An Independent Weekly Netetpaper . . . Seventy-Firat Year of Continuous Publication
VOLUME LXXI. ? NO. 84
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1?M
Scenes like thii appear daily in Boone as farmers bring their burley to Mountain Burley Warehouse lor auction. Quality ol tobacco has
been good, according to reports, and growers seem satisfied with prices they are receiving on the local market. <
A. C. SHOEMAKE
A. C. Shoemake
Dies Tuesday
Mr. Abner Charles Shoemaker
75 years old, Boone's city water
superintendent for more than
thirty years, died Tuesday at 3 a.
m. at Watauga Hospital, where he
had been ill for several days.
Funeral services are to be con
ducted Thursday at 11 o'clock at
the Middle Fork Baptist Church
on Boone-Blowing Rock Road by
Rev. Robert Shore, who will be
assisted in the rites by Rev. E. F.
Troutman, Boone Lutheran minis
ter. Burial will be in the Hartley
cemetery near the church.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Rebecca Andrews Shoemake, three
sons and one daughter: J. D. and
Wade Shoemake of Boone; Max
of San Angelo, Texas and Mrs.
Lonnie Hoover of Asheboro.
There are nine grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
Mr. Shoemake retired from ac
tive duty with the town last July
1. but was retained for some time
as a consultant.
FOREIGN AID
The Eisenhower Administration
has tentatively added about $1,000,
000,000 to its new foreign aid bud
get despite a White House drive to
cut Federal spending.,
Government agencies have put
together a package calling for
about $4,200,000,000 to $4,300,
000,000 in economic, technical and
military aid to more than 40
friendly governments in the year
starting next July 1.
Eight Colleges Send 83 To Take
Part In Area Forensic Tourney
In the 18th annual Appalachian
Mountain Forensic Tournament,
held at Appalachian State Teach
ers College Thursday througR
Saturday of last week, eight col
leges sent a total of 83 partici
pants.
Winners in the men's division
of debate were Lenoir Rhyne Col
lege, first; Duke University, sec
ond; and Appalachian, third. ?
In the women's division of de
bate, winners were the University
of South Carolina, first; Lenoir
Rhyne, second; and Appalachian,
third.
Chosen as best debaters were
(pien) Kermit Turner, Leooir
Rhyne, first; Charles Crocco,
(tie). Women ? Sybil Sharpe, Le
noir Rhyne, first; Claudia Brit
tain, Appalachian, second; Anna
Keitt and Kay Glennin, both of
the University of South Carolina,
third (tie).
Winners in extempore were
listed first, second, third in that
order; Men ? Ralph Kornegay, Le
noir Rhyne; Clay Hopkins, Mart
Hill; and Harold Phillip*. Women
? Judie Brittinger, Lenoir Rhyne;
Martha Dell Clark, East Tennes
see; and Kay Glenn, South Caro
lina.
Oratory winners (men) ? Rich
ard Rose man, Lenoir Rhyne; Don
ald Leo, Maryville. (No third).
Women ? Sybil Sharpe, Lenoir
Rhyne; Anna Keitt, South Caro
lina; and Judy Null, Maryville.
Poetry reading (men) ? Dave
Pierce, Maryville; Warren Koplo
citz, East Tennessee; Lewis Hud
son, Mars Hill. Women? Sybil
Sharpe, Lenoir Rhyne; Nancy
Carroll, Mars Hill; Judy Null,
Maryville.
Problem solving (men) ? Char
les Routh, Duke; John Brehm,
Maryville; Ralph Kornegay, Le
noir Rhyne. Women ? Judy Brit
tinger, Lenoir Rhyne; Rosa Lee
Bruce, East Tennessee; and Mar
go Wilboit, South Carolina.
The tournament was conducted
by Leo K. Pritchett, professor of
social studies and coach of for
ensics at Appalachian.
Burley Mart Reaches
Top Average $66.92
Geo. Norris
Rites Sunday
George Smith Norris, 49, died
December 5 at his home Boone,
Route 2, from a sudden illness. A
heart attack was presumed to have
been the cause of his demise.
Mr. Norris had been head or
Hair-** ^>W ?? ihss|i?*H (or *
years.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 2 o'clock at the Hopewell
Methodist Church by Rev. W. W.
Woodard, assisted by Rev. E. T.
Troutman, Lutheran minister, and
burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors includc the widow,
Mrs. Myrtle G. Norris, three sons
and one daughter: George C.,
Bobbie J. Norris, Pulaski, Va.;
Thomas M. Norris, Route 2,
Boone; Georgia Gail Norris of the
home. There are six brothers:
Carl Norris, Towanda, Pa.; Law
rence Norris, North Wilkesboro;
Clifford Norris, Princeton, W. Va.;
Clint Norris, Covil, W. Va.; Mack
Norris, Newark, Delaware; Bynum
Norris. Route 2, Boone. There are
three sisters: Mrs. Herman Mc
Neil, Mansfield. Pa.; Mrs. Hercel
Hyton, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. Tho
mas King, Mountain City, Tenn.
