Newspapers / Watauga Democrat. / Feb. 18, 1960, edition 1 / Page 1
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FOR BEST RESULTS ??' advertisers invariably vae the columns of the Democrat. With its full pud circulation, intenaely covering the local shopping area, ii is the beat advertising medium available. An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Second Year of Continuous Publication VOLUME LXXII?NO. M BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS, IMS ASC Results In Watauga Pointed Out ? A summarization of the accom plishment* of the 1099 Agricul tural Conservation Program has Just been nude by County ABC Office Manager, H. L. Shepherd. In reviewing these accomplish ments it was found that one or more of the nine conservation practices was carried out on 1162 farms in the county A permanent cover of 896 acres was seeded on 403 farms with ACP assistance of 918,496. Also this *ame type of practice was carried out in In creased rotation cover with 341 acres on 219 farms, the ACP coat sharing being 97,211. Ground limestone was applied to 1166 acres on 210 farms, ACP assistance being $7,002. This does not include 2446 tons used in carrying out permanent cover and improving meadows and pastures. 139 acre* of trees were set on 26 farms, with cost-share assist ance of $1,620. More acres were treated with a larger expenditure than on any other practice in the improvement of permanent pas ture and hay acreage. 2999 acres were treated with lime, fertilizer and seed on 678 farms at an ACP cost of 930,097. The timber stand improvement practice vu carried out on 4 acres on 2 farms with a payment of $32. The open ditch drainage practice was carried out on 8 acres on 7 farms with ACP sharing the coat in the amount of $219. Tile drain age was carried out on 28 firms, with 19 acrA involved in the practice, the ASC assistance amounting to $1,098. Winter cov er crop* were seeded on 070 acres on 292 farms with a cost-share as sistance of $1,909. Participating farms involved, 83,863 acres of farmland, 24,364 acres of cropland, and 22,887 acres of non-crop pasture. Total net ASC assistance amounted to $79,827 of which $12,163 was the amount of the small pay t ?crease as provided by law to farms car rying out practices, the cost-share value of which is from $1 to $199. Funds are still available for re quests for practices under the 1960 Agricultural Conservation Program, and farmers who have not already filed their requests are urged to do so at once. Richard Hollar Dies Sunday Richard Hollar, 76, retired State priion camp guard, of Blow ing Rock, died at Watauga Hospi tal Sunday. Funeral service* were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Blowing Rock Baptist church. Rev. Carlton Cox and Rev. E. F. Troutman officiated and burial was in the Hine cemetery near Boone. A son of the late Andy Hollar and Caroline Isaacs Hollar, Mr. Hollar waa born and reared ill Watauga county. He is survived by the widow, two sons and six daughters: Jeff Hollar, Boone; Duke Hollar, Sher wood; Mrs. Doris Teague, Blowing Rock; Mrs. Chas. WUcox, Mrs. Eb er Sherrill, Boone; Mrs. Bina Wyke, Lenoir; Mrs. Ethel Pres nell, Wilmington; Mrs. Joe Saka lukas, Alexandria, Va. There are two brothers, Eugene Hollar, Arlie Hollar, Boone; two half sis ters, Mrs. Charlie Hartley, Vilas; Mrs. Ed Moody, Blowing Rock; twenty-eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Clark Funeral Held In Lenoir Mrs. Essie Mast Clark, 80 years old, of Valle Crucis, died last Thursday at the home of a daugh ter, Mrs. Lister Thornton, of "harlotte, following an illness of i month. , Funeral services were held Sat irday at the First Methodist Aurch in Lenoir, by Rev. Mr. Duncan and Rev. Alvin A. Wilson ind burial was in the Bellview cemetery, Lenoir. The widow of William D. Clark if Vaile Crucis and daughter of Villiam Harrison Mast of Valle ;ntcis, she is survived by two on* and a daughter: Joe M. Hark, Jackson, Miss.; William D. Hark, Jr., Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. Li* er Thornton, Charlotte. There is step-daughter, Mr*. Louise Mor ey, Lenoir, nine grandchildren ad two great grandchildren MAN OF THE YEAR. ? John Corey, left, recipient of the Boone Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award for 1959, chat* informally with his wife, Jane, and Norman Isenhour, president of the Jaycees, following announcement of hi> selection as Watauga Man of the Year. He was honored by the Jaycees at a banquet Saturday night. ? Staff photo Joe Minor. John Corey Wins Coveted Man Of Year Award From Jaycees Mrs. Hollar Funeral Held Mrs. Virginia Inez Hollar, 43, wife of Hight Hollar of Route 2, Boone, died Wednesday at Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem of a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral services were held at Three Forks Baptist Church Fri day by Rev. Homer F. Greene, Rev. Raymond Hendrix, and Rev. W- C. Payne and burial was in tha Rpy cemetery. A daughter of Grady G. Brown and the late Mrs. Brown, she was married April 20, 1935. She had been a member of the Baptist Church since an early age. