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ITS WISE TO DO YOUR * a Christmas SHOPPING AT HOME VOLUME LXXII NO. U PRICE: FIVE CENTS . . . Seventy-Second Year of Continuous Publication WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 105* Dae. 1 47 23 30 JT SS! * *;8 Dec. 4 61 28 40 I7 pr^ipl "tiop^.74* to ?Snow3>^M?j TWENTY PAGES? THREE SECTIONS This scene, taken several year* ago on King Street, was duplicated several times last week along Rivers Street as farmers brought their burley to the Boone tobacco market. Prices have been food, and sale* are ahead of last year, with all three warehouses being used. STORM CLOSES SCHOOLS Snow, DrivingW ind Pace Cold Wave Many Watauga Collegians Doing Student Teaching At Other Schools The following students from this area are taking part during the winter quarter, December 1, 1959 through March 4, 1960, in the student teaching program of Appalachian State Teachers Col lege. In this program students devote approximately 12 weeks to stu dent teaching in the field for which they have been preparing. As a part of the student teaching program, the Appalachian student usually lives in the community near the school and participates in community activities as well as in school activities. The student devotes full time in the school and gradually takes over the full teach ing load, always under the super vision of the supervising teacher and the principal. Jack Combs, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Combs, Vilas, is teaching Physical Education and Social Studies at the Glenwood School in McDowell County under the sup ervision of Mr. Flack and Mr. Ro berts. Mr. Combs was graduated from the Cove Creek High School in 1990. John Edward Culler, son of Mrs. Beulah Culler. 209 Hill Street, Boone, is teaching seventh grade at the Blowing Rock Elementary School under the supervision of Mrs. Belle Greene. Mr. Culler was graduated from the Appalachian High School in 1954. Joseph Edward White, son of Mr. of Mr. William T. White, Blowing Rock, is teaching Social Studies at the Oak Hill High School, Caldwell County, under the supervision of Mr. C. H. McRee. He is a 1956 graduate of the Blow ing Rock High School. Miss Velma Ann Cottrell, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Cot^ trell, 406 Howard Street, Boone, is teaching Business Education at Harding High School, Charlotte, under the supervision of Mrs. Let tie Smith. Miss Cottrell was .gradu ated from the Appalachian High School in 1956. Mrs. Ruth McKibben Williams, (Continued on page five) Jaycees Sell Yule Trees The Boone Jaycees will have for ?ale beautiful, trimmed nursery grown, scotch pine trees at the S 4 W Market, adjacent to the Gate way Restaurant, on Saturday, December 12th. Beginning Monday evening, December 14th, a bouse to house ?ale will begin, c o n t i'n u i n g throughout the week. The tree* range in size from 4H" to 7" in height and sell for 93.00 and $4.00. The Jaycees plan to escort 32 children from the eight elemen tary schools in the county on a Christmas shopping tour, Thurs day, December 17. All the Jaycees expressed hope that you will help share Christmas with these children by purchasing one of the trees. George Flowers, Jr., snapped a picture of his children as they enjoyed building a snow man in their yard with Sunday's snow. They are, left to right, Cecile, Pat, and Arthur Flowers. Many Haven't Sent In Money For TB Stickers The TB Seal Sale is in it's fourth week of progress and the response has been wonderful, however, there remains a large number of people who have forgotten to send money for their Seals. It is easy to overlook or "just put off until to morrow," with the result that it is again forgotten, which means less money available to fight this ter rible disease. - At tiroes people do watch mys tery stories on television, and amid all the shooting and fighting that goes on, the detectives are hard at work trying to uncover the guilty. Did you realize that the Tuberculosis germ is a "guilty one", and that it killed more than 1900 people last year and made another 80,000 seriously il} tor a long time? More detective work is needed on the case of this mass murdere. That is, more studying is needed as to the efefcis of vari ous drugs on the TB germs, the use of certain hormones in combat ing TB, in the development Of vac cine, and all the different phases of research so as to find something that will stop TB germs from mol tiplying and prevent this disease from flourishing. This it Just a part of what your purchase of Christmas Seals can do. More contributions are needed .to that the laboratory detectives can keep constantly after tubercu losis Forward today, please, your contribution for the Christmas Seals and Join in the detective and protective work against TB. Blowing llock Board Named In a ballot completed December 1, the members*of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce elect ed the following Board of Direc tors to serve for the calendar year 1960: Milton M. Chapman, Howard P. Holshouser, K. Wade Klutz, Bill Lentz, Elic S. Mattar, G. Sidaey Pickard, Harry Bobbins, Lloyd S. Bobbins, Louis H. Smith, Larry Walker, and Rathmell E. Wilson. With winter officially still sev eral days away, according to the calendar, Boone ii in the grip of it* first prolonged cold spell of the fall. Accompanied by snow and wind, the temperature reach ed a low of 13 Sunday night. More than five inches of snow fell on the town from the time of its beginning about 7:30 a. m. Sunday, until it stopped during Monday night. Beginning with a mixture of rain and snow, the pre cipitation quickly turned into all snow. By 2:00 o'clock Sunday af ternoon, a blanket of three and a half inches deep had covered moat of the town. School children were given a respite from their clasaea Mon day and Tuesday. Movement of buses