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An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Firnt Year of Continuous Publication BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, 4 Wrecks Reported In County More than $1,000 property dam age was reported in four different wrecki in Watauga county since last Wednesday at noon. Patrol man George E. Baker investigated all four accidents, and one person was hospitalized with broken ribs and a fractured hip as the result of his accident. Robert Lee Teague, of Boone, was operating a 1953 Plymouth on N. C. Highway 88 Wednesday about noon, when it ran off the left side ?f the road, and went down an embankment. Mr. Baker stated Teague was admitted to Watauga Hospital with head injuries, brok en ribs, and fractured hip. Car damage was approximately $300. Eula Hodges McGhee, of Bris tol Road, was driving a 1951 Chev rolet Friday afternoon about 3 o' clock near the Prison Camp road. The report shows she pulled into Highway 421 off the shoulder and hit a 1952 Chrysler driven by George Main, of Boone. Both cars were going in the same direction. Approximately $100 damage was done to both cars. Saturday morning about 9:30 ?'clock, William Frederick Reese, 404 Grand Boulevard, Boone, was driving a 1954 Ford coupe in the Brushy Fork section when he waa involved in a wreck with James Clay Phillip* of Reese. According to the report, Reese was traveling west, down the mountain, on High way 421. He applied his brakes and his car began to skid and turned around in the highway, hit ting a pickup truck operated by Phillips. Damage to the Phillips truck was placed at approximately $150, and the Reese car at $250. Early Sunday morning, Thomas Jones Aldridge, Route 1, Banner Elk, waa oa his way to work, when Ms, 19M Ford ran off the right, shoulder of N. C. 109. The car went down an embankment, up rooting fence posts for approxi mately 450 feet. The car then came back onto the road and came to rest on the shoulder. Damage was approximately $150. Blowing Rock To Cast Vote Next Tuesday Blowing Rock voteri will go to the polls next Tuesday May 3, to elect a Mayor and three members of the board of commissioners. For Mayor incumbent R. B. Hardin is being opposed by Rhonda L. Coffey. For commissioners the voters will choose from the following list of candidates: Jake Jones, Howard Holshous er, Jr., Charles Isenhour, D. W. Wooten, Wiley Greene and F. W. Rainey. All candidates for city office were nominated in a non-partisan mass meeting held March 30. Mr. Joseph M. Brady and Mr. Milton Jordon returned here Mon day from a week's business trip to New Vosk City, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut Photo Flowers' Photo Shop QUEEN IS CROWNED.? Miss Linda Wey, Hiss Watauga County of 1968, placet crown upon Miia Watauga County of IMS. George Flower*, beauty pageant Master of Ceremoniei, looks on. Miss Cathy Moore Is Crowned Miss Watauga County Of 1959 Small Business Administrator To Speak To Local Leaders Mr. Gerald F. Albright, Ad ministrator of the Small Indus try Section, Department of Con servation and Development, will GERALD F. ALBRIGHT speak to the Tennessee-Carolina (our county Development Associa tion at their membership meeting in Boone on May 7th. The meeting will be held at 12 o'clock noon at the Boone Trail Restaurant dining room. This meeting will be attended by re presentative! from Carter and Johnson Counties, Tennessee and Watauga and Avery Counties, North Carolina. During Mr. Albright's tenure with the Small Industries section, a great many new small industries were established in North Caro lina, and many projects are now in process. Mr. J. A. Curry from the Ten nessee Valley Authority Forestry Relations will also be on the pro gram. TV A is organizing a sawmill clinic which will be held in John son County, Tennessee the last of May. This clinic will be sponsored by the Four County Association. Every sawmill operator in these four counties is urged to mske plans to attend when the date is announced. There are increasing demands for small operations to use up more of the waste from our timber as it is cut. Every indica tion points to the fact that there are ample timbers that can be turned into stock that our estab lished furniture factories would be happy to purchase. Soviet urges U. N. to define "aggression." ' Soil Stewardship Week ' Pinpoints Value Of Good Earth, Civic Duty By H. J. WILLIAMS May 3-10 has been designated as "Soil Stewardship Week." As has been the custom (or several years, the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts invite chur ches of all