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An Independent Weekly Newt paper Seventy-Firu Year of Continuous Publication iltation .40 of ?n inch. ??:" PAGES? TWO SECTIONS VOLUME LXXI. ? NO. 2* BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 195* United Fund Closes Successful Drive , For F unds In County DR. S. HOWARD BOLL Dr. Boll With Harmon Clinic Dr. S. Howard Boll, formerly of Clearwater, Florida, is now u sociated with the local Eye, Ear, No?e, and Throat Clinic, it wai an nounced today by Dr. Raymond H. Harmon. Dr. Boll will be in charge of the Optical Diapensary which includes designing, styling, fabricating, and a complete repair service of glasses. He has had many years of experience in Chi cago and Florida in this field, and is in the process of expanding ser vices to the hard of hearing to in clude the modern Hearing-Aid Glasses. Dr. Harmon believes that thia association together with the newly-enlarged laboratory will make it possible to give better and faster service to patients. Dr. Boil has purchased property in Sugar Grove, and is making his permanent home there. He and Mrs. Boll are affiliated with the Methodist Church in that com munity. R. F. Billings Passes In Ga. R. Floyd BUIingi, 89, retired farmer of Watauga county, died Saturday, January 3, at the home of hit son. Dr. Jordan E. Billings, Calhoun, Ga. Funeral services were held at Antloch Baptist Church by the Rev. J. K. Parker, Presbyterian minister of Boone, and the Rev. W. C. Payne of the Baptist Church. Burial was in the Adams cemetery in the Brushy Fork neighborhood. Surviving are two daughters and six sons: Mrs. R. P. Walker, Vilas; Mrs. H. H. Burleson, New Wind sor, Md.; L. is. Billings, Seattle, Wash.; E. E. Billings, New Wind sor, Md.; C. I. Billings, Vilas, N. C.; Dr. J. E. Billings, Calhoun, Ga.; Ernest F. Billings, Scotts N. C.; Ward Billings Vilas N. C. There are fifteen grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren. Out of town people attending the funeral were, Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Billings and daughter Ann; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Powers, Calhoun, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Billings and daughter, Camille, Scotts, N. C.; Edgar Billings, New Windsor, Md.; Cline Walker, Charlotte; Miss Bins Billing., Mrs. Bernice B. Kir by, E. E. Huffstether, Gastonla; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bradley, Jones boro, Tens.; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jacapola, Limestone, Tenn. Mrs. Davis ? Dies Friday Mrs. Laura Houck Davis, 71, of Boone, RFD 1, died Friday at her home. Service* were conducted Sunday at 11 o'clock at the Mill* Creek Methodist Church in Ashe county. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Rev. Glenn Huffman and Bev. Ed Fitzgerald officiated Surviving are the husband, John L. Davis; two sons, Stanley Hoock of Boone, and Willard Houck of Oakboro, N. C.; a daughter, Mrs. H. C. Aberaathy of Charlotte; two brothers, Joe and John MeGuire of Todd; and two (Men, Mrs. Zora Robbing and Mrs. Elton Johnson of Waat Jsflarson The annual fund campaign for Watauga County'a United Fund has been brought to a close and officials of the organization re port a highly successful drive. The United Fund drive, whoae 1859 goal was *19,408.80, was de clared ended this week and cam paign chairman Leo Derrick an nounced that all of the 21 agen cies depending on United for op erating monies will receive their full amounts. Dr. Lawrence H. Owsley, presi dent of the county organization, said that approximately *1,000 more was raised this year than last and expressed pleasure with the drive as conducted in recent months. Derrick, and co-chairman Her man Anderson who was in charge of organizing rural Watauga, launched the campaign in mid October with the general drive being concluded late in Novem ber. Since that time, the chair men have been busy compiling fin al reports from all workers and making last-minute contacts with possible contributors who were missed in the early phases of the drive. Dr. Owsley was high in his praise of Derrick for the manner in which he conducted the cam paign and stated "in spite of sev eral adverse economic factors that were expected to weigh heavily against this year's drive, success was realized because the chairman exploited every possibi lity and refused to give up. It was a spendid Job." "I was fortunate in lining up a crew of devoted and capable aolicitori and area chairmen and they are the onea that made the campaign roll", said Derrick. "Everyone connected with United fund offered? and gave ? valuable assistance and it was, in the full sense 'tit the word, a community project." "The public's response to Unit ed Fund has been most gratifying and it is