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VOL. LVI. NO. 43 BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1946
5 CENTS A COPY
HIGHWAY POSTAL
SERVICE IS BEING
SOUGHT FOR AREA
Post Office Department Posts
Advertisements for Bids on
New Service Between Greens
boro and Boone and Hickory
and* Johnson City
The establishment of highway
postoffice service between Greer*
boro and Boone, as weU as between
Hickory and Johnson City, Tenn.,
?b?ng seriously considered by the
oostoffice department, and an ad
vertisement is being issued mviting
r.rot>osals for carrying the mails
ancTSuway postal clerks, m motor
vehicles especially designed and
MutoDed foP the distribution of
mail en route U was learned from
Postmaster John fc- crown, |
^Bidsy will be received until May
22 it is stated, and the advertise
ment calls for the following schedu- 1
let on the two proposcdroutes^
From Greensboro, by Kerners
ville Winston-Sa' "r., East ^ '
Boonville, Jonesville, Elkin, Ronda,
Roaring River, North Wilkesboro,
C?,ck?t Millers Creek, Purlear,
Stoney Fork. Deep Gap, and Laxon,
f Snce of 130 miles six im^ a
week. The proposed schedule, daily
except Sunday is. ?
Leave Greensboro, 2:30 a. mr, ar- i
n^B^one. 7 .40 a. m.; Leave B<x>ne
4 p. m.; Arrive Greensboro, at 9.10
P The route from Hickory to John- 1
son City, would go through Lenoir,!
Blowing Rock and Boone, on the,
following schedule:
Leave Johnson City 6 a. m., , ar
rive Hickory 10:30 a. m., Leav
Hickory 2:15 p m., arrive Johnson
City 6:30 p. m. .
The proposed mail service 1
identical to that supplied through
the use of mail cars on the railway
lines, and would represent a dis
tinct improvement in the mail ser
vice throughout this area. The pro
posal has long been advoca^d by (
Postmaster Brown, and Congress .
man R. L Doughton has worked
trirelessly in bringing the matter toj
its present status. . |
Forms for use of proosective bid- 1
ders are avilable at the localpost
office. Bonds in the sum of $10,000
will be required of successful bid
ders.
BOORS TO OPEN ,
FOR MAY PRIMARY
Mew Voters May Remitter for Party |
Primary Saturday; Little
Interest Here
Registration books for the primary
to bf held on May 25th are to be
onen at the various voting precincts
T&e county next Saturday and
will remain open for three Satur
davs during which time any new
voter may register and become eli- 1
gible to participate in I
balloting Saturday May 18th win
be observed as challenge day.
The voting here will be confined
to the Democratic party, as Hepubli ,
cans have no contests. In fact the
^i^no^t'rof'a^c:
has developed in the ""-^no^Ton
of thT afe I C rfrthing, Waftiuga
native Is seeking the solicitorship.
as is Horace Kennedy of Shelby . M.
T. Leatherman of Lincolnto\,???
nletes the three-way race. Messrs.
Farthing and Kennedy have b?th
been in Watauga lo?kirf j
their political fortunes, Mr. Leather -
mlii ^expected to visit the county,
and on promary day, it is bkely tha
a considerable number of P??n!
will register their choice at the bal
lot box.
Reins-Sturdivant
Buys Newland Firm
The Reins-Sturdivant Funeral
Home, which operates businesses in
Boone and other towns, has recently
purchased the Hughes Funeral
Home at Newland, and is now
actively engaged in the conduct of
the new enterprise. The burial
association there has been merged
with that of Reins-Sturdivant it is
said.
Mr. Mack Greer, for many years
connected with the Reins-Sturdi
vant business here has taken charge
of the Newland business, and has
moved his family there. Mr. Jack
Ragan, also of Boone, is assistant
manager at Newland.
50-Cent Wool Price is
Predicted for State Clip
RALEIGH, April 21. ? North
Carolina's 1946 wool clip should
bring about the same price as last
year's average of 50 cents a pound,
Leland Case, animal husbandry ex
pert of the N C. State college ex
tension service, said today.
East Carolina sheep growers will
begain spring clipping in the next
few days.
The Commodity Credit corpora
tion will again support domestic
wool prices, Case said. .
IN THE GHOST CITY
This one-legged boy standing
alone in Warsaw. Poland, once
a thriving city of 1,265,000 peo
ple, now a ghost city of a few
thousand, is typical of those re
maining in the razed city.
