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success year at cove creek hi Review of Some of (he Accoin^Vtjshiucnis of Term Given in Connection With Finals Saturday night brought to a close , - o .v of the most successful years in the history of the Cove Creek high Softool, when the senior class presented its annual play, "Apple Blossom Time," to a capacity house. The play was well received and the procee<ls amounted to $116.97 Other I commencement features were the I sermon preached by Hev. James M. Mierwoou, ot duller, Tenn., on Sunday night, April 11, the Rhythm Band program presented by the ohil iren of the first four grades Thursday night, the Fashion Show by the home economies classes and seventh grade graduation exercises on Friday morning and the class night exer<. >ees by the senior class, when diplomas were awarded to the forty-five graduates on Friday night. All of these programs were well attended. The enrollment for the year was the highest in the school's history. There was a total of 656. 21H> in the high school and 360 in the grades. An average attendance of 'Ji'/c of the daily membership was made. This average will enable the school to retain the present number of teachers, nine in the elementary school and ten in the high school for next year. Transportation of school children to the Cove Creek school was highly satisfactory. All six drivers were adults. These drivers worked durii/g most of the year in the school work shop constructing furniture for the new school buildings over the county. They built class room tables, teachers' desks, bulletin boards, bookcases, laboratory cabinets and other schoolroom equipment. In addition to this they painted the Mabel and Valle Crucis buildings on the outside and did all the inside finishing work also. They did repair work on the Cove Creek equipment and built laboratory desks for the new i science laboratory in the basement I of the high school building. The drivers were supplemented a small rmount by the county for this extra work and it is felt that the countv savtsi a great deal of money by using these men and at the same time the school had the best drivers obtainable for it3 buses. The average numbei of children transported to the three schools served by the six buses to Cove Creek was 586. The average cost per mile for the year was be8 eents. The buses ran every day and the school was not dismissed a s:ngk day for any cause. This in spite of the fact that the lower Cove Creek road was in the worst condition within the memory of the people living on this road due to the tact that the road was tinder construction during most of the winter. It was necessary, however, to relay the children for several weeks, one bus ran to J. W. Walker's home and the children walked one mile to the home of John If. Bingham, where they were picked up by another bus. The spirit of co-operation shown by the parents of these children who had to suffer this inconvenience and of the children themselves was fine and was appreciated by the school officials. The lunch room has made a splendid record for the year. Under the supervision of Miss Annie Dougherty, home economics teacher, ar.d Mrs. Myrtle Buchanan. WPA supervisor, together with Mrs. Milton Greer, county supervisor, a total of 14,023 meals have been served. Can ned goods, vegetables, milk, butter, etc., nave been brought in by the children in exchange for meal tickets Market prices have been paid. The cash receipts for the year were S178.89. With this money kitchen utensils, silverware, dishes and other permanent equipment have been purchased besides buying staple groceries. Not one cent profit has been made as everything has been used to keep the cost to the child at the lowest possible point and at the same time in serving nourishing meals. A total of 2,000 meals have been served children who were undernourished and whose parents were unable to pay. A WPA lunch room garden was made last summer and we had on hand at the opening of school over tOO cans of v egetables. This garden project is to continue this year. There was an average of sixteen pupils on the NYA work throughout the year. These pupils did all types of work. Over 150 library books were rebound by thorn under the supervision of Mr. Roy Ellison. Some assisted in the lunch room, others cared for tttte gymnasium, one boy swept the auditorium each day, one girl did office work and typing for the principal, two girls taught classes each day for the directors of the Rhythm Band so that these teachers cuuju practice tne cnildren belonging to the band. All of these pupils rendered a distinct service in the effectiveness of the school. The home-room plan instituted last year was continued. This plan permitted chapel two .days each week , between 