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I DECEMBER 14, 1939 OPEN FORUM Readers are invited to contribute to tbia department. Profit may be derived from these letters. Name of writer must accompany all manuscript and brevity is urged. BOONE'S CHURCHES Editor Democrat: Boone could well be called "the little city of churches." inasmuch as five of the leading Protestant denominations are represented hen. I In this respect the town is singularly fortunate for none of us would come to live in a community where the Christian religion was not a . dominant force. The Baptists were the first to he represented here and their present church plant is the outgrowth of that small band of devout souls that overcame all obstacles. Ilev. J. C. Canipe is the present pastor. He is of the evangelist type and puts his messages across with force and conviction. The Episcopalians were the next to establish themselves here, bu! afler a few years they transferred their work to Valle Cruris where fox- many years they have carried on a worthwhile work. The Methodist was the next ! church here, and since its organization has numbered among its pastors some of the greatest of that great denomination, not the least of whom is the present pastor. Rev. Taul Townsend. Mr. Townsend is on ardent hunter in his spare time, which is not much, by ihe way. for bis time is well taken up in hunting for ways and means to help the community. For many years the Lutherans have maintained an organization and at present this pulpit is ably filled by Rev. Edwin F. Troutman. who succeeded Rev. Mr Yount, one of the Lutheran stalwarts. Mr. Troutman has a fine personality, he is a splendid preacher and is doing a great work here. The Advent Christian church under the leadership of Rev. F. E. Wurman. D. D., ss making gr-'C strides in this neighborhood. Dr. Warman is one of tuc reany big preachers in his church. Resides holding this pastorate. Dr. Warman is a member ot the faculty of Appalachian College, so it can be readily seen that he is a very busy man. For Many years the ITesbyierians of Boone have worked for the rs tablishsr.ent of a church and now if. appeats that their labors are to be rewarded. A lot has been purchased and plans drawn for the new building. This coming spring, ground will be broken and huiluing started. Mr. Henry Belk of Charlotte, perhaps the most prominent layman in the Presbyterian church in North Carolina, will contribute the brick and tile for the M ?-) ...??? *T J KUHUUK,, aim vv licit IIwill compare favorably with Boone's ether splendid church edifices. Early this fall Rev. John Rhea of Greenville, T'enn., was called to this charge. Mr. Rhea preached his first sermon here on October 11, and since that time the membership has doubled. Besides this great worK another congregation has been formed at Baird's Creek to keep pace with the mother church. Mr. Rhea is a powerful preacher, earnest, sincere and wholly consecrated to his Master's service. Both he and his wit'e are indefatiguable workers and their coming to Boone has been a real contribution to the spiritual life of the community. DAVID P. ALLISON. Eoone, N. C. R. E. A. NOTES LIGHT AND PLANT GROWTH Florists and market gardeners find the use of the same type electric lamps used in your homes or barns very profitable for bringing flowers into bloom and controlling plant development to be ready for market at the time they will command the highest price. Lamps in greenhouses or hotbeds can be turned on . ing in hotbeds and Mcssick propagating benches maintains that uniform ideal growing temperature to produce a more vigorous, uniform growth of .voung plants in a much shorter time. Electric beds are cleaner, need not be rebuilt each season, and cost very little to operate. Ventilation and watering of electrically heated beds is handled much as in beds heated by other means, except that more water is generally required as a result of the drying effect of the heat from the wires. The thermostat governs the supply of heat, when needed, to. keep the bed from dropping below the minimum setting. Electric soil heating is becoming increasingly popular because of the case with which the temoerature of the plant bed is controlled. Once installed, only the turning of a switch is required to start the operation of the equipment. ?' ? ? ' ' # DR. C.G. BAUGHMAN. eye, ear. nose and throat specialist of Elizabethton, Tenn., will he at the Ilaga man Clinic in Boone the first Mon days in each month for the practice Of his profession. 