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??/??? , " - ' " ?? . 3 wmm WATAUGA DEMOCRAT simik% "?? ???* to? "??<> P?opl*. on ,. unl<?a aooner rnHWtl^St ? universally um<] htrta ol Democrat Is op?lttU Mftctly rM<*" 10 e*ch An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 00 ' CMh ta * VUL. LXI, NO. 29. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13. 1949. . FIVE CENTS A COPY KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS WATT GRAGG, secretary of the local Building and Loan, inaugurates usual January cam paign to sell more stock, and to enlighten other folks to the bene fits of the building and loan plan of home financing and savings . . . Association has finished mare than twenty-five years of service to the people of tHe area, without the loss of a cent . . . has financed the construction of x a large segment of the business district of the town, and provid ed the funds which built most of the newer homes in Boone and environs . . . From a very small beginning, the Association has grown into a strong institu tion, which been of untold ad vantage to the people . . . It's part in the development and growth of the city and county, has been an active one ... It has helped most all of us . . . and Mr. Gragg and the other members of the Board of Directors, take justifiable pride in the accom plishments of the institution. ? ? ? COUPLE or CITIZENS dis cerning on the importance of the home and regretting that the tempo of modern living takes parents away from the fireside too many evenings . . ? thus contributing to the deca dence of a fundamental Ameri can institution . . . the all-Im portant structure which has been dubbed by someone "the safeguard of American liberty" ... "organisations are all right" they agreed, but "It ooaldn't be said they will con tribute more to the well-being or society than an orderly home, where children are rear ed and largely trained to take over the weary old world a few years hence." . . . One, a lawyer, reerle a final observation as to fte well-known divorce mill, which he cited as one of the menaces to an orderly society. ? ? ? OLD MAN, who happened to have received university educa tion, pans the youth of the pre sent day for having to have as sistance in weathering a college course . . . "worked my way through" quoth he, "and have arhassed considerable funda un der my own steam" . . . What the venerable gentleman forgets, perhaps is that in those days "going to college" hadn't be come a day-and-night round of tail, ... or that's what present day collegiuns think . . . and th<>t higher education was gained by a small minority . . . thus when they began to "hit the ball" in everyday life . . . there was a whole lot less competition than nowadays, when one can talk to a college-trained person in most every group ... In the old days' they were rare, and badly need ed .. . Aged man walks forth on "sharp" morning, with fascina tor tied securely about his hat less head . . . Bill Rush talks up calf he had bought several months ago and had never seen . . . Couple of "likker" crates lying along the street . . . plumb empty . . . being of a curious dis position examined the 24 empty slorts in each box. which had held pints . . . dead pup lying up the street a ways . . . some kid still looking for the canine to show up, no doubt . . . Manager Rhodes of Bare's Store, loses tip end of finger in bank door . . . couple of kiddies sitting flat down on dirty pavement eating stick candy and marshmallows . . . and farmers attending tobac co sales, as end of a successful season draws near. ? ? ? BEEN TRYING to establish Dee proper name of the street down by the present Riven residence . . . Old timers had eaDed it Burnsville Road . . . land deeds refer to it as Rail road Avenue, while a sign of several year* standing calls the short thoroughfare South Street, which la the original mm of the street connecting M with King and which Is now h mown as South Water Street . . . According to the telephone baetcwe live on Howard Street, which is definitely on block Math ... so there are four ??Mas extant ... when an avast address is required we fef to settle for a poet office box Number of local folks go down to aee Governor Scott take over the top position inrthe State gov ernment, and seem pleased with the massage he delivered to thf assembly, which is perhaps the most progressive document, since Cameron