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TWO SIDES OF A COIN. Not only can snow freeze; it can insulate. Accordingly, persons lost in a storm, have been able to burrow into the snow for survival until rescuers arrive. Ironically, these icy twigs take on a furry ap pearance. (Staff photo) Howard Colvard Is Killed In Crash Howard Kenneth Colvard, 24, of 8*6 Crestview Street, Granite Falls, was killed Wed nesday when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck on Falls Avenue in Granite Falls. Officer Joe Munday report ed that Floyd Herbert Lail, 17, of Granite Falls was mak ing a left turn onto Vale Street and drove his 1950 Ford pickup into the path of the 1965 Harley - Davidson motorcycle. Colvard was rid ing east on Falls Avenue. Colvard died enroute to a hospital. Lail escaped injury. Lail was charged with in voluntary manslaughter. He posted $1,000 bond and will be given a hearing in District Court Jan. 19. Colvard had been employed as a truck driver by the City of Lenoir for the past two years. A native of Watauga Coun ty, he was a son of Rev. and Mrs. Earl E. Colvard of Wa tauga- County, rif i Also * -surviving. - at*.. his widow,' "Mrs. “Barbara* tfafman Colvard; four brothers, Henry Colvard of Elizabethton, Tenn., Carl Colvard of Laur inburg, Edward Colvard and Earl Colvard Jr., both of Charleston, S. C.; and three sisters, Mrs. Martha West of Boone, Mrs. Hazel Aldridge and Mrs. Mary Triplett, both oi ijenoir. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Friday at Brushy Fork Baptist Church with Rev. Ed Crump and Rev. Vic tor Trivette officiating. Burial was in Mount Lawn Memorial Park in Boone. Mrs. Martha Davant Mrs. Martha Fleetwood Da vant, 68, of Blowing Rock died Sunday at the Blowing Rock Hospital. She was born in Columbia, S. C. to Matthew M. and Suzanna Douglas Flick ing. She had lived in Blowing Rock for six years. Surviving are one son. Dr. Charles Davant, Jr. of Blow ing Rock; two sisters, Mrs. Gilbert Berry of Columbia, S. C., Mrs. John Thomas of Nashville, Tenn.; one brother, Capt. Evan Flicking of Beau ford, S. C.; five grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Monday at Beach Island Episcopal Church at Beach bland, S. C. Burial was in the Beach bland cemetery. Millard T. Rominger Millard Talmadge Roming er, dB, of Route 2, Vilas died Sunday at Cannon Memorial Hospital. He was the son of the. late Maney and Margaret Hicks Rominger. ' Surviving are five sons, Donley and Paul Rominger of Freeport, Ohio. Smith Rom inger of Lour City, Ohio, Roy Bominger of Akron, Ohio, Dewey Rominger of Vilas; three daughters, Mrs. Vir pte.a May of Vilas, Mrs. Min nie Presnell of Newton, Mrs. Dorothy Presnell of Stanley; Ine brother, Will Rominger of Vilas; thirty-five grand children. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p. m. in Forest Crave Baptist Church. Offici ating was Rev. Noah Johnson. Burial was in the Forest Crove cemetery, , r SirMSi. Miss Mary Wheeling Miss Mary Elizabeth Wheel ing, 67, of Deep Gap, Rt. 1, died Friday afternon at Wa tauga Hospital. She was born in Wilkes County to Thomas and Alie Catherine Waters Wheeling. She lived in Watauga County 23 years. Surviving are two brothers, Aaron Wheeling of Winston Salem and Kevert Wheeling of Deep Gap and two sisterS, Mrs. Linda Laws of Lenoir and Miss Martha Wheeling of North Wilkesboro. The funeral was held at 2 p. m. Monday at Stony Hill Baptist Church. Burial was in Stony Hill Cemetery Ralph S. Brown Ralph S. Brown, 68, of Boone, Rt. 3, died Thursday morning at Watauga County ^ Hospital. 'He SjaS horn in Watauga •A&ihty-tia 2al» and JiaiyWalt 'era'Brown. