BOONE I SKETCHES By J. C. R. i MRS. OBERRY'S WATCH The North Carolina Emergency Re - net Atiminjsirauon has recently celebrated ita second anniversary under the reign of Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, caarina of food ordcrs . . . and Mrs. I O'Berry, if rumors ^g|- j are anway near corI ' Sj | rect, is now the -f Proud possessor of f \! an elegant diamond ? sluclded wrist watch t costing some hunI s dreds of dollars and! |?P JHt being the gift of caseworkers, deputy ? administrators, of-: "Jim" fice men and worn-j en 111 the one hundred relief agencies of the State. A few days ago and or-j der or invitation, official or otherwise, j was received . . . that's our report' . . . asking administrators, stenogra- i phers, case-iookers-into, and food-1 disher-uppers to show their ! ?>? ?~i! esteem for this most lovable and most j estimable lady by chipping- in two- j bits each for the purchase of this eiegant . . . shall we say platinum? . . . arm-adornment. Report continues that most of the boys and girls mailed in the aforesaid two-bits, willingly, we will say . . . and practically j forgot the incident. But something must have slipped . . . the benevolent | person who thought up the idea made j a mistake in his or her calculations j . . . else some of those asked or in-1 vited to contribute failed to do so. i Another call for a dime contribution I to the wrist-watch fund was made . . . and quite a sprinkling of "thins" showered into the "fund's" treasury ... a tew days elapsed and an s. o. s. for an additional fifteen cents is said to have made its appearance ... an s. o. s. leavened with anxiety lest the watch, which already had been presented to Mrs. O'Berry, should bear the 3hamcful label of "partially paid for." Whether or not the trinket is now in the clear remains a matter of! conjecture. Your narrator hopes, sincerely that no payments are due on this lovely creation of the jeweler's art. The foregoing story is based primarily on rumor . . . but if it's true, no one can deny that love of the purest quality still abides in the human breast . . that the National Administration's supreme effort to bring about a prosperous condition in America has been achieved! A scattering few of the men and women who con-1 tributed to the wrist-watch fund have j had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. O'Berry . . . the vast majority have never even seen her picture in a news . . . yet 11ley evidenced a Wll-1 lingness to place in her hands a bauble of extreme value: a lasting memo-! rial to the folly of the times: And it's mighty hard for a layman to associate canned hamburger, denim overalls. brogan shoes and other commodities of the North Carolina Relief Administration with a diamond-studded platinum time-piece! A SONG OF LIFE Rambling along the street you just I -can't help but see interesting things, funny things . . for instance: ... a snow-white kitten perched in a set of caribou horns on the porch of Mrs. Cora L. Councill's home ... a plainfaced lady saying "damn" to her little son, who's lagging behind her . . . Roby Owens relating how he ended a fist fight, and giving a convincing demonstration . . . grocery clerk with red polish on his nails . . . farmer and hog-raiser giving Roosevelt the devil on account of the high price of fatback ... a couple of ladies saying one to the other "I just told him" and "Well, I swanny!" . . . Clyde R. Hoey driving smack through town, looking ! neither to the right nor the left . . .1 ? vviw VUI 'jr-liauvu Tj *K * UViUUlf) ?* 1WVA In htr hand as she expresses her opinion of a playmate . . . Mayor Watt Gragg giving his opinion of current political happenings . . . wife turning red about the neckline as her everloving husband pays a few compliments to a young lady . . . Marvin Ragan telling the story of Sampson ... a couple of young-bucks laying along the sidewalk eating bananas, a bunch of FBRA hamburger between them . . . ho, hum . . . the circus is here tomorrow and we wonder just what's the use of a fellow going? . . . there's lots of funny things happening outside tents! Mrs. Dick Devault of Bristol is] spending the week at the home ofj her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Council!, in