WATAUGA DEMOCRAT BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CABOUNA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1*54. SECOND SECTION News Of The Week From Blowing Rock Blowing Rock ? A children'! shelf has been added to the Com munity Library. This shelf is set up as a me morial to Dr. Mary Cabell War field, beloved physician of Blow ing Rock. A great many books have been given to the shelf already and it is hoped there will be many more. Bible Classes To B* Held A Bible School for children ages 6-14 will b% held at St. Mary's of the Hills Monday thrqugh Friday from 9 until 12 noon. The Rev. Thoma* Seitz will be in charge and will be assisted by Mr. and Mrs. James Gilmore. Mr. Gilmore is a theological student, and was trained in the conduct ing of Bible Schools at Valle Cru ris Southern Town and Country Church Institute at Valle Cruris. All children in the community are invited to attend. Art Exhibit The Blowing Rock Art Associ ation will open an exhibit with a tea in the Community Club Room in the Library on August 6 from 4 to 6 p. m. The tea will be in the form of a preview to the exhibition, to which the public is invited. Mayriew Bridge Instruction Mrs. Walter Le Sueur, Master Culbertson and Goren Contract Bridge teacher, is directing bridge activities at Mayview Manor this summer. The Tuesday evening tourna ment is proving itself a popular time of entertainment, and win ners last Tuesday night were: 'first, north and south, Mrs. Julius Cone and Mr. Robert Schlesinger; second, Mrs. John Bouligny and Mrs. Gerad King. In the east and "vo? jyvoiviv/iio, mi a. uciijaiuui Brown and Mrs. Wellborn Col quitt of Charlotte placed first, with Mrs. J. C. Montgomery and Mrs. H. B. Larzalere second. Group instruction in contract bridge is given by Mrs. LeSueur on Tuesday and Wednesday morn ings in the annex card -room of the Manor. , Playground Us* The following statement con cerning the Blowing Rock Play ground has been released by Dr. Walter Keyes, superintendent of the playground. "The playground park belongs to all the people of Blowing Rock: summer residents, transients, and permanent townspeople. Please use it and enjoy it, and help us make it as attractive as possible." The following rules have been posted. Please; 1. See that small children have responsible attendants when left at the playground. We cannot furnish babysitters. 2. Use facilities freely but as tbey were designed to be used. Slides are to be used sitting down, not lying down on stomach ot back. 3. Make good use of garbage cans. Others will be furnished if not enough have been supplied. 4. Remember that the new pieces of equipment in the rear of the park are primarily for small children. Other pieces are for all ages, but must be used as they a iw mmmmami 1 r <i JERRY COE Is your insurance in tune with your needs? You need not take any chances. We offer complete service, in cluding reviewing present policies. All without obli gation on your part.' See us this week. were intended. 5. Accept responsibility for any moveable equipment which you are using. Either return to equipment house when finished or neatly pile within the area in which you have been playing. 6. Boys must leave daggers or bowie knives, sheathed or not, at home when coming to the park. 7. Observe that there is no charge for tennis courts, but we cannot furnish rackets or balls. There is a need for a radio and portable grill at the play ground. Any resident who has either item is requested to con tact Dr. Keyes. Personal Mention Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Crumley of Elizabethton, Tenn., and their daughter of Pueblo, Col., visited the Bower Williams last Thurs day evening. Airman 2-c Francis Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Greene, has reported to Barksdale AFB, Shrevesport, La., after, several week's leave here following a tour of dvty in Korea. Charles Klutzz, USN, son of Mrs. Paul Klutzz, is spending some time here after