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5 FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the col* umns of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, intensely covering the local shopping area, it is the best; advertising medium available. An Independent Weekly Newspaper... Seventy-Seventh Year of Continuous Publication * v BOONS WKATBCK 1984 Hi Lo prec. ’83 HI Nov. 24 47 27 Nov. 25 53 41 Nov. 26 50 35 Nov. 27 61 33 Nov. 28 54 41 Nov. 29 50 31 3.01 .89 52 47 50 63 55 53 VOLUME LXXVII—NO. 23 ‘wvmnfflwoM* BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3,1964 10 CENTS PER COPY 22 PAGES—3 SECTIONS 292,792 Pounds Of Burley Sold On OpeningDay Tobacco sales opened Monday as the first snow of the season blanketed the county. < Eight buyers shifted between the Big Burley Warehouse on the Highway 421 bypass and Mountain Burley Warehouse No. 2 at Faculty and Depot Streets. They represented Lig gett & Myers, Reynolds, Ameri can, Piedmont, Brown & Wil liamson, Austin and Greenville (Tenn.) tobacco companies, and the Burley Stabilization Com pany, which is a branch of the government. Sales reports received Tues day morning from Big Burley Warehouse showed first day sales of 78,792 pounds at an average of $61.96 per hundred pounds. Mountain Burley Warehouse Company reported 214,000 pounds sold at a hundred pound rate of $61.59, Joe Coleman said. Miss Donna Jean Finley, the new Miss Watauga, officially opened the sales season Mon day morning at Mountain Bur ley Warehouse. North Caro lina’s burley market is con ducted in Boone, West Jeffer son and Asheville. The flue cured tobacco market in the Piedmont and Coastal regions “Keep Christ In Christmas” Contest <Dp$n The Fine Arts Department of the Boone Woman’s Club is again sponsoring the "Keep Christ in Christmas” contest. For the past few years, mer chants of Boone have been ask ed by the Fine Arts Depart ment of the Woman’s Club to arrange window displays of a religious nature to emphasize the true Christian meaning of Christmas—the birth of Christ. Winners will be awarded first, second and third place ribbons. The religious scenes will be judged by ministers of Boone, assisted by a member of the Woman’s Club. The displays will be judged on Thursday, Dec. 10, and awards made to the winners on that date. Mrs. E. S. Qualls, chairman of the Fine Arts division, named a committee consisting of Mrs. Bert Ellis, chairman; Mrs. Roy Rufty and Mrs. Dean Merideth, committee members, to arrange details of the con test. All business establishments wishing to enter the contest are invited to do so. Holshouser May Become Minority Chief Representative James E. Hol shouser, Jr., of Watauga Coun ty, is considered the most likely prospect to be chosen minority leader in the 1965 General As sembly, in the opinion of Joe Doster, Charlotte Observer po litical writer. It is pointed out that William Osteen of Guilford County, mi nority leader in 1961 and 1963, did not run again and party Chairman J. Herman Saxon of Mecklenburg and joint caucus chairman Dan Simpson of Burke county were defeated. (The Republicans’ seats in the House were reduced by 7 to a total of 14 in the last election, and they lost one of their two Sen ate seats.) New leadership will be neces sary and Mr. Doster points out that Representative Holshouser has one year of experience. Thomas Bannett of Carteret, another member of the 1963 sessions, is also a prospect for minority leadfe?. has already been conducted. Stanley Harris, sales super visor, told the Democrat that sales are slated at 9:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday of this week at Big Burley. When sales are completed, buy ers will move to Mountain Bur ley Warehouse. The first Tuesday, Thursday and Monday in December, sales will start at 9:30 a. m. at Moun tain Burley and move to Big Burley. Mrs. Isaacs Is Taken By Death Mrs. Mary Jane Fletcher Isaacs, 79, of Sugar Grove, widow of Arthur Isaacs, died late Tuesday at Watauga Hos pital after a long illness. Mrs. Isaacs was born in Wa tauga County to Jake and Mary Jane Greer Fletcher. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Emma Isaacs of Boone and Mrs. Ora Payne of Sugar Grove; six grandchildren, four teen great - grandchildren; a brother, William Fletcher of Sugar Grove; and three sisters, Mrs. Nellie Lewis of Dillinger, Pa., Mrs. Birdie Gragg of Kings port, Tenn., and Miss Sophia Fletcher of Vilas. The funeral was conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday at Cove Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. W. H. Key and the Rev. L. A. Tal bert. Burial was in. Cove Creek Cemetery. Christmas Fair To Be Held Sunday Christmas decorations, trees, wreaths, candles, and what have- you will be on display at the Daniel Boone Hotel Sun day, Dec. 6 from 3 to 5 p. m. Everything shown will be hand made or hand decorated. This Christmas Fair, which is the December program of the Blue Ridge Garden Club, is open to everyone. Those wish ing to place articles on display are asked to bring them to the hotel between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. on Saturday, Dec. 5. There is no admission charge or silver offering, and the pub lic is invited to come and view the displays. WATAUGA’S OLDEST CITIZEN, Mrs. Rhoda Teague Greer, relaxed at home on the occasion of her one-hundred-first birthday Monday. Standing beside here is Mrs. Margie Mi chael, her daughter. (Rivers photo.) Watauga’s Oldest Citizen Celebrates 101st Birthday BY RACHEL RIVERS Happy birthday, Mrs. Greer, and have a healthy and happy New Year! Mrs. Rhoda Teague Greer celebrated her one hundred and first birthday Monday. An amazing fact about her life, said her • daughter, Mrs. • Margie Michael who is 68, is that “She’s never been a patient in ahospi tal in her life.. ‘Iter health has been so good and she’s been a wonder ful mother. I’m very proud of her; she’s been with me 25 years.” Mrs. Greer lives with her daughter at 1601 Daniel Boone Drive, in Perkinsville. Both are charter members of. the Ruther wood Baptist Chufch. Tribute Mrs. Greer received more than 75 letters and telegrams last year, as a result of a story and picture in the Democrat, Mrs. Michael said. Among those was a letter from Congressman James T. Broyhill, recently re-elected by the Ninth District. This year, she received a let ter from Sen. Sam J. Ervin, in which the Senator wrote: “Our mutual friend, Rufus Edmisten, has told me about your love for life and your keen interest in making our world a better place in which to live. I am sure that your life has been an inspiration to the many peo Christmas Cantata Being Planned At Blowing Rock Mrs. Charles F. Brown’s Studio Choral Group will pre sent a Christmas Cantata Dec. 13 at 4 p.m. in the Chapel of Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church, Blowing Rock. The group will be joined in the presentation by a group of children from Crossnore School who will be accompanied to Blowing Rock by the Rev. Earl Miller, pastor of Crossnore Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Miller will conduct the choral groups and will play several selections on his violin. The cantata, entitled, “Childe Jesus” by Joseph Clokey, will be narrated by Rudolph Greene and George Baker. The Rev. A. Blake Brinkerhoff, pastor of Rumple Memorial, will read the Christmas Story. The presentation will last ap proximately an hour. Mrs. Brown and her assistants ex tend a cordial invitation to everyone in the community to attend. The Studio Group will meet at Brown’s Studio each Wednes day and Sunday at 4 p.m. for rehearsals. pie with Whom you come into daily contact.” Last year, Dr. Charles Davant of Blowing Rock, offered Wa tauga County’s oldest citizen her first Airplane ride for her hundreth birthday. Mrs. Greer wasn’t taking any chances, though, and kindly declined the offer: *‘f’m better off on the ground,” she said. Mrs. Greer was married Sept. 25, 1882, to Larkin Greer and eame - with him to Watauga County in 1896. Mr. Greer died in 1940. “I have to sort of feel my way around,” she said. This (Continued on page six) Blowing Rock - Chamber Names Bd. Directors As a result of the recent bal loting, which was possibly the heaviest in the history of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Com merce the following named were elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the year 1065: RESIDENT DIRECTORS: W. H. Barnwell, John O. Goodwin, R. B. Hardin, Mrs. H. P. Hol shouser, J. D. Jones, C. S. Kipp, and Louis H. Smith. ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS: William Abernethy, Mrs. S. C. Crater, L. E. Dimmette, Mrs. T. L. Dysard, Mrs. W. S. (Joe) Greene, Mrs. Leon Ivey, Mrs. Thomas V. Snively, Mrs. Larry Walker and L. L. Whitaker. These two classes of directors are elected annually from the membership by secret ballot. The Resident Directors shall be full time residents of the Town of Blowing Rock. The Associ ate Directors shall be selected from the summer resident mem bers of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, Incorp orated. The first meeting of the new directors will be held Friday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p. m. in the Chamber building, at which time the Board will elect a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer to serve for the year 1965. Dr. Lawrence Given Service Plaque By Optometric Society Winston-Salem — Dr. C. Ray Lawrence of Boone was pre sented a bronze Distinguished Service Plaque 1 by the North Carolina Optometric Society at its annual Fall Educational Congress here last week. A past president of the so ciety, Dr. Lawrence was cited for outstanding and devoted service to the society and the profession of optometry, and for his continued leadership in optometric affairs.. The award was presented by Dr. S. H. Templeman of Lenoir, president of the society, at a special dinner attended by more than 250 optometrists and their wives at the Jack Tar-Winston Hotel. In making the presentation, Dr. Templeman said: “Dr. Lawrence’s contributions to optometry can never be measured ■ fully. The vitality and wisdom of his leadership have earned him the respect of the public as well as his own pro fession. This plaque is their manner of expressing grateful appreciation.” The Boone optometrist cur rently is a member of the Com mittee on Vocational Guidance of the North Carolina Optome tric Society and member of the North Carolina State Board of Examiners is Optometry. Accepts Jaycees9 Invitation . * - .. * V- ■ • ' -H'v tv •' " Santa Claus Is Coming; Yule Parade Is Planned Optimists To Have All Ready For Decorating Santa Claus has accepted an invitation from the Boone Jay cees, and will make his annual trip from the North Pole to Boone on Saturday, December 12. According to Paul Smith, publicity director of the Boone Jaycees, who will sponsor the event this year, arrangements are now being made for the an nual parade, which will usher in the Christmas season in Wa tauga County, to make its an nual trek down Main Street on December 12. Invitations have been extend ed to various organizations, businesses and schools to parti cipate in the parade. Appalach ian High School marching band and Friedman High School Band from Lenoir have been asked to be in the parade, along with the Boone Fire De partment and the Boone Rescue Squad. The Jaycees are asking new car dealerships to partici pate as well as any other busi ness or organizations in town who wish to enter a float or display. Miss Watauga County and Little Miss Watauga County, Mayor Wade E. Brown and oth er dignitaries will participate. There will be an antique car display and many others. Santa Claus will, of course, be on hand distributing goodies to the children along the par ade route. The Boone Optimist Club has completed getting the dec orations for the town ready and they will be put up this week by the Town of Boone and the New River Light and Power Company. Many businesses have already decorated their show windows in the Christmas theme, and the outlook is for another prosperous season. “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” Mrs. Timmons Rites In Hudson Mrs. Laura Brown Timmons, 70, of Boone, died of a heart attack Thursday night at her home. She was born in Wilkes Coun ty to George and Martha Hen drix Brown and had lived in Boone 37 years. