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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOHTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1946
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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
<i more abundant supply of water.
Accordingly, says Mayor Win
kler, Messrs R E Faw & Sons of
Hickory, have been engaged to
dig another well on a lot pur
chased from Mr. Don D. Farth
ing. near the old Taylor place,
and machinery is being moved to
the new location, where drilling
operations will start at once,
with the expectation of produc
ing a larger flow of water to
combine with that of the finished
well, to pump into the city
water mains. The contract for the
new well was let at figures pre
vailing last year, and represents
a large saving over costs which
now prevail, it is pointed out.
The city government believes, |
says Mayor Winkler that an ade
quate water supply is No. 1 on the
list of improvements, for no con-|
siderable growth of the town canl
be accomplished until ample:
water is avilable. Therefore, it is.
the purpose of the administrationi
to get an ample, water supply
this summer.
City authorities have follewe<i
the advice of the state geologist
and the Board of Health in drill
ing the wells, and the sites have
been selected from a geological
as well as sanitary viewpoint.
When pumping equipment is
secured the well water will be
forced into the mains cairying
the present gravity water supply.
In recent years the town has
been faced by serious water
shortages during periods of dry
weather, and comment indicates
that the city government is act
ing wisely in trying to remedy
this sitution quickly, before dire
consequences result from low
water.
Details Given of
Death of George S.
Jones by Chaplain
Mrs. Lela Coffey Jones of
Boone, has. received a letter from
H R ^yton, Chaplain U. S.
Army, in which are given de
tails concerning the death of her
son. Pfc George Sylvester Jones,
which occurred in Germany on
June 9. Some excerpts from the
letter are given:
"On the evening of June 9.
George was swimming in the
Fulda river, 3-4 miles above
Rotenburg, Germany. He was
seen by several soldiers who were
accompanying him to dive
for the last time around 22:30
hours. He reappeared once,
struggling feebly, but diappeared
before help arrived. His body
was recovered by lowering river
(opened dam) at 1200 hours next
Mr.
"George was given a military
funeral, conducted by a Protes
tant Chaplain, and is buried in a
U.S. military cemeter. He was an
unassuming, modest soldier and
was well liked by the men of hi*
unit.
I "With full realization of the ex
tent of your grief, I pray, that in
this sorrow, God will bless you
and give you the portion of his
wisdom, grace and strength for
which the hour calls. May God
bless the family which George
leaves. In the most grievous
circumstances we may all rest in
the knowledge that in the hands
of Almighty God all things work
out for a purposeful and good
end."
REV. MR. CANIPE
RESIGNS LOCAL
PASTORATE SUN.
Local Baptist Minister De
cider to Accept Position
Tendered by State Board;
His Work Here to End Last
of September
Rev. J. C. Canipe, who has
served for twelve years as pastor
of the First Baptist Church of this
city, tendered his resignation to
his congregation Sunday, and
will accept the position of secre
tary of evangelism for the North
Carolina Baptist Convention,
which was tendered him some
time ago. His work with the
local church will end Septem
ber 30.
The now work will involve:
holding evangelistic meetings,
promoting evangelism in the
churches of the state, and co-op
erating with all the states in the
Southern Baptist Convention in
promoting evangelism in the
state-wide and south-wide soul
winning campaigns.
During the winter months Mr.
Canipe will lead in a Bible
teaching program for pastors and
preachers who have not had a
formal education.
A Fruitful Ministry
Mr. Canipe's work with the lo
cal church will end as of Septem
ber 30th. During his twelve
years' pastorate here. Mr. Canipa
has led in the building of the
beautiful church, along with the
modern pastor's home. The
church membership has about
doubled and is now almost 800.
Last Sunday eight new members
were baptized into the fellowship
of the church.
The work of the Three Forks
Baptist Association has gone for
ward under the leadership of Mr.
Cani[fc' as moderator. He is also
second vice-president of the Bap
tist State Convention.
I In commenting on his new
work, Mr. Canipe says:
"To lead in the great task of
levangelism among the 600,000
'Baptists of North Carolina is a
[supreme challenge to any man.
The process of establishing the
Kingdom of God on earth is that
of evangelism. Evangelism
means Christianity ahve and
working."
BURLEY CROP
PROSPECT GOOD
Coleman Makes Survey of Tobac
co Belt and Reports Fin*
Weed Prospects
Mr, R. C. Coleman of Tabor
City, was in town the first of the
week, and made a hurried tour
of the immediate hurley tobacco
region, in an effort at "sizing up"
the prospects for the season at
the Mountain Burley Ware
houses which he operates here.
Mr. Coleman finds that from
75% to 80% of the local quota has
been planted, according to the
best estimates he was able to se
'cure from growers and others,
and that the quaility of the
plants at this time, is much high
er than Vas the case a year ago.
With continued favorable weather
he is of the opinion that a splen
did crop is in prospect with a
| correspondingly s t r e n g t hened
Irnarket.
Mr. Coleman was accompained
Ihere by Mr. Billie Matze of the
warehouse force who will spend
[several days looking after some
!of the warehouse properties,
marking baskets, etc.
Cove Creek Cannery
To Open Wednesday
The Cove Creek commurlity
cannery will be open on July 16,
and will be open Tuesdays and
Fridays of each week until other
wise announced.
Plenty of cans are now
available, it is stated, and the
people of the county are invited
to make use of the facilities pro
vided. If the demand for aid in
home canning increases suf
ficiently the plant would be open
several days each week. Improve
ments have been made and the
cannery is in a position to render
very valuable service in the pre
servation of all types of food.
"cereal story
Bern, Switzerland. ? The Al
lies have allocated 175,000 tana of
cereals to Switzerland for IMC,
although the Swiss asked tor
500,000 tons according to the
paper, Swiss Trade Newt, which ,
said Switzerland needed 400,000
tons to maintain its dally broad
ration of 250 grams. rv-i.'