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SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN BOONE VOL. LXI, NO. 23. WATAUGA An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1948. ? VP* FIVE KING STREET ROB RIVERS CHRISTMAS opening and bur-, ey tobacco jubilee Saturday iruwgtit a host of folks to Boone .. . Several thousands lined the treets for the big parade. featur-| ng gaily decorated floats, the tieh school band, and various ither attractions ,t. . merchants >elieve the event was by far the nost largely attended of any uch occasion in the nistory of he town , . . Fog ?',d rain Satur lay morning bought feeling of( leoression to local merchants, vho could envision their hand amp floats,, with all the crepe >aper trimmings, caught in a lownpour. Clearing skies by toon, however, made the day deal for the big parade . . . ?anta Claus drew the attention if the youngsters as he tossed landfuls of striped stick candy nto the crowds of iuveniles who fathered for the occasion. . . ?0 % m STORES or THE CITT are an set tor Santa Claus . . . The Christmas inn, with ih? colorful balls and tinsel are bt- , ing ?an in 111* shop windows . . . along with baby tolls, toy railway traini. airplane*, tri e* cles. and auni . . . items of Hrrthlng without end for all the folks, all fixed uo with the drift trimmings, while house bold strollancei world without end, radiot. etc., abound in this folrrland of the Yule season ... There are so many of these gadaets for the home that are alwavs given to "Mom", ... she's so sweet . . . and then "we can all enioy them so muchf . . . and the electric locomotive with the itring of cars, that is laid out under the tree for Junior, while pop plays with the thing all day long, come Christmas . . . Ifs all a part of the Joyous period in human history, when we can all un Hmber Juit a bit, and relax and come back to work with an Improved set of human values . . . regardless of whether they last! ? ? ? KIDS down at the demonstra ion school are havine a talent how at the Theatre Friday even ng at 8:45. the proceeds to be wed for buvine enuioment for ?ertain activities soonsored by the teachers, for which insuf irient funds are provided . . . "hese youngsters are <"ire to have he supnort of the Community in heir efforts, and besides glvine is an opportunity to aid in a vorthv cause, thev wilt provide he highest tvpe of entertain nent . . . Tobacco market opens with two houses full of choice veed. and with the third largely 'illed . . . Never in the history of he market has the auality of the offerings been so uniform'v Vifh. ;av the "men who know tobacco >est" . . . Tommv Roark going his olacld undisturbed wav around own. with a friendly "good ?norning" to acquaintances . . J Tlvde R. Greene speaking of his ?ecent defeat in the congressional race, says he's been a sick man. but is "now taking on some solid Food." . . . John W Hodges, who iv as first elected sheriff of Watauga county forty-four years igo. reminisces about the old days in Boone, and recalls few of the idults of that era who still reside >>ere . . ? Guy Hunt, who opened i tiny store in Boone several rears ago. which has expanded nto one of the town's largest de partment stores .takes a bit of time out to agree with us that Boone's the best little town there is, and predicts a big year-end business along the street . . . jifts lists being made out as baf fled papa reflects on the possible 'ate of Santa Claus ? ? ? ELMER MILLER, on* of out good friends from out in Blue Ridcre township, bring* us in a honk of venison from a success ful deer hunt in the Pisgah Forest . . . Elmer in company with five other men from Blow ing Rock, killed three deer on the trip . . . His an 8 point back, weighed 1M pounds . . . Marion Fard killed a ? point white tail that weighed 11*. WUey Qreene and Ben Church, both shot at the same animal . . . and one or both killed the 170 pound buck ... To top the ???* Elmer's father. J. C. Mil lar. fetched home a spike buck Hm other day from dow^on the south side of the Grand father . . . We're glad the boy* had good hunting, and greatly , (Continued on page 4) BLAIR HOUSE m? ? i .? hv?b The Blair house, horn* for the Truman* while repairs are made to the White House, was the scene of much activity as it was being prepared for the first family's return from Florida. Repairs to the White House are expected to take at least a year to complete. The Blair house has been the official government guest house. Thousands Attend Christmas Opening Co. Basketball League Formed A basketball league of six teams was formed last Friday when representatives" met at Appalachian High school to draw up the playing regulations. The teams represented were: Todd, Blowing Rock, Cove Creek, Bethel and two from Boone. Games will be played at the various high school gymnasiums on Monday and Saturday night throughout the season. First round play will start Saturday, December 4th at 7:30 p. m. At that time Boone (Miller's team) will meet Blowing Bock at Blow ing. Rnf k. r.rarft Creek will tangle with Bethel at Bethel and Boone (Wilson's team) will be pitted against Todd at Todd. The fol lowing Monday will see, Todd at Bethel, Blowing Rock at Boone olaying Miller's team and Boone (Wilson's) at Cove Creek. Suitable trophies