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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT o An Independent Weelcly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888. WATCH the LABEL <*??" TOUi Hp? wUl b. >topp.d unit) operating >trtct*y on ? rSL'Sffi; TW* "* VOL. LVII. NO. 47 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 23. 1946 5 CENTS A COPY DELINQUENCY OF JUVENILES IS PUBLIC PROBLEM County Welfare Officer Tells of Juvenile Delinquency and States Belief That Sense of Duty by Adults is Remedy County Welfare Officer, Dave P. Mast. in citing some of the activities of the welfare department, call at tention to the problem of juvenile delinquency and states the belief that the adult citizenwhip has a duty to these children, and that in the exercise of that duty lies the hope of curbing the recklessness in the younger generation. Mr. Mast's statement follows: When WPA and CCC were opera ting in North Carolina it was neces sary for the county welfare depart ment to interview each applicant for work in those agencies and to re- I fer them to the agency if they were found eligible for that type of aid. When these programs closed with ! the beginning of heavy war pre-! parations these investigations were replaced by another type for selec tive service boards. Many prospec tive draftees who claimed exempt ion . because of dependents were re ferred to the welfare department for through investigation of their situations. This work neceMitatcd personal! contacts to establish the validity of i the draftee's claim that he support- 1 ed some member of his family. The ; welfare department never made a ! recommendation as to whether the youth should be drafted or not, but reported the facts as found to the selective service board which then ' made its own decision as to defer- 1 ment. One might think this procedure simple 'and not very time-consum ing but with county welfare staffs all over North Carolina insufficient to care for the normal amount of work, these investigations put an additional load on most county units. Naturally all boys and girls are going to get into mischief at one time or another. Some times this leads to more serious consequences and is called juvenile delinquency. These cases can be handled best by remaining in their own homes under supervision of members of their family or by being put under the supervision of some one else in the county. For extreme cases of delin-l quency. the state has made institu tional provision whereby delin- i quents can be re-trained into use-i ful law-abiding citizens. The county welfare officer is the ' chief probation officer for the juve nile court in Watauga county and working with these cases often calls for much careful thought and time if the child is to be steered back in to the proper paths of daily life. During the war much attention! was brought to the problem of juve- ; nile delinquency, but the fact re mains that even in peace time every community has the same problem to think about. For a time children ' were left without proper care while i parents worked in war industries' and were away from long hours. Now that the war is over normal re lationships prevail in nearly all families, but there still remain youthful offenders against the law. Of course Watauga county has its juvenile delinquency problems. Yet the county has tried very hard to cooperate with the State Welfare de partment's campaign against put- ; ting youthful offenders in the i county jails of North Carolina. In the past 14 months there have been j 5 boys under 16 years of age jailed ! in this county ? a much better re- 1 cord than would be the case in some communtities of the state. Sometimes it would seem there i is nothing much else that can be done in the cases of some juvenile ! delinquents, but in most instances , there is really no excuse for placing ! them where they might come in con tact with hardened adult lawbreak- 1 ers. The way to handle these young boys and girls would seem more property to be the development of some local plan of care ? aren't there people in the county who are interested enough in children to be 1 willing ta assume the responsibility of looking after these boys and girls for a few days until some permanent j solution can be found for them? Let us take for example the case of a child whose parents do not have proper control over his daily life. | Where he w?