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APPALACHIAN HI SCHOOL NEWS! American Ugion Cooiaai In the National High School oratorical contest, sponsored by the American Legion, Nell N or ris was winner at Appalachian High school in a contest he id February 15. Her subject was "Privileges and Responsibilities of an American Citixen." Other contestants were Tom Greer and Joan Hardin. Nell N orris will represent the school in the Watauga county contest to be held at Appalachian High school on February 25, which is the second stage in thel National . contest. Valentin* Party The Baton Club sponsored a Valentine party. The main event of the evening was the crowning of the "Queen of Hearts." Betty Ann Edmisten from Mr. Thompson's seventh grade was choaen Queen of Hearts after a week, of voting. Other candidates were Eleanor Geer, Ramona Jones, Marie Carrol, Jean Wine hprger, Betsy Hughes and Betty Ann Edmisten. As everyone breathlessly awaited her entrance, ? Queen Betty Ann slowly walked down FOR SALE JEEP 21,00 Miles Insulated aluminum top, slide down windows, locking doors, station wagon type rear en trance; new tires, new battery, rebuilt generator and regula tor; heater, front bumper counter - weight. Vehicle is clean, excellent condition. Re ply Box 452, Boone, before March 1. 2-17-2p the center of the gym to her throne where the was crowned by Mr. B lan ton, sponsor of the Baton Club. T 7 pials CnttflcalM Lawrence Greene has been awarded a competent typist cer tificate for typing at the rate of 40 words' per minute with a high degree of accuracy. Bill McNeil and V. C. Payne have received typewriting progress certificates for typing between 30 and 40 words per minute. Each month typing students who have achieved new typing goals with a high degree of ac curacy are awarded these certi ficates. Intramural Finals The finals of the boy's basket ball intramural of the high school was played off Friday morning. The Freshman and Juniors were contesting for the championship. At first it seemed that the Freshmen boys would almost keep up with their opponents, but the Junior's score began to fise and kept a gradual gain throughout the game, h-- ?' n Girls Basketball The Appalachian High School girls entered the Highland Tour nament at Wilkes boro February 17, 18, and 19. They defeated Cove Creek in the first round 30-35. In spite of the deteririina tion to be the champions they lost out in the semifinals. Sparta with their superior height and hook shooting defeated them 14-22 and then on the final night were declared the champions. PICKED WRONG VICTIM Peoria, 111. ? Mrs. Evelyn Hat ton, accosted by a purse-snatcher, pulled off her shoe and whopped him in the face. The would-be hold-up man fled and Mrs. Hat ton saved her purse. PROTECT YOUR FAMILY by becoming a member of REINS-STURDI V ANT BURIAL ASSOCIATION TELEPHONE 24 - BOONE, N. C. A 25 cent fee is charged upon joining after which the follow ing dues are in effect: Quarterly Yearly Bttwfil One to Ten Years 10 .40 $ 50.00 Ten to Twenty-Nine Years .. .20 .80 100.00 Thirty to Fifty Years 40 1.60 100.00 Fifty to Sixty-five Y^ars .60 2.40 100.00 NOTICE We have moved to a new location behind the Boone Super Market Building, formerly occupied by the Shoemake Plumbing Co. WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS BOONE SHEET METAL WORKS Home Louie, Mgr. New Phone 273- W QUALITY WATCH REPAIRING All work done under a positive guarantee. Honest work at reasonable prices. Your Best assuarance of satisfaction is our 39 years of satisfactory service to the people of this area. Visit us often. Your patronage is appreciated. WALKER'S JEWELRY STORE Opposite Postoffice Take this. - ^ i A* ? to Build BETTER FENCES No digging, no shoveling, no tamp ing when you use Red Tops! Just drive them ? up to 300 in one day, easy. Save your back and time- - save money, too. I Made of touch springy rail steel, rein forced all four ways to stand fence line strains. Big logs to hold up the fence wire, and wide anchor plate that won't loosm. Red Tops can't rot. burn or split. They make a swell looking fence that gives wonderful seance. Red Tops are a real steel post vmte. Stop in ? see our stock ? get our prices. ,? L q w ? ? s NORTH WILKESBORO HARDWARE CO.I Kfprth Wilkes boro, H. C. < ? ?... BLOWING ROCK HI SCHOOL NEWS The senior class is ptawnlnj a rip to Washington, D. C. in tha pring. They have been selling efreshments at the All-Star aasketbell tournament to raise noney for their transportation. The Junior class has now com peted arrangements to present 'Her First Flame" the new hree-act comedy hit by James teach. This presentation will be hrough