HONS CLUB AIDS
MANY CHILDREN
; ":?lity-fivc Children Examined
,ii Eye Clinic Here: Eighty
Are Fitted With Classes
By DR. KOBT. K. KING
An eye clinic was held here last
sday and Wednesday under the
..-i sorship of the Boone Lions club
o-opcration with the North Carolina
state commission for the blind.
Pr Ohas. B. Baughrnan was the
: V.d.ilomogist in charge of the exarninatoin
and did a full three days
work in the two that clinic ran. Mr
,Y y Wilkins, of the American Op -ai
company of Johnson City, me ase
-c
Iu 7*'\t Uic vuwuiwi ?vi UlCli i. ante.)
. .assisted generally in the clini ork.
Hie clinic was held in the district
-;Jth department offices in the
stoffice building, the children be:
. brought in by various members
* The Lions club and returned by
;- ni to their homes. A total of 85
dren were served at the clinic Of
: .s number four were found not to
glasses and one child only
. ded a change of frame. The oth r
SO were furnished glasses and
: .proximately a third of the cost of
*s of the children, some paying the
!rv glasses was done by the par:r-,
cost and others a part of the
r-en??\ The glasses were purchasat
a very much reduced rate
ougli the state commission for the
, and the Lions club of Boone
:ne cost of two-thirds of the
* .. bill. The glasses for these
rhhhrin totaled $250, and this is a
-v/. saving over what the regular
prif-e would have been.
The Lions club is a civic service
* :\itj and ths is the initial service
.'he jocal ciub has offered to Watavpr.
county. They are to be conurct
hated upon the splendid success
f '.hi*. Uiclt first effort, and we!
iit&y look forward to continued serv- j
:ce on the part.of this worthy organization
for the good of its noighbor.v
Parkway Work To
Begin About 15th
u<a \jh wiimiuuLion or cue scen
parkway will begin in the vicinity
of I>eep Gap about the fifteenth, according
to J M. Anderson. of the
stale employment service in North
Wi keahoro. who was a visitor in
town last Friday Mr. Anderson
states the demand is still urgent for
laborers, truck drivers, jack hammer
operators, and all those skilled
in the operation of any kind of road
machinery.
Mr Anderson will be at the clerk's
office in Boone Friday, April 23, and
also on Friday, April 30, f6r the purpose
of registering the unemployed
who desire work in connection with
parkway construct ion. Friday of
this week was the regular date for
Mir. Anderson to be in Boone, but he
toukl not fill the date due to merit
examinations which were being conducted
in the department. After the
30tht Mr. Anderson will again come
to Boone every other Friday.
DUNCAN VICE-PRESIDENT
OF NORTHWESTERN BANK
Edwin Duncan, of Sparta, has
been elected by the directors of the
.Northwestern Bank as executive
vice-president, foilowing the non-accepiance
of the post by LeRoy Martin,
Wachovia Bank official, of Raleigh.
In the first organization
meeting Mr. Duncan was elected
secretary of the consolidated bank
and in the recent meeting L. L. Ayeock
of the Deposit and Savings
Bank, North VVilkesboro. was made
secretary, following the election of
Mr. Duncan to the executive position.
The newly formed banking institution,
of which the Watauga County
Bank is a unit, is expected to be in
operation within a short time.
4-H CLUB COUNCIL IS
ORGANIZED IN WATAUGA
Some of the officers of the 4-H
clubs in Watauga county met at the
courthouse last Saturday for the purpose
of organizing a council for the
county. The following clubs were
i-epresented: Green Valley, Deep
Gap, Blowing Rock, Valle Crucis and
Bethel. The following officers were
elected: President, Margaret Perry,
of Bethel; vice president, Kent Miller,
of Deep Gap; secretary, Thelma |
Ragan, of Green Valley; reporter,
Elizabeth Kincaid, of Blowing Rock; |
recreation leader. Earl Rowe. Valle |
Crucis. After the election of offi- j
cers .Miss Elizabeth Randall, a 4-H |
club member from Cleveland county,
Rave a very interesting talk on a
trip to Chicago, which she won last
year lor keeping the best 4-H club
record in North Carolina. She is
now attending College in Boone.
-Mrs Harmon and Mr. Hamilton
gave some interesting things the
different clubs and the county council
would be doing this summer in
4-H club work.
The purpose of the council is to
help plan for short courses, cannings
and the regular meetings. It
is organized to better the work of
the different clubs in the county.
ELIZABETH KINCAID, Reporter.
