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VOL- LX1, NO. 10. - BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1948. FIVE CENTS A KINGjpET BY ROB RIVERS JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COM MERCE, with the cooperation of] Mr. Ivy Wilson, and others, ren dered a public service in giving the city dump a good spraying of DDT, thus at least temporarily ridding the town of its worst fly hatchery, and contributing to the health and well-being of the com munity. . . . The local Jaycee* are alert young men, and may be ex pected to accomplish a good many things while their elders are do ing the talking . . . Lenok takes first grid game of the season in the college stadium . . . local en thusiasts turn out en masse to see the two high school teams handle the pigskin ... if anything the encounter was more colorful and fiercer than the usual varsity tangle . . . our good friend Troy N orris tells of the big fish that didn't get away . . . W. H. Gfagg hands out campaign pictures . Prof. Will Winkler announces for| the State Senate on the Republi can ticket, and H. O. Aldrige. the chairman of the board' of com missioners says he will not seek bis party's nomination at the con vention Saturday. . . . Local man gets a letter from Wallace head quarters in Durham and cusses everybody from Joe Stalin to Ma ry Price . . . Just about the time everybody gets lined up to a de gree of peace and harmony . .. . long comes an election. ? ? ? W. H. SMITH, local amateur photographer. who also makes a hobby of recording the antics of Boone weather organised a "butterfly dub" in his neighborhood to take the at tention of the kiddies, who had to be kept off the streets due to polio's pr? nee . . armed with loog-handled nets, the kiddiss .vte captured doiows of differ ent varieties of buMerftte*. and with the ? talks of the advanta ges of At AAA program, on* of the ra?tt popular reforms of the RocimjsiHIsii era. in this territory . . W|i where lime and phos phate hare enriched the hills, two eaii . of corn are growing where one grew before . . . and that two steers are now fattening where one was hard-pushed for a live lihood in the old days . . . ano ther farmer says he doesn't be lieve in the program . . County Agent Tuckwiller giving us a lot of information on the various types of hybird corn being grown . . farmers talk of unsteady beef prices as hot weather cuts grass short and sends the bovines to market ahead of time . . tobac co chewer takes long-range squirt at pop-bottle cap and hits it right on the button . . . Woman with draws from the main avenue to pin a fresh clout on healthy look ing babe . . . Dr. Gresham says hello to friends along the street, following a western tour . . . The Moultrie, Ga., minister fills the pulpit at the Baptist church on Sunday morning . . . youngsters start another trek to the office of the draft board, during the war's intermission . . . bottle tossed from speeding car rolls unbroken on the pavement . . . cyclist weaves back and forth among the folks on sidewalk, frightening pe destrians . . 'fore we had pave ment we bad a law against this practice ,. . . man alleged to have stood at one spot so long dog mis took him for telegraph pole . . . theatre-goer ghrtalg round-by round explanation of the story of the film ... lawns take on the new look as mowers wait for rain . . reddening apples and yellow ing "punkins" herald ? the ap pttach of aotumn . . . The maple at,;the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M! Moretz which always colored m late August, must have been q?t dofcrn . . . the lighted croquet court at "Emory Joines* home . . . and the daily instructions we give tourists seeking the best route over which to detour to Blowing Rock . . . The way they see/n to appreciate courtesy would in dicate they are unaccustomed to friendliness when making inquir ies .. . and Am man who be lieves that the world has gooe to the doffs. Just 'cause he bap pens to be personally unhappy over some harrowing happening JAYCEES MAKE WAR ON FLIES mi ? Scene taken at the city dump as the Jayceet thoroughly tprayed the premltet with a DDT mixture fire timet at ttrong at ordinary used. in an effort to make the place untenable for houte flies. Shown left to right, are. Lawrence Wilton, of Wilton't Fe?d Store, who loaned the tpraying equip ment and aided In the work; Joe Michael, of the Southern Agricultural Intecticidet. who gave the chemicals for the project; Cecil Farthing. R. D. Hodges. Perry Greene. Jaycee President; Fred M. Gragg. Roger Wilton, attitled. but was not In picture. ? Photo By Blair. WEE BOONE GIRL REJECTS 'SHAKE' OF PRESIDENT Washington ? Olivia Brewerj has done it again! For a second' time, the six-year-old girl from Boone, N. C., has refused to shake hands with President Tru man. The first instance occurred August 23rd when Olivia went to the White House with her daddy, Kidd Brewer, the ad ministrative assistant to Senator W. B. U mate ad of North Caro lina. The second time cam* when the Brewers attended church at tfc* Naval academy in Annapolis, found, to their surprise, that the President