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THE DEMOCRAT If your best and most econo mical medium or advertising With more than 2.400 paid-up. cash subscriptions, jour mes sage goes to 1.1.000 people, on the universally used basis of five readers to each subscriber VOL. LXI, NO. 27. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888. v BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1848. FIVE CENTS A COPY IMPORTANT! The data on your the date your will expire, and will be at 3 crating strictly vance basis. KINGJTREET BY ROB RIVERS paBses on> leav toe etched looking Christmas trees, with bits ?f tln??1 and stuff still hanging ^rotn the branches which grew barer each day from the warmth of the Yule log . . about as sad poking as the bird's nest from which a trio of red-breasts peek-! ed last spring. In most homes the' ???leS .ua.VC stored enough . ?? th?t one may walk about in comparative safety, without the danger of taking a joy ride on a roller skate a scooter, or the running gears o;' 1 Caterpil-I lar truck . . . The Cnristmas day fowl has gone through the sand wich stage, and is about ready for that culinary dish of mystery? h?sh; the gay wrappings have been burned, and aside from the indigestion which many suffer at this gay season, and an occasion al hangover, everybody is all settled down to try to catch up afew days work, and to start a brand. New Year, which most, everybody hopes will be better than the last, . . . and a brand new set of resolutions designed wumaite Christmas spirit abide throughout the next twelve months. | ? ? ? ! "WHITE CHRISTMAS" was a bit mora than a tuneful dream to the residents -?WNris area. " far Kna WIniar plunked down a full-fledged mow on Friday to fix the terrain for Santa's immortal rriwihir team . . . KWdias hail the fall of tha beautiful as an answer to a ?**Miih prayer, while the old **?*? ahiva* against the blast wish that Christmas might have been warm and sunny . . ? P* ciimds of shoppers which thronged the town Friday . , . ilosh of the tirei in the ?lush, slinging the muddy snow an the costumes of pedestrians who wandered too doe* to tha Una of traffic . . . the cruity ?now of Saturday afternoon. al most bearing a man's weight and cracking like pistol shots when a foot want through ... 1 *? ?ound of tortured steel as Jfca chains bite at the concrete ... the cheery "Merry Christ mas" heard again and again as ?hoppers rubbed elbowi in the crowded stores ... the silence of the city on a closed Saturday . . . the tang in the air on a cloudless morning when the aarcury has stooped near the **o mark, and the fragrance of the smoke drifting from a rtiimney where tha flames are devouring the bits of pine kindling. ? ? . MONT GLOVIER, Valle Crucis ?orchardist, drops by to wish us a happy holiday season, and leave us a basket of his finest apples to add a rosy touch to the fruit basket . . . His thoughtfulness one of the things which made Christ mas merry . . . The fellow who goes far out of his way on his busy trip to town to hope the holidays bring cheer to our door . . . The old friends who call us on the phone every Christmas morning to find out how every thing's going . . . and the many folks who send us a card . . . all theae things add up to happiness and contentment . . . and we wish the log on the hearth had the staying qualities of a Johns-] Manville product . . . and be im4 mune to the lazy lapping of the insistent flame. ? ? ? HELPING THE MISSUS do a job of "grade -mothering" down at the High School as the kiddies stacked the books and *a* ready far a date with Santa . . . Principal Way going from foam to room, looking in oa all mm "partiee" and having a Thoroughly enjoyed the law with the thirty . at lbe quality of the ln rtttnUon of ktnriag . . . tha un derstanding of tha faculty, and jfea near peg fed demeanor of - T (Continued on page 4) RED CHRISTMAS FAIR v,-.. -#? ?.v Disregarding the dispute between East and West sector govern ments. Berlin had Us traditional Christmas fairs with ferris wheels, carousels and colored flags. The most famous of these fairs is that at the Lustgarten. shown hare, now in the Soviet sector. The bombed out Berlin dome furnishes a background for the gala event with which Berlin is chasing grim winter reality. Babson Sees Slight Trade Dip In 1949 HONORED CLYDE R. GREENE GREENE GIVEN SCOUT AWARD Mr. Clyde R. Greene, local civic and business leader, was awarded the Silver Beaver medal for distinguished service to the) young boys of this community and district by Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America, at a meeting held recently in Win ston-Salem. , There were only three awards given this year, and Mr. Greene is the second Watauga man ever to receive such an honor from the Scout organization. Gridders Guests Commerce Group At their meeting last week, the Chamber of Commerce had as special guests the Coaches and stellar players on the champion ship Appalachian football team, land special recognition was given Coach Duggins, who was ad judged the "Coach of the year" by the Southern sports writers association. Coach Malcom, Coach Hoover and Coach Broome were recognized as were John Caskey, J. C. Honeycutt and Herman Bryson, star grid per formers. ? Perry Greene, and R. D. Hodges, Jr., of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce spoke of fee in terest of their organization in 4 cenntenial celebration next year, and Watt H. Gregg and S. C. Eg gers were appointed to work with other organization^ in an effort to formulate specific re commendations 4n this regard. R. D. Hodges, Jr. recommended (Continued on page S) Soft Spots Seen in Economy Of Nation in New Year by Noted Economist; Individ uals Urged To Get Out of Debt; No Immediate War Seen. By Roger W. Babion I 1. Total volume of business for| 1949 will be less than that of 1948. There surely will be many; soft spots. General Business 2. Most industries will show^ smaller net profits. This means| that, in many cases dividends willi be less in 1949. 