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VOL. LX, NO. 17 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1947 . FIVE CENTS A COPY
KING STREET
...By....
Rob. Rivers
Friends continue to go away
into the myterious regions from
which no traveler returns . . .
The agonizing sort of sadness
which comes each time the cycle
of the reaper strikes, particularly
when the grim harvest includes
personal friends . . . Sort of won
dering who might be next to
take the long journey.
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Our old friend Newton
G roe no hu quit the vale of
tMn . , . We reflect with plea
mure on the happy associations
with our former near neighbor,
when the trials of the Greene
and Rivers families were equ
ally shared by the two groups
in mutual loyalty and under
standing . . . We shall cherish
the recollection of his splendid
outlook on life, his helpfulness
and his love for his fellow be
ings . . . Friendly Fred Greene,
generous and kind, will be
mined . . we always liked him.
Robert Lewis, who reluctant
ly. but without complaint,
strode through the mellow twi
light r.ud into the restful shad
ows along the river ... He
didnl want to go away right
n?w ... he wanted to stay just
a little longer ? to love and to
laugh, to enjoy his family,
home and friends ... to share
in the bounties of the world's
happiest land ... to take his
place in a system where gov
ernment is derived from the
consent of the governed, and
where free men can carve out
their own destinies . . . but he
just couldn't do that ... it
was necessary for him to ven
ture afar, so thai we might
have the things he loved and
wanted . . . for a shelter of
stars and of stripes provided
sanctuary for the wasted tene
ment of clay from which his
journey began 1 Memories are
left of a cheerful and generous
lad who had the notion: "Every
thing will turn out all
right!" . . .
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Glad Sam Moss stays on as
pastor of the local Methodist
Church ... A well-trained
preacher, a happy personality,
who looks closely after the wel
fare of his parishioners, Sam is
the sort of fellow "you can set
down on a log with," for a ses
sion along most any line, with a
resultant build-up for the lay
man . . . he's a good guy!
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NOTES FROM THE PAD . . .
Roacoe Coleman In lb* county,
looking altar his tobacco in
lwwli and pasting the lime
o'day with business man and
farmers . . . XI Retch, presi
dent of the North Carolina
Pmi Association. and pub
lisher of the Chatham County
News, "talking shop" with his
old friend Rivers, on an in
formal tour among the mem
bers of the "fourth estate.". . . .
Sunday around the house . . .
sometimes getting the ox out
of the ditch, and wondering if
we contributed to his falling
. . . Lum Miller passing out big
fine apples to his friends in
town . . . long-distance ran
diiveis discussing problems of
the highway ot?t cups of
beaming black coffee . . . Doc
Abrams, full of rim and vita
lity, talking over the situation
in general with friends . . .
Strings of trucks and pickups
conveying cattle to the local
market on Wednesdays . . .
and the Salvation army man
who passes around the tam
bourine weekly . . . some quit
him, but we always look for the
dime, remembering the tales
from the war front, when 'twas
said "The Army" supplied the
little things to the troops with
out pay for which another or
ganization asked cash, and
profit . . .
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Always get an enormous kick
out of the band parades through
town, and can generally be found
outside the line of parked cars
along King, watching Gordon
Nash's high school students go
through their stirring routines
. . . It's a fine organization, the
folks just love it, and the town
feels privileged to lend support
to }ir. Nash and his students.
Mountaineers taking the lead
on the gridiron this year, and the
folks of the town flocking to
night games . . , we're behind the
boys who punish the pig-skin,
they like vs too . . . and an ever
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OUT OF THE CLUTCHES OF TITO
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The three American soldiers who were kidnaepd by Yugoslavs and held five days despite Al
lied demands for their immediate release, are shown on return to their outpost, scene of the kid
napping. Left to right on horseback, are Lt William T. Van Atten, East Orange, N. J.; Pfc. Earl
G. Hendricks, Arlington, Va., and Pfc. Glenn A. Meyer, Edgely, N. D.
FRED GREENE
DIES FRIDAY
Boone Resident Die* From Hear!
