer ican. Old Campaign Button Silent Reminder Local Congressman atutmviUe, Oct. 3? A Stat m vlUe man, vslUof Around so old bomeplace which ?H being cleared by a bulldowr, uncover ed a page (Tom bedell'* political past when lie found ? smaU metal tag ?us wet* Earl Bustle who Uvea on (he Amity Hill Road, dkto't know what he had iound, but broutfit the tag, which resemble* a dog cottar, by the local newspaper office. "1 thought it was an old dog tag with somebody's identifica tion on it," Bustle said. The tag is about ooe and one-half inches wide and two inches long, with a small slit at the top for fasten to Annas To Head Alumni Group As Of October 26 Miles 'Annas, an Appalach ian State Teachers College gra duate of 1942, will head the school's 7,000 member alumni Association beginning October 26. Annas was elected to the president-elect post during the ASTC Homecoming ceremonies last year. He will V officially installed during the Homecom ing luncheon in the Men's Old Gym. Leroy Sossamon of Bryson City, President of the Alumni Association, will install Annas and relinquish the gavel to the new president. Annas, a resident of Char lotte, is president of the South ern Comfort Company, a heat ing and air-conditioning con tracting concern. His company has installed heating and air conditioning systems in such buildings as the Hawthorne Medical Center in Charlotte and the Westgate Shopping Center in Asheville. After graduation from ASTC, Annas spent four years in the U. S. Army as a combat en gineer. He earned two bronxe stars for bravery during the war. After World War II, he joined the N. C. State Highway Department as a resident en gineer. In 1990, he was recalled to active duty and served two years in Europe during the Korean conflict. HAVE FUN AT THE FAIR Thru Oct. 12 i yi I ' ' Thrilling, unforgettable- A thousand and one wonderful things to see and do! ? One of the Southeast's biggest regional fairs! ? Many new and fascinating features! * ? Fun for the entire family! ? Bigger and better than K- ever before! ? NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA ? ! THERE'S SOMETHING TO ITr it Visit the World of Mirth Midway? a special mile-long world of fun and entertainment ~k See more than 60 ride* and shows ? there's something for everybody if Attend the thrilling grandstand show ?Jack Kochman's Hell Drivers if Don't miss the Coliseum exhibits from Northwest North Carolina counties, businesses, industry, and schools ? Be sure to see the gigantic agriculture and livestock exhibits it Check the competitions and record premium prize* it Enjoy free movies, band concerts, and demonstrations it See the new area Horseshoe Pitching Contest and the Dixie Classic Talent Search finals it Attend the new Quarter Horse Show and Sheep Dog Trials it Many, many other exciting and entertaining exhibits and natures. FREE PARKIN6 for 4,000 cars! Convenient to everything at the fairl v School children admitted free on Stud? t Tickets . i , jf> fy loitH 6 Pit on their special County Oqffc # >f * *" Sate* ?pm 11 AJH. tviiy tfayl ' WINSTON-SALEM FAIRGROUNDS It had this inscription m It: SPENCER BLACKBURN FOR CONGRESS, MM. The tag m found at the old Tom Oashion homestead at the city limits on Amity HiU Rood. Bustle live* next door to where the buHdndng and clearing opera tion was underway. He aafci the tag was slightly bent and he was ajble to lutae out a little of the ineci fetfco he fore using a piece of steel wool on it. "I saw it was someone for Ooogress in 1904 and that's the reason I cleaned it up," Bustle added. The tag was probata! y used in a political rampaigi before Bustle was bom. How long it had beta on the ground was not known. Bustle is At yea rs old and the tag as to be .at least 5# years old. Btackfcurn was elected ta the 50th Congress < 1805-1907) and foe campaign was In 1804. A check throuft the Biographi cal Directory af the American Congress, 1774-1827, turned up some information concerning Blackburn. The congressman was Edmsod Spencer Blackburn. He was ban sear Boone In Wataqga County Sept. U. IMS. Blackburn stndied in the "eoowMa schools and academies of his native state," according to the directory, and studied law, being adwltted to the bar in MM. Be practiced law la Jefferson. He served as reading dark of the North Carolina State Senate in MM and MM, was a rasmber of the State House of Representa tives in MM and M87. He served as apaafeer pro torn in 18W. Blackburn was named ass is tacit 'United States attorney in 'IMS. In 1900, be was elected aa a Republican to the S7th U. S. Con gress and served from March 4, 1901, until the term ended on March 3, M03. He was an un suooeasful candidate for re-elec tion in IMS to the 58th Ooogress. The tag mtiMi was found by Bu>tle was evidently campaign material used by Biackburta W j MM in Wf bid for another term in Congm*. He mm elected to Mm SMi Ooo rw in the 1904 MM, sorting from March 4, MOB. until Mm* I, 1WT. Blackburn wm not ? em lLJniA * nif ii rti i ? i 1 1 i i ? i i i 1 ? jflftj OMidU' lof renomiikUiao in 190b After serving the two tarns k> Cnngrses. Blackburn reaumed law practice in OrenAno. He died at Elizabethan, Ttwnesaee, 'March 10, 1S12, ?od is buried in Old HopeweU Cemetery near Boooe. Eye Glasses ' jr For Needy Asked Dear Mr. Riven: New Eyes Per Ike Needy, toe., it 41 non-profit, volunteer charity. They ask only for discarded eye gtssees and gold ?id silver scrap. No money. Please tell the story to your frieods, dubs, church .groups ?od doctors. Every paii of glasses and each broken piece of jewelry helps. Contributions have enabled them to five gtaeaes and artifMol eyes to _ nearly e quarter of e million needy people in pur country, and abroad. Please nwil your discarded ej>e gissses ?>d 'jewelry to New Eyes For The Needy, Inc., Short Hills, New Jersey. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Teunli Vergear Boone, If . C. ?. : Economical? clean burning We deliver automatically R. D. Hodges, Jr. Agent HVMBUI OIL * uriNINO COMPANY Boom, N. C. AM fMU ?t AM iWl Schools To Ask Clothing, Toys For Charity The students at the County School System wiH participate in ? drive oo October 7-18 to collect dnnlfcws of used dothing, shoes, to]*. rags and small appliances lor the Goodwill Industries in WiMton-telem. These discards nufce avwkfcie vocational train ing and jobs tor many biiod. dappled and handicapped parsons from m over North Carolina Perhaps you have some of these articles gathering dust at your house and mould like to do your part. Students from these schools wiH be glad to accept your gener ous donations. Assist these stu dents in filing their Goodwill hags, nod you will be helping ? dWM penm to ?et ? new lease oo We by *vwg him a mem of vocational therapy. Goodwill Industires to ? chari table, non-profit agency which gives Job owl vocational train ing (O M? torffrapped parson, each day. Theae handicapped persona repreeent many of the counties o I North Carolina. Won't you give today, thet they may work tomonof? DEMOCRAT AOS PAT 1 FISH MOUNTED YE OLE TAXIDERMY SHOP Joe C. Miller ? 264-2548 Any marriageable young girl can Improve her chances by Improving her appearance. Be attract ive .. . with cosmetics, hair beautifiers, toiletries from Boone Drug Company. E. KING ST. ? AM 4-3786 ? BOONE, N. C. 4 Pharmacist! To Serve Tea Or. O. K. Richard sob ? Or. Wijm R. Richardaoa Dr. O. K. Mooae ? Dr. Jee C. Killer T ?d 1tiw f * , . ivs?' ? t tici Hi1 They're here now- the all-new Falcons for 1964! WeVe kept the economy that made Falcon famous. 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