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bars invariably u? the n WMCrat With its full Mi nUnsely coming tk* load If. the best advertising Seventy-Fir* Year of BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER IS, 1S38 It appears now that winter has at laat arrived, more thil a month and a half later than bat year. The first real ?now fell on Boone Saturday night, and, by Sun' day morning about threes and ? half inches was measured By Wea ther Observer Joe Minor in his bark yard. More fell intermittent ly during the day, but could not be measured. Streets and highways became dangerous for travelers shortly after dark, and some of thoae who had to travel reported it as "the worst" they had ever tried te drive in. While the first day of winter on the calendar is December 21, people in this section usually count winter as beginning with the first big snow. Last year an tech and a half fell te October, and anather inch November, according to rec ords kept here. To December 18 of last year five and a half inches of snow had fallen te the last month, making a total of eight inches. So, as some residents said, we have already had a month and a half less winter than last year. Coldest temperatures of the season were recorded Friday morning, when the reading was seven degrees above aero. Satur day and Sunday low readings were 20 and 17 degrees, and then on Monday morning the temperature stood at 10 degrees. Ifst year on November 11 the thermometer had dropped to 9 de grets, with several days being prekty cold. <?a Friday, when Boone waa backing in low temparture sun shine. areaa east of the moun tains were suffering their worst snows in many years. Cars coming from thoae sections reported bad traffic jama caused by the ice and snow, and te many ewes tem peratures wait * being rtpoitod as low or lower than that te Boone. These same areas were again snowed on Saturday night and Sunday while Boone was getting its first real snow, and on Tues day, as far east as New Bern six inches of snow was reported still on the ground. ? " ' -- Much of the Boone '? snow (till remained on Tuesday, as the temp eraUire had. only gone above freei W one a*gr?e at any time and tM vU Jfn Sunday. Monday a vt .M^trai reported, and it WPelttBaed that Tuesday the weather might warm up to the lo? forties. All the main highways were mostly clear of snow by Monday, Schools remained open, and very little convenience was reported by the superintendent's office. A late bus at the local high school caused some reshuffling of classes, it was reported, but aside from that no trouble was noted. United Fund Short Of Goal The Watauga United Fund ha* cash and pledge* in hand totalling approximately $14,900 of a goal set thi* year at $15,4M.90, (aid Leo Derrick, co-chairman of the campaign committee. The cam paign wa* begun in October. Since that time, said Mr. Der rick, he and co-chairman Herman Anderson have been "gathering up loo?e ends" and receiving late report* from volunteer worker* throughout the county. There are (till a few report* to come in, be cause of worker* or prospective contributors being out of the county *t the. time the intensified drive was conducted. < "When the final report i* made, probably next week, "continued Mr. Derrick, "and certain conting ency monies unused from last year are figured in, we think we will be fairly close to our goal." He expressed his appreciation to fll volunteer worker*, area tttammrmier officials of Wa tauga United, and contributors for their invaluable aa*i*tance in conducting a campaign that i* considered a successful one. In the face of several adverse f ac he added, the drive ha* al exceeded the total raised la*t year. a Closing Hours, Yule Vacation Time Set Yule Party To Be Sponsored By YFW Poet Watauga Mountaineer Pott No. 7091. Veteran of Foreign Wan, and the Ladies Auxiliary will pson aor their annual Children'! Christ mas party at the Poat Home Fri day night at 7 o'clock. There will be a Christmas tree, carol singing, and gifts will be exchanged. Santa Claus will be there with a treat for the children. Refreshments will be served by auxiliary members. Democrat To Issue Tuesday Of Next Week Hie Watauga Ptnaat will (Me from the press early Tues day meriting of next week, in * a _ mM I 1 ?