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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, TrftTRSDAY, DECEMBER 21. II
EIGHTEEN PAGES?^THREE SECTIONS
KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
AMD IT CAME TO FAM in
thoM day*, that thm want put
? ibctM from Csaaar Augustus,
thai all tko world should ba
taxad.
(Aad this taxing was first
mads when Cyraaius was (W- /
arnor of Syria.)
Aad all want to ba taxad. ??
ary ona into his own city.
Aad Jossph also wont up
from Oaliliaa. out ot tha city of
Nasaroth. Into Judoa. uato tha
city of David, which U callad
Bathlaham; (bocausa ha was of
tha ? housa aad liaaaga of
Day id:)
To ba taxad with Mary, bis
aspousad wifa. boiag graat
with child.
And. so it was. that whila
thay wara thara. tha days wsra
accomplishad that sha should
bo doUTarad.
Aad sha brought forth hsr
first bora son. and wrapped
him in swaddliag clothas. aad
laid him ia a maagar; bacausa
thara was no room for tbom ia
tha iaa. ?
Aad thara wara ia tha sama
country sbaphords abidlag ia
tha fiald. kaopiag watch otot
thoir flocks by aight.
iL. > ? - ? 1 -M *1
Lord cam* upon them, fa d the
glory of Um Lord shone round
about them: and they war*
sore afraid.
And tha angal laid unto
?ham, Faar not: for, behold. I
bring you good tiding* of groat
joy, which shall bo to all peo
ple.
For unto you la born this
day in the city of Da rid. a
Saviour, which la Christ tha
Lard.
And this shall be a sign unto
you: To shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes,
lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with
tha angal a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God,
and saying.
Glory to God hi the highest,
aad on earth peace, good will
toward man.
? From tha Gospel according
to St. Luke.
? ? ?
THE HUSTLE AND THE
BUSTLE of , those - last days be
fore Christmas . . . 'The eager
faces of the children, the harri
ed expressions on the faces of
their elders, and the mad rush in
quest of material values, cele
brating the birthday of Him, who
taught that mere "things" do not
matter , . . Christmas tree ven
dors along the streets, purveying
shapely cedars, imported from
neighboring Virginia, which
seem to have definitely supplant
ed the local hemlock and white
pine in the Santa Claus
market . . . School girl, from
down on the south side of the
mountain, offering bunches of
holly boughs with generous
spots of bright red berries . . and
the bright-eyed child, face and
hands blued by the piercing
cold, gazing longingly at the
bright toys and other Christmas
trappings, which it cannot have
except through the generous im
pulses of the folks round about
. . . The long lines at the postof
ficc as the two cent stamp* are
passed out by the thousands and
the parcel post packages heaved
into the receiving windows in a
steady stream . . . Recent rail
way strike had local office filled
with mail, which was promptly
moved when the emergency was
over . . . Orange tree growing in
'window of Edmisten Furniture
Store, close by Crayte Teague's
expansive toy train layout , . .
The plant, given Mr. Edmisten
by Or. Herman Eggers, is four
feet tall and has four oranges on
its branches, each about one inch
in diameter ? the first time we
have seen oranges growing in
Boone.
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ? its publisher and earh member of the staff ? join in extending to its readers and other
patron* Greetings of the season. We are deeply appreciative of the friendship and goodwill of the people of Boone and
Watauga county, and of their continuing patronage and wish for each of you a Very Merry Christmas.
Schools To End
Work For Xmas
Watauga county schools will
cloae for the holidays ,at differ
ent time*, according to the
amount Of time lost by them
during the recent storms, says
county superintendent W. H.
Walker, in releasing the follow
ing scehdule:
Boone, Green Valley, Deep
Gap and Blowing Rock districts
that taught on Thursday Decem
ber #th will close for Christmas
Thursday afternoon, December
th ber 8 and 9, will
cloae Friday December 22.
