RED CROSS FLOOD
RELIEF QUOTA IS
EASILY REACHED
Local Chapter American Red
Cross Makes Haste in Providing
Funds Asked tor Devas
fateU Area; further Contributions
Asked
Mrs. James H. Councill, chairman
of the Watauga chapter American
Red Cross, and Mr. Russell D.
Hodges, the chairman of the distress
committee, have announced that
Watauga county's assigned quota of
funds for relief in the Ohio river
flood zone, has already been collect
1 er.d forwarded to the national
emeitgency headquarters.
Mrs. Counciil received a telegram
ASKS MORE MONEY
This telegram was received by !
Mrs. James 1L Councill, Watauga
Ke<l Cross chairman, from national
headquarters Wednesday:
"Flood suffering has already
reached unprecedented proportions
with relief needs steadily
mounting. Cinder these conditions
impossible now to name '
final goal for funds only limit Red |
CYoss assistance must he |
mum generosity American people. .
Every possible member National
Red Cross staff now assigned to J
field for relief duty. I call upon
fall chapters to assume full initia- |
live in their respective jurisdic- \
tions anil mobilize every eommuni- j
ty resource of personnel and ororgnnizutlon
to raise promptly ]
largest possible nmount. Report
daily amount raised. For your
information, in view of present
known needs your goal should be
not less than five times quota originally
assigned you."
the latter part of the week, setting
forth as S60 the quota for this county.
Another message followed quickly
asking that the amount be doubled
if possible Mrs. Councill and Mr.
Hodges immediately began the task j
of raising the funds, the neucleus be- j
ing provided by congregations of i
three local churches. Monday the j
subscription was completed and $110 j
forwarded to the flood area.
In thanking the people for their
fine response it is asked that since
contributions thus far have come
principally from Boone people, many
folks in the county roundabout would
be glad to make contributions, together
with, other people in town.
k*. like, demand for .funds.rcmama. urgent
and all those who feel ublc to
contribute any amount, large or
small, are asked to do so?the monk
ey is needed NOW. Contributions j
may be left ut The Watauga Demo-;
erat, Watauga County Bank, with i
iContinued on Page Eight)
# FIFTH SUNDAY
I S. S. PROGRAM
Interesting Subjects Will Be
Discussed at IVlt. Isphriam
Church Sunday
Following is the program for the
Sunday School convention to be held
at Mt. Ephriam church on January ;
31, beginning at 2 p. m.:
"Why and when does every church
member become responsible for the
life and growth of the Sunday
School ?" Ij. T. Elrod, Mrs. Docia
Cook and Lula Simmons.
"Name and discuss the three best
things to do to magnify the life of
Christ and His church in the Sunday
School," Rev. James Matney and
Spencer Hampton.
"Why is my Sunday School better
than every other Sunday School,"
Virgil Greer and John Cook.
"Why have a Crade Roll department
in your Sunday School?" Roy
Keller and William Brown.
"Give logical and Biblical reasons
for the social features of church and
Sunday School, and their advantages,"
Mrs. Rena Cook.
"Evangelism in the Sunday
;f School," Rev. Carl Triplett and Earl
Colvard.
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY
Niley Trivett and Jess Atwood,
residents of the Winklers' creek section,
were arrested by Sheriff Abe
f- Edminsten Saturday night, charged
; with the forgery of two checks on
the Harrison Chevrolet company.
The fraudulent checks were said to
have been passed at Smithey's store
T/.ffA.nnn lent u.anh OVinriff
U1 VYCCl- JtHCI OUll 1Mb TYCCrV. klUViUl
Ed Miller, of Ashe county, came to
fvs| Boone Monday and carried the prisoner?
to Jefferson for trial.
Atwood is a brother of Llllie Atwood,
who waa hilled by a hit and
run driver just east of the city Saturday
night.
ATTENDS FUNERAL
OF SISTER-IN-LAW
Washington, Jan. 2G.?Representative
Robert I-. Doughton left last
night to attend the funeral of his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank Doughton.
biS of Alleghany county. The funeral
was held at Marion Va., Wednesday.
