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'??hed in w 1 COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, I960 rrvx ci HALLOWEEN passes away and leaves its snip .marks on the windows. . . Kiddies have a good time parading about the town in their outlandish cos tumes, and after the tiny tots are tucked 'oeath the sheets the , firecracker lads add a new touch to the occasion with dis charges of the noisy gadgets throughout the night . . . First time we've known of the crack ers to be called upon to do duty in connection with the night of the goblins and witches, and pumpkins and corn fodder, and apple bobbing. . . Fact is, the crackers are liable to come more popular 'all along since the leg islature passed the ban on their use. . . . Grown folks and chil dren alike, at least a good por tion of them, want to do the | things they are told not to do. . . . First real freeze of the sea son does its work Saturday night and lays the flowers low. . . . High winds and traces of snow accompanied the frigid weather, which gave way to warm temp eratures for the election. . . . THE GUY who had loot in an affray waa describing the incident. which had bordered an tha critical, and was quo* ad at taring: "Ha rtiouaad ma in tha back, and than spouged me with hi* knife." which lafi ua wood ?ring just what tha hack did happaa la tha poot fallow, al ter all. . . . Lady visitor to tha Democrat lays her church eon ' gragation waa trying to decide where to conduct baptismal rite*, whan a four-year old boy in tha congregation, (poke right out< "Let'* take 'am down to tha ribberr . . . Layman de liver* a *ort of fist and skull ' ridewalk sermon. laden wifh tha priceless gams of the Chris- . tian doctrine. . . . Last minute campaigning on the pari of cindlditu and thtii chun pioni injects some Bre into the contest which had bean marked by apathy, and tha poll* opened with the prospects of a good turnout. THE OTHER EVENING we ambled over to our house on the hill, fellowshipped a bit with the wife and kids, took a turn at the radio, read a magazine in a left handed kind of way . . . just leafed through it you know, and Fettled back to figure out the deal before getting set for slum berland. . . . Ti? fine, thought we, to be able to monkey about the ' house and rest, and sleep, and enjoy one's . self in perfect safety. . .. There's no place like home, no sir-ee. ... We reached for the paper again, and first thing caught our eye was a batch of statistics, released by the U. S.. Public Health Service, which set us back a couple of notches. ... We were, at the time, so the figures stated. In the moat dan gerous place in the country . . the home. ... We learned that every sixteen minutes someone is killed in a home accident . . . that every four minutes someone is permanently disabled in a home such as ours . . . that in on* year four and a half million Americans were either killed or injured in the "preventable" type of Accidents . . and that the annual cost of preventable home accidents is about 690 mil lion dollars, when one takes into account 'the wages lost, medical expenses and higher insurance premiums. . . . The government report continue* that this rate has been almost undMtfMV lor 15 years, while the industrial ac ? cident rate has been cut SO per cent. ... It appears the home is the most dangerous place in the world ? most anything is liable to happen? but we laid aside the paper, got ready to retire, entered the bedroom, where "more than 23 per cent of the fatal home ac cidents occur," and with a brav ado born of fatigue went prompt ly to sleep. ? * ?? A FELLOW fc?B over la ? : Robert Honeycutt House Last in Series Blazes Six fire* ia the put three week*, three of them in Boone, have brought tones of close to $19,000, it ia estimated by local insurance agents. The last, and most destructive of the series of fire* came last Wednesday when the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Honeycutt of Hodges Gap, burned with a loss estimated at a minimum of $10,000. The family was absent when the fire started and its ori gin is unknown. The house was completely furnished, and every thing was destroyed, including clothing and large stores of food supplies. The loss is said to have been partially covered by inaur ance. Jack Edmis ten's garage in Per kinsvitle was burned, with a loss of about $S,060, while an unoc cupied filling station in the Ad ams neighborhood, burned with a loss of around $1,500. The building \yai the property of Joe Trivett. The home of Virgil Miller of Meat Camp was destroyed, with a k>? of $1JKM. Dean Korris* home was damaged to the extent of $800, while the. home of Walt er Davis of Foscoe was totally de stroyed. JS.Bfr According to Paul Winkler, lo cal insurance agent the Miller and Davis homes carried no in surance and the other properties were underinsured. 