will be awarded to the winning team according to the executive com mitte. This committee is made up of one representative from each team. The committee and players ap preciate the help of the several schools and communities in co operating with the League by permitting the games to be held in their gymnasiums Empty Stocking Fond To Aid 100 The Empty Stocking Fund, un der the direction of Mrs. John Perry, chairman, plans to fill the stockings of about one hundred children this Christmas that San ta Clause would be forced to over look without the help of the fund. Candy, nuts, toys and clothing will be provided for the stock ings. Donations to the Empty Stock ing should be sent to Mrs. Erie Adams at Northwestern Bank. | The money received will be spent .on clothing. A toy matinee will be held to secure toys and the Jacees will furnish toys, also. Safety Council Meets Thursday The quarterly meeting of the Western Piedmont Safety Coun cil will be held in the auditorium of the Hickory High school. Hickory, on the night of Thurs day, December 2nd, at 7:30 o'olock. An Interesting and entertain ing program is being arranged, the main features of which will be musical selections by the Lenoir-Rhyne College Choir, under the direction of Prof. Ken neth Lee, a talk on school safety program by Mr. H. Leslie Moody and a sound slide film entitled "A couple of Guys named Joe." The Western Piedmont Safety Council comprises the counties of Alexander. Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Catawba, Wa tauga and Wilkes. Representatives from every in dustry are cordially invited and it is hoped we will have a large delegation present", stated J. Roy Moore, secretary. The Christmas opening and burley tobacco celebration Sat urday brought an immense crowd to Boone, which was estimated by some merchants at from 7,000 to 8,000, in the biggest turnout fori a merchandising event, perhaps in the history of the community.1 The parade, which featured' large number of floats, the highj school band, veterans' units, a bicycle brigade, and of course Santa Claus, was the most color-! fill pageant the town has wit-] nessed on such an occasion, anal thousands lined the streets to} watch the parade proceed through the town. The tobacco ware-i houses were well represented in the parade, and Happy Saml Fowler, of radio fame directed the broadcast from the square as the parade ended. The colored lights along the street were turned on in the evening, and the crowds disper sed after a day of entertainment and good fellowship. The occasion marked the open ing of the Christmas shopping season, and the start of the auc tion sales at the tobacco market on Monday. The event drew hundreds of people from the tri state are who patronize the local market, and the stores and shops of the city. Talent Show Is Set For Friday The program for the Tal*n* Show, sponsored by the Boone Demonstration school on Friday night, December 3 at the Appa lachian Theatre in cooperation [with Mr Bob Agle and his staff, 'has been announced. The pre sentation, which will come im mediately following the first show, is directed by the teachers and will include children from each of the first seven grades. Mrs. Joe Crawford is school chairman for the show. The following numbers are scheduled to be given: "Shorten in' Bread" by Jo Ann Trivette; "Home on the Range" by Bill Dameron; "Chicken Crowin' on Sour Wood Mountain" by Bobby Agle, John Ralph Buchanan, Peter Quincy, Raymond Smith and Ted Bucicland, all of the first grade. The second grade will bej 'featured in the rhythm band as Ithey play "Upon the House Top," "My Big Black Dog" and "Gin gerbread." The third grade per formers include Mollie Agle in a Idanc* and Larry Austin in "Here |Comes Santa Claua." Some ifourth graders will dance a minuet, while the fifth graders I will entertain with folk Bongs by Ted and Buster Church, a piano solo by Ann Cottrell, and a har monica solo by Dickie Hunt. The sixth graders will render two Christmas songs, "White Christ mas" and "Silent Night" and also present a negro comedy. Miss Junior Appalachian will be aelec ted in a beauty contest, sponsor ed by the seventh grades. | The school will share in half the proceeds, which will be used to purchase supplementary in struction supplies. Tickets are be ing sold by the pupilfi at fifty cents each for adults and twenty- j five cents for children under twelve. The ticket will admit one to both the picture and to thei talent show. AAA ELECTION TO BE HELD IN COUNTY TODAY A final appeal was made today by Ned Glenn, chairman of the Watauga County Agricultural Conservation Program, urging all fanners to attend the Com munity Committee election in their respective communities on Thursday, December 2. Nbticces of polling places have been mail ed to all farmers in the county. North Carolina has been among the leading states hr the percen-] tage of eligible voters who cast their ballots in community com mittee elections. It is important that we continue this good re cord. The farmers who are bene fiting in so many ways from pro grams administered by commit teemen should not fail to partici pate in the elections and select the best qualified men to serve. The calibre of the committeemen elected this fall will have a lot to do with the future