Morrison laid down his ? (Continued on page 4) SENATOR SENATOR H. B. PERRY Perry Given Committee Posts Senator H. B. Perry, who re^ presents Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany counties in the cur rent session of the General As sembly, was given the chairman ship of one Senate committee and made a member of fourteen others, when the assignments were given out by Lieut. -Gover nor Taylor Monday evening. Senator Perry's assignments follow: agriculture committee, counties cities and towns, educa tion, election laws, engrossed and enrolled bills, institutions for the blind, institutions for the deaf, mental institutions, printing, pub lic health, public roads, salaries and fees. senatorial districts (chairman), trutees greater Uni versity, wildlife resources. New Group To Take Road Tests All persons whose surnames begin with the letters H, I. J. or K. may take their examinations 'or new automobile operators license at the courthouse in Boone on Thursday and Friday from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. This group of motorists has from January 1 to June 30 in which to take the examination, but are urged to come as quick! as possible. No driving tests can be given, however, during rain, snow or sleet. If any driver in the alphabeti cal category mentioned is found driving after the prescribed date without the new license, he will be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be fined not less than $25 r>r imprisoned for 30 days or both, in the discretion of the court. Mrs. Hodges Succumbs At 91 Mrs. Ermine C. Hodges, 91 years old, a sister of former] Sheriff John W. Hodges of Boone, died last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roby Vandyke in the Bamboo section. Mrs. Hodges had been in declining health for several months. I Funeral services were conduc ted at the Vandyke home Friday, by Rev. R. C. Eggers of the Baptist Church, and burial was in the Cook cemetery. Mrs. Hodges was born in Wa tauga county, a daughter of Dil lard Burton Hodges and Mrs. Eliza Northern Hodges. She was the widow of James Hodges, who died in 1923. She was well known1 in Boone, where she had fre quently visited with relatives. In the immediate family, the only survivor is the one brother,! John W. Hodges, of Boone. Mrs. R. L. West Dies In Miami Mrs. R. L. West, mother of Mrs. Ruth Isaacs of Boone, died on De cember 28. following a long ill ness. She was 87 years old. Funeral services were conduc ted on the 29th from a Miami Baptist church, and the body was interred in the family cemetery at Greenville, S. C. Surviving are three sons and one daughter: A. B. West, W. O. West, Miami, Fla. D. P. West, Spartanburg, S. C.; Mrs. Ruth Isaacs, Boone. KIN GIVE BLESSING Los Angeles ? Present at the recent wedding of Charles P. Taylor, 88, and Mary Alice Ste vens, -89, were the three daught ers of the bride and the seven children, 28 grandchildren and 14 great-gnrndcWldren at tha groom. CHURCH GROUP NAPS PLANS TO MAKE WAR ON WINE AND BEER Rev. Eggers and W. W. Mast Chairmen of Organization To Fight Legal Sales of Beverages; Executive Com mittee Is Named To Aid in Campaign. The Watauga County unit of the Allied Church League met in the courthouse Monday to map plans for the campaign which will culminate in an election on March 1, to decide upon whether the legal sale of wine and beer will be continued in Watauga county. Rev Roby Eggers of Zionville, and W. W. Mast of Valle Crucis, were named co-chairmen of the organization, and an executive committee composed of a member from each township was set up, as follows: Bald Mountain township: Les lie Norris. Beaver Dam: Dallas Wilson. Blue Ridge: Rev. W. D. Ashley. Blowing Rock: Rev. W. C. Payne. Boone* Rev. Ben Wood. Brushy Fork: C. A. Clay. Cove Creek: John Hagaman. Elk: V. C. Cox. Laurel Creek: Rev. Lawrence Hagaman. Meat Camp: Grady Wilson, Rev. Ernest Moretz. Meat Camp 2: H. C. Beach. New River: Rev. N. M. Greene. North Fork: W. C South. Shawneehaw: W. C. Smith. Stony Fork: Joe J. Wellborn. Watauga: Rev. E. A. Dillard. Mr. R. M. Hauss of Shelby, ex ecutive director of the Allied Church League in the State, was present, and assisted in the or ganization of the prohibition cam paign in the county. Education Film Now Available A digest of the North Carolina Education Commission report is now available. This digest is in the form of a filmstrip accom panied by a lecture which