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Well-Known Artist Dies At Valle Crucis Valle C rue is—Howard Mur ry, a well-known artist died Sunday in Watauga Hospital. He was 77. He had lived and worked in Valle Crucis for many years. As Howard M. Dumbell Jr. he moved to Charlotte in the 1920’s in charge of a branch of McFadden Brothers, a cotton brokerage. Later he represent ed Volkart’s, a firm dealing in imported cotton. In 1940 he left the business field to devote full time to art. He worked in several medi ums but was primarily known as a water colorist who speci alized in sea scapes and moun tain scenes. Russell Matheson Russell William Matheson, 61 of Route 1, Banner Elk, died Thursday at his home after a long illness. A farmer, he was a native erf Watauga County and the son of Mrs. Haley Calloway Mathe son of Route 1, Banner Elk and the late John Matheson. Services were held at 2 pjn. Saturday in White Rock Baptist Church with the Rev. Horace Harris officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving in addition to the mother are the widow, Mrs. Ruth Shook Matheson; a daugh ter, Mrs. James Berry of Len oir; three sons, James of Lenoir, Ralph of Valle Crucis and Archie Matheson of Banner Elk; three sisters, Mrs. Lela Townsend of Valle Crucis, Mrs. Blanche Campbell and Mrs. Anna Lou Watson, both of Len oir; two brothers, Willie and the Rev. Grady Matheson, both of Lenoir; and eight grandchil W. J. Caldwell William James “Bill” Cald well, of Rock (fill, S. C. died F riday. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Oak land Baptist Church by Rev. Kirk L. Smith and Rev. Guy C. Heyl. Interment was in Grandview Memorial Park. Mr. Caldwell was a native Rock Hill and had spent ■his life there. He was a wood carver. He was a member ctf the Oakland Baptist Church, and a member and director of the Rock Hill Optimist Club. Survivors include the mother, Mrs. W. T. Caldwell, Rock Hill: two sisters, Mrs. Sam Gaddy, Wingate, N.C.,andMrs. Francis Hoover, Boone, N. C. John Thomas Cook John Thomas Cook, 26, of Vi las died Tuesday of last week in Winston-Salem after two years of declining health. He was employed by the N.C. Highway Department. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Gail Minton Cook; a son, Phil lip Cook of the home; three sis ters, Mrs. Johnny Yates of Vi las, Mrs. Harold Taylor, Mount Airy and Mrs. B.V. Devore of Vero Beach, Fla.; two brothers, Larry Cook of Vilas and Gary Cook of Boone; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cook of Su gar Grove; and his grand mother, Mrs. Marvin Warren of Sugar Grove. The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Holy Cross Epis copal Church. Officiating was the Rev. George Abele. Burial was in the church cemetery. In his early years as an artist he painted under the name Howard Murry. After becoming known in the Southeast as a watercolorist, he legally chang ed his name to Murry. He had a number of one— man shows in galleries and art centers in the South and in New York, and his work is represented in many collections —both public and private—in the United States. His book, “Salt O’Life,*’ a collection of mountain stories, published in 1961, recently went into a second printing. He was a member of the Blowing Rock Artists* As sociation and was a founder of the Guild of Charlotte Artists. Mrs. Dumbell died in 1946. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Sue Taylor, of Valle Crucis; a daughter, Miss Marjorie Dumbell of Chapel Hill; a son, James M. Dumbell of Charlotte; a sister, Mrs. Thomas Mott Alexander of Charlotte; a brother, Adrian Donville, St. Petersburg, Fla., and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Monday at Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Val le Crucis. Mrs. Etta Brown Mrs. Etta Brown, age 86, of Route 4, Boone, died Tues day at Watauga Hospital. She was the daughter of the late William and Martha Norris Brown. Survivors include two daugh ters, Mrs. Clyde E. Adams of North Wilkesboro and Mrs. G. C. Greene Sr. of Boone; one son, Ray Brown of Boone; two brothers, Kenny Brown of Boone and Arlie Brown of Deep Gap; one sister, Mrs. Bertie Mc Neil erf Chester, Pa.; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services are set for today (Wednesday) at 2:30 pjn. in the Tabernacle Baptist Church. Roby I. Oakes Roby I. Oakes, age 80, of Boone, died Monday at Watau ga Hospital. He was the son of the late Nathaniel and Tab- i athia Cole Oakes. -m Funeral services will beheld Wednesday (today) at 2 p.m. at Poplar Grove Baptist Church. Ministers will be the Rev. Ray mand Hendrix and the Rev. Claude Sudderth. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Marie Colvard Oakes; four daughters, Mrs. Eula Black burn, Mrs. Myrtle Miller and Mrs. Gladyce Shull of Boone and Mrs. Blanche Brown of Lenoir; one son, Bynum Oakes of Mi ami, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Augusta Moore Jr. of West Palm Beach, Gla.; one brother, Louie Oakes of Pulaski, Va,; eighteen grandchildren and twenty-seven great-grand children. Mrs. Hess McGinnis Mrs. Frances McGinnis,87, widow of Pless McGinnis, erf Route 1, Banner Elk, died Mon day, Sept. 30, at the Blowing Rock Hospital. She was born in Watauga County to the late Monroe and Sarah Clark Baird. Funeral services were con ducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Liberty Methodist Church. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Chamber 01 Commerce News The Chamber of Commerce mail inquiries pertaining to ski ing and winter sports continue to increase. Weather permit ting, it appears that our winter season should be one of the best yet. The Chamber of Commerce is called on to perform many functions. Some that we have been concerned with recently have been to try to locate kins folk of people who at one time lived in this area but have long since lived in other states and have lost contact with relatives. This requires time and effort but we do all we can to be of help. The Farm-City Week Com mittees are working on the pro gram which will be held at the Holiday Inn, Thursday Evening, Nov. 14. We are looking forward to this being the best Farm City Program to date. HM/2 AND MBS. REID Robert M. Reids Visit Relatives Hospitalman Second Class and Mrs. Robert M. Reid re cently visited Mr. Reid's par ents Mr. and Mrs. G, M. Reid and grandmother, Mrs. Elijah Reid in Blowing Rock. Mr. Reid has been serving aboard the San Diego based U.S.S. Galveston since Novem ber 1966 and is being reassign ed to Da Nang, Vietnam in November. They left Blowing Rock this week to visit friends and rela tives in Washington, D.C. and Akron, Ohio before Mr. Reid returned to duty in the Navy and special training in Coron ado, Calif. While in the area, the Reids visited other friends and rela tives in Blowing Rock and Wa tauga County. Who Knows? 