<<?. ? ? - m ? mer to pre Pftwr coverage tor advertisers, and to give the news paper staff an opportunity of ob serving Christmas at Me. In order that this early publica tion schedule auy bo followed H ?rill be necessary to have f advertising matter aa early di Many advertisers will ply art work aad copy . The conttoaed Am af a*mllau? is ssVetted. ' When the Democrat fans from the preas Tuesday the Dt office win be riooed, aad Many Boone (tores, following a recommendation by the Chamber of Commerce, have announced that they will remain open Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights for the convenience of Christmas shoppers who find it inconvenient to shop during the day. Honrs at dosing on these nights will depend upon the amount of traffic in the various stores. A majority of the business plac es will be cloaed Christmas Day, and Friday, December 28, in ob servance of the Christmas holi days, said B. D. Hodges, Jr., chair man of the Merchants Committee of the Chamb*-*. of Commerce. The Northwestern Bank will al so be closed the 29th and 26th. The post office will observe a holiday schedule Christmas Day, with the windows remaining clos ed and no city deliveries made, said Acting Postmaster Lyle Cook. He added, however, that all mail will be received and dispatched as usual, and late-arriving Christmas package* will be delivered. The county offices in the court house and annex will observe December 24th and 29th as holi days, reopening Friday morning, December 26th, said Austin E. South, Clerk of Superior Court. The town office will be closed Christmas Day and Friday, Dee ember 26, said Clerk i. K. Clay. Christmas Tree Judging Set The home Christinas decora lions in (he community will be Judged Sunday night December 21st, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Anyone having decorations to b? Judged should call Mrs. W. C. Richardson at AM 43795. fjilljLim im Hivisinna- ? isi_rl j.. A nnr Miwnf UlvlWUHf , WMUVW, UUvT v outside, mantels, children. Wiw week. wm$im Wrec TRUCKS AS THEV APPEARED AFTER COLLISION Lloyd Edgar Coffey, Route 3, Boone, and Carl Oscar Blackweld er, Rout* 1, Charlotte, were driv ers of two trucks involved in an accident last Tuesday, just off the Parkway, on Highway 321. Neither driver was hurt, but an estimated damage of $1,800 was done to their vehicle*. Time of the acci dent w as let at 9:30 a. m. According to hte investigation, conducted by Chart ei Mason, pa trolman, Lloyd, who ia employed in Parkway maintenance, had pull ed off the Parkway onto highway 321 and was headed south toward Blowing Rock. Blaekwelder had just patted another truck, which wa? not involved, traveling north, and tidefwiped the Coffey truck. Blackwelder'i truck turned over on the left aide of the road. Blaekwelder waa charged with improper pasaing. 4-H Tobacco Show And Sale Is Held On Tuesday, Wednesday Tommy Tester 4-H club boy of Ziooville, placed first in the an nual Junior Tobacco Show and Sale held December 9 and 10 at Moun tain Burley Warehouse in Boone. Hi? crop waa judged the best out of the seven crops shown, and he received $20.00 in prize money. Tommy is a sob of Mr. and Mrs. Baa Tester. Other winners ware Franklin Cole, second; Franklin Hodges, third; Tommy Cole, fourth; Lynn Matheson, fifth; Jimmy Gouge of Mitchell county, sixth, and Ken neth Norris, seventh. The crop show was on the entire crop of each contestant, and was judged as follows: 15 points for record book; 20 points for prac tices; 19 points sorting and hand ling; 20 points yield; SO points price based on last year's price per pound. In the 4-hand show the follow ing were winners: Flyings (first second, third, in that order): Franklin Cole, Frank lin Hodges, Tommy Tester. Lugs: Franklin Hodges, Kenneth Norris, Tommy Cole. Leaf: Franklin Hodges, Tommy Cole, Kenneth Norris. Judges for the show were Earl Morton, Leggitt Tobacco Co., Blyth Lee, government grader, and John Larus, Austin Tobacco Co. The