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BOONE* 1IS0 POPULATION tin Th? educational canter of Western ?2?"_Car?UM-?Hom* Xipitachtan n? district. A good place to lln. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT 0 An .Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER It, 1153 WATAUGA COUNTY ISM POPULATION IfcMl trsvsrsss county. ? ? ofthe Rock, on? resorts of SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR.? NO. II. It PAGES ? 2 SECTIONS / KING ?sYreet BY * ROB RiyEJ*S ? ? ? "KNOW YOUR BANK" This is "Know Your Bank Week" . . . Pursuant to procla mation of the Governor and the Mayors, banks throughout the State, will play host to the gen eral public during the wejk, tours of the banking institutions will be conducted, and the cus tomers will be taught more about their banks by members of the staffs . . . The Northwestern will have an open house event Satur day evening from 7 to 9, refresh ments will be served, and prizes will be given those attending . . . Needless to say, large numbers of the patrons of the local bank will take advantage of the op portunity of becoming better ac quainted with the men and wo men who take in the cash, mull over the intricately dull ledgers, and pass some cash across ths board in exchange for a note, when a customer has hard-going . . . Then the bankers will be able at the same time to find out more about the customers, who in turn will be guests of the institu tion, rather than names on the books . . . It's a good idea, and the personnel at the bank and the people will doubtless derive mutual pleasure from the event. THE FIFTH BANK The Northwestern Bank is Boone's fifth, and of course the other four are paled by the towering strength of the pre sent institution whose growth has mushroomed in the fat years . . . Built upon the wreck age brought by the depression, the institution has flourished ... It is one of many links in an area institution, which serves the Western North Carolina re gion capably and well . . . Tt is to be congratulated upon its re cord of service to the people. LOOKING BACKWARD Organized in the old courthouse building, which still stands at the corner of King and North Water Streets, the Watauga County Bank fathered banking in Boone . . . E. S. Coffey was .perhaps the first cashier . . . Prior to that time, some old records have indicated, the Watauga Democrat did its meagre business with the Merchants & Traders Bank in Mountain City . . . Others went to Lenoir for their banking needs . . . The Watauga County Bank, at any rate, went on until the Roosevelt bank holiday in March 1933, when like all others in the country it was closed . . . "Busted" like so many, it couldn't reopen, and banking was again done out of town . . . The North western grew out of the slim as sets of the defunct institution In between we had the Peoples Bank & Trust Co., which was or ganized in the old Democrat building with G. M. Sudderth of Blowing Rock, the Cashier, later the Peoples Industrial Bank, and along about the same time, the Bank of Boone, which gave up the ghost before the crash . . . Burton K. Baars, from up New England way we believe ? the man with the side whiskers, who might have come straight from a Dickens novel, set up this or ganization, and also established one or two banks in Ashe county . . . His banks were different, in that he offered to add 2 per cent interest to the checking account balance* each month . . . This of course, we never could figure, and evidently it wouldn't work, for the bank didn't last long . . -. Then there was the Valle, Cruris Bank, at *Valle Cruris, which operated for several years, and the Bank of Blowing Rock opened after the bank holiday, but whicn was included in the Northwestern Bank organization. A FINE WSTITUTION The Northwestern Bank ii an important force in the lifa of tha community, and we feli citate it on the occasion of tha State-wide Bank Week observ ance . . . We enjoy the pleasant interludes at the Bank, and ap preciate the many courtesies of Cashier Alfred Adams, and the staff . . . And we remember pleasantly the friendships with G. P. ' Hagaman, W. D. Farthing. C. S. Coffey. A. T. Howell. Burton Barn. G. M. Sudderth and the others . . .d They too. contributed a lot to the community. Scotland is offering savings to ?tuactfe S. industries. THANKS ? Little Linda Womaclf , five-year-old res ident of the Miles Durham Nursery at the Mills Home division of the Baptist Orphanage in