' The honor day program of Ap
palachian High School was hold
Kiulay, May 1*. with Bobby Bran
dell. retiring president of tiu> Stu
dent Body, introducing Coach Rog
ers who in turn introduced Rev.
E. F. Trout man who was in charge
of the devotion.
After the devotion waa complet
ed. Bobby BrendeH turned the pro
gram over to Betty Swaim, ruing
Student Body President for the
year 18S6-57. Betty then turned
the program ovfcr to Coach Rogers.
Coach Rogers then introduced
Dr. Everett* who presented Bobby
BrendeH with the Rotary Boy of
the Year award. Dr. Brerette aim
recognised all of the boys who had
been selected as Rotary Boy of the
Month during the year. \
The following teachers then re
cognised students for outstanding
achievements: Mr. Tate, Mr. Groce,
Mr. Lakey. Mrs. Nash and Miss Ah
ers. Coach Roger* recognised Mr.
Isaacs for .outstanding work dur
ing the past year.
The program was then turned
over to Dr. Crew who announced
lay Service.
km/4
? special mnl given to Coach
Rogers (nun the haskethall teim
Fred Gregg (awe Ceeeh Rogers tkie
?ward
- The following ? wards vera given
to students by nr. Crew and the
(acuity. The Daaforth Foundation
award was given to Ann Cottreil
and Glenn Killer, the Outstanding
Scholarship award was gtyen to El
lea Culler. Ttu Citizenship award
was given to Barbara Winkler and
Larry Kiuti. ?
Students receiving awards are
as follows:
Baseball: BUI Farthing. (Mgr.),
Richard M. Greer, (Mgr.), Dayton
Teague, (Mgr.), BUI Gragg. (Mgr.),
Fred Cook, Juhmy Hayes, Jerry
West, Jack Hayes, Bobby Watkins,
Jack Creek, Bruce Cook , J. W.
Wellborn, B. M. Miller, Lurry
Klutz, John Greene,, Roger Cook,
Bobby Brendell, Bobby Bingham,
Fred Gragg.
Boy's Basket haU: Cecil Tester,
(Mgr.), Keith PhUlips, (Mgr.).
Jack Creed, BUI Orafg, Bobby
Watkins, PhilUp Templeton. Boyd
Barlow, B. M. Miller, Charles Mich
ael, Fred Gt?gg, John Creese,
Bobby Brendell
Laurel Staff: Glenn MUler, Peg
gy Wellborn, Laura Holshouser.
Cheerleading : Minnie Austin,
Mary Dean Bingham, Bec|^ Edmis
ten, Betsy Rogers, Betty Cook,
Pat Dowllng, Linda Wey.
Wrestling: Billy Farthing, Kent
Greer, Wepdel Critcher, Sammy
Critcher, James Greene, Allen
Van Dyke. J. W. Wellborn. Joe
Miller, Bobby Reynolds, Harold
Hayes, Tommy Owsley, Harry Crit- 1
WATAUGA COUNTY SCHEDULE "B" LICENSE
TAX LEVY .
NORTH CAROLINA
WATAUGA COUNTY
To the Tax Collector of Watauga County: ?
You are hereby authorized and ordered to proceed oil and after
June 1, 1956, to collect all license taxes due this county as provided (or
in Shecdule "B" of '"The Act of One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Forty-Seven (1947), amending and supplementing the Revenue Act
of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Nine (1939)." Taxes shall
be imposed as a County License Tax for the privilege of earning on
the business, exercising the privilege, or doing the act named, In ac
cordance with the following schedules: as well as any other provision!
of the act not specifically set out in this schedule:
You are further authored to Issue V4 year license on and after
(he first day of January. 1967.
This the 7th day of Mav. 1936.
ARL1E P. WALSH ? '
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners.
AMUSEMENT? TRAVELING C?||PANIEft, ETC.
Per day a. , $ M.flO
Per week .: - ,4.. 25.00
Operating under 1900.00 State License. ? 10.09
Artists exhibiting own work 240
AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT DEALERS? WHOLESALE
(ItS? Sub. 3)
No located place of business $ 2t.OO
jn cities pf lesj than 2,500 4 12.00
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STATIONS (13*? #ub. 1)
In cities of less than 2,900 r... $ 2.S0L
In rural sections ? per pump 125
In rural sections ? wages 2.50
CAP PISTOLS, FIREWORKS, ETC?D^ALEM IN (14?)
