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Watauga
? Men With
I The Colors
Sergeant
Joseph Grimes, son of Jack Grime
lias been commissioned Sergeant ii
the army, at the aviation base Wall:
Walla, Wash.
Master Sergeant
Clint Cannon, son of Mr. and Mrs
Aivin Cannon of Boone, who is wit]
tm- Base Ordnance Office at Walk
Walla, Wash., has been promoted t<
l!u: rank of master sergeant
Goes to Camp Bowie.
Corporal Dudley Swift, son of Mr:
R. S. Swd't of Boone, was recently
i...listened from Camp Cook. Calif
i Camp Bowie, Texas.
In From Navy
Mi Vaught Mast of the U. S. Navy.
Williamsburg, Va? spent Christ<
.is week with Mrs. Mast in Boone
nd with relatives in Johnson Citv
Tenti.
Holiday Visitor
Lieut.-Commander P. O. Brewer, oi
Chapel Hill, joined Mrs. Brewer and
-mall daughter, here last week whilt
on Christmas furlough.
Visit Home Folks
Private Alton M. Cook and Pri
vale Chark- M Hodges spent th<
Christinas season with home folks
They are stationed at Camp Sut
ton. N. C
Major Thomas A Visitor.
Majo: John H Thomas, of the U
3 Marine Corps, is with Mrs. Thornin
Boone 11 a 30 day furlough
Major Thomas has recently returnee
t'ronv the southwestern Pacific battle
area.
Return to Charleston
Pharmacist Richard E. Kelley, U
S. Navy, and Mrs. Kelley returned
Christinas day to Charleston. S C
from a visa with relatives anc
iends in Boone.
Coach Garbee a Visitor
Lieutenant <jg> Eugene Garbee
former Appalachian College Athlet
i - coach, is visiting this week will
his family here. Lieut. Garbee is lo
cated at Athens. Ga.
James Storie A Visitor
James Storie, chief petty officet
I . S Navy, left on his return t
New Orleans Sunday, from a Chrisl
mas visit with Mrs. Storie. and wit
.his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Storii
WAM1
"?l*P?HTrMT?
DR. C G. RAUGHMAN. eye, ea
nose and throat specialist of Elizt
bcthton, Tenn., will be at th
Hagaman Clinic in Boone the fir:
Monday in each month for th
practice of his profession. 12-1
WANTED?HAMS, Chickens. Higt
est market prices paid. Groceric
and feed sold cheap. Plenty col
ton meal on hand. Come and brin
your produce, and if we can't trad
will pay cash. S. A. Norris. Boom
N. C. 1
WANTED?To contact the mar
through the bank, who found mon
ey in Northwestern Bank Decern
bar 19. Reward. Mis. L. B. Har
din. Boone. N. C. 1]
DOST?Black leather zipper bill foil
on Main Street, containing check
cash and Boy Scout registratioi
card. Return to James O. Cooke
Jr., at Hotel Watauga for reward
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WANTED?Gitl at once, to do gen
eral housework in family of thre<
adults. Good pay. See or write Ec
G. Farthing. Boone, N. C. It
' .DOST?Gas certificate in or neat
Boone. Finder please return t<
. Dave Henson. Sherwood. N. C. oi
Watauea Democrat Rnone c
ly '
FOR SALE ? 5 teacups, one stil
fiouse handle, also six saucers, one
; 3rd handed coffee pot. R. W. Smith
Deep Gap. N. C. If
FOR SALE-?One steei overshot water
wheel. 36 feet in diameter, factory
made. Odes Wilson. Zionvillt
N. C If
WANTED ? TEN GIRLS. HIGH
School graduates, to work foi
Board. Room and Tuition, and at
tend our evening classes. This i:
an opportunity for you to get :
business education if you don'
have the money. Write for infor
mation and application blank a
once. Mid-winter term begins 01
January 4, 1943. Draughon Busi
y-" ness College. Winston-Salem, N
C. 12-17-tf
TAXIDERMY OF ALL KINDSI
specialize on bird mounting
small animals, heads, etc. Hide
tanned. Ask for estimates. Ralpl
Gwaltney. Banner Elk, N. C.