over-seas duty. Joe Merritt Coffey, USMC Dental Technician, Camp Lejeune, is spending some time here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Coffey. Mr. and Mrs. Billy White an nounce the birth of a daughter, Janet Lee, on July 30, at Wa tauga Hospital, Boone. Mrs. White is the former Miss Peggy White. Size and hair color are import ant factors governing a cow's comfort on hot summer days. Blowing Rock Is Solid Leader In County league By JOHN H. i&LLAR By taking wins over Lansing on Saturday and Wilkesbony on Sunday, Blowing Rock increased their lead in the Tri-County Base ball League. Large crowds are attending the close games each week M the .teams battle for one of the four positions that will en able them to be in the play-offs. A game that should be of interest to tht local fans will be Bamboo at Blowing Rock Sunday. Bam boo Is the only team to defeat Blowing .Rock twice this year. Results Saturday: Bamboo Wilkes 0. Millers Creek 1, Mt. Pleasant 0 Blowing Rock 13, Lansing 5. Results Sunday: Blowing Rock 4, Wilkes 3. Millers Creek 10, Mabel 6. Mt. Pleasant-Lansing (rain). Standings: ? W. L. Pel. Blowing Rock 14 4 .778 Mabel 9 8 .529 Miller& Creek 9 8 .529 Mt. Pleasant 8 8 .500 Bamboo 8 9 .470 Wilkes 7 10 .412 Lansing - 4 12 .250 Schedule for Saturday: Mabel at Bamboo. Millers Creek at Lansing. . Mt. Pleasant at Wilkes. Sunday schedule: Lansing at Mabel. Bamboo at Blowing Rock. Millers Creek at Wilkes. WITHDRAWAL? United States plans to with draw almost all of its Army units from the Far East by 1957 have been revised by the Department of Defense after a reappraisal of the present Communist menace. Appalachian Theatre THURSDAY FRIDAY? BARGAIN DAY 9c and 20c 'Techiebfof/ IWibOXEEFE MEDINA AfftliwlM hen m SATURDAY ? 11 O'CLOCK ? DOUBLE FEATURE 1ST FEATURE 'ALLAN SECOND FEATURE JOHNNY 4 wbssmuuer--~-3 KUieR APE lUWWAflCIU* CAKOi THUKtTOM SATURDAY NIGHT? 7 & 9 "????? n u r; h t s ONE MINUTE TO ZERO KOBffli MlfCHIIM ? iNS bIYTH r-Mii mvi _?VlfT. ?" ?Mimrsijw ALSO ? SERIAL AND CARTOON SUNDAY and MONDAY Dean MARTIN - Jerry LEWIS MONEY FROM HOME TFCHfJICOLOk TUESDAY haTdImmay Arrow ; Oust {PIP' !* an Mice AtnjTj mcnm Wednesday and Thursday Zionville News Items Mrs. Mona Farthing tnd John ny Norris of Mabel and Mr. and Mrs. Miron Greer of Willoughby, Ohio visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greer. ? Mr. and Mrs. Wade Reece and daughter of Bristol, Va. visited this week end wtth relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Eggers of Kingsport, Tenn. and little Miss Darlene Thomas and Janice Eg gers of Maryland are visiting with Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Eggers. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Icenhour and family of Bristol, Tenn. visit ed last week with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Icenhour Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Proffitt and family of Lenoir spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wil son. Miss Becky Wilson retyrned home with Mr. and Mrs. Proffitt for a weeks visit. Miss Loretta Lawrence was honored on her twelfth birthday with a party on July 30 at the home of her mother, Mrs. Edna May. Games were played and delicious refreshments were serv ed to the following: Jane Reese, Becky and Karon Wilson, Ellen and Vernon Castle, Sarah and Joann Winebarger, Connie, Mary Sue and Johnny Lookabill, Lin da Critcher, Blanche and Betty Pennell, Carolyn, Dora Deane, and Sue Miller, Ann and Joyce Combs, Mary Ann Greer, Asa ?Lee Wilson, Karren Fletcher, Madalyn Castle, Joan Lee Tho mas, Reece Lawrence, Anna Bell Wilson, June Lookabill, Dare Hol man, Annetta and Loretta Law rence and Mrs. Edna May. The honoree received many lovely gifts and a good time was enjoy ed by alL Mrs. Minnie Wilson and Mrs. Bill Collins of Blaine, Tenn. and Mrs. Vernon Rogers and daugh ters, Nancy and Barbara of Den ver, Colorado are visiting this week with Mrs. Polly Greer and Mr. and Mrs. Chas Wilkenson. Mrs. Gertie