denominations to Join in the observance. More and more people are be coming aware of the fact that "land is a gift of God," to be used by man in such a manner as to produce in abundance, yet remain production from generation to gen eration. We must keep it this way if the necessary food, fiber and shelter is provided to irxct the ever-increasing needs of our peo ple. Though it is often hard for us in America to realise it two-thirds of the people of the world have insufficient food for their daily needs. Heavy population and poor aoil, abused over the centuries by lack of conservation, has brought about this tragic situation. Unless new scientific discoveries can be nude this situation will worsen from ypar to year. We in America have been bless ed with an abundance of produc tive land and fewer people, giv ing us a bountiful food supply for everyone, yet, as we look into the future we see danger signs ahead. Fifty million acres of thia good land has been completely ruined for farming because of wind and water erosion, and one hundred million teres have been badly dam aged by the same cause. Each day 7700 acres are taken out of protection by highways, air ports, factories, and other urban ization developments. With fewer acres for cultivation cach year and more people to feed, we must show a greater concern for our remaining productive soil. Our small surpluses are likely to disappear soon, unless the very best conservation measures are fol lowed. Population increase alone will demand a great increaae in quan tity of food required to meet our needa. Our present population of 179 million is expected to increase to 228 million by 1079 and 339 mil lion by 2000. We have enough good soil left in the United State* to keep us prosperous and well fed, if we conserve the land as we use it. We know that we can do tt. We know how to do K. But? will we be come enough concerned to do tt in timer Miss Cathy Moore, 18, a brun ette from Appalachian State, was crowned Misa Watauga County of 1959 Saturday night at the third annual beauty pageant sponsored by the Boone Junior Chamber o f Commerce. Miss Moore, an Appalachian State Teachers College freshman, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs Dan Howard Moore. She has hazel eyea, stands five feet three inches and her measurements are 34-22-39. The queen was crowned by Miss Linda Wey of Boone, who was Miss Watauga County of 1958. George Flowers of Boone, who was master of ceremonies, aided in the crowning. Miss Pat Dowling, 18, of Boone and Miss Henrietta Henaley, 10, of Hendersonville tied for runner up. Both are students at Appala chian State. Other finalists among the 11 conteatants were Miss Phyllis Curtis of Marion and Miaa Coralee Spivey, 18, of Fairmont. All are students at Appalachian. Miss Moore played an organ selection and modeled three dress es that she designed and made. Misa Curtia, who was Miss Mar ion of 1908, was chosen by the other 1959 contestants as Miaa Congeniality. The girls first paraded in swim suits. Next they performed comedy skits, vocal and piano solos and dances in the talent division and last appeared in evening dreasea. John E. Jopes of the Aaheville Citizen, Claude Jarret of Marion, Mrs. Gail Stark of Spruce Pine, Jamea McCarl of Lenoir and Dr. J. S. Bozard of ASTC judged the conteatanta. An estimated 600 attended the pageant. Mr. Paul Weston waa present with his Hammond organ and hia talented rendltlona added much to the program. School Board Would Be Placed In Primary Law Representative Jack Edmisten has introduced a measure in the Legislature, which would amend the recently-ratified Watauga pri mary law so as to provide that members of the Watauga County Board of Education will be nomi nated in party primaries and ap pointed by the General Assembly. The Rev. and Mrs. Sam Moss, former pastor of the Boone Meth odist Church, were recent guests of Mr*. Style* and Miss Cynthia Styles. ?