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BOONE WEATHER 1965 Hi L* prv'c. '64 Hi Lo Nov. 30 29 IS I! 36 Hi Dec. 1 39 14 I 33 7 Dec. 2 53 26 50 IT FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the cob limns of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, intensely covering tiie local shopping area, it is the best advertising medium available. Seventy-Eighth Year of Continuous Publication 32 PAGES—4 SECTIONS 10 CENTS PER COPY BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1965 VOLUME LXXVIII—NO. 24 IMWWIIIIIIIW— ifHWWHl THIS SHOT ON KING STREET SATURDAY shows part of the crowd who turned out for the Christmas parade despite ex* tremely disagreeable winter weather. Thousands watched from the intersection of East King Street and Horn in the ... —ry . West Drive, through town end lined Water Street, Rivers Street and part of Faculty Street where the procession dis banded. (John Dinkins photo) s Officers, Federal After watching an Ulegally operated whiskey still for three days and two nights, Federal agents and the Sheriff and his deputies closed in on four men. Sheriff Dallas Cheek said he was called out at 4 a. m. in 14 degree temperature on Dec. 2, and walked about two miles into the woods near Gsmpson Road where he and his men met Federal agents and pro ceeded to the still. They had been communicat ing with walkie-talkies^. .Two agents slept near the still all night, waiting for the violators to return to their enterprise. The local men were taken into the area by car and left to con tinue on foot. Check said Jack Coffey and John Coffey, both of Route 4, Boone, Claude Vickers of North Wilkesboro and James Fletcher of Purlear were arrested, taken to North Wilkesboro and releas ed on bail. The men were charged with illegal operation of a whiskey distillery, the sheriff said; a Federal warrant had been issued for their ar rest, he added. The four will be tried in North Wilkesboro's Federal Court in April. The still was said to have been in operation about a month. Water was pumped to it 600 feet up a mountain-side from a creek. Two radiators had been weld ed together to form the 180-gal lon still. The double boiler was fired with coke—a form of coal which produces no smoke. , The Federal agents made an inventory of all goods connected with the operation, Cheek said. The following were destroyed, (Continued on page three> ff* f* . Monday Burley A verage On Boone Market $69.67 The Boone tobacco market paid an average of $67,85 per hundred pounds of hurley for the five sales days from Tuesday, Nov. 30, through Monday, Dec. 6. Total pounds sold In that period, 1,641,796; price, $1,114,033.05. The break-down, beginning Tuesday, Nov. 30: 339,964 pounds at $229,854.54; Wednesday, Dee. 1—337,454 pounds at $229,883170; Thursday, Dec. 2—315,620 poUttOrtT $*Hr 590,90; Friday, dec. 3—308,208 pounds at $208,452,04; Mon day, Dec. *<—340,505 pounds at $231,252.31. Average price received per hundred pounds of hurley on Monday, Nov. 29, was $69.67. Total Mies were 340,294 pounds at $237,046.67. Through Monday, 1,982,090 pounds of tobacco had been sold for a total of $1,351,079.87. The Harris-Teeter Super Market is stocked and ready to open tomorrow (Thursday) at 8 a. m„ according to Bob Cle ments, who has been here sev eral days supervising the com-1 p let ion and stocking of the new building on East King Street.-' Clements, who works with' Harris-Teeter in Moorcsville, said the brick structure is 128 feet by 83 feet and will house groceries, fresh meat and! fresh produce as well as items such ns pet foods and supplies. Meat and poultry cases will take up 84 feet of Space; fro zen meat, 12 feet; frozen foods, 48 feet; and health and beauty aids, 32 feet. Clements added that there will be many items under the Harris-Teeter label among the merchandise. The Harris-Teet er chain comprises 40 super markets in North Carolina and South Carolina. Register Deeds Office To Close . The Register of Deeds office will be closed Friday, Dec. 24, through Monday, Dec. 27, in ob servance Of Christmas. Slier iff Dallas Cheek pours white liquor §#§;v’:'fro(n a galkm jug alter he, his deputies and . .Federal agents, from