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VOLUME LXXV.? NO. 22
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1962
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Three Beauty Queens
Appear At Opening
MISS WATAUGA COUNTY ... Pat Pittman
MISS RHODODENDRON . . . Betty Rae Lawhon
MISS NOHTH CAROLINA PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER
, . . Sharron Ma this
These three beauties will grace the parade Saturday, when
the Christmas shopping season ii officially launched in
Boone. The lovely misses will be riding on three of the
25 floats as they travel from Horn in the West Drive, down
King Street, and through town. Also in the parade will be
Fred Kirby and his horse, Calico, and Poncho, all of WBTV
and Tweetsie fame, and Jolly Old Santa and his helpers.
Following the parade, which begins this year at 3 p. m.,
the lights on the Christmas decorations that will line the
street will fee turned on.? Photos Flower Photo Shop.
FRED KIRBY, PONCHO APPEAR
Yule Lights To Blaze As Gay
Parade Starts Happy Season
Boone Weed Sales Began Tuesday
Mrs. Rogers Says
Report She Was
Apprehended False
Mrs. William R. Rogers,
wife of the former Appala
chian College employee, who
surrendered to Norfolk po
lice as a result of the em
bezzlement of $9,8*0 in fund*
of the institution where he '
had worked, says she was
not "apprehended" In Ra
leigh, as was reported is the
Democrat and in daily news
papers last week.
Mrs. Rogers says that she
was in Raleigh with relatives.
"No one was looking for
me, so far as I know," she
says. The Democrat regrets
any implication that Mrs.
Rogers was being sought by
authorities, which was cer
tainly not intended.
Seal Sales
Going Good
A large number, of letumr
have begun to arrive in re
sponse to the 1962 Christinas
seal appeal letters, reports
Seal Chairman Grady Moretz,
Jr., for the Tuberculosis As
sociation.
The chairman told the Wa
tauga Democrat that dollar rc
luriis as compared to the an
lcipated goal of |2,000 and the
leoers answered, as compared
to tne original mailing of 2,393
letter?, indicate tnat interest
and support compares favor
aDiy wiiii tne record for same
period last year.
Bing Crosby, the noted sing
er of radio and television fame,
appropriately said, "Christmas
Seals do not carry any mail hut
ail mail can carry Christmas
Seals."
"When you answer your seal
locter and put to use your 1962
Christmas Seals on all of your
mail, people then know you arc
supporting the tuberculosis- and
other respiratory disease pro
grams in Watauga County,"
Mrs. Ruth T. Draughon, execu
tive secretary, said.
"The most important step to
day is the early detection of
TM and other respiratory dis
eases. It is the known cases
that can most always be suc
cessful treated and eliminate
others from being infected by
those active case*.- The un
known active cases are the in
fectious ones and your Christ
mas Seal dollars help in detec
tion and treatment, patient ser
vices and health education,"
according to Mrs. Draughon.
Boone's tobacco sales began
'1 uesday at the Mountain Burley
Warehouse Company and the
Big Burley Warehouse with
"aoove average" bidding, ac
cording to local sources. The
season was predicted earlier to
be one of the best in the coun
ty's history.
Groweas began placing to
bacco on the warehouse floors
November 17. Officials of both
Watauga companies stated that
the tooacco looks good and that
prices should be high.
County agriculituioil agent L.
E. Tuckwiller stated Monday
that this year's prospects look
better than previously thought.
"Some mighty good tobacco
was brought In last week," he
commented.
S. C. loggers of the new Big
Burley Warehouse, and Sam
Coleman of Mountain Burley
both agreed that the 1962 crop
is average or better. Said Eg
gers, "The season looks good?
real good. They're unloading
them (the trucks) as fast as
they can roll them in and move
them out."
Coleman commented Monday
that the buyers were ready and
that the Mountain Burley Ware
house wouttt open for sales
Tuesday morning at 8 o'dock.
Both companies urged farm
ers to bring their marketing
cards with them when weighing
in the tobacco. The cards, they
explained, are necessary be
fore the leaf can be weighed.
In Watauga County, a six
per cent increase in tobacco
allotments, amounting to about
fifty acres, is expected to swell
the income of growers by ap
proximately $70,UU0 more than
last year, if prices are about
the same, according to agent
Tuckwiller.
As reported in the Watauga
Democrat, last week, the early
growing season seemed some
what dry, but the latter part
of the season favored the crop,
and at harvesting time the leaf
seemed to be in good shape.
