THE DEMOCRAT Is your best and most eco nomical medium at advertis ing With mor.Ahan 1.600 paid-up. c tsh subscriptions your message goes to 13.000 people, on the universally used basis of five readers to each subscriber. VOL. LIX. NO. 2 WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOHTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1946 IMPORTANT The date on your addroMt label shows the date your subscription will expire, the date your paper will b* stopped unless sooner renew ed The Democrat Is operat ic strictly on a cash m ad vance ? ?:i 5 CENTS A COPY EIGHT HUNDRED NOW REGISTERED) AT APPALACHI AN College Enrollment G>oe>s Back to Pre-war Levels] Last Week: 17 States Now Represented on Campus; 70 Colleges Represented Summer school enrollment at| Appalachian State Teachers CoI-| lege assumed pre-war proportions! last week, with the news that 803 are now in attendance at the local institution. Seventeen states are represent-! ed in the student body. North) Carolina takes the lead in num-i bers wi^h 582. South Carolina follows with 101, Florida with 56, Georgia with 26, Virginia with 14, and the following states with lesser numbers: Alabama, Dela ware. Illinois. Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan. Mississippi, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Tenn essee. and Texas. The students may be divided into college graduates and under graduates. The graduates come from 70 different colleges and universities with 266 bachelor's degree and 21 masters' degrees. Eighty-three of these are enroll ed for graduate credit toward masters' degrees. 24 are taking practice teaching, to quality for Class A certificates in their res pective fields of training. Five hundred and thirty-seven under-l graduates come from many addi-i tional institutions and have selected subjects suitable to their needs. FIRST AID COURSE HELD AT COLLEGE Red Cross Representative Con ducts Classes in Firsl Aid and Water Safety Mr. Ellis Fysol, field represen tative of the American Red Cross has been conducting a two weeks'! course in first aid and water safe-| ty at Appalachian State Teachers) College. The first aid course enrollfittt2rf students for the instructor's training, and the water safety course 12 students for senior and instructor's certificates. These courses are to end Friday. The college is planning anoth er course for instructors in first aid and water safety this fall, at which time the American Red; Cross will1 send a special field| representative as an instructor.] The summer courses will be an annual feature at the coilege. Privileges Granted Are Being Abused at Local Bathing Resort Mr. J. Paul Winkler, who re sides at the J. S. Winkler old1 homestead on Winkler's Creek, and Mr. H W. Horton. who op erates tourist cabins on the place, are joining in an appeal to those who use the bathing facilities, which are generously and freelyj provided, please desist in the fu ture from damaging properties belonging to them. Mr. Winkler stales that some; kids, patronizing the "ole swom-j min' hole", have been tearing up| fences and otherwise damaging! his property, while Mr. Horton| cites objectionable conduct in thel vicinity of his cabins. The lat-| ter has built up a considerable! tourist business on a basis of quietude, and only entertains | guests of character and sober de meanor. His facilities are valu able from a civic point of view, and he and Mr. Winkler would like for their rights to be re spected by visitors to Winkler's Creek. For many years the people ofj Boone have been welcome at all! times, to take a dip whenever they wished on the Winkler farm, and the owners of the property has no intention of withdrawing thin privilege, provided all I concerned will exercise good be havior and respect of property. Since the only nearby bathing facilities are to be found on this Oproperty, no charges being made apyone, the public should exer cise courtesy and appreciation to the landowners. V.F.W. MEETING The local post of Veterans of Fonugn Wars will hold a meet m^^hursday evening at 7:30 at the American Legion hut. All members are asked to attend. More women employed than! before war. Federal bureau says J Gets Army Commendation Ribbon Major Edgar R. Perry, right, son of Mr. and Mrs Clyde Perry, of Sugar Grove, being congratulated by a fellow officer on the receipt of a citation for the army commendation ribbon, which honor came to Major Perry at Fort Lewis, Wash. The citation is given "for meritorious service and devotion to duty as command ing officer of the screening center, war department personnel cen ter, Fort Lewis. Wasn. His high professional skill, organizational ability, diplomacy, tact, and untiring emergency in the organiza tion and administration of the screening center contributed materi ally to pj.hf -efficient operation of the officer integration program at IplRLiewis." ^I^iris Office 7 R CLYDE WINF.BARCIF.R MAIL CARRIER GETS HIGH HONOR R. Clyde Winebarger. Boone. Sec retary -Treasurer of State Carriers' Association