of the farm program. Conservation of our soil and water resources is vital to the well-being of the nation; our price support and other programs affecting our main commodities like tobacco and others must be properly admins tered, and that calls for selecting the right men on December 2. Dr. Abrams Will Address Teachers Dr. W. Amos Abrams, editor of the North Carolina Education Association Journal, will speak to the Watauga county teachersi nn Tuesday, December 7. The meeting will be held in the Appa lachian State Teachers College Auditorium and will get under way at 2 o'clock in the after noon. Teachers from surrounding counties have been invited to at tend this meeting. Dr. Abrams will come directly from Raleigh where the NCEA group is now working on the legislative program for the com ing legislature. In his speech. Dr. Abrams will discuss the Educational Commis sion's report and the effect that this report will have on the legislative program for this year. All county schools will dismiss at 12 o'clock on Tuesday in orde* that all teachers may have an opportunity to attend this meet ing Thanksgiving Service Is Held A large number of pupils and visitors were present at the an nual Thanksgiving service held at ten o'clock on Thanksgiving morning in the Methodist church. Following the singing by the various groups of children, Rev. , I. K. Parker, pastor of the Pres byterian church spoke to the children. Dr. W. G. Bond, pastor of the Baptist church, led in orayer. The offering of )26.00 which was taken, will go to aid oolio victims. Miss Anne C. Reynolds Bride of Lloyd P. Tate Bennettsville, S. C., Nov. 29 ? Young Anne Cannon Reynolds, II, heiress to North Carolina to bacco and textile millions, was married here this morning to Lloyd Patrick (Junebug) Tate, widely-known horseman of Pine-] hurst, N. C? and Blowing Rock, N. C. . I spring from an exclusive school in Florida and spent the summer| in Blowing Rock. Shielded by her Grandmother Cannon from the spotlight which blazoned the names of her par ents across the front pages of the nation, her name seldom appear ed in print except In connection The suprise ceremony was per- with her widely publicized moth formed this morning at 9:35 er and late father. Her infrequent o'clock by Probate Judge John! public appearances were gener F. Kinney in his office here. jally limited to her participation The 18-year-old bride is the in the annual Blowing Rock only daughter of the late Smith Horse show, and to the general Reynolds, one of the heirs of thelpublic she was known only as the Reynolds tobacco fortune, and, heiress to the Cannon and Rey Anne Cannon Reynolds Plumly.tnolds millions. now living in Roanoke, Vs., mem-| The young heiress is an ardent ber of the Cannon textile family horsewoman, and her bridegroom of Concord, N. C. Her maternal is one of the moat adept riders grandparents were the late Joe in horse show circles of the East. Cannon, son of the founders of the Young Tate is the son of .Mr. Cannon mills, and Mrs. Annie and Mrs. Lloyd Tate of Plnehurst Ludlow Cannon of Concord and and Blowing Ityck. His father Blowing Rock. Young Anne, who was often re ferred to as "the richest baby in has for yearr been active In con nection with show horses, andl since he was big enough to keepj the world," was reared from in- a seat in a saddle, Junebug, as he fancy by her grandmother. Her is known to intimatM pnd hone time was divided between the show enthusiasts, his been ap Cannon home in Concord and pearing in horse shows and has their summer residence at Blow- been widely acclaimed for his ih< Rock. She waa graduated last, export riding ability. Local Hospital Service Is To Be Greatly Expanded ROYAL SALUTE mmm wmawmmm Again*! a background oi the ??nerable battlements ol London tower, ? unit of tha royal artillery fires the 41 -gun salute marking the birth of a future king of England. The salute was fired far snough from Buckingham Palace not to wake the baby. Burley Prices Here J Reach New Record The first auctions of the sea son were held Monday on the floors of Mountain Burley Ware house no. 1, where 350.000 pounds of tobacco brought the highest prices in the history of the local market. Nearly two million pounds of weed was on the floors of the three houses of the local market when sales began. The tobacco on the floors at this time is said to be of the highest quality in the history of the market, and farmers are ex pressing general satisfaction with the amount of the checks received. Many baskets brought from 60 to 63 cents, and only a negligible quantity was taken by the Commodity Credit Corpora tion. Floors were being cleared at warehouse no. 1, all through the sales and there is plenty of room, so that farmers never have to wait to unload their cropsf Farm ers Warehouse is full and sales were in progress there yesterday afternoon. Mountain Burley no. 2 is practically full as receipts again shift to no. 1. Buyers from all the major to I'oacco companies are on the mar 'let and L. B. Jenkins & Co., re< turns a buyer to Boone aftei three years absence. W. P. Hedrick of Raleigh, State '.obacco market specialist, was, oresent for the opening sale on the Boone market. HOUSING This year's housing construc tion will hit an all-time high, ac cording to the