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FOR BEST RESULTS advertiaera invariably sac the column* of tte Democrat. With iti full paid circula tion, intensely corering tha local shopping ?raa, it's the baet advertising medium available. An independent Weekly Neum paper , ; Year of Continuous Publication VOLUME LXX. ? NO. M BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NOBTK CAEOUNA. THURSDAY. JUNE 1?, IMS .LINDA WEY BETSY RODGERS MARY DEVERE KELLER PATRICIA ANN DOWLING LENAH MARY LAWRENCE MOLLIE AGLE JANE MORETZ MARGARET KATHRYN HENSON Annual Jaycee Beauty Contest Will Be Held Saturday; Gay Parade Is Planned The Miss Watauga County Beau ty Contest, sponsored annually by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, will he held -Saturday, June 11, at 8 o'clock in the elementary school auditorium. A cay parade through the bus iness district will start at 1:30 p. m., featuring the contestants, the Appalachian High School Band, city officials, other prominent lo cal people, judge*, and antique au tomobile*. Baxter Hardy, ticket sale chair man, sees a complete sellout for the contest and raggest* that those who haven't bought ticket* get them at once from him, or from |ny other Jaycee. The contextants are: Linda Wey, sponsored #by the Swofford's lire Store. Betsy Rodges, Northwestern Bank. Mary Devere Keller, Farmers Hardware Co. Patricia Ann Dowling, Greene Buick, Inc. Lenah Mary Lawrence, Interna tional Resistance CO. Mollie Agle, Moretx Paint Store. Jane Moreti, Watauga Savings It Loan Association. Margaret Kathryn Henson, Boone Tire and Bargain Store and An drews Chevrolet Co., Inc. The judges for the beauty con test are: Mrs. Joan Melton Grubb, Mis* North Carolina of 1997. Mr*. Gail Stark, Mis* Kansas of 1999. Mrs. Harold Deal, Music In structor. Ralph Tugman, manager Radio Station WATA. Robin Gatwood, Professor of Mu , sic, Lenoir Rhyne College. Bob Davis Car Gets Publicity Bob Davis and hit "Bob Davit Special" it the tubject of a two page feature in the correct iitue of the nationally circulated "Hot Rod Magazine." Alto featured it Grandfather Mountain and the an nual aporttcar hill climb up itt 2% mile twitting courae. The feature waa written by John Corey, a free-lance writer-photo grapher of Boone and Wilmington. Davit, a Boone auto tervice manager, tx^lt hit power-bopped roadster from junk parta. It hat won the Grandfather climb for the past three rammers, beating top factory-built racert from Amer ica and abroad. & Davit' wife it a CoKe Creek tchooi home economics teacher. A snail, easily operated com puter announced. DANIEL BOONE PARK SKETCH ? Architect's drawing of swimming pool and rear of clubhouse with bath houses in basement which will form the nucleus of a proposed recreation and civic center, includ ing children's playground, log cabin craft center, and other facilities on the city-owned Horn in the West property. A municipal election will be held July 18 when Boone voters will decide whether the Town of Boone will float a $130,000 bond lasue to finance the projtect. I Heavy Rains Cause \ , Loss Valuable Soil Recent heavy nini have caused farmer* in the Watauga Soil Co n servation District to lote hundreds of tons of valuable topsoil. Throughout the county, serious erosion damage can be seen on many upland fields, says H. J. Wil liams, soil conservation technician. Topsoil that leaves a field is gone for many generations. It tak es tr cm 300 to 1200 years to build an nah of topsoil; yet, through improper land u pe, an inch of soil can be lost in enly a very few, years. Farmers in the county have a very limited acreage of land suit able for cultivation. Many farm ers find it necessary to work steep slopes to give them suffici ent land for a decent living. These steep slopes must be cultivated in such a manner that they wil^not wash daring heavy riins, H these fields Of to remain productive for a long period of time. Only by following the very best conserva tion measure* can the farms! keep them producing well. Many fields with long slopes have been plowed from top to bottom, some have wide strips plowed, and others do not have the rows nuuiof on tka level. ContAr strip cropping it ? muit ?If these iteep fields are to be cultivated. Where field* are divid ed into narrow atrip* of row crop*, alternated with strip* of soil, far leu erosion damage i* *cen. Thi* type, of farming, to' grfher with natural draw* remain ing in *od crop*, offers the only hope for long time cultivation of our steep hilliide*. If the organic content of the soil i* high, lea* aoil will be lo*t during heavy rains. This organic content can best be built up by turning cpvcr crops or stubble; or by the addition of manure, saw dust, or other organic materials. Much less erosion damag4 occurs the first yoar of cultivation fol lowing hay or other sod crops. When upland ia cultivated two or more years in succession, far greater erosion damage may be expected. When winter cover crops are planted early and make ? good growth before turning, they are of great value in otMrb ing water and cheeking erosion. A good plant rooting mixture can be made from equal parts peat moss iirf well mixed* , Singing On Sunday