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.