Attack at Home Here; Rite*
at Poplar Grove
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon, Oct. 17, at Poplar
Grove Baptist Church, near
Boone, for Fred Alonzo Greene,
40, well known resident of Boone.
Mr. Greene died Wednesday
night, Oct. 15, at his home, from
a heart attack. He Uad suffered
from stomach trouble for several
years, but had seemed to be im
proving. He had been employed
at Green Park Hotel, Blowing
Rock, until a few weeks before
his death.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Miss Blanche Conrad, of
Lewisville; two children, F. A.,
Jr., and Lome; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Greene of Shulls
Mills; also five sisters, Mrs. T.
M. Shore, Boone; Mrs. Frank
Austin, Shulls Mills; Mrs. Vilas
Greene, Boone; Mrs. Robert Kel
ler, Whitnel, and Mrs. Donald
Greene of Shulls Mills.
Rev. R. C. Eggers and Rev.|
Grady Hamby conducted the
funeral services and burial was
in Boone cemetery. Pallbearers
were brothers-in-law of the de-1
ceased: T. M. Shore, Vilas
Greene, Frank Austin, Robert
Keller,' Donald Greene, Frank
Carroll, and two nephews, Max
Austin and Burlon Shore.
College Students Have
Former Honor Ratings
Forty-six students of Appa
lachian State Teachers College
are beginning the fall term with
previous! ratings, an announce
ment from the office of Dean
Rankin states. Among these are
the following students from Wat
auga county : .
Rebekah Boone, J. Carroll
Cooke, Grace S. Joyce, Catherine
Vannoy, Betty Jean Farthing,
James A. Dennis, all of Boone;
Frank Greer, Sugar Grove; Mar
gery Bradley. Vilas, and James
Sherwood, Sugar Grove.
Luckman's lack of authority
contrasts with Hoover power.
Democratic Head
Senator J. Howard McGrath
(D., R. I.), who has been selected
as chairman of the Democratic
national committee. He will re
ain his seat in the senate as oth
?r Republican and Democratic
chairmen have in the past.
Heads March
For the sixth consecutive y~ar,
North Carolina's March of Dimes
will be headed in 1948 by Dr.
Ralph McDonald (above) of Win
ston-Salem, educator and civic
and political figure. His ap
pointment was announced Mon
day by Basil O'Connor, president
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis. The 1948
March of Dimes will be held
from January 15-30.
ANNUAL SHOW
OF HEREFORDS
Hereford Breeders Association to
Stage Annual Exhibit
Friday. Oct. 31
The fifth annual sale and show
of the Watauga Hereford Breed
ers' Association will be held at
the Farmers Burley Warehouse.
Friday, Oct. 31. The show will
be held at 10 a. m. and the sale
at 1 p. m. The sale will consist
of 25 open heifers, 12 bred heif
ers and three bull calves. This
is a group of young selected cat
tle carrying popular bloodlines.
You will find cattle in the sale
:hat the breeder preferred to
keep in his herd, but is consign
ing them to give the buyer a
chance to secure top cattle.
The cattle in this sale were se
lected by J. H. Doughton, States
?rille; W. G. Booker, farm prod
jcts agent for T. C. I. and R., Ra
eigh; and Howard Stamey, as
iistant county agent, Statesville.
.Ve feel sure that cattlemen can
?ecure good buys in our fifth an
mal sale, so plan now to be with
s at the "armers Burley Ware
nouse, Boone, on Friday, Oct. 31.
Last Rites Held
For Robert Lewis
Funeral rites were held Friday
afternoon at 2:30 for Robert D.
Lewis of Boone, news of whose
death was published in these
columns last week. The obse
quies were held at the Cove
Creek Baptist Church by Rev. H.
