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TH%DEMOCRAT is your b?*t and moit eco nomical medium of advertis ing. With more than 2,600 P"w-up, cash tuUicrtpttons, your message (oca to 13,000 People, on the ' " used basis of tlve each subscriber. universally*; readers toM WATAUGA DEMOCRAT Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888. "v.* IMPORTANT The date on your a Ub?l Kbowv the <UU; *ub?url?Uor will th* (Ut* your (M SraM ?topped unless sooner renew ed. Tha Democrat Is opera t ln* strictly on a cash fn ?ance VOL. LVII, NO. 52 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946 5 CENTS A HOUSE APPROVES O.P.A. EXTENSION; GOES TO SENATE Last Ditch Effort to Lift All Price Ceiling on Meat and Dairy Products is Beat Down; Many OPA Powers Pruned in New Act Washington. June 25 ? The house stamped final approval, 265 to 105, late today on the com promise OPA bill after beating down a last-ditch effort to lift all price ceilings on meat and dairy products. The bill, extending the war time price control agency for an other year but pruning down many of its powers, next went to the senate for a last vote there before being sent to President Truman. Democratic Leader Barkley told the senate he is prepared to bring it up for action Wednesday. Although Chester Bowles has denounced features of the legisla tion as "booby traps," Speaker Rayburn predicted President Tru man will sign it. The voting came after Ray burn took the floor to tell his colleagues that unless they ac cepted the compromise "there will be no OPA at all. Chairman Spence, of the bank ing committee, leader of the ad ministration's battle for OPA, de clared that if price controls were killed outright at this time "a disaster that is indescribable would come upon the American people." But OPA aides were reported to be gathering data on which to base a recommendation that the measure be vetoed. Rep. Marcantonio, American Labor representative from New York, read to the house a tele gram from Philip Murray, CIO chief, urging the house to kill the comoromise which Murray de scribed as "not price control but in effect legalized inflation." FOOD SOUGHT FOR ORPHANS HOME Jars Are Now Available for Canning Food for Children at Mills Home Russell D. Hodges, orphanage director for the Three Forks Bap tist Association, is making his annual campaign for canned fruit? and vegetables for the benefit of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville, and states that fruit jars are now available at the Frmers Hardware & Supply Co., for those who wish to fill them for this worthy purpose. Mr. Hodges believes that the response to this year's appeal! should be exceedingly favorable in view of the good crop of cher ries, berries and vegetables which is in prospect here and earnestly solicits the co-operation of the people in doing {heir share this year for those who, without free will offerings, would be help less. CURB MARKET TO OPEN HERE Dressed Chickens. Fruits and Vegetables to Be Offered Through Home Clubs On July 5, a curb market, op erated by members of the various home demonstration clubs in the county, will be opened. The women will have for salt fresh fruits and vegetables, dress ed chickens, cottage cheese, tfut ter and eggs, cakes, flowers and yeast breads. The market will be located on East Main street between Edgar Brown's and Mrs. Jennie Critch er's homes, and sales will begin at 10 o'clock. VFW Thanks Legion Post For Courtesies The local post of Veterans of Foreign Wars takes occasion to express their thanks and appre ciation to the American Legion for their invitation for the VFW to use the Legion hall for its meetings. The regularly scheduled meet ing for Thursday, June 27, will be held at the American Legion hut. PUBLIC LIBRARY The county library is open daily Monday through Saturday, 12 to 6 o'clock p. m. New V>oks are available for everyone. Vestiges of totalitarianism] must be put down, Trunutn warns.] RECORD WHEAT CROP IN TEXAS To alleviate somewhat the bread shortage, wheat is now be ing harvested throughout the wheat belt, with good crop re ported from most sections. This picture shows combines at warH Hfn a farm near Amarillo, Texas, where twenty bushels per acre is being harvested. Die* in Germany Pfc. George Sylvester Jones, who lost his life by drowning in Germany on June 9, 1946, according to information re ceived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Jones, of Boone. The official notification cf Pfc. Jones' death gave no details, but stated that a letter would follow. Pfc. Jones entered the army Oct. 15, 1945, was trained at Fort McClellan, Ala., and