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Alma Brown; two sons, Mack Brown of Boone and Ed ward Brown of Landis; a daughter, Mrs. Guy Shirley of Boone; three brothers, Roby Brown of Johnson City, Tenn., Gwyn Brown of Marion and Lester Brown of Lenoir; and a sister, Mrs. Emma Walters of Hudson; and eleven grandchil dren. The funeral was held Friday at Oak Grove Baptist Church. Burial was in Mountlawn Cem etery. Raleigh Wilson Raleigh Wilson, 88, a retir ed farmer of Vilas, Rt. 2, died Sunday night at home. He was born in Watauga County to Marion and Sarfine Snyder Wilson. Surviving are five daught ers, Sirs. Lena Thomas of Av ondale, Pa., Mrs. Minnie John son of Vilas, Rt. 2, Mrs. Net tie Potter of Crescent City, Cal., Mrs. Grace Perry of Hills borough and Mrs. Bulah Pow ell of Detroit, Mich.; four sons, Dave Wilson of Hills borough, and Joe, Carl and Dean Wilson of Vilas. The funeral was held at 4 p. m. Tuesday at Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Burial was in Beaver Dam Cemetery. Mack G. Proffitt Hack Gaither Proffitt, 71, of Philadelphia, Pa., died Sat urday in a hospital there He was born in Watauga County to Thomas Roby and Julia Phillips Proffitt Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Jessie Hood Proffitt; and Laws of Lenoir and Mrs. Pearl Proffitt Russell of Los Angeles, Calif. LOOTINC IN THE DARK San Francisco - During an hour-long power failure, small hands . of men broke a. store window and carried out tele vision sets. Police said it was apparently the only store looted in the twelve-block area. J ohnson City, Texas - Presi dent Johnson sold a bull for $1,700. That would be almost $1 a pound on the hoof. The . price of steak won*t go up since the animal was bought for prise breeding father than, ..boef. r . ' v George r. limmons George Fremont Timmons, 42, of Boone, Rt. 2 was found dead in bed at 4 p. m. last Wednesday. He was found by his broth er-in-law, Claude Norris. Tim mons lived in a cabin beside the Norris home. Sheriff Ward Carroll said that Timmons died of natural causes. He was born in Watauga County to Lorin Wright and Laura Brown Timmons. He painted landscapes as a hob by. He graduated from high school at Boys Town, Neb raska and attended ASTC. Surviving are two daught ers, Misses Laura and Linda Timmons of Elizabethton, Tenn.; and a sister, Mrs. Claude Norris of Boone, Rt. 2. The funeral was held at 11 a. m. Friday at Saint Eliza beth’s Catholic Church. Burial was in Hickman Cemetery at Hudson. ABOUT YOUR HOME Let the decorating and fur nishing of your home reflect your personality. The main factor to consider is you — your personality,, your needs ■and yeur means, if you give thought to your decoration and furnishing it will add greatly to your pleasure and comfort. Color is probably the most important decorative element. The colors referred to as "warm” are those containing red, yellow and orange. Deco rators say that the “warm" colors tend to stimulate a feeling of intimacy. But when over used, they may make you restless. These colors move toward you and make rooms seem smaller. The cool colors are blue, green, violet and others pre dominated by blue. These cool colors give a feeling of se renity to a room. If over-used, they can be de pressing. Cool colors seem to move away from you, creating a feeling of spaciousness. Furniture is important. Fcr some people it is hard to de cide between conventional and modern. If you have one type and want another but can’t afford a complete conversion, keep in mind that beautiful results are achieved with combinations. In most cases, one style should predominate with the ottor used more-or-less for accent. Every object in a room should serve some purpose and have a function. Added beauty is always a legitimate function. Comment On Sports BOXING • • * BY PETE FRITCHIE Washington, D.C. — The CJay Terrell fight will finally come off February 6th but there is little reason to believe Ernie will fare better than recent challengers. Nevertheless, there is some interest if only because the World Boxing Association rec ognizes Terrell as the heavy weight champion. The February 6th encounter will almost certainly enable the WBA to get on the Clay bandwagon. As far as one can see today, Terrell is the last challenger of any interest. After Clay disposes of the tall WBA title holder, who will he right? Even Clay seems at a loss and has said he might be willing to take on Sonny Liston again. Probably the public would have none of that. Clay is unpopular in the . United States, but highly popular in Europe and Africa. So poor has been both his be havior and his press (as a result) in the United States be is under rated as well as disliked. Viewing his record objective ly, however, one must rate him among the areat heavy-weight champions. Certainly he has taken on all comers of late. And he has fearsome power in his fists. Few go the distance with him. Terrell might not last as long as George Chuvalo dld one of the men who lssted the distance and who Clay rates among the best he has faced. Some think Terrell will go down and out by round six. Certainly chances are anod be won’t last eight or ten rounds. If be makes the distance. It will probably be because he doesn’t choose to meet Clay blow for blow and dances away. The writer's prediction Is he , won’t be able to hapk this tor fifteen stanzas. 