> Industrial Leaders |Will| rri Ti ? JKrk .. C! J. J 1 our Kegion 0n haturdaf Group To Visit Boone, Blowing Rock, Environs Northwest North Carolina it all aet to welcome many industrial leaders when they tour this area Saturday, under the sponsorship of the Northwest North Carolina Development Aaaociation. Indus trial leaders from many areas of the United States have accepted invitatlona to make the tour, and communities to be included on the itinerary have made plans to receive the visitors. The visitors will gather in Win ston-Salem, and from there three separate groups will leave on all day tours of the area. After visit ing communities on their routes, they will return to Winston-Salem to be feted at a picnic supper in Tanglewood Park. One graap will come to Boone by way of Boonville, Elk in and Wilkes bora. They will visit the Northwest Trading Post on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Baldwin community la Ashe County, and Windsor's Cross Roads. Another groap will visit Blow lag Rock, by way of Yadklnvllle and North WUkesboro. They will alto visit Lenoir, Tayloravllle, and Mockivllle before returning to Tanglewood Park. The other group will go through Walnut Cove, Brooks Cove, Mount Airy, Dobaon, Roaring Gap, Sparta, Laurel Springs, Fred Colvard's farm in Ashe County, the North west Trading Pott, North Wilkes boro, and Brooks Cross Roads. Wayne Corpening, president of the Northwest N. C. Development Association, states that persons who live along these routes are Invited to join the tour as they wish. If they intend to attend any of the luncheons of coffee breaks with the induitrlaliitt, they thould contact one of their county direc ROGER C. ERNST, assistant Sec retary of the Interior (or Public Land Management, who will take part in the Northwest Executives' Day Tour Hay 1 and 2. ton of the association so that res ervations will be made for them. A list of the industrialists al ready committed to the tours in cludes: O. V. Tally, general manager of Allia-Chalmers Mfg. Co., of Wash ington, D. C.; J. W. Fisher, vice president, Ball Broa. Co., I m., Muncie, Ind.; D. D. Bean, Jr., treas urer p. D. Beans and Son Co , Jeffrey, N. H.; A. W. Lucas, executive director, and M. R. Dalton, sales director of Chemstrand Corp., New York, N. Y.; B. L. Ray, vice president of Esao Standard Oil Co.; Roy Frue hauf, chairman of the board, Frue hsuf Trailer Co., Detroit, Mich.; H. F. Stryker, president, Multl Colortype Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; C. W. Moore, president. Quality Weaving Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; A E. Gotach, treasurer, Stude baker-Packard Corp., South Bend, Ind; and J. C. McCall, senior vice president. Associated Industries, of the Stale of Maim. 1 : New engine due to Increase I bomber range. WJNN DIXIE j NEWEST STORE.? The finishing touches were ju?t being completed on Winn-Dixie's newest *tore on Hardin Street and Blowing Rock Road, aa thia photograph waa taken. Part of the Urge, hard-surfaced parking area ia also shown. Thia la Winn-Dixie's newest store. Winn-Dixie Opening Super Market In Boone; Is One Of Most Modern AHS Band To Play Sunday At Election Appalachian School Bandi will present a concert Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, in the Elementary School auditorium, according to I. Perry Watson, director of bands. Also planned for the meeting and concert is election of six members to the board of directors of the Band Parents Association. Each of the three bands will play several selections, Mr. Wat son said, and parents of band mem bers and friends are urged to at tend. In making the announcement of the concert-meeting, Mr. Watson pointed out some of the activities of "Boone's Ambassadors," which is supported by United Fund, has participated In thif year. They are listed aa follows: Nine football gamea and half time ihowa; five pep parade*; col lege homecoming; MMrt for the Governor'! committee on afiag; First Chair of America concert; PTA concert; Moravian love feaat; Christmas recording for radio; two high school assemblies; one college asaembly; NCEA concert; Visual muaic concert; All-State Band clinic; All-State orchestra; Sunrise service; District contest at ASTC; state conteat at Greensboro; ensembles played for PTA; annual parent spring concert; and state solo and ensemble contest at Davidson. Blowing Rock Tax Bill Is Passed By House The bill introduced in the Houie by RepreMnUtive Edmis ten which would provide for ? revaluation of property for tax purpose! by the town of Blowing Rock, hat passed the House and has been referred to the local government committee of the State Senate. The bill which is being spon sored by the city council of Blow ing Rock provides that the city employ experts to make a property valuation. It provides that a tax of 10 cents a hundred be levied for two years to pay the cost of S. M. Austin Rites Are Held Samuel Monroe Austin, 87, well-known citizen and retired farmer of Boone Route S, died Thursday at the home of a daugh ter, Mrs. Alfred T. Adams in Boone. Mr. Austin bad been lti declining health for a long time. Surviving are bit wife, the for mer Minnie Pajrae; three sons, Collis Austin of Boone, Ned Aus tin of Boulder, Colo., and Lewis Austin of Kanna polls; three daugh ters, Mrs. Russell