4-H Club Grou uuo uroup Holds Neeiinc The Watauga 4-H Club County Council held It* first meeting of the year Saturday, October 28, at the Legion Hut The following officer* were elected for the com-' ing year. President, Milton Moretz, Boone Sr. Club; vice president, Francis Davis, Cove Creek Sr. Club; secretary, Betty Brendall, Boone Demonstration school; treasurer, Leonard Greer, Boone Sr. Club; reporter, Janice Wine barger, Bethel Sr. Club; song leader, Joan Carroll, Rutherwood Club; assistant song leader, Joan Welch, Cove Creek Sr. Club; pianist, Ala Hodges, Boone Sr. Club; assistant, Douglas Claw son, Boone Sr. Club. After the business meeting and election of officers the. last hour was spent playing games and singing. Pi Kappa Delta Chapter Formed Dr. D. J. Whttener, faculty sponsor of Forensic Club, 'has just been informed that Pi Kappa Delta has approved . the petition made by Appalachian State Teachcr* College for a chapter here. This came In a letter re ceived from the secretary, D. S. R. Toussaint, Grecly, Colorado. "It is my great pleasure," wrote Dr. Toussaint, "to Inform you of ficially tMat Pi Kappa DelCi has I approved the petition made by | Appalachian State Teachers Col lege that a chapter be granted to your institution. It will be' known a* Chapter Number 211. | North Carolina Epsilon." COLEEN CRAY? Motion pictur* iter, who will fly from Hollywood to Charlotte to bo tho honorary quoon pi tho colorful Carolina*' Carrousol on Thursday. Movoa bor II. To oncourago tho salo of War Bonds. Miss Gray will mako a numbor of public appoarsneas in Charlotte at industrial plants and businoss officos whoro pay roll deduction plans aro mw bo ing introduced. Homecoming Set At High School Homecoming activities at Ap palachian High school will get under way on Thursday night, Nov. 9, at 7:30, with the presen tation of a 3-act comedy, "Bash ful Bobby." The leading role to the play, Bashful Bobby, will be played by Coaker Triplet), Jr. The supporting cast Indian Joanne Aldridge, Betty Burkett, Patsy McGuire, Rebecca Shoe make, Beth Eggers, Jean Temp leton, Corinna Shull, Jimmy Johnson, Dixon Quails, -Hugh Hartley, and Guy Hunt, Jt. The play, written by James C. Parker, is under the direction of Mr. William Ross, dramatics director of the high school. Immediately following j the play the graduates of Appala chian High school and the par ents of students will be guests of the faeulty and student body at open house and a reception. On Friday, Nov. 10, there will be a parade of the Appalachian High school band, starting promptly at one o'clock. The band, under the direction of Mr. Roy Blanton, will also play dur ing the homecoming football game which starts at 1:45 p. m. At that time Coach Bob Nolan's Blue Devils will meet Coach Asa Reece's football eleven from Crossnore on the college athletic field for the homecoming game. On Friday night, the home coming dance featuring Rush Cole's Swingsters, will conclude the homecoming activities. The dance, which will begin prompt ly at- 8:00 p. m. and end at 11. 00 p. m., is sponsored by the Appa lachian High school Student Council. Alt graduates of Appalachian High school, parents of the stud ents and friends of the school are cordially invited to attend all homecoming activities. Admis sion charges to the homecoming play on Thursday night will be 29 cents for students and 33 cents for adults. Admission to the dance on Friday night is 50 cents per person. CENSUS SHOWS 4,99?HOUSES ABE INHABITED IN WATAUGA An increase in the number of dwelling placet in WiUufa county in the past 10 yean is re ported by the Atlantic regional office of the U. 6. Department of Commerce. The report, bawd on current figure* released by the Com merce Department's Bureau of the Census from Us 1950 census o t housing, showed that in April of this year there were 4.995 dwelling places in the county, compared with 4,14* in tMff. The number of dwelling places recorded for the county this year represented an average of 1.7 persons pfr dwelling place based upon the recent census of population teuod fey U? Census thin year compared with li.114 in 1040, an incrcaa* of IjO per cent The term "dwelling placet" baa been defined by the Census Bureau as "the living quarters occupicd by, or intended tor oc cupancy by. voet Shwchold." Merrill C. Lofton, Commerce Department regional director in Atlanta, baa advised residents of Watauga county to write hi* of fice for copies of tbe Census Bureau's preliminary release on dwelling places in the county if they are interested in Wcclvtag them. Only one release will be available to a request, be said. Such requests should be address ed to the U. 8. Department of Comnww, 41# Atlanta National