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: FOR BEST RESULTS advert iters invariably use the column! of the Democrat. With its (all paid circulation, intenaely covering the local shopping area, it U the beat advertising medium available. An Independent Weekly Wewpaper . . . Seventy-Third Year of Continuous Publication HUCE: FIVE CENTO BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOBTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY li, 1M? VOLUME LXXIII. ? NO X PART or THE CROWD ATTENDING FEDERAL LAND BANK ASSOCIATION OF BOONE STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING STOCKHOLDERS HEAR REPORT Federal Land Bank Association Meeting Attended By Nearly 1,000 Cove Creek Club Seeks Doctor For Community Following the barbecue rapper by the Cove Creek Community Club last Friday, about 79 persons met and heard Mrs. Annette Bout well of the State Medical Society speak on how to secure a physician for the community. A move is underway in the Cove Creek com munity to have a doctor locate there. About 190 people attended the barbecue, and Jerry Adams, spokes man for the club, offered special appreciation to those who attended, those who helped prepare the meal, and to those who helped serve. Following Mrs. Boutwell's talk, a discussion was held on the prob lem of securing a doctor, and on a motion from the floor, a commit tee was appointed to work out de tails on getting a doctor. 'The committee appointed in elude)] JL'H. Town send, Willie Cole, Stanley A. Harris, I. B. Wil son, R. G. Shipley, W. R. Vines, and Jerry Adams. This committee met Saturday afternoon to discuss plans and elected as temporary president Mr. Harris, and as secre tary, Mr. Adams. The committee issued an invita tion to other communities to send representatives supporting this pro ject to a special meeting called for Monday, July 18, at 7:30 o'clock' in the Cove Creek High School gymnasium. Mr. Adams said, "Two physicians have indicated an interest in lo cating here (at Cove Creek), and it is felt that one will do so. There are problems which must be worked out, so everyone Inter ested is requested to attend/' Stockholders of the Federal Land Bank Association of Boone held their annual meeting Satur day morning in the courthouse, and heard John Hollar, manager, report the association had ? net earning of 97,691.04 in the fiacal year just paaaad. They *lw heard a speech by Bufus B. Clarke, p?Sr ident of Federal Land Bank of Columbia, S. C., and re-elected their board ef directors. The meeting, presided over by S. C. Eggers, president, was at tended by an estimated 1 ,000 peo ple, and included the giving away of cash and merchandise as well as information pertaining to the association. T. E. Haigler, regional manager of the Federal Land Bank, of Baleigh, presided over the "give-away" portion of the pro gram. He passed uut silver dollars to lucky people in the audience, as well as the merchandise. Conley Cheek of Fleetwood was the winner of the grand prize, a portable TV set. Mr. Clarke reminded the stock holders they were meeting for the first time under the name of Fed eral Land Bank Association of Boone, and explained the name HORN IN THE WEST ? Tbi? pioneer mottier and daughter are two of the more than 100 warmly human characters teen nightly in Kermft Hunter's "Horn in the West. This -cene portrays the tenderness and warmth of the pioneer spirit of the times. The frontier child and mother are portrayed by Karen King, 3 years old, ot Montgomery Ala, and Elfcaeor Brodie of Birmingham, Ala. The show plays nightly except Monday at the Onkl Boone Theatre is Boone. Photo George Flowers, flowers Photo Shop. -V' ??? '. ' ' wii more appropriate than the previous name of National Farm Loan Association. He said the name more "clearly identifies them as part and parcel of the great Federal Land Bank System, pf which they are such important pajrts." * Mr Clarke stressed tfce import ance of agriculture today. He pointed out that leas farmers are producing more food and fiber than ever before in the history of the country. "We are living in a confused world ? a fast changing world," he said, "and our farmers are having to change fast to keep pace with all the world changes. It is the responsibility of our farm ers to produce the food, fiber, and shelter needed to feed and clothe the increasing world popu lation, and the challenge grows bigger with each passing year." This challenge emphasizes the need for the farmer to have sound and dependable source of credit to which they can turn when they need money, Mr. Clark said. "I'm sure that each of you is proud of the fine credit institution you have here in the Federal Land Bank Aasociation of Boone." Mr. Clarke praised the work of the officers and manager of the association, and urged the mem bers to tell others of the servicc offered by them. in nu report to the stockholders, Mr. HolUr said the association has loans outstanding of 92,867.100. He stated tfae net earnings of the aasociation for the year ending June 30 was $7,691.04. This was divided between the stockholders as dividends, and amounted to about 4% on their stock. Attending the meeting were people from all seven counties served by the association, and one person there, Miss Coleen Bohck, lives in London, England. She whs awarded a silver dollar for being at the meeting. The youngest per son attending, Mr. Haigler was able to find out in his quiz, was