Liaviile?Hely Mackerel! ht Lee Hartley will skia us altrc. Slaging oa Uw Moantala U this ftuaday ? Jane 22. That's right, iaae 22, Sliflif oa the Maantaln, Grandfather Mountain, Linvllle. Mark that down, please. Two aewt stories have mm oat statiag that the faa*as Slag lag ?a the Naaatala la heat Baa day. It alat It U aeit Sap day, thit Sunday, iaae 22. Feaader a ad ehalrasaa Joe Lee Hartley la excited. "Far 34 year* we're gat alaag okay. Thea soate city slicker aendt oat stories with the wraag date!" he nli Hartley, a maa of hit ward, baa "threatened* to ahaat the next man who writes that Slag Ing is net Jane 22. (Pleaae get that date correctly, Please.) By the way, Edwin GUI, the flaent state treasarer, wfll be the featared speaker. And asbateiaaa inclade Arthar SatHh, the Melo dy Masters, the Bine Udge Quartet and othori. AM before we sign off? get that date down, friends. Executive To Speak At Roan, % Banner Elk Vice-President Richard M. Nix on will vUit Watauga cqunty and other points in this area for the first time this week end. On Saturday June 21 Mr. Nixon will be the speaker at the L2th an nual Rhododendron Festival held on top of Roan Mountain, follow ing which he will speak at ground breaking ceremonies for the 100 bed. *1,600,000 Grace Hartley Me morial Hospital at Banner Elk, and then will attend a reception at Blowing Rock in his honor, given by J. Ed BroyhiU, Republican Na tional Committeeman. The Vice-President's scedule has been set up as follows: Mr. Nixon's caravan is due to ar rive on Roan Mountain from the Tri-Cities Airport at about noon Saturday. He will have lunch with the Roan Festival Committee and the Queen contestants from North Carolina and Tennessee, and will make his remarks at 1:30 p. m. He will be introduced by Repre sentative Charles Raper Jonas of Lincolnton. Hugh Morton, owner of Grandfather Mountain will be North Carolina master of ceremo nies, and other addresses will be heard by Governor Frank Clem ent of Tennessee and Rep. Carroll B. Recce of Tennessee. Various radio and television sta tions are making plans to carry the festival this year, the commit tee has announced. ? Mr. Nixon will depart from Roan Mountain about 2:30 p. m. and will arrive in Bakersville at 3 p. m. where he will gfeet the people who gather to see him. The Nixon caravan is due to ar rive in Spruce Pine at 3:30 where the Vice-President, Representa tive Jonas, and other State and national leaders will be welcomed by officials of the Chamber of .Commerce, various civic clubs and the school band. The entourage will move on US 10E and 221 to Linville, arriving there about 4:30, and from Lin ville they will travel around Grandfather Mountain to Blowing Rock for the reception, following a stop at Banner Elk for the hos pital ceremonies. It is predicted by the Roan Fes tival Committee, the chambers of commerce in the towns through which the caravan will pass, and area businessmen that the streets will be lined with people eager to a?e the Vice-President. He is to return to Washington from the Hickory airport by the same military plane which will bring him to the mountains. Charles Church Taken By Death Final rite* were conducted Sat urday at the Valle Crucii Metho diit Church for Charlet A. Church, 70 years of age, who died early Thursday morning. Service* were conducted by the paator of the church, Mitt Geral dine Surratt, Rev. Ralph Surratt who it Methodiit paator at Mabel and Matney churchet, and Rev. E. Dargan Butt, Episcopal miniiter. Burial wat in the Matt cemetery, near the Jot C. Matt homeitead. Pallbearers were Henry Taylor, Frank Matt, Baxter Farthing, Ed ward Baird, Dexter Yates, and Carl PretneU. Surviving are hit widow, Mary Maud Church, Mr. and Mrs Frank Taylor, Mrs. Laura Church, two grandchildren, Miltoa and Char let Church; three sisters, Mrs Mamie Billings and Mrs. Sue Davit of Johnson City, Tenn., and Mrt. Ettelle McCoy of Klngsport, Tenn.; one brother. Alee Church of Roan Mountain, Tenn. Hit only son, Milton Ralph, preceded him in death. He waa a life-long resident of Watauga County, and wat a mem ber of. the Valle Cntcu Methodist Church. Cutting excew forage not only prmrldet extra livestock feed, It alto reduces the severity of at tack* by Dlanl diicuci STONE MASONRY enhances beauty of structure! on Parkway. This picture waa taken at intersection of Scenic and Triplet! Road, where overpaaa is being built. ChestMobileX-Ray UnitToGive Free Service In W at auga County Watauga Is Promoted At Memphis Meeting Band Members Asked To Parade Attention of Appalachian High School Band member* Is called to the (act that they have been requested to memUe for a parade In connection with the Mis* Watauga County contest Saturday. I. Perry Watson, director, ashs that all hand members meet la the band room at 12 o'clock boob Saturday, dressed in white shirts and blue Jeans. Lions Install Officers At Annual Meeting A. E. Hamby, Jr., was installed as president of ? the Boone Lions Club in ceremonies conducted Tuesday night at the club's annual Ladles Night and installation of officers dinner meeting in the din ing room of the Daniel Boone Ho tel. He succeeds Dr. J. H. Workman of Appalachian State Teachers