1. When did Lt. Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter make his 3 orbit flight? 2. Who did Nikita S. Khrush chev succeed as Premier of Russia? 3. What is the capital of Switzerland? 4. What is the ancestry of our domestic cats? 5. When did Washington be come a state? 6. For whom was it named? 7. What is a hygrometer? 8. What is Seismology? 9. When is the period in life called senescence? 10. Stockholm is the capital of which country? ANSWERS TO WHO KNOWS 1. May 24, 1962, in the Mer cury capsule Aurora 7. 2. Nikolai A. Bulganin. 3. Berne. 4. The lion and tiger families. 5. November 11, 1889. 6. George Washington, the first President of the UJS. 7. 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PAUL WINKLES HOSPITALIZATION TRAVEL INSURANCE HOME OWNERS FARM OWNERS CAR LIABILITY TRAILER COVERAGE Watauga Insurance Agency “Serving Watauga Comity For Fifty Yean” TELEPHONE 264-8291 224 W. KING STREET BOONE, N. C. EDDIE PAUL WINKLES Spargo Cove Creek Fire Chief Wes Spargo, a retired profes sional fireman who worked in Washington, D.C., for 25 years, has been appointed chief of the nqfrrly, organized Cove Creek , Volunteer Fire Department Jerry Adams, Boone insur ance agent and a leader in the drive to provide fire protection for this Western Watauga com munity said, “We feel very for tunate in having him as chief. He is qualified and is certain ly a very valuable man. He can provide the best training pos sible for the volunteers.*’ Spargo will be backed up by Assistant Chief Myrle Pierce, Captain Dennis Trivette, and Lieutenant Arlis Tester and a 23-man fire-fighting crew. Adams said that the depart ment had been officially or ganized and plans now call for fire protection to be provided inside a four-mile radius from the station house location. The fire house will be loca ted on Highway 321 across from the Cove Creek Supermarket, land for the fire house was purchased by the Mountaineer Ruritan Club which, according to Adams, will deed the pro perty to the fire department. Equipment has not yet been purchased but Adams said that r the department is still inves tigating sources and added that used equipment may be brought into the early operation. He went on to say that a Cove Creek citizen has donated Us barn to house the equip ment until a suitable station can be erected. No deadline had been set for operation of the department tor begin, but three committees have been set up to handle fin ances, equipment, and building. “We’re still hoping to work toward a fire tax district,” he said. Also, the department’s Cabinet Tints Help Kitchen Flush • door kitchen cabinets insure the easiest possible up keep, but they needn’t be ordi nary looking. Here are some ideas. For real stability, build cabi nets of edge-glued solid lumber like Douglas fir, which is avail able in a variety of widths and lengths. But instead of finishing the wood natural, try color. Use a transparent stain in a soft yel low-green or use a wipe-off paint technique. Both methods add only a hint of color to the wood and its graining is preserved. goal is to become approved by the State Fire Board. In add ition to providing adequate fire protection for the area, fire in surance rates would be reduced some five per cent, Adams previously reported. An esti mated 400 houses along with 18 business establishments in the Cove Creek area will bene fit. Work to organize the fire department has been progress ing actively for the last few months. A rash of spring fires including a $70,000 gutting of a Cove Creek business sparked local residents to take action. The next meeting of the de partment will be Monday night at 7:30 at the Cove Creek Ele mentary School. Adams said that no specific qualification need be met for membership as a fireman other than being physically able to do the job. Committee reports will be made at the meeting. To Save Moldings When paneling over old plas tered walls, first remove an> cornice moldings and base shoes. Use an electrician’s spatu la to lift moldings away from walls without damage. L E. Holaday Will Resign At University L. E. Holaday, personnel di rector of Appalachian State Un iversity, will be resigning his post at the end of October to ac cept a position with the State Employees Credit Union. Holaday has headed Appala chian’s Personnel Department for the past three years. Prior to that he was employed for four years by The North western Bank of Boone. “I see this as an opportunity to return to a banking field, which I enjoy, and still be serving state employees,” said Holaday. The State Employees Credit Union is an organization that is independently operated and financed by the savings deposits of state employees. Holaday will go first to Raleigh for familiarization with the concern. He will then move to Morganton, where he will serve as branch office manager. Britain raises salaries of servicemen by 7%. Nobody can win this war for you October has been designated Industry Litter Prevention Month in North Car olina. The North Carolina malt bev erage industry, in support of this pro gram, is sponsoring a state-wide series of dinner meetings to promote commu nity action against the problem of litter. Throughout the year the beer industry, among many others, sponsors a wide variety of litter prevention activities de signed to encourage community-action programs. But all the efforts of these public spirited citizens are useless if you forget. The war against litter cannot be won for you; you’ve got to win it for your self—and for all of us. Remember... products don’t make litter, people do. For further Information on how you can help in the war on Utter, write North Carolina Malt Beverage Control Institute, Box 2858, Raleigh, N.C. 27602.
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