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VOL. XLVIII. NO. 40
| CANNJNt; LXl'ERT j
MRS. HELEN It. ZOLLEIl
'CANNING SCHOOL
HERE ON TUESDAY
Noted Culinary Authority to Instruct
Women in Art of
Food Preservation
A free canning school will be conducted
at the Appalachian College
home economics laboratory Tuesday,
April 20. at 2 o'clock, according to
an announcement made by Mrs. Cleta
Jones Harmon, home demonstration
agent of the Watauga county extension
service.
Mrs. Helen B. Zoller. famed home
economist and culinary authority,
Will conduct the classes in food preI
sol vation, which include the latest
I practices, labor-saving methods, and
timely recipes. The modern hostess,
it is explained, serves home-canned
products, and it is urged that all the
women of this section arrange to be
present for the authentic instruction.
Mrs. Zollic is a home economics
graduate of Miami University, Oxford,
Ohio and is sent here through |
the extension service of State Coilege
Mrs. Harmon desires to express
appreciation to the college for its
co-operation in allowing the canning
school to be conducted in the home
economics department.
Music Contest Was
Held Here Saturday
The district music contest lor
Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany. Avery
arid Mitchell counties was held at
the Appalachian State Teachers College
Saturday, with Miss Virginia
Wary, of the music department, acting
as chairman. Representatives
from six high schools participated;
Boone, Cranberry, Newland, Bethel,
Spruce Pine and Elk Park. Others
had registered but were unable to attend
due to commencement exercises.
The high schools entering were
classed according to enrollment,
those with an attendance of 200 or
above in the department were rateil
as B schools, anil below 200 as C
schools. Awards were made to
schools of both divisions. In the B
class were Boone high and Cranberry.
New! and. Bethel, Spruce
Pine and Elk Park were classed in
C division.
The program featured mixed
choruses, girls" glee clubs, trios, high
school piano, junior high piano, juni- ,
or high violin, vocal solos, sopranos,
altos, baritone and bass. In each
division, awards were made by numbers:
1, excellent; 2, very good; 3.
good; 4, average, and 5, below average.
Schools rating above 5 are
eligible to enter the state contest
which will be held in Greensboro
April 21, 22 and 23.
Results: Newland mixed choruses
(2) Boone mixed choruses t2) Newland
glee club (2). Cranberry glee
club (1), Newland girls' trio (2).
High school piano: Sally Teague,
Newland, first place, (2) Mary Burleson,
Spruce Pine, second place, (3);
high school piano in B class: Laura ,
Ruth Hagaman, first place (2): .
Jacqueline Hardin, Cranberry, second J
place , (2); junior high school piano:
Margaret Duncan, first place, (3);
junior high school violin: Claude McLure,
Jr., Spruce Pine, first place,
(2). Soprano solos: Marjorie Dryman,
first place, (1); Mildred Crow,
Newland, second, (2); Elizabeth
South, Boone, third place, (2). Alto
solos: Grace Cooper, Newland, rated
first in C schools, (2): Louise Cook,
Boone, rated first in B school, (1).
Baritones: Shell Hartley, Newland, f
first. {11. Bass: Fred Gragg, Boone
first, (2).
South Dakota's statehousc has a <
new attraction for visitors?an i
aquarium in which 20 or more varie- |
ties of native fish will be displayed. (
In the town of Louisa, Va., (pop- i
ulation 301), there are 53 widows |
and 39 maiden ladies. i
AUG,
nciependent Weekly News]
BOONE. WATAUGA COUNT]
COMMITTEEMEN I
NAMED BY BOARD js
Educational Body Selects District
School Committeemen
iu Recent Meeting
The board of education in a recent
session named the membeis of the
school committees for the different
districts of the county.. Those who
had been serving in this connection
previously lor the most part were
renamed. Following are the appointments:
Boone District No. 1
Boone-?II. S. Swift, Roy Hagaman,
L. L. Bingham.
Oak Grove?J. C. Hodges. A. L.
Gross. Lionel Ward.
Howard's Creek?F. P. Hodges.
Bart Norris. Henry J. Hardin.
Rutherwood?Roby Winkler, Ike
Bodenhamer, Ralph Hodges.
Miller?Harrison Baker, C. E. Car- __
roll, D. C Coffey ~
Rich Mountain, L. E. Beach. G. F. f
Culler, Grady McNeil. "
Bamboo?A. J. Edmisten.
Green Valley District No. 2
G. C. Ragan, Bynum Gross. Wm.
Winebarger.
Deep Gap District No. 3 E
W. C. McNeil, Tildcr. Miller, Zeb
Greene.
Elk and Lower Elk?P. G. Carroll,
C. C. Triplett, H. C. Hodges.
Blowing Kock District No. 1 a
John A. Lentz. E. G. Underdown, n
Richard Hollers. n
V;>11e Crucis District No. 5 ^
J. E. Harbin. Joe C. Mast, Richard y
Olsen.