Boone. Mrs. D. S. Hollifleld, another daughter of the Courcills, is also visiting them. An VOLUME XLVII, NUMBER 9 OLD AGE PENSION PLAN HITS 12,000 Raleigh Ponders Problem; Other News of the Week at the State Capital. By M. R. DUN'NAGAN (Special Correspondent) RALEtGII. N. C.?North Carolina has approximately 12,000 persons who will come under the provisions of the Old Age Pension part of the Social Security Act just passed by Congress, based on percentages in states in which >t is now in operation, it is estimated by Mrs. \V. T. Bost, State Commissioner of Public Welfare. The act applies to those 65 years of age or older and each year about 1.150 new ones will come under its provisions in this State, she estimates. The Federal government makes grants up to S15 a month, to be matched on a 50-50 basis by the staies or local units under state supervision. Mrs. Bost estimates that of 12,000 is about correct for the State and the monthly average paid is S20, the total cost would be about 52.880,000, half by the State, and if tne total paid is $30, the maximum, it will be $4,250,000, half by the State. The State Board of Charities r.nd Public Welfare, Mrs. Bosl announces, is planning an intensive State survey to determine the actual number coming under the provisions, and actual conditions. This study will he in charge of William C. Ezzell. of the Divisions of Institutions and Corrections, aided by the county welfare superintendents in taeir respective counties. l'lan Outlined The plan adopted by the State must meet certain requirements of the Social Service Board for approval, the most important of these being as follows: It must be a State-wide mandatory plan: that is, it must be in effect in all political sub-divisions of the State, and if administered by them, be mandatory upon them. The State must provide for financial participation. The State must designate or provide a single State agency to administer it; or supervise it, if it is administered on a county basis. Make provision so that any individual denied assistance may appeal to the State agency for review. After January, 1940, the State plan must provide an age limit of not over 65 years, but until then a 70-year limit is permissable. Residence requirements shall not be more than five years during the nine years immediately preceding the application, and the applicant may be required to 'nave resided therein continuously for the one year immediately preceding the application. No citizenship requirements which exclude ar.y citizen of Lhe United States mav he included (Continued on page two.) Stanbury Property Sold At Satisfactory Price Thirty-nine lots and tracts, the property of Jeff Stanbury and a part of the late J. S. Stanbury homestead was sold at auction Saturday by S. C. Eggers and Company, local realtors, the sum total of the successful bidding being $6,211.50. Realtors and owner alike believed the property brought a good prize. Col. Z. A. Robertson, veteran auctioneer of Johnson City, conducted the sale. The purchasers were: H. G. Parthing and A. E. South, the Stanbury home; W. C. Dowell, Shouns, Tenn., 8 lots; W. H. Gragg, Boone, 7 lota; D. B. and E. S. Dougherty, 17 lots; A. E. South, 2 acres; Spencer Miller, 1 lot and 5 acres. OKI-AHOMA TEACHERS SPEND SUMMER IN CAMP NEAR HERE Misses Gillian and Marian Loar, twin sisters of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, left for their home Saturday after having camped for the past six weeks on Winkler's Creek near Boone. The Misses Loar left Oklahoma on a vacation trip early in the summer, spent some time in Florida, ar i intended to go to Durham where Miss Marian was to have done work on her Ph. D. degree at Duke Univer?ihr Arrivinc at AQh<*villo tViav learned of the excellent educational advantages of A. S. T. C., changed their plans and came to Boone. A camp was established near the J. S. Winkler home, and Miss Marian pursued her studies at the local college, while Miss Gillian attended to camp work. The young ladies are highly educated, well traveled, and expressed themselves as delighted with this section. Miss Gillian has been a teacher in a private deaf school for the pasl several years, and Miss Marian is ? teacher