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ETTER WNG YOUR URLEY TO OONE VOLUME LXXVI? NO. 21 WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Sixth Year of Continuous Publication BOONS WU 1983 Hi Lo prec. 02 Hi La Nov. 12 46 30 S3 27 Nov. 13 37 24 42 SO Nov. 14 28 23 .00 40 28 Nov. 15 43 2t tr. 36 30 Nov. 16 96 23 90 49 Nov. 17 66 35 SO 50 Nov. 18 62 37 94 30 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 81, IMS 10 CENTS PER COPY 24 PAGES? 3 SECTIONS Christmas Decorations Are Going Up The first decorations for the Christmas season began going up along King Street in Boone Monday. ^According to ^Dennis Greene, committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants As sociation, the decorations will be completed by the end of this week, and will probably be lit for the first time on the Sat urday following Thanksgiving, as has been customary in Boon e for a number of years. Greene, head of a committee which also includes Phil Vance, Ned Trivette, Glenn Andrews, Herman W. Wilcox, Clyde IL Greene, and McKinley Ayers, also said that the Merchants Association had purchased about 250 dollars worth of new decorations to replace those which were damaged last year. "Our decorations will not be as extensive as in years past, however," Greene pointed out. "But we hope to make them even more beautiful. A mini mum of evergreen will be strung across the street this year, since they cause too much pressure on the wires holding the lights, and could become a fire hazard. "Evergreen wreaths have been hung, however, at inter vals .alongside the street, and we hope to place Christmas trees beside the street at in tervals also." The decorations, Greene said, will extend along King Street from the general vicinity of Smlthey's Store to the First Baptist Church. Individual merchants, mean while, are busy preparing their store displays. Most of them will convey some religious mess age, it was reported. The Worthwhile WomeftV Club of '(Continued on page 3, Sec. B) Board To Plan For Future Of Horn In West The Board of Directors of the Bo:oe outdoor drama Horn in the We9t wil meet Monday, Novem ber 25, at 12 noon, at the Daniel Boone ton, according to Herman W. Wilcox, Executive Vice-Presi dent of Horn in the West. Four major items will be up fcr discussion by the Board, Wil cox said. First, the proposed script far next year's presentation of the drama wil Ibe introduced and discussed as to changes, modi fications, and addiboos. Second, several new ideas for the promotion of the drama for next summer will be discussed. Third, a general drive to se cure members for next year in the Southern Appalachian His torical Association, sponsors of the drama, will be initiated. And fourth, final plans for the building of a fence around the parting lot area at the Daniel Boone Outdoor Theater, for pro tection during the off-season, will be gone over by Board members, The {dans are expected to be ap proved Monday, so that work can begin immediately on the pro ject. Mayor Buys Christmas Seals Grady Moretz, Jr. (right), of Boone, 1963 Christmas Seal Chairman for Watauga Coun ty, sells the first Christmas Seals of the year to Wade E. Brown, Mayor of Boone. Profits from the Seal sales, which are sponsored by the Worthwhile Women's Club, will go to the National Tuberculosis Asso ciation to help in the fight against TB and other respiratory diseases. Cheap Food Production Is Cited By Speaker At Farm-City Meeting By CLARK COX (Democrat Staff Writer) Governor Terry Sanford, in declaring the week of Novem ber 22 28, 1963, as Farm-City Week in North Carolina, uid: "The prosperity and well-being of North Carolina rest equally on the farms and the cities of our State. "Farm-City Week points up the fact that we are all partners in progress." Nowhere could Governor San ford's statement hare beta" proved so well as it was last Thursday night, when the Wa tauga County Farm-City Meet ing was held at Cove Creek High School, sponsored jointly by the Boone Chamber of Com merce and the Watauga Coun ty Agricultural Extension Ser vice. The succulent banquet, com posed mainly of foods grown here in the county, was oniy the dressing for the more ser ious, albeit entertaining, busi ness at hand. Dr. J. F. Bozard, Dean of Instruction at Appalachian State (Continued on page 3, Sec. B) Dr. David S. Weaver speaks at the Farm-City Meeting. Gray Ladies, Charter Members Are Honored At Red Cross Meet A meeting of the Watauga County chapter of the American Red Cross was held Friday night at the Boone Baptist Church, honoring the work of the Gray Ladies and of several charter members of the chapt er. Clyde R. Greene spoke