All schools will resume wprk
Tuesday January 2, after a holi
day somewhat shortened on ac
count of interruptions due to
severe weather.
Public Offices To
Obaerre Christmas
The county and town offices
will be closed both Monday and
Tuesday in observance of the
Christmas holidays. It was an
nounced Monday.
Meat Camp Baptist Church
will present its annual Christ
mas play on Sunday, December
24th at 7:00 p. m. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Health Office Closes
Dr. Mary Michal, health of
ficer, announces that the Health
Department in Boone will be
cloacd December 22 through 26.
Also, there will be no immunisa
tion clinic Friday, December 22.
Bloodshed Boxscortk
Killed Dec. 12 thru Dec. 14 ?
Injured Dec. 12 thru Dec. 14 7?
Killed thru 'Doc. 14, 1950 909
Killed thru Doc. 14, IMS 79S
Injured thru Dec. 14, 1950 11,402
Injured thru Dee. XI 194t 9.191
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Bethel, Mabel,
Christmas Play
ml
? Photo Palmer'? Studio
GIVEN TV SET? Emma Lou Dollar, ? year old Doop Gap resident,
a victim oi polio, is shown beside iha television aat which bar
neighbors and friends gin har lor Christmas. John Hampton pro
moted tha purchaaa of tha sat and contributed ISO; parhaps 75 othars
contributed lasaar amounts, and Craven Furnitura Stora oi Boona
sold tha aat for lata than coat, or a reduction oi M4.&0. Emma Lou
it picturad with the sat at Craven's store, the was stricken with
polio in September oi 1*4 1, two weeks after aha started her second
year at school, and has been treated at tha Atheville Orthopedic
Hospital. A bright, attractive child, Emma Lou talks pleasantly with
her friends, and expects to recover from the severe attack of polio.
DWIGHT CABLE AGAIN NAMED TO
FILL WATAUGA PMA POSITION
D wight Cable of Sugar Grove
wai re-electcd chuirman -of the
Watauga county Production and
Marketing Administration com
mittee at the county convention
held in Boone December IS.
Re-elected ai vicc-chairman of
the county committee was O. O.
Winebarger, and elected an regu
lar member was San ford Creed.
The two alternates arc X M
Burkctt and Vaughn Tuoman.
farmer* They are paid for only
the few day* they actually serve
Dwight Cable, the chairman of
the Watauga County PWA Con-.
mittcc for l?l, owns ? W-acrt
farm in Uurcl Craok com
mutiilv On this farm he nroduces
tobacco', grail 1 crapa,
f. ' :?nSS- '?
livestock and* dairy product!.
The vice-chairman'* farm is
located at Meat Camp, where he
produces tobacco, ^pain and hay
crops, and livestock.
Sanford Creed, the third mem
ber of the committee, owns and
operates a farm on Beaver Dam.
His farming operations are de
voted to ttie production of tobac
co, grata and hay crops, live
stock and dairy products. The
farm* of the two alternates are
located on' Cove Creek and in
the Green Valley community.
Mr. Burkctt ia engaged in the
production pi tobacco, general
truck, grain and hay products,
also livestock and dairy products.
Mr. Tujmttn produces tobacco,
Hay^ and^grata. liveatock aid
r ?
Coaker Triplet!
Signs With Bisons
St. Petersburg, Fla., Dec. 8. ?
George Toporcer consummated
his first official act as manager of
the Bisons for the 19S1 scaArn by
huddling with Coaker Triplctt
here this morning and emerging
with the announcement that he
is retaining the slugging outfield
er as his chief aide do camp.
Business Manager Leo T. Mill
er immediately settled contract
negotiations with Triplctt and the
latter then departed for his home
in ^oone, N. C., highly elated that
he is returning to Buffalo.
Triplett'f injured knee probab
ly will prevent him from playing,
except against lefthanded pitchers
and appearing in pinchhitting
roles, but he will continue to
combine these duties with coach
ing.