was worship ping there, too. He had stopped at Annapolis during a cruise on hit yacht Olivia Was dressed in the same blue- and- white frock she had worn at the White House. On the front, was a white heart design trimmed in blue, and on the back, a little buEtle. ^ Mr. Trumari spied the familiar dress as he walked down the aisle to leave the church. Step ping aside from his party and smiling, he tried once more to shake hands with the brown haired little girl. But she still re fused. Mr. Truman laughed at his second rebuff and went on out. Olivia's parents didn't * think it quite so funny. They asked their daughter why she wouldn't greet the President. On the first occasion, she had assured them she didn't intend to vote for Dewey, or Wallace, or Thur irtond? that her candidate for President was "my Mama." . Later, Mr. Brewer reported, she told him he would be ^n ac ceptable President, too. Olivia is going to enter a school in Washington. "If she isn't investigated in the loyalty probe," her mother said today. "I hope the President can win her over somehow," Mrs. Brew er said. "But she's a stubborn southerner. '* Polio Quarantine Is Lifted Here The first case of polio in two weeks has been reported to the local health department, and Dr. Len D. Hagaman. acting health officer, is of the opinion that the epid"? ,1c has spent itself in thjs area, and that it is now safe for children to follow their usual ac tivities. Effective today. Dr. Hagaman, states the voluntary quarantine on the children is removed, and the kiddies, who have yielded to the very effective movement al most 100 per cent, may now move about in nermal fashion, so far as the health department is concern ed. t i The one new case. Pearl Potten 10 years old, a resident of the North Fork section, has been tak en to the Asheville Orthopaedic Home for treatment. The total for the county now stands at ten cas es, with one fatality resulting. UTest pilot leaps to safety be-l re 1bunder)et disintegrates. Sentenced 12-15 Years |For Attempted Assault i Former Wataugan Convicted On Two Charges of Attempt To Commit Assault on Daughter of 14, in Caldwell Super ifir Court; Abnormal Physical Condition Blamed by Judge Spencer Henderson, native Wataugan, was sentenced to a term of 12 to 15 years in Caldwell Superior Court last Thursday afternoon, following conviction on two cases of attempting to commit an assault on his 14 year old daughter. Roy Wilson Is Taken By Death Roy Wilson, 60 yean old, wide ly known in this section, where he wu a leader in the political life of the county for more than a quarter of * century, died at the home at Trade, Tenn., Wed nesday of last week, following a long period of declining health. Mr. Wilson was reared in the Zionville section of Watauga county, where he lived until re cently. He was for more than twenty years Chairman of the Democratic executive committe of Watauga, county, and devoted a major portion of his time to par ty affairs. He engaged in agri cultural pursuits and once serv ed as postmaster at Zionville, and was R. F. D. mail carrier there or a short period. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Trade Methodist church with Rev. Ray Stewart and Rev. R. C. Eggers officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, with Reins-Sturdivant being in charge of the details. The widow, Mrs. Callie G. Wil son survive?, with three brothers and two sisters: John Wilson, of Granite Falls; Patrick Wilson of South Dakota; Roby Wilson, of Zionville; Mrs. J. S. Flannery of Zionville and Mrs William Combsj who lives in the state of Wash ington. $10,000,000,000 in war recon struction aid given outside U. S. Juage j. win f less, jr., 01 Ma rion, in passing sentence, express ed the opinion that Henderson suffers from "abnormal sexual strength," and Mid some day the State may establish hospitals, for treatment of persons with such condition. - ?* - ? '? "This is one of the worst cases I have ever heard of," the jurist added. He said he was passing a sentence of sufficient duration to "protect the six-year-old daugh ter" of the defendant. I In a second case of attempted assault on the girl, Henderson was given an identical sentence, with the provision that the terms run concurrently. Henderson, 44, livestock dealer of the Upton section, was charged in two warrants with attempting to committ an assault upon his, daughter. The jury returned a verdict of guilty in bott% indictments, after deliberating for 27 minutes. The daughter was the chief wit ness for the State and Henderson took the stand in his own behalf. Henderson was represented by Attorney G. W. Klutz. Solicitor James C. Farthing was aided in the prosecution by Attorney Max C. Wilson. JOHNSON COUNTY SINGING The Johnson county singing convention will meet in Moun tain City, Tenn., Sunday, Sept. 5th at 10:00 a. m. All groups of Gospel singers are invited to at tend and take part in the con ! vention. , Good Friends and Good Citizen* . . s v? FIRST MASTER DEGREE GIVER AT COLLEGE History is Made as Harold D. Quincey Gets the First Mas ter's Degree to Be Confer red by Appalachian; 76 Are Graduated; Dr. Smith