Saturday
Poppy Day
"In F'ar.dri s Fi<*id tht poppies
blew,
"Betwen the crosses, row on
row." *
This poem written shortly eft
Worid Wi-r 1 In meirvry o' the
deort In Belr'um ?fiH
a* ratj*"d the poppy to become
national svmbo' at horor ana j
tn mortnl for those who died in j
de'cnte of America.
Paper poppies ai e made 1
thwjfhout the year by veterans '
in hospi a'o whose id'" haf1* a-e |
53 made busy and whose lonely
hours are gainfully employed by j
their construction. For some
vaterana in hospitals th's is the
only way they have of earning a
little extra money for themselves.
Ff. The American Lepion Auxili
t ary disposes of these poppies for
? * he disabled veterans an-i all the j
' money rec.-iv d from thoir sale
y is used for the brnef.t of vet- J
erans and their dependents.
The local Legion Auxiliary i
asks you to w.:ar a poppy next |
'Saturday and Funday in memory
^ of our war dead and to give as
?liberally as you can to help those
who helped to keep America
free.
Flowers Bloom
On Park Route
The spring (lowers are now in
bloom along many sections of tbe
Blue Ridge Parkway, officials of
the drive announced this week
The many and varied ground
flowers are showing their blos
soms above the green grass of the
fields and woods. The various
shades of the Az;ilea are becom
f ing drminate in the color scheme
of nature, particularly along that
section of the Parkway from
Cumberland Knob south to
Do ugh ton Park.
The Pink Azalea although now
past its peak is still very beau
tiful. According to District Ran
ger Anthony Stark of the Na
| > tional Park Service the Flanv
Azalea in alf its shades from pale j
yellow through orange and red
should be at its height on the
week end of May 26 and will con
tinue to provide a beautiful sight
throughout the month of May
Some of the Puiple Rhododen
dron blossoms are already open
ing and should be very attrac
tive by this week end. although
this bloom is not expected to be
at its peak until lator.
The National Park rangers wish
to remind the public that the
Blue Ridge Parkway is for tho
use and enjoyment of the people.
Please cooperate by helping to
keep the area clcten and attrac
| tive. Use the trash cans* at the
overlooks and please leave the
Dowers for others to enjoy.
Donald Warman Aids
In Honoring Caretaker
Pjrkville, Missouri, May 2! ?
Donald WarmP.n, 420 Greene
Street, Bonne, was among the
330 Park College students who
volunteered this week to devote
a day to physical labor on the 80
acre campus. The occasion hon
ored Spencer Cave, Negro care
taker who, born a slave, made
the care of the campus his life
work during the 72 years he
spent at the college before his
I death.
Students cleaned brush under
power lines, uprooted dandelions
by the thousand, planted peron
nials, cut dead trees into logs,
dammed a spring to make a
| woodland pool, clipped jrrnss j
along the eampus sidewalks and |
carried away debris by the
truckload.
40 per cent increase in air j
freight reported for year.
Keyserling links output . and j
taxes as curbs on inflation.
Newspapers ?urged to reduce
wastb to assure |>ap<.T supply.
COUGH
Your Head Off.'
Ask for
Mentho-Mulsion
?
to stop your cough
to colds, ask for your
money back.
DRUG CO.
Store.
BRYN MAWR. PA. ? A victim. >on? of ton d?ad and sixty injured,
it ihown b*ing takan from the wreckage of ? Pwinijlrinli R. R.
?xprrn. iptiding from D? troll to Now York, which plowod into tho
roar of tha Philadelphia night axpraaa (May IB).
RESPONSIBILITIES OF FARMING1;
FALL ON WOMEN, SAYS P. M. A.
"The hand that rocks the
cradle rule* the world."
The' same hand mentioned in
the old adage blxo plays an im
portant part in operating a suc
cessful farm business, according
to Jennings B. Robiiuon, County
Supervisor of the Farmers Home '
Administration for Watauga
county.
"Some of the heaviest respon
sibilities of farm life fall upon
.he homemaker, involving home
food production and conserva
tion, health of the family, wise
expenditure of income, and im
proving the attractiveness and
comfort of the home."
The Farmers Home Admini
stration has pioneered in the
supervised credit field by giving
on-the-farm guidance in carry
ing out recommended farm and
home practices Robinson pointed
out.' This means practical train
ing on the farm and in the home
A limited number of h&me
management specialists assist
county supervisors in handling
Health Group In
Monthly Confab
The staff of the District
Health Department met for it*
monthly confc renee at Little
Phoenix Lodge in Jefferson, N.