two months old, and the oldest was eighty-seven and a half years old. Directors re-elected were S. C. Eggers, Boone; J. Mac Moore, Granite Falls; E. S. Shatley, West Jefferson; Carloa Lee Mitchell, Sparta; and Gordon Chambers, State Road. mmm .Wg&TaE' EVERYBODY Ele To Be Hospital Benefit Planned A new role in the many-sided career of "Tweetsie," the narrow guage train that'i become a leg end of the hilli, will find the little coal burning Choo-Choo on a mil lion of mercy, when Grover Rob bing turns the entire "Tweetsie" installation over for a special bene fit night on August 10, with pro ceeds going to th? Blowing Rock Hospital. Grover, modest and retiring, will icy little about the generous con tribution, but members of the planning committee are enthusias tic in their praise of the program, which will offer to the special nighttime crowd all the facilities of the railroad, the tintype shop, the blacksmith shop, the Golden Nugget Saloon and the Country Store. In addition, special enter tainment is planned. A large dance pavillion is now under construction on the grounds, and other plans are being made to help add to the merriment of the occasion. "It's designed to be 4 big fun night," said Mrs. Orion A Mather, ehairman of the hospital committee, "and it's designed to be. what we hope will prove the social event of the summer." AU committee members were optimistic about the event, some of them predicting without reser vation that 't would be the biggest affair in every respect yet under taken in the hospital's behalf. All were equally quick to express their delight that Mr. Robbins was making the event possible at his own expense. All in all, it promises to be a gala affair, and its sponsors un hesitantly recommend it to all who will come, in the name of sweet charity, to enjoy the fun. Gail Osborne Killed In Va. Auto Accident Gail Jean Osborne, age 10, of Route 1, Trade, Tennessee was killed in an automobile accident at Woodstock, Va., July 7. She was returning home from Keiineth Square, Pennsylvania after a visit with her mother, Mrs. Goldle Os borne Wood. Surviving are her parents, Den ver Osborne of Chicago, 111., Mrs. Goldle Osborne Wood, a half bro ther of Kenneth Square, Pennsyl vana, one brother, Gary Osborne, Trade, Tenn., the grandparents, Mr. antf Mrs. Olen Osborne with whom she made her home, and Mr. and Mrs. Grover Reece, Trade, Tennessee. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Sunday at Zionville Baptist Church with the Rev. Victor Tri vett and the Rev. Paul Phillips in charge. Flower bearer* were school mates. Pallbearer* were cousins. I lllSW Interment was In the ZionvtUe cemetery. Mabel School To Get New Cafeteria, Library A cafeteria and library will be built at Mabel School, according to an announcement by W. Guy Aajetl, Superintendent of Schools. Advertisement for bida to cob struct the additions and install a new heating system in the school appear in this issue of the Demo crat. Onwrtlat to Mr. Aajall, the ?+ dition to the icbool will be con nected to the present structure by a covered walkway. Construction is expected to be fin immedalely after opening of sealed bida and awarding of the contract on Aug ust 4. It will probably It* occupied is October, or early la the achool J Savings & Loan Pays $ 100,000 Dividend The Watauga Savings and Loan Association paid ? semi-annual dividend in excess of $100,000.00 during the put six months, ac cording to Mr. W. H. Gragg, Sec retary-Treasurer of the Associa tion. It is the firit time in the firm's history to cross the "big business" dividing liqe, and enter the one hundred thousand dollar bracket on its semi-annual divi dend. Total assets of the Association are nearing the six million dollar mark, Mr. Gragg said, with a growth in the last six months in excess of a half million dollar*. In commenting on the remark able growth of the Association, Mr. Gragg said; "We want to ex press our appreciation to the peo ple of Watauga County for their Burley Shortage Expected In 1960 Current estimate* place the North Carolina burley crop at 19, 110,000 pound! from 9,800 acres according to the North Carolina Crop Reporting Service. This is 1,078,000 pounds short ot the 20, 188,000 crop produced from the same size acreage last year. The United States burley pro duction, forecast at 487,708,000 1 pounds for the nation would be 7 1 percent less than the 902^08,000 j pound* harvested In 1989. ATTENDING CONVENTION Mr. and Mrs. Rob Rivers are in Los Angeles, California, this week attending the Democratic Nation al Coaventon. Mr. Rivers is a dele gate representing the 9th District loyal lupport for nearly forty yean." And about the future he said: "We are looking forward with a great deal of expectancy to having our ihareholderi partici pate in dividend earning* exceed ing two hundred thousand dollars in the coming year." Appalachian Sees Record Registration The second six-week term and the third two-week term of the largest summer session in the his tory of Appalachian State Teach ers College will begin Monday, July 18. Nearly 1700 persons will regis ter on that day and the day fol lowing. This number will include lecent high school graduate* se curing a head-start with their col lege education, students from Ap palachian' and other colleges and universities who are accelerating their programs, and teachers and other educators renewing certifi cates and pursuing graduate de grees. A full-scale