8:30 andT 9 and home-room programs two days and club work one day. Eight clubs were organized. four meeting one week and the i other four meeting the following week. This allowed each pupil to belong to two different clubs if they j so desired. Under the supervision of Miss Annabel Bingham the class in commence has made great progress. Miss Bingham has given the full day to the work and this has made it possible for the pupils to be divided into small groups, thus making it possible to do more effective work. The athletic teams under the coaching of Mr. C. D. Fyatt made a good record. The boys' basketball team won the championship of the (Continued on page 8) WA1 An Ir I VOL. XLVIII. NO. 41 !? . , ; Poses In Uniform j 1 ! Worn In War of 1812 I i it i i i j Mr. G. \V. Brown, of Boone, J posed for the photographer in a j ^ uniform brought from the war of I 1812 by his parental grandfather, ! t Thomas Brown, who was born in t this section November 2, 1794. c Thomas Brown lived at the Roy Brown place, the oldest house in ^ Watauga county, and while sur- ^ veying, was killed by a falling tree ^ March 11, 1835. He served j. throughout the war of 1812. Four grandsons survive him, all resi- | j dents of Watauga county: G. W., i j. B. R., R. A. and Henry Brown. J POISON POTION ! : PROVES FATAL1: i1' Hal Teagiic Succumbs to Liquid ' i Taken in Mistake for !1 .. ! It lvieuicinc r Hul Teague, 30-year-old Blowing Rock resident, died in Boone early ^ Sunday morning as the result of ( drinking poison a few minutes earlitr. He was brought here lor m-edi- t cal treatment. Members of the family said they j believed he took the poison, mistaking it for medicine, and no inquest j was considered necessary. Surviving arc the widow, his mother, Mrs. Fannie Teaguc, a sister, j Mrs. Richard Holler, and two broth- era, Ralph and Claude, all of Blowing Rock. v Funeral services were held at the 0 Reform church in Blowing Rock j, Monday morning at 11 o'clock and C interment was in t'ne church ceme- t tery, Reins-Sturdivant being in I charge of the arrangements. SATURDAY BLAST DAY TO REGISTER,' a Registration Books Again to Be * Open at City Hall; Few Have Registered Saturday is the last day in which new voters may register for participation in the municipal election to be held May 4, and the following Saturday is to be observed as challenge day. Mrs. Carrie Williams is h the registrar, and thus far but few h voters have applied for registration, c Those who have previously voted in t the city election arc not required to c re-register. r Thus far, no candidates have of- i Ifered themselves for consideration, although It is generally believed that \ Mayor Gragg and the present board t of aldermen will again run. The o Democratic convention is called for I next Monday evening, at which time t a ticket will be nominated. j, CANNING DEMONSTRATION i WAS HELD ON TUESDAY a o ????? e The canning demonstration held by Mrs. Helen Zoller at the demon- C stration school Tuesday afternoon r was attended by more than fifty i members of the home demonstration ( clubs in the county and other inter- j ested persons, including a number of women of the town. Mrs. Zoller's demonstration in the 1 canning of vegetables were particu- 1 larly .well received and reflected ex- I cellent new methods in preservation. I I DIRECTORS NAMED I Dr. H. B. Perry, Jim Gross,' Rufus ' Ward, S. C. Eggers and A. G. Miller 1 were re-named as a board of direc- \ tors for the Sugar Grove National ( Farm Loan association, at a meeting ( of the stockholders held Wednesday. Mrs. John W. Hodges, whose serious illness has been mentioned heretofore remains gravely ill at the Dr. Hagaman clinic. No appreciable * improvement in her condition is re- I ported. v idependent Weekly New BOONE, WATAUGA COUN HEART ATTACK IS FATAL TO BELOVED METHODIST DIVINE Mineral Services for Dr. O. J. Chandler Conducted in Ashe--111? 11*3 , UJac YUM: imvuuuj , ?Tuo " "rri-i Pastor of Boone Church; Preached I.ast Sermon Here Dr. O. J. Chandler, venerable .leinouist minister and former pasor of the Boone church, died at his isheville home last Friday from a eart attack at the age of 68 years. Dr. Chandler left Boone Monday receding his death, having been ailed here to preach a baccalaure te sermon for the Boone high school 'his, so far as is known, was his last ospel deliverance, and was said to ave been one of his best. He was xtremely popular in this locality . here he had often been called tc onduct funeral services for departed ricnd3. Dr. Chandler was a native of Centucky, hut had lived in Asheillc for th'e most part of the past wenty years. Following his minisly in Boone, he served several hurches in the vicinity of his home Funeral services were conducted Jonday afternoon from the Centra] lethodist