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jessie Norris of Boone; a son, George Timmons of Elk ton, Md.; three grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. K. P. Throneburg of Hudson; and two brothers, Ben L. Brown of Spencer and Charles Brown of Gastonia. The funeral was conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at Hudson Methodist Church by the Rev. C. W. Avet, the Rev. Clem Go forth and the Rev. Floyd Bos ton. Burial was in Sardis Ceme tery. ACP Reports Are Needed Approximately 300 farmers .need to make their reports of completed agricultural conser vation program practices to the Watauga ASCS office. These reports should be made as soon as possible since the report date was Nov. 30 except in cases where farmers have requested extension of time to complete work on their ACP practices. A total of 1478 farmers have requested assistance under the 1864 Agricultural Conservation Program, according to Vaughn Tugman, Chairman of Watauga ASC County Committee. THE FORD STATION WAGON WAS UN. ABLE TO STOP and the Dodge truck was unable to stop. Bad road conditions caused many a minor bang-up as winter bowed in Monday. This accident occurred on rural road 1109 off Highway 421 Bypass. The un identified Ford at the left was typical of dozens of minor accidents caused by hard packed ice. three Accidents Are Reported Monday Due To Snowy Roads Patrolman G. L. Morgan re ported three accidents on Monr day, ’ which were attributed to hazardous driving conditions. -A 1958 Ford station wagon driven by Fred Robert Greene of Sherwood collided Monday morning with a 1964 Dodge truck driven by Fred Arnett of Vilas on rural road 1109 off Highway 421 bypass. The steep grade at the inter section of the bypass and 1109 was coated with ice. The truck, coming up the hill to the by pass, slid into the left lane and couldn’ move on the ice. The station wagon turned off the bypass and was unable to stop. Slight damages were record ed for both vehicles. No charges were made. * • • Charlie W. Smith of Martins ville, Va., driving a 1960 Chev rolet, lost control of his car Monday afternoon on Highway 421 on Brushy Fork. The car went off the high way and landed on its top. Smith and his passenger, John Baldwin of Collinsville, Va., were en route to Mountain (Continued on page six) However, not all cars with their wheels off the road were perched as precariously as this one. It hangs about 20 feet above a creek. (Rivers photos.) Last Census Showed 1,940 Farms Listed In Watauga Copyright 1964 Rivers Printing Co.. Inc. The 1964 Census of Agricul ture, now being conducted by the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce, in Watauga County, will bring up to date farm statistics last col lected in 1959. Here are a few of the many facts recorded in the 1959 farm census for this county: There were 1,940 farms in 1959, compared with 2,427 in 1954. The average size of farm was 63.4 acres in 1959, com pared with 58.6 acres in 1954. The value of products sold Schools Will Close Dec. 18 Mr. Guy W. Angell, Superin tendent of Watauga County Schools, announces that all county schools will close for the Christmas holidays, Friday, Dec. 18 and resume regular class room work Monday, Dec. 28. New Year’s Day, January 1, will be observed as a holiday I by all county schools. by the county’s farmers in 1959 was $3,309,397. The value of all crops sold was $1,508,367. The value of all livestock and livestock products sold was $1, 801,030. The 1964 national Census of Agriculture is the 18th in a series which began in 1840. Be cause of the rapid changes American agriculture has been undergoing in recent years, Census Bureau officials regard the current census as one of the most significant ever taken. They ask every farmer to co operate in compiling an accur ate record of these changes by filling out the census form he receives in the mail and hold ing the completed questionnaire until a census taker calls for it. WagonTrain Scout Seen On TV Show North Wilkesboro, Nov. 30— Ivey Moore of North Wilkes boro, chief scout Of the Daniel Boone Wagon Train from North Wilkesboro to Boone since the Wagon Train began in 1963, was a participant on a network tele vision show this afternoon. Mr. Moore returned last week from New York City, where the “To Tell The Truth” show was taped in CBS studios. The show was scheduled for showing on CBS stations this afternoon at three o’clock. He was on the show with Le land K. Shaffer, a former full back of the New York Giants, and Harold Galloway, a Ford dealer of Newburgh, N. Y., each claiming before the panel of four to be the chief scout of the Daniel Boone Wagon Train. Members of the panel trying to determine which of the three was the “real Ivey Moore, chief scout of the Wagon Train,” (Continued on page six)
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