Commerce Depart ment, which estimates that 1,230, 000 housing units will be started this year. That figure includes farm houses, trailers and recon versions. C. of C. Official STANLEY HARRIS Harris Is Given i C. of C. Position Stanley A. Harris, retired na tional Boy Scout executive has been named secretary of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, and has established his office in the Wade E. Brown Building. The office will be open every week day, and when Secretary Harris is absent, someone will be on duty to take care of any busi nes arising. . Mr. Harris, who until recently was national director of inter racial activities, Boy Scouts of America, is president of the re cently-formed Boone Rotary Club. Price Of Democrat Advanced Today Du? to the continued ad vance* in paper, and all other materials which go Into the production of a newspaper, the Democrat reluctantly announ ces an advanced scale of sub scription prices, effective im mediately. Most newspapers have raised their prices ? number of times during the last few years, and the Democrat made every effort to retain the pre-war rate, but it Just can't be done any longer. The publisher points oat that this is the only newspaper to his knowledge which has main tained the old rate, despite soaring costs, and regrets Ms financial inability to keep go ing so far in the red cm the cir culation side of the bwlasN. The new rates which repre sent a slight increase, are as follows i In Watauga county: One year *2.00. six months SI. 50. four months tlM) Outside Wa tauga countyj one year $U0. six months S1.7S: four months 1.25. Army reports new ballon alti ture record of 16 1-4 miles. At a recent meeting of tk( board of Trustees of Watauga Hospital, three new mem ben were elected to take office Jan uary 1, and Information was re leased to the effect that a resi dent surgeon has been employed, and that additional equipment will be installed, to the end that the local institution will meat the highest standards of modern hospitals. The new trustees are Wade X Brown, Earl D. Cook, and A. X. | South. They are named to re : place Smith Hagaman, T. C. Baird, and I. G. Greer, whoee terms expire the first of the year. Other members ot the | board are W. R. Winkler, Clyde R. Greene, John Howell, G. K. Moose, Dave Mast and J. H. .Winkler. Dr. ' Lawrence H. Owiley Of Opelika, Ala., has been elected as surgeon and medical director of the local hospital. Dr. Owsley received his BS degree from Alabama Polytech nic Institute and was graduated in medicine and surgery at Emory University in Atlanta in 1940. He served one year rotat ing internship 'at the West Bal timore General hospital, preced ing a three year residency in surgery at the same institution, which is a fully accredited hospi tal for graduate training in sur gery. During the illness of the chief resident surgeon, and the inabilty of the hospital to replace him during the war period. Dr. Owsley was made chief resident surgeon during the last two years of his three years residency. He entered the army medical corps in January 1944 and spent eigh teen months in orethopedics and general surgery. He did orthope dic surgery at Hammond general hospital, Modesto, Calif., and general surgery at the 62nd gen eral hospital in France. On his .return from overseas he did sur gery at Edgewood ? Arsenal Sta tion Hospital, and recently ha* been engaged in surgery at Ope lika, Alabama. He is married and has a seven year old son. "It seems," says a statement prepared by the trustees, "that a great many people think that the hospital belongs to Appala chian College. Probably the rea son for this is, that several years ago, in order to keep the hospital open, the college gave generous assistance, for which the people owe a debt of gratitude. How ever, we are anxious for the people to know that the hospital belongs to them and that it Ln to be operated, as stated in the charter, 'for the use and benefit of all the people of Watauga county.' " "The trustees wish to publicly express sincere appreciation to Dr. J. B. Hagaman for his faith ful services to the hospital, given many times no doubt, at a per sonal loss, and to all the members of the medical profession for their pledge of cooperation in the further development of the hospi tal that it may render a ftiller and more complete service to all our people." Dr. Owsley has supplied the trustees with a list of equipment that It will be necessary to ob tain, and quotations are being asked from a number of concerns. It is said that a considerable amount of money will be requir ed to fully equip and staff the hospital, but the trustees express confidence that with the full co operation of everyone the task can be accomplished. As has been the case in the past, the hospital will be opera ted on the "open staff' plan, that is, all members of the pro fession hem may take their pati ents there and carry on their practice. A business manager Is to be> employed and a full staff of registered nurses, it was said, No definiate date has been set for Dr. Owsley to assume his duties, but it will likely be after the first of the year before ike new equipment can be secured and other arrangements made. fight tb Boy Christmas Seals
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