church in Asheville by Dr V. A. Lambeth, presiding elder of he Winston-Salem district. "Dr Chandler." he said, "was a lethodist, but more than that he iclonged to us all. He earned the ight to he loved more than any othr man who lias preached east of the Hue Ridge mountains, and hi! ireadth of sympathy, wideness ol low and bigness of heart were lossessed by few men we have evci mown. "He visited more homes, marrfei iiore couples and buried more of oui lead than any other minister. He :ave much, loved much, was giver nucii, and was loved much. "He radiated religion, oplimisn md faith in life and in the future ind his life in its fullness cannol letter be described than by that vers* if the Scripture^ What does th< jord require 01 uice oUie< lo justly, to love mercy, and to wait lUinbly with thy God." The body was taken to Shelbyville Cy.. for interment. Honorary pallbearers from Boont I'ere: Paul Coffey. J. D. Rankin ames Councill, R. L. Clay and A !. South. Surviving Dr. Chandler arc his /idow, Mrs. Sarah Dickey Chandler; ne daughter, Mrs. R. H. Poulter, ol liddletown, Ky.; one brother, F. S handler, of Madison, Ind.; one sis er, Mrs. Ella Grapevine, of Peoria I!.; one half-sister, Mrs. Dora Charl on, of Auctin, Ind.; and several half irothers, who live in Illinois. MEMORIAL SERVICE Rev Paul Tmvncppn dooIau --vf Soone Methodist church, states thai lext Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock . memorial service will be held foi he late Dr. O. J. Chandler in his hurch. ioone High School Exercises Are Held Friday, Saturday Class day exercises for the Boom ligh school commencement wer< .eld Friday afternoon, and the bac alaurcate sermon was deliverec he Sunday before at the Methodist hurch by Dr. O. J. Chandler, for ner pastor of the church, who diet n Asheville Friday. The final commencement prograrr vas rendered Saturday evening ir he college auditorium, the essence if which was the valedictory by Mrs Sdith Wilson Greene and salutatOD >y Miss Frances Canipe. County Superintendent W. H. Waller awarded diplomas to the followng students who have completed the tjytfx rpfiiiiromontc UlrvV. .^nv..>kM.v<iia iVi lugll sw?uy. ;raduation: Rodney Adams, Ruth Anderson Jharles Barnes, Ruth Beshears, Miiam Bingham, Virginia Bingham eaye Brown, Lucy Brown, France.' lanipe, Vivian Carter, Edward Clay 'r., Louise Cooke, Rebecca Donnelly Catherine Farthing, Mildred Farthng, Geraldine Fox, Nell Goodnight Pred Gragg, Jenna Greene, Marj vindal Greene, Mack Greer, Pau lagaman, Leona Hampton, Douglai larrison, Basil Houck, Melba Lovill telen Maltba, Jack Moretz, Bculal Scott, Burl Storie, Arendall Warman toward Welch,- George Wellborn Vill Wellborn, Edith Wilson Greene Ira Lee Williams, Jeanetta Wheeler )la Mae Moretz. BROWN INFANT The infant son of Mr. and Mrs Stewart Brown died at the home 01 toute 2 Thursday and intermen vas in the Johnt Brown cemetery. A DE rapaper ^Established in th TY, NC /.H CAROLINA, THURS = / 1 C NFEDERATE VET 1 ME OF COUNTY'S , I -I j J. E. Luther, Deep Gap resident, who is nearing his ninety-fourth birthday, and who is one of the last , two Confederate veterans remaining in Watauga county, was in town the other day, mixing with friends and j attending to matters of business I with the same alacrity which char! acterized his movements as a young man. Mr. Luther enlisted under the banner of the Confederacy in WilkesI boro May 10, 1862, in Company F, 37th North Carolina regiment and wa3 attached to Lane's brigade, A. T Hill's division. He saw service at II the seeond battle of Manassas, went ! through the Wilderness cainoaign. ! met Yankee steel at Spottsylvania J courthouse and was among the em* j battled hosts at Chancellorsville. He ' was taken prisoner at Cheathan's , j farm on the James River, July 13, > 1564, and was paroled from Point 1 Lookout eight months later. He returned home March 26, the surrender : following April ft. Mr. Luther was off the firing line ; three times from -wounds. A bullet * in the leg at Spottsylvania, one in I the arm in another engagement and . | a fiagment of shell in the thigh causII ed him to be at home about 30 days I in all. On his return home Mr. Luther : evidenced the same courage and fortitude in helping restore the broken . south, which stood him In such good * stead on the gory fields of battle. * Born in Randolph county, the family . moved to Wilkesboro in 1855, and he i has been in Watauga county since 5 1873, where he has engaged in farmt ing and building. He was named ? postmaster at what is now Deep Gap i CHERRYVILLES ; FINANCES GOOD 1 Improvements Brought About ; Through Completion of | . Bond Negotiations ~ . d Clierrwille. AT>ril 19-?Information \ I released today a!. ,h" office of T. ' j J. Mosteller, town clerk, indicated that quite