VILAS VIEW. ? Snow made a two-day stand
in the Watauga county area last week as
more than five inches of precipitation fell.
Flat open areas, such as pictured above near
Vilas, were quick to shed the white cloak,
but hidden hollows remained white through
out the warm week end. Spring-like weather
prevailed early this week Staff photo.
MOUNTAIN TRADITION FADES
MasonsW ill No Longer
MeetDuringFullMoon
For 89 years the Masons of
Watauga county have held their
meetings on Friday nights. The
last stated communication to be
held on Friday night was held
March 1, 1963.
Since the inception of Mason
ry in the county in 1878 the
brethern have managed to get
out to lodge on Fridays. In the
earliest days of Masonry meet
ings were held on the Friday
nearest the full moon. This
gave added illumination for the
lopg trip home. With the com
ing of electric lights, the auto
mobile, and sealed-beam head
lights the meetings were held
on the first and third Fridays
of every month, come rain, snow
or sleet.
The growth of Boone and the
community has placed extreme
demands on Friday nights. The
winning high school athletic
teams hold their encounters on
Friday evening. Many new or
ganizations have also made de
mands for this evening.
The competition with Gun
smoke, Wyatt Earp, and other
Friday programs on tv also con
tributed to the decline in lodge
attendance.
In the future, starting Mon
day, March 18, Snow Lodge will
hold its stated communications
on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of
each month at the Masonic Hall.
It is the hope of the officers
and members that the new date
will greatly increase the at
tendance at meetings.
All Masons are urged to at
Mrs. McConnell
Resigns Post
The retirement of Mn. Ruth
McConnell, bookkeeper for the
Watauga Board of Education,
was announced this week ty
Superintendent W. Guy Angell.
Her retirement, which begins
this month, marks an end of 20
years' service to the board, Mr.
Angell said. '
Replacing Mrs. 'McConnell
will be Mrs. Lorene Barnes, a
business education teacher in
the Cove Creek High School.
Mrs. Barnes will resign her po
sition as teacher at the close of
the sixth school month to ac
cept the bookkeeping position,
according to Mr. Angell.
tend the first communication on
Monday, March 19. AS another
old mountain tradition gives
way to progress it U hoped
that more of Snow Lodge's 200
plus members will be able to
attend.
When The Sky Is Blue
As Grandfather Mountain
By DALE GAODY
When the cloud* of a winter
snow give way to the bright
glow of a March sun ?
When the grass that has turn
ed brown, then paled as it lay
stilled beneath a blanket of
white begins to give a hint of
green-tipped leaves ?
When the sands of once icy
streets are caressed by yet
brisk breezes and dance in
dusty circles along Main
Street ?
When cars begin to gleam
again with washings and wax
ings ?
When forecasts call for rain
and the "old timers" predict
more snow ?
When policemen shed their
heavy wool cloaks and eye the
town's narrow canyons with
shaded eyes ?
When a young man's fancy
turns to more romantic
thoughts and when a girl's
heart-beat quickens at the
sight of a certain beau
When convertibles fleece
through the country side with
the scarfs of young damsels
waving madly at the fading
horizon ?
When a straw laundry basket
is filled with carefully wrap
ped sandwiches and other pic
nic goodies ?
When birds chirp and barn
doors creak and axes are whet
ted against the stone ?
When ice clogged brooks
gurgle a gargle of warmer
days ?
When neophytic cherub
choirs sings "He Lives, He
Lives" ?
When crinolines are unpack
ed and broad rimmed hats are
placed dantily on golden brown
locks ?
When the office door is prop
ped open with an old stove
iron ?
When school children begin
to dream of grasshopers and
crickets combing the sweet
scented fields of Watauga ?
When it ii this? and yet more ]
? then can spring be far be
hind? i
Cove Creek
4-H Meeting
The Cove Creek 4-H Club '
met February 11.
Minnie Adams opened the
meeting. Keeta Brown led the (
4-H pledge. Nine Sue Henson
led the games.
