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An Independent Weekly Newspaper, •. Seventy-Seventh Year of Continuous Publication
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VOLUME LXXVII-.NO. 26
CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED MM
RIVERS PRINTING CO.. INC.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24,1964
10 CENTS PER COPY
24 PAGES—3 SECTIONS
Helping to entertain 37 children selected by their principals
from Watauga County Schools at the Jaycees annual shopping
spree lunch at the Town House Restaurant are (1-r) Paul
Smith, Mrs. Paul Smith, Jim Reed, Bob Denton, Betty Klutz
and Johnny Austin. Bob Denton was chairman of the project,
and Alice Denton was responsible for toys and treats passed
out. Several merchants donated prizes for treat bags.—
(Weston photo).
Burley Tobacco Sales
Near 4 Million Pounds
The Boone Tobacco market
closed on Monday, Dec. 21, to
resume sales on Jan. 4. The
first sale will begin that Mon
day at 9:15 a. m. at the Big
Burley Warehouse.
Stanley Harris, sales supervi
sor for the Board of Trade said
that totals turned into him by
the Big Burley and Mountain
Burley warehouses showed for
the week, Nov. 30 to Dec. 4—
1,465,067 pounds sold at $862,
269.06.
Dec. 7-Dec. 12: 1,450,682
pounds at $831,507.88.
Dec. -14-Dee. 18: 889,182
.pounds at $484,370.96.
Total sales to Dec. 18 are
3,804,911 pounds at $2,178,147,
90, with a per-hundred-pound
average of $57.25.
The breakdown for the week
of Dec. 14-Dec. 18, poundage
and sales, is:
At Mountain Burley: Monday
—192,056 pounds, at $109,245.
68; Tuesday — 196,650 pounds,
$108,899.00; Wednesday — 133,
764 pounds, $72,375.34; Thurs
day—51,358 pounds, $28,000.16;
Friday — 48,574 pounds, $24,
254.04.
Mountain Burley total: 622,
402 pounds at $342,774.42.
At Big Burley: Monday—111,
C Of C Offices
Close Jan. 1,2
The Boone Chamber of Com
merce, the Credit Bureau and
the License Bureau will be
closed January 1 and 2. 1965
license plates will go on sale
January 4.
338 pounds, $62,283.47; Tues
day—76,588 pounds, $39,266.87;
Wednesday — 45,082 pounds,
$23,478.23; Thursday — 26,200
pounds, $14,490.59; Friday—4,
552 pounds, $2,075.35.
Big Burley totals: 226,760
pounds at $141,596.54.
Geo. Thomas Heads
March Of Dimes
The March of Dimes in Wa
tauga County is being organized
by its newly-elected chairman,
George Thomas.
the drive here will support
the new birth defects treatment
center in Chapel Hill, which is
sponsored by all chapters in
the state.
Thomas, 37, is a graduate of
Cove Creek High School and
Bryce Commercial College. He
married the former. Jacqueline
Wilkinson of Zionville. They
have two sons, Randall and
Duane, and are members of
Greenway Baptist Church.
“Since polio has been almost
wiped out and the Foundation
is working on birth defects, I
have been close to families who
have children with birth de
fects and know the urgent need
for research in this,” Thomas
stated.
One of his nieces was badly
crippled by polio.
Thomas was president of the
Watauga-Avery Rural Letter
Carriers’ Association for seven
years and retired from the Post
Office Department in 1957. He
served in the Navy in World
War IL
As a life member of the Sou
thern Appalachian Historical
Association, Thomas has pro
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GEORGE THOMAS
Postmaster
Thanks People
Postmaster Ralph Beshears
Monday expressed his gratitude
to the patrons of the Boone
postoffice, for their fine cooper
ation in the matter of Christmas
mailing.
“Never,” said Mr. Beshears,
“have I known of such com
plete co-operation. This has
means a lot to me and to all of
us at the postoffice, and we
just want you to know we ap
preciate your help in taking
care of the record volume of
mail.”
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THIRD CLAM
Time For Auto License Plate1.
Rolls Around Again In State
It’s license re-plating time
again in North Carolina. De
partment of Motor Vehicles of
ficials say 2,225,000 application
cards were mailed in mid-Dec
ember to motor vehicle owners
who had their motor vehicle
registered at that time.
