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1 ?OOW WATAUGA COUNTY, WOKTH VOLUME LXVIIl? NO 29 GMC TRUCK AWARDED TO BEECH CREEK MAN? A Urge crowd of tobacco farmers and other interested persons gathered last Wednesday, January 11, at Mountain Burley Warehouse No. 1 as the long-awaited drawing for the free 1996 GMC truck was held. The lucky holder of the winning ticket, No. K-819123, was Mr. Stacey Moody of Beech Creek, who is shown in inset being presented the keys to his prize by Joe Cole nun. Mr. Moody said he sold all of his tobacco this year in Boone, as usual, and averaged $81 for his his first crop and $96 for the second. W. H. Gragg acted as master of ceremonies at the drawing, and Howard Cottrell, town councilman, (aid a few words to the gathering on behalf of Mayor Gordon H. Winkler. Jerry Oaks, small son 'of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oaks, of Beech Creek, drew the ticket from the barrel. Final sale of the 1995-96 season was held Monday, January 16. Although official season's figures were not available, the market sold in the neighborhood of three million pounds at an average of more than $97 per hundred, it was estimated. ? Staff photo by Joe Minor. Northwestern Bank Has Record Year North Wilkesboro. ? The North western Bank, which hu home offices ..?-re and branches in 17 other Northi -stern North CarOr lina cities and towns, hfs just pass ed through the most successful year in its history, stockholder* were told in annual meeting here last week by Edwin Duncan, ex ecutive vice president. Mr. Duncan presided at the stock holders' meting in the absence of Dr. B. B. Dougherty of Booae, president ot the bank, who ia now in Florida. Mr. Duncan pointed out that during .1055 deposits increased 10 per cent, reaching a total of $45, 359,216.44 on December 31. Mean while, tye gross profit of the bank increased nine per cent and ex penses eight per cent. The bank paid state and federal income 'taxes totaling $337,870.57, and dividends paid or accrued to taled $93,000. In addition, the bank placed $303,767.07 in the un divided profit account, which made the total capital account $3,304, 034.02. ? The bank also has a re serve for possible loan losses of $030,800.61. . The bank closed the year with assets touting $51,021,783.76. Mr. Duncan advised the stock holders that the Yadkin Valley Bank of East Bend was consolidat ed into the Northwestern Bank on January 3, and that none of the assets of that branch was included in the December 31 statement on which figures given in his report was based. Stockholders elected directors as follows:) H. C. Buchanan Jr., Ralph Duncan, E. F. Gardner and J. H. Pearson of North Wilkesboro, W. B. Austin of Jefferson, W. C. Berry of Bakersville, J. D. Brinkley of Valdese, J. K. Doughton of Strat ford. C. G. Fox of Hickory. G. M. Kirkpatrick of Taylortville, John C. McBee, Sr., of Spruce Pine, W. W. Mast of Valle Crucis, Dr. C. A. Peterson of Spruce Pine, M. E. Keeves of Laurel Springs, Wade H. Shuford of Hickory, C. L. Whia nant of Hickory, Gordon H. Wink ler of Boone, Herbert M. Yount of Newton, C. M. Bailey of Burns ville. Directors in meeting following the stockholders' meeting re-elect ed all officen: Dr. B. B. Dougherty of Boone, president; Edwin Duncan of Sparta, executive vice president; W. B. Greene of Baiersville and Kingsport, Ifcwu, vice president; 4/ ad* K Shuford of Htekoff vice president; 4. K. Doughton of Strat ford, trust officer; D. V. Deal of North Wilkesboro, secretary; E. P. Bell of Wilkesboro, auditor; C. C. Rogers Jr., of North Wilkesboro, manager of the credit department. Northwestern Bank branches are in Boone, Sparta, Blowing Rock, Bakersville, Burnsville, Jefferson, Taylorsville, Valdese, Spruce Pine, Black Mountain, Old Fort, Newton, Maiden, Hickory, Stony Point, Wilkesboro and East Bend. DR. J. C. FARTHING, Boone dent ist, who succumbed to a heart at tack on the seventh. < DIRTY PROWLER Tulsa, Okla.? Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Murano recently complained to po lice that every week end while they were out of town, some dirty prowler enters their home. The intruder doesn't take anything, ex cept a bath, and leaves a dirty ring in the tub. Malaya plans to ask self-rule by \ug. 31, 1957. Wooly Worms Fail To Call Weather Shots By WALTER K. KEYS Blowing Rock ? The Wooly worms sure "done ui wrong" here on the mountain top. Those of ui who pay little at tention to the U. S. Weather Bureau reports, who laugh aside the daily radio and tv forecasts who look askance at even the Farmer's Almanac, have always gone all out for the light and dark-banded wooly worms of au tumn days. By and large the worms had a short band of black in front ? bad weather until Christmas maybe; then a long expanse of lightest brown ? a warm and gentle mid winter; thfcn an even shorter band of black at tail ? some stormy weather in late March, perhaps. But ai of this date there have been few days stare mid-Novem ber that failed to bring freezing weather. Today our twentieth snow is falling and all the mountain-top is bending deep under the most spectacular freeze we've ever seen. Every tree and twig, every wire and post, everywhere it is a glit tering wonderland j)t ice and snow sculpture such as we shall never forget. And we're not mad at the wooly worms at all. Such beauty as we now look upon is not often reveal ed to the eyes of mortal man. Says Watauga 's School Housing Needs Would Require $700,000 By GUY W. ANGELL County Superintendent of School* An analyaia of the State Board of Education atatictic* discloses ?hat only 50 of North Carolina'! 