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Watauga democrat m? unli wjjj' ?IBA << '}??.? , u?Imi mdw iffmt' "1i? Bin mtot to ?k)i nknto ,_, , , ,, I f _ .... , , ,, , ?- ?<? Democrat U otxratln* strlctlr An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 ?? ,art ?avinc* w. VOL. LX, NO. 44. BOONE, WATAUGA, COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29. 1948. FIVE CENTS A COPY KING STREET ROB RIVERS ' ? NOTE: li was pros itlm> when the mwi of the air council'* action in banning carnival at traction* was released, together with tha information that no gum gambling will ba allowed at tha show now going on. It was tharaiora impoasibla to re do this column and maka it currant. At any rata wa wish to axprass appreciation to tha paopla of tha town, ministers and others, who took up tha campaign, and for tha prompt aad praiseworthy manner in which our fine town officials accepted their responsibility. They cannot be commended too highly. THE SEASON OF CARNI VALS is at hand, and the folks of the community are rather up in arms against this sort of enter tainment . . . Last fall the Demo crat took occasion to call the attention of the folks to the in herent evils of these road shows . . . the reaction was one hun dred percent favorable . . . Un til this good day letters of appro val and words of praise are yet coming in for our position against the troupes . . . Never in the three score years of the local newspaper's history has it been able to arouse such unanimous support of a civic position . . ? The people just don't want car nivals in the town ? they have said so over and over-. . . yet one of these caravans unloaded in the city Sunday and is going strong, with all the attractions to which we had previously objected. THE MERCHANTS ASSO CIATION pasted resolutions against carnivals, the Junior Or der allowed as how it wouldn't be sponsoring any more of the shows, the American Legion changed its course, and despite its Immediate need for some money, has turned down half a dozen carnivals this year . . . j but in spile of all the protest, the carnival la going on as us ual with all its sordid aspects. Last week a man was killed at one of these attractions at Le noir. He was a carnival worker ? next time it may happen in Boone, and it could ba your son who might raise a complaint whan he found the deal was set against him at the gaming table. Caldwell officers closed the gam bling devices, and the obiene shows before the tragedy . . . The Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants Association, the Min- { islerial Association had joined together in a protest which bore fruit . . . The folks figured it was their town, after all ? not the property of a carnival, of a government, but their onn and they proceeded to set mat ters right ... we can do the same, and will ... if there is sincerity in our professions of religion, and if we have the regard we claim for the morals of our community, and the wel fare of our youth. MONDAY EVENING we took a quick trip through the car nival grounds to see what was go ing on. We had thought it would be different, maybe, from the kind we had seen before . . . We had been told it was an up and-up sort of performance ? we had word from the police depart ment that it would be right on the level . . . but it was just the same old story . . . the rows of gaming tables, where you left your money on the turn of a ball, where the untutored in the ways of the world, are taken for the proverbial "ride" and where those with the least financial resources are the ones who take the bait most every time. ? AND ON DOWN the Una we go. wondaring juit what alia the community, ? our community, if you please. the one wa bull! ? till wa srrWe at the entrance , to the dancing ?how._ Wa nerer ??ias one . . . Curiosity spurs us on. perhaps, and our outlook ? isn't going to be changed In iba least by any of the gyra tions . . . We watched the "lit tle ladies" go through their s tepfe . . . the same old thing, except this time, there was a suggestion of clothing at a cou ple of spots, when the "strip tease" was completed . . . Our companion was told by the man who "caught" the tick ate. that it was "all off" in the farmer act . . . "must be some body here." ? : WELL., THERE YOU ARE .^. what are we going to do . P. (Continued on page four.) AFTER CZECHSLOVAKIA ESCAPE Three high official* of the Slovak democratic party, who recently escaped from the Communists' rtgimi in Csachsfcvakia. state that oppression in that country is worn than it was under Hitiar. Tha three officials are, left to right. Dr. Joseph Lettrich. former presi dent of the Slovak council of the democratic party* Julius Lettrich, his brother, and Yan Ambrus, ex-commander of the Slovak air force. The trio is pictured alighting from an airlinfi in Washington Lenoir Carnival Is Scene Of Killing Concession Operator Loses Life in Caldwell; Religious and Civic Groups Halt the Show; Reopened Without II legal Concessions. Lenoir, April 23? A concession operator was found dead at a ?mival lot near here early to Jg- ha"d " ferr?wW operator washiinted in two states as of W E mm! B?"