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???.-'W' DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper?Established in the Year 1888. VOL. LVII, NO. 41 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945 $1.50 A YEAR?5c A COPT ' COLD WAVE KILLS FRUIT THROUGH MOUNTAIN REGION Temperature Drops to Low 20s to Blight Huge Fruit Crop; Springlike Weather Had Re sulted in Earliest Bloom in Memory of Most People A cold, wave, sweeping through the country last week, destroyed all hopes of a fruit crop in Watauga and adjacent counties, inflicting a loss of gigantic proportions to the people of this area. Unseasonably warm weather which had prevailed for the most part for several weeks, had resulted in the earliest blooming of fruit trees remembered by even the old er inhabitants, and practically all trees were in full bloom when the ?thermometer dropped a few degrees below the freezing pont Thursday evening. On Friday, however, in dications Were that the crop was not seriously damaged, but on Friday evening, when the mercury slipped to about 23 degrees, and a heavy frost accompanied the freeze, there was little doubt but that the fruit crop was a total loss. Springtime came to the mountains this year at least three weeks ahead of schedule, making pastures green and bringing prolonged warm weather. Since the freeze summer like temperatures are again prevail ing. WAR FUND OVER ? TOP BY $2,000 Lai* Report Indicates Fin* Job Done in R*d Crots Campaign; Enviable Record Set Watauga county has exceeded her Red Cross War Fund quota by more than $2,000, it is revealed in a report made today by Clyde _ R. Greene, chairman of the campaign, which was so enthusiastically received by the people of the county. The quota for the county was $6,700 and $8,603.94 is actually on deposit in the bank, says Mr. Greene in releasing the following itemized accounting of the fund to date: Reported to April 3 $8,004.56 Less error in Bethel Report 72.00, $7,932.56 Stony Fork community, Joe J. Wellborn 43.00 Laurel Creek township, Ned Glenn 52.00 Blowing Rock. Mrs. H. C. Hayes 45.00 Bethel school, Mrs. G. E. Tester ." 8.00 Tracy community, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Thomas 28.50 Timbered Ridge community. Wade Greene 7.00 Timbered Ridge Sunday School, Wade Greene 11.06 Laurel Creek township. Dwight Cable 19.00 Howard's Creek communi ty, L. E. Cottrell 4.00 Boone (residential district) Ed G. Farthing 11.00 Rich Mountain school and community, Mrs. E. L. Payne 13.50 Appalachian College: New River L. & P. Co., S. M. Ayers 36.00 Barnard Dougherty 87.00 Mrs. A. Antonakos 71.50 Mary Greene 12.00 Mrs. R. W. Watkins 39.00 Brushy Fork community, Mrs. L. A. Henson 19.00 Henson's Chapel communi ty, Mrs. Mary S. Harris--. 31.00 Henson's Chapel communi ty, Mrs. Mary S. Harris.... 80.00 Total to April 11 ?...$8,550,12 Mr. Greene makes the following statement in connection with the campaign: 'The actual amount deposited in the bank for the 1945 Red Cross War Fund i3 $8,603,94. Some have made deposits and have not turned in their list of contributors. The above ite mized report is based on contribu tor's lists turned in. Please make your full report if you have not al ready done so. If errors * have oc curred in the report in the paper, please report them to me at once so that correction can be made. We are justly proud of the record Watauga county has made in this Red Cross War Fund drive. Certainly we have exceeded our quota of $8,700 by more than $2,000. I thank you, one and all, sincerely. Also the boys and girls in the service from Wat auga thank you." Clinic for Crippled Children to Be Held A clinic for the benefit of the crip pled children of the county will be held at the health department of fices on April 18, at 1:30, by Dr. J. S. Gaul, of Charlotte. Mrs. Smith, the county health nurse, has mailed notices to all suf ferers from polio, of which there is a record. However, if there are others, they are asked to come in at this time for an examination. Wounded MPfC- -.Vw "h? D- Smilh- *?Q Of Mr- and Mr?. R. W. Smith. of Dmd wound fo?h#,ld whil? in action wit. arn>y in Germany. H. U making normal impror*. mem. He went overseas in No ha. b~n in th. army COMMERCE GROUP TO MEET MONDAY H#cr*ation Center. Highway Prob ??mi. to Furnish Major DUcui tions at Banquet wiTlhm!^n?C,!f,nber of Commerce will meet Monday evening at 7:30 at the Gateway cafe, and following mftll~nei" 3, rumbor of important matters of civic concern are slated for discussion. ^ Wilcox, who announces the meeting, asks for a full attend ance, and particularly urges the of ncers and directors to be in attend ance, since the election of a secre tary will be a feature of the busi ness session. n2?