Last year was the second big
gest season on the Boone mar
ket
The Big Burley Warehouse,
located on 421 Bypass, is open
(Continued on page seven)
Watauga Ministers
Will Meet Monday
The December meeting of the
Watauga County Ministerial As
sociation will be held at the
Daniel Boone Inn on Monday,
December. 3, at 12:00 o'clock.
The wives of all the pastors
are also invited to attend this
luncheon. It has become the
custom to do this at the De
cember meeting and the pro
gram will be one of fellowship
and singing of Christamas Car
ols.
Golf Club Has Good
Year; Board Named
President Wade E. Brown re
ported t highly successful sea
son at the Boone Golf Club to
the stockholders of Boone De
velopments, Inc., at their annual
meeting Tuesday evening.
Many improvements at the
course were reported by the
president, including the paving
of the access road, the installa
tion of city water, and additional
landscaping. At the same time
rain shelters were built, bridge!
repaired and the usual fine
maintenance of the course car
ried out
Play increased substantially
daring the year. Tournaments
were especially popular and
elicited praise from many play
ers.
Mr. Brown also called atten
tion to the good influence golf
ing has had on the local econ
omy.
Directors Named'
Following the traniaction of
routine buainess the stockhold
er! elected the following to the
board of director! for the next
year:
Wade E. Brown, Dr. C. Ray
Lawrence, Major J. H. Thomas,
Estel Wagner, Glenn W. Wilcox,
W. R. Winkler, W. H. Plem
mons, Wiliam E. Coxe, Frank
M. Payne, E. F. Coe, Howard
CottreU, Guy Hunt, O. X. Rich
ardson, H. Grady Farthing ud
Dr. William M. MattMw.
ASTC CHRISTMAS COURT for 1962 is (1.
to r.) JoAnn McCaslin, Sharron Mathis, Ann
Moore, Queen Joyce Leatherwood, Dawn
Duvall, Brenda Bost, and Donna Sellers.
The beauties will preside over the annual
Christmas dance slated this year lor De
cember 0.
Waynesville Student Named
To Reign At Christmas Court
Miss Joyce Leatherwood of
Waynesville has been chosen
by the student body of Appala
chian State Teachers College
to reign over the 1962 Christ
mas Court, according to the
Student Council board of elec
tions.
An elementary education ma
jor, Miss Leatherwood is a sen
ior at ASTC. This fall she com
pleted four years as a major
ette in the college marching
band.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Leatherwood of Waynes
ville, the young co-ed is a 1969
graduate of Waynesville Senior
High School.
Second highest in the voting
tabulation for Christmas Queen
was Miss Brenda Bost, a sopho
more from Kannapolis, who is
majoring in elementary edu
cation.
Attendants from the Senior
Class are Miss Dawn Duvall of
Brown Books
Are Given To
Co. Library
Dr. Roy M. Brown, former
,ASTC and University of North
Carolina professor, willed his
library to the Watauga County
Library, it is reported by
Homer Brown, district librarian.
The volumes, says Ur. Brown,
cover many of the great works
of knowledge, and "with this
priceless gift to our library, it
is now placed among the better
libraries in this part of the
State." There are about one
thousand books in the collac
tiou, including reference books,
volumes on history, literature
and the sciences.
The benefits to the people of
the county from this gift can
not be estimated, Mr. Brown
said, adding that four or five
thousand dollars would be a
conservative price ? for the
books, if they were bought oa
the mii'ket.
The books are now being
catalouged, and it will be about
three months before they will
be placed oa U? local abrary
sh aires.
Grassy Creek and Hiss Ann
Moore of Charlotte. Hiss Du
val 1 is majoring in business
education; Miss Moore is ma
joring in elementary education.
Miss Jo Ann McCaslin, a busi
ness education major from
Maiden, is the Junior Class at
tendant.
Freshmen attendants are Miss
Sharon Mathis, an elementary
education major from Trinity,
and Miss Donna Leigh Sellers
of Charlotte, a French major.
World War Vela
Asked To Gather
At Special Meet
AU World War veterans
are urged to attend a special
meeting in the Boone Legion
Home, Friday, December 7,
at 7:M p.m., according to
Chief of Staff Jack Dun
woody.
Dunwoody and the depart
ment chairman, Raymond J.
Jeffreys of Raleigh, will con
duct the business meeting
which, according to Dun
woody, will pertain to vet
erans pensions.
The Legion Home is lo
cated on Grand Boulevard
In Boone.