Foscoe- J. L. Fox, T H Holloway, ^
C P. Moore.
Valley Mountain, CCool Springs-W.
L. Welch, Lee Carcnder, J. L.
Triplet!
Cove Creek Dist ric-.t No. G
T. L. Mast, Mrs. Mary Harris, c,
\V. T. Payne. e
Liberty Hili- -W. R. Anderson, E. r
L. Wails T. H. Hollers. ^
Bethel District No. 7
uui returning, jonn I v ward, AI - I J;
vin Hagaman.
M*I?1 District No. K
lil. G. Greer, Bert Mast, Spencer tj
Dishman
FUNERAL FRIDAY 1
FOR DR. SMITH j
ti
Well-known Deep Gap Resident
in Declining Health Many i;
Months; Practiced Dentistry c<
ai
Dr. G. \V, Smith, aged 72 years,
prominent citizen of Watauga coun- Sj
ty and former dental -surgeon, died Ju
at his homo at Deep Gap April 7th. _
after a long period of illness Funeral
services were conducted at Gap : ^
Creek Baptist church Friday, April k9th.
at 11 o'clock, by the pastor.
Rev ,1. C. Canipe. who was assisted
in the rites by Rev. E. C. Hodges
and Rev. Levi Greene, former pas
iui .i vi me ucvvao?M. ijiiciiiiciii woo v
in the nearby cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Glenn
Moretz. Titos Fairchild, E H.
Greene, Ralph Moretz. Glenn Greene
ar.d Roe Ciiurch. Honorary pall- tt
bearers were Mack D. Wagner, J. E. u.
Luther, A. D. Wellborn, E. W. Moretz,
John E. Luther, W. D. Look- . \
abill. Levi Church, W. S. Moretz, V.
L. Moretz. A. G. Miller, Grady Trip- ^
lett and G. W. Church. ^
A lovely floral offering was borne a]
by Flossie Miller. Minna Greene,
Winnine Moretz, Jenna Greene, Lura 1(1
Reynolds. Ama Greene. Ora Watson
and Ina Lookabill. *,
(Continued on page 8)
CHARLES LATHAM DIES pi
AT ASHE COUNTY HOME li
ill
Charles Latham, former sheriff of
\she county, and a brother-in-law of , (jj
Mr. Gus Donnelly, pioneer hardware j c
salesman, died at his home near I t'j
Creston last week, but details as to | ec
lis death and funeral could not be! se
learned. I ei
Mr. Latham was well known in ' d<
Watauga and was a leading figure j ?
in his home neighborhood and coun- j sc
.y.
BETTY JOYCE BAIRD | J,
Betty Joyce Baird, four-year-old
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Baird, of Vilas, succumbed Sunday j
ifter a long illness. Funeral serv- 1
ices were conducted at Matney Mon- j b(
lay by Rev. Will Cook and interment fc
.vas in that neighborhood. Surviv- p,
,r.g are the bereaved parents and one
>ister, Georgia Lee. j q
cl
RENOVATE COURTHOUSE sr
Six women, formerly employed in ai
:onnection with the WPA sewing
oom, are busily engaged this week in
n a thorough renovating of tlie I
jourthouse, including washing winiows,
cleaning the floors, etc., and
the recently approved project will
include other public buildings.
V Dl
Daper?Established in th
f. NORTH CAROLINA, TIIURS
Back Home /
' J .. V; .. ' ' K .
This family has returned to il:
er the winter flood and set up te
home. Flood rehabilitation work i
gion roundabout.
iAME FISH SHOW
A FINE INCREASE
lest Angling in Years is Predicted
for This Section. Says
District Official
H. Grady Farthing, district fish
nd game protector for the departicnt
of conservation and dcveloplent,
in commenting on the opening
3day of the fishing season, states
lat anglers are due to find more!
rout in the streams of this county j
ion for many years. Five hundred
lousand brook trout were liberated
1 the streams of the county last
ear, states Mr. Farthing, none of |
icm less than four inches in length, I
nd thtt firmv trtfw* r?dnfV??*/?od in !
very suitable stream. Due to the I
xtremoly favorable winter, heavy j
ninfoll ami plenteous food supply, I
lr. Farthing predicts the highest I
\te of survival in any recent year. |
csides the people are showing a!
Dlendid spirit of co-operation, he
iva-Jiot only here, but over the enre
district. The propagation of
il/J gsjnc has also beep most suu?ssffiT^over
the distT&T, he Says,
nd a new game farm near Fayettelle
is soon to supply this county
ith wild turkey eggs for hatching
rider domestic fowls. Ring-neck
leasants arc also to be supplied
irough the same source.