on the benefits of the hospital work engaged in by the Gray Ladies, a volunteer Red Cross-affiliat ed organization. Greene also awarded certificates to the various honorees at the meet ing. Charter members honored in cluded Mrs. Mae Miller, the Staff Changes At WAT A Announced Mrs. Doris B. Potter, presi dent of radio station WATA in Boone, last week announced the following appointments in the staff of the local radio sta tion: Frank Andrews has been named station manager, and Jane Smith has been made as sistant to the president Mr. Andrews, a native of Salisbury, has been with the station for the past two years In the capacity of salesman, and has been active in civic and community affairs since moving to Boone. He it ? pact vice president of the Optimist Club, a member of the Boone Cham ber of Commerce, the Boone Methodist Church, and is a Mason. (Continued a* page S, Sec. B) FRANK ANDREWS ***** Rev. E. F. Troutman, the Bev. J. K. Parker, Jr., and Coach R. W. Watkins. It was pointed out that Wat kins was a field director over seas for American Red Cross operations during the Second World War. Recognition Awards were al so presented three Blowing Rock citizens for their outat end ing work in the recent fund Joseph Brown Dies In Georgia Joseph Freeling Brown, age 40, of Calquitt, Ga. died there November 12th from a sudden illness with what was believed to have been a heart attack. A son of Mrs. Ora S. Brown of the Laxon neighborhood and the late Dock Brown of Wata uga County, Mr. Brown was en gaged in the cattle business during his entire career. He had resided in Georgia for many years. The body was returned to the home neighborhood where funeral aervices were held at Laurel Springs Baptist Church last Friday at 11 o'clock. Rev. W. C. Greene, Rev. E. O. Gore and Bev. Pete Vannoy conduct ed the rites and burial was in Mountlawn Memorial Park, Boone. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Ruby Greene Brown; his mother, Mrs. Ora S. Brown, Route 1, Boone, andi a son, Joe Freeling Brown, Jr., of Gains ville, Fla. raising drive in that town. Re ceiving these awards were the Rev. George B. Hyler, Mrs. Ann Brown, and Mrs. Genelle Jones. Mrs. Louise Hagan, who re cently resigned from her posi tion as chairman of volunteers for the Red Cross Blood Pro gram ? but who will remain ac tive in the organization ? was awarded a five-year pin for her services in the Blood Program. Rev. Mr. Troutman spoke briefly in memoriam of the late Paul Coffey, past treasurer for the Watauga Red Cross chapt er. Coffey's son, Armfield, is now treasurer. Refreshments were served af ter the meeting by the Gray Ladies and other members. Mrs. Loretta Littleton has been elected volunteer chair man to succeed Mrs. Hagaman, it was announced; and Janet Sue Auton has been elected as sistant chairman. These ladies initiated, Monday night, a new series of classes concerning the work of the Gray Ladies, open to all volunteers. Anyone who is interested in joining these classes should call Mrs. Littleton at AM 4 Three Chosen For Who's Who Recently chosen for inclusion in "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities" are three Boone students at Appa lachian State Teachers College: John Lett, Jr. Frank Payne, Jr. Charles Sink FOUR MAMMOTH HOUSES Boone Burley Sales Will Begin Monday Full Floors Are Expected For Initial Auctions The 1963-64 burley auctions begin in Boone and on other markets Monday, November 25. According to predictions by warehousemen, the season may be down a little from last year's great one, but it still stands a chance of being one of the best for burley growers. Tobacco hai already been placed on the floors of the Mountain Burley Warehouse Co. and the Big Burley Warehouse. Growers ? mainly from Watauga but many from neighboring counties as well ? began placing their baskets on the floors Fri day, the first day allowed by the Burley Sales Committee regulations. The warehouses opened at about 5 a. m. Friday. Big Burley Warehouse, open for its second season this year after extensive repairs and ren ovations, Is located on the High way 421 Bypass just west of Boone, and contains about 135, OM square feet of floor space. Operators of the Big Burley Warehouse are J. M. Smothers, Jr? R. E. Bollock, and King.. Roberts. Mountain Burley Warehouse Company has three locations: on Depot Street above Andrews Chevrolet, Inc., at Depot and Faculty Streets near the bus station, and on 421 West, near the edge of Boone. This will be their twenty-third year of operation. Operators of the Mountain Burley Warehouse Company in clude R. C. Coleman, Jr., Joe E. Coleman, and Harriet L. Sikes. There is