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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1965
VOLUME LXXVII— NO. 31
ACCEPTING THE FIRST PLACE PLAQUE AND CER
i TIFICATE FOR ADVERTISING on behalf of the Watauga
Democrat, Mrs. R. Cv,.Rivers, associate editor, is greeted by
Edward L. Rankin, Jr., director of the Department of A*d<
lainistration. The award was made by the North Carolina
I-: Press Association Thursday night in Carroll Hall at the Uni-:
varsity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rankin stood In
lor Gov. Dan K. Moore, who fell 111 that afternoon. J. D.
Fltz, editor of the Morganton News-Herald and secretary of
the Association, is in the background. (Rivers photo.)
Democrat
Is Winner
Capping off 1964 in fine style
Democrat staffer Ralph Tugman
has won the first place plaque
And certificate for advertising
in the weekly division of the
annua! North Carolina Press
Association contest.
He was notified of the judge’s
decision the first week in Janu
ary. The ads he entered com
prised a homecoming ad, a
home improvement ad and ads
from his “Show of Confidence”
them* All entries were submit
ted t>> Oct. 1, 1964, deadline few
the contest.
"Basically, all the ads we
used were ads which, in them
selves, triggered campaigns
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Mrs. J.G. Coot
Fatally Hurt In
Fall At Home
Mrs. Grace Cook, 84, of Le
noir, widow of James G. Cook,
died Tuesday morning in a Le
noir Hospital from injuries suf
fered in a fail at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. Fred W. Craig.
* Mrs. Cook was horn in Wa
tauga County to Jack and Betty
Morris Cook. She was * mem
ber of Three Forks Baptise
Church for about 60 years.
Surviving besides her daugh
ter, is a sister, Mrs. C. C. Pen
nell of Morristown, Term., and
a son-in-law, Fred Craig of Le
noir,
The funeral was conducted at
2 p. m. Thursday at Three Forks
Baptist Church by the Rev,
Charles Smith, Burial was in
the Cook family cemtery.
Progress Report Is Made At
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The annual meeting of the
stockholders of The Northwest
ern Bank was held at 11 a.m.
on Jan. 10 in the Director*’
Room of the home office in
North Wilkesboro.
Edwin Duncan, Sr„ bank
president, reported as follows:
“I am pleased to report that
the net operating profits of The
Northwestern Bank were $3,
317,975.65 in the year 1964,
compared with $3,013,639.21 in
1963. ^
Mrs, Ora Greene
Dies On Monday
Mrs. Ora Nancy Greene, 71,
of the Beaver Dam community,
wife of Wilby J. Greene, died
Monday at Cannon Memorial
Hospital at Banner Elk after an
illness of a week.
She was born in Watauga
County to Roby and Jane Sher
rill Wilson and was i member
of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.
Surviving besides her hus
band are two sons, Vaughn
Greene of Vilas and Don Greene
of Boone, Route 4; six grand
children; a great-grandchild;
four brothers, George A. Wil
son of Boone, Route 3, Frank
Wilson of Vilas, Manley Wilson
of Bessemer City and Dallas
Wilson of Neva, Tenn.; and
three sisters, Mrs. Raymond El
ler of Vilas, Mrs, Grady Wil
son of Boone, Route 2, and Mrs.
Zilda Miles of Evansville, Ind.
The funeral was conducted
Wednesday at 2 p. m. at Beav
er Dam Baptist Church by the
Rev. Bennie Greene and the
Rev. R. C, Eggers. Burial was
in Beaver Dam Cemetery,
i “The financial activities of
[ the bank expanded substantial
ly in 1964. Deposits increased
i from $166,000,000 at the end
of 1963 to $200,000,000 at the
! end of 1964, or a growth of
$34,000,000.
“Thirteen million dollars of
; this increase can be attributed
| to consolidations with the B*nk
of Yanceyville, Yanoeyvilie, N.
Security Bank and Trust
i Company, Rutherfordton, N. C.;
I and Finn State Bank, Hazel
wood, N. C,
; “there fore, $21,000,000 of
| this increase represented the
growth of The Northwestern
| Bank in the territories served
before these consolidations.
| Total assets reacher a new high
; of $235,000,000 as compared
with $191,000,000 the nrevious
I year. Loans increased from
$115,000,000 to $140,000,000 at
year-end.