waa considered haiardous a* drifts covered sections of sec ondary roads. The roads could not be kept clear of snow be cause of the high winds that blew the snow back into drifts almost as fast aa they were cleared by the highway department. Classes were resumed in all the schools Wednesday morning. The snow and cold weather was apparently widespread, as schools in Avery and Yancey counties were also closed. The first fnow was "wet", just right (or snowballing and building snowmen. The temperature was right (or snow (un, just above freezing, and the children and grown ups alike were out enjoying it. Then, about 4:30, the wind start ed blowing, and the temperature started dropping, and by night(all the highways were (reeling over and the temperature register' * in the twenties. Be(ore daybreak Monday the mercury had gotten to a low o( 13 degrees and all dur ing the day was not able to get above 18. Snow continued intermittently into the night Monday, and the weather was more miserable as the winds lifted the snow and piled it into dri(t*. Cars were stubborn about starting, aqd motorists were tardy (or work. Car batteries and tempers were tested, and some cars that re(used to "turn over" were seen in isolated spots stand ing in drifts Tuesday morning wait ing (or warmer weather or for ambitious owners to dig them out. Winter begins December 21. Homecoming At Cove Creek 1039 Cove Creek High School Homecoming has been set for Fri day, December 11. Dinner will be served from 4:30 to 7:00. At eight and nine o'clock Cove Creek basketball teams witl Cove Crock basketball team* will play East Wilkes High School of Wilkesboro. Between the girls' and boys' games, alumni will be reco gnised and Dr. iUy Lawrence of Boone will be guest speaker. The Homecoming queen and king will be crowned. All alumai and friends are invited to the dinner and the other event*. 1960 County ACP Practices Recommended The Watauga County ACP De velopment group met Wednesday, November 29, and developed the 1960 county ACP. The group consisted of the County Extension Agent, the FHA supervisor, the County SCS governing body and SCS technician, the County Com mittee and Office Manager. The following practices selected by this county group are the same as those for 1950, and have been recommended to the State ACP development group for approval: Practice 1 ? Permanent pasture or hay. This practice is for the in itial establishment of a permanent vegetative cover for soil protection or as a needed land-use adjust ment. Practice 2 ? Additional vegeta tive cover in crop rotation. This practice is for the establishment of additional acreages of vegetative cover in crop rotation to retard erosion and to improve soil struc ture, permeability, or watcrholding capacity. Practice 3 ? Liming materials on farmland. This practice is for the initial treatment of farmland to permit the use of legumes and grasses for soil improvement and protection. Practice 9 ? Initial establishment of a stand of trees on farmland for purposes other than wind or water erosion. Practice 6 ? Permanent pasture or hay improvement. This practice ii for the improvement of estab lished permanent vegetative cover for soil protection. Practice ft? Forest improvement. This practice is for the improve ment or establishment of a stand of forest trees. Practice XI ? Open ditch drain age. This practice is for the con struction of permanent drainage ditches for the purpose of draining cropland or pastureland for which proper outlets are provided. Practice 12 ? Tile drainage. This practice is for the installation of underground drainage systems to dispose of excess water. Practice 14 ? Winter cover crops. This practice is for the establish ment of vegetative cover for win ter protection from erosion. Practice 17 ? Special conserva tion practice. A special conserva tion practice which provides for the spreading of lime and fertilizer by airplane on land on which oth erwise the material could not be spread. * The I960 program will begin January 1 and will end December 31. The signup period begins Jan uary 4 and extends through Janu ary 22. All farmers should file their requests during this period to be sure of their share of the assistance that will be available. Redden To Speak At YDC Meeting Mr. Monroe Redden, Jr., State Chairman of the Young Democra tic Club*, will be the principal speaker at the meeting of the Wa tauga County YDC to be held at the Boone Trail Restaurant'* Ap palachian Room Thursday even ing December 10 at 7:30. A turkey dinner will be served at $1.25 per person. Those wish ing to attend should make reserva tions with Phil Brewer at the Boone Trail no later than Wed nesday noon. Speeding Leads Local Arrests Speeding caused the arerst of eight persons last week in Wa tauga county, according to reports made by Patrolmen W. D. Teem and George Baker. Public drunk eness caused the arrest of two per sona, while one each wore cited for: driving drunk; Improper past ing; atop sign violation; and driv ing on expired operator's license. THE WINNERS. ? Coach Roy Brown, left, ol Smtthftcld, accepti State 2-A Football Championahip trophy from "Hap" Perry, director N. C. Athletic Aaaociation. Looking on U one of the player* who helped win the trophy. Co-captain Phil Ennla. Smithfleld beat Appalachian Blue Devila 20-0 in the Saturday afternoon game at Boone.? Staff photo. Aid Of Public Sought In Sending Yule Mail The full cooperation of the pub lic is essential in handling Christ ma? mail effeciently and economi cally, Acting Postmaster Cook ad vised today. Patrons should deposit all mail for distant states immediately to aasure their delivery before Christ mas day. Greeting cards for local delivery should be mailed not lat er than December 16th, and par cels for post offices within North Carolina should be mailed at least two weeks before