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iriably bm the columns o t WIU 1U full paid ciicula the local ihopplng beat advertising medium An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Finl Year of Continuoua Publication S 5 S S ,1 rainfall for week-fl.32 tachaa. TEN PAGES? TWO SEt^nONS BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NOItTH Local Headlines Of The Old Year d. ? ' **r ;fc . ' . . A brief review of the old year in Boone and Watauga county is given from the following head line!, picked, random-faihion, from the pagea of the Watauga Demo crat: Jsauary 2 Christmas buying equals the record of 1988; Fred Krider, re tired highway maintenance fore man, diet at his home in Todd; Babion sees more cold war; Rich ard Chaae carries menage of the folk festival to the people Of Cali fornia. Janury ? 100 to be tried at January court; William Eugene Barnett, 21, of Ashevilie, dies as car leaves high- , way 100 12 miles from Boone; Jerry Harrison, Blowing Rock, dies; Dorrell Everett Perry, form erly of Zionville, die* at Hfckory hospital; William Arthur Trtvett dies at Watauga Hospital at age of 88; Cherryville musketeers come to Boone, fire their muskets ushering in the New Year; Harley Trtvett succeeds T. M. Greer, re signed, ai manager of Winn-Dixie Store. Jaaaary 18 - Rev. L. H. Hollingsworth of Boone elected to serve as presi dent of the General Board of the Baptist State Convention; William W. Winkler, prominent Boone dairyman, dies; Boone and Blow ing Rock Chambers of Commerce ask for more informative signs on Blue Ridge Parkway; Boone postal receipts break all records; Frigid weather features advent of the New Year; Dimes Dance is ar ranged; Lions Club contributes to Eye Bank. Jaaaary 22 Boone to host area band clinic; Ashevilie civic leaders ask for lo cal cooperation; Spencer Robbins heads Blowing Rock C of C.; Bur ley Sales ahead of previous year; Edwin Duncan reelected president Northwestern Bank; Janes Wilson and | Janes Wilson. Jr., killed in crash at Marion, Va. January 28 Willis Chester new Rotary prexy; Geo. W. Robinson dies in Beaver Dam; Snow. eoJd, hold Boone in icy grip; slide moved to reopen 221; Mrs. & D. Coffey rites are held; Chamber of Commerce slate* committees; Perk body reaffirms sigaboard position. Febraary ( Leaden map plana for $190,000 civic eester, In Jail 18 years,' Wil tian H. Weiss, in toils again, blames John BMrieycora; Thomas J. Wall die* at ?S; Rite* held for Mrs. C. A. Reese, Mlar loaea finger as Negro bangs door; Wa tauga Inn Blowing Rock hostelry, destroyed by fire; Black Bear Super Market bought by Thrift Food Center; County schools close in wake of 17-inch snow. February IS Bill Ross chosen as director Horn in West, succeeding E. R. Loessin;* College drama group stages "Roaring 20s Review"; Mrs Lena Mast Reddick of Valle Crucis dies; Church's Store occupies new building; Thompson Greenwood speaks to merchants; Northern lights brighten local horizons. February M Watauga digs out of worst snow ? zero gala's freeze pipes, slow traffic; Warehouse roof broken by snow; John Carlton Pitts die* in Lenoir; James Simmons funeral held at Mount Lebanon; Watauga schools again closed by drifting snow; Blowing Rock School threat ened by blaze. February VI Appalachian High Wrestlers wear State crown; Lee Swift, 85, succumbs to long illness; Robber foiled in effort to enter Belk's store; Miss Edna Miller dies in Bristol; Thomas Winkler named new highway engineer; A. B. Cull er, 82, dies; Mrs. Martha Cook Critcher funeral held at Mount Vernon; Mrs. Mary Phillips, 83, dies at Reese home. March ? Streets, highways broken by freeze; State Highway Commission allots *900,000 to fix roads of area; Rites held for Lloyd M. Tate in Pinehurst; Mrs. Lila Henkel Spillman dies in Statesville; Dor othy Sue Campbell Watauga Poul try Princess; Rites held for Ross W. Hollar, March IS "Peck" Holshouser nominated to be new U. S. Attorney for Middle Dinrict; Fate of Horn in West annual topic; Andrews Chevrolet gets Oldamobile agency; Appala chian, Charlotte aehools offer joint reading program; Miss Juneitreet, home agent, goes to Ysnce "coun ty; Dr. Wey quits as Appalachian College Dean Graduate School. March 2* Horn to open June 28 if finan cial aM is forthcoming; American Legion's National Vice-Command er, Harry W. Miller, to visit Boone; Boone Lions honor Gov ernor A. K. Smith; Aaron L. Brawn dies in Knoxville; Appalachian High School bands rate "excellent" in district music contest March 27 College Is seen as doubling en ( Continued on paga four) I Mr. Houck Retires . . RETIRES? Will Houck. long time employee of Appalachian State Teachers College, watchea television as he relaxes after his retirement was announced. Mr. and Mrs. Houck were guests of honor at a recent party given for them by the men of Justice Hall dormitory. Tobacco Sales To Be \ Resumed On Monday The Boone Burley tobacco mar