1 Watauga Home Clubs Have December Meetings The Watauga County Home Demonstration Clubs held meetings with a variety of pro grams for December. Mrs. Lil lian Danner, Home Economics Extension Agent, gave pro grams at several on “Ideas for Making Christmas Decora tions’” from unusual things found at home. The Trio Home Demonstra tion Club met with Mrs. Ralph Williams where members ex changed gifts and ideas for decorations. The most unusual ideas was the using of plastic bags to make a wreath given by Mrs. Charles Wilkinson. Mrs. Cora Link was hostess for the Valle Crucis meeting. Mrs. W. T. Ferneyhough was welcomed as a new member. Mrs. Link showed an idea for using felt to make an attrac tive score tally to be used as a Christmas gift. Mrs. Paul Patterson showed an idea for making an unusual housecoat by using three bath towels. The Beaver Dam Home Dem onstration Club met in the home of Mrs. Asa Reese with ten members present. Mrs. Doris Storie, Assistant Home Economics Extension Agent, led the group in some interest ing games. Mrs. Lillian Dan ner showed the group how they could use gold paint for Christmas decorations. Mrs. Cecil Swift was welcomed back to the community since she had recently moved to Farth ing Street in Boone. Members of the Buena Vista Home Demonstration Club en joyed a “Dessert Party” in which all furnished their fav orite at the home of Mrs. Bill Stout. Mrs. Raymond Harmon and other newly elected off icers were installed at a special installation service given by Mrs. John Gilliam, retiring president. Mrs. Odes Wilson was host ess for the Cove Creek Home Demonstration Club annual Christmas dinner. The thir teen members enjoyed the most appropriately decorated home in which Mrs. Wilson used many decorations which she had made. A special part of their Christmas program in cluded taking a tray of food to eight shut-ins in the com munity. The Bethel Home Demon stration Club enjoyed their an nual Christmas event in the home of Mrs. Jim Sherwood assisted by Mrs. Bill Sherwood. Members brought their favor ite dessert for this event. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Sher wood; vice- president, Mrs. George Edmisten; secretary, Mrs. Gareth Ward; reporter, Mrs. Baker Edmisten. Mrs. Bennie Baird and other officers were thanked for their excellent leadership as club officers of the Brushy Fork Club for the past two years at the meeting in the home of Mrs. Eddie Norris. The 22 members present learned who had been their Heart Sister 1.11*3 poai year as mey exenang ed gifts. A gift of crystil and a cook book was presented to Mrs. Danner in appreciation for her assistance during the past year. The special project of matching the money earned by the Watauga Hospital Nur ses on the television show waa reported. Members of the Young Homemakers Home Demonstra tion enjoyed a dinner at the Cardinal Restaurant in which their husbands were their guests. Mrs. Ed Gill was rec ognized for her leadership as put president and Sirs. Rob ert Ward recognized as incom ing president. Club members reported their Christmas pro ject of taking a tree, food and toys to a home in the commun ity. While in the home they assisted the children in decor ating for Christmas. Hodges Gap Home Demon stration Club members voted to give $25 toward the Wa tauga Hospital Nurses project at their dinner meeting at the Daniel Boone Hotel. Mrs. A. E. Vannoy was elected club president to serve the next two years. The club changed their meeting date to the first Tues day in each month at 1:30 p. m. Mrs. Vannoy presented a special Christmas program. Mrs. B. G. Goodman, a new member of the Green Valley Home Demonstration Club, wu hostess for their Christmu meeting. The nine members present enjoyed group singing