College. Also inducted into office for the club year beginning July 1 were H. W. Wilcox, first vice-president, succeeding Guy Hunt, retired; Dr. J. R. Melton, second vice-president, moving up from third: Conrad M. Yates, third vice-president; W. Ralph Tugman, secretary (re-elect ed); John B. Robinson, treasurer, succeeding J. H. Thomas; O. K Richardson and V. G. Rollins, tail twisters, succeeding Frank M. Payne and the Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr.; and W, G. Hartzog, lion tamer, succeeding Dr. W. 8. Hoffman. New directors installed to serve for a two-year term were O. R. Sutton and J. H. Thomas, succeed ing C. M Yates and V. G. Rol lins, whose terms expire at the end of June. Guest speaker was Fred L. . Berk ley of Newton. Immediate past district governor of District JIB and an International Counsellor of Lions International, who also eon ducted the installation ceremonies. Dr. William IL Matheson acted as least master, and outgoing Pres ident J. H. Workman and Dr. R. H. Harmon, chairman of the awards committee, presented at tendance aad achievement awards to various member* of the club. the towttUeoel Liens Toast. v il W Herman Anderson, assistant county agent, and Stanley A. Har ris attended the Rural Develop ment Program conference this week in Memphis, Tenn. The conference was arranged by national direct?rs of rural devel opment activities. These Include True D. Morse, undersecretary of agriculture; L. I. Jones, federal director of Extension Service; Dr. Harry Reed, federal rural develop ment coordinator, with the pri mary purpose to encourage people of this nation to And their place in the rural development program, aimed at widening "the doors of opportunity ? for the good our country and all our people." Mr. Anderson and Mr. Harris were two of the four persons from North Carolina attending the meeting, which was also attended by representatives of governors; presidents, deans, and others of universities and colleges, civic and service organizations from more than 32 states and Puerto Rico. Mr. Anderson put on an ex hibit depicting what has been a& complished and what is being planned in the area of rural de velopment in Watauga county. Watauga is one of four counties (Continued on page eight) Prof. Howell's Picture Given To Local School The picture of Mr. Howell, principal, now banging In the lob by of the Appalachian Elemen tary School was presented to the school by, the eighth grade at the exercises held May CI. Barbara Sherrill and BeP Mil ler, (peaking for their classmates, presented the gift aa a token of appreciation for the many educa tional opportunitie* and personal help that Mr. Howell has provided throughout their elementary school years. During the erercises in which sixty-fo?ir students received certi ficates, special awards for read ing achievementa and cititenahip were made. Mrs. Fred Gragg re presenting the Laurel Book Club, presented books to Joe Lawman and Robert Cook as awards for their achievement In reading for the ye*r. *???? '<* Mr. Bart Petry, assistant princi pal. presented certificates for out standing cititenahip In the class Johnny Taylor and Larry Gragg. A chert x-ray is no cure for tu berculosis, but It could save your life. When the mobile x-ray unit comet to this community toon, offering free chest film*, you are taking a dunce with your life 1 ? Watauga Schedule June 27 through July It, btle Tuesday through Saturday Hours? 11:M to 5:M July 1* ? 12, Blowing Rock Tueaday through Saturday \ Hours? 11:M to 5:M if you pa it up the opportunity. You say you'd rather not know if you have tuberculosis? You don't really mean that. Maybe you're a little bit afraid of what the eye of the it-ray will aee. If you are worried that you might have tuberculoaia, here ia aomething you ihould know. Pul monary tuberculoaia ia a diaeaae which givea ita victima very little trouble in Ita early stages. Once established in the lungs, the germs usually go to work quietly to de stroy lung tissue. Rarely ia the host aware that anything ia wrong. Yet it is In just such an early atage that TB can most easily and surely be cured. With modern treatment, an early case can often be restored to health in only a few months. Host of the people a-rayed in community surveys of apparently healthy people are found to be just aa healthy aa they look. How ever, every lease found and treated is an important step toward erad ication of tuberculoaia. The long er a case of TB goea undiscover ed and untreated, the more dan geroua "it is lo the health of the individual and to those cloae to him. By the time serious symp toms are apparent, the diaeaae has usually progressed to a point to where it Is more difficult to cur*. I It is important to remember that tuberculosis in ita early stages often has no outward symptoms. You may feel perfectly well and still have TB. With modern treatment, doctors can core the disease. Even a person with an advanced case has a better than 1 even chance of getting well. You can give yourself the beat possi ble chance by taking advantage of the opportunity offered by the life saving x-ray. $$ Surviving are o
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