ATAUGA DEMOCRAT
Section C
SPRING STREET CLEANING. ? Members of the Street De
partment, Water Department, and even the Police Depart
ment plus "a few" extra hired hands were putting Boone's
main street in tidy order Monday. Since the town does
not own a street-washing truck, all the cleaning had to
be done by hind. Most at the stuff was sand which was
spread on the city streets during recent weeks of snow and
ice. Said Justin Ragan, superintendent of the Street De
partment, "Let's just bop* it doean't snow this month. We'd
hate to have to sweep King Street twice!" His crew of
workers emphasized the statement with a tired sigh. ? Staff
photo.
Sewage Survey Starts In Watauga County
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a neiu survey pi Watauga
County is now io progress as
part of the preliminary steps
in the building of a new sewage
disposal system for Boone and
the county, according to Mayor
Wade X. Brown.
In charge of the operations
?re Mow*, Gardner and Associ
ates of Adwlmt aad Appala
chian Surveyors of Boone. L. B.
Tyson of Jefferson Is thi "con
sulting engineer.
L. E. Burn Smith, of Appala
chian Surveyors, stated Tues
day that aerial photographs of
the county were taken March
18 by an Ohio firm. Of special
attention was the water shed
which is located near Blowing
Rock and Boone.
Smith said that the field sur
vey which his organization is
conducting should be complet
ed by Thursday or Friday. Topo
praphic maps, to be used for
preliminary designs, will be
completed during April, Smith
said.
All* being studied at the
maMg |ime, . according to
Smith, are the water require
ments for further growth, of
Boone and Watauga County.
FARM UNIT ASKS CUT
The American Farm Bureau
Federation told Congress it
should vote balancing cuts in
spending ? even for farm price
supports ? before granting a tax
reduction.
Coin Changer
Is Robbed
A robbery last Tuesday night
or Wednesday morning netted
the person or persona approx
imately $30 ? in quarters.
The fifty-cent coin changer at
Coin-Op Self-Service Laundry
was removed from its vault af
ter three padlocks were broken
and the money taken from it.
The robbery was discovered
Wednesday morning and police
were notified. No arrests have
been made, but the investigation
is continuing.
Blowing Rock
Legion Meets
Post 256, American Legion,
Blowing Rock will hold its re
gular monthly meeting on
Tktmday, April 4. AU present
maabcrs and those eligible to
join are invited to attend.
MEASLES VACCINES
The way has been cleared for
immediate -licensing of two
types of measles vaccines ? a
landmark achievement in pre
ventive medicine.
Whafs got into Comet? A hot new V-8!
It's the start of something big when you turn the ignition key: Comet's big new Cyclone 260 V-8!
Kick it over and kick off a new kind of driving fun. And every Comet V-8 offers optional power
Steering for feather- touch handling ease. You can get the lively Cyclone 260 V-8 in any '63
Comet, including the racy new '63V& Sportster hardtop. And Comet offers service -savers that
cut costs for brakes, anti-freeze, oil and lubrication . . . plus the top
, ? , u..v> IW ivauun . . . )JIU? xne top
resale value record in its class. See your Mercury dealer, he's got the
Comet you're interested in... keeps his interest in the Comet you get!
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Of DEPENDABLE PRODUCTS
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Heart Fund Campaign Ends;
Final Report Is Released
The 1968 Watauga County
Heart Fund Campaign has been
finished and the response was
with much enthusiasm. Although
the campaign got underway very
late in the month of February,
the results were very gratifying
to those who had part in con
ducting this work. It was im
possible - to conduct the cam
paign in the rural communities
this time, but any contributions
sent to headquarters will be
added to this council through
out the year. Send contributions
to the North Carolina Heart As
sociation, P. 0. Box 967, Chapel
Hill, N. C.
According to the Co-Chairmen,
The Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Ferney
hough, the following amounts
were received from Boone and
Blowing Rock:
Blowing Rock? Mrs. C. Ward
Courtney, chairman. City Heart
Sunday $87.80; Coin Containers
$1.48.
Boone ? City Heart Sunday,
Mrs. Cecil Greene and Mrs. Joe
Worth, co-chairmen $424.44;
Special Gifts, Mrs. Paul Coffey,
chairman $12.50; Business Days,
Mrs. Horper Brown, chairman
$222.50; Coin Containers, Mrs.
J. G. Godwin and Mrs. George
Smitherman, co-chairmen $11.87;
Memorial Gifts, Mrs. Dale Hayes,
chairman $32.00; Total $792.59.
Memorial Gifts may be made
at any time of the year to Mrs.
Dale Hayes at The Northwestern
Bank.
The co-chairmen wish to take
this opportunity to say bow
much they appreciate the co
operation shown in carrying off
such a project in your county.
Without the willingness of those
who did the hard work, this
could not have been such a suc
cess. And the many people who
did their share in promoting the
work ot the Heart Association
can feel that they have had
their part in something very
worthwhile. Much help and
many years of research are
needed to help fight this num
ber one killer in our society.
And this is one way to help.
Many thanks to all who helped
in any way ? as chairmen, cap
tains, collectors, and contribu
tors.
Easter Seal
Bake Sale
A big Easter Seal Bake Sale
will be held next Friday after
non and Saturday, all day in
Blowing Rock. The sale will be
located in the building next to
the Post Office, and will be
supervised by Mrs. Edgar Young
.and Mrs. Virginia Baker. Deli
cious cakes, pies, and cookies
prepared by ladies of the Blow
ing Rock community will be
plentiful. All proceeds will be
donated to the Easter Seal
Drive now in progress.
Upper house of West Ger
man Parliament ratified French
pact.
New Bank Location
?The recently formed First
National Bank of Boone will
be housed in the former lo
cation of the Boone Trail
Restaurant. According to Sam
Dixon, executive vice-presi
dent of the organization, reno
vation of the site will be com
pleted within 90 days at which
time the bank will be form
ally opened. Two tellers and
two bookkeepers will be em
ployed full-time. Contractor
for the renovation is B. G.
Teams of Boone. Dixon calls
the bank, "... a place in
which everyone will be as
comfortable as they are in
in their own living room."
Housing Boom still Going On
Despite gloomy predictions
when President Kennedy sign
ed his order (our months ago
banning discrimination in fed
erally financed housing, the
homebuilding industry appears
headed for another prosperous
year.
It's too early for a detailed
analysis of the effects of the
order, but early indications
show little evidence of a slow
ing pace of home building.
Norris Furniture part
U. S. 421 at Rutherwood 264-3993