Miss Foy Ingram, Director of
the Department’s Registration
Division says, “If by January 1
you haven’t received the all
important registration renewal
card, let us know at once.”
The proper procedure is to
write the Department of Motor
Vehicles, Raleigh. Give the
make and identification num
ber of the vehicle, your last
year’s tag number and your
full name and address.
1064 plates expire December
31 and their use beyond that
date is permissible only if they
are duly registered by the de
partment to the vehicle on
which display is made. Owners
who have their vehicles proper
ly registered by the department
have until February 15 to ob
tain new plates.
Surrounding area residents
inay obtain their 65 plates at
the Chamber of Commerce, 211
South Depot beginning January
4, 1965. Office hours will be
from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Monday
through Friday and 9 a. m. to
12 noon Saturday. The local of
fice will be closed January 1
and 2.
The local license agent Cham
ber of Commerce and Miss In
gram urge that you “open your
application cards and complete
them in accordance with in
structions before presenting for
a new plate.” They say this will
greatly expedite the issuance
and keep long lines from form
ing.
Mrs. Edmisten
Given Awards
At Law School
Mrs. Rufus L. Edmisten (nee
Jane Moretz), native of Wa
tauga County and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D. Moretz
of Deep Gap, has received two
awards from George Washing
ton University Law School in
Washington, D. C. She was ad
vised by the dean of the Law
School that the Committee on
Scholarships had recommended
that she receive the Zeta Chap
ter, Phi Delta Delta Legal Fra
ternity Scholarship, which is
awarded to the woman in the
Law School who has exhibited
high scholastic achievement and
•ervice to the school in her
first year of law school.
She was also awarded the Eta
Alumnae Chapter, Kappa Beta
Pi Legal Sorority award, con
sisting of an edition of Black
stone’s Commentaries, which is
presented to the woman stu
dent who attains the highest
average in the first year class.
The awards were made public
in the November 30 issue of the
Law School newspaper, Amicus
Curiae.
Mrs. Edmisten is in her sec
ond year of law school at
George Washington, where she
serves on the staff of the Law
Review. She is enrolled in the
evening division, and holds a
full-time position as a research
analyst with the Department of
Defense.
An honor graduate of the
University of North Carolina,
where she received a B. A. and
M. A., she is the wife of Rufus
L. Edmisten, also a Boone na
tive. Mr. Edmisten is on the
staff of the Senate Subcommit
tee on Constitutional Rights,
headed by Senator Sam Ervin,
Jr., and he also is enrolled in
the George Washington Law
School.
Boone Stores
Will Observe
Christmas Day
It is recommended by the
Merchants Association that
Boone stores remain closed
Christmas day and Saturday.
However, a good many of the
stores have indicated they will
reopen Saturday as usual.
Banks will be closed both
days as will the offices of the
Watauga Savings & Loan Asso
ciation.
All county offices will be
closed starting Thursday at
noon, for the remainder of the
week. Town of Boone offices
will be closed Friday and Sat.
urday as will the postoffice. At
the postoffice there will be no
city or rural route deliveries on
Friday, but there will be B. F.
D. service Saturday. t
It is recommended that
stores be closed both Friday
and Saturday next week due
to New Year’s day falling on
Friday.
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Boone C. of C. Prexv
New Location
May Be Horn
Cafe Building
The Boone Chamber of Com
merce met in special session
Saturday morning at the Wa
tauga Savings & Loan Associa
tion, at the request of its new
ly-elected president, Clyde C.
Miller.
The chief reason for the meet
ing was to determine a new lo
cation for the Chamber of Com
merce offices, according to Stan
ley Harris, finance chairman.
Col. Miller was elected Thurs
day by the Board of Directors
of the Chamber of Commerce.
A native Wataugan, Miller serv
ed four and a half years in
World War II. Two and a half
years were with MacArthur in
the Southwest Pacific.
In 1946 he retired. From
1946-62 he was vice-president
and director of sales with Mon
arch Marking System, Dayton,
Ohio. Since September, 1962,
Col. Miller has lived in Meat
Camp Township on Big Hill
Road.