100 counties are matching their ability to pay with contribution* of local fund* for their school*. The remaining 90 countie* are (pending less than they are able to apend, baaed on their economic atanding in relation to the other countie*. Watauga county ia (pending only $3.70 per pupil annually from local funda as compared to a itate av erage of (23.40. According to ata tittics compiled by the State Board of Education, thia county rank* 02nd from the top in ability to pay from an economic standpoint How ever, eight countie* rank lower in thia reapect but are (pending more per pupil annually with the excep tion of one county. The countie* *penriing more per pupil with a lower economic rating than Watauga are Pamlico, 17.82; Camden, *19.83; Hyde. HM; Aahe, i $8.30; Pender, 16.49; Madiaon, i *6.43; and Avery, which ia lilted at the bottom of economic ability, 1 pays *4.52 per pupil annually at compared to 93.70 in Watauga. On a comparative basis in economic ability, Pamlico county ranks just one place below Watauga; however, tbey pay *7.82 per pupil annually aa compared to our $3.70. From the standpoint of effort ex pended in relation to economic ability, Watauga ranks Mth in the state, leaving only CutTituck and Clay counties exerting less effort than Watauga, financially. Curri tuck ranks 71st la ability; however, they drop down to Mth in effort expended allowing only *246 per pupil annually. Clay county ranks 100th in effort to meet their eco nomic ability aad are paying only : $2.40 per pupil annually. To summarize. 97 other county units are paying more from local funds per, pupil annually than is Watauga county. Avery county, a close neighbor, ranks lowest from the standpoint of ability to pay, however, they are now paying 94.32 per pupil annually as compared to our $3.70. Since the state average of local contributions pre pupil annually it $23.40, Watauga county has a challenge to try to increase local participation in schools to help im prove the physical facilitie* so badly needed in many of our schools. Since we rank 92nd in ability to pay economically, con sideration should certainly be giv en to expend 100% of thi* ability to pay and bring us up from tha rank of M in effort to approximate ly 92 in accordance with our abil (Continued on page *lx) Letters Are Mailed For March of Dimes Hugh Hagaman and Stacy Egg en, Jr., announced this week they have mailed to Watauga citizens letters requesting money to help carry on the March of Dimes pro gram in Watauga county. Said the cochairmen of the drive for funds: "Children in the coun ty who have had polio cannot be helped by vaccine." There are, sev eral persons in Watauga county who have had polio in past years, and for whose care the money col lected by the March of Dimes is paying. "These are our children who need help and they are looking to the people of Watauga county for help. They have a right to," ac cording to the announcement by the co-chairmen. "The local Watauga chapter is out of money, yet these children, many of them, still need a great deal of help. They are only asking for an opportunity to be made as well as possible? no more than you and I would ask if we had had polio. This is not- 'charity but a chance' to help some fine boys and girls to be well again. "In all good conscience we can not forget or neglect these chil dren." Prompt attention is requested to these letters, because the need for the money is urgent, Mr. Hag aman and Mr. Eggers said. "Polio Isn't Licked Yet." is their slogan, and they intend to see that money is provided to care for cases al ready known and others which might occur. Ellar Hicks, 57, Taken By Death Ellar Hicks, 97, of Sugar Grove, Route 1, died Saturday, January 14, at Watauga Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Monday, January 16, at St John's Episcopal Church by the Rev. Carl Wilson, and burial was in the church cemetery. She is survived by two sons Dean and Glenn Hicks, both of Sugar Grove; four brothers, Mil lard Hicks, Lenoir, Walter Hicks, Vilas, Conley Hicks and Clayton Hicks, both of Sugar Grove; three sisteri, Mae Hicks, Sugar Grove, Mr*. Don Dotaon, Sugar Grove, and Mrs. Grover Ward, BVitler, Tenn. Winter wheat forecast indicate* a bigger crop. W. H. GRAGG, secretary of the Watauga Saving* and