of Christmas Carols and gift exchange. The following off icers were elected: President, Mrs. Stuart Barnes; vice-pres ident, Mrs. H. L. Coffey; sec retary, Mrs. Clayton Moretz; and treasurer, Mrs. Grady Mor etz. Know The Weather BY E. H. SIMS Why does a weather change so often affect the sinuses or the ears? When the weather changes, the pressure also changes, as a usual thing. When a clear spell comes to an end and rainy, low-pressure weather begins, those who experience ear or sinus trouble often ex perience discomfort. This is because there are pockets of air in our head, or sinuses, which become block ed off. The pressure inside be comes greater than outside when barometer falls (and a low-pressure system arrives overhead) and expands the pockets. A doctor will open them up, or equalize the pressure. The eustachian tube in the ear is a natural saftety value to allow air in and out of the ear. If it is closed by a swell ing or a bad cold, then you risk puncturing your ear drum if you fly at a high altl-> tude. “When the doctors told me my daughter was prob ably going blind, I deter mined to learn Braille and be her teacher. I wanted to cushion the shock of know ing she might lose her sight, and to try to share the ex perience with her.” Speaking is Mrs. Mary A. Fennell of Archer, Fla., mother of five-year-old Ltidlle, who has congenital glaucoma (hardening of the eyeballs). The attractive blonde and blue-eyed child is also the vic tim of another birth defect which consists of malforma tions of the lymph vessels throughout her body. ‘Tve been warned,” Lucille’s mother explains, “that if I make a mistake in her diet— such as using the wrong kind of flour in my pies—Lucille won’t be with us very long.” Mrs. Fennell told of her ef forts to learn Braille, and why, at the Birth Defects Center at the University of Florida School of Medicine at Gaines ville. The Center is one of 77 supported by the March of Dimes across the nation. At the suggestion of the Florida State Council for the Blind, Mrs. Fennell wrote to the Library of Congress for a book of Braille and teaching instructions. (Available at no cost for anyone declared legally blind.) “I thought that was all there was to it,” Mrs. Fennell says. “I figured I’d just do a little studying and soon I’d be teaching Lucille how to spell by ‘feeling’ the raised dots. How mistaken I was!” A person who has normal sight encounters far more dif ficulty learning Braille than the non-sighted. The reason is that the sighted individual re lies on the faculty of sight rather than that of touch. Lucille will not wrestle with LOSING HER EYESIGHT because of a birth defect which destroy* the optic nerves, Lucille Fennell, Archer, Fla., is learning to read Braille with her mother's help. anywhere near as much of a Braille problem as does her mother. The child’s print vi sion is limited to letters one inch high, so that she will never read book and news paper type and be confused by memories and associations of the printed letter or word. Mrs. Fennell is helping Lu cille memorize the “feel” of a few letters of the alphabet in raised-dot language, and to recognize how the “feel” sounds when spoken. Mother and child make a game of it. i School authorities were so impressed with the child’s progress that they permitted Lucille to enter regular kinder garten. When she enters first grade ; and moves into a textbook-1 oriented world, such classic readers as “Dick and Jane” j will be unintelligible to her in | Persons Near 65 Advised To Apply Early For Medicare's Doctor Plan If you are nearing the ai of. 65, signing up early for'Mec care could save you money. The Health Insurance Institute reminded older people today that the new Medicare law in cludes virtually everybody 65 and over regardless of whether they come under Social Security benefits. But unless they sign up at least a month before their 65th birthday, they risk losing some protection. “Medicare” is one name for two protection plans, the Insti tute said. Automatic The first is hospital care cov PTfiPP rAl/nro rt a ...i ■ ■ local Social Security Adminis Mother of March of Dimes Patient Teaches Child Braille as Precaution Another Year We’re facing now another year With all its sorrow and its cheer; With