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FOR BEST RESULTS ?advertiser* invariably use tlx column* at tbe Democrat With It* full pud circnla o, intensely covering the local (bopping I area, it k the best advartiaiaf medium available. I VOLUME LXX.II. ? NO. M , An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . , Seventy-Second Year of Continuous Publication Nov! ? 96 38 M Nov. 5 81 M 00 Nov. < 82 36 37 Nov. 7 48 32 31 Nov. ? 88 10 9g3 Nov. ? 49 21 ]|M PRICE: FIVE CENT8 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IX, 1*5* SIXTEEN PAGES? TWO SECTIONS Hugh Morton captures wide autumn vistas ill shot from Tater Hill. Many Tennessee, Carolina Officials To Attend Ribbon Cutting On 603 Martha Fox Dies Sunday Martha Carol Fox, 6 years old, of Boone, died Sunday at Watauga Hospital after an Illness of 30 hours with what was said to been meningitis. Word was that the maladay wasn't of a contagious variety, and that there have been no other cases of the disease in Watauga county this yejr. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday at 2 o'clock at the Boone Baptist Church by Rev. John Gibson and Rev. E. F. Trout man. Burial was in Mount Lawn Memorial Park. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Fox of Boone, a brother, E. B. Fox III, of the home, grandparents, Mrs. E. B. Fox Sr., of Boone, Rt. 3, and Mr. and Mrs. M. 0. Coffey of Blowing Rock, Rt. I Noah Wheeler Rites Are Held Noah Grant Wheeler, 86, resi. dent of Triplett, died last Wed nesday ' , Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday at 1 o'clock at the Mount Ephriam Baptist Church by Rev. Roscoe Greene and Rev. Ben Triplett, Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are two sons, Grant Wheeler of Bristol, Tenn., and Charlie Wheeler of Triplett; eight daughters, Mrs. J. D. Phillips of Boone, Mrs. Millard Watson of Blowing Rock, Mrs. James Watson of Deep Gap, Mrs. Cecil Farthing of Pineola, Mrs. Richard Higgins of Akron, 0., Mrs. Chester Rogers of Bristol, Va., and Mrs. Odell Stout and Mrs. H. M. Strouth, (Continued on page two) Five Cars Involved In Freak Accident Five cars were involved ? ? wreck Saturday afternoon, about 12 miles east uf Boone on U. S. 421, when the "lead" car had en gine trouble and stopped in line of traffic. The four cars follow were banged up somewhat be cause of the accident. Here is the sequence, as reported by investigating patrolman 'icorge E. Baker: Dover Jcrland England, Route 2, Burnsville, was traveling up the mountain (west) when his car de veloped motor trouble. The four cars following also had trouble, when a station wagon, operated by Bobby James Watkins, 413 Grand B^lvd., Boone, failed to get stopped. The Watkin's car hit Uie rear of a car operated by fomer F. Brown, 221 Orchard St., Boone, knocking Brown's car into the rear of a car operated by Richard Mack Greer, 414 Howard St., Boone, fltocking the Greer car into the rear of a car operated by Phillip Allen Day, Wilkeaboro, knocking the Day car into the rear of Eng land! car, which was having the motor trouble. Estimated damage to the cars, according to the report were: Wat kin's car, approximately $400; Brbwn's car, approximately $900; Greer's car, approximately $200. England's and Day's car appeared to have suffered only slight dam age. Miss Lawrence in "A Little To The Left." / ' Mary Lawrence Stars In Playmakers Comedy Chapel Hill ? Mary Lawrence, | daughter of Dr. C. Ray Lawrence of 418 Grand Boulevard, Boone, hai been cast a* Helene Muggins in the Carolina Playmakers pro duction of "A Little to the Left," which it icheduled for November 18-22. The play, a new comedy by for mer playmaker Brock Brow er, is about a Central American revolu tion. Helene Muggins ii a woman correspondent for the New York Tribune-Star aid parachutes into the rebels' headquarters to get a scoop for her newspaper. Miss Lawrence is a junior in the Department of Dramatic Art and is a transfer student from Mars Hill College where she was active in drama and clan activi ties. She received the Best Actress Award for 1937 56 and 1988-59 for her role of Catherine Winslow in "The Wtaslow Boy" and the role of Cleopatra in "Caesar and Cleo patra.'' She has appeared in the outdoor drama "Horn in the West" at Boone since the summer of 1930 and has played the roles of Nancy Ward, Mary and Martha Stuart. Miss Lawrence made her first appearance on the Playmaker* stage as a member of the for "Carousel." Her plans for the future are "to get my A. B. at UNC and then to do graduate work at Northwestern Uuiversit) , after which 1 hope to teach." Many highway officials, state and Ibcal government officials, from both Tennessee and North Caro lina are expected to be in Watauga county next Thursday (Nov. 19), when the dedication and official opening of Highway 603 will be held. Actual ribbon-cutting and dedication will be at 3:00 p. m. that day, with a banquet, sponsor ed by the Chambers of Commerce of Johnson City and Elizabethton, Tenn , and Boone at 7:00 p. m. in the Boone Elementary School cafeteria. Invitations to take part in the dedication have been issued to Governor Buford Ellington of Tennessee and Governor Luther H. Hodges of North Carolina. State and highway officials for the two states will be special guests at the banquet. Herman Wilcox, president of Boone Chamber of Commerce, and long-time backer of the 003 route, says that a motorcade will begin at Johnson City and proceed toward