C. on Thursday, May 17. Mjss
France? Thomas, Junior Audio
meter Technician with the de
partment snd owner of the
Lodge, was hostess.
The business meeting began at
2:00 p. m. with further plans for
the mass x-ray survey and talk
of coming conferences. Dr. Bert
lyn Bosley, director of the nutrir
tion division of the State Board
of Health. Jed a timely discussion
on local problems of nutrition.
At 5:00 p. m. the sanitarian*
and families of the staff joined
the members of the department
for a delicious picnic supper on
the lawn ? of Little Phoenix
Lodge. Afterwards there was
group singing.
Those attending were Dr.
Maiy R. II. Michnl. health of
ficer. Mis* Myra Mott, Mrs. ;
Yvonne Owen. "lias Frances
Thomas, Miss Winston Osborne,
nutritionist. Dr. Bertlyn Bosley,
Mrs. Grace Jackson, Mrs. J.
Clyde Fox. Mr. and Mrs. James
F. Brown and still, Mr. and Mrs.
Cleo Reeves, Mrs. Carrie Mc
Neil ahd daughter, and Mr. and .
Mrs. Thomas Stv^rs.
problems relating to farm family 1
living.
In North Carolina, the Farm
ers Home Administration has
five home management special
ists. They work closely with the
seventy county supervisors and
five State field representatives
on the family living problems t
which have most to do with the <
family's success in farming and i
loan repayment
Mm. I.'-nna C J. Wagoner, is the
home management specialist Mr
this area. She frequently works
in Watauga county.
Because of J he wide area cov
ered, Mrs. Wagoner cannot work
closely with individual families.
"She offers valuable guidance to '
us." Mr. Robinson stiid. "This '
guidance $hows in the accom- 1
plishmcnts of borrower families
who not only farm better by
learning and following better '
methods, but Tvho also have '
more food, more comfortable '
homes, and better health."
BRIEF NEWS
Now prices of beef disappoint
ing to (-onsumcrs.
Brannan defends beef price or- (
der, denies it hurts production.
Large distillery say moonshin
ers are in bit; business class.
Rich fields of northern Iran
tempt nil-hungry Russians.
Nazi-like party maps political
conquest of Germany.
Navy gives more overhaul
work to paivnte shipyards.
Millions of workers still need
ed In defense, official warns.
Congress' doctors say members
wreck health on temper.
Oil lands of Near East eyed by
a divided world. .
Broad excise tax asked by com
merce, industry groups.
Snead, with 263. takes Green
brier golf tourney by 4* shots.
New restrictions to tighten
credit control* are in the making.
U. S. golfers retain Walker cup
by beating Britain, 6 to 3.
Chinese Reds applaud sons who
inform upon fathers.
Allocation of critical metals for
housing urged on Government.
Soviet Union tightens, up on its
production data.
Baruch says U. S. choice is be
tween self-discipline and slavery.
Live baby born every 11.2 scc
1 ends in hospitals in 1950.
Plan to inovo Bonvns to Mil
wauke is reported in St. Louis.
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MEMORIAL DAY SPECIALS
Fresh shipment of potted
Azaleas, Gloxinias, Tuberous
Begonias, Hydrangeas, etc.
Latest designs in Memorial
Pieces
Also a limited supply of fresh delphiniums and snap
dragon plants.
SIMPSON FLOWERS
CLARA AND EVELYN SIMPSOfl
Sugar Grove, N. C.
Graduation For
Hi School Friday
Graduation qaprcue* for Appa
lachian High School will be held ;
Friday evening at 8 o'clock tn
the Appalachian State Teachfrs |
CVIeffe auditorium. The entire |
r-rc',r?rr will be in charge of |
th" rraduating rtuuents.
Th? graduating t>,"me, chosen
I,., t'-e s-nioni. is "Thy Will Be
r>on' " R'xech"* wi'l be 'made
?v *t"dents concerning this tooic
"?ni"r metnh^rs of the Choral
will sing "The Lord's
finver."
An original poem prayer will
if nresented by Marjorie South.
The speeches will paraphrase
the "Lord's Prayer" and will
show its relation to personal liv
ing and world problems.