Another Service U
Set At Perkimville
i i
The sccond service, arranged
lor the purpoee of offering pray
er for World Peace, will be held
at the Perkinsville B a p t i s 1
Churcfe Friday evening, with Dr.
W G. Bond in charge. All the
ministers of the town arc ex
pected to be present, and the
public if invited.
At the first meeting I ant Fri
day, about seventyWive gather
ed ? ggj -
"Why ChrUtma*?"
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'Why Christmas", a pageant
|?y -Elinor Brown, will be pre
sented by the Sunday School of
Willow dale Baptist Church of
Vilas, Sunday, December 24th at
7:10 p. m. This program strtosites
the influence our actions may
have on the live* of others. It
presents an aged man, who U
puzceled about Christ umity and
the purpose of Christmas, and
to learn the true tnesjt
We invito you l? .i
til?
FARMERS ARE ELECTED TO FILL
PMA POSITIONS FOR YEAR 1951
Returns from the , fourteen
community committee elections
were announced today by
Dwight Cable, chairman of the
Watauga county PMA commit
tee.
By communities the following
farmers were elected to admini
ster PMX farm programs In 1951,
chairman, vice-chairman, regu
lar member, first and second al
ternates in the order named:
Bald Mountain, W. F. Norris,
J. E. Lewis. George Miller, Geo
rge Trivett, and J. B. Ragan.
Beaver Dam, Clyde Robinson,
W. R. Vines, G. F. Smitherman,
Gardner Matheson, and Cecil
Swift.
Blowing Rock, Shuford Edmis
ten, Mrs. Nora Broyhill, W. Leon
Coffey, Berlin Greene and Char
lie Spann. ? ;
Blue Ridge, M. O. Coffey,
Vance C. Hartley, Joe Hayes,
Stacy Ford and G. E. Miller.
Brushy Fork, Joe McNeil, Jeff
Stanberry, C. C. Edmlsten, C. A.
Clay and Grady Bradley.
Cove Crack, Lewis Burket, J.
M. Burkett, M. L. Warren, Jr.,
Russell Thomas and June Prof
fitt '
Elk, J. D. Hampton, Doc Cox,
Bob Hodges, Arthur Wheeler .
and Russell Triplett.
Laurel Creek, Charlie W. Mast,
Ed Fannon, Stacy Moody, Robert
Hagaman and Tom Mast.
Meat Camp, W. W. Winebar- |
ger, Vaughn Tugman, Erald D. I
Moretz, Alfred McNcil and Pag I ,
Moretz.
New River, Avery L Jackson,
Wilson Brown, Harold Henion,
(Continued on Dag* four.)
Carol Service At
Baptist Church !
The members and friends of '
the First Baptist Church of ,
Boone will gather Sunday even- |
lng at 5:00 o'clock for a half hour
of music. '
Several carols will be sung by
the congregation from hymn
slides. This music of the Christ
mas season will be sung again a <
fine way by people who love the '
music of the carols. '
Solos and choir numbers will <
be interspersed with the carols to <
make the service even more at
tractive. The public is invited to '
join in this service. '
Health Staff Meeting
The annual staff conference of
health educators In North Caro
lina was held in the laboratory
of hygiene at the State Board of
Health, Raleigh, December 14
and 15th. The conference this
year war attended by approxi
mately 60 health educators from
all parts of the state. High-light
ing the meeting ware reports of
work in nutrition, mental health,
alcoholic assistance, school health
and the undergraduate program
in health education from the
colleges of the state. Attending
the meeting from Boone was Miss
Madeleine McCain, local health
educator.
DEMOCRAT OFFICE
WILL BE CLOSED
The office of the Watauga
Democrat U being cloeed Thurs
day for the usual Chrlslmes
vacation period and the staff
will return for work next
Wednesday morning.
Naxt week's adition of tha
Damocrai will bo printad on
Thursday, rathor tbaa on Wed
nesday, and tkosa dosiring Naw
Yaar's or other massages in this
adit'on should contact tha pub
lisher. preferably during the
current week.