>uld not listen to his i parents because, perhaps, of a lack of respect for them because they are i continually fighting among them- j selves and pay no attention to him, i he might find a temporary home \ some of the love and affection he i wants. He is not mischievous and j delinquent merely because he wants I (Continued on' page eight) Tonsil Clinic To Be Held Here June 4th i A tonsil clinic will be held at 'Watauga Hospital Tuesday, June 4th, by Dr. J. B. Hagaman, and Dr. C. B. Baughman. Those desiring operations should get in touch with Dr. Hagaman at once, as only a limited number of patients can be taken. To Speak Here JOHN H. EAST EASTTOADDRESS LOCAL FARMERS PMA Director to Speak at Annual Meeting of Watauga Farm Bureau John H. East, of Washington. D. C., director of the East Central re gion of the Production Marketing Association, will address the farm ers of Watauga county at the court house in Boone on Friday. May 24 at 8 p. m.. according to a statement re leased today by Clyde R. Greene, president of the Watauga County Farm Bureau. Mr. East will discuss the 1946 farm program and some of the prob lems facing farmers in reconverting to a peacetime economy. Special emphasis will be given to burley to bacco problems in 1946-47. "Mr. East." said Mr Greene, "is one of the outstanding agricultural leaders in the South today and all Watauga county farmers and their wives are urged to attend." Appearing with Mr. East on the program will be short talks by G. T. Scott, chairman of the State ' Production Marketing Association i committee, and R. Flake Shaw, ex ecutive secretary of the North Caro lina Farm Bureau Federation. MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM SUNDAY: Watauga and Blowing Rock Legion ? Posts Combine in Memorial Day Observance A Memorial Day service, sponsor ed by Blowing Rock Post No. 256 ' and Watauga Post No. 130, Aemri can Legion, is to be held in Memo rial Park. Blowing Rock, next Sun- , day afternoon ai 2 o'clock, and Judge Hubert Olive of Lexington, himself a war veteran, has been se cured to deliver the principal ad dress on this occasion. Following is the complete pro gram for the service: Song, "America": Prayer. Rev. Walter K. Keys; Address of wel come. Blowing Rock Legion Post member; Response, Mr. Swofford, Watauga Legion Post; Spanish American War veterans, Albert Wat son; List of war dead, J. W. Norris; List of World War 11 dead. Billy 1 Keys; Song. "Onward, Christian Soldiers", congregation; Introduc- , tion of speaker. Lionel Ward; Ad-; dress. Judge Hubert E. Olive; Silent devotion; Taps. Father of Prof. Yoder Dies in Danville, Va. News reaches Boone of the death ] of Robert E. Yoder. 68. father of Prof. Julian Yoder, of Appalachian College, which occurred in Danville, Va. Fflneral details are unavailable, in , the absence of Prof. Yoder, who is takinp special courses at the Uni versity. POPPY DAY WILL BE OBSERVED BY LEGION SATURDAY Auxiliary Members Organize to Sell Paper Memorial Flowers in Boone: Money to Be Used , for Disabled Veterans and Families Poppy day will be observed in Boone and throughout the United States on Saturday, May 25, it is announced through *the American Legion ^Auxiliary, and a special com mittee composed of Mesdames Char les Younce, Ralph Greer and Mrs. B. K. Osborne is making plans for the sale of the memorial flowers. Memorial poppies to be worn in honor of the dead of both world wars will be distributed on the streets througout the day by vol unteer workers from the auxilary and cooperating organisations. Con tributions received in exchange for the flowers will be used in relief and rehabilitation work for dis abled veterans, their familes and the families of the dead. The poppies have been ordered from Oteen where they are being made by disabled veterans of both wars, working under the direction of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion Auxiliary. They are crepe paper replicas of the .'a ropean wild poppy which bloomed on the battlefields of I France and Belgium in both wars I and which has become a world- 1 wide symbol of remembrance of American's battle dead. "With peace restored and the men coming home," it is said, "evervone j will want to pay tribute to those | who can never come back to us by ' wearing a poppy in their honor on Poppy Day." Chamber of Commerce To Consider Highway In Meeting Tonight1 . The Boone Chamber of Commerce ! will hold a banquet meeting at the Carolina Cafe Thursday evening at i 7:30, primarily for the purpose of futher discussion of the improve-! inent of the highway from Boone to j Bristol, Via Mountain City, Tenn. Herman Wilcox, president of the Chamber of Commerce, says that there will be vistors from Bristol, Mountain City. Abingdon, Damas cus, North Wilkesboro, Winston Salem, Hickory and perhaps other communities and urges a full atten- I dance of members of the organiza tion on this occasion. Solomon Grogan Dies At Zionville Home Solomon Grogan. 85 years old. a resident of Zionville. died at his | home Monday evening. Funeral services are to be con ducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Zionville Baptist Church. Rev. W. D Ashley will con duct the rites and burial will be in the Zionville cemetery by Reins Sturdivant. The only near relative surviving, is one sister Mrs. Matilda Reese of Zionville. Local Cancer Campaign Passes Quota of $150 The campaign to raise money for the campaign against cancer has come to an end in Watauga county, and Mayor Gordon H Winkler, chairman of the effort, states that while reports are not complete, it is certain that the local quota of $150 has been passed Mayor Winkler takes occasion to thank all contributors and all those who assumed committee posts for their splendid work in this regard. GET HIGH SCOUTING HONORS W B. Yo^k. Jr.. and Grady Moretz, Jr.. of Boone, who were paid high scouting nonors at a local Scout banquet