Mrs. Carroll
Funeral Held
Mrs. Zora Miller Carroll, age
71, of Triplett, died Wednesday,
December 3, at 2:49 p. m. in the
Blowing Rock Hospital after an
illness of two weeks.
She was born in Watauga Coun
ty, August 29, the daughter of
Thomas Miller and Nancy Watson
Miller.
Her husband was the late Wil
( Continued on page four)
The Boone burley tobacco mar
ket had its heaviest volume of the
season and again the highest aver
age of any burley market in the
state Monday when 302,384 pounds
sold for an average price of $86.02
per hundred.
Money paid out to growers to
talled $202.243 36 on Monday's
sale, said * spokesman far the
Mountain Burley Warehouse Com
pany.
1,737,340 pounds of burley, which
is more than half the total pound
age sold in the entire 1M7-M sea
son, it was announced.
The market will rcCesi for the
Christmas holidays at the close of
sales on Friday, December 19, and'
will resume on Monday, January
5.
Fund Sought
For Orphans
For many years a number of
the people of Boone and vicinity
have been contributing to a Christ
mas fund for the children at the
Grandfather home for children at
Banner Elk.
Since most of thew children are
from this immediate section it has
been considered by many happy
thing to do to help them enjoy
the holidays. This can be done
without affecting the regular con
tributions to child-caring institu
tions which are more generously
endowed.
Those wishing to aid thes?
Grandfather children at this tine
should leave their contributions
with Guy Hunt, Willys Chester,
Rob Rivers or Watt Gragg at the
earliest convenient time.
Light* in Boooe give (he main thoroughfare ? lettive look. The gay-culored bulb* were ?ei aglow Saturday night to herald In the
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Many wataugans Attend
Development Assn. Meets
Harris Named
On Board Of
\
Directors
fratauga County was represent
ed at the annual dinner meeting
of the Northwest North Carolina
Development Association at Elkin
Monday night by citizens from
Cove Creek, from Silverstone, and
the Appalachian State Teachers
College Choir, and many citlxens
interested in the development of
the area covered by the associa
tion.
The choir was there to furnish
music for the supper, and Cove
Creek was seeking honors in the
non-farm division of the develop
ment association and Silverstone
in the farming community divi
sion.
Cove Creek and Silverstone won
out in the recent community bet
terment contest in Watauga.
Carrying away top honors, which
carried cash awards, were King
and North View from Stokes coun
ty and New Haven community of
Alleghany county.
King won the victory in the
small city, towns and villages di
vision, and North View in the
small farm division. New Haven
received the non-farm community
top honor.
, Stanley A. Harris, of Sugar
Grove, was elected to the board of
directors.
Ashe County walked away with
two of four special county awards,
one for travel and recreation, the
other for community development.
' W?yne Corpening'of Winsfon-Sa
lem, a vice-president of Wach#via
Bank and Trust Co., and *head of
the bank's agricultural department,
was unanimously elected president
of the association to succeed At
well Alexander of Stony Point.
Other new officers are State
Rep. Frank Bryant of Yadkin
County and W. D. Halfacre of
Wilkes County, vice-presidents.
Directors elected besides Mr.
Harris were Henry Anderson and
W. S. Gennett, Alexander County;
R. L. Pugh, Alleghany; A. B. Add
ington, Ashe; W. R. Williams,
Caldwell; Wayne Eaton and John
Brock, Davie; Charles Wade, For
syth; Mrs. O. L. Raines, Stokes;
J. Sam Gentry am T A. B. Carter,
Surry; and Mrs. W. E. Brooks,;
Yadkin.
A speech by Rep. Brooks Hay*
(D-Ark.), president of the South
ern Baptist Convention, was a
highlight of the meeting. Hays, j
who was beaten for bis Congres-I
sional seat in the recent elections
by Lktle'Rock segregationist write
in candidate Dr. Dale Alford, i
spoke on progrees in the South J
and paid tribute to North Caro
lina In helping to point the way
toward more prosperity.
The speaker stressed the import
ance of recognizing that the lives
of Americans today are interrelat
ed and interlocked with those in
other parts of the world.
"The task Of the moderate is
to find the truth that the other
man possesses and not to fall out
with him in his error,'* he said.
Hays said that as we confront
those who do not understand and
who have sometimes been hasty
in dealing with us, we say to them,
"J>t us proceed, we who know
the problem best."
He said he spoke out of a de
sire "to spare other states and
other cities the thing that fell upon
my own. I think there Is a reser
voir of good will north of the
Mason-Dixon line we can draw
on."
Rep. Hayes was introduced by
Representative Hugh Alexander,
of the Ninth Congressional Dis
trict.
J. K. Doughton of Sparta, speak
er of the 1M7 House of Represent
atives, was master of ceremonies.