desired delivery date. Within the next few days pat rons will receive local and out of town labels for which it will be appreciated if they will separate and tie mail into local city and out of town packages, Mr. Cook said. These packages may then be deposited in collection boxes, given to your carrier for deposit, or may be left at a special post office window provided for thi? mail at the main office. Rural patrons are reminded that their rural carrier* have a effici ent supply of stamps to meet their Christmas needs, and that during the month .if December the poet office department require* that all rural patrons prepare and stamp their mail before deposit is made into their rural boxes. Christmas greeting cards to any destination in the United States require three cents postage each provided they are unsealed and contain no written messages. Seal ed greeting cards or greeting cards with written messages re quire that the first claas rate of postage of four cents per ounce be added. Any patron desiring information regarding postal matters may tele phone the poet office at AM 4 3813. Problems Of Aged Are Aired At Lions Club Gifts Sought For Orphanage An annual contribution will be made by local businessmen and othera to the Grandfather Home for Children at Banner Elk, to contribute to the happineaa of the children at Chriatmaa time. It ia pointed out that thia if the only orphana' home which caret principally for our own children, right here at home, and it it hoped the contribution thia year will be good. Contributioaa ahould be given or lent to Guy Hunt, Rob Rivera, W. H Gragg or W. W. Cheater aa quickly aa poaaible. Blowing Rock Legionnaires To Repair Toys Members of the Blowing Rock Poet American Legion have open ed a temporary ahop, where they are' spending their spare time, re pairing second hand toys to be given to the needy children of Blowing Rock School. U ia asked that all those who have surplus toys, deliver them to the Blowing Rock Fire Depart ment at once In order that the* may be repaired, or repainted la timt for Christmas. The Lion* Club of Boone, at iti first December meeting, wu en tertained and instructed by a dis cussion by Dr. H. M. Cooke of the problems and chronic illnesses of the aged, covering fully the past and present provisions for the care of such people and the increasing proportion of the population now included in this group. Dr. Cooke stressed strongly the critical importance of more com plete care in private as well as public homes and the need for In creasing the employment of those who are beyond the age of sixty five, insisting that even up to eighty-five many are still employ able. The annual sale of calendars was a marked success. Lion Guy Hunt received recognition for the sale of the largest number and Lion J. H. Thomas for the next largest. The net proceeds from this sale go right Into the work with the partial and complete sightless. Lion Guy Angel] presented the project of recruiting additional members for the Appalachian Alumni Asaociation among those who have had some direct rela tionship with the college. Already about 180 members have been secured la this area. The next December meeting, on the 10th, will be the Christmas ladies night with sppropriste pro gram and gift;- lor the ladies. Com plete announcement of the pro gram will be given at a later date. -'rri U. S. prosecutions foreseen la TV frauds. Local Volume Is Wav Ahead Of Last Year Activity in the headquarters of the Mountain Burley Warehouse Company this week makes the pro verbial bee hive seem like siesta time During its first ten days of sell ing in this new season, the ware house has sold 2,632,946 pounds, according to Miss Harriet L. Sikes. This tremendous volume is about three-quarters of a million pounds above the volume sold for the cor responding period last year, she said, and has been sold at sub stantially the highest average of any North Carolina market. The smooth working and effici ent methods of the warehouse have easily met the task of handling the Increased volume, and growers can now be assured of a sale the same day they bring their crop in, Mrs. Sykes said. The warehouse will close its mar ket for the Christmas holiday at the close of selling on December 18, and will reopen for sales again on January 4. STALLINGS Stallings Is Chairman Of Scout Group B. W. Stallings will be installed Thursday night as Watauga District chairman when the Boy Scouts of the county meet with their friends and parents for a covered dish supper in Fellowship Hall of the Boone Methodist Church. The supper is an annual affair and will honor Out-going officers as well as the new slate. Marvin Deal, who was district chairman last year, is urging a big turnout for the event. "Drinks and eating utensils will be furn ished" he said in urging attend ance. "The main thing is for the parents, the leaders, the scouts, cuba, and explorers to come and bring the food." All district lead ers and their wives are expected to attend. Also expected to be present for the occasion arc Roscoe Stevens, scout executive from Old Hickory Council in Winston-Salem; and Hugh Griffith, field scout repre sentative for Watauga. A speaker from Winston-Salem will be on tl hand. The Watauga District commit tee, according to the list furnished by Mr. Stallings includes: Vice chairman ? Bill Bingham. j||; District commissioner ? F. E. Arndt. Operating committees ? Health A. 3 and Safety: Dr. H. M. Cook, chair man; Dr. James P. Greene and Woodrow Richardson; Finance: Dr. Lawrence Owsley; Advancement: Dr. Ray Derrick, chairman; Wil liam Winkler and Joe Minor; Camping and Activities: Kent Rob inson. chairman, Howard Williams and Marvin Deal; Leadership Training: Joe Ed-|, misten, chairman, and Dr. W. E. Fulmer; Organization and Exten > 'k, ' ?
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