seven exhibitors sold 5,127 pounds of tobacco for $3,397.14, for an average of <60.26. The event is sponsored by the North Carolina Extension Service and Joe Coleman and associates. Prize money for the show was given by the Watauga United Fund and Joe Coleman and associates. Lad Injured In Accident Johnny Richardson, 10 years old boy, of North WUketboro, was in jured Saturday night about 9:19 o'clock, as he was attempting to help push a stalled car on high way 421, near the Elk intersection, east of Boone. He was carried to a North Wilkesboro hospital where is was disclosed he suffered a fractured ankle and pelvis. According to meagre informa tion, young Richardson was help ing in trying to get a car moving on the ice and snow, and ran into tile path of a 1993 Chevrolet driv en by Norman E. Roland, 29, of Warrensville, who was attempting to go around the stalled vehicle, j Roland was traveling toward North | Wilkesboro. Names of parents of young Richardson were not learned. No charges have been placed against Roland, according to Pa | trolman Charles W,' Mason, who made the investigation 10 percent rise in shoe price* forecast for 190*. Britain's gold Md dollar rescrv I ea rose last month. M WINNER. ? Tommy Tester, first place winner In the Junior Burley Tobacco Show and Sale, listen* as S. N. Hawks, left. Extension Agron omy Specialist of State College, and Blythe Lee, U. S. Government grader, talk about his crop of burley. JUNIOR BURLEY GROWERS. ? Theae boy* ihowed and ?old tobacco teat week at Mountain Boriey Watehouae in the Junior Burley Show and 8*Ie held laat week. Kneeling, left to right are Franklin Hodge*. Tommy Cole, Lynn Matheaon; atandiag Tommy Teater, Franklin Col* and Kenneth Norria. 5| Michael 1 , * '?? 'y. : : *h ???' K Dies Michael Bingham, 11-y ear-old mm of Mr. and Mr*. Ton Bingham. 409 Broad Street, Elizabethton. Teonouee, ci.od in the HdatM Valley Hospital in Kinggport at 2:3ft a. m. Friday, December I. Young Bingham wa* struck by as automobile at 4:20 Wednesday afternoon in front of the Tenaw Me Line and Twine Company on North Lynn Avenue. ; Driver of the car waa Ray A. Kaah, Route S, Elizabeth ton No rfurgea have been filed gainst the driver of the car, according (Continued oa page Mm) Board Offers $45,600 For 1959 Staging The Board, of Directors of the Southern Appalachian Historical Aasociation adopted a sharply re duced budget of (48,800 for the 1MB production of the outdoor drama, Horn In the West, at ? meeting Thursday night, Decem ber 11. James P. Marsh, executive vice president, presided, and Hugh Hagaman, co-chairman of the finance committee along with R. D. Hodges, Jr., presented the budget to the board. It will now be up to the pro duction committee, headed by Dr. Lawrence H. Owsley, to decide whether they will undertake to produce the play next season on the curtailed budget. It cost more than $65,000 to present the drama in 1988, and after receiving a $10,000 aubaidy from the state funds, there was a deficit of some 88,000. This waa made up by in dividuals who had signed notes to provide money to open the play. Recommendations accompanying the budget submitted by the fin ance committee (which were alao adopted by the board) stated in part: "The Finance Committee re commends that firm policies and controls be instituted and enforc ed to assure that the budget is in no way exceeded . . . The adopted budget shall be binding on the complete expenditure of the total yearly coat of Horn in the West. No authority shall be given to anyone to exceed this' budget, aad no money shall be made available to pay any overage. In any ease of extreme emergency the pro blem could be considered by the Board of Directors . . "As in the past, Horn in the West continues to depend on the support of interested citizens for its existence. These people are ask ed to support it with their money, with their time and effort If this support is to continue, and Indeed should be expected, then these people must remain convinced that Horn in the West is being operat ed in a realistic, practical, and In telligent way." Mr. Marsh announced that notes