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SKETCHES
By J. C. R.
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LOOKJIS" AKOtiN"
Big June Russell hurrying up street
with a battered Bible tucked under
his arm.
Young married lady whistles merrily
as she heads for home.
Jerry Brewer telling one of his
good 'uns to a bunch of the boys.
Manager of a local store applying
for N. R. A. insignia at pcstoffice
Bart Bryan telling everybody what
a great man i3 President F. D.
Masters Charlie Yuunce and J. B
Hagamar: Jr. playing with a toy dump
truck.
Gangling backwoodsman peeling
bananas and throwing "skins" on the
sidewalk.
Business man growling about longer
pay and shorter hours.
Poorly-clad youth on crutches m&k- 1
ing his way to courthouse. J
Rev. Eber Gragg swapping yarns
with friends in Boone.
Dock Moose telling a story which
has to do with a fellow named
Schultz, of Cincinnati.
Group of visitors at Democrat orficc
arguin' the Scriptures.
Roby Owens and Ester Setzer dis- 1
cussing the changing times.
Lawyer Will I-ovill dancing a jig
on the sidewalk.
And Cliff McConnclI taking a nop
5n a parked automobile on Main St.
THANK YOU MA'AM!
I,
A young- married lady hurried in- i
to T. Milt Greer's Carolina Store 1
the other morning- and called for a
couple of cakes of yeast. The
Sketch Man was drinking himself a
Coec-Cola, and he casually asked
about the quality of the home brew
the Missus expected to make. She
blushed just a trifle behind the ears
and informed us that she made
bread, not brew . . . good-old fashioned
bread, the kind that mammy
used to bake. And we giggled a
trifle and raised our brows, and
looked wise, just as if we didn't believe
a single word of it. <^ame the
noon, and we prepared to make our
pilgrimage to t-lie home shack for
a few body-sustaining crusts, when
in bounced one of the good lady's
sons with a package for the Sketch
Ulan. We took it gingerly into our
paws, wondering whether it coni
tained a rattlesnake or an infernal
machine. But it was neither, we
thank Providence ... it was a covey
*\r Oti> ?,rAw..?ot ? '
*"v m?v?i uuep<| iiiiixcni. KWBb |
iuui^ivnir ti&tr rr4I; Ihii 2??j? ?r 1
ghost ever lay eye upon. Thank '
you, kind lady, thank you: Van,
generous gift proved to in thai the
culinary art, in some instances at
I least. Is being preserved for posterity
. . . and also, that yeast is occasionally
used fur something hesides
home-brew!
THESE CHANGING TIMES j
S Every day or two we pass her oil
the street ... a young iauy who puis
on the dog like nobody's business . . .
a traveling fashion emporium . . . a
circulating example of the beautician's e
art ... a walking model for the styl- I
isls ... in fact, about as swell a num- 1
her as ever traipsed along the bcule- I
'. aids of gay Paree. We look at. her t
and get a huge kick, for nobdy ob- J
jects to the sight of a pretty femme. i
This young lady smiles just exactly
right, and her voice is as mellow as j
distant cow-nulls at evenLide . . . and ?
we guess that her dainty heels are <
clicking musically over the hearts of j
a multitude of unlucky suitors, even
as a dray-horse pads down the cob- ,
ble stones. I
And we look again and we see an- i
other woman . . . who hack in child- t
hood days picked blackberries from a s
thousand brambles in a thousand se- i
eludes mountain coves . . . and dis- c
figured her pretty hands with a hoe- t
handle as she stirred the loam in c
pappy's corn-patch. She milked the;
cows, and churned the cream, and j,
f??if ctnVP-ll'Afifl nrirl wriro ti cntr I
, ,.?*w I J
dresses and "factory" undies. But (
you wouldn't know it now; The hairdresser
has arranged her "crown of
gold" into a billowy maze of curia;
her shapely limbs are clothed in hose '
of sheerest texture; underneath are
abbreviated garments, covered with
imported laces and frills of one kind
and another ... a modern woman
she is! No more cow pastures, no '
more berry-brambles, no more corn ,
> fields! 1
Civilization is advancing, says we! 1
It's not what one learns that does one 1
good . . . it's what he or she can for- 1
get! A few years rryrke a sight of ,
difference! From a crude mountain '
home to the polished ballroom; from
the church sociable to the bridge party;
from an uncomfortable seat on
the coupling pole of a lumber wagon
to the heavy upholstery of a modern !
sedan; rrom caiieo dresses to abbre- j
viatcd eveuing gowns; from butter- (
milk and corn bread to decorative salads
and iced tea; /mm brogan shoes
to satin pumps; from gingerbread to 1
angel cake . . . mighty long steps are
those! But glance around you sometime,
and you'll find out that changes
take place pow'ful fast when folks
come to town . . even if it is a onehoss
town.'