}ble tort P*V Hflrri ^kP employe of Harrison SKows. was fpund dv H?w? HCUr carnival workers. r..ch3d,h"dSner *" worker known as "Pee Wee " ovtr tdh?Crir'?n Was b^dcast ver the police radio network. skull ?nH HeCeiVed a fractured !w ? ietp ?ash which Dr. Mohfw Cr' 8 Physician said tnm* 'ywa^. caused by a blow oj11 a blunt instrument. Taylor had joined the show in Atlanta several weeks ago, car nival employes said. "Pee W?>" ra^rtefly Was wel1 known in carnival circles Sheriff Gefrge Greer and Coroner A. Horton Goble enlisted the aid of other officers in LT01?"18 . 'or "Pee Wee." The SKbiTl. j?"0"*"" "?? ? IS* Chamber of Commerce and the Su?S?!!l ""ociation. the .how impended operation, for one day but was permitted to open ***7 ' JhwUr ?'ter Sheriff Qreer had closed all booths ex fo?? concession stands and Hdino devices. It i. scheduled | ro^remain here through Satur Carnival employes said they knew nothing about Taylor's Place of residence. y Local Teacher Attends St. Louis ACE Meeting Mrs. Ron Davis, second grade acher in the Demonstration School, regional chairman of the a- K E. and recently elected vice-president of the state un? has returned from St. Louis Missouri, where she attended the Association for Childhood Edu ?*'?n S'ud>r Conference for teachers April 19 to 23. fhMrS.i D^!*' to*ether with Mrs. 2000^ LmmI"' Were amon* 2000 delegates representing the United State, and many foreign countries at the conference which featured the subject "Democratic World HOPe ?f the busy stork Anadarko. Okla? The stork recently kept Dr. John B. Miles, physician, as busy as a bee. In the space of 20 hour* and 10 minutes, the doctor delivered six babies. APPALACHIAN IS EXPECTING BIG SUMMER CROWD The administration of Appala chian State Teachers College predicts that the college will have the greatest enrollment in its history for the first term of summer school opening on June 10. Registrar H. R. Eggers said this week that he believes the first term registration would be between twelve and fifteen hundred. With the offering of graduate work for the first time, it is expected that many teachers will be on hand for further train ing. A state board ruling requires that teachers renew certificates, and this is expected to add more teachers to the registration list. All rooms in the women's dormitories have been reserved, and only a few rooms are not yet reserved in the men's dormitory. The first floor of the men's dormi tory has been set aside for mar ried couples. The meeting of townspeople will be held in the near future for the purpose of working out uniform rates for students who reside in local homes during the summer term. The Boone Cham ber of Commerce is working closely with the college in taking care of the overflow of students expected on the campus on June 10. NOTED GLEE CLUB TO APPE AR IN CITY TONIGHT ? <? ? M The Emory at Oxford Glee Club, which will appear April 29th at the Methodiat church, Boone, was organized on the campus of Emory Junior college nineteen years ago by Virgil Y. C. Eady, now dean of that insti tution. It is composed of young men from five states Cuba and Canada. This group performs m the choir each Sunday at Allen Memoriul church, the college church in Oxford. In this capa city it has merited much atten tion in its helping to build a spirit of worship. - During these nineteen years, this club has been singing in churches and schools throughout Georgia and adjacent territory, appearing at services, dedica tions, and conferences. It brings a program of varied nature, both sacred and secular, which is wide in appeal. Included are numbers from Palestrina, Bach Mendels sohn, Grieg, and other represen tatives composers. Emory clubs have distinguished themselves for years in this field. The club also studies sacred music and literature in its relationship to the worship service. This organization is one of the most widely travelled glee club* of this area. Last season it cover ed more than 3,000 miles in con cert tours. Its present season in cludes concerts in five southeast ern states, visiting such cities as Atlanta, Montgomery, Mobil*, Tampa, Pensacola, Jacksonville, and Greenville, S. C. ? The present director of the clut^s Arthur Steere, head of the deptttmetit of Fine Arts of the college. SECRET TARIFF EFFORTFLAYED BY DOUGHTON "Star Chamber Methods" Are Charged by Doughton As Proposal to Have Secret' Tariff Conferences Draw Ire Of Veteran Solon. Washington ? Procedures bor