Also on Thursday, the Board
elected a manager, Fred McNeal
of 1714 East King St. Mr. and
Mrs. McNeal moved to Boone
in 1960.
He was previously employed
by the Atlantic Refining Com
pany in Philadelphia as a pro*
duction supervisor. A member
of the First Baptist Church of
Boone, McNeal is active in civic
affairs, and has assisted the
Southern Appalachian Histori
cal Association by working for
the “Horn in the West.”
Outgoing C of C president
Herman Wilcox performed the
duties of manager too. How
ever, since his resignation the
Board elected to divide the off
ices, hence lessening the bur
den for the president.
Harris reported his commit
tee had investigated Don Cof
fey’s building, formerly the
Horn Cafe, at the corner of
East King Street and the Blow
ing Rock Road.
“It’s well located from the
standpoint of the tourist busi
ness,” he said. Harris said R. D.
Hodges had offered a hot air
furnace for heating the build
ing and said he felt that fixing
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FRED lfaNEAL
CHRISTMAS BECOMES EVEN MORE EX
CITING each year when the big tree in front
of the Watauga County Hospital is “turned
on.” John Dinkins of Appalachian State
Teachers College captured this photo two
years ago when snow blanketed the country
side.
Christmas Decorations Are
Judged By Garden Council
Ski Activities
At Blowing Rock
M. E. Thalheimer, manager
of the Blowing Rock Ski Lodge,
reports the following activities
for the holiday season:
Dec. 25—Santa Claus will visit
the lodge at 3 p. m., en route
back to the North Pole. A torch
light parade will be given by
the ski professionals at 8 p. m.
Dec. 26—Dancing.
Dec. 27—Races among skiiers.
Dec. 29 and 30—Entertain
ment by the Cherokee Sweet
hearts.
New Year’s Eve—Dancing and
torch light parade.
Jan. 1—Live entertainment.
Jan. 2—Ski racing and danc
ing.
Funeral Held For
Mrs. Ruppert
The funeral for Mrs. Rhoda
Jane Ruppert, 65, of Blowing
Rock, wife of Roy Ruppert Sr.
was conducted at 2 p. m. Sun
day at Cool Springs Baptist
Church in Watauga County by
the Rev. Clyde Cornett, the Rev.
Romulus Setzer and the Rev.
Alfred Pitts. Burial was in
Blowing Rock Cemetery.
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The Watauga Garden Coun
cil, following up on their theme
of the year, outdoor decorations,
viewed and judged the many
attractive outdoor decorations
displayed by people throughout
the county Sunday evening.
The council found many dec
orations displayed and an un
usually large number of out
door trees were decorated.
An oustanding tree was done
by Jack Norris on the top of
Howard’s Knob hovering over
the town to be seen by almost
all the residents and can be
viewed for several miles. Other
large public trees appreciated
were Dr. Plemmon’s home, Jus
tice and Newland Halls at
ASTC, Hospital, tree on square
in Boone, and the tree at the
Grady Greer home on Wilks
boro Road.
Judging the many displays
was a difficult task, but the
judges gave the following de
cisions: Trees: First, Mr. and
Mrs. Con Yates, Queen Street;
Second, Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Watkins, Grand Blvd.; Third,
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Payne,
Cherry Park. An unusual tree
covered with packages was at
the Lewis Wilson home on
Queen Street. 1
Doors: First, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Buchanan, Blowing Rock
Road; Second, Mr. and Mrs.
Lorn Harrison, State Farm
Road; Third, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
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Democrat Out
A Day Early
The Democrat is issued
Tuesday this week, rather
than Wednesday, to give a
Christmas vacation to the
staff.
Since New Year’s Day falls
on Friday next week, we will
exert every effort to issue the
Democrat again Tuesday of
that week for the benefit of
advertisers and to provide
one day off.
The fine cooperation of our
advertisers and contributors
is appreciated in this hurried
up holiday activity at your
county newspaper plant.
Ronda Buchanan
Rites Saturday
Ronda Councill Buchanan, Sr.,
70, of Boone died Thursday
night at Watauga Hospital after
a long illness.
He was born in Catawba
County to Zebulon Bard Bu
chanan and Myrtle Councill Bu
chanan. He lived in Boone 25
years. He was a sign contractor
and salesman.
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