an improvement in the ' i condition of the town's finances had ; been brought about through com: | pletion of negotiations .with hond' holders of local bonds. It is under' stood that refunding Chcrryville | bonds, in accordance with a plan ' i adopted by the board of town coni missioners, and effective as of July 1, 1936, will relieve the threatened necessity of drastic tax increases. According to figures furnished to Mr. Mosteller by George E. Dombrat and company, certified public accountants of Charlotte, refinancing of the town's indebtedness eliminates an operating deficit of $39,101.25 in ' the debt service fund and a sinking fund deficit of $17,421.53. In referring to the adoption of the refunding plan, Mr. Mosteller ex1 plained that with approximately $500,000 outstanding bonds on the effective date of the plan, all of which were issued during the years from 1916 to 1930, the interest thereon approximately $30,000 annually, , which just about consumed the entire tax revenue, based on a $1.50 rate applied to the total taxable ; valuation of the town which approxi! mates two million dollars. i Town Attorney M. A. Stroup, who I was instrumental in formulating and pushing the plan to completion, has announced that agreements have ' been secured from holders of the outstanding bonds, whereby such L holders have agreed to accept the 1 immediate 2 per cent interest rate ' and have further agreed to accept ' the immediate 2 per cent rate on all past due bond coupons. Members of the town board together with Mayor Harry Allen and Mr. , Mosteller, who have been conscien j | uvuutjr ov? A1115 iy wuipieie me pitui for some time, were highly elated upon announcement of its comple' tion. > Dotson Resigns as High School Head Prof. Roy Dotson, principal of the r Boone high school, has tendered his 1 resignation, following the close of a ) successful term of school. Mr. Dot, son did not state his reasons for 1 resignation and is not sure where he , will be located during the next school , year. He did state, however, that he , was considering at this time four dif, ferent positions, but had not committed himself to either. Announcement of the appointment of Mr. Dotson's successor has not been made. 1 Dr. McG. Anders and Dr. L. N. t Glenn, of Gastonia, were visitors in town Tuesday. MOC e Year Eighteen Eighty-E IDAY, APRIL 22. 11)37 ERAN, ACTIVE AT 94 LEADING CITIZENS ' *? *, v *<!; j v J. E. LI THER in 1873, served two years, resigned and was reappointed in 1880, holdinj the position for five or six years. Ii 1916, he was again called by th postal service and retired two year ago on account of failing eyes. Mr. Luther served during his life time as a justice of the peace am deputy sheriff. He is a devout mem ber of the Methodi3t church, ha served as ;3unday school superinten dent, and has done a full share to ward the betterment of liis neighbor hood and county. PAINTINGS OF BOONE ARTISTS GET PRAISE Honor is heaped upon Lilln Clay, Franclne Holt and Julia Johnson, studen's in the art class at Appalachian State -Teachers College, and upon Mlsa^ Xatherlne Harwell, art teacher. Not only were tfng^r paintings Kf these studentM* accepted " lor t~ Voung America j Paints, recently shown In the art | gallery of Rockefeller Center, I New York, but also they were ! chosen to he In a traveling exhiI hit ion of 100 of these pictures to i go on tour. This exhibition is now being: shown at the annual convention of the Western Arts Association in Toledo, Ohio. COLLEGE PAPER IS HIGHLY RATED ; Watauga Democrat is Contpli mentcd on Printing; Perfect Score on Sports, Make-up The Appalachian, student publiea tion of Appalachian College, waa oni of the twelve teachers colleges ii the United States to receive seconc class honor rating, in the seventl annual critical survey of the Asso ciated College Press. The paper pe ceived the highest possible score 01 make-up, sports and printing. The publication was graded by i staff of noted newspaper editors an' the heads of the journalistic schoo at the University of Minnesota Their report indicates the local col lege paper is one of the best of it type in North Carolina, and in n case did any department of the staf receive rating below "B average." J certificate of award denotes th achievement. Special recognition was given th' publishers of the Watauga Democra for the qualit3' of the actual print ing. 