12-11-4-;
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Returns to Camp Rucker t
Sergeant It. K. Bingham. Jr.. has a
returned to Camp Rucker. Ala., from i
a Christmas furlough with honie!\
folks in Boone. | c
11
In Puerto Rico le
Mr. Carl Lewis, son of Mr. Chas. 1
L. Lewis of Sherwood, who enlisted
in the Coast Guard several weeks'
ago. is in Puerto Rico, accroding to
s news reaching a sister, Mrs. Rob'. t
1 Rivers. The trip from the U. S. wasjt
u1 made by plane in about nine hours, i I
he states. His address is Carl Smith 1
Lewis, AS (R), 10th Naval Dis San ' t
Guan. Puerto Rico. I
: I
Gets Commission | <
' James L. Tester. Watauga man.;1
3 who is stationed at the Aberdeen 1
Proving Ground. Md.. has recently1;
been commissioned a lientenant. 11
Spends Furlough at Blowing Rock's
Sergeant Ford G. Miller .who is f
3 located at Talahassee. Fla., spent a j
f holiday furlough at the home of
his father Mr. J. C. Miller at Blowing
Rock. Sergeant Miller has been I
in the army fourteen years and is I
a bombadier. c
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At Camp Robinson. 1 1
, The following local men. recently ! t
. inducted into the army, have been j t
assigned to the medical replacement j
, training center at Camp Robinson, ji
[Ark. Their training will embrace|r
F i eleven weeks, after which they will 11
i i be assigned for duty to some medi-: a
^Ical department organization: Ottie; t
E. Reese, Vilas: Carl Presnell. Vallejt
! Crucis: Joe Aldridge. Banner Elk;]t
I James E Hicks. Sherwood.
| f
Transferred to Camp Sutton j >
Charles M. llodges and Alton M.|
- Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Finley' r
P. Hodges, and Mr. and Mrs. D. W. | a
Cook, respectively, of Boone Route 11
2. who enlisted in the 304 Ordnance!
. Regiment which was formed in i
Charlotte, N. C., consisting of vol- a
. unteer technicians only, have been s
1 transferred from Fort Bragg, N. C.,
to Camp Sutton. Monroe, N. C., a
where this regiment is being supplied
for immediate service. f
I
To Receive Wings Soon a
1 Aviation Cadet, Reid Kellam. has
. been transferred front Suntter, S. C. t
1 to Moultrie, Ga., where he will re- t
ceive his wings at Spence Field,
within a few weeks. Mrs. Kellam, I'
the former Miss Annelle Beach of f
, Boone, and baby, Helen, are with
- him. t
i
W. H. Smith, Jr. Enlists in Navy f
Mi. W. H. Smith. Jr.. who has i
been in charge of the engineering
corps on the Blue Ridge Parkway
r, in this area for more than a year,
0 has been accepted into the navy, as
a volunteer specialist, with a farrant
h officer's rating. He left Tuesday for
. I Raleigh, for final physical examinar
ads
K^trtiS IIK5IK"
r,*W ANTED ? ONF. HUNDRED
i-j young women, High School grade
uates and married women to train
>t for immediate employment. Our
e government needs you now, and
tf a position awaits you upon coin?
pletion of your course. Are you patriotic?
Then consider business
!S training at once. Midwinter term
L" begins January 4, 1343. Write for
S application blank and information
c at your very earliest convenience.
Draughon Business College, Win^
ston- Salem, N. C. 12-17-tfc
' DR. L. E. WELLMAN. optometrist,
invites you to come to Mountain
! City, Tenn., for your next glasses,
j You will receive a thorough scien_!
tific examination and the finest (
1 i of lenses. The latest styles in i
frames 01- rimless mountings at a
i very moderate cost. Office days.
' Wednesday, Thursday each week. '
12-1-tf
! REPAIR PARTS?Owners of farm
j tractors, other machinery, sawmill ;
: tractors, power units: We have
1 . I. * l. , i:-- T TT
- , Lilt.- I1IUM LUIHglUR: 1II1C 111 1.I1.V- ,
-i McCormick-Deering and Athens
;! plow repair parts in Western
}! North Carolina and our shop is
.; staffed with men specializing only
in repair of such equipment. We
'! will give your repair problem im.
] mediate attention. Prompt service
1! is given mail orders on repair
; parts.
i NEWTON IMPLEMENT CO.
> NEWTON. N. C.
12-17-3-mc
TYPIST, BOOKKEEPER, Secretary
i Experienced. Expert. Desires po>
sition in Boone, N. C. Best refer
ences. Apply Watauga Democrat,
_ stating salary you can offer. lp
- OLD GOLD WANTED?We buy old
3 gold watch cases, rings, dental gold
i etc. Highest prices paid. Walker's
t Jewelry Store. 12-1-tf
1 Chestnut Wood
* Wilkes Extract Works, North
; Wilkesboro, N. C., are in the mark'
et for Chestnut Wood in any quan.
tity. Price $9.00 for 160 cubic feet
- delivered at their mill. Can be delivered
any day except Sunday.)
s Wood is needed to make tannin ex1
tract to tan leather for shoes needed
for our men in srvice.
|> dec-jan-feb-mar
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVJ
ion, and will take his basic trainir.