ASSOCIATION TO
HELD IN MAY
Program For Spring Meeting oi
Three Forks Association
is Announced
The spring session <?f the Three
Forks Baptist Association will be
held with the Poplar Grove Church
on Friday. May 10, and the follow
ing program for the day's activities
has been giveh out by the executive
committee:
Theme: Spiritual Reconversion.
9:30 a. m. ? Devotional, Rev. Ben
Lee Ray.
9:45 ? Presentation of program,
Rev. R. C. Eggers.
9:50? Recognition of Vlcjtors.
10:00 a. m. ? Panel on Evangelism,
discussed by Rev. Ronda Earp, Rev.
Lawrence Hagamr.n, Rev. Raymond
Hendrix and Rev. W. D .Ashley
11:00 ? Sermon on Evangelism,
Rev. J. C. Canipe.
Dinner.
1:00 p. m. ? Devotional, Rev. N. M.
Greene.
1:15? The Opportunity of the
Church in the Postwar World. Rev .
G. A. Hamby.
1:45 ? Religion During the War
and Our Treatment of Returned
Service \ien, Wade E. Brown.
2:30 ? Closing Insprational Mes
sage, Rev. H K. Mifldleton.
The officers and executive com
mittee urge that each church in the
association be represented by the
pastor and at least three delegates
or messengers.
Stroke is Fatal to
B. F. Wilcox, Age 75
Mr. B. F. Wilcox died at his home
at Shulls Mills on April 18, from a
paralytic stroke, at the age of 75
years.
Funeral services were conducted j
at the Oak Grove Baptist Church >
Saturday April 20, by Rev W D. j
Ashley and Rev. G. A Hamby,
burial being in the Hine cemetery,'
with Reins-Sturdivant being in |
charge of the details.
Mr. Wilcox was a member of the j
Sandy Flat Baptist church, also a j
Baptist minister, and had been the |
moderator of the Stony Fork I
Association for a number of years, j
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. '
Delia Harrison Wilcox, and five
daughters by a previous marriage:
Mrs. T. R. Haggard, Mrs. Major
Wood, Miss Ann Wilcox, all of Nor
folk, Va.; Mrs. W. B. Hodges and
Mrs. Duveny Hodges of Boone.
One brother survives, Joe Wilsox,
of Summit, N. C., together with ten
grandchildren and one great-grand
child.
Elkland P. T.-A.
Raises $525.25
The Elkland Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation sponsored a box supper last
Saturday in the school gymnasium
which raised $525.25.
A free movie was seen first, then
the boxes were sold, several of
which brought over $10 each. Mr.
Hamp Blackburn was auctioneer.
In the pretty girl contest, Lillian
Blackburn was the winner, with
Margaret Hughes and Jean Absher
as close runnerups.
In the ugly man contest, several
were entered, but Mr. Douglas
Redmond won the pickles.
Many people participated in the
cakewalk and several couples won
cakes.
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American Legion and
Auxiliary to Meet 26th
The American Legion and Auxi
liary will meet in regular session
on April 26. in the hut. The meet
ing will begin promptly at 7:30 p.
m All ex-service and' service men
are invited to bring their wives and
lady frineds to the meeting.
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RED CROSS QUOTA
GOES OVER TOP
BY SMALL MARGIN
Chairman Clyde R. Greene An
nounces that Goal of $5,100 in
Red Cross Effort Has Been
Exceeded; Expresses Appreci
ation to All
Watauga county has reached her
quota in the Red Cross roll call
campaign, it was announced by
campaign chairman, Clyde R.
Greene, thus continuing the local
record of having met every demand
of the Red Cross during the emer
gency period.
The local quota was $5,100 and
total collections as of Monday were
$5,114.67. However, it is stated, that
complete reports have not been re
ceived from all the solicitors, and
that when these are in, the fund is
expected to be considerably larger.
Mr. Greene takes occasion at this
time to express to all the workers,
and each neighborhood chairman, |
his sincere thanks for doing a dif- 1
ficult job well. He especially ex- 1
presses appreciation to those busi
ness men of Boone who made a sec
ond subscription when it appeared
that the county was destined to fall
short of the quota. "Then too,"
says Mr. Greene, "sincere thanks are
to be expressed to each donor, who
consistently contribute to the Red
Cross fund year after year.''
