WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
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THURS. SEPT. 23, 1948.
GOLDEN Q LEAKS
All art cooaiata in bringiag
aocnething into exia trace. ? Aria
toUe.
Nothing is mora uaeful to man
than thoea arts which have no
utility.? Ovid.
Art is simply a right method of
doing things. ? Thomas Aquinas.
The first universal characteris
tic of all great art is tenderness,
as the second is truth. ? John
Ruskin.
No good art is unbeautiful but
much able and effective work
may be and is. ? A. C. Swinburne.
When art is understood by
everybody it will cease to be art.
? Arsene Roussaye.
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: KING STREET
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football game Saturday night, and
the feeling that traffic should be
ode-way on the street down by
the high school . . . narrow and
crooked, tnveMd by hundreds
of school children . . . death lurks
at every turn of the pavement . .
Going With Russell Hodges, ever
so often, to find space for an
other grave in the community
cemetery . . . two little spots are
left ... a dozen or so more graves
and there will be no place to bu
ry our dead . . . Jim Farthing,
dropping by for a brief session
on his way up to the courthouse
where he is ably prosecuting those
whose names appear on a short
criminal docket . . . Judge Pless
handing down stiff fines in cases
involving drunk driving . . . .
Dwight Edmisten reflecting on
the old days in his home neigh
borhood . . . Ab Mullins in from
Grundy, mixes with friends . . .
Our preacher, Rev. Sam Moss,
all set for Conference, and anx
ious to know what the Bishop
is going to say . . . flock confi
dently predict his return ....
lad tenders puff from very short
cigarette to his pal . . . country
boy and girl pull off shoes on
bridge, presumably to wade in the
cool waters underneath . . . Gen
erous one, when coffee ran out,
pipes, "have mine '. . ..it's already
saucered and blowed."
N. C. BUILDING
FIGURES GIVEN
Raleigh ? The poet- war build
ing boom saw a total of $127,
754,964 spent in North Carolina's
26 principal cities, the Depart
ment of Labor reported yester
day.
The report said that in the
biennium which ended June 30
? total of $70,647,741 was spent
in the 26 cities to provide hous
ing for 13,919 families.
Non-residential contruction to
taled $39,650,280 during the peri
od and $17,456,933 went for addi
tions, alterations and repairs.
Winston-Salem ranked sixth
among the N. C. cities in new
oooctruction.
Charlotte led the cities with
$24,592,178, Greensboro $15,406,
415, Durham $13,062,119, Raleigh
$12,204,733, Winston-Salem $9,
991,956, High Point $6,385,912,
Asheville $5,060,754, Burlington
$4,482,373, Rocky Mount $3,660,
550, Fayetteville $3,541,626, Wil
mington $8,447,074 and Wilson
$1,983,745. -
The North Carolina corn crop
this year a expected to yieU j
about 74 million buahaa? 1$ pN
cent above the 1947 crop and 45
p*r cent more than the average
fan Mm prelaw ten years.
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A RELIGIOUS FAMILY
International Sunday School
Lwob for September 2t, IMS
GOLDEN TEXT: "As I
Lord."? Joshua 24: 15.
La?on Taxi: Ada IS: 1-5; II
Timothy li 3-?i 3: 14. 15.
With this lesson, we bring to a
close the series on "Unheralded
Bible Characters." Certainly,
during the past quarter, we have
come to know many men and
women who made distinct contri
butions to their day and age and
their examples should inspire
many who while they cannot do
big things, can live their best
from day to day, making the
world a better place for their
having passed through it.
We do not know when or
where Paul first came in contact
with the family we are to- dis
cuss in this lMson. It was while
he was on his second missionary
journey that he, accompanied by
Silas, arrived in Derbe and
Lystra. There, as our reference
my house, we will
tells us, was a certain disciple,
named Timothy, the son of a
Jewess that believed; but his
father was a Greek. Paul had
heard good reports of this young
man and needing another help
er in his great work he invited
Timothy to join him in the dan
gerous, difficult work of spread
ing the gospel. Timothy accepted
the invitation and thus began a
friendship between two workers
in the Kingdom, one now a rath
er old man and the other a com
paratively young man.