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Don Miller, Mrs. Wayne Trip lett, Mrs. Shaney Greer, Boone; a brother, William Brown of Boone, a sister, Mrs. Talmadge McGuire of Sugar Grove; and a half-sister Miss Maxine Brown, Boone. The husband, father and stepmother survive. There are threa grand children. Coffee Sales To Heart Fund Mr*. W. W. Littleton, chairman of the Watauga Heart Fund cam paign, now in progress, announced Monday that nearly all of Friday's (Feb. 19) coffee sales receipts in BoAne restaurants will be donated to the Heart Fund. The money will be used in the Heart associa tions' fight afcainst heart diseases. Mrs. Littleton urged frequent coffee breaks Friday. "Relax and drink coffee; save your heart; help save other hearts." Demo Meeting Is Postponed The Democratic Executive com mittee meeting, which had been planned for Monday, was postpon ed until Saturday, it was learned Tuesday. Main purpose of the meeting is to name a successor to Dr. D. J. Whitener, who resigned from the county school board, and to recom mend a county elections board roster. Former Foscoe Man Succumbs Ernest Callo?tiy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Calloway, formerly of Foscoe, died in Covington, Ky., Monday at 3 o'clock, according to word reaching relatives here. Funeral services for Mr. Callo way, who was a brother of Mrs. Wayne Gragg of Boone, will be held in Covington Friday after noon. Surviving are the widow and two children. France investigates plotting In Algiers. John F. Corey, Appalachian State Teachers College Alumni Secretary, was chosen by the Boone Junior Chamber of Com merce to receive the Distinguish ed Service Award, and at the same time was named Boone's Man of the Year. Mr. Corey was honored Satur day night by the Jaycees at a din ner at the Daniel Boone Inn. The dinner was attended by members of the Jaycees and their wives. Mrs. Corey was a special guest. Norman Icenhour, Jaycee presi dent, was toastmaster, and Grady Moretz, Jr. vice-president, told of the requirements a candidate for the DSA must meet. Billy Ralph Winkler, chairman of the DSA committee, read the letter in which Mr. Corey was nominated. The letter was signed by Mrs. Ear leen Pritchett, director of public relations at Appalachian, and Miss Carmen Carter, photographer. Among the many reasons given for Mr. Corey's nomination in the letter were the fact that he writes a weekly column, "School And Your Child", which is car ried by a number of North Caro lina papers; he is a free lance writer and photographer and as such publicizes the college, Boone, and Watauga county; he ha* colla borated with Dr. Herbert W. Wey on a book concerning a study of how deaegration has taken place In many parts of the South; he is a member of the Boone Chamber of Commerce and has served on several publicity committees pub licizing Western North Carolina. Boone's Young Man of the Year is a member of the college faculty and under his leadership as sec retary the Alumni Association membership has grown to the largest in its history. Mr. Corey was chosen to the Board of Jud ges for the Mayflower and Sir Walter Raleigh Awards for the btart fiction and non-fiction buoka written in North Carolina during the past year. , ' Mr. Corey has accompanied a pictorial exhibit to almost every county and district meeting of the North Carolina Education Associa tion held in the state, the exhibit including not only photographs of the college but of Boone, Watauga county and area. "Boone and Watauga county owe a great deal to John Corey," the letter of nomination reads, "for the attention he has focused upon them throng the pages of the dally and weekly newspapers, Scouts, Cubs Attend Recognition Program More than fifty Scouts and Cuba, and their parents and friends attended the special re cognition program at Boone Bapt ist church Thursday evening and heard Lieutenant W. B. York, Jr. tell how his Scouting experiences have helped him during his career in the Navy. Lieutenant York, who has been stationed at the Naval Air Station at Port Lyautey, Morocco, waa an Eagle Scout in a troop seventeen years ago of which B. W. Stallings was Scoutmaster. Lieutenant York had with him his merit badge sash with 35 merit badges attach ed. This created Quite a bit of in terest among the young Scouters attending the meeting. The meeting was presided over by Bill Bingham, assistant chair man of Watauga district. Stanley A. Harris, bolder of fifty years service award told of some of his experiences in Scouting. Dr. Lawrence H. Owsley, one of the most active Scouts r? in the district and the Old Hickory Coun cil, displayed the Silver Beaver Award which he recently receiv ed. The Silver Beaver m the high est award given in Scouting. All the troops, Scoutmasters, Cuba, den mothers and adult lead ers were recognized. Also present at the meeting was Roacoe Stevens, Scout Executive of Winston-Salem, who compli mented the leadership and Scouts in Watauga county. He also said interviews are being held in an effort to secure a field executive for this district. WATAUGA SCOUTS? More than 00 Scouts, Cuba, and their loader* were present at Scout Kecogntion Night Thursday la the tint Dap M till Church buemcot. Parent! and friend* of the Scouting more tao pmant Staff photo Joe Minor. m Travel Nears i Normal Here By First Week Boone hid sixteen inches of ?now dumped on her over thi week end, much of which wu still aroftnd Tuesday. Traffic was slow ed, and in many cases cars had not moved since the first flakes fell late Friday night. The temper atures ranged from 34 degrees Friday, down to nine Sunday night. The snow, greatest this season, began falling shortly before mid night Friday, and by Saturday morning between nine and ten inches was on the ground. The weather did not feel too