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BOONE H40 PQPULATIOW 2.97-J The ??uc?'Joru. cwiWr of Wc?l?in North Carolina Hum* of Appalachian bl4tt Tucft?r> < oiiefle. wtach (tUtcl* hundreds ot students annualiy Lion, all parti of Uie iuUon Modern L>u?l neatj diatrict A good pUcc U) live WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Y ear 1 888 WATAUGA COUNT* ItM POPULATION ll>tl '.ending agricultural and tourist aru. Liveatock. dairying and truck farming of paramount importance Blue fUdft Parkway traverse* county . and touch** Blowing Rock, one of tfee principal Summer reaorta of Eaaiern America VOL LX1V NO BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 3 li?52 FIVE CENTS PER COPY King Street BY ROB RIVKRS NEVER BEFORE has thi U.rnn earned a pn togiaph. and : t is thlgUgh the i ? >.,i 1< - y >t M<iV"! Gordon W nkler t: at v\ ? have today up&et K.ng Stieet precedent by pubiiMiing a pic t .in- of tw<> old t : lend?- ( )n the lift ?.ur good friend John K Brown, deceased, who wa.s one of the leading law\ti> here a few sears ago, an a.stute Demo cratic politician, and a nnght> good fellow John E , in cha : aetenstn pose. is passing the time of day with the late I'mk Baldwin, and no doubt enjoying, as all the folks did. the tall tales of Uncle 1'ink, who came to be Ji? ve that he inhabited the earth (?(?lore Adam, who allegedly was .1 good friend of (ieurge Wash ington when lie was building the Mount Vernon estate, and u ho figu:ed as hov\ one of his sons m Kngland had the good foi tiu.ne to marry the daughter of the King We. John K Brtmn, (lordon Wmkiei. A W Smith, and oth< r> who 1 1 \ < < 1 here in l.'ncle Pink's dav. reveled in these tales, told and retold, until they were pretty near holeproof or foolproof, and the rugged mountain man who always lean ed on the ciookedr.st stick he could find, i? quoted daily in tins locality. THE PICTURE OF PINK, right at the time folks are be ginjtang lo look backward a bil into the history of the region, count of the coming historical drama, brings to mind some o the grizzled resident's stories of the settling of this area . . According to Pink, but con trary to some of the others who have studied the matter, there were Indians here, world with out ?nd . . . tribes upon tribes . . . when he came to the wood ed hills of Carolina . . . First, said Pink, there were the Giants, who ranged down from the height of a towering hem lock tree, to maybe twenty or thirty feel . . "When wn lulled the giants," said Pink," ' there came the Injuns. . . It seem ed, in those days, there were, in addition to the standard yei low Injun, who looks good on ly on a calendar lithograph, the white Indidnb, who lived in larg'4 numbers down on t >e Yadkin, end th? Black Hawko ? one side Black and the other white . . . Asked what come of this latter breed, which hadn't been mentioned in recorded history. Pink allowed as how "we killed em . . . all of them, and buried em down near old Wilkesboro." PINK, ulmsr t.u, .x . f daring h.ive contributed v,, much t<> th< of fn: friends, w.rn'l cr.i/\ had an answer f<>i every quei \ and couldn't b< hacked in the crnei at ail, wher his st"i k s appeared .1 ti 'fie un re;i>(inahle .lust I ? \ < < I t < > <11.