How was it that Timothy, a
young man, was prepared for
service when the call came? Paul
himself tells why, when he de
clares, "From a babe thou hast
known the holy scriptures, which
we are able to make thee wise
unto salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus." Oliver
Wendell Holmes said, "To edu
cate a child we must begin with
his grandfather." In the case of
Timothy his religious education
began with his grandmother,
Lois, 'from her to his mother,
Eunice. Timothy received his
training in hii home and while
his grandfather and his father
are not mentioned, there evident
ly was no objection on their part
to the religious instruction given
the young child.
Washington Holes
CROPS
Officials of the Department of
Agriculture estimate that the
farm value of the six basic crops
? wheat, corn, cotton, tobacco,
peanuts and rice ? may reach
$13,388,000,000 in 1948, outstrip
ping the banner $12,287,517,000
value of these crops last year. The
production of all crops this year
is nine index points above the
record set in 1946, 135 per cent
of the 1923-32 average.
INDIVIDUAL INCOME
Individual incomes for the na
tion as a whole declined at an
annual rate of about $1,000,000,
000 in July from the month of
June record high, according to
the Commerce Department. The
decline was the result of a
slackening off in farm income,
the income from non-agricultural
industry having risen to another
peak. The droj* in agricultural
income was attributed to less
goods marketed, since farm
prices have not as yet fallen off.
The total personal income figure
for July was at an annual rate
of $211,500,000,000 as compared
with $212,300,000,000 in June.
? USAP ABROAD
The United States Air Force
has 130,000 men and officers
stationed overseas, which is 35,
000 more than in the same period
last year. The 130,000, however,
does not include all Air Force
men abroad, the emphasis being
placed on the term "stationed."
The figure is understood to ex
clude crews and supporting
groups for B-29 units in England
and Germany for what the Air
Force described as "training mis
sions." Nor did it include about
1,500 supply and maintenance
men being sent to England to
support tha Berlin "Airlift" and
other operations of the USAF in
Europe.
AIRFORCE
The Air Force of the United
States enjoyed an increase of
more than 89,000 men during last
year, bringing the total number
up from about 311,000 to more
than 400,000 men and officers.
"PHANTOM" CONTRACTS
As part of a move to cut the
required time for future mobili
zation "Anywhere from five to
twelve months," the Govern
ment will soon offer to American
concerns nearly $1,000,000,000 in
"phantom" war contracts. The
contracts would not take effect
unless the Government give a
The fellowship in a truly reli
gious family is the best soil pos
sible for the development of the
finest traits of character. In the
family circle each member learns
to consider the interest of the
other members, learning the
habits of thoughtfulness and un
selfishness. In a Christian home,
parents and children appreciate
and care for each other, and a
strong tradition of love and com
radeship is established. Their
love for each other naturally is
expressed in a mutual love for
God and, in their worship of Him
they find a daily source of
strength and joy in family living.
The faith which sustained Tim
othy in his hours of trial was
largely the consequence of the
early teaching* of his mother and
grandmother, both of whom were
believers in Jesus Christ. As a
young child (babe) he was
taugh the scriptures and the
truths he learned then never de
parted from him. Most educators
agree that the impressions form
ed during the early years of a
child'* life have much to do with
the development of later years.
Angelo Patri, In an article in
NEA Journal, declared: "Child
ren need to know the comfort
and joy of religious feeling, need
to be taught the good way of life,
and too often they are deprived
of that, teaching because of our
neglect. The first, last .best, and
most influential teacher of relig
ion is the family. The family de
dicated to goodness will rear
children with sound and deep
religious feeling. That is what we
need.