Is the Commencement Speaker. P History was made at Appala ? chian State Teachers college on P Thursday night, in the opinion 1 of President B. B. Dougherty, I when Harold C. Quincy of the ? Demonstration School faculty re | ceived the first master's degree 5 ever conferred by the institution. He receieved the master of arts ? degree in education. It is the hope of the college administra tion that Appalachian will be come a regional center for sum mer graduate and undergradu jate study. Of the seventy -six graduates,! twelve graduated with honors. Magna cum laude rating went to Rogers Whitener of Spindale, Margaret Jones Hopkins of Beaufort, and Laura L. Brown of Charleston, S. C. Cum laude graduates were Earley Lee Til ley of Mt. Airy, Mary Hamilton of Asheville, Wilmoth Herron of Plant City, Fla., Edith Daves Satterwhite of Morganton, Lu cille Harris of Elon College, M. Katherine' Harris of Troy, S. C., Lena Spencer McCarley of Val dese, and Elizabeth and Grace Riley of Charleston, S. C. Dr. Ellison M. Smith of tlje South Carolina department of education at Columbia made the commencement address. Speak ing on the subject "Education could save demoracy", Dr. Smith said that in our efforts to make education universal we have stressed the more-education idea, rather than a way-of-life-educa tion idea. "We are strong tor schooling", he said, "but very vague as to what the school should do." He said that then art so many pseudo-purpose* of education in America today .that education is primarily purpose less. In a world of conflicting ideologies, Dr. Smith told his audience that building a great democracy and clarifying ideo logies is the work of education, of school teachers and professors. Of the three major ideologies facing the world today ? fascism, communism, and democracy ? Dr. Smith said that democracy J by far the vaguest and most intangible one. It is the ideology most likely to be misunderstood by the people of other nations, long accustomed to having their way of life blueprinted for them. Democracy, he said, is the least practiced by its followers of all the ideologies. In America we have only "followed the gleam." ? We have taught democracy much, but we have practiced it little." (Continued on page 3) Inspection Lane To Open Friday The motor vehicle inspection lane will open at the former lo cation near the Boone Demon stration school on September . 3, and remain open l'or the inspec tion of motor vehicles under the (State law until September 11. Roy Phillips, supervisor of the [Boone lane, says that due to the congestion experienced at the lane it will be open on Labor Day. Mr. Phillips, in urging all mo torists to comply with the law, isks that the folloing excerpt i] therefrom be published: 1. All motor vehicles of year models up to and including the year model 1936, and motor vehi cles of the yeA- models 1947 and 194a shall be inspected on or be fore August 31, 1948. 2. All motor vehicles of the year models 1937 and 1944 -h^n be inspected on or before Septem ber 30. 194g. 3. All motor vehicles of the year models 1938, 1939, 1943, 1*44 1945 shall be inspected on or be fore October 31, 1948. 4. All motor vehicles of the year models 1940 and 1942 ?h?n be inspected on or before Novem ber 30. 1948. 9. All motor vehicles of the year model 1941 and 1949 sh^ be inspected on or before DeceWber II, 1948. In cam where cars do not cow ry the blue windshield sticker at aspiration data* mentioned, or nate will be made and the of heelers carried Into court, Mr. Draft Registration Is Now In Progress All Youths Between Ages of 18 and 2S Must Register To Bolster Nation's Defense Forces; War-Time Draft Board Again Serves Here; The Registration Schedule Given. * . ii- f ..." " Registration under the selective service act of 1948, began Monday, and the task of setting in motion the peace-time draft of local manpower, was assigned to those who con stituted the war-time draft board here: Messrs V. C. Howell, J. E. Clay and D. -B. Bingham. 5 FROM 1 FAMILY GIVEN DEGREES AT SAME TIME Mr. I. J. Bingham, of Boons, veteran schoolmaster, and a lead er in the <!ause of education in this area, had the unique and satisfying experience of seeing five members of his family re ceive college degrees at the same time last week. Of a family of eight sons and daughters seven of them already have degrees, a son-in-law and daughter-in-law are college grad ates, and the remaining daughter enters Appalachian this fall. The most recent graduates are: Ira Bingham, who plans to follow engineering pursuits; Miss Viola Bingham, who is to teach at Bur lington; Miss Flo Bingham, who has a civil service position in Washington, all of whom receiv ed degrees at Appalachian last Thursday. Mrs. Beatrice Amendo la and her husband, Joe Amen dela, received Master's Degrees at the University of North Carolina this summer. They are residents of Wattsburg, Pa., where she teaches and where her husband is employed by an electrical manufacturing concern. Of the other children. Miss Virginia Bingham teaches in q Khool of culture in Washington; Miss Bonnie Bingham is at home [pending the opening of Appalach ian College this fall; Dr. Dewey Bingham, a dentist, and wife re side in Knoxville, Tenn.; and Miss Eddie Bingham teaches in the State of Montana. All of the children came home for graduation exercises at Ap palachian last week except Dr. Bingham. Edwin Halm Riles Are Held Robert Edwin Hahn, . 