representing a total of $13,800 have been signed by individuals thua far for opening the Horn in Last Weed Sale Friday The Bmm barley tobacco market will receae to r the Christ mat holiday* after the aale of Friday, THrrwbrr IV, and will rMM aale* on Monday, Janu ary 5. Mountain Barley Warehouae No. I will remain open to re ceive tobacco throughout the holidays, It was anounced. Definite figures were net available, bat a iprtwaw far the market said approximately two and one-quarter million pomade of burley had been said here threagh Maaday of this week, with the average far the aeaaaa thus far being etfnuted at vary a ear | M per hundred of the Schools Close Noon Friday All the eleawntary and high schools of Watauga County will cloae at naaa Friday December It, according to information from the County Superintendent's of fice. Hie students will return to claaaes, following the holidays on Monday, Decaaobar t?. All county schoola will observe New Year's day as a holiday Studenta at Appalachian State Teachers College were dinmiswd for Chrtama* last Friday and will return to dawae January i "OLD FRIENDS."? Dr. D. J. Whitener, right, dean Appalachian State Teachers College, chats with former President Harry S. Truman, la Raleigh recently, when the two appeared on the same program. 70 Will Face Trial January Court Term , Judge J. C. Farthing o f Lenoir will preaide at the January crim inal term of Watauga Superior Court, which will convene on the 10th for the trial of aome 70 casei Solicitor B. T. Fall*, Jr., of Shel by will prosecute the docket. Practically all the defendanta are to be tried for misdemeanor!, drunk driving, apeeding, and oth er traffic violations heading the lift, Mid Clerk Auatin E. South. There are a few caaei involving violation of the prohibition laws. Following are the ?W?es of those who have beet! seletced for Jury duty during th* fertn, Whfeft was called for one week, but which it ia believed will adjourn in about three days: . Bald Mountain: Roy Moretz, Fred Holman. Beaver Dam: Claude Wilson, Baker Ward, Howard Lawrence. Blowing Rock: Shuford Edmis ten, As tor J. Cook, Marion Ford, Dave W. Weoten. Blue Ridge: Elmer Miller, Dane Cook. Boone: Bill Bingham, Ed J. Culler, Bernice Gragg, Ruby El lis, Guy Hunt. Brushy Fork: A. Y. Howell, V. C. Shores, Mrs. Ray Farthing. . Cove Creek: James Burkett, Ford Henson, Blanche Wilkerson. Elk: Jerry Hampton, Jack Todd. Laurel Creek: Gradon Haga man. Bob White Bingham, Ned Glenn. Meat Camp: A. W. Greene, B. F. Warren Greene, Clint W. Lew is. New River: Zeb V. Farthing, BUI Brown, Paul E. Miller. North Fork: Boyd Main. Stony Fork: Elster H. Greene, James W. Foster, Vaughn H. Car roll. Shawiteehaw: Harston Coffey,' Bynum Welch. Watauga: Frank Taylor, Aud Ward, Noah Church. Masons Will Induct New Set Officers An umuual program is being planned for Friday night, begin ning at 7:30 o'clock, when Snow Lodge will hold its flnt public in stallation of officers. All nMNMftir their families and friends are In vited to attend. The Rev. J.. K. Parker, Jr., will open the meeting with prayer which will be followed by the Al legiance to the Flag and a fare well address by the retiring Wor shipful master. This will be fol lowed by the introduction of guests and the installing officer, who is J. E. Joines, past master, and dis trict deputy grand master ot the 50th district. After the installing of officers, the new master, Howard J. Wil liams, will give an address, follow ed by the awarding of certificates to all 23 and BO year members. An Oscar will be awarded to the outstanding member for 1908 in addition to other special award*. Refreshments will be served at the close of the meeting. Mrs. Coffey Dies Friday Mrs. Minnie Estes Coffey, 50, widow of J. J. Coffey, died at Ap palachian Re?t Home last Friday. Funeral servieea were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Reina Sturdivant Chapel by Re*. L. H. Hollingsworth and burial waa in the city cemetery. Surviving ia one ion, J. E. Cof fey of Hudaon. There ia one lister, Mr?. E. B. Crisp, of Lenoir.
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