FALL SESSIOH UNITED STOOD HELD FRIDAY NT. PLEASANT Large Number Pastors, Delegates, Visitors Attend Tbr Fall tension of the Western Confeqpnce of the United Evan gelical Lutheran Synold of North Carolina met Friday at ML Plea sant Lutheran phurch near Boone, the Rev. F. M. Speagle, pastor, with a large number of pastors, lay delegates and visi tors in attendance. The one-day meeting was opened with a wor ship service and the administra tion of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, the confercntial sermon being delivered by the president, the Rev. J. Arthur Linn, pastor of Mt Olive church, Hickory. , The guest speaker for the morning session was Kiyoshi Yamada, outstanding Lutheran layman of the Japanese Lutheran church, who is touring the Uni ted States in the interest ot the interest of gaming how the Lutheran Laymen's Movement operates, with the idea of re turning to his native country and devoting all ot his time to the promotion of the Kingdom of God through working among the laymen of JafMn. During the election of officers for the coming year, the Rev. O. Dwight Conrad, pastor of Beth any church. West Hickory, was elected president; the Rev. J. X. Walker, St. Martin's Maiden, vice-president; the Rev. Cline Harbinson, St Luke's, Hickory, secretary; and Henry Herman, St. Timothy, Hickory, treasurer. To Mm At limid The conference voted to hold Ha next meeting with the newly organized Lutheran congregation of Brevard. Standing committees and conference committees pre sented reports during the busi ness sessions. Afternoon devotions were con ducted by the Rev. Mr. Conrad, with a special prayer of thanks giving and gratitude for the suc cessful promotion of Christian Higher Education being offered by the Rev. V. R. Cromer, D. D., president of Lenoir Rhyne Col lege. Nurses Meet For Nutrition Study Thursday afternoon, November 2. the nurses of the District Health Department, Mrs. Jolly of Alleghany, Mrs. McNeil and Mrs. Owen of Ashe, and Miss Mott and Mrs. Fox of Watauga with Dr. Michal, met with Miss Winston Osborn, district consultant nutri tionist, in the first of a series of classes as a refresher in nutri tion. This series of discussions will serve as the basis for a step up in nutrition as a part of the public health program of the dis trict as it relates to the coopera tion of the department in the teaching of Nutrition in the schools, as well as that phase of the varied "public health pro gram. The department is most anxious to cooperate with other agencies of the county in assist ing individuals, families, and other local groups to work out their individual problems in nu trition. The office will be glad to answer any Inquiries. FFA Leader Wins In Stock Show J Kenneth Perry, Watauga youth who Is president of the State Future Farmer* of America organization exhibited a baby beef ftt the Asheville Fat Stock Show last week and won second prize in showmanship, over 102 other FFA boy*. The Skyland Restaurant and Craven Furniture Store of Boone, jointly bought the baby beef for 00 cents per pound, dressed Weight, and the youth and his sponsors appreciate this cooperation in t be part of the local firms. Scout* iTo Organize E&At Perkinsville There will be an Important or ganisational meetiag. of the toy Scouts at the Perkinsville Baptist Church oa Thursday. November ?, at V :30 p. m. Everyone is conl to ???**? CHRISTMAS SEALS ? Gordon Oray. ptMldtnl of lha Graater Univarsity of North Ciw|lni and tttnw Sacratary df tha Amy. will hood lb* Annual Christmas Saal Campaign In North Carolina to ba conducted from Norambar >0 to Christinas day. according to an announcamant thU waak by Dr. Harman P. Easora. prasidanl of tha North Carolina Tubarcu loais Association and madical di r actor of tha Eastern North Caro Una flanitorhim in Wilton. Bazaar Slated For Thursday The annual Harvcut Bazaar and Turkey Dinner will be held Thurtday, November 16, in the Boone Method&t Church base ment. The event is sponsored by the Womens Society of Christian Service of the church. The ba zaar hours are 8 to 7J0 p. m., with dinner being served from 8 to 7:30. This year the bazaar will carry a United Nations motif. 1 The booths' and tables are to be deco rated to carry out this scheme. The ^decorations committee plans to use articles representative of UN countries. Apron.