County Democratic
Convention to Be
Held Here Saturday
There wUl be a convention of the
Democrats of Watauga county, held
in the courthouse in Boone next
Saturday, April 27, at 2 o'clock p.
m., for the purpose of perfecting the
county organization and electing
delegates to the state convention to
be held in Raleigh on May 2.
Precinct meetings in the various
townships will be be held Friday
afternoon at the same hour.
Local A.C.E. Group
Holds Meeting Tuesday
On Tuesday evening of last week,
the Boone area branch of the Asso
ciation of Childhood Education, un
der the leadership of Miss Annie
Kee Kittrcll, was delightfully enter
tained at a dinner meeting at the I
Carolina Cafe.
M iss Hattie Parrot, state head of |
the language arts department, and
Miss Bertie Holloway, supervisor of
music instruction in the W.C.U.N.C.
training school, were honor guests ai
the meeting. Other special guests
included Dr J. D. Rankin, Dr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Barden and Miss ?
Helen Birch.
Miss Parrot, guest speaker of the {
evening, chose as her theme the j
advancement and promotion of pro
fessional growth through Childhood
Education and like organizations.
Easter Cantata Given
By Local School Pupils
Girls and boys from the fourth, I
fifth, sixth and seventh grades of
the Boone Demonstration school
gave an original Easter Cantata,
Sunday. April 21. at the First Bap
tist Church. Most of the work on
the Cantata was done during the re
gular music classes. Each child in
School was given a chance to be in
the Cantata. Music, as all true art,
has a really spiritual quality, the de
velopment of which all human
beings should be eager to gain. It
is uplifting, it is genuine, and one
of the most practical and demo
cratic of all studies. The Cantata was
truly one of those experiences we
like to remember and cannot pic- 1
ture adequately in words. The child
ren, in the short time they have had
to work with Mr. Hartsell since his
return to our school, gave a program
of real talent ana beauty. How could
we live without music?
The faculty and students of the
Boone Demonstration School should
like to give special recognition and
appreciation to:
Miss Virginia Wary, head of the
music department of A. S. T. C.,
Miss Jean Wilson, Coliege#Music
Major, organist.
Miss Clyde Goodman, stage de
sign.
Professor A. Antonikas, technical
advisor on special lighting.
Miss Catherine Coble and Mrs.
Bnnis Davis, assistant choir direc
tors.
Boone Flower Shop for flowere.
Bo^ne- Lenoir Traffic
Is Being Detour ed
Through traffic on the Lenoir
Blowing Rock highway ? being
deioured by way of North Wilkes -
boro, on acoount of the new road
construction taking place on the
mountain*. says James H. Coun
.cill, assistant division highway
engineer.
Mr. Council! says that an effort
is being made to take care of local
traffic, and' that it is felt that the
detouring of through traffic will
enable contractors to open the
road much earlier.
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'ROLL INTO THE BARRELL'
"Roll out the barrel" because there are no suits to be had was
the theme of a Pittsburgh clothier in decorating tlus window at
which Marine Sgt. Robert Woodward looks with great j 'oom. Soon
to be released from service, Sgt. Woodward doesn't fa' oarrels for
Easter wear.
BANK DEPOSITS
HIT RECORD HERE
Boone Branch Northwestern Bank
Has Deposits of OTer
S3.400.000
Deposits at the local branch of
the Northwestern Bank reached the
supi af three million four hundred
thousand dollars last Friday to set
an all-time high record in local
banking circles.
Alfred Adams, assistant cashier,
pointed out that there has been a
gain in deposits of around 40 per
jcent, or a little more than a million
I dollars in the past year.
Local Officers Will
Attend Asheville Meet
Among those expected to attend
the la wenfofcement conference in
Asheville April 30 from Watauga
county are: Sheriff Chas M. Wat
son, O. L. Scroggs. chief of police,
and C. M Jones, highway patrol, all
of Boone, and D. W Wooten, chief
of police. Blowing Rock
The chairman at this conference
will be special agent in charge Ed
ward Scheidt of the Charlotte FBI
office, and the speakers on the pro
gram will include Colonel H. J.
Hatcher, commanding officer. North
Carolina highway patrol, Raleigh;
Walter F. Anderson, director. State
Bureau of Investigation, Raleigh;
Chief of Police John M Gold of
Winston-Salem, president of the
North Carolina Police Executives
Association; Hubert Jarvis, Ashe
ville and Buncombe county juvenile
court judge; and Brandon P. Hod
ges. Buncombe county attorney,
Asheville.