The following are candidates
For crxdi-ation and will be pre
?'?nt--d dip'omas by Dr. Herbert |
Wey, principal:
Bill Bentley, Clay Beshears, |
Bill Crawford, Kermit Dacu^. Joe
Fdmisten, Leonard Greer, Dix- i
?>n Quails. Janet Bingham. Cleo
Flo'ick. Lynn Brown, Pearl
Brown. Wynonn Buchannon, Bet
ty Lee Burkctt. Marie Carroll,
Mildred Clawson, Faye Cook,
Edith Critcher,, Mildred Dean,
Maryann Fairchild, Betty Raye
Greene, Lenore Greene, Pauline
Greene Wilcox;
Lena Greer, Nadine Greer,
Doris Hartley, Jean Hartley, Bar
bara Hodges, Cecil Greene, Jack
Hardy, Glenn Hodge, John Idol,
Bill Miller, Bill Moretz, Bobby
Miller, John Moretz, Milton Mor
etz, Keith Moretz, Guy Norris,
Lloyd Rogers, Bill Wellborn, Al
bert Winebarger;
Peggy Honeycutt, Hamona Har
dy, Betsy Hughes, Pearl Jones,
Sara Jane Lewis, Janet Maine,
Bet'ey Norris, Betty Jean Norris.
Neva Norris, Betty Joyce Norris,
Faye Norris, Mary Frances Nor
ris, Beatrice Presnell, Marjorie
South, Betty Steelman and Jean
Winebarger.
Fred Smith Guy
Taken By Death
Fred Smith Guy, of Sugar
Grove, died at the Watauga Hos
pital, Friday, May 18, after a
thort illness at the age of 17.
He is survived by his mother,
Mr*. Tru Mahle Ouy, and three
'inters, Mrs. Norvie Rominger of
Sugar Grove, Mildred Guy and
Billie Wray of the home.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at Timbered Ridge Baptist
church at 3:30 p. m? Sunday, by
(he Reverends Albert Tester and
W C. Payne.
Pallbearers were Jack Taylor,
J. B. Taylor, Don Ward, J. D.
Guy, Jessie Moore, Glenn Moore,
Dallas Maye, and Len Dishman.
Flower girls included Betty
Parks, Iva Dean Parks, Kathleen
Moore, Irene Maye, Jean Smith
erman, Nancy Parks, Carlene Mc
Guire, Louise Stout, Janice Ray
Swift. Madeline Dishman. Verna
Mae Ward and Beulah Harmon.
UNDERSIRED BRILLIANCE
"There is one place where a
woman thinks she shines."
"I know ? on the erjd of her
nose." ?
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FLUSHING MEADOWS. N. Y. ? Voting in favor of 1 he worldwide
L'rms embargo again*! Communist China an (laft to right) Enrigu*
Rodlgues Fabregat. of Uruguay; Ernaat Gross. U. S.; Sir Gladwyn
lebb. United Kingdom. Tha embargo was recommended to the
General Assembly by tha Political Committee. Tha Assembly passed
it 47 to 0. Sitting at tha far right is Russia's Jacob Malik.
News Oddities
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Zanesville, O. ? Mrs. John Du
tiel gave birth to her third set
of twins within 31 months on
May 4th. The couple had twin
boys, Donald and Roland, on Oc
tober 24, 1948. A year later, to
the day, twin girls arrived and
the last set were split, one boy
and one girl.
HE DIES; SHE DIES
Beverly Hills, Calif. ? Two
hours after attending the funeral
service* for her husband, Wal
lace D. Stone, 76, Mrs. Edna
Stone, 70, collapsed and died.
Services were held the next day
for her in the same chapel and
her ashes were placed next to
those of her husband.
NO JOKE FOR HIM
West Warwick, R. I, ? Robert
Dube, 8, hid in a doorway and
watched while 16 Boy Scouts
and a dozen policemen searched
along the Pawtuxet River for
him. The bdy, when seen, ad
mitted that, after seeing the fuss
he had caused, he was afraid to
return home.
SMART BEES
Valdosta, Ga. ? A. S. Banks, 56,
who has been keeping bees "all
my life," was surprised when he
opened his supply room the oth
er day and there was a swarm
of bees. Banks just reached ov
er, picked up an empty hive and
moved the bees right in, adding
one more to the ZOO hives he al
ready had.
IN COMA TWO YEARS, DIES
Rankin, Texas ? After being
unconscious two years, two
months and four days, following
a traffic accident, Joan Edwards
26, died on March 21st. She and
some oth'^r young people were
en route from Midland to Odessa
during an ice storm when their
car overturned One person was
killed.
FALLS 65 FEET. BREAKS
ANKLE
Les Sables d'Orlonne, France'
?While mending the roof of a
house, 18-year-old Michel Ber
thome fell 65 feet, landed on a
spring mattress on a passing
truck and bounded off onto the
highway, fie suffered only a
broken ankle.
