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g *V;" BOONE WEATHER 1965 Hi Lo free. ’64 Hi Lo : Nov. 23 49 39 if 51 IS ' Nov. 24 53 33 | 47 27 Nov. 25 43 38 .01 4 53 41 Nov. 26 37 33 tr. | 50 35 Nov. 27 M 39 29 | 81 33 Nov. 2$ 49 34 tj M 41 ' • Nov 29 41 23 ( 50 31 FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the col umns of the Democrat. With it* foil paid circulation, intensely covering the local shopping area, it is the best advertising medium available. Seventy-Eighth Year of Continuous Publication An independent Weekly Newspaper Z4 PAGES—3 SECTIONS 10 CENTS PER COPY BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1965 VOLUME LXXVIII—NO. 23 The president of the First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina visited the meeting of stockholders of First National Bank of Boone Friday, when in simultaneous meetings, the merger of the two institutions was being voted. M. F. Allen Jr. of Jacksonville is shown as he addressed stockholders here in mid-afternoon. (Staff photo) i \ ]7.y ’ ■% ■ V, •; ‘ . • A* The merger of First Nation al Bank of Boone and the First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina will become effective upon the approval of the Comptroller of Currency, Gene F, Jewel, acting man Horn Sets ’66 Budget A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Southern Ap palachian Historical Associa tion voted Monday that the “Horn in the West*', which they support, will run June 25 through Aug, 27, 1966. A $76, 600 budget was adopted for operations in the coming sea son. The drama will play nightly except Mondays. A special per formance, however, will be given on Monday, July 4. The directors voted to de posit more than $1,100 from the general operational funds for 1964 with the membership funds of $700 plus for 1965. , Here is the budget lor 1965 66:,; r-: ■ Estimated Income Ticket sales based on rescal ing theatre — $72,000.00; Con cessions, Gift Shop, Country Store, cushions and programs— $9,500.00; Advertising in souve nir program—$3,400,00; Miscel laneous Income—$300,00; To tal Estimated Income —• $85, 200.00, ; Estimated Expenses Production of drama, salar ies and expenses—$37,000.00; Estimated bonus to cast and director —- $1,000.00; Directors salary (included in production last year)—$2,500.00; Admin istrative salaries, bookkeeping, payroll, ticket taker, ticket of fice, ushers, manager and as sistant — $4,500.00; Additional ticket office help —- $500.00; Promotional director — $1,500. 00; General manager—$5,000. 00; Managers office secretarial help—$3,300.00; Utilities, lights for theatre and parking lot— $300.00; Insurance, fire and liability including bonds — $1,000.00; Souvenir program (Continued on page six) ager of the local bank, reports that stockholders voted in fav or of the merger Friday after noon. He said 99,3 per cent of the total number of shares were represented, with 84 per cent for, and IS per cent against. About 40 stockholders attended. tM. F. Allen Jr., president of the First National Bank-ENC in Jacksonville, N. C., was pre sent for the meeting in Boone. Stockholders met simultaneo Ously in Jacksonville, and Jewel said they voted unanim ously for the merger, Stockholders also voted to name the new consolidation the j First National Bank of North j Carolina. This, too, must be passed upon by the Comptrol ler of Currency, Mr. Saxon, who will return from South Boys To Offer Bluebird Houses A boys’ youth club, sponsored by the Boone Methodist Church, will be selling bird houses in j downtown Boone Saturday. Pro fits will benefit the group's lo cal projects. The hand-made houses are built for blue birds. The gov ernment is supporting a pro gram to prevent extinction of i blue birds, which are attracted to these hous*** Ttlien they are put about six feet above ground. Houses also may be purchas ed at Boone Drug Company, Mary Ann Greer In “ Who’s Who” Miss Mary Aon Greer of Boone is one of 31 campus leaders at ASTC chosen for list ing in the current edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Col leges, according to an announce ment by the publication which has headquarters in Tuscaloosa, : Ala. Miss Greer is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Greer and is a senior. While at Appalach ian she has been a member of Beta Beta Beta, View-President ; of Alpha Chi, church organist i and an honor student Yule Trees •'%'i'-^ The Boone Jaycees will bc-j gin their annual Christmas tree sale on Saturday, Dec. 4, The tree sale will be held this year in the alley beside the Watauga Savings and Loan Association. For the first time the lay* cees will offer live trees, both Douglas Fir and Frazer Fit. Cat trees also will be sold, but not on as large a scale as in the past. The live trees will be rated from 3 feet to 7 feet, and the cut trees will be from 4 ■ feet to 10 feet Chairman Glenn ! Madge* point# out tint the tea* i / son for Uie switch to live tree* is twofold: The people prefer them; and the price will be lit tle above tbe price paid to post years for cut trees. Once again all proceeds from the sale will go to the annual Christmas Shopping Tour for neeoy children of Watauga County. The Jaycees will go to every school in the County to pick up children, bring them to town, and buy shoes, clothing, and a few toys—not only for the children present, but for the brothers and sisters hack. home. America'this'week. t ' , i Combined resources of the; institutions total $40 million, i with about '' $4 million total capital structure, according! to S. C. Eggers Sr,, chairman of the board of the Boone bank. Jewel was appointed acting manager and officer in charge by the board when the merger first came under consideration. He came here when Sam Dixon resigned to accept a position with the Bank of Statesville in September. Jewel, who is assistant vice president of the Jacksonville offices, said all other members of the Boone bank will remain in their present positions, and members of the Board of Di rectors will continue to serve the combined banks in their Boone offices. First National Bank-ENC presently has 18 offices in North Carolina, a spokesman said. Dies At Vilas Home An internationally • known singer of traditional music died apparently from natural causes at bis borne in Watauga County on Nov. 24. Frank Noah Proffitt, 52, of Route 2, Vilas, was buried Sun day In Milisaps Cemetery after funeral services were conduct ed at the Bethel Baptist Church by the Aev. Harold Hayes and the Rev. Clyde Cor nett. Mr. Proffitt had begun writ ing shortly before his death, and had published an article in the November, 1865, issue of “Sing Out”, a national maga zine for folk singers. He had received excellent reviews for concert appearances in “Time Magazine” as well as several other folk-oriented publications. He was recorded by Folk Legacy in Huntington, Vt., and by Folkways Records of New York. He was perhaps best known for his version of “Tom Dula” or “Tom Dooley" which he recorded for folk performer and collector Frank Warner of Long Island, N. Y., in 1938, The song was published and in 1959 was popularised by the Kingston Trio. Also a carpenter and a farm er, Mr. Proffitt wrote many of the songs he sang. And he was | a craftsman of fr#tless banjos | and dulcimers, making them from walnut, cherry and other native woods. His first concert appearance was at the University of Chi cago Folk Festival In 1961. He j later performed at the Univer | sities of Illinois, Indiana and Florida, and at the renowned | Newport Folk Festival. In 1962, I he received the Burl Ives | Award for Distinctive Banjo 1 Playing on the program of the | National Folk Festival. Last I year, he was chosen by the state of North Carolina to join the Governor’s party on North Carolina Day at the World’s (Continued on page six) ..-'f fJUM PBOFTITT * ■.**»•• i -r { Fred Kirby To Appear Burley Brings Average $69.67 At First Sale Average price received per hundred pounds of bur ley tobacco Monday was 869.67, Total sales also were not ed: 340,294 pounds, a* 5**7, 046.82. f The Boone market began at 9 a. m. Monday at Ware house No. 2, Rivers and De pot streets; Tuesday at 9 a. m. at Farmers Burley on Highway 421; and Wednes day at Big Burley on High way 421 By-Pass west of Bowie. All sales begin at 9 a. m.; Thursday, Dec. 2, starting at Warehouse No. 2; Friday, Dec. 3, Farmers Burley; Monday, Dec. 6, Big Burley; Tuesday, Dec. 7, Warehouse No. 2; and Wednesday, Dec. 8, Farmers Burley. .... ■■■"■! —Mm. WAMY Gets ■:> • “ • ' • •• • •’ i.:,,... », , ? -,4 » :rK , r •••" Dr. W. H. Plemmons, Preli dent of W. A. M. Y. Commun ity Action, Inc., ha* announced the receipt of a $139,920 grant to conduct si in-school Neigh borhood Youth Corps Program in Watauga, Avery, Mitchell Yancey Counties. Notification of this grant came from Jack Howard, Director of the Neigh borhood Youth Corps Program in Washington. Ernest D. Eppley, Executive! Director of W. A. M. Y. Com munity Action, Inr, said that ho received notification of the grant from Senator Ervin’s off ice, and that the projects will be sponsored by his organisation and serve approximately 324 young persons between the ages of 10 and 22. All en* rollees will be public school stu dents with approximately 122 males and 202 females partici <Continued on page six) FRED KIRBY . . PARADE MARSHAL PATTI JONES . . MISS WATAUGA The Blowing Rock Ski Lodge is expected to open Dec. 10, ac cording to M. E. (Bill) Thal beimer, manager of the Lodge. “The snow-making equipment is in excellent condition, and everything is go. All we need is cold weather,” said Bill. All of the equipment has been tested and is in good working order, however, the ground must be frozen four to five indies deep before the equipment will produce a base j of snow sufficient for skiing, j Bill said a new water system has been installed on the slopes that will increase the pressure