Conferences of this type were in
stituted on a nation-wide basis by
Director John Edgar Hoover of the
FBI in 1940 and have been held
periodically since that time. Atten
dance at the meeting is restricted to
law enforcement officials. Objectives
of the conference include the ex
change of information regarding
crime and criminals, the discussion
of present day law enforcement
problems and techniques, and the
promotion of cooperation among the
various law enforcement agencies.
Local P.T.-A. to
Meet April 29th
The fina^ meeting of the year for
the Boone Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will be held at the high school
on Monday night. April 29, at 7:30.
"Building for Strong Bodies" will
be the theme for the evening's pro
gram. Mrs. Edna James, chairman,
Harold Quincy, Dr. Ralph House
and Dr. W. M Matheson will be re
sponsible for the program.
All patrons and friends of the
schools are cordially invited to at
tend this meeting and help closc a
successful year for the Boone Par
ent-Teacher Association.
Veteran of the Week
This veteran needs a job: Age 29,
Male, high school education.
U. S. Army experience: 1 year
and 8 months as topographical sur
veyor
Chilian experience; 1 year as in
strument man with an engineering
company.
Comments: Prefers work in this
area. Will accept employment with
an engineering company or survey
ing private property.
If an employer, or other persons,
would like to interview this veteran
for a possible position, or has sug
gestions where he might secure em
ployment, contact the U. S Em
ployment Service, or telephone 220.
DEBATE CONTEST '
IS HELD MONDAY)
Drexel and Black Mounlain SchooU
Have Winning Teams al Ap
palachian Conlett
?'e,xtl a"d Black Mountain high
in V3, ,placed winning teams
in the district contest held on App
alachian State Teachers College
campus on Monday. <~ouege
Nine high schools from eight
Black" M pai;tic'Pated: Appalachian,
rinn ^ Unl?,in' Cranberry. Drexel
Harris' Jefferson, Lan
sing, and Tipton Hill.
naff jmati _winners are Ho
bert Baird and Farrcll Lambert
from Drexel; Mrs. Faye T. Russell
ci'pal The H' L' ? Ha>'burton- Prin
cipal The negative winners are
from R i if1? and Weeta Simmons
fiom Black Mountain; T. W Nesbit
coach and A W. McDougle pHn-'j
i Jhe/e tt',arns have won the privi- 1
lege to take part in the statewide!
contest on the High School Debated'
atnc?ha??HU*d b>' th<? UniverSity|
The runners up in the district con
MaryT? .^ppalachian affirmative:
? y.i" Stout and Eula Mae Hod
ges; Miss Winona Williams coach
and Herbert Wey, principal: Drexel
negative: Lloyd Rector and Betty
Jean Abernethy. uy
Mrs. Virginia Maltba
Taken By Death at 84
Mrs. Virginia Cannon Maltha
widow Of Wilson Maltba. and .
pioneer resident of the Poplar
Grove community, died at Wataue 1
Hospital last Wednesday, afler a
? <?f declining health,
at n 1 sorv'ces were conducted
at lid. m. on Saturday at the Pod
lar Grove Bapt.st Church, by Rev
Raymond Hendnx and Rev R H
the b?dy wm intern*
in the Hine cemetery in the Oak
Grov< . neighborhood. Reins-Sturrh
vant Funeral Home was mThfrg, of
arrangements.
The survivors include four sons
Local N.C.E.A. to
Have Picnic Meeting
.hMT^'urS of the local chapter of
thi North Carolina Education As
^'ofthe^h h?'d th"ir '?t? meel
"m?v 2 th,e year on Thunsday
May 2, at Cove Creek school,
f nieeting, which will be in the
form of a picnic, will be held at 2
, ^ns *or the social are be
by Mrs. Billie Cooke, Mrs
ancT MrS SarrT o^'SS Cynthia. Stiles
t? ,h. , u ?s borne In addition
City schciClse"/?fWaf COU'Uy 3nd
'-al friends and of"^
"chools will be invited to attend the
ning withnd have an enjoyable eve
games Panicking and outdoor
Monthly Scout Meeting
To Be Held on Tuesday
beThIldn0ontth|? 5S?ut meeting will
Aprll^. Vt CM,
Gread% ^^" wtlfbe'atS1^
Grady Moretz, Jr. There willll^
^*?an awarding of certificates to all
S^eaV^r^ 00111 Pletedthe
ocout leaders' training course The
meeting will be open to the^ublic
Rrs: 'iV.SSc
by 6 o'clock of April 30.