Thoriasville, expresses her thanks for blessings during the past year. She is one of 4,500 children being cared for in the 32 orphanages throughout the state. Many homes are now making ^heir annual appeal. ? (Photo by Marse Grant, Baptist Orphanage), Thanksgiving Vital ToOrphariages The Thanksgiving season is the most important time of the year for many of the state's 32 orphanages which have cared for nearly 4,500 dependent children this year at a cost lof approxi mately $3,000,000. Their supporting constituences ? lodges, fraternal orders, religi ous groups and other non-profit organizations ? usually respond generously to these Thanksgiving campaigns and superintendents of the homes are optimistic about this year's offerings. The appeal to the Baptist Or phange of North Carolina is typ ical of the other 31 institutions.. 27 To Finish Work At College Nov. 25 Twenty -seven men and wqmen are expecting to complete their work at Appalachian State Teachers College at the end of the present quarter, November 25. They will be eligible to take | positions immediately, under a Class A certificate from the State of North Carolina, but will re ceive their diplomas with the graduating class on May 14, 1954. Students finishing at this time include the following: Jimmy Al len, Albemarle, physical educat ion and social studies; Clara Lee Brown, Route 3, Mocksville, pri mary education; Betty Jo Byers, Lenoir, grammar grade educat ion; Barbara Davenport, Mount Holly, grammar grade education; Jane M. Dixon, Pleasant Garden, primary education; Carl Eller, Route 1, Wilkesboro, physical education and social studies; Virginia Lea Golson, School field, Va., primary and grammar grade education; Lawrence Grigg, Shelby, physical education and science; Rayvon Hilliard, Route 1, Linwood, grammar grade edu cation; Catherine Holcombe, Route 2, Chandler, Home Econo mics; Betty H. Jones, Clifton, Home Economics; Eulalia Mar lowe, Route 2, Marion, business education and mathematics; Bob Moose, Statesville, physical edu cation and social studies; Dorothy Norris, Creston, business educa tion; Joyce Elizabeth. Putman, Route 2, Kannapolis, mathematics and science; Ruth A. Ray, Boone, grammar grade education; Ruth E. Scott, Lewisville. busi ness education; Naomi Smith, Rockingham, music; Jewell South, Boone, Home Economics; Eugene Sweezy, Route 3, Kings Mountain, grammar grade educa tion; Ralph Thompson, Boone, grammar grade education; Ray Triplett, Wilkesboro, physical education and social studies; Mary # Alva Whito Charlotte, music; Paul Wilmoth, Dobson, business education and social studies; Frank Wilson, Gastonia. English and social studies; Jack Pennell, Lenoir, physical educa tion and sciepce; and Joanne Dixon, Reidsville, grammar grade education. Grange Meeting Thursday Night The Green Valley Grange will meet at the Green Valley School building Thursday night, Novem |ber 19th at 7:30. All members are asked to be present. Flue-cured domestic tobacco is expected to be 3 to 5 per cent higher in 1954. Lawrence Named On Board Trustees At Mars Hill DR. C. RAY LAWRENCE Dr. C.,Ray Lawrence, local op tometrist and Boone civic leader, wai appointed to, serve on the board of truostees of Mars Hill College last week at the North Carolina State Baptist Conven tion'. , Dr. Lawrence recently served as vice-president of the Mars Hill College Alumni Association and was instrumental in beginning a fund raising campaign for the erection of the Robert Lee Moore Memorial Chapel Building at a cost of approximately -four hun dred thousand dollars. The build ing will be completed by the cen tennial in 19M according to Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, president of the college. J. W. Norris Named To Legion Group J. W. Norris, of Boone, 30th District Commander of the Amer ican I^egion, has been appointed member of the UnAmqaican Activity Committee of the Leg ion. Mr. Norria received the ap pointment from Arthur J. Con tell, National Commander of the American Legion, who said: "Upon recommendation of your State Department and with the approval of the National Execu tive Committee, it is a pleasure to tender to you an appointment as A general member of the Un American Activities Committee of the American Legion term to | run through 1953-54." "Give One Day's Pay" is the theme and this idea has been used by many homes in this and other states. It wai originated more than 30 years ago by the late Dr. M. L Kesler, general superintend ent' of the