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fortify meal values
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Provide plenty of
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WALKER'S
JEWELRY STORE
Personal income In March at
$24 2 3 billion annual rate.
Savings, not higher luxes, urg
ed to finance national defenA.
LOCAL REALTY VALUES
LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF BOONE ON HIGHWAY 42!?
300 acre* of lund which includes 90 acre* of bottom land,
10 room brick house, bath, 8 room modern house, large
barn 36 ft. * 80 ft., silo, grade A dairy barn, 18 head of
dairy cattle, 210 acres of pasture land. Wiis is one of
the best farms in Wataup.a County. Come in and see
this property. A real investment.
LOCATED NEAR GRANDFATHER CHURCH? above Fos
coe, N. C.: 250 acres of land which includes 100 acres
cleared land, 70,000 ft. of locust timber, 35 head of cat
tle. This property will graze 40 head of cattle. Price
$ 10,000.
CONFIDENTIAL LISTING of one of the best grazing farms
in the county. Very monern house. All stock which.in
cludes 34 head of cattle, 3 horses, fjj hogs, ail equipment.
Terms can be arranged.
LOCATED SHERWOOD, N. C. on hard surfaced road. Very
modern 5 room house, full sized basement, hot air furn
ace, very modern kitchen, hard wood floors, plastered
walls, bath. 4 acres of the best land in the county. Priced
to sell. %
LOCATED NEAR SHERWOOD. N. C.? 5 room house, bath,
hardwood fl<>or?, 2 acres of bottom land, good outbuild
ings. Located on hard surfaced road. A line home for
. retired person. Very good neighborhood. Priced to sell.
MAIN STREET ? Good 6 room house, bath, forced hot water
heat, hardwood floors, rugs and draperies. A beautiful
home, conveniently located to college and churches.
Priced to sell. Loan can be arranged.
LOCATED AT RUTHERWOOD, five miles east of Boone.
Good 5-room hou^e. Bath, full-sized basement, 10 acres
land with 200 foot frontage on Highway No. 421, good
block garage, good barn. Price: $8,500.
LOCATED MEAT CAMP ? 4 miles from Boone, 8 acre farm,
6-room house. Price: $6,000. ,
3 ACRES OF LAND ? 14 mile from Bamboo school. Price:
$1,500.
GRILL AND SANDWICH SHOP? located near College. Do
ing good business. This business consists of all stock
and equipment, 7 room house, bath, with 3 room private
apartment and bath. Conveniently located to College
and high schopl trade. This business will pay for itself
within three years. Terms ? ><4 down, balance to be
arranged. Don't overlook this investment. Come to
Boone and put your children in school and pay your way.
$8,500. NEW 6-ROOM HOUSE? bath, three bedrooms, hard
wood floors, full sized basement, lot 100 ft. x 150 ft.,
located on Hillside Drive. Terms to be arranged.
$8,500. SEVENTY-FIVE ACRE FARM (40 acres cle. -cd
land with good 7 room house, just remodeled. New ga
rage, good barn, and other outbuildings. ?0-10 tobacco
base. Located 3 miles from Boone on hard top road.
$4,500. FOUR ROOM HOUSE, bath, 14 lots, city water. Lo
cated mile from Boone. Loan can be arranged.
MAIN STREET ? Good six room brick house, bath, new furn
ace. 77 ft. frontage on Main Street. Priced to sell.
$4,500. THIRTY-EIGHT ACRE FARM, new 5 room house,
new barn. Located at Fosco, N. C.
$4,800. NEW 5 -ROOM HOUSE, bath, full sized basement,
city water. Located just outside of city limits on the
Blowing Rock highway, Boone, N. C. Loan can be ar
ranged.
APARTMENT HOUSE ? located near college. Priced to sell.
Terms. '
GOOD 9-ROOM HOUSE? bath, basement, lot 110x200 feet.
Located in Moretz Addition. A good investment.
GRADE A DAIRY FARM located near Deep Gap, N. C., on
highway 421. Seven miles east of Boone. 7 room house;
grade A dairy barn, large feeding barn, silo, all farm
machinery, 2 horses, 150 acres of land. G. I. loan can be
assumed. Price $12,000.
DESIRABLE LOTS for sale. Also the best in business lot*.
List Your Property with Us for a Quick Sale
Hav* Demand for Small Business. Alio tot Farms.
Tri-Counly Realty Company
E. F. COE, Manager
PHONE 294-W BOONE, N. C. 217 MAIN STREET
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