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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, . OCTOBER 20, 1949. IMPORTANT! Th? data an your ftrtijrsas label thows the date your sub acriptlon will expire. and the date your paper will be stopped unless sooner renewed. The Is operating strictly In advance Deals. VOL. LXH ? NO. 15. KINGjpCT BY ROB RIVERS CROWDS FLOCK TO HILLS Sunday to gaze upon the wide vistas of autumn beauty, and un happily, found the area pretty well shrouded in fog . . . End less streams of automobiles on Lenoir Blowing Rock highway Sunday morning . . . About 150 counted from the resort town to the foot of the mountain . . . Be sides thoee who had parked in fog-shrouded nooks eating picnic lunches . . . The fog was moat dense in the vicinity of Boone, and cleared away as one pro gressed down the mountain . . . Newspaper men and columnists have about cleared away their annual encomiums on the beau ties of the forests when Jack Frost has given them the kiss of death, and many have gone into the exact hues the various varie ties of trees assume as summer time dies, and winter hovers near ... A stroll round the place indicates that many of them don'ti know their trees .... The fronds of the forest are pretty when they are dying ... no question about it . . . but they can't com pare with the glories of the springtime, that magic period, when the buds are bursting, the daffodils are blooming, the birds mating, and the whole universe is coming to life . . . With our seed catalogs, and garden guides, etc., we shall live in happy ex pectency during the -next few months . . . Perusing one of the stories of the old South, which we have always liked . . . Think perhaps it was "House Divided" . . . Anyway we retained this lit tle sketch, which takes a little different seasonal tone: ? ? ? "RICHMOND, beautiful on rolling hills, had not yet felt the harsh touch of coming win ter, but hare and there the trees began to put on brighter colors . . . just as a woman, conscious of encroaching age. chooses new cosmetics and becomes more beautiful for a while be fore she fades." ? e ? POLICE CHIEF GREENE, with a milk can half full of nickels and pennies taken from the parking meters along the street ... an occasional dime, which yields the motorist noth ing, is seen in the gallons of coins collected . . . Religious minded folks along the street talking of denominational mat ters ... of controversial passages from the Book, with never a re ference to the plain, common sense philosophy of the Prince of Peace . . . Joining in with a group of local business men and women in a Monday-morning discussion of the radio give-away programs . . . Some vowing that winners had experienced the big gest headaches of their lives, try ing to liquidate a car load of merchandise so that they might pay the income tax man . . . while we haven't for some time encouraged a hurting in the cranium, we would take a chance on one of these $50,000 pains . . . A. W. Smith, former court clerk, and veteran of the Spanish American war, taking consider able interest in the affairs of the VFW, and doing the clerical work for the local post . . J Dwight Edmisten, showing furni ture to his customers, and taking a generous outlook on life . . . Boone Drug Co., employees busi ly engaged in preparing for one cent sale, while the Farmers Hardware announces participa tion in a two million dollar na tional contest, open to the folks here . . . B. W. Stallings, passing pleasantries, en route from the postoffice . . . Football fans journey to Winston-Salem Satur day afternoon to see the Moun taineers wallop Catawba, to con tinue their streak of winnings . . . ? * ? W. B. YORK, who wields the butcher knife and cleaver, down at the City Market, ffWw us a picture of a meal counter at which he worked in West Vir ginia back in the dim past, when food was downright cheap, there was plenty of It, but the folks couldn't lay their hands on the coin required. . . . The price cards show up in the photo which Indicate* that breakfast bacon was fetching 17 Vi cents, cured ham It cents, frankfurters 17c, pork chops were offered at 20c. dreeeed fowls at 23c. while some kind of a super cut of beef steak was marked at 27c. . . . Other items of meat were marked as low as 9 cents. . . . Sounds good to the thrifty- minded housewife, a little too young to mnwliw the want aad inlsen which stalked the land, when prices were so reasonable. . . . We pre fer the -?resent mass consump tion of food, ma at the pre -Tailing high prices. ? * e ALFRED ADAMS giving down with some tales of his school days at Mars Hill college, remind ing Clyde Greene of a tale he had heard of some of our moun tain folks back when Hitler was riding roughshod over Europe, when France and the low coun tries had been crushed by the blitzkrieg, organized by the mad paper hanger, and the conquer (CoHtinaed ?D page 8) 3,346 Lambs Sold This Year In Pool Five Shipments Are Made; Top Grades Sell for Average Of $27; 55% Choice. The Watauga Lamb Pool han dled a total of 3,346 lambs and sheep in 1949 for Watauga and surrounding counties. In the five shipments the price varied from $27.00 for choice Lambs in the July 9th pool to $23.00 in the October pool. The 3,346 lambs weighed a total of 285,138 pounds and brought $68.100.f) to the 295 farmers. 