indeed a pleasure to an nounce that the agencies depend ing on us will be able to carry out their respective programs through the coming year. Watauga citizens have endorsed the United Way for charitable giving and the idea of combining the fund drives to eliminate unnecessary overhead and operating costs, as well as time-consuming and overlapping separate campaigns, has picked up momentum and support in the county", said Derrick. The United Fund system of payment allows for pledges that can be paid all at once, monthly, quarterly or at the discretion of the individual contributor any time during the fiscal year. The agencies that were a part of the fund this year included: Watauga County Crippled Child ren, U. 8. O., Boy Scouts of Amer ica, Watauga County Disaster and Dread Disease, North Carolina and Watauga County Mental Health, Children's Home Society of North Carolina, American Red Cross, Teen Canteen, National Recreation Asaociation, Watauga Empty Stocking, National Travel ers Aid Society, Appalachian High School Band, National Social Wel fare Assembly, Watauga 4-H Clubs, Girl Scouts, Florence Crit tenton Home, Watauga Agricul tural Workers Council, United Medical Research Foundation, In ternational Social Service, Wata uga School Children's Clothing Fund, American Social Hygiene Association. NEWEST STORE BUILDING.? Winn-Dixie's groc ery store will be housed in this building, located near Hardin street in the east end of Boone. The structure, started late last year, will have a large parking area for customers, and is expected to be occupied in the spring. TV A Official Tells Chamber Commerce Of F orest Resources Last Weed Sales Held The Boone barley tobacco market held lto final sale of the 1958-69 seaaon on Tuesday of this week. The Mountain Bur ley Warehouse Company was un able to fnrnish season's figures ?n total volume and price for publication this week, but It is hoped that these figures will be made available in time for next week's issue. Rites Held For Lee Mast, 79 Noah Lee Mait, 79, prominent retired farmer of Sugar Grove, died at Watauga Hospital January 6 after a long illness. Funeral services were conduct ed January 8 at 2 o'clock at Cove Creek Baptist Church and burial was in the Mast cemetery. Rev. M. E. Blankenship and Rev. Alvin A. Wilson were in charge of the rites. Surviving are the widow, the former Hiss Myrtle Fletcher, two sons and a daughter, Bert Mast of Zionville; Hoy Mast of Trade, Tenn., and Miss Ruby Mast of the home. There are three brothers and three sisters: W. W. Mast, Valle Crucis; A. C. Mast, Sugar Grove and Grady Mast, Johnson City, Tenn.; Mrs. Jacob McCrosky, Bristol, Va.; Mrs. Inez Ellis, Wash ington, D. C.; Mrs. Rosa Sher wood, Detroit, Mich. There are three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Pie Sale, Cake Walk At Mabel For Dimes March A pie tale and cake walk will be held at the Mabel Elementary School Saturday January 17th at 7:30, (or the benefit of the March of Dimea campaign. Mr. Joe Baird will apeak and a movie "The Challenge" will be ahown. Pie dona tori and children will be admitted free. Mra. D. T. Brown. Jr. ia the chairman of Zionville Communi tiea, which organization ia spon soring the event Music Of 'Appatones' Dimes Dance Feature It irn't often that we have the opportunity to be chariable and have fun while doing it. Thii year, due to the effort! and generoeity of certain group* of people in Boone, the March of Dimes Annual Dance promia ea to be a .gala affair in the form of a Balloon Dance. The highlight of the Balloon Danco, January 11, at the Ele mentary School Gym, will be the playing of the "Appatoaea" who have built up a fin* reputation aa the college orchestra. They will 8:30 o'clock until midnight. We want to get the idea acroaa that thia dance la not for any apec ial group of people, but rather, an affair where we can all get to gether for aa enjoyable evening, with the added aatiafaction that we are furthering a very good cauae. In the event that some folks juat don't dance, we know they would enjoy the exceUoot music and Juat getting together. Ticteto will be told hi advance to the public at various pUcpa of . _ * J> ? . Coffey, former Mayor and pioneer merchant of Blowing Rock, who died recently. Governor Lee Talks To Lions The Boone Lioni Club heard a talk by District Governor Robert E. Lee of Lenoir at its regular meeting last Tuesday evening at the Daniel Boone Hotel. The speaker traced the growth of Lionism from its small begin nings 29 years ago to its present status as the world's largest ser vice organisation with 580,000 members in the United States and several foreign countries. 