*, toys, gifts, fancy-work, candy and backed goods are be ing prepared by the women for sale at the bazaar. The ticket committee for the turkey dinner announced thU week that tickets for the dinner members and at the Carolina Pharmacy, No tickets will be sold at the door for the meal. Those anticipating eating at the church that night are urged to purchase their tickets early. . Nock Wedding Al Bethel Friday On Friday night of this week ?t 7:30 o'clock a woman less wed ding will be presented at Bethel school. Parcnta of the commun ity make up the character* in this enjoyable play. Mr. Eldridge Trivctte is the bride, and Mr. Johhny Greene, the groom. Mr. Dean Hodgei is Miss Ubika Scratchfecd, the jilted sweet heart Mr. Jim Sherwood will play the part of Pappy Rock'n Rye. and Mr. Davkl Farthing is Granny Rye, his wife. Mr. George Smitherman is Adam Turnipseed, the official splicer. Mr. Ned Trivctte is Sis Eater Oats, and Larry Sherwood is Aunt Hominy Grits, her color ed nurse.* Mrs- Johnny Greene and Mrs. J. H. Gentry are directing tthc play, and a large attendance la expected to are this all man show. There will be a small adiyis ?on Korean Vet To < ||SpeakTo C. C. Harold SfcMMberry, sun of U and Mrs. Lloyd S tans berry of RoOte I Boone, who mat injured in action in the Korean rrfntlict wDl mn a special guest of the Chamber of Commerce at the Sky land Restaurant at IS noon next Tuesday, and will tell of his experiences in the far away hattk; theatre. Mr. Cratis Williams of Appa lachioo College will also be pre sent in NUTRITION CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH HEALTH DEPT. I ? '? * . ... Dr. Mary B. H. Michal, health officer, announced thia week thai Miss Clare Winston Osbom, nu trition conaultant, with the State Beard of Health has joined this district to work with the health department and the schools for better nutrition. The appoint ment was effective November I. The Nutrition Section of the North Carolina's State Board of Health la directed by Or. Bert lyn Bosley, and has eight nutri tion consoltants, ejeh assigned to an ,area of the state and two consulting dietitians for the state at large. Miss Osborn, assigned to 14 Northwestern counties, will make her headquarters in Boone, but will work throughout the. en tire area. Miss Osborn comes here from Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan, where she has been teaching in the Foods and Nutrition Department of the School -f Homo F-">nomics. She is a native of Oe;.?e,' Iowa; re ceived her education from the College of St. Teresa, Winona, Minn., the State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, and MISS OSBORN nerved an internship in hospital 1 dietetics at Cook County hot- 1 pital, Chicago, 111. Mix Osborn 1 hat h?d extensive work experi- 1 cncc In hospitals and college 1 teaching. Miss Otborn and her mother, ' Mrs. W S. Osborn, will live in 1 the Fox Apartments. Sale of Ungraded Raw Milk Is Prohibited in Watauga County ! New Realty Firm Opens Offices I The Home Realty Co., has re cently been licensed and hu opened offices on the main floor of the Watauga Building and Loan building.' Grady Farthing is president of the firm; Stanley A. Harris, vicc-pros ident, and W. H. Gragg, associate. The new fiim plans to sell real estate, serve as managers for absentee landlords, handle ren ,tel property, ctc. They will also represent the Maymead Lime Co., producers of agricultural lime and other crushed stone products. The new firm carries an ad vertisement in the Democrat to day, to which, attention is direct ed. Expert To Aid Burley Graders J. H. Cyrus, tobacco marketing specialist, with the State De partment of Agriculture, will be in the county Wednesday Nov ember 19th to conduct tobacco grading demonstrations, as a special servioa to the growers in this area, who, it is said, often lose money by improperly grad ing their leaf.' Mr. Cyrus will conduct these demonstrations at Mr, Red wine's home at Vila* at 10 ?. m. Novem ber 15; at Wlb?n Hodges' in Laurel Creek township at 1 p. m, and at Woodrow Wilson's in the Silvcrstone community at 2:30 It has come to the attention of the District Health Department that ungraded raw milk is being ?old in considerable quantity in Watauga county. Since this is in violation of the milk ordinance adopted by this health jurisdic tion in 1M6 and in force since that time, it is most necessary that this practice be dlrcontinu ed, a department official stated this week. The milk ordinance stated: "Sec tion 2. The sale of adulterated, misbrsnded, or ungraded milk or milk products prohibited. ? No person shall wi.hin Allegh any, Ashe and Watauga counties or its police jurisdiction, produce. ?ell, offer, or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, any milk or milk product which is adulterated, misbrand ed, or ungraded. It shall be un lawful for any person, elsewhere than in a private home, to haire in possession any adulterated, misbranded, or ungraded milk or milk product." The health official stated that tHe Health Department is anxi ous to help the public understand what the regulations are and why they have been adopted, as well as how to best comply with them. Such regulations and ordi ances are adopted on the