Baptist Orphanage from 190$ to 1912 and rerognized as one of the state's pioneers in the child care field. Like other homes, the Baptist Orphanage depends heavily on the Thanks giving offering in the churches since more than one-third 6f the year's budget comes in during the season. Fund-raising methods by or phanages have changed consider ably In the last two or thrc<e de cades. The "singing classes" of yesteryear arc almost a thihg of the past. They were hard on the children and child welfare authorities frown on them today as being tinged with exploitation of the child. Children now go out in small groups to enjoy the hos pitality of churches and other groups when they are invited. Child-caring homes have found that their supporters will see that the children are properly .cared for if the needs arc made known. Andrews Attends Truck Showings In Spartanburg, S. C. Mr. G. R. Andrews of the An drews Chevrolet, Inc., has Just returned from Spartanburg, S. C? where he attended a private pre view of the new 1954 Chevrolet truckst The exhibit and accompanying business session were sponsored by the company for all retail dealers and salesmen in this area and emphasized the importance Chevrolet is attaching to its soon to-bc-announced new truck line. "The meeting was somewhat withou; precedent In our exper ience because it was devoted ex clusively to new truck models," said Mr. Andrews. "The reason soon became clear. The 1954 line contains so many new features that even a review of highspots required considerable time." "Not only will Chevrolet have more to offer the truck user in 1954. but it will ey>an^ the for ces behind its selling. Included is expanded advertising pro gram." Mr. Andrews said he plans to arrange a special showing of the new line in his dealership when the trucks become available for display later this month. It is one of the few times in history that Chevrolet has exhibited new trucks apart from nc v passenger car models. Trade Tickets Tickets for the annual trade promotion contest are now avail able at the Chamber of Com merce office. Merchants may get them there as needed. Justice Robert A. Jackson de plores criminal law administra tion. , Ground Broken For New $7 5.0,000 College Gym Tobacco Flows -To Warehouse Floors; 15th Year For Market Mountain Burley Tobacco Warehouse Company opened its warehouses in Boone, N. C. for the receipt of tobacco on Monday, November 16th and tobacco is al ready coming in. There is ample room on the floor of the ware houses and farmers are invited to .ruth their tobacco in so as to be ready for the opening sales in Boone on November1 30th. This is the fifteenth season of the tobacco market for Boone. In 1939 Boone pioneered in this field and opened up the first tobacco warehouse in Northwestern North Carolina. This has rendered a great service to the farmers of this section for 14 consective years. Mountain Burley has two radio programs: one on WCYB Bristol, 1:45 to 2 p. m. Monday through Friday. On WATA In Boone, Happy Sam will have the pro gram from 12:15 to 12:25 each day,- Monday through Friday. The unusually dry weather is making it very difficult to get the tobacco stripped and graded. Some farmers are spraying their tobacco and Mr. Coleman gives his opinion of this practice in these words, "If the farmer has a pressure spray which will make a light mist over histobacco, he can spray it as he packs it down, cover it with a tarp, and next morning get pretty good results. It is a rather dangerous practice because if you get the tobacco too wet, you will damage the gi;ade and will have to dry it again before marketing. But if you will pack down one <}ay only the amount you can strip the next day, use a very fine mist, you can do it alright without damag ing the grade of the tobacco." Mr. Coleman puts special empha sis on the danger of getting the tobacco too wet by this method. He also emphasized the fact that tobacco stripped at the beginning of a rainy spell is likely to be too wet. If possible, stripping should begin when the weather begins to dear, after a rainy spell. He also says if there is a light fog, the to bacco may ba packed down early in the morning and stripped all day. ? Mr. Colerran aays the outlook for both" grade and price in this territory is excellent if the to bacco is not damaged before it gets to the warehouse. Both ware houses will be ttpen continuausly until the last of January, unless the crop is exhausted before that time. " Know