14,000 of these are in North Carolina, he said. He urged the Boone club to re double its efforts to enlist addi tional good members and make Lionism continue to grow. Governor Lee announced that the Midwinter Convention of Dis tricts 31-A, 31-B, and 31-C will be held in Lenoir on Saturday, Janu ary 17, with R. Roy Keaton of Chicago, 111., . Director General of Lions International, as the main speaker. An official of the Tennessee Valley Authority Tuesday pre sented to the Boone Chamber of Commerce the results of an analy sis of the forest resources of the four-county area comprising the Beach Creek Dam Project. W. W. Jolly, head of the TVA's Division of Forest Relations and a resident of Norris, Tenn., said commercial forests occupy 60 per cent of the land area in the coun ties of Johnson and Carter, Tenn., and Avery and Watauga, North Carolina, or roughly 406,000 acres. He said there are great oppor tunities for additional use and development of this important re source, and that through sound management the present rate of growth can be trebled over a per iod of time. The forest products industry is a growth industry, said the speak er. He cited "reliable forecasts" that per capita consumption of wood in one form or another will increase at a steady rate. Sound management is the key, said Mr. Jolly. The U. S. Forest Service owns only 30 per cent of the forests but have so managed these holdings that they now con tain 49 per cent of the sawtimber and 39 per cent of the growing stock volume. Private holdings average 1,340 board feet per acre, while national forest lands aver age 2,090 board feet, he added. Some 40,000 acres of land in the four-county area are in need of tree planting, said Mr. Jolly. At the present rate of planting it will take 00 years to reach this objective. A more reasonable goal would be ten years. This much more forest acreage could, at maturity, produce another 11 mil lion board feet of sawtimber plus 23,000 cords of pulpwood. Start this job now, he advised, and build for the future. "TV A stands ready to continue working with you through our forestry program as well as In other fields of activity," said the speaker. (Continued on page two) orn Hospital Puts Andrews In As New Chairman Mr. G. R. Andrews was elected chairman of the Board of Trustee! of Watauga Hospital, Inc. at the January meeting of the board held at the Nurses Home. Mr. An drews succeeds Dr. G. K. Moose, who completed his three-year term in December. Other officers elected for a year were D. Grady Moretx, vice chair man, R. E. Agle, treasurer, and Mrs. Rob Rivers, secretary. Other board members are Frank Payne, E. F. Coe and George C. R. ANDREWS White. Hie new memben elected at the December meeting are R. E. Agle, D. L. Wilcox and Howard Cottrell. They replaced Dr. Moom, A. R. Smith and Jake Caudill. Each member serve* for ? three year term. Mr. Andrews named E. F. Coe, Howard Cottrell and D. L. Wilcox to aerve on the executive commit tee; Grady Moretz, Frank Payne and George White on the opera tion* committee and Mrs. Rob River* on the plant and ground* committee. The board will meet with Mr*. Jack Groce, hoapital administra tor, the second TTiuraday of each month in the Nuraea' Home at 12 noon. SPACE AGE Malibu, Calif. ? Sheriff's officers here logged something new in the way of travel hazard* recently; a collision involving a horse and an airplane. Robert Goodyear, 48, glided in for a landing in an open field after his light plana ran out of gai. A horse galloped into the craft's path and they collided. The horse was killed. Goodyear'* plane wa* wrecked, and the pilot and hi* wife, Mary, 40, suffered cut* and bruise*. mm COFFEE BREAK ?Appalachian State Teaehen Col lege itudenu take time out from their ttudie* to of the "mow aerioua" thing* coo fronting itudent* oi\ the rampui Seen in ? local reaUuriot are Bertie Lm, Joyce Jordaw, Judy Clark, David Bay, and Ben McKee. WMmBmm C. A. HAYWORTH C. A. Hayworth Funeral Mon. Charles Alexander Hayworth, 87, retired State Highway Commiaiion engineer, died luddenly at 8:48 Saturday morning at hia home at 408 Grand Boulevard. A heart attack waa believed to have been the cause of hi* death. He wa* 67 yeara old. Funeral aervices were held Mon day at 11 o'clock at the Relna Sturdivant Funeral Home chapel in North Wilkesboro. The Rev. M. 0. Owens, Jr., paator of the Firat Baptist Church of Lenoir, conducted the ritea. Burial waa in the Moravian Falla cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Agnea Greer Hayworth; a son, Charles Hayworth; ? daughter, Misa Elizabeth Hayworth, of Boone; two brothera, T. L. Hay worth, Briatol, Va? and W. H. Hayworth, Avon Par, Fit.; two (it tare, Miaa Mae Hayworth and Misa Pearl Hayworth, Jefferson City, Tenn. Mr. Hayworth was a native of Jefferson City. He retired laat March aa district engineer for the State Highway Commlaaion. He had been with the highway de partment 38 yeara. He