-^ seriate .<n thinu i < ? n K"n< He could pive y?;i ,t faiily faith fill account of his prow < s at t h < battle of Hasting. could mustei up a mite of n te,i iiver Bona partes hard luck at Waterloo and even shocked himself witl the recounting of ^ome of t h* little pet pastimes of Hcnn VITI one of his pals. ti> br sun but he'd invariablv t baci to George Washincton. whom h? always said was "the best j;in niril' I ev*?r fit under" Beei a lot of tales told.' said t h ? ? o|r man of the hills, about Wa.sh ington's death some of then are downright nu an and n<?n? of em so . He actually died ir a fall from a pinto p.?nv on whirl he w as celebiatniK the ? inninj of the war." and the old mai would -make as if to brush side ; tear with his gnarled knuckles when he would tell of holdinj the h'?<id of the Father of th? country, when he breathed hi: last. . . He had offered to show (Continued on page four) March Dimes Drive Starts Today: Many To Aid INdio Fight March of Dimes iluiiriM'n imd committee* tiuv appu.nteo :n preparation fci t ri< ? i(J52 up peal, which ? pons t'Xiuv and rot, ti;.ui> t?> Hit- end ..f the in- .n 1 1 . :t wa- announced today by Jack Id"!, count> campaign director "The Match of Dimes per lod for 1952 ha.s been doubled n> meet tne .senou: financ ial ? ? r i: ? ^ in t He polio organization, ' Mr Idol noted "We have organized our lull slate of ("innntte: * ? d r 1 \ an< i a have the nu< leus l> liu.nl ? >ui ui? -st v ui ( ! u: - ii : 1 1 paign "The lonu'-i ( ? <i n i p ? t ; g ! . a a- ne ces.-itated by the ining tide I pop" at!" the nat i i Thn. ha ve beer. m< >r< i ascs in Mm p.i- t four years than in the pieviou t? n veais combined Where a ' our national average po!i.> (o|! ' v.,,' 1 1 1. 0(10, that a ver.ige i . < . j more than tripled .n the past four jyear^ Tin- National Foundation for- Infantile Paralysis has ended each of the past four yeais, in eluding 1951 in debt " Officials Larr\ Harris has been named director for the town of Blowing Rock Mr Idol .said while John T King acting .1 assistant n'untv director. Mrs Coaker 'Triplet? is doing the .secretari.il Vv I.I k at the ' ; U M > oft re ( >u.f . ? ?ffu i<j!.s :.a::u d art- as !<>i. v. .?> Public :t\ dm-, t - ?r ! -<? M 1 A (i \ is i \ i . .itwnitu-f Wot i Bot. A*;le, Howard C " < j t t r ?? i 1 . Hal< ? i . i ' > > 1 1 rt' 1 1 H IJ Hod >. J- A K Hambv Charh^ Wil!..n? H.adi'i \ u :? . . * . ! y a;u , t ? -i ( ' h a i I . ? W . I : i ? i , k Quartet - :r.^ir.K J hv ( 'uuk<\ Allen ( ; ra ^ Hie hai d II' >d^c. Mr I > : . did the i ? ?mm-nrc ; i . ? 1 1 , t u i airt ad> ..re ,it \\ ? -i k hut all !:??". - i ! J"i more \ oUui - '.I ? : ? V"! antet | - , 1 1 l ' KHjUr.' led t " ? 'lit... t i t.ai: ?!.. i . Ma: c ii I)"!.' hi 'tt d ( | Ua.lt ? " I> ill t.'i' W.I t>? u i'. : Bu:id;t.:' ..r. i l.