55.1% graded choice and brought an average of $25.17 per hund red, 30.7% graded good and brought the average of $23.21 per hundred, while 11.2% graded medium and brought $19.35 per hundred. Interest in the sheep industry seems to be improving in the county. Two hundred fifty-three head of ewe lambs were purchas ed by farmers and returned for breeding or other purposes. In addition, one car load of West ern breeding ewes were sold in the county and a -number of na tive ewes were imported from other counties. Changes Made In Highway Depl. North Wilkesboro, Oct 17. ? A number of changes in the en gineering staff of the 8th high way division have been announ ced at the division office here by J. C. Walker, division engine, er. Charles G. Ashby, who had formerly been district engineer for the second district of division 8, is transferring to the division engineer as office engineer The move was made to have as ex perienced field man as oliice en gineer. In the capacity of office engineer Mr. Ashby replaces Joe Windsor, who is transferring back to the construction depart ment, where he may resume his training in that field. .X frank Bivins is replacing Mr. Ashby- as district engineer in Elkin and will have charge of the second district, which is com prised of Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties. The changes, Mr. Walker said, will give him and J. H. Councill an opportunity to spend more of their time in the field, and se cure the most efficient setup for the division. Tuckwiler Urges Farm Heating Be Checked With cold weather approach ing farmers were advisea today by L. E. Tuckwiller, county agent for the State College Ex tension Service, to check their heating equipment and condition it for safe winter service. Fire strikes without warning, he pointed out, and it destroys about 90 million dollars worth of farm property annually ? or about four farm buildings every hour. The National Safety Council recommends a systematic check up of heating equipment before a fire or injury occurs. Check the chimney to see that all joints are tight and that there is a spark arrester to protect com bustible roofs. See that all stove or furnace pipes are in good con dition and a safe distance from combustible walls, ceilings, cur tains, or paper. Use a metal floor cover under wood or coal-burn ing stoves. Use metal containers for ashes. The misues of petroleum and its products causes many farm fires. Every time you use gaso line, kerosene, or even tractor fuel to start or hasten a fire, you invite disaster. Don't gamble with leaky connections, defective equipment, or poor adjustments on kerosene stoves or oil-burning furnaces. Tank heaters, feed heaters, and other types of heating equip ment around the farmstead should be checked carefully. See that they are in good condition and installed safely. Defective tank heaters. Installations too close to buildings, and flammable materials may lead to costly winter fires. Pfc. Ted Harmon In Air Transport School Privates First Class Ted Har mon of Beech Creek, N. C., was recently sent to Air Transporta bility School to learn the tech nique of Iishing down equipment in army gliders. Pfc Harmon is now serving with Company D of the 13th Engineer Combat Bat talion of the Eighth Army in Ja pan as a squad leader. He was serving with the 1st Cavalry Di vision Tokyo, before entering the Engineers Pfc. Harmon is the son of Mr. Will Harmon of Beech Creek. His enlistment is up in the summer of 1081. Dulles calls for "Intelligent economy" in the Government. SENATOR WHERRY Senator Wherry Speaks At Lenoir Senator Kenneth S. Wherry will be on hand to deliver the main address at a Republican rally on October 22, L. Worth Little, president of the North Carolina Young Republicans, an-! nounced today after consultation with the Senator's office in Washington. The meeting will be held in Lenoir in the new $100, 000 American Legion building with its seating capacity of over 1,000. Plans are for the meeting to start promptly at 7:00 p. m. The meeting is under the spon sorship of the North Carolina Young Republicans. The