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~"t> 1W1 Nov. Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. la Nov. 13 54 SI 40 23 92 31 00 28 60 4 1 M 47 Total rain 0 35 inrh 34 36 40 50 51 N "S .02 tr. 1800 ? HL 35 25 47 14 S4 27 51 31 47 M 50 27 42 25 G A DEMOC . .. _ . _1T . _ .. ?' SL An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy 'Fourth "Year of Continuous Publication VOLUME LXXIV.-NO. 20 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER It, INI If PRICE 6 * SIXTEEN PAGES? TWO SECTIONS MRS. LURANIE BROYHILL Mrs. Luranie Broyhill, County's Oldest Citizen, Passes At 106 CHARLES L. ISLEY Chas. L. Isley Named Head Of Music X^onf erence Charles L. Isley of Appalachian State Teachers College, was elect ed president of the North Carolina Music Educators Conference at the close of the three -day fall con ference Monday, at Woman's Col lege, Greensboro. Mr. Isley succeeds R. Glenn Starnes of Durham. During the past year he served as vice presi dent of the conference. Other officers chosen were Mrs. Maxine Blackwell of Kernesrville, vice president; and two members at large of the board of directors, Clemens Sandresky, Salem College School of Music, Winston-Salem, and Donald Plott, Davidson College. Mrs. Marie Teague, Woman's College, is executive secretary. i. Perry Watson, formerly band director of Appalachian High School Band, is editor of the North Carolina Music Educator, official magazine of the music educators organization. Some 400 school and college leaders attended the conference. Union Thanksgiving Service Planned Union Thanksgiving Service will be observed in Grace Lutheran Church on Wednesday evening at 7:00. The menage will be delivered by Rev. W. T. Ferneyhough, Rec tor of St. Lukes Episcopal Church, with the church choir under the direction of Mrs. Walton Cole will lead the music. A Thanksgiving offering will be received for migrant workers In our State. Come and give thanks. Service will be broadcast over WATA. Ford fund gives )15,0t0,000 lot ?tudies. p.... ? ^ . Mrs. Luranie Broyhill, 106 years old, and perhaps Wa tauga county's oldest citizen, died Saturday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fred Cox of Triplett. Familiarly known as "Granny Lou," Mrs. Broyhill spent her enttr* Jtfe in the Triplett community, where she was born. It is said that she never ventured out of the home neighborhood but once, when she traveled to Johnson City, Tenn., to visit an ailing son. Optimists To Honor Youth At Banquet "Today's young people stand for decency, not delinquency. Let's en list the citizens of Boone in a pro gram to give youth i ptt on the back," David N. Spainhour, presi dent of the Optimist Club of Boone, told members as they pass ed a resolution to hold a Youth Appreciation Week program Nov ember 13-19. The week-long program will be dedicated to redeeming the repu tation of the 93 per cent of today's teenagers who do not get in trouble with the law. Jack Williams, Chairman of the Youth Appreciation Week Pro gram, announced that they will have a Parent-Teen banquet on Thursday, November 16, to honor the teenagers of the community. Mr. Williams urged that aU par ents bring their teenagers and show them their appreciation. In 1M0, over 1500 Optimist clubs in the United States and Canada participated in Youth Apprecia tion Week, giving three million teenagers a "pat on the back." Optimist International is an 80, 000 member men'a service organi zation with 2000 clubs in the United States and Canada. The Optimist club of Boone has been in existence since 1909 and has 15 members. wnen interviewed ai ine age 01 103, Mrs. Broyhill attributed her long life to hard work. She said that her husband, Louis Rainey Broyhill, suffered a spinal injury as a young man, and she did much of the plowing, chopping of wood and other work incident to the rearing of their 11 children. For a number of years, Mrs. Broyhill had spent most of her time indoors in her old rocking chair. In winter time she enjoyed the fire on the hearth in the liv ing room of the Cox home, jnd "puttering around the house.' Funeral services were conduct ed at the Mount Ephriam Baptist Church at Triplett Sunday at 2 o' clock. The Rev. Wendell Critcher and the Rev. Lonnie Carlton were in charge of the rites and burial was in the Cox cemetery. Mrs. Doll Gryder On Democrat Staff Mrs. Dott W. Gryder, has resign ed her positon as editor and mana ger of the Robbins Record, Rob bins, N. C. to join the staff of the Watauga Democrat. Mrs. Gryder, who was reared in Laurel Creek township, and who returns to her home county after many years abaence has been em ployed by H. Clifton Blue, publish er of the Robbrna Record and the Sandhill Citizen at Aberdeen for some time. Under Mrs. Gryder'* leadership the Moore County week ly grew and proapered. Before going to Robbins Mrs. Gryder worked with newspapers in Rockingham and Hamlet. She went to work at the Democrat Monday. Devils To Meet Murphy For Regional Championship Appalachian High School, win der for the fourth straight year of the Dlatriet 7-AA champion ?hip, will Met Murphy, Diatrict S-AA champion*, Friday night to determine tho Western Keglonal Dr. ftoy