-ui. Build ' ( >ur dutie a . : > . \ti ? ii, ci \ e>. tel. : n pa-t > <-a i w ith a t a o w< ck campaign ! ? ? ? ? . ? .nut <!. ' t ? u t t here , ? V. . , u ,ii h to do n<l.W H.i if the tun>i : ... ?? i in Wa tau^a ( ? < 1 1 1 r : * rei::.nn here to p,iy f< -i C a i < "! ! ,1 ' p< M 1" \' let in;. v. no need help Mi Idol explain ed I en e : ^ . n< |c these funds may he ii i ad c available to help paticn'lf wlicrevci they 1 1 \ < Th?* "the: half is sci;t to National H- adfiu.ii ters { 'i i '? ^ a : eh pr< fess :? -nal edu< ?i* :? and epid< n;i ? Jonathan Tugtnan , 12 Shot On Hunting Trip Jonathan Dallnixi Tunir.m, 11: vc,ii; old, <i .son of Mi and Mrs., Glenn Tubman < ? f Buniic, was I fatally injured when his shotgun w;i: accidentally discharged .is the lad and hi> father hunted rabbits in the Laxon neighbor- ] I hood Saturday. Information is that Mr. Tug- i man was ahead of his son in the ' field and was trying t" "unnp" i a rabbit from a brush heap, when the boy's j;un fired The \ lad told hik parent that he had shot himself in th< leg. and ii' \er spoke again, death having erisu cd from bleeding before lie < - >uld ?reach the hospital m Boone The] loa i from a 16-guage shotgun en- . ti led the thigh a shoit distance below the hip joint Funeral services wej r laid! Monday afternoon at the 1'ilot Mountain Baptist Chui ch by Rev H M Winkler and Rev. Honda Karp and interment wa.1 in tl-.e church cemetery. Young Mr. Tugman who was ?i ! member of the sixth grade class at Appalachian e I e m e n t a r v wmw- ? ? wmw mmmmmm PIONEER? William G. Todd. 86, pioneer citizen of Boone, whoso dealh on December 14, took lhe town's oldest native born citizen. ?-(?Ik ?' .1 IS survivf-l by thr l?u ? cut ? , ,)iid t\v . In i h.f-r.- R< -V ..rid Hi. : i Tiinnum "i the hrmi' Clayton Greene Suicides Dr. and Mrs. Smith Establish Home Here Dr. .ind Mrs William M Smith have purchased the Booker h < ? ; - ? ? in Daniel Boone Park, and have I established residence therein. Dr. Smith entering upon his medical practice here January 1 He will be associated with Dr H B Per- | rv. and succeeds Dr. H B Perry, ' ? Jr , who ls in Baltimore, taking | I post graduate medical c >urscs | Dr. M. A Huggins To Speak Here | Dr M A Huggins. gc n ? ra 1 set | retary of North Carolina Baptists, j will speak to the congregation nf the First Baptist Church Sunday ? ! morning following the annual j business meeting at 10 30 o'cloc k , 1 ! Hf will officially launch .< tram j ! ing period on Sunday evenings | ' [ in January. 'j Members and frierids "f First' x Baptist Church will gather ;it. 8 00 i p. m each Sunday in January ' i Study ' lasr.cK will be held in the 1 fieldr of soul winning. Christian ! * homrs. Christian life, history of the Bible, and the advance pro- j gram of Southern Baptists Class periods will Ik- from 8 to [ 8 45 o'clock, training union 5:45 to 7 00. last period 7 00 to 7 30. Kvenmg worship at 7 .10 will be | led by a visiting speaker who will be here to lead the class in the advance program of Southern Baptists Dr Huggins is the visi tor for this Sunday / Recruitment of youth to engi neering, scientific fields urged Clayton n<\ 4 1 ; ? -idrnt oj thr F * ' ? p 1 ? ? r C i r ? > \ ?* s?vt i-itiin <<>n; mittrd suifidr bv hanging at tin barn f Hiram DuLvn last Fri day. and although he was found within fiftr< n minuter th' tnnr thr tragcdv v. a.