Miss Clarice Farrington of
Granite Quarry, last year's
Christmas Queen, will relin
quish her crown to Miss Lea
ther-wood at the Christmas
Dance, December 9, in the new
physical education building on
the college campus.
Coffey Will Appear
In Opera At Oberlin
Frank L. Coffey, Oberlin Col
lege Conservatory sophomore,
will appear as Sid in The Opera
Laboratory's production of "Al
bert Herring," by Benjamin
Britten.
Frank is the son of Mrs.
Paul A. Coffey, 209 King St.,
Boone.
Santa Claus
To Give Gifts
To Boys, Girls
Holiday decorations (or down
town Boone were being installed
Tuesday in preparation for the
big Christmas celebration and
gala parade which starts Satur
day at 3 o'clock and which will
officially usher in the Christmas
shopping season in this city.
The decorations will include
lighted Christmas trees and
wreaths, suspended on both
sides of King Street from Smith
ey's Store to the Boone Baptist
10 Boone Children
Appear On Television
'its Boone children who ap
peared on "Twee King Cur
cim," Charlotte tv program,
last Friday evening, promot
ing the Christmas opening pa
nne, were:
b baron Johnson, Susan
Lawrence, Janice Wilson, Oee
Spainhour, Cecile Flowers,
Billy Winkler, Terry Shirley,
Keggie McCreary, Randy
Marsh and Arthur Flowers.
During the program the
Boone children talked about
Boone MM the npcomlnc
CMitgw parade. The hoar
leaf program teen Monday
through Friday at 5 p. m?
has a* ita star Fred Kirby,
who will be the Chriitmaa pa
rade marshal la Boone Sat
urday.
Church. The bright lights will
be turned on for the first time
by Mayor Wade E. Brown at
the end of the parade.
This year's Christmas pa
rade will Include 25 units,
with Fred Klrby of WBTV
In Charlotte as parade mar
shal, who will bring along
his sidekick, Poncho. Ten
floats will be adorned with
beauties from Watauga Coun
ty high schools, state beauty
queens, and youngsters from
the Boone area.
Miss Sharron Mathis, Miss
North Carolina Press Photo
grapher; Miss Betty Lawhon,
Miss Rhododendron; and Miss
Pat Pittman, Miss Watauga
(Continued on page six)
"Keep Christ In Christmas"
Is Store Decorations Theme
All merchants are invited to
enter the "Keep Christ in Christ
mas" contest by decorating their
windows according to the relig
ious significance of Christmas.
All who wish to enter will have
their windows ready by Thurs
day, November 29, and will noti
fy Mrs. R. C. Winebarger.
The judging will be done on
November 30. The winners will
be announced in the windows in
time for the Christmas parade
on December 1. Local ministers
will be the judges.
It is hoped that this contest,
sponsored by the Fine Arts De
partment of the Woman's Club,
will become traditional in
Boone. It helps to bring the
true spirit of Christmas to our
town.
Winter Registration Opens At
ASTC ; 2600 Students Expected
Registration for winter quar
ter classes at Appalachian State
Teachers College opened Tues
day at 8:30 a.m., according to
Registrar H. R. Eggers. Pre
liminary estimates set the en
rollment at approximately 2000.
Assistant Registrar, Dr. Brax
ton Harris, stated Monday that
virtually as mcny students
would be enrolled for the win
ter term a* were enrolled fall
quarter. He said that from all
indications ASTC would loae
few if auy from the fall quarter
tally.
Dr. Harris added that of the
2836 pre- registration packets
prepared, all but 140 had been
filled out by the students last
quarter and were returned to
the office of the registrar be
fore the Thanksgiving holi
days.
The assistant to Mr. Eggers
ol'icrved that it is possible that
some of the persons who pre
registered might not return to
the campus for Tuesday's regis
tration. Even so, the 140 count
is far less than usual, he said.
Although new student enroll
ment la usually slack winter
quarter, Dr. Harris reported
that eleven new freshmen had
pre- registered and that one or
two transfer students had ap
plied for admission.
The dormitories opened at
2:00 p.m. Monday. The cttletfe
cafeteria served its first meal
of the new quarter Monday
evening. Following registration,
classes resumed on Wednesday.
Christmas Convocation is
slated for Thursday, December
13 at 10:00 a.m.
The Christmas holidays begin
December 14 at noon and go
through Januafy 2. Classes be
gin again on January 3 at 8:00
a.m.
Other pre-Ohristnas activity*
include six basketball games
for the Mountaineers. The No
vember-December schedule is
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