FOR BEST RESULTS
advertisers invariably use the cob
Mona of the Democrat With its full
paid circulation, intensely covering
the local shopping area, it is the
advertising medium »v.-.ii»hie •
SKIING ON THE THOROUGHFARE . . If the slopes are
crowded, one can always find a spot somewhere else, as this
young lady did in a residential area near Blowing Rock.
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Thursday brought four inches of snow to close the schools,
which were opened again Friday. A couple more inches fell
before the snowfall ended. Staff photo.
JAMES C. (RED) LYONS
Lyons Runs
For Sheriff
County Commissioner James
C. (Red) Lyons announces his
candidacy for the office of
Sheriff of Watauga County, sub
ject to the Republican nomina
tion in the May primary.
Lyons is 29 years old, married
and has two sons. He and his
family reside on Deerfield Road.
Balloon Sale
Aids Heart Fund
The Heart Fund has $161.67
more to help in the 1966 cam
paign due to the hard work of
a group of boys and to the gen
erous donations made by the
buyers of balloons. Last Satur
day, “Balloon Day” here nearly
1,000 Balloons were sold by two
Boy Scout troops.
From Troop 109 (Joe Miller,
(Continued on page six)
County Farm Income
In ’65 Was $3,601,474
Watauga County farmers had
an estimated $3,661,474 income
fhrl909,TS against $3,553,280 in
1964, according to figures given
the Democrat Monday by L. E.
Tuckwiller, County Farm Agent,
Income from hurley tobac
co brought the most farm
dollars, but the $986,826 was
a decided drop from the $1,
023,371 the growers received
in 1964.
The income from broilers
came second with $575,200 as
against $546,000 a year earlier;
other poultry brought $7,590
and $6,830, respectively; while
cattle came in third for the year
with income of $575,200. In
1964, cattle brought $517,400.
Dairy products yielded an
Income of $206, as against
$217,500 a year earlier.
Nurseries and greenhouses
brought $185410, $160,000 in
1964; cabbage brought $180,
000 and $225,000.
Other farm income, without
regard to rank, follows, with
the 1965 figure followed by the
one for 1964, in each instance:
Corn $14,000, $12,000.
Potatoes $78,000, $85,878.
Hay $27,000, $21,000.
Sorghum $1,500, $1,500.
Apples $94,500, $148,000.
Other vegetables $57,500, $51,
328.
Strawberries $20,000, $17,500.
Lumber and logs $172,500,
Northwestern Bank
Has Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of The Northwest
ern Bank was held Tuesday,
February 22, at the Home Of
fice in North Wilkesboro.
Edwin Duncan, President
ef the Bank, reported a 22
per cent ineresae in deposits
with deposits increasing from
$200,000,000 to 2245,000,MM.
Total resources reached an
all time high of 1281,000,000,
as compared with 5235,0*0,
000 in 1904. Net profits, be
fore dividends and addition to
reserves, but after the deduc
tion of federal and state in
come taxes, paid W reserved,
were 52^05,875.84 or 54.02
per share based on the aver
age number' at shares out
^arnHti|
The stockholder* reelected
the following directors: W. H.
Allen, Statesville; R. T. Chat
ham, Jr., Elkin; F. D. Forester,
Jr„ North Wilkesboro; C. G.
Fox, Hickory; E. F. Gardner,
North Wilkesboro; W. B.
Greene, Kingsport, Tennessee;
John D. Guigou, Valdese; C. W.
Higgins, Jr., Galax, Virginia;
V. H. Idol, Madison; A. Hugo
Kimball, Statesville; G. M.
Kirkpatrick, Taylorsville; G. C.
Mason, Madison; O. J. Mooney
ham, Sr., Forest City; Leonard
Moretz, Maiden; Hubert R.
Moss, Hickory; C. M. Ogle,
Hendersonville; J. H. Pearson,
North Wilkesboro; B. R. Pen
land, Burnsville; Dr. W. H.
Plemmons, Boone; A. Fuller
Sams, Jr., Statesville; D. H.
Sigmon, Morganton; J. Ray
mond Smith, Mount Airy; Gor
don H. Winkler, Boone; and
(Continued on page three) .
$122,500.