Annual license tax 1200.00
CARNIVALS, MOVING PWT1TBW*. V MTTIFVILLE SHOWS, BIDING
DEVICES. ETC. (197) .
Mo-* thsn 5 miles outside city ? oer week ( $ 90.00
Riding devices onlv and not a part of some carnival? Bach de
vice per week 9.00
If operated within five miles of any city or town, tax charged same as
if in eitv.
CIRCUS, MENAGERIE, WILD WEST SHOW. ETC. (MS)
Two wblfln ... ... $ 3,75
Three to fiv<< vehicles, incl 500
Six to ten vehicles. Incl. , . 7 .10
Pleven to twen'v vehicles, incl 1 ?50
Twenty-one to thirty cars. incl. 22.50
EMIGRANT AND EMPLOYMENT AGENTS <154) '
Annual license tax 9100.00 |
GYPSIES AND FORTTNE TELLERS (1?4>
For trading horses, mules or other th'no* of vslue or receiv
ln? reward fn? n-etendln? to te'l fortunes $100 00
For practicing Palmist rv Os<rvov?nee or other similar crafts .... 200.06
JUNK TIEA'PRS MW
Unincorporated town* or in cities of lees than 2,500 .,... $ 1' V)
In cit'es of 30 000 or mor, _ 62.50
If bt>*lne? conducted within two Miles of citv tax is eh*r*ed as though
located in city. Dealers in wartenaaer only not subject to tax.
? I All VHP IPS
Laundry located of ommtv hi'* sp"e**<?? ? orV in county 9 12.80
LOAN AGENCIES OR BROKERS (1U>
Annual licen?e tax $100.00
MFRCM * NDTO*NG, MUSIC MACHINES (1M)
One 'a tor* of cigarette venders per year ,....._ * ? 9 1<*"?
Music machiae*? f>er machine ._ .v.. 5X10
W*ms> AltV8RT?EM '151 U 1
Each vehicle eouipned with n>d'o Dbonograph, or like
attachment used in advert"'** - 9 2300
Where advertiser owns ob"e of business >n this state and
operates in pot more than five counties 6.25
**OTORCYCLE DEALERS (159? Sab. 4)
Each ?1*ce of bo?fne?s 9 10.00 1
WOTOP VPOTCI.E DEAI.ERV- NEW AND USED <151? Seb. #)
In fW?i of 1 ?n? ?nd Was than 2,900 9 TO/lO
In cities of 9?doo or more SO, oo
T'nineomoml?d communities less than 1,900 *0 00
Itinerant used ear dealer 900.00
PATENT RIGHTS AND FORMULAS (199)
AomhI "cense tax ? 9 10.00 1
? \ WN BROKERS (111)
In cities 1ms than 10,000 -t ? MOttOO
PEDDLERS (191)
PcVRer on loot? ?er year ...? . 91000
"ft 7? ?*?
r~Mlpr wWh motor peh-He ? n>r vear 7100
peddler o? fruit vegetables and '?nti product* .... 13.50
Must orodnr* state license >n *nr>l*?n? for cminH 1'cenae.
Itinerant salesman ?r merchants conducting business for leas
than six months 9100.00
PHRENOLOGISTS (11?)
Annual |ic??ee tax *200.00
PIANO, ORGAN, VK^ouvWrnMfS, RADfO AGENTS
Each aeent hftldln* d>m1<cate st<?e lleSse 9 5l00
PMTOM BOWIE KNIVES, ETC. ? DEALERS IN (145)
De*1er* In nistola ?' 9 99.98
Dealers in boWte Vnlveg. d'-lra. daccer* ?Hn?*K"*? leaded canes,
?ron ?r -.et.llic lrn..ekles ?>r articles of like kiad **><?
K??rs Hi blnpv csrtrd?e pistols -4. 2B?9S
lers in metallic cirtr^e, o?Jv A 90C
p., JSRw",wf. , .?
More than two sales per Peer 9M0
cher. Edward Harmon. Kent Cote
nun. . MK :
Student Store: Joyce Miller, Hw
old Mayes, Grace Ray. Patay Hamp
Tennia: Robert Beach lay, Bill
Wilier.
