Population, Economy Of Boone
Part Of Study Being Conducted
In a contract for the services
of the North Carolina Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment, Division of Commun
ity Planning, a study of Boone
and its environs is presently be
ing conducted, announced Boone
Mayor Wade E. Brown and Dr.
Lee Reynolds, chairman of the
City Planning Board.
The first phase of the study
is completed with the presen
tation to the city government
of a prepared publication en
titled "Population and Econ
omy," which gives a multitude
of statistics and outlines plans
for the future growth and de
velopment of oUr city.
The booklet will be distribut
ed to schools, business places,
and professional offices through
Singer Of Year
To Be Chosen
Mrs. Virginia W. Linney,
Southeastern Regional Gover
nor for the National Associa
tion of Teachers of Singing, left
Friday for Laurinburg to hold
the annual auditions for Singer
of the Year.
The winner from each re
gion will compete with other
regional winners at the National
Convention for national honors.
The regional auditions were
held at St. Andrews Presby
terian College.
out Boone in the near future,
Brown said.
Through an arrangement with
the Federal government, a ma
jor portion of the cost of the
study was borne by the Urban
Reuewal Administration of the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency.
Future items to be considered
in the study include topogra
phic mapping, ? land use sur
vey and a land use plan, and
possible zoning ordinance revi
sions. Reports will be Issued
from time to time on these as
pects of the study.
Other members of the City
Planning Board, in addition to
Reynolds, are George Judy, Dr.
G. K. Moose, C. A. Price, and
Guy Hunt.
Farm Bureau News
By VERNE STRICKLAND
N. C. Farm Bureau Federation
We have had time now to
reflect upon that infamous and
stunning week-end. But though
millions of words have already
been written and spoken of it,
a. time..wiU puss before we are
struck by its full impact.
There have been words of dis
belief, bewilderment, shock, re
vulsion and courage. And all
were seemingly inadequate. So
will these be.
It is over, yet just begun. A
nation which reeled today ral
lies. She shook her head to clear
the vision which allowed the
blow to be struck. And she sees
clearer because of it.
The cloak of shame will rot
slowly. And perhaps bits of it
will still cling when most of it
falls away. We all put it on,
and all wear it.
Underneath that cloak, though,
there seems to beat a stronger
heart. When times are worst.
man is at bis best. And if there
is not meaning yet, there is
mandate. We must give purpose
to that senseless loss. Action,
not sorrow, will best help to
atone (or it
I stood on a curb six-deep in
shivering mourners as the slain
President's body was borne past
on that stark, black caisson. Be
hind me stood a young college
girl with a companion.
"How do you feel?" the friend
asked, as the ring of hooves
drew nearer.
"I realize for the first time,"
she said, "that I'm an Ameri
can."
And at that moment, I re
alized something, too. We have
been brought to our knees in
prayer, not in surrender. Then
let us rise, not in regret, but in
resolve.
Why worry about war and dis
ease H you dent worry about
outomotnle accidents?
Dr. Moose Founded City's
Oldest Retail Establishment
aj VliAnK VWA
It U only fitting that the first
is ? series of articles on busi
ness and professional leaders in
Watauga County should- be de
voted to the career of G. K.
Moose ? affectionately known as
"Dr. Moose" by his many friends
? who founded what is now
Boone's oldest retail business
establishment, the Boone Drug
Company, in 1020.
Dr. Moose has since relinq
uished his ownership of the es
tablishment to Drs. Wayne and
0. K. Richardson, but he still
works there part-time aa a phar
macist.
Born In Cabarrus County,
Moose attended Catawba College
and the pharmacy school of
George Washington University,
also receiving a bachelor of laws
degree from Georgetown Uni
versity. He worked In the U. S.
Treasury Department during the
First World War before coming
to Boone.
A member of the Episcopal
Church, where he is a vestry
man, Moose was for a number
of years Chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the Watauga
County Hospital. He has also
been a member of the County
Red Cross Board of Directors
since the Red Cross was organ
iied here in the lB20*s.
In addition. Moose was Town
Clerk and a member of the
Town Board of Commissioners
for three terms.
Moose is married to the form
er Miss Effie Heffner of Burke I
vuum y, mu nicy rcaiue II
Grand Boulevard in Boone.
They have one daughter, Mr*.
E. Y. Marsh, Jr., of Charlotte,
and three grandchildren.
"I've enjoyed living in the
mountain*," Moose said. "I feel
that I've become a mountaineer
myself. People here are much
like the people In the rural
community in which I was rear
ed, and for that reason I've
always felt at home in Boone.
I'm very devoted to the people
of Boone and Watauga County."
Fashion News
Sking shoes seem to have cotne
back kato styte as we see Item on
display in many of the shots. For
the hottdaiys and other gala oc
casions. They are made of satins
or brocade and many of them
an jeweled. Some show only the
cut-out faeei, but ether* are bare
almost to the tact.