recently. At the ban quet Scout York, who is an Eagle Scout, was presented the Bronze Palm by A. R. Smith, chairman of the Scouting advancement com mitteik Skipper W. F.. Vaughn-Lloyd, executive of thfe Hickory Coun cil. presented the Eagle badge to Mrs. Grady Moretz, who( was privi leged to pin it on her son's shirt. At the same public banquet 20 adult Scouts were given diplomas for completing the Scout leader training course. ADDITIONS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE The famous old structure known as the state, war and navy building during the early days of Washington. The building will soon be taken over by the Whi'e House to be used as an annex for the executive offices. The ginger bread architecture has made it a curio and a landmark for years. To Honor Memory GEORGE EGGEHS Memorial Service For Pfc. George B. Eggers To Be Held June 9th Memorial services will be held on Sunday. June 9th, at 2 o'clock at Timbered Ridge Baptist Church for Pfc. George Bynum Eggers. son of Mrs. Polly Eggers (Miller) and the late Mr. Ralph Eggers. of Sugar i Grove. The services will be con- , ducted by Rev. N. M. Greene. Re\.; W. C. Payne and the American Legion Pfc. Eggers was killed Oct. 24. 1945, in Le Havre, France. "He died almost instantly, being acci dentally shot when a companion discharged a carbine." was the lat est word received from the War De partment. Pfc. Eggers, who was 20 years old, entered the service Nov. 15, 1943. He rece.ived his basic training at Fort Eustis, Va., and Camp Robin son, Ark. He was married to Thel ma Stansbury March 12. went di rectly overseas, and never was home any more. He received his education at Bethel high school, and was a mem ber of Timbered Ridge Baptist Church. Pfc. Eggers is survived by his wife, mother, one brother and two sisters, Ralph, Wilma and Mrs. Ned Henson. Honor Certificates Given Local Students On Monday of commencement . week. Dean Rankin, acting for H. Pettus Randall, editor for Who's Who Among Students in Univer- 1 sities and Colleges, presented cer- 1 tificates of honor to the following students: Nellie Gabriel, Lincolnton; Curtis Murry, Linville Falls; A. J. Smith, Whiteville; Freda Grubbs Cline, Route 1, Winston -Salem; Dorothy Moore and Kathleen Moore, Galax, Virginia; Inez P. Connor, Koute 4, Shelby; Peggy Rogers, Fair Bluff; Mary E. Smith, Route 4, Charlotte; Rebecca Rivers. Moun tain City, Tennessee; Patsy Smith, Morresville, and Joyce Brookshire, Taylorsville. This honor comes in recognition of the merit and accomplishment of the students in their respective schools. Only those who have also in addition met the requirements of the publication can be included in Who** Who Much Activity Noted at Appalachian College The campus and offices at Appala chian State Teachers College are buzzing with activities this vaca tion time. Painters are hastening to finish their work on the admini stration and library buildings. The dormitories are being renovated and put in condition for the summer school. All rooms for the first stam mer term are assigned and applica tions are being referred to homes in the town The busiest man of all is the registrar, Mr. Herman Egg ers, re ceiving student applications, check ing and evaluating credits. U. S. TAKES OVER SOFT COAL MINES Preiidenl Truman Acts in Effort to Forestall Renewal of Strike Washington. May 22. ? The gov ernment took over the nation's I 3,000 soft coal mines early today in an attempt to forestall a renewal of John L. Lewis crippling strike, but there was no assurance the miners will stay on the job. . President Truman ordered the sei- 1 zure to "preserve the national econo- I mic structure in the present emer- 1 gency" and his aides appealed to Lewis for his cooperation. But the UMW boss refused to | commit himself. He declined to say | whether or not he would order the 400,000 members of his union to re main in the pits. Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug was named by the president as administrator of the mines and immediately appointed Vice-Adm. Ben Moreell to take charge of their operations. U. S. army troops were placed at Moreell's disposal to pre serve order, if necessary. Marine Grateful For Sweater b" Red Cross The Watauga cnapter of the J American Red Cross has received | the following letter from James D. i Ellen. Marine Corps. Cherry Point. ! N C.. which is self-explanatory: "I am one of the lucky marines who received a sweater knitted and j donated by your chapter. "I planned to write you as soon as I received this sweater, but I neglected to do so. My lack of promptness is in no way connected with my enthusiasm in receiving the garment. At any rate I want you to know that I do appreciate the sweater. "There isn't anything issued by the Marine Corps which will replace this sweater. Perhaps some of my buddies have neglected to write you also, but I know they got good use out of them." Mrs. Burwell. knitting chairman, states that the chapter still has wool at headquarters to be knit into sleeveless V-neck sweaters. Mrs. Burwell says: "Let's don't let these : boys down. Stop by and get some | wool." She also states that she has I wocl to be made into an afghan for hospital use. It can be either knit or crochet. WATAUGA POST NO. 130 RECEIVES FBI CITATION Beach Keller, Adjutant of Wat auga Post 130, of the American Leg ion, states that a citation has been received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, commending Wat auga Post 130 on the valuable as sistances and information that the members of the post gave the F. B. I. during World War 11. On Destroyer B. J. Burkett. son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burkett, of Boone, is now aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner. He graduated from Appalachian high school in 1M5, and enlisted in the navy on September 14. 