Officers are Minnie Adams,
president; Donna Henson, vice ,
president; Jane Shearin, secre
tary; and Keeta Brown and Lin
da Thomas, reporters.
Notes And
Comments
Not many workers overlook
the approach of a holiday.
The enthusiasm of a salesman
is what costs you money.
Unless you are paid to do so,
never argue with anybody over
grammar.
The greatest builder of busi
ness that we know is what is
known as education.
How's this for a definition?
College-bred ? a four-year loaf
on father's dough!
No matter how little you pay
you can always get something
worse for less money.
You could end moat quarrels
if you could get people to de
fine their words mean.
The prescription for most of
the ills that beset the world is
just plain, everday honesty.
Think for yourself and act up
on your judgment; whatever re
sults wil be what you deserve.
One of the best ways for sick
people to get well is to become
convinced that they can get
well.
While half the population is
trying to stamp out heart di
sease, the other half is going
around saying "Drop dead."
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Mrs. Rose Main
Funeral Is Held
lira. Rose Alllt Main, SO, of
Boone, died Friday, March 1.
Surviving are two daughters,
lira. Wade Miller and Mr*.
Dean Miller, both of Briatol,
Tenn.; two ton*, Marvin Main
of Todd and Charlie Main of
Boone; two brothers, Thomas
Holman end James Holman,
t)oth of West Jefferson; 27
grandchildren and 34 great
Era rlchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p. m. on March 3,
at the Hopewell Methodist
Church by Rev. R H. Ballard
snd Rev. Ed Blackburn. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
POLARIS SUBS
Three U. S. Polaris-missile
submarines are to replace Jup
iter-missile bases in the Medi
terranean defense system in
April.
This was announced recently
by Deputy Defense Secretary
Roswell L. Gilpatric. The Jup
iter bases, in Italy and Turkey,
are to be dismantled.
T ?
e Licenses
The Watauga County Regis
ter of Deeds Office issued Mir
riage Licenses during the
month of February, to the fol
lowing:
James Dale Yokley, Kt. 8,
Jonesboro, Tens, and Patricia
Ann Milhorn, Rt. 8, Jonesboro,
Tenn.; Walter Perry Greer, Rt
2, Boone and Cora Lee Coffey
Gragg, Rt. 4, Boone; Sydney
Allen Watson and Reba Jean
Greene, both of Rt. 1, Deep
Gap; E. J. Blevins and Geral
dine Banner, both of Route 2,
Roan Mountain, Tenn.; Gerald
Lee Pierce and Carolyn Rae
West, both of Eliiabethton,
Tenn.; Thomas H. Belcher, III
and Lonna Jeanettc Cooper,
both of Maryville, Tenn.; Rufus
Reginald Lutz, Rt. 4, Lenoir
and Dora Jane Henson, Sher
wood; James Daniel Bennett,
Pineville and Julia Melvlee
Watson, Deep Gap;
William Howard Shipley and
Pearlee Carlton, both of Rt. 2,
Boone; Dennis Edgar Anderson,
Rt 3, Boone and Nancy Patri
cia Brown, Boone; Jones Hio
ma Yount and Mallie Bowman
Weianer, both ot Winston
Salem; James Wealey Woods,
Kt. S, Lenoir and Geraldine
Triplet t, Trlplatt; Stanley Gor
don Godaey and Joyce Kathleen
Potter, both of Kt 1, Sugar
Grove; Coy Lee Sheeta, RL 3,
West Jefferson and Bonnie Mae
Ray, Todd; Dennis A. Wynne,
Clifton, New Jersey and Tim
mie Katherlne Bostian, RL 1,
Hudson; Thomas Shafter Wyatt,
North Wilkesboro and Patricia
Ann Martin, W 11 bar; Jerry
Richard Wineberfer, Route 2,
Boone and Barbara Sue Bent
ley. Rpute 1, Vilas.
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seek a patent on an organic
compound it says has produced
good results in treating two
dogs afflicted with cancer.
The dogs were brought to the
department in December. Hey
were given a week or two to
live, but both are still alive and
apparently healing.
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