WA1
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VOL. XLV1I1, NO. 29
Picking Birt
Mrs. James Roosevelt selects tl
son's birthday, January 30. She is
blue and white from a silken stam
right: Donna Marina Tolonia, dauf
sister of the son-in-law of ex-King J
veil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ra
Delaficld Finch, daughter of Judge
WOODIE BROTHERS
TO BUILD IN CITY
Operators of Bus Line to Construct
Modern Business House;
Otlier Improvements
Woodte Brothers, operators of the
Bristol-Winston-Salem division of
the Greyhound bus lines, will, within
tfe neat, future; construct a modern
building on Kant Main street Just
west of the Barnett storehouse, according
to a statement made Tuesday
afternoon by a member of the
firm.
It is understood that the building
will be of native stone or brick construction,
75 by ICS feet, and that
the second story will be converted
into at least ton modern apartments
The first floor will be used as a bus
terminal autn <inlps rnhni wamfpa
barber shop and cafe. Chas. H.
Smithey, formerly an engineer with
the Works Progress uuiuini.stiatlGn,
has been awarded contract for tlie
construction of the building, which
will be Boone's largest.
The Messrs. Woodie will, it is said,
also operate a large gas station in
front of the new building, enabling
them to service buses of the Greyhound
line.
Belk Building Near Completion
The construction of the new Greer
building, which when completed will
house the Belk-White Department
store, is expected to be finished
around the eighth of February, according
to B. G. Teams, superintendent
In charge. Heat radiation cabinets
have been installed, plumbing
roughed in, and carpenters are now
ready to begin flooring. More than
600 square feet of plate glass for display
windows is expected today.
(Continued on page 8.)
Engineers Inspect
Projects In County
Waldcnmair and F.llerbe of Wl'A
Staff Spend Tuesday Here; Compliment
Work Done
J. E. Ellerbe, field engineer of District
No. 3, North Carolina WPA, accompanied
by B. A_ Waidenmair of
the state office in Raleigh, and T. D.
(Bud) Heffner, North Wilkesboro,
spent Tuesday looking over projects
being constructed in Watauga county
Mr. Waldenmaire, who as a field
*r 11? jiuipwiwi auiiiK?! uuuuiiij;a
being erected here early last spring,
was greatly pleased with work done.
He frankly stated that nowhere in
the state had he seen construction ol
a finer type, and complimented
superintendents on their close supervision.
Mr. Waldenmaier believe;
Watauga has one of the best work;
programs in the entire state set-up
Mr. Ellerbe, who has made severa
visits to Watauga within recent
months, was also well pleased
with local projects.
A co-operative buii association hai
been organized in the Cherry corn
munity of Washington county ami ;
purebred Guernsey sire will be pur
; chased.
i -
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Independent Weekly New
BOONE. WATAUGA COUN'
lhday Colors
;t-^' jHHBwBg8w8BlSy*lfi
ie colors for the celebration of her
assisted in selecting flag red, flag
lard by three debutantes. Left to
jhter of the Princess Torlonia and
Alfonso of Spain; Miss Helen Rooselph
M. Roosevelt, and Miss Anne
and Mrs. Edward Ridley Finch.
LOCAL DRY GROUP
TO RALEIGH TODAY
Committee of Dry Organization
Will Appear in Interest of
Hutrhins Proposal
A committee from the local unit
of the United Dry Forces is to appear
Thursday in ftalelgh before
House judiciary eonimlttee "No. 1,
where 11 will' sponsor the "HutchtflS
bill, designer! to give the people of
the whole state another opportunity
to pass on the liquor issue, rather
than to allow a continuance of local
option by counties.
Mr. Clyde R. Greene, prominent
local dry leader and director in the
state organisation, states that the
local delegation will go to Raleigh at
Uie request of Representative W. F.
Miller for the important hearing,
and that all those interested in making
the trip should get in touch
with him so Lhal transportation facilities
may be arranged.
Mr. Greene believes that the dry
majority registered in the state at
any lime in tnc early future would be
almost if not quite as great as in
1933, when the dry preponderance
was 185,000.