Basketball: Pat Maddux. (Mgr.)'
Geraldinc Moody, (Mgr.), Buddie
Wey, Ann Cottrell, Barfty Brendell,
Mary Mast, Geraldine Honeycutt,
Nancy Hollingsworth.
Football: Jimmy Hayes, Rufus
fdmisten, Edwin Taylor, David
McKinney, James Greene, Jack
Creed. Eddie Rush, Joe Moretz, B.
M. Millar. Ed Haraaea. John
Greene, Fred (iragg, Roger Cook,
Earl Brookshire. Bobby Brendell.
The following awards were made
Friday morning.
Citizenahip. Scholarship, and
Leadership: Joyce Miller, Betty
Hollars, Nanfy Critcher, Jane
Graaoe, Betty Swift, Betty Swaim,
Bonny Foster, Nancy Hollings
worth, Sue Fletcher, Mary Mast
Jane Snyder, Barbara Tugman,
Patsy Hampton, Kate Greene, Mary
Lea Moretz, Peggy Wellborn, Laura
Holshouser, Scottie Hodges, Bar
bara Winkler, Buddie Wey,' Ellen
Culler, Ann CottMll, Shirley Car
roll. Mary Dean Bingham, Mary
T ?wranee. Mary Van Moppen. Lin
da Wey, Minnie Austin, Betsy Rog
ers, Glenn Miller, Glenna Mae
Do bran, Fred Cook, Richard Hunt,
Cecil Tester, t Robert Bingham,
Tommy Owsley, Frank Payne, Tom
Lawrence, Larry Klutz, Bill Gragg,
J. W. Wellborn. Frank Hartley,
Jerry West, David Teague, Bobby
t4>n.
Mrs. Narrls Is
Regent Of DAR
-(Stuart, V? . Ma; 1?? Mrs Claud*
N orris of Stuart and Boone. N. C_
ha* been installed as regent of the
Col. Abram Penn Chapter, Daugh
ter* s f the American Revolution.
Other officer* installed by the
chaplain, Mr*. S. L. Walker, for
the coming year" were Mr*. John
D. Hooker, vice regent; Mr* W. E.
Dickerson, chaplain; Mrs. T. F.
Ross,- recording secretarj; Mrs.
Malcolm G. Fillmore Jr., corre
sponding secretary; Mrs. Charles
C. Baughan. treasurer; Mr*. W. H.
Does, historian; Miss Louise Ful
-egistrar, and Mrs. Walter Lee
, librarian.
Mrs. Walter Lee Penn, retiring
regent, pretided over the session
during which Miss Fulton gave the
report for National Defense using
a* her lubjecl "Why America
Stay* Free." Miss Lena Mays, who
represented the chapter as dele
gate to the Continental Congress
in Washington, gave an account of
the meeting.
Mrs. J. V. Anthony and Miss
Elizabeth Anthony pulsated a
program on "Conservation." Films
were shown which stressed the im
portance of conserving the natural
resource* of water, tree* and wild
life.
PERSONAL INCOME
Personal income in February
wa* reported at a seasonally ad
justed annual rate of $313,000,000
000 a rise about the January fig
ure and also higher than the 1989
fourth-quarter average. February
incdme figures are t}>e latest avail
able, but indications are that the
March total would show little
change.
Reynolds, Jack Creek, Jack Hayes,
Rufua Bdmiston, Richard M. Grew,
Bill Miller, Jhnmy Hayes, Robert
Beachley, Betty Cooke.
STRAWBERRIES
Berries will be available every day beginning June 1.
Most of our berries will grade "fancy." Those wanting
berries are asked to notify me in advance so I may tell
them what day to come.
W. D. DAY
WALNUT LANE FABM, NEVA, TENN.
(Detour by M3 to Watauga Lake and follow signs.)
Farm Meeting^
A mating of Interest to all
farmer* is Watauga County will
be held in the Legion Hut in
Boone on Tuesday night, May 29,
at 7:30 p. m. This is County Farm
Bureau meeting but all farmers
and their families are welcome to
attend.
The special feature for the even
ing will be Mr. George Farthing,
County Agent at Wilkesboro, and
his band to furnish special musk.
Mr. W. Riley Arnold, Southeast
ern Field Representative, National
Farm Bureau, from Alabama will
be guest speaker. Also present will
be Mr. O.'L. Yates, Field Repre
sentative, N. C. Farm Bureau.
