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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CABOUNA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1MW VOLUME LXV11L? NO. 47 1 Tri-Countyv Baseball League Opens Season The Tri-County Baseball League opened tot Saturday with a team* in the field, composed of Boooe, Bamboo, Lansing, Wnt Jefferson, Mabel, Uillert Creek. Blowing Rock and Foscoe. Boone, Bamboo and Lansing are expected to have very strong teams as the season gets underway. Boone with heavy hitting power, romped to large scores over Killers Creek and Mabel. Bamboo is expected to have their usual good team. Last week's results: Saturday ? Bamboo 23, Mabel S; Boone 10, Millers Creek *i Lan sing 10, Blowing Rock ?; West Jefferson 4, Foscoe 0. Sunday ? Bamboo 6, West Jef ferson 8; Boone 20, Mabel 2; Blow ing Rock 3, Foscoe 2; Millers Creek 3, Lansing 4. Standings Won Lost Boone _ 2 0 Bamboo r.. 2 0 Blowing Rock 1 1 Lansing 1 1 West Jefferson _...l 1 Millers Creek 1 1 Mabel 0 2 Foscoe 0 2 This Week's Schedule Saturday, May 28? Lansing at Boone, Mabel at West Jefferson, (8:00 p. nO. Millers Creek at Fos coe, Blowing Rock at Bamboo. Sunday, May 27? West Jefferson at Boone, Foscoe at Lansing, Bam boo at Millers Creek, Mabel at Blowing Rock. Family Reunion On Mill Creek The annual Dougherty-Adams reunion will be held on Sunday, June 24, at 11 o'clock at the Elijah Dougherty place on Mill Creek in Johnson County, Tennessee. Please notify any of the mem bers of either family as our mail ing list is very incomplete. Many of those who signed the register from prior yesrs did not give suf ficient addresses. An interesting program is being planned for the occasion. Please come and bring your lunch. _ ' . Church Funeral Is Held Sunday J. C. Church dM It tht Blow ing Bock Hospital May 11, after an illneas of several weeks. | Funeral service* were held at hli home Sunday afternoon at two o'clock by the pastor of the Blue Bidge Advent Christian Church. Rev. Marshall Setter of Lenoir, as sisted by the Rev. Robert Shores and Bev. Oscar Dellinger. Burial was in the Boose's Fork cemetery. Early in life be was converted and joined the Boone's Fork Bapt ist Church and later Joined the Blue Bidge Advent Christian Church of which he was a member for about thirty years. Was choir leader for over twenty years, and was an active member until his death. His wife Vera preceded him in death. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Leslie Coffey and Mrs. Herman Coffey of Blowing Rock". Several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Also one brother, Ellis Church of Colli* ville, one sister Mrs. Jack'McLeait of Granite Falls, several nephews and nieces, also a host of friends. CLAUDE W. BENTLEY GRADUATES IN ARMY SCHOOL Fort Bragg. ? Army Sergeant First Class Claude W. Bentley, 37, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff W. Bent ley, Valle Crucis, recently waa graduated from the Basic Chemi cal, Biological and Radiological (CBB) Warfare School at Fort Bragg. He completed a three-week course in identification of war gases and protective techniques against CBB contamination. Sergeant Bentley, who entered the army in 1M0,' is regularly assigned to the U6th Quartermaster Battalion's 943d Quartermaster Company at the fort. His decorations include the Good Conduct Medal, Army of Oc cupation Medal for service in Ja pan and tike UN and Karaaa Ser vice Ribbons Beatley's wife, Mable, lives in Elk Park. ? ? ? 1 i MORE GOOD QUALITY MERCHANDISE FOR LESS MONEY Watauga Trading Post GROCERY SPECIALS WESSON OIL, i Me PEANUT BUTTER, Gold Craft, full qt. _ lie MACARONI, Delmonica, S ox. _ l?e CRACKERS, Fresh and Criap, lb. 13c APPLE BUTTER, 1 gallon ....'. Me JELLY, Musselman Raspberry, 19 K. JJc BABY FOOD, Clapps, 1* for 95c 11 11 FROZEN FOODS STRAWBERRY, M ox. i tie CHICKEN PIES He , TURKEY PIES tie , APPLE PIES, Mortoa's 25c CHERRY PIE8, Morton'. J5c MEAT SPECIALS, PURE PORK SAUSAGE, lb. : 19c FRYING CHICKENS, lb. .