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VOLUME LXXV? NO. 21
An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy -Fifth Year of Continuous Publication
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1962
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BURLEY MARKET OPENING.? When the auctions begin
on the Boone market November 27, scenes like this will be
repeated daily. Warehousemen, buyers, 'armers, and others
line up and pass between the rows of baskets as the auction
eer's chants ring out through the warehouse for all to hear.
Officials of both warehouse companies here say they are ready
for the opening and predict good prices and offer what they
describe as the best market in the area for farmers
AHS Meets
Murphy For
Grid Crown
Appalachian High School,
winner of the 7-AA crown, will
meat Murphy High School, B-AA
champion, to determine the Wes
tern Regional football champion
ship on Thursday night, Novem
ber 22, at 8:00, at Canton.
Murphy defeated Sylva-Webs
ter and Buncombe - Reynolds
teams to gain the finals, while
Appalachian defeated Hilde
bran High. Murphy has an 11
0 record for the current season,
and the only games which they
have lost in the past four years
have been to the Blue Devils.
Coach Jack Groce and the
members of the Blue Devil
squad express the desire that as
many students, faculty mem
bers, and fans as possible make
the trip to Canton to support
them in their efforts to "bring
home the bacon."
United Fund
Short Of Goal
The Watauga County United
Fund now shows a total of
$13,340.04 which is still a little
short of the total budget. Any
one who has not already con
tributed is urged to send in
their contributions that we may
have the budget of $13,870.00
complete.
Mr. Stanley Harris, campaign
director, expreses his thanks to
the nearly 1200 people who con
tributed and especially to 1
thank all those who helped sol- 1
icit. I
Matheson Selected To Play
In Annual Shrine Bowl Game
KoDert Matheson has been
selected to play in the annual
Sbrlne Bowl game which will
be held in Charlotte on Satur
day afternoon, December X.
This game i<- sponsored by
the Shrine Bowl of .'the Caro
lina*, Inc., and the proceeds go
to the Crippled Children's Hos
pital at Greenville, South Caro
lina.
Thirty-three high school boys
are selected from North Caro
lina and thirty-three from South
Carolina to compete in this in
ter-state rivalry. Head Coach of
the North Carolina team will be
Boyd Allen from Canton.
Matheson is the second Ap
palachian player to be chosen
for this honor. King Triplett
was a U? a participant in the
bowl game.
Matheson will report for
practice on Saturday, Novem
ber 24, at 11:00 a. m. A week's
practice will culminate in the
fame on SatuftCjr, December 1,
at 2:00 p. m. m the Charlotte
Memorial Stadium.
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ROBERT MATHESON (
WAIVES EXTRADITION
College Employee Gives Self
Up, Admits Embezzlement
Waitam R. (Bob) Rogers, who
had been sought in connection
with "possible discrepancies" in
the handling of some Appalach
ian State Teachers College
funds, gave himself up Sunday
to Norfolk, Va., city police. Ac
cording to detectives there,
Rogers walked into the police
station and said he was wanted
in Boone for embezzling $6,000.
The North Carolina State Bu
reau of Investigation had been
seeking Rogers since college of
ficials reported certain books
and records missing in the ac
counting department, in which
Rogers had been employed.
Dr. William H. Plemmons, col
lege president, had made known
tne discrepancies in a prepared
statement Thursday. The state
ment had failed to name the
person suspected, only saying
"a preliminary check revealed
possible discrepancies in the
handling of funds" by an em
ployee missing from his job for
a week.
It was not until the announce
ment of Roger's surrender th?t
his connection with the case
was known publicly.
Rogers waived extradition
Monday in Norfolk's Municipal
Court, and began the trip back i
to North Carolina and Boone to
face charges of embezzling at
lead $9,800 in student loans
money at the college.
He had not arrived in Boone
Tuesday at noon, but it was un
derstood he was carried first to
Raleigh, and then was to be
brought back to Boone where
he will probably be tried in the
January term of Watauga Su
perior Court.
According to news reports
Rogers was carrying $853 when
he surrendered, saying he want
ed to "take whatever punish
ment I have coming."
Rogers had left Boone about
November 9, after telling au
thorities there he wanted to
check on his Army status at
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Home Credit Company
Opens Boone Branch
Home Credit Company open
ed its thirty -sixth North Caro
lina company in Boone on Mon
day, November 18th. The office
is located at 212 West King
Street and Lester M. Bottoms,
Jr. will be its manager.
J. E. Burnside, Jr., President
of Home Finance Group, the
parent company said, "We are
very happy to add Boone to our
growing operation in North
Carolina, and to offer to the
people of Boone and Watauga
County a modern personalized
loan service. We look forward
to a most successful operation
in this area which has long
shown continuous growth and
strong economic balance."
Continuing, Mr. Burnside
said, "As proof that the people
of North Carolina need and use
a good loan service is the fact j
that our thirty - five Home
Credit Companies in North
Carolina have 41,800 customers
with loan balances in excess of
leventeen million dollars. It is
our aim to give to the people
)f Boone the finest consumer i
Tobacco Show,
Sale Planned
The annual Junior Tobacco
Show and Sal" will be held
rhursday, December 6. The to
mcco must be brought in Wed
nesday, December 5. All 4-H
ind FFA members in Watauga
tnd surrounding North Caro
ina counties are eligible to
tarticipate.
