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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
Section B
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1M1
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Betty Leonard's Visit To Bloodmobile Pictures Steps Taken By Donors
BLOODMOBILE VISIT. ? Reading across, left to right are shown Betty
Leonard and Bill Fowlgr, ASTC students, as they posed in a group
of pictures when they visited the Red Cross Bloodmobile last week.
First picture shows them as their temperatures were checked. Second,
Mrs. Jimmy Collins, R.N., checks Betty's blood pressure. Third,
Or. William Smith gets information about her health. Fourth, Betty
gets blood type test. Fifth, Betty and Bill pick up containers for their
blood. Sixth, the Red Cross nurse chats with Betty as she donates
blood. And seventh, that big "it didn't hurt at all" grin as they
get lapel pin showing they were one of the 231 dotting blood,
helping Watauga county go over it* quota for the fall visit of the
bloodmobile. During the visit 22 persons reached the Gallon Club,
five the Two-Gallon Club, and two the Three-Gallon Club. ? hotos
Flowers' Photo Shop. " ~ *
231 Pints Blood Given
In Watauga Last Week
Thos. Lawrence
Rites Are Held
Thomas Eugene Lawrence, 36,
of Alexandria, Va. died at Mount
Alto Veterans Hospital in Wash
ington, D. C. October 20 from a
heart ailment.
He left Watauga county in 1990
r and had lived in Alexandria since.
He was a veteran of the last
world war, entered the army in
1943. Held the Purple Heart, Good
Conduct and European battle rib
bons. He had been employed by
the Army under Civil Service at
the Fort Belvoir army base.
A son of James B. Lawrence of
Mountain City, Tenn., who sur
vives and the late Dollie Thomas
Lawrence, he is survived also by
the widow and a daughter, Peggy
Jean of the home. There are two
brothers and four sisters: Stauffer
and Rainey Lawrence of Balti
more, Md., Mrs. Juanita Thomas,
Newport News, Va.. Mrs. EsteU
May, Mrs. Pauline Thomas, Trade,
Tenn.; Mr*. Deluth Brown, Boone.
Burial was in Arlington Nation
al cemetery with military honors.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile left
Boone last Thursday afternoon
with 231 pints of blood, which
represented a record turnout for
\ bloorijnobile visit to Boone, Joe
McClung, local bloodmobile of
ficial, said this week. The amount
exceeded Watauga's quota by 31
pints.
In praising those who came out
for the visit, Mr. McClung said:
"It is always gratifying when work
ing on a project such as this, so
important to all of us, that col
lege and community pitch in and
work together to reach a goal and
even go over. Not only do we
thank all the donors, but also those
that were rejected for some reason
or another."
He especially cited the twenty
nine employees of IRC, twenty-sev
en of Shadowline, and college stu
dents and faculty for their coop
eration.
During the visit, two persons,
George Flowers, Jr., and Mrs. Lois
Chester, reached the three-gallon
mark in giving of blood to the Red
Cross. Reaching the two-gallon
mark were James A. Green, Wil
liam L. Eury, Marshall Hsrgrave,
Jack W. Groce and Fred Mast.
Recognized tor reaching the one
gallon mark were Hal Johnson,
A. E. Moretz, Bill Gregg, Dean E.
Hall, Jamei L. Hall, Dr. Lawrence
H. Owsley, Bonnie Cornell, Neil
Stewart, Fred Gragg, Norman Is- 1
enhour, M. J. Norris, Ralph Hayes,
A. Vance Farthing, James R. Rea
ry, C. P. Calloway, Gilbert Barnei,
Jim W. Winkler, James Hennessee,
Mary Alice Huff, Hubert Tester,
Bill J. Cook, and Steve Gabriel.
Which is just another way of saying that It takes money to keep a family moving for
ward to the better things of life that everybody wants: a better education for the chil
dren, a better home for tjie family, financial independence in the years ahead. How
can you accumulate the money that makes possible this better way of living? There's
just one sure way: systematic saving. Regular deposits In your savings account will
take you where you want to get.
Your saving! mean even more when yon save
here, thanks to liberal interest, compounded
regularly. Come in . . . start saving now.
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