“To support this large growth,
; the bank's directors continued
their policy of low dividends in
proportion to earnings. A de
cision wa* made to sell $5,000,
000 Subordinated Debentures
dated May 1, 1964, due May 1,
1984, callable May 1, 1960.
These debentures serve the
same purpose as capital with
the added advantage to our
stockholders that their equity is
not reduced.
“We increased our Reserve
for Possible Loan Losses from
$3,297,937.11 to $6,146,176.57 or
an increase of $2,848,230.46
during the year 1064. All assets
considered doubtful by the
federal examiners, state exam
iners, our own auditors, or the
committee of the Board of Di
rectors charged with this re
sporisibility, were either cbarg
The body of u unidentified
male infant was found Tuesday,
January 19, at the City Garbage
Disposal area.
The discovery was made by
an employee of Mr. H. G. Greer
who was walking past the area
mi his way to work.
According to Sheriff Dallas
Cheek, he was called at about
3 p.oi. and went to investigate
and found the infant in a par
tially burned box which had
been covered with plastic. '
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Evidence pointed to the fact
that the body had been left
there sometime Monday. Norm*
ally there is an attendant at
the dump to direct the disposal
of garbage, but due to the se
verely bad weather Monday, the
attendant was net on duty,, and
U could not be determined as
to how the body had tome to
he there.
The body was taken to Reins
Sturdivant Funeral Home, and
&• physician’s saamittatlon rv
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vealed it to he of a male child,
weighing approximately seven
pounds, newly-horn and had
lived. Death waa attributed to
suffocation.
Intense investigations are be
ing made by the WataagaCoun
ty Sheriffs department in ah
effort to locate the principals
Involved in the death of the
infant. ->
Burial arrangements were
handled by ReinvSturdivant,
ed to expense or to specified
reserves.”
The stockholders re elected
the following directors: W. H.
Allen, President, By lo Furni
ture Co., Statesville; W. B.
Austin, attorney, Jefferson; B.
T, Chatham, Jr., Executive Vice*
President, Chatham Manufact*
(continued on page two)
Rites Held For
Mrs. J. F. Jackson
Mrs. Minnie Johnson Jack
son, 81, of Boone, Rt. 2, widow
of Jesse Frank Jackson, died
Wednesday at Watauga Hos
pital after a long illness,
Mrs, Jackson was born in
Mountain City, Tenn., to Dixon
and Cynthia Calloway Johnson
and moved to Watauga County
52 years ago.
Surviving are two sons, Tom
Jackson of Boone, Route 2, and
Arvil Jackson of West Jeffer
son; a brother, McKinley John
j son of Mountain City, Tenn.; and
| two sisters, Mrs. Flossie Smith
! of Knoxville, Tenn., and Mrs.
| Lethia Stubbs of Washington;
| five grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted at
2 p. m. Friday at Bethel View
Methodist Church by the Rev.
j Garland E. Smith and the Rev.
John Christy. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Yates
Dies In Ashe
West Jefferson.—Mrs. Annie
| Lou Yates, 70, of West Jeffer
son, widow of Connard Yate*
Sr., died at 6:30 a. m. Tuesday
t at her home after a Song illness.
| She .was bom in Watauga
County1 to Lenz and Jennie Phil
lips Hendrix. Her husband died
in 1937. .. \
Surviving are three sons,
Gwyn Yates of West Jefferson,
Connard Yates Jr. of Boone and
William Yates of Brownwood,
four grandchildren; a sister,
Mrs. Mattie Hough of Pennsyl
vania; and a brother, Hooper
Hendrix of Boone.
The funeral was conducted
ait 2 p. m. Thursday at West
Jefferson Methodist Church by
the Rev. Russell Young. Burial
was in the Yates family earn
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127 High Schools
To Send Bands;
The 15th annual Northwest
North Carolina High School
| Bal'd Clinic will be held at
| Appalachian S t a to Teachers
College Friday through Sun
! day, January 29-31, concluding
! with a concert for the public at
2:30 Sunday afternoon in the
Fine Arts Auditorium.
Charles L. isley, Jr., clinic
chairman, announces there will
be 190 band students from 27
high schools, and their direct
ors present. These students
were selected from nearly 400
who applied.