> I ?? I i ? v < ?< i t.. ha v? ( ill : rd. ? ffort a? i ' si j -.t ic.it inn w ? - 1 < ? f ruit I ? ? s : Mi C 1 1 irnc \vh< > had ? u krd as ,i laborer at building tiad<s, and who was ,i part-Unir mini strr, had injured a hand seriou.s I y in .i fon< rrtr :in.xcr last sum dim" His inability to w'i k as f < ' ; rtirrl v fi -I lowing t hr injur;/ br]i -v rd to have i < - n 1 1 ibuted 1' 1 his d< p< ? IK 1 ? n < y F'unn <i I ' i i virr. u ere held Sunday at th' 1'oplar ( ? r < > v ? Hap' i>t ( : i ?, Hi v Hhvii.' >nd H? r.drix. lb v A. C Moody K? H C Kgg< r, and K<v Arlie M< e t/ took part in thr nt<s. and buna I wa- in Mr.it Camp ccmr I I ? r n Th'- \*.id'>w Mirvivo, w >1 h tv.o suns and thrc daughtrt . a!' of thr homr Arvir ai:d Ra\ KditTi. Carolyn and F.lsir (Jirrnr Benny Joe Robbins Benny Joe Bobbins. 1H months old son of Mr and Mr Ross Bobbins of Drrp (Jap. di?d at Watauga Hospital Friday and funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 o'clock at thr Mountain View Baptist Church, burial being in the chinch ccrr.e trr\ Thr parents survive with six brothers and sisters W I? Jr . Billy Leo, Tommy, Barbara Ann. Brtty Janr. June, all of the home. Total cropland on all North Carolina farms amounts to more than 6 million acres. Sing, Dance To Feature Polio Drive Number K vents Are Slated To Bolster Receipts from Polio Campaign. T. < < . ' >' A id. ? quarti t Sinn niK. $ h;? h pn?v? 'I s<> popula r la ' > ea r \\ ; 1 1 1 1 k< I V be the II ..I i ? . < lit . r the 1 952 Ma iv 1 1 of Dim,. . < an pai^n. it is learned. and .i > ? ' : : M U 1 1 ? ? i> Ihim'\ fi.^a'cd f- 'i inulatin^ the p i ?i n > f< >r the . e\ 'Tit a huh ... ! ? he h? Id : .i i tarn-.'vj.-ly at t h ? ? cuuntv court - ? ? ai.d t h * ? Appalachian Hi^h Sv I J ar. u.'i 1 \ l!h at 7 \ i : , M A 1 1 ( ? i , ( i ra^, John < ' ?? k i . . i : ! R ichai 'I H- d^o art* mahn.^ th. (lar. hi tht- ? K f? aii-1 tlmsf mten M.-d in ap pe.,i : : : ? ? 111 the program ?? a-ked t 1 1 1 . h ' t 'it h ? I . .f then. President's Ball ']'? ? : i.' 1 Pi. h ii' I, .ill. ? /iMt.u- . t J; r March of Dimes ? ampai^n .sim ?? ;t bej>mmn^. will be ht Id at t h? ? Appalach.an Hi^h ! Schoc,; .1 a rv .ai \ :U ar. oidinj? t? ? t? nt.it ,v .? pl.il.- The y .?[ t\ Ninht - i ! ><m i.il club. will vpi.n>??r | ' th. i .? 1 1 thiv \ ? ,1 r . and t r . j?r. - i.iei.t ! th'- ?ir?aii /at :< n. A K Hamhv ,'r -s ill name t h. . ? ? ..in mittee til work nut the details , for tin phase .if the campaign The Boone I >t ,> Cluh will ntjaii; > pi'iat.- th- dinir.s board at the hank . > ? i'i j ' ? i*. and a box Mip p. r w 1.1 I . ; d at I). . p ( i ,p Wn I nesda v' J.muarv Hi The last day < > f t h? ? campaign will feat nil- the Mothei s Ma; < t A^ai/nt I'oh.i. 'Ah.cn lijihii'd p.-i ''hi"' wil! 1 1 ; d i <? a 1 1 ? t. . . anva.-sen \\ her. contribution .in avail Mrs. Miriam Rabb Publicity Leader Mi Mil lan. C.!o\ lei Rabb was ' emph ?\ ed as pubhcity director ; of the Southern Appalachian { H Moncal A M'lat i. .n, which n to pi.xiiicr- ,in outdoor historical <! i a t n a hci c next . iiinnn r, at a j meet inK of tin- board of du < < t ? >rs "f tin- . 