the North Carolina state line, pick ing up many leaders and other interested persons on the way. A delegation from Watauga county and state officials will meet them at the state line for the ribbon cutting. Completion of the 603 route gives Boone three good highway outlets, Mr. Wilcox said. U. S. 421 gives the town good access to the east and west, 221-321 north and south respectively, and 603 to the west. Efforts are being made to have the route designated by a federal route number, and -the continua tion of 321 into Johnson City has been suggested. An inspection team is expected to Investigate the suggestion, Mr. Wilcox stated, and the feeling is that it will soon carry that U. S. marking. U. S. 321 begins (or ends, de pending on how you look at it) in Boone, according to Mr. Wil cox, and goes south into Savannah, Ga. U. S. 421 is called the Great Lakes to the Coast highway, and 221 leads into Boone from both north and south. If the 321 desig nation is given, ' it would more nearly be as some civic-minded local leader once described: "The Hub of the World." For the time-being, however, the route will be known on both sides of the state line as 603. Most immediate effect of the route will be the opening for west ern North Carolina a 'shorter route to Johnson City, Elizabethton and other points. For Wataugans it will make easy access to those points and to Watauga Lake and dan\ where fishing and boating and other water sports are indulged in. The route cuta off 11 miles of driving between Boone and John son City, and gives travelers the only "water level" route between these two points. Almost all the route is considered level. North Carolina finished work on the route several years ago, (Continued on page two) Flow Of Tobacco Starts To Local Sales Floors Weed Quality This Season Called High Farmers are already placing to bacco on the local warehouse floors in anticipation of the Burley to bacco opening on Monday, Novem ber 23. Favorable grading weather has given growers a "head-start" on getting their crop ready for sale, and according to an official of the Boone market, tobacco on the floor now appears to be of extra good quality. The opening date was set recent ly by' the burley committee in a meeting at Lexington, Ky , and all hours and d%ys of sales, and holi days were set by that committee. After opening November 23, sales will be suspended for one day only for Thanksgiving, then run through the first period through December 18, when sales will close for the Christmas holidays. Officials of the Boone market state that tobacco for the first sale la now being placed la Mountain Burley Warehouse No. 1, and that all three houses In Boone will be available for use during the season. The first sale begin at No. 1 at ? a. m., open ing day. Full representation of all buying companies will be on hand to bid for the burley, it was announced, and farmers may expect lively bidding for their crop. Last year over three million pounds of burley was sold on the Boone market, a warehouse spokes man aaid. No prediction was made concerning amount of this year's crop, but indications point to a good year for the growers. Ac cording to the spokesman, farm ers who have already placed tobac co on the flobr have apparently done a good job of sorting and grading and their baskets should attract a good price. Luther Hayes Dies In Mich. Luther Grady Hayes, 60, native Wataugan, who resided in Troy, Mich., died October 26 in ? Flint, Michigan, hospital. Funeral service* were conduct ed at 1 o'clock October 30 at Price Funeral Home, Troy, Mich., by Rev. Harold Maran of the Troy Baptist Church and interment was in that community. Mr. Hayes was a son of the late George E. Hayes and Mrs. Minnie E. Hayes, and was born in the Sands neighborhood of Watauga county. He had been in Ohio and Michigan since 1917 and in Troy for the past 23 years. Until three years ago he had been employed by the Chrysler Vernon plant, Detroit, Mich. He is survived by his widow, the forrAer Creta P. Bishop to whom he married March 1, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio; One daughter, Mrs. James Tidewell of Flint, Mich.; Three sons, Luther G. Hayes, Jr, of Birmingham, Mich., George O. Hayes, Flint Mich., and Lawrence F. Hayes, Royal Oak, Mich. Also eight ' grandchildren and two brothers, Thomas B. Hayes add Oscar W. Hayes of j Boone. I * Council Southern Appalachians To Hold Meeting Here Saturday The second North Carolina reg ional meeting of the Council of Southern Mountains will be held on Saturday, November 14, at the Methodist Church in Boone. Mr. Richard Chase will be in charge of the following program and activities: 10:00 ? Registration, devotions, inAnnouncements. 10:80? Guest speaker, Dr. W. D. Weatherford, vice president of Berea College and chairman of the Appalachian Studies, a Ford Foundation project, will report to the group on the results of an ex tensive study of the literature, re ligion, education, and health of the Appalachian South. 11:30? Guest speaker, Rev. Don ald L. Benedict, Inner-City Pro testant Parish, Cleveland, Ohio, will speak on the migrant pro blems of Southern Mountain peo ple in northern cities. 12:30 ? Luncheon, ($1.28) ? Din ing Hall of the Methodist Church. Those wanting luncheon tickets should call AM 44181. 1:00? Committee Report*, Loyal Jones, assistant executive secre tary of the Council of the South ern Mountains. 