lasts about 30 minutes. The film strip and lecture have been put out by the North Carolina Education Association Headquarters in Raleigh in an ef fort to explain the findings of the! Education Commission report. The utmost problem in North Carolina today is education and the Education Commission re port gives the overall picture of the condition of education in our, state and makes recommenda tions for the improvement of j these conditions. Every lay citi zen will be interested in seeing the film strip and hearing the ac companying lecture. The film strip and lecture is now available to PTA groups, civic organiza-j tions, other interested groups. Anyone interested in using this material may contact Herbert Wey, President of the Watauga County Teachers Association, Boone. Local Leaders At Inaugural A number of Watauga county people were in Raleigh last week for the opening of the Legisla ture ana the inauguration of iGovemor Scott. Among those at tending, were: ' , ? _ I Mrs. H. B. Perry, Mrs. C D. Taylor, Misses Nancy and Sue Taylor, Jim Councill, Edgar Hardin, D. M. Edmisten, Wade E. Brown, Grady Farthing, W. R W inkier, Frank Baird, H. M. Hamilton, R. T. Greer, Mrs. R. T. Greer. Auburn Matmen To Meet Apps The wrestlers from the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute, Au burn, Ala., \rill meet the Moun taineer grapplers in college gym nasium here Saturday night at 7 o'clock, and the match is looked forward to as an exciting en counter between two rather -even ly matched teams. At 8 o'clock the Appalachian basketeers will meet E. T. T. C. in the second feature of the dou ble sports card. The locals will seek to avenge their former de feat at the hands of the Tennes see Teachers. LIONS CLUB LEADERS TO BE FETED Eugene S. Briggs. Enid. Okla., Preiident of Lion* International; Edward H. McMahan. of Brtratd, N. C.. Director of Lions International, and Dr. D. J. Whilener of Boon*. District Lions Governor of District 31- A. who will be in Boon*. January 16 and 17. The Boone Lions club will be boat to the club officials at a tea Sunday the 16th. while on Monday morning at 9 o'clock. President Biggs will speak to the public and college students in the chapel of Appalachian State Teachers College. River Road Survey Starts March Dimes Campaign Will Start Next Friday AGLE REPORTS ADVANCED CONTRIBUTION IS $700.00. The 1949 March of Dimes cam paign opens Friday, and county chairman Bob Agle states that through advance efforts, more than seven hundred dollars have been subscribed prior to the op ening of the campaign. Mr. Agle points out that due to the recurring and increasingly serious epidemics of polio the ef fort this year is the most cru cial in the history of the foun dation, and that funds are to be provided to fight possible local epidemics of the disease in Wa tauga next summer, while at the same time, allowing local people to assist the National Founda tion for infantile paralysis. Mr. Agle has formed a county wide organization for the cam paign which continues through January, and asks that solicitors and workers cooperate to the end that the local goal may be reached as quickly as possible. Following are the names of the contributors who have responded in advance of the official opening of the campaign: $50.00? Mrs. Joseph F Cannon. C. H Weedon $25 00? Mrs. J W. Cone. Herman Cone. Frank M Payne. G. K Moose. Dr. H. B. Perry, Jr. $1S.00 ? Alfred Adams. Appalachian Theatre. Mary Huff. L. S. Rankin. $1000? Mr and Mrs. E. N. Hahn, James Marsh. James Farthing. James B. Mait. Dr R. H. Harmon. J E. Hol shouser. Mrs R. E. Agle. Pet Dairy. L. E. Tuckwiller. $7.50 Rex G. Hagaman $5.00? Gill Pmilips, Dr. and Mrs G P Eggers. Tom Lawrence. Mrs Nell?e C. Linnev. Herbert Wey. Dr. E T. Glenn. Mr. and Mrs Erne*t Lewis. Mrs D. J Cottrell, Mrs Tracy Coun cil. S G Tugman. C C. Wilcox. Ho bert Gross, w A. Smith. Lena C. Reeves. Mr and Mrs. C L. Dula. Dave P Mast. F. L. Wilcox. Rev. J N. At kins. Dick Towniend, Jj?mes B Wink ler. Watauga Fire Ins. Co.. Eunice Query. $3.00? Green Smith. E. T. Wagoner. i Roy Hagaman. Betty Matheson. J aik; Hodges. Hoy Green. W. E. Rush. $2.00 ? Tom Beach. Lee Reynolds. T.