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT . . .
A prominent young banker, who
hankers toward angling, took the
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WXI
A NonVOLUME
XLV, NUMBER 5
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The Eagle Goes Aloft i
WE DO OUR PART ?
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HOME OWNERS IN :
NEED OF RELIEF !
SHOULD ACT NOW:
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Local Attorney for Home Ix>an Corporation
Insists that Those Desiring
Aid Under Terms of New Enactnient
Should Make Applications os .
Kanidlv as Pnwihio ?
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Anxious to Lend Assistance.
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The new Home Owners Loan Corporation
has worked out the neces- ^
iary details incident to receiving applications
for loans with which to lift c
nortgages. pay taxes, assessments
ind for necessary repairs and main- 1
:enance of homes, says Wadp E. ^
Brown of Boone, loan attorney for
Watauga County, who has just retimed
from the home offices of the _
:orporation in Salisbury. The otfinals
of the corporation, states Mr. _
Brown, are anxious to lend e.verv aid
possible to home owners that are fcurlened
with mortgages and insist that
applications be made as rapidly as '
possible by those desiring to secure
cans. v
Many home owners are seeking in"or
mat ion daily and a considerable
lumber of applications have been filed **
vith the Corporation in Salisbury. Mr. '
3rown states that he will be glad to K
lo-cperate and give any information .
Available or assist the applicant in j
.'ilhng out his blanks, or help worthy *
lome owners in any oilier way possible
in their efforts to save their homes ?
?r
from foreclosure a under mortgage or ?
jtherwise. .
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FIDDLERS EVENT
TO OPEN FRIDAY:
i
Uirge Number of Musicians f rom | ti
Oyer Mountain Section Signify In- | P
tent ion of Competing anil Event i P
Premises Great Success. i ?
a'
The old-time fiddlers Convention, an
innual event staged by the American P'
-egion, and which is eagerly looked ir
ierward to from one year to knottier tl
iy hundreds of people, occupies the "
ipotlight in the week's entertainment, si
ind will be staged both Friday and
Saturday nights in the courthouse.
Musicians, including fiddlers, ban- C
oists, guitar playera, as well as buckmd-wing
and Charleston dancers, will
rompete for twenty cash and other
irizes, under as many classifications,
md according to the sponsors of the j
ivenf, this year's contest, is expected H
:o be the most lively of all. Musicians (J
roni over several counties are making ?j
heir arrangements to attend, it is ^
mid, and no doubt the. courtroom will
>e filled with those who revel in the h
)ld-time tunes of the bills, rendered
is they have been since the pioneer
!ays" e
The public is cordially invited to
:ome out, enjojr the varied progvam3 f(
ind thereby assist the American I-e- C1
pon in its worthy enterprises. k
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John Smith Miller
Succumbs on Sunday
John Smith Miller, 61 years old ^
md a well-known resident of the s
Meat Camp Community, died at his
tome there last Sunday after a long
illness from a complication of ailTients.
Funeral services and interment d
vere Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Miller was a native Wataugan,
leing tlie son of the late Henry Mil- ^
ier, and had spent his entire life in
:he Meat Camp community where he
va3 known and respected by all.
Surviving are the widow and three d
children, Mrs. Ed Brown of Boone,
Mrs. Walter Wineharger of Meat
lamp, ami iira. Henry Miller of Meat
Clamp. e
ELDER TRIVETT TO SPEAK AT 3
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
n
Next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock
Elder W. L. Trivett will speat at the
Advent Christian Church in Boone
on "The Jubilee or the Home-Coming
of the Ransom." The public is cordially
invited to hear Mr. Trivett on
this ereat theme and evervone has a 2
standing invitation to attend any or!
all of the church's services.
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BOONE, WATAUGA COU:
nmionIS^WEFT
BY THE EAGLE OF
RECOVERY DRIVE
'housands of Employers Over Country
Join Hands With Government.
Battle Against Panic Gets Under
Way as Code Goes Into Effect. IVTillion
New Workers Placed on America's
Payroll.