37, . died] on August 23rd at a Morganton hospital, and funeral services were conducted from the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Hahn in Boone, August 25. The rites were conducted by Rev. S. B. Moss, of the Methodist church and interment was in the city ceme tery. In addition to the parents three sisters survive: Mrs. O. C. Canipe of Hickory; Mrs.' Richard Brown, Winston -Salem; Mrs. John Well born, Boone. A half-brother, Eric Hahn of Amarillo, Texas, also sur vives. U. S. refuses visa to "Red dean" of Canterbury, Dr. John son. uovernor Cherry has Issued a proclamation the procedure far registration under the draft act, which requires the registration for possible military duty at all youths between the ages of 18 and 26. Monday's registration includ ed persons born in the year 1922 after August 30, 1922. Persons born in the year 1923 were to be . registered Tuesday, August 31, or Wednesday, Sep tember 1. Those born in the year 1924, on Thursday, September 2, or Fri day, September 3. Those born in 1925, Saturday) September 4, or Tuesday, Sep tember 7. Those born in 1926, Wednesday September 8, or Thursday, Sep tember 9. Those born in 1927, Friday, Sep tember 10, or Saturday, Septem ber 11. Those born in 1928, Monday, September 13, or Tuesday, Sep tember 14. Those born in 1929, Wednesday, September 15, or Thursday, Sep tember 16. Those born in 1930 before Sep tember 19, shall be registered on Friday, September 17, or Satur day September 18. Those bprn on or after Septem ber 19. 1930, shall be registered on the day they become 18 or within five days thereafter. Only those youths in the 18 through-25 age group who are at present in the armed forces, or who ?r? members of ? reserve component on extended active duty, are exempt from registra tion " 111,1 - ? Answering a question which is being often asked, local beard members stated that registration in 1946 and 1947 under the Mt of 1940, has no effect on the present draft. Regardless of former reg istrations, it is explained, all males between the ages of 18 and 26 are now required to register. Democrats Sei Convention Date ' ? "f. The Democrats of Wataugk will meet in convention Saturday Sep tember 11 at 2 o'clock, tc& the purpose of naming candidates for county office, it is revealed today in the official convention call pub lished by W. R. Winkler, chairman of the Democratic executive com mittee of Watauga county. Precinct meetings are to be held in the different townships Friday September 10, at 2 p'clock, for the purpose of naming delegates to the county convention. At the convention, it is ftated, candidates will be selected for the State senate. House of Repre sentatives, the three places on the board of county commission ers, register of deeHte, surveyor and coroner. < ? FARM BUREAU NAPS PLAHS FOR MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN At a meeting of township lead ers of the Watauga Farm Bureau, held Monday evening, initial plans were laid for an intensive mem bership campaign, ending Sep tember 25, with a county-wide meeting, at which time new offi cers are to be elected and plans mapped for the Bureau's program for the coming year. Clyde It Green*, Farm Bureau president, presided at the gath ering. Mr. Dewitt Barnett was named chairman of the regular member ship campaign and Mr. W. A. Smith, chairman of the associate membership effort. During the campaign report meetings of worker* will be held each Saturday at 3, at the county agent's office, the membership quota has been set at 435. George Farthing, field repre lentative of the North Carolina hm Bureau Federation, spoke at the neHnf and gave sane highli#its ta the history of the term organization in the nation. He told how the Farm Bureau has grown to the tM largest farm or ganization in the United States, with units in 45 state*, and ia now recognized in the legislative halls as the leading voice of agricul-1 ture. He said that the Farm Bursa u is primarily responsible for the enactment of the far-teiching farm legislation of the past 15 years. Mr. Farthing stated that the Farm Bureau has worked since 1920 to secure adequate appro priations for the various agrtail tural agendas which have been estiblished to serve the people The speaker stated, that during the last session of Congmss the Bureau lad the battle for a per manent price" support program for nil agricultural corrimoditts^ and came out victorious. Mr. Farthing concluded his ad dress with the statement that the many benefits which farmers al heady have received and will con tinue to rsc?tf| through the pro grams made possible by the hnn Bureau certainly merit the mm bership of- every fanner ia Wa tauga county, as well as in the nation m a whole.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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