| G Roberts. Mrs. W. G Hodges. Falter1 Edmisten. Grady Bradley. Tommy Os borne. Mrs. Melba Tugman. C. R. Lawrence. Hunter Horton. Arlle Walsh. Mrs. Bina Graham. Raymond Carroll. Mr and Mrs B H. Moody. Mr. and Mrs James Greer. James L. Sherwood. R A Farthing Ralph Baird. Mrs. J. A. Warren. V. B Mast. Loyd Miller, Otis Wilson. Jack Mock. Dr and Mrs. Paul Graff. Mr. and Mrs D R Hodgin. $1 00 Mrs. D. E. Benfield. Lucy Brock. Mrs Hill Hagaman. Albert Watson. Dr. H. B. Perry. Sr.,, Vardell Lyons. J. L. Reese. Ted Clawson,! Frank Hodges. Ralph G Greer, D W. Cook. Ralph W. Jones, Dr J. D Ran-I kin. Mrs. R H. Vannoy. Grady G Brown, Mrs. Justin Ragan. W H. Smith. B H. Horton. Turner Story. O. K Richardson. Mrs J. D. Council. Mrs T Len Cook. Mrs. C. G. Hodges. Mrs. Margaret Hughes. Miller G. Wat son. A friend, Paul Fletcher. Wade E Brown. Howard Cullers. L. L. Norris. Florance Gragg. Don Hatten. E G. Pitts. Dewey Mitchell. W. B. Castle. Mrs. John Green. R L. Green. Harlen J. Greene. Mrs. W. L. Holshouser. Mrs G H Hayes. L. C. Rogers. Randall Foster. Mrs. 8. B. Hayes. Woodrow Wilson. Orville Hagaman. W J Wil liams. Mr and Mrs. Joseph Vannoy. Clyde W. Henson. Mrs. D F Horton. John Dugger. Albert Combs, Salhe Warren, R F Warren, H W. Mast. Jr.. Frank Taylor. Mrs W H. Wagon er. Mrs R G Moretz. Charlie Sim mons. Mrs. Inez Davis. Mr. and Mm J M. Wilson, Hettie Greer. Annie Isaacs. Norman Gre#r. W. R. Vines. Ralph N Sherwood. Mrs. L. M. Trl vett A C. Mast. Mrs. A. M. Banner. W. M Thomas, Max Hajpman. Dough ton L. Green, R. E. Cok#r. QlOffi Gragg. Don C. Perry. Roy Williams, Mrs. Delia Austin, Mrs. H. L. McCall. Mrs. J. E. Combs. Glenn W Brown Mrs. R 3. Swift. Robert L. Hayes. Maude Carroll. Happy Sam To Be in Cove Creek Show The Cove Creek Community Club will sponsor Happy Sam Fowler in a program at the Cove Creek Hich School auditorium Thursday evening, January 11. The proceeds will go to the Wa tauga Hotpttal fund. IN HOUSE REP. S. C. EGGERS Eggers Named Leader Minority * Representative S. C. Eggers, of Boone, who is serving his third term as member of the House of Representatives from Watauga, has been elected leader of the Republican minority in the lower House of the Legisla ture. Representative Eggers was named on the following commit tees, when the assignments were given out Monday evening by Speaker Ramsay: Agriculture, appropriations, conservation and development, education, elections and election laws, employment security, health, higher education and public welfare. Cage Tourney By Avery Lions The Avery county Lions club1 has sent out invitations to school and independent clubs to enter their annual Lions Club Invita tional Basketball Tournament, starting at Newland High school gymnasium Monday night, Jan. 24. This is an annual affair and fthe entire membership of the Lions Club devoted much of its time to making this tournament a success and one of the best in Western North Carolina. The funds raised by this project are used by the club in its many civic improvements. The Lions wish to invite any Men's team r Jar enough to par ticipate. If they fail to receive an invitation and desire to enter, in formation may be had from Lion Cam Wyatt, Newland or Lion Dave Hughes, Linville. The duration of the tourna ment will depend on the number of teams entered as all games will be played at night. Many awards and trophies will be awarded. An SIX SICK Mason City, Iowa ? All six of the children in the Ted Thorn blade household were sick at the same time. They were quarantin ed with whooping cough, measles and chickenpox. The children ranee in age from Suzanne, 8, to SaHey Jean, 1. Present Available Funds Said To Permit Early Construc tion Two and One-Half to Three Miles of Highway. An engineering party started to work Tuesday on the location of the first section of the Laurel Creek Highway, otherwise known as the Watauga River Road, the Democrat learned in a telephone conversation with Engineer Z. V. Stewart of Lenoir. Weather conditions, coupled with shortages of men in the engineering department, delaytd the start of the work, which Mr. Stewart had formerly announced would be undertaken the latter part of 1948. In making the announcement, Mr. Stewart states that he be lieves enough money is available at the time for the construction of about 2Vfe to 3 miles of the important thoroughfare. When location is complete, and engine ering specifications drafted, bids will be received on the first link of the interstate highway. Mr. Steward states that the road will be of standard con struction, and will fit in with any program which may later be worked out between North Caro lina and Tennessee. In making the