X Norfolk. Mrs. Smith will reman
n Boone for the time being, aiv
fill join her husband, when he be
:omcs located. Since the work 01
ho Parkway is practically complel
d for the duration. Mr. Smith think
lis office here will likely close.
Studies Aviation Mechanics
Russell D. Hodges. Jr., of Boon;
las begun an intensive course of stu
iy in aviation mechanics at Amarill
rield. Texas, one of the newest c
he schools of the army air force
;echnical training command.
He wil spend several months a
his great mechanics school and up
m graduation will be sent to one c
Uncle Sam's air bases, where h
will serve as a member of a crew c
ice mechanics who will keep ou
fighting airplanes in condition to as
jure an early allied victory.
Soldier Says, Buy Bonds
Somewhere Away From Horn
December 20. 1942.
Tir? * /-I ....
JCUl V.UUIUV.
I don't want nuts and candies an
rookies this Christmas. I don't war
>en and pencil sets, toilet article:
;its. radios, cigarettes, lighters, sta
ionerv. socks, sweaters, scarfs c
ies .
I am asking for something reall
mportant this year, something tha
neans more to me than the most ex
lensive present I ever received o
iny previous Christmas morn, some
hing you won't have to wrap in re
ind green and put in the earlier
nail. Something that costs so littli
I want the privilege of seeing m
riends and answering their greet
ngs as I meet them on the street.
I want to ease down to a leisurel
neal with friends or family and tal
ibout yesterday's football game c
omorrow's election.
I want the chance to work a littl
larder at my business and worr
bout honest competition, net
helves and paint.
1 want to go with my pals to se
i movie or a county fair.
I want to be with my family an
riends and quiet their needless feai
want to go to church and worshi;
ind pray just as I please.
But I am not going to ask for thes
hings right now. For there is some
hing far bigger to think of. Listen
Hnn'l lot tho>m hnv onnHu lot tViov
>uy bonds. It means another bulle
or Eerliti.
Don't let them spend for sentimer
al things, let them spend for stamp
In the meantime. I shall not los
aith in my convictions nor will
any at my task, God willing.
Now, what more could I ask?
ERNEST j?. HODGE
J A
Wat
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Takeout.
opens on.
I own. Alth
1 ed in hom
? the war p
) -Hi a thincu
? H H. l/f
our famih
But the day
J building ne
I this time co
| Boone and
? own your (
| lift. At any
? rainy day,
i Due to pres
b to insist tha
I are selling 1
i winning the
I In grateful
* your future
WATAl
W. H. Graj
ERY THURSDAY'?BOONE, N. C.
=! WATAUGA SAILOR
j1
(Continued irom page one,
rl and left this afternoon
... Coxswain Howard had served on
s the West Virginia from the time he
j entered the Navy until December V,
| Pearl Harbor. Regarding this day he
j said: "I was asleep when the Japs
i arrived?I'd been gone, and was get'
ting ready to leave again. However,
0 j the raid started, so I started round,f
ing up my gun crew. Before I had
,s my crew together we had been torpedoed
four times, but we started
right in giving it back to them, dou;
ble. Soon the ship was listing badly
if so we began getting off. It looked
e! like she might turn on her side to
,f go down, but she went down
Lrj straight. The wounded had been tak;.:
en care of in a short time, but we
spent four days taking check-ups to
see that there were no internal injuries.
After that I applied for a poe
silion on the USS Lexington, boarded
her on December 13th, and took
part in five battles until we abant)
doned her.
"On tint mnrninu of Mntr 7th -tiro
s were ready for action. All night we'd
[. known where the Japs were and our
,r planes left to attack them. I guess
that at the same time our planes
v were over them, their planes were
it over us. The Japs seemed to pick on
_ the Lexington, for in five previous
n tangles with her they had reported
that she had been sunk. Still, out of
d the eighteen planes attacking, belt
i tween our guns and planes, we shot
, j down sixteen. The other ships with
v i us I cannot name, for reasons which
l_ | need not be told?you understand we
aren't putting out anything that
y might lead the enemy in the direck
tion they want to go.
