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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1?M JS'
VOLUME LXflU-NO. 23
Scouts To
Give Out
CD Cards
The Girl Scouts of Boone the
U. S. A. anounced that they would
distribute in the schools wallet
sized cards summarizing civil de
fense preparedness actions which
every American should know.
The distribution will be made
by Girl Scouts of U. S. A. at
schools in every State on Friday,
December 9. It is being carried out
in connection with the annual ob
servance of Civil Defense Day,
Sunday, December 7.
Girl Scout Councils across the
Nation with a total membership
of more than 3 and one-half mil
lion, are cooperating in the pro
ject with the Office ef Civil and
Defense Mobilization and with
Civil Defense directors in every
State.
The card which the Girl Scouts
will distribute was prepared by
the Office of Civil and Defense
Mobilization. One side reminds the
bearer to prepare a home shelter
and an automobile exacuation kit,
and what to put in each. It also
lists five things to know and do
for protection against enemy at
tack.
1. Warning signals and what
they mean.
2. Your community plan for em
ergency action.
3. Protection from radioactive
fallout.
4. First aid and home emer
gency preparedness.
5. Use CONELRAD? 640 or
1240 on your radio dial for offici
al instructions.
The other side of the card ex
plains public alert signals, and
what to do when either of them
sounds.
The card was introduced by '?
OCDM Director, Leo A Hoegh. on I
a national television show (Dave I
Garroway's Today program) in |
April. Response was immediate
and by the end of two weeks
OCDM received ordeiw for mor*>
than 12,000,000 of the Cards. To
date, the agency has distributed
throughout the United States
more than 22,500, cards.
Examples of the active part
Girl Scouts are taking in Civil De
fense preparation are:
In Mt. Vernon, III., Girl Scouts
in cooperation with Civil Defense
authorities conducted a census of
children and took emergency
training so that they would be
able to give first aid to other
children in case of disaster.
Pasadena, Calif., Girl Scouts are
working at the Civil Defense Fil
ter Center and serving as plane
spotters on lookout towers.
In Detroit, hundreds of Girl
Scouts took part in a mock emer
gency feeding demonstration. Simi
lar mass feeding exercises have
been carried out by Chicago Girl
Scouts. Joint Girl Scout-Civil De
fense training programs have been
arranged in Gary, Ind., La Crosse,
Wis., Flint, Mich., and numerous
other communities across the
country.
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Mrs. Watkins Funeral
Held in Wilkes County
Mrs. T. J. Watkins, 89, who had
made her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Hagaman (or five
years, died at Wilkes ' General
Hoipital, North Wilkesboro Nov
ember 20.
Funeral service* were held at
Bethel Church at Hays, N. C.
November 22 and burial was ia
the church cemetery.
Surviving are five sons and two
daughters: L. G? Earl, Russell,
Avery Watkins, North Wilkesboro;
Gwyn Watkins, Pilot Rock, Ore
gon; Mrs. M. W. Snyder, North
Wilkesboro; Mrs. Frank Haga
man, Boone.
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TYPICAL SCENE ON BURLEY WAREHOUSE FLOOR
Patrol Continuing Crackdown
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Against Violators On Highways
Early Mailing Being
UrgedByPostmaster
Noting that the Christmas sea
son is here, Acting Postmaster
Lyle B. Cook today urged the pub
lic to begin sending Christmas
mailings now.
He coupled this plaa with a
warning that the Post Office De
partment is unable to deliver or
return about half a million parcels
at Christmas time because of poor
packaging or addressing.
He suggests several steps that
can be taken by mailers to protect
themselves aainst loss:
1. Check and revise mailing
lists.
2. Type or hand-print gummed
mailing labels.
3. Use complete address. Don't
abbreviate. Include delivery zone
number. ,
4. Use good quality mailing
materials ? strong cord, heavy
wrapping paper, and so forth.
5. Get at least some Christmas
parcels in the mails now with a
notation that they are not to be
opened until Christmas. This will
minimize mailing problems dur
ing Christmas rush.
