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VOL. LX, NO. 39.
BOONE, WATAUGA, COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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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.
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'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."
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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.
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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
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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"<esboro.
WQT?r* general. H. F. Sea
well. Jr., ^ Carthage.
^ Secretary of State. James c
of Rutherfordton
?< at aT1"' B,n L Spen"
<*1Ki?2"~- J M v" ?<"
wSrssfrB^L^"1^
Superintendent of nuhii#*
$2?*^ Hend? *
Ha^rs;jL,abor' M k
c.irnra0rciimis8ion-' ??
Com?ciRobert8tia m MUpreme
SUtesville and WartSn." ?'l
G. O. P. OFFICIALS, CANDIDATES
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Ivy B. Wllion, lop left. recently chosen chairman of the Republi
can txtcutiv* committee of Watauga county: right. Earl D. Cook,
secretary of the committee. Balow. left. Watt H. Gragg. nanwd by
the Republican Stata convention last Thursday at candidate for
Stata Commissioner of Agriculture. Right, Clyde R. Greene, Repub
lican candidate for Congress in hf ninth district Mr. Greene was
nominated at tha district convention held in Salisbury last
Mcdowell choir sings in easter c antXta
Pictured ib?Y* in students from the ritmraUir gttdw of the Appalachian Demonstration School.
Thay will ling in ona of tha three choirs at tha union service on Easter Sunday availing. Thar
are, from laft to right: Anna Boyce Winklar. Jimmy Cline, Nancy Winklar. Sonny Kaplar. Alt
Hodges. Jaaa Templeton. Milton Barden. Jimmy Graham. J an a Rivers, Roger Mc
Guira. Peggy Joyca Teague. Bath Eggars. Dampiay Wilcox, Batty Sua Norris, Batty Ana Edmisten
Charlas Winklar, Joan Wilcox. Connia Casay, Johnny Greene. Patsy McGuire. Batty Jaan Edmisten.
Patricia Aldridge. Frank Coffay. Joan Brookshire. Colli* Austin. Dickie Hunt, Dean Coraatt.
? Photo By Sonny WiUUrtu
CANTATA SET
FOR SUNDAY
200 Boone Children To Appear
in' Annual Easter Pro
gram Sunday Night.
Approximately 200 children
from the Boone schools will par
ticipate in an original Easter
Cantata which will be presented
at the Baptist church on Easter
Sunday evening. The union ser
vice which is sponsored annually,
by all the churches in Boone is
under the direction of O. M.
HartselL Miss Margaret Manning
and Miss Kat^erine Coble are
associate directors. The service
will begin promptly at 7:30 p. m.
The Cantata features two
singing choirs and a choral
speaking choir. Special solos will
be sung by Rachel Ann Vance,
Martha Quails, Ted Barnett and
David Edmisten. The mixed
quartet from St. Luke's Episcopal
church which includes Rogers
Whitener, Hoyt Safrit, Madge
Jones and Nina Annis, will also
sing. Lois Townsend will oc at
the organ, and trumpent fanfares
will be played by Fred sid
Martha Councill. The setting
was designed by Miss Clyde
Goodman.
Honored By Lions
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Richard E. K*lLy. who Uit wt?k
was praaaniad by tha Lions In
:?m*Mon?l, ? diamond - ttuddad
jraadmastar kay. Only 120 other
Lions have racaivad saeh an aw
?rd. though thara is a member -
.hip of 350.000 in 23 countries.
GREENE SEEKS
CONGRESS SEAT
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Boone Merchant to Take Sec
ond Try at Unseating
Doughton
i Salisbury ? Delegates to the
Ninth District Republican con
|vention here last week formally
endorsed Clyde Greene of Boone
jas the party's candidate for Con
gress.
Greene has announced he will
run for the seat now held by
Representative Robert L. Dough
ton, Democrat, of Sparta.
The convention also elected E.
C. McCall of Lenoir as chairman
to succeed David Rendleman of
Salisbury and elected Frank
Smith of Lenoir as secretary
treasurer.
Neil Sowers of Statesville and
Ray Jennings of Taylorsville
were named delegates to the na
tional convention at Philadelphia
in June.
Specialist To Provide
Baking Demonstration
Women over the county, and
especially those interested in
selling on the Curb Market, are
invited to attend a demonstra
tion. on "Baking Cakes" to be
given by Miss Virginia Wilson,
extension specialist in foods and
nutrition, on Friday, April 2.
The demonstration, which is to
be held at the home manage
ment house at the college, will
begin promptly at 10 KM a. in.,
so everyone is asked to be on
time. 0
16 BICYCLES FOB BIRTHDAY
Portland. Ore.f- While one
bicycle if usuallj^enough for a
5-yeai-old girl, Sharon Fulton
got sixteen of them as a birthday
gift, from her aunt, Mrs. James E.
Jones, of Oklahoma City.. It was
all a mistake, however. It seems
th^t Mrs. -tapes' husband had
called a firm celling bicycles and
risked that one be sent to Sharon.
Instead, the Ann sent one case
|o< bicycles.
AUTO LANE FORI
CITY PLANNED
Local Motorists Will Be Re
quired To Have Cars
Inspected.
Raleigh ? The Department of
Motor Vehicles announced to
day that a mechanical inspection
lane to test vehicles will be
up in Boone from May 37 to J
The inspection program call!
for the inspection of every motor >
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.
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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
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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.
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