Otiher forest products $92,
500, $90,140.
Hogs $15,996, $12,000.
Sheep $31,000, $28,900.
Horses $5,000, $2,188.
Eggs $72,900, $94,840.
Wool $9,800, $8,400.
Mgut $50,000, $50,000.
Honey $500, $300.
Government payments $3,601,
174, $3,553,280.
Camped Here 1760-69
The historic Daniel Boone monument, which stands on the
Appalachian campus across from Duncan Hall, seems fitting
enough tribute to the fact that Daniel Boone once lived in
the Boone Valley. On the north side of the monument (pic
tured), the plaque reads: Daniel Boone, Pioneer and Hunter;
Born Feb. 11, 1735, Died Sept. 26, 1820; Camped here 1760-69.
The monument stands on the site of the old pioneer’s cabin in
which Boone is said to have lived for nine years. The plaque
on the south reads; W. L. Bryan, son of Battle and Rebecca
Miller Bryan; Born Nov. 19, 1637; Built Daniel Boone Monu
ment Oct. 1912; Cost *203.37. Bryan was the first Mayor of
Boone. The monument to the pioneer wu erected by public
nbecrlptloa. (Stall photo) , .
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School Board Receives
$211,514 Federal Grant
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PollingPlaces
Are Given For
Burley Ballot
Polling places for the March
10 referendum on acreage
poundage marketing quotas for
the next three crops of hurley
tobacco have been designated
by the Watauga ASC County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee as fol
lows:
Beaver Dam Community, Bill
Farthing Store; Brushy Fork
Community, Vilas Service Sta
tion; Cove Creek Community,
James Mast Store; Laurel Creek
Community, V. D. Ward Store;
Meat Camp Community, Meal
Camp Service Station; New
River Community, Perkinsville
Service Station; North Fork
Community, David Ellison
Store; Shawneehaw Commun
ity, McGuire Grocery; Stony
Fork Community, Parkway
School; Watauga Community,
Howard Mast Store.
Committee Chairman Clint
Eggers points out that notices
of farm acreage allotments and
poundage quotas — as well as
allotments under the program
now in effect—have been mail
ed to all burley tobacco farm
operators so that they may
know these program details ir
advance of the referendum.
The acreage allotments undei
the new program are about si>
per cent larger than in 1965
(The 1966 farm allotments un
der the present program would
be about 15 per cent smaller
than in 1965 for farms not pro
tected by minimum provisions.)
The 1966-crop poundage quota
for each farm is based on the
farm’s production history dur
ing the five years 1959-63.
If more than two-thirds of the
growers voting in this special
referendum vote yes, the acre
age-poundage quotas provided
by the new program will be in
effect for the 1966, 1967 and
1967 crops of burley tobacco.
Penalties will apply to market
ings in excess of 120 per cent of
the 1966-crop farm poundage
quota (110 per cent of the
quota in subsequent years).
Any marketings above the
farm’s quota in a particular
year will be deducted from the
(Continued on page six)
Trade Group Of
Boone Merchants
To Meet Today
The Trade Promotion Com
mittee of the Merchant’s Asso
ciation will meet at noon Wed
nesday, March 2, at the Gateway
Restaurant.
It is hoped that some special
sales will be planned and a
discussion of at-home trade will
be conducted.
Glenn Andrews, chairman of
the Watauga County Merchant’s
Association, asks that any Wa
tauga County merchant who has
a suggestion attend the meeting
or send his suggestions to Stan
ley A. Harris Sr., executive vice
chairman.
Bloodmobile
Date Changed
The Bloodmobile visit sche
duled for Boone on Tuesday,
March 1, has been postponed
until Monday, March 14.
Mrs. Goldie Fletcher of the
Red Cross says that the visit
will be held from 10 a. m. until
4 p. m. it East Hall on the
AfIC canpu* oa the new data.
JOE L. HARTLEY
Founded Singing
Joe L. Hartley
A Noted Figure
(Miss Beverly Wolter, report
er for the Winston-Salem Journ
al, has sent this dispatch from
Linville to her newspaper. The
Democrat so appreciates her re
marks about Mr. Hartley that
the full text of the story is
herewith printed.)