1 ; j4?i i . i /.j 1 1. 1 n held M-.ndav, and i- .ijvnmj; her office m the Building and I,nai. building t<> dir. M: - H.it.h d? ^!.'.r ..f Mr ar, ; Mi, M i;f C,|..\ 1. ; f Bo. i . ha ? h.id wide experieno in puh iicitv work: In 19H7 rifl she was pi i hi ii ;t v hi . < t r for I ,i i- M? Hac College at Bann.i Klk. dur ing v. hu h t :nic .-h>- did spe< lai !? a!u ? . - f ' : i* th<- Wat.in^a Dm.' . crat from time to time h 1 -a (1 reporter and State new: editoj of the Columbia Record, Colum bia. S C . for t hre< , ea ri . a rid mo:'.- lecentlv w;i puhlicits' du .???tor for two . ? r i fa the Naples Jira. h M t. . n Nap!-- . Flo) id.. Mi Habh -a as . . . i t . i n t pi . s : > pres.-r i tat i v. for t h ' Bei kshu . I ' i < I N ' h < 'Use, , i Mllllini 1 > t. -ck coil; par.\- of Stockbriflt;' . Mas: dm inn th< si,,,,,:,,.,- ,,f 1 <147 I )ire. toi ? .f the local hi.- to. I- al ? ip f' ?1 for t unat<- ;n ha\ in^ .-mid the - e ; v i * i s I Mr Rabb f- the pron.oti'.n of th< p t- ? ? p o > ed d rair.a t w product ion Watauga's Farm Income For 1951 Set At $2,587,000 HOLIDAY RUSH A corner of the workroom at the Boone postoffice. showing some of the huge volume of max! which was handled during Christmas. Photo by Paul Weston. I'f<\ (Joy I'J. Banner Dies In Korean H ar 1 '! ( " ? I B.i r ? ' I ? .| T . f I ,u ! ? . M . . i i ? . ? i . SiiU.ir ( . : ? -v . IN ( ' v. k 1 1 i ' ? < i .1. ... ' ; ? ? i ir . K.. |ic.i n. .vcniiri i * v in:,: "f-i I mji t ' word i<-,n h;r.;; !::? p;t i*f n t last 'a crk I)''1ai I 1" Han ? Iratli \?. it. [?n! K : \ 'I; 1 1 . . \p. ? t . ? i t li.it the b...l\ will !? Mil:- I h.( -I! II' f> ?!' hui ial ? n .11 I '! F-i;. I ; r 1 1 I .. !u'i< ut ;<? \V..'au^.< ( '? -r. ... : - 1 1 ' i ! I . . h .Ofi .'I'll ?- ill 1 t :< I . .1 laid iii I. i^i s i ' i ' : H< < i ? ' ' 1 ' ' ' til. ,.! 1 1 1 v Sept. n :i). I J: i r > >< ' 1 .. train. .1 t Kit I -r.-. i m V- ? ? - i M" ..n : M a . 1 n .. ... ? . M' in K- .i April '. !''M Hi- u.i. r...t ?ii.iri h (i Siii .i - ?:>U ? ''i? I ???rS nt I n? " . ! .iii'! ? i t.'i OPS Agent To Be In Boone Tuesday , Mr K i^i ? 1 1. ? "II; . ' ' I ?< " ( >PS :r ( 'I .1 . '< f f 1 1 ?< i.f t !i< A ? m 'I Jan i j.i ry 'I t, . . : i.. . 'In u. I.' !p OPS I "1 '1. it M ; r. -n t! S. ii..t* : j r . . f ? ' i wrh "In ..--, " ursda \ : 1 1 1 ' '1 i (county Agent bpeaks In Behalf Of Horse (Clinic H"i ? s .ii' < h? ;ip. until you tr v tr. (ujv a khI '>n? " The com rrvn "horse of this < x presMon needs !?> br emphasized T ? ? r 1 ; ? \ . so >.,iw I, Y. Tu< k willci . Watauga C'iurjtv Agent If you neglect Man good horse" now h< . ni;iv fail y<<u when th<' spring ! ruvh conn's Mr Tuckwiiler is : ued tins hit <>{ ddvue farlv this I work as ho uracil .ill farmers I wit m work slock to \ik? thorn to tho horsi anrl mulo clinics 1 which will bo held in the various i omriuiiitiof b< ginning January 7, and continuing thiough tho work Tii' following '< [ \ 1 1 ? ? v will br offered bv I)r John (r Martin, a Ij licensed vetei inarian 1 Free examination 2 Treatment for bots and , i round worms at a reasonable fee, | if needed. .1 Floating tcoth if nn <U d. at I reasonable cost i | 4 Other treatments needed. 