DIRECTOR CODE HERE
Director E. W. Cole, of District
No. 3, WPA, Winston-Salem, spent
Wednesday afternoon in Boone. He
was acconxpanied by Homer Haywood,
director of labor management
in the third district.
REQUEST CLOTHIN
FOR VICTIMS J
Conditions today existant in
slppi rivers are distressing. TIk.i
have been driven from their but
keep them warm. Relief agencic
ing night and and day to allevic
but the condition has become so
every individual in our town and
our unfortunate neighbors.
Local people have already foi
i the flood belt, but quotas impose*
now be disregarded. Mrs. .Tames
man of the American Red Cross, !
headquarters that clothing and 1
' articles in Louisville and other
I am asking that all Boone i
i wardrobes for outmoded clothing i
to Inventory their bedelothing. an
1 contributions may be brought or
day and Saturday. They will iin
American Red Cross disaster rell
city truck will call for contributl
I other means of transportation is i
These distressed and afflicte*
I suffering is our responsibility as
the fine spirit which has alvvayt
s I Watauga county when humanity
II
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spaper?Established in th
ry, nqrt^^rolinaTthurs
1 A it r -iL. 'Vin m i /i ?7 n m
|AUyp? llthET
SA'li HEAVY FOR
Ef iSIDENTS BALL
Chairman McGuire Says Sales
Are Satisfactorily Large: Business
Men Co-operate in Offering
Prizes For Card Tables
Advance sales of tickets for the
President's Birthday Ball to lie held
at the Daniel Boone hotel Saturday
evening, indicate that when the
doors to the ballroom open, as many
as two hundred admissions will have
already been sold. Roger McGuire,
chairman of the committee on arrangements.
and Mayor W. H. Gragg,
join in the belief that more money
will be raised in the community this
year for the fight against infantile
paralysis than at any previous event.
During the course of the ball,
music for which is tc be provided byFreddie
Moore's famed Cara Loraes,
those who do not join in tripping the
light fantastic, will be privileged to
enjoy bridge and setback games from
the side lines. In order that the
players may share the enthusiasm of
the dancers, the business men of the
town have offered a list of prizes, to
be given to those who excel in the
card games. The list of donors and
the articles offered follow:
Smithey'o?bucket of lard.
Caro Jean Coffee Shoppe?one dinI
ner.
Bermar Jewelry Store?leather bill
fold.
Carolina Pharmacy?box of face
powder.
Sanitary Barber Shop?hair cut
and tonic.
Carolina Cafe?one dinner.
City Meat Market ? four-pound
roast.
Spainhour's -gentleman^ tie and
ladies' compact.
A. & P. Store?one pound coffee.
Bpone Drug Co.?ladies' compact.
Belk-White Co.?guest towels.
Central Barber Shop?shave and
haircut.
Standard Oil Co.?five gallons gas.
Paktime Theatre- six tickets
New River Light & Power Co. eUstfic
dcok lump.
;'gj '^Continued on Pago Klght) - HARTLEYTOSPEAK
AT LINCOLN DINNER
Many Local Republicans Expected
to Attend Gathering
at Greensboro on 12th
Congressman Fred A. Hartley, of
New Jersey, will be the guest speaker
ul the. eighth annual state-wide
Lincoln day dinner to be held at the
King Cotton hotel, Greensboro, February
12, at 8:30, according, to an
nouncement made yesterday try kussell
D. Hodges, chairman of the
Watauga county Republican executive
committee.
Mr. Hodges in making the announcement,
states that Congressman
Hartley was elected in 1925 and
is one of the few Republicans in congress
who has been able to weather
all of the Democratic landslides since
that time. He is an able and outstanding
orator and the committee
(Continued on page 8.)