Each 4-11 Club member
ihould contact W. C. Richard
on, and each FFA Club mem
ter planning to enter their to
lacco should contact their kup
mrisor.
The 4-H Tof icco Record Book
rill be used and the completed
ecord book must be turned in
>y November 30 to their advisor
tW.C. Richard ton.
loan service available in North
Carolina; to make loans of suf
ficient size to be of a real fin
ancial assistance to the borrow
er; and further stimulate the
economy of this area."
Home Credit Company began
operations on December 6,
1994, and today has 78 compan
ies in Georgia, Tennessee, Vir
ginia and the two Carolinas,
with 84,939 customers and out
standing loan balances in excess
of thirty-three million dollars.
Mr. Bottoms is a native of
Martinsville, Virginia. He and
Mrs. Bottoms have two child
ren, Terry, age 5 and David, age
1.
College Choir
To Present
Yule Music
The College Chpir, under the
iirection of Mrs. Virginia Wary
Linney, will present the annual
Christinas music, The Messiah,
by George Frederic Handel De
cember 0 at 4 p. m., at the
First Baptist Church in Boone.
A chorus of 90 voices will
x heard with the College Sym
phony Orchestra under the di
rection of Dr. Nicholas Ernes
ion.
Assisting at the organ will
ye Ernie Hotard, of the music
'acuity, and Miss Faye Davis
will be at the piano.
Soloists will be announced at
i later date, Mrs. Linney said.
This performance will be the
wenty-second presentation of
his great Oratorio by the Col
ege Choir, according to Mrs.
.inney. In addition to the full
;hristmas portion will be addi
ional choruses and solos that
tr* closely related to the Pro
mecy ana nauvity portions.
GOOD PRICES EXPECTED
Burley Auctions Begin
In Boone Next T uesday
Allotment
Increases
Swell Crop
The 196243 burley auctions
begin in Boone and on other
markets Tuesday, November 27.
According to predictions by
warehousemen, the season will
be one of the best.
Tobacco has already been
placed on the floors of the
Mountain Burley Warehouse
Co. and the Big Burley Ware
house. Growers began placing
their crops on the floors Sat
urday, the first day allowed by
the Burley Sales Committee reg
ulations. Officials of both com
panies see good prices for the
leaf, and say -that tobacco on
their floors looks good.
One operator, however, said
he had noted "green" in some
baskets and urged growers to
keep this out of their prime
grades.
Farmers were being urged to
bring their marketing cards
with them when weighing in the
tobacco. The cards are neces
sary before the leaf can be
weighed.
Big Burley Warehouse, open
for the first time this year, is
located on 421 Bypass, and con
tains 140,000 square feet of
floor space, according to the
owners.
Mountain Burley Warehouse
Company has throe locations,
on Depot street above Andrews
Chevrolet, Inc., at Depot and
Faculty streets near the Bus
Station, and on 421 west, near
the edge of Boone. This is their
twenty-second year of operation
here.
Operators of the Mountain
Burley Warehouse Company
include R. C. Coleman, Jr., Joe
E. Coleman, and Harriet L.
Sikes.
Owners of the Big Burley
Warehouse are J. M. Smothers,
Jr., R. E. Bullock, and King
Roberts.
In Watauga county, a 6% in
crease in tobacco alloments,
amounting to about fifty acres,
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Annual Yule Parade Opens
Christmas Shopping Season
The Boone Merchants Associ
ation will stage their annual
Christmas Parade Saturday af
ternoon, December 1, beginning
at 3 o'clock, according to George
A. Flowers, Jr., parade chair
man.
Fred Kirby, television star and
"Tweetsie" personality, will
again head the parade as mar
shal. With Kim this year will
oe his sidekick, "Poncho," who
appears with him on his week
day tv program over station
WBTV.
According to Mr. Flowers, the
parade will consist of some 25
uhits. It will form on the Horn
in the West parking lot, and
will travel west on King Street
from Horn in the West Drive,
on through town to Water
Street. The paraders will turn
left at Water Street, travel to
Rivers Street at the FCX, and
then left, going to Faculty
Street near the Bus Station,
where the group will disband.
Also appearing in the parade
will be Miss Pat Pittman, "Miss
Watauga County," Miss Sharron
Mathis, "Miss North Carolina
Press Photographer," and Miss
Betty Rae Lawhon, "Miss Rhod
odendron."
The Apalachian High School
Band, Appalachian State Teach
ers College Band, and the Olive
Hill High School Band from
Morganton will perform in the
parade. A fourth band, not yet
named, is expected to partici
pate.
Santa Claus will bring the
Christmas Season in, Mr.- Flow
ers said, as he appears in the
last float in the parade.
At the conclusion of the pa
rade, the Christmas lights about
the town will be turned on, of
ficially welcoming the season to
Boone and area.