a good chance, ware housemen say, that all four warehouses in Boone will be fliled to capacity by the time sales start Monday. Tobacco in Watauga County has proved to be a little light this year when compared with previous years, mainly due to dry weather and a short grow ing season. County Agricultural Extension Agent L. E. Tuck willer estimates that tobacco sales in the county this year will amount to about $1,111,000, as compared to sales of about $1, 250,000 last year, the best in Boone's history. This decrease is expected de spite the fact that no drastic drop fr*m last year's price per pound of the weed la foreseen, and despite a six percent in crease in acreage allotmenta for tobacco to farmers In the coun ( Continued on page 3, Sec. B) Denver Hamby Dies Thursday Denver Lee Hamby, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Blan Hamby of Deep Gap, died Thursday at Watauga hospital, where he had been a patient ten days. He had been ill for seven months and had also been a patient at a Charlotte Hospital. He was a member of the Jun- ' ior class at Appalachian High School. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 o'clock at the Stony Fork Baptist Church, with Rev. Vestal Moore, Rev. Raymond Hendrix and Rev. Bynum Trivett officiating. Bur- ' ial was in the church cemetery. The parents survive, with one brother and four sisters: DoyaB Hamby, Diane, Bathine, Dona, Debra Hamby, all of the horn*. Trucks filled with baskets of tobacco were backed up several hundred yards from the ?J Mountain Burley Warehouse location on De-' pot Street Friday morning. The Big Burley Warehouse, which begins its second year of hurley auctions Monday. Enough Cars In Watauga For Everyone To Ride At Once (Special to the Democrat) New York, Nov. 16 ? The fam ily car has had a bigger impact than usual, in the past few years, on Watauga County's economy. Automobile buying has soar ed in the county, with local residents replacing their older vintage cars with newer mod els. Also, in step with the current trend, many families have be come two-car owners for the first time. The number of antoa around, as a result, U at a record high. There are enough of them available now for every man. Stores Will Close Thanksgiving Herman W. Wilcox, President of the Boone Chamber of Com merce and Merchants Associa tion, reports that practically all ?tore* and other businesses in Boone will be closed Thanks giving Day, Nov. 28, as is the general custom with Merchants Association members. Most establishments will, however, be open Wednesday afternoon, the day preceding Thanksgiving, instead of clos ing as usual at noon. woman and child in the local I area to be car-borne at one I time. In fact, the entire local population could be carried in just the front seats alone. According to a recent broad survey on the distribution of cars throughout the nation, it was found that the ratio, in Watauga County, reached 103 cars per 100 families as of the beginning of this year. It was a bigger ratio than was reported locally in 1961, 96 cars per 100 families. The figures are contained in a market study covering every part of the nation, conducted by the Standard Rate and Data Service. The growth in car ownership reflects the rise in living stand ards. As families move upward on the income scale, as has been the case locally, their ability to buy cars improves in direct proportion. The result has been a net in crease of 7.2 percent In passen ger car registrations in Wata uga County between 1961 and IMS, the figures show. This is over and above the number that were retired for old age. Such progress is important to the local economy as a whole. When car sale* are high, other businesses benefit as well. Em I ployment, pay checks and pro ! fits in dozens of allied fields get a lift from it Much of the credit for the recent boom in automobiles in (Continued on page 3, Sec. B) Mrs. Shull, 83, Dies Saturday Mrs. Callie Nora Shull, 83, of Sugar Grove, widow of I^uther Shull, died Saturday morning at Watauga Hospital. She was born in Watauga County to Daniel and Margaret Warren Matheson. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Mamie Yates of Banner Elk, Mrs. Ethel Yates and Mrs. Lula James of Vilas, Mrs. Mat tie Rominger of Sugar Grove, and Mrs. Jesse Mae Cannon of Mountain City, Tenn.; and six soiit, Sam Shull of Vilas, Bill, James and Simon Shull and Ross Matheson of Sugar Grove, and Arils Shull of Winston-Sa lem. The funeral was conducted at 2 p. m. Monday at Anti och Baptist Church by the Rev. W. H. Key and the Rev. Carl Wilson. Burial was in the Shull Cem
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