5 Advice on feeding and man agement Feed should Ix* withheld from i | animals to be examined and ? ! treated for at least 18 hours bo i lore treatment. Mr. lui'k'A ill' i ^ivr- addition al .id . H < t ? i farmers on i .in <>| wnrkstork and equipment A Kxan.in'1 harness ranful!\ ( ) 1 1 . .iikI bu v anv n? < di d i < p.iir.i ? no -a B l'i i'\ id* pasture foi a oi k sb-ek. w 'hi n they an n ' > t \vi>rk in^ (' Raise replacements 'for \ < - n r \?. or kstoek The follow inj; s< bed j I ? of elm Hsu il! h< nu t Mondiiy J, in 7 (l on .( m Koi k of road it M.irvm Millers, ! Hi# Hill . i) 30 R H Cliiwsun V Is 221 . 10 (10 Wii; Willi b. II KIT ' M< it. ( '.imp 10 30 Lark Mill' i s t ' * ' ' 1 . I'ppei M r;it C iillip 11 IT) I L<>\ d i'.tanshury s mailbox, Lowei Mint (\inlp Tuesday. Jan H 9 00 .i rn i Fr? (1 Crib her. Bamboo 0:30 ? M I) Hi own. Lax on. 10 15? Hayes Wellborn. St >nv Folk 1 1 00 j Stev art Simmon store. Triplett, 1:00 p in H A Holder. Aho i W? dnosday. J.m 9 U 00 a m Howard Corn* II. Hand s Cn ? k j 9:30- -T C Band, Valle Cruris, 10 00 Vu tor Wards. Wataiifi^ | River, 10:45 ? Hoy Tnvett's, (Continued on patfe three; Ladies' Night at Boone C. oi C. Hi;: ' ' I tl.< H' 1 1? ( }| ..11,1.1 I ' 1 ! (. ' 1 1 1 . 1 : i ? i ' 1 .?;ll b< i.rlrl ,,t the B.i Jit K ' <'?...!? ! . TlJ? ? (l.i> (".'ill uitf. J, iiiu.ii ?. ;; 7 '.(1m, k. in. h 1 1 uv M W H ' ii;.u? * ill rnn,!,..' If,.' IM t .?l l.il 1' -I) 1 1 1 "f f i' . > f. i Mi. r < ? 'a v. ,,1 Ml ('I...: I'.-ikM T >11. ? t. .| : IV. 1. 1.. ,.ii. I P. "i.,.. ti..n t"i 1|w .Mat. -.f N :th Cai olin.i from H.i I' :i;l i 'a : 1 1 i .' tii'' u. ' t peak ' i Mi I'. ii k' i .m < " i 1 > t.inrlinn N ? ? i 1 1 . ( it ' .1 . 1 1 ... 1 1 -a h> ? i > <1 > -ihk .'i I. j. i. : n pi .?M.'.tinn tin- -ppor ti.intu s t<i b? f < > i nd .ii tlic T;u H< ??] '.it' .ind th?' many attra< I, ii f. t . -in i>t ii ,iv. 1 A < apa t ?- . i ' .a H ; < a p. . t'"l tn attcfi'l ' i ' n.< ? t nit; 1" I i'm t Mi I'm k< i M Hirni.in W Wil'-ix, Prcsi ?lent ? . f 1 1 . ? B<>< ?n<* ( ha ii i l?'i - f ( '. . i i ii i. i (?<? \a i! I .li t ,i t < >,ist m.i t? r f. i *1,. < < .i i. .ii pVatui .'<1 iilsn on 11" p: . f l . 1 1 n will hr Mi H'??h Moi t.'ii I ' i < m n t <il th<- Lmvil]. ('"inp.inv f Lmvillr and Wil nun;:t'>n. \?.' : m a ill shi.w ( olnj 1 ui ? <-f 1hi> mountain an ;i Ir. vt;ill?iti"n "f officers f"i l(lf>2 -a ill v Iiii, .ix th. i inn Sp? < ui I 1 1 1 us ic is brine arranged 1 < ? i th< pmnnin; br^inninn 1 h?* nrw y?-ar .i< t iv it i.'. . f th< Incai organi/a 1li.ll Mi Pill krr s ;id<l i < s:- Will b. , i ;n i led Vjv radio :tati<>n WATA Mr W.iU fiiriKK 1 1 1 install th' n<w 'ffuvis Mi-- Ralph B'i. I", .man will 1 >< thv f<a*int'd pianist Postal Receipts Show Increase K? . ? ip? .1) til. H.n Ml' p..- lot in' i.m ? i . . ? . 1 1 : 1 * r> i . h..\s ( ? < i .i -ill v t.iUl.ll ; I Ml < 1 ' ' I til- ?' fur 1 it i' M'M ; i 1 < <i I >\ John , !?: Hi,..-, i; ,Ji p . tMl., t. i 1.., IH - pi W. I.- S',:? H0.'< V r? ,i- . , m t Vl p.tUfj 2\ f' M 1 !?.)