dering on "star chamber methods" were charged by Representative Doughton, Remocrat of North Carolina, today against a Repub lican decision to consider tariff legislation behind closed doors, with the public and the press ex cluded. In a formal statement Dough ton, senior Democrat on the House ways and means commit tee, asked what the Republicans "have to hide." He added: "I think most people will agree that this is a dangerous departure from democratic processes." He voiced "grave fears" that "this may mean a return to the secrecy in which the Hawley Smoot Tariff act was written be hind closed doors, with high tariff lobbyists for special in terests." The veteran lawmaker, who managed tariff legislation when Democrats controlled Congress, said he issued his statement on behalf of the Democratic mem bers of the ways and means sub committee on tariff and recipro cal trade. That subcommittee is consider ing legislation to continue the Reciprocal Trade act, due to ex pire June 12. It will hold hear ings behind closed doors for a week beginning May 3. On Fri day it defeated, on a 5 to 4 party line vote, a motion by Doughton to open the proceedings to the public and the press. Subcommittee Chairman Gear hart, Republican of California, said long public hearings were (Contnued on page 4) BULLETIN! CARNIVALS OUTLAWED The city council in a special meeting Tuesday evening, pass ed an ordinance forbidding tha operation of carnivali in the town in the future, and gave Police Chief Veme Greene or ders to close tha gaming tables and dancing show at the carni val now operating. The rides will be allowed to operate dur ing the remainder of the weak. Tuesday local ministeri and many other citizens, joined in the campaign against these at tractions, which the Democrat has bean pursuing for several months, and the city' council acted with courage and die patch. in acting in line with the wishes of the overwhelming ma jority of our people. FENCING OFF GOLD RUSH Robert Mercure of South Orange, N, J., itikw out signs on hi* property In Highlands, N. J.. wh?? otbt 500 persons >rt combing the sands In search of pirate gold. Twenty-six gold coins, of l>th century vintage, have been unearthed to date. May Day Program Is Set For Saturday l FRANK BA1RD TO AID KERR SCOTT IN PRIMARY EFFORT Mr. Frank Baird, prominent farmer and livestock raiser, of Valle Crucis, has been appointed Watauga county campaign man ager for W. Kerr Scott, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Mr. Scott will arrive in the county Friday to complete plans ;or his local organization. None of the other candidates in the State primary have an nounced local campaign plans. MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN TO DOG San Francisco ? A stone mem* orial fountain is being built htf* to the memory of a black-and brown mongrel dog, named Schultz, who w%s the mascot of the park police station for two years ? until somebody fed tiblt ground glass, which killed him. Engraved on the fountain are the words: "Drink to the memory of Schultz today. His friendliness to man did him betray." CHANGE CAUSES ARREST I Indianapolis, Indj ? Philip Hoyt,| 15, didn't notice when an 8-year old pickpocket slipped a $1 bill from his pocket and slipped out of a theater seat next to him. He did notice it, however, when the boy returned with candy and at tempted to slip the change from the $1 bill into his pocket. Hoyt called police and the boy admit ted the theft. Traditional May Day Festivi ties to Be Held at College ? Under Auspices W. C. A.; Mrs. Gootf&ght Of Bo.one is to be' Crowned. On Saturday, May 1, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the traditional May Day will be held at Appalachian State Teachers College, sponsored by the Youug Women's Christian Association and directed by Mrs. Joy Miller Kirchnfer of the physical educa tion department fatuity. Mrs. Eleene Osborne Good night of Boone will be crowned queen, and Miss Doris Cline of Kernersvflle will aertve as the maid of honor. The court is composed of Louise Meronay of Mocksville, Cleo White of Statesville and Betsy Webster of Morganton, senior attendants; Norma Fender of Glade Valley, Jackie Gordon St Cramerton, and Mary Gardner f Shelby, junior** ?Mkftnts; Rita Dare McNeil of < Ridley Park, Pa., and Catherine Farrow of Shelby, sophomore attend ants; and Madeline Jenkins of Cremerton and Margaret Mont gomery of Farmington, freshmen attendants. The exercises will be an his torical panorama of music and dance, around the theme. "The Old North State." The dances will be performed by the Var souvianna (folk dance) club, and the modern dance club, both trained by Mrs. Kirchner. The college chorus, directed by Miss Virginia Wary and accompanied by Miss Margaret Manning, will sing several numbers. Consisting of nine