The trout season opens today, the
ith, and state license sell for $2.10,
>unty SI. 10 and state-wide hunting
nd fishing combination licenses is i
1.10. County wardens will make aj
rong effort to eliminate illegal!
ngling this year.
AFETYSABBATH
ASKED BY MAYOR
arolina Motor Club Sponsors j
Safety Movement; Programs j
to Be Presented
Mayor VV\ H Gragg has issued |
le following proclamation in lino j
itli the observance of "Safety Sab- j
\th" as sponsored by the Carolina !
otor Club:
Tile appalling number of preventive
accidents and deaths upon the
ighways of our community, state
id nation has become a menace of
ajor concern to aill the people. Our
sautiful threads of travel, designed
ir pleasure ami trade have been
inverted by the reckless driver and
le careless, incompetent operator |
ito lanes of horror. Daily the news- !
tpers carry gory accounts of lost!
libs and lives and of maimed ami |
jured bodies.
On Sunday. April 18th, the Carona
Motor club is sponsoring a
arolina-wide observance of "Sale
Sabbath." This date being selcct1
upon the eve of summer travel j
lason in an effort to make the gen-j
al public safety-conscious, so as to i
screase. if not eliminate-, the terrible
iad tragedies incident to the seama!
increase in the use of automo(Continued
on page 8.)
nfant and PreSchool
Clinics
Infant and pre-school clinics are j
sing held in the county this week ]
>r the examination of infants and
-e school children up to six years
age. Vaccination against diphleria
will be available to all these
'-ildren and vaccination against
nallpox will will be available for
syorie of any age.
Clinics will be held at the followg
places on the dates named:
Bamboo. April 16, 1:30 p. m.
Rich Mountain. April 19, 2 p. m.
Mt. Paron April 23; 10 a. m.
Stony Fork, April 23, 2 p. m.
Deep Gap, April 26, 2 p. m.
MOQ
e Year Eighteen Eighty-Eij
DAY. APRIL 15. iN
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the FU <?*
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leir farm at East Prairie, Mo., aftnts
among the wreckage of their
s now being undertaken in the re
BOONE GETS SPACE
IN TRAVEL GLIDE
Wilcox is Successful in Gelling
Valuable Publicity on a
NationAvide Scale
Mr. Herman Wilcox, agent for the 1
Linvilie River railway, and manager
of the union bus terminal, has
been successful in his efforts to have
considerable space allocated to Boone .
in "The Highway Traveler,*' one ol
| the most widely circulated travel ,
j magazines published. I
j The Oeryhound Management com- i
| pany, of Cleveland, Ohio, publishers :
| of the magazine, have agreed to Mr. i
Wiicox's suggestion that two or
S three pages of the handsomely exe|
cutcd publication be set aside to 1
I rvuhlioiwi Rnnnr? inplnilin r r?:r?t-urAe r?f
the community, its environs, and va- (
rious points of scenic interest. The *
Chamber of Commerce and the
Lions club are to co-operate in
i compiling the necessary information
and photograpns and the pUhiicity L
j expecfceiL.to appear , in the June and J
July issues. Anyone having pictures
or suggestions of materials for the
story should contact Wade E. Brown,
Clyde R. Greene or Herman Wilcox.
Since the "Highway Traveler" has ^
a circulation of 225.000 copies, distributed
throughout the United
States, Canada and Mexico, the value
of the publicity is obviously great. *.
Mr. Wilcox states that the town is
| getting a quality of advertising <
which it would find impossible to *
buy with dollars and cents.
waynicmlleiT i
urged by board;
^ j
Watauga Education Board and i
W. F. Miller Urge Renaming
of Highway Members
i
| The Watauga county board of edu- k
! cation has adopted a resolution to *
Governor Hoey, endorsing Capus M. 1
Waynick as chairman of the state v
highway and public works commission.
and urging the reappointment '
of Ed F. Allen, of Lenoir, as a mem- '
ber of the conunission.
The resolution of the board, which '
carried the signature of J. B. Horton,
chairman. VV. C. Walker. Clyde J
Perry, Chappel Wilson and T. H.
Coffey, is as follows:
"We the members of the Watauga
county board of educ. '-ion have met
and discussed the improvements of t
county roads and highways and have j
found the same to be thoroughly c
satisfactory to us. Through the past 1
winter which was severe indeed, our 1
school buses continued to operate, r
For these great services we believe r
that our state highway chairman, <
Mr. Capus M. Waynick, and our dis- f
trict highway commissioner, Mr. Ed
F. Allen are responsible. We would c
like to take this opportunity to ex- t
press to you our appreciation of 1i
these services. Mr. Waynick and c
Mr. Allen have visited our county
many times and during their visits ]
here have endeared many friends.