Loan As sociation has been notified by Governor Hedges of his appoint ment as a member of the Board of Directors of the Business Develop-, ment Corporation of North Caro lina. The .private corporation is designed to make loans to small industrial projects from a pool contributed by subscription of banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions willing to contribute the funds to be loan ed. 4 First Aid Class Being Organized The First Aid classes which were to have started recently, wer? postponed because of bad weather. The first session will be held Thursday evening, January IB, at 7:30 p. m. at the new gymnasium at the college. Many members of club groups and other interested citizens have indicated they would be interest ed in such a course. Anyone la welcome. There will be no eharge for the classes aside from a small charge for the text to ^>e used. DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS Internal Revenue Service ofiicea all over the country are stepping up the pressure on delinquent tax payers, shortening the time be tween mailing out final overdue notices and attaching salaries, or putting liens on property. Watauga Men Attend Travel Council Meet E. L. Washburn of Rocky Mount, former president of the U. S. Ml I Ann., Monday was elected the firit' I president of the newly formed < North Carolina Travel Council i Watauga County delegates to 1 the meeting were SUnley A. Har I ris and Dr. D. J. White ner of Boone, Graver Robbina and Spen- . cer Robbins of Blowing Rock, Joe i Hartley, Jr., of Grandfather Moun- I tain, also attended. The approximately 200 peraona ittending the day-long organiza tional meeting also named three rice priaidenta, a aecretary-treaa irer, and 50 director!, including tf. Ralph Winkler of Boone, and i rover Robbina Named vtce-pr ca I de n t were \ycock Brown of Manteo. mana ier of the Dare County Tourist Bureau; T. E. Pickard Jr. of Char ( Continued oa page fix.) All-State nan Again Set for Clinic ;i|| Boone H Ui mm McCalmon Is Named Director of "Horn" Parkway To Be Toll Free Again During This Year The Blue Ridge Parkway will be toll-free again thia year, the Demo crat was adviied yesterday by Congressman Hugh Alexander of the ninth district. Rep. Alexander said he had been informed by Rep. Michael J. Kir wan (D-Ohio), chairman of the House sub-committee on Interior Department appropriations, that no tolla would be charged in IBM. Allayi Concern This news serves to allay the concern felt both in North Caro lina and Virginia that the National Park Service, a> division of the De partment of the Interior, would insist on tolls thia year. ' / Rep. Kirwan said the Park Serv ice had asked for tolls this year, but he assured the Asheville law maker that the sub-committee would not permit them. In January, 1965, the National Park Service had announced that tolls would be charged beginning May 1, 1958, under a regulation issued in 1942. Pretest Followed A storm of protest arose in North Carolina and Virginia. As a result, on April 19, 1958, Secre tary of the Interior McKay an nounced the Park Service had abandoned toll plans for 1950. DRIVERLE8S AUTOMATION Decatur, 111. ? A car without a driver foiled backward and moved diagonally serosa an intersection, bounced off a traffic island, turned completely around and headed up a railroad embankment, where it stopped, unscratched.. Its owner got in and drove off. -? , George McCalmon, Director of the Cornell University Theatre, Ithacq, New York, ha? been ap pointed the new director of the GEORGE McCALMON IBM production of Horn in the W??t which will be preiented for the fifth straight season at the Daniel Boone Theatre, Boone, from June 30 to September 3. Mr. McCilmon comet to the "Horn" with a broad experience in the field of dramatici, both in theatre and drama education. He holdi moat of the degrees offered in the field of dramatic! including a B. K A. in Dramatic Arts from Carnegie lmtitute of Technology, a Master's Degree in Speech Education from Columbia University, and a M. F. A. and Ph. D. in Drama and Theatre from Weatorn teprve University. In addition to hi? wide experi ence as a director, he has also bad the male lead in a number of Stock Company Productions. Mr. McCalmon was the Co-Direc tor of "The Lost Colony" m 1958. The Southern Appalachian His torical Association is anticipating its greatest production of Horn in the weet under the direction of Mr. McCalmon. \ Blowing Rock C. of C. Elects New Officers Blowing Rock, January 16 ? The Blowing Rock Chamber of Com merce was reorganized at the tint monthly meeting of 1994 with the following officers: Larry C. Harris, president; Rath mell E. Wilson, vice-president; Howard P. Holshouser, treasurer; Mrs. Helen B. Cleer, executive secretary; and Walter K.? Keys, publicity director. Directors of the Chamber of Commerce are: H. P. Holshouser, Walter K. Keys, Robert B. Hardin, G. C. Robbins, Rathmell E. Wilson, Dr. Robert G. Dennis