Used Clothing To
Be Sought for Needy
Wool clothing and blankets
will be the Christmas gifts which
members of the Boone Metho
dist Church bring on next Sun
day morning when everyone is
asked to contribute clothing for
overaeas shipment.
Peroons desiring to bring the
clothing during the week, arc
requested to leave it in the
church vestibule or at the pat
ronage next door. Anyone in the
community desiring to partici
pate is invited to do so. The
clothing will be shipped to the
storehouse of the Church World
Service Center in Maryland for
reshipnient overseas.
The voluntary offering at the
Worship Service on Sunday
mornjng when the Lord's Supper
will be observed will be used to
iccompai^y the clothing for the
expense of processing and re
shipmcnt.
Graduate School
Expansion Seen
ApfAlachian State Teachers
college i? expanding its graduate
ichool offerings, beginning with
the summer session of 1951, ac
:ording to Chapell Wilson, dean
>f the graduate school.
In the future, the college will
jffer a graduate major in library
icience, with a minor in educa
tion. This is ih addition to the
ninor in library science that has
jeen offered heretofore.
Also, beginning the summer of
1951, the college will offer gra
luate work in music, leading to
the master of arts degree. This
work will be specialized training
lor public school music teachers
?nd band directors. The music
faculty of -the college is being
mlarged and strengthened to
take care of the graduate offer
ings in music.
The graduate school catalogue,
lescfibing these and other of
ferings of the college, is now in
!h?< hands of the printers, and!
iccording. to Dean Wilson, should
5C ready for mailing about the
last of January.
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Highest Average Of
Season Hit J
Tuesday
Salei of burley tobacco on the
Boone market reached the two
and a quarter million pound
mark Tuesday, when the average
price received was $54.92, to
make perhaps the beat sale of
the season.. Warehousemen state
thaf with Thursday's sale the to
tal will doubtless reach two and
a half million pounds.
Hollis Honeycutt of Burnsville,
N. C, sold a record crop on the
Tuesday sale, receiving an aver
age price of 62 cents per pound
for his entire crop. Farmers gen
erally expressed themselves as
being highly pleased with their
checks.
Sales will end with the Thurs
day auctions, and will be resum
ed early in January, but the
exact date has not been set.
Meantime all warehouses on the
local market will remain open
and receive tobacco right on
through the holidays. Receipts
are continuing strong during
these last sale days.
Stores Close
For Christmas
The Department stores and
perhaps most other business
houses in the community will be
closed on Tuesday as well as on
Christmas day, but this is not a
recommendation of the Merchants
Association, which calls for clos
ing only on Christmas day.
However, the Merchants Asso
ciation recommends a holiday on
New Yasr's, Patrons of loeal bus
iness establlshmttMs are asked to
anticipate their needs and do all
their shopping, so that no incon
venience may result from the
Merchants taking a well-earned
rest from their labors.
"Messiah^ToBe
Broadcast Sal.
The choir of Appalachian
State Teachers college, under the
direction of Mrs. Virginia Wary
Linney, will present "The Mes
siah" by Handel to a nation
wide radio audience on Satur
day, December 23, from 1:30 to
2:00 p. m. This broadcast, which
will originate through Radio
Station WATA in Boone, will be
carried coast-to-coast by the
Mutual Broadcasting System.
The college extends an invita
tion to all its alumni and friends
to be a part of its nation-wide
radio audience for this presenta
tion of "The Messiah" by the
sixty voices of the Appalachian
choir.
The following students from
Watauga county arc members of
the choir:
Sopranos: I sa belle Eggers, Pat
Ellis, Barbara Jones, Arlene
Mast, Margaret Rjiy, and, Eliza
beth Williams, all of Boone; Peg
gy Farthing, Sugar Grove; Eu
genia Luttrell, Shulls Mills.
(Continued on cage four.)