went overseas March 1. He was stationed in Rotenbrog, Germany, at the time of his death. iMLBAND TO GIVE CONCERTS First Open Air Band Perform ance to Be Rendered This Evening; a Weekly Affair The Appalachian summer school band, directed by Gordon A. Nash, will present the first in a series of open air concerts on the college campus Thursday evening, June 27th at 7 o'clock. Subsequent concerts will be presented up town and on the campus every week during the summer school session, Mr. Nash says. The fiifet program will open with the "Star Spangled Banner," followed by John Philip Sousa's famous "Liberty Bell" March. Other numbers will include pat riotic songs, selections from "Show Boat" and the "Gypsy Festival" Overture. If the weather permits the con cert will be held on the college lawn near the cafeteria, other wise it will be held in the college auditorium. LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET FRIDAY, JUNE 28 Watauga Post 130 will meet at 7:30 p. m., Friday, June 28. All visiting legionnaires, ex-service men and their wives are invited. All members of the local post and auxiliary are urged to attend this meeting as some important issues are to be taken up. Army Recruiters Here Thursday Each Week Sgt. Triplett and Corporal Ad ams, of the Lenoir office, will be in the postmaster's office in Boone each Thursday until fur ther notice, to recruit men for the peacetime army, and will wel come inquiries from those inter ested in enlisting. MEDLEY INFANT DIES Rulus Medley, son of Mr. andj Mrs. Joe R. Medley of Boone, died Sunday at the age of seven days. Rev. J. C. Canipe con ducted a brief funeral service at the Medley home Tuesday morn ing and the body was taken to Jefferson for interment. The parents survive, together with one brother and four sisters, all of the home: Billy, Dorothy, Lu cille, Mary Belle and Joan Med ley. It is much harder to breed chickens for high egg production than for high meat production. SHEEPMEN BUY A NOTED SIRE Wataugans. Attend Virginia1 Hampshire Sale; Bring Back Nationally Known Ram Watauga was well represented at the Eastern Stud Ram Sale held at Staunton, Virginia June, 19 and 20 and local breeders joined in the purchase of one of the most outstanding Hampshire rams in the United States. The purchase price was $500.00. This is one of the highest priced rams ever sold in the East and the most valuable ever to come to North Carolina. He is a son of the internationally famous Bullet, which was imported from Eng land a few years ago by Buck and Doe Valley Farms, Coats ville, Pennsylvania. The Buck and Doe flock was sold to V. B. Vandiver, Leonard, Missouri and it was in this flock Imperial Bullet, the locally pur-j chaser ram, was bred and con-j signed to the Staunton sale. This is one of the last sons of thei great old ram, as he died last year.j Over 90 percent of the winners) in some of the recent shows havej carried his bloodlines. Most| authorties agree that Bullet was1 the greatest Hampshire breeding! ram of all time. The ram is owned Jointly by Norris Bros, Reese; J. W. Norris, Boone; Shipley Farm, Vilas arid Ernie Tripplett, Banner Elk. He will be on exhibition at the Watauga Ram Sale, Shipley Farm,! Vilas, June 29, 2:00 p. m. Mr.: ;Triplett also purchased a very| ^outstanding ewe lamb in the sale! ifor $160. The Staunton sale is the largest 'in the east with consignments |from 9 states and purchasers! [from New York to Texas and] Iowa and most states in between.i The North American Sheep Dogj Trails were held in connection| with the sale. The best sheep dog dogs in the country competed in the trials. Triplett also bought a sheep dog puppy. i Valle Crucis and Shulls Mills Road Surfacing is Begun i State highway forces today started the work of black-top ping the highway from Shulls Mills to Valle Crucis and from the mouth of Laurel to Danner's siding, and the surfacing is ex pected to be completed during the month of July. This 5'/4-mile surface job is being done by the state highway maintenance forces. The State Highway Commission has again failed to receive bids on surfac ing work in Watauga county, and in the absence of bids by con tractors, maintenance forces will do whatever work is possible for them to do with present limited machinery and personnel. TOBACCO GROUP TO SET DATES FOR OPEWTNG8 Raleigh, June 29 ? The annual meeting of the Tobacco Associa tion of the United States will be held here Thursday and Friday at which times dates will be Mt for opening of markets in the varrous belts and regulations adopted to govern the sales. Q The annual convention of the Tobacco Exporters