K. Middleton, pastor, who was as
sisted by Rev. E. F. Trout man,
Boone Lutheran minister, and in
terment was in the Cove Creek
cemetery. j
341,000-bale drop in the 1M7
cotton crop is shown in estimate
METERS BEING
SET ON STREET
New Parking System to Go In
Effect in Next Few Dayi
Along King Street
Parking meters are now being
installed along the principal
throughfare of the town, and the
new system of parking, designed
to relieve the congestion in the
business district, will be placed
in operation \\hen the remainder
of the equipment is installed,
perhaps in the next few days.
The meters are being placed
from the old courthouse corner
to the old Smithey Store build
ing, and at least for the time be
ing, none will be placed on side
streets. It is felt by the officials
and local business men that
visitors to the town can be better
accommodated with the meters,
and that customers had rather be
able to park near their destina
tion, at the cost of a penny or a
nickel, and transact their busi
ness, than to be unable to park
in the business section, as is the
case now, particularly on Satur
days.
Junior Order Takes
Stand On Carnivals
As a further reaction to the re
cent King Street carnival edi
torial, which continues to cause
widespread comment in the com
munity. the Junior Order U. A.|
M. Monday evening went on re
cord as being opposed to carnival
attractions which feature gamb
ling and other illegal concession#,
and voted against sponsoring^
such an attraction in the future.
BRIEF NEWS
Corn Belt farmers seen cutting
cattle feeding for slaughter.
Pepper urges $50,000,000,000
advance to the U. N. for world
aid.
Survey of slums is begun by
Wagener in new housing move.
Brewster urges that U. S. send
surplus ships to aid France.
U. S. report on corn crop shows
need for a cut in use for feed.
Report shows an unexpected
decline in nation's wheat reserve.
Corregidor turned over to Phil
ippines; U. S. flag lowered
Comintern revival held chal
lenge to U. S. ideal of freedom.
Army and Navy increase de
mands for flying fuel.
Enrollment in U. S. colleges
soars to 2,500,000.
Secretary Schwellenback lays
high prices to hasty decontrol.
"Serious effects" are reported
in bed rest of more than 10 days.
Dr. Parran urges doubling of
output by the medical schools.
Truman board maps $140,000,
000 exchange scholarship plan.
Women are defended as safer
drivers by safety congress.
Navy's air arm to use the
guidance service of the Air
Force.
CHTLDRElf'8 STORY HOUR
Til? children's story hour will
be held Saturday at 2 o'clock at
the County Library. Miss AI
paugh will tell stories of Hallo
ween at that time.
FARM BUREAU
CAMPAIGN IS
ENDED HERE
Three Hundred and Sixteen
Members Are Reported;!
One Hundred Expected to|
Be Tabulated; List of
Farmers Joining Organiza
tion Recently
The campaign for members in
the Watauga Farm Bureau has
officially ended, and reports re
ceived at the meeting held Sat
urday indicated that 316 farmers
have lined up with the organiza
tion, and that there are possibly
100 unreported members. Clyde
R. Greene, president of the or
ganization, asks that campaign
committees make their reports at
once, and that solicitors continue
their work, with a view of enlist
ing a total of 600 members.
Following are the names of the
farmers who have joined the or
ganization within the past few
days:
D. O. Ray, B. F. Ray, John F.
Greene, Ronda C. Carroll, J. C.
Wilson, Paul Greene, Wm. Wine
barger, S. G. Wilson, W. A. Prof
fitt, Russell Farthing, Grady G.i
Moretz, Bob Agle, Orville Haga
man, Marvin Combs, Hill Eggers,
G. D. Matheson, Everett Wine
barger, Boss Henson, Gordon H.
Winkler, Hard Thomas, Marshall
Farthing, Victor Farthing, Dick
Farthing, Barton Farthing, A. C.
Reece, Spencer Warren, Walter
Edmisten, B. D. Clawson, M.