It is felt that all the friends of
George Farthing will wapt to come
and see and hear him, therefore,
everyone is urged to attend.
Door prises will be given to
holders of lucky numbers. You may
have the lucky number!
Wool Pool Is
To Be Weighed
The 1096 Watauga Wool Pool
ha* beea sold to James H. Caldwell
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The wool wi)l be weighed on Sat
urday, June 2, at Boone. The place
and detailed schedule will be sup
plied later.
All wool must be in wool bags.
Mr. Caldwell ha* promised W have
bags available on the day of pool
so that farmers may repack their
wool If desired. The pool commit
tee will have worker* to repack
wool for farmer* who have small
lots of wool.
A limited number of wool bags
are available for purchase at the
County Agents office.
Wet wool will not be purchaied.
Blue Mold Now
In Burley Beds
Blue Mold ha* been found In to
bacco plant beds in Watauga coun
ty. Since this disease is spread by
wind and grow* much faster in
cool weather, we should be care
ful to keep plant beds treated. Use
15% erbam dust, or 10% Zineb
dust, or 2% Maneb dust. If spray
la used follow manufacturers dir
ections. Apply dust or spray treat
ment twice per week and after
each heavy rain.
STATES NOT MAPPED
The U. S. Geological Survey re
cently reported that there are vast
areas of the United States which
are still unmapped. Only 40 per
cent of the nation is mapped by
modern methods, the Survey re
ported. The best mapped state in
the union Is Kentucky. Twelve
other states have complete map
coverage, but only three of these
? Massachusetts Rhode Island and
Connecticut ? have anywhere near
as much of their states covered by
modern methods as has Kentucky.
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NOCIU DKPpT STOUT BOONE, NOSTH CAROLINA ?
Blowing Roek
Hospital Gets
Cross Award
Blowing Rock Hospital of Blow
ing Hock, N C. has received Spec
ial Achievement Annk from
Hospital Saving Association, of
Chapel Hill, and Hospital Care As
sociation. of Durham, lor ita part
in helping Blua Croat to enroll ,
more than 00,000,000 members.
Separate awards from the twe |
North Carolina Blue CroH Plana |
were presented today to Dr. Char
lei Davant, Mad. Administrator of |
the hospital.
The inscription on the awards |
reads as follow*:
"In recognition of - Its many
years of devoted service as a Blue
Cross Member Hospital, and for its
significant contribution to the
growth and development of the
Blue Cross program, which bow
enrolled more than 90,000,000 sub
scribers, including 790,000 North
Carolinians.
"This Special Achievement!
Award publicly commends Blowing
Rock Hospital for its part in mak
ing available hospital service on a
non-profit, voluntary prepayment
basis through cooperation with the
North Carolina Blue Cross Plans.'
In accepting the Special Achie
vement Awards, oo behalf of the
hospital board of trustees, Dr. Da- 1
vant said:
"Our hospital is proud to have
had a part in helping Blue Croas
to reach the 90,000,000 enrollment
mark. We shall continue to en
dorse agd support Blue Cross to
the fullest. ?
"The value of this service, both |
to our patients and the hospital it
self, cannot be emphasized too
strongly. Without it nnany of our
patients could not pay their bills
and the hospital would have a
serious collection problem.
Blowing Rock Hospital has been
a member hospital of Hospital
Care and Hospital Saving Associa
tions since 1936.
Rulane Gu
Service Is
ECONOMICAL!
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OAS SERVICE
DIAL AM 4-3054
PRISON INMATES J[ ' M
The population al Fedora I pri?
on* increased to a record of M.M0
last year, according to the Justice
Department s Bureau of Fri?ni.
The Bureau predicted that the up
ward trend of inmate* in the na
: ?'?-J
Linn* ? Federal .
continue Immtai
lion, aecoanted I
last year, whiU auto thii
also accounted for !
to priaoni la 1899.
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usiness Service ,
Over Savings and Uin Office, Boom, N. C.
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SPECIALIZING IN
BOOKKEEPING "
Also Tax Work, including Sales Tax and
other reports
DIAL AM 4-3595
. W. A. HOOD 'Jf
? Years with Dept. of Revenue
J. E. WILLIAMS
4 Years with Dept. of Revenue
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