special arrangement irith Samuel French of New fork. We feel it is quite an ichievement to have secured the ocal rights to this noteworthy omedy success. The performance i scheduled for March 19. Clubs On February 11 the first meet ng of the Library Club was held. )fficers were elected as follows: Jeneva Coffey, president; Nancy Coffey, secretary and Betty Crvin reporter. Members include >rn Henderson, Jack Cooke, lebecca Isenhour, Bonnie Knight, Villa Jean Coffey, Louise Vnght and Thelma Coffey. Mrs. f. W. Norris is sponsor of the rrovfp.'" The Glee Club_ has resumed >ractice for the new semester with Mrs. Oscar J. Harris as lirector and the following of icers: Patsy Bolick, president; <ora Banner, vice-president; Martha Herring, secretary; Pau ine Greene, Jane Benfield, lib ?arians. Practice is under- way tor the spring concert Miss Matheson and Mr. Kirk nan met with the 4-H club Feb. L8. Miss Matheson gave a very >eneficial talk and demonstra ;ion on table etiquette. Mr. iCirkman spoke briefly on home NOTICE Yorth Carolina Vatauga County The undersigned, having qualified ts Executor of the estate of J. B. Ward, deceased, late of the County of Watauga, this is to notify all persons laving claims against said state to >resent them to the undersigned on or >efore the 27th day of January. 1960. >r this notice will be pleaded in bar >f their recovery. All persons indebt ed to said estate will please make mmediate payment to the undersign ed. This the 24th day of January, 1949. BENNY WARD 1-27-6C IN THE SUPERIOR COURT tforth Carolina Watauga County Charles R. Younce VS Willie Georgia Younce THE DEFENDANT. Willie Georgia if ounce. WLLL TAKE NOTICE that an iction entitled as above has been com menced in The Superior Court of Wa Auga County, North Carolina, for the purpose of obtaining an absolute iivorce by the plaintiff from the de fendant on the grounds of two years reparation, and the said defendant, Willie Georgia Younce. will further :ake notice that she is required to ap >ear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court in the Courthouse in Boone, N. C. within 20 days from the 1th day of March, 1949. and answer or lemur to the complaint of the plain - iff filed in this action, or the plain lff will apply to the Court for the -elief demanded in said complaint, vhich is that an absolute di^ore be Canted the plaintiff from the defen nt 0 This the 28th day of January. 1949. FRED M. GRAGG 31erk Superior Court, Watauga County 2-5-4C-H NOTICE O* ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as the admmistra jot of the estate of Dora L. Spann. ate of the State of North Carolina, rounty of Watauga, this is to notify ill persons having claims against the fstate of the said deceased, to pre lent them to me for payment within iwelve months of the date hereof, or this notice will be pled in bar of their recovery. All those indebted to the ?state are asked to make immediate >arment This February 7. 1949 EDGAR HART. Admr. Blowing Rock, N. C, t-10-?p HILLSIDE DAIRY Pasteurized Grade A Milk, Lactic buttermilk, Creamery Butter, Whip ping Cream and Ice Cream. Phone 194-M Bvone, N. C. R. A. RUFTY, Manager NEVER BUY HARDWARE BUILDING MATERIALS PLUMBING SUPPLIES WITHOUT CHECKING LOWE'S PRICES LOWE'S PRICES ARE CHEAPER ON MOST EVERYTHING LOWE'S North Wilkesboro Hardware __ ? , ..I gardening. Athletics Last week our girls journeyed to Valdese and were topped in the tournament by Marion* hard-fighting team. A maid-of Honor was chosen from each team for her beauty and talents. Tony Lentz represented Blowing Hock and was awarded a gold basketball. Our last two conference game* were played on our court with Cross no re and Bethel. Both boys and girls carried away winning honors. Distinction List The following pupils are on the distinction list for the first semester: Eighth grade: Jo Ann Cooke, Martha Gragg, Bernita Greene, Theda Holder, Edith Storie, Kathleen Triplet t, Myrtle Young, Ninth grade: Rebecca' I sen hour, Selma Lee Foster, Fern Henderson, Lois Hollars. Tenth grade: Maude Austin, Pauline Greene, Martha Herring, Louise Tolbert, Joan Wheeler, Peggy Young, Taylor Greene. Eleventh grade: Norma Ban ner, Vivian Erwin. Twelfth grade: Geneva Coffey, Betty Sue Erwin, Harold Gragg, Edwin Holder. Idleness Increases In North Carolina Raleigh. ? The Employment Se curity Commission in North Car olina is enlarging its staff con siderably in order to handle more efficiently the tremendous in crease in job applications and claims for unemployment bene fits. That the officials of this agency are of the opinion the present wave of unemployment is tem porary is shown by the fact that the