and Larry Cv Harris. The annual report of the work done in 1963 will be mailed to the 136*membeiW at in early date. G. C. Robbina, retiring presi dent, wa* given a standing vote of thanks for the long and faithful service he haa rendered to the town of blowing Rock and this en tire area through the local Cham ber of Commerce. NO HUNGER STRIKE Little Rock ? When 17 prisoners at the county Jail recently went on strike, officers didn't get too alarm ed. While they refused prison meals, officers remembered that the inmates had bought <7 worth of candy the day before the strike, which lasted only 30 hours. Annual Event To Gose With , Public Concert Plain are now completed for the annual Northwestern Division of the All-State Band Clinic which will be held on the campus of Ap palachian State Teachers Collage, Friday, and Saturday, January 27 and 28. A concert will be given on Sat urday, January 28, in the Fine Arts Building at 7:30 p. m. and the public is invited. Conducting the band clinic this year will be Mr. Frank J. Prlndl, director of bands and professor of music at the University of Ken tucky. Mr. Prindl is well known throughout the country as a band director and musician. He has directed clinics and judged bands in several of the southern state* and in Hawaia where he has been invited to direct the annual festi val of the Jlawatan Music Educa tor's Association. The band students, is in previ ous clinics, will come from high school bands from the surround ing counties, including Watauga. Each high school band will be re >r"r ... i FRANK J. PRINDL Clinic Conductor presented by from three to tlx bandsmen to make a total number of about 111 member*. Because of the housing shortage pn the campus, the students will necessarily have to be housed In homes In the town again this year, and the townspeople are being ask ed to share a room if they have an extra one. If you have an extra room and care to entertain a stu dent for Friday night please con tact Mr. Robert Gilley or Mr. Wil liam Spencer, who is acting aa clinic chairman this year. CONSCIENCE PAYMENT Loytsville, Ky. ? Mrs. Leah Gol din reecntly received a letter con taining a $10 check from a Lima (0) business man. The man said the $10 was to pay for parta for a model-T Ford he owned 29 yean ago which he had. picked up from a scrap metal yard in Lima which Mrs. Goldin and her husband had owned. The man explained he re cently had "become a Christian" and wished to pay for the parts he stole. Walk-Up Window at Local Bank To Expand^ Modern Banking Services . t]r V. 0. ROLLINS The Northwestern Bank in Boone announced the installation this week of the latest in modern banking equipment (or after-hours service, and the establishment of new hours for regular banking f err ice. , _ A so-called "walk-up window," of stainless steel and bullet-proof glass construction, has been In stalled at the frost of the tank building, and will be open dally from 1 to 4 p. m., or later, depend ing upon the needs of the bank's clients, except Wednesdays, when it will close earlier. There la a two-way speaker for commtyiication between teller and customer. At the wat time, II was an swan4 that regalar hours of. the bank will be frMn ?:M a. m. U 1:M p. wl dally except Wed nesday, when the boars will be from l:M to 12:M. The "walk-up window" will be i placed in teniee Monday, Jan | uary 23, and the change in regn lar banking honn will fa into effect the aame date. There will be five tellera on duty at all timet during regular hours. Every banking service can <bc carried on at the "walk-up window" except note transactions, said James P. Marsh, assistant cashier. It ia the only such facility in western North Carolina, and one of seven in the state, he said. A private conference room ia also being installed to the rear ?f the lobby to replace the open office now located to the left of the front entrance In a discussion of general im provements. Alfred T. Adams, cashier, said more than $11,000 has been spent in the past five years to speed up service and add to the efficiency of the bank's opera tion. Two new bookkeeping ma chine* were acquired lot October, he said, and the very latest in IBM equipment is now on order for March delivery. Mr. Adams makes periodic talks on banking at high schools in the county and at Appalachian State Teachers College, and the bank conducts a program of practical ex perience for college student* com listing of 90 hours each quarter! whereby various student* observe actual banking transaction* and have them explained by bank per sonnel North Carolina student* at the Rutgers University Graduate School^ of Banking, who have observed banking operation* throughout the state, have stated that the North western Bank in Boone is the "beat 'country' bank observed, from the standpoint of physical attractive ness. as well as efficiency of oper ation," Mr. Marsh said. ^ & ? |
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