By reappointment of these commissioners
we feel that you would do
(Continued on page 8.) ^
LIQUOR VOTE CALLED ?
IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY c
1 Sparta. April 10. ? Alleghany <
county (will vote on the proposed es- t
tablishment of liquor stores May 25, i
: the board of elections having set that i
[date after being requested by the s
| county commissioi ers to call an 1
i election. <
Alleghany county will be the first i
in northwestern North Carolina to j
1 ballot on whiskey under the 1937 i
| county option law. 1
RAT
$1.50 PER YEAR
SUPERIOR COURT
IS FEATURED BY
4 MURDER C ASES
Record Number of Homicide
Cases on Docket of Spring
Term Convening April 19;
Judge A. Hal! Johnston Will
Preside
For the first time in the recollection
of members of the local bar, the
spring term of Watauga superior
court, convening for a two weeks'
session next Monday, will contain
four murder indictments.
Boby Warren, Mabel citizen, is
indicted for the slaying of Don Jones,
Tennessee man, the fatal shot having
been fired as the two are alleged to
have disagreed, following a drinking
party at. the home of the accused:
DiUard Coffey, who resides on the
Ltnville Road near Blowing Rock, is
og.j.u. ii-t vz v:gm?;aoea iu Lite Blajuig
of Raymond Dcllinger. Glen Brown
is held for the murder of Birchie
Poller, and Waiter Porter will he.
tried for casting a stone at Ira Watson
with deadly results as the two
engaged in a sort of family quarrel.
Thirty-seven other eases are on
the state docket, which will be prosecuted
by Solicitor Spurling, most of
the offenses being in connection with
:lry law violations, the homicides
composing the greater part of the
felonious slate. About fifty cases
ire on the civil calendar.
Judge A. Hall Johnston, of Asherilie,
will preside over the court, it
being one of his first judicial assignments.
Judge Johnston was recently
ippointed by Governor Hoey, following
the resignation of Judge Pender
A. McBlroy, who was originally
scheduled to come to Boone this
nonth
STROKE IS FATAL
TO AGED CITIZEN
It. A. Thomas Dies at Home in
North Fork Township; Funeral
Held Saturday
R. A. Thomas, 77-year-old resilent
of North Fork township of
kVatauga county, died Thursday
'veiling of last week from an illness
>f ten days. A paralytic stroke and
m attack of pneumonia were the
pint causes of his demise.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday morning from the Thomas
2hapel Methodist church by thcx pas:or.
Rev. Mr. I^ackey, while Rev. R
2. Eggeis of the Baptist church, assisted
in the rites. Interment was
n the family cemetery.
Surviving' are the widow and four
children: Bon Thomas, Mrs. Frank
3umgarner, Mrs. Delma Mock. Mrs
iernian Osborne, all residents of the
ionic neighborhood.
The deceased .was a son of the late
Toseph Thomas and was born and
eared in the Nlorth Fork section,
vhere he was held in high esteem,
ind where he led an outstandngty
upright and useful life. He
vas a leading and active member of
he Methodist church and served
yith devotion on the board of stewirds.
Mr. Thomas was engaged in
arming, before ill health brought
ibout his retirement.
Stockholders' Meeting
P^? P~? i ^
m. ui x cxi 111 luuan uruup
Mr. O. H. Bracey, secretary of
he Columbia Land Bank, will be
?resent when the annual stockhold:rs'
meeting for the Sugar Grove
National Farm Loan association is
leld at the Demonstration school
icxt Wednesday at 10 o'clock. The
neeting would have been held at the
ourthouse but for the fact that su>crior
court will be in session.
All stockholders, and the farmers
>f the county in general, are invited
o attend. Officers will be elected,
md a pedigreed pig will be given
tway as a feature of the gathering.
30Y SCOUTS TO GATHER
FRUIT JARS FOR NEEDY
Mprrthorc c * *
V uic iV I3WUL LTUOp
rill canvass the town next Monday
n quest of fruit jars, which will be
riven to needy families of Boone and
nvirons. in order that they may pre;erve
fruits and vegetables for use
luring next winter. Scoutmaster B.
rV. Stallings joins with the Scouts
n the hope that Boone residents
nay contribute liberally of their
urplus jars, of any size, shape or
;ind which may be used for general
tanning and preserving. Residents
nterested are asked to place the
ars where the Scouts may get them
luring the morning hours, and thus
he canvass may be facilitated.