"All children should learn to
pray. Little children begin by
saying their bedtime prayers, in
between children pray for ma
terial good; adult souls pray lor
the strengthening of the spirit.
We have no right to expect any
church, any school, any body of
people to carry the responsibility
for the religious instruction of
our children. That is the duty and
the high privilege of the family
group. The groups gather their
strength from the family, the
source of all support for church
and school and state. Let us see
that our own children receive
this most essentia# endowment of
the soul."
"go-ahead" order on some future
M-Day. From them, industries
would know what the Govern
ment needs, about how much it
would pay and would give busi
ness a chance to compute in ad
vance what it would need in
manpower, materials and money
to carry out the contracts.
NET SALES
Net gales of U. S. Corporations
increased nearly $3,300,000,000 in
the second quarter of 1948, com
pared to the corresponding period
of last year, according to the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission. The total of $26,846,890,
000 in the April-June period ?
against $23,000,000,000 a year ago.
FOREST FIRES
The U. S. Forest Service
warns the public that one-third
of the area of the United States
is subject to forest and grass
fires, with the fall of the year
being one of the worst seasons
for such devastation.
BRIEF NEWS
Rickenbaker urges full pre
paredness to stop a world war.
Steel production in U. S. at
new peacetime August peak.
Fall footwear exhibit puts em
phasis on pumps.
Eisenhower tells Corning cele
brants strength means peace.
Demogogic misuse of public
opinion pqlls called a danger.
Paris seen planning to initiate
financial talks with U. S.
"Prolonged downward drift,"
in food prices predicted.
Soviet orders satire magazine
to direct satire at foes of regime.
| Wallace program welcome to
Soviet, Russian journal says.
United States tightens export
regulations to end violations.
Federal $45,000,000,000 budget
predicted for fiscal 1950.
Polio this year, equal already
to 1946, could top 1916 peak.
Record corn crop strains stor
age; loss by farmers seen.
Truman made honorary chair
man of Bible reading program.
Marshall sees student ex
changes as step to world amity.
U. S. forecasts greatest food
production for this year.
World wheat export of 900,000,
000 bushels is estimated.
Truman proclaims Oct. 24 as
United Nations Day in U. S.
' Farm groups forecast food drop,
defend support policy.
Scrap metal collection called
key to prooperity in U. S.
Peron vows war on opposition
in Argentina.
Church
Announcements
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
J. K. Parker, Jr. Pastor
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning worship at 11 a. m.
Westminster Fellowship 5:45 p.
m.
Choir rehearsal Wednesday at
6:30 p. m.
BOONE METHODIST CHURCH
S. B. Moss. Pastor
Sunday, September 26:
10:00 a. m. Church School
11:00 a. m. Morning Worship;
6:30 p. m. Meetings of the M.
Y. F.
6:30 p. m. Wesley Fellowship
7:30 p. m. Union Service at the
Methodist church Wednesday,
September 29.
_7:00 p. m. Choir Practice
7:06 p. m. Prayer Meeting
The Union Service for Septem
ber will be conducted at the
Boone Methodist church on Sun
day evening, September 28th, at
7:30 o'clock. Rev. J. K. Parker,
pastor of the Presbyterian
church will preach.
The community is invited to
attend these services. This is the
best opportunity for the Christ
ian people of the community of
all denominations to have fellow
ship together. You are invited to
worship with your friends and
neighbors at this service.
The Western North Carolina
Annual Conference of the Metho
dist church convenes in High
Point, N. C. on Monday, Septem
ber 27. Methodist pastors and
lay representatives from all
Methodist charges will attend.
Appointments for the year 1948
49 will be read at the closing
session of the conference on Fri
day, October 1.
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
R?v. E. F. Trout man. Pastor
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. _
Worship at 11:00 a. m.
Sermon Topic: "A Christain
Creed."
Special music
Luther League at 6:30 p. m.
L. S. U. at 6:30 p. m.
Choir rehearsal Thursday at
7:00 p. m. with Mr. Hoyt direct
ing.