Clyde Brown, W. W. Austin,
Floyd Warren, Ernest Hillard, Ed
Yates, Waldo Tugman, Ralph
Watson, L. L. Carlton, Bine Carl
ton, Hayes Wellborn, Grady Far
thing, Lionel Ward.
TEAGUE NEW !
INSPECTOR
S. M. Aytn Quits Post as City
Electrical Inspector;
Receives Thanks
Mr. Crayte P. Teague, locall
electrician, has been named city
electrical inspector by the town
board of aldermen, and has en
tered upon his duties, succeeding
S. M. Ayers, of the New River
Light and Power Co., who re
signed the post he had held for
15 years.
As superintendent of the Power
Company, Mr. Ayers' duties, it
was explained, have increased
to the extent that he can no
longer spare the time it takes to
inspect newly-wired homes, etc.
The board took occasion to
thank Mr. Ayers for the fine
service he has rendered the town
as inspector during the past
years.
Scope of Boy Scout
Program Considered
The Boy Scouts of America
through its 64,420 Boy Scout
troops, club packs and senior
scout units, represents a true
cross section of American life.
Membership is open to all boys,
urban and rural, rich or poor, re
gardless of race or creed. It is al
so made available and has
brightened the lives of physically
handicapped boys.
Since its establishment in 1910,
the Boy Scouts of America has
affected the lives of over 3,500,
000 boys and adult leaders. The
membership today stands at 1,-j
960,579 boys and adult leaders.
But despite this impressive re
cord ? the organization is reach
ing one out of every two boys of
scout age ? all boys who want to
come into scouting, have not
found it possible to join.
Toward this end the Boy
Scouts of America is launching
this Fall a "Nationwide Scout
Round-Up" to enlist the aid of
civic-minded institutions and in
dividuals to sponsor new units to
give their boys a fuller life ex
perience. Existing scout units are
being encouraged to invite boys
to fill up their ranks and to build
programs that will bring satis
faction in fun, fellowship, scout
craft and outdoor living the
whole year round.
The enlistment campaign will
run in the Old Hickory Council
during the remainder of October.
In Watauga District it will be
conducted from Oct. 28 to 31.
Electronic "brain" guides plane
to base after 8,000-mile trip.
Surgeons at safety session lay
'ootball injuries to equipment.
Federal School Aid,
United Nations Unity
jUrged By Umstead
Banquet Speaker
SENATOR WM. B. UMSTEAD
ADMIRAL SAYS
NATION MUST
STAY STRONG
Commander of USS North
Carolina Speaks to Lions
Club Luncheon and to Ap
palachian College Students;
Has Distinguished Naval
Career
Rear Admiral Oswald S. Col
clough, Judge Advocate General
of the Navy, was a visitor to Ap
palachian State Teachers College
last Tuesday, where he delivered
an address and later was tender
ed luncheon at the Daniel Boone
Hotel by the Boone Lions Club.
The Admiral, commander of
the U. S. S. North Carolina in
World War II, told briefly the
story of the United States Navy
and the part that the various
ships named North Carolina
have played in naval history. He
said that never again must the
United States be caught unpre
pared for such emergencies as
may arise in international rela
tions, and advocated strength and
unity between Army, Navy and
Air Force. 'It is our duty to sup
port, in every way possible, the
United Nations, to make it work",
he said. "Our strength lies in the
forthwright policy of the right of
a man to be free. Complacency is
our great enemy. We must never
be caughj, not in war, but in the
threat of war, unprepared again."
Prior to the Admiral's speech,
there .were brief talks by Harley
Jolley, president of the Inter
national Relations Club of ASTC
which sponsored the event; by
Lincoln S. H. Kong of Shanghai,
student at the University of
North Carolina and director of
the collegiate council of the Uni
ted Nations; and by Chris McRae
of Wilmington, also a member of
the collegiate council. Admiral
Colclough was introduced by At
torney Hugh Mitchell of the
Statesville Lions Club, who ac
corrfpanied him to Boone.