6. Plan to we insurance on all
parcels.
7. Place both address and return
address inside the parcel to assure
delivery or return should some
thing happen to outside addressed
wrapper. (Address parcel only oi
one side).
Air parcels for overseas should
be mailed immediately with a
deadline of December 10, and all
mailing! for diatant state should
be mailed in advance of this date.
Greeting carda for local delivery
should be mailed no later than
December 16 to assure delivery
before Christmas Day.
The full cooperation of the pub
lic is absolutely essential in hand
ling Christmas mail efficiently
and economically and we solicit
your continued cooperation during
this pre-Christmas period.
We have on band and will de
liver to each patron in the near
Whitener To Preside
When Truman Speaks
When former President Harry
S. Truman speaks in Raleigh this
week end. at the meeting of the
North Carolina Literary and His
torical Association, Dr. D. J.
Whitener, dean at Appalachian
State Teachers College, will be
the presiding officer. Dr. Whiten
er is the cni+ent president of the
Association.
Dr. and Mrs. Whitener will
leave for Raleigh on Thursday.
At the dinner meeting to be
held on Friday, December 5, Dr.
Whitener will give the presidenti
al address on the ?ubjeet, "Educa
. A -ilKMPL.'i
tion (or the People". It in -antici
pated that President Truman and
Governor Hodgea will be present
(or this dinner and speech by Dr.
Whitener.
Following the dinner, Dr. White
ner will preside over the meeting
o( the Association to be held in
the Raleigh City Auditorium. He
will present Governor Hodges,
who will introduce Mr. Truman.
The subject of President Truman's
address Is "The Most Mistreated
of Presidents."
The scries of meetings will end
on Saturday.
future Local and Out Of Town
Labels to be used tn bundling
Christmas greeting cards and let
ters. The use of these labels will
greatly assist in the proper and
expeditious handling of your SHIT
Sural patrons should take note
of the fact that postal regulations
this year require that stamps be
placed on all greeting cards and
letter mail during the month of
December. Please be sure to buy
in advance your stamps from your
carrier and place them on your
cards and letters before putting
them in the box for collection.
All patrons who have any mail
ing problems are requested to con
tact their local post office for in
formation needed.
The Boone Post Office will ex
tend windpw service hours as the
need arises to assure complete and
prompt handling of Christmas
mail.
FAIRNESS TO DULLES
Senator Mike Mansfield has
pledged that Democrats have no
intention of making a whipping
boy out of John Foster Dulles,
Secretary of State, in their review
of foreign policy.
Mr. Mansfield, a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee, said
the Democrats "will meet Dulles
on the issues, but well try and be
as responsible in our criticisms as
we have been in the past."
Master Billy Reese was a pati
ent in Memorial Hospital, Chapel
Hill, from Wednesday to Saturday.
Raleigh. ? The recent crackdown
by the State Highway Patrol on
traffic violators has been so suc
cessful that "Operation Floodlight"
will be continued through the rest
of December, partol Commander
James R. Smith said Monday.
"Not withstanding all the com
bined efforts of civic groups, law
enforcement agencies and mili
tary organizations," Commander
Smith said, "there are still those
persons who persist in violating
the trafflc/ laws. Some apparently
[ are indifferent to what the autho
iTttfonrlre trying to do."
The partol launched the crack
down after the week end of No
vember 14-14, when a total of 28
persons lost their lives in motor
vehicle accidents on the State's
highways.
Patrolmen stationed In Wa
tauga county have been spot
checking motorists for drivers'
licenses, registration cards, and
equipment. Except for several
citations Isaued over the week
end by the officers, the traffic
scene has been quiet, and only
one minor accident was repott
ed as investigated by the local
patrol.
During the five-day Thanksgiv
ing period the death toll for the
state dropped to 11. "Compara
tively speaking," Smith said, "we
thing this is remarkably good."