1945. He received his boot training in San Diego. Calif. i i ?? i ~ nmmmnnm VOTE IN PRIMARY SATURDAY MAY BE SIZEABLE ONE Interest Beginning to Develop in Race for Solicitorship, Only Contest Local Democrats Will Help to Decide Interest appears to be increasing rather rapidly in the Democratic primary next Saturday, and the con test which was almost without in terest a few weeks ago, is now ex pected to register quite an outpour ing of voters. Some local politicians are of the belief that perhaps a thousand or more voters may par ticipate this year, which would be something of a record for an off year contest. The only question coming before local partisans this year is that of deciding who shall be solicitor for the sixteenth judicial district during the next term and there are three candidates for the position. James C. Farthing, of Lenoir, a veteran of the recent war, is up for the nomination, as are Marvin T. Leatherman of Lincolnton, and Horace Kennedy, of Shelby Impartial observations of local Democrats are that Mr. Farthing will capture the bulk of the votes cast in this county. He has been here a number of times in the interest of his candidacy, and this coupled with the fact that he has wide family connections here, and is a veteran, are expected to contribute to his lead. Mr. Leatherman will likely run sccond, these sources indicate. PRICE OBTAINED ON GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN AREA Price quotations and tentative agreements have been obtained from landowners by the Grand father Mountain association in an effort to aquire the mountain for addition to the Blue Ridge park way system, according to the re cently released annual report of the [director of the National Park serv ice to the Secretary of the Interior. I The association is a non-federal jbody established to acquire the mountain lands for the system, ac | cording to the report, made for the i fiscal year ended June 30, 1945, by | Newton B. Drury, National Park [service director. The report also stated: I That National Park Concessions, Inc., a non-profit distributing cor poration. will furnish accommoda tion facilities on the Blue Ridge parkway as soon as restrictions on construction are relaxed. That architects assigned to the parkway office have collaborated with the Public Roads administr tion to produce contract plans for bridges and grade separation struc tures on the road. And that, because of oil explora tion activities on the North Carolina "banks," state authorities have had to delay the acquisition of lands for the Cape Hatteras National Sea shore Recreation Area project, authorized by the act of Congress August 17, 1937. Burial Legislation Is Signed By President Washington, May 16. ? Legisla tion directing the war department to return for burial in this country the bodies of approximately 300,000 Americans who died abroad since September, 1939, was signed today by President Truman. The bodies, mostly service men but including some civilian govern ment workers, now are buried in military cemeteries throughout the world. When returned, they will be in terred either in national cemeteries or in private burial grounds, accord ing to the wishes of relatives. | The war department estimated it | will cost an average of $700 each to I return the bodies. I John T. Ashley Dies ; i Funeral at Middle Fork John T. Ashley, of Boone, died at the Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem on May 14th, after a long period of declining health. He was 81 years old, and a pioneer resident of the Boone and Blowing Rock section. Funeral services were coducted at four o'clock on the 15th, from the j Middle Fork Baptist Church by Rev. [Raymond Hendrix, and interment [was in the church cemetery by | Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home. There are six sons: Roger, Spen cer, Venton, Grady, of Boone; Dean jand Dayton Ashley of Tennessee, and one daughter, Mrs. Pearl Aus tin of South Carolina. Three broth ers survive: James Ashley, Rev. W. D. Ashiey of Blowing Rock, and Samuel Ashley ^rho resides in Vjtginia. There are two sister*; Mrs. A Win Purlear of Whaley and Mrs. Rebecca Day who lives in the state of Virginia. Mr. Herbert Adams and family have established residence in Ab ingdon, Va., where Mr. Adams is employed by the Melvin F. Burgess Construction Co., who has electric line contracts for the Appalachian Power Co.
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