THE VOL. LX, NO. 39. BOONE, WATAUGA, COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA . i. ? - HNGJpr BY ROB RIVER^ ? BALMY SPRING DAYS . . . Freshly plowed gardens . . . the good earth ready to produce an other harvest . . . budding trees, high temperatures, get the folks otit in the open over the week end . . . few mild cases of sun bum . . . wish that springtime might last forever ... a sort of resurrection period . . . The seed which has laid dormant all win-, ter, swells, the baretrees of win tertime sprout their first buds, the birds make ready to establish residence and rear another gen eration . . . and the miracles of nature are being performed on every hand. ? ? ? 'COURSE It might bo snowing tomorrow . . the wind will ag ain blow cold from the wMt chilling >ftsl rains may yet boat upon the pan* . . . then there will be other days lika Sunday. . . . perfect day* . . . these un certainties add up to th* excite ment of th* season, which Mark Twain said "compels Admiration and regret. The weather is al ways doing something; always attending strictly to business: always getting up new designs and trying them on people to see how they will go . . . but it gets through with more busi ness in the spring than in any other season ... in the spring 1 have counted one hundred and thirty- six different kinds of weather inside of twenty- four hours." ? ? ? BUSINESS MAN SAYS that if certain of the candidates for high office in the State are nominat ed. co-op stores will put the in dividual merchant out of busi ness . . . Another observer, ofl equal intelligence, says if these same candidates fail of nomina teas L the State's in for many sad da?S . . . and se it goes, as the populace warm up for the pre liminaries of the great American game . . . Kiddies being ushered by their paps to the dance at the! high school . , farmers hauling ini their fertilizer to aytfld being left, out. by a predicted shortage . . J kiddies lay away the Easter egg dye, and watch the hen's nest, or mom's refrigerator . . . recollec tions of coloring egg's with cali co cloth, certain kinds of green leaves, etc . I . Meeting a friencl with the strange reasoning that every man should have two wives . thwt a plumb smart man should be allowed three . . . win dows of auto always down when the unexpected shower comes . J and never any, help handy at the postoffice door when both arms are full. MERCHANT PROPOSES that the town build an incinerator and g*1 rid of the dump which occupies an otherwise beautiful eminence overlooking the city . . .says we can never handle the rat nuisance with the rod ents eternally multiplying neath the tin cans and other plunder . . . It'a a problem all right, and we particularly dislike the pall of odiferous smoke from the burning refuse which settles on > the town when a south wind blows . . . Than too. the rats do multiply and replenish and in habit lb* entire countryside . . Believe it was Harry Webstar who one* engineered a rat ax termination campaign here . . at that time the dump was poi soned and aleo gas forced into the accumulation of waste . . . it helped a lot. loo. ? ? ? MISS BETTIE STEPHEN son. native Alabamian. but for many years a resident of At lanta . dropped by to see us the other day ? ? -More than thirty years ago. Miss Stephenson was a member of the faculty down at Appalachian and made an earnest effort to get some of the rudiments of an education into eur move or lees unwilling mind . . . the old swimming hole or the chestnut trees or the snew covered hills, with a lot of rabbit track* . . . something . maybe only bog-kUUng time in the village . . . always ?n .dbs daety blackboard, and But she worked faithfully and no detZbt did a fine fob. conald ?ring the personal whimsies and notions, which beast us . . . > VH all the many teachers who took a try at training our adolescent mind, none made greater progress with the tough assignment than Mlas Stephen son . . Her wiae counsel and general helpfulness aided us a (Continued on page 4) Taken By Death RICHARD H. VANNOY DICK VANNOY DIES MONDAY Prominent Farmer Succumbs To Sudden Illnes6; Rites Held Tuesday. Richard Hackett Vannoy, 41 years old, one of the county's out standing farmers and stockmen, died at the home in the Bam bop section early Monday morning ' from a sudden illness which de veloped Sunday. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Mount Vernon Bap tist Church Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Will Cook and Rev. R. C. Eggers. and interment was in the Vannoy cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Margaret Baird Vannoy and the 1 following sons and daughters: Charles. Max. Tommy, Rex. Wayne and Flake Vannoy, Mrs. Burl Winkler, Lexington; Jane, ; Barbara and Jean Vannoy of Boone. The parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Vannoy, also survive. Mr. Vannoy was one of the < county's most advanced farmers, and operated two farms. One is a model grade A dairy farm, while the other is devoted to the pro ducflbn of purebred Hereford ' beef cattle. He had consistently followed the most advanced farm ' methods for many years and was described by a fellow farmer as "being years ahead of his day in rarm management and livestock production." He was well known in this area where he was held in the highest regard. Doughton Sees Tax Bill Passage Washington ? "Nothing short of a war" can keep the House from overriding a presidential veto of the $4,800,000,000 in come tax cut passed by the Sen ate, Congressman Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina de clared. Doughton, the top-ranking mi nority member of the tax-writ ing ways and means committee, predicted that enough Democrats would join the Republicans to provide the two-thirds margin required to override a veto. Doughton and most other North Carolinians opposed the original Knutson tax reduction bill in belief that its $6,500,000,000 slash in revenues would run the gov ernment Into the red. But they were inclined to favor Dough ton's |4 billion substitute that was killed in committee. Both North Cardlina Senators Hoey and Umstead and both the members from South Carolina, Ma^bank and Johnston, voted for the smaller bill when the Senate passed it today by a 78-11 mar gin, far more than two-thirds. Even though a rearmament pro gram may later restore the high er rates. Senator Hoey said, the bill marks a permanent gain for North Carolina through nation wide extension of the community property plan which lets mar ried couples get ' Into lower brackets by dividing their com bined income equally for tax purposes Hoey said North Carolinians will get "a net saving of ovWflO million" from this' provision, long advocated by Doughton. "SEVEN LAST WORDS" THEME CHOIR PROGRAM GOod Friday evening at 7:30 the Grace choir under the direc tion of Miss Margaret Manning will present the "Seven Last Words." written by Ritter. Scrap trade backs imports from Germany, offers to help plan. / .. ' goppihsobh FULL SLATE FOR1 STATEOFFICES * Brwyhill Gains National Se^ks Chief Magistracy ? Republicans Gather i? State Convent, on; Watt Gragg is Again a Candidate. , -Dm^, U* retUrned to ?heir respec tive communities last week al low with a bright spark of e' teusiasm .kindled at the party, twenty ?yPe?1C invention in election of J f n Was the ?^i?22?\i-SS mV W^TL^S!* B?? Sfc, aatsvy&Fa i-o? r4,,ih; ,r "'??> as a gubernatorial candfdat^^t ssarjstff'i'Sr ^ ade'l?h^' ? conventi?n in " Phil* noS? r! 'n!JUne' and hoard ?ey-1 Vork, ^rTha^ D aU' NCW "helped hi.iM ? Democrats here and everywUhere^?mmUniSm ?,^ter naming Pritchard as the ^^WUkiiT^ and States Senator^he ""*** chose the remainder of V?"! of candidates fti"- sIa* H?v " ."t,"1 G?vemor. Kyle At? ?rth Wi" vehicle registered in fforth Caro- ' lina once during 1948 and twice a year thereafter. It is designed to save liVes by cutting down on the numerous highway accidents and deaths caused by defective equipment on vehicles. The lane will be one of 36 operating throughout the State. After it leaves Boone, it will have this schedule: West Jefferson, June 17 to June 29; Spruce Pine, July 1. Prior to coming to Boone the lane will have been to Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Marshall and Newland. The department urged ^11 citi zens in the Boone area to have their cars and trucks inspected as soon as the lane is opened. Of ficials stated that they wanted all motorists to visit the lane to see just how the program is be ing carried out. Main points being emphasized in the inspection are stopping, steering, and seeing. If the light ing equipment, braking and steering mechanisms are in good order, the car will have no dif ficulty in passing the test. Al ready several very old models, among them a 1911 Model T Ford and a 1912 Oldsmobile have passed the test and are bearing their bright approval stickers. Mrs. Polly Icenhour Succumbs on Friday Mrs. Polly South Icenhour, 71, died at her home in the Silver stone neighborhood last Friday, and funeral services were held at :he Pleasant Grove Baptist church Sunday