Thanksgiving day and the Wed
nesday preceding it went by with
out a single fatality being reported.
Commander Smith said the news
media, civic clubs, city and county
officers and other interested
groups "have responded wonder
fully well in making Operation
Floodlight a success.
"Leaves of all patrolmen will
remain cancelled over the week
end periods the rest of the year,"
Smith said, "so that we will have
full strength."
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"Messiah" To Be Given Next Sunday
THE MESSIAH, which ha* become a traditional part
of Chriatmaa miuic (or the college, as well u (or
the Town of Boone, will be given Sunday, December
7, at 6 o'clock at the First Baptist Church, by the
Appalachian College Choir, under the direction of
Mrs. Virginia Wary Linney. The College Symphony
Orchestra, under direction of Nicholas Erneston,
will accompany the production. Janet Rooker will
preside at the organ, and Walton Cole and Sandy
Beam at the piano. Soloists will be Susan Mank and
Florence Payne, soprano*; Susie Ford, contralto;
Thad Moose, tenor; and Sandy Beam and Daune
Best, baritones. The public it invited.
B'eshears Is Named Head
Winebarger,
Thomas Get
Positions
The firit ?ct of the new board
of commissioners for Watauga
county after being sworn in to
office Monday was to name Bynum
Beshears as chairman of the board.
Mr. Beshears it from Brushy fork
township.
Other commissioners are W. C.
(Bill) Lentz of Blowing Rock, and
Ivan Dishman of Beaver Dam.
The swearing-in ceremonies for
county and township officials, elec
ted in November, took place in
the courthouse, and was presided
over by A. E. South, who had been
re-elected clerk of court. Mr.
South, of Boone, was admlstered
the oath of office by Dave Hodges,
a Justice of the peace from New
River.
The clerk then swore in the com
missioners, Richard E. Kelley of
Boone as coroner, Sheriff Ernest
M. Hodges of Brushy fc"ork, and
C. F. Thompson of Brushy Fork
as surveyor.
Justices of the peace Dave Hod
ges of New River and A. C. Wil
liams of Cove Creek were sworn
in, along with constables How
ard Coffey of Blowing Rock, and
Howard L. Greene of Stony Fork.
Other township officers are to be
sworn in later by Clerk of Court
South.
Dayton Winebarger of Meat
Camp No. 1 township, was named
by the commissoners at tax super
visor and county auditor. The two
office* were filled the previous
two years by Ivy Wilson a* super
visor and Clint Cannon fbdftor.
Hubert G. Thomas, Laurel Creek
township, was named tax collec
tor, succeding Orville Foster.
Leonard Beach of Zionville was
made caretaker of the courthouse '
by the commissioners.
Sheriff Hodges, who had been
re-elected to his office, reappoint
ed George Smitherman of Beaver
Dam as deputy and jailer, and ,
Emmit Oliver of Blue Ridge as
deputy.
Jack Edmisten, who was elected
as Watauga's representative to
serve in the North Carolina Legif
Iature, will go to Raleigh in Jan- i
uary, where he will take the oath
of office. He succeeds S. C. Egg-!
ers, whom he defeated in the re
cent election.
Out-going commissioners were
Republicans S. Bynum Greene, -
Fred Hatley, and John Wellborn. ,
All county offices are filled by
the Democratic party this term.
The office of Register of Deeds j
did not come up for election this |
year. Miss Helen Underdown,
Democrat, was re-elected to the
office in 1096 for four years.
Mr. Thomas Bingham, two
daughters, three sons of Eliza
bethton, Tenn., Mrs. Homer
Brown. Boonec Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Hayes and children visited
Mr. and Mrs. John Earp Sunday.
BESMEARS
LENTZ
IRISHMAN
HODGES
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SOUTH
KELLEY ,
EDMISTEN
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Northwestern Meet
Next Monday Night
Weed Prices
Skyrocket
Record* were broken ipii
Monday when the Boone barley
tobacco market paid an average
price of M7.46 per hundred far
295,052 pounds of barley. ,
Money paid oat ?ru $199,636.