The Clinic will be divided Into
two complete bands, and each
band will prepare a short con
cert, Dr. Allan Bone of Duke
University and Dr, William
Spencer of the A8TC faculty
will be conductors. Dr. Bone
Is Chairman of the Music De
partment of Duke University,
and. Dr. Spencer Is chairman of
the music department of ASTC.
A highlight of the clinic will
be a concert by the New York
Brass Quintet and the Appalach
ian State Teachers College Band
Friday evening at 8 o’clock.
The members of the Quintet
will conduct a brass clinic Sat
urday morning. The concluding
event, a concert by the two
clinic bands at 2:30 Sunday af
ternoon, is open to the public
free of charge.
Schools represented at the
clinic and their band directors
include:
Appalachian High S c h o o 1,
Boone, Mr. James Shugert.
Boyden High School, Salis
bury, George Wilson and Beav
er Robinette.
Davie County High School,
Moeksville, Paul Reichle.
Booneville High School,
Bonneville, Mr.' Edwards.
Drexel High School, Drexel,
Miss Katherine Sipers,
Glen Alpine High School,
Glen Alpine, Miss Martha Tho*
masson. .y
East Rowan High School,
Salisbury, Bill Coble,
Elkin High School, Elkin,
Roy Russell.
Gray High School, Winston
Salem, John LaCava,
Griffith High School, Win
ston-Salem, Herbert Clark.
Hildebran High School, Hilde
bran, James Williams.
I Hudson High School, Hud
I son, Robert Love.
Lenoir High School, Lenoir,
j Bernard Hirsch, John Miller,
i Capt. James Harper.
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DR, WILLIAM SPENCER
DR. ALLAN BONE
First National Reports Good
Year; Names Board, Officers
Officers and director* were
| re-elected at the stockholders'
j meeting of the First National
i Bank at 4:30 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 21.
Directors are G. R. Andrews,
Mack D. Drown, R. Worth Claw
son, E. F. Coe, Sam W. Dixon,
S. C. Eggers, Sr., Council I*.
Main, C. Gordon Taylor, Phil
H, Vance, Jr., Kenneth Wilcox,
and John T. Winkler.
Officers: Chairman, S. C. Eg
gers; president, G. R. Andrews;
! executive vice-president, Sam
W. Dixon; and cashier, Janies
E. 'Rhoades.'"'
Staff: Pat Hallefct, Linda Har
rigan, Janet Moretz, Jerry Mor
etz. Ann Norris, Mary Jon Wells,
David Whittington, and Carrie
Williams.
Are Advanced
Effective Jan. 1, the Watauga
County Hospital made a rate
change in room charges in or
der to bring the hospital to a
break even basts.
A hospital spokesman who
made the announcement said
that even with the change in
rates, Watauga still charges far
below rates at other hospitals
in the state. The new rates are
as listed;; '*
Three or four-bod ward,
$10.50 a day; five-bed ward,
$10; semi-private room, $12;
private room without bath,
$13.50; and private room with
semi-private bath, $15.50.
In a comparative statement
of condition as of Dec, 31, 1964
and 1963, assets were listed as;
cash, $194,398.67 — $294,525.08
in 1963; U. S. Government, Fed
eral Reserve Bank stock and
other securities, $541,908,65 —
: $253,154,50 in 1963; loans and
discounts, $809,731.20 — $553,
395,22 in 1963; banking house
fumitvure, fixtures and equip,
men*, $37,401.19—$23,754.73 k
1963; other assets, $15,185.19—
$9,786.25 in 1963.
Total assets; $1,598,624,90 in
1964; $1,134,615.78 in 1963.
Liabilities;: deposits, $1,296,
651.61 compared to $844,454.85
in 1963; income collected but
not earned, $27,345.72 — $25,
109.08 in 1963.
Total liabilities: $1,323,977.33
in 1964; $869,563.93 in 1963.
Capital accounts: capital
stock, $150,000 compared to
$150,000 in 1963; surplus, $75,*
000—$75,000 also in 1963; un
divided profits, $49,627.57 —
$40,051.85 in 1963.
Total capital accounts; $274,*
627.57 in 1964; $265,051.85 in
1963.
Total liabilities and capital
accounts: $1,596,624.90 in 1964;
$1,134,615,78 in 1963.