I'iorth Wilker.boro £<V ; ftdnoai daatfoyed a eated off Sampson Road early on Dec. 2. All goods at the site of the operation were destroyed according to • Supreme. Court wltag, Ota* said. ‘m Shriners Sell Dolls On King For Children Dr. James B. Graham, presi dent of the Appalachian Shrine Club, reports that perhaps as much as $1,200 was received Saturday by Shriners who sold dolls on King Street. The Shriners, who live in Ashe, Avery and Watauga coun ties, will send the proceeds, less the cost of the dolls, to the Shrine Crippled Children’s Hos pital in Greenville, 8. C., he laid A thousand dolls wire ordered for the project, and each was put up^or sale for $1, However, Dr. Graham said many persons paid more than a dollar for a doll, Saturday night at the Appa lachian Elementary School, the Shriners will hold their annual Christmas party, at which time each member will bring a gift for a child hospitalized in Greenville.. Dr. Graham said the three crippled children in the Christ mas parade Saturday had been treated in Greenville and re turned to their homes. The youngsters represented the three counties from which Appalach ian Shrine Club draws its mem bership. Carson Tate Funeral Sunday Carson Maynard Tate, 57, of Blowing Rock, Rt. 1* a retired construction worker, died Frl» day afternoon at Watauga Hos pital after a long illness. He was born in Watauga County to Floyd and Emma Brown Tate. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Hazel Tate; a son, Maynard Tate of Blowing Rock; his par ents of Blowing Rock; four Brothers, Sam and DaWson Tate of Booni, Bruce Tate Of Salisbury and Fdsel Tate Of Myrtle Beach, s». C; and four sisters, Mrs. Edna White of Belmont, Mrs. Lola Benfield of Boone, Mrs. Van Carroll Of Asheville and Mrs. Jean Bean of Finehorst,. ' ' The funeral was held at % p. m. Sunday at -Middle, Fork Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery,; ; Dates Are Set • .V": ' ' ■' Students of County schools will be dismissed at the end of the school day. Tuesday, Dec, 21, for the Christmas holidays* Classes will resume on Wednes day, Dec. 29. Appalachian State Teachers College faculty and students will observe the holidays begin ning at noon ou Friday, Dec. 17. Classes wifi resume , at ft a. a. oa Monday, Jafc % ‘f V City Council Is Checking Into Proposal BY RACHEL RIVERS Two private enterprises cap able of establishing community antenna television (CATV) pe titioned the City Council last week for a franchise in Boone. Mayor Wade Brown said CATV would not be compulsory to the public should the Town Board pass an ordinance grant ing a franchise here. "Subscrip tion to such a service,” he said, "is entirely voluntary. If we should grant a franchise, they must, of course, work out their own arrangements with the pow er and telephone companies.” In return for the franchise the CATV organisation would give the Town of Boone three and a half per cent of profits, or a minimum of $1,000 a year, whichever is greater. Installa tion fee for the service, which operates through a cable net work much like telephone wires, would be $10, Brown said. Rep resentatives of the two groups also said that service fees af ter installation would be $5 a month, and estimated total cost of installing the system to be $150,000. FM Radio In - addition to twelve tele vision stations which could be received locally, F M radio re ception also would be available, Brown said, under the same franchise . One of the reports submitted to the City Council stated: “It should be noted that our po* posed CATV system will make it possible for hundreds of Boone homes to receive Char lotte’s two UHF television sta tions on their present VHP only sets. UHF signals are changed to VHF channels for (continued on page three) Marion Douglas Boone died Thursday while operating this car on Highway 103 South ot Boone. The 58-year-old man was a salesman for a Chevrolet-Buick dealer in Burnsville, N. C. (Flowers photo) ^ < V • Watauga’s filth fatality of the year happened at 2:30 p. m, Thursday, eight miles South of Boone op Highway 105 in Fos eoc Community. Marion Douglas Boone. 