>r "I think we had one bomb hit and
a number of torpedoes, but after the
t, i battle we guys all ganged up and
yihad a pretty good time: those who
v j could get to their quarters got a few
! keepsakes, but there was fire all
c i through 'he ship, and not many
could make it down below. We
j steamed over a hundred miles before
r_ disembarking. After we left the ship
p we were picked up by others in our
group and put on rescue ships, that,
e of course, I'll not name. After about
_ 27 days we landed in the states.
i"PU - 1 ,. f it TT P P T
i i in: rccuru ul lue u. o. o. j_.exint>n
ton up to and through May 7. was
t 67 planes. 16 ships, and approximately
8,000 Japanese sailors and 900 Jap
i? officers."
s When asked, "Where would you
0 prefer to be next?" Howard first
j looked at pretty Mrs. Howard, grinned
and replied: "Supposing you
mean in action. I guess just take me
g to Tokio, and get it over with."
-u?
JSleiv Ser
in
auga Bni
pens With 1
some shares of installm
January /, and lay the
ough the lumber and n
le construction in norm
production machine, in
; which they need to de
* * jt
ics, ana our American
will come, we know not th
w homes, and going about
imes we will again be help
Watauga County. Take
)wn home through Buildin
rate, you can be laying as
whether or not you antici
sent conditions we are not
it you buy War Stamps an
aonds now, and want to in
; war by putting your idle
appreciation for all the fa
: cooperation and good wi
Very tru
IGA BUILDING I
gg, Secretary
SEAL SALE
(Continued from page one)
W. C. Lentz. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Moody,
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Pitts, Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Winkler 50c.
Mrs. W. L. Dougherty, Mr. and
Mrs. Spencer Greene, Mr. and Mrs.
.Fred Hartley. 50c. Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Icenhour. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
j Icenhour, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Stone,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim 'ioung. Sale of
Emblems $2.55.
Cove Creek
Dock Mast, David Farthing. Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Sherwood, Mrs.
: Gerd Henson, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Mast, Mrs. Stanley Harris, Clarence
Watson, Miss Evelyn McLean 50c.
i Paul Bingham 50c. Cove Creek
! School $10.78, Mabel School 75c.
; Mr. and Mrs. Don J. Horton, Mrs.
! Dare Strother, Miss Mildred Thom!as.
Ivy Wilson.
Bethel High School
Claud Watson. Mrs. Devcnc Green
: E. H. Greene 50c, C. C. Critcher,
1 Russell Henson. Emma Jean Setzer,
, H. Ear! Norris, Mrs. Mary Wellborn.
Valle Crucis
Father and Mrs. Leach, Mr. and
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We are grateful for the s
been accorded us during 1
pleasure to serve each one <
for your continued coopera
ber of our organization wo
and wish for you ....
A Happi
Boone Sie
W. H. GR,
ies of Stc
the
lding & I
rhe New Y<
lent stock in our new s
groundwork tor a hoi
iailsy and various othe
lal times, are now bei
order that our boys m
feat the enemies to <
way of life.
e date, when again our p
their affairs in a normal
ing to build homes for t
out your stock now, and
g and Loan aid when th<
ide a small amount regu
natf* hliildincr. 1 lis t^ll
issuing any prepaid, stoc
d bonds with your surplu
sist that you do your full ;
dollars to work.
vors of the past year, a
11, we are,
ly yours,
i. LOAN ASSOI
E
DECEMBER 31, 1942. j
Mrs. Clint Baird 50c. Mr. and Mrs.
' W. T. Baird and Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Baird, Mr. McKaraher. Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Hermon 30c, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Baird 25c. Mrs. C. D. Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Aldridge, Mr. and
i Mrs. Lee Carender.
Obituary
Mrs. H. C. Hollifield, age 51 years,
died at-the home at Shulls Mills on
Tuesday after a long illness.. Funeral
details had not been completed,
but it was stated that services would
likely be conducted at Boone Fork
Church by Rev. Frank Knight. The
husband, one son and two daughters
survive: Hobart Hollifield, Miss Rosetta
Hollifield, Shulls Mills; Mrs.
Blaine Phillips. Lenoir. The mother,
j Mrs. John A. Gragg of Shulls Mills,
j also survives.
WANTED
| Elgin, Bulova. Gruen. and Hamilton
i watch boxes. 25 cents each. Must be
: new.
B. W. Stallings
Boone. N. C.
y NEV^jj^
plendid patronage which has
the year 1942. It has been a
af you. and we respclfully ask
tion. On behalf of each memextend
the season's greetings
y New Year
am Laundry
f'\GG, Owner.
tck ?
Loan
3a r
eries which i
ne of your *
r things us- 4
ng fed into f
ay have all ?
our homes,
eople will be
way. When
he people of >
be ready to
e war clouds 5
larly for the
you about it. ^
k, but want j
s money. We ?
share toward |
nd soliciting
n
ilATION
loone, N. C.
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