Blanket code agreements beaune
perative Tuesday throughout the naion,
with more than 170,000 empuyrs
immediately swinging into line
.*ith wage-lifting, work spreading
grcements, a survey by national
ress agencies shows.
The twenty-four regional offices of
he national recovery administration
eported that agreement tabulations
.'ere shooting up each hour. Chicago
eported 9,000 new agreements reeivcu
in the first mail, Philadelphia
,457.
The blue eagle, symbol of co-opertive
recovery action, spread its wings
ver tiie country. Newspaper adverLscments
featured the emblem of the
lanket code program. Cross-road I
tores and huge department stores)
ispiayeu me insignia in windows.
Regional offices reported receiving
ertificates ol" agreement as follows
of ore noon Tuesday:
'New York. 18,000; Boston. 5,850;
hicago, 20,000: St. Louis, 9,750; De oit,
7,800; Cleveland, 21,000; Minnepolis,
6,000; Philadelphia, 22,000;
Few Orleans, 4.109; Birmingham, 6.90;
Los Angeles, 3,413; Memphis,
'enn., 5,216; Atlanta, 1,512; Norfolk.
,000; Pittsburgh, 4,000; San Fr&nciso,
23,000; Portlant, Oregon, 3,526;
>a!las, 1,128; Houston, 12,228.
STEADY PROGRESS REPORTED
Washington.?America's "big push"'
jward better times brought cheering
ictories Tuesday. More than a million
ew jobs were opened in the country's
stail stores. Steady progres was reorted
in the campaign to bring the
tcel and oil industries under provisos
of the National Recovery act.
This was the day set for business
> put into effect President RooseeltVs
emergency re-employment
greements. From ail sections of the
ountry came reports of Blue F.ales
going up on store fronts and t'ac^ ps.
wnd employers, falling-into line..
y the thouaands to speard employlervt
and pay workers higher wages.
Provisions of tint blanket agreement
S they affect the hours and wages
f 4,000,000 employees of retail
tores were modified early Tuesday
y Administrator Hugh S. Johnson,
he N. R. A. estimated that under
le new terms, more than 1,100,000
ersons could be given immediate eniloyment.
These persons would reipprG}\iiii&tcly
SCO,000,000 ?Ti j
unual wages.
Hearings on the code of fair cometition
for the giant iron and steel
idustry were recessed after a day of
lick and fast developments, includlg
withdrawal of the most controverial
feature of the code, that propos(Continued
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ipencer Moretz Passes
At Home on Meat Camp
Spencer Moretz, 44, son of tlie late
. M. Moretz, and Mrs. Moretz, died
t his home on lower Meat Camp Friiy,
the 28th Funeral services were
inducted Saturday afternoon at 2:00
y Rev. A. E. Moretz, ministerial stuent
at Wake Forest College, and
urial took place in the Norris Graveard.
Survivors include the mother, sAral
brothers arid sisters.
Mr. Moretz had been in poor health
>r several years, and had been cr:tially
ill for over two months. He was j
nown in his community as an excel-!
tnt citizen, and his death has been
ae cause for widespread sorrow.
WEATHER REPORT
Following is the weather report for
ae month of July, as compiled byre
Co-operative Weather Bureau at
tatc Teachers College, Boone:
Average maximum temperature, 79
agrees.
Average minimum temperature, 58
egrecs.
Average temperature 83 degrees.
Average daily range in temperature
1 degrees.
Greatest daily range in ternperaure,
36 degrees; date, 18th.
Highest temperature reached, 86
egrees; date, 23rd.
Lowest temperature reached, 40 derees;
date, 5th.
Total precipitation (including meltd
snow). In inches, 11.18
Greatest precipitation in 24 hours, |
.03; date, 3rd.
Number of days with 0.01 inch or j
sore precipitation, 11.
Number of clear days, 12.
Number of partly cloudy days, 4.
Number of cloudy days, 15.
Date of fogs, 3rd.
Date of frosts, 5th.
Dates of thunderstorms, 3rd, 11th,
5th.
Dates of solar halos, 24th.
Dates of rainbows, 27th.
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voted to the Best Interests
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NTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSO
SIXTY YEARS (
?Cut courtesy Charlotte Observer.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Norinfs, est;
celebrated their sixtieth wedding am
children and many friends attending*.