3. Military preparedness will be a new and powerful industry which this country never here tofore experienced in peace times. It is destined to bolster employment for some years ahead, but not the standard-of living. 4. Inventories quoted both at their dollar values and in volumej will increase during 1949. Most raw material piles and manu factured goods will be in greater supply during 1949. Commodity Prices 5. Some rationing or priorities may be attempted in 1949. The public will make demands for price controls in the case of cer tain products. Beware of install ment purchases in 1949. 6. We expect the peak in whole sale commodity prices has been reached for this cycle. We, there fore, advise going easy on in ventories. 1949 is a time to get out of debt and stay out of debt. 7. The retail price of some goods, other than food products, may be higher during 1949, but we believe that the Cost-of-Liv ing Index has turned downward. 8. Retail price changes lag af ter wholesale price changes This explains why we expect many retail prices on good qusdity merchandise to hold up for awhile after wholesale prices decline. Farm Outlook 9. The total farm income for 1949 should be less than that of 1948, due to lower prices for wheat, com, pork, poultry, eggs and certain dairy products. Farm ers should diversify more in 1949, get out of debt, putting sur plus money into savings and prepare for real trouble some day. 10. The supply of certain veg etables and fruits should in crease during 1949. The price of these should fall off, barring some weather, Insect or blight catastrophe, 11. Poultry and dairy products will also increase in volume dur ing 1949, prices averaging lew than 1948 prices. 12. Farmers will continue to work for extensions of subsidies. (Continued on page 4) X WATAUGANSTQ erwmfi ON QUESTION OF WINE, BEER . | Election Board Calls Vote for March 1 To Determine Legal Fate of Malt and Fermented Beverages; Reg istration Period Designated Acting on the petitition of the required number of qualified voters, the Watauga County Section Board, in special session Tuesday morning, set aside the first day of March, 1949, as a special election day, for the pur pose of approving or disapprov ing the continued legal sale of beer and wine in Watauga county. Petitions have been circulated for some time requesting the first prohibition election held here since 1933, and as soon as the names could be checked to be sure of their being registered voters, election officials set the election date, it is understood. The official election call states that the election shall be held at the various polling places in tne county,, and that as in the case of general elections, none but legally qualified voters may par ticipate. Registration books will be open for three weeks, it is pointed out, beginning Monday, February 9, and will be at the various polling on each Saturday during the period. Yuleiide Quiei Prevails in City Christmas was observed in a safe and sane manner by the folks of Boone, there being little to distinguish the day from the usual Sabbath. All the business places of the town closed Saturday, after en joying heavy trade by last minute shoppers on Friday and it is believed that in most in stances business finally reached about the proportions of last year, at least that seems to be the opin ion among the retailers. Merchants also kept their establishments closed on Mon day, though some caught up some loose ends of business behind locked doors, as they made ready for the big task of inventorying their stocks. Frigid temperatures kept most of the folks indoors Saturday and Sunday, and despite icy roads, which prevailed a portion of the time, the local ambulance service reports no calls from automobile accidents. No disorders of con sequence were reported by law enforcement officers. Bids Received on * ? Laundry Plant Northrup and O'Brien, Win ston-Salem architects, have ad vertised for bids for the con struction of a one hundred thou sand dollar laundry and general service building at Appalachian State Teachers College, it has been learned^. The builc^g, which will be two stories tall, will be made of reinforced concrete, steel, and a brick and glass exterior.. It will measure 140 feet long by 80 feet wide, and will be built in con temporary style. On the ground floor will be a garage (or servicing college ve hicles and a machine shop. On the second floor will be a laundry repair shop and general storage area. $56,000 Appropriated The 1047 State Legislature ap propriated $50,000 for the project, but it will Coat about twice that much, odd Leet A. O'Brien, sen ior partner in the architecture firm. Bids must be received in the president's office at the col lege by Jan, 26, he said. . To Greensboro Assured DELEGATION FROM TRUMAN Improved Postal Service To Go Into Effect in February; Marks Culmination of Lm| Efforts on Part Local Peat masters; Doughton Goes To Bat. A delegation of citizens from Truman. Minn., population 1300. called at the White House recently to invite the President to attend the town's golden jubilee celebration June 17- II. Dale Bigle, wearing glasses, who is mayor of Truman, is shown preeeevtiag a humidor of "non-campaign" cigars to Matthew Connelly, secretary to President Truman. Organization Slated For Hospital Drive