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»ve|Creek |To Hold' itjl Cage Tourney! Tkc paring* art m follow*: Appalachian Junior Vanity n. Cove Creek Junior Varaity Sat., Hank 8, 7:00 p. m.; Blowing Rock Varaity va. Cove Creek Vanity Sat., March a, B OO p. m.; Bethel Jimtor Varaity rt Blowing Bock Jmaktr Varaity Hon March IX, 1M p. in AppaladiUa Vsr^ftty M Bethel Vanity Monday, Hutu II. »:00 p. m. W;"^3(5 Ji The winner oi the Appalachian 3. V. and Cove Creek i. V.' fame will meet the winner of the Bethel 1. V. and Biowtng Rock J. V. gane art Tuesday. March 12 at 7:00 p. m fr>' the championship. Tm winner of the Blowing Bock- Core Creek Vanity game will meet the winner of the Appalachian-Bethel Vanity game Tuesday night March 13 at 8:00 Inf the championship. Development Group To Gather Monday The next meeting of the Rural Development and Problem Area Committee* will be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday, March 11, in the County Courthouse In previous meetings the Rural Development committees have done an excellent job in analysing our low income situation here In Watauga County. Then after estab-lishing where we are. they came up with the problems or reasons why we are in the low income breaket. The next step In the Rural Development Program as suggested by the state committee Is to select | the moat urgent problems, and j those we can do apmething about the solution of in the immediate future The chairman of each committee will lead a discussion of the problems in his problem; area and the group will decide or determine some goals and time limits and decide on the ways and means of obtaining theae goals. In the last meeting held February 28, the committees on industry, Health, education and Welfare, and curb market did an excellent job in coming up with the problems demanding immediate action and several possible methods of solutions were discussed. The meeting on March 11 will be a continuation of the committee discussions. All members of the County Rural Development Committee and all business and profeaaional people, civic leaders, farm fami) lea and others are invited and urged to be present SALES PEAK U. S. manufacturers sold $381,000,000,000 worth of goods in 1900, according to the Commerce Department. Sales were about 4 per I cent above those in 1988, with higher prices accounting for a large part of the Inciease. UnfiU- j ed orders at the year's end totaled •02,000,000,000, a rise of *6.000.-! 000,000 in the year and Uie value j of inventories held by msnufact- i urers at the end of IBM was estl-1 mated at 131,900,000,000, up 89.900,000,000. D. F. Greene > Continued from page one ni the flr*t fanner in WaUugi to be designated by the North Carolina Tree Farm Society ai a Tree Fainter." Mr. Oreene was descended from four pioneer Watauga county families—the Greene, Farthing, Mast and Adam* families, and had a wide family connection in the county. Immediate survivors include the widow, two sons and three daughters: Edgar D. Greene, Boone; Johnny P. Greene of Burlington; Mrs. Leo K. Pritchett, Boone; Mrs. J. T. Mast of Vilas and Mrs. Lewis Norrts of Reese. There are ten grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. 1,600 Boys Continued from page one and choruses will be rated by a committee of. three judges who are as follows: Mr. Elwood Roberts of Mars Hill College. Mr. Donald Plott of Davidson College, and Dr. Lew Lewis of High Point College. The college department of music plays host to the district music contest. All events will be held In the Fine Arts Auditorium. t COLLEGE ROLLS UP Total enrollment at the colleges and universities of the nation last fall reached a record peak of 2,947,000 students — ten per cent above last year's previous high— and is expected to reach nearly 3,290,000 with additional entries during the year. The fall enrollment survey of 1,802 Insltutlons of higher education showed an Increase for the fifth consecutive year in nearly all "categories. The University of California led In total enrollments with 40,788 on all campuses, excluding extension wor|c. The University of Minnesota was second with 38,303. Wilson says Guard group desires 6-month training. Garden Tine By U. E GARDNER TV 'pieation i* frequently aak ed. "Wlul do w mean when we Iftik of «oil PH?' Simply itatad, it refer* W the relative acidity, aowhh, r<r alkalinity, awalneaa. of the aoil. The meaaureroent of PH may be compered to a