Executive Vice-President Sam
Dixon said that '‘although the
bank was established in July of
1962, it has grown into a $1,
500,000 bank and has paid out
$9,734 in interest in 1964—de
spite heavy expenses in salaries
and advertising.”
Dixon also said the bank has
improved its property some
$7,000 in 1964.
Growth,
& Loan Has Rapid
Stockholders Told
Stockholders of the Watauga
Savings and Loan Association
met last Thursday and heard
a report of a gain in resources
of $1,696,811.39 during 1964 to
bring the total assets of the
association to $12,113,793.74 as
of December 31, 1964.
H. Grady Farthing, President
of the association, opened the
meeting, and addressed the
stockholders on the progress
made in the county and the
part the Savings and Loan has
been able to play in the mount
ing construction program in the
area, and later turned the meet
ing over to James P. Marsh,
secretary - treasurer, who sub
mitted the detailed report to
the gathering.
Directors Named ?
All the directors were re
elected, after having been
placed in nomination by Mr,
Paul Winkler, and one new di
rector, Pad J. Smith, assistant
treasurer, was added to the
directorate. The board now Con
■gist* of: ■ '
H. Grady Farthing, Waiter H.
Greene, Bob Rivers, Guy W.
Hunt, Dr. William M. Matheson,
H. F. Holshouser, Howard W.
| Mast, Wayne R. Richardson,
| James P. Marsh, G. Perry
| Greene, Grover C. Robbins, Jr.,
j and Paul J. Smith.
| Board Has Meeting
Following the stockholders’
meeting the Board of Directors
had its monthly meeting and re
elected the following state of
officers: H. Grady Farthing,
President; Rob Rivers, Vice
President; James P. Marsh,
Secretary and Treasurer; Paul
J. Smith, Assistant Treasurer.
Text Of Report
Following is the text of the
report made to the stockholders
by Mr, Marsh:
‘The Watauga Savings and
Loan Association had another
excellent year dtiring 1891
I Total assets of the association
j increased by $1,696,811.39 from
I total assets at the close of 1963
I of $10,416,882.33 to $12,113,
! 793.74 at the close of 1964. Ttai*
'increase was made possible
i through the continued sayings
I inflow by the fine people of
Watauga County. Total savings
at the close of 1964 were $10,*
719,029.78 for an increase of
¥1,774,602 63. We had 3,062
ravings depositors at the close
of 1964, where in 1963 we had
only 4,710, thus a net increase
of 332 new savers for 1964. This
represents an average of better
than one account for each fam
ily in Watauga County.
"At the close Of 1964 we had
2,0577 loans amounting to $10,
301,225.32. This is a net in
crease for the year of $1,302,
698.91. All loans are secured by
a first mortgage on real estate.
During the year the association I
made 120 loans for the construe
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TED H. RHUDY
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Named Manager
At Shoe Factory
Ted L. Rhudy has been ap
pointed plant manager of Blue *
Ridge Shoe Company effective
Jan. 1, 1868, succeeding R D.
Ray.
Rhudy, who is a native of
Elk Park, Virginia, was first
employed by (this company in ?
the Wilkeeboro plant in 1962,
He was transferred to the
Boone plant as a section mana
ger in April, 1963, and continu- :J
ed in that capacity until his re
cent promotion.
Prior to his entry into the
shoe manufacturing field, Rhu- -
dy had several years experience y
in the textile industry in Vir*
ginia and North Carolina, after
serving a tenure of service in
the Air Force being discharged
: in 1949. ■ ■' ,
i A member of the Boone
Lion’s Club, Rhudy is married
to the former Bonnie Cooley of |||
| Galax, Virginia. They have two
children, Carolyn, age 14 and
Roger, age 9., They reside oft
Deerfield Road and attend the
Deerfield Methodist Church.
John Thomas Simmons, 99, a
stone mason of Blowing Rock,
died last Tuesday at Thomas
Nursing Home at Morganton
after a long illness.
children; several groat •grand- 'ff§|
children; and a e v « r a 1 great
great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
at 2 p.m. Thursday at Blowing
Rock Church of God by the Rev* 11
Ray Jenkins ami the Rev. Al
fred Fitts. Burial was in Blow
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Belle'.Maze of Chandler,
Ari*., and Mrs. Emma Peterson :
of Morganton; several grand
i»g Rock Cemetery,