all its comfort and its pain, With all its loss and all its gain; A year we’ve never tried before, And know not what there is in store To bless us good, or try us out, To make us weep or make us shout. We do not know what we shall meet To bring us vict’ry or defeat; We know not how the foe will fight, Nor how he’ll take his stand or flight; We cannot see with mortal eyes Just what along our pathways lies, But let us do the best we know And trust the future as we go. We’ll fight some battles, we are sure; There’ll be a lot we must endure; The road won’t all be strewn with flow’rs, The days won’t all be sunny hours; There’ll be some trav’ling that is rough, And up-grade pulling that is “tough,” But let us trust the God who stands To help us with His outstretched hands. We’ll find a lot of work to do, Along with problems old and new; We’ll have some burdens hard to bear That call for patience, faith and prayer; We’ll have the privilege to bless Some fellow-pilgrims In distress, And show our love and courage, too, By what we say and what we do. There’s blessing great in store for those Who bear their cross and take the blows, Who will not string from;duty’s road, But like a hero bear their load; Who plod the vale and climb the hill, And do whatever God may will, ~ , Content to give the world our best And wait for God’s sweet day of rest Walter E. Isenhour, Minister. ' . Taylorsville, N. C. V conventional type. But her mother will translate such books onto sheets of “raised pinpricks,” using a special Braille typewriter. At the March of Dimes-sup ported Birth Defects Center, to which Lucille is taken for check-ups every few months, the specialists avoid an un qualified prediction. But if pressure against her optic nerves increases, total blind ness is almost certain to result. Understandably, this is the kind of tragedy that many fathers and mothers find in tolerable to face. But Mary Fennell is facing it, the doc tors say, courageously and with intelligent compassion. They wish more parents, in similar unhappy circumstances, could summon the same fortitude and sense of realism. tration of your ag'&),: >' Ir The second is medical or doc tor carfc coverage.' "Thfs not automatic. To qualify for it, you must agree to pay $3 a month as a premium (the Fed eral Government pays another *3 in your behalf). Bev Russing Realty Office On Blowing Rock Road “Buy in Boone from Bev” Hi, Folks, Thanks so much for all the lovely Christmas cards—what a thrill to find a note in one an nouncing the arrival of Ann Henshaw—she’s the newest member of the Lee, Carol and Karen Henshaw family. 1. OWNER HAS REDUCED PRICE: Three bedroom, large living room, carpeted, with fireplace, utility room and carport — Morningside Drive. 2. FOUR BEDROOM, double car garage and one acre of land in town. 3. THREE BEDROOM FRAME HOUSE with two acres of land west of town. A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE with three acres of land five miles from town. 5. HOMESPUN HILLS: Two bedrooms, large stone fireplace, completely furnished. 6. SMALL THREE BEDROOM HOU"' in walking distance to college. $8,500. 7. FOUR BEDROOM, 2 Vi baths, dining room, family room with fireplace, completely carpeted. Forest Hills. 8. POPLAR HILL: One acre building lot. Lots of trees. 9. TWO STORY LOG CABIN with twelve foot stone fireplace on beautiful wooded lot. $8,500. 10. BLUE RIDGE ESTATES: Three fine build ing lots. Each 100 x 145. 11. CHERRY BROOK LANE: Two units, each with two bedrooms, hot water heat, furn ished. brick construction. 12. FOR RENT: Three bedroom 1 Vi baths completely furnished on good road. 13. FOR RENT: Four bedroom, partially furn ished on the Blowing Rock Road. 14. Building lots in all locations and acreage. Call anytime, Bev Bussing 284-9191 P. O. Box 64 Boone. N. C. “Service With Sincerity” : The enrollment period for Medicare begins three months prior to your 65th birthday. 11 you do not enroll within thus time, you stand a good chance of losing doctor care coverage for long periods of time. For example, if you w^it until the month you are 65, your medical protection won’t go into effect until the following month.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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