pro gram, however, will feature Sen ior Republicans as well as Young Republicans, and many members of all ages are expected to gath er for the event Included on the program will be J. Ed Broyhill of Lenoir, North Carolina Na tional Committeeman; Sim A. iDeLapp of Lexington, State Chairman; Charles R. Richey of Ohio, Executive Secretary of the Young Republican National Federation; L. Worth Little of Albemarle, Young Republican State president; and Anne K. Hickman of Lenoir and Winston Salem, director of Republican activities in seven sounthern states comprising region seven. Senator and Mrs. Wherry are expected to visit at the home of committeeman Broyhill during their stay in Lenoir. Mr. Broyhill and Mr. Wherry visited Europe together in 1947 for a study of postwar business and economic conditions. The two Republican leaders have for several years worked closely and effectively on Republican matters both state and nationaL B. & P. W. Club To Hear Chinese Native The Business and Professional Women's Club will hold its reg ular monthly meeting on next Monday night, October 24, at the Skyline Restaurant. The club will devote its meet ing to the observance of United Nations Day, which is October 24. A special program is planned for the occasion, under the direc tion of Miss Helen Burch, chair man of the International Rela tions Committee. The program will give a brief review of the United Nations or ganization, and a summary of ac complishments to date. A fea ture of the meeting will be a talk by Miss Ming Yang Sung of Shanghai, China, who is a stu dent at Appalachian State Tea chers College. Miss Sung has many interesting things to tell of her life in China ana the con ditions forcing her departure from the country. Residents of Boone who are natives of foreign coun tries will be invited to tne meet ing as guests of the club. United Nations Week is being observed nationally October 17 24, with United Nations Day. It is sponsored by the American Association for the United Na tions, the National Broadcasting Company and the National Edu cation Association, with the co operation of over 60 national or ganizations. The committee of the Business and Professional Women's Club which is assisting Miss Burch in preparation of this special pro gram includes Miss Madge Rhyne, Mrs. Dan Strother, and Miss Gall Clay. BOX SUPPER A box supper will be held Sat urday night, October 22, at the Howard's Creek School under the auspices at the Intermediate Sun day School Class of Howard's Creek Church. The proceeds to be used to the benefit of new benches at Howard's Creek Church The public is invited. Milk cows on North Carolina faraa produced an estimated 160 million pounds at mflfc firing LOCAL CHURCH IS SCENE FOR AREA MEETING; 225 ATTENDED Marion District Conference Is Held at Boone Methodist Church Last Wednesday; Session Is Called by District Superintendent Hoyle. More than two hundred twenty five persons were in Boone last Wednesday, October 12, to at- 1 tend the meeting of the Marion District Conference of the Meth odist' Church. It is a littlr on us ual to have Methodists meet at the beginning of a conference year for a District Conference, but this meeting was called by Rev. John Hoyle Jr., the district superintendent, in order to bring the objectives for the year ahead to representatives of all the char ges of the district The routine business of the annual District Conference was transacted, except for the mid year reports which would have been premature. The various causes and special emphasies of the months ahead were consid ered, and objectives chosen. These resolutions were then sent directly to one of the secretaries of the conference who mimeo graphed them and placed copies of the resolutions and other data in the hands of each pastor and delegate as he left the meeting This conference will be followed by quarterly check-up meetings in various parts of the district. The characters were passed and the licenses renewed for the fol lowing local preachers: A. T. Ab ernethy, J. E. Bolich, C. W. Brown, M. J. Byers, J. W. Cau sey, J. S. Gibbs Jr., G. C. Green, J. William Hoyle, Wesley Joines, J. W. McCoy, J. L. McGalliard, J. J. Melton, Golden Thompson, A. L. Lytle, C. R. McKinney. The characters of the following ordained local preachers were passed: Rufus Graybeal (D), W. K. Houck (E), J. D. Rankin (E). The following were recom ?nended for the status of Accept-, sd Supply: J. C. Barden (D), J. A. Fitzgerald, Paul Heafnev, M. T. Hinsnaw, G. L. Lovett, Ernest Stephens, G. B. Tomlinson, J. F. Bowers. Boone Methodist Church was host to the conference. The Cir cles of the Woman's Society of Boone served lunch. L. L. Critcher Taken By Death Lemuel Lafayette