REVIVAL MEETING
A revival meeting will start at
Laurel Springs Church Sunday
night September 26. Rev. C. O.
Vance will assist the pastor, Rev.
R. C. Eggers and services will
begin each evening at 7 :30. An in-i
vitation is extended to every one
to come.
HOUSE BLOWS UP
Salt Lake City ? A family of
five narrowly escaped death
when they smelled what they
thought was gas in their house
and refused to enter the building.
A few minutes later, the house
blew up, scattering glass through
out the neighborhood, demolish
ing all four walls of the house
and blowing pieces of furniture
into nearby trees.
WHO'S BILL ZZYZZ?
Oklahoma City ? The name of
Bill Zzyzz has replaced that of
the zunda boys ? Harry and
Philip ? at the bottom of the list
in this city's new telephone direc
tory. .The telephone company,
however, wants to know whom
it's buzzing when it buzzes
Zzyzz, as no one by that name
lives at the address listed.
Mr. And Mrs. Kannaih Linney
Fated At Kltchan Showar
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Kelley and
Mr. and Mrs. Council! Cooke en
tertained at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Kelley Monday evening at
a dinner party and kitchen
shower in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth B. Linney, whose mar
riage took place in Kearney,
Nebraska, September 4.
A corsage of white roses was
presented the bride and a bou
tonniere to the groom. White
anemone deocrated the home.
Place cards holding white
pompom chrysanthemums de
signated the places at the tables
where a three course dinner was
served by the hosts and hostes
ses, after, which the guests were
invited to the kitchen where
?many attractive and useful gifts
were given to the bride and
groom.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lin
ney, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Coffey,
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hayworth,
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Agle, Dr. and
Mrs. G. K. Moose, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Gragg, Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Rivers, Mrs. A. R. Smith, Mrs.
Jennie Critcher, Miss Clyde Mae
Goodman and Miss Catherine
Smith.
Calibrate Golden
Wadding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Greene
will celebrate their fiftieth wed
ding anniversary Sunday Sept. 26
with open house at the home of
their oldest daughter, Mrs. S. A.
Lyon, 1518 Roller Road, Kings
port, Tennessee. All of their rel
atives and friends are invited to
call between 2 and 6 o'clock p.
m.
Mrs. John F. Hardin, who on
Monday observed her 82nd birth
day. Mrs. Hardin, who before her
marriage, was Miss Mattie Coun
cill, is a member of one of the
county's prominent pioneer fam
ilies. She enjoys the general es
teem of the people of the town,
who wish for her many more
happy birthdays.
Sarah Anne's
Cooking Class
One of the best aids to good
teeth is the proper diet. Parents
should remember this and serve
the right foods to their growing
children. For the average child
of 5 to 16 years, these foods are
suggested for daily consumption.
One quart of milk, at least one
egg, one serving of meat, fish,
chicken, or liver; two vegetables;
one orange, appl? or tomato and
one Additional fruit and two ta
blespoons of butter.
JallUd Fruit Cup
1 cup orange juice
1 cup pineapple juice
1 package lemon gelatin
1-2 cup pineapple cubed
1-2 cup white seedless grapes
1-2 cup maraschino cherries
chopped
Sprigs of mint
Heat the pineapple juice, add
the gelatin and stir until the
gelatin is dissolved. Add the
orange juice and pour the mix
ture in a flat pan. Chill until
firm and cut in tiny cubes. Fill
sherbert cups with the gelatin
cubes, pineapple, grapes and
cherries. Garnish with sprigs of
fresh mint.
Apple-Orange Jelly
3 apples
2 oranges
1-2 cup brown sugar
3-4 lb. macaroons
Butter
Slice apple and remove orange
section. Arrange a layer of ap
ples and a layer of oranges in a
greased baking dish. Sprinkle
with brown sugar and a little
salt Then add a layer of crushed
macaroons and dot with bits of
butter. Repeat the process until
all ingredients are used. Bake in
an oven 375 degrees about 25
minutes or until apples are tend
er. Serve hot or cold with cream
or hard sauce.