R. Clyde Winebarger, local rural mail carrier, after declining to accept the presidency of the North Carolina Rural Letter Car riers Association, was elected sec retary-treasurer of the organiza tion at the close of its 43rd an nual convention at Raleigh last Saturday afternoon. The office of Secretary-Trea surer is regarded .as the most important office in the organiza tion, and is the only one that pays a salary. Mr. Winebarger was also honor ed by being elected as one of the 12 delegates from North Carolina to the National Convention which meets in Des Moinfc, Iowa, on August 13, 14, 15 and 16. Mrs. Winebarger who is chairman of the executive committee of the Ladies Auxiliary, was elected as one of the two delegates from that organization. Mr. Roy E. Mills, China Grove, was elected as president of the carriers and Mrs. R. C. Lanning of Winston Salem is president of the Auxili ary. Mr. W. J. Cotton of Fuquay Springs is the retiring president and Mr. Kenneth Taylor of Magnolia is the retiring Secret ary-Treasurer. The State Association has 1100 members and the National As sociation over 30,000. Mr. Frank A. Icenhour of Blow ing Rock was the delegate to the state convention from Watauga county BLOWING ROCK ROAD CLOSED All Public Traffic Lenoir to Blow ing Rock Stopped. Says Engineer Fitzgerald Lenoir. July 8. ? All public traf fic over Route 321 from a point ten miles north of Lenoir to Blowing Rock is being detoured via North Wilkesboro on account of construction work. Reside.it Engineer R. B Fitzgerald has an i nounccd. He sharply criticized a story in I newspapers in this area which quoted the Blowing Rocket, a weekly newspaper, to the effect that traffic was still moving over thr reportedly closed stretch and (that persons "in the kngw" could |get to Blowing Rock without fol lowing the detour Fitzgerald admitted some traf fic had been ignoring detour 'signs up until Thursday, but said the drivers had done so at their own risk and the practice has now been definitely stopped I wish you would advise the public." he said, "to follow the detour as posted from Lenoir to North Wilkesboro and on to Blowing Rock." Friday's News-Topic story was based on a report in the Blowing Rocket, describing how a writer for that paper had traversed by car the entire stretch from Blow ing Rock to Lenoir without seri ous difficulty, and branding as "erroneous" a previous report that the road had been closed. Fitzgerald insisted it was the Blowing Rock newspaper which jactually had given the public er roneous information. He said it I was "dangerous" for motorists to drive over the closed road andi (detour signs had been prominent ly posted for some time. Veteran of the Week This veteran wants a job: Male, lage 24. High school education. U. S. army experience: Two lyears and nine months. Radio [mechanic; worked in radio de partment, installing all kinds of radio equipment in airplanes and buildings. Made periodic inspec tion of radio equipment. Repair ed any malfunctioning of radio ground and air equipment. CiviUan experience: Worked on father! farm until inducted into the armed forces. Comments: This veteran wants a job as radio repairman or on the-job training in automobile mechanic^ Any employer, or other persons, interested in inter viewing this veteran for on-the job training or as radio repair man, please contact the local USES office, or telephone 220. HOME CANNING IS ORDER OF DAY IN FARM KITCHENS National Home Preservation 1 Week Designed by Depart- j ment of Agriculture: Wat-i auga Housewives Getting Well Started on Canning Program July 15-22 has been designated as National Home Food Preserva tion Week by the U. S. Depart-1 ment of Agriculture and farm! families participating in the FSA program are already hard at work preparing for the coming winter, says Miss Mildred Sed berry. FSA home supervisor for Watauga County. A week has been set apart to [focus attention upon the neces sity of' home canning and pre servation of food at a time when supplies are badly needed throughout the world, and will inaugurate the beginning of in tensive food preservation efforts through the summer and fall, Miss Sedberry said. Home pre servation will increase supplies for American families and at the same time release additional foods adapted for shipment to famine areas abroad. Homemakers in the FSA pro gram make canning budgets for what their families need to carry1 them through the winter. Manyj of them can relatively small' quantities every few days, rather than make such' a chore of cann ing all at one time. Homemakers also know that canning does not, improve the quality of a product, and that the canned food can only be as good as the product that goes into the can. They! know that early gardens give the best products for canning, so they select the best from among thei early crops and can while the pro duce is fresh. Among FSA homemakers who already have started their cann-j ing programs are Mrs. Robv, Bentleyiof Vilas, who has filled' 106 quarts of cherries, 57 quartsi strawberries. 