curriculum of un dergraduate and graduate courses will be offered during the six week term. Five special short workshop* will be offered during the two weeks from July 18-July 29. These are Elementary Education, Audio Visual Education, Teaching High School Mathematics, Elementary Art Education, and Mountain Folk Arts. Formal dedication of the new 100 KVA Beaver Creek substation jnd transmission system will be held Saturday, July 16, at 2:30 p.m. by Blue Ridge Electric Mem bership Corporation. The ceremony will' take place in the naw sub itation grounds one and one-haU miles southeast of West Jeffer son on the new Beaver Creek Hoad. This new facility is the latest addition to a system of 16 sub stations, over 3,300 miles of distri bution lines, and 119 miles of transmission lines. The first sub station was energized in 1038 with ".hree 75 KVA transformers serving 165 member-consumers. Today the 16 substations carry 44,000 KVA ( opacity serving 18,027 member consumers. This new substation is built to take care of future de velopment In Northwest North Carolina with a potential capacity of 100,000 KVA. Out-of-town guests for this mo mentous occasion will be Gwyn B. Price, chairman of the North Caro lina Rural Electrification Author ity, "Bill" Shertzer, operations field repreMntatlve of REA, rep lesentatives of Westinghousc Elec tric Corporation, officiala of Duke Power Company, including W. E. McGuire, president of Duke Power Company; repreaentatives of in dustries in Northwest North Caro lina served by Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, officials of the Northwest North Carolina L evelopment Association and mem bers of the cooperative. The Board of Directors of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Cor poration will hold their regular monthly meeting in West Jeffer son, Saturday morning, and will he boat to the out-of-town guest* at a luncheon prior to the dedication. Friends and members of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Cor poration are invited to attend this dedication ceremony and to tour these modern facilities which will be dedicated to the servioe and economic development of North west North Carolina. NEW BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION SUBSTATION Holiday Highlands Attracts Manx By RALPH TUGMAN The office phone rang in the motel. It was long dictance. "Friends of ours are driving up from Texas to meet us", said the New England voice on the line, "We're driving down from Connec ticut!, and we'll meet in Boone, North Carolina. I want to make reservations now for both parties for the two days we'll be together there." Not an unlikely beginning for a story from any motel operator here or any place. It's the ending that lifts the story eut of the or dinary, and m.ilfos it a heartening one for the Holiday Highlands. The two families met at the pre-arranged rendezvous, on sche dule for their two-day stay in the North Carolina mountains. The two days passed, and they approached the motel operator, enthusiastic ?bout the sights they were seeing, the golf they were playing, the things they were doing. They made final arrangements then, the two two families, to remain in Boom for their full summer vacation! From other motel operators around Boone the Democrat got the same enthusiastic repbrt of summer visitors pleased with their stay in our midst Said one owner, "I've been running a motel in (Continued on three) jui -A^agy,- j Bloodmobile In Boone Today; Need 137 Pints For Quota The Red Croas BloodmobUe will be in Boone today (Thurs.) from ' 11 a. m. until 9 p. m. on Appalach- i ian State Teachers College campus. < It will be located at East Hall in the lobby of the new wing, it was announced by Mrs. L. H. Owsley, blood chairman for the Watauga i blood program. East Hall is the girls' doirn on , the short street between the hos pital and Locust street. Ample parking space is available. Watauga County Chapter of | American Red Croas is affiliated with the Piedmont Carolina Rug- , ional Blood Center in Charlotte. , This region takes care of the , blood needs for 38 counties in the , two Carolines, and services 73 bos- , pitals. ' ?"'Iff' , All year long, Mondays through , Friday*, two blood mobiles are op- . crating in specified areas to keep , the supply of Wood going into the ; center to meet the needs of the people. Every day the participat ing hospitals order the blood they need from the center. The years quota* for Mood are determined by usage ?f Wood the ? , W ' ?' previous year, and are prorated. Watauga county is responsible for collecting 413 pint* in three visits, ?r 137 pints in April, July and Oc tober. When one visit doea not meet its quota it affects the en tire region, for schedule* are mad* jp ? year in advance. Watauga cmialty ia extremely fortunate to be able to participate in the Red Cross Blood Program Mrs. Owsley aaid. It assures the citiaens of the county of complete blood needs ever day of the y*<&. At times emergencies arise aftd mora blood is needed than was an ticipated; then the local hospitals must call for donors to meet the need. The blood used in this man ner is credited to the county quota ind the donors receive the same S tlx months blood credit for them telvcs and their families to uhen donating at a bloodmobile vWC Persona replaci .omeone. who had lot only erase the itUl receive the six
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