HEADS UP, JIMMY Chairmen Are Named in Dif ferent Townships To Solicit Contributions for Health Center; Meeting Is Held To Pass on Equipment Bids. Two-year-old Jimmy of Brooklyn. If. Y.. U Utrning to walk for the first lima alter being (trick an with polio. Tha football halmat is lor protection against falls. Jimmy's treatment is made poasible by tha March of Dimes. Postal Receipts Hit New Record Postal receipts at the Boone pontoffice have hit a new high during the year IMS. Postmaster John E. Brown, Jr., states, add ing that the income during the year just closing will be perhaps better than $30,000, running well ahead of the former banner year of IMS, when the postal "take" locally was $3?L0OO. Christmas vOTume this year waa greater than ever before both in the matter of greeting cards, and parcel post, Monday, December 20, being the busiest day in the history of the Boone office. One hundred thousand Christmas cards were dispatched, as against about 75,000 a year afo. The campaign to raise the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the equipment of the Watauga Hospital, will officially start on January 1, it is learned from Clyde R. Greene, chairman of the campaign, who states that it is the purpose of the committee to successfully conclude the cam paign by January 15. Neighborhood co-chairmen have been named in each township of the county and will meet at the Skyland Cafe Thursday evening of this week at 6:30 to complete details for the fund-raising cam paign. The names of the co-chairmen follow : Bald Mountain township: Wade Norris, Glenn Howell. Beaver Dam: Clyde Perry, Spencer Warren. Blowing Rock: J. H. Winkler, Miss Ellen Coffey. Blue Ridge: S. C. Ford, M. O. Coffey. Boone; G. K. Moose, Howard Cottrell. Brushy Fork: C. A. Clay, Mrs. L. M. Hodges. Cove Creek: Mrs. Mary Har ris. Marion Thomas. Elk: V. C. Cox, Stewart Sim mons. Laurel Creek: A. C. Mast, Ned Glenn. Meat Cump 1: C. G. Hodges, Howard Gragg. Meat Camp 2: Will Barnes, James McNeil. New River: Fred Critcher, Grady Farthing. North Fork: John Potter, S. S. South. Shawneehaw: W. C. Smith. Russell Farthing. Stony Fork. A. G. Miller, W S. Moretz. Watauga: Howard Mast, C. P Moore. To Order Equlpm*nl The special committee namet to secure bids on the needet equipment for the hospital, me Tuesday evening with Dr. J. B Whittington of Winston-Salem noted hospital consultant, for thi purpose of checking over thi equipment lists, bids received etc .ooking to the actual placing of orders for the needed supplies Portoffice service be Greensboro and which has been sought by the community for a number - to become a lLu$ February 4, Postmaster John E. Brown, Jr., was advised Tueaday. The new postal service, which operates exactly on the plan used by railway postoffices, and which will greatly improve the mmtt service into Boone, was Hm promoted by Wiley G. Hartsoc. during his term as postmaster His successor, Mr. Brown, shamd JMs interest in this project, and has devoted much time and ef fort to its promotion, which had the complete support of Congress man Doughton. The highway postoMice will leave Greensboro, daily except Sunday at 2 a. m? and will be routed by Elkin, North Wilkes boro, Laurel Springs, West Jeffer son, arriving in Boone at 8 a. m. The eastbound schedule win leave Boone at 1 :45 and arrive at Greensboro at 7:45 p. m. The pre sent mail to Winston-Saifcm, Salem, which has been leaving Boone at 1 o'clock will leave at 3 p. m. when the new service is inaugurated. Postmaster Brown states that the department now has the highway mail coaches available, and that they will be operated by the regular railway mail ser vice workers. Two postal workers are assigned to each car, the mail is "worked" en route, as on the rails, and no stops are made, ex cept for the purpose of deposit ing or receiving additional mail. The highway postoffices have been received with favor in other sections of the country, and have been designed particularly to af ford adequate postal facilities to regions which have no rail lines. March of Dimes Termed Urgent Next month's campaign for funds for the infantile paralysis foundation, comes in the nature of an emergency effort, according to a telegram received by Bob Agle, local chairman of the March of Dimes, from Basil O' Connor, head of the national or ganization. With a prediction of other epi demics of polio next year, Mr. O'Connor says the January March of Dimes must be the greatest ever and net at least thirty mil lion dollars if the obligations of the foundation are to be met The text of the message is as follows: "I am sending this wire to all fund-raising chairmen because of my duty to advise you of the im portance of the March of Dimes drive. In 1948 alone it has cost seventeen million dollars to care for infantile paralysis patients. Of this amount national head quarters sent to chapters six mil lion, five hundred thousand dol ?ur epidemic emergency aid fund at national headq darters w now completely exhausted. Many chapter treasuries have been totally depleted. Make no ' mistake about it ? this is an emer gency situation. If we are to ' continue to help polio victims and be prepared for epidemics ? next year and continue our re search and educational programs' the March of Qima* next January | must be ths greatest ever and J net at lean thirty million. With out this sum we cannot fulfill our '-pledges to patients and the pub ^ lie. Please do everything to hate." Mr. Agle and his co-workers " will institute an aggressive cam ? paign to raise Watauga's share of ( the infantile paralysis food at -the earliest pnsalfch data.
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