R. Blanton, Appalach ian High School principal, (aid the gamo will be played at A?he rlllei Memorial 8tadium at S:M p. m. Admlialon price, let hy the State Athletic AnedaUea far championship (aloes, will he $1.5* for all spectators. Tkis la the third itrai(ht year Appalachian has played Mur phy in tfce post-season games. The Bine Devils have won all the eon testa. Murphy has a year record of 11-4, while Coach Jack Grace's squad haa aa H-l record. The game will be the final post-season play for both teams. The winner will be denlamd the DR. H. M. COOKE Dr. Cooke Again Heads Seal Sale Th? annual Tuberculosis Christ mas Seal Drive for 1861 opened Monday with Dr. H. M. Cooke again serving as seal campaign chairman. More than 2,800 letters with seals were mailed Monday to Wa tauga citizens asking that they use the Christmas Seals, and f?r their support of the project. Watauga is a part of the Tri County TB Association, which in cludes both Alleghany and Ashe. In these three units, a large num ber of letters were mailed. Prior to the mailing of the letters and seals, they were prepared for mail ing at the home of Mrs. Lee Reyn olds with the assistance of mem bers of the Worthwhile Womans Club of which Mrs. Homer Brown is president. Greater effort! are being con tinually made to reach more of the population, service to the tri county organization, as well aa giv ing more people of each county an opportunity to take a part In the sponsorship through the seal campaign, according to Mrs. Ruth T. Draughon, executive secretary of the association. Watauga county, along with the other two counties of the associa tion, sponsors the free chest X rays each year, reaching thousands of persons. Other efforts are made in the care and detection of this dreaded disease as well as stamp ing it out. Directors in Watauga of the TB Association are: Mrs. Herman Wil cox, Lyle COok, Mrs. John Houck, Mrs. Mae Miller. Dr. James Greene, Dr. H. M. Cooke, Dr. R H. Har mon, Mrs. W. R. Richardson, Mr*. Bruce Oreene, Everett* Widener, Mrs. Homer Brown, and Howard Mast, Jr. School* To Close For Thanksgiving The County Board of Education announces that the Watauga nchools will dose on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at the end of the school day for the Thanksgiving holiday*. Claaaee will ivmum on Monday, Hov. 27. PLANS MADE FOR BREAKFAST __ _ _ ? _ ___ | United Fund Is Mapping Speedy, Thorough Drive Committee For Advanced Gifts Is Ready To Go The campaign for the Watauga County United Fund is getting un der way in good shape, says Stan ley A. Harris, president. The advanced gifts committee had an enthusiastic meeting Fri day and each member of the com mittee accepted all assignments with happiness and enthusiasm. Their actual work is not supposed to start until the 20th, but they are ready to go, Mr. Harris says. Already contributions and cash are coming in. Five pledges for $100 each have been received and a number of smaller ones. Ar rangements are under way in one or two of the plants to make the solicitation this week. A folder giving specific informa tion about each fund has been printed and is available for general distribution. Thoae Interested in getting more details cyi secure copies of the folder by calling at the office of the president, second floor of the Watauga Savings and Loan Building or by telephoning 264-3077. Director Harris said: "I have never started a campaign that looked more encouraging. Every body that has commented on it said that United is the only Intelligent .way, and they are enthusiastically preparing to really work it" There will probably be as many as 100 people in all the different departments of the active cam paign, which begins December 4. One of the recommendations, which apparently has been enthusiasti cally accepted, Is that every solic itor will sign his or her own pledge card before soliciting anyone else. Mr. Harris said, "Cecil Miller joined me in signing our pledges ao that we are ready to approach the other fellow with a clear con science." Plans arc being made for an opening breakfast, Monday, Decem ber 4, Mr. Harris said, and a quick campaign finishing with a noon victory luncheon on December 12. "Mr. Miller and I are most grate ful for the enthusiastic coopera tion we have received thus far, Mr. Harris commented, and we feel sure it will be continued until the goal ia reached." Burley Show And Sale Set The Junior Tobacco Show and Sale will be held Wednesday, De cember 6, in Boone. All tobacco entered in the event Siuat be delivered to the ware ouae Tueaday, December S. All club members must submit the 4-H 'Record Book to R. G. Shipley, vo ag. teacher at. Cove Creek, or to W. C. Richardson, assistant county ?griculutral agent, Boone, by No vember 24. Rites Are Held For Clint Mast William Clinton Hast, 52, of Route 1 Vilas died unexpectedly at a heart attack at Watauga Hos pital on November 7. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Gladys Glenn; one daughter, Mrs. Leslie M. Humph reys, of Daytona Beach, Fla.; his mother, Mrs. A. N. Mast, Vilaa; four brothers, Joe Mast and Fred Mast, Boone, Robert Maaat, Sher wood, and Ray Mast, Jackson, Mich.; sis aisters, Mrs. Emma Tay lor, Sugar Grow*, Mrs. Daisy Sheeks, Battle Creek, Mich., Mrs. Pearl Page, Chriatenburg, Va? Mrs. Grace Hunter, Eatea Park, Colo., Mrs. Mildred Cornelius, Johnson City, Tsnn., and Mrs Sua Lavoi, Detroit, Mich. Funeral services ware held at Willowdale Church, Vilas, on Thumdsy with the Rev. Maurice Cooper, Rev. Ed Gore and Rev. C, 0. Vance officiating. Interment was in ttw Mountlawn Memorial a*nton* : PRICE LAKE REFILLS Lakes Are Cleared Of Rough Fish Price Lake and Tater Jlill Lake, two of Watauga county's most popular recreation spots, have re? cently been drained and refilled, in a program to get rid of the coarse fish with which they had become infested. Price Lake, which is now with ! in a couple of feet of its normal water level, was full of white suckers, it is said, which were taking a high percentage of the food available, to the detriment of the trout population. In Tater Hill Lake carp held forth in prodigoui numbers, and grew from the Baltimore minnowi. Mr. S. C. Eggers, owner of Tater Hill, said when fishermen using minnows for bait, got through, they invariably dumped the re-' mainder of the tiny fish into the lake, hence the carp. Wildlife Commission personnel reclaimed Ihe lakes, by lowering the water level and using rotenone to clear the lakes. A good many trout were killed, it was said, but this was necessary since the rough fish were taking over both lakes completely. Twenty-five ' thousand rainbow trout were to be placed in each lake when the water level reached a normal depth, it was said. TOP COMMUNITIES ARE CHOSEN Godfrey Says Food Is Best Buy; 500 Attend Farm-City Meeting The Timbered Ridge, Cove Creek, and Matney communities were named Thursday night as Watauga County's top communi ties' of the year in three separate categories. The three will represent Wata uga County in the Northwest North Carolina Development Associa tion's annual are* community de velopment contest They will com pete with top communities horn 10 other counties. Winners id the contest will be announced at a banquet at Elkin next month. Timbered Ridge was named the top farming community in the county. Fred Tester received the blue ribbon award and $50 for the community. Other farm community awards went to: Bethel, blue ribbon and $90; Beaver Dam, blue ribbon and ?50; Silveratone, white nabon and *20. City Stores WU1 Observe Holiday Herman Wilcox, president of the Chamber of Commerce recom mends that the stores close on Thursday, November 23, for the observance of the Thanksgiving holidays. Accept* Ribbon Jerry Adam* accepted Cove Creek's blue ribbon and $90 award in the non-farm community divt aion. Valle Crucia community won a red ribbon and $30 in thia cate gory. Matney was the only competi tor in thei new community divi sion. W. H. Smith accepted the blue ribbon and $90 award. The communities were judged Oct. 24. About 900 people attended the annual farm-city meeting at Ap palachian Elementary School. Herman W. Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, waa master of ceremonies. Horace D. Godfrey of Washing ton, O. C., national administrator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, address ed the meeting. Series of Slides Godfrey used a series of slides to show the psrt the fanner plays in American life today. He said that people in the United States spend only 20 per cent of their disposable income on food, compared to 85-40 per cent in Western Europe and 60 per cent in Busaia. He ssid that if we ate the same loo4 today that we ate 10 years (continued on page two) Mayor Brown Proclaims Youth Appreciation Week Whereas, law-abiding youth is distressed by the shadow cast by a few juvenile delinquents over the entire tear. age population, and Whereas, more than 00 per cent of these young people are respect able, ambitiou* youngsters worthy of commendation, and Whereas, the citixens of Boone wish to )0UI the Optimist Club of Boom la its wish to express siA i cere respect and appreciation lor these young people and their achievements. Now, therefore, I, Wade K. Brown, mayor, proclaim November 13-10 as Youth Appreciation Week and urge every citlaens of Boone to recognise the accomplishments of our young people and to extend to them appreciation aad friendly JOHN RALPH BUCHANAN John Buchanan Will Perform Music Classics John Ralph Buchanan wig be one of the artisU to perform contemporary music classics In their American premiere* Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, in the North Carolina Museum of Art, in Raleigh. ?*. Mr. Buchanan, a student at North Carolina State College, la the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Buchanan of Boom. He will play the baasoon in ja1 "first' hearings of the songs of Hans Erich Apostel, according to Ethel Casey, Raleigh soprano, who will be the featured singer. Mr. Casey recently gave her second jfl; New York rtcital of this year in Carnegie Hall and Town Hall. As a composer o< contemporary claaaics, Apostel is well known on the European continent but not la this hemisphere, aatending to the announcement 1%a rauaic to be performed la classified aa "Port (Continued aa page two)
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