Critcher, 82 years old, retired merchant of Boone, died at Watauga Hospital Saturday from an illness with penumonia. Funeral services were conduc ted from the late residence Mon day at 11 o'clock by Dr. W. G. Bond and Rev. Victor Trivett and interment was in the family plot in the community cemetery, Reins-Sturdivant being in charge of the details. Nearest surviving relatives are two brothers: G. F. and C. M. Critcher of Boone. There are several nephews and nieces. Mr. Critcher was born March 30, 1867, and was the eldest son of the late William J. and Martha Carolina Critcher of this county. He was married to Miss Lillle Howell of Boomer, Wilkes coun ty, and to the union one daugh ter was born, Royster, who died several years ago. For three weeks prior to his death he re sided at the home of a niece, Mrs. A. J. Edmisten and Mr. Edmis ten. v Mr. Critcher, for more than fifty years was engaged in the retail mercantile business. He conducted a retail store on Howard's Creek before coming to Boone, where he built a store on the site of the present Appa lachian Book store, which he operated for many years. He later erected another store on Howard Street, which he opera ted until his retirement. County Corn Growing Contest Entries Due All entries in the 1049 Watauga county corn growing contest must be reported at once. This contest is sponsored by the U. S. D. A. Council, Watauga County Farm Bureau and the Watauga county fertilizer dealers. Three cash prizes are offered totaling $100.00. To be eligible for the contest, the corn must be esti mated by the county committee while still standing, then .the high estimates must be left standing to be harvested by a committee havin. an out of county chair man. VIRGINIA BEAUTIES Mr. Charles C. Farthing brings the Democrat a bag of fine Vir ginia Beauty apples, which are appreciated by the publisher. The fruit grew in Mr. Farthing's fine orchard lust outside the city lim its, and is of a quality calculated to take the top award at an ag ricultural fair. Addition To Hospital Is Nearly Done; Gifts Top Hereford Fetches $575 A record number gathered re cently (or the annual sale of the Watauga Hereford Breeders asso ciation, whene 52 head of regist ered cattle sold for an average price of $271.00. The top animal in the sale, a heifer, consigned by Councill and Hamilton of Boone, sold to W. E. Webb of StatesviUe for $575, while the high bull, a yearling, also consigned by Councill anc Hamilton, went to Joseph E. Byrd of High Point for $505. A cow and calf combination, sold by E. E. Earp of Vilas, brought $400, John Taylor ol Cranberry buying the cow and Vannoy Brothers of Boone, the calf. The second highest priced bull was also consigned by_Mr. Earp and brought |415. The buyer was Wade E. Campbell of Tay lorsville. The average for the females sold was $298, and for the bulls $220. Thirty of the animals were bought by Watauga county peo ple. Most of the bulls offered were calves. School Buses Are Inspected The State highway patrol is engaged in monthly inspections of local school buses, with a view to having mechanical defects corrected, as a safety precaution. Patrol officers are also making a stringent effort to enforce the 'aw against passing school buses while they are discharging or re ceiving passengers. The overloading of buses is al so called to the attention of the patrolmen, who state that under the law no more than 25% of the capacity of the bus may stud at any time. Miss Marion Bowler New Acting Librarian Miss Maribn Bowler will be acting labrarian at Watauga County Library until January. Mrs. Ruth Leach, who has been in charge since the resignation of Mrs. Dorothy B. Thomas, has re turned to Valle Crucis because of home and parish duties at Holy Cross Rectory. Miss Bowler has been librarian at West Spring field for 25 years. She left New England to spend the winter in the South and will take over the trips with the Bookmobile with Mrs. Mary Brown and Mr. Dewey Davidson and will be at the lib rary at the courthouse on Fri days and Saturdays from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m. Four new books have been re cently added to the shelves "It Happens Every Spring" a story of baseball and the St. Louis team, by Valentine Davies; "The Golden Apples" a love story and book of dreamlike and sound folk quality by Eudora Welty; "A Little Sleep, a Little Slum ber" by Norman Katov in which there is tears, burning anger and the deep love of a simple man for his family and of an immigrant for his new country; and 'Tfour Most Humble Servant" the amaz ing story of Benjamin Banneker, free Negro, a friend of Thomas Jefferson and adviser to Major L'Enfant, who planned the city of Washington. Conferences