had been an engineer with the Southern Railway System before coming to North Carolina. A. C.Ward Has Fatal Attack Alfred Councill Ward, 08, resi dent of Reese, died January 10 at his home from a sudden illness, with what is thought to have been a heart ailment. Funeral services were held Mon day at 2 o'clock at the Green Val ley Baptist Church, and burial was in the church cemetery. The Rev. Carl Wilson conducted the rites. Suriving are the widow, Mrs. Mil lie Trivett Ward, two sons and six daughters: Albert and Gray son Ward, Reese; Mrs. Earl Combs, Reese; Mrs. Mark Gilday, Silver Springs, Md.; Mrs. Lester Wslsh, Ellzabethton, Tenn.; Mrs. Odell James, Lincolnton; Mrs. Max Trivett, Miss Madeline Ward, Reese. There are two brothers and one sister: Sam, Beech Creek; Lionel, Boone; Mrs. Martha Presnell, Vilas. DANCING BANKRUPTCY Milwaukee, Wis. ? Bartender Bruno Mueller asked federal court to declare him bankrupt. He listed assets of ?111, debts of $8,815? all for dancing lessons. 20 New Signers Being Sought To Aid Drama The producers of Horn In the Weit have announced that about 20 more individual notea of $300 each will be required to open the play for the IBM aeaaon. Notes totalling $13,900 have been signed to date, but it will be nec essary to have at leaat $18,000 worth of notea, on which the South ern Appalachian Historical Asso ciation will be able to borrow $12,000 from the Northwestern Bank. This is the minimum figure required to open, said James P. Marsh, executive vice-president of the association and aaaistant cash ier of the bank. This method haa been followed for the past several years to pro vide funds on which to launch the outdoor drama, which has been operating at a deficit, partially covered by an annual $10,000 sub sidy from the State of North Car olina. Last year's note aignera had to pay $200 each on their $300 notea, the largeat amount required of them to date. Meet lag January 21 Ail open meeting at the board of directors will be held at 7:3# p. m. Friday, January Zl, la the banquet room of the Boone Trail Restaurant. All person Inter ested in seeing Horn in the West presented in 1*M are cordially invited and urged to meet with the board at this time and get detailed information relative la "Horn" finances. This *111 not be a dinner mooting, It was an nounced. On December 11, 1968, the board adopted a sharply reduced but balanced budget of >48,600, prepar ed by the Finance Committee and based on estimated revenue. In come from all sources last year was $40,527.00, while cost of pro duction totalled $69,483.84. Above figures do not include the state subsidy of (10,000. In preparing the budget, the finance committee took into consideration the fact that the play has suffered an aver age annnual decline in attendance of 14 per cent since 1052, first year of production. The budget wai submitted to the Production Committee, headed by Dr. Lawrence H. Owsley, to de cide if they will undertake to pro duce the drama this year at that figure. At a meeting last Thursday, Dr. Owsley, speaking for the commit tee, and Bill Ross, Horn director, advised the board that it would be "next to impossible" to produce the play on the budget submitted. Principal bone of contention was a 40 per cent reduction in produc tion salaries and expenses. This figure in the budget is 920,500, down from a cost of more than $37,000 last year. Ross pointed out that the num ber In the cast has been reduced each year, and that last year 67 persons performed the 180 roles in the play. Many play two, three and even four parts already, and in some cases also work as stage hands, be said, and it would be ex tremely detrimental to tho play to "double up" any further. In addition, said Ross, some of the key members of the cast have (Continued on page six) Civil Defense Group^t Arranges Test Alert Watauga County will participate in a nation wide teat alert Thur? day, January 19, according to a statement from Dr. R. H. Harmon, director of Civil Defense bare. The purpose of the alert. Dr. i Harmon said, was to test the effl- ] ciency of the warning system, and i where time lags appear in the < warning system to find a solution. A continuous blast three min- i utes duration on the fire alarm si- i ren will signal the beginning of 5 the alarL Short blasU on the si Ma will signal the all dear. Mr? 'StMc Chief Cottrell of the Boone Fire Department and Chief Green of tho Blowing Rock Fire Depart ment, une the cooperation of cit izens in not using the telephone during the alert. All existing tele phone line* may be urgently need ed in communications necessary to defense activties, they pointed out When the alert comes, citizens are requested to une their AM radios to 640 or 1240, the assigned
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