!). ; .,11 1 1 ii I i M -> -I S2.20H :??! If.. I'll! trild- V ' 1 1 1 1 11 M ..f I1W1 I I a.i. * . . . . v * . . .i Mr. i'.i "U ii hut 'i, [)'?(. iiii ? ' - 1 <p i ;< r tr r si m"a ? ? I .in! m,. i . , i . -? Mil . n:n ! i I'l'.n In ] **"?() ? h< 1 1 n 1 1 1'. ? ".'i" >;n ,.n<i m iuf>! sin.iiHH ; M-.n 1 1 i.i 1 1 h.iif ,, ii 1 1 1 i i< 'it pi.'. - ? .,! id;. 1 I A.M. ! i . i 1 1 < i I < < 1 h'M < <i 11 1 III!' till ( 'I : i till. I- I Ii h. It 1 - - I ..It 1. .III. I ' milt. .Ml . X t I . I Will K ? ? i . i'< ? m n p 1 1 1 \ c ! 1. ; I j < I ill ti.tii.llnu: tn. mi;.iI. Mrs. Edith Roark Taken by Death M: hdH:, H.ik.'m ..ii H".i i k i . .-I'-fP ' if H. ;n < r I '? 1 1 1 1 t' 1 n hip. dud hi. t W.-dn?sd,is . i ' th. U..u;.ii .hi Clmw . foil. .'a nm .1 i. M It: 1 1 1 1 1 < it h .1 Ihmi t .Ii! Kuium ;i I . : \ i< <? - < r< h' '< I hi 1-l.iN .it tin Beth. I li.ipt I I ( 'l.iii eh . i r l ' 1 intei merit a .is in B? ;t v< r I );im < . irH'I'T} H?v .J H Cusp .ill' I Rev K'l I- .,rt liiii. ( ' M d U e 1 . 'I 1 1 . < ? I 1 1 ( . Mi H".,rk. : . ' i i i . < ? ! I . .l.i i^hf. r. Hilt h H-.ii K 'I m | >;< i ?nt* . Mi ? i n ' i Mr I >? n H.^a : 1 1, i : i, .i I < i . u : VI v. Burley Sales To Be Resumed Here li.il |. t. (ii ' . Ml Will M in*.. ;m Hui I- ? v*. .ii . ? h < i ' j s< ? ru? 2. Wedn< < 1 . i .J in i.ii y !?, and re p.. 1 1 . P-'l.i -. : n . I ic.it. t hiit thei e is n-.A 'Mi th- h.i ki t' awaiting the - ,tl< ni'Mi 1 1,, in ?,?.">(). 000 pounds M. ,ii t in ' f,i\ rahle v.athrr - i i itij.iMj.: < ..ntinurd In avv re ? . ,pt ? of ? . ? (1 and M. R C Col. I'l.in. warehouseman. pie (in' even >f '-'inert' prices for thi p' t Christmas sales Mr Coleman states that sales ?? i'l cMitiiiur as lone as there is . i r v . i p p i r ( i jl b 1 e amount of to I m' Co f'>r mIc, hut asks th.it a f-rs U' t tin .r v\ < ed oil the f ts .it niiii' for th. most fav ? M.ihly service Postal Cards 2 Cents Th*' ?>ne c< nf p< . i.il ; ;n ds, I w h irh had I ><?< ii "iv "I tlx pi if. < ipjil ilcrns ;i t 1' S postoff ices fori 7r> years, faded away with the ? Id scar, and tlx n< w 2 cent is su r will h< ready !<>r sale when tin- I'ostoff jees open after the i New Year's holiday I I 'uatmastcr Brown htjtcb that the l\> o cent rate will apply to til :<>rts of mailing cards, scenic post< aids, etc. Those having one <?( nt cards are asked to affix another one cent stamp to the left of the <>ne on the card. Slight increases in registered, c. o d and insurance fees went into effect New Year's day, Mr I Drown *aid. County Farm Agent Gives Out Estimate; Livestock Leads Farm Income with Receipts of $800,000. The farm income for Watauga ?ounty during the year 1951, has >een estimated at $2,587,000, says County Agent L E. Tuck .vi ller. who points out that while he figure is an estimate, it was in ived at after conferences with leading dealers and farmers, and -bunld be considered reasonably ieeu! ate Mr Tuck wilier gives the fol lowing bieak down of the farm ini' ine Livestock $800,000, fair pi < >duct s $300,000, poultry and eggs S 1 50.000, tobacco $730,000, vegetable., $350,000, potatoes and other field crops $300,000, fruits $50,000, and