58, of Burnsville, was killed instantly when the 1966 Chevrolet he was driving met head-on with a 1961 Ford truck operated by Rex Nathan Renfron, 45, of Route 2, Green Mountain, N. C., accord ing to Patrolman George Baker. The driver of the truck, and three passengers, all were hos* pitalized at Watauga Hospital. Passengers were Sam Blevins and son, Harold Blevins, and Roy Laws, alt of Green Moan* tain. ■ ■ Baker said an eye witness to the collision said the truck, which was traveling South on 105, cut left into the path of the Chevrolet and hit the car head on, Baker said Renfron and another passenger said they at tempted to steer the truck back to the right, but failed. Both vehicles were damaged beyond BY RACHEL RIVERS j At the time Mrs. Rhonda Teague Greer was born—Nov. 30, 1863—the political cartoon ist Thomas Nast was giving form to a jolly, rotund Santa Claus, the Tammany Tiger and drew an elephant and a donkey which are today symbols of the Republican and Democrat part ies in America, She was born under the ad ministration oi Apranam i*n coln, first United States Presi dent to be assassinated, and one hundred years later heard the news of John Kennedy’s untimely death. Mrs. Greer has lived under the administrations of 21 presidents. In her lifetime, the Civil War, the Spanish * American War, the First and Second World Wei’s and the Korean Mr*. Rhoda Teague Greert who lives on Daniel Boone Drive in Perkinsville. celebrated her 102nd birthday last week. She is Watauga County’s oldest citizen and ia perhaps the eldest t (Staff phntftV vy di wviu w**v •« rv* haps not only the oldest citizen of Watauga County, but the oldest citizen of surrounding counties and possibly the state of North Carolina, i 62 Descendants ! Mrs. Greer, who reached the | remarkable age of 102 last I week was visiting Thursday ! with her son, Raleigh Greer, age 78, in Deep Gap. Of j her six children, two are still living. In addition to Mr. Greer, Mrs. Margie Michael, age 69. Mrs. Michael and her mother reside at 1601 Daniel Boone Dr. in Perkinsville. Bath are chart er members of the Rutfaerwood Baptist Church. Amazingly, Mrs. Greer—who has 24 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and 11 great great-grandchild ren—has never been a patient in a hospital in her life. When asked how she (Continued on page three) their market value, he said. - ^w.'Bootn was-a ear atttaf man with Roberts Chevrolet and Buick, Inc., of Burnsville. Charges are pending comple tion of investigation, Baker said. At 2:25 p. m. on Monday, Dillard Scott Norris, believed to be 76, who lives on Route 2, Vitas, was struck by a truck as he was crossing West King Street in front of Smithey's Store, according to Police Chief Hubert Thomas. Thomas said the truck was driven by George Elliott Bing I ham. No charges have been made. Mr. Norris, who was said to have undergone surgery, is un der the care of a private phy sician. A statement of his con dition was not available from Watauga Hospital. Stores To Open Chamber of Commerce Man ager Fred McNeil has given notice that several retail busi* nesses in Boone expect to ba open for shopping on Week |i| nights up until Christmas. , Some businesses will remain open until 8 p. or. or 8;3C p. m., while others will be open until 0 p. m., and some will be open ; at night during the week be fore Christmas only. Operation Santa Claus Is Asking Help For Mentally IH ■ Operation Santa Claus is again asking for help, in order that Christmas may be brought to patients in oar institutions. Without your gifts many of these patients will be forgotten. Gifts for all ages are needed. Mental Illness dees not choose its victims by age, sex, creed, race or social status. The value of the gift is not mea^r-Ml in dollars.and cents. Its worth is In being remembered. Would you Join the Rental Health Association in this endeavor? If so you may bring gifts of any kind, for either sex, £n« glass), to the AAAW Mental Health Authority Office, W. King Street, Home Dem onstration Agent's Office, Courthouse Annex; Home of Mrs. W. W, Littleton, 408 Farthing Road, or call 2S4-361? and the lifts will be picked up. The deadline is December 18th. . V . *' ;r- - '
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