The president's annual report
waa made by Mr. Atwell Alexand
er, who said H is time to be proud
and also a time of resolution, for
the Northwest North Carolina De
velopment Association has Just
ended five years of life.
He predicted that those live
years would be "Just a mile post
on the way up." is
A complete list of winners In
(Contiamd on page four)
NEW TAX OFFICIALS go about
their work at the courthouse af
ter appointment by the new
board of county commissioners.
Dayton Winebarger, left, tax sup
ervisor and auditor, watches as
Hubert Thomas, tax collector,
fills out receipt for taxpayer
Lower picture shows commission
ers as they work at first meeting
after being sworn in. Left to
right, are Bynum Beshears,
chairman, Ivan Dishman, and W.
C. (BUI) Lentx.
Edmisten Tries
For Morehead
Scholarship
RUFUS EDM1STEN
Rufus Edmisten ha* been select
ed the 1990 candidate from Wa
tauga Coonty to compete (or the
Morehead Scholarship to the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
He was selected by the More
head Scholarship Committee for
Watauga County, composed of loc
al citizens, ' from ? group of six
boys n6miqated by the county's
high schools. In January he will
appear before Ui* District Com
mittee for further interviews.
Each of the seven state districts
may select six boys to go before
the Central Committee in March
for the final round of competi
tion.
Rufus is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
JV alter Edmisten of Boone. During
lis senior year at Appalachian
High School, he is serving as pres
ident of the student body, ex-of
ficio president of the student
council, and president of the Fu
ture Farmers of America. Last
year he went as far as the state
semi-finals in the F. F. A. Speak
ing Contest. During his first
three years of high school, he was
president of hi* class. In the
sports field he has geen active in
both football and wrestling. His
most recent honors were being
selected ? Rotary Boyofthe
Month and also Mr. Appalachian
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Three Persons Hurt
In Crash On 42 1
Three persons were injured Sat
urday morning whyi the car in
which they were riding overturn fd
after attempting to paM another,
I about three and a half mile* east
| on Boone on Highway 421, near
Sunset Motel.
According to the report, Gwynn
Albert Gentry, 24 year old negro of
Fleetwood, was headed west toward
Boone, when a ear, driven by Mrs.
Faye Miller Ford, 19, of Blowing
Rock, route 1, struck his car and
forced Aim off the right side of
the road, where it struck a fence.
Mrs. Ford told the investigating
officer that a car struck her car
from behind just as she was at
tempting to pass the Gentry car,
causing her to lose control. Her
vehicle went off the left side of
the road and overturned.
No charges had been preferred in
the accident, but an investigation
continues, according to Patrolman,
Charles W. Mason, investigating
officer.
Mrs. Ford suffered a sprained
neck and contussionS of the shoul
der, and two passengers in her
car were also injured. Carolyn
Miller, 12, of Deep Gap, suffer
ed a broken shoulder and scratch
es, and Thelma Miller, 40, of Deep
Gap, had cuts of the scalp and
nose as a result of the accident
All three were carried to Wa
tauga Hospital, and released after
treatment.
Damage to the Ocntry car ?u ?
estimated at $200.00, and to the
Ford ear at $900.00.
In another accident about 3: IS
p. m. Sunday, Patcelman Mason
charged the two rfrivers involved
with driving on the wrong side of
the road.
A 199? Chevrolet, driven by
Franklin Dean Austin, 24, of Mar
ion, and a 1993 Ford driven by
James Hal Parsons, 24, of Todd,
collided on the Shulls Mills road
near Highway 109. The vehicles,
traveling in opposite directions,
met in a curve and the front left
corners of both vehicles being
damaged.
Neither driver was injured, and
the total property damage was es
timated at $200.00.
Richard Shore
Funeral Friday
Mr. Richard A. Shore, <3, resi
dent of Tamarack, died at the
home last Wednesday.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home Friday by Rev.
Stanford Miller, and burial was
in the Potter* cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Myrtle Sluder Shore and three
daughters: Mrs. Geneva Shelton,
Mrs. Reba Potter and Mrs. Sclma
Potter, of Tamarack. There are
ten grandchildren.
Yule Decorations To
Be Women 's Project
The Junior Woman'* Club will
((tin iponaor the Home Christma*
Decoration* Contest on Sunday,
December 2 Int.
Thi* ix the fifth year the coo
te*t ha* been iporaored by the
club with cooperation of the fol
lowing organization*: The Home
and Garden Department of Worth
while Woman'* Club. The Blue
Ridge Garden Club. Appalachian
Garden Club and Gardenerettes.
Judging will be on outdoor de
corations, windows, doors, mantel*,
ind children's decorations (by re
gistration only).
The object of the contest is to
encourage all home owners to '
participate thereby making the
town and community more boauti
ful (or the holiday season.
Anyone wishing to assure their
decorations being Judged should
call Mrs. W. C. ' Richardton. Con
test Chairman, AM 44793, before
December 20.
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