Boone Retail*
Under !lec<
New Hours
Fifteen retail merchants of Boone, .
in a meeting; Tuesday evening;, "voicvT i
ed enthusiast sr. approval of rive j
President's National Recovery A'l- |
ministration by subscribing to the j
code of fair competition, which in- !
eludes shortened hours of labor, |
increased pay for the employees,
and lines up the retail interests of
the city practically 100 per cent.
behind the national recovery pro- !
gram. Other lines of &asiu$?& nro
expected to sign the blanket code
within the next few days, to the
end that there will be. no dissenters i
as to the executive appeal to stabilize
wages and working hours and
increase employment.
Ijocaily grocery stores will open at
8 a. m. and clone at 6 p. m. all days
except Saturday, when the hours
State Command*
Inspiring Spe
Bryce P. Balrd, Commander of 1 nrNortli
Carolina Department of the
American legion, addressed a gathering
of more than a hundred Legionalres
and ladies of the Auxiliary at
a buffet supper in the local club rooms
here last Friday night.
This meeting of the combined Legion
posts of the 17th District was
the regularly scheduled get-together
preceding the State conveution of the
Legion at Wilmington next month.
Charles Younce, district commander
for this section, presided and also i
acted as master of ceremonies. A de-j
lightful plate supper was served hy,
the ladies of the local Auxiliary. An |
address of welcome was made by Tom ;
Cushing. of Boone and Asheville, and 1
responses were heard from Mrs. A. R.
Barlow, president to the Lenoir A:ixiliary;
P. E. Ribert, commander ofi
Burke County Post No, 21: R. M. j
WATAUGA MERCHA
FORMED AT MEET1
A large and representative group of
business men of this city met at the
Town Hall Tuesday evening for the
purpose of organizing a Watauga
County Merchants Association, and
the following temporary officers wcte
elected: J. B. Brewer, president; R. iX
Hodges, vice-president: A. 5. Harris,
secretary-Treasurer.
At the same time a committee on
membership was appointed which consists
of the following: C. R. Greene.
A. E. Hodges and Owen Wilson.
Messrs. C. W. Teal, Marshal Stallings
Alld TV M rirppr n pnmmit.
tej on constitution and bylaws.
A special call meeting of the As
MOC]
3 of Northwest North Care
AY, AUGUST 3. 1933
<
rned Boone citizens who recently
livcrsary with their children, grand- }
ers Enlist
f>very ("ode;
s Of Service
observed will be 7 to !). The firms '
^signing iho code arc: Carcliiia Store
No. 25, Carolina Store No. 7, Pearson's
store, Boone Feeu Company,
A. & P. Tea Company, and Smiih.-\
> Grocery Department.
1 \rxr r.AA,k ?..r. I
v. uiiu j. uiiiiiuir. cistuu- j
lisjimcnts will op$n nr. f) a. m. and
close at 5:30 except Saturday, or.
which day they will open at 8 o'eloeic
and clone-at i). Those snbscnl)Ihfj
t<> these hours are: Spainhours, '
Inc., Five to Five Store, Keplar's
Style Shoppe, iS&cnc Department
Store, Smithey's Dry Goods Department,
J. VI. Moret/ Furniture Store, ,
Highland Furniture Company, Johnson-Stuart
Company and the Boone
Clothing- Store.
The Farmers Hardware and Sup<
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;r Baird In
ech To Legion
Hcrsburgh. Valdese; W. V. AToore,
commander of Avery County Post,
Elk Park; A. M. Chisholm, adjutant,
Elk Park Post; ^Irs. Lola Goldbergh,
vice-president Elk Park Auxiliary, and
Mrs. Will Robbins, president of the
Elk Park Auxiliary.
Program of Local Post Outlined
Rev. W. C. Greene, adjutant of the
local post, made a stirring talk about
uubj vx i,ac iicga>u tu uic Iixll ilC"
tually disabled in service, while Service
Officer Lionel Ward outlined some
of the work that had been done in rehabilitation
matters in the county.
Ralph Greer, local commander, stated
briefly the aims of the local organization
and Commander-elect C. S.
Stevenson announced the determination
of the recently-elected officers to j
carry out that program.
Department Conimaiidei Seard, in
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NTS ASSOCIATION
NG LAST TUESDAY
sociation will be held at the TVwi)
Hall on Thursday evening, August 10
At this time all merchants and business
men of tne town n-mi county arc
expected to be present for the purpose
of forming a permanent organization
and for the discussion of such
matters as may be deemed pertinent
The sponsors of the movement want
it distinctly understood that the wnr.ie
county is to be embraced in the organization,
which is not only designed
for the good of the business man, but
for the best interests of the people
served in their respective trade territories.