Lions Club Lunchson
The Lions Club luncheon yvas
attended by about 50, including
visitors from North Wilkesboro,
Chapel Hill and Statesville. The
visiting Admiral was tendered
the key to the city by Wade E.
Brown in the absence of Mayor
Winkler.
The Admiral spoke on Inter
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Must Provide
Albert S. Goto, president of
the National Grange and mem
ber of the 26-man commltt^s ap
pointed by President Truman to
map food conservation program
declared that the U. S. must pro
ide lood for the hungry abroad.
State Junior Senator Appears
Before Lions Club Last
Night; AAA Farm Program
Comes in for Approval,
Along With Federal Educa
tion Grants, and Obedience
to Principles of United Na
tions
Senator William B. Umstead of
Durham urged greater unity and
cohesion to the principles of the
United Nations charter and
strongly advocated Federal aid to
education in an address deliver
ed Tuesday night at a meeting of
the Boone Lions Club.
"Unity of power and purpose
gained in an unprecedented way
by the allies during the war,"
said Senator Umstead, "has been
reduced to a dismal failure in the
world-wide desire to win and
maintain a permanent peace.
Great Britain, France, and the
United States are still attempting
to work out a i' J program for
the salvation oi turope but they
are being thwarted on ? very
hand by the disruptive influence
of communistic Russia ? a Rus
sia that has openly announced
the revival of the Third Interna
tional to spread communistic
propaganda across the face of the
earth."
; , "We face a struggle today bet
ween the forces of Democracy
and Communism," Senator Um
stead continued, "between indi
vidual liberty and socialistic
dictatorship. The struggle will be
long and bitter and we must
marshal our strongest resources
to preserve the freedom that has
been our heritage."
Senator Umstead stated that
emergency aid is definitely need
ed if Europe is to escape starva
tion and destitution now staring
her in the face. However, all re
quests for aid should be care
fully examined and self help on
the part of the country given aid
should be assured.
Generous praise was given the
work of the A. A. A. and the Soil
Conservation program by Sena
tor Umstead who noted a vital
connection between bountiful
agricultural products, national
security and the fight against
communism.
The senator spoke of the tre
mendous strides that North Caro
lina has made in education since
the beginning of the twentieth
century, but said that this is only
a small percent of the progress
that should be made. "There is no
permanent solution to our pre
sent day educational problems
unless it be federal aid to our
schools. A federal aid program
would permit the federal govern
ment to supplement the re
sources of North Carolina and
other states and assist them in
equalizing educational opportuni
ties and achieving satisfactory
educational standards."
In conclusion Senator Umstead
declared that there is no separa
tion of national and internat
ional problems ? that both are
very close to every individual
welfare and that America needs
the best effort of her best brains
in the struggle ahead.
Convicted Selling
Beer, Sans License
Dewey Icenhour, of Blowing
Rock was convicted of selling
beer without a license and sel
ling the beverage on Sunday in
Caldwell Recorder's Court last
Wednesday, it is reported by Tom
Miller, Blowing Rock police of
ficer. Icenhour was fined $25 and
the costs in each case, and given
a 30-day suspended sentence, Mr.
Miller says. His license to sell
beer in Caldwell was revoked.
AUTO PUPIL. LEARNS
TOO FAST
Louisville ? Deciding it was
time he learned to drive an auto
mobile, Horace McCroklin, 74,
got Frank Boss, 76, to U*ach him.
He evidently learned loo fast.
Giving the car too much gas, in
stead of rounding a curve, he hit
a power pole and both he and
Bow were slightly injured.
LARGE OMELET
Trenton, N. J. ? Andrew Toceo,
of Harley, Hi., wonders who had
the perverted sense of malice to
smash eighteen crates of eggs in
his parked truck. Nothing else on
.he truck was molested.
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