association, which controls the leaf export trade, will be held tomorrow. Recommendations from allied groups as to market opening dat^hwill be heard by the TAU8 board of governors at Thursday morning's inaugaral session. The recommendations of the board will come up for adoption either Thursday afternoon or Fri day morning. During the last 30 years prices of cows have doubled, while prices for horses have just about been cut in haH. SINGERS GATHER IN JUBILEE MEET )N GRANDFATHER Vnnual Tri-State Meet Held on Slopes of Rugged Moun tain; Has Been Custom for 22 Years and Rain Never Dampens Huge Gathering Linville, June 26. ? Thousands >f mountain folk gather Sunday >n the picturesque slopes of Grandfather mountain near Lin ville where they frolicked, sang, and listened to locally famous preachers from dawn until dusk, all the festivities being part of the 22nd meeting of the annual rri-State Singing convention. Squire Joe Hartley, chairman of the meet, estimated that more than 40.000 persons from Ken tucky, Tennessee. Virginia, and western North Carolina took part in the convention which has been described as a cross between a holiday picnic and a religious re vival. Shortly before noon Avery county Sheriff Torrey Garland was of the opinion that 20.000 persons were already on the scene Among those attending were many of the beloved patriarch: of the mountain section, some with white beards like that of 85 year-old Brother S. E. Gragg ol Shulls Mills and his friend, Brother John Cale, who is also in his 80's. Ninety-year-old Aunt Rebecca Tester of Sugar Grove, Iwho is said to have attended everyone of the 22 conventions on the southeast slope of 5,900 foot Grandfather mountain, was in the throng wearing a picturesque black bonnet. Some of the mountaineers came by privately chartered bus, while many of them placed benches in the back of farm trucks and brought their children and all the neighbors. The Yonahlossee trail leading to the site was crowded with cars of all types from shiny new Packards to model T's that were so old they might have been museum pieces. Much of the area was dotted with booths selling food, souvenirs , and interesting handicraft articles such as bed spreads and hand-woven table mats. The Tri-State Singing conven tion is definitely not an organized contest seeking to award prizes to a blue-ribbon choral group. It is a strictly spontaneous affair, and if anyone feels like singing he just sings, and all those within hearing distance lend an attentive ear. In this way there are numer ous quartets, sextets and soloists from five to 90 years old giving forth at the same time, and the spectator is free to wander about and listen to whom he will. Gui tars, violins, and harmonicas are always present in adundance and every community fiddler for miles around is on hand with all his accompanists. Some of the favorite songs today were "I'm Gonna Take a Ride on a Shinin' Cloud," and "You Gotta Live Your Religion Every Day." Squire Hartley and Jack Cook of Linville organized the first convention in 1924. It started off as a small picnic outing for a group of friends. Then Squire Hartley relates, there were about 300 present. The year after, the number leaped to 800, and from that time on the crowds were reckoned in the thousands. He was of the opinion that the crowd yesterday was four times as large as at any previous festivaL "There has been something al most miraculous in the growth of this affair," Hartley said. The old-timers swear that not one of the 22 conventions has been dampened by as much as a drop of rain although afternoon showers at Linville are not in frequent. And, by the way, it didn't rain yesterday either. Rev. Hoke H. Ritchie Goes to Lincolntonj The Rev. Hoke H. Ritchie has recently accepted a call to the Daniels-Grace Evangelical Luth eran Parish, Route 2, Lincolnton, N. C. He will assume charge of the new work on July 17. For the past two years he has been pastor of the Watauga Par ish, Boone. Rev. Mr. Hoke is a son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Ritchie, of Salis bury. He was graduated from Boyden high school, Salisbury; Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, and the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia. S. C. Mrs. Ritchie is the former Miss Eunice Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cook, of Con cord. Planes are landed by radar in fte*t at AAF all-weather field. Memorial Services Sunday For Two Neighbors, Casualties oi Late War / ~m . - . t ' .. PFC. PAUL T. SWIFT Memorial services for Paul T. Swift and Albert Heed Harmon, above, both of Beech Creek, will , be held