A full attendance at the special
meeting is urged.
RAT
lina
$1.50 PER YEAR
GRADED SCHOOLS
OF COUNTY BEGIN
WORK THIS WEEK
Unusually Large Attendance Indicate
ed on Opening Days. High Schools
With Elementary Departments to
Begin Terms Later. Full EightMonths
Course. Principals and
Teachers Listed.
Watauga County's public schools,
with the exception of high sdhools
ind their elementary departments. be
jan work Monday morning, and in'crmation
from all sections is tr the
iffect that enrollments are large,
Educational officials ore of the belief
.hat a very competent group of teachjrs
has been employed, and confidently
expect a most satisfactory term.
Schools, under a recent act of the
State Legislature, will continue for
iight months, ending around the middle
of March.
List of Teachers
Following is a list of principals and
jeachers who began work in the various
schools Monday:
Oak Grove: Cleve Gross and Mrs
^nnic Walker.
Bamboo: Mrs. Hay Estes, Grace EdnLsten
and Ruth Farthing.
Cool Springs: Dewey Mitchell.
PwOminger: Doughtcn Greene, C'leo
A'alker.
Valle Crucis: Clint Baird, Mrs. Aide
Ferry, Pearl Payne
Bradsliaw: Wylmoth Bradshaw.
Howards Creek: J D. Horton, Mrs.
J. I>. Horton.
Cooke: Grace Mast.
Miller: Dale Norris and Mrs. Paul
Morris.
Gzecs Valley: C. G. Hodges, Flay
Gannon, Alice Taylor.
Deep Gap: E3sie Henson, Lola Mo-etz,
Leona Moretz, Mattie Miller
Cast: Ruth Phillips Howell..
Timbered Kidge: Ford Henson, Myrle
Harmon.
Rich Mountain: Cecil Glenn.. Gladys
Grlcnn Mast.
Kellerville: Smith Harmon, Alice
Vlast.
Presnell: Martha Harmon
Foscoc: Lola Howe, Bessie Lee Fox.
Windy Gap: Jonn K. Pony.
Forest Grovlf: John Ward. Mrs.
Minnie Johnson.
Ivy Ridge: Roby Vines.
Stoney Fork: Paul Greene, Earl
Urtt,n0n . . '
Mt. Paron: Lucy Greene.
Elk: Vautfht Mast, Ula Trrpicti
Thompson, Mack Cowlea.
OrmiSfathe?: George Harmon, Eltit
Fox Gaird.
Rtitherrvood: Mrs. Brantley Duncan,
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ALL-STAR BALL
TEAM IS FORMED
Stellar Diamond Performers of Watauga
League Will Play Hendersonville
Team on 8th. Other
Games Being Scheduled.
Players have been selected as an
all-star team to represent Watauga
League in a series of games the first
of which will be played at Hendersonville
Tuesday, August 8th. Arrangements
are being made to play
several other all-star teams during the
summer and these players are requested
to report at the ball grounds at
Boone Thursday at 2:30 for practice.
Thn WonHoi-cnn Oftimfw uH.ofaro mill
be in Boone Tuesday, August 15th. toe
a return game and the third game, it
it is necessary to be played in order
to determine winner, will be played
on some neutral grounds at a date to
be determined after these games have
been finished. Efforts are being put
forward to get games with the AsheAlleghany
League as well as the
Wilkes County league, picked teams
to be used.
l'layers Announced
The following players have been selected
to play on the Watauga allstar
team:
Pitchers: Bill Lentz, Henry Greene,
Clint Mast, Olin Miller.
Catchers: Pete Hagaman, Clemon
Triplett and Paul Cook.
First Base: Hugh Hagaman, Stanley
Norris.
Second Base: Carl Trippany, Gene
Lentz.
Third Base: Roscoe Cook, Clint
Mast.
Shortstop: John Church and Hoss
Lentz
Outfield: Coker Triplett, Jack
Gragg, Blaine Miller, Tommp Presnell,
Jim Burkett and Shuford Edmisten.
Legion and Auxiliary
Will Meet Thursday
Because of a conflict with the Fiddlers
Convention being staged by the
organization, the American Legion
will hold its regular meeting on
Thursday evening of this week, rather
than on Friday as usual. The Auxiliary
will meet at the same tima^snd
it is urged that there he a fuli attendance
at both of these meetings.
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