Other shoes are of snake skin
and Qa_rd. These oome in differ
ent shades of color.
Taupe sod other shades ore
favorite* with iafil buyers lor
walking shoes.
The overage politician believes
in servfae but by end lor him
self.
When a hard-headed business
man offers you a bargain, think
twice.
DON'T YOU READ BEFORE YOU BUY?
And don't you sometimes re
read, study, compare, figure,
measure, clip, save, and show
to frieijds?
When you're on the brink of
buying, aren't you hungry for
facts, features, dimensions,
styles, colors, capacities, and
prices?
Print advertising puts people
who are close to a purchase
close to the kind of informa
tion they demand. Magazines,
newspapers and brochures let
them linger with your message
for as long as they like.
Print imparts important de
tails, allows for colorful presen
tations, makes lasting impres
sions, takes people straight to
the point? of purchase.
Print makes sense because print
makes sales.
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
? m
AHS Band Will Present Winter
Concert On December 12th
Boone's Ambassador*, the
Appalachian High School Band,
arc preparing a winter concert
to be preaeated Thursday, Dec
ember 12, at 8 p. m. in the
auditorium of the Appalachian
Elementary School. Sharing
performance duties on the pro
gram will be the Appalachian
Junior Band composed primar
ily of students from the upper
three grades of the Appalach
ian Elementary School.
Band director James Shugert
reports that "the banda will
present a standard program of
concert band literature as well
as music of the season." Sever
al of the works to be presented
by the senior band are repre
sentative of the calibre of tend
music played at itate band con
taato.
The program to be presented
is aa follows:
Appalachian Junior Band
Christmas March, Herfurth;
Waltt of the Flowers, Tschai
kowiky; Hymn of Freedmon,
Brahms; Rudolph the Red-Nos
ed Reindeer, Marks.
Appalachian High Band
Fantasia in G Major, Bach;
Sea Pieces, MacDowell; The
Standard of St. George, Al
ford; The Christmas Song,
Torme; Three Songs for Christ
man, Grundman; Sleigh Ride,
Anderson.
Admission prices will be 90c
for adults and 23c for students. ?
All proceed* from the concert
"will he used to help defray ex
pense* of tending the bands to
state contests.
WMM WILLED TO CITY
Ncrwalk, Goon ? When FVani
L. Chase, M. dtod he ta* his
entire estate to Mb tome city.
Msfcilug his income as ? setf
empioryed fadrtor, Cluase tad in
vested in stocks cod real ?stote,
budding a aroatl fortune of *250,
00?.
to the w41. he had appointed
three executors to advise the dty
how to spend the money.
DEMOCRAT ADS PAT
SMITHEY'S is alwayt headquarters
for Christmas Foods. Our big Gro
cery Department is filled with all
the good things that are associated
with the Holiday Festivities. We
welcome your patronage.
FREE
5 POUND BAG OF
Sugar
with $12.00 or More
Purchase of Dry Goods
Limited Time Only
? NUTS +
Large English
Walnuts Ib. 48 - 59c
Pecans lb. 35c
Baby
Chestnuts lb. 25c
Brazil Nuts lb. 43c
Mixed Nuts lb. 53c
FOR THi; CHRISTMAS TABLE
OR GIFT BASKET
Oranges and Tangerines will be coming in
fresh from now until Christmas, direct from
the orchards and packing houses, which will
offer you a savings on a box or bag or dozen.
Cranberry Sauce ___ can 25c
Baking
Chocolate V2-lb. 45c
German Sweet
Chocolate V2-lb. 25c
Hershey Baking
Cocoa V2-lb. 35c
FLAVORS AND SPICES
OF ALL KINDS
Granulated
Sugar 10 lbs. $1.45
MARSHMALLOW CREAM 29c
2-Lb. Box
Sugar Stick 58c
Fruit Slices lb. 19c
Gum 6 pks. 24c
. .. .
Fresh Florida
Tangerines and
Oranges Daily
Sweet
Potatoes _ 2 lbs. 25c
Irish
Potatoes _ 6 lbs 36c
3 Lbs. Jewel
Shortening 65c
No. 2 Can Argo
Sugar Peas __ 2-33
Chocolate Coated
Cherries 48c
Broken Stick
Candy lb. 19c
Christmas Special
Creamy Drops
Chocolates ___ 35c
100-Lb. Bag PINTO
Beans $12.00
100 Lbs. OCTOBER
Beans $17.00
FAMOUS WINEBARGER
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR
5 lbs. __ 85c
10 lbs. .. *1.65
'64 Edition Blum's Almanac Now Here
Smithey's Store
The Great Bargain Givers Boone, North Carolina