23 quarts greens. 6! quarts peas, 8 quarts peaches and 5 quarts of raspberries. She usual ly fills approximately 1200 quarts of food each year. She plans to do that again this year. Mrs. H. H. Tester of Beech Creek. has some food left over from last year. Her storage house |shows 38 quarts of meat. 16 jquarts pumpkin. 16 quarts toma Itoes. 1 1 quarts corn and 22 quarts |of sweet potatoes left over. She Ihas already filled this year 75 iquarts cherries. 16 quarts straw berries. 12 quarts other berries; ' 109 quarts peaches, 20 quarts jbeets. 5 quarts beans, 13 quarls; |of greens, 12 quarts peas. Ifi quarts of carrots. This makes a |total of 381 quarts on hand now. There are two hundred or more ifarm families who are participat ing in the Farm Security Pro gram who are well underway iwith their canning program, i Emphasis on canning is noth ing new to families participating in the FSA program Miss Sed berry explained, but efforts are ?being intensified this year in !view of the feminine abroad. It is ja noteworthy fact, she said, that the aveiage FSA family, after joining the program, has doubled lits production of food and feed. John Milton Barlow Dies Sunday at 69 i John Milton Barlow, of Creston, died Sunday at the home of a 'son. Mr. Hal Barlow, of Boone, after a long period of illness.. He Iwas 69 years old I Funeral services were con iduc^ed Tuesday afternoon at 2 jo'clock from the Green Valley Methodist Church at Creston by |Re\% A. E. Brown of Mountain City, Tenn., and Rev. Mr. Jones of Creston. Interment was in the family cemetery, Reins-Sturdi vant Funeral Home taking care of the deatils. The widow, Mrs. Alverta Adams Barlow survives, together with two sons and four daughters: Hal Barlow, Boone; J. Max Bar low of Creston; Mrs. E. D. Lewis, Mrs. R. P. LeWis, Mrs. Fred Sutherland of Cre?ton; Mrs. Rus sell Wilson, Paradise. Pa. There are three brothers and three sisters: J. W. Barlow, Cres ton; L. A. Barlow, Cincinnati, Ohio; I. E. Barlow, Creston; Mrs. R. A. May, Mountain City, Tenn.; Mrs. T. C. Wilson and Mrs. Alex Wilson, Trade, Tenn. There are [eleven grandchildren. Mrs. Ruby T. Sherrill and daughter, Judy, are in Philadel phia visiting Mrs. Sherrill's sis ter, Mrs. Albert R. Fair child. | WEATHERS ATOMIC BLAST Close-in view of damage caused by the atomic bomb to the after section of the battleship Pennsylvania. Note plans in fore ground. Joint army-navy task force No. 1 photo via navy radio aboard USS Mount McKtnley at Bikini. ANOTHER WELL BEING DRILLED TO AUGMENT WATER SUPPLY Reappointed R. W Watkins. athletic direc-i tor at Appalachian State Teach-j ers College, who has been reap pointed by Governor R. Gregg! Cherry as a member of the Statei recreation committee for a four year term beginning July 10. Mr.j Watkins has served one year in this position. CATTLEMEN TO VISIT NEIGHBORS Hereford Breeders To Show Their Stock to Other Breed ers in County The breeders of purebred Here-! ford cattle in Watauga county! have arranged a tour in order to' show their cattle to other breed-, ers and any one else interested! in seeing them, it is stated by W. H . Walker, Secretary of the' Watauga County Hereford Breed ers Association. The tour will begin at the county agent's office Friday morning July 12 at 8:30. Each person going on the tour will furnish his own transportation. However, there probably will be several cars not loaded and the owners will be glad to carry a capacity number of passengers. Death Traffic Toll Increasing In Nation "The national death traffic toll, which is running 47 per cent ahead of a year ago. substan tiates the traffic police conten tion that faulty equipment, as well as careless driving, has turned our streets and highways into vast abattoirs where the innocent, as well as the foolish and ignorant, are needlessly slaughtered." That is the calculated state ment of Robert E Raleigh, [director of the police traffic safe ty check program being conduct ed by the International Associa tion of Chief* of Police, after re Viewing preliminary reports from |23 states. i The report to which the IACi^ jofficial referred, revealed that [one out of every three ? a total of 35.3 per cent ? of the vehicles [examined in the first part of the [check, (?iled to meet minimum (safety standards. Out of a total of 163,57*} ivehicles in 23 states recorded in [the preliminary figures, 13.5 per [cent had inadequate brakes; 5 [per cent defective tires; 22.5 per cent faulty front lights; 29.9 per cent faulty rear or stop lights; 9.5 per cent windshield wipers not working; 8.8 per cent defec tive horns; and 10.6 per cent other obvious and hazardous de-j fects. I Average hourly pay in manu facturing $1.06, above war peak. The first well drilled for the purpose of providing an auxili ary water supply has been finish ed. and at a depth of 350 feet, has been found to produce 40 gal lons of water per minute in a 24 hour test, says Mayor H. Gordon Winkler, who describes the well as good, but of inadequate vol ume to fill the need existing for