parts, the program will have music and dancing centered around the Indian period, the colonial period, the ante-bellum pei\iod, the pre-Civil war period, the post-Civil war period, the gay nineties, the roaring twenties, contemporary, and the finale, when the Maypole Dance is per formed. Mrs. Kirchner is being assisted in the presentation by a large production staff of faculty and staff members, and students. HOLLAR HEADS DIAMOND LEAGUE John Hollars, local athlete, was elected president of the newly formed Watauga county baseball league at a meeting held at the gateway Cafe Saturday morning, April 24. R. D. Hodges, Jr., was elected secretary-treasurer and will handle all of the recordf t.id bookkeeping. A board of directors for the league was chosen as follows: Roscoe Cook, Bamboo; John Combs, Mabel; Bill Lentz, Blow ig Rock; Ben Ward, Valley Crucis; Bert Shroke, Boone. "The league", says Mr. Hollars, "should provide the county with much wholesome recreation both in participation and spectators interest this ftimmer." A record field of twelve teams are expect ed to take to the field opening day which is May 8th. DIRECTORS OF RECREATION ARE SELECTED % r \ ^ Recreation Committee Makes Definite Plans for Sumnter; Johnny Hollar and Donald Thompson Selected as Co Directors of Project. In an action expressing faith in the citizens and organizations of Boone, the local Recreation Commission has made definite plans for the summer. At a meeting on Wednesday evening, April 19, at the horn* of Rev. Jim McKeown, the commis sion selected Johnny Hollars of Boone and Donald Thompson of , the faculty of Appalachian High School as co-directors of the summer project. Mr. Hollars has had previous experience direct ing such projects. He was .director of a similar project on a much larger scale at Athens, Georgia, in 1946. Mr. Thompson is a director of athletics at the high scjrool and demonstration school, The funds necessary to finance the project have not been secured in full; however, the commission saw fit to proceed in the belief that the organizations and citi zens of Boone will rally to as sist the financing of the program. Plans are being made for a varied program to begin on June 1. This program is to provide re creation for young persons and for adults. The entire community will benefit through the program particularly as each person sup ports and participates. The commission will be happy to accept individual contribu tions from persons interested in this project. Such contributions may be made through any mini ster of Boone, or through any of the civic clubs, or business or ganizations, or may be made to the officers of the local commis sion. Boone To Have New Phone Book The Bell Telephone Co., con tinues to expand its services in the community and word now comes to the Demorcrat that the perkinsville neighborhood will have service as soon as the lines can be completed. Mr. George, an official of the Bell Company, called the Demo crat to say that with the many added phone* 1n the community Boone is" to have its own telep phone directory, which will also include Blowing Rock. Lenoir had previously been included in the book used here. The public will be interested in knowing that the new directory will be published as soon as pos sible. There are now more than five hundred telephones in Boone and with the recent brisk de mands for service, a large per centage of the phones aren't list ed in the book. Curb Market Plans To Be Made Soon On Thursday, April 29th, there will be a meeting of all Home Demonstration women who are interested in selling on the Curb Market this summer- At this meeting, some very important business pertaining to the curb market will be discussed, among them the opening date of the market and the preparations necessary for this. It is hoped that all Watauga Home Demon stration women who are interest ed will attend this meeting to be held in the Grand Jury room at the courthouse on Thursday afternoon, April 29th at 2:00 p. m. FREIGHT RATES The Interstate Commerce Com mission temporarily raited rail road freight rates on April 19. Increases were estimated to aver age about 4 par cent above pre sent rates, with a yield to Class I railroads of $300,000,000 a year in additional revenue. The recent raise is the third in the past seven months, with 10 per cent raise granted In October and 10 per cent in December. Rising labor costs are the basis for the railroads' request for increases. SPENDING BOOST The lowe; income tax with holding rates, which become ef fective May 1, will give a lift to retail business, according to the Department of Commerce, which predicts that the lower rates will mean a further boost in spend able income beyond the present rate of SIH.090^00,000 a year. i
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