= 45c STEAKS, Tenderixed, lb Me STEW BEEF, BoBeleia, lb , 49c SLICED BACON, lb. * ..._ Me WEINERg, lb. Me GROUND BEEF. J lbs. >1.M FRUITS AND PRODUCE BANANAS, lb i Me ORANGES, tM, dox. Mp CELERY, t for Me LEMONS, dox. JJc GRAPEFRUIT, each Sc POTATOES, M Iho. 49c KLEENEX, Mfs, 2 (or 29c KOTEX, regular 12, 2 for 7Je Shop Our Ready-To-Wear Degt. for Money Saving Values MEN'S SPORT CAPS 5tc to tlM HEN'S BOW TIES, All New Fitters* ? H-* MEN'S SPORT SHUTS ?LW ? ??*? MEN'S TROUSERS IM ? 7 M MEN'S SPORT SHIRTS fl.M ? Itll LADIES' lit QUALITY HOSE, fall fuktoa iciaUeM lad ' stretch ?*? We ^.J^Viag eaek wetk ?ew ia ladies' sad All priced to UTt yea awey Deal fait to iNk aver ear RJEADY TO- WEAR VALUES? Oar prices are riffct ?nd Mir taality to ml We iavlte Ctapariwa ea sll ear ALL SHOES (GOING AT COST WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF PICNIC ITEMS We Caa Save Yea Moaey m Fheaef rspfc Records 45 RPMs? Mc m C ? I far fl.U 71 RPM??Z5e S far *1.1* Watauga Trading Post Good Merchandise for Less Money ? Open All Day Wed. Cannon Boildinf ? Boone, N. C. FREE PARKING ? OPEN LATE IN EVENINGS STATE SHEEP SHEARING CHAMPIONS . . Lance Reecc, left, who won the fUte 4-H Club sheep shearing contest near Winaton-Salem last Saturday Bill Austin, of Boone, placed second. Lance la from Reece. Both boys will get free triqs to" Chicago, along with their coach, Woodrow Richardson, assistant county agent, to the Interaatinoal Live stock Exposition this fall. (Photo courtesy Winaton-Salem Journal Sentinel.) Pre-Festival Meetings Slated The second pre-festival meeting will be held at the festival plat form dear the Daniel Boone Thea ter Saturday, Hay 26 from about 1:00 p. m. till about dark. Activitiei include: simple crafts like the making of "Whimmydid dles" ("lif-detectors" or "Indian windmills"), cord belts, etc. The making of good English longbows and arrows for Boy Scouts. And there are group games, folk games, singing, and tale-telling. Last Sat urday Troop 109 was represented and several Wbimmydiddles were made. The Daniel Boone 1966 Folk Festivals open officially an Satur day, July 7 -p-m Singer* the old songs, especially indivi dual* and groups that have copies of "The Christian Harmony" are r ? MOUSE HUNCHES HONEY A lugar cane cutter .In Hllo Hawaii, got the ihock of hi* life when he decided to ipend a quiet evening at home counting hi* money. He had been caving it all hi* life and figured at least $14, 900 ? all in bill* ? ihould be tucked in a little ipace above the door. All he found were anall bit* of once-lovely $20 bill*, only three of which were patchable. In bitter neu he blamed a hungry mouie and opened a laving account at a bank. The eating of credit by fall ia predicted. ' urged to write to Richard Cha*e, Beech Creek, N. C. concerning par ticipation at theie gathering*, or to come to the festival platform nest SeUmlay, riftny Saturday lit June, and talk with Mr. Chase about selection of sacred music to bring to the fetsival gathering*. Davis Foregoes Fishing Rodeo Mr. B. W. ducts an annul fishing rodeo at his farin at Poplar Grove, has re ceived the following letter from Chaster Davis, of the editorial staff of the Winston-Salem Jour nal: "Yours is by all odds the most elaborate ruse I have yet encoun tered in a husband bent on going fishing. But it's a very nice one and I wish that I could be with you. "Unfortunately, on the 29th and I 30th I am to be in Raleigh with | Wayne Corpening. "I know that I would enjoy the show. I always enjoyed our fish ing rodeo here in Winston. But give me a rain check and I most certainly will be on hand the next time rodeo time rolls around and the sonj become acquainted with the sins of the fsthers. "Best regards, "CHESTER." Garduates At Steed College Glenna Louise Robinson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Robinson, Reese, will