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Record Corn Crop is ! 11,811 in 1945 Prior 10 last year 1 1 , . c, . the corn yield in this State usu rlarvested in i3t?t?|ally ran about 21 bushels. | This year's ciop was two per Rarmers of this State have justlcent large* than the 35,650, 000 completed harvesting the large?t|bushels produced in 1M5 amU7 com crop ever produced in NorthlP^'1" c*1"' greater than the 10-ywr Carolina, according to the Statejavera8c of 48,367,000 bushels. Department of Agriculture. j ? ? ? Not only was the 56,706,000 Ancient rabbis recommended bushel corn harvest a record-! warm goat's milk every morning breaker, the yield of 26 bushels tojas a remedy for bronchits and the acre was one bushel largeri cardiac pains. i good/year USE OUR BUDGET PLAN Scientifically designed treads give Goodyear tirei extra grip, greater safety on slippery turns and curves . . . more "dig-in" for safe traction on ?lick "straight - aways" . . . more thousands of safe miles Supplies are limited, but stop in now ... if we don't have your size in stock, we'll keep you going safoly with Good year Recapping or low - ccst repairs until new tires become available. NEW TIRES DESERVE NEW TUBES ? , GOODYEAR DELUXE TUBES TIRE STORE Boon*. N. C. Phone 225-J Ctjrisyna* ?ap On Christmas Day we repeat the old familiar greeting that, each year, in some mystic way rings (rest) and true? "Merry Christmas. ' Like such words as "hello" and "good-by." there really isn't any thing else to say that pulls at our heartstrings as do these old dear words. And so again we say: Merry Christmas ? to the littlest ones who skip downstairs in the gray dawn to ex plore their stockings 4 HMy and the wondrous tree and to look at ^ 1 Christmas with the special radiance of youth . * who lend to the rest of ua lit tle glimmers of the real Christmas glamour. Merry Christmas ?to father who'll strain a point any day to give us all the things we want . . . who probably works much too hard and yet keeps younger and more alert because of the responsi bility of a family and the competi tion of business . . . who makes the gesture of tut-tutting all the fuss and feathers yet beams with affection and excitement. Merry Christmas ? to mother who really calls the tunc fo# the holidays and does the plan ning and pulling to- ' gether . . . who flut ters, and bustles ra- . ^ diantly for weeksi ahead and undoubt-^ edly has the best and busiest time of all. Merry Christmas? to the butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker, not to mention all those who sold us shoes and ships and sealing wax . . . for what would Christmas be without them? For through them we've all been able to share our own little prosperity in the most whole some way of all ? by spending it. Merry Christmas ? to dear friends far and near who've sent us greet ings and gifts most especially do we cherish the greetings because even more than gifts they express the true spirit of Christmas Merry Christmas ?to the droppeis-in who come with holiday cheer and friendship . . who come to our parties or stop by to leave a glass of extra elegant Jelly or an origi nal privately invented relish. fclerry Christmas? to ourself. for that matter. But then we feel pret ty sure that we'll have one for we've put so much work and excitement and loving getting-ready into it. For of course we all get out of Christ mag Just about what we put in. Head-turning, eye-catching, holiday-inspired hairdos, so lovely and extra flattering. Let our skilled specialists re-shape and re-style your hair for the holiday season . . . Early appoint ments are suggested. All fcinds of Permanents, machine and Machineless; We specialize in Cold Wave Permanents e Artistic Beauty Salon PHONE 8 Boone, North Carolina^ L W c | St. Lucy Honored Throughout Sweden inaugurate* the Christmas season in Sweden. On that day the prettiest girl in the household is chosen to lmper- ! sonate Lucy; very early Christinas ' I morning she will go through the bouse awakening the household and kiving each person a cup of coffee or some sort of sweetened bever age. Her costume is traditionally a white dress with a red sash, and j she wears a wire crown entwined l with bilberry twigs ? similar to the American cranberry ? studded with nine