G AND BEDDING
9F FLOOD AREA
the valley of the Ohio and Mlssistsands
of men, women and children
nes without sufficient clothing to
a throughout the nation are workite
the suffering of flood refugees,
acute that It is now necessary for
county to divide his comforts with
rwarded many fine contributions to
I by the American Ked Cross must
H. Council], Watauga coanty chairhas
received word from Washincton
tedding are now the most needed
towns stricken by rising waters.
ind Watauga citizens dig into tbelr
suited to the needs of the sufferers;
d spare blankets if possible. These
sent to the city I kail in Boone Friunedlateiy
be dispatched to the
at unit in the stricken territory. A
ions in and around Boone where no
available.
1 people must be cared for; their
good neighbors. Let's again show
? characterized folks in Boone and
makes its appeal.
W. H. GKAGG. Mayor,
Town of Boone, North Carolina.
MOC1
e Year F.icrhteen FicrVif-v_F.ic
O C5 J
DAY, JANUARY 28T 1937
Blowing RocJk
Carries Figh
j +
; Ann Harding Weds
^ -r
London.?Ann Harding, ashblond
beauty of the American c
screen (above) is the bride of Wcr- 1
ner Jansscn, famed American con- j *
ductor and composer. They were j 1
quietly married in a surprise wedding.
It is the second marriage j for
both. . v
LILLIE ATVVOOD f
FATALLY INJURED |:
BY UNKNOWN CARii
? 11
Hit and Rim Motorist is Blamed |5
for Death of 32-Year-Old j1
Woman; Dense Fog Made <1
Identification of Machine or;
Driver Impossible J;
Lillie At wood, 32 years old, who j1
i had been residing near Boone, was ; *
; struck and fatally injured Saturday | j
j evening at about 10:30 as she walked :t
j along tlie highway just east of the ;
; corporate limits on the Blowing '
i Rock highway, and the driver of tlie
car has not as yet been apprehended 1
by officers.
Eye-witnesses were unable to describe
the car or tts driver, dug to 1
the fact "that a heavy J(og enveloped
the roadway, arid officers have been '
unable to- uncover any chics aw bo the identity
of the driver who left the
mangled body of the woman by the 1
roadside, approximately 20 feet from 1
the point of impact. Miss Atwood
was quickly ruslic-d to the offices of j
Drs. Hagaman and Harmon in Boone j
and expired within an hour. Likely a j
; broken bank, fractured hip and so-1 s
| vers internal injuries resulted from j >
I tile terrific impact.
I Relatives o? the deceased being ;
i unable to take o.are of tlie body, in- j
! term en t. was in the county cemetery I
i Tuesday, at public, expense.
Survivors include the mother, Mrs j
Manda At wood, of Whitnell, three
; brothers, Will, Tilden and 0. D. At- \
i wood, of Whitnell; three sisters, Mes- j
I dames L-eona Trivett, of Boone, and j
1 Mollie Nelson, of Lenoir. A daughter, I
Louise Atwood, of Whitnell, also survives.
BANNER ELK WILL
HAVE MODERN GYM
!
j $25,000 to Be Spent at Lees-McRae
for Gymnasium and
Athletic Field
:
j Construction of a $25,000 gymna-;
I sium and athletic field will be started
at once at Lees-MeRae College,
according to an announcement made
by President Edgar Tufts, at the
annual football banquet held Mon\
day evening. Two Charlotte engi
neers were present for the meeting
and came to look over the grounds
with a view to determining the site
for the new structure.
Among the speakers were Doc
Newton, head coach at Davidson
College, Gene McEver, south field
coach at Davidson, wnile Coach
Johnny Macaercl of Lees-McRae,
awarded letters to 14 members of
this year's squad, as follows: Sparks,
Beal, Burke, Chaplin, Ellcr. Wilson,
Robinson, Goswold, Whitney, Phillips
and Roberts. It was determined
that Captain Chas. Chappel would
again be captain next year, and he.
together with Robert Agle, president
of the alumni association, E. L. Lafferty,
Dr. Hardin and Dr. Tate made
short talks.
Dean L. K. Pritchetl acted as
toastmaster at the banquet.
MARGARET UNDERWOOD
Mrs. Margaret Jane Underwood,
64. died at her home on Blowing
Rock R. F. D. 1 last Thursday, and
funeral services were conducted Friday
at. the Laurel Fork Baptist ]
church in the Aho section by Reverends
Robert Shore and Carl Triplett.