Baked Egg*
3 cups mashed potatoes
2 tablespoons butter
1-2 cup milk
Salt, pepper, paprika
2 tablespoons chopped chives
5 eggs
[ Add the butter and milk to the
hot mashed potatoes and season
to taste. Beat well. Add the
chives and spread in a shallow
greased baking dish. Make 5 hol
lows and in each place a raw
egg. Sprinkle with paprika and
salt. Bake in a moderate oven
until the eggs are firm.
Scrambled Eggs
6 eggs >
1-4 to 1-2 cup milk
3-4 teaspoon salt
Pepper ?
3 tablespoons butter or mar
garine
Beat the eggs slightly and add
the milk, salt and pepper. Melt
the fat slowly in a skillet. Pour
in the egg mixture and cook. As
soon as the eggs begin to set, stir
them up from the bottom and
the sides of the pan until they are
fluffy and creamy. Remove from
heat and serve, it once with
breakfast bacon and slices of
tomatoes.
B?*f Paprika
1 cup sliced onions
1 1-2 tablespoons shortening
1 1-2 lbs. cubed beef
1-4 cup flour
3 cups hot water
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 tablespoon paprika
Salt
I 2 tablespoons undiluted evapo
rated milk
Saute onions in the shortening,
add the beef, sear till brown.
Sprinkle with the flour and add
the hot water, vinegar, paprika
and salt to taste. Simmer for an
hour or more. Add the evapora
ted milk for gloss and richness.
Serve in a noodle ring.
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Baked Livtr Loaf
1 lb. beef liver
1 cup dried bread crumbs
2 tablespoons melted marga
rine
1 beaten egg ?
3-4 teaspoon salt
Pepper, paprika
2 level tablespoons minced
onion
1 1-2 cups hot water
Pour some boiling water over
the liver and let stand 5 minutes.
Drain and put through the food
chopper. Add all the other in
gredients but the hot water in
the order given. Mix thoroughly.
Shape into a loaf. Place in a bak
ing dish and add the hot water.
Bake in an oven 350 degrees for
|1 hour, basting occasionally.
AppU, Calary Bad Tuna Fish
Salad
1 cup apples pared and diced
2 tablespoons lemon juice
11-2 cups celery diced
2 cups tuna fish flaked
3-4 cup mayonnaise
Sprinkle the apples with the
lemon juice and blend with the
celery, tuna fish and mayon
naise. Serve in crisp lettuce.
Dale Carnegie
Just how much attention do
people pay to you when they
talk to you? Or, what ia more
important, just how much atten
tion do you pay to others when
you talk to them? If you let your
gaze wander while you're talk
ing, you are not getting attention
from your listener. Yet this is a
trait common to most people.
And, as a matter of fact, it isn't
very courteous not to give your
attention to that other person, is
it? '
Dr. David Powers of the de
partment of speech. Queens col
lege, Long Island, New York, re
cently told me a story illustrat
ing what giving one's attention
means to the one who is listening.
He was telling a story to his
little five-year old son. It was a
story that had been told and re
told, and perhaps his attention
to the' details, and to his son, was,
not too intense. As a matter of
fact he said thoughts of other
things crept into his mind. The
little boy sensed this, and when
he saw his father looking off in
to space he suddenly reached up,
took hold of his father's chin and
turned his face toward his own.
"Look at me< daddy," he plead
ed, "look at me. I can hear it bet
ter when you look at me."
If lack of attention disturbs a
small boy who is hearing a story
he has heard many times, cer
tainly it is going to have the same
effect on your adult listener. And
if you are not going to talk to
satisfy your audience, why both
er with talking at all?