Automobile Dealership
Changes Are Announced
Joe Williams, owner of High
lander Motor Co., and dealer
for the Chrysler-Plymouth, Im
perial and Valiant lines, an
nounced this week, that effect
ive November 15, he had sold
his franchise to Mack D. Brown,
owner of Brown and Graham
Motor Co.
The franchise was originally
owped by the late Dr. J. B.
Hagaman, Sr., prior to World
War II. Mr. Williams obtained
the dealer franchise from Or.
Hagaman in 1946.
With the purchase of the fran
chise from Mr. Williams, the
Brown and Graham Company
now carries the complete line
of cars manufactured by Chrys
ler Motors Corporation. Mr.
Brown's company has been
selling Dodge, Dart, Dodge
trucks and farm equipment, and
will continue to do so.
Mr. Brown has been an auto
Garden Clubt Will
Co-Sponsor Contest
The Gardenerettes Garden
Club with other local garden
club* and women's club* will
co-sponsor the Christmas Dec
oration Contort. The Cardener
ettes Club will judge indoor
Chriatmaa tract.
Judging will take place Wed
nesday night, December IB. To
enter an indoor tree contact
one of the following people by
Tuesday, December 18. Mrs.
Lois Uley AM MS50; Mrs. Max
Fox 207 2536; Mrs. Robert
Sneed AM M719; and Mn.
Billy Fouta AM tKOfc
i
mobile salesman since he was
17 years old, and was in the
used car business before buy
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Edmisten Attends
Student Legislature
RUFUS EDMISTEN j
Rufui Edmliteo, ton of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Edmisten of
Perkinsville and a student at
the University of North Caro
lina will again attend the Stu- .
dent Legislature to be held in
the new State house in Raleigh
November 28, 28, 30.
Rufus will be one of UNC's
; two Sena tors, and the Carolina
delegation will be the largest.
He was on a special student
committee last week which met
with the University Board of
Trustees, in a discussion of stu
dent problems.
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I PARADE MARSHAL. ? Fred Kirby will be riding at the head
of the Christmas parade in Boone on his horse. Calico, Satur
day, December 1. Kirby, of WBTV and "Tweetsie" fame, will
also bring along Poncho, his old sidekick of Mexico, to add
color to the annual event which ushers in the Christmas
snopping season tor Boone and Watauga county.
Blowing Rock Ski Lodge
Installs Modern T-Bar Lift
The South 's first T-bar ski
lift will be ready to go into op
eration at Blowing Hock Ski
Lodge this week.
Construction crews are put
ting finishing touches on the
2,oo0-foot lift which can deliver
boo skiers an hour to the top
of the main slope at Blowing
flock's pioneer southern ski re
sort.
M. E. (BUI) Thalheimer,
president of the lodge, said the
lift is the first of its kind to be
installed in the South. The lift
uses a series of "I'-bars" sus
pended from an endless cable
to pull skiers to the top of the
2,UU0-foot main slope.
Two skiers can use each bar,
one on each side of the invert
ed "T." A device similar to a
door closer enables skiers to
adjust the height of the bar to
luit their own height and the
existing snow depth.
Skiers assume a semi-sitting
position and are pulled along
on their skis. They can step off
it any point along the slope.
Designed by Hall Ski Lift
Co. ot Syracuse, N. Y., the lift
coat $30,000, Mr. Thalheimer
wud. It is equipped with ail
approved safety devices as set
out by the Ski Area Managers
Association.
The lodge opens formally
December IS, though the lut
will be in operation and tne
slopes open sooner, weather
permitting. The slopes will oe
covered with snow created by
special equipment designed by
Larchmont Engineering Co. ui
Lexington, Haas.
Besides the main slope, the
lodge has an 800-foot intermed
iate slope and a 290-foot begin
ners slope, both equipped witn
powered rope tows to pull ski
ers uphill.
YDC To Meet
Tuesday Night
The Watauga County YDC
will meet at tne county court
nouse on Tuesday night, Nov
ember 27, at 11:00. All members
are urged to attend and make
plans tor the coming year.
Most Business Places
To Observe Holiday
Most o f the stores, businesses
ind public omces in iiooae will
ake the day oti Thursday lor
thanksgiving, according to in
ormation gatnei ed trora various
ources.
Watauga county schools will
>e closed both Thursday and
rriday, according to Mr. Guy
Ingeil, superintendent. Classes
rill be resumed Monday morn
ing.
The college will close at 12:30
>. m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, and
rill remain closed for students
?ntil registration for the winter
luarter begins at 8:30 a. m.
tuesday, November 27*
County and town offices will
>e closed Thursday only, but
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a Health Department announce
ment last week stated tne ue
partment would also ooserve
rriaay as a bolidt^r. lne de
partment worked Monday, No
vemoer 12, tor Veterans' bay
which was on Sunday, tne day
betore. Ordinarily iney would
nave observed tbis as a holiday
but employees worked because
of a scneauled clinic that day;
so are taking their time Friday.
One or two other offices aie
understood to to 1 doing the
same, but this was not verified.
H. W. Wilcox, president of
the Ck*mb?r of Commerce, stat
ed that most stores and busi
nesses would be closed Thanks
giving, but would resume opera
tions Friday morning. jgH
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