Sunday, June 30th, at I 2:30 p. m. at Beech Valley l Church, near Beech Creek post office, it is announced by Mr. [ and Mrs. W. B. Swift and and | Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Harmon, res pective parents of the neighbor boys who lost their lives in the i recent world conflict. Participating in the memorial J ceremony will be Beech Valley . Church, Mt. Gilead Church, and " Newland Post No. 32, American [ Legion. Army Careers Cited Pfc. Paul T. Swift entered the [ service June 26, 1944, and was | trained at Camp Blanding, Fla., later being assigned to an infan , try unit in Europe. After VE | Day, while his outfit was being re-deployed to the Pacific the i atre, he was admitted to a hos | pital because of yellow jaundice. While in the hospital his unit was moved and he was transfer S-SGT. ALBERT R. HARMON red to a headquarters unit in France as a jeep driver. Shortly thereafter, July 19, 1945. he and an MP were in volved in an automobile accident, which caused their deaths seven hours later. He was buried in the U. S. military cemetery, St. Audre del Eure. France. S-Sgt. Albert Reed Harmon en tered the army air corps May 18, 1942. and was assigned to a B 24 bomber as a crew member. On Dec. 4, 1943, his plane par ticipated in a combat mission from Guadalcanal. While over the target the plflne was damaged by anti-aircraft fire and crashed off the northern coast of Bougan ville. Some of the crew member! were seen parachuting from the I plane before it crashed, but is was not determined if Harmon was one of them. He was report- 1 ed as missing in action Dec. 4, J 1943, and on Jan. IS, 1946, his death was officially announced by the war department. DRAFT RENEWED; ARMY PAY BOOST Congress Acts to Continue Drait Law and Votes Pay Raises for Servicemen Washington, June 26. ? Con gress continued the draft law and voted pay boosts for servicemen today after notification from the army that it will draft nobody in July and August. The house and then the senate speedily passed compromise bills for these purposes after months of bickering and sent them to President Truman, who is expect ed to sign them before the pre sent draft extension expires Sun day midnight. i The draft bill continues the act in force until March 31, bans the induction of 18-year-olds while still requiring them to register, permits the induction of men 19 through 44 and requires the dis charge of draftees after 18 months service at their request. To Cost S632.000.000 The pay increase bill is esti mated to cost $632,000,000 a year. It provides raises ranging from 50 per cent for buck privates and apprentice seamen to 10 per cent for high officers. i The house agreed to the pay bill on a voice vote, spent an hour arguing about the draft of teen agers, which it originally oppos ed, and then approved the draft bill, 259 to 110. Senate action came late in the day and on voice votes within len minutes. ; ? i New Canning Sugar Stamp On July 1st Raleigh. ? Housewives will get more canning sugar July I when spare stamp 10 become# valid for five pounds, Theodore S. Johnson, State OPA Director, said today. Johnson explained, that this is the final stamp of the year for canning sugar, as no easing of the sugar situation is expected before 1947. Although it is expected that 750,000 tons of sugar will be available this year for home can ning sugar, compared with 500, 000 tons during 1945, Johnson urged housewives not to use spare stamp 10 unless the sugar is actually needed for home can ning. A recent report was circulated that coffee stamp 49 had became vaild for sugar purchases, bat this is completely erroneous, Johnson said. Spare stamp 49 be came good on May 1, and the next regular stamp for table sugar will not be valid until September l, he said. (DR.LEN HAGAMAN; TO RETURN JULY! Former Boone Physician, Veter an of Lale War. to Heopen Offices in Thi? City i Dr. Len D. Hagaman, whoj practiced medicine in Boone, i prior to his admission into the ; Navy, will return to this city; July 1, and re-establish his medi-i cal office in the Boone Drug Co. | building it was learned Monday. Dr. Hagaman left Boone in 1941 to accept a position with the state department of health, and main tained offices in Lenoir until 1944 when he entered the Navy, being assigned to duty in the! Philippines. He went from there to Okinawa, and following the capitulation of Japan, he was goven the supervision of the Health Department for the en tire island. He later did hospital duty in China. Funeral Service? For Mrs. Julia Greer Held At Laurel Springs Lenoir ? Funeral services for Mrs. Julia M. Greer, of Lenoir Route 