Hanson of Sher wood. Mrs. Ralph Besbears and Mrs. Alfred Adams, both of Boone; a brother. G. W. Austin of Boone; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Greene pf Blowing Bock, Mrs. Delia Greene of Bristol, Tenn., and Mrs. James McMUlian of Mt. Holly; and 24 grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday at 2 o'clock at Poplar Grove Baptist Church by Rev. R. C. Eggers, Rev. L. H. HoU lugs worth, Rev. Maurice Cooper and Rev. Herbert McCoy. Burial was in the Winkler cemetery. the revaluation, which hu been estimated at about $2,000. Legislation passed two years ago, It is understood, requires the town to accept the county valua tion figures. Dissatisfaction, say city offici als, growing out of this procedure created the demand for the legis lation to return the authority to the town. Since Blowing Rock lies in both Watauga and Caldwell counties, which maiatain different valua tion scales, the problem of an equalized tax structure is compli cated under the present system, officials say, adding that the legislation asked Is not for reve nue, but for equillxation. Broom Sale To Aid Blind Boon* Lions Club members be gin their annual house-to-house canvas* to aell brooms to house keepers next Wednesday night. Hay S. The brooms are sold to aid the program for the blind, which the Lions Club* support. Three s free of brooms will be offered to householders and busl ines* houses in the town-wide so licitation, according to Major J. H. Thomas and C. M. Yates, who are supervising the sale. They are whisk Wooms, light stick brooms and heavy stick broom*. All members of the club are ex pected to participate in the sale and they are using the motto: "Re member? when you buy a broom from a Lion, you help the blind twice; broom* are made by the Mind ? proceeds go to the blind." Boon protests French Foreign Legion recruiting. Winn-Dixie Food Stores, Inc., with divisional headquarters in Greenville, S. C., opens one of their most modern supermarkets on the corner of Hardin Street fc Blowing Rock Road and Howard Streets. This is the newest com plete one-stop food store in Boone, giving Winn-Dhtie a total of 118 stores throughout the Caroiinas, Georgia and Tennessee. This huge 70 x 144 foot store is one of the most modern in the Winn-Dixie Chain. ' Designed to serve this rapidly expsnding community, this new store contains 10,060 square feet of floor space, incorporating the latest developments of design and engineering in the food world to day. From its inception, it was planned from the shoppers view point?for comfort ? atmosphere ? and shopping ease. This new Winn-Dixie puts emphssis upon the needs of the modern family, such as; perishables, fresh fruits, and vegetables, frozen foods and meats. This store is colorfully ar ranged around these basic needs, alloting space according to the customer's wishes. The new Winn-Dixie Store sets hack far enough from Hardin Street and Blowing Rock Road, allowing convenient paved park ing both in front and at the side of the building. This hard-surfac ed, well lighted parking area will accommodate over 100 cars without congestion. The Interior of this beautiful new (tore is modem throughout, completely air conditioned, tile floor, acoustic ceiling, walla paint ed with aoft colors to give a pleas ing atmosphere, and fluorescent lighting arranged to highlight the beauty of the atore and equip ment. Aiales are wide, diaplay ahelvea are of the most modern design with food products within easy reach. A touch of elegance ia pro vided with the unique old fashion lantern display markers that clear ly indicate the products in each section. Every detail in the store was carefully planned tor new shop ping pleasures and customer con veniences, from the "Magic" ear pet automatic door* to the fiva high-speed conveyor check-out counters. In response to customer accept ance in its other large markets, to self-service meats and a larger variety of frosen and refrigerated foodi, Winn-Dixie has included over 184 feet of the latest refrig erated display cases in this new store. Self-service ia designed for convenience, bat Winn-Dixie's trained personnel am always on band when needed to offer special services. Over 4,000 items of the highest quality are offered in this magni ficent one-stop family shopping center, Including: Meats, Produce, Froten Food*, Bakery, Dairy, Frosen Fish, Beauty Aids, House wares and a Family Hosiery Dept. Winn-Dixie store planners be lieve there is an adventure ia pro viding the food need* of It* cua ( Continued on Page t, Section C)
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