4-7-11 Men of Christmas j Postmaster General James A. i Farley receives Christmas cards at the rate of 1.100 a day daring the Yule season. Vaseo Da Garaa, the great Portuguese navigator, was b>rn on Christmas day in H69, discovered Natal. Africa, on Christmas day, 1497. and died on Christmas eve, 1524. Oscar Phillips, postmaster at Santa Claus, lnd? cancels a half-million pieces of mail each Christmas season. President Koosevclt gets a i toothbrush and cake of soap in i his slocking each Christmas?an old family custom. ! Edward Kecnan, who has enacted the role of Santa Claus in ' Milwaukee since 1927. keeps a small herd of reindeer all year I round for this purpose. I No, This Isn't Santa. Kiddies j I ^ liMBBalfi 1 & ' ?l > ! I k i Just a feu- uf the boys entering into the festive spirit. Too to bottom: Eddie Cantor (couldn't you ! recognize those eyes?); Jimmy Du rante (you couldn't miss (bat beak), and Boris Kartoff, shudder mcr- j chant of the ftlms. Next Year's Yule Cards Already Being Designed ; Workers on Christmas cards carry I on steadily all through the year. ! The artists who draw them have at- i ready produced their designs for the 1940-41 season, and as soon as ; the holidays are over the printer j will begin wurk on those cards. One j big firm in England has 500 men ; and women employed in the production of these cards, sometimes with calendars added. Ex-Detroit Paper Boys Aid 65,000 at Christmas I DETROIT. ? Twenty-five years ! ago the late James Brady conceived | the idea of raising funds to insure needy children a merry Christmas by organizing a group of men who as boys had sold newspapers in the | cuy. inc iaea was tor mem to re turn to their old corners at a stated period and sell papers to all who passed. Last year this organization of oldtimers raised about $150,000. A CHRISTMAS ADVENT Jare -and Jbhn 'v/e. musthubr^ have heai chosen ma?c plane by Santa b> visi b here 10 take nl > Christmas town, -"\chris-tiiasi He has already 1 f~ radioed their V\ mother of his *invitation and C \ fOs that his madic >rv\ Y\S plane is cm the riSrhi k WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER' N. C. TO HAVE 32 VOTES !i IN G. O. P. CONVENTION i ? |: Washington, Dec. 7?North Caro-' ( lina Republicans will have 23 votes in the 11)40 Republican national , convention, according to the ap- , portionrnent of the 1,000 delegates J made here today by the Republican , executive committee. Each dele- < li Santa I ft# I ? f? 1^1 w ?* m ? is Wet slippery r S&ff special low pri W tee you the sai W HALF THE C W WHEN YOU ( 1 HEREi 1 LOW If on G-: I GO< *?T w W 4.75 - 5.00-19 gp 5.25 - 5.50-18; m 5.25 - 5.50-17 ffe 6.00 - 16 # 6.25 - 6.50-16 W w Sjff OTHER I jgr Used Tires as ay Simonize, only ftLj Tube Repair Kits . oX Fan Belts, only . .. Large Chrome Fog 13-plate Batteries, ; Vljf 17-plate Ford BatU Sj,t Zerone and Prestoi: Super-Shell Gasoli tyy? Hot Water Heaters t nnnr Ip? Phone 108 URE *T?ie bi<g airplane svc cm!ld(?en.tiie ) llafldin^ on the frcr tflusotvjBE. J children hurry; aboa iUtb sumhigher and higher; fc loWNI * ifJTHURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. ;ate will have one alternate. McPherson Chairman John Hamilton report- Wedding A :d to the committee the nomination The f?ll< t Mrs. Lindsay Patterson as a beer, recer nembtr of the Republican national couple in t committee to fill the North Carolina formerly r Vacancy caused by the death of where he e Mrs. John R. Jones. The national tor one se< tommittce at its meeting here in "Doctor January will pass on the nomination McPherson >f the North Carolina committee. your press i Says ay Sate ?a~ (J| oads are ahead. Why take chai ices and have your smooth tires ne mileage as you will receive fi X)ST. Our shop is modern ar 2 AN SAVE HALF? ARE THE NEW I PRICES 3 All-Weather WM9JP IS WLPkK& TIRES $ 7.33 8.32 9.22 10.00 12.50 ith your Old Tires SIZES IN PROPORTION low as 50c 39c Cc 33c Lights, $10.95 value, only $6.09 guaranteed 12 months, only $3.95 >ries, guaranteed 13 months $4.95 te, gallon ? ne and Ethyl Gas, Gallon ? , regular $13.75 value, installed ... $8.00 VE TIRE WATAUGA COUN1 1ES TIRE Free Road Servi ' ~ |j/jusr-nw< .ichhA=?~ ?p5 V> a,psrfect ) Soon WEiLeEAiuyTttlawn and the [5tees&ntaciaosv) ro.Off they^o, ~~7/ 71w,idSTF^s vara the Niviii, . if ^believe were/) PAGE SEVEN -Harper j their daughter. Mary Banks, to Mr .nr.ounced ! Firsley Gwyn Harper, Junior, Wednving announcement has ncsd^ H"2 twenty-seventh of De, . , . ceinbcr at eight o'clock, First Pressed by friends of the ; ytc,rjan church. Durham, North his vicinity. Mr. Harj.<_r Carolina.'' csidcd at Blowing flock ditcd the Blowing Rccnel War, lack of jobs and racial anlS('n; lagonisms head the list of items and Mrs. Samuel Dace about which high school students request the honor ol are most concerned, according to a nee at the marriage of recent Y. M. C. A. survey. noes? Take advantage of our recapped. We absolutely guaran- ^ -om any first line new tire AT Js* id complete. WHY PAY MORE tb "Y . . . STORAGE ^ ^ COMPANY I ce Boone, N. C. frfe Disaster? TWE WOCOS WECE U ^ I ^ j h'fanfayma/ic ^rjj ^sssfA n ) \og>-^ -willnapjjen to t \ \ iheyoundflxTs? Xgc* i=A_ Watch the next ?* -af g)| installment!
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