additional help is being em ployed on a month-to-month ba sis. However, officials of ESC re fuse to predict how long the un employment trend will continue. They only know they are "flood ed with claims" for benefits and that their work is approximately 100 per cent greater than six months ago. ERP nations will be urged to stablize their currencies. ONLY FRAMEWORK LETT Sslt Lake City, Utah ? A. C. Boyle bought a building in the downtown section of the city re cently. In a matter of a few days, thieves stole the building's glass front door, eight inside doors, two toilets and one wash basin, 50 feet of gas pipeline, two sections of four-inch soil pipe, a partition 14 feet long and IX feet high and another paititioa 8 feet long and 12 feet high. The considerate thieves boarded op the front entrance after stealing the door, Boyle said. BAMK DEPOSITS Deposit* in the nation's 300 largest commercial banks de clined from a total of $84,548, 804,000 on December 31. 1M7 to $33,561,037,000 on December 37. IMS according to hanking of ficials. Chief reason for the de dne was given as "the drastic effect on central reserve city and other Federal Reserve member banks of the three in cries as in cash rquirements during IMS or dered by the Federal Reserve Board." BOONE DRUG CO. Three Registered Pharmacist*: G. K. Mooae, W. R. Richardson, O. K. Richardson Store Bonn: 8:30 A. M. to 0*0 P. M. Sundays: 2:00 P. M. to ? P. M. If Needed after Store Hours, Call 114-M or 101 Ite HBZAIiIi HIGH QUALITY Cinder andConcrete Blocks STEAM CURED? AGED ON OUR YARD LABORATORY TESTED Plant Capacity 30,000 Block* a Day PRICES AS FOLLOWS ON OUR YARD DELIVERED? BOONE AT ELIZABETHTON AND VICINITY CINDER BLOCKS? 4x8x16 ? per Hundred- $10.00 Per Hundred ? $12?S 6x8x10? per Hundred- 1U(I Per Hundred ? 1CM 8x8x16 ? per Hnndred- 17.50 Per Hundred ? 21.25 12x8x16? per Hundred- 20.00 Per Hundred ? 32.00 CONCRETE BLOCKS? 4x8x10 ? per Hundred $12.60 Per hundred ? $IM0 0x8x10? per Hundred 16.00 Per hundfred ? 20J0 8x8x16 ? per Hundred 20.00 Per hundred ? 20.06 12x8x16? per Hundred ? 30.00 Per hundred ? 30.00 DELIVERY PRICES BASED ON FULL LOADS EUZABETHTON CINDER BLOCK, Inc. PLANT and OFFICE S. SYCAMORE STREET PHONE 864 ELIZABETHTON, TENN. OUR LOCAL DEALER HAMPTON BROTHERS At Hampton Brothers Service Station, Boone, N. C. Phone 281-W **w Tk? nm it IiwHW BUY for StyHm? Iyook at this exciting new Chevrolet from any point of rirw? inside and outside, front, side and rear? snd you'll agree it'i the smartest-looking automobile of this new year. For it alone, of all loir-priced ran, bring* Jrou the distinguished beauty and luxury of Body by Fiaher ? the body featured on hi^he* 7k Mil ??? nfrf BUY for Driving a?W 7k* for CtmSmt , Settle into the deep, soft, form-fitting aeata. Notice the extra-ftoerou* head, leg and dbowrnom of the Euper-Sae Interior. Ride in tin* "car that breathe*" ? with an advanced heating* and ventilating lyatem that inhale* outside air and exhale* stale air ? giving beyond compare! '(Heater and defroster ) Most sensational of all the advancements in this thrilling new Chevrolet for is the entirely new kind of driving and riding ease which K introduces into the low-priced field. New Onter Point Design ? including Center-Point Steering, Center-Point Seating, lower Center of Gravity and Center-Point Rear Suspension ? brings you driving and riding results heretofore found only in more expensive cars The difference is so great ? amd to fUatinf? that it's no exaggeration to say it is proving s revelation to all who drive or ride in this car. Remember ? only new Center Point Design can give these liner motoring molts; and only the new Chevrolet offers Center-Point Design at lowest cost. Fit mm# UmmtiM BUY for farfon? 1? What thrill* you'll have when you drive thin car! H'? the tmly low-priced car with a V'alve-in-Head engine ?the engine which more and more makers of higher- ? priced car* are adopting ? l>ecause it give* a much finer combination of performance, economy and dependability. And Chevrolet's world'a champion Valve- in-Head engine holds all records for mile* served snd owners satisfied. rw BUY for Smhtf w | J Yes, you snd your family will enjoy maximum safety, for Chevrolet faring you /UtfoU aafety protection found only in this one low-priced car: (1) New Certi Safe Hydraulic Brakes; (C) Rxtra-Strong Fisher Unisted Body-Construction; (S) New Panoramic Visibility; (4) Safety Plate Glaas in windshield and all windows, snd (5) the super-steady, Unitiaed Knee-Action Rid*. fmtjbr Qua/ity at Zoivcft Cast AMCMCA1 CHOICE FOB N VEABS Coivard Chevrolet Co. BOONS, N. C. ? f n
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