ELLISON FACES
HOMICIDE COUNT
IN COURT TODAY
North Fork Man Likely to Go
On Trial This Morning for
Slaying of Neighbor; Many
Cases. Disposed of in Superior
Court; the Judgments
Sam Ellison, resident of North
Fork township, is expected to go on
trial this (Wednesday) morning in,
Superior court on charges of man
slaughter growing out of the fatal
shooting of his neighbor, Howard
Hockeday, last October. Ellison
surrendered himself to the sheriff
shortly after the slaying, and told
officers that he fired on Hockeday
in self-defense, when Hockeday ap
proached him with pointed rifle.
It is expected that the case will
not consume much of the court's
time and that likely the state docket
will have been completed during the
day Thursday.
Judge Don Phillips is presiding at
the spring term of court, and up un
til Tuesday night, thirty-seven
cases had been tried, practically all
of them involving the operation of
automobiles by ' intoxicated drivers,
and various violations of the prohi
bition law.
The Judgments
The following were fined $50 ancl
the costs each for driving while in
toxicated, and their driver's license
revoked for one year in each in
stance :
June A. Greene, Ben II. Ross,
Blaine Stevens, Paul Lee Miller,
Mart Lee Wheeler, Audrey B.
Pricc, J. F. Mitchell, Sherman
Winebarger, James E. Brinkley, Syl
vester Coffey and Perry Ford. Sta
cy Ed Hodges and Carl Davis, also
charged with driving drunk, were
fined $75 each and the costs.
Tom Bumgarner, charged with
violating the prohibition laws, was
sentenced to four months on the
roads and given a suspended sen
tence of 18 months.
Leonard Rich, larceny. Placed on
probation. Assessed with the cost.
Marvin F. Trivett, reckless driv
ing. Payment of cost.
Trent Greer, driving after license
revoked. Four months on roads.
Arnold Church, violation prohi
bition law. $75 and the cost.
Claud D. Payne, carnal knowledge
of female child less than 16. Mar
riage certificate presented. Dis
missed on payment of cosl.
Marvin Prolfit, violating prohibi
tion law, $15 and the cost.
Marvin Main, violating prohibi
bition law, $15 and the cost.
Blaine Stevens, violating prohi
bition law, $15 and cost.
Wilson Eggcrs, temporary lar
ceny of automobile. Not less than
12 or more than 15 months in state
prison.
Chas. Troutt, violating prohibition
law, $50 and the cost.
J. K. Caudill, public drunkenness.
One-half the cost.
Carl Cole, reckless driving, $15
and the cost.
Chas. Brown, violating prohi
gition law. $15 and cost.
W. J. Crisp, violating prohibition
law. Cost.
Gordon Pitts, violating prohibi
tion law. $25 and the cosl.
Carl Ford, violating prohibition
law. cost.
Tracy Tnplett, non-support of ille
gitimate child. Ordered to pay $10
per month for child's support.
George Horton, violating prohi
bition law. $25 and the cost.
Dillard Storie, carrying conceal
ed weapon. $50 and the costs.
Cecil Bumgarner, violating pro
hibition law. Four months on the
roads. 18 months suspended sen
tence.
Warlick Willis, operating car after
license revoked. $100 and the cost.
BUS SERVICE IS
TO BE IMPROVED
Greyhound to Give Better Service
m Between Boone and
Sparti
An improved schedule of bus
service between Boone and Sparta
has been approved by the Grey
hound Corporation, according to H.
W. Wilcox, local bus treminal man
ager, the new arrangement giving
the people from Alleghany and Ashe
counties several hours time in
Boone, and at the same time allow
ing them to return home the same
day.
Mr. June Russell, owner of the
Economy Store, conducted the cam
paign for the improved bus service,
when he sensed the amount of trade
Boone merchants were losing, due
to the fact that citizens of the neigh
boring counties had no adequate
bus service. Mr. Russell circulated
petitions, secured unanimous back
ing, and his efforts have been suc
cessful.
The new schedule follows: Leave
Sparta 8:30 a. m.. arrive Booae
10:39; leave Boone 5:20, arrive Spar
ta 7:29. O
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bingham and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Coving
ton, Mr. and Mis. Allan G. Coan, of
Pinnacle, and R. K. Bingham, Jr., of
Martinsville, Va., spent Easter with
Dr. and Mrs. R. K. Bingham.