thennomter. Above freezing 1*2 degreea Pahrenbeti) would be on the ■weet tide, and below 02 on the ■our tide. The PH of the aoil affecta the growth of all planta, and thia ia the reason lime ia needed for aome and not for other* If we apply a aot of value* to the PH range, from 4 to 10. we can trtate the range* a* follow*: 4 to 5.5, ■trongly acid; 5.5 to 8J, (lightly acid; 6.3 to 7.5 neutral; and above 7J^lkaline. It la common knowledge that the azalea and the camellia require acid aoil* with the azalea being more tolerant of acid conditions than the camellia. Applying the acale already given, the azalea would fall in the range between 4J and 9.7 and the camellia between 5.0 and 4.0. Thia ia getting a little technical, but it liluatratea my point. Since the rahge* are not ilgnlflcantly different, both plant* are uaually grown in the tame general area. On the other fide sof the picture we find that legume*, *ucb a* alfalfa and iweet clover, require a pH range of from 6.5 to 7.5. Spinach, often u*ed a* a teat plant, 6.1 to 7J; gardenia, the *ame a* camellia, cabbage, 6.0 to 7.0; tomato, 5.3 to 6.8; Irtah potato, 5.0 to 5.7; *weet corn, 5.5 to 6.7; and *0 on down the line of planta. ■ Lime ia u*ed to iweet *oil« and culphur and aluminate aulfate to make them more acid. However, you ahould never attempt to amend your *oil* until you fint have them teated. The te*t will not only determine the pH but alao organic matter and the e**ential available nutrient element* *uch a* Nitrogen, Phoaphoroua, and Potaih. Your county agent, vocational teach or the Soil Conaervaflon Service in your county will be glad to help you. Some of them can run a quick te*t for pH, but for complete analyaei, the (amplea ahould be properly collected and *ent to the Soil Teating Laboratory, State Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C. Sample boxe* are available ia the county agent'a office with complete in*tructlon* | for collecting and mailing. CHOP SUPPORTS Speaking before the Senate Agriculture Committee recently, Ezra Taft Benton, Secretary of Agriculture, made the *ugge*tion that mandatory Federal farm price *upport* be killed one* surplus production and other agricultural problem* are tolved. Mr. Benaon cited recent Department of Agriculture reporta to back up hia contention that high price-eupport* and Federal control* had *et the *tage for accumulation of aurpluae*. Production cutbacka are likely for the textile induatry. TIRES ,Our Equipment Has Arrived For RECAPPING THE. NEW 14-INCH TIRES Double The SAFE Life of Your Tires With Expert Recapping DO NOT BE MISLED! 14-Inch Tire* (Ian Not Be Properly Recapped ill 15 and 16-Inch Molds SPECIAL EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED "Tiret Arc Our Buainem — Noi Jual a Sideline" NCE RECAPPING CO. • ' ' • 't - * j *>-* Y.&f'ii -t ■ V. »' i Depot Street —— Boone, N. C. — Dial AMherst 4-3^56 j&'sv .. "Iny 'in JwnWirii InfflBfti .. • iSBammm February Is Rainy Month, Record Says Six indie* and 84 hundredths moisture fell on Boone during February. This appears to be quite a bit of rainfall. However, according to records since 1964 it may be see« that it ia not the highest for February lq the four year*. The record* ibow that in IBM 8.11 inche* were measured; in 1865 7 0S, in I960 6 01; and la*t month 0 .84. , Rainfall wa* recorded on 18 of the 28 day*, with the most being measured on the morning of February 26, following a rain which lasted all the night of the 29th. One and .60 inches .fell for this period On the 27tb, a freak rain and hall storm caused .86 precipitation. Approximately an inch of hailstones, some as big aa marbles, were measured on the ground after the hail stopped. Some reports were that in gutters and other places accumulations of several inches were noted. Snow fell on February 14. It wa* recorded a* a one-and-a-half Inch snow. Trace* of *now were noted on other days but not enough to be meatured. Lowest temperature wa* 14 degree* on the 24th. During the 24hour period the thermometer dropped from 47 degree* to 14. Wannest weather wa* recorded February 28, when the temperature reached 84. The mercury'* lowest pofht on thi* day wa* 49 degree*. The day before and the day after were comparably warm and lien* of spring were beginning to show. < However, as March get* well underway, it if beginning to appear winter Is not through yet, and with the temperature dropping to 17 on March 4, hope was revived that