- WUco* *tetes that highway problems will come up for major discussion, along with a badly need ed recreation center. In this con nection, Mr. Wilcox says: A lot of cities are planning on various monuments and other means of honoring our service men. Why not Watauga build a recreation cen ter in honor of these boys? What about this, 'A Recreation and a Min sters Seminary' joinUy? Something we would all be proud of?some P^cae, where our good mountain Preachers could meet and study Uod s Word, and somewhere our re turning service men could meet and pass away their leisure time, as tCl.as?ur younger people, too. Think about this. Come and help discuss it. It is believed that such a center could easily be self-sup porting. Build it in honor of both our service men and ministers of Watauga county." TROUT SEASON OPENS MONDAY ?lh#r?8,P^i? Stop, on April 14, Say. Wardao; Soma Stream. Closad The trout fishing season in this area will open next Sunday, April 15, according to County Game War den Edmisten, who states that the prospects are good for angling sea son this year. Fishing for other species of fish will close at sundown April 14, and remain closed until June 10, it is j explained. New River is closed to fishermen from H. Neal Blair's down, and the j Watauga River from the high bridge at the mouth of Laurel Creek on j down, says the warden. Russians Extend Hold On Vienna London April 11?The Russians seized all of Vienna west and south of the Danube except the narrow island between the river and the Danube canal yesterday and thrust within three and one-half miles of the German rail escape route north ward to Brno (Brunn>, the Soviet communique disclosed last night. Fall of the remainder of the old Austrian capital appeared imminent as heavy street fighting raged ort, and Moicow told how the enemy's defenses were crumbling in announ. cing that on Monday 2,000 soldiers werecaptured "lon* with 72 tanks and 76 field guns inside the city. OWI REPORTS 242.000 * JAP SAILORS KILLED Washington?OWI has estimated Japanese navy dead at 262,000 offi cer. and men since Pearl Harbor. This compares with total Ameri can naval casualties of ?2,819, of whom 35,750 are , ^&J*5ntni4ited with more than 3,000,000 men in this country's aea am, the office of war information ?aid Japan's present naval person nel afloat and ashore totals 850,000. LIONS CLUB FIXES PLANS FOR USUAL BUND FUND SHOW Gay Nineties Revue Title of! Benefit Stage Performance by Members of Boone Lions Club; One of Best Benefit Perform ances by Local Organization | The annua1 stage performance by J^ca' talent comprised of members or the Boone Lions club will be presented on Wednesday, April 18, at the Appalachian Theatre, it was announced the first of the week. The theme of the show will be the Gay Nineties Revue" and will be staged ;n connection with the usual ThUfro Program at Appalachian Theatre, to raise funds for work among blind people of the county start at ?'C.U,re uSh?^ ProK1"81"! wili wn? ?1 ? clock and the Lions show will be at 4. In the evening the film will be shown at 7:30, and the ata8-3o'netleS Revue wU1 be staged The current presentation of the Lions promises to be one of the best efforts of the local organize tion, and the cast will be composed of more than 60 local people. Char acters will wear costumes depicting fte styles of the nineties. Choruses country dance of the olden times' dialogues, burlesque melodrama' gay nineties dances, street scene of rh?,gay n"eties- and the Lions chorus constitute a brief outline of 1^= .uU? M?ns club show. A pro gram that will make you laugh once every second. The Gay Nineties Revue will be 2E?G addresl ? ft G" K Moose who will herald the coming of the laughs you are fortl? The ?rst num A R cLOIYs composed of A R Smith, M. R. Maddux, Harry D J. Whitener, J. E p?ilOUfr' Orby Southard, Frank PajTie Joe Crawford. T. M. Greer, Pritt n^01?' 3418 Williams, Howard Cottrell James Winkler, J. K. Par ker, J R. Craven, Mr. Kelsey, Grady Moretz and M. J. O'Sullivan The second number is a dialogue?a byTV^ft S0e^e Vona show' oy A. K. Smith and D. J. Whitener. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Worthwhile Club To Collect Clothing For Needy in Europe The Worthwhile club is joining in the nation-wide clothing collec cnri i?nVhl^milUons of men. worn end and children in the wor-torn countries of Europe who, through no fault of their own, are in dire need of clothing. The program * | asking for 150,000,000 pounds of waJ? clothing, shoes, underwear and bed clothes for free distribution in war-ravaged lands where ex posure and scarcity of clothing have laKen almost as many lives as actual starvation. The clothing needed are good good, substantial winter and sum mer clothes or underclothing, and cotton garments should be washed but need not be ironed. Evening dresses tuxedoes and dress suite cannot be used. Materials wanted are garments for infants, men and boys, women and girls; heavy duty duraw" headwear, bedding, durable oxfords or high shoes with low heels (must mate and securelv tied together), also good fabrics of one yard or more. ' triu",3!0"? havLn? something to con tribute please bring it to the Worth of April nX>m during the month Bradley's Army Nab? Over Million Nazis Omar N. Bradley s Twelfth army group has captured more than a million Ger mans on the Western front. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third army leads with 418,501. Lieut Gen. Courtney E. Hodges' First 4fK ?-/W? ^m.?unth;', oldcr' has taken 405,703 and the Ninth army of Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson has bac f$6?3&62 f?r 8 total of i .N<Lfigure has been announced for 1A. Gen. Leonard T. Crow's Fif teenth army, also a part of Bradley's command, which includes more than a million American troops. Another American army, the Seventh, had captured almost 200,000 troops. April 21 Final Day F?r Paper Collection ,<7?n 2i, the Boone Boy Scouts will collect paper that is still left in Boone by making a house-to-house canvass. All people are urged to have all the scrap paper tied in a bundle and out on the front porches on Saturday morning so that the Sconta pick it up more easily, iw" """^ Pounds is needed so that a truck from Winston-Salem will come here to pick it uo This paper is needed by thegov bit to help out in this drive. Don't forget April 21. Slaves Freed From Bondage A long lin* of liberated civilians, who were used as slave laborer* in Germany, are shows as they wait for food at a displaced persons center, shortly after their arrival. Among them are Pole*. French men. Russians. Belgians and Ctechs. They were freed by the advanc ing Allied forces. Killed In Action CANCER CONTROL PLANS ARE GIVEN Funds Will Be Sought to Establish Cancer* Clinics by Woman's Club of Boone Mrs. Harold J. Stone, the for mer Pauline Cattle of Blowing Rock, received official notification from the War Department of the death of her husband, Sgl. Harold J. Stone, above, on March 27, while on a bombing mission over Germany. Sgl. Stone, whose fam ily live in Cramerton, N. C., was for two years a student at Appa lachian College. After enlisting in thf irmy he took specialised traink j at a number of camp*, and was sent to England about two months ago as the radio-gun ner of a bomber crew. He was connected with the Eighth bomb er command. Mrs. Stone is making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Castle, in Blowing Rock. SCHOOLS START BOND SALE DRIVE Seventh War Loan Campaign Gets Started in Schools Ahead of Time; Prises Provided The campaign for the sale of bonds in the Seventh War Loan be gan in the schools of the nation on April 9th, and will continue until Mayl 19, according to Dr. D. J. Whitener, educational director for the bond campaign in Watauga county, who further states that the business men of Boone will donate $125 in prizes to go to the students who accomplish most in bond sales during the period. The official opening of the bond campaign is May 14, but the schools of the nation did so well in the last campaign that the Treasury Depart ment decided to start their phase of the campaign this month, since most of the schools of the nation would be closed by the established date. Yanks Take Hannover On Road to Berlin Paris, April 11?The U. S. Ninth army, in a neck and neck race with the American First army toward Berlin, quickly toppled Germany's 12th city of Hannover yesterday and swept on 28 miles into Brunswick's outskirts at a point only 110 miles from the Reich capital. While tank unita of the Ninth also overran Salzaittcr, site of the Goering steel works 10 miles south west of imperilled Brunswick, U. S. First army troops in a 40-mile ad vnnry? on the sooth smashed into Nmiiiausen and likewise struck within 110 miles of Berlin with the seizure of localities near Auleben, 45 miles west of Halle and 57 miles from Leipzig: Thousands oi allied warp lanes were aiding the explosive advance into the heart of Germany and de stroyed 397 German planes during the day. The Women's club is sponsoring a county-wide campaign to raise $130 for the purpose of establishing a cancer control clinic here, and Paul A Coffey and Mrs. F. E. W arm an have been named chairmen of the effort. Boxes for receiving contributions will be placed in business establish ments for the copvenience ol shop pers, and air mail stickers, decorat ed with the cancer control insignia will be sold. Direct contributions may be made to either of the chair men. The campaign begins April 15 and lasts through the month. The importance of the campaign is emphasized by these statistics on cancer: One out of every 8 of you who read this will die of cancer?unless you do something about it. For cancer kills 165,000 Americans every year. It may kill you or one of those you love. Every hour, cancer kills 18 Amer icans. Cancer is the greatest killer of American women between the ages of 35 and 55. Cancer is the second greatest kill er of American men. Cancer, if permitted to continue its vicious way, will kill 17,000,000 of us who are living today. VOTERS ENDORSE PLAYGROUND PLAN Blowing Rock Citixen* Decisively Approve Bond Issue for Recrea tional Development At a special election held on April 3rd, the citizens of the town of Blowing Rock very decisively ap proved the