survey, he states, every effort will be made to locate the road with the interest of the land owners in mind, and that dama ges to the farmers will be as lit tle as possible. March Dimes Is Aided By Schools Last year the Watauga county schools raised approximately $600 during the March of Dimes campaign. The overall goal of Watauga county has been doub led for this year and therefore the schools must double their goal. This means that the 29 schools of Watauga county will have raised a total of $1,200. In order to do this each school child in Watauga county schools will have to contribute 30 cents on the average. The materials to carry on this campaign will be delivered some jtime within the next two weeks. jThe drive in the schools will be jheld during the week of January 17 through 21. The children of school age are the ones who benefit most from the money raised to fight the jdreaded disease of Infantile 'Paralysis and therefore, the Iprincipals, teachers, and students should put forth every effort to jsee that the $1200 goal for Wa itauga county school is raised. Riles Are Held For Mrs. Church Funeral services were conduct ed January 4 at the Gap Creek Baptist church for Mrs.- Ellen Moore Church, age #4. The services were conducted by the pastors Rev. Raymond Hend rix, Rev. Bud Estep, A. W. Eller and W. H. Caldwell. Mrs. Church was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Moore, and in 1902 was married to Mr L. H Church, who survives with the following children: Mrs. Carl Cawthome, Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. Thomas Fairchild, Earl Church, Mrs. Russell Phillips, Roe Church, Ocel Church, Mrs. Randall Phil lips, all of tha home neighbor hood. ELK IS FIRST rOWNSHIPTO RAISE QUOTA FOR HOSPITAL Stewart Simmons and V. C. Cox, Co-Chairmen of Unit First Reporting Fall Fay* ment; Total of $9,451 Sub scribed To Equip Local Hospital. Elk Township has the distinc tion of being the first one in Wa tauga county, to subscribe it* Full quota to the expansion pro gram fund of Watauga Hospital, having sent in $204 as against the assigned quota for $200. Messes. Stewart Simmons and V. C. Cox were co-chairmen of the success ful campaign. Total receipts to date indicate that $9,451 of the required $20, 000 has been subscribed, and Clyde R. Greene, chairman of the effort, is anxious that township chairmen make reports by Satur day the 15th. Some of the need ed equipment is expected to ar rive the end of the current week, and prompt response is asked so that orders may be taken for the remainder of the necessary ma terials. Following are the receipts by townships to date: Blue Ridge $ 263.00 Boone 7,656.00 Brushy Fork 166.00 Cove Creek 552.00 Laurel Creek 100.00 Meat Samp No. 1 .... 75.00 Stony Fork 10.00 Watauga 425.00 Total $9,451.00 Burley Sales Reopen Monday The Mountain Burley Ware house Corporation held a full sale at the opening of the post holiday market Monday 209,624 pounds of burley being auctioned for the sum of $96,699.69, or an average of $46.13 per hundred. The quality of the . weed was described as good, very little wet tobacco being in evidence. Farmers are invited by Mana ger Roscoe Coleman to bring in the remainder of their crops, and are assured that they will get a sale the sa:;.t. day the leaf is placed on the baskets. The clos ing date for the market hasn t been set, but it is stated that sales will be conducted as long as any tobacco remains to be sold. Monday's sale brings the sea son total up to 4,336,478 pounds, tis revealed. achel Used For Highway Mail A special cachet for the open ing of highway mail service from Greensboro to Boone, has been authorized by the Post Of fice Department which will be inaugrated on Friday, Feb. 4, 1949. The department said collec tors desiring first-trip cancella tions should send self-addressed prepaid envelopes under cover to the postmaster at Boone or Greensboro. A request authorizing the holding of the covers for the first trip and requesting applica tion of the cachet should accom pany the envelopes. A space not less than 2 1-2 by 2 1-2 inches must be provided on the left of the address side for application of the cachet. No provision will be made for point to point covers. At the request of collectors, how lever, covers receiving cachets will be sent to the outer terminus of the trip for backstampinf. Let ters must be in the hands of the postmasters by Jan. 25.