ket vill resume sales on Monday, January S. following a recess since December 19, for the Christ mas and New Year's holidays. The Mountain Burley Ware house Company sold approximate ly two and one-half million pounds of burley before Christmas at a record high average estimated at near the 160 per hundred figure. Although poundage of the 1958 crop was somewhat lighter than th? previous season, it is reported that a sizable quantity of the leaf la still unsold. However, not more than two more weeks of sales are expected to be required to clean ' , I up the remainder of the hurley crop in this are*. Operators of the local market expect prices to remain near the pre-Christmas level for good leal when sale* are resumed. Ministers To Hold Meeting The Watauga County Minister ial Association will meat in the Perkinsvllle Baptist Church, Res West, pastor, Monday. Jaraary 9th at 10:00 a. m. All ministers ?re urged to be present. ? Boone Cleans Up From I Record Week- End Rain Over 5 Inches Falls; Damage Seen As Slight A rainfall record for the month of December was set in Boone Sat urday and Sunday, when almost five and a quarter inches of water drenched the town. This was almost the normal precipita tion for the entire month of De cember as averaged over a period of years. Rain began falling about 10 a. m. Saturday, and at 7 a. m. Sun day 1.72 inch was measured at i the local weather observation sta tion. At 2:30 p. m. Sunday 2.14 | inches more had fallen, and a hard shower, accompanied by high winds, raised the measurement an other Inch. From 7i.ni. Sunday to 7 a. m. Monday a total at 3.51 inches of water had fallen. Total for the two days was 5.23 inches. Records have been kept of the precipitation in Boone since De cember, 1928, and in scanning the record books no figures for the month of December showed a two day rainfall equal to the past week end. Closest was a two-day period in 1900, when Dr. J. C. Yoder was manning the weather station. Four and a half inches fell in two con secutive days then. In 1936, when Dr. J. T. C. Wright was observer, 3.35 inches were recorded in two davs. Five and a quarter inches pre cipitation is considered normal (or the month of December. While Boone was setting its record, the TV A water measuring station at Sugar Grove, tended by Howard Edmisten, reported 3.70 inches of rain. On Sunday morn ing Mr. Edmisten reported .26 of an inch, and on Monday 3.44 in ches. In Blowing Rock, Mrs. Ernest Hayes measured five inches for the two-day period. The rains caused Watauga Riv er and New River, and several creeks to leave their banks and flood some of the low land. Wa tauga River, normally flowing at one and three-tenths feet, reached a high of 84 by 8 p. m. Sunday, according to TV A measurements. By 8 a. m. Monday it had dropped by to 5.0 feet. New River had reached a 7.1 ft. reading at Galax, Va., closest river stage station to Boone by 10 a. m. Monday, according to an official of Appalachian Power Company. New River flows north out of Watauga County and into the Clayton Hydro power dams at Radford, Va. Bottomlands were flooded, and some of the low roads were covered. No serious damage had been re ported by farmers at the county agricultural agents office, accord ing to L. E. Tuckwiller, agent. Some gullies were noted in fields (Continued on page five) Sherman Hollar Dies In Florida Sherman Hollar, prominent Boone cattle dealer, died Monday moraine at Vero Beach, Fla. from what ia understood here to have been a heart attack. Mr. Hollar and Mrs. Hollar had been in Florida about ? week. No funeral arrangements have been made. The body is being re turned to Boone for interment Wm. Arnette Dies Monday William Calvin Edward Arnette, 85, of Beaver Dam township, died at Watauga Hospital Monday, fol lowing a long illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 o'clock at the Bethel Baptist Church by Rev. W. T. Brsckett, the pastor, and burial was in the Norris cemetery. Surviving are the widow, one son and three daughters: Will Arnette, Sugar Grove; Mrs. Iva Lee Norris, VUas; Mrs. Rose Matheson, Sugar Grove: Mrs. Lucy Moretz, West 'Jefferson. There are fifteen grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren aad 2 great-great grandchildren. MYSTERY PIPE.? Sheriff E. H. Hodges holds one end of two-Inch plastic pipe found in the crotch of ? tree near Hodges Gap road recently, while Max Brown, ( who discovered the 70-foot length, holds the other end. How the pipe got in the tree ia a mystery, but the theory was advanced that it orig inally was a plane refueling hose, and had been dropped from a plane. Brown intends to put the pipe to his own use unless someone claims it soon. Many Stores Close New Year's; Yule Business Good, Fewjailed Postal Receipts For Month Are Up Here Receipt! increased while cancel lations decreased for the month of December, as compared with last years figures at the Boone