winter will keep Mother Nature from putting on her colors and looking like a new seed catalog until spring is really here. A. C Mast Hooks Biggest Fish Henry Mast came back from Vero Beach, Fla., the other day displaying a big drum fish which had been taken from the Indian River by Mr. A. C. Mast. The big fish tipped the scales at 24bi pounds and was 39 inches long. Meantime Mr. Ray Farthing came back from Florida and quotes Mr. A. C. Mast as follows: "Mr. Mast says that he has been bearing quite a bit of boasting from two of bis neighbors ip N. C. Colony, Fla., namely Conley Glenn and Dwight Edmistcn also that he hears of boasting and bragging from some citizens at Cove Creek, namely Clint Mast and Gordon Sherwood. Mr. Mast thinks his catch should stop the blowing in both places and that he is the champ at least until someone can beat him, which he doubts very much." Telephone Talk by H. M. INABINET Your Telephone Manager IT'S ALMOST planting time. And all over the state we're planting a new crop—a crop of telephones Last year alone we "planted" 33,941 new telephones in North Carolina, while spending 124,965,000 for expansion. Thjs year we expect to add some 42,000 more and spend about $22,000,000. 289 additional telephones were installed in Wataugi county during 1956 and we expect to increase total telephones by 300 during 1957. All these new phones mean convenience and better living for a lot of folks. And they mean that you can call more people and more can call you. ★ ★ ★ 1 REMEMBER the time when a traveler needed a pretty sharp eye to spot a telephone booth when he wanted to can someone. Now, just about everywhere you go you see those brightly colored, lighted telephone booths along the highways and in other public places, open 24 hours a day. And it's no accident, either. You see, we spend a lot of time picking ( places to put phone booths where they'll be most convenient for you. Good to know, isn't it, that wherever you go you're never far from a phone? I j?:.r ★ ★ ★ SPEAKING OF TRAVELING, nothing takes you where you want to go faster than a telephone call. I'll bet jroit can think of several out-of-town folks you'd like to visit with right now—maybe a friend who's been transferred, a relative you haven't seen in a long time. Why not telephone? It's easy to do and you'll both get a lot of fun out of it. For faster service, let me suggest you glee the operator the out-of-town telephone number if you know it. Then your calls go through twice as fast •' ' HEi. What Is A Teacher? (Continued from page four) She mu>t be (Uadiut without being inflexible; sympathetic withuut being maudlin,- loving without possessing. She raust live Is child hood without becoming childish, to enjoy iU great joys, satisfactions, it* genuine delights; while under(Landing Its griefs, irriutloni, em bamwnenU, apd harassment*. A teacher must, each year, send 90 children to another teacher, proudly, lovingly, sadly, and await 30 more with ready wit, love, and eagerness. She must do all thii while worry about how to pay the utility bills, what to have for supper, whether her baby has the chickenpox, if her lesson plans will meet the supervisor's requirements, how llrs. Smith will take the lower grades on John's report card, where to get the extra money for summer school, and who took the dime from Susie's purse. For this, you will pay her itaore than the garbage man, but less than the garage mechanic; more than the grocery clerk, but less than the postman; more than the ditchdigger, but less than the truck driver. The most amazing thing about a teacher is that she wouldn't trade lik» to tMcfe. ships fail to use "*CM>*'' / • 'J1. ' "t A runaway Air Tore# matador mi*jlie tJut was launched In New Mode* waa believed to haw crashed to western Colorado or aactern Utah Paul said to Mr. Ed: ■ $ '■ • \i m, »|: Mi« V >,•: ~ 3 ■ Dunn# one of the tensest moment* of a murder picture at ihe, ' Paramount Theatre in New York; aa elderly gentleman began groping for something on the floor, greatly disturbing • lady in the next aeat. "What have you lost?" >be inquired testily. "A caramel," (aid the man. "You're going to all this bother for a measly caramel?" she asked. •"Yes," way the reply. "My teeth are in it." Paul E. A- GAULTNEY AND 1. PAUL WINKLE* Watauga Insurance Agency " tr NORTHWESTERN BANK BUILDING — PHONE AM 44291 BOX M7 — BOONE, N. C. ' » 1 iii.
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