candles. Llturgically, St. Lucy was mar | tyred about 300 A D. The story goes that Lucy gave her dowry to | the Christians ? whose courage she admired ? instead of turning it over| to her fiance. The enraged young: ! man informed against her and she ! was condemned to be burned at the | stake: unharmed by the flames, she ' did not die until thrusUthrough with [ a sword. Lucy is commemorated somewhat diversely In Switzerland where she ! is the legendary wife of Father I Christmas. Wearing a round cap over her long braids, a faced bod ice and a silk apron, she marches around the village with Father' Christmas and distributes gifts to' the girls while he looks after the boys. A new soil conservation district has been approved in Cumberland county. Eighty-four counties of the state are now organized in 22 districts. A "MER8I CHRISTMAS" . . . Some oo the road to recovery, j some doomed to spend their lives In hospitals, thousands open thou- I sands of World War II heroes are spending Christmas in hospitals again this year. Happy despite handicapping war wounds, fight ing veterans have entered into the Yuletide spirit. Deciphers Story of Old Syrian Tablet A scholar at Yale university re cently translated an Inscription on a clay tablet (ound in Northern Syria which comprised "the oldest known narrative of the miraculoui birth of an exceptional child," ante dating similar tales familiar in Old Testament literature. The ancient tablet was one of sev-| eral unearthed during a series of archeological expeditions begun in 1929 at Ras Shamra, the site at *ncient Ugarit, and the translation was made by Or. Julian J. Ober mann, director of Judalca research at Yale. He said the inscription, in cunei form alphabet, formed the prologue of a Canaanite saga about a cer tain Daniel, who lived more than 1,000 years before his namesake who invaded the lions' den, and how be begat a son named Aqhat, CENTER OF U. S. j j The Department of Commerce jhas announced publication of two world charts centering on forty three north latitude and one hun-( dred degrees west longitude, the approximate geographic center of! the United States, which is put| at Meads Ranch, Kansas, sixty- 1 five miles northwest of Salina. PrepOTed by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the charts are constructed on what is known as the Azimuthal equadistant pro jection, which means that straight' lines radiating from the center of the chart represent great circles in their true azimuths from the initial point. LISTLESS Cktldren littieu, finicky, fr#H?l diM tc faulty ?liminotion ? Tongue coated, ifonv och tour? Time for TRIENA, ?qiy to-give laxative TRICNA i? ?*P^ cially lor youngsters under 12. Prompt octing, mild. Contains pure pru ne- juice. TRY TRIENA. Caution: um only at directed. 30c, large size, 50c. B. W. STALLiNGS Jeweler ... Boone, N. C. She Told\Santa She Wanted Some oi Those Hard-to-Gei- Iiems From Watauga Hardware Things Worth Waiting For A Frigidaire Refrigerator . . . Electric Stove ... a Bendix Home Laundry Unit ... a Philco Radio . . . Record Player ... a Mixmaster. ... So Santa told her to go or to send her husband to WATAUGA HARDWARE to get her name on the list for the things she wanted most and knew was waiting for until it became available. "It is bet ter to wait and get a gift you will enjoy for years to come." said Santa. Santa knows best, too. Here Are Some Suggestions That You Can Take Home With You Now . . . Electric Ironers As low as $5.50 Revere Ware Cooking Utensils with copper bottoms As low as $4.60 Pyrex Gift Sets 11 -piece Set for $2.45 Pyrex Flameware For top of stove and oven cooking 4-piece Set for $2 50 Cast Aluminum Chicken Fryers # at $4.45 Enamelware 12-Quart Pails Double Boilers Sauce Pans . . Covered Pots Arvin Electric Heaters Electric Heating Pads 4-Piece Sets of Pyrex Mixing Bowls Corey Coffee Makers Priced at $2.50 Carving Sets TOOLS FOR THE WORKSHOP HUNTING COATS THERMOS JUGS and BOTTLES POCKET KNIVES Wheel Goods and Other Toys We have some wonderful Wagons, Tricycles, Scooters and Go-Cars among our sturdy wheel goods. Among our smaller toys we have Trucks, Trac tors, Trailers and other toys children will like. Watauga Hardware, Inc. The Friendly Sjore ? O Boone, N.C. rs
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