Interment was in that neigh-jborhood.
RAT
;ht
$1.50 PER YEAR
r< ?.
. Vjommitiee
it to Raleigh
HEETING HELD IN
LENOIR THURSDAY
iVatauga Citizens to Fight Annexation
to Caldwell of Resort
City and Environs; Proposed
Boundaries Outlined
The effort of Blowing- Rock people
to annex their city and portions
if the surrounding territory to Caids-ell
county was intensified Thursday
vhen a committee composed of Mayt
D. P. Coffey, City Commissioners
2. S. Prevette and W. B. Castle, and
>ther influential citizens of the
icighboring resort conferred with a
Caldwell county group, headed by F.
-i. Coffey, in Lenoir.
The Lenoir News-Topic of Friday
dated that a plan was worked out
vhereby a joint committee of Blowng
Rock and Caldwell county people
vould go to Raleigh this week for a
lonference with the state budget
lommission on details of the proposal
change. It is understood that the
rndget commission will be asked to
vork out financial angles, which
uuiu IIIV/IUUW lilt J/VOO1UII1LJ Ul
Caldwell, in the event annexation
noceedings should carry through, asturning
her proportionate part of the
xmded indented ness of Watauga
;ounty.
petition Circulated
A telephone conversation with
Mayor Coffey Tuesday evening re/ealcd
thai petitions are now being
drculatcd among Blowing Rock people
who desire that their community
leconie a part of Caldwell county,
rhe mayor is of the belief that signatures
already procured guarantee
lis prediction that more than ninety
per cent of Blowing Rock people
want to say good-bye to Watauga.
Mayor Coffey stated that maps are
being prepared showing proposed
boundary lines, of t>~'T atfeciedf
and thai cixIze^rT throughout
i wide section, of., country are asking
Hi at their farms and f lionies be included.
It is understood that* practically
all of the Cone estate lying in
Watauga county will be embraced in
the proposal.
Mrs. Moses H. Cor.e, who owns the
beautiful Flat Top Manor property,
is said to have been one of the earliest
champions of the annexation plan.
Mrs. Cone alleges that she has lor a
(Continued on page S)
NEW BRIDGE APPROVED
FOR WATAUGA RIVER
Mr. James H. Councill, resident
state highway engineer, gives out
the information that he has gained,
approval for a new bridge over the
Watauga river near Valle Crucis,
and that actual work of construction
will start next month. The structure
will be of concrete with a steel and
wood superstructure and will eliminate
the dangerous approaches which
now exist. The new bridge will be
located in such a way as to make the
extremely crooked road almost
straight for a long distance.
Mr. Councill has been working on
the project for a considerable length
of time and all those who know the
road, will rejoice with him that his
efforts have met with success. He
believes that it is the most important
improvement to be made on a
state highway in this section for
many years. a
TREES TO BE PLANTED **>
ALONG BOONE STREETS
Severai hundred trees from Gardens
of the Blue Ridge, Pineola, N.
C.. have arrived in Boone where,
within the next few days they will
be planted along the streets of the
city.
Included in the shipment are American
arborvitae, silver maple, poplar,
sycamore, white pine and balsam.
These trees are nursery-grown,
transplanted stock, and, according to
Mayor W. H. Gragg, should take root
oaaihr P^Ano'o nilV?1 in iiinrlto ilonor*t _
VUrvJJAJ . WVllb O {/UUMV *TVi HO UVJtKU k
merit will have charge of the planting,
and Mayor Gragg requests property
owners to protect them from
trespassers who, a few years ago,
destroyed dozens of trees and shrubs
set out by the city. He asks residents
to report destruction of the
new stock to city hall, and points out
the fact that a fine of $25 may be
levied on offenders.
Mr. E C. Robbins, manager of
Gardens of the Blue Ridge, made an
extremely low price on the trees,
and other shipments are expected
within the next few weeks. This will
be the first general beautifucation
program ever undertaken by the
town of Boone.