Your Bank Week Is Observed The Governor of North Caro lina and the Mayor of Boone to day took official note of a good will program scheduled this month by the bankers of North Carolina, and both Governor Um stead and Mayor Winkler strong ly recommended that people in all walks of life take advantage .of this opportunity to learn more about their banks. Local bankers will join others throughout North Carolina in Ob serving "Know Your Bank Week" November 16-21. During that week, banks all over the state will hold "open hoase," serve re freshments and conduct guided tours through their entire bank operations. In a statement issued this (Continued on page two) Seven Names Are Added To Watauga County Corn Club Seven more names were added to the Watauga County 100 Bush el Corn Club, in 1953 when the results of the estimated yields were announced this week by the county agricultural agencies and organizations. The honor of growing the most corn per acre in 1953 goes to Vnit Shores, Rt. 3, Boone, who pro duced a carefully estimated 128 bushels per acrc. Ira Cox, Sh'ills Mills, and Joe Hayes, Blowing Rock, tied foil second place with an estimated yield 'of 112.5 bush els per acre. John Jackson, Boone, came in for fourth place with a yield of 108 bushels per acre. Frank Bolick, Boone, and Roy Hartley, Blowing Rock, each had a yield of 104 bushels per acre. Bob Henderson, Shulls Mill*, had a yield of 100 bushels per acre. I Health Center Is Topic At Meet Planning Group A second meeting of the plan ning committee of the Watauga Coynty Health Council was held Thursday evenirtg November 12 at the courthouse. A number of interested citizen* attended. It was reported that Dr. C. C. Applewhite, director of the local health division of the State Board of Health, who has been appoint ed by the Medical Care Commis sion to approve health center sites, will visit the county Tues day, November 17, to inspect a possible health center site. Plans for a new health center for Watauga County are progres | sing. Annual Broom Sale Aid To Watauga's Blind The annual Lions Club broom sale, the proceeds of which go to the aid of the blind of Watauga county, is being held November 18 to 21, according to I. S. Ayers, chairman of the event. Solicitations will be conducted throughout the town as formerly, workers will b? on the streets Saturday, and Scouts are expect ed to aid in the canvass of the homes of the community. Mr. Ayers states' that the brooms are made by the blind, and sold to aid the blind, and asks for the usual fine coopera tion of the people of the town. MISS CATHERINE HOLCOMBE Miss Holcomb Gets Home Agent Post Miss Catherine Estelle Hol combe of Route 2, Candler, has been appointed Assistant Homo Agent for Watauga County, it was announced today by Miss Nell Kennett, Western District Home Agent, State College Sta tion, Raleigh, N. C. Miss Holcombe will replace Mrs. Kathleen Coston Hodges who resigned in order to devote full time to homemaking. She will assume her duties Decem ber 1, and will ba assistant to Miss Mary Helen Neill, Home De monstration Agent for Watauga county. Miss Holcombe is a graduate o(. Appalachian State Teachers College with a B. S. degree in Home Economics. Turner, Lindsey To Bring Farmers Glimpse Of Future W. L. Tifrner and Q. Lindsey, Farm Management Specialists, will be the speakers at the Out look Conference, Thursday, Nov, 19, at 10:00 a. m. at the county agents office in Boone. These men will bring farmers up to date on the expected trends in agricul ture and suggest possible ways to make more net income from the farm enterprises. Mr. Lindsew is working mostly with housing and building pro blems, while Mr. Turner is study ing ways to reduce farm cost per unit of production. Union Service At Baptist Church The Union Thanksgiving Serv ice sponsored by the Boone and Blowing Rock Ministerial Associ ation will be held at the Baptist Church in Boone Wednesday, No vember 25, at 7:30 p. m. The speaker for the service will be the Rev. Thomas Seitz, Episcopal rector. Special music will be pro vided by the Baptist Church choirs. The Dutch government says it ?will take |1} million to recover the land that was under water during last winter's disastrous flood. Physical Ed Structure To Be Most Modern With President B. B. Dougherty !" other dignitaries on hand to do the honors, Appalachian State Teachers college passed another milestone in its growth last Fri day when ground was broken for its new $750,000 