E Local People V¡«¡t Upper Room Chapel
Meadamea Beta Crawford, B.
Winkler and I cu Winkler of
Boonc wer« among the nearly
five thuuaand people wbo aigned
the 2U?at regilttr at The Upper
lloom Chapel n Nanhvllle, Tenn ,
recen tl>. Tbc chapel, oponed leu
ihan fivp yeari aso. drawa via
i)Oj* irom every «tale and man»
othcr countriea. The (ocal point
tf lh.' chapel i» the almoat lifc
aize wood carving ot Ibe Laat
Supper done by Erneit Pelll
glini dfti-r the famoui palnting
by Leonardo da Vlnci. Thi»
caiving capturv* the momenl
when Jeaua te.'l» thia diaciplea,
"One oí you «hall betray me."
Set In a huge fr»me the lin.c
wocd and walnut carvtng ia more
(han eightecn íeet long. The
artiati-y and akill of the «culptor
are apparent to cven the caausl
viewcr Many viaitora aee it with
a dcep apir tual aenaitivity thut
i malera the viaH a roligioua ex
pedente.
Says County Market
Not Yet Forgotten
(From Home Agenta Alfice)
What about thit county market
veryone wai talking about last
ummer? Well. R haan't been for
otten, that'a for ture. The mar
eting survey taken by several ex
enaion marketing specialista and
ocal extensión agenta haa given
he county market committee tome
ery helpful Information. Thia in
jrmatlon ihould help In planning
local outlet for garden produce
nd handicrafta, etc.
The aurvey covered marketing
roblema of aJl the producía grown
i the county, aa well as the «pee
il problema of a roadaide market.
everal extensión specialists from
lorth Carolina State Colicué in
laleigh were preaent to make the
ublic report of thia survey, Oct
ber 10, in the county courthouae.
If a county market ia to help
tise incomes of county reaidents,
loat of the profits mu«t come
rom outaide the county. Thia is
»e mainfact brought uut in the
pport by George Abahier, exten
ion consumer marketing special
it. Dr. Abshier's part <if the re
ort al so cmphasizes that the in
»rae from the aale of garden pro
duce would be relatively «malí,
and that * market independently
(inanced ha* the beat chance of
snecea»
In order to attract dallara (rom
out-of-county reaidenta, touriata
and tummer reaidenta, a county
market would need to apeclaliie
in the thinga touriata lite to buy:
country hama, hand weaving, Jama,
Jelliea, picklea, cuatom mude furni
lure, aoorwood honey, home made
molaaaea, baaketa, etc.
Although a county market
would probably aell garden pro
duce aa well ai well aa apecialty
¡tema, inveatigation reveala that
the margin of profit on freah
(rulta and vegetable* would be
much leaa than that on home pre
servea and gift i tema.
The reason for thi« la that when
/armen have extra garden pro
duce to aell, there ía plcnty in all
the gardens in the county. Much
of the garden aurplut is ahared
umong (rienda and neighbort.
Growing (ruita and vegetablea ía
a much more prodtable buaineaa
when there ia enough produced to
tell outaide the county. There ia
3ome need (or a produce market,
but, the rrport revéala, iuch a
market would atand a greater
chance of aucceaa if it specializea
in home preaerved fooda and craft
artielea.
"A privately owned and operat
ed market haa the greateat chance
for auccess, but an aaaoctation of
1 potential aellera might operate
auch a market aatialactorily," the
report atatea. It alao aaya that auch
a market would need to be wcll
í dealgned, attractive, wcll located
¡and expertly aupervíaed.
| The report of the marketing
I aurvey indícate* that a county out
: let for local producía would be a
very aucceaaful enterpriae if it
were managed properly.
ACTIVE TB
The Public Health Service and
the National Tuberculoaia Aaaocia
tion have releaaed a atatement
that there i» an eatimited total of
290,000 active tuberculoaia cases
tn thia country, deapite a drop ot
nearly 30 per cent in the laat five
yeara. Almoat forty per cent of
the total are "unknown" to medi
cal and health authorities.
Chriatmaa clubbera — 13,070,000
of them—have aaved a record to
tal of $1,229.000,000 in aome 7,000
'rommercial banka and savinga in
atitutiona thia year. Thia ia up an
eatimated total of 137,000,000 or 3
percent, from the aavinga in 1996.
Scout Supper
Nexi Monday
The annuai Scout meeting fot
Watauga county will be held Mon
day, November 1S, ífNJIO p. m,
in Fellowihip Hall of the Boooa
Methodut Cburch. W. C. Richard
too. díatrlct ehairman. in making
the announcement, aaid the meet
ing will be in the form of a cov
ered diah aupper
Al) Scouta, ineluding Cuba, all
■ patenta, and all leader* are urged
to uttend and bring a covered dish.
Drinks, paper platea, lo.ks, knivea,
and cupi wJl be furniabed.
The Iiev. jonn McDuffie» troop
from Blowing Rock will have
, ch^rge of the opening exerciae, and
R. U. HodgM troop (rom Perkin*
vtUa will llave charfe of the eloe
inQi-xerci.st
Chairmjn Richardaoo, in urging
attendauce to the aupper, «aid,
Tbu i» one time of the year
*hfo <11 people in Watauga county
who are workiog with Scouting
can come together and enjoy a
meal and fellowahip with the
ScouU and thelr pareot» (rom «11
of Walauga county "
There will be • ihort movie
after tupper, a «hort report on
Scouting, and a report at tbe nom
íaation committee wtll be given
Dairy producen cas increaae
their iocome* by ateppinf up out
put and lowering produetioo coeta.y
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