of mathematics and lAtin ir the Okmulgee High School. Thej spoke with deep regret of the tragic death of Will Rogers, noted cowboj philosopher, who was reared neai their home. CAUG . Independent Weekly New ? BOONE, WATAUG FAMILY OF WI1 \ xxt: j ? . "mow ana thildrcn of Bclove York to Calif or NEW YORK.?Though widely 3 had been killed in an airplane crash to start the trip home to Hollywooc and daughter Mary, as they boarde< niSTRlfT T FCIftN JLS JLKJ JL 'A. inal list of eachers was publis two weeks .go. Ralph Sraithemian, originaliy eleced principal at Bethel High School, esigned to accept a position in Yad;in County: Grady Tester, elected to ucceed him, resigned to take work n Wiikes, and C. M. Dickson, Ashe bounty educator and former superntendent of education there, has ac:epted the position. CiTnt Adams was named as principal at Forest Grove, to succeed Ray Valkcr, resigned, who goes to Cleveand County. Mrs. Minnie Wilson Johnson was lamed a* teacher at Forest Grove, vhen Tate Winebarger, originally elected, failed to qualify. Tom Moody resigned as principal >f the Mabel school to become principal of the elementary department f Cove Creek school, a vacancy exsting there on account of the death >f Dean Swift. Herbert Farthing, tamed to Bethel School will i>ia lew Mabel principal. Ruby Mast withdraws as teacher t Zionville, Alice Mast declines the osition. and Roby Vines is elected. Miss Lucile Mast is added to the iiiverstone School. Marshal Ward lias resigned from he Presnell school and goes to itokes County. Ola Winebarger takes .is place. Cecil Glenn and Alice Shull will each the Brushy Fork school. Charles G. Hodges and Stella Tayor Boswell are teaching the school t Howards Creek. Miss Mildred Griffin has resigned t Cove Creek to take up work at Vlngate, and is being succeeded by diss Constance Shoun, a former teaher at Cove Creek. James E. Merritt Jr.. and Hal K. kiode have been added to the f'acilty of the itoone High School, and \ A. Tennyson will be on the faculty f the Demonstration School. M. 1-i. Norris is the teacher at Rivrview. Vlrs. Hamp Blackburn Succumbs Wednesday Mrs. Hamp Blackburn, 3ti-year-old csident of Todd, and daughter of Jr. and Mrs. S. A. Norris of Boone, iied at a Statesvilie Hospital late Wednesday afternoon, after a twoveeks illness, during which time she ad undergone an appendix operation. Funeral services were conducted on 'riday from the Hopewell Methodist lliurch in the Meat Camp section, by er pastor. Rev. P. I,. Smith, assisted iy Rev. H. M. Winkler of Todd, and iterment was in the churchyard cem. tery. A large gathering of friends ttendeu the obsequies and a profusrn of flowers was in evidence. Pallbearers were: W. G Cook, Ed tlackburn, Clyde Brown, B. H. Gross, 1. G. Tugman and Worth Graham, 'lower girls were; Aiuut Mae Cooke, ennie Cooke, Jaye Brown, Edna Mae irown, Lucy Brown. Clara Brown. innie Howell, Jennie Graham. Ruth ifcGuire, Annie Edna Krider, Mrs, 'atum Brown, Mrs. Fred Krider, Mrs. xmriie Parker, Mrs. George Blacklurn, of Todd; Elizabeth Cooke, Louse Cooke, Evelyn Bingham, Pauline Bingham, Marion Bingham, Jennie -ee Bingham, Min Barlow, Jin Barow, Mrs. Ralph Winkler and Edith 'arsons, of Boone. Surviving is the husband, who is enraged in business In Boone, the father ind mother, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Noris of Boone, and three children; Pauine, Ruth and Charles Blackburn. )ne sister survives, Mrs. Waldo Tugnan of Boone, and two brothers, Jessrs. Troy and Hubert Norrls of Joone. Mrs. Blackburn was born and eared in Watauga County, and was l member of the Hopewell Church luring her entire adult life. She was i faithful Christian mother and wife, md a charitable neighbor who had iurrounded heiself with a wide cir:le of friends. She will be sadly nissed in her neighborhood Baptist Association Meets at B c ushy Fork The Three Forks Baptist Association was in session Tuesday and Wednesday of this week at the Brushy Fork Baptist Church, and large crowds were in attendance from throughout the county. Rev. M. A. Hudgins of Ra'.eigh, I. G. Greer, superintendent of Mills Home, and Smith Hagaman of the Baptist Hospital were three of the principal speakers of the sessions. --= - .. < V . .