physical'edu cation building. on.U '^nl to the existing power plant. General contractor is the W. E Dale Construction Company of Morganton The contract for plumbing is held by Miller 4 Smyre of Hickory, heating and ventilation by Mechanical Von RaloTn Ch*rl0,tr: electrical by Ralph Duncan Electric Company tects Wl"fe,boro; a"d the archi tects are J. N. Pease and Com Pany of Charlotte. ?e. balding is expected by be the finest of its kind wXthrVn thii part of the st?te avln.hi ! equipment that is available for the money. It will fit T6 ?f the ,inest facili ties anywhere for the training of sr ??" The building, of brack con -truction, will be 185 by ,fl5 f? m size, and will include three oor levels. In a separate build mg attached to this building, 2" ? ,hoUMd the swimming pool, the finest of it, size in th* Nation W,M be 01 Olympic regu wh?h S'Ze' "X"lane- " meter, means that regulation swimming may ? h'on nere at any time. The ground floor will include th ":? "leePin? rooms for the care of visiting athletic teams, ach room to accommodate six teen persons. There will be dres sing rooms for visiting coaches laree0". ""d Sp,ce tor ? 800 lnTrale r,??m and ,or abo"' 800 locker baskets is also provid ed on this floor. A first-aid room 220 Tm 1eX',mination room, and 220 full-length lockers for men also will be located here. The dressing rooms for women stud ents and faculty members will be provided in the building that houses the swimming pool On the mam floor level of the building there will be one play ing court, with provision for three cross-courts. The bleachers ill seat 3200 people, and for other events, when it is possible to put folding chairs on the floor more than 5000 people can be seated. There will be a stage on this floor, and on the same 'evel there will also be three large classrooms, concession stands ticket booths a large lobby, rest rooms for men and women, and large activity room for such sports as tumbling, wrestling etc On the second floor of the building, which is actually the ?.rd level of the structure* win be located staff offices, three re gular classrooms, a large audio visual classroom in which several groups can be combined for pro grams, a departmental libaary, (Continued on page six) Weather Max. Min. 6 p.m. Date 45 21 33 Nov. 8 53 23 35 Nov. 9 51 19 37 Nov. 10 58 27 39 Nov. 11 60 24 38 Nov. 12 58 17 43 Nov. 13 61 22 44 Nov. 14 Precipitation: None. Band Leaves For Tampa Today The Appalachian State Teach ers College band is scheduled to leave Thursday at 5 p. m. on two chartered Queen City Coach Com pany buses for Tampa, Fla., where they will play for the an nual football same between Ap palachian and Tampa University on Saturday, November 21. The trip for the 48 members cf the band, director William G. Spencer, nine cheerleaders, And Yosef, the Mountaineer mascot, i* the result of a project to ruse fundi sponsored by the Chamner of Commerce and the McccUauU Association. The entourage will use the trip down to advertiae "Horn in tiie West" and other tourist attract ions in the area with various stops iilotig^hc way, including a band concert at Jacksonville, Fla. Chamber of Commerce President H. W. Wilcox has arranged with the Acksonville Chamber of Commerce to reserve the band stand in Hemming Park in Jack sonville Friday afternoon for the concert. The caravan will have a police escort from the city limits to the park, where they will be , ? welcomed by the mayor of the city, Mr. Wilcox said. The first night, (Thursday) will be spent in Augusta. Friday's schedule includes a tour of St. Augustine, the oldest town in the nation, and the band will stay at Day ton a Beach Friday night. They arc expcctcd to arrive back i? Boone late Sunday night. , Those contributing to the fund raising project inahide the South ern Appalachian Historical As sociation, Chamber of Commerce, Queen City Coach Company, Bounc But Terminal, Quarterback Club, Lions Club, RoUry Club, local stores, and individual*. Some of the funds were also raised through a WATA radio program, and the sale ot "Buy a Mile to Tampa" tickets. The sponsors wish to cxpreu their appreciation to all who con tributed in any way to the suc cess of the project, and at the s<<me time to announce that the funds were approximately $100 short of the necessary amount as of Tuesday noon. Any fiuther contributions will be gratefully Accepted
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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