Lewis of Brandon ville, W. Va. and Mr. Joe Eggen of Somerset, Ky. were called here last week dije to the serious ill ness of their mother, Mrs. Alice Miller. Mrs. Miller is slowly im proving. Mrs. Maggie Norris1 of Bethel was called also. Mr. Steve Castle spent last week in Johnson City. Tenn. visiting Mr. Jimmie Dishner. Mr. and Mrs. Glennwood Greer and family of Dayton, Ohio are visiting Mrs. Emma Greer. Visiting during the past week with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Warren, Sr. were Mr. and Mrs. C. L. War ren, Jr. and family of Winston Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dorsey of Newton Falls, Ohio, and Miss Wilma and Russell Finch of Winston-Salem. Jimmy Warren, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Warren has enlisted in the U. S. Navy. He is stationed in San Diego, California. DON'T COUGH Your Head Off Ask for Mentho-Mulsion If it fails to stop your cough due to colds, ask for your monpy back. BOONE DRUG GO. The REXALL Store Vegetable Week Being Observed "I am particularly happy to salute the great army of Amer ican^egetable Growers during this special week in their honor. My best wishes go with all o( them." That's what President Eisen hower had to say recently in ob serving National Vegetable Week, July 29 to August 7. Actually the purpose of this national week is to acquaint more persons with the uses of vegetables. You, for example, can add sparkle ia your health by putting the vegetables in your garden to work. Salads are an excellent way to get your needed servings of vegetables each day. Vir^nia Wilson, State College nutritionist, suggests serving crisp salad greens with uncooked fruits and vegetables. "If they're raw," she adds, "so much the bet ter. Cooking destroys some vita mins and washes out minerals." Getting your family to eat well these hot summer days may be something of a problem, but eye THAT NEW SAMITOm SS SERVICE REALLY REVIVES LIMP AND WILTED SILK DRESSES! Trailway Cleaners, Inc. TELEPHONE AMhcrit 4 8415 BOONE. NOHTH CAROLINA ? appeal may do ? lot to perk up thoae lagging appetite*. And ac cording to Misa WlUon, one at the eaaieat way* to get color into your meal* 1* to u*e green and yellow vegetable*? carrots, (quash, spin ach, bean*, peas, and salad greens of all kinds. And there is a definite connec tion between the color of some foods and their value to your body. Those deep yellow or green in color have more vitamin A value in the body than the pale colorlea* one*. Green leaf lettuce, ' r.7rv: yellow squash, corn -or psarhss, will furnish your body with rifcr* vitamin A than the bleached or white varieties. RECORD HOME BUILDIHO The Government predict! that, on the basis of a new jump in the already booming home-building industry, 1934 production of hom es and apartment units placed under construction in June to taled 120,000, a 12 per cent nee over May, according to the Bur eau of Labor Statistics. we specialize in Quality Appointments ? TOWLE chose ut to eury their fine solid silver for ? i good reason: our traditions, like their own, are lone and honored. Generations nave looked to us for fine appointment* . . . have found here the consistent high quality that marks a home' with refinement and taste. . . .And our store services ? Gift Wrapping, Delivery, and Payment-plan have kept pace with the times, to S tailings Jewelers. FORD SCORES OtSlttH ,nuctioH? ViifciWy l rORDOMATIC DRIVb with automatic Intarmtdiott gtor for graoter "C< )OVIRDRIVI AVAILABLI to *ov? gat? and war THI MOHUT TRAM-IN RITURN Aitalytm of umd ear prkm prort H I folks who know the acore are buying Ford*. And aalec record* ahow more people are buying Fords than ever! Join the awing to Ford. See us now while your present car atill has yhigh summer trade-in value. Co tm m .l .got tho tcoro and you'll got a MA. WINKLER MOTOR COMPANY dUl AM < ?gjl BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA

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