on the Parkway Are Held Asheville, Oct. 17. ? Represen tatives of North Carolina and Virginia will meet at Bluff Park in Wilkes County today and to morrow to plan joint promotion of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Representing North Carolina interest* will be Charles Parker, director of the State Advertising Division, and Arthur M. Jones, Sieral manager of the Asheville amber of Commerce. Virginia representatives wilt be Verbon E. Kemp of Richmond, executive director of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce; William Lashley of Richmond, public re lations director of the Virginia chamber; B. F. Moomaw, execu tive director of the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce, and Ed ward H. Ould, president of the Roanoke chamber. Sam P. Weems of Roanoke, Va_., parkway superintendent, win meet with the group. Traffic will flow directly into Asheville from the parkway next tourist season with the comple tion of an eight-mile link now under construction between Bal sam Gap and Bee Tree Gap. TOWH "BOMBED" Boone was "bombed" Friday, not by atomic bomb*, but by leaflets in promotion of "Father Was a Fun-Back." The plane was flown by Joe Hardin, local pilot. n Few More Day. Will See Roof On Structure; Heating Installed; Gilts -Brick work is nearly finished on the new addition to Watauga Hospital, and in three or more favorable days the roof will be on, and the new kitchen may be finished, regardless of weather conditions. Trie new heating plant is in operation and giving splen did service. It is noted that a number of thoee who subscribed to the hos pital fund, have not yet made their payments, and the hospital board is anxious that all these pledges be paid by November 1, 1 possible. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Broyhlll of Le noir sent 1500 as a special con tribution honoring Dr. I. O. Greer. This is regarded as a splendid compliment to "Ike" Greer, and a most generous ges ture on the part of Mr. and Mrs. BroyhilL This contribution makes a total of thirty units in the $350 Club, which is most encouraging to the board of directors. Cove Creek Tops In Bureau Drive Cove Creek township is the leader in the number of new members written, during the op ening days of the Farm Bureau campaign, it was revealed at the initial report meeting of the or ganization held Saturday after noon. Cove Creek reported 21 mem bers. The standings of the other townships are as follows: Beaver Dam 1, Boone 14, Brushy Fork) 12, Laurel Creek 6, Meat Camp 1, Shawneehaw 1, Stony Fork 2, Watauga 8. The next report meeting will be held on next Saturday, Oc ber 22, at 2:30 p. m., at the courthouse. All members of the committee are urged to attend and make report. Th% members reported to date are as follows: Wm. Wlnebarger. Vann rarthtng, E. C. Triplett, IX P. Ma*t. Mr*. V. D. Stanberry. Conley Glenn, V. B. Mast, B. W. < Farthing. Ned Glenn, Jo* L. Coffey. C. H. Blackburn. G. D. Bar nett, Dr. H. B Perry, Jr.. W. R Cot trell. Dr. H. B. Perry, W. H. Grass. H. M. Hamilton, Jr., G. D. Brinkley, Clyde R Greene, W. D. Farthing. Wade E. Brown, S. G. Tugman, D. L. Wilcox. D. M. Edmlsten. R. C. River*. John K. Perry, W. G. Sherwood, Rus ?ell Henson, J. C. Ma*t, Dave Henion. Ben Te*ter, M. L. Warren. O M. Lit tle. D. E. Church, Lewi* Burkett. C. G. Lewi*. D. T. Brown. C. C. Beach, T. J. Moody, S. F. Horton, Paul Phil lips. Don Horton. Stanley Harrl*. Blan Norrls. W. T. Isaacs. W. H. Walker, H W Mast. Jr.. Clint Balrd. Frank Tay lor. Howard W. Mast. J. X. Harbin. Frank Balrd, T. C Balrd, Mont Tea gue, Andy Greer. Frank Eggers. R. G Shipley. S. C. Eggers, A. Y. Howell, Lionel Ward. James Greer. Willie Cole. Clint Mast, W. R. Billing* and R. S. Brown. Liberty Round-Up for Scout* in Progress V The 1949 Liberty Round-Up of the Boy Scouts of America u in full swing in this area, according to an announcement made today by D. C. Thompson, publicity di rector. In all districts, Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops and Ex plorer Units are going forward with an intensive program of fun and activities. With the lowering of the entry age of Cub Scouts to 8, thousands of boys are now joining this great nationwide program who were not previous ly old enough. The program for the area-wide Liberty Round-Up includes a formal roll call in each unit, a Liberty Cam pore*, and a series of Leadership Training Confer ences. All of these activities are geared to the 1949 theme of "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty," a Nation-wide Crusade instituted by the Boy Scouts of America last February. Established in 1910, the movement will celebrate its fortieth anniversary next year. A high point of this great