afterrioon by Rev. R. C. Eggers. Interment was in the Mast [cemetery. The husband, Jacob Icenhour, uirvives, with one daughter; Mrs. Leonard Cannon of Valle Crucis. and a son Frank Icenhour of Zionville. t-H CALP SALE WILL BE HELD AT W. JEFFERSON A 4-H Feeder Calf Show will be held on Monday, September 20th, at West Jefferson. Calves going in the show should weigh from 350 to 600 pounds, be de horned, castrated, and halter broke. These calves will not be ?old as finished animals, but should be on feed about 30 days. The fallowing day these calves and feeder calves which farm ers have for sale will be sold at auction. Farmers are encouraged to also dehorn and castrate their bull calves since prizes arc of fered on these animals that grade good and choice that come in the weight classification. Forrestal says military chiefs agree on use of nation's fdresa. IS. ; RED CROSS HITS GOAL AS LATE GIFTS ARRIVE County Maintains Record of Meeting Every Request ?f Organisation; Blowing Rock Sends In Big Gilt To Finish Quota; Names of Other Do* nors Are Given. Watauaga county has met the goal of $1,885 sought for the Red Cross fund, it was learned yester day, thus maintains the record of the county to always meet any re quest of the organization for fis cal relief. The handsome contri bution from Blowing Rock of $527 pushed the fund over the goal and other contributions are yet com ing in, it was said. Following are the names of oth ers of the recent contributors. Valla Crude School Mrs. Maxte Edmlsten 91. Mrs. (?race Campbell 1.. Mm Ludle Wal lace 3.. Mrs. Ola Thompson 1., Mr*. Pansy Taylor 1.. Mr*. Mary Lee Glenn 1.. Mrs ttessa Ma* Edmlsten 1.. Mrs. Sarah Horton 2. Cot* Crook Elementary Snkool. Mrs. JimU M. nam an. Worker Mrs. Gladys Bingham 18 Mrs. Maud Spalnhour 5. Mrs. Ruth Mast S . Miss Ophelia Bingham Mrs. Susie Henaon 1.. Mis* Anna Mae Sher wood ?.. Mrs. Gene Modlin 2 . Tom Moody J.. Jfcs Jamie Henson t.. Mrs. Dora MasMpr Mrs. Mat lie Walsh 9. Cool Springs, Mrs. Marshall rartkteg Worker Ruby Michael 91.. Dale Michael 1.. Ed Yates SO. Ruaaell Farthing S3. Marshall Farthing 1. Arts Ward M. Jim Michael 1., Dor thy Harmon .10, Victor Farthing 1.. Bynum Shoemaker 1.. Gertie Ward .15. RICH MOUNTAIN. RUBY ADAMS Rich Mountain School 93. Mrs. A. G McNeil JO. Mrs James McNeil *S. Mildred Templeton. Worker Mrs. Jack Cobb 1.. Mrs Richard Kelly 1. Wade Brown, Worker Mayflower Beauty Shop 99., Mrs. E. S. Coffey 1. S tailings Jewelry. Mrs. a. W. S tailings. Worker Suitings Jewelry 93 , Coiene Bo lick L, Wood row Greene 1. Cove Creek High School 913. tutherwood School Standard Oil Co. 1* 80. H. E. Greene 1. Commerce Group To Name Officers ? ? The Chamber of Commerce will meet in the dining room at the local high school Tuesday night March 30th, it was announced yesterday by H. W. Wilcox, pres ident of the organization, who states that the dinner will be ser ved by the lunch room which in tirt-n will benefit from the prof its. A new slate of officers will be elected and Secretary Wade E. Brown will will give a resume of the activities of the Chamber dur ing the past year. Mr Wilcox asks that as many as possible of the 103 members of the organization, be present or the meeting. Watauga Legion Post Holds Meeting Friday Watauga Post No. 130 Ameri can Legion will hold an import ant meeting Friday night March 26 at 7:30 p. m. at the Legion Hut according to post officials. At that time the business will cen ter . around American Legion Junior baseball for the coming season, making improvements on the hut ^nd Legion property, and a review of the district meeting held last week at Elk Park. All members, former members or veterans eligible for Legion membership are invited to at tend. There will be refreshments. Asheboro Man is Now Head REA Lenoir ? Cecil E. Viverette it! Asheboro has been named mana ger of the Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, which has main offices in Lenoir. The announcement came from Harold Beach, assistant manager of the cooperation. Mr. Viverette succeeds O. F. Messick of Happy Villey, who has headed the corporation since its founding here and who re signed several months ago due to ill health. Mr. Viverette has served as manager of the Randolph County Electric Membership and Co operative , at Asheboro for the last seven year*. He is expected to begin hi* duties here on Mon day, April 5. During 1947, the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture certified the pure breeding of 39,229 domestic animals for importation into the United States. i