♦ ♦ *
Linville—Grandfather Moun
tain will be there, same as it’s
been for millions of years, but
the Singing on the Mountain
there won’t be the same this
summer.
“Uncle Joe” Lee Hartley
won’t be there, stumping brisk
ly around with his cane, greet
ing the celebrities, taking a
bow himself from the speaker’s
stand, bright-eyed and grinning
through tobacco-stained teeth
and mustache at photographers.
“Uncle Joe” died yesterday
in a Banner Elk Hospital after
a five-day illness. He was 95,
five years short of the age he
jokingly predicted for himself.
“I figure I was born to live
200 years,” the grizzled moun
taineer said, “but I ruined my
teeth chewing tboacco so I
reckon that'll take 100 years off
my life.”
He was a farmer, a fire ward
en and a philosopher.
He was best-known, though,
as the founder of Singing on ,
the Mountain 42 years ago.
The sing started in 1922 when j
the Hartley family had a re- i
union. Everybody had such a i
good time singing, eating and |
listening to the preaching that
they decided they ought to do
it every year. They made
‘‘Uncle Joe” chairman.
Year by year the event grew
until now it attracts thousands.
(Continued on page three)
Funds To Aid
Deprived In
Public Schools
The Watauga County Board
of Education has received ap
proval of its first project fin
anced through funds allocated
to this administrative unit by
the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
The local project, entitled
“The Development And Im
provement Of Communication
And Vocational Skills In The
Elementary And Secondary
Schools Of Watauga County”,
calls for an expenditure of Fed
eral funds in the amount of
$211,514.00 for the current
school term.
Superintendent of Schools
Guy Angell says Watauga
County has been allocated a to
tal of $293,072.88 and the bal
ance of this allocation will be
included in a project, now be
ing prepared, for a summer
school for the economically de
prived children in the County.
Federal funds designated for
Watauga County were based on
the number of economically de
prived children residing in this
county and are to be used for
the upgrading of the educa
tionally deprived now enrolled
in the public schools.
In his letter of approval of
this project, Dr. Charles F.
Carroll, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, congratu
lated the administrative staff
on the development of this pro
ject and expressed the hope
that its implementation will
lead to improved educational
programs in this unit.
Some of the major provisions
of the project designed to de
velop and improve the com
munications and vocational skills
include the employment of ad
ditional personnel and the pur
chase of equipment and mater
ials urgently needed in the in
structional program.
Included in the additional
(Continued on page three)
Mayor Brown
To Speak To
Boone Chamber
Mayor Wade E. Brown will
address the membership meet
ing of the Boone Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday, March 8.
The luncheon meeting will get
underway at noon at the Daniel
Boone Inn.
The Mayor will discuss the
water and sewer systems as they
relate to Boone’s expanded city
limits; the subject of cable
vision in the area; and the co
operation between the State
Highway Department and the
Town of Boone in maintaining
the city streets.
2,009 Wataugans Are Paid
Wages Totaling$5,788,000
Figures just released by the
Government show that the
number of businesses in opera
tion in Watauga County is at a
high level.
There are more of them
flourishing in the local area, in
proportion to population, than
in many parts of the country.
The survey, which was con
ducted by the Census Bureau,
in cooperation with the Social
Security Administration, also
provides data on the number
of people employed and the
lire of payrolls in every sec
tion of the United States.
The report was compiled
from tax report* submitted by
employers last year, under the
social security program. It was
based on figures covering the
prior year’s operations.
Listed in Watauga County
are a total of 279 active busi
ness establishments. Of this
number, 167 have 3 employ
ees or less, 62 have bum 4 to
7 employees and 37 from S to
19. The remainder are bigger.
Some 95 percent of the total
are small businesses, with
fewer than 29 employees
each.
The ratio is high. Elsewhere
in the United States there are
M percent in this category.
The ratio in North Carolina is
89 percent
The proportion of establish
ments in this group indicates
the extent to which moderate
size enterprises are supported
locally.
At the same time, there is no
dearth of largereise Anas in
the county.
The report shews that V» '
tauga County's business can- •
corns preside gainful employ- | -
■ent far MM people hi ,
“covered" Jobs. By covered la ■
meant employment that falls * -
within the scape at the secM
security program. .