receive her diploma in the secretarial department of Steed College of Technology, John son City, Tennessee, st the formal commencement exercises, June 4. pie commencement address will be delivered by Mr. Raymond Dooley, President of Lincoln Col lege, Lincoln, Illinois. President C. C. Steed will confer the degrees and diplomas and will be assisted by Dean C. E. Rogers. , PLYMOUTH OWNERS! Whol'f (he be*t buy in low-priced core? Plymouth, Rambler, Chevy, Ford? 1956 Low-Priced Car X-ftoy givei Hie reel f octs. 36 pages, tt'i FREE. Ask (or ?. NM CAR X-RAY AT YOUR WATSON'S GARAGE Dealers License No. 3100 Route 421 ? Deep. Gap, N. C. Mrs. Spence At Local Store Coakar Triplett and Albert Hul llna, proprietor* of Centre Fani ture Company on King Street, have announced the- addition to the peraonnel of the (tore of Mr*. Marjorie Spence, a* saleslady and Interior decorating consultant. Mr*. Spence, a native of Augua ta, Ga., has had fifteen year*' ex perienee la Inferior decoratini ?aid Mr. Triplet, and will bo avail able for troo consul tatlooi on od or achemea and other phaeea of home decorating. The Hotiae pawed the Admlnl ftration's defense appropriation bill unanlmoualy. It wu for $33, 838,088,000, or a half-billion dbl Un leaa than President Eisenhow er requested. ? ? II I ? 1 1 ' CASDOT THANKS \ W. ?MU Ilk* to exprvu cm deep appreciation to4 g|^^pML>l thanks to all who h el pod M much during the fflnwi and death at our father awl grandfather, J. C. Church, for the beautiful flown ?wH expression* of ijfaiytlly^? Mr. Leslie Coffer and Children adU Mr*. Herman Caffajr and Children. ? DEMOCRAT WANT AM PAY M ? Announcing THE OPENING OF OUR 1956 SEASON AUCTIONS AT 7j30 P. M. Friday, May 25th OPEN 9:30 A. M. FOR YOUR INSPECTION > Auction* fTill Be Held Each Evening at the Same Hour Throughout the Season ? Door Priaet for Everyone ORIENTAL RUGS ? ART PAINTINGS SILVER IN STERLING AND SHEFFIELD IMPORTED LINENS, DRESDEN and MIESSEN DIAMONDS AND WATCHES BLOWING ROCK ART GALLERY, INC. * I GIFTS AJND NOVELTIES GOODS OF ALL NATIONS / V -i ?' - ' ? : ' ? Mala Street, Blowing Rock, North Carolina Buici SufU 6-Pauangar 4-Door BvlaRl When it purrs, you reign ? ? . t ' ' ; : You can hardly hear its whispered might? . but man, you sure can feel it. It's power almost without limit ? power that humbles the hills, melts the miles, makes you monarch of all you survey. For this is a new Buick? a '56 buick? sparked by the most potent engine in Buick annals? a 322-cubic-incb V8 with a crackling high com pression of 9.5 to 1. But what makes you feel even more like bow man of the highway is the great new advance in Variable Pitch Dynaflow.* First time you tickle the gas pedal youH know what we mean. Now ?smack in the top inch of gas pedal travel ? right where you save gas every turn of the wheels ? you get a swift, sure and supremely positive new getaway response in an instant . For smooth and nimble performance? for (beer mastery in traffic? nothing like it ever was. . And that's just part of it When you need a still greater flow of get-up-and-go for safety's sake, you merely switch the pitch and you zoom out of tight spots. So come rule the roopt in this "56 Buick. " Conte drive a car with 127 gorgeous inches of wheelbase to give it regal room and a ride that's fit for a king.? Try out Buick's new steering ? new center* grooved brakes ? new direct-acting shock absorbers with triple the former volume of jounce-cushioning oiL Lean how it feels to boas a car that looks like royalty and acts the part to perfection. . ?. ?? V: '? ( .. - ;> ?v'm3 We promise ? you'll practically purr with delight at the wheel of this dazzler? especially when you discover how easily you can make it your own. *. -? ???,.* i ?X/' * <* ? What do you say -shall we expect you today? 'Ntw Advmfi VtrUbUs ruck Df/low U tk* ml* t Innr i mi OntUfff^OpMOtool ^ | i 1 i
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