I've had applicants come to
me for a job, and while relating
their experiences they would
stare at the top of my desk, stare
around the room, out of the win
dow, in fact, anywhere and
everywhere their gaze could
penetrate? except at me. I can
not recall that I have ever con
sidered such an applicant for a
job seriously.
If your are applying for a job,
there's just one thing that should
interest you at the moment ?
the job. So look at the man who
can give "it to you, pay him the
closest attention. The chances are
you'll learn a lot when you do.
FALL FROM TRACTOR FATAL
Frederick, Md. ? While pulling
a wagon loaded with baled hay,
Charles Leigh ton Fritz, 21, fell
from the tractor he was driving
into the path of the wagon. The
wheel* of the heavily loaded
vehicle rolled over him, fractur
ing his skull, fatally injuring
him.
IN THE CHIPS
Cleveland, O. ? When police ap
prehended four youths who had
broken into a railroad box car,
they found them deep in the
chips ? soap chips, that is. They
had already unloaded and were
about to make off with ten cases
of soap chips.
Slate Leads in
Assault Cases
Washington ? North Carolina
was the worst state in the coun
try for aggravated assaults the
first half of this year.
The Federal Bureau of In
vestigation reported Tar Heel ag
gravated assaults for the first
six months of 1948 totalled 242
per 100.000 people.
Charlotte was credited with
233 cases of agravated assault for
the period.
Aggravated assault, the FBI
explained, includes assault with
intent to kill; assault by shoot
ing, cutting, stabbing, maiming,
poisoning, scalding, or by the use
of acids.
Alabama was the state with
the second highest total in ag
gravated assaults with 125 per
100,000 people, and Virginia was
third with 114.
North Carolina had six mur
ders per 100,000 people compar
ed with thirteen for Georgia, six
for South Carolina, and seven
for Virginia.
North Carolina's rate of crime
per 100,000 population for other
offenses included nineteen for
robbery (from a person); S29 for
burglary; 447 for larceny, and 9S
for automobile theft
Charlotte, the only North Caro
lina city in the survey, was list
ed with twelve cases of murder,
thirty-one of robberies, 399 bur
glaries, 111 thefts of more than
$50, and 370 under (50; and 127
automobile thefts. ?
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State College Hints to
Farm Homemakers
Do try the many different
flavorings, herbs and seasonings,
that are available in stores to
day. Why not use caraway seeds
in the cottage cheese or a dash
of clove in the flarvard beets?
You can buy herb vinegars, too,
or make them from herbs from
your own garden or from those
you buy. They're a convenient
way to add herbs to salad dres
sings and other dishes using
vinegar.
Food experts say try new
taste adventures with flavors ?
mint in cream dressing for a
fruit salad; drops of lime over
your fruit cup or in cola bever
ages; peppermint in your choco
late sauce; strawberry in cus
tards. Put a delightful pungent
touch into cookies and cakes
with anise and almond flavor
ings, or in gingerbread with an
orange flavoring. Spice any of
your apple dishes with cinna
mon. 1"
When you use herbs, especial
ly dried herbs, use them with a
light hand. Herb flavors are lost
through long cooking. So add
them to stews, soups and pot
roasts, about a half-hour before
cooking is finished. You'll find
that you can draw out and ex
tend the flavor of the oils in
herbs better by adding the herbs
to fat. Home economists recom
mend using herbs in the follow
ing ways:
Serve cooked string beans or
peas mixed with chopped chives;
or with a dash of garlic salt or
rosemary.
Try basil or bay leaves with
tomatoes.
Dill seeds and caraway seeds
pep up cabbage dishes.
Put a few whole cloves in
creamed onions.
Try tarragon vinegar for beets.
For a change from everyday
mashed potatoes, add a little
chopped chives or parsley.
A dash of rosemary makes
that vitamin-rich spinach taste
like more.
Sprinkle a little dill into cook
ed winter squash.
"Southland," a new tomato
variety which is resistant to col
lar rot and nearly immune to
fusarium wilt, has been develop
ed by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
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