96 ut growers in Watauga and
surrounding counties.
Season's figures to date were
not available Tuesday, but a
spokesman for the Mountain
Barley Warehouse Company
said Tuesday's sale would boost
the volume of leaf sold thus far
on the local market over the
million-pound mark.
Rockefeller Foundation grants
1,776,864 in 3 months.
Soil Supervisor
Election Is
Being Held Here
The annual election for super
visor of Watauga Soil Conservation
District is being held this week,
December 14.
Ballot boxes are located in the
following places:
County ASC office.
Cable Brothers Store at Cove,
Creek.
Deep Gap Post Office.
Harold Farthing's store at Be
thel.
Jones' store at Sands.
Owen Little's store at Silver
stone.
Howard Mast's store at Valle
Cruets.
Henry Taylor, present chairman,
has been endorsed by twenty-five
iarmers for nomination. Any reg
istered voter in Watauga county
can vote in this election.
District supervisors administer
the soil and water conservation
program of the Watauga Soil Con
servation District. Other supervis
ors of the district are Tom R.
Jackson of the Big Hill community,
and Clyde Moretz of the Deep Gag
community. ?
The Silverstone and Cove Crack
communities, Watauga County
winners of top community deve
lopment awards in the rural farm
and rural non-farm divisions re
spectively, will compete ' for
awards with communities in ten
other counties at the annual meet
ing of the Northwest North Caro
lina Development Association, to
be held at Elkin next Monday
night, December 8.
Fifty-five tickets to the meet
ing have been sold in the county,
said O. K. Richardson, over-all
ticket sales chairman for the 11
county association, and no more
are available.
Due to lack of accomodations
for some of those attending in
previous years, only those having
tickets will be admitted. Dr.
Richardson emphasixed. Each
county was allocated a specific
number to be sold in advance, he
said, and those sent to this coun
ty have been sold.
Watauga County members of
the association's board of direc
tors for the coming year are W.
Ralph Winkler, L. E. Tuck wilier,
and Stanley A. Harris. Mr. Harris
will replace Dr. Richardson, whose
term is expiring.
U. S. Congressman Brooks Hays
of Arkansas will be the principal
speaker at the December 8 meet
ing, and the Appalachian College
Glee Club will furnish the music
al portion o^the program.
Lees-McRae Movie To Be Shown
At Appalachian On T uesdav Night
Lees-McRae College's new soudd
olor movie, "To Set Aglow a
acred Flame," will bt ihown
ne night only, Tuesday, December
. at Appalachian Theatre in
k>one. The allowing of the film
ru announced by the college's
lrector of public relation!.
According to the arrangement
etween R E. Agle, general man
ger of the theatre chain, and
?e? McRac College, the fUm will
e presented aa a short subject,
nd in connection with the the
tre's regular feature picture pro
ram.
The film, which includes scenes
I "Tweetsie," Grandfather Moun
tain, and Banner Elk. telli the
story of the Reverend Edgar
Tufts, a circuit-riding Presbyterian
minister who came to North Caro
lina in 1866 and founder a hos
pital, orphanage and college for
the mountain people.
Since Ibe film Is on 16mm
width film ? not the 35mm for
which the theatre is equipped ?
a specail projector will he install
ed for the showing. Despite the
added expense involved, the the
atre has indicated it will not ad
vance Its regular admissions for
the showing.
Thci film, which has received
wide publicity in ncwtpapert, on
w. .,?Mp
TV. and radio, it also available for
church, school and other group
showings. The showing at Boone's *
Appalachian theatre, however, ia
the only scheduled large-screen
showing presently anticipated.
The caat of pUyers for the fUm
was recruited entirely from- the
students of the college and the.
townspeople of Banner Elk. A
freshman student, David Brltt,
plays the role of Rev. Mr. Tufti
the film.
The picture waa in
Marly lour months. All of the
picture waa mad* ia 1
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