2:00 ? county Court House ? An exhibit of crafts from the Guild, Beech Creek Toys Home Indus try, and other organizations and individuals will be held at the courthouse. Bern ice Stevens, ad visor from the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, will discuss ways of improving the pattern and design of the folk toys and will give help in making hook rugs and other crafts. BURLEY GRADING. ? Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Earp, of Vilas, strip and grade tobacco in preparation for open ing of Burley market Monday, November 23.? Staff photo Joe Minor. More Than 350 Expected At Annual City, County Event Yule Seal Sale Starts "Protect the family cirri*" is the aim of the Alleghany-Ashe W?tauga Tuberculosis Association as it opens the 1990 Christmas Seal campaign. / The traditional annual fund raising campaign will open Nov ember 16, with the mailing of Christmas Seals to Watauga resi dents. "Over eight million lives have been saved since the first Christ mas Seal was sold, but the saving of lives is not enough," declared Dr. H. M. Cooke, Seal Sale Chair man of the Watauga TB Associa tion. "We must see to it that every family is spared the suffering and tragedy of this long-term, chronic illness." "Proceeds from this year's Christmas Seal campaign must do more than maintain our present TB control activities. We must ex pand our efforts to find all the un known cases of TB In this com munity. We must increase our ef forts to help ex-TB patients get back on their feet and stay there. We must extend our educational program so that people of all ages learn how to protect themselves from TB. We must put more into medical research to find better ways of fighting TB," concluded Dr. Cooke. DIPLOMACY CITED President Eisenhower suggested that the best answer to the Soviet leaders' argumenta about the su periority of the Commuaist system was a smile. The President said at his latest news conference that he used this technique when Premier Khrush chev insisted during' their talks that the Soviet incentive system among workers was superior to the American. EYE BANK OFFICIAL? Major J. H. Thomai of Boone, who has been appointed a member of the State Council of the Eye Bank for Restoring Sight, Inc. of North Carolina. Major Thomas reports that more than twenty persons in Boone have pledged their eyes to the Eye Bank. Weed Cards Are Ready Burley tobacco marketing cards will be ready for delivery at the ASC office to farmers on Novem ber 16. No cards will be mailed except on the written request of the producer. Cards will be delivered only to the person issued, except, upon a written request from the farmer, they may be delivered to someone else. The regulations require that in event of a lost, destroyed or stolen, card a three-day waiting period is required before a replacement card may be issued. Bankers warned on surge in con sumer credit. By JOE MINOR A barbecued chicken supper will be the setting for the annual Wa tauga County County-City nest ing Tuesday, when more than 350 people get together to hear of the improvements made in the county (taring the year, and listen to J. Graham Morrison, a retired county agent, from Lincoln county. The meeting will be in the Cove Creek High School gymnaaium, and starts at 7:00 o'clock. Nearly 190 Watauga-grown chic kens will, be basted and barbecued ?Tuesday for the gathering by a committee headed by Robert Ship ley and Roy Isley, and the Cove Creek Home Economics depart ment, under Mrs. Joyce Davis, will fix the trimmings. The meeting, besides offering entertainment, will combine sev eral county and city functions, ac cording to planners of the event. Probably the foremost interest, as far as six communities in the county are concerned, will be the awarding of cash prizes for com munity improvements by Alfred Adams, chairman of Watauga Ru ral Development. Six communities are involved* in this project, and more than $400.00 will be given out for their efforts. Taking part in the improvement of their communities are Valle Cru cis, Silverstone, Bethel, Foscoe, Mabel and Cove Creek. The judg ing is yet to be done, and winners will not know of their position un til Mr. Adams makes the presen tationa. From the city side of it, though probably equally as interesting to the county, a highlight will be the installation of officers and direc tors of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Association. Dr. J. F. Bozard, of the college faculty, will make the installation charges. Herman W. Wilcox, president of Chamber of Commerce, will act as master of ceremonies. Also ap pearing on the program will be the Rev. Ernest M. Blankinship. pastor Cove Creek Baptist Church, who will give the invocation, find the Rev. A. A. Wilson, pastor Henson Chapel Methodist Church, who will pronounce the benediction. During tiie meal Lockwood Shull will give a piano interlude, and the Cove Creek High Quartet, composed of Agnes Shipley, Bar bara Barnes, Bettina Danner and Judy Henson, will offer selections. L. E. Tuckwiller, co-ordinator of the program, and Watauga County Agricultural Agent, will introduce Mr. Morrison. Mr. Morrison has quite a record of talks in all areas of six southern states. He ha* already made 757 speeches to that many groups, and his wit and philosophy have en abled him to M well rtsceived by his audiences. Mr. Mortiaon is a graduate of N. C. State College, and was eoun (Continued on page two)
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