proposed bond issued for the purchase and establishment of a memorial park and playground in the town. The vote war: For the bond issue, 141; against, 51. Plans are being made for the pur chase of the Coffey property in the heart of town for this development. Suitable playground facilities, a memorial recreation building, a li brary building, and other recrea tional features will be provided. Gas Truck Ignites And Endangers Grand View Service Station A fire which developed when a \ulf Oil Company truck from North Wilkesboro was delivering gasoline to the Grandview Service station on highway 421 east of Boone Monday, did considerable damage to the truck And building before the flames could be brought under control. Mr. Grant Greene, owner of the sen.ice station, was away m the time, and a passerby is thought to have cast a match in the direction of the gas which was pouring from the truck to the underground stor age takni near the doorway. The fluid was ignited, and but for the quick action of Mr. Don Horton, who was passihg the building, would have likely been destroyed. Mr. Horton, unmindful of his own safety, succeeded in plugging the storage tanks, and the fire company from Boone was called. The truck was seriously damaged but due to Mr. Horton's presence of mind, dam age to the building will likely be no more than $200. Mr. and Mrs. Greene want to thank Mr. Horton and the members of the Boone fire department for extir<(uishing the BOONE, BLOWING ROCK TO ELECT TOWN OFFICI ALS Elections to Be Held to CImmm Mayor and Three Members mi City Council in Watauga's Two Towns; Registration Starts Saturday; Democrats Meat Here Tonight Boone and Blowing Rock, Watau ga county's only two incorporated towns, will each elect a mayor and three-member board of aldermen at elections to be held Tuesday, May 8, 1945, and candidates are to be placed in the field soon. In Boone, the governing board i? selected from partisan tickets, and the Democrats are to meet in nomi nating convention this (Thursday) evening in the courthouse to name the candidates. The Republicans have not announced the date for their convention. In Blowing Rock, where partisan politics does not figure in the nomi nations, a mass meeting will be held in the school auditorium next Mon day evening for the purpose of nominating a citizens ticket Registration will be open in both toWns next Saturday and the books will remain open through Saturday, April 28. Saturday, May 6, is chal lenge day. The election officials in each instance are as follows: Boone: Registsiar, Howard Cot trell; I judges, Barnard Dougherty and Clyde R. Greene. Blowing Rock: Mrs. N. C. Greene, registrar; H. E. Coffey and Paul Gragg, judges. RED CROSS MEETS GARMENT QUOTA Knitting Chairman Thanks Knitters for Loyalty in Again Masting Product on Goal Mrs. W. M. Burwell, knitting chairman for the American Red Cross here, announces that the lo cal chapter has again met its quota of knitted garments for the armed services, having recently shipped 225 pairs of navy gloves and 66 sleeveless sweaters. Mrs. Burwell takes occasion to thank the many knitters for their co-operation and loyalty to the cause, and states that an appropriate badge has been provided m recog nition of their unselfish efforts, Knitters who have made 500 hours and over may receive these badges by calling at the Red Cross rooms on Tuesday or Thursday. * Another quota of knittl been assigned the local consisting of 133 sweaters , army reserves, and volunteer knit ters will be given notice when the materials for this quota are deliv ered. Pvt. Jernigan Wounded In Fight For Germany Mrs. Thomas D. Jernigan, the for mer Miss Lillian Greene, of Blow ing Rock, has been informed of the wounding of her husband. Pvt. Thomas Jernigan, somewhere in Germany. Since receiving the official noti fication, direct word front Pvt. Jer nigan is that he is recovering rapid- - ly in an evacuation hospital. Nazi* Killed 577,000 In Latvia Camps . London, April 9?Two Wehrmacht field marshals and 86 other Ger mans were named responsible for the death of 577,000 persons in con centration camps in Latvia and the deportation of 175,000 others as slave labor in a 6,000-word report tonight by a Soviet investigating committee. CRASH OF WAVY GUN CREW INCLUDES BANNER ELK MAN Okinawa, April 9?A navy gun crew aboard the U. S. Marine Third amphibious flagship, which claims one Rising Sun plane, which crashed 1 about 2,000 yards away during a Jap attack, included three North Carolinians. They are: Coxswain Gardner B. Aldridge, of Banner Elk; Boatswain's Mate Warren E. Ceuse, of Grifton, and Seaman Bur ton Brown of Asheville. A Correction On behalf of the Boons Mer chant* Association. The Demo crat calls attention to ma arror appearing la aa tdrarttMMot la regard to the Cove Crsek basket ball team last week, fas which III waa stated that Paul BluyWl li the coach. Aa a mattes si the jrwsl coach oi A winning hn Is fas 0 - Mr. J. E. 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