celebration will be the Second National Jamboree to be held at Valley Forge, Pa., from June 30 to July 7. There are three local Scout troops, and Mr. Thompson is ar ranging a down-town window dis play to feature Scouting during the round-up. One Cent Sale Is Now In Progress The original Rexall one-cent tale is now in progress at the Boone Drug Company, the local Rexall store, and the manage ment points out that the usual wide range of home remedies and household necessities will again be offered at two for the price of one. plus one cent. It is also reminded that many of the items being offered, make suitable Christmas gifts .and that It is not too early to start holiday shop ping. Lowell Thomas says Tibet | tm* favarion by China's Reds. YOUTH CENTER TO BE OPENED THIS WEEK AT BLOWING BOCK Gathering Place far Tea A|tn of Bwort City Made Beady for Formal Openin*; Civic Group* Sponsor Can ter; Trust Fundi Aid Oper ation. After about ? month of preli minary planning, a youth center will be formally opened in Blow ing Rock this week. The building formerly used by Hardin Hard ware Co. will be the location of the center and the young people are busy thla week getting the room cleaned up and fixed the way they want it. The center will provide a place where the teen-agers of the community can meet and play such games aa ping-pong, shuffle-board, chess, checkers, bridge, have informal dancing, group singing, drama tics and any other activities that they want. The project is being sponsored by civic groups in the com munity and the churches. Through the R. A. Dunn Memor ial Fund, a fund left in trustee ship of the N. C. Presbetery, money is available to provide rent, utilities, some equipment and a full time director of acti vities. Although the money is coming through the Presbyter ian church, the center will be available to all teen age youth in the vicinity. It is felt that more need is present in the winter months for such an activity pro gram, because everything is closed during these month* ? On Thursday night Of lift week a meeting was held of all youth interested and officer* were elected as follows: Bob 'Walters, president; Norma Ban ner, vice-president; Merrltt Coffey, secretary and Ernest Banner, Jr., treasurer. At this meeting. Dr. Harold Merer, director of the North Carolina recreation commission spoke to the group briefly on the develop ment of youth centers in the country and offered some very valuable suggestions as to how to make the project a success. Mr. M. T. Culbreth who is co-direc tor of Camp Sky Ranch during the summer months, will serve as director of the center. Last Riles For Mrs. McGuire, 51 Funeral services were con ducted Sunday at the Perkins ville Baptist Church for Mrs. Luther McGuire, 91, of Boone Route 1. Services were conduct ed by Rev. Hugh Kincald and Rev. Ira Hodges and burial WW in Pleasant Valley cemetery. Mrs. McGuire died Friday In the Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem, from an extended illness. Mrs. McGuire was a' former resident of Elk Park and had moved here about a year ago. She was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Avery county, and was active in her religious affiliation. Trie husband and three child ren survive: James McGuire, Valle Crucis; Miss Beatrice Mc Guire, and David McGuire of the home. Appalachian High Plans Homecoming Students of Appalachian High School are busy completing plans (or Homecoming, which will be held for the first time this year on November 3 to 5. All former students and parents of the stu dents are cordially invited to at tend the festivities. On Thursday, November 3, there will be a pep meeting and bonfire on the school playground at 8:30. At 8:00 p. m., the school's Dramatics Class will present a play in the high school auditor ium; and at 9:00 p. m. the stu dents and faculty will welcome the alumni at a reception. On Friday afternoon. Novem ber 4, the high school band will stage a parade with classes and clubs of the school participating in the event The Appalachian Blue Devils will play Cove Creek ^ in a football game on the college athletic field at 8:00 p. m. The Homecoming event will be climaxed by a semi-formal dance and the crowning of the home coming King and Queen in the high school auditorium on Satur day night, November 5, at 8:00 b. m. ATTENDS ASHEVILLE MEET Miss Elizabeth Lord of Wa tauga Handicraft Center .attend ed the annual meeting of Sou thern Highland Handcrafts Guild, held Oct 14 and 15 in Asheville, marketing center for Guild mem bers, as hostess group. She car ried an exhibit from Boone craftsmen. 10,000 people attended the Guild Craftsman* Fair held in Gatlinburg, Tenn., this summer and plans wen made for the Fair o< 1M0.