'Uniformity and impression o inking, well printed cuts, spacing uniform margins and neatly fo)de< pages, were particularly praised. REPRESENTATIVE MILLER REMAINS CRITICALLY ILI Representative W. F. Miller i rritifflllu ill of a Qfofontilll/v but was described Tuesday as beini slightly improved. LIONS SPONSOR FISH FR"J A fish fry will be held at the Ruth erwood fish hatchery Tuesday, Apr 27, under the sponsorship of th Boone Lions Club. The event wi be held in Junior Order hall in cas of bad weather. Proceeds are to g to the advertising fund of the club. The Worth While club will hoi its regular meeting Friday evei ing, April 23. at 8 o'clock, at th home of Mrs. B. W. Collins, wit Mrs. Herman Wilcox as assistai hostess. All members are asked 1 [ bring the Generad Foundation fur at this time. RAT ,ight $1.50 PER YlEAR warrenTsgiven sentence of five years in slaying State Agrees to Manslaughter Submission in Killing of Don Jones; Sam Strickland Sentenced to Five Vears for Rob' berj With Arms j Roby Warren, Mabel citizen, was sentenced Tuesday afternoon by Judge A. Hall Johnston to five years in the state penitentiary, after the state had agreed to a manslaughter plea growing out of the shotgun slaying of Don Jones, Bristol man. I as he and his family occupied a porj tion of the Warren domicile. War ren was also sentenced to one year in the pen on an adultery count, growing out of the relationship which had allegedly existed between he and a step-daughter of the slain man. j The sentences arc to run concurrentiy The killing; appeared to have been the outgrowth of a drinking party j participated in by the two men, and I the fatal shot was said to have been | fired as Jones sought to enter the 5 i apartment occupied by Warren. Strickland Gets Term '' ] Sam Strickland, gray-haired Tens nesseean, was convicted of the rob' bery with firearms of Grant Trivet!, ; Beech Creek resident, and was sen11 tenced to five years in state prison, -' Mr. Trivett. in spectacular fashion s toid of how he had provided food for Strickland, and the following day, as _| he went about his chores in the barn, was held up at the point of " i pistols held by Strickland and comps[lions and robbed of $51. Strick; land, who gave his age at 83, entered j vigorous denial of the charges, hut I admitted a criminal career. He stalI ed he had shot three men in his j time, one of them fatally. Other Cases Other cases disposed of up until Wednesday morning are as follows: Marvin Ragan, assault with deadly weapon and driving drunk Prayer for judgment continued for two years on payment of cost. Defendant to prove abstinance from use of Intoxicating beverages. i Quincy Brown, driving while intoxI j icated. Prayer for judgment oontln j | ued until September term, on pay jinent of cost. Com Greene, violation prohibition law. Prayer for judgment continued until September term, on paymen tof cost. Walter Shuil, dealing in furs without license. Judgment suspended on payment of cost. D. O. Stanbury, violating prohibition law. Prayer for judgment continued for two years on payment of cost. Tom Bumgarncr, possession of v j whiskey. Six months on roads. |! Adam Hodges, violating prohibiton j law. $50 and the cost Will D. Ford, larceny. Six months . on roads. Burt Bradshaw, assault with deadly weapon. Assessed with cost. To show good behavior for two years. Chas. Green, assault on female. . . Judgment suspended on payment of cost for two years. ' j Frank Ward, receiving and dispos1 j ing of stolen ohickens. Six months I ; on roads. ! I Odell Harrison, driving drunk. $50 ! and cost. License to drive revoked " j for 12 months. | Cooge Hartzog, carrying concealed II weapon. $50 and the cost. Court Makes Headway . I JllriCf* -TohnB?An'? ?* 0_ ........Hvw> wui l, ivtunesj day morning: was making splendid j headway in the disposition of the heaviest criminal docket in years, " and Robert and Glenn Brown were ~ expected to be arraigned today for the murder of Birchie Potter. Court , attaches believed that it was alto. gether possible for the state docket to be cleared during the remainder | of the week. Civil cases will take E the remainder of the two weeks term. - Many First Aiders Trained By Red Cross i _ Since Roll Call last November, the local Red Cross chapter has, through I its first aid committee, taught 163 J I o v.-m. ? ??: ?' * " u^uuvum uic principles ot iirsi aid. Of this number 106 were Boone high s school boys and girls, 8 were Boone ' Boy Scouts and 49 are college stuff dents. The high school students and Scouts received Junior First Aid certificates and the privilege of teaching a junior class for the American Red Cross, i- The high school students were taught by Miss Gertrude Perry, Miss ? Mae Bryant and Johnny Peden. The Scouts were taught by Mr. Rosooe ,0 Buckland and the college classes by Professor Eugene E. Garbee, chairman of the first aid committee of the 1(3 Watauga county chapter. Dr. Otis Marshall will be on the le campus of A. S. T. C. the last week h in June and the first week in July it to teach an advanced course in first to aid. This class is open to the public. k) and is free of charge. Start planning now to meet this class.