Post Office, according to Lyle Cook, acting postmaster. Letter cancellations to Monday of this week totaled 140,000 for December, as compared with last year's figure of 179,000. This was a decrease of 30,000 pieces leaving the Boone post office. Mr. Cook said it appeared that lesa Christ mas cards were mailed this year than last. Receipts were up about 12% over last year, with no exact figures available at press time. The post master said parcel post mailing ac counted for the increase. Letter mailing rates were up this year over last year, with seal ed letters costing four <ents to mail now and unsealed greetings and cards costing three cents. A total of 80,000 three-cent stamps were sold to Boone patrons during the month. If all these stamps were' placed on greetings mail and dropped back in the box for mail ing the Christmas cards account ed for over half the machine can cellations. Mr. Cook said the biggeat single day for receipts was December IS, when 888.80 worth of stamps were sold. PROMOTED ? Major H o r t o n Gragg, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gragg of Boone, who was promot ed to his present rank on Christ mas day. Major Gragg, who with his family resides at England Air Force Base, Alexandria, La. has been in the Air Force for 17 years. Housewives prefer cotton to other fibres for household uses, says Agriculture Department. County Tax Listing Schedules Released A schedule (or the liating of tax es during the month of January haa been prepared by J. D. Wine barger, county tax aupervisor, who point* out that all real estate, and personal property must be listed (or taxation, according to ownerahip oa January 1, 19M. Tax litter* will (ill a schedule of apperancea in the different townships of the county during the month, to offer assistance to the taxpayer*. ) All farmen will be aakod to (We production (acta (or the (arm census at the time they list their property for taxes. , The appointments of the tax Haters are given in an advertise ment appearing in the Democrat today. Tbe-namen of the liat takers tot lam: Bald Mountain: Mrs. Russell Vannoy. ? < <Sfc Beaver Dam, Lynn Norris. Blowing Rock: Daniel Kluttz. Blue Ridge: If. 0. Coffey. Boone: Allen Gregg. Brushy Fork: Clifford Norm. Cove Creek: Hite Williams. Elk: Mr*. Jack Todd. Laurel Creek: Tom Mast. ' Meat Camp: Willard Norris. New River: 1. Bynum Clawson. North Fork: W. C. South. Stony Fork: Scott Moretz. Shawneehaw: Lee Ward. Watauga: Ruby Balrd. ft Schools Close For New Year's All of the county high and ele mentary schools will be cloaed fa New Year's Day. according to word from the County Superin tendent's office Tuesday. Classes will be resumed Friday. A majority of Boone bwsinoes places, including the Northwwtern Bank, will be closed Thursday, January 1, in observance of New Year's Day. following a recom mendation by the Chamber of Commerce board of directors. The county offices In the court house' and annex will also observe January 1 as a holiday. Some stores, however, have an nounced that tbey will remain open on New Year's Day. A spot check of Boone mer chants indicates that Christmas buying here was at leaat as good, and in many cases, "a little better," than the record highs registered for the 1996 and 1997 Yule shop ping seasons. Sales were brisk in most cate gories, with clothing items and toys heading the list, as usual, and toiletries, watches and Jewelry, hardware, leather goods, and elec trical appliances also making reg ular appearances on the sales slips. There was also increased activity in furniture and house furnishing, it was reported. Law Front Quiet Sheriff Ernest Hodges and Po lice Chief Glenn Richardson said the holidays were unusually quiet on the law enforcement front, with no automobile accidents resulting in personal injury, and only four or five arrests, for public drunk eness. The State Highway Patrol re ported that they investigated three minor auto accidents. Chief Richardson said his de partment did not find it neceasary to ma^e a single arrest for any cause. He expressed his appreci ation for this ideal state of affairs, and commended the citizens of Boone for their good behavior and orderliness during the holidays. T. Len Cooke Rites Friday T. Len Cooke, 87, died at hU home at 216 Hardin Street laat Wednesday, after an illness of several years. Funeral services were held at the Boone Baptist Church Friday at 11 o'alock. Rev. L. H. Hollings worth, the pastor, conducted the rites and burial was in the com munity cemetery. Surviving are five daughters: Mrs. Bern Ice Aldridge, Mill Springs; Mrs: Vera^Tunnell, Boone; Mrs. Pearl Michael. North Wilkeaboro; Mrs. Ruby Perkins. - Knoxville. One sister. Mrs. L. M. Hartley of Marathon, N. Y. nay vives. There are three grandchild ren and three great grandchild ren. Extract found to shield mice ?gainst radiation.
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