5, were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Laurel Springs Baptist Church, of which the deceased was a mem ber, in Watauga county. Rev. Mastin Bradshaw was. in charge of the services and burial fol lowed in the Watson cemetery. Mrs. Greer, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Trivette, was born April 31, 1879, and died early Sunday morning following an extended illness. Surviving are her husband, Lee P. Greer; three daughters, Mrs. J. E. Greei\ Mrs. Ida Story and Mrs. Thelma Coffey; four sons,: Robert, Orville, Mack and Ray- : von Greer. Also surviving are; 25 grandchildren and one great-' grandchild. Captain Fisher Quits Patrol, Locates Here} i Capt. R. L. Fisher, of Charlotte, j who recently resigned from his position with the State highway ? patrol, has purchased the Caro lina Cafe, and will take over ac tive management of the popular establishment on July 1. Capt. Fisher was formerly with the State highway patrol, and helped to organize the enforce ment organization in 1929. He was in the army for 28 months, 26 of which were spent overseas, and was separated with the rank of major. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher will es tablish their residence here July Ut -OCAL LEGION ! POST INSTALLS SLATE OFFICERS teach Keller New Post Com mander; Howard Steelman, Council! Cooke and W?4e Brown, Vice-commanders; Complete List of Those Elected A new slate of officers was in i tailed last week by Watauga Post, American Legion, in appro priate ceremonies, Beach Keller, if the local U. S. Employment office, having been named com mander of the organization. Other officers Installed were: Howard S. Steelman, vice-com mander. Councill Cooke, second vice commander. Wade E. Brown, third vice commander. Joe E. Hoffman, adjutant. Ledford Cook, assistant adju tant. Cleve Gross, finance officer. Lionel Ward, service officer. Lloyd Swofford, assistant serv ice officer. Jack Ward, sergeant-at-arm s. J. W. Norris, chaplain. Edwin Dougherty, historian. C. L. Blair, athletic officer. Richard Kelley, child welfare officer. E. E. Garbee, Americanism officer. Von Smith, national defense officer. Charles T. Zimmerman, guard ianship officer. Of the eight appointive officer*, six of them are veterans of the last World War. FATHER OF MRS. HODGES INJURED Sheriff Oku H. Hayn**. Fathar of Mrs. Jack HodflM. Injured In Louisiana by Convict Sheriff Oscar H. Haynes, of Webster parish, Shreveport, La., 'ather of Mrs. Jack Hodges ,of Joone is in a hospital in that city is a result of having been shot by ?scaped convict, George A. Mc jree, as the sheriff and other of 'icers tried to secure his arrest. HcGee was killed by the officer* it the home of a sister Mrs. Vir ;il Jones, after a gun battle in which tear gas bombs were also ased. Sheriff Haynes was shot in the eft side with a 22 calibre weapon, inii information reaching Boone s that his condition is improved. Mrs. Hodges is with her father. Edward Michael Cook Passes in Statesville Edward Michael Cook, Sr., 70 rears old, died at a Statesville hospital Monday, where he had seen a patient for eighteen days, ind where he had undergone an operation for a chronic ailment His condition h?'* been regarded is very grave for several days. Funeral services will be con iucted this (Wednesday) after noon at 2:30 o'clock, from the Advent Christian Church, by Rev. 5. E. Gragg of Shulta Mills, and interrrtent will be in the city cemetery, Reins- Sturdi van t Fune ral Home being in charge of the details. Mr. Cook had been a member 3f the Advent Christian Church for many years, was active in lis church affiliation, and was a member of the Board of Deacons. Until recently he had been em ployed at the D & P Pipe Works. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Isbel Hodges Cook; four ions and five daughters: Robert Cook, Richmond, Va.; George I. Cook, Sophie, W. Va.; Edward 14. Cook, Jr., Boone; Lawrence a. Cook, Piney View, W. Va.; tfrs. E. E. Ray, Sophie, W. Va.. Urs. Percy Butler, Chilesburg, W. fa.; Mrs. John Holloway, Lenoir; firs. Morris Casey and Miss Vir [tnia Cook, Boone. There are 31 [randchildren and 3 great grand hildren. Union Services To Be Held On Sunday ? ? ? - m Union services are to be con ducted at the Baptist Church G Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, it is announced by the pastor, Rev. J. C. Canipc, who extends a cordial Invitation to the people of all de nominations to worship together at this time. Dr. E. K. McLarty, of the & Methodist Church, will dettw the. ttffmon on this Deration.* Mij . . - . -Jt'r? 1
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