horticultural spec ialty $ 12,000. S tin "t the major extension activities and accomplishments during the year are as follows: The Blue Ridge Fan was larg er and better than ever Agricul tural exhibits were more num ei.us and of better quality than in evious years. Tli first annual Boone Feeder Calf Show boo.stcd nine "get of sire" entries The Boone Chamber of Commerce awarded $250.00 in prizes to the five top entries. T\s o hn n d r e d twenty-two gi.'ded calves were sold in the -ale following the show for an '.vi Mgi (-f $3H !14 per hundred aii' I .in average of $151.58 per head Tt ? W.itauga Purebred Hcre l"id nreeder> - , .Id forty-one lots m the | r annual sale for an aver ,ig< < 1 : $400 ,'it> per lot I a . outstanding herd bulls ? ere added 1 ? > Watauga herds in 1051 W II Walker purchased H C Larry Domino 84, and B. W Stalling pii!<ha..ed Domestic W< .. .ih i nv 5() Watauga purebred Hereford i i "dei sold tat 1 1<- in all of the tate He: eford ale; , and in the Tri S'.it" Herefoi d Sale, Bristol, \* 1 1 g i n i.i . ,md the Vngmia Here ford Hre< <i"i Sales at Roanoke, ? i nd Danville, Virginia W.itauga County purebred Hampj-hin 'beep breeders sold re^:.teie.i ii.impshire sheep in tb- f < .11 1 sales sponsored by the North Carolina Purebred Sheep Bieed'i. Association N' "IT! Brothers, Reese. N c. (Continued on page three) Hillard Has Best Producing Bovine I-'' i.i ? II id Ik.', till- highest pi (Kin. < ? a tested for the m ,i .iit i ! I )??(?? mbei She produc . .| ; ; ,o p< wild of 4 5' i milk and ?in | )? i iirls i >f but tn fat f<>r a total ? ! SM 70 1 11 Vv ils? in and Son's cow Pi .'hi' < <\ 7 HO p? mnds of 5 2rt mill-. ,ind 41 pounds of butterfat f. i total of $52.30. Ha 1 1 i.i i d I)> 'Ughci t y's cow pro < 1 1 i t < d (i!K) pounds of 3.5 "J. milk . i m d 24 pounds of butterfat for a l,.t..l of $40 30 Th? < figures air based on $0 10 p< hundred for 4.0% milk and c)( : "V each point above or b?-l I : i ? 1 1 is also the gross in ( * ' * n i of ( arh cow before any d i ? d ? i < ' : 1 ' 1 1 arc made for feed and lain , Thirteen Students Honored at Service Thirteen college studehts of Boon.', home for the holidays, and the student choir from the First Baptist Church composed largely of college students and directed hv M i > ? Nell Noi*ris, conducted the fust mion student recogni ti -n ever held in Boone at the Advent Church Sunday nttfht. The meeting was a. signi f icant one. and laregly attended. Dixon Quails presided over the meeting. Addresses were given f by Mickey Casey. Lawrence Bar den and Martha Quails. I Theme of the service wan: "Can j Christ Stay Me in the Challenges j of Student Life?" Ha! Vannoy gave a vocal solo, and other students conducted the various phases of the program. The offering will be used to (further i nterdenominaWonal church work in Boone. rhero ^ wrr many e x prpslioni of ippt I ciation and pi neral agreement that the service should become an , annual alfair.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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Jan. 3, 1952, edition 1
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