basis of wide experience in what has been found necessary to be sure that people drink only safe milk. The Health Department will be glad to answer any questions. Kephart Speaks Dr. A. P. Kephart, of Yonah losaee Camp, made a very inter esting travel talk at the chapel program Tuesday at Cove Creek High School. JACK GROCE SPEARHEADS WW OF APPS OYER EAST CAROLINA V"- ill. , i' ? f.'i Jack Grace, ? fleet-tooted 170 pound halfback from Wilkeaboro, ran. (toe* around Eaat Caroltna'i Piratci here last Saturday night as the Appalachian Mountuinecri grabbed a 20-0 victory and all but aacurcd themselves o f at ' least a tie for the North State conference rrowri.jfflfS Oroce, who ia credited with ?over half o t the Apps' yardage on the ground this season, ran hia total to over a half-mile a* he romped ovcy with all three touchdown*. '* jK'If KjVj- . V Neither the Pirate* or the severe cold weather couki utop the flying WllUea boy m be broke open a icoreless tontrst on the I firat play from scrimmage in tiwjj aecond half with a C-yant gal lop through tackle, reversing his] fic'.d and picking up *oroo bril liant blocking. -pmA Later in the isuM period he 4*rk?d a ??wh for the ? i yard* In two plays, going over from the one. The Apps' Mac Smith recovered John Smith'* fumble on the App !? to set up the third ?core in the fourth quarter, ?roee went 10 yard* on one play and nine on the next, scoring standing up. E. C. T. C. threatened only once. Roger Thrift, whose sling shot arm wns stiffened by the cold and on-rushing Appalachian forward wall, connected to Ptte Darby on a 59-yard play. A1 Hooka stopped him en the five with such force Darby- fumbled and Shirley Gabriel recovered en the fiv*. , T';#, ^ The victory left the App. with i six won, one tied record to the ? ? ? * -- ?i.t ... co#wn|P| one more victory Wade E. Brown I Has Slight Edge Close Vote Shown in Unofficial Returns From Tuesday's ? Election A. J. Edmisten. former Demo :ratic sheriff of Watauga county, itaged a political comeback in ruesday'i voting and perhaps won by about 13S vote* over E. D. Cook, according to wholly inofficial returns tabulated at midnight Tuesday, while the Re publicans, it aeems, took over rontrol of the board of county commissioners by electing Clyde It Greene and Wlllla Profflt to ?erve with Democrat incumbent W. M. Winebarger by margins of perhaps 50 to 100. Wade E. Brown's lead over Representative S. C. Eggers for the seat in the lower house of the assembly is set at 21, in the returns which have so far been tabulated, while Fred M. Oragg, Republican Clerk of the Superior ~ourt has defeated Leo Mast by ibout 300 votes. W. B. Reeves is figured as be. ng about 30 ahead in the Senate * race. Figures on the coroner's race, . where Democratic incumbent Richard E. Kelly was nominated >n both tickets, are unavailable at this time, as is the tally on the turveyor's race. Due to the large number of mixed tickets cast in the county rsce, the count Tuesday evening was slow and it is to be explain ed that the figures given here ?re in' no wise official, and it is likely that some of the races may not be actually decided until the ifficial canvass of the votes, on rhursday of this week. Early Wednesday morning there arc no reports available on the State tickei, and in some pre cincts, it may be that the count af the State, amendment, county and township tickets hadn't been completed until early this morn ing. Some sections cannot be reached by telephone to gather the unofficial news on these races. As usual the Democrat will ? carry the official returns of the election when the board can vasses the vote. Alleghany Democrat* Ltid SPARTA ? Democrats were iweeping to victory in Alleghany County on the basia of returns from (our of the seven precincts In the county. P. C. Collins, Democrat, was ahead in the race for sheriff over his Republican opponent, Roy Brooks. The vote was: Collins 708; Brooks 617. Democrats in Ashe Ahead West Jefferson ? Democrats took an early lead oh all fronts (continued on page six) Postofficc hours for ^mistice Day, Saturday. Nov! 11, were announced by Postmaster John E. Brown as follows: General delivery and stamp window open from 10:30 a. m. to 12 noon. Other windows clos ed. -,.i 1 *v ' ? , - i'.i ?*. City delivery service as sched ifd, MBi ' ? : No rural free delivery. ants To I Witness Game The board of director* of Boone Merchant* H has adopted a resolution getting that all stores possible close Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4 JO in order that everyone may h?v? an opportunity to wit ness the home football ga twecu the Appal; and those of ~ KHHH8II Postoff ice Hours for Armistice Day Given
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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