on the water lines and return unused water to the storage reservoir., ■ The beginning of the ski sea son will mark the beginning of the fourth season of skiing in Blowing Rock. The area was planned and built under the supervision of Thalheimer in i960 and waa opened for its first season in 1961, Pete Reinecke and Bill Van The upcoming Christmas de coration contest was discussed at a recent meeting of the Wa tauga Council of Carden Clubs. According to Mrs. Homer Brown, it was again decided to judge only decoratioi.j that can be seen from the outside: Trees, lawn displays and doors. Special emphasis will be placed on trees this year, and the Council put on record its recommendation that every 4 . ' house possible have a lighted tree outside to add to the festi vity of the Christmas season in Boone. Suitable trees such as firs, balsam and white pine may be purchased locally for planting at residences and tights may be added as the trees grow from year to year. I>ecorations will be judged Sundry evenings ;< . V;.;. ■/;-f ■ - ■ r. ■ •-. :■ :■ i jj«rnoii wm return iu uie ukisc I as ski instructors. This will be | Peter's third season and Bill’s , second. They will be available j daily for private instructions i and for classes each hour. The Ski Lodge Restaurant, I under the management of Jack and Kathy Siebert, will be open daily. Lunch will be served | cafeteria style, and entertain* ment will be supplied each evening with dinner. Special en tertainment has been planned i for the Christmas holidays. The restaurant has been reno vated and redecorated to pro* vide a more pleasant dining atmosphere.;' Special plans for the Christ mas holidays will feature torch light parades on the slopes, slope races (which will also be held throughout the season), entertainment and a New Year's five Party,-,.. The Ski Clothing Shop, lo cated in the Lodge, will be ope rated by Bill Sheppard, and will also feature a line of skiing equipment A new service offered to North Carolina skiers this year will be that of chartered bus service to the ski area from (Continued on page six) , ;■ - v : v • ,v- " - . ^ ■ ! j Santa Claus To wiffi" w If $S§M About 3:45 p. m. Saturday, Dec. 4, the Optimist Christinas Parade will tour downtown Boone, with parade marshall Fred Kirby in the lead. ; - .7 & Nine Heats will be in the procession, according to George Flowers, parade chairman. Miss Watauga County, Miss Patti Jones, is expected to ride on one of the Hosts, which are be ing built by Cline Float Enter prises of Newton, N, C. The Watauga High School Band will march in the parade,, as well as a local baton twirl ing group, Flowers said. Other floats will carry local beauties, Santa Claus and eight reindeer and crippled children from Wa tauga, Ashe and Avery coun ties, ... I ' The Optimist Club win seU concessions along King Street during the parade and profits will go into the dab’s Boys' Work Fund to aid construction of a Little League ball field and club house on Deerfield Road. Members of the Appalachian Shrine Club will sell down dolls and contribute profits to ; the Shrine Crippled Children's ! Hospital in Greenville, S. C. >4 Dr. Frank Graham, president of the local Shriners, said the crippled children will be ac companied in the parade by their nurses. The parade will leave the “Horn in the West" parking lot at 3:30 Saturday and move from East to West through Boone. After the parade, Christmas lights will be turned on down town. Every day during the Christ mas season, Flowers said, the lights will be turned on at dusk and stay on until midnight How ever, the week before Christmas, lights will be on during the day also. Greenery for the decorations is being furnished by Wilcox Drug Company. Gene Wilson and Dalton Greene serve on the parade committee with Flowers. Miss Watauga Having Busy Round Parades It has indeed been a parade season for Miss Watauga, Miss Patti Jones. She started her parade season with ASTC’s homecoming parade, then was in the Salisbury Christmas Par* ade on Nov. 24, the West Jef ferson Christmas Parade oh. Nov. 26, and the Winston-Salem Parade on Nov. 27. She will al so appear in the Lenoir Christ mas Parade on Dec. 2 and in the Boone Christmas Parade on Dec. 4. Miss Watauga is anxious to make appearances throughout Watauga County, she says, and to meet the people. Anyone wishing to have her make an appearance should contact her business manager, Bill Fowler, or any member of the Boone Jaycees. M m Entries In Christmas The public is invited to view entries in the Christmas Show, I “We Wish You A Merry Christ mas”, from 3:30 to 8:30 p. m. on Sunday, Dec. 5, at the High land Hills Motel on Highway 105, I The Appalachian Garden Club is sponsoring the show, and judges will begin judging at 1:30 p. m. Entries of several local garden dob* will be in pUcealt pknw;;';^ Sil Show To Be Exhibited ■ )h sllitil 41, ft v <' . 1 . ,4,
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