cold as very little breeze was stirring to blow the snow about. By noon Saturday, two to three Inches more snow had falleh. - During the afternoon the wind began to blow, and the snow turn ed into a light rain and sleet, forming a crust on top of the snow. By nightfall snow was again falling, and the wind was whipping some of the snow into drifts. The sleet, however, in forming the icy , crust, kept the snow from drifting as much as it did a few years back, when sub-zero weather and bliz zard-like winds kept Watauga ns in for several days. Snow continued falling until the middle of Sunday. The windi blew the *now from treei and wire* where it had hung in Christkias card-like fashion. By Monday morning, drifts were beginning to form and caused motorists some trouble in getting to work. < Street and highway maintenance crews were on the job soon after the snow started falling. Main highways were kept open, and al though bus and trucking schedules were cancelled or held to a min imum Saturday and Sunday, they were all back on schedule Monday. Motorists who could get into the scraped streets and highways Saturday and Sunday were able to get about with the aid of chains. Schools in the county were closed Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday, but Superintendent of Schools W. Guy Angell said Tues day that schools would be operat ing Thursday. All bus routes were expected to be cleared by that time. Mail service was hampered some what by the snow, according to Acting Poatmaster Lyle B. Cook. Rural delivery suffered the most, he said, becauae it was impossible for carriers to reach boxes because the roads were not passable. Ser vice on the rural routes was be ing restored as fast as the road crews opened the roads. Some patrons still were not receiving mail Tueaday, but Mr. Cook ex pected the service to be back to normal soon. All Incoming and outgoing mails were met In some caaes it was late, throwing delivery out of schedule. The Highway Postoffices did not seem to have too much trouble getting about, but in one case the bus was delayed almost six hours because a truck had turn ed sideways on the highway and (continued on page four* HEAVY SNOW.? The meUl awning at Boone Flower Shop broke looae from its mooring* late Saturday night from the weight of the week end ?now. Mr. and Mr*. Harold Hartley, owner* of the *hop, were preparing to go home, and had already locked the doora and were cleaning the anow from their car when the awning fell. It waa repaired and put back up Monday. ? Staff photo. , / v. SCENES LIKE THIS were ?11 over Boone Saturday, u mow fell and clung to treea and wires. There waa about twelve to thirteen inches of mow on the ground at the time this picture was taken, and more fell Saturday night and Sunday.? Staff photo. j Best Weed Varieties To Be Di$cu*sed Here Burley tobacco varieties that do beat In Watauga County will be the leading topic fv discussion at the Tobacco meeting Friday after noon, February 19, 1:30 at Cove Creek High School Agricultural Building. The reaulta of the ISM variety tests will be made known, and special tobacco production problema, such aa diseases, in sects, weed control, harvesting and , curing will be shown with slides and charta. Roy R. Bennett, and Glenn Max well will assist with the meeting. Harrison Resigns o School Board Post J. W. Harrison, chief mechanic for the Watauga County Board of Education since March of 1044, haj resigned hia poiition to accept the poaition of School Bui Tra Hi por tion Superviaor for Mecklenburg County Sehoola, it wan announced thia week by W. Guy Angell, Sup erintendent of Sehoola. Mr. Harriaon'a reaignation takes effect the laat day of thia month, and he will aaaume hia new po sition March 1. During hia tenure of work In Watauga, Mr. Harrison has seen the school bus system grow from 27 buses to 53 regular buaaea and 21 auxiliary buses and service ve hicles. He now has the services of three aaaiatant mechanics and one book keeper. When he began work for the county he had only one aaaiat ant. They operated in garage fa cilities under the county office building. Now the school garage is in a modernly equipped build ing. In hia work here, Mr. Harriaon has been responsible for the main ??? nance of. all county owned Ve hicles. supervising the operation and administration ai the county school garage, supervising the training of all school boa driven, and coordinating the routing of mi buses in cooperation with princi pal* and other achool officials. In hi* new work, Mr. Harrison will be responsible for one of the largest transportation system* in the state. The system has 229 school buses plus auxiliary ve hicles. He will supervise the work of a foreman and IS mechanics. Mr. Angell, in announcing the resignation of Mr. Harrison, ex pressed the regret of the County Board of Education in losing hia services. He said, however, "The new position in Mecklenburg coun ty is a promotion deserved by a man who has worked hard to constantly improve transportation facilities in this county. His suc cessful work experience here and bis knowledge of state transpor tlon procedure* well quaii Tic* him for this promotion." Elmer Houck Rites Heldlll West Jefferson ? Tho funeral Elmer .Eugene Houck. 74. of Todd, who died at 3.13 Wednesday, was conducted at 2:30 p. m. Friday at Blackbarn Chapel Methodist Church, with burial following fa the Howell eemotary.
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